Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-10-09

the father of Congssmal Gillette, of
Iowa.
A ST. LOUIS telsam inder date of
Oct. 2nd says no tings lave yet been
received of the w,reabmts of Prof.
Wise and his comlnion, Geo. Burr,
who left here in a blconlast Sunday,
and the opinion is giving stroIg that
| they have met the samfateis Donaldson
and Greenwood, who cented from Chi
cag0, four years ago.
NORFOLK advices othe 4th safe that
forest fires are raging earfully destroy
ing farm houses, barn and farm proper
| ty. Some of the rOa( are impossible
on account of fires. ne loss annot be
estimated, nor can be kn@n how
much damage will beione, aahe wind
has been blowing frfully rom the
west for the last "a hous.
A TOLEDO press disatch { the 1st
says large number of x-prisners have
already arrived here tcAtendhe grand
reunion, which begiD in tbs city, to-
morrow. Among thes are sme from
Texas and Wisconsin, ana cute mum
Der of Pennsylvania. Gen. Northcote,
of West Virginia, is bre. .lmong the
notables arrived is Mabr Nose, former
ly of the 10Th Illinois iIa1try. 1t is
expected that the numhelpresent will
reach up into thousands.
A LONDON telegram Of ct. 4th says a
meeting of the shareholde OF the Great
Western Railway Of Cana, has adopted
a resolution approving thpolicy of the
directors on the question q fusion of
| fha of 1,@t1 hn l.
The amendment to appoila committee
of shareholders to confer th the boards
of both companies. and at the board
be instructed to defer anyction which
would tend TO prevent ;fusion, were
negatived. 1t was stated at CrI. Grey
and James Bald, Of Glasgg, two of the
Great Western directors, ould go to
America by steamer, Oct4, to confer
with William II. Vandeilt and other
railroad authorities.
MUsKOGEE I. T. advicesf the 1st say
information was broughtn last night
from the Sac and Fox agey that a fight
had taken place Saturday Tween party
of ~ desperadoes infestin the region of
the agency and party Of2ldiers from
Fort Sill, resulting in the Hing of nine
of the bandits. The killingf jim Barker
and the capture Of Triplety the Chero.
kee Sheriff, Jesse Cochranleprive them
of bold, bad leader and operate man.
1t is expected the troops vi kill or scat
ter this band, as they havorders to re-
main two months longer il the field, if
necessary.
A BUNKER HILL, Ill, correspondent
telegraphing under date Oct. Sd, in
reference to the lost balloOn states that
he saw Wise's balloon pas there about
half past six o'clock Sunag afternoon
From this point the balloontJok a course
almost directly north, and vasseen later
IN the evening about ten mihS away be
tween Bunker Hill and farbinville
There is very wild and rugged region
fifteen tn twontJ miles i-a6telI, KNOWN
as McCouptr Creek The bottoms arc
heavily timbered and almost Uninhabit
ated. There appears to b a blre posi-
bility that the balloon descended in this
dense wilderness and the lrenauts may
have been SO seriously intred that they
have not been able to get at of it.
A MILK RIVER, Col, spcial of the Is
states that Thornburg's command was at
tackled in Bad Canon at non, to-day, one
mile south from here, on our march tc
the agency; we retreated Il good order
to the wagOn-train, where re are now en-
trenching ourselves as fas as possible
Thornburg was killed intantly during
the retreat; Capt Paine ws wounded il
two places, slightly; Lieut. Paddock ant
Capt Grimes were also painfully but no
dangerously wounded. Ten enlisted
men and Wagon-Master NKensey were
killed, and at least twenty-five men and
teamsters wounded. The command il
now we'll sheltered, but nov and then are
heard the guns of the ney hostiIes who
have just arrived. Our por mules anC
horses are getting it all arand. The rec
devils have fired the gras!all around u:
to burn us out.