Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-14

Important changes have been made in the
British Ministry. A London telegram says:
"Ihe Marquis of Ripon and Messrs. Childers
and Baxter have resigned, the two former for
private reasons. Gladstone in addition to the
the Exchequer, in lieu of Lowe, who assumes
the Home Office. Bruce is to be made peer
and will succeed Lord Ripon as President OF
the Council. Arthur Peel becomes Liberal
Whip. Other changes are expected in few
days. John Bright joins the Cabinet as Chan
cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster"
There has been a marked Improvement IN
the appearance of the crops in France, and
there is promise of an abundant harvest of eX-
cellent quality.
News from Madrid on the 18th was to the eff
feet that the Cariists had attacked Oyarzun,
in Guipuzcoa The bombardment of Valencia
had been suspended, flag of truce having
been received from the Insurgents requesting
a parley. The Carlists claimed victory at
Elgneta, in Guipuzcoa and that they had cap
tured one Republican General and 600 pris-
oners.
In his late interview with the Count de
Chambord the Count de Paris acknowledged
the former to be the head of the House of
Bourbon, and of the royal line of France
On the return visit of Chambord to the Count
de Paris, the latter met Chambord at the door
of his hotel and escorted him within.
Henri Rochefort was examined on the It'll
by physicians, and pronounced able to bear
the fatigues of a voyage. He was accordingly
shipped, with eighty nine other convicts, for
New Caledonia.
A dispatch from Berlin on the 9Th. says that
the cholera was prevalent in the barracks in
that city.
A Madrid dispatch of the Sth announces that
Valencia had Internationally surrendered,
and General Campos had occupied the city
The submission of Cartagena was expected to
follow Immediately.
The payment of the third quarter of the last
milliard of the war indemnity was completed
by France on the 5th instant.
London papers of the Sth announce that
Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish and Sir Ar
thur Wellesley Peel would assist Gladstone in
the office of Chancellor of the
Exchequer.
The Vorstardt Zettung (Vienna) of the Sth
cepted the throne of France, formal tender
of which had been made him by deputation
of the Legitimists.
A great mass meeting was held at Montreal
Canada on the evening of the 5th, at which
spirited resolutions were passed calling on the
Dominion Government and the Lower House
of Parliament promptly to investigate the Pa
cific Railway scandal of Canada, no matter
who may be damaged in consequence.
DOMESTIC.
Gold closed in New York on the Sth at
1155s.
There were issued during the month of
July, from the stamp divisions of the Third
Assistant Postmaster-Generalso office los, 5OS,-
410 stamps from which revenue is derived, the
value of which is 1886, SAT- This is a large
increase over the business of any previous
month, and is accepted as the result of the
abolition of the ranking privilege
The Assistant Treasurer of New York has
been instructed to purchase $500, 900 bonds on
the second Wednesday, and sell 81 500, 900 gold
on each Thursday during the month of Au-
gust.
Counterfeit half-eagles, coinage of 1872, are
said to be in circulation in New York and
Boston, and so closely initiate the genuine as
almost to defy detection. In weight and color
the counterfeit corresponds with the legal
coin. Counterfeit twenty-dollar gold pieces
are also in circulation.
Portland, Oregon, has been the victim of a
devastating fire. The confagration began
early on the morning of the I'd, and before it
was checked twenty-three blocksin the city were
burned over. Among the losses are two engine
houses, two sash factories, three foundres,
four mills, five hotels, one hundred stores and
two hundred and fifty dwellings. One hun
dred and fifty families were rendered homeless.
The estimated loss was $1,000, 900; insurance,
100000 The churches in the city were CON
verted into dwelling houses. The Common
Council was issuing food tickets to the desti-
tute many. Calls are made for aid for the
sufferers from other cities.
According to ST. Louis dispatch of the
Sd the Texas cattle fever, which had been
prevailing in Dekalb, Davis, Nodaway, and
other counties in Northwestern Missouri for
two weeks, had carried off several thousand
ty alone the loss already amounted to over
$4,000
A fire in Chicago on the evening of the ID
badly damaged the great Singer building, de-
stroying the interior of the new and as yet I'M
occupied store rooms of Field, Letter & Co.
Loss, $4,000.
Two fatal cholera cases occurred in Indian
apolis ON the 4th. There were several new
cases reported in Columbus, Ohio. Ten deaths
by cholera, or disease closely resembling the
Asiatic cholera, have occurred recently at
Mason City, Hi, and vicinity
One hundred and fifty immigrants from
Russia passed through Peoria, H., few days
ago, bound for Omaha and the West These
are the advance guard of 10000 Russians who
are coming to this country.
A large quantity of petroleum oil was
burned at Long Island City on the 5th
The fire was caused by Captain Meyers,
of an oil barge lying alongside of a
pier, Lighting his pipe, whereupon
the vapor from the Oil communicated with the
flame, the barge was shattered and set on fire.
and Captain Meyers killed and his body
burned to crisp. Five barges and $1,000 bar
rels of oil were consumed. Loss 100000
Army of the Republic in Hoboken, n J., re-
Gently compelled saloon-keeper to take down
a German flag which was flying over an Ameri-
can flag, and reverse their position.
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