Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-07-25
Miscellaneous News.
FROM MEXICO CITY,

July 22d state that Mrs. Foster, wife
of the minister Of the United States
is very i'll, but the physicians
are confident that she will recover
News has been received that a com
pany Of merchants and manufacturers
of Chicago intend to meet in this city
next October. The foreign merchants
here are inclined to under-rate the
efforts of the Americans to SUP,
plant them. They claim that they
can control sixty millions Of
seventy-six millions annually. The
Germans are monopolizing the import.
ing trade. They are charged by, Eng
llsh and French merchants with cor
ruptly manipulating the custom service
The yellow fever has been very fatal
at Vera Cruz and Yucatan .1I s
MINNESOTA WHEAT.
A St. Paul, Minnesota, dispatch of the
22d says special dispatches to the Pioneer
Press from the harvest wheat growing
counties represent a probable loss to the
crop from rains and hot weather of from
20 to 40 per cent. In Goodhue. the first
county IN the state in amount of wheat
produced, the damage from blight is
| estimated 80 to 70 per cent, in many
fields will yield only to 10 bushels to
the acre. Harvest commences to-mor-
row III many places.
CUSTOM HOUSE CHANGE.
A New York dispatch under date OF
July 10th says at 4 o'clock this afternoon
Collector Arthur transferred his office
to Gen. Ed. MERIT, who thereupon ell
tered on his duties as collector of the
port. The first duty of the new collector
was to swear in his deputies vino were
summoned before him for that purpose.
The following named deputy collectors
were re-appointed to their positions
Richard Winchoff, 4th division; VIM.
A. Morris, 5th division; Benz. f. Wv
man, 9th division; Dudley F. Phelps,
7th division: Sam'l NJ. Blatchford, Sth
division; and Knox McAfee deputy col
lector III the rOtunda. John r. Ly-
! decker, deputy collector in charge of
the third division was not reappointed.
In his place Collector Merritt appointed
John }. Osborn lately deputy collector
IN the rotunda. He also appointed Gen.
Nelson q. Williams an entry clerk, to
1lll the vacancy caused by the promo
ton of Mr.. Osborn. When deputy
collector Desanges was removed from
the third division III the spring of 1875
! on exposure of his completely in silk
smuggling frauds, Mr.. Osborn was ap-
pointed his successor. In September
last, after the number of deputy col
lectOrs was reduced, Mr.. Osborn was
removed by Collector Arthur in order
tn nrOUIdn a nj fD,. no,D,,+,r G.J
LydIcker who would otherwise have
been compelled to retire. Mr.. Osborn
was then appointed deputy collector
in the rotunda. His present appoint
ment Is simply reinstatement Of his
old position.
Gen. Chas. X. Graham, of New York
City, was to-day appointed by the pres
ident survey of customs at this port,
vice General Z. A. Merritt appointed
collector of customs. Hon. James
Tanner was appointed collector of
taxes.
SHOOTING FRIENDS.
A Baker City dispatch of July 10Th
says the Umatilla Indians under For
sythe struck the hostile camp last night
about two miles and half from Stark 5
rancho, Daley Road, killing seventeen
warriors and capturing twenty-five wo-
men and children and sixty or seventy
head OF horses. The ho8tiIes are much
demoraliEed, and captive squaws report
| that they are breaking into small bands,
with the evident intention of fleeing to
the Weiser, and making their way to
the Bannocks, of the buffalo country.
| aSt Npu DaraO IL,
Lieut.. Williams, accompanied bv white
scouts belonging to Col. Sanford's COM
mand, went into camp on the North
Powder. While sitting around the
campfire, all dressed in citizens clothes
a man named Haines, a captain of a
volunteer company, who had seen the
party enter the timber, fired two shots
into the scouts from tree about sixty
yards distant, killing one of the Nez
Perce scouts and mortally wounding an
| other. The Nez Perces were much in
censed at Haines, and it was with much
| difficulty that the white scouts and
Lieut.. Williams could restrain them
from killing him at once. The Indians
were rendering very efficient service
and now they will scarcely continue
! AOiiSOA III viz SCI LII 10 1GdI6u llllS
will also drive the Umatillas from the
field. At last accounts Haines was un-
der guard, and will probably be brought
to Col. Sanfords camp.
THE RED MEN. ---.-r
Baker City, Oregon, advices of July
18th say couriers just in from Meach-
ANS and Pendleton say Chief Homely
with his band of Indians fought the
hostiles on the 10th inst, killing Chief
| Egan, and has his scalp and head. The
Indians were near Emigrant- Springs
| about miles north of Meacham' s, when
Homely's band attacked them. The
hostiles are divided, one party going to
| the head of the Milky Creek, the other
| toward Grande-Ronde river. Captain
Kelly, with scouts from Boise, has been
out month or more. He passed La
Grande tonight, going to Col. Sanford's
camp on North Powder river. Whea-
| ton, with his command, is at Bunnaham
bridge, in the Blue mountains. to-day
scouting the country in that direction.
Gen. Howard is expected in. the
Grande- Ronde valley III two davs, al
which place he will establish temporary
headquarters.
| BRINGING In SCALPS.
A Boise City special of the 18th says
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