Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-20
FOREIGN.

PRINCESS CAROLINE, widow of Prince
Lucien Murat, of France, is dead. . ..
MINISTER LAYARD is very i'll at Con-
istantlnople and will come home on a
| furlough. s...- ..s.....
A SEVERE storm prevailed on the coast
of Spain, Feb. 10, during which twenty
eight persons lost their lives. ....
A DISPATCH from Lahore states vari-
Gus inauthenticated rumors are cur
rent that Shere Ali is returning to
! Cabul. 1886 sos ia. Il AZ
ANOTHER English cotton factory en-
ploying 1000 hands will soon close in
/ definitely on account Of the depression
in trade. r.- .a.s..ssr.-. : ss--s -.
A REVOLUTION has broken. out in
Hagti. Negro disturbances of an
alarming character occurred in the
Island of st. Vincent. l--
LATEST dispatches from the Zulu seat
of war, in South Africa, confirm the
worst news recently received concerning
the terrible disaster that befel the Eng
| lish forces
THE German tariff commission rec
ommend that raw cotton be exempted
| from duty and the duty on hops be
raised to ten marks per hundred weight.
THE French government is taking
great precautiOn against the introduce
ton of the plague, and the medical
officers sent to investigate the progress
Of the disease, assert that there, is no
danger at present. ..<-.Es1'
ACCORDING to the investigation made
by the German board of health, the
plague has existed in Astrakahn since
May, 1877. Even paper money in the
district has been ordered burned. e@.n
A ST. THOMAS dispatch says: In an
important battle at Victoria, Venezuela,
ON Feb. 4, the government troops de-
| feated the revolutionists and entered
i Caracus on the 9th. Ex-President Blan-
cos return issanNiously expected Il
! The British admiralty announces
] that it has chartered fifteen steamers
to carry troops and supplies to tue Cape.
This feet includes the transatlantic
steamers Egypt, France, Spain, Russia,
England, China, Olympus, .Pahnyra, and
City Of Paris. ----
1 FT THE following reinforcements nave
been sent to aid Lord Chelmsford in
suppressing the Zulu war in South
Africa: Six .battalions of. infantry, j two
4 regiments of cavalry, two batteries of
artillery, "a company of engineers,
three companies of army service
corps, and a company of army hospital
CORPSE ~yrss -z- ~ rgyg --r.- ~>
+ The emperor opened the German
Reiahstag in person on the 18th inst
In referring, torthe plague hesaid he
! thought such precautions bad been
taken that the disease would not gain a
foothold in Germany.
TRkDE is fairly peralyzed in Liver
pool, the carriers and carpenters having
joined the strikers inas body.v The
steamers are having serious time to
find seamen enough to putto sea with.
and vessel owners are in constant alarm
lest their ships be destroyed by the
mobs. .-...... .....-..-. .l.ss.t -
= A ST. PETERSBURG eablegram Of Feb.
18th says: An imperial manifesto is
issued. announcing that the czar has
ratified the definitive treaty of peace
with Turkey and orders are. conse-
/ quently given the troops to return
home. The manifesto gives thanks to
God for the Russians glorious victory.
The city is illuminated.
+ A SEPARATE treaty has been signed
| between the United States and Japan,
I'abrogating ali previous conventions, as
to the right of the japanese govern
ment to adjust a tariff on imports is
recognized; the export duties are to be
abolished; Japan is to control the
-eoasting trade; Simouzek; and one
other port are to be opened. The treaty
takes effect as soon as the other powers
| consent .-1-E-t.- g. & ..a.l 81.