Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-13
NO. SO.
General News.
THE FISHERY COMMISSION.

;. sion, previous to their recess, spen
= several days In debating the question ot
| awarding compensation to Great Britain
! for the advantages accruing to Ameri-
u can fishermen IN British waters of tran
: shipping cargoes and buying ice, bait
and supplies. This point was a promi-
L nent feature in the British case, and a
> heavy claim was founded thereon. 1t
|. Is understood, however, that the COM
} mission gave the unanimous decision
: that they were incompetent to award
l compensation for these privileges. Sir A.
[. Gait stated, when the decision was
given that he did not feel that the COM
mission was competent to consider all
the questions brought before it, But
there was no help for it. They were
; bound by the strict working of the
Washington treaty. The idea of the
Americans seem to be that so large
number of people being interested in
the trade with the American fishermen
will prevent the dominion government
from interfering with them if they can
under present laws, or introducing new
legislation for such purpose This de
cision leads to the belief that all dis
putes relative to the North American
fisheries cannot even now be amicably
settled under the articles of the Wash
ington treaty.
A COUNTFRFETTER CAUGHT.
A Fort Wayne special of the 10th
inst. says that DR.. Chas Orton, ply
sician of Milwaukee, who was some time
ago indicted by the Federal Grand Jury
for the Circuit of Wisconsin for manu-
featuring and utternig counterfeit silver
coin. He escaped. came to this city,
assumed the name of Chambers, and
has been practicing medicine since that
time until this morning, when he was
arrested by United States Marshal Fink,
of Wisconsin. Orton was formerly a
member of the Milwaukee City Council,
and occupied a good position in the
community until his extensive counter
feiting operations were discovered.
The arrest is regarded as a very import
ant one. An officer took Orton to Mil
waukee this afternoon
DEATH OF BISHOP RAPPE.
A st. Albans, VI, associated press
dispatch Of the 9th inst, states that Rev.
Amedius Rappe, who was consecrated
Catholic Bishop of the diocese of Cleve-
land, o., in 1S47, and resigned in 1870,
died here last night at the age of II
years He was well known throughout
the United States and Canada as tenn
perance reformer and missionary.
A MISSING SCIENTIFIC PARTY.
A dispatch from Washington of the
9TH inst says Prof Hayden telegraphed
| yesterday from Ogden that nothing had
yet been heard from Prof Becklers
party, which went some five weeks
since into that part of the Valley of the
Snake River, which is the old Indian
trail leading toward the battle ground
of Gen. Gibbon. The party had about
two weeks work, and nearly three weeks
have passed since they should have
been heard from. Still there is not
much anxiety felt for them, and but for
the knowledge that the Nez Perces may
have passed over the field Of their oper-
atiOns, the fact of not having heard from
them would excite no very special re-
mark
CALIFORNIA ELECTION.
An Associated Press dispatch from
San Francisco, of the 9TH inst, says that
the election returns are still very in
complete, but enough is known to rem
der it almost certain that the democrats
will have majority in the legislature
ers probably elect most of the munich
pal officers, except mayor, police COM
missioners, superintendent of schools,
and perhaps sheriff. 1t is thought that
ma jority of the taxpayers supervisors
are elected
CANADIAN CATTLE.
The Toronto Globe special from Lon
don Of the 9TH inst states that forty-two
head Of Canadian short-horns, the prop
erty of the Hon. NJ III. Cochrane, Of
Compton, Quebec, and Simon Beattie,
of Markham, Ont, were sold at Mill
beck Stock, Windermore, yesterday
They realized 16, ,2S0 guineas The av
erage per head was about 388 guineas.
The 9TH Duchess of Hillhurst brought
4,300 guineas; the Sd Duchess of Hill
hurst, 400 guineas; the I'd Duke of
Hillhurst, years old, brought 800
guineas. The Globe adds: "The aver
age realized-close upon $1,000 a head
has not been reached before in Eng
land or on this continent, and has only
been exceeded once in Australia. This
sale cannot but have the effect of di-
recting attention to Canada's unsur-
passed capabilities, not only for supply
ing superior belf for the shambles, but
as the best home of the short-horn race
1t proves once more also, to our Cana
dian farmers, that the European market
is open to receive any number of high
bred cattle at great prices, if they only
nave the pluck to raise th0m properly
and send them across the Atlantic"
THE NATIONAL BALANCE SHEET.
The following summary made up at
the treasury department, shows the re-
ceipts and expenditures of the govern
ment for the year ending June 80, 1877,
as compared with the same for the year
preceding:
RECEIPTS.
Customs 130. $50. 493 S148, OF, ,9o5
Internal revenue. ...... 49, $50, 408 116, 700, 732
RuDG lands 10 s S55 1 1923 lSs ss7
Total ..... 1853, 900. 587. Sa94, ,O95, ,865
EXPENDITURES.
Civil and miscellaneous. 80, 252 067 sc, 958, 374
War department 81. 0S2, 736 ,018, S6S
Navy department....... Ii, 9, 35 1S, 963, 3
Interior department.. 30, 240, 759 81, 223, 954
Total. s141, 535, 4g7 s158, 216. 526
Interest public debt. 81, 124 Gil 100, 243, 271
Total. .s288, 66O, COS s258, ,459,7g7
A comparison Of the totals given in
the recapitulation shows that, while the
crorraoa 70 roven1a of last vaar foil S05