Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-09
THE NEWS.

says the signature or the King had been
forged to bill for 200, 900 francs by Mar
quis Mantigazza, who had been arrested,
and had stated that other forged bills for
greater amounts were in circulation.
A ScHoNEBECK Germany dispatch of
the goth says fearful floods had occurred
i'll that region. In that town water had
entered 7C0 houses, most of which had
been flooded to the roofs, giving the in
habitants only time to escape from the
attics. Over thirty houses had been
washed away. The newspapers were ap-
pealing for contributions for the sufferers.
IT was officially announced in Madrid
on the 26th that eight Carlist battalions
had refused to fire on the royalists at
Pampeluna, and that after a conflict with
the officers, the force had been disbanded
and surrendered. The internment of the
Carlists III France had led to the discov-
cry of large number of French deserters,
who would be court nartialed by the
French authorities. Madrid dispatches of
the 9th say that the Cariist troops near
Lecumbri had killed Gen. Egana, their
commander, and solicited amnesty. 1t
was reported that Don Carlos had crossed
over into French territory on the night Of
the Goth, and there issued manifesto in
which he stated he generously relin-
pushed the struggle in order to promote
the happiness of the Spanish people
4 BERLIN dispatch of the 9th says
Austria had ordered the Herzegovinian
refugees in Dalmatia to return to their
homes within month. or suffer forcible
expulsion.
REV. E. G. LANGLEY, while preaching
in Brooklyn, N. Y, on the 9th, fell dead
in his pulpit, of heart disease.
A TERRIFIC storm passed over the town
OF ST. Charles, Mo, on the afternoon of
the 9th, striking the northern part Of the
city and sweeping everything before it.
1t only lasted about five minutes, but in
that time a large number of buildings
were wrecked. James Gasney and his
little son were instantly killed, and sew
eral other persons were injured The
storm extended toward Portage, sweeping
away residences, farm buildings and
fences. 1t was thought the damage to
property would reach nearly or quite
$150,0O0.
THE steamer Mary Belle, the largest
steamer on the Mississippi, was burned to
the waters edge at Vicksburg, on the 9th.
A large quantity of merchandise, to-
gether with all the passengers baggage,
were lost. No lives lost and no person
injured.
THE Vance Railroad bill passed by the
Wisconsin Legislature has been signed by
the Governor, and is now law
A MOTION for a new trial has been en-
tered by the counsel of Mr.. William
Mckee, under conviction for completely
in the st. Louis whisky frauds, upon an
allegation that one of the Jurors in the
case gave expression, previous to the trial,
to his belief in the guilt of the accused.
The court reserved its decision until the
Goth of March
A PARIS telegram of the 29th ult. says
when Don Carlos entered France, Gen
Poncet waited on him and informed him
that he and his officers would bave to sub.
NIT to orders of internment. Don Car
los appeared depressed, but was disposed
to obey orders, and warmly thanked the
Government for its courtesy. The
French Minister fastened officially to in
form the Spanish Government of the sur
render and to congratulate it on the hap
Ply conclusion of the war. Don Carlos
had asked the privilege of remaining in
France, but it was thought this would be
refused
GEN. BABCoCK and Levi P. Luckey re-
sumed their duties at the Executive Man
sion in Washington, on the 28th uit
THE Secretary of the United States
Treasury has directed the retirement of
$500, 74S in United States notes, being
eighty per cent. of the new National Bank
currency issued during last month, leav-
ing the outstanding legal-tender circula-
ton, until further orders at 1870, 943, 1892.
The Court of Claims at Washington
decided on the 2Sth ult. in regard to the
famous Ch0rpennlng claim to sustain
demurrer TO the assertion that the refer
ence OF this claim by Congress to the
Postmaster General, and his decision that
between 100000 and $4,000 were due
to claimant, constitutes an award binding
on the Government. An appeal will be
taken to the Supreme Court.
THE women of New York are trying to
induce the employers in that city to pay
their workmen on Mondays instead Of
Saturdays, with the hope of thus lessen
ing Saturday night and Sunday drunken
ness.
GIBSON COUNTY, Ind, was visited by
terrible wind and rain-storm on the night
OF the 9th ult The greatest damage oc-
CURED at Princeton, the county seat The
tornado swept through the town, carrying
houses, barns, churches and everything
before it, Upward of fifty houses were
blown away, and the roofs carried, in
some instances, to the distance of miles.
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