The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-21

SINCE 1871, and distinguished oriental scholar,
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!, Miss Fortescue, in her breach Of promise 40
ton against Lord Garmoyle, estimates the dam
age to her affections at ESQ 900 a 4. 80. az.
Bradlaugh's appeal against the sergeant-at-
arms for removing him from the house Of COM
mons, and not permitting him to enter, has
been disallowed by the court Of queens bench.
N Owing to the depression Of trade, the north
of England iron masters are reducing the wages
Of workmen, and placing the men under TWEEN
ty-four hours notice Belfast shfpbuilders,
who recently struck, have resumed work ss
y Lord Salisbury. has given notice of q royal
commission to inquire into the homes Of the
poor. Some London Slums exhibit condition
worse than any city in the world, eight families
sometimes occupying o single room. He says
that under such conditions decency and health
are impossible. NJ
4 A Houston, Texas, paper publishes an 60
count purporting to come by telegraph from
Matamoras, Mexico, giving an account of an al
Legged uprising Of Indians at Omittan, near Tux
tepec, il the state Of Oajaca, Mexico. tits said
stores and private dwellings, were plundered,
seven Merchants Killed snd as'number wound
! The case Of the baccarat clubs has revealed
tho unsupported depths Of aristocratic gambling
in London Charles Russell, who defended the
s!a declared that n many clubs Judges,
stakes; and Russell ought; to. know, for he is
notoriously, the boldest gambler, as we'll as the
greatest advocate In English courts Il & y a. s,
4 The queens new, book, Life In the High
lands, !" will be out in two Or three days. The
dedication is q masterpiece in its way. It is
crouched in the following words: To my 10y
oil Highlanders, and especially to the memory
OF my devoted personal atteHd apt and faithfG.
friend, John Brown, these RECORDS Of my Wild
owed life in Scotland are faithfully dodica-
ted. s}. VICTORIA r.
Il A revolt has broken out in Crete, in conse-
.quence Of Turkish attack on the privileges Of
the Greek patriarch.i Leading citizens declare
they cannot obtain redress, and have therefore
taken TO arms. The porte sent orders to the
authorities ct Smyrna and Salonica to dispatch
to Crete all the available soldiers to the num-
Der Of at least {, 0001 The porte is sending
troops to El Hedjaz, Arabia, where emissaries
OF III MAhdi are fomenting disturbances.
4 Alta banquet to leading members OF the
scientific press in Paris De Lesseps stated that
the scheme for creating q Sea in the desert Of
Sahara will shortly be realized Roudaire,a
French photographer, who is concerned in the
project Of cutting through the dunes which.
separate the Mediterranean sea from the desert
in order to transform the arid sands into fer
tile country, ID about to start for Tunis with
the necessary firrnan, from the anatan to begin
operations. 4 w. ri ss55
4 The action Of the directors OF the Bank Of
England in advancing the rate Of discount on
the; 9th from to 31S per cent !; is much dis.
cussed Conservative opinion seems to bethst
the step has been taken in view OF possibilities
arising ont of the foreign outlook Money Is
comparatively tight, not from the small amount
In market, but from the absence Of confidence.
The directors have done wisely in looking to .
proportion between the present supply and the
possible future demand. Slight sa1ufary pre-
caution now may prevent future trouble.