The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-11-29
Foreign News.

Thirty 1amllleS, comprising 4u peESOuS,
have been evicted from the estate of Isadore
Burke, in county Mayo, Ireland.
GENERAL LYNCH, the conimander-in-chie
of tho CHILEAN forces of occupation in Peru,
has levied n fresh tax of SIS on certain sec
tons of the Peruvian t~radespeoplc.
A VICTORIA british Columbia) dispatch
says that the United States revenue cutter
Thomas Corwin has arrived there from
Alaska. Before leaving there she shelled
and burned an Indian village, killing many
of the tribe, who held q number of white
prisoners.
NATIVES of the Sooloo islands attacked a
Spanish fort, but were completely routed
with a loss of seventy killed. The Spanish
loss was fifteen killed and several wounded.
STANLEY, tho explorer, is preparing for
another expedition to tho Congo river Africa,
for the purpose of establishing . solid trade
with the native kings.
EMPEROR WILLIAM opened the Prussian
landtag in person with a speech in which he
said that Germany's relations with all for
eign governments, together with the reviv;'
of and good harvests, gave asst :
ances of peace and prosperity throughout tie
empire.
DURING the first production of Tennyson's
new pastoral drama, "The Promise Of
May" in the Globe theatre, London, a
strange scene occurred. The Marquis of
Oueensbury, m avowed ~free-thinker, was
present and while the play was in progress
he rose excitedly from his seat and loudly
protested against Tennyson's representation
of the principles of free thought, as enun-
ciated by one of the characters of the play.
Atthe desire of an official the marquis left
tho theatre amid much confusion.
A PRAIRIE fire on the Monaghan frontier
of Russia covered seventy square miles and
destroyed many Cossack outposts and vii
lagos.
GENERAL TOMAS RE1NA has been appointed
governor of the province of Havana, vice
Brigadier Arderius,% resigned.
AT Salima, Ontario, William Trimble and
his two daughters, aged twenty-five and
eighteen years, were poisoned by some herb
tea which they had taken for a cold. Mr..
Tri,nble and one daughter died the following
day, and tho other daughter was not expect
ed to recover.
PATRICK JOYCE was sentenced in Dublin to
be hanged for the murder of one Of the
Joyce family
STRONG evidence against Arab Pasha was
taken Mt Cairo, one witness testlfylng that
Arab ordered him to fire Alexandria and to
murder the khedive.
A MEMBER of the French chamber of depu-
ties and the editor of a Paris newspaper have
fought q duel with swords. The editor was
wounded in the arm.
A YOUNG merchant named Parties, with
several friends, was trading with Jeventos
Indians in Central America, when the whole
party was attacked, killed and ealen by the
treacherous natives.
A GALE which ragged along the English
coast proYed heavily disastrous to shipping
and to life. A brig was lost with all hands
OF ST. Ives and Il small vessel went ashore
in St. Ives bay. Another vessel was totally
nrcckcd Mt Haylc. Five pilots were drowned
while attempting to reach a distressed vessel
il the Firth of Forth.
Dn. GorrrEIEp KTNKEL, n noted German
rcyolutionist of 1873 and distinguished MAI
of letters, died a few days ago in Swit2cr-
land, aged sixty-sevcn years. DR.. kinkel was
arrestcdby the German authorities Ill ISL,
tried OIL the charge Of treason and sentenced
10 imprisonment for life il the fortress OF
Spandau. Through the aid of his former
pupil, Carl Schurz. he escaped iii 1850. visited
America, and III 1876 became professor of
archaeology at the university of Zurich, Swift
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