Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-17
GENERAL NOTES.

THE people began leavig Memphi
by the thousands July 10tI
GALVESTON Guarantined gainst Mem
phis on the 11th inst.
HANLAN. the victorious ,arsman, ar
rived at New York from hgland, JULY
11th.
Hon. VIM. Allen, of Oho, died at his
home near Chillicothe, Jui 11th.
The ninth annual conviction of the
national bill-posters' associion met at
Toledo, O.. July 10th.
THE New Orleans board @ health de.
clared July 10th that the cit was never
healthier than at this time.
The fever news from Mnphis July
11th was more reassuring. There were
no new cases and the pani0as subsid-
ing. Fully 5000 people lefthe city the
day previous.
A SAN FRANCISCO telegrn of July
18th says Elizabeth Collins, elict of the
late brigadier general JameA. Collins a
veteran Of the Mexican wr. died at
Sacramento yesterday, age 80.
A CHICAGO dispatch Of Jy 18th says
Fareman & Friedlander, 81 Wabash
avenue, wholesale dealer clothes and
trimmings, have failed liabilities be-
tween $4,000 and $1,000 assets about
$4,000. Their creditorsre mostly in
New York.
A DUBUQUE, Iowa, teleam of July
11th, states that Judge Iuben Noble,
of McGregor, has writte a letter de-
clining the nomination fudge of the
supreme court, recentlNendered him
by the dem ocratic stateonvention.
A VIRGINIA, ILL.,, speci Of July 11th
says yesterday a sped fast freight
train OF twenty cars oNheat passed
through this city en- rou from Waver-
ly, ILL.,, to Baltimore. lis is the first
shipment of new wheat fm this section.
A BIsMARK dispatch duly 10Th says
the last steamer reportaat oats in the
Valley of the Yellowste are almost
waist high, and new tatoes are as
large as q mans fist. Mr. Fort Custer
is a Northumberland eld of oats as
fine as can be found. here is every
evidence of q bountifullrvest for the
pioneers.
A New York speciiof July 18th
states there is report at one of the
leading Liverpool lines about reduc-
ing its emigrant fare to5. The mat
ter is to come before tlnext meeting
of the North Atlantic eamship asso-
citation. The Cunardine tried this
experiment some yearsgo. 1t is said
that many thousand umpioyed En-
gllsh farm labOrers anminers would
come out here if the res of transpor-
tation were cheaper thaat PRESENT.
A New YORK specis of July 10th
says the largest numb ofMormons
which has arrived this ar WIS landed !
at Castle Garden, yestday, from the
steamer Wyoming. 1ere we're COZ |
adults who came in Il storage and |
seventy-six in the sectd abin. OF
this number 3S1 came .on 5candina-
via, eighty from Switze.M and Ger
many, and the othersfm England |
and Scotland. They We started for |
Utah tonight. Amonthe number
was a young man 25 ars old who
gave his name as Bran Young.
He said he was TO relae of the late
head of the church at Lake City.
Most OF the men were faers.
A LITTLE Rock dispat of the 11th
inst. says: The yellow fir news from
Memphis creates profou excitement.
Little Rock is in excellessnitary con-
dition, nevertheless the nd of health
met and resolved that ntrain on the
Memphis and Little Rocailroad shall
be permitted to enter quntine limits,
five miles east of the after I2 m.
to-day. Health officersere ordered
to be placed On the Iron untain road.
DR.. Colburn was appoint to meet in
coming Memphis lis. Mayor
Fletcher was notified to point suf-
icient number Of SAINT policemen
to be placed under contof the sani-
tary officer at Morrison.
A MEMPHIS telegram July 11th !
says there have beenD new de-
velopments to-day o.few cases, ),
and general feeling confidence .
is being experienced. e panic of :
Yesterday has entirely sided, and .
everything Is quiet here's forenoon.
The sick members of JuRay's fam .
ly are progressing favora no spread :
of the disease is antlcips 1t is es- :
timated that fully SCOOP departed :
from the city yesterday. E midnight !.
trains of the Louisville &.mphis and
Charleston roads, last ght, were
crowded to suffocAtion; kroads sent |
out double trains, and they were {
unable to accommodaEany, who t
were compelled to remsDver until 5