Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-19
FOREIGN.
An American Tourist Injured In switzcr
Land,

An American Tourist Injured In switzer.
land.
ZERMALT Switzerland, August 1Sth.-Five
American tourists assembled the Matterhorn
on Saturday last. Ga their return a rock
head OF Gilbert, a tutor of the Indiana Uni
versity, Bloomington, Ind, rendering him
partially in ensible. He was just able to
move mechanically along. Nearly four hours
were spent in bringing him to the first hut.
Some of the party preceded him and brought
doctors. Gilbert arrived at Zarmalt Sunday
evening. He suffers principally from the loss
of blood, but will be able to leave shortly.
The guides were apprehensiye that if he col
lapsed before he arrived at the hut the party
would be frozen to death before succor could
be obtained.
English Harvest Prospects.
LONDON, August 1Sth.-James Cairo, the
eminent agricultural authority, writes: "But
for the late rains and diminished tempera-
ture, the haryests wonld have proved equal
to nearly an average Of the years preceding
1874; but mildew has appeared, and will
affect the quality of the yield Of the later
crops. On two-thirds OF the wheat land an
average crop will be made up by the frneness
of quality. 10 the remaining third, even
with that aid, will be 10 per cent below the
old average.
Precautions Against Conspiracy.
LONDON. August 1Sth.-A force OF police
accompanied the steamer which last evening
conveyed members OF the British Ministry
to Greenwich for their annual whitehall din
ner, in consequence of several threatening
letters having been received. Gladstone. on
receiving the deputation on landing at Green
wien, was again specially emphatic on the
imperative necessity of reforming the parlia-
mantary procedure.
Advice Regarding the Land BiII-Stiii
Under Indictment.
CORK, August 1Ssh -Archbishop Croke
strongly recommends the people to give the
land bill q fair trial and accept it as a great
boon and blessing.
John Dillon writes to his Cohair constitu-
ents, who have invited him to public meet
ing, that he must remain under indictmt MT,
and will be obliged to leave Ireland for a
brief period on account of his health, which
has, however, improved considerably since he
was released.
Collision Between Troops and the People.
VIENNA, August 1Sth.-Anti-Je Jewish dis.
turbances in the district of Pulsus. southern
Russia, led to fatal collision between the
troops and a mob.
The German Reichstag.
BERLIN, August 1Stb-The elections for
members of the Reichstag will commence
October 18th.
Action of an Arab Fanatic.
GoLErTA. August 1Sth.-An Arab fanatic
" ran amuck" though the streets of Susa on
Saturday last, calling on the Arabs to Join
him in holy war. He and his followers
were seized, after they had murdered a
Maltese. A British man-of-war landed 300
men, but order was restored without their
help.
Sand.Otism I'm France.
PARIS, August th-Floeut and Leckroy
attempted to address meeting at Charonne,
but were prevented by noise and disturbance
An Ocean Steamship in Distress.
ST. JOHNS On. F) August 18th TT e
barkentine Forest 1 Try, from Cadiz, arr yed
to day. She reports passing Tue Cunard
steamer Catalins in north latitude 45 deg.
west longitude A deg. with her main shaft
broken. The steamer was bound from Liver
pool to New York with 800 passengers and
general cargo. The Catalina was under sail,
and trying to reach st. Johns, but failing
will bear up for Cape Clear. Two passen-
gers left the steamer, and were brought here
by the Forest Fairy.