Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-11-30
General News Summary.
THE OLD WORLD.

A tremendous explosion occurred in
the colliery at Wigan, England, on the
10th, which was heard in the country for
several miles around. Fortunately the
disaster occurred after the working gangs
had withdrawn, or the loss of life would
have been appalling. Sixmen were known
to be killed, and possibly one or two more
would be found
A dispatch from Constantinople reports
that there were $50 cholera deaths there
during the week ending November IL.
Lord Tenterden, formerly Chief Secre-
tary of the Joint High Commission at
Washington, has received the appointment
of Agent of the British Government for the
presentation of claims of British subjects
before the tribunal of arbitration shortly to
assemble at Geneva.
The trial in Paris of parties accused ofthe
assassination of Generals Thomas and Le-
compte has ended. Nineteen prisoners
were pronounced guilty. Verdeguire and
seven others were sentenced to suffer death,
one to Imprisonment for life at hard labor,
and ten to various terms of confinement.
! A New York dispatch of the 18th says
London advices show that the nine hour
movement was making great progress
among the working people throughout the
/ country. In some of the counties masters
had conceded to the nine hours, and it wGs
probable that the arrangement would be-
come general.
John Grille, Secretary of the Total Alb
stinence Society of Brixhan, England, has
publicly accused the Queen of intoxica-
ton. The charge caused great uproar,
and the local authorities commenced legal
proceedings against the man who made it.
1t is expected in Paris that before the
end of January, 1872, France will have
ten army corps completely organized and
fully supplied with improved arms, posted
at the great military centres of the coun-
| try.
King Victor Emanual made his entry
into Rome on the 21st He was met at
the gates by the heir apparent, Prince
| Humbert, the Ministers of the Crown,
and large body of the National Guards
of the city. The populace filled the streets
in immense numbers, and greeted the
! King with earnest enthusiasm during his
progress to the Quirinal, where he has
taken up his residence.
! A special dispatch from Versailles to
| TIE London Standard of the 21st says the
Commission for the arbitration of the AL
| ALBANIA claims will assemble in Geneva on
the Gath of December, and that the sit
! tings will continue all winter About
! five hundred cases will be presented to the
consideration of the Commission.
Dispatches from Constantinople on the
/ 21st report that cool, clear weather pre-
vailed there and the cholera was decreas-
| ing daily.
! DR.. Mcleod, who has been Queen
Victoria's physician for thirteen years,
declares that she is in perfectly sound
mind
The London Times of the god, speaking
of the famine in Persia, states that two
! thirds of the carrying animals in the coun-
/ try have died, and the details regarding
/ the inhabitants are too horrifying for
! repetition.
| 1t was announced on the 23d that the
Prince of Wales was suffering from an at
tack of typhoid fever, but the symptoms
were not considered alarming
Winter weather set in in England this
season at an unusually early date. The
ponds in the vicinity of London were fro
zen over on the 23d, and skaters were out
in force
The trial of Communists who were en-,
gagged in the destruction of the residence
of Thiers has terminated. They have all
been convicted and sentenced to impris
onment for terms ranging from two to
twenty years.
In the German Parliament, on the 23d
bill was introduced and advocated by
the Bavarian Minister, providing for the
criminal prosecution of clergymen who
abuse the privileges of their office. This
bill was understood to be the first of &
series against the encroachments of the
church upon the liberties of the people.
A Constantinople dispatch of the 23t
states that the weather was unfavorablt
again, and the number of cholera case:
was increasing.