Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-03-11

party known as the National Union
Greeuback Labor Convention met in the
Masonic Hall, St. Louis, at noon March
All, and was called to order by Hugo
Pryor, of Ohio, secretary of the National
Executive Committee. Twenty states
were represented by about $50 delegates.
Lafayette Chisley, of New Hampshire,
was made temporary chairman. The
convention at times was very stormy, a
| large number of the delegates being in
favor of adiourning 10 meet in Chicago
with the other division Of the party on
| the 9th of June. Resolutions similar to
| those of last year were adopted. The
| convention then nominated Stephen B.
Dillage, of New Hampshire, for presi-
dent, and B. j. Chambers, of Texas, Tor
| ce-president-
The long advertised meeting at the
| board of trade hall, last night regarding
| the opening of the Indian Territory. was
a great success, says a Kansas City dis
patch Of March 9Th. The hall was
| crowded. After the organization Of the
meeting, the United States marshal read
the presidents proclamation amid great
merriment and laughter Col Boudinot,
ex-cOngressman Franklin, ex.congress-
man Sidney Clarke, of Kansas, the Hon.
| t. B. Bullen, James NJ. Nave, and others
addressed the meeting, eliciting the pro-
| foundest attenti 0n and enthusiastic ap-
plause. All the speakers took strong
| grounds against any unlawful invasion
of the Indian lands, but strongly advo.
Gated the creation Of a territorial gov
ernment for the Indian Territory, and the
adoption of the Vest and Saunders bills
now pending in Congress
A COMPANY has. been organized to
| build a branch from Barnesvill, on the
st. Paul and Manitoba railroad, into
Moorhead, Fargo, and the northwest,
says a Fargo, telegram of March 9th. 1t
| is called the Minnesota and Dakota
Northern. The organizer of the com
pany was an attorney of the St. Paul
road, and it is given out that the money
is ready to build the branch to Fargo
and occupy the valley northwest of u.s.
| The incorporatOrs are S. G. Comstock,
FL. G. Finkle, A. A. White, w. Fl. Davy,
F. J. Burlham, P. H. Lamb, James II.
Sharpe, John Kurtz, II, F. Miller, A. j.
Parwood, John Erickson, and S. NJ.
Roberts. Fargo and Moorhead receive
the announcement with unalloyed pleas
ure. 1t gives competition to st. Paul
and the lakes. The twenty miles to Far
20 Will DC DuilC at once.
NEGOTIATIONS between the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company and the over
land railroad resulted in the completion
of contract by several companies on
the 9th. This was signed by G. p. Hunt.
ington on behalf of the Central Pacific,
Sidney Dillon for the Union Pacific, and
Jno. Riley for the Steamship Company.
The agreement is to continue five years,
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panies guarantee to the Pacific Mail a
business of $4,000 a month in through
traffic. The steamships are to be run
every fortnight, and to each ship the
railroad has agreed to pay for carrying
800 tons of freight 1t is provided, also,
that the contract shall be terminated only
in the event of the completion of COM
petiting line of railroad
THE surveying party of the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway Company
have just entered upon an attempt to run
its line across the Sioux reservation up
Bad River from Fort Pierre, says Yank-
ton special Of March 4th. They tried it
from Fort Bennette up the Cheyenne
River, and were headed off by the In
dians under Red Shirt, who told them
that an attempt to carry on the survey
would bring certain death to the party.
Again from Fort George the surveyors
started line, but White Ghost, with a
following of Brule Sioux, was on the
ground, and forced them to abandon
the effort The Bad River road runs
through the reservation, and Indians
have access to it from three agencies,
and it is doubtful if the party succeed in
making any survey through that coun-
try, The Indians are opposed to all such
movements, and have announced that
they will fight for what they call their
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