The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-06-26
LATEST NEWS.
THE OLD WORLD.

THE OLD WORLD.
The Bishop of Amiens, France, dice
On the 10th.
ANNOUNCEMENT was made on thu
10th that the St. Gothari Tunnel would b,
com leted by the end OF November.
TIE Emperor William celebrated hi,
golden wedding at Berlin ON the 18th. Tn,
display was grand, and the attendance o
princes and potentates from abroad large. A
nj ht the city was splendidly illuminated
The Emperor signal. xed the event by givins
l0,0N marks to the poor of Berlin, and re
leasing many political prisoners.
JOHN ENNIS, the Chicago pedestrian
saved the lives of two ladies near the lock a
Hampton Court, London, on the 18th.
SAMUEL JOHNSTON & Co., London
sugar merchants, failed on the l1th. Liabili
ties 81 ,5OO,o00.
UNITED STATES MINISTER HORACE
MAYNARD and the members of the American
Lee. alton dined with the Sultan of Turkey OF
the 18th. Mr.. Maynard communicated 3
meesage from President Hayes, expressinl
the friendship of the United States toward
Turkey, TO which the Sultan made appropriate
RESPONSE.
In consequence of Russian pressure
Servia has yielded the disputed frontier dis
tricts to Bulgaria.
RUSSIA has joined Germany in pro.
test against the decree Of the Khedive OF
Egypt, in respect to the public debt Of the
latter country.
A LONDON telegram of the 18th says
England had lately annexed the Coco Islands.
The Admiralty had given orders to complete
with all expedit on the works of colonial de
tense CONNER ced when war was expected be-
tween England and Russia.
AN Athens dispatch of the 18th says
the Greek question was passing out of the
hants of diplomatists and into the hands OF
the military. There was an active movement
Of Greek troops in the direction of the dis.
ruted frontier.
THE total number of pardons granted
by the Emperor William on the occasion Of
his golden wedding was 200.
The Prince of Orange, heir to the
the throne of Holland, died in Paris on the
l2lh.
A CAPE Town telegram published
Zulu chiefs and 800 of their followers.
THE Algerian insurgents number 500
foot and 1OU hors-men.
REPORTS have reached the Indian
Government of fresh massacres of royal
Princes at Maudalay.
A CONsTANT1NOPLE telegram of the
18th says the Sultan had indicated that he
was inclined to grant the reform demanded
BY Crete.
THE Khedive of Egypt has, it is re-
ported, decided to abdcate, leaving the sue
cessior to his son and retiring on a pension.
A BERLIN dispatch of the 18th says
the Emperor aud Empress we're highly graft.
fed at receiving from President Hayes a mes.
sage concentrating their Majesties on their
golden wedding.
PARIS dispatches of the 14th say that
the first subscription of 100000 francs, in
shares of ZOO francs, for the projected Pan
anna Ship Canal had been subscribed in that
city VII h three days.
A BELGRADE telegram of the 18th
says Servia had asked for the privilege OF
sending representative to the United States.
WHILE the steamer Orpheus was ly.
ing in Stettin Harbor on the 18th, her boiler
burst, aud many persons aboard were killed.
Ten bodies had been recovered up to sundow n
Of that day.
THE cholera has made its appearance
among the British forces retiring from Al
ghanistan.
AT meeting of tenant-farmers at
Midtown, Ireian /, on the 10th, number of
banners were displayed, on which were in.
serted: "Tne land is for the People" };
"Down with the Tyrants"; "Ireland or the
Irish; etc. During the meeting enthu ,iastic
cheers were given Tor the Ilish Republic, and
fer the Zulus because of their resistance to
En-. land.
ADvICEs from Cashmere, received on
the 10th, we're to the effect that the famine
had assumed fearful proportions in that
Province. Several of the towns and villages
had become entirely depopulated.
In the French Assembly on the 10th,
during the discuss on OF the Educational bill.
NJ. De Cassagnac denounced the Government
in such violent terms that he was censured BY
tn House.
The great boat race on the Tyne was
won by Hanlan, the Canadian Oarsman, on
the 10th, by about ten lengths. Elliott wal
out owed all through the race.
VIENNA kilograms of the 10th report
fresh inundations throughout Gallicia, Silesis
and Hungary. Seven iron bridges across the
anube had already been destroyed