Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-04-22

A dispatch of the 18th states that the
trial of John D. Lee and w H. Dame for
connection with the Mountain Meadow
massacre will not take place at present.
They were arraigned and pleaded not
guilty, but the prosecution was not
ready.
The United States District Court, at
Detroit, has sentenced Daniel Pratt, of
Jackson, convicted of writing obscene
matter on postal cards, to the State Pris-
on for two and half years.
Women are eligible to appointment as
Notaries-Public in Illinois.
The Mormon Church Conference at
Salt Lake on the 10th re elected Brigham
Young prophet, seer, revelator and Presi-
dent
In his direct examination on the 18th
Mr.. Beecher denied in detail each and
every statement contained in Mrs. Moul-
toms testimony that referred to any ad-
mission or confession on his part of the
crime with which he is charged. He said
he never had any conversation with her
in which the alleged crime was the sub
ject of discussion; she never advised him
to make confession to the church, and
he never made a threat of suicide.
The editors and proprietors of the
London Times and the Daily Neos have
been summoned to the bar of the House
of Commons to explain the surreptitious
publication of documents in the hands of
Parliamentary committee.
A mob headed by Spanish priest re-
Gently burned the Jesuit College in Bue
nos Ayres. Several of the attendant
professors were wounded and three have
died.
The Russian diplomat, Baron Brunnow,
is dead.
Cholera has appeared in India.
The direct examination of Mr. Beecher
was concluded on the 18th by broad
and emphatic denial of his ever having
committed, or proposed to commit, the
ofense charged against him. He was
| turned over to Mr.. Fullerton for cross
examination about noon.
The strikers in Pennsylvania are, many
of them, going to work, and it was
thought on the 18th that the rest would
soon follow. The State troops would re-
main in the vicinity of the late dis
turbances for the present.
The National Industrial Congress met
in indianapolis on the 18th.
Katie Hess, living near Kirby, Ohio,
thought to hurry up the kitchen fire by
pouring kerosene upon it. The inevita-
BILE explosion followed, and she was so
badly burned that she died in about two
hours. The building and contents were
entirely destroyed
Commander Fitch, of the United States
navy died at Logansport, Ind, on the
18th.
Fred Brandenburgh was found dying
from starvation and exhaustion under a
pile of lumber, in San Francisco, on the
morning of the 18th. He stated before
his death that he crawled under the lum-
Der nine days before.
According to Vienna dispatch of the
18th it was reported that the Turks had
| murdered 270 Christians in Roumelia and
Bulgaria during the last three months.
The Carlists recently captured Port
Aspe, near Santander, and carried of
200 prisoners and four field guns.
A suspicious person, who had been
arounI tho White Houca for
several days, was arrested on the 14th.
1t was supposed he had designs on the
life of the President. He gave the name
of John S. Lockhart, of Indiana, and was
sent to an insane asylum.
All of the clerks in the Postoffice De-
partment implicated in the late mail
contract frauds have been dismissed by
| the Postm aster- General.
A Wilkesbarre Pa.) dispatch of the
| 18th says the miners of the Lehigh &
| Wilkesbarre Company were fully de-
| termined not to resume work unless
| their demand for an advance of 10 pei
| cent. was granted. No outrage had been
committed by these men.
The Industrial Congress in session at
Indianapolis on the 14th adopted a dec
laration of principles and passed resolu-
tions condemning the lockout of the men
employed in the mining regions of Penn
| sylvania, "by combination of six mon
ster coalmining and carrying corpora
tons, because unwilling to accept a re
duction of 80 or 40 per cent. of their
wages" and requesting all bodies OF
workingmen to forward to the treasurer
of the congress generous financial assist
ance for the relief of the victims of the
alleged conspiracy on the part Of said
companies.
The Republican State Convention of
| California will be held at Sacramento on
| the Goth of June.
The Louisiana Legislature met on the
| 18th. The Conservative members were
sworn in and a resolution was adopted
in the House referring the claims of
| those who are included in the award to
the Committee on Elections. Both par
| ties seemed to accept the award without