The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-07
FOREIGN NEWS.

aIaula tdual sloch Is at a discount.
The evacuation Of Bulgaria is COM
plete.
The financial condition of Japan is
said to be good.
Consul-General Bradford, at Shang-
hal, has resigned.
The Chinese Government will resist
Russian advances.
Lord Chelmsford has resigned and is
returning to Durham.
Much property has been destroyed in
Canada by bush fires.
Infanta Marie Del Gilar, second sister
Of the King Of Spain, is dead.
Eastern Roumelia has been entirely
evacuated by Russian troops.
/ The slave trade has been abolished in
the southern part Of Abyssinia.
Grants reception in Toxic was un-
precedented in japanese history.
a fire at Orillia, Ontario, on the 5th,
destroyed SlOO, 900 worth Of property.
The cholera is raging among troops
returning from Afghanistan to India.
Keith Johnson, leader Of the expedi-
tiou 70 explore Lake Nigasca, is dead.
The Home Rule feud at Dublin is
/ growing more aud more irreconcilable
IsOnOmy won the GOodwood cup.
/ The American horse, Parole, WAS third.
The Austrian troops occupying Bosnia
suffer much from lack OF proper sup
/ plies.
The German Government is con-
stantly suppressing obnoxious" publi-
cations.
An English expedition will start next
Spring in the endeavor TO reach the
North Pole.
Famine has reduced the population Of
Erinagura. the capital Of Cashmere,
from 100000 to 10000.
a st. Petersburg cablegram says the
troops OF the Fortieth Division have
been ordered to Turkistan.
Garibaldi will carry his case for the
annulment Of his marriage with SigbOra
RaimOuda 70 the Court Of Appeals.
Alarmed at the success Of the social
Ists in Breslau, the German Government
wants more vigorous anti-socislist laws.
The statue of Thiers at Nancy, France,
was unveiled OB the 2d, before an enor-
nous crowd. Republicans made stir
ring addresses.
The French Minister Of War an
nOunces that 100000 men will be fur
loughed this mouth on account OF the
, state Of the crops.
Warwickshire miners declare that
the award Of the umpire in the dispute
between themselves and the masters
means starvation.
The steamship Louis David, from
Antwerp for Naples, was wrecked dur.
T ing fog of Ushant, France. Twenty
seven persons were drowned.
2 The Austrian Government and the
8 Emperor approve Of the scheme for con-
? Meeting the Austrian and Swiss rail-
ways by tunnel through Mount Arlberg.
The Chancellor Of the Exchequer rid
icules the statement that England has
for years been helping the Sultan OF
/ Morocco TO prepare for a conflict with
Spain.
The proceedings Of the court martial
> in the case Of Lieutenant Carey, who
: deserted the Prince Imperial when they
were set upon by the Zulus, have been
informally quashed.
In consequence Of the threatening
movements of the Turks, new rife.
have been distributed among Greek
troops, and six new batteries OF artillery
completely equipped.
Last week Cossacks pursued a body ol
Cinnamon, who raided the Russian dis
trict of Serghia, twenty miles beyond
the Chinese border, recovering the
booty aud taking fourteen prisoners.
Garibaldi wants the course Of tn,
river Po diverted in a straight line tC
] Milan, and thence to Turin by a north
ern bend. BY deepening its bed, thi.
would secure direct communication
: with the sea.
The new credit asked for hy the Eng
= lish Chancellor Of the Excheuuer
. e3.O00, 600. will raise the expenditure,
< for the Zulu war to e4,500. 600. The
p Government hopes To recover this sun
. from the South African colonies.
The severest storm for years ragged las
Saturday in England. Hailstones fou
inches in circumference fell. Immens,
= injury was done growing crops. Muct
: live stock was drowned. The rainfall
\ in Buckinghamshire is estimated a
u seventy tons per sore.
3 The Peruvian war ships Huascar AM
y Union have visited Gillian ports, de
stroying launches and capturing thl
steamer Rimaer with an entire Zuugi
: regiment Of cavalry, fully armed an,
: supplied with horses, besides three YES
;. sells loaded with coal and copper.