The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-10-31
NEWS OF The WEEK.
FOREIGN NEWS.

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Bulgaria and Servia have formed a
efensive and offensive alliance.
There is great distress in Hungary
on account of the bad harvest, and the Gov
eminent has suspended the collection of taxes
until the harvest has been gathered
From the tenor of late cable dis
patches it would appear that no Austro-
German treaty of alliance had been signed by
the Emperors as stated. 1t is intimated, how
ever, that such treaty has been concluded,
and that it is in writing, but does not require
signatures
A st. Petersburg dispatch says the
Russian press expresses great indignation at
Salisbury's illusions to Russia in his recent
speech at Manchester. The Official Messenger
says it is unusual for foreign Minister to
speak thus of friendly nation, and that such
language is not calculated to contribute to the
maintenance of peace and good relations.
The work of removing to America
the Cleopatra's Needle presented to the city of
New York by the Khedive of Egypt is to begin
at once. Lieutenant Commander Gorringe, of
the United States navy, has charge Of the
work.
Labouchere and Lawson, the London
editors who recently engaged in street en-
counter, have been requested by a committee
of the Beefsteak Club to withdraw from that
late only as plasters for black eyes, and the
sacrilege has been resented as above.
The Municipal Council of Berlin
recommends the universal adoption of the
practice Of cremation.
The Emperor of Austria has given
to the Spanish Envoy Extraordinary his formal
sanction to the marriage of the Archduchess
Marie Christine to King Alfonso
Advices from Cabul report that the
mutinous Afghan regiments have been dis
persed The disarmament Of Cabul and the
surrounding district is proceeding. The
Ameer will be practically in safe-keeping until
the inquiry into the massacre is finished.
There has been further advance in
the price of wool and iron in England
The Turkish Government has pro-
mDlteu tne eApOrtduOu Oh grain.
The political relations between Ger
many and Russia are said to have improved
lately.
Hungary is in bad way financially
The budget for 1880 will show deficit of over
1000, 900 forins.
The bill to be presented to the Span
ish Cortes for the abolition of slavery in Cuba
provides that slaves aged over 55 years shall
be freed at once; those aged So in September,
1880: those As years Of age in 1882; those 40,
in 1884; those 3d. in 1886; those 30. lin 1885, all
others in 1891. Three hundred and fifty
pesetas is to be paid the owner for each slave
liberated
AS favor to Russia, the new Turkish
Cabinet has recalled the troops from the East
Roumelian frontier.
In France and Italy the grape vines
are being rapidly destroyed by phylloxers, and
the importation of insect-proof vines from
America is suggested as a remedy.
In England the cattle trade shows
signs of marked revival.
Disastrous floods are reported In the
Island of Jamaica.
Thirty thousand people in Hungary
are said to be on the verge of starvation.
Germany has decided to continue the
duty on cereals imported into the empire until
the LIST of January next.
The Governor of Alexandria has de-
livered to Lieut. Commander Henry III. Cor
ringe, of the United States navy, by the order
of the Khedive of Egypt, the obelisk known as
Cleopatra's Needle. The work of removal has
begun, and it will probably reach America
about month after it leaves Egyptian SOIL
which will be at an early date 1t will be load
ed and transported much as was the one carried
to London
August Rosenberg, editor of the
London Torn Talk, having pleaded guilty TO
the charge of libeling Mrs Lapgtry and Mrs.
West, the English professional beauties, has
been sentenced by Justice Hawkins to- eighteen
months imprisonment, and to give bonds in
81, 600 for good behavior for eighteen months
after the expiration of his term of seclusion.
The presiding Judge, in notifying the prisoner
of the penalty, said he regretted that the law
WOulu not permit nun 10 duu 10 inc sentence
hard labor.
Garibaldi hates Austria as heartily
as ever He lately wrote to the Pres
ident of the Italian Irredenta Committee as fol-
lows: "Some persons talk of peace and friend
ship with Austria Peace Yes, since we have
not courage to drive her out of Italy; but
friendship with Austria would be a sacrilege
and lie.
Advices from Afghanistan report that
inquiry into the massacre at Cabul is proceed
ing The Ameer's father in law, the Gov
ernor of Cabul, and the Minister of Finance
are under close arrest Five men have already
been hanged for completely in the massacre
They include Kotwul, of Cabul, head of the
city Mollahs, and two Generals, one of royal
blood.
The revival of trade throughout Great
Britain is quite apparent, and the outlook for
the winter is not so dscouraging as it was few
weeks ago. The average of the crops in Ire
land is much better than was anticipated.
Servia and Montenegro have again
formed an alliance for offensive and defensive
purposes, the present movement being directed
chiefly against the Albanians, who threaten
their neis hbors with invasion.
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