Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-19
FOREIGN.

SERIOUS fears are felt for the health of
the Shah of Persia.
The amount of bullion gone into the
Bank of England on balance, was $780,
000
THE Russian Government proposes to
appoint an ambassador to the Vatican.
r. ST, AUBIN, translator of the House
Of Commons and French writer, drop
ped dead on the streets.
IT is supposed the Count de Cham
bOrd's left lung is affected. He is often
given morphia for relief of the pain he
is suffering from.
THE North German Gazette says Bis
marck requires the greatest care and
absolute rest to recover his health.
The miners in the Cannock Chase Dis
trict, in Staffordshire, Eng, have struck
against reduction of wages.
THE weekly statement of the Bank of
France shows a decrease Of 1872, 500
francs in gold and 100000 francs in
silver.
ACCORDING to advices from Behera,
the cattle plague ended with the death
Of all the cattle in that district. The
cotton worm is now doing great damage
there.
The relations between the Vatican
and France have improved since the re-
cent exchange of notes. 1t is intimated
that Mgr. Vannuttell will be appointed
papal nuncio at Paris.
THERE were sixteen deaths from
cholera at SamanOud Tuesday and eight
at Tantah. Wednesday there were sixty
two deaths at Damietta, fifteen at Shir-
bin. Egypt has refused Great Britaln's
offer of medical aid.
BOTH Houses of the Victorian Parlia-
ment have unanimously voted an address
to the Queen urging the annexation of,
or establishment of a prOtectOrate over
New Guinea and the other Pacific islands,
and offering to share the expense.
The house of an English missionary
named Martin, at Antakia, was attacked
by Greeks, and Martin was wounded.
He had been converted from the Greek
religion to professionalism. The governor
of Aleppo has ordered the arrest of the
guilty persons.
ADvICEs from Venezuela say the To-
Gusts are making havoc in many parts
of the country. They have reached
Puerto Cabello, Valencia and inland dis
tricts in the same longitude. In one
night all the vegetation in the neighbOr-
hood of Moron was destroyed. 1t is
feared that they will soon reach the fer
tile valleys Of the Caracas.
AN outbreak is reported in Crete, the
people refusing to pay taxes. Said Bey
Khandell, who was project of AleXan-
dria, at the time of the riot and massa-
ores last year, has been convicted of fail
ing to perform his duties and of conniv-
ing at the riots, and has been sentenced
to seven years imprisonment at hard
labor.
THE Roumanian government has dis
patched a note to Austria which declares
that Roumania fully recognizes the Obli-
cation of not allowing agitation to dis
turb the existing neighborly relations
between the two countries, and gives
positive assurance never to abandon that
obligation. The Austrian government
accepts the note as satisfactory evidence
that the pending frontier difficulty will
not become serious.
THE North German Gazette, referring
to Cardinal Jacobini's latest note to the
Prussian government, says: diplomat
lists at the Vatican are trying to show
that the new church bill is of little value
to the Curia. The Prussian government
expects the Vatican to make the next
advances. If none are made Prussia
will continue her present course of indie
pendent legislation, as far as feasible
and requisite 1t would have been bet.
ter and more skillful on the part of the
Curia's diplomatists if the note had re-
manned unwritten. There existed at the
time no absolute necessity for it's dis
patch. The arrogant grumblings and
criticisms contained therein afford fresh
proof that it will be impossible to satisfy
the demands Of the Curia, and will only
result in preventing Russia from making
further conciliatory advances.