Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23
THE NEWS.

Northern Germany, a small tor7n on the
and twenty six persons.
ACCORDING to a Buda-Pesth telegram
of the 18th the great inundation contin-
ued. Between the 7th and the 9th, in five
small townships 521 houses had been car
RED away.
A VIENNA dispatch of the 10Th an
nounces the capture, on Austrian terrific
ry, of Ljuvobratich, the Herzegovinian
chieftain
UNITED STATES Senators Edmunds and
Morrill, of Vermont, Morrill, of Maine,
Paddock of Nebraska, and Christiancy
of Michigan, were the Republican SEN
ators who voted against the admission
OF Pinchback
A WASHINGTON Associated Press dis
patch of the 18th says it would be severa.
days before the judiciary Committee
would report articles of impeachment
against ex-Secretary Belknap. No testi-
mony of importance had been taken since
that of Marsh. Six or seven persons liv-
ing in the vicinity of Marsh & Evans late
trading post had been summoned to ,tes-
tify. A member ofthe Judiciary Committee
had said that proof could be pro-
cured to support the charges against the
ex-Secretary, independent of Marsh'stesti
mony. The District Attorney had stated
that the evidence presented so far to the
Grand Jury was not sufficient to warrant
an Indictment and it was probable that,
unless Marsh could be brought back to
testify, it would be impossible to punish
Belknap through the medium of a orimi-
nal prosecution.
Hon. ALPHoNso TAFT, the new Secre-
tary of War, was sworn i'll at Washington
on the 18th.
A VIOLENT storm struck Elizabethtown,
Mo, on the evening of the 10th, and pros
trated some seventeen houses, killed five
persons and severely wounded several
others, some probably fatally. AT Has
sard, three dwellings and the railroad
depot were blown down and three persons
killed. At California and othec points in
the State much damage was done to prop
erty.
GEN. SHERMAN is said to have recently
told st. Louis reporter that he would de-
cline a nomination for the Presidency,
" even if it were unanimous and enthu-
siastic.''
ACCORDING to an Alexandria Egypt
dispatch of the 10Th, on the preceding
Wednesday, the Abyssinians had at
tackled the Egyptian army. The fighting
continued until the next dag when the
Abyssinians were driven off leaving King
Kassa, the Grand Vizier, six chiefs and
5000 warriors dead in the trenches. The
Egyptian loss was very heavy but the vic
tory was complete.
DANIEL DREW, the Wall street stock
operator, has gone into bankruptcy, with
liabilities estimated at 81 100000, partially
secured.
JOsEPHUs SoOY, New Jerseys default
ing State Treasurer, has been sentenced
to the State Prison for three years, and
until the costs Of the prosecution are
paid.
The house of farmer named Crosby,
in Northern New Jersey, was robbed OF
$30, 900 in money and other waluables by
masked burglars, on the n;ght of the
18th.
THE Senate of Mississippi has found
Ileut.-Gov. Davis guilty as charged in
the lately preferred articles of impeach-
ment by vote Of 80 to f.
GEN. ]. D. WEBSTER, United States
Collector OF Internal Revenue at Chicago,
died on the morning of the 18th, after
brief illness. He was sixty four years of
age.
The boiler of locomotive exploded at
the Union Depot in Indianapolis, on the
morning of the 18th, and was completely
wrecked. AT the same time another ep-
CINE standing in the neighborhood was
destroyed. The engineer of the latter was
instantly killed and the fireman severely
injured. The engineer and fireman of
the former were on their engine at the
time, but were not injured The west
end wall of the depot and ten or fifteen
feet of the roof were demolished.
GREAT excitement was recently caused
in Bath County, Ky, by the fall from the
sky of large quantity of what had the
appearance of being flesh. Specimens
were submitted TO Louisville scientist,
who concluded that they were the dried
spawn of Batrachian reptiles, doubtless
that of the frog. He thinks they had been
transported from ponds and swsmpy
grounds by wind currents, and had fallen
on the spot where they were found
THE French Senate was organized on
fthe 14th, by the election of Duke D'Au-
,ditfret Pasquier as President, and two
Aice-Presidents from the Left and two
from the Right. The Chamber of Depu-
ties elected Grevy as President, and three
Vice Presi tents from the Left.
On the 18th and 18th, furious gales pre-
vailed along the French and English
coasts, and great damage was done atioat
and ashore. On the 18th, an unknown
brigantine was seen to founder at mid
day. off Portland, and all on board per-
ished.