Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-27
FOREIGN.

years.
FOREIGN.
NEWS was received at Matampras, Mex,
on the sth Of the instruction Of the Fifth
Infantry at the Pueblo Barracks, on &C.
Captain and officers of the guard were
killed and eighteen soldiers escaped to the
mountains.
NEAR Deux Rivieres, on the Canadian
Pacific Railroad, the baggage and three
passenger cars were thrown from the track
and burned on the 9th. A number of trav.
elers were severely injured.
THE appointment of General Campenon
as French Minister of War, to succeed Gen.
eral Thibaudin was officially announced at
Paris on the 9th.
AN earthquake shock at Phillippeville,
Algeria, on the 9th caused the population
to rush panic-stricken into the streets. A
church, the barracks and one dwelling
were damaged.
THE Lady Superioress and the seven
sisters attached to the Maria Institute, at
Warsaw, Russia, which is under the direct
patronage of the Czarina, were arrested
on the 9th on the charge of Nihtlism.
IT was announced on the 9Th that the
Khedive of Egypt would grant amnesty
to all persons implicated in the laee re-
bellion, except those convicted of murder
and outrage.
THE first officer and two Of the crew of
the bark Aquilla were drowned by the
sinking of the ship in 6 collision in the
English Channel a few nights ago.
MOODY and Sankey successfully inaugu.
rated their religious revival meetings at
Limerick, ireland, on the 10th.
AT Lyons, France, OF the 10th Anarch.
lists poured petroleum on q policeman and
set him on fire, burning him fatally.
FIVE THOUSAND miners were out on a
strike at Lancashire, Eng, on the 10th.
A GILLIAN force of $50 men surprised a
band of Monteneros, near Frias, a few days
ago, killing one hundred and fifty men and
capturing eighty horses. The Chilians suf-
fered no loss.
A BOILER exploded at the Santa Rita
mines, near Matamoras, Mex, q few days
ago, killing seven men besides Superin-
tendent Martin.f
AT Maybe, Hayti, a few days 6 a ma
attempted to kill the President of San
Domingo, but was shot dead by his in
tended victim.
THE Spanish Cabinet resigned on the 18th,
on account of the questions growing out of
the demonstration of the Partisan mob
against King Alfonso.
HAYT1AN rebels pillaged and burned
stores and houses in Port au Prince a few
days ago, killing all who resisted. Two
Generals were among the slain. The loot
ers were finally driven out.
AT Matamoras, Mex, recently q Captain
Of artillery killed his sweetheart and then
himself. Jealousy was the cause of the
crime.
A REwARD Of f5O0 was offered in En-
gland on the 18th for the recovery of a lad
named Willie Dickinson, who was stolen
in Wisconsin two years ago and taken
across the Atlantic.
The anniversary of the discovery of
America was celebrated with great spirit
in the opera house at Madrid, Spain, on the
18th, where three hundred guests partici-
pated in a banquet, and q statue of Column
bus was unveiled.
The Spanish village of Laestrella was in
undated on the 18th, and sixteen houses
were wrecked and over forty persons were
killed.
The assurances and explanations o
President Grevy being deemed sufficient,
Spain notified its foreign Embassadors on
the 18th that the Alfonso incident is at an
end.
GOOD sleighing was reported at Winni.
peg, Manitoba, on the 18th.