Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-04
FOREIGN.

The acting American Consul at Monte
rey, Mex, was attacked by q mob OF
| greasers recently and nearly beaten tc
death.
Two BOYS, aged thirteen and fifteen, sons
of Mr.. Lord, of River du Loup, Canada,
AMI q sixteen-year.old son of Mrs. Mar.
chand, were drowned on the 18th while
bathing. Mrs. Marchand's husband and
a short time ago.
AN end of the strike of the iron-work.
ers in North Staffordshire, Eng, ID re.
ported. Eleven thousand men we're out.
Two YOUNG girls, Hattie Arken and Bes.
sic Morley, were drowned while bathing at
Port Stanley, Ont, on the 18th.
WILLIAM REDMOND, a Parnellite, was
elected member of Parliament for the
borough of Wexford, Ireland, on the 18th.
As the O'Connor Don drove through the
streets he was pelted with stones, and in
the skirmish which followed thirty police
men were wounded.
DEATHS from cholera were reported as
follows on the 18th: At Cairo, fftys Dami.
eta, eighteen; Mansoura, forty-five; Men
zaleh, forty-two; Samanoud, twenty-five;
l SuOOdIS OASfcAs O1uS S1AS d11O 1alkdS
six. The scourge was said to be raging in
many villages not mentioned in the re.
turns.
A WIDOWS son named De We're, e young
army officer, and a widows daughter, Miss
Mckay, were playing lawn-tennis at Bed.
ford Eng, a few days ago, when suddenly
the young man shot the young lady dead,
and before he could be seizsd committed
suicide. Jealousy was the cause.
PARIS advices of the 1871 say that heavy
floods have occurred in che Upper Rhine
Valley, especially in Tire Swiss border and
in the mountains. Bridges and houses had
been swept away, anu rail travel had been
seriously impeded.
SEEMING, the American who killed a fell
low-student in a duel near Wurzburg, has
been arrested in Switzerland.
The deaths from cholera in Egypt on the
10Th were reported as follows: At Cairo,
one hundred; Damietta, twenty-one;
Mansoura, thirty-two; Samanoud, twenty.
four; Ghizeh, thirty; Shirbtn, twenty-five,
and Numerous other deaths in smaller
towns. At Alexandria the people were
pa~nic.strcken, and business was entirely
suspended. One case of cholera was re.
ported at Trieste, Austria.
In a recent battle at Huanoco, Peru, be.
tween the united forces of Carceres, Re.
| caba,ren and elias, Colonel Garostiaga
obtained a complete victory, killing one
thousand men inc capturing all the artil.
lery of the army.
AN earthquake shock of long duration
was felt in Lima, Peru, a few days ago.
Four farmers were arrested near Newry,
Ireland, on the 10Th for beating nearly to
death a man who took a farm from which
the previous tenant had been evicted.
The crops throughout Northern Italy
were on the 10th said to have been wholly
destroyed by heavy storms of rain and
hail.
THE steamer City of Washington arrived
at Havana from Vera Cruz on the 2ott
with twenty-seven cases of yellow fever or
board.
NINE persons were killed by a powder
mill explosion at St. Petersburg on the
Goth. "
ONE HUNDRED fatal cases of cholera wer.
reported at Cairo, Egypt, on the Goth
twenty-four at Mansoura, t~wenty-four a
Samanoud, twenty-eight at Ghizeh, forty
four at Shirbin and three at Damietta.
VIENNA advices of the Goth state a vii
lage in Styria was recently burned Will.
the inhabitants were absent from thei
homes, to give welcome to the Emperor o
Austria. 1t had been discovered that IRE
dentists from Eudine set the village on fire
and five incendiaries were arrested.