The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-08-25
ONE-TIIIRD OF THE COUNTRY Y
.eI FLOODED.
MEETING'OF THE DUBLIN AM.
NESTY ASSOCIATION.
FEARS OF TROUBLE IN PARIS.
PERSONS KILLED BY
LIGHTNING.
ENGLAND.


One-third Of the country Is under water.
In consequence OF bad administration
the dams were suffered to fall into ruin.
| and thus flooded extensive tracts Of land
which were reclaimed during the reign of
Maria Theresa and made fruitful with
| grain-fields, have gone TO waste Added
to this are the unusual storms of this
season, and the excessive severity of tho
the government in collecting arrear taxes.
vineyards. grain-felds, and trees even.
have been stripped oftheir leaves. The gov
ernmcnt is seizing for taxes the cattle of
the peasants. Some villages owe an amount
Of arrears greater than the value Of their
whole property. Agriculture, trade and
industry are generally ruined and famine
is impending. ...
The Times special from Paris states that
the question Of the assembly is causing ex-
ctsment, and that grave Consequences are
! possible.
THE AMNESTY ASSOCIATION
| Of Dublin will hold meeting at Phnnix
park, on September Sd, to petition the
queen for the liberation of political pris-
| oners.
THE LIvoNIA.
Commodore Ashbury's yacht Livonia.
starts on the 3lst of August for New " ork.
STRIFE
/ by LOO workman has occurred At Leads.
| There Is considerable excitement over
the election of a member of parliament to
take the place Of Chas. Buxton.
The British commissioner of the Wash
ington treaty sails on September Sd, ac-
companied by the eldest son of Stafford
Lothier as secretrry.
ARRIVED.
The steamship Larifa arrived at Queens
town yesterday.
FRANCE.
VERSATILE, Aug. 24-Bil of Gambct-
tn, now under consideration Of union depu-
ties in assembly, proposes the dissolution
of the national assembly, on the ground
that its discussions proved fruitless.
PARIS, August 24.-La France says that
an understanding has been reached be-
tween the committee of the assembly and
the government, respecting the dissolution
OF the National Guards, and that discus
sion on the subject, in the assembly, and a
| conflict over the disarmament, are both
| improbable.
1t was rumored on the Bourse, this af-
ternoon, that an attempt had been made to
assassinate King Amadus Of Spain, and it
was added that the king received no injury.
! The report needs confirmation
| In the trial of ASST before the court mar
! tial to-day, his counsel boldly charged the
Versailles troops with using petroleum
shells during the seige of Paris.
The court promptly silenced the accusers
and pronounced the assertion as infamous.
1t is reported that the negotiations be-
tween France and Germany, in regard to
the evacuation of French territory BY the
German troops, which has been carried on
for some time ut Frankfort, will be trans
ferred to Versailles.
PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, August 24.-The Zeituug to-
day categorically denies the reports Of an
untavorable turn TO the negotiations at
Gastien, and that GOODNESS has sprung
up between the emperors of Germany and
| Austria.
Some journal says that no special ar
/ rangements were intended to be made at
| Gastien.
ROME
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
ROME, August AIN Bologna, Italy, a
church was struck by lightning and thirty
two persons killed or injured
NEW BRUNSWICK.
ST. JOHNS, August 24.-The second
Tyne crew aay that Renforth should not
have rowed as he was subject to
fainting fits under state of excitement.
The programme is disarranged for tho
present, and no further enteries have been
made
Fifty special police have been sworn In |
in anticipation Of the arrival of suspicious
characters.
There must have been from fifteen to
twenty thousand spectators present.
When Renforth dropped his oar, both |
crews paused moment, and the Tyne |
turned, making for shore. Renforth raj |
lied for few moments after he reached his |
hotel and was able to speak Violent
pains, however, eRsued with discharges of
blood and mucus matter from his mouth,
and severe purging.
The symptom of his disease point to the
operations Of drugs, but no suspecions are
attached to the ST. Johns crew,
The coroners will make thorough in
vestigaton.
The principal winners are the American
backers and the Tyne crew and per-
sons from the east are the chief losers.