Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-29

Gus inauthenticated rumors are cur
rent that Shere Ali is returning to
Cabul.
HEAVY storms prevailed over the
British islands lass week.
THE decree pardoning 2,245 French
communists was gazetted IN Paris Jan.
18th.
SIX cotton mills at Preston, Eng, run
ming 1873, 144 spindles, give notice of a
reduction III wages of from to 10 per
cent.
THE U. S. frigate Constitution damaged
her false keel only by her recent
grounding on thecoast of Engl md. She
was repaired in an English ship yard.
The labor troubles in England have
gained such magnitude as to demand
the constant attention of the cabinet
council.
A ST. PETERSBURG cablegram OF the
Sth says the Kharkof Veterinary School
has been broken up and the KiefUniver-
sity closed, in consequence OF 'riotous
demonstrations Of the students.
OWING to dispute about cab fare,
crowd gathered in front Of the Lon
don Bank and County Banking com
pany in London Jan. 18th, and the
rumor spreading that the institution
was in trouble, n genuine run on the
bank was begun.
AN Edinburgh dispatch says the trial
of the directors Of the city of Glasgow
bank is proceeding. The prisoners are
charged with fraud, theft and embezzle-
ment. The court room Is densely
crowded.
A LONDON cablegram of Jan. 8 says
the North Wales Miners Association re-
solved to vote seven pounds to every
member of the union who desires to
emigrate to America and fourteen
pounds to emigrants to Australia.
A CANDAHAR cablegram says Major
st. John, of the British army,
was fired upon by fanatic
native, but was not wounded.
The man was arrested. A lieutenant
of the royal artillery was severely and
two soldiers slightly stabbed by one
Zealot.
A CARRyNA, Spain, cablegram of Jan.
Goth says the Spanish steamer Yrurac-
bat from Baltimore, via Liverpool, ar
rived here in damaged condition. She
reports she was in collision with the
British sailing vessel Lancashire Witca,
which sank with all on board. The
steamers bows are broken.
The North German Gazette denies
sensational reports relative to Ger
many's intended action toward the
Samoan islanders, and states that Ger
many will merely keep a sufficient
naval force in the neighborhood to
retain possession of two small ports in
the island Of Upola which they seized
and will hold until the SANDMAN gov
eminent grants Germany her treaty
rights.
A DISPATCH from st Petersburg says:
The car of Russia has ordered the
authorities of East Siberia to immedi-
ately dispatch an overland sledge ex-
petition to ascertain the whereabouts
of Nordenskjold's expedition. The
Swedish and German friends of the ex-
plorer believe that the steamer lean
nette, of the American Arctic expedi
ton, will be the first to reach and sue
cor Nordenskjold and his companions.
"A PARIS cablegram of Jan. 21st says
Gen. Grant left here this evening on his
tour of the east. The party accom-
panying him consists of Mrs. Grant,
Col. Fred Grant, ex-Secretary of the
Navy A. E. Borie. DR.. Heating and
John Russell Young, who made the
whole trip. Gen. Badeau goes as far as
Marseilles. Gems. Noyes and Fairchild,
Secretaries Hill, Wyman and large
ton to see the party off.
THERE las been a great amount of
speculation concerning the grounding
of the Constitution off the coast
of England. Captain Badger, of
the U. S. frigate Constitution, says, that,
Judging from the time he had sailed, he
supposed that he was % miles from
the English coast when he struck; he
believes that he must have been carried
out of his reckoning by the currents;
tnat, after getting atloat, the ship had
a narrow escape, rs the tow-rope broke
when passing the Needles; that one of
the Constitutions boats capsized of
Cowes, and two Europeans were rescued
with difficulty.
A BERLIN dispatch states an under
standing exists between the great powers
to insist upon the evacuation of Eastern
Roumela by Russia within the time
appointed by the treaty of Berlin if the
international commission should not
have completed its labors. The Lon
don Times leading editorial says we