Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23
THE NEWS.

was found to have been hollow, and filled
with human remains. Between 4, 900 and
5000 skeletons were taken out. They
appeared to be from $50 to 200 years old,
and all had fragments of clothing upon
them. They were believed to have been
the victims of the Inquisition
A DYNAMITE explosion occurred on the
docks at Bremen Haven on the 18th, which
caused the death of sixty of the by-stand-
ers and four of the passengers of the
steamer MOsel, then about to leave for
New York. The explosive was in pas
senger's baggage.
A HENDAYE telegram of the 18th SAYS
several Carlist soldiers had lately been
frozen to death. The Carlist forces in
that region numbered $4,000 men, with
105 pieces of artillery.
A PARIS dispatch of the 18th says all
France was intensely excited over the
pending Senatorial election The Left
had so far secured majority, and their
success was thought to mean a disturb
ance of the present conservative condi-
excited, and the funds had fallen largely
SIR Houston STEWART, Vice Admiral
OF the British nav. is dead
THE bill recently reduced into the
House for the regulate of postage on
printed matter provides that on and after
June /, 1876, postage shall be charged on
pamphlets, transient newspapers, etc, at
the rate of one cent for each two ounces or
fraction thereof, and that the postage on
ali other mailable matter of the third class
shall be unchanged.
THE agricultural report for November
shows that the corn crop of 1875 is one
fourth larger than that of 1874, and one OF
the heaviest ever grown in America. The
same is true Of potatoes, both as regards
quality and quantity; while all the tobac-
co-growing States show a large increase
of product.
THE newly appointed Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, John @. Smith, has taken
charge of the Indian Bureau in Washing
ton.
THE Republican National Committee
will meet in Washington on the 18th of
January for the purpose of determining
upon the time and place for holding the
next Republican National Nominating
Convention.
A NUMBER of Methodist ministers, at a
meeting in Boston a few days ago, under
the lead Of Bishop Haven, adopted a reso-
luton favOring the denomination of Presi-
dent Grant " as a measure of public safe
ty.n Several Methodist ministers at Salt
Lake City, Utah, at recent meeting, pro-
tested against this action on the part of
their Boston brethren, and passed a reso-
luton denouncing the President for his
action toward that Territory.
THE ice was ten inches thick in some
portions OF the Erie Canal on the 10th
THE Moody and Sankeyrevival meetings
in Philadelphia on the 18th were crowd
ed. At the women's meeting in the after
noon 1900 persons were present, and
fully 300 visited the inquiry-rooms.
TIE jury in the case of Burbach and
Reynolds, Milwaukee whisky-rectifers,
brought in verdict of guilty on the even
ing of the 18th.
GEN. BABcoCK gave bail at Chicago in
the sum of $40, 900, on the 18th, for his
appearance for trial before the United
States District Court ct st. Louis.
JUDGE BANGS, of LaCon, H., has been
appointed 10 succeed j. D. Ward, of
Chicago, as United States District-Attor-
ney for the Northern District of Illinois
IN his late message to the California
Legislature Gov. Irwin urged that the
State endeavor to induce such modifca-
ton of the treaty between the United States
and China as will restrict Chinese immi-
grafton.
JAMES 0. BRoADHEAD, a prominent
Democratic lawyer of St. Louis, has been
appointed to succeed Gen. Henderson as
an assistant in the whisky trials at ST.
Louis. He accepted the position on the
11th
INFORMATION had reached the Vienna
Neuie Free Pqesse of the 18th that the
Sultan of Turkey had ordered an extraor-
binary levy of 100, 900 men to put down
the troubles in Herzegovina. Egypt had
offered contingent of 5000 men and
Tunis 5000.
THE announcement was made in the
German Reichstag on the 18Th that an in
vestigaton would be inaugurated by the
Government into the circumstances at
tending the recent disasters to the steam
ers Deutschland and Mosel.
THE Democratic members of Congress
held caucus, with closed doors, on the
afternoon of the 18th. A committee of
eleven was ordered to act with like
Senate committee in shaping legislation
during the present session.
THE membership of Plymouth Church,
Brooklyn, according to the recent annual
report, is . 400, an increase of 100 during
the past year. Of this number 1875 are
females and 915 are males. There were
2,844 pupils in the schools, and $50 teach
ers. The sum of $111, Ala was raised
during the past year, exclusive of per-
sonal contributions.
A sTUPENDoUs land swindle has lately
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