Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
Bradlaugh for sitting and voting in the

Bradlaugh for sitting and voting In the
House of Commons without taking the
oath of allegiance. Judgment against
Bradlaugh was therefore reversed with
costs. Justice Blackburn was the only
d%issentient from this Judgment.
The vote in the British House of Com.
mons on Healy's bill for local self.govern-
ment for Ireland was IS for and 231 against.
A SAMPLE of the nitro-glycerine discov-
cred in London was tested at Woolwich on
the 18th, and proved to be quite as destruc.
tive as the product of the authorized man
ufactories.
LORD ALcEsrER admiral Sir Beauchamp
Seymour), speaking ut q banquet given by
the Lord Mayor Of London 6 few evenings
ago, paid a high compliment to Rear Ad-
miral Nicholson and the men of the Ameri-
can navy who were with him in the bay Of
Alexandria during the Commandment Of the
Egyptian metropolis last July.
A REBELLION against the Administration
of President Solomon, Hayti, took form
March %, when a force of 1O3 men, led by
three Generals and said to represent the
better class of the islanders, captured the
city of Miragoane, sent the non-combatants
on board the ships in the harbor, and set
about fortifying the city, being Joined by a
large number of mulattoes.
One THOUSAND buildings at Mandalay,
Burmal, were recently destroyed by fire.
Two prisoners were burned to death.
ONE of the Nihilists on trial at ST.
Petersburg has turned states evidence.
AN explosion of gas during a perform
anee in the theater at Revel, near Toulouse,
France, the other evening, caused a papic
in which many persons were killed.
A PHILADELPHIA journalist was recent
ly fined ten dollars at Hamilton, Ont, for
using vile language in speaking Of Queen
Victoria. He paid his fine and took a
train at once for home.
THE Haytien r%evolutionists at Miragoane
were engaged by Governmentforces on the
31st ult., and came off victorious after q
severe fight, The revolutionists' loss was
slight.
JOE BRADY was convicted at Dublin on
the 18th of the murder of Cavendish and
Burke, and was sentenced to be hanged
May IA. The jury was out only forty min
utes. The prisoner solemnly asserted his
innocence.
THE breaking Of a "corner" in petroleum
at Paris on tho 18th resulted in ruinous
failures there and in Berlin. At the latter
place the difference between the quotations
Of the 18th and 18th caused a total loss to
spectators Of %, 1000, 900 marks. A decline
of five shillings per quarter in the price Of
wheat in the English markets had also
caused heavy losses to spectators, and
failures were expected.
CANADIAN detectives allege that consid-
cradle quantities of explosives have been
shipped from the United States to the Do
minion by way Of Grand Island, to be used
for the destruction of public buildings in
Canada. The United States authorities
have been requested to take measures to
prevent such shipments.
In the course of the examination on the
18th of Featherstone, arrested at Cork on
the charge Of conspiracy to murder, and
who claimed to be an American citizen un.
justly accused, a document found on his
person was produced, which was Endorsed:
" A cure for govt" but which is said to be
in fact a formula for the manufacture OF
nitro-glycerine.
HONG KONG dispatches received on the
18th report the probability of a war be.
tween China and France, growing out OF
the Tonquin affair. China expected the as.
s%istance of some European power.
Two ONE connected with the recent
attempt on the life of the King of Servia
have committed suicide, and q third is in q
mad-house.
A 1 L was recently introduced in the
Canadian Parliament by Premier Macdon.
aid, comforting the elective franchise upon
farmers and mechanics, sons whose fathers
are qualified voters, and upon women who
pay a yearly rental of twenty dollars or
are assessed three hundred dollars income,