Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-07-24

LATEST advices from China indicate
that the Chinese troops have been with
drawn from the ToDquin frontier. as
was demanded by France. This. it
would seem, ends the disDute which
threatened war between France and
China.
EXTRAORDINARY precautions are be-
ing adopted by the authorities of Eng
land, Switzerland and Italy against
! the spreading of the cholera in5o those
countries from France. Meantime hos
pitfalls for cholera patients are being
! established, in anticipation of the epi-
dcmic.
The situation at Pekin is critical.
owing to stormy disputes between Lii
Hung Chong and Tso Tsung Chang in
regard to what action should be tai en-
on Frances attitude. Admiral Courbet.
with the French fleet, is threatening
Foo Chow.
The Peruvian PleniYotentiarv to
Chill has been the recipient Of several
! banquets. ChimbOte has heen occupied
| by Puga's forces. lea was evacuated by
! the Government troops, and immediate
/ ly occupied by Cacere3' forces
A PARIS dispatch of tie 18th saws:
During the twenty-four hours ended at
8 o'clock tonight, there were fiftv-seven
| decths from cholera at Marseilies and
thirty-six at TouIon. Two Sisters of
| Charity were among the deaths at TOu-
! lon. The municipality of Marseilles is
providing free kitchens for the relief of
the sufferers from the plague. DR.. Koch,
| the German expert, arrived at LYONS
to-day. He thinks the cholera will reach
there, but will appear in milder form,
owing to the excellent drainage of the
city.
The Republ;que denies that Admiral
/ COurbet occupied town on the coast Of
China. The demand of France for the
| payment of the indemnity reached NJ.
| PatenOtre, the French representative at
! Shanghai, Saturday, and was forward
! ed to Pekin, where it will be handed to
4 Tsung Ii Yamen. France has given
| China one week to answer In the
event of an unsatisfactory reply France
will Immediately seize a Chinese port.
! Preparations for an aggressive naval
movement are complete.
The execution of Misdea, near Naples,
on June Dist, was the first execution
! that had occurred in that city since 1861.
! IL bOO1A IJ1etNC Ill DllOIIC, DUU UllE 6ct1 ~
morning hour which had been purpose
! ~ chosen and tho silence which had
been maintained regarding both the
time and the place prevented more than
a few persons, including some members
| Of the press, from being present. I'm
mediately after the body had been NOV
ed the people present rushed to the
! place and secured each u piece of the
/ cord which had bound the criminal and
the stool on which he sat. A supersti-
ton prevailsy at Naples that any part of
the cord or stool of prisoner who has
/ suffered death will bring good fortune
/ to its pOssessOr.
A TERRIBLE disaster occurred Wednes-
/ day at Penistone, on the Manchester,
! Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, by
! which nearly an entire train was thrown
down a steep embankment. While an
express was dashing past the station at
the rate of thirty-fiye or forty mile an
hour it struck the rear car of a goods
train which had not been properly
shunted. The express was completely
wrecked by the collision. Twenty pas
sengers were killed outright, and over
forty badly wounded. Human flesh
and bones are scattered along the track
for several yards. The accident was
caused by the breaking of an axle under
one of the carriages. One Of the killed
| has been identified as @. Edelstonf, an
American lady who was visiting friends
in England.