The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-10-30
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THE GID WORLD.

1AEESE NEWS.
THE OLD WORLD.
A MEETING of about 500 tenants of
the Marquis of Sligo and the Earl of Lucan
was held near Westport, County Mayo, Ire
land, on the 18th, and those present solemnly
pledged themselves to pay no rent until re-
duction should be granted proportionate to
the great fall of prices of all kinds of agri-
cultural produce. Notice was postedat War
rem Point, County Down, that any man COM
ing into the county to pay more than one
pound an acre for land might bring his coffin
with him. ..5 s.-,.
A SlMLA telegram of the 14th says
the camp at Ali Kheyl had been attacked by
large numbers of neighboring tribes. The
attack was repulsed. Twenty-three Afghan
corpses were found, and Il was believed many
more were carried on. The British casualties
were only five wounded.
1T was stated BY the London Daily
Nsrs Ola recent date that k~gold continued
to leave England and France as it had been
recently doing, it would soon become neces-
sary to consider the possibility of a measure
to stop the outflow. 1t would be time for
England to consider what action to take when
the French authorities made move, by di-
rectly or indirectly raising the premium on
gold to such point that the whole burden of
the United States demand would be thrown
on England. -;t 4....
The election of NJ. Puteaux Humbert,
the Communist, to seat in the Paris munich
pality has caused considerable uneasiness
at Berlin. German papers say that the
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formation of a regular Communist party.
THE Belgian Bishops have given sup
Elementary instructions to the clergy not
only to refuse absolution to teachers in COM
munal schools, but also to publicly refuse
them the sacraments. Not only are teachers
exeommunicated, but children receiving re-
ligious instruction from them are excluded
from first communion. -..
On the 18th, General Cough, who
commanded the British troops along the line
of communications, occupied Jelalabad, and
arranged for the safety of the conveys on the
way to Jagdellak and Cabul.
A CONVENTION in which were repre-
scented one h ,ndred and forty thousand min
ers was held at Leeds, Eng, . few days ago.
A resolution was passed in favor of Nation
al emigration scheme to lessen competition
among miners. The scheme consists of sys-
TEN Of small weekly subscriptions, the sub
scribers after certain time to ballot for
chances to emigrate. Those going to Ameri-
ca will receive a6 and passage money; to
Australia or New Zealand, G12 and passage
money.
A CAPE Town (South Africa) dis
patch received on the 10Th says that Sir Gar
net Wolseley had announced that the annex
alton of the Transvaal was irrevocable. The
Committee of the Beers had adopted resou-
ton that nothing would satisfy them but the
restoration of their independence.
A TELEGRAPH cable has been recently
successfully laid in the Caspian Sea.
IT was reported in London on the
10Th that the Government of Turkey had
issued orders abolishing the Turkish Legation
at Washington. The underlying motive was
supposed to be economy.
AT banquet in Manchester, on the
evening of the 18th Lord Salisbury, the
British Minister of Foreign Affairs, delivered
a speech strongly tinctured with hostility to
Russia. He said directly that the Car would
be allowed to make no further advance to-
ward Constantinople.
GENERAL ROBERTS has appointed
General Hill as Military Governor OF ,Cabul.
Three Afghan chiefs are in prison, and are to
be tried by British Military Commission.
A HEAVY snow storm was prevailing
at Vienna, Austria, on the lItn, ana the snow
was already six inches Deep At Gratz it was
several feet deep. i-.r .+s.-,
A PARTY of French agriculturists,
numbering seventy-nine men, women and
o1t -lafx
way to Texas.
A DISPATCH received from Simla
on the morning of the Goth says the citadel at
Cabul had been blown up the day before.
Thirty British soldiers and a large number of
Afghans were killed, and $4,000 shot and shell
and six tons of powder destroyed. The
AIneer had announced his intention to abdi-
cate. The natives were especially trouble
some in the neighborhood of Shutargardan
and had destroyed about ten miles of tele-
graph, stopping communication with General
Roberts. The British Deputy Commissioner
in the Maya country had been murdered.
A MADRID dispatch of the 10Th says
the floods in Murcia continued Up to that
time five hundred and seventy corpses had
been recovered. Four villages were in ruins,
ohu aAVAnoAuo VI POuoouto ACHOOIVu WHOly
destitute.
GORDON PAsHA's mission to the King
of Abyssinia has had successful issue. The
King renounces his claims to Massowah, but
he is permitted by the Egyptian Government
to choose more southerly point of comnuni-
cation with the sea. 50 AKA
ACCORDING to Berlin dispatch of
the 10Th the Austro-G German treaty of de-
fensive alliance had been signed by the En-
perors of Austria and Germany.
PROFESSOR FORESTER announces
from Berlin that, on the 18th of October,
Palisa discovered new planet of the twelfth
magnitude, in two hours fifty-two minutes
right ascension and fourteen degrees thirteen
minutes north declension, with daily motion
of five minutes south.
The British Government has decided
to Immediately construct a railway to Canda-
har, and is already purchasing material.
The Russian expedition surveying
the course of the Anu Daria in Central Asia
reports that the river is navigable.
A LONDON special of the 10Th saws
the Government had just received intelligence
OF the capture of Merv, in the Turcoman des-
ert in Central Asia, by the Russians. The
assertion was openly made in political circles
that it did not appear how war with Russia
could be avoided If England wished to pre-
serve the advantages she had gained in Az
ghanistan. In consequence Of this depressing
intelligence there was decided decline in all
kinds of securities.
-t THE NEW WORLD.
A Dies MONIES dispatch of the morn
ing OF the 18th claims a majority of from
5000 to 10000 for Gear, Republican candi-
date for Governor of Iowa 1t appeared at