The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-01

Oh cattle are lOun0 unusually abundant.
Potatoes, so promising, are now very gener-
ally threatened with disease The hay crop
is abundant.
SEVEN thousand and two hundred men
will leave Spain for Cuba between now and
the Goth of September.
THE GOODNESS of the reception given Nc
Mahon in the most conservative portion of
France, increases the demands of the ultra
press for repressive measures, indicating the
possibility OF coup de etat.
WAR NOTES.
SULLIVAN PAsHA telegraphs, Aug 81,
that three of his brigades assembled the
heights of Schipka Pass, and in spite of a
shower of Russian projectiles, drove back
the Russian outpost, and advanced to within
100 yards of the enemy's entertainments.
There was desperate fighting for IA hours,
and although the Turks retained their
ground the conquered enemy still held
their fortified positions, which were defend
ed by IA cannon and a large force. On the
22d the Turks renewed the attack, but were
repulsed. Russian loss heavy.
SERIOUS fighting took place at Schipha
Pass, Balkan Mountains, on the Odd inst
The Turks attacked the Russians repeatedly
during the day, but were repulsed each
time with heavy loss.
A DISPATCH from Therapira of the 23d
formed the British embassy that Mehemet
Ali has gained a great victory between
OsmanBazar and Eski-Djuma, capturing
several guns and intiicting great loss. The
Russians were the attacking party.
THE governor of Tricola, Thessaly, tele
graphs August 21St: The Turks have
carried by assault some entertainments
erected at Tighena by Greek insurgents.
RUSSIAN official dispatches of the 21st
say forty battalions under Suleiman Pasha
renewed the attack on Schipka Pass and
were again repulsed.
IT is believed before long Seryia will take
part in the war. A Moscow commission has
asked Serva to do so, and has offered, if she
consents, to assist her with money.
A CoNsTANTINoPLE special of the 21st
says the porte has ordered the immediate
concentration of $4,000 militia of the second
class at Adrianople, Safa and other points
near the scene of operations.
CAPT. WILKINSON, Gen. Towards aide
de-camp, is at Spakone Falls to assist Col.
wilkins, Indian inspector, in settlement of
affairs with the Indians in that section.
There is naturally much anxiety felt among
settlers as to the result of the coming con-
ference as they fear in case it is not salts
factory to the Indians, and troops should
leave, they would have to abandon their
homes and leave to the savages as fine an
agricultural country as there is in Washing
ton territory
A TELEGRAM from Galatz dated the Goth,
states that 1000 Turkish or Egyptian troops
have disembarked at Sulina and are march
ing on to Tultscha, which is weakly garri-
soned.
THE province of Salonica and the coast
district, from Olympus to the terminus of
the Adrianople railway, has been declared
in state of siege by the porte.
On the 18th inst, the Russians, number
ing $4,000 infantry, ten regiments of cavalry
and one hundred and ten guns, attacked
Mukhtar Pasha along the whole line, extend.
ing from Mogarajikh to Yakinlar. The
cannonade begun at in the morning and at
in the evening the Russians retreated in
good order to their encampment, pursued
by Turks. The Turks lost 165 killed and
wounded and the Russians 200.
THE Sunday School Parliament opened
on the 21st inst, at the Thousand Islands
Park, on Wells Island, n. Y.
THE capital of the Farmers and Mechan-
les National Bank of Hartford has been re-
dueed from 81 los, 900 to $4,000.
AT Hazleton, Pa. the strikers forced out
the Honeybrook miners on the Goth inst,
but the presence of vigilants prevented
further interference with men willing to
work.
THE employees in the large nail works OF
Chess, Smyth & Co., Pittsburg, Pa, resumed
work on the Goth inst, at the old rates.
FAILURES in New York city, announced
on the 18th inst: Spellman Brothers, large
dealers in notions; Gamewell & Co., builders
of the fire alarm telegraph; Emery, Ivey &
Lee, dry goods merchants.
THE WEST.
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