The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-17
Bismarck Declines to Kick the
Bucket.
The Little Russians Raise q Rue
ton.
Russia.
GETTING HER RIFLES READY.


ss possible. Therefore 10000 will be man
ufactured at Sestroniese, $4,000 at Isevsez,
and half million abroad. In three govern
ments bordering upon Germany and Aus
tria. viz, Warsaw, wilma and Kieff, are
quartered nineteen foot and nine horse
divisions, besides great force of fully
equipped batteries and these are incessant-
y increased by fresh arrivals. .-..
AN ORDER FOR KRUPP.
BERLIN, Jan. 17.--The Gar has ordered
260 guns from Krupp's foundries.
AN EDITOR PULLED IN
81. PETERSBURG, Jan. 1.-THE chief ed
itor of the Nihilist newspaper in this city
has been arreste
LIvELINEss OF LITTLE RUSSIA.
BEsLIN Jan. 17.-Notwithstandin the
incessant arrests and domiciliary visits in
alll the larger towns of Little Russia, the
condition of Kieff, Odessa, Charkoff and
other cities in that neighborhood continues
exceedingly disturbed. Kieff, more par
ticularly, where the Poles and Little Rus
slams combine to oppose the rule of Mus
oovy, is the center Of bold and apparently
irrcpressible agitation, although the streets
are filed with military posts and patrols.
Revolutionary pamphlets are strewn about
and even affixed to the walls, and doubts
are expressed as to the fidelity of some of
the guardians of public order
u France.
TOO VAGUE A STATEMENT.
PARIS, Jan. 1.-THE ministerial state
ment read yesterday in the Chamber was
\ received coldly except by the members of
the Extreme LefA There are general COM.
plsints made That the statement is too
vague. ....
French revenue for 1879 shows an increase
Of Al, 200, 900 francs. +..a
AfghaNkstan.
TURCoMANs DEFEAT THE RUSSIANS. .
LONDON, Jan. IA dispatch from Cam
dsbar says that anarchy reigns at Herat,
The Turcomans have inflicted second Sc
rious rdeerse on the Russians compelling
them to evacuate Chickeshlar and to take
refuge in their ship 1t is believed that
they also ,hyae abandoned their stores.
ea '"d SPAN.
LIBERTY WITH RESTRICTION.
MADRID. Jan. 1.-THE Spanish Colonial
Minister has promised the deputies to
grant the liberty of the press in Cuba, with
only indispensable restrictions ...
AWFUL DISASTER AT ALcoLA.
Another terrible calamity has occurred.
The picturesque and romantic village of
A1c0la, Del Jucar, has been almost wholly
destroyed by land slide. Very many of
the inhabitants were killed or wounded.
Tho village was situated in Murcia, in
rocky locality, on the left bank of the
River Jucar, and bada population of about
three thousand souls.
- UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE QUESTION.
PARIS, Jan. 17-The Belgian Socialist
C0Nmittee has convened a meeting at
Brussels for the 1st Of February in favor
of universal suffrage. The Belgium Liber-
ais deprecate universal suffrage as certain
to involve clerical ascendence.
Great britain.
MACTEAR GIVES TT UP.
LONDON, Jan. T.-Mr. James MacTear
writes to the Times. stating that he held
m interview with Mr.. Maskelyn. and after
. fresh investigation, lasting four days, Of
the crystalline substance obtained by him.
He feels it his duty to say that the crys-
talline substance which he believed t. be
carbon in that condition is not so.
ROUGH RECEPTION IN MAYO.
DUBLIN, Jan. H.--As q process server by
the name OF O'Donnell was attempting to
serve q number of rent papers in Mayo
County, he was seized by the people, who,
after handling him somewhat roughly,
searched his person and took away from
him all the processes he had in his DOS.
session.
ODonnell called upon detachment of
consabulary whcwere nominally there to
protect him, to fire upon the people but
tho constabulary declined to shoot, con-
tenting themselves with warling of the
onset OF the crowd as we'll as they could
With fixed bavonets. in this attitude they
were pretty badly cut up by missiles
thrown at them by the p0pulace. They
finally retreated with fixed bayonets and
the charges still in their rifles.
-. Bosnla.
81 THOUSANDS ACTUALLY STARVING.
LONDON. JAM 17.-Authentic reports late
y received from the districts in Bosnia
where the famine has prevailed for the past
month. describe the situation as heartrend-
ing. Besides many other sufferers, over
eight thousand people are actually starv-
Ing. The number Of highway robberies has
increased alarmingly in consequence OF the
famine. a .,a- 4
GERMANY.
BISMARCK IN NO DANGER.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE report in circula-
tion in New York yesterday to the effect
that Bismarck was dead is untrue, and is
simply one of the many silly rumors put
into circulation by st, ok jobbers for specu-
lative purposes. The health of Bismarck
has for some tiiue past been very unsatis-
factory, but bis physicians affirm there is
positively no canse for apprehension at
present regarding the result, and that a
short period Of rest and relief from public
cares will effect the desired ange.
Dashing sarah and the Rest.
National Associated Press to the Star. s-. 3,
CHICAGO, Jan. E,-Another de achment