The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-11-04
Foreign Intelligence.

Foreign Intelligence.
TIE cold, wintry weather has retarded the
planting Of the wheat crop in England. The
threshings during the week preceding the
25th showed that the wheat had been dam
aged in the stacks by the exceedingly wet
weather Of the summer and autumn season,
and every day gave proof Of the inferiority
and shortness Of the crop
A BERLIN dispatch Of the 18th says .
BOrsen (Prussia) newspaper editor had
been sentenced to fine Of 500 marks or fifty
days imprisonment for having published .
libelous and insulting article on Prince Bis
marck and tending to render that statesman
contemplate.
In speech at banquet in Galway on the
25th, Parnell said: ~ feel convinced that II
ever you call upon your countrymen in Amer
lea for aid, and show them there is . fair
chance of success, you will have their trained
and organized assistance for breaking the
British yoke"
ACCORDING to advices from Cape Town.
South Africa, received in London on the 18th,
open revolt prevailed at Natal, and the
gravest apprehensions we're entertained for
the safety Of the few troops stationed there.
The origin Of the trouble was the decision Of
the Cape Government that only white men
should carry firearms.
A DUBLIN dispatch OF the 25th says the
orators of the Land League had decided to
abandon the policy Of exhorting the people
to preserve the peace. Affairs in the south
and west Of Ireland were in q very critical
condition, and agrarian outrages were OF
daily occurrence.
Mr.. PARNELL announced on the 18th that
he would soon start another delegation of
Land Leaguers to the United States to solicit
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A REPORT was current in London ON the
night Of the 18th that the new Ameer of
Afghanistan had been murdered, and that
utter anarchy prevailed in Cabul.
ARGENT London dis patch says Justin
Mccarthy. the author, had joined the Irish
Land League to emphasize his protest against
the Government prosecutions.
Mr.. PARNELL's private secretary was ar
rested at Cork, Ireland, on the 26th for in
timidating a farmer who wished to rent
farm from which . former tenant had been
evicted.
The sale of corn to Russian agents has
been prohibited by the Shah of Persia
ALEADINa bank of Montreal has recently
notified its depositors that it would allow no
interest on money after the LIST of November.
The reason given was that the bank had
large sum of money lying idle, owing to the
difficulty Of finding profitable business in
which to invest it.
COUNT Won MoLTKE, Chief Marshal Of the
German Empire, has refused the title of
Prince, offered by the Emperor on the occa-
sion Of the eightieth anniversary Of the
Counts birth, which occurred on the 26th.
WILLIAM CArHRow, of Toronto. Can, died
few days ago, leaving an estate of SO, O0O-
600 to be divided among his nephews and
nieces.
A CALCUTTA dispatch Of the 9th says tele-
graphic communication with Cabul had been
destroyed. The British Government had, up
to the morning of the 18th, received no Off
cial confirmation of the rumor that the new
however, that q condition of anarchy pre-
vailed in the Afghan Capital, and the Gov
eminent was prepared for the worst.
The italian Chambers have been convoked
for the 18th of November.
ACCORDING to Berlin telegram of the 9th
the German Federal Council had determined
to proclaim a minor state of siege at Ham,
burg.
On the 9th the King of Greece ordered
the formation of fifty additional battalions of
troops.
The magistrates of the West Riding of
Cork, Ireland, have recommended the sus-
pension of the writ of habeas corpus.
A RESOLUTION has been adopted by the
Irish Land League to keep Davitt in the
United States to direct the anticipated re-
sponsive movement among Irish-Amercan
citizens.
THE Government law officers met in Dublin
the cotn au0 decided TO arrest the prOmi-
nent leaders of the Land League at once. 1t
was expected that Parnell and Dillon would
be among the first arrested.
THE German Diet was opened by a speech
by the Emperor, read from the throne, on the
2Sth.
LATE Teheran dispatches state that the
Turkish Kurds had captured the village of
OOromiah in Persia. The Kurds occupied
1900 square miles of Persian territory.
MESSENGER who was sent by the Turkish
Commander with a proclamation to the in
habitants of Dulcigno announcing its intend.
ed surrender to Montenegro was murdered.
A SEVERE storm ragged over portion of the
British Isles on the 9th and 2Sth. Many
villages and railroad tracks were flooded and
there were numerous disasters on the coast.
Twenty-eight vessels are known to have been
wrecked and thirty-one lives lost.
A RAILWAY collision occurred in Belgium
on the 18th which caused the death of seven
persons and serious injuries to several others.
THE Government has set aside the late Par
liamentary election at Oxford, England, and
disfranchised the borough because of the
bribery which characterized the election. It
is also announced that the Professors in the
University who were conspicuous in the dis
graceful ballotings will be dismissed.
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