Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-03-31
FOREIGN
Y RUSKIN is seriously i'll.

JOHN RUsKIN is seriously ill.
The latest attempt at assassination in
Russia was directed against the governor
of Baku.
A HUGE petard exploded at the door of
a Carmelite church in Madrid, on Satur-
day, doing considerable damage to the
structure.
THE remains of the murdered car were
deposited in the imperial vault of the
church at the fortress, amid saIvos of ar
tillery
CYPRESS trees have been planted round
where the czar fell, and sacred pictures
with lamps burning before them have been
placed there.
ANOTHER war has broken out in the
East. A Persian General at the head of
several Persian tribes, has crossed the
frontier, and pillaged the villages in the
vicinity of Bagdad.
THE most important arrest in Ireland
under the coercion act is that of P. j
Sheridan, one of the traversers, who was
seized at his residence in the county Sligo.
VICTOR HUGO, on the 10Th anniversary
of his birth, stood at an open window az
his residence in Paris for six hours. to re-
ceive the salutations of his friends. 1t is
said that five hundred thousand people
passed before him.
OSCAR DE LAFAYETTE, a member of the
French senate, died in Paris recently, aged
IS years. Being a grandson of the mar
quis who aided the American colonies in
achieving their independence, it was the
intention of President Grevy to send him
to the Yorktown centennial to represent
the republic of France.
THERE have been many arrests The last
few days, at St. Petersburg. At
one house one person was captured,
and the police found 100000
roubles. A man upon whom were found
arms and 2000 roubles was arrested last
night. Two dynamite stores were discov-
cred.
A MAN has been arrested at St. Peters,
burg who was habitually addressed by his
ton was given by nihilists to Jeliabor,
| imperial train near Moscow. This man
was arrested on the 11th inst. He appears
! to be one of the leaders of the nihilists.
THE late Gar, Alexander II, leaves six
children: Grand Duke Alexander, who
succeeds him, born March 10. 1915 Grand
Duke Vladimir, born April %, 1857;
Grand Duke Alexis, born Jan. IA, 1886;
Grand Duchess Marie, born Oct. II, 1858;
Grand Duke Sergius. born May II, 1857
Grand Duke Paul, born Oct 3. 1860.
IT is said that the British government
is about to buy about 100000 acres of
the best portion of the Irish
waste lands, will expend about s..
900 in the reclamation of the same,
and will then divide it into thirty-hve
acre farms, which will be allotted to evict-
ed tenants and the tenants of small and
rack-rented farms in the west of Ireland.
CONSIDERABLE excitement exists in
, royal, clerical, and aristocratic circles in
! Spain on account of the spread of republi-
can principles, the boldness with which a
Federal Republic is advocated, and the
impunity with which Republican news
papers are circulated. While King AL
| fonso was returning from hunt about a
week ago. a party of workingmen whom
he passed cried ont Long live the Federal
Republic Down with the King y Revo-
lutionary manitestos are circulated freely
among the soldiery, and newsboys Offer
Republican papers for sale under the
palace windows at Madrid.