Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-02

patch says these mills are the Oldest il
America and have not been closed be
fore for over one hundred years.
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
A Paris dispatch, dated the 2Sth o
April, states that over one hundred
thousand had already arrived to wit
ness the ceremony of the opening O
the exposition, Wednesday next, May
lst. The prices of living have advanced
but not to the extent that was feared
| The exhibition will not be in full trim
until the beginning OF June The build
lngs are finished but the exhibitors are
behind hand
DEADWOOD FLOODS.
Advices from Deadwood, under date
of April 2Sth, say the Warm weather fol
the past few days has caused the rapid
melting Of snow in the mountains which
has swollen the dangerously high creeks
that run through Deadwood. This
evening d rain storm set in, and it is
feared that a portion of the business
centre of this city will be seriously dam.
aged by the flood
The district court was adjourned to.
day on account of water flowing into
the court room. All deeds and papers
are being removed from the recorders
office, Wich lies in the path of the raging
waters, to a place of safety. Large
gangs of men are at work tearing down
bridges and small buildings that oh,
struct the free passage of the water.
MOLLY MAGUIREs.
A Pittsburg dispatch under date OF
April 9th, says there are indications OF
a general strike of coal-miners in this
vicinity. About 200 employed in the
Castle Shannon mines went out to-day.
The Monongahela mines are nearly all
out. Those employed along the Penn
sylvania Railroad say they will quit
work in a few days unless their demands
are acceded to. The trouble is in re-
gard to wages and time of payment.
The miners now receive % cents per
bushel. They want 8. They are paid
every four weeks. They want the time
shortened to two. Efforts are being
made to effect a compromise. Nearly
100000 bushels of coal left here by
river to-dsy for Southern ports.
MORE OF IT.
Belleville, Mo, advices under date OF
April 9th, state that all the coal miners
III that region have struck for higher
wages. 1t is not unlikely that all the
miners in st. Clair county, and possibly
the adjoining counties, from which St.
Louis draws much the largest part of
her coal, will join the strikers.
INDIAN STRIKE
San Antonio advices of April 9th,
says another Indian raid is reported on
the northwest frontier. Raiders were
seen to-day near Escondido, between
Forts Concho and Stockton, where the
mail-rider was killed last week. These
Indians are from the Fort Stanton
reservation. The Indians who captured
horses and murdered fifteen persons
last week near Laredo have made good
their escape.
GREENBACKS AT A PREMIUM.
A San Francisco special dated April
Goth states that greenbacks have been
purchased in that city for gold coin at a
premium of 80 cents on every 81 900 in
notes. Secretary Sherman, wishing to
transfer some curency-exchange to the
east without disturbing the volume of
greenbacks in San Francisco, drew
checks upon himself in sums of $1,000
and $4,000 payable i'll New York.
These checks were forwarded to sub
treasurer Sherman of this city. Parties
here wishing to remmit currency to the
east, and finding it to their advantage
to use these check instead of purchas-
ing drafts at the bank, have taken their
greenbacks to the office of the sub
treasurer and made the exchange. As
the sub-treasurer could not give out
checks for gold coin, and as greenbacks
in the open market are for the moment
quite scare, the small premium had to
be paid to secure them in sufficient
quantity to cover the checks south in
exchange.
CANADIAN FAILURES.
A Toronto telegram under date of
April Goth says the last circular of
Messrs. Dunn, Wimper & Co., shows
minion Of Canada in the first three
months of 1873 was 555, with liabilities
amounting to So, 9,100,929. The number
of failures in the first three months of
1877 was 572, with liabilities amounting
to 81 $40, 6,511, and the number in the
first three months of 1876 was 447,
with liabilities amounting to 81 ,417 ,23S,
showing that the amount of liabil-
tiles has Increased year by year. The
past winter is said to have been the
worst that has been experienced for
twenty wears in its effects upon the
general retail trade of the county,
the results anticipated from the abun-
dant crops not having been realIzed,-
while the shrinkage of resources DUR
ing the past six months has been simply
enormous.
AFRICAN GOLD AND SILVER MINE.
Alexandria, Egypt, advices of the 9th
inst, says that Captain Burton, the
celebrated African traveller, command
ing the Khedival expedition to survey
mines in the Land Of Midian, arrived
here on his return, bringing twelve-fve
tons of specimen ore, comprising gold,
silver, copper, tin and lead. Capt.
Burton found three sulphur centres,
three turquoise, mines and extensive
deposits of gypsum, salt petre and
rock salt. lie goes to England to
arrange for working the mines for the
hedive.
THE STRIKE AT MANCHESTER.
ALondon telegram of the 25th inst,
says that nearly all the operatives at
Burnley whose notices expired last
evening, have joined in the strike.
Thousands of idlers at Blackburn are
wandering the streets, some of them
becoming very clamerous. Employers
in the Lancashire district say arbitra-
tio,, l. on,t of tho n1oStinn