The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-01-24
INTERESTING FOREIGN NOTES.

III Is now asserted that the accounts Of the
fighting near ousinie have been grossly exag-
serated,
Forty thousand children have died OF dipn.
iberia in the Causcasus district Of Russia since
the appearanceoi this terrible disease.
John Humphreys Parry, the eminent ser.
geantat.law. is dead, and the death of his wife,
from grief, is announced as having occurred
soon ofterwnrd.
M. Doubril has had n private audience with
the Gear, during which he was ordered TO make
some important statements to Germany con.
oerning the movements Of the Prussian troops
in Poland.
-Krupp's works, at Essen, are very busy,
and among the orders America is included. Ar
tices Of peace, as well as Of war, are embraced
in the commissions and the largest force ever
employed is now at work.
An article in a Paris paper demands that a
reasonable increase be made in the number OF
French Consuships in America and that the
diplomatic relations with Mexico be re-estab-
lisled in order to save France from the loss Of
those markets
"A dispatGn from Berlin says: The Govern.
ments of Austria and Germany are about to
communicate with that Of st. Petersburyh re-
Rarding the concentration Of Russian troops in
Poland If the reply IS unsatisfactory they
will adopt defensive measures
-Gonzales, the would-be regicide, has wril.
ten to King Alfonzo, asking to be pardoned.
Princess Bismarck has been summoned TO
varzin in consequence of the severity Of the
Princes attack Of rheumatism.
"A Berlin paper publishes q sensational
statement to the effect that in view of the dif.
teTences between Austria and Servia, Russia
T.. -.
The authorities of the French Cable Com.
pany deny the eport that the syndicate which
controlled the shares OF the company had
thrown them ON the hands Of the contractors
in consequence of the discovery of flaw in the
contract.
The whole of the Is men who have been ex-
ocuted at CaDul were either concerned In the
massacre of Major Cav1Rnari and his staff in
the muIdor of wounded soldiers, or had taken
part in the treacnerous attacks on the Brltish
All the other prisoners were released.
The Emperor William, in replying to the
New Year congratulations of the municipality
of Berlin. writes that he ava,ls Of this opportu.
nifty to give a decided expression of the hope
that with the blessing of the Almighty his ei.
forts may succeed in securing peace for Ger
many.
The Bishop of London has signed letters Of
request to the Dean, Of the Arches Court,
Province of Canterbury,iD fresh nit AGAINST
Rev. Alexander MackonoClie, Of st. Alban's
Church, Holborn. The proceedings will be for
the deprivation OF Mr., Mackonochies rights of
priesthood.
Austria has received a circular from Mon.
tenogro protesting against the non.fu.fllment
of the stipulation for the surrender Of Gusin7e /;
IA.
resistance; claiming indemnity from Turkey
for being forced to keep large number Of
troops under arms, and urging the Powers to
take energetic action in behalf of Montenegro
"A conference Of farmers clubs has been
held at Nalow. county of Cork, to consider the
land question. Several members of Parlia.
ment were present among them Mr.. William
Shaw, Home Rule member OF tho House Of
Commons for Cork, who said that the question
involved was whether million people, who
might live comfortably in ireland, were to be
driven to the poornouse or swept away to the
American continent.
Lord Derby. speaking at a trade banquet at
Hudderofield on Thursday night of last week.
said, " The United States might be our most
formidable rivals, but the Americans do not
face us in the open market. They fight en-.
the help of which they have not wholly check.
ed the importation of English manufactures
into America. StiIl American competition is
not to be lightly spoken Of"
Tho TichbOrne case cannot be heard until
after the middle of February.
Tho Parsi UntUerS says England Is absorbed
in African and Afghan affairs, and needless of
suffering Ireland.
Persons cOnvereant with Russian military
affairs do not think she cOntemlpates any con.
hict OF aims for the next ten years.
Tho arrest OF Herr PretOrius, q president of
the former Republic of the Transvaal, for high
trcascn,has caused great excitement among the
BOcrs.
M. GambettaCRepublicGn has been reflect
ed President Of the French Chamber of Depu.
ties bv 2j9 ont OF eos votes recorded, There
were 40 0lnnk voting papers.
Prof Colladon, OF Geneva, has effected an
important improvem enT in cheapening the con.
trvance for enabling deaf mutes TO hear
through the teeth, lately discovered in the
Uutcd States. For the India rubber apparatus
used By tho American inventor he substitutes
piece Of elastic cardboard.
The eX Empress EOgCnie has decided that
she Will embark with a small Ietinue on board
the steamer German for the Care OF GoodIup
Oh the 2oth of March. Arrangements will be
made to expedite the voyage so as to enable
the ex'Empress to arrive at the scene Of the
Prince imperal's death by the Ist Of June, the
anniversary of that event.