The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-20
ABROAD.

AN ex-secretary Of Bonapartist partisan of
high rank, and who h a chcvaler OF the Legion
of Honor, has disappeared, taking with him
| 100, 900 francs belonging to u banking house In
Quarter Dronet, Paris.
THE attempt OF a young physician OF Lyons,
France, TO fast fifteen days, was abandoned af-
| ter ono week.
A FRESH encounter between Albanians and
Montenegrins occurred near Podgoritza, in
which the Catrati lost considerably.
VERY early on the morning Of tho 10Th inst. n
large party OF men left shore in six whale boats
and boarded tho Norwegian ship Jma, at
Queenstown, Ireland, went into her hold and
stole three cases of rifles which formed part of
| her cargo. The robbers cut the telegraph wires
leading to Cork and escaped. Ono Of their
number fell into the hold Of the Jura and it IL
| supposed was fatally injured ns marks Of blood
and portion Of u scalp wore found. After
their departure 10 was found that only forty
stand of arms had been taken The guns were
all smooth bore, od-fashioned muskets, useless
| except at close quarters. The captain Of the
Jura received u lctl or bearing Cork postmark,
apologizing for the trouble given him, and stat
ing the guns were not what was expected
The raiders thought they were breech- leaders,
and II such had been the case the writer's as-
snred the captain they would have given him u
draft on their friends for their full value.
MASS Of earth fell and crushed two houses
ut Neuxport, near Poitiors, France, on the 18th
inst. Ten bodies had been recovered ut last
accounts. Ten more were said TO DO under the
ruins. The fall of earth was accustomed by an
immense land slide which destroyed some large
lime kilns.
An accident occurred on the 18th OH the Mid
land railway between Leeds and Lancaster.
England. passenger train ran OFF the track.
Seven persons were killed and twenty injured.
DISPATCH dated tho camp at Butkak, Afgan-
istan, August Il, says Gen. Stewart effected the
withdrawal Of all troops from Cabul to-day in
admirable order. Perfect tranquility prevails.
There IL no sign of disorder in any district of
northern Afghanistan.
The Albanian league constructed a mine
under tho Greek consulate at Prisrend, Albania,
and it was blown up.
LATE South American adviccs are to the
effect that Chill il preparing strong expedition
against Lima. The revolution in Corrientcs has
been quelled. Business in Buenos Ayres in inn
proving.
A TELEGRAM from Zanzibar, Africa, states
that Capts. Carter and Codenhead, Of the royal
Belgian exploring expedition, have been mllr-
dered by Chief Wrambo in Central Africa.
Wrambo IL believed in London to be the cclc-
bratcd robber Chief Mercantile.
NEAR Now Ross, Ireland, on the night of tho
Sth instant, Thomas Boyd, crown solicitor for
the county, and his two SONS, were fired at by
masked assassins. One of Boyd's sons was shot
through the lungs and died soon after, and
Boyd himself was wounded in the arm. The
other son was slightly wounded in the leg.
A DISPATCH from Quettah, Afghanistan, re-
ports that another fight has occurred between
the troops retiring from the line of railway upon
Sebi and a large body OF tribesmen The trOoDs