Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-03-24
!! Gently broken up in Spain and Belgium, has

! Gently broken up in Spain and Belgium, has
been discovered in Portugal.
! The French survey under De Lesseps, for
the conversion of the great Desert of Sahara
| into an inland sea, is about to be under
taken.
THE decree prohibiting the importation OF
American sides, bacon and sausages was pub
lishcd at Berlin on the 14th, and goes into
effect in thirty days. o.
Mrs. MARY HUGHES GROVE, aged III years,
died on the 18th at Lake Megantic, near
Montreal. a.
FoGARTY s. BROTHER, boot and shoe deal
ers of Montreal. have failed for S15O,Oo
THREE THOUSAND weavers in the Hudders-
field (Eng.) district struck on the 14th, owing
to disasreements with employers respecting
wages.
MIR. PARNELL's bill amending the Irish
Land act was rejected on second reading in
the British House of Commons on the 14th,
by a vote of $50 to 60.
PERSECUTION of Jews in Russia continues.
The latest outrage reported is an attempt to
blow up a Jewish bank at Tagaurog with
dynamite.
A BADEN-BADEN dispatch of the 18th says
u udo OCCi uSHu1tC4f dSSCi AilS eAdV l 1AuCC
Gortschakoff was poisoned.
In the University race on the Thames on
the afternoon of the 18th the Oxford crew
won by three lengths.
IT is stated thtt Joe Brady, a conspiracy
prisoner, has confessed he murdered Lord
Frederick C%avendish and Burke.
MANUEL P1NHE1Ro, one of the prf4c3pai
rubber.dealers of Paris, and promikeaRss
identified with the recent corner in the rub
Der market, has committed suicide in con-
sequence Of the disruption of the corner, by
which he lost heavily.
AN international exhibition OF city improve
ments is to be held in Vienna in 1884.
DR.. CRAMER, Minister to Switzerland, has
incurred a mild reproof from the Swiss Fed
Grafton. 1t appears he had complained to
the cantonal authorities of Bernc regarding
some persons who had created a disturbance
at the Methodist church, which he attends,
whereupon he has been reminded that he is
accredited to the Federation and not to the
Cantons, and that whatever communication
he has to make should be made to the Fedora
ton.
A TERRIFIC explosion occurred at nine
O'Clock on the evening. of the 18th in the
Government offices at Westminster, England.
The explosion was caused by either gun.
powder or dynamite, placed for the purpose
of destroying the buildings. Sections of the
House of Commons were shaken, and many
of those present became alarmed. No lives
we're lost, but a portion of the structure was
demolished. 1t was rumored an attempt was
also made to destroy the Times building. The
act was attributed to Fenians.
AN old wall at Matamoras, Mex, was on
the 18th shaken down by a passing train Oh
the Vera Cruz Railroad, and many people
were crushed. A woman and two boys were
killed and three women were fatally hurt.
JAMES MuLLETT, one of the Dublin con-
spirators, gave information on the 18th
which, it was said, would cause Patrick
Egan's arrest if he returned to Ireland.
SIXTEEN buildings in the business part of
Liverpool, N. s., were consumed by fire a
few days ago. ~
AT a recent coasistory in Rome the Pope
appointed Bishops for the Dioceses of Halifax,
Charleston and Grand Rapids.
A PARIS dispatch of the 10th announces the
death of Karl Marx, the founder of the In
ternational Workingmen's Association.
The Russian Minister of the Interior, who
recently committed suicide, is proved to
have been a defaulter to the Governmental
the amount of over 81, 900, 900.
THE EN-, error Wilhelm has declined to ac-
cent the resignation of Admiral Won Stosch,
the Minister of War. IS
The prediction is made in London that
emigration from Great Britain to Canada the
coming season will be unusually large.
The origin Of the recent EXPLOSION in Lon.
don was still in doubt on the 10th. The news
papers profcssed to have information that
O'Donovan Rosa WAS implicated. A reward
of 81, 900 was offered for information leading
to the conviction of the conspirators. The
explosion occurred outside the local Govern
ment Board building.