The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-08-28
GENERAL NEWS.

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HAVANA, Aug. 2l.-The deaths from
yellow fever in this city during July
were 475; one was from from cholera.
ST. PETERSBURG, August 22.-Three
Of five male NIlhilists sentenced by the
military tribunal at Odessa to be hanged
were to be executed at ten this morning.
The woman sentenced to exile in Siberia
is only fifteen years old.
WARSAW, August 22.-The court mar
tial has condemned two peasants to four
years hard labor in the Siberian mine S
for opposing the demarcation of their
plats Of land, and six others to various
terms Of exile or imprisonment for the
same offense.
ROME, Aug. 21.-The Pope has receiv-
cd an anonymous letter from Baltimore,
warning him against attempts to poison
him. The letter contains SO many refer
ences to the Pope's private life that it is
believed it was posted in America merely
rs blind. An investigation is in prog
ress.
SOUTH AFRIcA-Sir Garnet Wolseiey
telegraphs rs follows: Five thousand
SWaxies are ready to attack King Cete-
wayo, and this number will be increased
TO ten thousand before entering Zulu
land. British operations with these or
another composite force coming from the
direction OF Lunenburg should either
capture Cetewayo or drive him towards
Col. Clarke and the column which is
moving from the southwark. There
have been further submissions of Zulus.
A special dispatch says successful Zulu
raid isreport9d from Utrecht.
CARE Town, August 5.-The president
of Pondo Land telegraphs that hostili-
ties are inevitable. It is stated from
Pretoria that Sir Garnet Wolsely is con
yinced that the campaign against Chief
Secocoeni in the north must be vigorous.
lY renewed.
PETER MARTTzBURG, August 5.-The
Beers Bair determined to fight unless
their independence is restored.
JERUSALEM is becoming daily more and
more German, and the language is very
generally spoken there. The German
settlers are both Jews and Christians
and recently magazine, to appear once
in three months, has been started, Civ
ing an account OF all that is interesting
down in Judee, and bearing especial
reference TO the archaeological researches
made in the district. The conductors OF
this periodical will pay particular atten-
ton to the various moot points as to top.
ography i'll aud around the holy city.
TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. 2I.-J. w. Cot
ton, station agent and grocer at Williams
burg Station, on the Kansas Pacific
road, near this city, was murdered TODAY
10y tramp. The tramp called for cheese
and crackers, and, while Cotton was
reaching into barrel to get the crackers,
the tramp struck him on The back Of the
neck with an axe, nearly severing the
head from his shoulders. A man has
been arrested on suspicion.
TUscoLA, Ill.,, Aug. 21.-A bloody and
murderour affray occurred here at an
early hour this morning in the attack OF
Hugh Mcclure upon his step-father G..
Clark. An old feud existed between
them. Mcclure had just arrived in the
place, and met Clark, and told him he
had como all the way from Kansas to kill
him FOR leaving his wife, Mcclure s
mother. Clark reasoned with him, anu
walked away. Mcclure followed him
three blocks, aud overlook him, and de,
manded, "why did you leave my moth
err He said he was going to kill him,
and drew revolver and began firing.
He lodged one ball under Clark's eve,
one in his arm, one in his shoulder, and
one in each side. He then left Clark to
die, walked to the Court House and gave
himself up to the authorities. This is
his second attempt to shoot Clark. By
his attorneys advice he refuses to make.
any statement. Clark is alive, but is ex
pected to die before morning.