The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-12
NEWS OF The WEEK.


On his arrival at Moscow on the I'd
inst, another desperate attempt was made to
sssassinate the Gar OF Russia, but he escaped
unhurt
Between seventy and eighty miners
were killed by fire-damp explosion in Sax
ony colliery.
A man forced his way into the hall
of the Medical Council. at the War Ministry, in
Constantinople, and wounded four persons
with dagger.
The attempt on the life Of the Gear
of Russia, at Moscow, appears to have been a
much more desperate affair than the first re-
ports of the occurrence indicated. An internal
machine was placed in the railway track, and
the mine exploded by q battery at a dis
lance. Fortunately for the imperial traveller,
baggage train was mistaken for that of theroy
party, and thus the Emperor narrowly escaped
unscathed. The baggage train was blown to
atoms, and, but for the mistake, there would
not have been enough of the Car left to insure
funeral.
A war has broken out in Western
Africa between rival chiefs, in which 2OO per-
sons have already been killed, and all the pris-
oners on both sides cooked and eaten.
Advices from South America report
that the allied Peruvians and Bolivians have
been completely defeated at Tarapaca, Peru,
by the Chilians, who have taken possession of
the town; and that, per contra, the Chilans
have been disasuously defeated by the allied
Peruvians and Chilians at Loa.
Twenty villages in Eastern Roumelia
have risen in arms against the Government
A terrible famine prevails in Saxony
and upper Silesia.
France has been visited by heavy
fall of snow, suspending railway traffic in scme
districts.
New York's Cleopatra's needle is al
most ready for shipment from Alexandria to
this country.
United States bonds are hardly to be
had in the London market now.
Thomas Brennan, another of the Irish
agitators, was arrested at Dublin, Dec. 3, for
utterances at the Balla meeting.
Egypt is preparing for an invasion OF
Abyssinia.
A tidal wave recently swept over the
Monkshal island, in the Bay of Bengal, drown
ing several hundred persons.
The Nihilists who made the last at
tempt upon the life of the Gar covered up
their tracks 30 thoroughly that they will proba-
lily never be discovered
An immense Irish meeting was held
at Castlerea, on Sunday, Dec z, which was ad-
dressed by Parnell and other Irish agitators.
Delegations were present from Balla and other
adjacent towns. The men wore green sashes,
rosettes, and sprigs of green in their hats. One
delegation carried pixies in their hands, which,
some smeared with red paint to give them
sanguinary and blood stained look. There was
much excitement, and serious collision was
narrowly averted.
M. lie Roger, French Minister of
Justice, has resigned
Thomas Brennan, who was arrested
at Castlebar, Ireland, for sedition, has been
held for trial in bonds of 81, 900.
De Lesseps, the promoter of the
Panama ship-canal scheme, has sailed for As
pinwall He is accompanied by his wife, three
children, and fifteen other persons.
The Campos Ministry in Spain is
meeting with serious opposition in it's efforts to
carry out the scheme for the abolition of slavery
in Cuba.
Three mines filled with gunpowder
were recently discovered near the railway
station, at Odessa, Russia
King John, of Abyssinia, is making
vigorous preparations to attack the Egyptians.