The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-09-16

.... The British consul has arrived at Mostar
from Herzegovina. He Witnessed horrible
cruelties, perpetrated by the insurgents who
in one instance roasted children alive. The
insurrection is put down. Only raids by the
servians and Montenegrins take place, and
these are exaggerated tenfold ...... The popu-
lation Of Queens county, N. y, is S5,15s,
against 79, SAT in 1s70.... A duel was fought
between Major Edwards, Of the st. Louis
Times, and Col. Foster, Of the Journal, over
an article in the Times. One shot was ex-
changed without damage, when the difficulty
was settled 80. Hayden's government sur
veying party was attacked by Indians in western
Colorado, but succeeded in escaping with the
loss of their instruments and baggage.
Persons engaged in giving burlesque sere-
nade at Elgin, Canada, were fred at from a
house on Saturday night. -Four Of them were
wounded, one fatally. .... Canadian lumber
dealers report continued dullness in the lum
Der trade, not only in Ottawa, but in the whole
Of Canada and the eastern States Reports
from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick say that
many mills will be stopped for the season. ....
Capt Webb has again swan across the English
channel from Dover to Calais. He was twenty
one and three-quarter hours in the water with
out any covering or buoyant aid..... During a
barbecue at Clinton, Miss, white man at
tempted to drink whisky contrary to the rules
Of the ground, when a negro prevented him.
quarrel was instantly begun, and many pis-
tol shots fired by friends Of the parties. Three
white men were killed and many wounded
two mortally. Ten negroes were killed and as
many wounded, some fatally. Two Of tie
white men who were killed were horribly mu-
tilated, their heads being beaten to atoms
with fence rails. .... Gov. Talbot of Massa-
chusetts, declines a denomination .... Tilton's s
woolen mill at Cavendish Vt, was burned,
with a loss Of S170,000 ...... Count Stolzberg,
the prime mover in the affair, has given up the
proposed pilgrimage to Lourdes and no Ger
mans will consequently take part in it .....
Russia is convinced of Yakoob's hostility, and
retributive measures against Khokand are
probable. &. "A disease similar to the old epizoo-
tic has broken out among the cattle near Avon,
n. Y. Forty have died within two weeks.
Twenty thousand persons were present at
the Rockville Qnd.) soldiers reunion. The
wagons and horses covered forty acres, ard
were packed close. Speeches were made by
Gen. Sherman, Senator Morton, and Henry S.
Lane. .... The endeavor to ship peaches to
Europe proved unsuccessful. The peaches
kept in perfect order until the second Of Sep
tember. The ice supply WAS exhausted on the
twenty-ninth of August. The steamer arrived
September 7th .. The city of Boston advertises
for thirty-year gold loan Of Sl,0OO,000, at
five per cent, for the purpose Of increasing
the city's water supply. Sir A. t. Gait has
Canadian Dominion, in which he says he looks
with alarm On the rapidly increasing liabilities
| of the nation, objects to the building of the
Pacific railway for years to come, and is opposed
| to either absolute free trade or too much pro-
lection. He will unhesitatingly, however,
advocate differential duties against the United
States, and the pursuit of retaliatory system
with that country ... Fifteen thousand ami
mails are affected by the foot and mouth dis.
ease in Dorsetshire, England ...... A dispatch
from Constantinople says that order has again
been completely established ip Bosnia and
almost restored in Herzegovina ...... The
Russians stormed and took fortified position
held by thirty thousand of the Khokand rebels
and succeeded in driving them nine miles
with great slaughter. =. "A peculiarly destruc
tive disease, the symptoms Of which are similal
to those Of the epizooty among horses, hai
broken out among cattle grazing in the vicnit!
of Buffalo, N. Y. A number have died, ant
many are affected by the epidemic.