Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-06-10

Russia, on the 90.
ANOTHER council was held with the
Sioux Indian delegation on the Cd. The
chiefs still refused to sign the treaty re-
linquishing the possession of the Black
Hills region.
THE New Hampshire Legislature as
sembled on the 3D. Twelve Senators ap-
peared in the Senate and were quail
fed. A formal protest against the right
of Senators Priest and Proctor to
their seats was presented and ordered on
file. J. W, Sanborn was chosen Presi-
dent by seven Democratic votes, the Re-
publicans not voting. The five Republi-
can Senators then withdrew and met in
another room, where they effected tenn
pOrary organization. In the House Chas.
B. Sanborn (Rep.) was elected Speaker,
receiving 1910 votes to 179 for Hatch
Dem.)
AN imposing Masonic demonstration
occurred in New York on the I'd, on the
occasion of the dedication of the new
Masonic Temple at Twenty third street
and Sixth avenue Thousands of Knights
Templar and members of other Masonic
bodies participated in the ceremonies.
THE Ohio Republican State Conven-
ton met at Columbus on the Cd and NOM
mated: For Governor, Rutherford B.
Hayes, of Sandusky; Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Thomas L. Young, of Hamilton;
Supreme Judge, George w. McIlwaine;
Auditor, James Williams, of Franklin;
Attorney John Little, of Green;
Treasurer, j. Minor Milliken, of Butler;
member of the Board of Public Works,
Peter Thatcher, of Cuyahoga. Among
the resolutions adopted were one eulo-
giving President Grants Administration
and another opposing third term.
THE Minnesota Democratic State Con-
vention is to be held on the 18th of July.
Mr.. PHILIP WADsWoRTH, Internal
Revenue Collector at Chicago, has re-
fused to resign his office at the request
of the Government, preferred through
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
but insists that there shall be direct
Cndl SOo lnduC Dc dlu0G hlul, dnO GudG nC
shall be heard in self defense.
AFFAIRS between the British Govern
ment and Burmah are said to be in an
extremely critical condition.
SIXTY persons were lately drowned by
the capsizing of lighter on the Tagus,
near Lisbon.
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Washington for Long Branch on the Sd.
IN Washington on the Sd package
containing $47, 500 in greenbacks mys-
teriously disappeared from the Treasury
Department. No clew could be OBJ
tanned as to how or by whom it had been
taken.
THE President has issued proclama-
ton continuing the existence of the
Alabama Claims Commission for six
months from the 1st of June.
SECRETARY DELANo has suspended the
sale of Indian lands in Kansas till Jan. /,
1876.
CHARLES III. lands, of Vineland, n.
J., who shot and seriously wounded Car
ruth, the editor of the Journal, of that
place, some months ago, has been released
on $4,000 bail.
AN outbreak occurred among the
miners at Mahanoy City, Pa, on the Sd.
Two thousand armed men assailed the
men at work in the collieries, compelling
them to quit work. A Sheriff and posse
of men who attempted to disperse the
rioters were fired upon and a general
scrimmage ensued, few being killed
and several wounded on both sides. Mil
itary aid had been called for by the au-
thorities.
In Boston, few days ago, Mrs.
Thomas Banford took pistol which
she thought was unloaded and playfully
pointed it at the head of young lady
friend of hers-NIiss Belle Whittier-and
pulled the trigger. The weapon proved
to be loaded, and the bullet penetrated
the young lady's brain, causing imme-
diate death.
LIEUT.-GEN. SHERIDAN was married 10
Chicago on the evening of the Sd to Miss
Irene Rucker, daughter of Bvt. Maj Gen.
Rucker.
A CoAL-HEAvERs' strike occurred in
Chicago on the Sd. The trouble grew
out of the refusal of the coaldealers to
pay last years prices-fve dollars per
day for wheelers and seven dollars for
shovelers-the non-union men being at
work for three dollars. Force was used
| by the strikers in many instances, and
general riot was threatened.
| The United States District Court at
Galveston, Tex, has lately quashed an
Indictment against an opera-house man.
ager for violating the Civil-Rights law
OF the ground that the act is unconstitu-
tional and that the indictment did not
allege that the complainant was a citizen