Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-08

deprived Of the raesss Of sgbssstsacs- Al
TremouiIlet five houses only remained si2f1-
Tag out of so. II the district 81 Folk TWO
villAzes lad bsen entirely submerged and
many dead bodies had heea found The
erops on al kinds throughout The Inundated
districts were altogether destroyed
A LETTER received In New York on the 18th
gives an account Of the great earthquake o.
CIrcutA. South America, on the 18th OF Nay.
The Grst shock IevsIed every wall In The city,
busylng, Ia a single instant, $500 people out
Of a population o. 1900. Several who sere
NOT Killed subsequently died Of their injuries,
and rnaly sere murdered BY robbers, WHO
plundered In bands. Reports from San Cay
et0no, Santiago, Grarulsia, Arbaisda, Gu
cstelja ard San Cristatel, all aggregatsng .
population os 20,0oo, confirm the previous
account q, the destruction Of life and prop
erty In these places.
6AEcIa, the spsnlard who stole portion
OF NurslIo's famous picture from the Seville
Cathedral. and who was kidnapped In Cubs
and subsequently, cent 20 Spain, ~ reported
10 hare been shos at Asdria without iriAL
The important csrIist fortress 81 hissyct, ON
the river Ehrs, 1. officially reported to hare
surrendered.
A BEELTs dispatch u the 18th says Count
ron Amin would appeal from the late de-
eissor Of the Kammergericht In his case.
Pgor. Dos1LDsos and three members of
the press made balloon ascension from
Toronto Oh TIE sd, and we're picked UP the
next daY by ycssei Eve miles Oh Point
Peters, ON Lake Ontario. They report hsTing
suffered great bsrdships, being In the water
four hours, elingiug 70 the basket u the bal
loon, which was dragged through The water
ut fearful speed.
TuE total damage by the late inunda'ion
Of the GaFoEne region was estimated, % the
18th, 81 about Eli, 10000. The lowest esti.
mate Of deaths IN the flooded dlstricts was
1000.
FgaaFrL inunsaiions have recently oc-
cured 10 Bohemia, Moragia, Corinthia, Tyroi
and Beriaf, with considerable loss Of life and
immense destruction Of property.
THE court Of inquiry appointed 10 inFesti-
gate concerning the loss 81 the Schiller made
their report 10 the British authorities on the
18th. attributing The loss Of that steamer TO
the neglect d The officers ia not using the
lead az they we're directed in thick weather.
EDscxD Josrs & Co, London agents Of
the Burmese Government, failed on the 2sth
for nearly million dollars.
A FURIOUS thunderstorm passed over
Buda, Hungary, on the 18th, accompanied by
bail in immense quantities. The dispatch
says the surrounding hills and the roofs OF
the houses were covered with lee two feet
thick. Everything movable was swept from
the streets into the river, Over 500 persons
were missing, u whom aG least 100 were
thought 10 have been killed.
A LONDON dispatch announces the re.
cent death Of the United States Consul at
Zanzibar.
The great shooting match between the
American and Irish teams occurred near
Dublin, Ireland, ON the 10Th ult The shoot.
ing at 900 yards range was won by the Irish
team, by single point out Of So The shoot
Ing at 900 yards range was won by the
Americans, By score Of S03 against 800.
The entire match was won by the American
team, by score OF gs7 to 40.
Tug total damage by the recent floods In
France was s2i,0O0O00,
FERDINAND, the ex.Empcror Of Austria,
died nj Prague on the 10Th.