The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-01
Foreign.

MING CETFWAYO, MS wives ana many OF his
chiefs have been killed by insurgent Zulus.
THE Irish Times. says James Carey. the in
former, has arrived at one of the British colo
MES.
PROFESSOR MARSH of Yale college has been
appointed a member Of the Academy Of Sci
ences at Munich.
SEVEN women and children have been
drowned by the ups ting of pleasure boat on
Lake Lugano, near Geneva.
The Guatemala government has made a con-
tract with An American citizen under which
the latter undertakes to introduce 10, 900 immi-
grants into the republic.
THE warrant for the extradition of Roger
Amero, charged with the murder of Mrs Carl
ton, at Watertown, was issued by the Canadian
authorities on Saturday.
THE Ometepe volcano, situated on the island
OF the same name, in Lake Nicaragua, IL in &C.
tive eruption, and the people have deserted the
island and gone to the mainland.
HEREAFTER the steamship Great Eastern Is
to be employed in carrying Scotch coal from
the Forth to the Thames. She will be able to
carry about 20, 900 tons on each voyage.
FIVE hundred French troops in Tonaun made
a sortie from Hanoi on the 18th inst, killing
LOCO OF the enemy and capturing seven pieces
OF artillery. The French loss was small
INFORMATION has been received at the Vat
lean from New York that the Catholic clergy
OF the United States will follow the instruc-
tions OF the Pope in regard to Mr.. Parnell and
his followers
A MOTION was adopted In the British house
OF commons Monday, 2S2 to 1873. that no reso-
lutions be passed concerning further negotia-
tions between the government and M. DeLes-
seps relative to the construction OF new Suez
canal.
A CONVENTION between Switzerland and the
United States, according to which any differ
ences between the two republics are to be set
tied by arbitration, Is about to he submitted to
the Swiss federal assembly The convention
has been accepted by the United States.
AT, Coquimbo, Chill, the English naval
storeship Is kept at anchor. Threats to
blow her up or sink her on the part of fenians
or invincibles have led the Gillian government
to grant permission to her crew to fire at any
suspicious boat seen in her vicinity after night
fall.
CAPTAIN LEITCH, commodore of the Cunard
fleet of steamers, has died on board the COM
pany's steamer SaraPossa. in the Mediter-
ranean. He had been fifty years In the service
OF the Chnard company, and took out the first
body OF troops TO participate in tho Crimean
campaign.
JAMES CAREY, the Irish informer, was shot
dead on the steamship Melrose, at Port Eliza
BETH South Africa. ON Sunday. by fellow
passenger named O'Deunell. He was taken
into custody and handed over to the police at
Port Elizabeth. O'Donnell had evidently fol-
lowed Carey from Dublin.
THERE were three hundred and thirty deaths
| from cholera at Cairo on Sunday, and four hun
dred and forty-three at twenty other places in
Egypt on the same day. There has been
similar mortality In every day OF the week.
| Alexandria has furnished large death roll
The plague at present seems to be confined to
Egypt and the East.
THE American rifle team was entertained at
luncheon by the lord mayor OF London at the
Mansion house. A banquet was also given in
their honor by the British volunteers. The in
| terchange OF courtesies was of the most cordial
| kind and the superiority of the American rifle
men at eight hundred yards, the range which
Is the best test of skill was conceded Beyond
this distance chance plays an important part In
| the contest, and chance and English weather
by narrow margin gave the English team the
victory. The Americans are young in rifle