The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-06

The Russians lost before Kurnkdara two
| generals and eight other of1eew,& leds
237 soldiers killed, md III. woundeotpe-
serters say the Y16Rsl osyS 800 inelk' !
snyMA, Az e I. mys !: |.
Sc 1lo y q 9Esg y En- Els
sansu!F s;n ,snseq 5bo ~ w s,s
- fhs q 1Ek, ( and he 9>7fs gained
Pc 1sio1 q 7ali the esrthworks ~ ths
openina OF The dedlo -, \. 4,
IVsIoNpoN. August "a Telegram TO the
Times from Shumla says Suleiman Pasha
has captured nearly all the Russian posi-.
lions. The Rnssisml61td01 0kUf6dn And
wounded.
The Mark Lane Express in its weekly
review OF the British corn trade says the
weather has been very unsettled the past
week, and farmers have been CONSIDER
ably DELAYED In stacking and threshing
wheat, although cutting has been carried
on without much Interruption Sun
sltne iswsnted % house the grain and
Ss SesS SSSS arso Scale sg pr
some weeks past, and returns on Monday
| last gave over 1900 quarters. Prices have
necessarily given way and q dec OF
two shillings to three shilling perd ter
was Quoted last Monday on whe' I'd
fully one shilling on oats. There G.e vwo
conflicting forces in operation In trade at
the present time, and " Is dificultto fore
| sec which may fjrove the stronger. On
| one hand America, Russia and Hungary
have been favored with abundant crops,
willie deficient hsryest in France and
4 England, the blockade of Southern Rus
sian ports and the uncertainty of politics
are circumstances which may, during
| the winter months, assume force great
| or than ut present.
The. annual pamphlet by Barthelmy
/ and Estienne, OF Marseilles, on the
| French harvest prospect, says the pros
poets of the wheat harvests in two depart
l,iV two, pretty good; yin thirtyStwo, poor,
IsHd in Minis bad n tEG
Y The edftof of the Madras Times, men,
Der of the Relief Committee, writes as
follows: The population In Southern
India more or less affected by the famine
! numbdfs "a, 100000. In the most favor
able cirdstnatUees at least one-sixth will
die. Twenty-three people In all have
| died of starvation in Bengal. In Madras
no camp of 5000 rises morning after
morning without leaving thirty corpses.
In the intsribr, the distress IL most fear
| ful. One gentleman passing down the
valley of the Wynaad district counted
twenty-nine dead bodies on the road. A
coffee-planter seeking. shelter from the
rain in boat found six decomposing
corpses in it. On any day and every day
mothers may be seen in the streets OF
Madras offering their own children
for sale, while the fopp,lling portion of
the poorhouss is fluff Of ihfahts found by
| police on the road, deserted by their
parents. Since the famine began 500, 900
people have died of want and distress.
The first big tragedy may be expected in
Mysora. 4 In that province indeed IN
formation has reached me from Banga-
4 lora of two cases of cannibalism already.
Suleiman Pasha telegraphs, on the 18th
Our entrenchment line of investment is
lions. West i hold the commanding
heights. The Russians are blockaded on
! three Sides Every effort Is being made
lto comm lete the blodl<Ad G. by cutting them
off from the road to Ghbtova. The Rus
sian forces haxA Iheek 6rnelly decimated,
and they have retired to their fortified
positions. Cannonading and outpost en-
gsgements are carried on internationally;
One thousand Russian dead were found
when the enemy were driven from Alik-
rdgehal Heights. III
4 An army cofreepondent writes: The
wear and tear of the Russian army has
been such that the achievements
brought up hitherto have not cOmpensat-
ed for the losses suffered from battle and
other causes. Without anything like an
lepidemic there has Tbeen q considerable
falling out of the ranks, owing to sickness
Of one kind or another. Thus, despite
the great reinforcements on the way, the
Russians may begin to doubt whether
they will be able to have, before the
breaking up of the weather, the numer-
ical superiority necessary for a decisive
result.fs -JkEU LSJx EEl4 ~
Several thousand unburied dead cause
AN furibearable stencil EaroNnd .Shiphs
Pass. <Consiuerable- reihfOrcements ar
rived at Gabrovs, Sunday. Thepcorres-
j pondent estimates, .the Russian garrison
4 IN the pass as thirty battahons. ~
Adyices from the. Russian headqua.-
tiers, Gorny Student, August 20, say; All
quiet this morning. Our troops main
! tain tfieir position. The Turks remain
under cover behind the ,neighboring
heights, out of range of our batteries.
The total, number wounded from August
| 81 tosAngust "a is2, 480 including 95 OH,
GERS. The number killed. is unknown.
Everything Is, quiet In the direction OF
EPlevna and Loftscha. After the severe
| fighting on Sunday, the. Turks relrained
position in the ShIpka Pass, and up, to
1 this morning only an occasional trivial
| rifle fire, between the outposts has occur
4 red. As tho result of Sunday fghtipk,
the Turkish advanced batteries. some
what gssnafe tho Russian sfanks. The
Turks hre constructing fresh batteries In
Tundja Valley. The Russians have been
ind In the present Situation TO saltef The
| impression that Gen. Radetzky will hold
his position. GOO fsf(-
LONDON, August 29.-Rain has fallen
in torrents all over the north OF Scotland
almost without intermission since last
| night. Harvest reports from all quarters
are most Responding. The floods have
caused great damage in South Wales.
The weather IN thp English -midlands
and the east Is very bad. -
Gambetta has been summoned before
the correctional tribunal, for the delivery
of a political speech. ge-. FIss-> s.lt4g
Mehemet Ali Pasha telesraphs on
Thursday morning strong s COLUMNS a., ,s,so o.
souhler attacked. the Russians near the
village of Karahassauler. The fighting
| was desperate, The village was takeh
and retaken several times, but finally
carried by the Turks The enemy was
defeated and retreated in disorder, pur-
sued by our troops. About five O'clock
in the evening two other columns from
| SuTlOaSSOunler crOSSou .hiiu iorCou Wv
enemy to abandon, Haidarayoz and fail
back on The pass. The troops engaged al
Karahassauler were the RasgradJ afid
Erki Djuma divisions, They captured Z
cannon, four. ammunition wagons, ,OO(
rifles, a large quantity of uniforms and
military equipments. Baker Pasha gen.
orally distinguished himself. We los
5000 killed and wounded and the Rus
SLAMS 1000. f,.otoJ iyg,f
|
Standard publish dispatches from thu
correspondents, who were eyewitness
| of Thursdays's battle, which confirm ir
detail the serious Russian defeat on thu
LON. Both correspondents agree thai
Popko has beefl abafidoned and the Rus
sian position completely turned. TIT
Turks are continuing the pursuit. Baker
Pasha, under, whom the Turkish cavalry
/ charge was made, and who bad two
horses Shot, Is, with 04pt. BhseoS one o
his stan, reported Missing.
| rovv~. m, rlrfah froopa CROSSED the Ans