Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-10

A DISPATCH to st. Petersburg of the
29th ult. says the Turks under Moukhtar
Pasha had attacked the Servians on that
day, in the vicinity of Urbizas. A severe
battle followed which was still in progress
at last accounts. Osman Pasha, the Turk
ish Commander, had been captured and
many Turkish prisoners had been taken.
The Turkish troops were also defeated by
the Montenegrins on the 28th
SODERHAMN, a Swedish town, was al
most totally destroyed by fire few days
ago. The damage amounted to several
million crowns.
A TELEGRAM from Galatz, on the Both
ult., reports that 10000 Tschenkessens in
Caucasus had revolted against the Rus
slams.
A BELGRADE dispatch of the Both ult.
says Dervish Pasha, the Turkish Com
mander il Bosnia had directed that no
quarter be given to Christians Specials
TO Paris papers of the Both ult. say 300
Christians had been tortured and drowned
in the villages of Pervan and Temar, twelve
women cut to pieces at Parvics, sixty chill
dren stoned to death at Rathlovo, 100 girls
murdered at Sokolovo, and 5000 Chris
tians massacred at Prigedorn.
DISPATCHES from London of the 3st ult.
say the Bashi- Bazourk atrocities in Bull
garia had created intense excitement
throughout Greece, and her relations with
Turkey were becoming serious. She had
issued a note to the Great Powers, ex
pressing fear that she could not prevent
war with Turkey A Berlin telegram of
the same date says Gen. Won Kaufman,
the Russian conqueror of Khiva, would
assume the command of the Servian
forces. 1t was reported that Russia had
decided to withdraw her Envoy from Con-
stantinopie. Widdin dispatches of the
31st ult., say the Turks entered Seryia at
counts, were driving the enemy every
where before them.
THE London Times of the 31st ult says
it was believed that DR.. Butcher, Arch
bishop of Ireland, whose death was re
ported on the goth, committed suicide
while delirious.
RAGUsA kilograms of the list say the
Turkish loss in the recent fight near
Trebinie was Selim Pasha killed; Osman
Pasha taken prisoner, and two Colonies,
three Lieutenant Colonies, seven Majors,
and from 5000 to 5000 men killed,
wounded or missing. Two battalions of
infantry and one of chasseurs were utter
ly destroyed.
A PARIS dispatch to the London otuh,2-
ard of the 1st says that Austria had
| designated England as arbiter in the solu-
| ton of the conflict between Turkey and
Servia.
AN instruction is reported to have
broken out in Albania, and to be rapidly
! spreading throughout the province
RoYLToN & DIXON, iron ship builders
of Middlesborough, England, have failed
Their liabilities are $4,250,00O.
| THE British ship Geltwood was re-
Gently lost with all on board, off Cape
| Northum berland, on the coast of Aus
! tralia
| PARIS kilograms of the I'd announce that
Sultan Murad Efendi had signed his alb
dication of the Ottoman throne. Abdul
Hamid, his probable successor, hao de-
clared that he would take personal COM
mand of the armies.
A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch of the I'd
says the Arab shieks at Mecca had offered
| 200, 900 Arabian troops to the Turkish Gov
| eminent
BELGRADE kilograms of the 2dsay re-
| port prevailed that Russia had sent an
army of observation to her frontier.
| On the LIST the clerks of the Bank of