Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-11-22
General News Summary,
THE OLD WORLD.

| The foreign Gov vernments, which were re.
quested by Great Britain to cooperate in a
movement now being made for the suppress
sion of the East African slave trade, have
sent replies, expressing their sympathy with
the cause, but declining to unite in the ac-
tive measures contemplated by England.
! The National Assembly of France has re-
elected M. Grevy, President, by a vote of 462
yeas to 43 nays. .l.- -.s
The session Of the Prussian Diet re-opened
at Berlin on the 18th. The upper House
elected Baron Stolber, a friend of the Gov
ernment, President, there being only six
votes against him. .--.-1s -1 - $3.50 g.. #
The news of the Boston fire caused great
excitement in London and deep feeling of
sympathy was manifested by all. Relief
committees were at once formed for the pur-
pose of sending substantial assistance to
the sufferers. f......3 ..4s ,H
In consequence of cholera in Southern
Austria, the Italian Government has issued
an order requiring vessels arriving at ports
in Italy, from the former country, to under
go quarantine.
The Message of President Theirs was re-
ceived by the National Assembly on the 18th.
Referring to the extraordinary success of
the last loan asked by the Government, it
says the whole available capital of the COM
merciaI world was offered to France. In
three months, Germany had been paid S0O,-
600, 900 francs of the war indemnity, and
will receive 200, 900, 600 more in December.
Terrific storms have recently occurre ed on
the coasts of England and Germany, causing
great loss of life and destruction to ship
ping. Serious foods had occurred in Ger
many, and the town of Lubec was reported
under water on the 14th.
The Pelsall coal mine in Staffordshire, En-
gland, was suddenly inundated on the 18th,
while the men were at work. Eleven min
ers were rescued, but twenty-five remained
in the mine, and there was little hope that
they would be saved. .s 4ar t .7e# .sve
Rome journals of October 26 announce the
arrest of M. Il. Brewster, an American, who
recently killed Count Di Parma in duel
near Leghorn, Italy, for making insulting
allusions to the United States. a..-..-.... ...l.
!. The Royal Geographical Society (London)
has sent letter of thanks to James Gordon
Bennett for the part which he took in the
discovery of Livingstone, and has voted
Stanley Victoria medal of 1878. "a
Hon. Charles Sumner left Liverpool, Eng
land, on the 14th for New York. ,~---~~--
A church has been built at Tueng Chow,
China, for Rev. T. P. Crawford, of the
Southern Baptist Church. 4
Yokohama dates to October % say the
completion of the first railroad in the coun-
try, from Yeddo to Yokohama, was cele-
brated, the Emperor participating, in grand
style, on the 14th of October. The Emperor
passed over the road. The rinderpest was
making terrible havoc among cattle in the
rural districts. A dreadful famine was re-
ported among the people of Corea.
Cable dispatches of the 10th report great
destruction of life and property by the re-
cent fearful storm on the coasts in Germany,
Denmark, etc Half of the town of Praes-
toe, in the Island of Seeland, on the Baltic,
was laid waste by the force of the wind.
Other disasters are reported, and great suf
fering had been caused in many localities.
The Pope refuses to accept the annuity
voted him by the italian Parliament.
The German Parliament has enjoined the
German Railways to cease carrying emigrants
to the sea-board at less than full rates.
The food in Italy has made 20,0 600 families
homeless, and has established permanent
lakes where there were none before.
President Theirs has contributed 1,000f.
for the relief of sufferers by the fire in Bos-
ton.