Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-03

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On the 25th President Grant replied to
| the resolution of the House of Represent
atives, adopted on the 22d, that no cor
respondence had yet taken place with
any European Government except Spain
in relation to Cuban intervention. The
| correspondence recently transmitted to
| the House shows that our Ministers were
instructed to read the letter addressed to
Mr.. Cushing to the Governments to which
they were respectively accredited.
REV. S. c. BARTLETT, Of Chicago, in a
late interview denied that an investigating
| committee Of CongTegationalists had been
| called 10 investigate the conduct Of Mr..
Beecher and Plymouth Church, but said
the Congregational brethren would not
| rest until the matter had been thoroughly
! sifted by council, and that steps to this
end would probably be speedily taken.
In the case of Brownlee, on trial at
Indianapolis for alleged completely in the
whisky frauds, the jury on the 25th re-
turned verdict Of acquittal. a
IT hpving been discovered that the
| election of United States Senator by the
| Iowa Legislature, On the 18th, was held
! one week too soon, a second election was
held on the 25th, which resulted as be-
fore, in the choice Of Gov. Kirkwood
ACCORDING to recent Bismarck tele-
gram, party Of miners mad reached that
place from the Black Hills. They report
1900 miners in the hills, all Of whom
were said to be meeting with excellent
| success.
AT a recent meeting in Chicago of the
American Poultry Association, Charles
A. Sweet, of Buffalo, N Y, was chosen
President, and Edward s. Ralph, Secre-
tary and Treasurer for the ensuing year.
Messrs. John E. Diehl, Of Philadelphia,
Philander Williams, Of Taunton, Mass,
and Edward L. Lamb, Of Chicago, were
elected as Centennial Committee to super
intend the show at the Philadelphia Elk
position.
! THE following was the vote in de-
tail in the House of Representatives on
the passage OF the Centennial AppropTia-
ton bill: s..
YEAs: Adams, Bagby, Baker IN; y, Ballou,
Bliss, Brady, Brown (Kan.), Burleigh, Cason,
! Caswell, Chaplin, Chittenden, Clymer Grape.
| Crounse, Cutler, Danford, Darrall, Davy. DENIM
son, Dobbins, Dqnnell, Eames, Egbert, Ellis,
Garfield, Cause Gibson, Hale, Hancock, Haral-
son, Hardenbergh, Harris Mass, Harrison,
HIiathorn, Hewitt On; -, Hill, ,Hoar.- Hoge
JenCks, Jones (ky.), Kasson, Kelley, Ketchum
King Lamar, Landers Conn, Lane, Lap
ham han u LaTTenes LeaySsnworth Levy LGt
Marsh, McDougal, MeCrary, McDiIl, Mead, Mi,
Ter Money, Monroe .Morey, Morgan. Mutchler
| Powell. Pratt, Purman. Rainey, Randall, Reagan
Reilly, Robbins pa J, Robbins, IN. g., Roberts,
SGss IN d. boss ga sampson, schleicker
Smith (Pa.), Strait, StowelI, Swan, Tarbox, Teese
| Thompson, Throekmort0n, Townsend IN. W
lace Is; g., Wallace (Pa.(, Walls, Ward, Warren,
/ Wells (Mo), Wells Miss, Wheeler, Whitehouse
Whiting, Virgins; Williams N. y, A. S. VIII
| pa, Wood On. ", WOODBURY.. Woodwork,
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NATs-Ainsworth, Anderson, Ashe, Atkins,
Bagley, j. H., Bagley, G. A, Baker (Ind.), Beebe
! Ball, Blackburn, Bland Blount, Boone, Bradford
! Bright, Brown (Ky.) Buckner, Burchard Ql.),
Burchard \Wis CabeL. Caldwell (Ala.), Caldwell
field Clark (Ky.), CLARK (Mo.), Uocnl-2e, collins
| Conger, Cook, Cowan, Cox, Culberson Davis, De-
Bolt, DIbrell, Douglass. Durham, Eden, Evans
| Faulkner, FELTON,, Fort, Franklin, Fuller, Glover,
| Goode, Goodwin, Gunter, Hamilton Und.) }, Harris
! (Ga) Harris (Va.), Hartridge, Hartsell, Hatcher,
Raymond, Hendee, Henderson, HeEkle, Hereford,
Hewitt Gala }. Holman Hooker, Hoskins, House,
| Hunton, Rurd, Jones IN. H. Joyce, Kehr, kim
ball, Knott, Landers Qnd.), Lewis, Lord, Lynde,
| Mcfarland, Mcmahon, Metca f. Miliken Mills
| Morrison, Neal New, Phelps, Phillips MOI
| Poppleton, Potter. Rea. Rice, Riddle, Robinson
Rusk, Savage, sayler,- Scales, sheakly, Singleton
ger, Stevenson, Stone, Terry, Thomas, Thorn
| burgh, Tucker, Tufts, Turney Vance Ohio,
Vance N. g., Waldron, Walker Va.). WaIlng,
| Walsh, Whitthorn, Wike Willard, A. S., Will
Jams OeI), Williams Qnd.), williams, W. B.
| lMich.), Willis, Wilson CIV. Va, Wilson Gowa)
| Yeates-1o0
Boston dispatches of the 25th say tnat
| E. d. Winslow, well-known journalist
Of that city, had been detected in heavy
| frauds, having obtained over 800, 600 on
forged paper, and that he had absconded
On the 26th a telegram was received
from London saying that the Canadian
| Government had been notified that the
clause of the bill creating the Supreme
Court Of the Dominion which forbids an
appeal to the Prigy Council Of England
must be repealed.
THE London Times, in a late financial
article, declares that the direct cable had
repeatedly been cut by malicious parties,
and that the knowledge of this lawlessness
had been used for stock-jobbing purposes.
A SAN SEBASTIAN dispatch of the 26th
| says the Royalist troops had carried sew
eral important positions between Hermann
and Lasarte.
THE new International Railway station
at Boulogne was burned on the night Of
! the 18th.
A BERLIN dispatch Of the Goth says the
insurgent leaders in Herzegovina had
announced their rejection of all proposals
for peace, and declared their intention to
prosecute the war against Turkey vigor-
ously.
a VIENNA dispatch Of the Goth says the
Austrian Foreign Office had intimated to
Mr. Orth, the United States Minister, its
desire to have copy of Secretary Fish s
note TO Mr.. Cushing. Mr. Ortiz tele-
graphed to Washington and asked for in
structions, but the American Government