The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-08-21
FLASHES.
FACTS AND FANCIEs Transmitted
BY CABLE.

Tho Reported Death Of Nellie Grant sar.
toris Mistake-Great Damage Throush.
ont England by Rain-Rallways Injurs d
Low Lands Flooded and Crops BADLY
Dsmaged-lndlcations OF = Revival Of
the Cotton and Iron Trade-Fearful De.
straotion OF Life by tho Famine In IntlIa
Terrible Railway Accident In France.
| NOT NELLIE GRANT sARroRIs.
LONDON. Aug. 1S.-The announcement of tb,
death Of Mrs. Sartoris, daughter of Gen. Grant,
ID not true. The mistake arose from the death
Of Mr.. F. W. sartoris, formerly Adelaide
| GREAT FALL OF RAIN.
In consequence Of . storm. traffic haa been
fsuspended on the railway between Chester and
Hollyhead. The viaduct at Land Dunbar,
Wales, has been washed away also some of the
bridges. Several sewers were burst by the
| 1Ie.het on tho lines of the Liverpool railways.
bllkenhead is flooded. There have been thirty
hours of continuous rain at Ohenter, in Derby
| shire. Tho Trent and Derwent rivers over.
| flowed. All low lying lands were flooded.
| wheat is gradually rotting. and any crops left
/ -.NA.sS "S~A ~VS Hoy AOA CUStAuks 4Qo E&lO 8G
| Sheffield was so violent ~ to wash away the
| foundations of five houses in the course of
| erection.
ANOTHER REDUCTION OF wAoKs.
A weeks notice of five per cent reduction of
| wages OF operatives has been posted in most of
the cotton mills at Italy Bridge. where 2OOOCO
splndles are running on short time, and AGO.
OOO stopped altogether, while 698, 900 are work
| ing tull time. more general adoption of the
! short time system is expected this winter in
! Ashton. under-Tyne, where 425. 900 spindlea are
R1oTINa IN IRELAND.
LONDON, Aug. 18.-At Surgan, Ireland,
Saturday, two hundred police charged on the
! mob with fixed bayonets. The police were
beaten back and twenty of their number in
jured. Tho rival mobs fred at each other
With rifles: One leader of the Catholic party
had some dynamite, which exploded, iniarin9
lin fatally.
FRENCH RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
PARIS, Aug. lS.-The number of victims of
the accident on the Argenton & Granville rail-
way is larger than at first reported. Fifteen
we're killed and thirty-s,x were wounded.
INDICATIONS OF REv1vINa PROSPERITY.
LONDON, Aug. 18.-The Pail Mall Gazette says
~ Cashmere is the only part of India which
appears to be still threatened with famine
there are hopes of 4 revival of prosperity in
India. SO confident is this feeling in Man
chester that ant'cipations are INDUCED in and
here and there preparations are made for \
great revival in the eastern trade. In the
British iron trade there are even now signs of
improvement that have reached stage in
which workmen are beginning to claim in
creased wages. In Sheffield the starting of new
furnaces are contemplated as stocks arc being
FpdNcpd. A chQarful foolinn - hat :.
reported. though business at present is stag
nant. Timely rain in Cashmere might vet &C.
cure half An average rice crop. The statement
made some time ago that this would be enough
to support the people rests upon the assump-
tion apparently we'll founded, that half the
inhabitants have either perished by famine or
have emigrated.
GREEK FRONTIER AND TURKEY.
CoNsTANT1NoPLE, Aug. lS.-The note of in
structions to the Turkish commissioners makes
NO reservation in regard to the recti6cation of
the Greek frontier. The Turkish ambassador
at Rome has informed the porte that Sienor
Carroll, minister of foreign affairs, in q con-
versation had declared that Italy would support
France relative to the rectifcation of the from
tier. and that Waddington, minister of foreign
affairs, had informed Italy that France wouldn't
60 to war in behalf of Greece, but was conf
dent of bringing about such an understanding
among the European power. as would compel
the porte t. carry out the provisions of the
treaty of Berlin.
aARrBALD1's ILLNESS.
ROME, Aug. lS.-The health of Gen. Garibal-
! di the last three days has been worse. He can
not eat on account of arthritic pains.
1t is reported Ismail Pasha intends to reaide
at Genoa.
FERRY's EDUCATIONAL BILL.
PARIS, Aug. 1S.-The report of Senator Pei
Teton on the petitions for and against tho
| Ferry educational bill, shows that six are in
! favor of and thirty-six against the bill. A
| total of sixteen million hostile signatures has
been secured. The report states these sigma
lures are not spontaneous; many are fraudu-
lent and many were obtained by agitation by
| the dissemination of circulars and other
methods.
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN.
LONDON, Aug. lo-The Netcs' Paris correspon-
dent says the announcement that the auditora
| At the sitting of the council of state must have
! = degree from = state uniyerslty is believed to
| indicate the policy of the government in case
the senate rejects the Ferry educational bill.
n. Riviere editor of the Progress de Lyon,
yesterday fought duel with swords. The lat.
ter was wounded in the lungs.
BERLIN, Aug. 18.-The third court martial
on the Grosser Kurfurst disaster will assemble
on tho 2Oth inst.
! sr. PETERsBuRa, Aug. l8.-The voluntee.
feet subscription has closed, two million rou-
bles have been collected.
Rome dispatches state that the Pope's health
is good.
! The new Brazilian loan is more than twice
covered by SUBJ criptions.
The Khedive of Egypt has formed q new
ministry, composed OF Pashas of whom but lit
tie is known.
The socialists Of brussels will in public meet
ing protest against the expulsion of the
foreign agitators Johann Most and Her,
Brogne.
A more cheerful feeling prevails in the iron
trade in London.
vienna, Aug. 1S.-Preparations are making
to enter Novi Bazor with from Ii, 600 to 2O, ,0Ol
men shortly. 20 ~ to extingnish the anticipated
opposition.