, 1878-03-16

serts if Russia persists in not submitting
the whole treaty to congress, war is GER
tain.
LONDON, March g. A dispatch from,
Malta this evening says the channel
squadron is still here awaiting orders.
The troop ship Euphrates, homewald d
with LOGS soldiers. and the Seraphis.
outward bound with % officers, have
been detained since March 9th. Four
smaller nea- of>war have gone to the
Dardanelles and one to Crete.
ATHENS. March 9.-Gen. Grant ar
rived at Pi.aras to>day, escorted by
three iron-clsds. A large crowd Wit
messed the landing. The general after
wards visited the King.
PARIS, March 9.--Workmer Of Lecre>
ugot iron foundries are emigrating to
English and American iron works, be-
cause Of slackness Of work. .--..
LONDON, March ga colliery explo.
sion occurred to>dsy nesr Glasgow; 12
miners have been rescued, and II are
still in the pit, but it is not expected
they will be alive when reached. The
rescuers thus far have been unable to
reach them because of frequent e1plo-
sions.
At late hour last night the Glasgow
colliera were still sntombed. There is
no hepe OF any of them.
PIRA, March 8. --Raout Pasha's de,
partuss for St. Petersburg to exchange
the ratification Of the treaty has been
postponed for few days.
CHEYxNxE, March "a storm ex.
ceeding in violence and duration any
previous season set in at II P. M. the
7th inst, continuing without abatement
until noon to-day. the wind ranging in
velocity from so to g. miles per hour,
carrying the snow with it and drifting
it in banks ten to fifteen feet high. In
the city 20 far only one roof has given
away. It extended from Bitter Geek
on the west to Julesburg on tho east.
A great number of the cuts are level full
of snow, and all trains on the Union
Pacific, Denver Pacific and Colorado
Central are either ,sidetracked or snow
ed III. The pl6ws stationed hero havs
been shoveled out. and Tomorrow
morning, if the storm, which has not
wholly ceased east does not increase.
they will be vigorously manipulated.
Passenger trains No. 4, of the Sth and
9th. are lying at North Platte; No. 4. of
the 8th, at Bitter creek. and 4 of the 9th
at Green river. Freight train No. 6.
reported showed in at Separation. and
the emigrant west-bound OF yesterday
near Bushnell. The Denver Pacific
train is sidetracked at Carr, and the
Colorado Central between Collins and
Coveland. No reliable evidence of ins
dividuals having been lost in the snow
in this vicinity, though there are many
rumors to that effect. No communica-
ton north whatever. Many freight out
fits are now travelling. and probably the
loss Of stock will be great, if not of life.
OTTAWA, March ga man named
Pacquet recently left the upper Ottawa
shanties and started to walk home; he
was out seven days without food, and
on reaching farm house gorged ,him>
self to such an extent that he died a
short time afterwards.
CHICAGO, March S.--The Journals s
Washington special says: The secreta-
ry of the treasury has been strongly
urged to buy silver bullion with gold.
but he is not inclined to do so, beIiev-
ing it ipjudicious to use the surplus
gold in the treasury for this purpose
1t is claimed he can save per cent. by
paying gold for the bullion needed to
coin the new silver dollar.