The Morning herald., 1877-05-31

i LorrxwA,, ONT, Nays TIE gross vAl-.
| d Of He producsof thsS SCaasaiaa' hsher'' A.
leo for 1876, WAS I'll, ,1e7, 800. ,,i.
FIRE At xoxoxroN, H.s. .4aY
MoncxroN, N. B., May so.-Fire to-day
destroyed the dry goods store Of J. y q
lgHsrris, and s&hs 4srpsssyf Of, 7. + =. Tsya
TIT. @Loss, >6o, ,too.' si'J4 Al@4.f d, /
ANornIR D1sAsT1ous coNyLAaRAT1oN IN
MONTREAL. ~
aMoNTRzAL, May 3o.-Another disastrous
couAasration occurred at ! o'clock this
| noA2h6s; ty wheE ssoas azsy ,bousesw
destroyed and about the same number Ct
families rendered homeless. The fire broke
out in Conroy's stables, situated on Dal.
housie street, IN Grinantown.
Ahigh wind was blowing at the time, and
the flames spread with lightning rapidity'
and communicated to Esplin's lumber yard
and plsmng mill in tn rssr,r e,Q
Surrounding the lumber yard on William,
Duke, Dalhousie, and Nazareth streets,
stood whole block Of light wooden tene-
ment buildings; snd with tho high wind
which prevailed 1t the time better tinder~
box could not be found. ,.
Ms1wsits plspise mill than took hre,
and change in the wind carried the flames
over to the other. side Of the street, and
also in the direction of William street. It
cut ito way through to Ottawa street, lick
ine. up Ill the Atmsy houses n its advance,
and only stopped Il Nasarsth street, when
It reached Ottsws street, where the are.
men made . determined fight to arrest its
progress. gs n g.t.s.., y.5j.
The loss is estimated at nearly S16o, 900.
The greatest destruction was done In Naza
roth street, but Duke, william, Ottawa and
Dalhouaie streets also suffered severely.
Many of the people burned out are in poor
circumstances, and are mostly uninsured
HEAVY RAINS ON THE DANUBE AID cAul
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ST. PETERSBURG, May 3o.-Heavy rains,
both on the Danube and in the Caucasus,
delay Russian opeEations. Advices from
T1als 10 the 29th inst, mention only recon-
noissancss and unimportant cavalry encoun-
ters. ,gS.
1yxoRED CHANGE IN THE .AusTR1AN WAR
MINISTRY. .lsas
LSrDox,s Nay S0.-A special dispatch
from Vienna to the Daily Telegraph, says
ut 10 rumored here that the present AUS
trian Minister Of War 10 about to be res
placed BY Herr; a., Nollinary, Governor Of
Co6aESa, sandI Is lsading member Of the Slsv
military party that advocates the annex.
alton of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Aus"
tris." .w
~ RUSSIAN WAR svBsORlPTIoNs..
Over 100000 rubles have been raised
in Russia for war purposes by voluntary
constitutions. s.q N .d.# ..
THE CAUCASUS INsuRR1sTIoN. rla
:, MAxeHzsrsa, May. so.-A. special dis
patch from Vienna to the Guardian, says
"Messages from st. Petersburg denying
that the Caucasian insurrection has any In.
duencs on the campaign, ahould not b acr
E,eeptsd - yepsesenting tho real situation.
When the circsssian chief schamyl, in 1854,
with 10000 Tshetshswes, descended into
the Koor Valley, the Russians were COM
PEELED to svacuate Anyaxld and oil their
positions, ana rstits-te THIS. They also
abandoned their. expedition to Afghanistan.
The present rebellion at least blocks, their
sole communication between Wiadikauku-
ku and Ti1b !Ha .ss
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