Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
A TREATY of peace, by which France gains a
protectorate over Aunam, was signed between
those governments on the 28th.
ADv1CEs from Java, dated the goth, concern
ing the volcanic disturbance on the island of
Krakatoa, state that the towns Of Anjier,
Tjirisine and Telokbelong were destroyed. The
lighthouses in Sunda Straits have disappeared,
and where the mountain of Krakatoa formerly
stood the sea now flows. The aspect of Sunda
Straits has changed and navigation is dan
gerous. The homes of $4,000 Cinnamon at
the entrance to Batavia were swept away by
the tidal wave following the eruption and only
5000 escaped With their lives. OF $500 Eu-
ropeans in Batavia 800 perished. The loss of
life at North Bantam was also enormous.
FIRE on the 2Sth destroyed twelve dwellings,
and factory in tho village OF St. Gregorie.
Loss about $4,000.
On the 2Sth Paris was placarded by pro.
clamation naming Count de Paris king under
the title of Louis PHILIPPE II. About $4,000
copies had been posted causing great excite
ment, and it took several hours to destroy
them. 1t is not known by whom the placards
were posted.
THE steamer George on the 28tb started
from Archangel to seek the Dutch polar vessel
Varna.
SEVERAL feur and corn mills at Toulis,
France, were destroyed by fire on tie 28th.
Loss {, 900, 900 francs.'
VIM. MoNTIETH, commission merchant OF
Toronto Canada, assigned on the 2Sth. Liza
bilities $5O,0O0.
AUGUST R1EDEL, noted German painter
died at London, Eng, on the 9th.
The warehouse of Green 4 Taylor and 2.00(
bales Of cotton, burned at Liverpool, England
on the Goth.
A FRENCH nobleman was killed while noun
tain climbing in Switzerland on the Goth.
The weavers' strike at Ashton-under-T Tyne
has ended, and the men have returned tt
work.
NEAR Rat Portage, Manitoba, on the 26th
wo freights collided Peter Twain, brake
| man, was crushed to death.
On the Oath and 25th riots against the Jew,
occurred at Egenszey, Hungary. Twenty sol
| diers and many rioters were killed.
The queen of Madagascar died on the 27th
On the Oath George Gardner, fisherman
arrived at Hsllfax. N. S. and reported tina
| while fishing off Cape Split, with companion
named Peter Dakin, they were drawn into tn
! whirlpool of the Basin Of Miras Thre,
different times they were drawn to the bottom
Dakin was suhocated, and Gardner after ris
ing the third time caught the boat and floatet
around for nearly day when he was rescued
The iron caisson on Colchester Reef, nea
| Amherstburg, Ont, was destroyed by th
| severe storm on the goth. Loss $4,000.
Two captains in the German army fought
| duel with pistols near Posen, on the oath. On
received fatal wound in the abdomen.
TwENTY-THREE workmen were killed by th
! falling of a scaffold ut the king of Bavaria
| new palace, on the Oath.
A COLLISION occurred on the 26th off th
Edistone lighthouse in the English Channel
between the French steamer st. German, fron
Hayre for New York, and the steamer Wood
burn, from the East via Suez Canal. Tn
Woodburu sank AMI Is OF her crew wer
| drowned. The St. German was disabled. bu
arrived at Plymouth.
The steamer Palermo collided with III
| steamer Rivoli of Ushant. Five persons o.
the Rivoli drowned. A thick fog prevailed a
! the time.
| DISPATCHES from Cettinje, Montenegro, O
he 25th, report the massacre of 80 Christian
by Arnauts, and the destruction of % villages
| MATTHEWS ARNOLD, the poet and writer. ha
been granted a pension of G25O by the Britis
| government.