Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-05
FOREIGN.

The duke Of Newcastle is dead.
THERE has been au eruption of ashes
from Mt. Vealvius.
YELLOW FEVER is increasing at an
alarming vote in Rio Janeiro.
GEN. Won RooN died in Berlin last
week.
THE body of Bayard Taylor is e'route
for New York on the steamer Gellert.
AUSTRIA and Turkey continue to com
municate with each other in very con-
ciliatory language.
THE English steamer Saistria mas
been wrecked at Salerno and eighteen
persons drowned.
THE French atlantic cable is broken
161 miles from St. Pierre, Miqueron,
in 500 fathoms of water.
THE young French prince imperial,
son of Eugene, will join the British
forces in South Africa. He wants Il
commission in the army.
THE river Garonne mas burst its en-
bankment at Labastide Canon, and it is
| feared lives have been lost. Extensive
floods have occurred at Bayonne, Tar
bes and Bordeaux.
Ir is thought Lord Duflerin's appoint
ment rs ambassador at st. Petersburg
may lead to the renewal of the zone di-
viding the spheres of the two powers in
Asia.
| A REPORT Is revived that Queen Vic
toria will visit the continent this spring
going first to Italy, where she will spend
some time at Barens, afterwards visit
ing Coburg and Darmstadt.
SHERE ALI has been reported dead
but conflict of opinion in regard to
the matter is now going on throughout
Europe The best information leads to
the belief that the Shere is actually a
dead man.
A DISPATCH from Alexandria an
nounces that a definite peace has been
arranged between the King of Abyssinia
and the Khedive of Egypt. The for
mer is to receive pension In exchange
for the disputed frontier province.
A DISPATCH from Berlin says the
Roumanian evacuation of Arab Tabia
is due to the fact that Prince Gortscha-
koti used violently threatening Ian
guage on the subject Germany Is now
prepared to support Russia's claims
concerning the boundary in dispute.
A CALCUTTA catlegram of Feb. 25th
says: A Slight rain in Oudge and the
northwest provinces has improved the
prospects somewhat The PunJaub
needs much more rain. The condition
of the spring crop there is very critical.
THERE has been some renewal of the
disturbances on the Albanian frontier
of Servia, which is likely to lead to re-
elimination between Servia and the
Porte A large body of Albanians
made an ncursion into Servia. They
We're pursued, and recrossed the from
tier.
THE Pope, in replying to an address
from the Cardinals, emphasized his de-
sire to reconcile both Princes and peo-
plies to the church; expressed his readl-
ness to extend his hand to all who re-
pent and cease their prosecutions, and
his unilnching intention always to COM
bat, in defense of the rights and the in
4 dependence of the church, those who
make war against her.
THE Chinese government has purchas.
ed machinery and engaged experienced
engineers and spinners in Germany TO
establish a cotton mill in China, SO as
to free that country from dependence
upon English and Russian imports.
A CoNsTANTlNoPLE dispatch says that
in consequence of representations of1he
u. 5. consul Heap the grand vizier has
abandoned the proposal to replace the
the Turkish minister at Washington by
a charge de- affairs.
\ HEAVY storm prevailed Feb. Goth
throughout Italy A dispatch from
Rome reports that the sea inundated
a large portion of Venice. In the
Piazza san Marco the water was thuty
inches deep. The coast ftom Genoa 10
Naples is strewn with wrecks. Parma
Piacenza, Milan, and Florence were
damaged by the storm.
A DISPATCH Of Feb. 9th, says tre-
mendous storms continue in the south
OF France, where hundreds of people
are thrown on public charity by the