Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-12-04
GENERAL NOTES.

A DISPATCH of the 2Sth from Washing
| ton says the excess of value of exports
over imports of merchandise for October
was $40,067 1878, the largest in the history
of the country. The excess of the i'm
ports of gold and silver into the country
over exports, from July to Nov %,
amounted to about $65,000,000.
A NEW YORK dispatch of Nov. Both
| says Chase and Atkins, as the bankers of
| w. II. Vanderbilt, yesterday received from
Drexel, Morgan g. Co., representing the
syndicate, the checks of the latter for
| $5,000,000, being the first installment of
| the payment for the New York Central
and Hudson River railroad stocks recent.
ly sold by Vanderbilt to the syndicate.
LOUISVILLE, KY, advices of the Goth of
Nov. give an account of severe tornado
at that point. The storm came from the
south in the shape of huge black cloud
accompanied by deluge of rain. Up,
wards of a hundred buildings in the
southern portion of the city of Louis.
vile were torn down, and fences, trees
and shrubbery generally swept away.
| The reports of the tornado contain no
accounts Of loss of life or even injury to
persons.
A NEW YORK telegram of the 28th
says it has been officially announced that
| William III. Vanderbilt has sold 100000
shares of New York Central stock to va
riCus leading foreign and domestic bank
ers, represented by Messrs Drexell, Nor
| gan 81 Co, of New York, and Messrs. J
S. Morgan 81 Co., of London. 1t was
extremely difficult to get at the correct
details of this colossal transaction-the
largest single transfer on record-owing
to the reticence of various persons con
cerned.
A RAwIINs, Wyoming, dispatch OF
Nov. 2Sth says the troops now stationed
here to-day received orders to go into
winter quarters as follows: Four com
panies (H, X, and Nj Third cavalry
under command of Col. Bracket, to Fort
Laramier companies A, B, d, and F.
Third cavalry, to Fort Sanders, and com.
panies E and | to Fort Steele. Five com
panies (B, G, K, d and FL of the Fifth
cavalry, under command of Gen. Merritt
who will arrive here on the Goth, will 90
to Fort Russell.
A Los PINos, Colorado, special OF
Nov. 2Sth says that at the meeting of the
commission this morning, Ouray reports
the arrival last night of runner from
Douglass Camp, with the information
thatowing to the advance of troops the
Uintans have left the agency and reserva
ton to join Douglas, prepared to fight
hat the White River Utes decline to re-
turn, and Jack sends word he will not
come here until the Uintas trouble is
settled. If this be true the work forihe
commission is ended for the present.
SOmeSof the commission doubt the re-
port, believing it a ruse to gain time, OF
that the MOrmons are at the bottom OF
It,
A DISPATCH of the 30th states that the
session of congress which met on Mon
i day the 1st contains six new members
namely: Horace Davis, Horace F. Page
Romualdo Pacheco and Campbell Y
Berry, of California, all republicans
Waldo P. Hutchins, democrat, of New
York, vice Smith, republican, deceased
and w. G. Thompson, republican, OF
Iowa, vice Clark, republican, deceased
This will make a full house of 1913 mem.
bers, of whom the democrats have $50
the republicans, 131; greenbackers, II
independent, DR.. FELTON,, of Georgia,
This gives the democrats a majority oil
Z over ALL
Washington special of Nov. Goth, has
made arrangements to place ,tpon sale or
the 1st of December international postal
cards. Their price is two cents, and they
may be used without additional postage
to any country which is member of the
postal union. The cards are printed in
blue, but in other respects are similar tC
the cards now IN local use. The revenue
derived from the sale of these cards
forms a part of the postal revenues of this
country. The latest reports from various
officers indicate that about twice as many
) pOstal-cards are mailed to foreign coun.
tries from the United States as come from
abroad. Hitherto the senders of postal
cards to foreign countries have been I'M
der the necessity of atfxing an addition
al one-cent stamp.
THE official canvass of the vote in the
state Of Nebraska, was completed and
made public Nov. 25th. The following
, are the figures: Supreme judge, Cobb
republican, 46,113; Wakely, democrat
2O,S27; Saxon, greenback, 4,725. Regent:
of the university, Carson, republican
1876; Cannot, republican, AZ, 392; Bear
democrat, 1921; Sawyer, democrat, %,
1877; Gibson, greenback, SOIL: Wood
ward, greenback, 4,767; scattering 161
T District judges-first district, Weaver re
publican, 13495; Conner, democrat, 3,
S2S; second district, Pound, republican
1888; no opposition; third district, Bald
win, republican, 1,41S; Savage, democrat
1894; fourth district Post, republican
10,4S5; Munger, democrat, 6,1S5; fiftl
district, Goslin, republican, 1915; scat
tering, IS no opposition; sixth district
Barnes, republican, 4,207; Crawford
democrat, 2,SS7. Six counties voted re
publican, not a democrat or greenbacl
vote being cast for state officers.