Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-10-30
Burning of Mississippi Steamer near
OsceoIa, Ark.
Personal and General Intelligence.
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
kilograms from Mexico of late date say
that revolution had broken out in Sonora.
The revolutionists had taken Alamos and the
district south of it. They had force of $50
men, well armed. All CO -Iunication with
the capital had been cut off.
A Paris telegram of the 18th says that
eighteen deputies in the Assembly from the
Department of the Seine had signed mani
festo protesting against the restoration of
royalty.
London dispatch of the 18th says the
Bank of England had fixed the rate of discount
at seven per cent. This was in consequence
of the continued large shipments of gold to
America.
Dispatches from Copenhagen of the 18th say
that the Folketing, having rejected the budget
of the ministry, had been dissolved BY the
King.
Advices from the French settlement of St
Pierre of late date say that Monseigneur de
We're, the first Bishop of that diocese, had
been assassinated while praying in the sacrstv
of the chapel of st. Jean de Dieu.
A cable telegram of the 10Th says the British
dispatch boat, from Cartagena, had arrived at
Alicante with the news that the insurgent
frigate Numaneia had run into the Fer
nando Ell Catolca and sunk her It was
believed that all On board had been lost
A later dispatch says that Contreras and
a majority of the members of the Insur-
gent Junta were on board the Insurgent
fleet, and the belief was current at Carta-
gena that the Intransgente Government had
escaped beyond the boundaries Of Spain.
Geneva dispatch of the 10Th says that
Bishop Mermillod, the eXpatriated prelate
from across the French frontier, had issued an
interdict against three cures recently chosen
by the Old Catholics of Geneva, prohibiting
them from exercising their religious functions.
Pere Hyaeinthe, on the 10Th, preached power
full sermon, in which he denied Mermllod's
authority to interpose his interdict The wife
j., of Father Hyacinthe had given birth to a son.
Madrid dispatches of the Goth say the In
transigente squadron from Cartagena had ar
rived off the harbor of Valencia, followed and
closely watched by several British, French,
and Italian men-Of-war. COntreras, who
commanded, had sent boat ashore with de
mand for money and provisions. To this de-
mand the authorities had declined to accede,
and preparations were making for the bonn
bardment of the port. Several merchantmen
had already been captured, and Contreras had
threatened to sink the Spanish gunboat LIE
Panic, lying in the harbor. The British Ad-
miral had demanded that ninety-six hours no.
tice be given before bombardment, and had
Threatened, If a shot was fired before the expi-
ration of that time, to open upon the squad
ron with the entire foreign fleet.
A dispatch from Edinburgh of the Goth an
nounces the death of Rev. DR.. Candish, the
great Scotch preacher.
The Gazetta dItalia of the Goth, according
to Rome dispatch of that date, asserted that
the financial crisis in America had caused
great excitement at the Vatican 1t had never
been kept a secret that great part of the
money received from Peters pence, and part
of the private property OF the prelates, had
been deposited in the American banks BY Car
dinal Antonell. The General of the Society OF
the Jesuits had been on that day officially no
titled by the Roman Government that the order
must Immediately vacate the premises oc-
cupied by them in Rome. Six converts had
been taken possession of on that day by the
authorities.
A recent letter from Padong Sumatra, saws: :
1.-The second expedition to Acheen will leave
In October, and will consist of feet of thirty
ships and steamers, and from 1900 to Is, 600
men. There will probably be hard fighting on
the first landing, and perhaps some heavy loss
of life, as in the first expedition, but the Acb-
inese will find out that they cannot stand
against the mitrailleuse and breech- leaders,
A Madrid dispatch of the I'D saws the In
transigcnte squadron had left Valencia. Be-
fore leaving they had captured ten more Span
ish merchantmen, taking four along with
them. They had returned to Cartagena.
A dispatch from Ottawa, Canada, of the Esd
says that Parliament had been opened on
that day by the Governor General in the pres
ence of an immense audience
A cable telegram from Carist sources from
Perplgnau, Spain, of the 23d, announces that
Inc Carllsts had achieved brilliant victory on
the 18th, near Puigcerda Two hundred gov
eminent troops had been killed. 1t was re-
ported that the Republicans had mutilated
their prisoners and that the Carlists had re-
solved to give no quarter hereafter.
A Rome Qtaly) dispatch of the Esd saws the
General of the Jesuits had transferred the
headquarters of the Order from Rome IN
Malta.
Dresden dispatch of the sd says the KING
of Saxony was dying. Physicians had an.
nounced that his case was hopeless.
a cable telegram of the cath says the bark
British Banner had been run down on the pre-
cesding night by another vessel and sunk al
most Immediately. Eight of her crew were
drowned.
a Dublin dispatch of the Gath says prepare