Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-08-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

There was an amnesty demonstration at
Dublin on the 18th, in tho cemetery where
O'Connel is buried. Over 10000 persons
were present, including several members OF
Parliament. Resolutions were adopted favor
ing home rule and amnesty for the imprisoned
Fenians.
According to accounts from Damascus to
the Esd Of July, cholera was raging violent
". Four hundred cases were reported daily,
but the real number was thought to he con-
siderably larger The disease was also re-
ported as raging at Antioch and other towns
adjacent
Capt. Bogardus the American pigeon
shooter, recently easily defeated Rimell The
English champion
There were serious riots in Glasgow be-
ween Oraugemen and Home-rulers during
the OConnell celebration Several Of the
rioters and policemen were injured.
Another revolution has broken out in
Kokhand, in Central Asia, The Khan is
said to have fled and his troops to have fra
ternized with the insurgents.
The trial Of Alexander and William Collie
on the charge Of obtaining large sums of
money from the London and Westminster
Bank on false pretenses came to a sudden con-
clusion on the 9th by the announcement that
Alexander had absconded
According to London dispatch Of the
morning OF the 18th serious affair had
arisen between the Russian and Prussian
frontier guards at Donbrowa, on the boundary
between the two countries. The trouble was
provoked by the Russians, who trespassed
on German territory. Several of the guards
on each side were wounded
A Constantinope dispatch of the 10th an
nounces the departure OF Turkish troops to
Herzegovina to suppress the Instruction.
All the Carlist villages on the plain of
Alaoa have submitted to the Government Of
King Alphonso. A Madrid telegram of the
10th says the Oficial Gazefte had published
an order directing a levy Of 100000 men.
Mr.. Gladstone, late English Premier, has
published another pamphlet, in which he
discusses anew the questions relating TO
papacy which formed the subject Of his for
mer pamphlets on "Vatieanism."
Shaw x Thompson, British iron merchants
and manufacturers, failed for 5000, 900 on the
nth, and then compromised with their cred
'toia W PbSi w Pci ScHt' VI tHci ihucutcd-
ness.
Hans Christian Andersen, the Danish poet
aud author, was buried at Copenhagen on the
nth. The day was made one of national
mourning throughout Denmark.
A London special of the morning Of the 18th
intimates that Russia would not prevent Mon
tenegro from aiding the Herzegovnians, and
that great numbers OF Montencgrins had
Joined the Insurgents around Trebigne.
The French Government has prohibited
the sale In France Of Mr. Gadstonc's writings
against papacy.
The Alphonsists have carried one Of the
outlying towers of SEQ de Urgel, and on the
10th turned It's guns toward the citadel. The
levy of troops recently ordered includes
youths who shall be nineteen by the Slst Of
December next The man 'of-war Victoria
was reported on the 18th as bomharding
Lcquito, on the Biscayan coast,
A Constantinople dispatch OF the 18th says
the situation in Herzegovina was becoming
exceedingly grave. The insurgents had at
tackled Trebignc, and were burning and pillag-
ing in all directions The Turks had been
defeated at Bilcridia after an obstinate fight
The French Geographical Congress has
awarded tirst-class medals to the American
Statistical Bureau at Washington and Prof,
Hayden.