The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-23


bern fight will doubtless be made, and
heavy losses inflicted on the Russians, but
one or two decisive battles must result in
making the Gar master of the greater por-
ton of Bulgaria. The prospect is gloomy
in the extreme.
THE Russians not only intend to occupy
Bulgaria, but have made all arrangements
for remaining at least three years in the vii
lage of Adrianople.
IT is reported that Mukhtar Pasha has
been cut off from Erzeroum and Kars.
Erzeroum is short of provisions, and the
garrison at Kars is on half rations.
TIE Russians attempted to cross the DAN
ube i'll force between Nicopolis and Sistovia,
on the Sth inst, but were repulsed.
FOREIGN.
ADvIcEs by the steamer China confirm the
previous report of the capture of Acapulco
by Alvarez who has installed the officers of
the Lerdo government The date of AIyareZs
entry is not stated. Very little resistance
was offered by the followers of Diaz. AIverez
is sustained by about 200 Indian soldiers.
A VIENNA dispatch of the 10th inst, says
in connection with the prosecution of some
interationalists can official employed in the
library of the Vienna university has been ar
rested and documents have been discovered
at his house proving the existence of the in
ternational propaganda aiming at revolution
in Russia and Austria"
AN extraordinary meeting of the Direct
United States Cable comgany is to be held
at London on the Goth of June, when reso-
lutions winding up the company will be
presented.
ACCOUNTS from Tripoli and Barbary
state that an area of one hundred miles has
been devastated by locusts, crops entirely
destroyed and famine is believed to be i'm.
minent Severe distress already prevails.
THE London Times says the speeches
of the Marquis of Salisbury and Earl Derby,
at the merchant talors' banquet of the
school, on the 18th inst, coming immedi-
| ately after representation of Gortschakolf's
letter, will give satisfaction to the whole
country by showing that the government
| while watchful of all real British interests,
will not pour out the blood and treasure OF
| the country III desense of Nightmares or
| chmeras.
THE Greek army is to be recognized
| Thirty thousand men are to constitute the
standing force In 1873 the army was fixed
at only 12,307 men.
TIE Egyptian Contingent for Turkey has
sailed; escorted by four Turkish men-of-war
| THE well-known painter, Miss Elizabeth
Thompson, was married to Maj. w. Butler
at London on the 18th inst. Cardinal Man.
ming performed the ceremony.
| HAVANA postoifice officials set at defiance
the provisions of the international postal
| treaty and continue to charge extra postage
about % cents in gold coin upon letters
prepaid in the United States.
| LATE intelligence from China SAYS the
famine continues; in Shahtung and Chihle
the suffering increases. There is no posi-
bic means of averting death by starvation oil
hundreds of thousands. There is famine
also in Corea, and pestilence, supposed to
be caused by the exposure of multtudes OF
dead bodies all over the country. Japan is
| again appealed to for material and medical
aid
PERSIA has applied for admission into the
postal union at Berne. 1t is thought all civ
iiized governments will directly participate
in the advantages of the postal union.
a TELEGRAM from Port Said reports
twenty feet of water at the Mediterranean
entrance of the Suez canal
THE Oxford University honorary degree
of ID. c. L. has been conferred OH ex-Presi
dent Grant