Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-06-19

victed of poligamy since the passage oil
the act in 1862, and every effort wa:
made 70 prevent conviction.
A DETROIT special of June 10th state.
that DR.. Samuel s. Harris, of Chicago
has formally notified the Episcopaliar
diocesan committee of his acceptance
of the Bishopric of Michigan, to which
office he was recently elected. Hi:
election has yet to be confirmed by the
House of Bishops.
A ST. PAUL special OF the 10th say:
two wood choppers were attacked by In
dians on the Yellowstone, and Johr
Mcdonald was killed and Thomas Pat
erson wounded. Two companies of the
5th infantry has been sent from For
Keogh to punish the Indians. A strong
column is to be organized to operate
against the Sioux Indians who have re
turned from the British possessions
north of the Missouri.
| The Joint executive committee of the
trunk railways met in New York on the
18th inst. Discussion was had on the
subject of adjustment of the through
passenger rates from the west, and i
was resolved to restore rates to tarif
| figures, and instructions were given tC
several lines by telegraph to have the
arrangement put in operation by Mon
day next. The matter of a passenger
pool was also talked over, but action or
the subject was postponed.
A BOSWELL, Ind, dispatch of the 14tt
says that about $50 persons were taking
shelter in a low lumber shed from Sc
we're thunder storm, when a thunder
bolt struck the shed, separating anC
passing down each side Of it, killing in
stantly two men, Mike Waymen anC
Lew Sherwes, and fatally injuring Geo.
James and Jno. Line. Lorenzo Slower
| DR.. w. Green, Samuel Gay, and anolh
er, name not learned, were severely in
jured. The crowd was called together
for shooting tournament at this place
A FALL RIVER, Mass, of the 18th inst
states that the mill-owners refusing tC
submit their difference with the spin.
ners to arbitration, committee of the
latter will determine tonight, sub
ject to ratification tomorrow night
in which Of the five mills strike fol
higher wages shall begin. Mill agents
propose shutting down all mills, and il
such action should be taken, 1900
hands will be thrown out of employ,
ment; should this lockout be protract
ed, there will be great suffering and
misery.
A DUBUQUE, Iowa, dispatch of the
18th inst. says prosecutions against sa.
| loon-keepers and the owners of the
property which they occupy are the
order of the day. Mrs James Hedley
through her attorney, Shehael P Adams
q temperance advocate, brings sui
against Tom Quinlan, saloon-keeper
claiming S., 900 damages for selling hel
husband liquor. AS the saloon-keepel
has no property, the law jumps him
and goes for David Conyngham, the
owner of the premises. Hedley is ar
auctioneer, and when sober is straigh
business man, but recently he INDUCED
to excess, threatening thereby the ruiz
of his occupation.
A SALT LAKE, Utah, dispatch of the
10th inst. says Emilia A. Young has
made application for the appointment
of a receiver and for an injunction tC
restrain the executors of the estate O
Brigham Young from further perform
ance of duty, claiming that they have
mproperly made away with about one
million dollars of the estate. The exc
cutors are Geo. A. Cannon, Albert Car
| rington and Brigham Young Jr. The
| third district court has appointed United
States Marshal Shaughannessey anc
Mccormick, banker, as receivers ot
| the estase, claimed to be worth two anC
one half millions. About one million
is said to have been returned to Jno
Taylor, trustee of the Mormon church
by the executors. Brigham Young,
will is published in full.
DEADwooD advices of June 18th state
that at Buffalo Gap by sudden rise
and over flow of the Beaver Greek
caused by water sheet, eleven persons
| were drowned. The names were Mrs
Moore, Mrs. Rhodes, Oliver Rhodes
Frank Reed, Clyde Rhodes, Cliff Rhodes
| Moode Rhodes: the latter three child
rem. All were emigrants on their way tC
the hills from Mills county, Iowa, and
| four men going from the hills to the
railroad, whose names are unknown
! Two were team owners and one pas
senger and a night herder. Five min
utes from the first alarm, the whole
country was flooded, and the water
subsided almost as suddenly as it rose
Further particulars of the cloud burst
near Buffalo Gap, Thursday evening
obtained from a passenger by this
evenings coach, show that the water
commenced raising about s O'Clock
in Beaver Creek and at the mil
this side of Buffalo Gap station, on the
Sidney stage road, about 80 miles from
Deadwood. Near the banks of the
creek, were camped party of nine,
from Mills county Iowa, four from the
Black Hills, and the Montgomery
brothers, and Clark's freight outfit
loaded with 10000 pounds, principally
homestead machinery which was nearly
all destroyed and scattered for miles
around, all the wagons with one excep-
| ton also destroyed, and only a few
mules were saved. No estimate can
! be made of the loss at this writing.
Nine persons were drowned whose
names were given in the previous dis
| patch. Four bodies thus far have been
recovered. The water covered a space
40 miles wide and subslded within two
hours; after the rise fragments of the
wagons etc. were seen three to five
miles from scene of the disaster, all
creeks around the hills are unusually
high.
PROFESSOR NORDENsKIOLD has arrived
| in his steamer the Vega, at Behrine