The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


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Cetywayo, the King of the Zulus has
at last been run down and captured by the
British dragons. Some days before his cap
ture Cetywa.yo disbanded his followers and Sc
creted himself in the bush. The British, I'M
der Col Barrow, pursued him from kraal to
kraal, burning the kraals as Cetywayo and his
constantly diminishing followers fled before
them. The capture was finally made by sur
rounding him in the bush with detachment
of troops and threatening to shoot him If he re-
fused to surrender at once. He was alone and
made no resistance.
Sir Garnet Wolseley telegraphs from
South Africa that all the important Zulu chiefs
have now submitted to the British authorities.
When Cetywayo was captured ne was utterly
FRUSTRATED The King was taken to Ulundi.
During the march eleven of his followers 1ried
to escape, and six were successful; the other
five were shot The King will be taken to Ma
ritzburg, and from there to Greytown.
The latest great engineering project,
announced in a cable dispatch from st Peters
burg, is to unite the Caspian and Black seas.
The work, it is stated, has already been com
menced
The Emperor of Germany has been
paying visit to Strasbourg, where, a cable
dispatch says, he was received with closed
shops and barred shutters.
News comes from Afghanistan that
the native troops mutinied and murdered their
commander, and subsequently fell upon and
slew all the English and military authorities at
Herat The news has caused the greatest ex-
citement in England
Intelligence from India confirms the
report of the outbreak at Herat, Afghanistan.
The troops of the garrison plundered and
burned the Governors house, and murdered
the commanding General, who was friend and
supporter of the Amer. The affair throws
suspicion upon the loyalty of Ayoub Khan, the
brother of the Ameer.
The Rev. Mr.. Thompson, the oldest
member of the American colony at Berlin, died
few daysago Of apoplexy.
A London dispatch says the Chair
man of the Strike Committee of Bradford me-
chanics has sailed for America, to make ar
rangements for the'emigration of $50 men.
The most terrible incendiarism of
modern times il that briefly detailed in
recent cable dispatches, resulting in the
almost total destruction of the city of Kiev, in
Russia. During a severe storm the city was
fired simultaneously in number of places,
including the powder magazine, and the flames
ragged unchecked until the second day after
breaking out Beside the vast destruction of
property, necessarily impoverishing the mass
of the population, a number of lives were sacri-
feed, adding the browning horror to one Of the
most hideous crimes of the country.
The commander of the Cabul mutt
neers has been executed by order of the Ameer
Bismarck arrived in Vienna Sept. %,
and had meeting with Andrassy, the Austrian
Premier.
Late cable dispatches announce the
conclusion of the terms of peace by Sir Garnet
Wolseley with the Zulu chiefs. One of the
most important stipulations of the treaty is
aimed at the very efficient military system Of
the Zulus. This was based upon the require
ment that the young warriors should not be
permitted to marry until after service in BATTLE
and distinguishing themselves by their cour-
age The treaty stipulation does away with
that requirement
A CHASTITY story comes from the beau
tiful vale of Cashmere, to the effect that two
boat-lOads of famine stricken people were taken
out into the lake and drowned.
Orders have been sent by the British
Government to the Acting Resident of Manda-
lay, Burmah to leave with his party as soon as
he can without betraying undignifed haste or
the appearance of fear.