The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-04-04

A dispatch from Szegedin. 10Th. saws:
Eight thousand two hundred out o. 10000
houses have fallen, and 1900 persons have
been drowned. TIE waters are subsidinr.
and the adjacent towns are now out OF dan
ger II i estimated that 10000 people
have been rendered homeless BY the recent
overflow Of the river Thesis.
Many avalanche~ have recently occurred
in the Austrian Tyrol at BIeiberz. Ten
houses were crushed, 40 persons killed. Is
seriously injured and Il missing.
The Origin ~ The trouble between the
Burmese and British residents at Mandalay
i that the latter protect and refuse 10 de-
liver up % slaughter two royal Princes and
their families, who have taken refuge At the
re~idency.
The French faating battery Arrorante
sprarg leak while practice firing of the
lie ~ Hyere-. in the Mediterranean, on the
18Th and went down before assistance could
reaeh her Out d liz persons on board 4.
we're drowned. The Arrcgante carried nine
six-ron guns and was Of /. IS tons bnrthen.
Her armor7 was hye inches thick Al the
water line
The British steamer Boliver. recently ply
Ing between Liverpool and -. Thomas, came
IN collision win the Haytian steamer
Michael. The latter sank and % persons
were drowned.
Count de saint Waller, the French Ambas-
sador At the German Court. has resigned.
on account Of difference with Prince Bis
marek.
CAPITAL punishment has been restored In
Switzerland.
tanada has adopted strong protective
tariff, greatly TO the ehsgrin OF the mother
country and the English papers predict that
the result will prove dlsa-truu~
The plsgue ha- again broken out AZ Wet
iianka, and Gen. MsIikofr has returned there
fnr the purpose 81 ordering the destruction
ofthe quarter o. the city in which II pre-
walls >ixty-seyen houses were ordered
burned.
fatal earthquake has occurred through
out Northern Persia. The villages Oh Tark
and Nsnnsn we're totally destroyed, and out
n the 1.lo0 inhabitants Of he two places
but very few escaped with their lives.
Al -. Petersburg, on the 18th, an unsuc-
cessfui attempt was made 10 assassinate
Gen. Won Drentelan, Chierof Gendarmerie.
By shooting him through his carriage win
dow. The would be assassin escaped. In
wards Of 100 arrests have been made in Mos
COW in consequences Of the assassination OF
Government spy.
The Greek Minister Of Foreign Affairs has
cent circular 70 the powers invoking their
on the frontier question between
srscce and Turkey.
I.or Lyt-cn, viceroy in India, telerraphs
h.t fakc',b khn has apparently de-
ermmed 70 make desperate resistance 10
ne further advance % British troops 10 Ca
49, Much severe fighting l. still 70 be an. !
y hended. Several small skirmishes have .
~e~ntly taken place. Col. Browne il con-
entrzsing his command At JelIaIabad. and !
% Roberts i moving with all his men To- :
! ard Pri~sr.
Qseen Victoria left England on the 18th
~ continental trip. Her Majesty embark. y
4 ~ Portsmouth on board the royal Yacht :
ctoria and Albert, for ,herbourr. from b
'nich place she will proceed to Italy direct.
NJ Queen J. accompanied BY the Princess !
oui--. lady and maid Of honor, gen.
cns'nby, Capt. Edwards and DR.. Jenner.
cs'drs John Brown and . number Of other
rrysnts-
x...-