The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-20

arrived at Halifax from Jamaica Sunday,
brought l0l officers and men of the fri
gate Abouklr. who are more or less at:
fected by yellow fever, the disease being
contracted by them while on general leave
from the ship.
The boiler in Currie & Thompson 5
steam saw-mill, at Maitland, Canada.
exploded on Thursday morning, killing
John Hustard, one of the workmen, and
destroying the hill and Currie' stannery.
Hhe brigantine Elsie, Capt. Lovegrave,
arrived at Halifax from Mayoga, Prince
Edward Island, on Saturday night, and
| reported that on Tuesday, January 9th,
In latitude 80 degrees 80 minutes north,
longitude 60 degrees 05 minutes, passed
the hull of a large ship waterlogged, the
sea washing over the decks Nothing
was standing but the three lowest masts,
the fore and main yards, with part of
the sails attached to the rigging, and
both anchors on the bows The sea be-
ing too rough to board her the name
could not be learned.
The Spanish government has decided
to make General Dominlluez a Lieuten
ant- General.
! The Spanish Government denies that
the trouble at Barcelona was serious. and
snnounces that order has been restored
in that city
| The specie in the Bank Of France has
increased 2l,000. 900 francs during she
| past week.
Ihe british ship Preston. from Havre
Tor New Orleans, mas arrived at Wey-
noatE, England, having been compelled
/ 20 put IL on account of a mutiny on
board. A fire on this vessel while she
| was lying at Hayre has already been re-
| ported by cable. She had been repaired
and has sailed from Havre when the
| mutiny occurred. Two mates were Sc
verely wounded in the fight with the
crew.
Spanish accounts from Cuba state that
COL Espanda, with $50 men, had an en-
gagement with the insurgents near Melo-
rez. The fighting lasted six or seven
hours, and at the close Col. Espanda re-
treated before the superior mum bers of
the enemy. His loss was four officers
and fifteen Urivates killed, and fourteen
officers and fifty privates wounded. The
insurgent loss could not be ascertained
A large fire occurred on the Ports
mouth dock yard on Thursday. Thous-
ands of pounds worth of stores which
had accum ulated for the AthaDsee ezpe-
dition were destroyed
At a meeting of Deputies, constituting
majority in the late Spanish Cortes,
vote Of confidence in Senior Castelar, was
adopted, and he was requested to pre-
pare q manifesto to the nation.
Contreras, Ferrez and Galyez, have
been sent to the capital Of Algeria, and
other Cartasenian refugees have EeeE in
termed ia the forts and barracks of Oran
and Merselkebir.
A bloody riot occurred at Limerick,
On Friday, during Parliamentary elec
tion.
Hawkins, counsel for the prosecution
In the Tichborne case, was mobbed on
Friday by ehe Tiohborne claimants
friends
The Spanish government has thanked
France for her conduct in the case Of the
iron-clad Numancia.
The North German Gazette says IF the
policy of France is made subserviest to
the temporal aims of the papacy, the
peace of Europe will be compromised.
The old barracks on Parlis ment
Grounds at Ottawa, Canada. occupied by
the Pacific Railway Co., as Offices, were
totally destroyed by fire Friday evening
All the plans and field notes connected
with the Pacific surveys we're burned.
Loss will exceed 100000 Origin an
known.
The extensive Sour mills at Leish,
England. were totally destroyed by Ere
oa Thursday night. Loss estimated at
$25O,0OO. Four hundred hands aze
thrown out of employment.
There was an exciting scene in the
Landtag. at Berlin, On Friday. Herr
Rallimckrodt, an UIsramontane Denusy,
quoted a passage from the recent work Of
Gen. LAM Marmora, alleging that Bismare.f,
in 1866, discussed the cession to France
Of portion Of the Rhenish territory.
Prince Bismarck arose and pronounced
the statement an aDdacious and malasi-
oas faIsehood.
The revolution in, Yucatan continues.
Two legislatures have organized. Ehe
TIE insurgents.
The London Tines correspondents at
Cartagena writes shat the Government
tYoops, on entering the town, shot esght
Insurgents who wsYe trying TO escape.
Ehe occupation of the town was other
wise bloodless. Five hundred refugees,
among them Barssa, prominent leader,
were taken prisoaers On board tks cap
tured steamer.
A special dispatch from Rome, to the
London Daily Telegraph reports that
Cardinal Antoaslh is dangerously i'll.
His disease is gout In the stomash. The
Pope had administered extreme. nnction.
The Madrid Government have tele
graphed that they will send reinforce
ments of troops to the island Of Cuba.
Special Dispatch to the EWING Wisconsin.