New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-02-05
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The London papers of the 29d re-
port large sale, in that city, of the new United
States 4-per-cent. bonds.
AT Antwerp, Belgium, on the 23d,
eight men were drowned By the upsetting OF
boat, by ice, in the River Elbe.
THE Bulgarian Constitution has been
ratified by the Car.
A VIENNA dispatch of the oath says
Austria had informed the Powers that che
would not forego the right to occupy Novi-
Bazaar, but that she would, In no event, ex
coed the boundaries permitted by the Berlin
Treaty.
A LONDON telegram of the Goth says
Stewart was in full march for Cabul, the capt
tai Of Afghanistan. Plumber and murder con
tinued to mark the trail Of the invader, but
the offenders were often caught and always
severely punished. It was reported that
Shcre Airs Master of Horse, the great oppo-
nent Of British influence, was dead.
A BERLIN correspondent telegraphed,
on the Goth, that England had offered 81 ,0O0,-
600 for the Island Of Cyprus, and that the
Sultan would probably accept.
THE Russian and German medical
Journals state that Eastern Europe is in
state of great alarm at the rapid progress OF
the plague toward the north and east Of Rus
STA, from the. Caspian Sea along the course OF
the Volga.
The news from South Africa, re-
ceived on the 25th, was, in substance, that the
Zulu King had refused all the British de-
mands.
PARIS was almost isolated, on the
25th and 26th, in consequence of the preva-
lencc of q tremendous snow-storm.
A LONDON dispatch of the 9th says
It was estimated that one.seventh of the
looms and spindles In Blackburn were
stopped, and that 5000 operatives were idle
and destitute.
A ST.. PETERSBURG telegram of the
9th says it was reported and believed that
the plague had made its appearance in Mos
COW.
A PARIS dispatch of the 9th says
Information had been received that the REBEL
ious natives of Boiler, in Guinea, had defeated
the Portuguese troops. The latter lost 300
men.
A PARIS dispatch of the 28th says
President MacMahon had refused to sign the
decree mailing changes in the great military
commands, and threatened to resign rather
than disorganize the army, as the majority in
the French Legislative Chambers demanded.
The United States storeship Supply
collided with the bark Diadem of Madeira
recently, and so badly injured her that she
had to be abandoned. The passengers and
crew OF the bark were saved.
THERE is serious famine in Upper
Egypt.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY, the African ex-
plorer, 1t is announced, is preparing for an
other visit to the interior OF Africa
A PARIS dispatch of the Goth says
passports are no longer needed by Frenchmen
leaving for the United States.
The British forces have occupied
Kilati- Ghclzi, the ancient stronghold OF the
Ghilzis, which cut SO important figure In
the last Afghan War.
THE British High Court of Justice
has dismissed the motion to libel the United
States frigate Constitution for salvage.
The creditors of the suspended
Cornish Bank have accepted compromise OF
sixteen shillings on the pound.
"A LARGE quarry in the suburbs Of
O2orto, Portugal, recently cavcJ In, buryns
several houses. The ming took tire and many
persons persisted,