Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-12-05
NO. so.
MISCELLANEOUS MEMS.
ANOTHER LAKE HORROR.


A Frankfort, Mich, special of Dee.
End says: More wreckage has come
ashore here and at Point Betsy, con-
sisting of the cabin top of vessel
canvas covered, lead-color, with stoye-s
pipe still attached to it, all badly
broken; also small and large white
cabin door, white knobs for small and
two large cabin windows with arched
top; also parts of cabin windows with
grained yelIow-ash color, but outside of
cabin white. The cabin is that of
large vessel. The beach is strewn with
parts of the wreck, all broken up.
Some sections are ten 10 forty feet i'll
length, being the side of a vessel. This
morning part of the stern, but no name,
and also white cross-trees washed up.
Iron ore is wedged among the debris and
along the shore, showing the craft to
be loaded with that commodity. From
all appearances the lost craft
was painted white, with green bottom.
1t does not look like collision. The
vessel seems to have foundered, and
broken up III the heavy sea. The wreck
age was first noticed Wednesday morn
ing. The wind was then southwest,
blowing gale. Nothing is known of
the crew.
\ STEAMBOAT DISASTER IL THE MISSISSIPPI.
A New Orleans dispatch of Dec. 2nd
says: The steamboat Charles Morgan
arrived from Cincinnati last evening.
Her officers report that at four
o'clock Sunday morning collision
occurred at Bringers Point opposite
Donaldsouville, between the Morgan and
the Cotton FaKey, of the Red river
transportation line. The Cotton Valley
sunk and twenty lives were lost. The
boat and cargo are total loss. The
Cotton Valley left here yesterday for
the Red river with full assorted cargo
and a number of passengers. When the
collision occurred the wind was blowinga
gale and the rain falling in torrents. The
Morgan was coming down, the Valleys GO
ing up; the boats rounding the point. The
officers of each seeing the danger of
collision stopped the machinery, but
the force of the wind and headway of
the Morgan was SO great that her guards
struck the Valley with great force,
causing the latter to sink in 10 minutes.
The Valley was valued at $4,000,
insured for $4,000 in New Or
leans offices. The cargo was valued
at $4,000, insurance unknown. Sol
Meyer, Daniel Gehr, and Henry Levy,
merchants of Alexandria, La, and Miss
Sanford. age 16, Of Zowden county, Va,
were the only passengers lost. The Of
fcers think II or Is roustabouts, mostly
colored, went down with the boat and
were drowned.
THE PONIMERANIA WRECK.
New York to Amsterdam, collided
with a Welsh vessel in the English
channel Sunday night, Nov. 24th, ahd
sunk in twenty minutes. The total
number of persons lost was forty-eight,
of whom thirty were passengers
and eleven of the crew. Capt. Schwen-
son showed great bravery in trying to
save the lives of his passengers. He
went down with the ship but was finally
picked up by a passing vessel and
saved.
A dispatch of November 30th SAYS:
Col. Robt. G. Buchanan, brevet ma
jor general, U. S. A, who has been on
the retired list for number of years.
died at his residence to-day, of appo-
plexy.
| .. BOILER EXPLOSION.
A special to the Pittsburg Dispatch
Nov. 28th, from Uniontown, gives the
particulars of boiler explosion which
occurred near Dunbar about halfpast
1, P. NJ, by which Richard Evans.
Daniel Garrison, and ]. J. Miller were
instantly killed, Jos. Veyon mortally
wounded, and ten others seriously in
iured. Most of the men were on the
roof of the boiler house helping to erect
new stack when the explosion oc-
Cured.
THANKSGIVING AT MEMPHIS.
A large mass meeting of citizens of
Memphis, who were absent during the
rage of the yellow fever, was held on
Thanksgiving day. Resolutions of
warm thanks were enthusiastically
adopted, for aid extended by generous
friends every where in the world. The
day was indeed cne of thanksgiving for
Memphis.
MRS. STEWART LOSING HOPE.
A special New York telegram Of Nov.
Goth says: The Tribune reports that Mrs.
Stewart is losing hope. Mrs. Rev. DIR.
Rylance, wife of Mrs. Stewards pastor,
said to-day: Mrs. Stewart sees only a
few intimate friends. She has been
verv feeble, and was confined to her
bed for several days after the sad event
There was time when [ feared for her
! life, and now she is anxious and worn,
and is suffering from hope long de-
ferred. | asked her if she had received
any information which led her to hope
that the body might be recovered, and
! she said she had not She still had
hope but is almost in despair. She
would gladly give the whole $4,000 for
the recovery of the body, and let the
robbers go free, but is guided in this
matter as in all things connected with
it, by the advice of Judge Hilton.
THE BANNOCK OUTRAGE.
Says a Washington special of Nov.
Goth: The report Of the commissioners
of Indian affairs will contain all the
official correspondence in regard to the
causes of the Bannock-outbreak, and
the case will at once take place in the
controversy between the army and in
terror department The dispatches
show that the agent for the Bannock's
notified the military months before the
outbreak that it was likely to occur.
After much delay, detachment of
troops was stationed at the agency, and
thev undertook to disarm and dismount
the Bannocks. They took away lot of
worthless guns, and left the Indians
plenty eff good ones which they had Sc
creted. They also took away the poor
est ponies, but left those used bv the
warriors. FinallyIagainstth the protests of
the agent, and upon the recommends