Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-12

it very hot for the Zulu's who begin to
retreat.
The manufacturers in England are
still cutting wages and shutting down
the works.
ENGLAND contemplates sending
another commander to the South Afrl
can seat of war.
YAKooB KHAN has offered to make
terms of peace with England if given
an opportunity to do SO.
The French Atlantic cable is broken
161 miles from st. Pierre, Mlqueron,
in 500 fathoms of water.
TAAFE, who recently failed to form a
Cabinet in Vienna, is not Il Welsnman,
but, like MacMahon, of Irish descent.
M. PAUL GERvAIs, the distinguished
paleontologist and professor at the Jar
din DIES Plantes, died recently in his 63d
year. He was the author of numerous
treatlSeS.
The Ratchet with which Captain Cook
was killed was exhibited, together with
his log, at the celebration Of the Captain
Cook centenary by the French Geo
graphical Society. The Ratchet belongs
to the Donai Museum.
TELEGRAMs from Paris state that
Chilian squadron is blockading Mexil-
lones, Antofogasta and Caractes. It is
reported that CHILEAN force has land
ed and taken possession of the nitrate
mines.
THE revolutionary classes in Russia
continue to show great activity. 1t is
thought the nihilists are engaged in Cir
culating plague rumors in order to en-
barrass the government.
The French cabinet has fallen into
great trouble. Clemencean has sue
ceeded Gambetta as leader of the ex-
treme left 1t is probable that the en-
tire cabinet will resign.
The recent storm in Switzerland
caused damage estimated at 4 100000
francs. In the Lausanne district alone
4OO,O 900 trees were felled.
PRINCE DoNDoUKOFF KoRsAKOFF will
command the Russian forces in Eastern
Roumelia. The Russian authorities
give assurance Of their intention to full
fiji the conditions of the treaty of Berlin.
IT is believed that the British govern
ment is about to lay a cable to Zanzi-
bar, Mauritius and Natal from Alden,
where it would join the Eastern Tele-
graph company's system.
A ST. PETERSBURG cablegram says
that Professor Botkin declares, notwith-
standing the opinion to the contrary Of
the Medical Commission, that the dis
ease Of the footman in st. Petersburg is
a case of Astrakhan plague.
A LONDON dispatch informs us that
trade difficulties continue. The County
Miners Association refuse the wages Of
tered by the masters, and the Clyde
shipwrights are looking to united action
against their employers.
A RECENT telegram from Tashkend
states that after the death
of Shere Ali at MOAN Sheriff, a
bloody conflict broke out among the
followers Of various pretenders to the
Afghan throne and partisans of Yakoob.
MANY of the leading French journals
make a savage attack upon Leon Say,
minister of finance, for his method Of
converting the five per cent. rentes.
The minister is charged with being a
tool Of the Rothschilds. His resignation
is looked for.
PRINCESS LUCIEN MURAT died recently
in Paris. She was the daughter of a
Scotch officer of the Clan Fraser, eettled
in this country, and married the second
son Of Napoleon's famous officer in
1881. They went to France in 1S40, and
since the fall Of the empire have lived
in retirem ent.
JHE streets Of Berlin have been terrib
ly blocked with snow this winter. From
December IL to the end of January
1fO, 900 carloads had been carted away,
AID $4,000 marks (about $62, 500 had
been spent in cleaning the streets, and
yet several Of them remained impassa-
| be.
GENERAL CHANzY, late Governor Gen
cal of Algeria, is to 60 to St. Peters
burg as French ambassador, to succeed
General lie Flo, who was also once Gov
e-nor Of Algeria. where he befriended
| the present Gar many years ago, then
Grand Duke and travelling in that coun-
| try. General LIE Flo retires on account
Of old age. ... ....
The Times in an editorial article says
Yakoob Khan will probably succeed
Shere Ali. Once he is firmly set on the
throne of Afghanistan, it would be the
policy Of all Indian governments to
recognize him as the de .facto ruler, and
admit favorably any advances he may
make with a view to a termination Of
the war.
A BRUSSELS dispatch of March 3rd
says: The royal castle of Teronven
has been destroyed by fire. Ex-Em-
press Carlotta, widow of the late en-
peror Macmillan, of Mexico, who has
been insane for many years, resided in
the castle of Teronven, which was de-
stroyed by fire to-day. She was safely
removed from the castle and is now at
the royal palace at Lucken, near Brus-
sells.
A LONDON dispatch of the 3rd inst.
says the Spanish steamer Guillern,o,
from Baltomore for Liverpool, and the
British steamer Ist,lan from Liverpool