The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-03-05
NEWS OF The WEEK.
FOREIGN NEwa

The Duke of Edinburgh has gone to
Russia to bring his wife home to England.
The bark Strathnairn. bound 30 Mel
bourne from London, has been sunk by col
lision. Sixteen persons were drowned.
The Cubans are becoming alarmed at
the frequent recurrence of earthquake shocks.
Advices from st. Petersburg report
the situation there as most critical, and the for
eign population are in constant apprehension
of an uprising, in which their lives might be
sacrificed. The excitement is intense, ana
many distinguished families express desire to
leave the city. The Government, however, has
refused to grant the necessary passports. Even
in Russian official circles feeling of decided
uncertainty prevails, and it is feared that in
the event of trouble the Russian army cannot
be depended on to put down any insurrection-
AIRY movement
A meeting OF tenants in County Ar
magh, Ireland, was attacked by 5000 Orange
men, armed with bludgeons, who considered
the gathering seditious one. Twenty of the
tenants were seriously injured.
The Emperor OF Russia has rented a
castle in Austrian Tyrol and will soon move
thither for a vacation of three months.
Two men have been arrested at Con-
stantinople for conspiring against the life Of
the Sultan. One of them had an internal ma
chine in his possession.
A Dublin dispatch of Feb. 27 says
the Mansion-House Relief Fund is g7S, 900;
grants made, 939, 900. The Duchess of MARI
borough fund is e63, 600; relief grants, e32, =
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The Gear of Russia has issued an
imperial ukase appointing Supreme Com
mission of Control, and placing Gen. Melikoff
at its head The latter has already issued a
proclamation warning the Nihilists of the
Governments intentions.
A gentleman long connected with
one of our missions in the East (says a recent
Washington telegram)has received private infor-
nation from China to the effect that the en-
pire is strengthening her armamentand is man
ifestng hostile spirit to her neighbors and to
foreigners generally, and that her position
BODIES no good to the peace of Asia.
Vera Sassulitch, the female Nihilist
who in 1878 attempted the assassination of the
Project of st. Petersburg, and who was ac-
quilted by a jury, to the amazement of the
authorities, has been rearrested in the house of
Minister of Marine, in st. Petersburg, where
she had been concealed for months.
An official investigation of the Tay
bridge disaster, in Scotland, reveals gross if
not criminal carelessness en- the part of the
railroad authorities. Evidence has been given
to prove that the bridge was in very unsafe
condition long before the accident.
The British envoy, who lately set out
for the camp of Mohammed Jan, the Afghan
commander, with proposals for permanent
peace, has been unsuccessful in his negotia-
tons. 1t is still believed, however, that Mo
hanmed will be brought to terms without fur
Their fighting, as several of his allies manifest
disposition to treat.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
in the streets Of Constantinople, the other day.
to assassinate two members of the Russian
legation.
Intelligence comes from Bombay that
a steamer from Vingorla, bound to Kurrachee,
foundered, and five Europeans and fifty-nine
natives were lost