Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-11-05
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L tIARIBAJDIH CONDITION IL hHGH IHal IHe
utmost care and repose are required
The king of Greece is said to have orr
dered the formation offifty battalions OF
infantry.
The possible union Of Bulgaria and
| Roumania has stimulated the porte to or
der 10000 men to Adranople.
THE postofiice at Manchester, England,
was burned on Saturday night, and tele-
graphic communication cut off between
that city and London.
COUNT WON MoLTKE. the German strate-
gist, celebrated his S0th birthday on the
18th Of Oct, by refusing the title Of prince
which his sove reign sought 10 confer on
him.
If il reported that the blacks are rising
at Natal, and number of Europeans have
been massacred near Maritzburg. Affairs
nj the Cape are becoming more and more
serious every day.
A CoRREsroS pENT from Dublin says.
The government has decided to increase
the constabulary by 1000 men, and Walsh
and IIcaley have commenced action fo
false imprisonment against the magistrate
who signed the warrant for their arrest,
on the ground that Manning deposition
contains no charge of any crime known
At law.
UNITED STATES Minister Christiancy has
submitted the following basis for prelim-
innrics of peace: Chill, Peru and Bolivia
will each elect three commissioners to dis
euas conditions Of peace to meet in the
Peruvian territory occupied by the
Chilian army the United States minister
taking part in the conference M a friendly
mediator.
Nix. pARNEIL and his brethren of the
land league are said 10 have decided to
abandon the policy Of exherting the peo-
pie to preserve the peace, and hereafter to
let them take their own course, which IL
pretty sure to lead to trouble. Affairs in
the south and west Of Ireland are ina very
critical condition. Several agrarian out
RACES are reported, and many more may
be expected from this time forward.
IRELAND is To have two more regiments
quartcrcd in il rural districts. In its
land-league policy the British ministry
meets denunciation on all hands, but will
stand or fall thereby At the tenant meet
ing at Galway, Parnell had nm audience
of forty thousand people, and pronounced
the government solely responsible for the
asHnssinations, while OConnor Power as-
serted that the tenantry were suffering
more than did ever the slaves OF South
Carolina.
Mr.. SMALEEY tclegraphs to the 1rib,mc
from London The gravity Of the situa-
tion in Ireland occupies English attention
almost to the exclusion of the foreign and
colonial difficulties The reports during
the week from Dublin conflict alike respect
ing the prosecution Of the land-lcagne
leaders and the policy of the Irish cxecu-
tive touching the whole question. The
latest accounts say the government intends
To indie, six Of the leading ngitators, Mr..
parncl included Growing impotence is
manifested hy the Irish landlords in re-
gard to what they consider Ia be hesita-
ton on the part of the government.
This Impotence is shared by the
English public, who begin 70 perceive that
the agitation IS directed, not against bad
landlords merely, but, 80 far ns il is agraran
| and not political against the principle OF
ownershipin land except by actnal Occur
piers who cultivate the soil. Threatening
letters multiply daily. No one Of them
has affected public opinion more than
that which has compelled Lord Clancurry
To abandon his estate, although he was
engaged III no quarrel with his tenants or
nhorers, nor had lie raised rents or cvict-
cd occupiers He was even popular per-
sonally, and consistent toward everybody
His sole supposed ocnsc is that he at
tempted Ia farm lands when the leases fell
| in md new tenants could be obtained. The
authorities finally warned him that II was
impossible for them to guarantee his
safety.