The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-14
To-Dav's Dispatches.
FOREIGN NEWS.
ENGLAND.

LONDON, March l4.-A Bombay des-
patch states that the crops of Berard, the
central province, is estimated at one half
the loss for the present year than that of
1878.
The British steamer Severn, from Lon
don for Quebec, ran down, off Dunaeness.
pilot cutter, having twelve pilots and a
crew o. eight on. board; ten of the pilots
aud FIVE of the crew were drowned
Aldermen Denehy 4 Co., rectifyiug dis
tillers of Dublin, have failed; liabilities
from one hundred to one hundred aud six
ty thousand pounds.
Hanlan and trainer have arrived at New
Castle, on the Tyne. Hawdon is in a bet
ter condition than Hanlan.
According to accounts from Sofa. prep.
arations for another insurrection in Mace
donia, are in active progress. The leaders
are Bishops of Sofa and Ochrida, Russian
chief of police of Widin, Bulgarian band
its. Storke, and Petko, two Austrian de-
serters and two Bulgarian civil functionar-
les and an Englishman named Cooper, who
served with Gen. Tchernariff, in the Ser
via Turkish war, while the government is
perfectly aware of what is going on and is
taking measures on the frontier accordingly.
AUSTRIA.
PESTH, March IA large portion OF
the suburbs of Szegedin, being below the
ordinary level of the river Thesis, the
water which rushed in from the higher
ground behind the town being several feet
above the present level of the river, bore
down on its way the high road embank.
meuts, rushing in cascades into the lower
| I'D ,tb fanr f,,l
ty. Instead of or 6 hours, which it was
calculated, the food would take to spread
through the town, scarcely an hour and a
half had passed before Szegedin lay sub.
merged up to its present level; withal
however, some hope is7entertained that, or
account Of alarm which for days before The
occurrence of the calamity reused the popu
lation to a sense of their danger and gave
them opportunity to fly for refuge, the
loss of life has not been very great, bat the
victims must at any rate be numbered
by many hundreds if not by thous
ands; nor is the havoc yet com
plete. Beside those swept ava
during that terrible night, all through
Wednesday. the dull fatal sounds were
heard in all directions, indicating the sue
cessive fall of buildings. The report say
the poorer classes were extremely unwli
ling to abandon their homes. In man!
cases force had to be used to pluck th
people from the houses that were in dan
gerous condition. All communities ia th
neighborhood are vieiDg with each other i
relieving distress They are sending pro
visions by land and water, ana opeuin
their houses to succor refugees.
Emperor Francis Joseph will forego hi
visit to Pesth to receive congratulations o
: the occasion of his silver wedding. H
desires the money intended for the festiv
ties shall be distributed among the suffer
R ers by the food. The Emperor and En-
press also give 10000 form fr the
private purse.
Il FRANCE.
PARIS, March 14.-SeYeral cotton mil
in the department of Nord have stoppe
D on account of the depression in trade.
The Governor of New Caledonia, tel
graphs that the insurgents have submitte
= aud peace hes been restored.