Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-08-12
charged the jury on the afternoon OF

1HE MISSISSIPPI Democratic State Con-
vention assembled at Jackson ON the I'd
and nominated W. L. Hemingway for
State Treasurer. The platform adopted
is mainly confined to State matters.
A BOHEMIAN woman and babe were IA
tally burned in Omaha, Neb., on the Sd
by the explosion of can of kerosene oil
with which the woman was attempting to
kindle fire. The house was destroyed.
A BERLIN telegram of the 4th says
Turkey was collecting a large force with
the view of ending the Herzegovinian in
surrection at single blow.
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, the Dan
ish poet and novelist, died at Copenhagen
Denmark, on the 4th, aged about seventy.
THE French National Assembly ad
journed on the 4th. 1t will reassembIe
Nov. 4.
THE census of New York city, just com
pleted, shows a total population of 1 ,064,
GRAN increase in f1velyears Of 81, 166.
Rev. CHARLES THoMsoN has been
elected Chief of the Cherokee Nation over
Col. d. w. Ross, by large majority.
A HAIL-sToRM, accompanied by an
earthquake shock, visited Omaha, Neb.,
on the morning Of the 4th The hail
stones demolished windows and roofs in
the city, doing damage estimated at several
thousand dollars
THE rains which continued in many
sections of the West up to the 9TH caused
the heaviest floods known for many years
in the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and
several of their tributaries. Immense
damage has been done to harvested and
growing crops. Railroad travel has been
suspended on some of the roads in the
flooded districts, and much damage to
property other than crops was inflicted
THE National Educational Association
was recently in session at Minneapolis,
MINI. The officers elected for the cur
rent year are: W. T. Phelps, of Mime
sofa, President W. D. Henkle, Of Ohio,
Secretary; A. P. Marble, of Massachu-
sets, Treasurer. Thirty three Vice-Presi-
dents were chosen, the first being D. B.
Hazar, of Massachusetts.
AT the late election in Alabama the call
for a constitutional convention was carried
by 10, 900 majority.
A COLORED EDITORIAL NATIONAL Con-
vENTION was recently held in Cincinnati
and was attended by representatives Of all
the cOl0red newspapers in the country
and by some leading men of the colored
race not connected with the press. The
question of civil rights was discussed.
A LOUISVILLE (Ky.) telegram of the 4th
places McCreery's Dem.) majority for
Governor at between 10000 and 100000
ACCORDING to London dispatch of the
9Th no arrangement had been made to pro
tect Duncan, Sherman & CO. letters of
Iii" :. - 1-,sA-l'S or t----aInrs Over.
1000 holders had been heard from in Ger
many, many of whom were utterly desti-
tute and compelled to apply for relief to
the local authorities or to the American
Consuls. A New York dispatch of the
same date says Alexander Duncan, of
Scotland, had offered to protect these let
tiers to the extent of $25O0OO.
On the 9th water-spout burst over
Kim, Prussia, inundating the place and
doing great damage. A bridge and sever
al houses were swept away and thirteen
persons drowned.
A CALCUTTA telegram Of the 9Th reports
disastrous floods in the northwestern prov
inces of India.
THE one hundredth anniversary of the
birthday of Daniel O'Connell, the cele-
brated Irish reformer and Hberator began
in Dublin on the 9Th. Religious cere-
monies were held in the cathedral, at
which Cardinal Manning of11ciated. At
Rome pontifcal high mass was cele-
brated in the chapel of the Irish College.
FIFTY DOLLARS of conscience money, due
for income tax, was received at the Treas
ury Department in Washington on the
9Th from Pittsburgh, Pa.
THE committee engaged in counting
the funds in the United States Treasury
have finished their work and report all cor
rect except the $47, 900 deficiency, which
! IOOOCIy tl1Cy DSIlGFS was COu1lnllU6u Dy
some one connected with the department.
THE O'Connell centennial was duly OBJ
served in many cities in the East and West
on the 9th, the celebration in some places
beginning on the 9th and ending on the
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COMMANDER ANDREW JACKSON DRAKE,
United States navy, died at Newark, n.
j., on the night Of the 4th.
AN indianapolis dispatch Of the 9Th
says that the loss from the recent floods in
the central and southern portion of In
diana aggregate so to so per cent. of the
entire crop. In the low lands along the
Wabash River it was thought that 100000
acres of corn had been entirely destroyed,
which, at s15 per acre, would aggregate
$4,000, 0O0
Two BOTTLES were recently found on
the lake shore near Chicago containing
messages purporting to come from Don
aldson and Grimwood, the missing aero
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