The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-11-13
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A ST. PETERSBURG telegram of the
18th says 10000 men had been ordered from
the Caucasus TO Central Asia.
AN Alexandria Egypt telegram ol
the sSth says the second Cleopatra's Needle
which was just on the point Of being sent t.
the United States, had been seized by cred
itors of the Egyptian Government.
OFFICIAL statistics of the recent in.
undation in Murcia, Spain, show that four
hftfs OF the arabic land in the Province i.
ruined, and that 5000 persons were drowned
or are missing.
A PARIS Telegram of the 2Sth says
two other amnestiel Communists, Messrs
Gaut and Gaul had been elected members OF
the municipality of Lyons. The uneasiness
among the conservative classes of society in
Paris and the provinces caused by these events
was constantly increasing, and reactionary
movement against the Republican Admins
tration was imminent.
A SIMLA dispatch, received in Lon
don on the Satl, announces that the troubles
in .Afghanstan had broken out afresh, and
the chances were good for a general uprising
throughout the country on the advent of
feated near Sharjur Point. with the loss of
hfty killed and more wounded. The British
loss was twenty-seven killed or wounded.
The Ancer had finally placed his abdication
III the hands of General Roberts.
EHE Diretto, of Rome, in its issue of
the Both ult.. announced that Italy hasi formed
an alliance with Austria and Germany to
overcome French and British preponderance
in Egyptian affairs.
THE British Parliament has again
been prorogued until the 10th of December
DURING the week ending October 80
the bullion in the Bank of England decreased
S5.sO,oW. During the same period the Bank
of France lost 81, go, 900 in specie. The bulk
OF toe decrease was sent to the United States.
The Russian Government is said to
have received information on the Both ult.
that General Tergukasoff had sustained a
fresh disaster in Turkestan, and was obliged
to retreat hurriedly with the loss of his
baggage.
1T was reported from Simla on the
Both ult. that, by order of the viceroy of India.
Sir Frederick Roberts had issued prociams-
ton stating that in consequence of the abii-
cation of the Ameer and tho outrage at the
British residency, the British Government
had been compelled to occupy Cabul and other
parts ct .Nghanstan. The Afghan authori-
ties and the chiefs and sirdars are instructed
by proclamation to continue to maintain
order in the districts under their control, and
are invited to hold a joint consultation with
General Roberts. The people of the occupied
districts will be treated with justice and be-
nevolence. and their religion and customs
respected. Loyalty and good service to the
British crown will be suitably rewarded, but
all offenders against the English Administra-
ton will be punished.
LADY GoOcH, wife of Sir Francis
Gooch, of England, well known for her at
tempt to pass off a spurious child on her hus-
band, died on the 31st ult
BCCKsTONE, the famous comedian,
died at Sydenham, Eng, on the 3l.t ult He
was seventy-seven years old.
ACCORDING to a Cabul dispatch of
the I'd General Roberts had recovered eight
laos of rupees which had been buried by the
Afghan insurgents. SLutargardan Pass had
been abandoned.
The Government of Bulgaria has pro-
hibited internal kilograms written in the En-
glish and Italian languages.