Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-01
THE NEWS.

the Turkish military and civic authorities
united to escort the remains Of the MUIR
dered French and German Consuls to
their burial place.
On the morning of the goth alocomotive
standing near the Michigan Southern
Railroad depot in Chicago, exploded with
great violence, seriously inJuring five by
ISLANDERS, and hurting some of the frag-
ments distance of two blocks.
A TERRIBLE explosion of fre-damp oc-
Cured at Scranton, Pa, on the morning
of the Goth, causing the death of one man
and serious injury to four others. The
man who was killed was in the act Of
stepping into the bucket at the moment of
the explosion, and was hurled high in air,
and then fell back 400 feet to the bottom
of the shaft The gas caught from a
miners lamp.
AT Hinkston Station, Ky, on the Goth,
on the Maysville 81 Lexington Railroad,
a very serious accident occurred A
bridge gave way during the passage Of a
passenger train, and the rear coach, con-
tanning about thirty passengers, was pre-
cipitated into the water below. About
thirty persons were more or less injured.
A VIENNA telegram of the 21st says
grave apprehensions were entertained at
Constantinople in respect to the Sultans
mental condition. He is said to be sub
iect to decisions fearing that he will be
burned alive or poisoned.
THE vicinity of Norristown, n. j., and
Lancaster, Pa, was visited by violent
hailstorms on the 21st, which caused
great damage to windows, green houses,
fruit, etc. The hailstones were some of
them as large as hens eggs.
THERE was tremendous hailstorm at
Gayville, Dakota, on the Dist. The
ground was covered with hailstones as
large as hens eggs to the depth of -four
inches. All the windows in the town
facing south and southwest were demol-
isned, and the wind tore down fences, up
rooted trees and overturned buildings
Several persons were badly injured
ACCORDING to a Berlin special to the
London Daily Telegraph of the 22d, the
Sultan of Turkey was about to abdicate.
AN animated debate prevailed in the
British Parliament on the god, on the
proposition to grant amnesty to the Fee
MAN convicts. Disraeli stated that the
project had been abandoned by the Gov
eminent for the present.
THE proposition to amnesty the Com
munist convicts was rejected by the French
Senate on the 22d. Only eight votes were
cast in the affirmative.
THE President received a dispatch on
the 22d, announcing the death, in Lon
don, of the child of Mrs. Sartoris, his
daughter.
A FIRE-DAMP explosion in a coal-mine
in Chesterfield County, Va, on the Goth,
caused the death Of eight men and serious
injury to two others
THE President, on the 22d, sent to the
Senate the following nominations: Min
lister to England, Atty. Gen. Pierrepont;
Attorney General, Secretary Of War Taft
Secretary of War, J. Donald Cameron
(son of Seaator CamerOn), of Pennsylva-
MIA. They were confirmed.
ACCORDING to a London telegram of the
23d, the Attorney General had requested
that Winslow be remanded for eight DAYS
longer to enable the Government to apply
to the Queens Bench for the solution of
certain questions raised in the discussions
between the British Government and that
of the United States.
THE four Greek sailors who murdered
ne captain, mate and second officer Of the
ship Lennie, some months ago, were duly
executed at the Newgate prison, in Lon
don, on the morning of the 23d.
THE Secretary of the Navy, on the 23d,
wrote to the House Committee or Naval
Affairs demanding hearing before the
committee, in open session, in relation to
the manner in which lie had managed the
affairs of his department, which charges
he characterized as utterly false.
UNITED STATES MINISTER ORTIZ, on
the 23d, resigned the Austrian mission to
participate in the Indiana gubernatorial
canvass.
The New Jersey Democratic State Con-
vention met at Trenton on the 23d and
elected delegation to the National Con-
vention, which was, by resolution, in
structed for Hon. Joel Parker, of New
Jersey.
THE President on the oath nominated
Edward nj. Beale, of Neutrality-suspicious.
merly of California-to succeed Mr. Orth
as Minister to Austria.
Mr.. WILLIAM II HURLBUT, for q con-
siderable period connected with the New
York World, has purchased Mr.. Marbles
interest in that paper, and succeeds him
in the editorial management.
THE New Hampshire Republican State
convention met on the Gath, and selected
delegates to the National Convention.
They were uninstructed.
THE Kansas Republican State Conven-
ton, held on the Gath, chose delegates to
the Republican National Convention, and
adopted a resolution declaring James G.
Blaine to be its first choice as candidate
for President of the United States