Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-09-07

Stuberauch was nominated for Secretary
of State, Wesley Jones for Treasurer,
] and VIM. Greneweg for Auditor.
THE Dayton Short-Line freight depot at
| Cincinnati was burned on the morning of
the 30th ult., involving a loss of some
| $4,000
| MILTON SAYLER, has been renominated
| for Congress by the Democrats of the
| First Ohio District.
NEWS was received at New Orleans on
the Goth ult. that the residences of David
Faulk and Isaac Garrett, near Monroe.
La, had been fired into, and an attempt
made to kill Lamay Faulk, planter, liv-
| ing on the river below Monroe. Mr..
Faux saw two men, both colored enter
bis gate. They exploded two caps, aim
ing at him, and went on. Several white
families in the vicinity had come to Mon
roe for safety, and appeals had been
made to volunteer companies for as
sistance. A Monroe telegram says it was
thought this trouble grew out of a dis
turbance which occurred few nights be-
fore at a Republican barbecue. On the
afternoon of the Both, DR.. B. n Dink-
grove, former Sheriff, and late Tax Col
lectOr Of the Parish, was killed while go
ing to dinner. His assaiIant was an I'M
known man, who rode rapidly away after
shooting his victim. This assassination
is said to have been the result of an old
| feud growing out Of the Doctors killing
a man named Kimberley, in self-defense,
some six years ago.
THERE were siXty-five dismissals in the
United States Treasurer's office at Wash
ington, on the 31st ult.
THE sentence of Jesse Pomeroy, the
| boy murderer, of Boston, has been com
muted to imprisonment for life.
Mr.. BEECHER having applied for a
| change of venue in the suit brought
against him by Frank Moulton, the latter,
on the 31st ult., served a supplementary
complaint locating the action in New
York city.
On the 31st ut, in the New York Dem
ocratic State Convention the announce
ment was made that Mr.. Seymour had
finally consented to accept the nomination
! for Governor. Lieut.. Gov. DOrsheimer
was nominated for reelection by acclama-
! ton. Robert G. Earle was nominated for
Judge of the Court of Appeals, Darius A
! Ogden for Canal Commissioner, and Rob
ert H. Anderson for State Prison Inspector
1t was subsequently reported from Utica
that Mr.. Seymour positively declined to
run.
REV W. G. ENGLAND, q Methodist
minister, his wife, step-daughter and
! four sons were murdered at their home
six miles from Montague, Texas, few
nights ago, by party of disguised men.
The particulars of the fiendish affair have
not been received, but it is supposed that
the murders were committed for money
AN Omaha dispatch of the 31st ult. says
the agent of Clark's pony express at Dead
wood City, who arrived at Sidney that
morning, says the Indians raided the road
| between Custer and Deadwood, on the
Goth, killed Weston Smith, a minister,
and three miners named Ike Brown, Pol
Inns and Mason, carrying off their stock.
They subsequently made raid on party
five miles south of Custer City, and killed
James Kidd, Samuel Wallace, Jacob
Weilly and Thompson. The Indians were
supposed to be Sioux from the hostile
camp on the road to the agencies. Jones
says the country was full of Indians.
The statement, previously sent, that Dead
wood had been corraled is pronounced
untrue.
The Chicago Typographical Union, on
the night of the 31st ult., voted to reduce
the price Of composition on morning
newspapers from forty seven to forty-two
cents, on evening newspapers from forty
two to thirty eight cents, and on weekly
papers to forty cents per thousand ems.
A COURIER who left Terry's camp on
the Goth ult., at the mouth of Powder
River, reached Fort Fetterman on the
night of the 31st The command was
then on trail which was estimated at
10000 ponies. Campfires indicated seven
uIoUAhN1 peIt>lo. 1hCAC was 1CdoOh W NC
lieve that the Indians were almost desti-
tute of food Gen. Crook fully expected
to strike Sitting Bull in a few days.
THE Colorado Democrats have nomi-
mated Bella M. Hughes, of Denver, for
Governor, Dr.. Beshoar for Lieutenant
Governor, and t. NJ Patterson, present
Delegate, for Member of Congress.
ABROAD.
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