Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-10-20
Foreign Intelligence.

FEW dayS ago Chilian force OF two
hundred and eighty men surprised a BAND
of Monteneros, near Frias, killing one
hundred and fifty men and capturing
eighty horses. The Chilians suffered no
loss. .-.f'.
SUPERINTENDENT MARTIN and seven 9TH
er men were killed recently by boiler ex'
plosion at the Santa Rita mines, near Mat
amoras, Mex.
A MAN attempted to kill the President of
San Domingo, at Maybe, a few days since,
but was shot dead by his intended victim
A CAPTAIN of artillery at Matamoras,
Mex, recently killed his sweetheart and
then himself. Jealousy was the cause OF
the crime. ofroroa
OK the IIth a reward of f50Q vas o
in England for the recr-1 :. ~
Willie Dickinsc-, ,,a t.,,o,, oo,oss tho
consin ~ years ago and taken across the
e.or.ahtic.
STORES and houses in Port au Prince
we're pillaged and burned by Haytian
rebels a few days ago, who killed all who
resisted. Two Generals were among the
slain. The looters were finally driven out.
TIE resignation of the Spanish Cabinet
occurred on the 18th, on account of the
questions growing out of tho demonstra-
tions of the Partisan mob against King
Alfonso.
} FREDERICK MANN, who slew the COOK
family, was hanged at L'Origenal, Cam, on
thes12th.
THE three hundred and ninety-first an
niykrsary of the discovery Of America was
celebrated with great spirit in the opera
house at Madrid, Spain, on the 18th, where
three hundred guests participated i'll BAN
ouet, and a statue of Columbus was un"
veiled.
SPAIN deeming the assurances ana e1-
plantations of President Grevy suffici mt,
notified its foreign ambassadors on the l2th
that the Alfonso incident was at an end.
AN inundation on the 18th in the Span
ish village of Laestrella wrecked sixteen
houses, and over forty persons were
killed.
THE Boston geologist, Prof. William
Denton, lost his life in Java during the re-
cent volcanic eruptiOns.
BY the arrest of four burglars at Montre-
al n few days ago $4,000 worth of dry
goods belonging to Hodgson, Summer &
Co. were recovered.
THROUGHOUT the Island of Hainan, off
the Chinese coast, placards were posted on
the 18th threatening Mandarins and for
eicners. Serious rioting had broken out.
IT was stated on the 18th by General Sir
EVELYN Wood that he could maintain or
der in Egypt with native troops, and this
statement determined the Gladstone Gov
ernment to withdraw the English troops.
Apv1cEs Of the 18th from Hayti state
that half the city of Porte au Prince had
been destroyed by an incendiary fire,
started, it was supposed, by sympathizers
with the revolutionists. The city was
said to be entirely in the hands of the
mob, who were pillaging and numbering in
all quarters.
On the 10Th the Marquis of Lorne and
the Princess Louise left Ottawa for En-
gland.
A FALSE alarm of fire in Jewish syna-
gogue at Ziwonka, Russia, on the 10Th cre-
ated a panic, and in the crush which fol-
lowed forty women were killed and thirty
others were injured.
THE round-house of the Canadian Paclhc
Road at Rat Portage, valued at Sloo,oJo,
was destroyed by fire few days ago.
1T was claimed on the 18th by DR.. Koch,
one of the German scientists sent to Egypt
to investigate the epidemic, that cholera
originates from living organism, thread
like in shape.
NEAR Aqua Calientes, .on the MexicaL
Central Road, two spans of a bridge fell
with a long construction train few days
ago, killing two engineers and three
MexicanS.