Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-15

merce, at the request OF the bank and In
surance managers, has appointed COM
mittee to arbitrate the existing trouble
with the cotton laborers.
LADY DE JARNETTE, the most stylish
mare in Kentucky. having taken every
premium which that state offered, is en-
route for the fair at Chicago. She ia
owned by w. H Wilson, of Cynthiana.
A FEATURE of the soldiers reuniCs at
Bloomington, H., was a sham battle in the
streets, in which one man was wounded by
blank cartridge and another was run
over by cannon. General Grant was es-
corted to the residence of Hon. Lawrence
Weldon.
THE obsequies of Archbishop Henni
took place at Milwaukee recently. All the
Catholic institutions were draped in
moruning. Archbishop Feehan and Bish-
ops Spalding, Ireland, Hennessey and Nc
Mullen were in attendance.
THE customs authorities in New York
grew suspicious of two wrought-iron
shafts, weighing about seven hundred
pounds each, and discovered that they
contained dies for screw-cutting, valued at
$4,000, on which the duty is 45 per cent.
ad yalorum.
GENERAL CARR is believed to have had
with him in the massacre FIVE officers and
sixty-three men of the 9th cavalry.
There are ten thousand Indians on the
San Carlos reservation, and as many more
in the Navajo tribe, located sixty miles
northward
THE presidents bed has been so placed
that he can kill time by watching the
surf. The surgeons believe that the bullet
is encysted, and can ultimately be re-
moved without danger. Secretary Win
dom was summoned for brief interview.
and Postmaster General James and Secre-
tary Hunt have been invited into the Sick
chamber. The presidents stomach retains
a healthy tone.
ALL the Indians are reported to have
left the western portion OF the San Carlos
reservation and gone in the direction of
the Apaches. Intense alarm prevails
among the whites at stations on the South
ern Pacific east of Wilcox, and non-resi-
dents intending to leave are prevented
from boarding trains. At stations between
Deming and Wilcox temporary fortifca-
tions have been thrown up.
The official report of the battle between
General Carr and the Apaches shows that
Captain 0. g. Hentig and six men of the
G. G. Gordon and Sergeant Macdonald
were wounded. The fight lasted nearly
three hours, and at II o'clock at night the
command started on its retreat to Fort
Apache. By forced march General Carr
reached the fort in safety. The Indians
cut the telegraph wires every few miles.
THE people of the mining camps in Ari-
zona are gathering in large bodies for
safety. Citizens of Tombstone, Bisbee
and Charleston have ordered several cases
of firearms from Tucson. The stampede
OF section-men along the Southern Pacific
railroad makes it difficult to keep the line
in running order. 1t is thought that the
Apaches will separate into small bands and
depredate exposed settlements.
THE acting governor of Arizona has
sent telegram to the secretary of war,
asking for five hundred stand of arms to
supply citizens in exposed settlements.
The superintendent of the Southern Pacific
road has applied to Gen. Wilcox for train
guards between Tucson and Deming. Gen.
Wilcox telegraphs that hostiles are all
north of the Gila river, and mostly on the
White mountains.