Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-23
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Queens Injured Limb.

LONDON, March 22d.-The condition Of
Queen Victoria's limb, which was injured by
her fall on Saturday last, continues salts
factory. Her Majesty keeps her room, in
accordance with the advice of her physicians.
She is, however, able to move about. The
swelling of the knee is subsidir g. and it is
hoped by the physicians in attendance that
it will disappear entirely IN few days.
There has at no time been any grounds for
excitement over the matter, which seems to
have been created in New York, but which
has not prevailed here. The matter creates
very little comment in London.
Affairs in Ireland.
LONDON, March 22d.-A dispatch to the
Echo from Dublin states that counsel for the
murder conspiracy prisoners are confident
that they will be able 70 shake the testimony
Of James Carey. a committee of ladies are
soliciting funds to dsfray the expenses of de-
Tending the prisoners.
LONDON, March 22d.-Cardinal Manning
has issued an appeal asking for collection
for the distressed people in Ireland.
DUBLIN, March 225.-The Frceman's Jour
nal says: a number of inspectors On duty
in ireland have been drafted to London as
extra detectives, their duty to be to watch
persons suspected of connection with out.
RACES and conspiracy.
DUBLIN, March 22j.-The Grand Jury
found true bill against Hodnett, for having
posted package containing dynamite ad-
dressed to Earl Spencer.
Advices from France.
PARIS, March 22d.-The Constitutional
League has published its programme. 1t at.
tacks the present Constitution as framed in
the interest of an oligarchy, and declares that
reform or durable government is impossible
with two hostile legislative houses.
Parnell has left for London.
The weekly statement of the Bank of France
shows an increase in gold of 400, 600 francs,
and decrease in silver of !, 975, 600 francs.
Intelligence is received that q column of
French troops, under Colonel Dec Borde, after
q severe fight, has captured Balakoc, stu.
ated beyond the Niger. Unless the troops
are supplied with provisions and money, they
will have to abandon the position.
Emigration from Switzerland.
GENEVA, March ,22d.-The emigration for
America is alarming. Several districts are
fast becoming depopulated. Guttanen is with
out snsinhabitant. The exodus is owing to
bad harvests and American competition.
Serious Damage by Freshets.
HALIFAX, March 22d.-Reports continue
to arrive from all sections of the damage to
property by the freshets. While the losses
will not reach very large amount, the ag-
gregate of the damage will be most serious!
In nearly every county the bridges have been
| swept away. A telegram from Cumberland
to-day says thers has been great damage and
loss of property on Wallace river. The
sre destroyed. The Howard mill ia destroyed
and the bridge damaged. The Seaman bridge
and Woods sawmill were carried down the
river two miles. The Mccain bridge on the
Spring Hill and Parrsborough Railway was
washed out, and in consequence traffic is sus-
pended. The Eastern Extension Railway
has suffered severely. About one hundred
feet of track has been washed away at Bar.
ney river. The trestle bridge, crossing the
interval at Autigonish. 500 feet long, is con-
siderably damaged. Washeuts are reported
damage has been done to fences, small
bridges etc.
Virgins Storm In the Northwest Ter.
rif0ry.
OTTAWA (Ont.) March 22d.-John Web
ster, former contractor of Ottawa, now of
Moose Jaw, forty.three miles from Regime,
Northwest Territory writing to friend here
under date of the 18th instant. speaks as fol-
lows of Virgins storm: "The storm com.
meI cad on the Sth at noon, continued with
terrible force till 2 A. NJ. of the Och, when it
reached its greatest hight. The wind blew
Is miles an hour. The air was one mass of
snow. If you were ten feet from your door
you could not find it again, and you could
neither stand nor breathe in it without
shelter. This is the greatest storm of the
century. In the middle of the storm a gun
was fired, announcing a person lost in the
center of the town. None, however, would
venture to the rescue, az they were afraid of
getting loet Themselves After two hours
Of hard fighting with the storm, the party
got safely in. A large store, fifty by one
hundred feet, and two stories high, was
blown down, and many small shanties and
houses collapsed"
Collision OF Freight Trains.
PORT HOPE (Ont), March 22d.-Two
freight trains on the Grand Trunk Railway
came in collision today near Port Britain.
One engine and two cars of valuable mer.
chandise were burned. Loss, $40. No
persons were injured.