Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

PROF. VARLEY, q noted electrician, who was
associated with the company that laid the first
Atlantic cable, died at London, England, on
the 9Th.
The village of Battimcourt, near Arlon, Bel
gium, was destroyed by fire on the Sd, 116
houses being burned.
W. II. ToMpK1Ns, q pottery manufacturer
Of Toronto, failed on the 4th. Liabilities
$50,
MAnwooD, the English hangman, died at
London, Eng, on the 4th.
ToURaENEFF, the Russian novelist, died at
Bouginal, Franco, on the 4th.
The schooner Welcome foundered off Prince
Edwards Island during the storm of the 3Oth
Out of a crew of eleven only one survived.
TwoI hundred persons were arrested on the
I'd at Palermo, Sicily, charged with being bri-
gands.
The cotton press works in Alexandria, Rus
sia, were damaged by fire on the Sd to theex-
tent of 950,000.
On the Sd China commenced open hostilities
against France. 1t looked passively on while
Franco was invading Tonquin, but notified
France that it would not recognize French
authority in that province and that China
must have the sovereignty over Tonquin. =. r.
D1sAsTRoUs storms on the Sd are reported
from Paris, Dublin and Vienna. S1~Fs. :: - 'EH'
AS the train from Berlin was passing Steg
ltz on the I'd it ran into q crowd of people
who, intending to take the train to Berlin,
were pressing forward to enter the carriage
from the wrong side. The number of killed
and wounded is estimated at 40.
FIRE on the I'd in lumber yard at Vienna
spread to adjacent houses. Loss 1900, 600
forms.
ADv1cEs from Amsterdam of the I'd say it is
believed 100000 persons perished in North
Bantam in the recent calamity. The garrison
and fort at Arjor we're swept away.
The crew of the Arctic exploring ship
varna were rescued and safely landed at Var.
doe, Norway, on the 3Oth.
FISCHER, the German explorer, has returned
to Zanzibar from the interior of Africa.
A SEVERE gale on the 29th off st. Johns,
N. f., wrecked number of fishing vessels.
At the time the storm struck, about 2,O0(
dories were away at their trowels and large
number of them were lost. The loss of life il
supposed to be from 60 to 80.
The volcanic and other disturbances in Jaws
are more serious than at first supposed. Fifty
miles square, comprising oil the country be
tween Point Capuchin on the south and Meyer.
Pafserang on the north, and west to Low
Point, has disappeared and is now an open sea
In this tract were several villages containing
about $4,000 people, all of whom perished
The entire range of Canary Mountains, 6;
miles in length, has gone ont of sight. Tht
town of Taneran, numbering 1890 was swep
away by the lava stream. The island of Oneinl
FIVE miles off Tangeron was engulfed, an6
Batavia suffered to considerable extent. Tht
aggregate loss of lite is estimated at 75,00O..
ADvlcEs rom Vienna dated the 30th, give &C
counts Of riots against Jews in Hungary. A
Szepeth forty-eight houses and at Bezait
thirty-six were destroyed by incendiary fires.
AT Elgin, ILL.,, on the goth, Edward F
Joslyn. shot and killed his betrothed, Ettl
Buckingham, and then suicided.
On the 29th, police officers arrested negr'
committing burglary at Atlanta, Ga. At tn
station he drove knife, which he had KEEP
concealed. into the head OF one of the officer
and started to run. A pistol shot from one O
the other officers sent him to higher court.
ISAAC H. LOCKWOOD was sent to prison for
gear at New Haven, Conn.,, on the 29th, TO
using the mails for fraudulent purposes.