The Delaware farmer., 1883-08-31

Lake Erie road several persons wei
seriously injured.
Fire broke out in the Wester
Union Telegraph building, at Chicago
which caused considerable damage be
fore being extinguished.
Cotton in Texas is severely injured
by drought, but all grain crops are
abundant.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
"A collision occurred in the English
Channel between the French line steamer
st. German and the steamer WOOdburn
from Madras to London. The latter
vessel sank, and the captain, sixteen of
the crew and one passenger were
drowned.
The steamer Palermo and thesteam-
er Rivioli collided off Ushant. The lat
ter vessel sank and five persons were
drowned.
The French have bombarded and
occupied the forts at the mouth of the
Hue River and sent an altimatum to the
Annamite capital. In the engagement
the French had about twenty wounded,
and the Annamites over 500.
The Irish National League at the
Leeds Convention will demand self-gov-
ernment for Ireland.
1t is reported that Henry NJ. STAN
ley has closed the upper Congo to COM
merce.
Cholera is said to have broken out
in Sumatra.
The British Government has grant
ed pension of e250 year to Matthew
Arnold.
"A party of mutinous Peruvian SOL
diers were executed. Tey had killed a
Sub-Prefect and two Captains.
1t is said that the idea of mobilizino
the French troops has been abandoned
IN account Of the stand taken by Ger
many
General Bouot, the French military
commander in Tonquin, says that owing
o the French reconnaissance the enemy
lave abandoned their positions and
allen back to Sontay. He reports that
he enemy's less i'll the battle near Ha
'ol, was 300 killed and 1000 wounded.
By the falling Of a scaffold at tho
ing Of Bavaria's new palace at Lake
hlem, twenty-three workmen have
cen killed and seventeen injured.
"A dispatch from Durham says Cete-
ago is gathering around him a con- t
antly growing force of armed followers. '
"A reign o. terror exists in the vii
ret Of Kossovo and Albania. The Ar .
luts are numbering the Christians and
OF the latter who can get away are =
'elng from the country. The Turkish "
icials connive at the Outrages on the d
and have arrested and exiled d
number of priests. In the Ipek dis h
let ninety-two persons have been muir /,
red. Twenty-three villages have been II =,
,andoned. Il
Three persons were burned to death
a flour mill in Ireland. III
Twelve decomposed bodies of chill as
an were found in an undertaken shop I'll
ar London. %
The members of the American polar tn
oedltion have arrived at Vienna. in
"A blockade has been decreed by W,
9sldent Salomon against Miragoane,
'emie and Jacmel, Hayti. wy
In recent action in AMMAN the lei
namites lost 1,200, the French Is. m'
iziuong. the csnital of an AMMAN. 81
province, near Hanoi, was taken by
French, who captured $50 cannon ne
$50, 900 in cash. r.
China has made reparation for the 49,
rder of a French missionary in Yum ~,
Count de Chambord, of France, died aux
Friday, after a lengthy illness. He lou
the representative of the elder NJ
nch OF the French Bourbon dynasty,
has always refrained from violent
9rtions of his claims to his throne. =
The Steamer Ionia, from New Zea-
via the Straits of Magellan, has ar tina
d at Plymouth with 1900 frozen pie
asses Of sheep in good condition. win
made the voyage in fOrty-fve days. tina
The Parnellite candidate has been SoJ
rned to the English Parliament for Ian,
nty Sligo, Ireland. TIL,
Cetewayo appeals to Queen Victoria tbe
investigate the treatment he has re- fo;I,
ed. IAN
An Egyptian correspondent says "ni
Egypt is incapable Of self-govern- duc
t. to Il
An alliance between Spain, Austria a hf
Germany is projected in order to who
the influence of French democ- is o.
in S
Three policemen are said to have mos
shot during the eviction of an wa
geman IN county Down W
Serious riots occurred in Coatbridge. 90
land, between Catholics and Orange Jou
More riots have occurredin Croatia. but
5rlgand5 have captured the Gov spea
and several Councillors of Florian, II
Salonica. uted