The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-12
FOREIGN FLASHES.

A London special says that several st. Louis
ans are in England endeavoring to negotiate
for the transportation Of grain from the Gulf OF
Mexico direct to Europe.
A Paris dispatch states that the conditions on
which the nihilists are willing to cease theil
agitation were communicated to the car by q
delegate of the revolutionary committee. The
car listened to all the messenger had to say,
and then had him arrested
Dispatch from Bolton, Lancashire, Eng.
A family named Seddou have windfau of
property valued at s4,OOO,OO which has
was bequeathed to John Seldom, who died in a
work-house. His heirs inherit this vast for
| tune.
The steamer City'of Winnipeg left Winnipeg
for Fort Ellice on the Sd with between 200 and
$50 tons of freight and thirty passengers. Some
of the freight was destined for points far west
as Edmonton and Cattleford. 1t is expected
that the round trip will be made in eighteen
days this time, but this will be lessened by two
days hereafter
Princess Stephanie, the bride-elect of the
Austrian Crown Prince Rudolph, will receive a
royal welcome on her arrival in Vienna on Mon
day, elaborate preparations having deem made
for the happy event The marriage ceremony
will be performed on Tuesday, which will be
witnessed by representatives OF the various
royal families of Europe.
A letter from Most Rev. Thomas W. Corke,
archbishop of Cashel, is published, in which he
saws: cannot approve the action which the
Irish parry, are said to contemplate to exhibit
their sense of loyalty to Dillon and reprehen-
sion for his arrest An overwhelming majority
of the Irish people are in favor of giving the
government a fair chance of passing the land
bill.
Gladstone announced amid cheers that he
will move an address praying the crown to
provide monument in Westminster abbey to
the memory of Lord Beaconsfeld with an in
scription expressing the hig h sense of the house
of his rare and splendid gifts, devoted labors
in parliament and great Offices of state, assuring
the queen that the house would make good the
expenses attending the same. Earl Granville
gave similar notice in the house of lords.
The preliminary inquiry into the death of the
sultan, Abdul Aziz, has been concluded Twen-
ty persons are in prison awaiting trial for com
plicity in the murder It is rumored that Ma
houd Pasha and Noury Pashs confessed, ana
Justify their participation in the murder on the
ground of the necessities of the state. 1t is also
rumored that Midhad Pasha; Mohamet Recho-
die Pasha and Suleiman Pasha, and even ex-
Sultan Murad will be charged with completely
liz the murder
Considerable dissatisfaction has lately been
felt, even among the more advanced section OF
the Irish party, with the violent speeches made
by Mr.. Dillon and his general attitude of pro
vocation against the government. 1t is thought
that he wanted to force the government to ar
rest him This conduct was not considered
prudent in the interest Of the general move
ment. though it no doubt increased Mr.. Dillon's
popularity with the less thoughtful classes,
both in Ireland and America.
A London special says: The royal commits
sioners report that the depressed condition of
agriculture in Great Britain is partly produced
by the unfavorable weather, American compe-
ton, local taxation, exacting conditions and in
security of tenure, and increased price OF la
Dor. Estimating the entire produce at e26O,
600, 900 the last five years, the deficiency is
now fully 600, 600, 600, which IS entirely ex-
pended abroad and therefore lost to the coun-
try. Consequently the entire manufacturing
interests are seriously depressed.