Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-08
THE NEWS.

10 ndIIy AIluuE 10 d daughter Oh
the ex-King of Hanover. Rumors of the
serious illness of the Prince of Wales
prevailed in London, and something like
panic occurred on the Stock Exchange
A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch of the
27th says official inquiry into the origin
of the SalOnica outrage had shown that
the American Consul was absent when
the Bulgarian girl arrived, and that his
brother sheltered her. Official kilograms
had been received which stated that the
instruction in Bulgaria had been entirely
subdued, and that military operations in
that province had been stopped.
A SAN SEBASTIAN SPAIN telegram of
the 9th says state of siege had been de-
clared throughout the Basque provinces
and Navarro.
ACCORDING to London dispatches of the
2Sth, England was making extensive
preparations for war.
A SALONICA telegram of the 28th says
four more of the parties concerned in the
recent murder of the COnsulS had been
sentenced to death and thirteen to various
terms Of penal servitude.
G. NJ D. BLoss, a we'll known editor of
the Cincinnati Enquirer, was instantly
killed on the night of the 28th by being
run over by locomotive on the Little
Miami Railroad, near Cincinnati.
A COMPANY Of United States troops has
been ordered to Custer City for the pro-
lection of the miners against the Indians.
AN ex-Doorkeeper of the House, named
Lawrence Harvey, appeared before the
Clymer Investigating Committee on the
Doth, and swore that he had paid $3.50 to
Speaker Kerr in 1866 for the appoint
ment of Augustus ?. Greene to vacant
lieutenancy. Upon minor points the wit
ness was forgetful, but he stuck most per-
tnaciously to the main assertion that the
money was paid for the appointment. Mr..
Kerr denied knowing Harvey, and most
solemnly asserted that not a dollar had
passed between them as sworn to by the
witness.
THE Secretary Of the Treasury has di-
rected the retirement of $404 POS of legal
tenders, that being eighty per cent. of the
National Bank circulation issued during
May. This leaves the outstanding green
back circulation at $370, 123, 668.
THE Chicago Inter-Ocedn of the goth
says: Mr.. D. E. K. Stewart, we'll
known lawyer Of this city, received the
other day letter from his brother, Mr.. J.
H. Stewart, who has been in the Black
Hills for the last four weeks, which gives
a favorable account of the progress at
mining operations. He SAYS they are
mining seventy-five miles from Custer
City, on Deadwood Greek, where
they have very rich diggings and
plenty of gold. They find considerable
difficulty in securing claims. The miners
have not seen an Indian since they went
there, though it is evident there are plen-
ty of Indians around, two of their horses
having been stolen Mr.. Stewart is known
here as man of veracity, and the above
statement will therefore carry weight
with IT'D
DIST ATTY DYER, of ST. Louis, an
nounces that he has obtained judgments
on the bonds of distillers arraigned for
violation of the Revenue law to the
amount of nearly 1000, 900. He had also
collected $4,000 in back taxes.
CoNsTANTINOPLE dispatches of the 30th
ult. say the Sultan Abdul Aziz had been
forced to abdicate, and his nephew,
Murad Efendi, had succeeded to the
throne. The dethroned Sultan was kept
under guard IN kiosque in his seraglio
Both Christians and Mussulmen were
greatly pleased at the change, and perfect
tranquility prevailed. 1t was believed
that the new condition of affairs would
greatly facilitate the settlement of the
Eastern difficulties. The new Sultan had
accepted the three propositions submitted
to him by the SOftas, viz. The institution
of the permanent assembly of notables,
abolition of the seragliO, and the reduction
of the civil list to 5 1000, 900 piastres.
A VERY destructive confiagration oc-
Cured at Quebec, Canada, on the both
ult. The fire passed through the center
of what are known as the st. Louis sub
urbs, then southerly to the Grand Alec and
northerly to the third street south of st.
John street. One thousand houses were
destroyed, involving a loss of about
S1,O00,000.
DECORATION DAY May 30) was appro-
priately observed at the North and West
and in many portions of the South.
THE American Sunday school Union
held its fifty-second anniversary at Phila-
delphia on the 30th ult. The record of
the past year shows that 1856 new schools
were formed, and 1926 other schools
visited and aided, which have a total
membership of 22S, PAS.
THE Rhode Island General Assembly
met on the 30th ult. The Counting Com
mittee reported j. NJ. Alderman elected
Secretary of State and no choice for other
State officers. The Grand Committee
then reelected Gov. Lippitt, Lieut. Gov
Sisson, AttTy-Gen. Sayles, and Treasurer
Samuel Clark.
Mrs. WILLIAM MoNAHAN, of Logans-
port, Ind, while building a fire on the
goth ult., used kerosene oil. She was
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