The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-05-02


The news from South Africa is that
Col Pearson, who had been 80 long surround
ed by an army of hostile Zulus at Ekowe, has
been relieved after severe fighting Two bat
ties were fought, in which the British lost
about 500 men, while the Zulu loss is placed at
2,5O0.
Mr.. Lorillard's horse Parole has won
q second race in England-the City and Suburb
an handicap, at EPSON. There were eighteen
starters Parole was ridden by Archer, said to
be the best jockey in the world
There are $4,000 active, persistent
revolutionists now enrolled under the Nihilist
banner in Russia, and many thousand sympa-
thizers only await the signal to join in any des-
perate undertaking.
Disastrous floods are reported in the
vicinity of Moscow, Russia.
Ekowe was burned by the Zulus after
ts evacuation by the British.
The Servians and Albanians are fight
ing each other like mad devils.
The Turks threaten to re-enter Rou-
mania, step that will inevitably lead to an
other war with Russia
"A court, with the brother of the Gar
rs President, has been appointed to try selo-
vien, who attempted to kill the Gar.
A third brilliant victory has been
scored by the American horse Parole, in En-
gland, by winning the great Metropolitan Stakes
at EPSON cable dispatch says of the race:
Castlereagh was the only other entry that faced
the starter. Castlereagh carried ITO pounds;
Parole, 1A. F. Archer rode Parole and Plat
was on the back of Castleresgh. Castlereagh
made the running, and q magnificent contest
ensued, and it was apparently either horses
race when they were passing the Tetten-
ham course down to the grand stand In
his exciting state Of the contest, Archer called
on Parole for an effort and the gallent gelding
uobly responded, and, putting forward a wond
rous effort, passed the judges chair ahead Of
Castlereagh.
Thousands of political prisoners,
most Of them arrested only on suspicion, are
icing sent from St Petersburg, Russia, to jails
and penitentaries of the center and east of the
empire.
A match has been arranged in En-
Mr.. Grettons Isonomy, for s25, 600 side.
Recruits for the Russian police force
are being sought for in Paris. One house after
another is searched at night, and every occu-
pant whose passport is found irregular is ar
rested
The Emperor of Austria emphasized
his silver wedding by pardoning 2l2 prisoners.
Gen. Garibaldi has opened a sub
scription for the purchase Of 900, 600 rifles to
arm the nation, and has sent addresses to the
inhabitants of Istria, Trieste and Trente. His
determination is to secure universal suffrage at
any sacrifice.
A cable dispatch says that "porters
to guard the doors of houses and prevent the
posting Of placards in St Petersburg as re-
quired by Gen Gourko's regulations, cannot be
obtained, because the Nihilsts threaten all who
undertake the service with death. Gen
Gourko has apparently been removed from
the dictatorship Of St Petersburg on &C
count of the impractcable nature of his
orders The Czarowitch has received anony
nous letters warning him to so abroad. Muir
ders continue to be reported.
DR.. Wieder, of Zurich, Switzerland,
editor Of the Nc,e Hescltschcr, has been ar
rested in Milan, on an accusation Of engaging
in a plot to assassina;e the Queen Of England
and the King and Queen of Italy
In six days. walking tournament at
London, Brown covered 542 miles, Corkey ACE
miles, Hazael 4T5 miles, and Weston, the
American, $50 miles. Browns time is the best
ever made in six days walk.
Dispatches from Calcutta state that
arrangements for the British advance on Cabul
are now complete.
Nihilism pervades all ranks in Rus
STA, and revolution is only matter Of time
All subjects are dealt with in summary and
bloody manner. Thousands are arrested daily.
Troops are concentrated at the points most
likely to be the scenes of the first fires Of the
general revolution. The Emperor wears q suit
of fine mail under his ordinary clothes against
assassination. Every house in St Petersburg
and other leading cities is under military sur
vigilance. Many soldiers and policemen have
been secretly arrested by the imperial Judges
Advices from Afghanistan speak of
the complete breakdown of the Quartermaster
and Commissary Departments of the British
army of invasion owing To lack of transnorta