Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-30
THE NEWS.

Christian representatives of Bosnia 1t was
unanimously resolved to continue the war
with Turkey until every Turk had been
expelled from the country. An agent had
been designated to visit the various cap
itals and request of the powers belligerent
recognition of Herzegovina.
A ROME italy telegram of the 18th
says 900 persons in that Kingdom had ap-
piled for space at the Philadelphia Cen
tennial Exposition.
ABOUT 1000 mechanics and laboring
men at Montreal, Canada, who had been
recently thrown out of employment by
the advent of cold weather made a public
demonstration on the 18th, demanding
work OF bread. There was considerable
riotng, and the police were called upon
and several arrests made. -Four of the
rioters were, on the 18th, sentenced to
four months imprisonment at hard labor.
A strong force of police remained on
guard at last accounts. Arrangements
had been made to give the poor laborers
employment.
The trial of Thomas W. Piper, the
Boston sexton, for the murder of Mabel
Young, has resulted in disagreement of
the jury, who are reported to have stood
nine for conviction and three for acquittal.
THREE meetings were held by Moody
and Sankey in Philadelphia on the 10Th.
AT the wOmen's meeting in the afternoon
large number rose for prayer, and sub
sequently entered the inquiry-room. Sew
eral distinguished persons attended the
evening services, among them being Pres
ident and Mrs. Grant
THE clearinghouse of Greene & Grams
ton, Providence, r. l., suspended on the
18th, in consequence Of the failure of the
Providence Tool Company. Their assets
were stated to be 100000; liabilities
1875, 900. 1t was claimed that the en-
barrassments of the Tool Company were
only temporary.
On the occasion of the late hanging of
three cOlOred men in New York city the
rope was carelessly adjusted around the
neck of one of them, and just as the
weight descended the knot slipped and
the victim was left writhing between
heaven and earth. He made violent eff
forts to relieve himself and cried aloud
for help. The knot again shifted and he
finally died by strangulation.
AT a business meeting of Plymouth
Church, of Brooklyn, held on the evening
of the 18th Deacon Vests letter was filed
In Mrs. Moulton's case a letter missive
was proposed for an advisory council of
churches to be held on the 18th of Janu-
airy to determine certain questions of rule
and discipline. Pending the motion for
its adoption Mr.. Sherman moved a
slight amendment, and Mr.. Beecher said
if that would open up the whole investi-
cation of 1874 he was for it, and the mo-
ton to adopt prevailed. At the
conclusion of some subsequent re-
marks Mr.. Beecher said: eff such an
advisory council should say another in
VestigatiOn is necessary, I would say,
Do it, Do it, If they should say not,
! certainly should not object" Mr.
Sherman resigned the office of Clerk Of
the church organization, and Mr. Thomas
J. Tilney was chosen as his successor.
HENRY w. LoNeFELLow has declined
to act as Centennial poet and John G.
Whittier will probably be selected in his
stead.
On the morning Of the 18th the United
States Express Company's car on the St
Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railroad
train, while en- route for St. Louis, was en-
tered, between Ferguson and Jennings
Station, by two or three masked men,
who threw the messenger, Charles Kin
caid, into a large packing box which
they emptied for the purpose, and robbed
the safe of between $4,000 and 100000 in
money and valuables.
d. A. Ross 81 Co, large lumber manu-
fachrers and dealers of Detroit, Mich,
have lately failed Their liabilities are
placed at 100000 and assets at 100000.
LAwToN s. HEAD, London and Liver
pool shipping merchants, failed on the
Goth with liabilities estimated at $3.50, 000.
ACCORDING to a dispatch from South
ampton, Eng, of the 10Th the agents of
the steamer oalIer had been unable to
find in the vessel any internal machine
as indicated in Thompson's confession,
neither had they been able to discover
that suspicious insurance had been eff
fected upon the cargo of the Mosel
THE town of Arecibo, Porto Rico, was
nearly destroyed by an earthquake on the
Sth of December.
WASHINGTON kilograms Of the Goth state
that Gholsen G. Russell, recently indicted
in Chicago for unlawfully handling a
quantity Of crooked whisky, had had an
interview with Secretary Bristow, during
which he made full confession of all he
knew concerning the frauds. His evil
dence is said to be confirmatory of that
already in possession of the Government.
A FIRE in Little Rock. Ark. on the
morning of the Goth destroyed The Gazette
block, burning up the Office of that paper
and intiicting loss of about $4,000 on
the occupants of the building.
BURBACH, the Milwaukee rectifier late
Iv convicted of whisky frauds NOS 90