The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-29
FOREIGN.

The cable chronicles the death at
Natal of Bishop Colenso, the author of many
religious works
A dispatch from Sunderland, En-
gland, says The number of deaths from
the catastrophe at Victoria Hall has now
reached 202 The funeral ceremonies over
the victims were very impressive. The
streets were crowded with sympathetic peo-
pie, most of whom were in mourning. The
blinds of the houses were drawn and the
church in which the funeral services were
held had black flag at half-mast One hun
dred free graves were prepared in one GEM
etery for the reception of the victims, exclu-
sive of those for which the parents of chill
dren who lost their lives will pay.
London Truth says the Queen re-
mains in condition of mild melancholy"
which causes much anxiety, owing to the
tendencies oe her family to dementia Her
Majesty and the Princess Beatrice viii go to
Italy in the fall
The schooner Hamburg has sailed
from Hamburg for the Arctic regions, with
provisions and instruments for the German
expedition.
kilograms from various points in
Germany announce disastrous floods
The steamer Nevada, which left
Queenstown for New York, among other
passengers, brings G1 Mormon converts
Carey, the Irish informer, las been
informed that he may remain in Dublin
without police protection, or proceed to
some of the British colonies
An American horse, Lorillard's Iro-
quois which was nominated by the Prince
of Wales, won the Stockbridge cup, beating
Magician and the marvellous jockey Fred
Archer. Lorillard's Aranza also won the
ace for the tombstone plate
Two American missionaries were re-
Gently almost beaten to death at Bitlis,
Asiatic Turkey, and Gen. Wallace has de-
manded of the Turkish Government that
the perpetrators of the outrage be pun
ished.
Marquis Tseng, the Chinese EN-
bassador, is reported as expressing to the
French Premier the desire of his Govern
ment for a compromise of the questions at
issue. In the meantime the French COM
cities, and is making active preparations for
war;
The latest reports concerning the
British wheat crop are rather discouraging
The early autumnal sowings promise fairly
well but the others are weak and thin.
With fine summer the crop at its best will
not exceed the average of the last seven
years. There is consolation for the British
mind in the fact that the apple orchards in
dictate an unusual yield of cider
The Pope, in a recent communica-
ton to President Grevy, alluded to the
preparation of laws hostile to the Catholic
Church, and urged steps to prevent n pain
full conflict, which would prove equally dis
! astrous to church and state.
Two deaths from yellow fever oc-
CURED Mt the hospital in Vera Cruz, and no
less than 600 are reported for the last two
months
Rumors are current at Dublin that
James Carey, the informer has gone to the
North of Ireland and that he will be sent to
Canada
There has been severe fighting in
Hayti, near Miragoane The rebel Gen.
Casimir was killed, but the Government
forces were repulsed. They rallied later and
succeeded in capturing the lower portion of
the town
There are indications of a speedy
disruption of the Liberal party in England.
Parnell has forced the Attorney to drop the
Criminal Code bill, and the Cabinet is di-
vided on the question of native jurisdiction
in India Lord Rosebury declines the Vice