The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-26
Foreign Intelligence.

Foreign Intelligence.
In July over $4,000 persons left Liv-
erpOol for the United States.
ACCORDING to Paris dispatch of the
18th the French Government had given up
all intention Of controlling the De Lesseps
Canal project, and was willing and DESTROYS
that the work should go ON under the aus
pices Of the United States. It was stated
that De Lesseps would soon place COO, COX, COO
francs worth Of shares in the London, New
York, Paris and Frankfort markets.
On the 18th gold to the value of
81 900 was shipped for New York at Lon
dor on the 18th.
BULGARIA has called out her re-
serves.
The announcement was made from
Quettah on the 18th that the siege Of Canda-
har had begun. Fire had been opened on the
city with Armstrong guns stationed at a dis
lance Of $500 yards. The enemy's forces
numbered 10000 and the garrison 5000.
THE autopsy in the case of Miss Neil
| son, the actress, shows that she died from
dropsy of the heart accelerated by indiges-
ton.
JONAS REFS & Co., bankers and brok-
ers, of Liverpool, have suspended payment.
A FEW days ago Colonel of a French
| Infantry regiment, who expressed hope,
while presenting flag to his command, that
the standard would soon represent only the,
United States of Europe, has been suspended
for one year by the Minister of War.
A FEW days ago, while the constabu-
| la .of
ing to quell a faction fight, shots we're freely
exchanged between the mob and police, and
one of the former was killed and several
others we're injured. Several of the latter
were also badly hurt during the melee. A
Cork telegram of the 18th says the authorities
had formed special guard to patrol the city
in consequence of threats to blow up the mil
itary barracks.
OLE BULL, the famous violinist, died
at Bergen, Norway, few days ago, aged
seventy.
THE Chief Secretary for Ireland, Mr..
Forster, left London on the 18th for Dublin,
for the purpose of investigating the condition
of affairs in Ireland. Matters were said to
be assuming very serious aspect in that
country.
AN Atlantic cable company, recently
formed proposes to lay cable line between
England and the Azores, and between the
Azores and America AL the necessary con-
cessions have been obtained.
PLEURo-PNEUMoN1A is said to have
recently made its appearance in Lancashire,
England.
A RECENT Vienna dispatch states
that cholera was raging in village near 1u-
runsewerin, in Roumania, and that the deaths
ave aged fifteen daily.
ACCORDING to Rome Qtaly) dis
patch of the 10th the Pope had announced
the appointment of the following American
Bishops: P. Manngue, Virginia City, Nevada,
shop in partibns, with future succession to
Bishop O'Connell at Grass Valley, Cal. John
A. Watterson, Bishop of Columbus, Ohio;
Rev. Mr.. Heiss, Bishop ~ partibux, with sue
ccssion to Archb shop Hennt, at Milwaukee,;
Rev. Portillo, Bishop ~ partiLus and Vicar
Apostolic of Lower California;; James Laird
Patterson, Bishop in part;bus.
THE announcement was made from
Berlin on the 18th that the marriage of Count
Won Hatzfeldt, of Prussia, with the Amer
can Miss Moulton had been legally dis
solved.
LATE H.
The financial statement of the Cana
dian Government for the last fiscal wear
shows that the expenditures were $25, 16l, 7l2
and the revenue s24, 76s, $50, leaving deficit
of $39a, l27. There were several extraordinary
expenses during the year amounting to q
sum greater than the deficit.
The total value of exports from this
country of domestic provisions and tallow
for the seven months ended July 81, 1887,
was $Sl, AL, 7s5; same period in 1879, $67,-
CS9 797.
The Anglo-American and the French
Cable Companies have come to an under
standing, and have adopted uniform tariff
OF fifty cents per word.
Four men, named Joseph Belch,
Hubert Gould, Irwin Luther and John Mar
tin, have been held ON the charge of murder
Tor having stoned poor tramp to death in
the Ohio River. near Pittsburgh, few days
ago, because he had stolen bunch of grapes.
San FRANCISCO has been selected by
the Knights Tem3lar as the place, and the
third Tuesday in August, 1888, as the
time, for holding the next Triennial Con-
clave.
MR.. j. X. ERCHER, q farmer of New
Philadelphia, Ohio, died few days ago from
the effects of bite inflicted by his insane
son.
IMPORTATION was received at the
War Department Office at Washington on the
10th that about 1870 Sioux Indians were on
their way to Fort Keogh with the intention of
surrendering themselves Is prisoners of war.
1t was designed to disarm them as soon as
they should arrive. These Indians had only
nominal connection with Sitting Bull.
A PITTSBURGH telegra am of the Goth
says J. H. SHELTON, Councilman of that city,
claimed that DR.. Buchanan, the notorious
bogus diploma man of Philadelphia, reported
to have committed suicide, was alive, in good
health and in easy reach OF Pittsburgh, where
he could be bad provided sufficient reward
should be offered for his return.
UP to the Goth twenty-one persons
had died from injuries received in the Nays
Landing, IN. J.) railroad disaster.
The Greenbackers of the Thirteenth
Pennsylvania District have nominated
Charles n. Brumm for Congress.
THs Colorado Democratic State Con-
vention was held at Denver on the 10Th and
10th. A full State ticket was nominated,
headed by John 8 Hough for Governor.
The National Liberal party of Ger
many has split. OF the number in rarlia-
ment only forty-hve support Bismarck and
his high tariff scheme.
"A MOVEMENT IL on foot throughout
Great Britain to abolish the House OF Lords.
LORD RosEBERRY has been appointed
British Under Secretary for India, rice the
Marquis Of Lapsdowne, resigned,