Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06
CURRENT EVENTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.

A FIRE at st. Joseph, Mo-, last week,
destroyed $550,000 worth of property
THE lockout at the Ashland, KY,
iron works throws 1000 men out of en-
ployment.
THE lower house of the Louisiana
legislature repealed the charter of the
louisiana lottery by a vote of 63 to 20
last week.
THE editor of the Courier at Bloom
ington, Ind, is on trial for the murder
of County-Attorney Rogers on Christ
mas night last.
Gov. MARKS, of Tennessee, issued a
proclamation Jan. 3lst repeating the
charter of Memphis. This action was
taken to fortify the city against its cred
itors.
MADAME LACHAPELLE, pedestrienne
who has exercised herself a great deal
throughout the northwest, is trying to
walk 2,700 quarter miles in 2,700 quar-
ter hours in Chicago.
THE reported gross earnings of the
Des Moines and Fort Dodge (Iowa) road
for 1873 are $211, ,627, against $148, ,434
in 1877. The net earnings for 1878
were $75, sos against $18,766 in 1877.
AN Elmlra, N. Y, dispatch of Jan.
80 says A new locomotive while max
ing a trial trip to-day on the Olean,
Bradford and Warren railway, exploded
its boiler, killing the engineer, fireman,
and four others. The engineer was
torn to pieces, and blown eight miles.
The directors of the First National
Bank, of Saratoga, n. Y, have made a
call on the stockholders for 95 per cent.
on each share owned by them, to make
up all deficiencies and contingencies
consequent on the alleged bad manage
ment of cashier Leake, who has ere
signed
THE Louisiana senate Jan. 31st bv a
close vote, passed the bill to repeal the
license of the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany. This will kill that well-known
enterprise of chance, and close what
has been, for nearly ten years, power
full organization.
SENATOR CHRIsTIANCY has accepted
the mission to Peru. He will resign his
oIG1b III L1lC 0CIIoiGC, dbIlNA ~ 10 ApCCtCU
that the Michigan legislature, now in
session, will elect ex-senator Zachariah
Chandler to fill the vacancy.
A SAN ANTONIO, Tex, special to the
Gt0be-D Democrat says party of Mexican
bandits recently robbed three women
and two men on the Mexican side ofthe
Rio Grande, then bound them to trees
and left them to starve. When found
the buzzards were lowering around
them. Three of the bandits were cap
tured
THE magnificent estate owned by ex-
Governor Washburn, in Dane county,
Wis, and known as 'Edgewood Farm y
which he generously offered last year
as gift to the state for public charita-
able or educational purposes, has just
been accepted by tie legislature The
property is located near Madison, is
very valuable, and will be used as a
school for INDECENT boys.
The committee which went to Texas
with the remains of the late Congress
man Schleicher says that the funeral in
San Antonio WAS an imposing one, and
| that people came from distance OF
| forty miles on ponies to be present. Ii
is intimated that Mr.. Schleicher's sue
cessor will be mis- son-in-law, an ex-gov-
ernor of the state, who is popular in
that section.
THE steamship City of Para, from Rio
| Janeiro and Para, arrived at the port oil
New York, brings from the latter place
| 100 destitute Americans who had come
down the Amazon from Stantonce, a
port on the Madeira, where Collins &
Co. have been engaged in building a
railroad. The men were found in Para
in the most wretched condition, all be,
ing without money and many sick. One
/ hundred and twenty yet remain, and
will probably be brought on the next
| steamer.
A TORNADO occurred at Iuka, Miss,
Jan. 30th. The storm came from the
southwest, and struck that part of the
town situated on the hill, which is most
lyoccupied by negroes; cOlored woman
and five children were killed outright
two of the latter were found quarter
of mile from home. Eight other col
ored people were wounded, one Of whom
has since died. Several farm houses
and one church were blown down. The
tornado lasted but few moments, anC
its track was not over 200 yards wide.
The Louisville alms-house, situated
five miles south of the city, was entire
" destroyed by fire Jan. 31st. The
origin of the fire is unknown. Three
hundred and forty persons were in the
place at the time, nearly all of whom
escaped. The exit scene is described a.
horrible in the extreme, but the mos
marvellous feature is the small loss O
life attendingit. Nearly all the inmates
were aged invalids, imbeciles and Grip
pies. There were moIe colored people
than any other class, yet strange to say
none were seriously injured.
SITTING BULL has sent to the Uncpap;
relatives on Standing Rock agency tn,
following: He wants to locate on tha
reservation, if the Great Father vii
permit him. "0nce | was strong anC
my people had hearts of iron; but nov
I am coward, and will fight no NOR,
forever. My people are cold and hun
cry. NY women are sick and my chill
drer4 are freezing. will do as the Grea
Father wishes. | will give my guns anc
ponies into his hands. My arrows ar,
broken, and my war-paint thrown tt
the winds"
A COLUMBIA. Texas, dispatch of Jan
30th says: A horrible assassination oc
CURED here yesterday. Mr.. Santee
} clerk of the county court of this (BrazC
ria) county, was, at night, returning
, home from his Office. He perceive
| two or three suspicious looking object
2 crouchiDg in a corner of the fence
: Two, without giving him time to retreat
) arose and opened fire. He was shot i
the arm. thigh. and other places. Sar