The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-10-11
FOREIGN NewE

The exhibition building at Sydney, New
South Wales, has been totally destroyed by
fire, with all its contents. The loss is
about S 2,500,000
BARON TENrERDaN, British permanent un-
der secretary of state for foreign affairs, and
formerly British agent for the Geneva con
ference, is dead.
PATRICK WALSH was hanged at Galway,
Ireland, for the murder of Martin Lyden.
Walsh protested his innocence and insisted
that a witness had sworn falsely. When the
black flag in the prison was hoistcd the con-
vict's mother, who was in tho crowd outside,
gave way to wailing and refused to leave the
spot. Her friends also joined in tho NOLAN
choly cries. \ large guard of soldiers were
on the ground.
TIE rebellion in Ecuador, South America,
is still in progress.
IT is officially announced that General
Wolseley and Admiral Seymour will be raised
to the peerage in acknowledgment OF theii
recent services in Egypt.
WHILE 4 mixed train was crossing the river
Brave, near Eszek, in Austro-Hungary, o
part of the bridge fell in and the engine and
baggage cars were pitched into tho river,
dragging with them some of the passenger
cars containing O number of Hussars on &
furlough. Thirty soldiers were drowned
and many others were injured.
DISPATCH from Armagh, Ireland, says
that eight mon charged with treason-fclony,
four of whom had only recently been liberated
from Kilmainham jail, have been remanded'
It is understood that tho crown has obtained
evidence from an informer, who made OK
t~raordinary revelations in regard to the ex-
istence of q widespread conspiracy.
FIFTY Irish families have been evicted in
the barony of Erris and the people have been
ordered not to shelter them.
Mn. GLADSTONE reiterates the declaration
that he is unable to interfere with the opera,
lions of the Mormons in England, as he pre-
sumes that their converts so with them will
ingly.
SMALLPOX is spreading ut Cape Town,
South Africa. Cetewayo, king of the Zulus,
has arrived there from England.
A TELEGRAM from Tunis reports that near
Kairwan recently, a band of marauders at
tackled a party of sixty horsemen belonging
to the French Typographical expedition. The
French commander was killed and seven of
his men were disabled. The brigands lost
thirty killed and fifty wounded.
A farmer named Saverd, his wife and a
child aged three years were drowned near St.
Anne, Quebec.
A REVOLUTION that broke cut in Nicarauga
was quelled by the seizure of the two leaders
by the people and their NINA execution.
TEE son OF Il land agent named Keane has
been found dead on tte roadside near Kildy-
sart, Ireland. His father had recently eject
cd some tenants.
JAMES HICKEY, q farmer, was found muir
dered near Templemore, Ireland.
A VIENNA newspaper publishes a story to
the effect that the emperor and empress OF
Russia we're secretly crowned during their
recent visit to Moscow.
A TRAIN from Bena-el-Asal had arrived
at Cairo, Egypt, with the Sixtieth rifles when
an ammunition wagon in the station ex-
plodcd, killing a doctor, who was in the train
with invalids and some men. The train
was ignited and the fire spread to the railroad
station, which was quickly burned. The
flames next reached The coInmissariat depot
adjoining, and thence extended to some of
the British magazines, which exploded. The
| pecuniary loss is estimated ut T"OO,W0.