Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-08-21
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| ARCHBISHOP MCCABE, OF Dublin, is re-
covering from bronchitis.
SIR THOMAS BRAssEY, NJ. P, and
| Samuel Morley, NJ. P, will be created
peers after the adjournment of Parlia-
ment.
The Peace Congress in session at
| Berne Saturday adopted a motion favor
ing the naturalization of interoceanie
canals.
AT Marseilles the heat has increased
patients. One death occurred at Berne,
Switzerland, Friday.
THE British Conservatives are hold
ing great meeting at Manchester to-
day, in opposition to the Franchise bill
and in support of the House of Lords.
THE London World, says the Duchess
of AIbany's infant is very delicate, and
it is very doubtful whether she will be
| able to rear it.
A FIRE occurred Monday night at Pin1-
| lice Ca suburb of London), in Abraham s
hat shop. The proprietor and three
members Of his family persisted.
THE congress revising the French con-
stitution Monday adopted paragraph
two declaring monarchial pretenders
ineligible to the presidency.
The British, under-secretary of state
for foreign affairs announced in the
house of commons Monday that di plo-
matte relations had BEEN re!umed with
Mexico.
THE congress of the two houses of par
lament at Versailles rejected the
amendment abolishing the presidency,
and the amendment enactipg that the
president be elected by universal suffer
age.
The Versailles congress Wednesday
adopted the entire bill for the revision
of the constitution by a vote of 500 to
172.
PEKIN dispatches state that Tsung Ii
Yamen based the protest to the powers
against the operations of the French
| fleet at Keeling upon the fact that
France had bombarded keeIung with
out a formal declaration Of war.
| TWO batUalions of British troops, IN
! der elief orders for England, are to go
to Egypt. The Iadian Government
! opposes the depletion Of the British
forces in India.
AT the Medical Congress in CoEenha-
gen Tuesday, DR.. John S. Billings. As
sistaHt Surgeon Genera of the United
States army, in behalf of the American
Medical Association, invited the CON
gress to hold its next met ting in Wash
ington in 1887.
The English cholera has appeared in
several districts in Ian cashire. and is
max ing considerable Roadway. The
number stricken with it exceeds 200,
and five deaths have occurred. Tie
doctors attribute the outbreak to the
excessive heat and the use of improper
food.
THE Pail Mall Gazette this afternoon
earnestly advocates American mediat-
ion between China and France. Both
countries, it thinks, would eagerly &C
ceptit. The Times dispatch from China
saws: ''Tne American Minister will ar
rive at Shanghai to Il ". The Chinese
remain firm. Further concessions by
the French will alone secure peace.
ADvICEs from Sh4ngi al, dated Aug.
10 SAYS: 'Tsung Ii Yaman announces
that it's the determine ton to resist the
French demands. Tamsui, on the north
west coast of Formosa. is being defend
Il
be impeached for transferring the China
merchant fleet to an American firm"
The German newspapers declaI that
the recent annexation of Wallfish Bay
and adjoining t-rritory in South Africa
by the Cape Government was directed
against Germany. They make this an
occasion for absuing E gland and adj
wise Bismarck to ign or. the annexat ton
in the same manner that he ignored the
Congo treaty.
Mr.. SMALLEY cables from London
that the English receive with some con-
Germ the news of American mediation
between France and China. Eaglish
diplomatists have long since been aware
of the present American Minister'S
views of the possibility of greatly en-
larging American influence in Eastern
seas. They suspect that Mr.. Young
means to seize this occasion to strike
some blow al English political and com
mercial supremacy in China.
THREE packages of dynamite, wrap
ped In the Dublin Irishman newspaper,
were found in letter box at the Not
tiUgham postoffice on Sunday night.
They contained a pound of dynamite,
with fuse to which a cap was attach
ed. It is supp Osed the packages were
intended to explode by fall or when
stamped. The quantity of dynamite
was sufficient to have wrecked the build
ing, The packages were stamped with
the words British Dynamite Company,
Glasgow"
CRIME