Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-22
T~ELEGRAPnIC BREVITIEs.

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A Bucharest special says that the
Roumanian batteries yesterday sunk q
Turkish steamer above Kalafat.
A special from Veran Kaleh an.
nounces that the Grand Duke Michael
entered Kars Monday, and received the
homage Of the inhabitants. Typhoid
fever is spreading in the town.
The London Standards Vienna cor.
respondent states that the commanders
Of Sistova, Simniiza, Bucharest and
Jsssy, have received orders from the
Russian headquarters to prepare all
possible means Of transportation for
wounded men.
Two men have been indicted and ar
raigned 10 the United States District
Court oil the charge Of conspiracy to
defcsud the government in nsing con-
crete instead Of solid masonry in the
construction OF the foundation piers Of
the new custom house and postofice
building in St. Louis.
ARoumsnian official paper announces
that the R%oumsnians captured Rahoua
yesterday morning, after q three days
engagement. The Turks fed toward
Lempalsnka and Widdin, with the Rou.
manlans in pursuit. simultaneously with
the capture Of RahoUs the Roumanians
crossed the Danube opposite that town.
A Russian official dispatch claims that
the Turks after 8 stubborn engagement,
lasting from nine o'clock in the morning
until six in the evening, we're every.
where repulSed, but admits that the Rus.
sian outposts we're temporarily drawn in.
Both accounts agree that the Turks, after
severe fighting, temporarily occupied and
burned Piergos. The Russians state that
so far $50 Of their wounded have been
brought in.
There was heavy fighting on the Lom
Monday. A Turkish official dispatch
elIims that Q strong Turkish force max
ing a reconnoiSsance carried the Russian
positions on Metchks heights at Piergos
and near Jsvanchiftlicb, destroying at
the fest named place seventy classmates
filed With ammunition and provisions.
The Russians lost l4OO men. The Rus.
sian attack on Ksdioki was repulsed.
The national grange Hst at the Grand
hotel in Cincinnati yesterday. Dele
gates we're present from all the States
The master in his annual address recon.
mends a modification Of the rules so as
to allow persons or societies engaged in
industrial pursuits to become stock.
holders. The executive committee also
advise the diseontingsnpe Of general
agencies and that the grange establish
wholesale and retail stores on the CO.
operative principle; also advises the dis
continuance Of grange lectures.
A Paris correspondent thHs desprihea
the proposed e minigtry: General
Germaudet de Rochebouet is a Legiti misl
and devoted Catholic. M. De Welche
may be called partly Monarchist and
partly Bonspartist. NJ. De Peprie is q
Catholic and Legitimist. Marquis De
Bonneville is a moderate BonAparlist
M. DuPuy De Lom is a moderate Bona
partist. N. De Bslbis is a Fusiopis
and very Catholic. NJ. De MontEolHr'r
opinions are chiefly marked by arden
Catholicism N. Poyer Quentier may
be called a Legiti#ist BonSpartigt.
A correspondent at Vienna says tina
the success at Kars has greatly encour
aged the party at Russian headquarterl
who favor a dashiDg style Of operations
similar to that adopted at the commence
ment Of the war. This party urges tha
> as the Tqrkc hGge stripped Roumsnie o
troops, the Russians should make a assl
through Sbipka aud the neighborinI
passes as soon as Mebemst Ali com
Inences d movement to raise the siege o
Fleyps. The RUSSIANS have from $500
to 10000 men congratulated 10 the neigh
: borhood Of TirnOYa availsbl, for sue
operations