Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-11-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

Inc Brlllsn ATclIc cApculiion, comprising
the steamers Alert and Discovery, under
Capt. Mares, reached Valentia, Ireland, on
the 27ih. The commander reports that no
land was discovered 10 the northward of
eighty-three degrees twenty minutes, the
highest latitude reached
A severe cyclone passed over the Central
American States on the I'D and 4th Of Octo-
Der. The town OF Managua, in Nicaragua,
was inundated and about 400 houses were
blown down. The inhabitants had to
climb on the tops of their houses
to prevent being washed away by
the food. Many were drowned by the
houses falling. The total damage is esti-
mated at about 81 900 900. Over 800 houses
were Blown down at Blaufeld, and immense
damage was done on Lake Nicaragua. Loss
on the coffee crop estimated at $1,000, 900.
A Paris telegram Of the 18th says the Amer
lean colony resident there had been greatly
scandalized by the late publication of let
ter written by NJ. Du Sommerard, chief of the
French Commission 10 the Centennial Expo
sition, In which the American Commission.
crs are charged with the most outrageous of
lenses. On the 10Th the Marquis de Tally
lished IL reply denying the charges and stat
ing that the French Commission had every
where and at all times received the most del
icate attention at the hands of the Ameri-
cans. United States Minister Washburne
had addressed Il spirited note TO the Duke de
CAFES.
Ragusa dispatches of the 2sth say the
surrender Of Medan to the Montenegrins
had greatly inspiritcd the Albanians. A
Belgrade telegram of the same dat says
self wounding was again becoming FIRE. uent
among the Servians The Russian officers
complained bitterly of the cowardice Of
their Scryian allies. The inhabitants Of Del
igrad had been ordered to leave that city.
According TO Belgrade kilograms of the
30th ult the capture Of Diunis, the day be-
fore, was brought about by the cowardice of
the Scryian soldiers The Russians made a
most brilliant defense, 700 out OF 900 en-
gagged being killed, but they were finally
forced back. Tchcrnayoff's army was cut in
two and thoroughly demoralized, and Turk
ish batteries at Djuns were shelling the
Deligrad camp. Martial law had been pro-
claimed in the districts OF klev, Odessa,
khardow and Caucasus.
A glyeerine repository near Port Colbornc,
Ont, exploded on the Both ult The care
taker, Colbert King, was Immediately killed.
Small pieces of his remains were found
floating around the harbor, The town was
shaken, and nearly every window broken by
the shock The magazine contained about
forty pounds Of nitro-glycerine, and was
placed on "A crib in the water, outside the
regular harbor entrance
The Paris Figaro of the 3oth ult. publishes
letter from Du Sommcrard chief of the
French Commission to the Centennial Ex-
position, in which he declares that the re-
cent letter, crticising the management and
purportmg to be written by him, was an
utter fabrication.
A Coustantinople dispatch of the 3lst ult.
says the Turkish troops had entered Alex.
inatz after several days hard lighting.
1t was reported in Belgrade, on the 3tst
ult., that Prince Milan had expressed a de
sire and intention TO abdicate.
Dr. Slade, the American Spritualist and
medium, who was arrested in London II few
weeks ago as an imposter and yagrant,
was, on the 3lst ult., sentenced TO three
months imprisonment at hard labor An
appeal was taken,
Belgrade kilograms of the lst say the
Porte had signed two months armisticc
demanded by Russia, and issued orders for
the suspension OF hostilities. A report pre-
vailed that the Turks had entered Deligrad
and burned kruscheyatz. The Montene
grins were bombarding podgoritla and theh
armies had penetrated into Albania and cut
the communications between podgoritza
and Scutari
TWAS announced from Rome, Italy, on
the list, that Cardinal Antonclli, the Prime
Minister of the Pope, was dying,
ORciM announcement was made from
Constautuople and Belgrade on the "a that,
during tAc armistice, both armies would re
tain the positions they occupied on the LIST