Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-01-22
AROUND THE WORLD.
EUROPE.

sions at sea, and will shortly con
clude a convention.
Paris, Jan. 10-The Govern
ment proposes to pardon all Com
munists, except 400 ringleaders an,
participators in the massacres.
st. Petersburgh, Jan. 10Th
Journal de st. Petersburgh saw
the Ameer has entered Russian ter
ritory, not in consequence of tn,
success Of the British, but to invoke
the mediation of Russia. The
Amer will receive sympathetic
hospitality, but the idea of media
ton is an illusion, upon the clearing
mp of which will probably depend
the continuation of his journey.
London, Jan. 10.-Dispatches
from Scotland report great snow
storms and severe gales. A tele-
gram from Crook Haven, Ireland,
states that fearful storm has pre-
vailed there since yesterday after
noon, increasing to a hurricane last
evening. Many vessels in the har-
Dor dragged their anchors. The
ice is flowing down the Thames in
great quantities, and steamboat
traffic between Chelsea and Wool
witch is entirely suspended. Many
barges along the river are frozen
in. The new French cable COM
pany proposes to lay two cables,
one from Brest to Cape Cod. and
the other from Lands End to Nova
Scotia, both by the way of st.
Pierre.
London, Jan. 1.-THE brig Don
Quixote, from New York, for Lin
erick, was spoken at sea by the
steamship Nurnberg. The Don
Quixote had lost her captain, mate,
and two seamen, all washed over
board.
Hague, Jan. 13.-Prince Henry,
Of the Netherlands, brother of King
William, died to-day. He was
born June IS, 1920; was Com
mander-in-Chief of the Navy, and
governor Of the Grand Duchy of
Luxemburgh. In 1853 he was
married to the Princess Amelia, of
Saxe-Weimar, who died May 1.
1872.
The barque Gunheld, of New
Glasgow, from Baltimore to Bor-
deaux, grain laden, was lost, with
all hands, on the Bordeaux Bar.
London, Jan ia Paris cor
respondent telegraphs that out of
$500 Communists undergoing sem
fence, 1000 will be pardoned.
London, Jan. 13.-Ben Ishmail.
Prime Minister of Tunis, repaired
IN Friday, in full uniform and ac- ,
with his numerous suite {
o the French consulate, and on be- :
Ialf Of the Bey rendered a full ,
pology. The Consul of France 4,
eceived Ben Ismail, surrounded Z
y all his staff and the officers of ;
ne French fleet stationed off Tunis. O
The Italian bark Luige Olivari,
ON Philadelphia for Siloth, has 8
cen wrecked near White Haven. +,
light of her crew have been cast a
pom the beach. Nothing is known a
} to the fate of the rest. T
Vienna, Jan. 13.-The Tagblatt .,
long petition from the o,
ussian Provincial Chambers to A
'e Car for constitutional rights. f.
he petition states the Chambers W
their present degraded position s
ell themselves entirely powerless q,
respond to the governments APP
eal against the Nihilists. .,
Cardiff, Jan. 14.-An explosion G
'curred in the Dinas colliery, o,
hondda Valley last night. About n
xty persons are entombed. W.
st. Petersburgh, Jan. 14.-An n
fetal report states there have n,
en 292 cases of the plague, of II
licb 246 were fatal, in the village h,
Wetteanki up to Jan. 6. h,
The ship Thomas NJ. Reed went g,
bore on the coast Of Wales, aud 70
total wreck. Three of the n
wv were drowned.
London, Jan. 16.-A dispatch .
m Phillippopolis states that a 80
lway train fell into the river -
da, on Saturday, and that a Rus =;
n general, several other officers, !,
200 men were drowned. The -
'ident was caused by the break =.
! down Of a bridge. =,
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