The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-03-06
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cillor and president Of the board Of trade, IL
dead dead IN London aged seventy seven years.
y 4 Foote, editor Of the Free Thinker, completed
his year imprisonment at London for bias.
;phemy, and Bradlaugh, with ZOO sympathiz.
ers, met nm at the gates of the prison.
Gen. Techernaietf, the superseded governor
of Turkestan, has refused seat in the military
council, and retires to private life. Hisunder-
stood that the disfayor under which he rests ia
2 concession l to English suscepibilitios.
London wine merchants are badly of, owing
to the decrease in the consumption Of ali wines,
except claret and champagne; but the whisky
trade hourishes.: A Scotch train the othor day
consisted of twonty -four cars laden entirely
with whisky r " li,5 " q s;iy m 4, 3
Ii It is 9 notable sign Of ithe times; that Lord
Ernest Hamilton, an artistic conservative can.
didate for a popular constituency, had las
week to pledge himself against any allowances
to the queens grandchildr The lordlina
very prolific. " \,
d Col Magendie, who has critically examined
the ruins caused BY the explosion 1t the Veto
ria railway station, London, thinks the explo-
son was que A., not e gas, but 70 some powerful
parcel left in the cloak Ioom was intended fol
use against the house Of parliament and that Il
exploded accidently y Ffs.ttJ
II The Grand Duke Michael Of Russia arrived
ut Berlin recently at the head 81 the deputa
tons which cams to congratulate the emperor
upon the seventeenth anniversary of his en-
trance into the Russian order Of St George.
The German Grown Prince Frederick William
met the grand duke at the station and gave
him Q hearty greeting SIS
e Wolff, in the Paris Figaro, explains That the
banquet rendered Meissonier is not 4 demon
stration against Mrs. Mackay,5 but in recogni-
ton Of the fiftieth year of Meissonier's artistic
life GeDme presided Wolff has given as
sent TO the presence of an American artist.
The American colony, sympathyzing with Mrs.
Mackay under the insults offered by the French
press, want to know the name Of this artist 4
Z Gladstone in the house OF commons, on the
25th, made asmotion which was carried, eulog4
izing Sir Henry Brands long service Is speak
or. The Parnellites did not challenge division.
tacitly to acquiesce in tis vote 81 thanks, since
some Of Speaker Brands acts had been hurtful
TO ireland, they Withdrew in body from the
house: Upon the speaker vacating the chair,
the whole house rose. and. filing past shook
hands with him. As the speaker was leaving
the house he was loudly cheered e
q The prince Of Wales is regarded Is having
acted very adroitly in making his first speech
in the house Of lords on tho workmen,s dwell
ings Questions. With all his libertinage he has
Q Keen eye for the means of getting popularity.
He watches and adopts the current sentimental
crazes and dimes at journalistic clubs like the
Savage 70 square the press Az an orator the
liar he. speaks with . heavy cultural accent,
like q German who has learned English.
Its Characteristic bad luck still pnrsr,es the
Gladstone cabinetin Egypt The fan Of Tokar
Is aggravated by the circumstances which at
tended it The garrison had plenty Of food
and ammunition, Inew early Of the approach
ginboats. The inference Is that they preferred
to surrender themselves to their fellow MOS
lens rather than be rescued by Christian for
eigners. The position Of the government With
regard TO the now anticipated expedition Is
wizard to,the degree Of absurdityi .S
Shortly after I O'Clock on the morning Of the
25th terrible explosion occurred IN the cloak
room Of the Victoria railway ststion, London.
The explosion was undoubtedly dynamite. "a
large portion Of the roof was blown on and
nearly all the glass-worE in the station de-
stroyed Seven men have been sent TO hospital
with severe injuries. Extensive damage was
zone Sufroundng property Detectives are &C
lively inquiring into the, matter All three by
pot esis. OF gas, gunpowder and dynamite are
advanced and discussed dynamite beng the
favorite theory. 4; n 81
Tho report comes FROM auckland. that The
goyerntnent schooner Jh1ia, which Is regular
y employed i'm procuring slsborers from the
different groups Of islands in the Pacific to
work on augar plantations ID the Sandwich Is.
ands, recently landed at the island Of Nanonti
with about thirty returned slaborera The re-
turned laborers belonged to the islands Of Ia
rawa and Apiang, in the same group, the peo-
pie ofwhich have been at constant warfare
with the inhabitants Of Nanonti The returned
girls and ravished them, which provoked 4
fight with the inhabitants, who were armed
only with clubs and spears. Twenty Nanontis
were killed and many wounded i s.