Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-28
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GENERAL NOT ES.


the Uuited States number 203, which
wers quite evenly scattered over the
county.
AN epidemic Of diphtheria among
horses prevails in Dubuque and Grant
Counties, Iowa, resulting in the death
of a number OF animals thus far.
FOURTEEN business buildings were
burned in Whatcona, W. T., on the
night of the 18th inst. Loss, $40, 900;
partly insured.
GEN. LEW WALLACE, late United
States minister 20 Turkey, has declined
the offer Of high position in the
Turkish service, rendered him by the
Sultan.
IN the commercial Convention at At
lanta Thursday forenoon a resolution
that public interests required contin
Uation Of the silver coinage was defeat
ed by a heavy majority.
ALEX. HIBBARD, the young Milwau-
keean who swallowed trade dollar two
weeks ago, has the coin in his stomach
still, but is in good health.
The will Of Jane Holmes, q wealthy
maiden lady Of Pittsburgh, who died
recently at the age of 81 years, was
filed for probate one day last week. The
estate is valued at $1,000, 900, and she
distributes fully $4,000 among local
Protestant charitable and benevolent
institutions.
DURING the year ending May l, there
were distributed in the United States
re. 245, 612 pounds OF tea, so per cent. of
hich went through the port Of New
York. Not one pound received at New
YORK came on a ship flying the Ameri-
can flag.
4 BAND of mounted Indians near
Battlef0rd surprised party OF seven
police. killing Constable Elliott and
wouuding Constable Spencer. The
parish priest at Batouche states that the
rebel losses at that place were 81 killed
and 173 wounded.
SERGEANT LEFFEMAN, a veteran of
the battle OF Waterloo, who served
fifty-four years in the United States
army and was retired On a special pen
sion of $50 per month, died at Youngs-
towt., New York. He was IS years of
age.
SENATOR LELAND STANFORD, of Cali
fOrnia, denies that he will start Gener-
al Grants sons in business. OF his pro
posed California university he says he
has invited q prominent educator of
New England to visit the Pacific coast
this Summer and aid HIM in perfecting
his plans, but he declined to give the
name of the educator referred to.
PRIVATE advices from HermosiIlo.
Mexico, say that Mexican troops at
tackled the Yaquis Indians on the 18th
instant, near Misa. Three hundred
Yaquis are reported killed. Tie Mexi-
can loss is eighty killed aud wounded.
Four Americans were with the Mexi-
cans. Two were killed and one, named
Mckenzie, was woundea.
A LONDON correspondent says: Trade
is bad, nobody has any money. and
general misery prevails. But at the
wedding Of that charming girl, Miss
Efie Boehm, daughter OF the celebrated
sculptor Boehm, with Mr.. Hera path, I
could see nothing but the most costly
dresses, diamonds by the CARLOAD. I
saw even a lady who had her bonnet
strings pinned with a donkey all in dia-
monds-presque grandeur naturelle, it
filled me with deep though. The bride
looked lovely, and SO did the brides
maids.
THE seventeen-year Iocusts, which
Prof. Reilly predicted, as mentioned in
recent Washington dispatches, are re-
ported to have been found in large num-
bers in Lawrence county, Southern
Illinois, close to the surface of the
ground and moving upwards The in
dicatio&s there are strong that an I'M
usually large swarm will appear in q
short time. The same report adds that
swarms of young chinch bugs also are
appearing and threatening destruction
to what wheat remains not frozen out.