Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Three thousand persons are now utterly
destitute in Middlesboro, England
The Fair in Peoria, Ill, will be opened
September 22d by President Hayes.
Advices from South Africa state that
King Cetewayo has been captured by an Eng
lish squadron o. dragons.
The suspension of the banking house
of James Adger s. Co, of Charleston, 8. c. is
announced. Liabilities large.
Five hundred dollars have been sent to
the yellow fever suffers in Memphis by the
grand body of Odd Fellows of Illinois.
Sir Garnet Wolseley telegraphs from
South Africa that all important Zulu chiefs
have now submitted to the British authori-
ties.
It is now believed 10y many we'll in
formed persons on the ground, that the
Ameer's completely with the massacre at Ca
bul is unquestionable.
The bullion fund at the New York as
say Office hos been further increased by the
transfer to the Office of another million dollars
in gold to facilitate exchange.
On account of the large accumulation
of gold coin in the treasury, arrangements
| will soon be made to exchange gold and silver
coin for United States notes at the several
sub-treasuries where convenient.
i Between the 1st and the 18th of the
present month of September, 1,354S90 stand
| ard silver dollars were paid out by the treas
urer Of the United States During that time
| 977S24 silver dollars were returned to the
treasury, leaving the balance of 377O66 put in
| circulation. As there is an average of over
100000 silver dollars coined each month, it
will be seen that coins are accommodating much
more rapidly than they can be gotten rid of.
At Detroit, Mich, September 18th, the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
opened its ninth annual convention at the
Young Mems Catholic institute. About fifty
delegates were pres entrepresenting over 500
societies and a membership of 100000 The
delegates attended high mass at st. Aloysius'
cathedral The address of welcome was de-
liyered by Rev. Father Walsh. A letter from
Pope Leo XIII. was read granting great spir
| itual privileges to the members. Also, letters
| of encouragement from various ecclesiastical
celebrities throughout the country. Reports
of officers were read which showed fayora-
| BILE condition of the union.
The Londod Times says the extraordi-
nary controversy now alarming Europe on
| the supposed misunderstanding between Gors-
chakoft and Bismarck shows what dangerous
stuff is all around us. A ring of interested
spectators in collision seems to have half per.
| suaded the illustrious statesmen, the great
ness of one mighty empire is incompatible
with the greatness Of the other. For the Rus,
sian and German nations at present the diff
| Guilty appears to be to manufacture reasons
| for flying at each others throat. Their inter
sests are in no respect opposed. Neither OWE
| t erritory coveted by the other. We believe
much of this hourishing of swords will bt
found to be merely the exercise of fencing
schools, but it is time the masters came for
ward ard reassure mistrustful Europe.
Indian officials telegraph further de
tails Of the attack on the British residency a
| CabuL 1t Is related by a trooper who escaped
| that when the mutinous troops were making
an cutlery for their pay a soldier shouted
"Let US kill the envoy and then the ameer.'
The mutineers then rushed upon the embassy
| composing the escort of the embassy fired up
on the mutineers without orders from the
British officers. The mutineers then went fol
their weapons. They we're absent about 6
quarter of an hour, during which time the
British officers might have escaped. The res
idency was defended from the windows and
from a trench made on the outside with g
mud roof. The letter sent by the escaped
trooper was from Lieut.. Hamilton, promising
the mutineers six months pay. 1t was sent al
8 in the afternoon, when the mutineers were
already on tbs roof of the residency which
was being set on fire. The bearer of the let
ter was thrown from the roof and made insen
sible. When he recovered, he was brought be
fore Gen. Kherim Khan, commander of the
mutineer's brigade, who said he was powerles'
against the mutineers, and ordered the troop
er to be imprisoned. On revisiting the resi-
dency the escaped trooper saw the bodies o
Lieut. Hamilton and jenkins stripped and GU
to pieces.