Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-04-29
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and Lexington occurred on the 10Th. There were
firing of cannon, civic and military professions,
the unwilling of French's statue of the Minute
man." and orations appropriate to the occasion.
The late cold weather extended over a
large portion of the South and caused great damage
In many localities. Ice formed on the night of tho
18th nearly half an inch thick at Wilmington, n.
c.. heavy frosts occurred in the vicinity of Mont
gomery, Ala, doing great damage to the growing
crops and snow fell on the morning Of the 18th at
Richmond Va.
Another raid into Texas by Mexican
robbers reported on the 10Th. They crossed
the river and at last accounts were burning and
lunderng in the vicinity of Corpus Christi.
The Government has issued orders for
the release of the Black Hills miners lately brought
into Fort Laramie upon their parole to keep out of
the country until permitted to 60 there by the mill
tary authorities.
On the 18th four soldiers were corraled
by Cheyenne Indians twenty miles south of Fort
Wallace, and bloody fight ensued, which resulted
in the killing Of ten Indians. The soldiers es-
capped during the night general war is prophe-
sled.
On the evening of the 18th dam at the
head of Mill River, a little ream emptying into
the Charles River at Midway, Mass, gave way and
destroyed property valued at nearly 100000. No
lives were lost.
The Centennial Board of Finance eau
ton the people of the country against counterfeit
Centennial medals. Under special act of Congress
medals have been prepared by the Board, which
are the only ones officially issued relating to the
events of 1876. These sold at one two three and
i've dollars each, all inclosed in one case at
eleven dollars, by the Centennial Board and its
agents. and the profits arising therefrom are strict
ly applied to the uses of the Board.
The Second-Adventists of Chicago, to
the number of hundred or more under the leader
ship of Elder Thurman, of Boston, met on the
evening of the 10Th to await the coming of Christ
Many of them had disposed of all their worldly
goods, distributing them among their acquaint-
ances Their leader now claims that he made an
of forty nine years in his computation.
Gov Beveridge, of Illinois, has signed
the " Anti Scapers' " bill, and it goes into effect
July1. This law requires all ticketagents to have
authority from the roads whose tickets they have
sale to act for them, and Furnishes violation of
its provisions by fine and Imprisonment. Rail
roads also required to redeem pro rata unused
portions of tickets in the hands of purchasers.
From reports received from various sec
tions of the country the Chicago Inter Ocean of the
S2d judges that the wheat crop in Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan, Missouri and Tennessee will be less
than an average, while in Southern Illinois, Wis
eonsn and Minnesota the yield promises to be
large. Cotton and tobacco in Tennessee, South
Carolina and Virginia had been injured by frost
and in these States well as in Ohio, Indiana and
Missouri, the fruit crop would be failure The
yield of fruit also in Southern Illinois and West
ern Michigan would be small, and oats and clover
had been injured in some sections.
According to a Topeka (Kan.) special
of the 22d, seventy-1ve of the escaped Cheyennes
had returned, and more would follow. They wers
nearly famished.