Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-05-07

There were two railway accidents IN En-
gland on the 25th, resulting in the death and
injury of twenty persons.
According to a recent letter from st. Peters
burg, the priests of twenty-six parishes in
Siedler Russia, had been thrown into prison
for refusing to obey the orders of the Russo
Greek Church. The peasants had refused to
recognize the Russian priests or attend the
churches, whereupon they were sent there by
force. In some places the peasantry stoned
the priests, and during the disturbance several
of the former were killed by the soldiers
Besides the arrests which were made, the
inhabitants of the troubled districts were
sentenced to be beaten-the men with fifty
blows and the women with twenty-five, while
children received ten blows each, without dis
tinction of age or sex. Some of the women
who were violent in their language received
rs many as $50 blows.
A Bayonne dispatch of the 9th says that
the Carlist Gen. Palacios Vallejo, with 5000
men, had entered and taken possession of the
town of Chelva.
An attempt was made on the 18th, by the
Atcheenese, to carry the Dutch positions at
Atcheen. Eight thousand natives strove to
storm the works at Kraton, but were driven
back with great slaughter after eight hours
hard fighting.
Three buildings in Newgate street, London,
fell on the 2Sth, killing and manning num-
Der of persons.
A temperance crusade was begun at Man
chester, England, on the 9th. Several sig
natures to the pledge were obtained.
According to a Bayonne dispatch of the goth
the Republican Gen. Concha was moving with
10000 men on Nalmosa, with the view Of at
lacking the Carlists at Bilboa in the rear. Ser
rano would attack simultaneously in the front
The Carlists were reported strongly in
trenched.
A Constantinople telegram of the Goth an
nounces the overflow of the Tigris, involving
great destruction of property at Bagdad and
the loss of many lives.
Capt.-Gen. Concha, of Cuba, issued de-
cree on the goth calling for 10 per cent. on all
incomes exceeding s., 900 annually. The pro-
ceeds of the tax are for the payment of the
public debt and the redemption of the paper
currency.
The Franco-American postal convention
was signed by the French Government ON
the 2Sth.
Quirina Rubio, another of the murderers
of Rev. Mr.. Stephens, at Mexico, has been
condemned to death.
Fighting was resumed around Bilboa on the
29th and 3Oth ult., and some of the advanced
positions of the Carlists were captured by the
Republicans, with slight loss.
In consequence of the lockout in Warwick
shire, England, large number of agricultural
laborers have left that country for Canada and
the States
A Madrid dispatch of the LIST says the Car
lists had abandoned their positions at Atlantic
and San Juliana, and that these had been oc-
cupied by the Republican forces. The oceu-
patton of Portugalete and the immediate de-
iyeranee of Bilboa were expected to follow.
Information had been received of the defeat, in
the Province of Tarragona, of 1900 Carlists.
Later dispatches from Santander announce
that on the afternoon of the LIST the Carlists
were retreating in confusion, and that it was
reported that the Government forces had
already entered Bilboa.
A Constantinople dispatch of the LIST says
that information had reached there that fam.
inc prevailed in Asia Minor, and it was stated
that in the town of Angora alone 100 deaths
were occurring daily from starvation.