Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-09-23
THE NEWS BUDGET.
A Summary OF Events During the
Past Week.
Latest Events.

GROUND has been broken for the new
Cape Cod ship canal at Sandwich, Massa-
chusetts.
Gov TERRIs, of Chihuahua, increase
his reward for the scalp of Victoria, the
Apache chieftain, from $1,000 to $4,000.
CHICAGO packers have slaughtered, since
March 100000 hogs, an increase of
! S45, 900 head over the corresponding time
last year.
MONEY continues easy at New York
| The president of prominent trust company
| there says he should consider him self for
tunate if able to lend $1,000, 900 at 3 per
cent. prime collateral.
THE state mineralogist reports that
Tichenor, proprietor Of the alleged gold
| bearing spring at CaIistnga, Cal, obtains
| his results bv Sailing the water with
chloride of gold and then precipitating the
gold on sheet lead"
ENGLAND's gunboat the HeIicon, dropp-
ed anchor in the roads of Antivart, on
the Goth inst, and was ordered off by the
port official, because the vesse. had no
right there under the treaty of Berlin.
The British skipper took the hint. and
cleared out.
| New York advices indicate that the
rail trade is satisfactory, but rather of the
quiet, steady order than the rushing.
| Mechanics and iaborers are nearly all en-
| ployed at the standard of wages that has
existed since 1879, and the employment
agencies report an urgent demand from
western cities.
THE Chicago and Bedford Quarry COM
pany in Bedford, Ind. has just shipped a
stone to New York that was 20 feet 6
| inches long, II feet wide, and II inches
thick containing 1876 solid feet. 1t will be
used in the new residence of w. H. Van
derbilt, the railroad king, is erecting in
that city.
! ST. JULIEN, the famous trotter, had a
narrow escape at Kalamazoo, Mich, on
| the 18th inst He occupied q car attach
ed to an express train bound east, which
ran off the track at that place, a switch
having been left open. Although given a
lively shaking up, the king ofthe turf did
not lose his feet, and was uniniured.
ADJT, GEN DRUM has made another
change in the duties of officers connected
with the signal corps. First Lieut.. Chas
L. Kilbourne is transferred to duty in
charge of orders and correspondence, and
First Lieut.. III. H. c. Dunwoody, now or
that duty, succeeds Lieut.. Kilbourne as
meteorological officer.
A RAILROAD company known as the
Chicago, Texas and Mexican. Central has
been chartered at Dallas, Tex, with a
capital of 81 ,0O0,O 900, to construct a road
from the Rio Grande nothward to some
point where connections can be made fol
Chicago. The Dallas board of trade is
Interested in the enterprise, and a Local
newspaper prOnOunces it the grandest
railway scheme now on foot in America
A sCHooL-TEACHER at the ancient town
of CahOkia, ILL.,, spat in the face of q
Catholic priest there, The bishop ex
communicated him. The teacher went tC
church as usual and the priest ordered
him out. Refusing to go. the good father
blew out the candles, closed his books, anC
dismissed the congregation. Members O
the flock are taking sides between the
pedagOgue and the priest, but the majOrl
ty will go with the latter.
THREE Notwithstanding men. arrested
at Birkenhead. near the Liverpool, Eng.
ferry, on the 18th inst, had in their pos
session six hundred pounds of powder
One of the fellows declared that they
were taking the explosive to vessel bounC
for Spain, and that they were guilty of nC
crime, but it is suspected that they intend
ed to demoliah something or somebody, anC
not a little excitement prevails over th'
discovery.
THE work of taking the census of the In
dians will commence Oct. /, under the su
pervision of Mai. John w. Powell, direc
tor of the bureau of ethnology of thC
Smithsonian institution, assisted by Col
Garrick, Mallory r. Packard, H. w
Henshaw, S. d. Hinman, and Clay Nc
, Cantry. The country has been divided
into four divisions, and a special agent as
signed to duty in each of them. Si1
months will probably elapse before tht
work is completed.
RETURNS of Sept. l, regarding the con
dition of the wheat crop at harvest, give
a preliminary estimate of the crop, bu
there are two Investigations yet to b.
made before a formal estimate will be is
sued. The September estimate, this year
gives the condition as 80, against 81 il
1879, and 81 in 1873. This estimate re
lates to quantity and and quality, anC
, does not take into consideration increase o
acreage. The condition of potatoes, as re
ported Sept l, shows decline with tn
month of per cent. compared with the re
port of Sept. /, 1879. There is loss of
: per cent. In buckwheat. The average o
the whole country is 4 per cent. less thar
: last year at the same date.
? OK the 18th inst, Maine elected stat
officers, state legislature and congressman
The democrats and greenbackers coalescet
against the republicans and the campaigl
: was a vigorous one on both sides. Tn
+ result is the election ef the fusion stat
ticket, majority in the legislator
republican, and one democratic, one re
: publican and three fusion mem
bers of congress making quite
revolution as previous to the election tn
2 republicans were in possession of the stat
4 officers and three out of the five member
, of congress. The other two members G
congress were greenbackers.
= Accidents.