The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-03-03
FOREIGN FLASHES.

The Montreal Post hints that James Gordon
Bennett of the New York Herald, is a sutton for
the hand of the Princess Beatrice.
In the house of commons the attorney gener-
al stated that the objectional parts of Parnell's
speech at Clare would receive his careful atten-
ton. The announcement was received with
cheers.
The agricultural society of France objects to
the American congress prohibiting the i,nporta-
ton Of French Wines They regard such &C
ton as a reprisal for their inhibition against
the importation Of American pork.
The Princess Louise is expected to return, to
Ottawa, Cam, in May, and will be accompanied
spending the summer months on fishing tour
on the lower St: Lawrence. In the autumn they
will pay visit to Manitoba.
Dublin Dispatch: In the pastoral for Lent of
Archbishop McCabe, which will be read in all
the Catholic churches of the arch diocese next
Sunday, he denounces Parnell for soliciting
the moral support of the inidel French, and
calls upon the God Of the Christian to forbid
tie unhallowed alliance
Canadian immigration agent testified be-
fore the parliamentary commission that he had
received eighty acres of land each for all the
settlers he had taken to the Northwest, and that
he had taken ), 900 persons to Manitoba. He
also complained thatthe railway companies gave
larger percentage on tickets to Minnesota than
to that province,
London dispatch: It is reported that Mr.
Parnen will be arrested Immediately on the
passage of the coercion bill, for his speech at
Clare, King county, last Sunday. He has writ
ten to the secretary of the land league at Clare
retracing his advice to pillow up the land, be-
cause, he says, that he has learned that unjust
and barbarous laws make such an act. punisha-
bic by seven years penal servitude.
In the German Reichstag, in answer to some
criticisms Bismarck said that no country could
look forward to- the future with such calm Sc
curity as Germany. The chancellor was an
swerable not to the reichstag alone, but above
always awaited for directions from the reich.
stag, who had no opinions of his own: would
he an entirely superfuous official. He declared
that if his agreement with the heads of depart
ments was ever disturbed, it should invariably
be because both of us can no longer remain in
office. His sole guiding star was the question,
What does it bring to the Fatherland?
The British have met with serious disaster
in South Africa. A telegram from London says:
"Gen. Colley, with twenty-five officers and 627
men, infantry and naval brigade, proceeded
Saturday night to occupy Majolta mountain.
The Beers attacked him at z Sunday morning.
At p. m. the firing increased. At 2:2O it be-
came evident from the camp that We had lost
the hill, and our men were retiring under heavy
fire. There is no doubt Gen: Colley is killed.
Gen. Wood telegraphs corroborating the above,
and says he will retire to New Castle on Mon
day. "A later telegram from Colley's camp says
that Gen. Colley has been killed, and only 100
British escaped The Beers charged up the
hill four times, and were about retreating when
the British were forced to retire, because am
munition had not been taken to the extreme
summit