Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-07-05

AN artillery duel was in progress, on the
! 18th and 26th, between the Russians at Giur-
| gevo and the Turks at Rutschuk. The Rus
sian batteries in the former place were dam
| aged somewhat, but the latter town was
almost destroyed, over 800 shells exploding
within its area. The fortiications, however,
| remained intact. The inhabitants had left
the city, only Turkish soldiers remaining.
| Up to the 26th, $4,000 Russians had crossed
| the Danube from Ibrail.
| ACCORDING to a Constantinople telegram
of the Goth, adyices from Erzeroum stated
that Mukhtar Pasha had won great victory
near that place, and secured 1000 Russian
| prisoners.
| a CONSPIRACY had been discovered, at AL
exandria, to blow up the banks of the Suez
Canal The Khediye had organized a sea
and land patrol for its protection.
Ex-PREsIDENT GRANT and wife were re-
ceived by the Queen, at Windsor Castle, on
the 26th. A grand dinner was given them in
| the evening.
VIENNA dispatches of the Goth say the
| Deputies from South Tyrol had resigned
their seats in the Reichsrath, because wider
autonomy for South Tyrol had been refused
by that body.
ACCORDING to ConstantiDople dispatches
of the 9th, Mehemet Ali had advanced to
the Moratscha River, in Montenegro, aud
had burned l, $40 houses on the march, spar
ing only the churches and monasteries. On
| the march 5000 Montenegrins were encoun-
tered, who were defeated after a six hours
battle, with a loss of 800. The Turkish loss
was 175.
THE elections for Deputies in France have
been postponed until the 14th of October.
THE rumored conclusion of peace between
Egypt and Abyssinia was denied in an Alex
dria dispatch of the 9th.
THE recent battle at Delibaba is acknowl-
edged by correspondents with both armies to
have been indecisive. The Russians fell
back with heavy loss, and the Turks lost 400
killed and 1900 wounded.
AUSTRIA is reported by Vienna journals to
have SO, 200 men on the frontier, in Dalmatia,
Croatia, Sclavonia, Banat and Pennsylvania.
ACCORDING to Belgrade dispatches of the
9th, the general feeling seemed to be that
Servia should go to the assistance of Mon
tenegro, whose condition was believed to be
desperate.
ACCORDING to late Erzeroum advices, both
the Russian and Turkish Armies operating
in Asia Minor had been greatly reinforced
and placed in condition for immediate often
sive operations.
A RUSSIAN official dispatch, published in
the London papers on the morning of the
2Sth, states that the Turks had recently at
tackled the Russian right wing and been re-
pulsed with great loss, after battle lasting
eight hours. The Russian loss was $50 killed
and wounded.
THE Turks evacuated Tchernavoda and
Medjidi, in the Dobrud scha, on the 27th.
The Russian cavalry had scattered all over
the interior, slowly followed by the infant
ry. Vigorous cannonading prevailed all
along the Danube. The bOmbardment of
Rustchuk continued. At Giurgevo, 12O Rus
slams had been killed, among others a Rus
silenced at Widdin and another at Rahova
The whole north bank of the Danube from
Hirsova to Tultsch was occupied by Russian
troops, and rumorS of crossings at various
points prevailed.
On the evening of the 27th, the Rouma-
nian batteries opened on the Turkish posi-
tion at Widdin. The task of capturing that
position has been relegated to Prince Charles
and the Roumanian Army.
THE Russian cruisers have been operating
in the Black Sea at points so near the Bos-
phorus as to argue contempt for the Turk
ish fleet. On the 27th three merchant yes
sells, loading in the harbor of Heracea were
cut out by Russian boats and destroyed.