Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-01
GENERAL NOTES

THE city of Winnipeg has voted $500.
600 bonus to the Canada Pacific road 10,
its Pembina branch.
| LITTLE BROWN JIG astonished the crowd
on the Hartford II ack BY nacing three con-
secutive miles in 2:11f, 2:118. and 2:128.
WORKMEN boring we'll at Homer. N.
Y, struck oil after drilling through thir-
ty feet OF solid rock.
THE national board of health has been
advised of the developement of a case of
vel oE lever at Key West.
RUMoRs are afoat il New York that the
Russian government has decided to re-
quest the extradition of Hartman.
HANLAN is giving exhibitions on Creye
Cmur lake, pear ST Louis. and is Likely to
select that course for his match with Ross.
| On the 50,h ballot, the republicans of
| Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties, N.
Y, nominated Norman NJ. Allen to suc-
! csed Loren B. Sessions as state senator.
JUDGE WIN. GILES, of Baltimore. had an
attack of delirium tremens in hotel at
Indianapolis, and paraded the halls in
white robes, accusing his wife of an at
tempt to take his life.
A MOCK fight between the British and
the Americans with their French allies
took place at the soldiers reunion at Port
land. Me-, and was witnessed by 40 600
persons.
THERE are said to be very large mum.
ber of Americans in London, homeward
bound and SO great is the struggle for
state rooms at Liverpool that premiums
are being paid.
WATER has become so scarce in the an
thracite region of Pennsylvania that il
has been sold at p cents per barrel The
output of coal has ben greatly interfered
with.
ALBERT COzINE, wht served through the
war in the 5 OHIO Infantry. and of late
was connected with penny paper in Gin
cinnati, died in Chjago boarding house
under circumst ances which led to the be-
lief that he was murdred by a woman.
GEN. HATCH says tht Mana has crossed
the line into SDnora with sixty .Apaches.
and Lieutenants Dimnick and Taylor are
on his trail. Two companies of the 8 h
cavalry have taken he field from Fort
Cumming, and tenn more companies will
scout the Black range
| A RICH find OF silver about ten miles
| from Deadwood was followed in forty eight
hours by the creation Of West Virginia
| City, the election OF a recorder, the settle
ment Of LOCO persons. and the opening of
nine saloons and two faro banks. On the
fourth day daily newspaper appeared.
LIEUTENANT SHOEMAKER, of The 4 h
! United States cavalry, hls arrived at Fort
| Smith, his company Icing encamped
across the river in the Choctaw nation.
! He reports that the white intrIders are
| leaving peaceably. but he experiences
great diff ully in determining the rights
OF those negroes who wee held as slaves
by the Indians before th' war.
A PARTY of 225 citizes of Tombstone.
| Arizona, crossed the Mexican border, in
pursuit Of those who recently killed six
Americans, who are saidto be company
of Mexican regulars. lear the line at
Sonora are 800 or 400 1exican soldiers
| and state militia, and bloody battle if
| among the possibilities. Governor Ere
mont is still somewhereon the Atlantic
coast.
Mr.. H. B. CASE, chairman of the COM
mittee on artillery and hglers, desires to
secure the services of a number of bugIers
who are able to blow the army calls dur
ing the reunion Of tht Army OF the Cum
berland, on the 20lh list and 22d of Sep
tember. at Chattanooga. He requests all
persons who are this competent in the
use of the bugle ard who expect to be
present at the reunion, to write to him at
Chattanooga, Tenn, expressing their viii
lingness to be assiQed to headquarters OF
various departments. Such persons will
be taken care of willie there.