Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-06
THE NEWS.
AT HOME

and S., 000 Dickinson and Abel, three
months and 81 600 each; Simon Powell,
six months and So 5000; H. b. Miller,
six moths and $4,000; F. L. Reed, one
day and 81 900; Rush s. Pahlman. three
months and 81 900 each; VIM Cooper,
three months and 5000; Hutchins & Coch-
rane, three months and 81 900. Defendants
were Immediately locked up. J. II. Hill
dreth's bail Of $1,000 was declared for
feited.
s GEN. JEWELL has invited
the postmasters Of the larger cities to a
conference, at Washington, upon the new
law reducing appropriations
A MAN named JAS G. Reed, formerly
confidential clerk OF Josiah Caldwell, has
published lctterin the New York papers
announcing that he was the author Of the
''Favo' dispatch to Caldwell asking him
to forward the cablegram from London
Vindicating eX-Speaker Blaine.
Two SPANS Of the railroad bridge across
the Missouri, at Kansas City, Mo, were
burned on the 23d. Loss 800, GOO
REV HENRY WARD BEECHER's salary
as pastor of Plymouth Church for the en-
suing year has been fixed at $4,000
A TRAIN on the Saragossa & Barcelona
Railroad, in Spain, ran off the track on
the Gath. Seventeen persons were killed
and thirty seven injured.
Mrs. LEON MCCARTHY and four chill
dren were badly burned by a kerosene
lamp explosion, at Ogdcnsburgh, n. j.,
on the evening Of the gath. The mother
and one child died on the 25th
A WASHINGTON Associated Press dis
patch of the Goth says it was believed that
Senator Morrill, would not qualify as Sec
rotary of the Treasury.
Mr.. BLAINE left Washington for his
Maine home on the afternoon Of the 9th.
His general health had not changed since
his recent relapse, and his condition still
caused great anxiety on the part of his
friends.
THE Vermont State Republican Con
vention met at Montpelier on the 9th
Hon. Horace Fairbanks was nominated
for Governor, Col Redfield Proctor for
Lieutenant Governor, and John O. Page
for State Treasurer Presidential Elect
ors-at-Large were also nominated The
action of the Cincinnati Convention was
Endorsed
Mrs. VIM. HOYLEHOUsE, of Spring
field, Mass, was fatally burned on the
9th by the explosion Of a can of kerosene
oil with which she was kindling the kitch-
en- fire.
JUDGE DYKMAN's decision in the case of
Moulton u.s. Beeeher, has been reversed by
the New York Supreme Court, thus giving
Mr.. MoultOn the right to bring action
An appeal can be taken by Mr. Beecher
TO the Court of Appeals. A New York
telegram of the 9th says the Committee
appointed by the late Advisory Council to
select a commission for the investi CATION
of the charges or evidence in the case of
Mr.. Beecher, had chosen as such commits
sion, Judge Nathaniel Shipman, of Con
necticut; Hon Asahel Finch, of Wiscon-
sin; Judge S. B. GoOkins, of Indiana
Hon Jonathan E. Sargent, of New Hamp-
shire, and Judge Joseph c. Knapp, of
Iowa
REPORTS from numerous points in
Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
received on the 9th, show quite discour-
aging prospects in respect to the crops.
Wheat and other grains were said to be
greatly damaged by the frequent rains, and
in some localities the Hessian fly and
chinch bug were vigorously at work.
RIGHT REV GEORGE d. CUMMINGS.
Senior Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal
Church. died at his residence, in Luther
vile, Md, on the Goth, of Inflammation
of the bowels.
THE President on the 2Sth nominated
Albert M. Wyman, formerly of Nebras
ka, to be United States Treasurer, vSce
John G. New, resigned
MR.. SAMUEL SLOAN was elected Presi-
dent of the Michigan Central Railroad
Company on the 2Sth.
A CHEYENNE dispatch of the 9th an
nounces the arrival at Fort Fetterman of a
wagon-traln from Gen. Crooks camp,
bringing the wounded in the late engage
gnent. Gen Crook, it was stated, would
until the return Of the train and infantry,
when he would strike the Sioux hard.
THE Michigan State Prohibition Con
EeRtion met at Lansing, on the 2Sth, and
nominated the following ticket: Govern
or, Hon. Albert Williams; Lieutenant
Governor, Rev. E. Curtis; Secretary of
State, Merritt Moore; State Treasurer. A.
L. Chubb; Attorney General, D. T. Sager-
dort; Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, j. ". McKiver; Commissioner of
Land Office, E. L. Brewer; Auditor Gen
eral, ID. j. Smith; Member of State Board
OF Education, L. R. Damon. The action
OF the Cleveland National Convention was
endorsed.
LOUISE HAWTHORNE, a we'll known an-
tress, &C cidentally fell out of a sixth-storv
window of the fremont House. Cbicaoo
on the morning of the 2Sth, strikino ON
the stone pavement below. Her body was
terribly mangled, and her death was in