Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-25
THE NEWS.


Boston forger, was committed to await
requisition expired on the 18th. An ap-
plication for his discharge was denied on
that day, and he was again committed for
ten days longer.
THE British feet in the Mediterranean
has been ordered to rendezvous immedi-
ately at Smyrna in view of possible
Oriental complications.
A LONDON telegram Of the 18th says
the Government had resolved to favorably
entertain the request for amnesty to Fe-
MAN prisoners.
ScLAvoNIC advices of the 18th say that
a battle had been fought on the day be-
fore near Bosses, n which 700 Turks and
100 insurgents had been killed.
THE manager of the Theater DIES Arts,
recently burned at Rouen, France, has
arson.
LATE advices from Rio Grande City,
Texas, report heavy battle at Camargo,
Mexico. Three hundred were reported
killed and / 900 wounded.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL CAMPBELL,
Of Chicago, on the 18th, paid to Miss
Ada @. Sweet, United States Pension
Agent, So, 100, being the amount Miss
Sweet paid to him, on account Of David
Blakely, her predecessor. Mr.. Campbell
states that he supposed the money Miss
Sweet paid was legitimately paid, and that
he did not know it was paid to obtain the
position.
a PHILADELPHIA telegram Of the 18th
says mass meeting had been held on that
evening, at which resolutions were adopt
ed censuing the Centennial Commission
ers for closing the buildings on Sundays.
THE Southern Episcopal Convention
has rejected the application of two colored
churches for membership. The clerical
delegates voted favorably on the applica-
ton but tia lay delegation rejected it.
THE French squadron ordered to Sa-
lonica consists of 81 guns and musters
1870 men; the German squadron so guns
and 5000 men.
ACCORDING to an Athens (Greece) dis
patch of the 10Th the Turks and Greeks
were each concentrating an army of OBJ
servation on the frontier. Great agitation
prevailed in Crete.
WASHINGTON dispatches of the 18th
say the Attorney q eneral had denied the
application for pardon, Communication or
delay in the cases of Mcguire and Mckee,
of St. Louis, under sentence for whisky
conspiracy.
THE Blaine investigation was COM
menCed before the House judiciary Com
mittee in Washington on the 18th. The
testimony of John S. G. Harrison was
given connecting Mr.. Blaine with the
$4,000 in Arkansas bonds Col Thomas
A. Scott gave the details of the transac-
tions relating to the bonds in question,
and stated that he had no knowledge nor
belief whatever that Mr. Blaine had any
thing to do with them.
In consequence of the explosion of
coaI-oil lamp, while starting fire at
Dayton, Ohio, on the morning of the 18th,
Mrs. Matthias GIazer and her child were
terribly burned, the child fatally.
New counterfeit tens on the State Bank
of Terre Haute, Ind, and fives on the First
National Bank of Louisville, KY, are said
to be in circulation
ALMOST the whole business portion of
the town of Darlington, S. c., was burned
on the morning of the 18th. Loss over
$500, 00O-partially insured.
A SIOUX CITY Iowa) special telegram
Of the 10Th, to the Chicago Inter- Ocean,
says letters had been received from par
ties who went from Sioux City to the
Black Hills two months ago, indicating
that the situation there at the present time
is anything but encouraging. As warm
weather approaches, the Indians become
more troublesome, and those who
could not do prospecting on &C
count Of the frost before, and have been
waiting for the season to advance to give
the country thorough test, are prevented
from going rod from their camps on &C
count Of hostile Indians who hover around
at all hours, and kill all who venture
out Letters also report great scarcity
~ - SNASAOASr ttAANt "S y ~ IN AAe1LAOIIS
of gold has been obtained The existence
Of gold there in paying quantities is
doubted.
SALoNICA turkey dispatches of the
10th say that fifty-four Mussulmans had
been arrested and would be tried for the
murder of the French and German Con-
suls
THE British Resident at Zanzibar re-
Gently negotiated a treaty with the Sultan
for the abolition of the slave trade.
PRINCE AUERsPERG, who recently
fought a duel, at Prague, with Count
Kalawrat, has died from the effect of the
wounds he received.
ACCORDING to Washington special of
the 10Th the recent Louisiana troubles
were considered in the Cabinet meeting
held on that day, and, as result, Secre-
tary Taft had been directed by the Presi-
dent to order Gen. Augur to use the mill
tary according to his Cyn discretion in
protecting officers OF the State or the
United States in the performance of their
duties, and do all in his power to prevent