Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-01-22
THE WEEKS WORK.
Selected From Every Source.
GENERAL NOTES.

A CINCINNATI telegram of Jan. 10 says
that city is preparing to give the largest
banquet ever given in America, upon the
occasion of celebrating the opening of
the Cincinnati southern railway.
THE Buffalo passenger agents of the
western trunk lines decided Jan. Is to
advance passenger fare from Buffalo to
the regular schedule and to abolish al
limited rates to Detroit and all western
points, the change TO take effect at once.
JOHN g. FREUND, the fugitive editor
and proprietor of theNusicdt dndD Dramatic
Times, is reported to have drowned him
self. It is also said that his valise was
found on a train at Springfield, Mass.
His Indebtedness, for which he ran
away, may reach between $1500G0 and
100000. A writer in the n. Y. Times
Jan. IS, who evidently knew Freund,
says his last experience seems to have
been no novelty to him. He will prob
ably turn up in Canada or Australia.
RAILWAY circles in Tennessee W re
treated to a colossal sensation on the 10th
inst, by the development of the fact that
the Cole system of roads, which had be-
come almost an accomplished fact, had
been forestalled by the purchase by the
Louisville party of controlling interest
in the Nashville, Chattanooga and st.
Louis road-a scheme which involves
the consolidation of three thousand five
hundred miles of track in the south.
A REPUBLICAN caucus of republicans
claiming to be the legally elected legis-
lature of Maine, met at Granite Hall,
Augusta, Jan. II, and nominated the
following state officers: Secretary of
State, Sumner J. Chadbourne, of Dex-
mont; for State Trea urer, J. w. Fogler,
of Hope; FOR Attorney General, I'll. B.
Cieares, of Portland; Adjutant-General,
A. Shellar, of Augusta Counseilors, +.
s. Bowers, of SaCO; Louis Barker, of
Bangor, and John p Hinckley of Blue
Hill.
THE will Of the late Frank Leslie, the
publisher, was filed in the New York
surrog gates Office Jan. 10. He bequeaths
all his property, real and personal, to his
wife, Merriam Florence Leslie, and the
trade. mark on the name under which he
published newspapers and periodicals,
and all his interest in publications es-
tablished by him. Mrs. Les.ies petit
ton for pro bate of the will sets forth that
decendents heirs are his widow, his sons,
Harry and Alfred Leslie, and his grand
d lighter, Loyella Leslie.
AT meeting of the stockholders of
the Des Moines and Minneapolis Narrow
Gauge road, held at Des Moines, Jan. Is,
at which president Keep and manager
Hughitt, of the Chicago and Northwest
eTn, were present, the following off,
GERS were elected President, NJ Hugh
lit; vice-president, d. G.. Blair; Secre-
tary, J. b. Redfield; treasurer and solici-
tor, w. Nj. Jones. The new
Board of Directors is COM
posed of Mr.. Hughitt, John [. Blair, D.
Q. Blair, w. nj. Jones, p. M. Cassidy,
Albert Keep, and j. B. Redield. John
B. Alley, who purchased the road few
months ago and held most of the stock,
was oppO ed to a change of gauge Mr..
Blair, last Monday, bought his Interest,
and it was decided to change the gauge
from Des Moines to Ames to broa1
gauge for through line to Chicago.
The following description of Gen. T.
L. Miller, who has been missing from
his home in Indianapolis since Jan. 6,
was telegraphed on the 18th inst: He
was about feet inches high, or less;
weighed about 175 pounds, of full habit,
of dard-red complexion, full face, blue
eyes and red hair and beard. He wore a
moustache and chin whiskers. In gen
eral appearance and the cut of his hair
and whiskers, he resembled Senator d.
w. VOORHEES,, though much smaller in
size. He was quite freckled He wore
brown broadcloth coat and vest, black or
dark pants, scarlet wooden socks, hand
some gold watch and cut-glass head Gro
cheted chain. The family will pay
large reward for his return, if alive, and
a reward for his body, if he is dead