Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-16
GEN NERAL NOTES

DURING the month OF. May I ,287 persons
died in Chicago.
THE shore end of the latest Atlantic
cable has been landed at Penzance
THE hull of the wrecked steamer Vic
toria was towed down to London, Ont,
for inspection by experts,
| A HEAVY frost at Watertown, n. Y,
damaged the crops and gladdened the
heart Of Vennor.
THE first carload of new wheat reached
st. Louis from Fort Worth. 1t graded
No. 3 red winter, and brought 80 per
bushel at auction.
THERE are nine cases of smallpox at
Hull, Pike county, H., and DR.. Rauch
and others are taking precautions to pre-
vent the spread of the disease.
A FIvE-MILE race for s., 900, in eighteen
foot lapstreak boats, has been arranged
between Hanlan and Ross, and will proba-
bly, take place near Toronto.
The International Typographical Con-
yention is in session in Toronto, Canada.
Delegates from all parts of the United
States and Canadas are present.
THE Chicago board of trade contributed
81, 494 TO the Dakota sufferers, which was
handed over to General Sheridan, who
promptly seat it to its destination.
THE duke Of Athol, the head of the
most prominent family in Scotland, is in
specting the public institutions of Chicago
in the quietest possible manner.
! LoRILLARD has purchased Aranza, a
noted thoroughbred of Bonnie Scotland
stock. for $4,000. Her owners were
Nashville parties who bought her for $3.50
rope, where she intends to remain for sew
eral years and educate her daughter.
STATISTICS in preparation by the census
bureau show that skilled labor in the
United States is better paid and more
steadily employed than in any country of
the world.
GENERAL WICKHAM, of Virginia, ap-
peals to the republicans of that state to
stand s9uarely by their colors. A meeting
of the state central committee is called for
June 80. to decide the question OF calling
a convention.
| THE steamer Glenlogan, from New York
| for Para, Pernambuco, and Bahia, took
fire at sea, and had to be abandoned The
crew and passengers were rescued and
landed at Fortaliza, Brazil.
| The Texas Pacific has been completed
into Tom Green county, about three hun
Il
will be reached by the end of the year, as
two miles of track are being laid each day.
AT the end of last week there were 1874
cases of smallpox and sixty-three cases of
typhus-fever in the New York hospitals
tifty-three new cases of smallpox and
thirty-two of tYphus-fever developed dur
ing the week.
PROF. S. B. EVANS, of the scientific
party from Chicago in Mexico, in exca-
waiting among the ruins of Tezcoco, mas
discovered the largest representation of the
human figure ever found among Mexican
antiquities.
New YORK blacksmiths and wheel
wrights are about to strike for ten per
cent. higher wages and fifty-nine hours
work per week, a reasonable demand
Some cigar makers wart from 30 cents to
81 per 600 higher wages and have struck
therefor.
The republicans of the Second district
| of South Carolina refrained from voting
| at the special congressional election to fill
the vacant seat OF Mr.. O'Connor, claiming
that Mackey wrs really elected last fall.
| In consequence, Samuel Dilable was
| chosen without opposition.
THE president of Mexico has signed
contracts for two roads from the Rio
Grande to the capital, both schemes being
backed by American capital. One line is
to follow the gulf the other will be built
between the Central and National tracks.
WILLIAM May and other ranchmen of
| the UncOmpahgre valley, to the number
of one hundred, had battle with Utes,
driving them off with a loss of two, and
then resolved to maintain their settle
ments. This may embarass the Ute COM
missioners, who are engaged in selecting
a new reservation. a general outbreak
of the Indians is deemed liable at an early
pate.
The Grove distiliery at Peoria, ILL.,.
owned by A. & S. Woolner, wasn Totally
destroyed by fire. An employe. Henry
Br9nnecki was killed by failing wall,
and another employe, Pat. Keely, was
very seriously injured. The loss Is esti-
mated at $3.50, 900. The insurance amounts
to S87 200