The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-08-14
LATEST NEWS.
THE Old WORLD.

KATE WEBSTER, the Irish servant
girl convicted of the murder Of her mistress
in March last, was hanged in Wadsworth Pris.
on, England, on the 29th.
A LARGE portion of the East India
docks at London fell on the goth, causing
an estimated damage Of 100000.
The Porte has resolved to grant to
the new Khedive of Egypt all the privileges
and prerogatives secured to the late khedive
by the firman of 1878, but will require the
submission of all treaties he may conclude
with foreign powers.
A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch of the
Goth says terrific fire had been raging since
the preceding day at Orta-Keni, q town on
the shores of the Bosphorus. The greater
portion Of the town had been destroyed, and
there was little hope Of saving the remainder.
AT Cabinet Council held in Madrid
on the 29th the proposed marriage Of King
Al Onso with an Austrian Archduchess was
definitely abandoned.
A LONDON dispatch of the S0th ult.
Gays Parliament would be prorogued on the
10th Of August.
ALL Indian troop-ships have been
ordered to be ready for six months continu-
Gus service, to bring home the British troops
from South Africa.
LoR1LLARD's horse Geraldine won the
Levant stakes at the Goodwood (England)
meeting on the 3Oth ult.
DISTURBANCES have occurred in Bull
garia, and the authorities have asked for the
return of brigade of Russian troops.
OsMAN PASTA has been appointed
Commander-in-Chief of the Turkish army Of
observation on the Greek frontier.
A ROME dispatch of the 3lst ult- GIT
the d. fferences between +N~>n arranged.
ment and the ,solegram of the 1st says
expedition for the discovery of the North
Pole will leave England in the spring of
1850, and will cooperate with those sent
out by Sweden, Holland, Austria, Denmark
and the United States.
A TELEGRAM received in London on
the LIST states that the cholera was raging
fearfully among the troops returning to India
from Afghanistan. The Tenth Hussars had
lost forty men in one day, and the Seven
teenth one hundred and ninety five men.
A BERLIN dispatch of the I'd says
that the Government, in view of the Social
istic success in the Breslau election, was
considering the practicability of making the
execution Of the anti-Socialist laws more Wig
Orcus
THE French Senate and Assembly
have been prorogued, to reassemble at Paris
on the 25th of November.
A CAPE Town dispatch received on
the Sd announces the surrender of Cetewayo's
brother and several important chiefs.
The statue of ex-President Theirs
was unveiled at Nancy, France, on the 3D.,
in the presence of an immense concourse of
spectators.
GENERAL MEREDITH READ, United
States Minister to Greece, has left Athens for
home, having been recalled.
GEORGE WALL & Co., coffee dealers
of London and Colombo, failed on the I'd.
Liabilities, s1,5OO,0OO.
A CoNsTANTINoPLE telegram of the
81 says there was great excitement in that
city, and threats to depose the Sultan were
openly and constantly made.
The announcement was made on the
81 that the cholera had disappeared from
Cashmere, India.
A CAPE Town dispatch received on
the 4th says there were rumors of impending
trouble in the Transvaal. Cetewayo with
1000 followers was endeavorng to escape
across the northern border to Secocoeni. A
price had been set on Cetewayo's head.
THE most violent storm for years
visited the south of England on the night of
the 81. Hailstones fell in great volume,
and caused great damage. Almost all the
growing crops were irretrevably damaged,
and great numbers of live stock were killed.