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

1876, in which 40 persons were drown
ed.
7 A BISMARCK special of Dec. 3Oth, saws
Lieut.. Harry Tiffany, of the 11th infan
t try, Fort Custer, who recently deserted
while attending court martial at Fort
, Keogh, was driven to the step by the
threatened disclosure of forged pay ac
: counts sold in Bismarck, and the pro.
, ceeds lost by him at faro. Tiffany is q
l nephew Of Gen. Joe Johnston aud the
husband Of a Miss Barrett, of Baltimore
whom he clandestinely married at the
: Palmer house, Chicago, last September.
t An order for her arrest is out.
A FIRE at Charleston, S. c., ON New
/: Years destroyed the large cotton-press
warehouse Of the Union Cotton-Pres.
company together with 1O,121 bales OF
cotton. The property contained four
cotton presses. Only two presses were
running. The buildings and presses
f were valued at about 100000; insured,
$4,000. The loss on cotton is estimated
at $40, 600. The insurance amounts
to S472, $50. Several frame dwellings
IN the neighborhood damaged about
$4,000, most of which is covered by in
surance. The fire was the work OF IN
incendiary. ....- ..
A COMPREHENSIVE review of the pro-
duce trade of Milwaukee for 1878 says:
The receipts of wheat, flour, and coarse
grains show a very considerable increase
over the two preceding years, while the
receipts and manufacture of flour ag-
gregate a larger amount this year than
ever before. The live stock tables show
an unprecedented increase in the busi-
ness done, the receipts of live hogs be-
ing nearly double, and those of cattle a
third larger than last year. The receipts
OF cheese reached the enormous aggre-
gate OF 13,263,O00 pounds an increase
ofnearly 100000 pounds over 1877.
The receipts of wheat were 81, 100000
bushels, and the receipts of flour 1885,
600 barrels. The shipment of flour
We're 100000 barrels. r.I,..
A TERRE HAUTE dispatch of Jam. 3rd
ays:,Two men, Noah Williams and
Modoc Gainey, living in Green county,
made arrangement to burglarize the
store of Walls & Bond, at Oaktown, 40
miles south of this city last night. The
y citizens had previously obtained infor-
nation of their intended visit, and q
large party waited in saloon near
Bonds store, having put out the lights
The burglars appeared soon after mid
night, but went first to the saloon to get
liquor. The citizens opened fire and in
three minutes over thirty shots were
exchanged. Williams was shot through
the neck and killed. Gainey was dan
gerously wounded in the breast and arm
and will probably die. Henry Morton,
one Of the citizens, was shot in the face
| by one of the thieves and slightly hurt
NUi+k &l.e -,LL~- pt,t,.a
plete set of fine burglars tools.
| RESUMPTION day was without notable
features in any Of the great business
circles. A New York dispatch of Jan.
End said that of the $50, 900 received at
the custom house up to noon in pay
ment of duties, the bulk was greenbacks,
and at the sub-treasury up to that hour
only $4,000 in legal tenders had been
exchanged for gold. Treasurer Hill
says the house was prepared to meet
the probable rush for gold, but the de-
mand was very light, while in many in
stances greenbacks were preferred. The
first demand was for $210, but not an
: other dollar in gold was paid out for q
half hour. Within that time there
were half dozen applicants for sums of
less than fifty dollars, bat as no pay
ments are made under that amount,
they were refused. National bank bills
were also offered, but were not taken,
only legal tenders being exchangeable.
PREPARATIONS for the Inauguration of
: q direct steamship line between Balti-
,, more and Barrow on the coast of Eng
land, are nearly completed. A half
dozen iron steamships are being built
on the Clyde, and will be fitted up es-
; pecially with a view to the prosecution
Of the cattle export trade. Each
steamer, it is understood, will have a
transportatlng capacity for 800 head
of cattle. In anticipation of this new
; line the Baltimore & Ohio railroad COM
pany contemplate the erection of the
extensive stock yards which have been
, projected for several years. The new
line is also intended to develop the
exporting trade III horses. It has been
found, especially since the opening-up
of the horse railways Throughout the
large cities of Europe, that American
: horses can be exported and sold lower
| IlldLl l'IitlcIl duu DlllC
Kentucky stock especially have been
found adapted to every purpose.
SEVENTEEN railroad companies, oper-
ating zoos miles of railway in Mime
sofa, report for the year ending June
so last totals as follows: Passenger
earnings, 81, ,S45, 1884; freight earnings,
S4,6S1 $3.50; total gross earnings, 81 ,413.-
? 1913; total. operating expenses, 1885,
672. Three companies operating lines of
twenty-five miles or less report losses
on the years business. Other COM
panies report net earnings per mile
ranging from 1928 on the Melrose Line
, of the st. Paul & Pacific. thirty-six
miles long to S2,946 on the southern
Minnesota, 157 miles long. The Mil
waukee- & St. Paul company, on the
river and Iowa divisions, the St. Paul
, & Pacific On the Sauk Rapids Branch,
the ST. Paul & Sioux City, and the st.
Paul & Saltwater, report net earnings
. of over $4,000 per mile. The Northern
| | Pacific, on 253 miles in Minnesota re.
: port net earnings OF 81 ,42S per mile.
30 WASHINGTON. ~ .--l
t Tbs reduction of the public debt in
: in 1878 was about $17 100000.
: SECRETARY SHERMAN reported that