Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

According to Pera correspondent of the Lon
don Times of the 10th, Turkey, under Sultan
Abdul Hamid was relapsing into anarchy. The
Sultan issued orders without consulting the
Ministry. and the Porte transacted business
without consulting the Sultan. The condition
of the Christians in Armenia becoming in
tolerablo.
Baroness Nathaniel de Rothschild died, at
London, on the 10th.
A fire in ST. Johns, n. b., ON the morning of
the 9th destroyed several dry-goods and other
establishments involving loss in buildings and
contents of S500010 Several persons were
buried beneath the fallen walls of one Of the
buildings and eight were known TO have been
killed.
An Egyptian man-of-war, cruising in the Gulf
Of sucz, to suppress the slave traffic, took fire and
burned to the waters edge recently. Twenty
persons lost their lives.
Iateat Bosnian reports say that murders and
outrages were on the increase in that Province.
Large numbers Of Christians were crossing INTO
Austria leaving their property to be plundered
by hash-bazouks.
According to London dispatches of the 18th,
the rindcrpest had made Its appearance in Lin
colnsliirc, and the foot and mouth disease in
Cheshire, Somcrsetsilre and Flintshire.
A dispatch WIS received from London, on the
18th, stating that Stanley writing to the Daiig
1ciegJoJA from Ujiji, Aug. -, 1876, had an
nounced that he had completely surveyed Lake
Tangany,ka.
Belgrade dispatch of the 18Th says the
Se,vian Government had ordered Col. Dcspoto-
L.. .,4 q.
rcctlon during the Scvian war, 70 return 70 Ser
via. Dospotoytch had refused, aud declared bis
intention 10 continue 70 provoke insuucction.
The Colorado potato-bug has been lately dis-
covered alive at Bremen on goods brought from
New York.
According 10 Constantiuoplc kilograms of the
18Th placards had been posted in STEAMBOAT CALI
ing on Che Porte T., declare war against Russia,
and threatening the Ministers IL they make any
further concessions 10 Montenegro.
Coustantinoplc telegram Of the 18Th says
the Turkish commander had been ordered to
Withdraw from the islands Of the prtua the oc-
cuIation of which came near defeating the prop
ositon FOR peace with 5eryia.
A Weldford g. b. dispatch Of the llth states
TINT The body of man had been found on the
railroad track there which WIS, without doubt,
that of j. kiugun, of New York, whose tailuro
and disappearance were recently announced. 1t
was Thought as first that he had committed SUE
cilp tnt tnu b1st rut his t,ss.,e ena rhen thrown
himself upon the track, whore ne was rum over
by The Quebec down train. Another theory WAS
that he had been murdered, many of tho sur
rounding circumstances indicating such to have
been the ease.
Conat,utiuoplc dispatches of the 10th say tho
Sultau had proclaimed a general amnesty in
Bulgaria Tho attempted negotiation ot peace
bctwe,a Turkey and Montenegro had fallen
through, Crest agitation prevailed in tho city,
and the recall of Aidbat Pasha the cziled
Grand Nlziyr, was loudly demanded by the wax
party.
A London tc,eram of the 18Th says England
and Russia were discussing the Eastern question,
the only met,cr of difference being whether
Turkey or Russia should be the dnt 20 disarm.
The budget for the financial year 1886, in
India, shows deficit of RlSOo0000 Tho de-
felt for ls76-17 is placed at $50 100000.
A dispatch received from the City of Nevico
ON the 10Th, announces that United States Min.
istcr Foster had recognized piuz President q,
fiato of the Mexican Republic.