The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-29
news or THE WEEK.
FOREIGN NEWS.


Fl G The has been q great overflow Of
the river Danube, causing much damage TO
crops. f +a-se Es
,s<, A cable dispatch announces that the
q. Sho-wae- cae-mettei Boat Club, of Monroe,
q Mich, who made so good a record at Henley
5 Last year, have been barred from entering IN
4 the great English race this year. The reason
assigned lis that the members of the Sho-wae-
cae-mette crew have been mechanics or arh-
n sans, and are therefore, not entitled to rank
as gentlemen amateurs" The real reason
for the exclusion, of course, is the certainty
that theg Shoes" if admitted to participation,
j . would bring home from Henley some Of the
3z most valuable of the prizes. ~ q IuAo q
Among the stipulations of the treaty
between India and Afghanistan is the cession
of Ali Kheyl the Peiwar pass), Lundi Khotal
1.. gthe Khyber pass, and the Pisheen valley be-
yond Ouetta The British will restore Canda-
har and Jellalabad, and ultimately Dakka.
3" 4, It appears that the late popular vote
in Switzerland does not definitely restore capt.
tai punishment, but leaves the several cantons
ID, free to restore it or not, by local law. % t1Aa
'a p. The Prince Of Bulgaria has declared
his intention of issuing proclamation when he
assumes sovereignty, notwithstanding any
agitation against the treaty of Berlin. #
VI, lH There has been a sanguinary fight be-
tween Turks and insurgents in Thessaly, in
which the Turks were badly worsted.
~" The protracted coal miners strike in
the North of England is almost ended ~ Is
The London Times severely criti-
cizes the California constitution, and calls il
%the most astounding instrument ever framed
for the government of a community"
f:.n Greek brigands recently ambuscaded
rty-six Turkish soldiers killed fourteen, cut
their bodies in pieces, and hung the pieces on
trees. 1..'.i ar E!f .'h .':-
, Queen Victoria emphasized her birth
a day fMay 25 by abolishing the tolls on the
London bridges. rrN ailu" 4.
".@ The British Government has ordered
f. the prosecution of the Directors of the West Of
. England and South Wales Bank, at Bristol, on
the charge that they we're guilty of misrepre-
sensations in their annual reports, - ~
~ The election at Limerick, ireland, for
Member of Parliament in the place of the late
DR.. Isaac Butt, resulted in the choice of Cab
bitt, Home Ruler, over Spraight, Conservative
Gen. Grant will leave Japan for San
-, Francisco about the last of June
a. Two of the Nihilists lately tried by
court-martal at Kieff, Russia, have been SEN
fenced to be shot, and ten others --among them
three women-to long terms Of imprisonment
+ -One hundred and eighty six houses in vii
e lage in the Government of Ufa have been
burned The suspected incendiaries were ar
rested. 7f .sua = -
p ~ The gravity of the situation in South
Africa has induced the English Government to
send out Sir Garnet Wolseley, with a commits
sion as Civil and Military Governor, to super
sede Sir Barte. Frere, the laundering official
whose imprudence precipitated the Zulu war.
The, steamer Ava, bound from Cal
cutta for London, was recently sunk in COL
lsion with the steamer Brunhilda, off Sand
heads, and sixty six of the crew and four pas
sengers were drowned. ......... 49,
The British Government has re-
ceived telegram from Ma Cavagnari, stating
he had signed treaty with the Aneer of AZ
phanistarl q r}33ttbl tt