Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-11-14
NEWS IN BRIEF.
GENERAL FoRn1oN NOTES..

GENERAL FoRk IGN NOTES..
The Paris exposition was formally closed
on the afternoon of the 9th inst. Receipts |
since the opening 1885, FAC francs.
THE Austrian emperor has granted gen.
eral amnesty to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
THE Emperor of Germany has congratula-
ted Prince Bismarck on his daughters
marriage, and presented him with the
grand cross of the order of the Red Eagle,
decorated with sceptre and crown, the
only Prussian decoration which Prince Bis
marck had not before received, and which
is said to have been only once before con-
ferred. namely, by Frederick William "
Oh Minister Manteufel.
A TELEGRAM from Constantinople says
Russia is establishing n second line Of de.
Tense at Adrianople.
THE ship Fifeshire was lost Oh the passage
from Madras to Liverpool, and twenty-five
OF the crew drowned.
A BODY of Bulgarians burned fourteen
villages in the district OF Demotica.
The coming sugar crop in Cuba promises
700, 900 tons.
A CONSTANTINOPLE correspondent states
that the Rhodope insurrection has received
fatal blow by the assassination of Omera-
60. one OF its most influential leaders, by
Kara Yussuf, former leader, who had been
disgraced for plundering.
THE telegraph lines for nearly hundred
miles around Vienna have been destroyed
by a snow storm. The snow storm at Wen
ma, on the Sd inst, was very heavy. All
the railways and telegraph lines in that Sec
ton were interrupted. Thousands Of tele-
graph poles were FRUSTRATED. The parks
and trees in the city were greatly injured.
The storm extended throughout Austria.
THE failure is announced of w. w. vii.
son & Co., printers, Alexandria OF Dunbar
tonshire, England, liabilities $40o,o
hundred persons.
AN earthquake occurred in Salvador on
! the evening of October 9th. In Jucuaha,
, nearly every house WIS destroyed and
many families buried in the ruins. Nueva,
Guadalupe, Santiagode, Maria and China.
MEGA are destroyed and the loss of life is Sc.
rious in each place. Other towns, which
! suffered from the earthquake, are Guada.
! loupe and Usulatara, the Caseriodel and
Arenal. ~,
! THE Russian imperial yacht Livadia left
Livadia on the I'd instant for Odessa, with
Grand Duke Sergins, son of the car, and
suite. The yacht was swamped during a
heavy gale, but all on board were safely
landed.
The Arab tribes occupying the country
between Bagdad and Bassorah, have revolt.
ed, and cut of communication between
Bagdad and Mosul. The government func.
tionaries have fed.
: THE WEST.
A SPECIAL from Winnipeg says a wal
! has broken out between the Sioux and
; Blackfeet and Assiniboines Indian tribes
Serious trouble is feared.
The Rev. NJ. Accolti, of the Society Of
Jesus, died at the college f'Saint Ignatius
San Francisco, CAL, on the night of the Stf
inst, aged Y.
HENRY GREENBAUM, president of the de
funct German National and Savings bank a
Chicago, was held in 5000 for embezzle
ment, on the Sth, pursuant to action of tn.
grand jury.
WIN. COTTON, of the minstrel profession
died suddenly while ordering dinner at q
Cincinnati restaurant on the 9Th inst
Cause supposed to be asthma.
! The non-Mormon women of Utah hav,
issued an appeal addressed to Mrs. Ruther
ford B. Hayes, and the women of the Unite,
States relating the denominations of poly
gamy, requesting that their address be pub
lished and circulated to arouse publ
sympathy and asking the cooperation of tn
Christian women of the United States il
urging congress to empower its courts t.
arrest the further progress of the great evil
and to deluy the admittance of Utah int
the sisterhood until this is accomplished.
EX-GOVERNOR FLETCHER, of Missouri
has secured unconditional pardons for Mr.
Henreichhoffen, Bernard Eagle, John
Bernecker, A. NJ. Everst and Henry Hardo
way. These five pardons dispose of the las
of the men who were convicted as partici
pators in the st. Louis whisky ring frauds
All others convicted of this offense hay
prisonment to which they were sentence,
have expired.
GEORGE FOssLER, a defaulting count,
treasurer, came into court, at Canton, O., OF
the 9Th inst, and pleaded guilty to the EN-
bezzlement of $4,000 of the county funds
The other count OF the Indictment will
probably be dismissed, and he will be sen
fenced in few days..
JAMES DONAHUE, who was arrested i,
Detroit, and brought to Chicago on a charg,
of swindling Henry Helberg out of $500
and who was out on bail, succeeded to
night in kidnapping Helberg. Donahue il
believed to be the VIM. Murphy who il
wanted in New York for a crime committe,
some three wears ago. This is his second At
tempt to kidnap Helberg, who was princi
pal witness against him.
! WASHINGTON.
The money-order service the past yea
yielded net profit to the government o
about $1,000.
TIE Bureau of Education has receive,
news of the death of one of the most dis
tinguished Japanese educators, Yohinar
dolakeyama, president Of the Tokia uni
versity and vice-president Of the education
delegation sent to the country in 1876 t.
study with the assistance of the America,
Bureau of Education our school system, an,
to publish an English translation of tn
history of education in Japan.
GEN. PAINE, the new commissioner o
patents, has issued an order, with tn
approval of the secretary Of the interior
changing the Office regulations so as to pro
vide that the fee of $25 required by law t,
be paid for registration of trade mark shall
hereafter be paid in two lnstallments, tb
first Of ten dollars on filling the petition an,
the remainder when registration is granted
Heretofore the full amount has been re
quired upon the reception of the applica
ton, the petitioner.taki the risk of losin,
he whole fee in case of unfavorable action
The annual report Of Gen. Thos. J. Brady
second assistant postmaster general, for tn,
fiscal wear ended Tnno 2f)fh 1879 hoo boox