Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-17
THE NEWS.



bricks, accepting the nomination Of Presi-
dent and Vice-President respectively, were
given to the public on the 9Th.
Hon. BENJAMIN HARRISON, of Idianap- |
oils, has been nominated for Governor by |
the Republican State Central Committee
Of Indiana, 0ice Hon, G. s. Ortiz, declined
OK the 9Th, Max Stadler & Co., Of
New York city, wholesale and retail DEAL
ers in clothing, suspended, with liabi'i-
ties Of 100000,
GRAssHOPPERs are said to have de-
stroyed all the corn and vegetables NEAR
Denver, Col, and similar ravages sle re
ported in some portions OF Iowa, Mdnne-
sofa and Nebraska.
PRoF KINGS balloon, the "PhsffaIa.r,
which made IN ascent on the ev ecaing OF
the 4th, came down again in n evg ! ersev
two hours after At first it move {. zsqast lIlrIt
at high altitude encountered an easterly
current which carried it over Per.h Am
boy, when it began to desc 5end. I-pon
landing, the balloon refused to rise again,
Notwithstanding the passen gers LEFT and
all the ballast was thrown OF It, and the en-
tcrprise was abandoned.
Ex-SoILcIToR WILSON W as crosse exam
med before the Commit ee on Whisky
Frauds, on the It'll, in elaI yoration and ex-
PLANTATION Of the testimony formerly given
by him. In answer to a g question. concern
ing immunity, he said it was a mistake to
suppose that those to WI loa2 it was prom
ised escaped punishmeI It. They were Sc
yerely punished by the jGnominv Of the
confession Of their guilt, and loss Of prop
erty, because the loss of. property to some
persons is more severe than the loss of
liberty.
A SMALL boat on P utnam's Pond. near
Whitehall, N Y, W as struck by a,squall
and capsized on the afternoon Of the 9th,
and Of the thirteen persons on board, six
men and four WON en- were drowned
RETURNS received on the morning of
the 9Th from the Alabama State election,
which occurred the day before, indicated
the election Of Houston Dem.D for
Governor by over 10000 majority.
ALDERMAN CULLERToN, of Chicago,
who was lately convicted of whisky frauds
and sentenced to six months imprison-
ment and 81 900 fine, has been pardoned
on condition that he pay his fine.
IN his official report concerning the
Custer disaster Maj Reno says that the
massacre was due to Custer,s mistaken
opinion Of the situation. He supposed
them to be flying in retreat, hence the
fatal division of the command, which
gave them the opportunity Of cutting the
three divisions off in detail
BRUCE YOUNGER, who was recently ar
rested in Missouri on suspicion Of having
been connected with the Oterville train
robbery, has been released on a writ of
Ad600s corpus.
HENRY WATTERs0N, of the Louisville
CourterJournaJ, has been elected to Con
gress from the Fifth Kentucky District, to
ill the vacancy caused by the death of
Representative Parsons.
DISPATCHES were received from Fort
Fetterman on the 8th stating that, on the
I'd, the Indians in front of Crooks com
mand, after firing the country and de
y
their village on the Little Big Horn, and
moved in Il northeasterly direction to-
ward the mouth of the Tongue River.
HOBBS KERRY, the Missouri train rob-
Der, has given away the rest Of the gang
on condition of unconditional pardon.
He says his associates were Miller, Chad
well, the three James brothers and thetwo
1oungers.
AN exciting tragedy was enacted in Chi
cage on the afternoon Of the 18th, which
resulted IN the death of Mr. Francis Han
ford, Principal of the North Division
High School, at the hands of Mr. Alexan-
der Sullivan, Secretary of the Board of
Public Works. 1t seems Mr.. Hanford
had written a communication to the Chair
man OF the Common Council Committee
on Public Schools, in which the charge
was made that Mr.. Sullivan's wife had
been the guiding spirit in a ring in
the School Board designed to throw
the schools under the control of the
Roman Catholics. Mr. Sullivan obtained
copy Of the portion relating to his wife,
when he proceeded to his residence and, |
IN company with his wife and brother, |
went to Mr.. Hanford's residence, where
he accosted Mr.. H. and demanded a re-
traction, which Mr.. II. refused to grant. |
Mr.. Sullivan then struck him, and a |
scuft1e ensued. Friends interfered to sep
arate them, and Mr.. s. says Mr. H. struck |
Mrs. 5, whereupon he drew revolver
and fired at him, intending, as he saws, to
wound him in the arm, but the ball took
effect IN the bowels, and the wounded
man died in about half an hour. The
Coroner's jury recommended that Mr..
Sullivan be held without bail to await the
action Of the Grand Jury
THE New York State Democratic Con-
vention has been called to meet at Sara
toga on the 30th f August
HALLETT kILBOURNE. the recusant real
estate pool agent and Witness has entered
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