Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-03-31
GRAND RAPIDS, WIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 81, 1884,

Fall River, Mass, will pay the men on
strike So per week.
Both houses of the Illinois legislature
have passed the bill authorizing Chicago
to increase the tax for public library
purposes one-half mill for the next two
years.
THE Penns ylvania house of re presenta-
tives rejected the proposition to move the
state capital from Harrisburg to Phila-
delphia.
WILLIAM GRANsDEN, of Midland coun-
ty, Michigan, has absconded with $3.50
due to his employees for their winters
work in the woods.
A NoBBY Englishman, calling himself
Sir Charles Ashley, is puzzling the police
of St. Louis by his operations among the
jewellers, pawnbrokers, and loan agents.
, FANNY PERRY. Louisville girl, obtain
ed marriage license and Was married in
the jail to a young man imprisoned for
burg glarizing her fathers house.
A SPECIAL from Port Washington, Wis,
to the Republican and Neag8, states that the
pier and warehouse at that place was car
rled away during the recent storm.
The democrats of Rhode Island have
nominated Horace NJ. Kimball for GOV
ernor and w. l.. Segar for lieutenant gov
ernor
THE first overland train by the Southern
Pacific route LETT San Francisco on the
18th inst. The cars composing the train
are all new and of the finest construction.
A LAND slip of about 10000 tons of
earth, near Folkstone, England has inter
rupted traffic on the southeastern rail
road, to Dover. The interruption will
probably continue several days.
THE chief engineer of the Mexican gov
ernment. having surveyed the Tehuante-
pee route, reports Captain Eads' project
entirely practicable.
In the legislature of British Columbia,
on debate in regard TO the Pacific rail
way, it was resolved to appeal to Queen
Victoria. One member expressed desire
to put musket in every mans hand to
fight the Canadian government
The circuit court at Munc.e, Ind, on
the conviction of Silas Richardson for
grand larceny, fined him one cent, SEN
fenced him TO one day in jail, disfran-
chised him for twenty-four hours, and
made him ineligible to any office of profit
or trust for the same period.
CHICAGO is to have two fast trains to
connect with the new Pacific route at
Kansas City. The first will be put on at
once by the Burlington and Hannibal
roads; the second will commence on April
3, under the auspices of the Alton and
Wabash
THE Mexican Southern Railroad COM
pany has been organized in New York
q. S. Grant was chosen president, &. NJ.
Dodge vice president, and Russell Sage
A nj aH ta1
questing General Grant to proceed to
Mexico to represent the interests of the
company, and he will start at once. Ex-
President Diaz, General Meiiah, and ex-
Minister Romero are interested in the
project.
LAST Thursday afternoon Theodore
kelly's child, two years and one-half old,
disappeared from Race near Seventh street,
Cincinnati, Ohio, and has not been heard
from. The children report seeing wo-
man pick him up and carry him across an
alley. The parents fear that he has been
abducted by Gypsies.
THE Northern Pacific railroad has re-
Gently issued $24,000,000 of new stock
which for years has been a residue of COM
mon stock held in the company 5 treasury.
To have issued this stock before would
have destroyed the supremacy of preferred
stock, 50 it has been held back until the
demand of the proprietors has become i'm
perative. From 300 to 800 persons are en-
titled to receive it. and it is pretty well
distributed among them. When the news
reached Wall street the excitement was
great. The effect of this issue was not
only felt on the market bat on the position
of the Willard pool, and was subject to
much discussion. An active member of
this pool denies that it had ever been
claimed that the pool had secured the
greater part of the company's stock. He
declared it only held a larger amount than
was held by any one or conld be secured
by any one. The amount held by the
Willard syndicate is block of S25, 900 900
of the $73,O0O,000 of stock, which was Sc
cured SO for common and SO fo~ preferred,
But since the announcement of their in
vestment, prices have ranged at about 80
for common and 73 for preferred. The
Willard pool represents the Oregon Steam
ship Co.