Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-20

for war was authoritatively denied on the
9Th
WHILE the Prince Of Wales and his
party were engaged in pig-sticking near
Lucknow, India, on the 9Th, Lord Caring
ton had his collar bone broken.
ACCORDING to a Madrid telegram of the
9Th there had been heavy fall of snow in
the province Of Guipuzcea, which had
greatly interfered with military operations
The authorities had lately issued a notice
to mariners, warning them not to APP
proach The coast east Of Bilbao, on &C
count of the danger from Carlist batteries.
THE Belgrave cOtton-mills at Oldham,
England, carrying $4,000 spindles, were
burned on the 8th, involving a loss of
$4,000
DR.. STROUsBERG, the bankrupt railway
contractor, has been released from impris-
onment on parole.
NEAR Odessa Russia) on the 9Th rail
way train filed with military recruits ran
off the track and plunged down a steep
embankment. The wrecked cars caught
fire and many persons were burned to death
before they could be eXtricated. The num-
Der killed was sixty eight and ffty-four
were injured, some of them fatally.
IN his annual report the Librarian of
Congress, Mr.. A. R. Spafford, states that
there are now in the Congressional Libra
ry 593, 507 volumes, against PA, 159 Oh
the 1st Of December, 1874. Mr.. SpatfOrd
again calls attention to the urgent neces-
sity for new separate building for the
National Library, to prevent overcrowd-
ing.
A NEW YORK telegram of the 9th
states that all the churches invited by
Mrs Moulton to take part in the mutual
council had accepted the invitation.
AN effort has recently been made by the
friends of Edward S. Stokes, imprisoned
for the shooting of James Fisk, to pro-
cure his pardon, but Gov. Tilden has de-
MED the application.
Hon. J. Y. SCAMMoN, former President
of the Mechanics National Bank, a sus-
pended Chicago institution, and J. S.
Reed, his cashier and son-in-law, have
been lately indicted by Chicago Grand
Jury on the charge of Incorporating a
large amount of the funds OF the bank. In
a card dated Washington, Jan. s, Mr..
Scammon alphabetically denies the alleged
embeZzlement.
AN interesting experimental telegraphy
was made in Milwaukee, on the 9Th,
which demonstrated that, by the use of
new instruments, eight messages can be
simultaneously transmitted over single
telegraph wire. The discOverer of the new
system is Mr.. Elisha Gray, Of Chicago
A FEW nights ago some burglars broke
into store in Osborn, Mo, stole bottle
of chloroform, and then proceeded to drug
all the inhabitants of the town. They
went through both hotels, all the stores
ard many of the dwelling-houses, secur-
ing several thousand dollars, after which
they escaped.
VIsCOUNT AMBERLEY, the eldest son of
Earl Russell, died in London on the 10th.
A BRUSSELS telegram of the 10th re-
ports additional disturbances among the
miners at Charleroi. On the night OF the
9th an outbreak had occurred in which
several had been killed and more wounded.
THE bill introduced in the House on
the 10th by Mr.. Wood, of New York, to
repeal the Resumption act of January,
1876, proposes to utilize the $500, GOO, 900 4
per cent bonds not yet negotiated, and
remaining in the Treasury, as basis for
the issuing of small Treasury notes
in lieu of the present legal tenders
and National Bank currency. 1t also pro-
vides for the establishment of a sinking
fund, to be made up of one-half Of the
surplus coin revenues in each fiscal year
after providing for coin expenditures, and
also of per cent. of interest on the re-
deemed per cent. bonds called in in lieu
of small Treasury notes issued, as a re-
demption fund for the resumption OF
specie payments, and for the suspension
of the present sinking fund until resump-
ton shall have been accomplished.
Dr.. SAMUEL G. HOWE, the founder OF
the Boston Institute for the Blind, died il
that city on the 9th, aged seventy-foul
years.
Gov. HAYES was inaugurated at COlum
bus, Ohio, on the 10th in the presence o.
vast crowd of people from all parts Of
the State.
THE Iowa Legislature convened at Des
Moines on the 10th.
APARIs telegram of the 18th says NJ
Leon Say, the Minister of Finance, had
retired from the French Cabinet.
A BERLIN telegram of the 18th states
that the Government had decided TO sci
Cardinal Ledochowski at liberty uncon-
ditionally when his term Of imprisonment
expired, but he would be closely watched
and again arrested should he attempt to
exercise his episcopal functions or other.
wise infringe upon the Ecclesiastical
laws.
CHAs. BoNNDY & Co., metal merchants
OF Birmingham, England, failed on the