Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-07-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK
FOREIGN.

FOX HElGNs
TELEoRApH1c connection by land at Venezue-
Ia, s. A., VIA Columbia was made on the 18th.
AUSTRALIA has petitioned England for fed
eral government similar to Canada.
CHOLERA continues in Egypt and is rapidly
spreading. On the 18th the deaths we're: At
Damietta 18, Mansurah As, Menzaleh a, Sam
anoud %. Chobar II, Cairo II, Chirbin and
Talka 6.
DURING the progress Of lawn.tennis game
at st. Cuthberts, England, on the 18th, Mr..
and without provocation, shot Miss Mckay,
aged 40. He then blew out his own brains.
A LkRED0, Mexico, dispatch of the 18th, says
DR.. Campbell, the American CONSUL arrived
there on the 18th, leaving the consulate at
Monterey, in charge Of Rev. Mr.. Shaw. On
the 18th Campbell received official dispatches
that on the night of the 10th the consulate was
broken into by Mexicans. MIR. Shaw beaten
almost to death, and the papers and furniture
in the Office destroyed.
In an engagement at Pan de Azucar, Coils.
Recabanen and Secada, of Coceres' forces, were
killed.
The strike of the iron workers in North
Staffordshire. England, ended on the 18th.
FouR warehouses containing grain, flax and
oil were destroyed by fire at Hull, England, on
the 10th. Loss ElOO,OO0.
An attempt to burn the house of James
Carey, the informer, at Dublin. ireland, was
thWarted by the police on the 18th.
A STEAMER arrived at Lisbon, Spain, on the
10th, from the Congo River, brings the news
that Henry ". Stanley, the African explorer,
is in good health, but five of tho Belgian men,
bers of his party have ciod
The railway from Cairo TO Alexandra was
closed to travel on the 10th, owing to the pre-
valence of yellow fever at Cairo.
Two thousand weavers struck for l.igher
wages at Ashton-undcr-Tyne on the 18th.
CHOLERA continues to rage in Egypt, tho
deaths numbering over 100 day.
The statue of "Liherty" was unveiled with
appropriate ceremonies at Paris, France, on the
14th.
TWELVE men have been murdered by Apaches
in Mexico. in the vicinity of Oposura, since
General Crooks operations in the Sierra
Madres.
THERE were 40 deaths from cholera at Dam
ietta, 73 at Mansurah, II at Samanoud and a,
Shirbin.
A DISPATCH from Hong Kong dated tho 18th
inst, reports that Tonquin is in state of an.
archy. Tho French have captured and hanged
many maraude1e, bands of whom hovered
about and fred upon the outposts; never!he.
less the latter are still fired on nightly.
The French consul at Zanzibar has tele
graphed to bis government that he has nc
knowledge Of the occurrence in Tamative,
Madagascar, complained Of by the French gov
ernment and has requested that the report or
the matter be sent 10 HIM.
A. TORNADO visited Apia, Samoa Islands, on
March oath, destroying fruit trees, etc. Tho
barks Solido and Brazilic, barkentlnes Vcne
zuela. Big Sheet Anchor, and schooners Va
vavo, Muifana and Apia, at anchor in tho
harbor, were wrecked, and two of the scamon
drowned.
A DUEL arising out of debate on the Ton
quin difficulty, resulted in duel between En-
manuel Aerne, member of the French asscn
bly,, end Bonbee, a journalist, at Vile d'A6ray
Franco, on the 18th. BoDbce was wounded
twice.
IT is reported The German government vii
prohibit the importation of American lard. OF
the ground that it is adultcrattd.