The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-23
BROAD.

tier hear Podmolvczska and attacked the guard
house OF. Austrian gen darmcs for the purpose
of releasing some Russians in custody there
AMI conducting them back to Russia. The
gen d'armes rcpulscd the Cossacks with firearms.
DISPATCHES from Candahar, Afghanistan,
announce that when Sherc Ali, appointed wall
Of Canadian by the British, ordered his forces
to retire towards Girschk the infantry deserted
in Il body, taking their guns, arms and ammuni-
ton, and went III the direction OF Lamndawar.
Gen. Burrows forces crossed the lialmand
river. overlook and routed the dcscrtcrs, killing
two hundred and recovering the guns and bag
gage. Shere Ais cavalry and his officers re-
manned faithful.
A BOTTLE has been found at Ballyleunnon
containing II paper signed Geo.gc Campbell.
second engineer steamer Zanzibar, dated JAN
uary -, with the following memorandum:
ship is filing rapidly. We are preparing to
take to the boats. Weather undertaking, but
We have little hope of saving ourselves" The
Zanzibar, Capt. Page, left New York, January
IL, 1879, for Glasgow.
A TERRIBLE explosion occurred on the 18th
inst. in the London and South Wales Collery
company new black vein pit, on the Rsca six
miles from Newport, Wales. The shock was
was very violent. There were 1l9 miners AT
work III the pit Mt the time, all of whom
pcriShcd. The Black Vein seam il al old one
and well known i'll connection with previous ex-
plosions. one of which, III 1860, killed li5
persons.
THOMAS JONES, merchant of Southport,
England, has failed; liabilities c79,000.
The Montenegrin agent at ConstantinOplc,
has received telegram stating all Montcncgrin
advanced posts on the Xecm were attacked by
Turks. One of them was surprised and the
men cut TO pieces. leu out OF sixteen we've
behcadcd. The others escaped, though wound
cd. The porte has sent Il dispatch to its repre-
sentativus abroad announcing that the Montcn-
cgrius suddenly attacked the Albanian positions
ut Nunga. The lighting lasted two hours, when
the MontcnCgrnS rctrcatcd, leaving thirteen of
their number Oh the icld.
A TREATY has been concluded between Egypt
and Abyssinia.
The Ducal Line steamer Duke of Lancaster,
from Calcutta for London, has been wrecked ON
rocks in the Dead Sea. No lives lost.
News has been received III New York by the
Cuban revolutionary committee Of the killing
10y Spaniards of Cuban prisoners whose names
will Dc found below. They were all sick when
captured in small residence and were under
charge of DIR. Torres. Their retreat was few
miles from Manzanillo. The victims are:
Minister of War Pho ROsado, q native of San
tiaso dc Cuba; aged 81; Nitaho Argentu, a
native of Italy, and friend of GaribalQi; DIR. En-
riquc Varona Torres, of Puerto Principe; Ramon
Gutrcez, celebrated pilot, native of Bayamo;
Felix MOrcjon, of MantanZas, also q pilot;
Domingo MESA, pilot of Santiago de Cuba;
Lieut.. Manuel COrtes Echivcr1ia, aged II (has
been for three years in the reyolution), a native
of Santiago dc Cuba, and several Others.
The English steamer Khalifas of the Eu-
pirates line, has been attacked by Arabs who
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succeed in boarding the steamer. The quarter
master and one passenger were killed and the
captain wounded. The Turkish authorities at
Bagdad promise to investigate the outrage.
A DISPATCH from Bombay says preparations
are making by the British to evacuate Cabul.
All forts around Shrpur have been mined and
could be blown up at days notice. Ii is
ported troops viii leave Cabul about the middle
Of August.
A DISPATCH from Scutari reports OH Sunday
the Montcncgrins, after bombarding Albanian
strongholds, attacked the Albanian left flank.
Their attack was rcpulscd. Albanans who pur
sued the enemy brought back the heads of thir-
teen Montcncgrins.
4 TIsIBER raft with forty persons on board
was dashed To pieces III the rapids Of the
Dmcper, Russia. All persisted.
The capture Of africa by the ClIlans is con-
uSdNhDioN ~ tiie HOl'co W
! but President Perola still urges war TO the
bitter end, and is taking most energetic mea-
SurcS.
Tom TAYLOR, the dramatiSt, died suddenly in
London Oh the 18th.
ELECTION returns from the interior Of Mexico
show Gen. Gonzales far ahead of all COMPETE
! tors, and he is without doubt elected president.
LETTERS received ut Gibraltar from Morocco
report that the imperial troops pursued the
rebels TO the mountains where the latter being
reinforced, turned on their pursuers and COM
| pletely routed them. The rebels captured the
camp of the imperial commandcr-in-chicf and
were destroying the crops near Alcussar.
ADvIcEs from Port-au-Prince, IIayti, state a
conspiracy in favor of Boyer BaZcais for the
! presidency has been discovered. Many conspira-
| tors were arrested. Some will be cxiied, others
executed. A rising is apprehendcd in Northern
! tiayti.
PAUL BROcA, an eminent French surgeon and
anthropoloSist and author, who in February last
was elected life senator rs candidate for the
Extreme Left, IL dead, aged Sc.
Two members of the upper house of the
Hungarian dict recently fought duel. Both
have been arrested, and one has been con-
demned to six weeks, the other to two weeks
| imprisonment.