The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-03-07
Foreign.

The boiler of the steamer kotsai, from
Hong Kong t. Macao, exploded. Seventeen
passcngerS-eight of whom were Europeans
the rest natlve'-wcre killed.
SEVEN THOUSAND Arabs have reinforced
the insurgeut army Of Osman Digma in the
Soudan. He has altogether 5000 men
against 5000 British troops.
Ell MAHDI's emissaries are busy throu gh-
out the whole of Egypt. They 90 from vii.
age TO village bearing the simple message:
81 am coming. b realym This passes on
from mouth to mouth, and the situation is
bee ming serious.
EMPEROR WILLIAM, of Germany, and the
car OF Russia are to have meeting in the
spring.
MASSES of stone fell upon and killed five
labOrers in quarry at B.enne, Switzerland
SHORTLY after o'clock. A. NJ, Il terrible
explosion occurred in a ClOaI-room at the
Victoria railway station in London. The ex
ploSive agent was undoubtedly dynamite \
large portion of the roof was blown off an |
nearly all the glass WORK in the sta ion wa,
destroyed Seven men were sent to the hos.
pital with severe injuries Extensive dam
age was done to surrounding property.
A RUSSIAN government committee which
has been examining the administration of
Turnestan has discovered a deficiency of
1O0.OOO,00o roub'es about $40, 900, UOJ in the
last fourteen years.
ARTHUR WELLESLEY has been elected
speaker of the British house If commons
WAR prevails among the South Sea
Islanders Twenty natives of one island
We're killed in an engagement with the ma,
tives of another island.
THE British house of lords has passed. tn,
bill placing greater restrictions upon the i'm
portation of cattle.
TENNYsoN, the poet, intends to support in
tEa British house of lords tba hill laral iyip o
MARI age with a decea ed wlfe's sister.
w. II. HUNT, United States minister t.
Russia, and ex-secretary or the navy, die in
st. Petersburg of dropsy Mr. Hunt wa;
born in Charleston, :. c., III 1871, but early
in life novel with his ia nily TO Louisiana.
He was appointed by Hayes a Judge of the
court of claims, a position which he held
when called to President Garfeds cabiue.
as secretary of the navy. When President
Arthur reOrganzed his cabinet, Mr. Hunt
was sent to Russia as IN MISTER to sue eel Mr..
Foster.
SEVERAL other bo'eaguerel towns in the
Soulan have surrendered to the False
Prophets followers.
Much alarm has been create in London
BY the discovery of several Internal ma
chimes, OF Americ IN manufacture, in raj
way stations
BY col'i>i m between the military and the
people at festival in Nal.areal, Portugal,
fifteen persons We're injured.
SINCE January lst there have been sixteen
suicides and two murders at Monte Carlo,
the notorious gambling center.
IL the British House If Commons several
Parrel ties strongly condemned re tent dyna-
mite proceedings, AM declared that no eNcuSe
was valid for such wicked a ,tempts upon life
and property They declared that con 'pira-
cie' of this nature were in no wise associated
with the Irish use but that they ha been
hat he'd in America, and that the attempts
t. carry them out hal been made b. agents
sent ont from the United States.
THE British government has decided TO
send courteous dispat IA to America rela-
tive to the action of AmericI ms in counte-
rancnS and assisting dynamiters. In a
lea hing editorial article thu London Times
says ut is intolerable that England should
be exposed to this succession of plots from a
nation which processes 70 be- friendly with us,
and with which we have only desire to live
in peace AMI amity.'
A MADRID dispatch says that the United
States government is pressing its claim
Sainst 81 ain for S413,0 as the balance of
awards due ON account of America losses
during the rebel ion in Cuba and also for
81 coo for estates emhargoed during the
same period and not restored t. their Ameri
can owners.
THE isla nd of Chios and the towns OF
Chesme and Nourla upon the mainland Of
Asia Mirror ar by, have been visited by an
earthquake.