Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-08
EDIlOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEsRsPHIc NEWS.

THE revival meetings at the Tabernacle,
in Boston, under the auspices of Messrs.
Moody and Sankey, were begun on the
afternoon of the 28th. The building will
seat 5000 persons, and it was filled on this
occasion to overfowing, and it was thought
10000 were turned away unable to gain
admission.
A TELEGRAM from ConstantinopIe on
the goth says the Porte had notified the
Powers of its intention to appoint five
Christians to be Governors of her Chris
tian Provinces.
RECENT Paris specials state that a de-
falcation of 600, 900 francs had occurred
in the Banque de Paris. The culprit was
one Of the chief clerks in the bank.
JUDGE CARPENTER, of South Carolina,
rendered a decision, On the goth, to the
effect that neither Chamberlain nor
Hampton was legally installed as Gov
ernor of South Carolina in December last,
and that Chamberlain is lawfully in pos
session of the Executive office, on the
ground that he is entitled to hold over
until his successor is duly elected and
legally qualified.
A RECENT Washington dispatch says
there was not particle of truth in the
statement that the Spanish Government
was negotiating with the Cuban insur-
gents with view to grant them auton-
omy, or self-g government. On the con-
trary, Spain occupied the same position
as formerly with regard to the affairs of
Cuba, with no probability whatever of
changing it.
PROF. LANCASTER, of London, took
out a new summons on the 30th ut
against Sl&de, the American Spiritualist,
and his assistant Simmons, for conspir-
acy, and one against Slade under the Va
grant act.
THE United States Treasurer destroyed
81 ,070,272 in legaltender notes on the
Both ult.. being eighty per cent. of the
bank circulation issued during the month.
THE London Times, of the 1st, has a
Berlin telegram which states that Russia
had determined upon prolonging the
present condition in respect to Turkey in
definitely. She had decided not to declare
war, but would maintain an army of OBJ
| servation on the frontier, prepared to take
advantage of contingencies that might
arise hereafter.
ANNOUNCEMENT was made on the 31st
ult. that Associate Justice Bradley had
been chosen as the fifth member of the
Judicial branch of the Electoral Commits
sion. The Tripartite Commission assem-
bled at noon in the Supreme Court room
and organized. The special oath of Office
was administered to Justice Clifford by
| Mr.. Middleton, the Clerk of the Court,
and Justice Clifford, who, by the
| Electoral act, is the presiding officer
| of the Commission, then admins
| tered the oath to the other fourteen
members. James Fl. Mckinney was then
appointed temporary Clerk to the Com
mission. The Republican National Com
| sci before the Electoral Commission
William M. Evarts and E. w. Stoughton,
of New York, and Stanley Matthews and
S. S. Shellabarger, of Ohio. The Demo
Gratis had engaged as counsel Lyman
Trumbull, of Illinois; Matt. H. Carpen-
ter, of Wisconsin; jeremiah Black, of
Pennsylvania, and Ashabel Green, of
| New York.
A DISPATCH from Columbia, S. c., on
the 1st, says that Gov. Hampton, having
granted pardon to Aria Rosborough, a
colored prisoner in the Jail of Chester
County, and the Sheriff refusing to re-
lease the prisoner, on the ground that
Wade Hampton was not Governor of the
State, Judge J. T. Mackey issued a
writ of habeas corpus, on the petition
of the prisoner, and the case was ar
gued, when Judge Mackey promptly de-
cided that Wade Hampton was the legal
Governor. The SherifHs counsel prompt
ly appealed the case to the Supreme
| Court.
TELEGRAMs of the 1st state that Monte
negro had accepted the proposition of the
Turkish Prime Minister to treat with
Turkey directly for peace.