The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-09-14
Foreign.

DURING a heavy thunderstorm near Rome,
Italy, eleven persons were killed by the fall
of a house.
hi British bark G. j. Jones, from Bull
River, S. c., for Falmouth, was wrecked off
Penzance, and eleven of her crew were
drowned.
A HEAVY storm has prevailed on the Med
iterranean sea. 1t was especially severe on
the western coast of Italy.
NINETEEN fishermen were lost during a
storm off the Nova Scotia coast. They be-
longed to two schooners which were wrecked.
Poison was put into the beer and food of
the harvestmen employed by Mr.. Leigh, a
landlord, of New Ross, Ireland, who had
incurred the dislike of the populace owing to
his opposition to the lanI league. Two of
the haryestmen died and the Others were
reported in a precarious condition.
a REPORT of the destruction Of T~iiringine,
near Java, by a tidal wave and the drowning
of 10,O 300 people there is confirmed.
WILLIAM MARwooD, who has been the
"public executioner,' as he called himself, in
England the past twelve years, is dead. 1t is
estimated that he hanged nearly 100 persons,
receiving $50 for every MAJ and S75 for every
woman.
A FIRE totally consumed the Belgian village
of Battincourt, comprising 1l6 houses.
A LIMA PERU dispatch says that an en-
gagement took place at Colea between a body
of Montoneros and a Peruvian force under
Colonel Duarte. Twenty of the Montoneros
were killed and many were wounded.
CHOLERA is declared to be no longer
epidemic in Egypt.
A BRONZE statue of Lafayette was IN
yelled at lie Puy, France, in presence of a
great crowd and amid much enthusiasm. The
streets were decorated with American and
French flags, and triumphal arches were
erected across the prominent avenues. Uni
ted States Minister Morton delivered an adj
dress, and also spoke at the banquet in the
evening in response to a toast to President
Arthur.
KING ALFONSO, of Spain, arrived in Paris
ON a visit.
SEVERAL earthquake shocks have been felt
again on the island of Ischia, and also at
Dusseldorf, Germany.
THE Gamma, from New York for Halifax,
was wrecked on an island at the mouth of st.
Mary's bay, N. F. The vessel soon sank, and
the passengers and crew, S xty in number,
were saved with difficulty.
FISHING vessels arriving at st. Johns re
port many lives lost in the recent storms, the
number of deaths being particularly large
among the crews OF the French fleet.
TERRIBLE distress prevails at Telokbelong
Java, resulting from the recent volcanic up
heavals. Thirty thousand natives have per-
ished at Bantam, Batavia and Samphong. A
famine is completing the havoc in Batavia.
REPORTS from all parts of Russia state
that the cattle plague continues its ravages
with undated fury. Over a million cattle
have fallen victims of the plague within the
past four yearsin European Russia alone.
HOPES are entertained of a peaceful settle
ment of the troubles between France and
China over the Tonqu.n question. At the
same time France is preparing to send 10000
men to Tonquin the latter part of this month.
A FISHING vessel capsized off the coast of
Labrador, and all hands on board persisted.
The schooner yacht Explorer also went down
near Goderich, Ontario, with her captain and
crew of two men, and Albert Crane, son of
a Chicagoan, who was on a pleasure trip.