The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-30


now very generally threatened with dis
aster. The hay crop IL abundant.
The lookout of the ship builders on tn
Clyde n virtually ended. At the meet
Ing OF masters Il was decided to open tn,
works at the old rates Of wages pending
| don . w7iCl both b9Sie2 have agree
LA ArSss>onilSSt thoar dpln that indie
pendently OF the retreat being mad,
necessary by disasters at Plevna, Gen
Gourka's forces were overwhelmed By
the superior forces Of the Turks, and al
though the Russians gained brillian
eohpeihis to retreat the; following day
although In sight OF Eskf Saghra, wher'
he was obliged to leave the Bulgarian
Legion, who were operating as q separat,
body, to their fate. OF the Bulgarian
Legion, which was originally 1000 strong
only four or I've hundred managed t
reach Schipkal Pass. Exclusive Of tn,
| Bulgarian loss, Gen. Gourka lost 500
men. During Gourka's retreat through
the wounded died like flies from tn,
tOlting Oftheir conveyances and exposuy0
Hale men succumbedy from fatigue AIN
sunstroke. k4ft a8ig
The Russian cavalry IL now all on the
1 north aide of the Balkans. Schipka Pass
l is strongly fortified. being armed Will
twenty-eight guns and garrisoned by .
4 regiment Of the Eighth Division. Iew(
regiments,hold Kainkoi Pass, which pre-
sents series Of formidable defenses. Z
< THE Mark Lane Express, In It's weekly
review 'of the British corn trade. says
that the weather. which week. ago APP
paare(iv adverse to the farming interests
has fortunately undergone an fnspiritine
change, varied by some heavy storms In
| the Midland counties. 10 Is gratifying TO
find some districts where the Yield OF
wheat issaid 70 exceed the average. These
are. Of course exceptions, and they are
not numerous enough to cOunterbalance
tAe iocsiities where there y d ae95s
pears evident that the poor yield of 1915
| wili;be exceeded. To put the matter in
6gufes, We s,onsidsr hat ii, Oo0, 900 or
about IL, OO0, 900 quarters will about rep
resent the home growth this gear.
President MacMahon WAS leaving
Cherbourg, Sunday evening, arepublican
derp opstrstion oecurred. He was CRESTED
with shouts ofAsviveia Republiqde, vive
Thiers," and the singing of the Marseilles
hymn. SAlksI6{
vices from Kalauea state that the lake,
which few weeks ago was empty and
feet In depth, Is now full of activity and
filled with molten lava to within few
feet Of, its brink. HKus
I Rdssisn of3cial DISPATCHES of the 2lst
say that forty battal1ions under Suleiman
Pasha renewed the attack this morning
on Schipka Pass and were again repulsed.
The fighting continues, although darkness
has set In. The enemy advanced stimuli
taneously from Laftcha toward Selvi
rifle firing began at noon at those points
occupied by our advance guard.
Osman-P ashs, under date of August 81,
ireports @counters with the Russian cav
Autek, on the road to Orchaniez. In both
cases the Russians were repulsed.
Great Britain is making arrangements
for an Intervention Of the Great Powers I'm
the interest Of peace.
A telegram from Agram announces
that ssnguinary fighting has been going
on for the last three days near Ornipotak
Between The Turks and insurgents under
Gotub. Ali Saib claims to have repulsed
the Montenegro attack on Podgoritza
and stormed the Montenegro fortified
Telegrsm from the seat Of
iss serious OPERATIONS a against st
the Russian positions from three places
simultaneously.
!. Osmau Pasha's troops made an attack
on Selyi With the intention Of advancing
upon l0arlbfova, but Prince Mirski re-
pulsed them even before the arrival of
the division which he asked for as REIN
forcements. Details received here re-
garding the battle in Shfpka Pass state
that the Russians repulsod SUCCESSFULLY
ten vigorous attacks made by the Turks,
the position Of the Russians being very
strong.
A Constantinople dispatch dated the
kilograms received here announce that
the Russians have been defeated and
driven back with great loss in an import
a1t bsttle near Eskii Djuna"
A dispatch nom Therapfaa reports that
the Porte has officially informed the
British embassy that Mehemet Ali has
gained q great victory between Osman
Bazaar and Eski Djuna, capturing several
guns and infiicting great loss. The Rus
SLAMS were the attacking party.
Mehemet Ali, who commands in that
section of the country, telegraphs to Con-
stantinople, August q. claiming that his
lions, recaptured the heights of Leghardi,
and also repulsed the Russians at Rasgrad
and achieved other Manor successes.
Suleiman Pashs telegraphs, under date
Of August 2lst, that three of his brigades
assembled the heights. of Shipka Pass, in
spite off shower Of Russian projectiles,
drove back the Russian outposts, and adj
vanced to within 100 yards of the ene-
my's entertainments. There was desper-
ate fighting for fourteen hours, and
although the Turks retained the ground
they conquered, tho enemy still held
their fortified positions, which were de-
l.1 49, ~tcnx <.<zxx 4. nd
force. The telegram concludes: "To-
morrow we shall bring up our siege guns
and renew the struggle, and hope to be
successful"
Bulletins from the Russian General
commanding Schipks Pass show that,
on August I'D, the Turks erected two
batteries Of long range artillery, and
made trenches through which they APP
prOaohed the Russian, position. The
Russian loss on August 21st was 200, and
on the 22nd 1t was much less. The latest
Tbursday says. 1.-THE Turkish fire COM
menoed It hnlf-past four in the morning
and lasted with great violence till noon
Meanwhile the Turks made several des-
perato assaults, but were repulsed. Our
heroes did not yield foot. AT noon the
firing slaclened, and reserves under
Radetxki began TO arrive. i, Our losses
have Doon 8rooAsr ihiipi"N - tt'iN ~
The Turkish Minister of Foreign Al.
fairs informs his Acknowledgements abroad
Err tho Rupsians,r % S4teripgf Eski
SsShsay dlsassASdj DE MusSAlrAAhs, en-
ployetl Mokdars 10 fetch the Mussulmans
aanf IA their houses and then massacred
them. Eleven hundred were thus put to
death. When the Russians entered Lo-
vafz. fifteen women and children fleeing
from the inyadsrs were lil}sd, and others
don everything, even their children.
Every Mussulman's housein Lovatz was
e Es4S &. klnaf sc1rfss
and carnage into the neighboring dis
tricts. The Russians drove out all the
Mussulman inhabitants OF the village OF
Herste and burned all the mon and some
OF the women. Only one woman escaped.
Seventy Mussulmans and Imaums, Of
Yuklem, were shut up I'm barn, which
was fired. Forty-four other Mussulmans
were massacred, and all the Mussulman
women were outrsged Eight young