Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-08-09
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the special containing President Ar
thur and his party, bowled out of the
Louisville & Chicago depot, at Louis
vile half an hour late, and after
crossing the long bridge which spans
the Ohio river at Jeffersonville, was
soon speeding along at a quickening
its pace under the foot of the hills in
southern Indiana The leave-taking
which the president had of Louisville
was in a measure informal, although
a great cOncOurse had congregated in
and about the depot to give him an
early morning send off. The gayly
uniformed band of the Louisville Lee
gion was on hand to discourse Hail
to the Chief, as the presidential party
entered the depot. This musical at
tachment will accompany the presi-
dent to Chicago, in a special train,
decked out in royal fashion. The en-
CINE is befagged and beribboned
beyond its original semblance. 1t is
studded with small flags and stream
ers, and bears on its headlight en-
larged portraits OF the president.
The decorations extended to three
splendid coaches and dining car which
90 to make up the train. Under the
circumstances there could be no mis-
taking the special by the great crowds
which were collecte1 at all stations to
witness its flying passage. The party
on board was made up as follows:
President Arthur, Secretaries Lincoln.
Gresham and Folger, Senator Bayard
and Senator Beck Of kentucky, and
representatives of the press. General
Sheridan and party returned to Chi
cago last night. The special made a
short stay at all the leading sta
tons, but owing to delay in getting
off at Louisville and their desire to
reach Chicago on time, the plan was
abandoned. The special has exclusive
right Of way, all other trains being
side-tracked to await its coming and
the prospects now are Chicago will be
reached at Z o'clock this evening,
schedule time It is now cOntem-
plated that a stay Of half an hour
will be made at Marion, where special
trains from Indianapolis, Michigan
city and other northern Indiana cities
will bring crowds to view the presi-
Dental party.
GREEN CASTLE, Ind, Aug 2.-The
train conveying the president and par
ty arrived here on schedule time. The
day thus far has been a perfect one for
the travellers. A great concourse had
gathered at Gasport where a short
stop and brief speeches were made by
President Arthur, General Gresham
and Secretary Lincoln.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug 2.-The
president and party left at o'clock
this morning for Chicago via the Mar
ion route. Immense crowds assem-
bled at the depot to see them off. The
train was run on special time, adopt
ed for to-day only.
A stop of ten minutes was made at
alpariso, where a crowd numbering
fully 5000 had collected. Here an
address was read by Mr.. Single, of
that city, on behalf of the cOlOred
residents of Valparaiso, thanking the
president for the stand he had made
ON behalf of the race at various times.
President Arthur replied in the brief
est terms, thanking them for their
kindly words Vehement calls were
made for Secretaries Lincoln
and Gresham, but those gents
following the action Of the president,
briefly expressed their pleasure at
meeting such a great concourse, and
regretting they could not linger and
speak at length. The same routine
was observed at Monroe, to which
point the excursion trains had been
run, bringing very large crowds,
but the president refrained, as he
had at all other points, from
making any remaks. There were no
occurrences serving to mar the jour
ney, save at Green Castle where a
large crowd had collected. The frail
platform gave way, precipitating fully
one hundred people down for dis
lance of twelve feet; but no one was
seriously injured. There were
numerous incidents of pleas
ing nature at all stations on
the route. At VALPARAISO a young col
ored lad presented the president with
flowers worked into a design of ship.
At nearly all stations there was an
evident desire to shake the hand of
the president which he acceded to in
every instance.
On it's arrival in Chicago the party
dined in a private room, and a public
reception followed, lasting till a late
hour. The party will leave over the
Northwestern road tomorrow morn
ing, en- route for the Yellowstone
Park
The Boston Failure.
Boston, Aug. BIN connection
with the recent failures rumOrs as to
the amount of paper held by the banks
here have been greatly exaggerated.
The total capital Of the banks of Bos-
ton is $4,000, 900 and no single bank
has anything approaching a large per
centage of its capital invested in any