The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1881-12-09
FOREIGN.

FOhElGN.
Spain is negotiating With iEngand to obtain
possession OF Gibraiter.
The election in Brazil resulted In the choice
Of " liberals anu 30 conservatives for the cham
Der of deputies.
Steamer Sumatra, Boston TO London. en-
countered terrific weather, during which her
whole load of cattle was swept overheard.
The Republican Union group In the French
Senate have declared In favor Of the revision of
the Constitution.
The British Parliament has been reprorOgsed
to February Z, when 1t meets for the dispatch
OF business.
The body has been found of farmer Sullivan,
reported fatally beaten while returning from
Skbbereen fair.
A storm at the Magdalena Islands drove
seven schooners ashore, laden chiefly with
winter provisions for the Inhabitants.
In consequence Of recent Developments in
Ireland Forster, Secretary, has decided to re-
main in Dublin throughout the winter.
The committee on the Franco italian Treaty
Of commerce has decided to recommend the
adoption of the treaty without modification.
Gov. McEnery, OF Louisiana, has approved
the death sentences of Terrence Achile and
Sterling Ben, to be executed January u, In
Franklin.
Toe evictiOns Of the estate of Lora Bantry
Castletown, proceeded quietly. The tenants
were two years in arrears. Most of them Of
fered to pay years rent, which In some in
stances was accepted on account. OF all the
tenants evicted, but eight were reinstated con-
ditionally.
A Pottstown, Pa, dispatch says: A Blue
Line freight train Tuesday morning came in
collision west OF Phoenixville tunnel with a
Reading Railroad coal train, wrecking the en-.
CINE and thirty seven cars more or less, and
delaying travel for couple of hours. No one
was injured.
Australian papers report heavy storm
about October 20. The steamer Bois Bone
was total wreck on reef off Port Darwin.
The steamer Balclutha, from Melbourne to
Sydney, is supposed to have foundered. The
coasting schooner Schoolboy was wrecked near
Jerves Bay and all hands lost.
"
Bank of Prince Edwards Island shows the
banks position TO be rather more favorable
than at first supposed. Cashier Breckens'
flight was owing to wild and reckless advances,
against the directors express orders. 1t is
still believed the note holders and depositOrs
are safe. There is no sign of panic or run on
the other banks. These have the .ull conf.
dencs Of the public.
At Montreal Jas. Baxter, broker, has en-
tered a civil action against Sill, Sr., Il Jr., and
Detective Fahey, for conspiracy in get
ting plaintiffs photograph in the rogue's gal.
lery at Chicago. Damages are laid at $780,
600.
The Russian Nihilists are in trepidation over
reported disclosure Of their plans and the
names Of their leaders. This was
brought about by the sharp methods of
the Russian police A nihilistic Jew, G.
G., agreed 10 make clean breast OF it, on
certain conditions, enc of which was that he
be allowed to leave the country and then that
he be published as having been killed by dy-
Mantle explosion. An explosion took place,
and a blackened and mutilated body, reported
to be that Of Ct, was found and buried.
But it transpires that the body was that o
another man, while G-G- has turned up safe
and sound in New York In the meantime the
Russian government has been put in posses
sion Of all the important secrets of the Mini
lists, who are trembling in their boots in view
of the troubles in which they are likely to be
involved.
The French at Tunis have seized and shot
the Arab gardner of the British Consul, an act
which is liable to lead to grave international
complications.
Prof. Goodwin Smith writes at London, Nov.
80: The governments action in Ireland has
borne good fruit as the phase of agrarian crime
isJess dangerous than the dominion of the
land league but II Irish iuries are afraid to
convict offenders it will be necessary to pre-
serve society from savagery by adopting tenn
porarily some kind of trial without jury for
agrarian offenders.
Boyton was released from jail on the 30th on
condition that he will leave the country. All
the suspects in Kilmanham jail commenced
subsisting on the prison fare to-day.
At Rome the jury in the case of Mario and
CapricciOsi, editor and manager respectively Of
the Ls2a Della Democratic, on trial for pub
fishing articles insulting to the pope, has found
the prisoners guilty. Mario was sentenced to
two months Imprisonment and to pay fine
Of 500 francs and Capricciosi to three months
imprisonment and fine Of 1000 francs.