Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-08-17
GENERAL NOTES.


GENERAL NOTES.
NEBRAsk greepbackers will meet in
state convention at Lincoln September 6
The annual sun-dance festival Of the
Sioux indians took place near Fort Ben
nett. Dakota, Sunday.
A PARTY of fifteen Russian Jews, mostly
old people, were recently sent back from
New York.
! BRIGHT's disease swept of Rear Ad-
miral David 8. MoDougall, at San Fran
cisco.
The trustees of the mammoth hotel at
Rockaway Beach have leased it to a syn
dicate for a long term.
In railway circles in Chicago it is ru-
mored that the Alton road is negotiating
| for entrance into Hannibal. over the
tracks of the st. Louis, Hannibal and
Keokuk road.
THE democrats of Alabama elected
eighty out of one hundred members of the
lower house, and all but three senator's.
JOSEPH E. MCDONALD has been elected
chairman of the democratic state commit
tee of Indiana, and Joel Riley was chosen
secretary.
A BosToN dispatch records the death of
General Gouverneur K. Warren, of the
engineer department, from a complica-
tion of liver troubles.
GEN. BUTLER has proposed to the dem
ocratic managers in Massachusetts that
they ratify his nomination by the inde-
pendent republicans.
TIE election in Utah went over be-
| of ho Of ho
sioners. and Governor Murray is given
power TO fill all important offices by ap-
pointment.
EDWARD L. OWEN, a stock-broker of
New York, has brought suit for $5,055
against Rev. Stephen III. Tying, Jr., for
margins on disastrous speculations IN
Wall street.
THE iron manufacturers in Pennsyl-
vania are engaged in simultaneous effort
to start their works with men from out
side the unious, and have thus far met
with success.
THE trotting horse st. Julien is under
treatment by veterinary surgeon at Mil
waukee, although he is exercised daily.
His owner recently refused an offer OF
$4,000 for him.
The British house of lords assented to
the reamendments of the house of COM
mons to the arrears bill, after protests by
he marquises of Salisbury and Waterford
and the Earl of Limerick.
THE lord lieutenant informed the DO
licemen at Dublin that ESQ 900 would be
Immediately distributed among the force
throughout the country A commission
will also be appointed to inquire in their
grievances.
In the house of commons Mr. Glad
stone said that an indefinite occupation
of Egypt Is not conte mplated Addition
al embarkation of troops for Egypt is re-
ported.
By an arrangement with the widow OF
William Euston, the city of Charleston
has come into possession of a portion OF
$500, 1000 left by him to found a refuge for
aged poor people. Eight acres of ground
have been purchased on which to erect
neat cottages.
The Union Pacific and the Southern
Pacific are endeavering to beat each
other's time in the transportation of over
land freight. Two trains loaded with tea
came over the former route from Sar
Francisco to Chicago in six davs and a
fraction.
The school census of Chicago furnishes
the following figures Total popnl alton,
562 695 under 81 years of aae, 32l 900
} betgeen and q years, 100 648: under {
years, So 527. There are 5,812 colored
: persons, + 267 of whom live in the South
division the total number of Chinese
is $40.
! JOHN [. BLAIR. the railway king, states
; that company has been organized. with
a capital of 81 ,O00,0 to bridge the Mis-.
souri, river at Blair, Neb, giving connec.
tion to his roads in Iowa and Nebraska
and affording the Chicago and Northwest.
ern road access to its allies west OF the
Missouri.
IN suit brought by the Denver, Utah
and Pacific company against the Long
mont road, it is alleged that the latter is
bonded for S444 900, when it's total value
is not over $50 600, and that the expenses
of the concern are more than $500 pei
day, while its receipts are not S30 Train:
have been discontinued. Among those
victimized are ex-Mayor Prince and Judge
Abbott, of Boston.
The republican state convention of In
diana was presided over by ex-Secretary
Thompson. The present mirror state Of
fcers were unanimously renominated
and the course of President Arthur, Sen.
ator Harrison, and Governor Porter WAS
warmly indorsed. The platform adoEted
favors the submission of the pending
constitutional amendments at a specia
election.