Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-11-27

plurality in Ohio 31,S02.
The Hon. Joseph E. Brown was
Tuesday reelected United States Sena-
tor by the Georgia Legislature.
THE Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific
has been extended frem near Madison,
Mimi, westward to Watertown, y. T.,
fifty miles.
1WM A. DUNCAN, who had been re-
elected to congress from the Nineteenth
pennsylvania district, died Friday mora
lng at Gettysburg
2 1T is reported in New York that an at
tempt will be made to prevent Mayor
elect w. r. Grace from taking tie office,
the allegation being that he was never
fully naturalized.
Il! fne manufacturing districts of
Philadelphia over 5000 persons are out
of work, and the prospects are not
good OF early improvement.
The Sharon, Pa, Iron Company's
mills closed down Monday, while the
Elba Iron Works, at Pittsburg, resumed
operation Tuesday, employing several
hundred men.
The losses 10 all interests by the
Hooking Valley strike 81 ace June 81, is
placed at $4,011,000. The loss to the
city of Columbus amouAts to $3,511,-
000
CARRIAGE hardware manufacturers
representing $4,000,000 capital formed
q National association Thursday at
Meriden, Conn.,, and decided upon a
pooling combination for the restriction
of goods placed upon the market.
BECAUSE Of heavy losses the General
Manager of the Federal Bank recon-
mended the stockholders Thursday, at
Toronto, that the capital stock be reduc-
ed from $3,000,000 to $1,24O,O00
CARR 6 HoBsoN, agricultural imple-
ment manufacturers, at Bergen Point,
N. j., failed Thursday. Ia January last
the concern owed $40, 900. with assets
of 1857, 900.
AT New York Thursday, the suit of
the lamar estate against the Secretary
of the Treasury to recover $1,000 for
cotton taken during the war was dis
missed in the United States District
Coult
STUDENTS at Harvard have begun an
effeTt to make attendance at morning
chapel voluntary for men 81 years old,
and optional with parents for students
under that age. The cooperation of
Harvard graduates throughout the
country will be invoked.
The Bismark Journal says: The cap
ital Luilding is now complete, and the
capitol commission, now in session, will
make final settlement with the contract
or, and turn the building over to the
governor ready to be occupied by ell
territorial officers.
RETURNS from all the counties in North
Carolina save three show majority for
Cleveland of about %, 900, and for Scales
democrat, for governor of about 80, 900.
The democratic coagre ssional naajori-
ties range from 1900 to 5000.
THE name of Governor Cleveiand's
fiance is Miss Folsom. She is 9. daugh-
ter of the governors former business
partr er, and is said to be favorite in
Buffalo social circles. The wedding, it
is said, will be solemnized before Mr..
Cleveland's inauguration as president.
The official canvass shows the total
vote Of Boston, Mass, to be as follows:
Blaine, 1927; Cleveland, 80, 573; Butler,
3,719; st. John, 1851. Cleveland's
plurality, II, ,746. For governor, Robin
son, "a, 981; Endicott, 80, ,057; McCafferty,
8, 1888; Seelye. 976. Endicott's plural
ity, 4,076.
THE shipment Of wheat from Port
land, Ore, to Liverpool continues at
lively rate. Last week six iron ships,
wheat-laden, cleared from that port for
Liverpool Nine hundred tons Of wheat
is arriving at Portland daily.
L. ADLER 6 Co., of Huron and
Woohsocket, d. T., are insolvent, owing
$4,000, but $4,000 of which is secured.
Among the unsecured creditors are
Leopold Brothers and Lindauer Broth
ers, of Chicago. Recently the failed
firm sold their store at Redfield, and
claims are made that it was fraudu-
lent transaction.
The gold mined in the United States
this year amounted to $29,000,000 and
the silver to $48,O00,0 900. In the year
closing Oct. 1st, the mints coined S27,-
932, ,o34 in gold bars and $7,649, 724 in
silver bars. Our metallic currency is
estimated at S557,00O,000 in gold and
S257,0OO, 600 in silver, with $50,000,0O0
in gold and silver bullion in the mints
besides. During last year about $17,-
0W,OeO in silver dollars was paid out,
making about $40, 100000 altogether of
that coin in circulation.