Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-16
NEWS IN BRIEF.
GENERAL FOREIGN NOTES.

GENERAL FOREIGN NOTES.
THE only remaining military French pris-
oner has been released.
GEN. GRANT arrived in Cairo on the Sth
inst, and visited the Khedive.
THE difficulty between Spain and Hayti
in regard to the conviction and threatened
execution of a Spanish subject in Port au
Prince, for incendiarism, has been arranged
to the satisfaction of both parties.
GEN. ALFONSO FERRARo LA MARMoRA.
the well-known italian general and states
man, is dead.
ELEVEN thousand three hundred and
fourteen bars of copper have been shipped
to England, from Panama, the first ship
ment for years.
A TELEGRAM from Rome says Cardinal
Manning has submitted to the college of
cardinals proposal that on the death of
Plus TX the cohclave assemble at Malta.
The sacred college is divided in opinion ON
the matter. The Italian cardinals are inds-
posed to accept the proposals.
RuMoRs have been lately current that the
English government has pardoned all Fenian
prisoners. These rumors, however, appear
to be exaggerated.
THE London Times had an article on the
South African situation which concluded as
follows: at is not pleasant to remember
that Cettyway and chief of the Zulus, &C.
cording to those who know Faland well,
can put 10000 well-armed men into the
field, and that he may choose a moment for
doing so when we have our hands more than
full on the Caffrarian frontier"
The London Times and other journals
! estimate from the revenue returns of the
first three-quarters of the fiscal year, that
the fourth quarter will leave deficit of
about 81 100000 in the budget.
WAR NOTES.
TyE occupation of Sophia, is of great ad.
vantage to the Russians. 1t gives them q
base for operations in Roumelia, opens up
the resources of the country around, and
makes them, to certain extent, indepen.
dent OF supplies from Roumania.
BAKER PAsHA has been promoted to the
rank of lieutenant general.
AN Athens correspondent states that the
calling out of the second reserve, which has
just been ordered, will raise the Greek army
to $4,000 men. Uncertainty as to the inten.
ton of Great Britain paralyzes the Greeks,
but as long as the present ministry remain
in Office, it may be regarded as certain that
warlike policy will not be definitely adopt.
ed.
MAHMoUD, who has hitherto exercised
paramount influence at Constantinople, has
been relieved of the functions of grand
master of artillery.
The Russians have taken Sofia. Details
are wanting. Troops are constantly passing
through Galatz.
A PRIVATE dispatch received at St.
R5tv dtIA1Re eatb ii iinst uanqAlSgnces only
mainder of the Ottoman forces, numbering
! 10000, remaining north of the Balkans. are
distributed among the fortresses of the
quadrilateral.
ALL garrisons in exposed positions be-
yond Sofia have been gradually withdrawn
and concentrated at Ikhtiman.
SPECIAL from Bucharest states that a
short time ago the Turks attempted to open
! confidential negotiations with the Russian
headquarters for an armistice, but the At.
tempt was unsuccessful, as the Russians
considered that they ought to receive an
equivalent for the advantages which the
porte wold derive from being able to organ.
ize its forces during the armistice.
The Russians are making every prepara-
ton for prolonged siege of Erzeroum.
A DISPATCH from Paris intimates that
Turkey will probably propose an armistice
on the basis OF the belligerents retaining
the positions they now occupy.
THE EAST.
THE sale OF pews in Plymouth Church,
New York, took place on the night of the
Sth inst The reduction in premiums on the
pcws is greater than expected. The total
receipts for the premiums and rentals last
year were 81, 1896. This years receipts will
be $36,904. Last year the premiums were
4,663, and this year $24,l7l.
THE supreme court of Pennsylvania has
affirmed the sentence of death passed upod
the Mollie Maguires Hestor, Tully, McCue
and Kehoe.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania de-
cides that in serving an attachment upon
Gov. Hartranft the court below interfered
with the prerogative rights OF the Governor.
kERoN CARROLL, a well-known lawyer of
Rome, fell dead at Fonda, N. Y, ON the 5th
inst He was starting for Camden to attend
the funeral of his brother, Hon. George X.
Carroll, of Camden, who dropped dead on
the I'd inst. Their father and uncle died
in the same way.
'76, Harvard csllege, has given the institu-
ton sufficient money to erect a new gymna-
stun that will accommodate three hundred
persons.
| THE New York board of Alderman, on
the 4th inst, adopted resolution declaring
that a greater benefit could be gained for the
city by the discharge of VIM. NJ. Tweed
from imprisonment than by his longer de.
/ tention, recommending the attorney gen.
eral and corporatian counsel to release him
from imprisonment after securing for the
city such property as he now possesses, and
after taking means to secure his testimony
necessary in any suits which might here
after be broughtby the city.
THE national association for the preven
tion of adulteration of butter, was formed
at New York on the 4th inst. The followins
officers were elected: President, J. d
Hunter; vice president, James +. Joyce
treasurer, Thomas H. Newman; secretary
+. NJ. Seaver.
CAPT. BoGARDUs, of New York, per
formed the feat of breaking 5000 glass ball,
inside of 500 consecutive minutes, on tn,
Sd inst.
ON the Sd inst, NJ. r. Sampson, book
keeper and clerk Of the Lowell Manufac
turing corporation, Boston, Mass, confessed
to having lost $4,000 of the company
money by speculation. The company de
cline to prosecute him, as he made peni
tent confession, and promises to reimburs
them.
AT New York, on the I'd inst. T. 8. Lam
bert, ex-presideat of the American Popula
Life Insurance Company, convicted 0
: swearing to false reports, was arraigned an
sentenced to five years hard labor in th
penitentiary.
> WARRINGTON.