Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-12-21


here have given notice Of red ction Of |
wages alter the holidays.
A Missing Steamer.
LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE steamer Mexico, |
from Port Royal, Sept. 18th, for Liverpool,
is posted at Lloyd'sas missing.
Snow in the Balkans.
CoNSTANTINOPLR, Dec. II 1t 10 snow
Ing heavily In the BBlkans, and II 10 be-
lieVed the passes will be rendered impas.
sable.
Canal LAboFeTs' Strike.
MONTREAL, Dec. 1.-Two thousand la'
bOrers on the Lachine Canal, struck. They
demand dollar instead ri ninety cents
per day.
Change OF French oHieials.
PANS, Dec. l7.-Great change In the per.
sOnei OF departmental administrations is
eXFecte over forty Projects have already
! resigned.
oSman's Strength at Plsvna.
LONDON, Dec. ia Special from Buch.
Arrest II the Daily News, states that Col.
| wellesley, British military attache, says
osman PasAa had less than $1,000 men at
Ple'na, and In his sOrtie.
New Cathedral at Boston,
DOsToN, Dec. list, Mary's new Cathe'
dral, corner Endicotte and Thatcher
streets, was cOnsecrated yesterday. A
congregation Of 5000 was preseut. Arch
bishop Williams oficiat d. The building
cost S!2j ,0O0.
One More ULf1rtunato.
NEW YORK, De l. young woman
who said her parents ",ed 10 New Orleans
two years ago, was ionnd dying Of poison
here yesterday. She came here 10 search Of
her brother George. S,e refused to dis
close her name.
Lord Derby In a Runaway Accident
LONDON, Dec. l7-WhIle Lord Derby
and another gentleman were driving at
rimbridge Wall yesterday, the horses ran
away and the Coachman wac instantly
killed, but Lord Derby and his companion
escaped with slight wounds.
No Hope for Intervention.
CONsTANTINOPLE, Dec. lit 10 gener.
ally believed here that the Porte'S appeal
viii have no result. Mr.. Layard, the
British Ambassador, has informed the
Turkish Government that England will
continue to observe neutrality.
Burning OF An OIL Train in . City.
PATTERSON, N. j., Dec. l7.--An oil train
burned here to-day, Flaming oil flooded
the street, burning houses, In some 10.
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oil cars burst the names would shoot hun.
dreds Il feet high. Paint was blistered on
houses a mile distant.
, Strikers Troubles.
SEw YORK, Dec. 1.-TWO hundred girls
and boys, employed BY cigar manufacture
ers uptown, where the cigar-makers are
on strike, were maltreated yesterday by
q gang OF strikers. Police came 10 their
assistance, and the assAilants fed, some
OF tue boys and glrls were badly beaten.
FilibusteT Expedition Against Sonora
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. ia Tuscan, Ar
iZona, dispatch states that HermOsellC
papers received, say that Gen. Huerta
{ former Governor Ol sonora, Is reported In
Mexico with two thousand American ill
. bust re, stationed near the Sonsra line,
z rreparin for an invasion.
Mobile aud Ohio Railroad Suit.
WARRINGTON, Dec. fan order wai
: made for re.heAr.ng the motion in the cas-!
u OF the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, on whIcl
! the Court he etOtOre suspended superse
|. deas in the case. The road, therefore, viii
not be cold until further order Of Court
The re.hea:iug 10 set Tor the l4th otJanu
r airy, 1878.
e Money Recovered from New YoTl
Ring Robbers.
=. NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE City Chamber
Ian has received from the state Attorney
. General a cheek for $ill, l,05!.lS, being th
amount received from Peter b. Swecn.
: and Z. A. WoOdw In settlement Of TIL
!, suits against them 10 recover part OF th,
C money stolen BY the Rlng.
n Value OF Government Timber 5oi4et
Il In Mississippi,
C WAsHiNGIoN, Dec. l7-R. j. BARLEY
Special Agent OF the Land Office, who ha
been Ia Mississippi, regarding timber dep
redatiOns, reports the Government sei1
If ures OF logs aud lumber unlawfully take
/. from public lands will aggregate the va
4 ue OF 1884 OW.
- Hung arian Opposition to Russian AZ
grandiSsment-LaTge Meeting q
q. Pesth.
n PKsTH, Nov. GA public meeting {
:, from 800 to 8 COZ persons has adopted
- Ie Olution that the GOvernme OF should II
)r slst, even II necessary with arms, the tu
le ther extension OF the power Ol Russii
" The President OF the Ministry refused
receive a deputatiOn from the meeting, a
> II was accompanied by a crowd; the crow
D. becoming disorderly tue police cleared tn
IN reefs.
lie The Trouble In 81 Paso conhoed I
10 OlklAuuos
10 CHICAGO. Dec. Olicial-The mob 4
Q. san EliZariO cous cts OF about 10 citizen
IA Oi FL Paso county. Texas. 40 Mexican
w have crossed the river ~ take part IN th
10 trouble. Mexican authorities have give
+. positive orders that no citizens shOul
cross About 800 troops have been order
ed from their pests In New Mexico 10 III
lC eceEe Ot disturbances, to aid the civil Oti
x GERS Oi FL PasO count. Thi. ihdrawi
a II ;r ops leaves the Indian iToatier Vi
IL guarded,
of Mexican Border Iuvesttgatio
ly WARRINGTON, Dec 1.-The sub.Con
1 mi,tee On Military Affairs. u the HOus,
auih0. lied to sit during recess, have e
~ qIested the secretary Of War to ordI
n. certain Ulcers On border duty bei0l
ne them, with a view oil learning he eXa'
n. facts
Ihe special Mexican COmmitteG-COnl
III ny, ChairmAn-had their trst meetir
he to-day. Gen. sherman was before then
MS He apprehends no serious results wit
a Mexico, nut believes the best saiegu u
against II, ubie 70 reinlor ement nf the a
F" ny ." lhe BlD q aHde.
~ ~ The Beauties Of Negro oovsTnm ont
i, Another Revolution In San Domingo
n. SAN DOMINGO, Dec. 1.-THE city prlsol
= are crowded, and many prisoners ha'
ss' been executed, among them Gen. hele
e. clauo. Baez'S fall lie Inevitable. AL qui
A in Hayti