Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-01-09

were constituted a subcommittee [
visit New Orleans, Charleston, an
, other places to secure testimony.
THE following was the U. S. currenc
outstanding Jan. list:
Old demand notes.. .............- s62, O.
: Legal tender notes, all issues 346, ISL, O.
Two year notes ....-:-''-.. '-1-..-..- 6,3l4 o
TWo..year coupons. ...............% 6, 323, q
Compound interest notes. 26S Il
fractional currency. all issues. 16, los, L
To'al.........--.. 1868. 2Os, s.
THE subscriptions to the four pe
cent. bonds on New I ears amounted {
the sum of$9, ,590,150 This is the larges
sum ever taken in one day, the larges
previous daily subscription amountin
! to $3,0O0,000. -
LEWIS E. PAYNE, Of Virginia, wb
was recently republican candidate e
congress against Hunter in the Alexar
dria Va. district, has been appointe
district attorney for the territory c
+ Wyoming.
New YEARS day was observed at th
white house by a grand reception giyel
1 to hundreds Of distinguished callers
i The Chinese ambassador and suit
Iwere particularly noticeable. The onI,
absent cabinet member was Secretar'
Sherman who had just received new
of brothers death. t
THE returns to the post office depart
ment, for the quarter ending Sept. 30th
indicate that the postal revenue will bt
increased about $9CO,000 per annum b,
the change in the mode of compensat
Ling postmasters of the 4th class allow
ing commission on stamps cancelled on
letters instead of on stamps sold. F.. =
A BOLD theft, on January End, enter
ed the government printing office, and
watching his opportunity, took from the
safe Of the disbursing clerk a package
of currency containing SIC, 900, intended
for paying off employees and for the
| purchase of material, and made his es
cape without observation. Detectives
were immediately put to work, and 1t is
thought the money will soon be recov
cred.
| The mint bureau on Jan. 3rd, turned
into the treasury So, ,750 profits ACQUIRING
to the government from the coinage Of
standard dollars for the past three
weeks, after buying silver for coinage
paying for transportation, and allowing
for washing in the process of coinage
/ Since the commencement of the coin.
age of standard dollors the government
has profted, between the legal tender
value and real value of bullion which
it contains, to the amount of about
$4,000.
4 A CURIOUS report has been received at
Washington from Europe that leading
SSMs are 5 pfEatfssss5ngs haaRed aR r # tbs IS sa
that the project is completed, and that
Messrs. ,Rothschild, Montefora, and
other prominent financiers and patriots
have hopes of success in their under
taking from every point Of view. The
secretary who is Christian in faith,
says every evidence of support to the
! project is manifested by the Jews of the
entire world yet wise reserve as to de-
tails of plans is demanded
The acknowledgement is receiving
many letters from prominent business
men in large eastern cities, complain
ing of the hardship to which they are
subjected by the recent ruling of the
post-office department, - excluding
matter printed by photographic pro-
cess, electric pen and type writer from
the mails except on payment Of the
first class or letter nte of postage.
Some firms say that tbs order will in
crease their postage bills 81, 900 year.
The ruling referred to vent into effect
on the 1st inst. Heretofore the product
of the papyrographic pess and electric
pen have under an. oil ruling of the
pOstmaster-gen beer carried as third
class or printed matter. Last summer
the owners of certain ptents for type
writer's made applicatio through coun-
sci to the department to have the matter
printed in type-writers admitted to the
mails as third class natter. In the
arguments it was made apparent that
the application could Dt, under the
law, be granted, and thS the practice
of carrying both the papyrographic
and electric pen produss was also il
legal. ,e
1 FOREIGl.
| GEN. GRANT arrived il Dublin Janu-
ary End.
/ SULIEMAN PAsHAs appeal has been
rejected and he has beer degraded and
exiled for. life.
| THE steamship Louisis.a that went
ashore in Lough Lorne, Ireland, recent
1 ly, went to pieces on the4th inst.
| THE liabilities of the Cornish bank
that recently failed az believed to
amount to over one milljn pounds.
! The supply of bar siler in London
has dwindled down to ery small mar
| gin. There is little demnd for it, how
ever.
4 GREAT distress prevai among the
poorer classes in Switzeand. There
are said to be 5000 unemployed per-
sons in Geneva alone.
THE Nihilists continued cause great
CONSERVATION IN Russia Tne police
have more than they can do to track
the conspirators.
APLAGUE has appearl among the
Cossacks, Astrachan. he sufferers
are isolated; many doctes have been
summoned to their relic OF the 195
persons attacked since th first instant,
143 have died. -#sa@ -tss
The business failures threat Britain
and Scotland during 1915 were 1900,
of which 2,643 were Nolesale and
manufacturing branches trade. The
increase was 4,037 failres last year
over the preceding year.
. THE French elections Wich occurred
on Sunday, January 9th, Iesulted in a
nrant ren11 hlicarl Victory Il ran11hlinnn