Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-06
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GENERAL NOTES.

IT is thought that $4,000 veteran sol
diers will be IN line in the procession in
New York the day of General Grants
funeral.
PROFESSOR w. w. PRESCOTT of Bur
lington Vermont, has accepted the pres
idency of Advent College at Battle
Creek, Michigan.
The commission appointed to in
quire into the mental condition of John
Mccullough has found him insane, and
custodians will be appointed for his
person and estate. The value of mis-
property is scheduled at s44, 504,
By a cloud burst in "Luckless val
lev" Colorado, a few miles north of
Denver, large amount of property was
destroyed, and many lives are supposed
to have been lost At Denver, Cherry
creek overfowed its banks, carrying
away railroad bridge and flooding
several leading thoroughfares.
EIGHT thousand people living at Gil
berton st. Nicholas, Maizeville City.
and Mahanoy City, Pa, are threatened
with water famine, owing to pro-
longed drought. Every stream and
well is dried up. Water Is brought in
barrels from points several miles away
and costs so cents per barrel.
ATLANTA, Ga, is to have q soldiers
monument. It will be 1870 feet high,
and will cost 100000. The monument
will be adorned by statues of Giant and
Lee, Johnston and Sherman. The mon-
ument will be raised by the joint efforts
Of Union veterans and ex-Confederate
soldiers.
THE vessel on which the South Amer
lean commission sailed from Brazil was
wrecked on coral reef short distan-
ce from land. The passengers reached
shore in small boats, and ia six days
reached port where they boarded a.
vessel bound for England Judge That
cher, of the commission, reached
Washington yesterday, and reports
that a cordial reception was met with
in every country visited except Chill.
A SUSPICIOUS LOOKING box addressed
to Chicago, which was shipped by the
American Express from Black River
Falls, Wis, was opened at Elroy, and
found to contain a man equipped with
revolver, knife, billy, chloroform, and
stout cord. He gave his name as Chas.
Lawrence, and was taken into custody,
together with other men suspected of
being concerned with him in a conspir-
acy to rob the express and postal cars.
COLONEL FRED GRANT Friday accept
ed the offer Of the City of New York.
and the remains of the General will be
In Central Park. The funeral
train will leave Mount McGregor Tues
day, Aug, 4, stop at Saratoga two hours
and reach Albany in the evening, where
the remains will lie in state in the capl.
toll until noon Wednesday, and then be
taken to New York, where they will be
placed in the City Hall until Saturday,
Aug. s, when iuterment will follow.
A party of Dakota and Montana CAPT
talists will go to Washington soon with
a new scheme for division of Dakota
Territory. They propose TO form all
Dakota east of the Missouri river into
one State, that part west of the river
and the eastern part of Montana, the
cattle grazing belt, into another, while
the western part of Montana, the min
ing region, will be the third, and the
Black Hills will be attached to Wyom-
ing.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has selected
tie following pail bearers for General
Grants funeral: General w. T. Sher-
man, Lieutenant General P. FL. Sheri.
dan, Admiral d. ID. Porter, Vice Ad-
miral S. G. Rowan, General Joseph E.
Johnston, General Simon Buckner,
Hamilton Fish, George S. Boutwell,,
George w. Childs, General John A.
Logan, George Jones and Oliver Hoyt.