Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-25
FOREIGN.

THE betting in London for the Doncas-
ter st. Leger stakes is Is to 40 against Iro-
quois.
WILLIAM NJ. EvARTs was banqueted at
the London Conservative club by Mr..
Puleston, NJ. P.
THE emperor of Austria has given 20
900 florins toward the rebuilding of the
theatre recently burned at Prague.
THE Right Honorable w. E. Forster,
chief secretary for Ireland, will retain
that Office as long as the coercion bill is in
force.
THE French military commission to
participate in the Yorktown centennial
comprises General Boulonger, Colonel
Borsan, and three minor officers.
A CONTRACT has been signed by the
Mexican government for the establishment
of a national bank, under the presidency
of +. Goetzlin, representative of the
Franco-Egyptian bank.
TIE latest American consul at Vera
Cruz died of yellow fever within one week
of his arrival, and there has been no ap-
plicants for the vacancy.
THREATENING Letters have been re-
ceived by members of the British minis
try, and they took a squad of police to
guard them at the annual whitehall din
ner at Greenwich.
JAMEE CARD thinks two-thirds of the
wheat land of England will yield an aver
age crop, while the other third will fall
10 per cent. below. Barley is the best
crop of the year, but oats are extremely
deficient.
In the house Of com mons, Parnell de-
clared that the coercion act had not been
administered in accordance with the
pledges given by the ministers when they
induced parliament to suspend the consti-
tuition.
A LAND LEAGUE convention is to be
held at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Engian !.
Justin Mccarthy will preside, and Parnell,
Dillon and other prominent home-rulers
will attend and make addresses on their
future policy.
PARNELL moved in the house of COM
mons for the release of Michael Davitt,
characterizing his arrest as the most con-
temptible act ever committed by any gov
ernment. The motion was defeated by
81 to 10.
THE Afghan troops who deserted Adder
Rahman Khan previous to the battle in
which he was defeated. have returned to
their allegiance. The Ameer does not
need either arms or money, and his star is
in the ascendancy.
AT his farewell interview with Minister
White, the emperor of Germany expressed
hope that the friendship existing be-
tween America and Germany since the
days of Frederick the Great should re-
main unbroken.
AN American missionary has obtained
after an interview with General Ignatit fl,
Russian minister of the interior, letter
TO the authorities, allowing him to preach
to the inhabitants of the district of the
Caucasus.
THREE-FoURTHs of the town of YuIe
British Columbia, is a smoldering ruin
the loss being estimated at $300,O0O tc
100000. The flames started in room in
hotel occupied by an intoxicated man
who evidently paid the penalty by his
life
ELECTIONS for members of the french
chamber Of deputies were held Sunday
with a large vote and perfect order. The
supposition that the new members would
incline more strongly toward free trade is
dissipated. Returns from SO districts
show the election of IS republicans and
one conservative, and six second ballots
are necessary. The result in Belleville is
considered signal defeat for Gambetta