Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-09-07
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN.

The Greek government has accepted an
OLE from French company for thocon,
slruclion of u railway connecting thc old
Kingdom with the territory recently
ccdcd from Turkey.
a subscription has been opened for the
purchase Of IN estate Tor Michael Davitt
IN Wicklow, 10 he given him on his re-
lease.
Germany has declined TO purchase the
mort l.castcrn coast of I'Ornca for the
establishment OF n German colony there,
The German socialist leaders arc de.
n0uncing Prince BiSmnrck's schemes for
pcnsioning aged workmcn, rs mere cleo
t0ral mnnCuvcrs.
Mr., Parncll's manifesto to the electors
at North Durham il most violent. II
cnircly ignores the land act. and declares
II is impossible for the Irish party to
enter into I'm alliance with any section
which allows itself to be used in sup.
port of the cocrcionist ministry, which
banished personal liberty from Ireland
and reduced II to n worse condition than
that of Russia under the third section.
Indians arc reported to have attacked
the town Of Eureka, N. NJ, and killed
all the citizens, said TO number about 20.
Nana's band, who escaped into Mexico,
are being chased by troops and four conf
panies of cavalry are scouting for stray
parties.
A recent gale along the South Caro-
lima and Georgia coast caused losses Of
over half II million of dollars. Many
lives were lost. The wind reached u
velocity of so miles IN hour.
Mr. Bladlaugh has issued Il fresh mani
icslo to the English people, announcing
his intention to 20 to the House of COM
mons again mt the next session of Parlia-
ment, and asks them to protect him from
unlawful violence.
As DR.. Korum, the new bishop of
Trevcs, is staying with Prince Bismarck,
1t is expected that many resolutions will
be reached which will materially affect
the future relations of church and
state.
Thomas Brennan, late secretary of the
Irish land league, is rcmanded 10 Kill
manham Jail for three months.
A number of tenants on Sir George
Colthurst's property, near Millstrcet,
county Cork, were rejoicing Sunday
over the marriage of their landlord,
when an armed and disguised party
nearly 100 strong fired into the tenants,
wounding 10, two dangerously. No .ar
rests were made.
Isaac Rosefcld, Jr., was arrested re.
Gently in New York, he being under the
delusi0n that he had prescribed mcdi-
cines Tor President Garfield, and that the
attending physicians had failed to adj
minister them to the sick man.
Yellow fever is still raging in Senegal.
In some localities the pestlence is caus.
ing Il panic. Ships announced to sail
for France are flooded with applications
for berlhs,
Affairs in Zululand are causing much
anxiety. Sir Evelyn Wood will hold "
meeting with the chiefs. The discomfort
and disturbance are chronic. Several OF
the head chiefs are marching through
the country with large armed follow
ings.
Tuckerman's ravine in the White
mountains has a snow-bank 100 feet
long.
The fisheries are poor on the Labrador
coast and starvation is feared the coming
winter.
A young man of 90, named Crawford,
near Port Jervis, ate $50 CLANS on wag-
er without chewing them and died in
great agony.
The Union mail steamer TcutOn, with
200 souls on board, including the passen-
gers and crew, has been WI, ckcd near
Quoin point, South Africa. Only 81 per-
sons were saved in the steamers boats,
according to one account.
A despatch from Geneva says two
Englislmen assembled Mount Niesen,
near Lake Thun, in company with a
party of Americans. recently. One CT
the Englishmen, II clergyman, died of
exhaustion on the journey.
A whole family have gone insane near
Dubuque, la. Mary Mcmahon, farm
er's daughter entered convent two
weeks ago and became insane. Her
mother visited her at the asylum and be-
came raving while there. The daughter
died Monday, the mother day or two
after, and the sight of heir dead mother |
made son and daughter insane, while |
the father is nearly insane with grief.
Fifteen socialists have been expelled
from Berlin for their connection with |
the propaganda in favor of Herr Bebels |
A farewell dinner to the So
cialists was prevented by the arrest Of so |
guests who were, however, soon releas-
ed.