Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-11-06
'TELEGRAPHTC.
GENERAL NOTES.

ADAMS &c ALLEN, woolens, at New
York, failed Saturday for s150,00
AT Colima, Manzanillo, and other
towns Oh the western coast of Mexico.
yellow fever of malignant type is
claiming many victims.
THE Central Pacific Road, under the
acts Of Congress, has selected 1000, 900
acres between San Jose and Sacramento,
Cal, most of which is already occupied
under the pre-emption and homestead
laws of the United States.
'.AUNT'' BECKY Young, of Des Moines,
who followed the fortunes of the One
Hundred and Ninth New York regiment
during the war, will probably receive
the appointment of matron Of the new
Soldiers Home at Leavenwerth, Kan.
THE late rains, which are almost with
out precedent in the Black Hills, have
started the grass afresh, and have
created some little anxiety among stock
men, who fear the forage may not cure
iii as good state as heretofore, when
the autumn months have been dry.
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Company s
works at st. Louis burned. The loss
is $4,000, and is covered by insurance.
The fire caught from lamp carried by
an employ in the paint shops. Frank
Knolthoff and James E. Butler, en-
ployes, were badly burned.
OREGON hops are now being inspected
by Eastern buyers, who are there in
large numbers. The hops are pronounc-
ed inferior by reason of bad weather in
terfering with the picking.
The injunction asked for by the Balti-
more and Ohio Road to compel the
Pennsylvania Company to haul its cars
over the New York division of the
Pennsylvania line was refused Monday
by United States Judges at Philadel-
phia.
FREDERICK w. DUvERNoIs, banker
and insurance agent at Detroit, has been
missing for two weeks, and is said TO
be defaulter for between $4,000 and
$4,000. It appears that he decided his
property to his wife some years ago,
but the deeds were only placed on record
this week.
COTTON mill owners have been serious
ly embarrassed by the depressed con-
dition of the market, due mainly to
production, but the reopening of
mills at Fall River indicates brighten
ing prospect for an improvement in
the market. The resumption of busi-
ness, although the mills will run @nly
on half ti1ne is cheerful change for
the 10000 operatives who have been
idle.
IT is said that Canadian order has
been received by Pennsylvania firm
of steel manufacturers for 10000 tons
Of steel rails. This report, if true, has
a great deal of significance. 1t not
only tends to show that a revival in the
steel industry is near at hand, but that
American mills are able TO compete
successfully with foreign manufacture
ers. This illustrates the remarkable
effect of active home competition upon
prices of manufactured articles.
The position Of general superintendent
of the Union Pacific, which has been
vacant for some time, is to be filed by
S. T. Smith, superintendent of the Kan
sas Pacific divicion. He is to be assisted
in operating the system by Col. j. M.
Eddy, formerly general superintendent
of the Texas Pacific. Mr.. Smiths head
quarters will be in Omaha, while Assis-
tant General Superintendent Eddy will
be located at Denver, Col Colonel Ed
dy is railroad man of great ability and
wide experience, and was some years
ago general agent in Chicago of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. His
Chicago friends will rejoice ia his pros
perity.