The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-11
ABROAD.

kEYSER d FRIEDRICH, brokers, London, have
dcfaulted and disappeared leaving heavy liabili-
tics.
THE ravages of the phylloxera in France are
becoming more serious daily. In July last it
was computed that one-third Of the total sur
face devoted to wine growing had been ire
trlcNably devastated, and as the plague has
been steadily increasing all this year. it is esti
mated that forty thousand acres has been
added to the total amount of land lost.
\ DTEL between Rochcfort and KGchlin oc-
cured on the Sd inst. 1t only occupied two
minutes. R1chefort's sword, while parrying Il
thrust, slipped from his glovcd hand, and
k~chLns sword entered the lower part of
Rochcfort's chest below the stcrnum and false
ribs. The wound is not dangerous.
Is the Leicester, England police court on the
Sd INST, Dole. alias Jordan, captain of the
Canadian Crickctcrs, was charged with deser-
ton from the Horse Guards since Nov. 1872. A
sergeant of the same regiment identified the de-
fcndcnt and produced his description. The de-
fcndcnt admitted the correctness of the charge,
and was reminded to await court.
DUEr. was fought on the Belgium from
tier between two Spaniards, the Marquis Gil
de Olwars and Count dc Lardi. The Count was
killed. The marquis killed 4 man i'll a duel in
Septe!Hl er last.
The Empress of Russia died at st. Petersburg
on the sd inst
The captain of 4 vessel ut Queenstown from
Dcmerara reports that on the 30th of April, lat.
30 north, Ion. GO west, he passed raft appar-
emily made on board man-of-war or iirst-cass
steamer, as II was bolted together. not dashed.
In two days aiterward he saw several corpscs
dressed i'll white.
TRAIN on the Berlin and Magdeburg railway
jumped the rails on the ID inst. Two persons
were killed and thlrtyfOur wounded.
EIGHT persons were killed by boiler explo-
sion IN Berlin on the I'd inst.
WAREHOUSES; containing flax and maize
burned at Dunkirk, England, on the LIST inst.
Loss 100000 francs.
The Burmese insurgents are gaining strength.
The movement has now extended to Mandalay.
REPoRrS from ConstantinOple, indicate that
the instruction i'll the Bagdad district is assun-
ing serious proportions.
Ten thousand operatives at Staffordshire,
England, potteries, have given notice of an i'll
tentiOn to demand n recovery of the decrease in
wages enforced i'll November last.
The six-foot granite wall built to maintain in
place the porous white stone through which at
one point the st. Gothard tunnel, Switzerland,
runs Is giving way. Ii is thought the tunnel
will have TO he constructed around the white
stone, two years job.
An explosion i'll powder mill near Wettercn,
near Client, Switzerland killed and injured
many persons. Ten bodies have thus far been
found.
HARVEST prospects are good throughout Ire
land. All unusual area has been sown in pota-
toes, which come up well, as new seed has been
extensively used.
THREE Mussulmans who attempted to assas-
sinatc and rob Burmese, British subject, have
been sentenced, two to fifteen years and one to
seven years penal seryitude.
In recent encounter between regiment of
OF CHILEAN horse and Peruvian infantry the lat
ter were badly wOrsted, their force cut to picces,
and many Of them made prisoners.