Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-07-07
LATEST NEWS.

LONDON, June ZJ.-Ihe excitement over
the cholera in Egypt extends to the Medi-
terranean ports, where precautions are being
taken against the disease. I07 deaths occur
red in one day.
The chief proposal in the last note of the
Vatican to Prussiai is published.
The town of Cerstrin, Germany, is being
fortified as protection to Berlin from
Russian invasion.
Gen. Wallace, United states minister to
| Turkey, still insists in his refusal to recog-
nize the validity of the new Turkish tariff.
1t is said that majority of the joint COM
mittee of the House of Lords and House of
Commons will report in favor of tunneling
the British channel.
Mexican reports say that two Americans
robbed stores in Signalo of valuable goods
and fled. The bandit chief Bernal pursued
and killed both of them. In battle be
tween revolutionists and soldiers a. Seco in
Querito, Mexico, seven insurgents have been
killed and eleven wounded. Lancetoro,
Mexico, has been burned. Every store and
nearly all the dwellings are gone.
The new iron bridge, nearly mile in
legnth, just erected by the Seaboard and
Roanoke Railroad at Weldon, N. c., has
been completed and trains running over it,
Within the past six months the port physi-
clan at Boston has exmined 23,53O assisted
emigrants. Many of them were too feeble, by
reason of age or other infrmities, for self
support, and must be aided by private and
public charities. Most of them were with
out any baggage, and were scantily clothed.
During last week a large number of coun-
terfeit dimes and of original "V'' nickles
were put in circulation in New Orleans.
The counterfeit dimes are of brass, heavily
plated with nickel, and bear date of 1889
while the nickels are of pewter. Both pieces
are fac-similes of genuine coin, the dime
limitations being, perhaps, the best of that
coin ever manufactured by eounterfeiters.
LONDON, June 49, Mr. Irevelyan, U mef
Secretary for Ireland, said in the House of
Commons yesterday that the stories about
sending pauper emigrants to the United
States had been much exaggerated. The
secretary of the luke fund declares that all
emigrants who have been assisted to go to
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to relatives or friends in that country, and
have been provided with money on landing.
Twenty arrests have been made in Berlin
ind Dresden of persons charged with con-
spiracy to betray secrets relative to the Ger
man military organization. Other arrests
have been made at Halle, Hanover and
Cologne.
LIE Paris says that Earl Granville, the
British Foreign Secretary, has just refused
10 comply with request of the Marquis of
Iseng, the Chinese Ambassador to remon-
strate in a friendly manner with France in
regard to her course in AMMAN.
Gov. Berry, of Arkansas, has issued proc
lamation calling on the sheriifs and other
peace officers, and all good citizens of the
counties of Garland, Yell and Montgomery,
to use every effort to hunt down the despera-
does who infest those counties. Last Sun
day party of outlaws took possession of
church and compelled the preacher to read
a notice warning certain officers and citizens
to leave the county or suffer death.
| There were over six thousand people pres
ent at the imposing ceremonies of the I'm I
yelling of the statue of Gen. Lee at Lexing
ton, Va. The Maryland delegation placed
bronze memorial tablet on the tomb of Jack
| son,
Mrs. Pope, residing at Milan, Tenn, was
stung on the nose by bee and died from
tho effects of the wound in a few minut' g.
She was apparently in good health at the
| time.
An oilwell was struck near Parkersburg
West Va, which is pumping at the rate o.
400 barrels of 90 degrees oil per day. There
is considerable excitement over the strike.
The Mississippi river has fallen five inches
Mt st. Louis. The railroad companies are
repairing their tracks, and no further dam
uge is apprehended.
The reduction on the national debt during
the fiscal year ending tomorrow will be in
round numbers $123,0OO.OOO.
A desperate attempt to assassinate and
rob an English clergyman named Witch
borne was recently made on railway train
between Calais and Paris by another Eng
lishman, who was arrested.
During the twenty -four hours which ended
yesterday morning one hundred and twenty
nine deaths had occurred at Damietta,
Egypt one hundred and thirteen of which
we're from cholera.
| Much excitement was caused at Queens
town yesterday by report that James
Carey, the informer. was among the passeno
gers who embarked for America.
The Deceased Wifes Sister bil'' was de-
| feated in the English House of Lords yes
.erday by vote of 145 to 140.
The Pope is somewhat indisposed He is
much depressed over the condition of affairs
10 France and Irelanf.@
telegram to London from Shanghai says
that the report of the settlement of the Ton
uuin difficulty is unfounded.
GENERAL NFWS