The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-17
Foreign.

FOURTEEN children, while playing in boat
on the river brave in Austria, capsized it.
and all were drowned
NARROWING details of the cyclone which
prevailed in Catania, in the island of Sicily,
have been received. Twenty-seven per
sons were killed and 400 were injured. Hun
dreds of houses were demolished. and great
distress prevails among the poor. AT Cibali
and Aquina, suburbs of the city, many sum-
mer mansions are in ruins. The damage will
amount to 1000, coo lire.
BATTLE has taken place before the
fortress of Dhofar, Egypt, in which 300 of the
False Prophets rebels were killed and
wounded.
-FOUR men were torn to pieces and two
others terribly injured by an explosion in a
powder factory at Cumminsville, Canada
The factory was totally demolished.
HENRI RocHEFoRT the~vell known French
editor, has just fought another duel. The
journalist and his opponent, a French cap
tain, were both wounded
The Peruvian town of Paita has been
partly destroyed by fire. Loss about $780,
900.
A VIOLENT gale lasting several days has
prevailed in the Gulf of Trieste A large
number of fishing boats have been wrecked
and the bodies of their crews washed ashore
FIRE has laid low the Third PRESBYTERIAN
church, of Chicago, one of the finest church
edifices in that city. The loss is about
S125,000
COLONEL DoNNIER, with two battalions Of
the French foreign legion, two companies Of
infantry and a section of mountain artillery,
had an engagement with Chinese troops In
the valley of the Loo Chuan river, Tonquin,
which lasted six hours The Chinese made
stubborn resistance, but were finally COM
pletely routed. Four gunboats assisted the
French forces. -Four OF the French includ.
ing captain, were killed and twenty were
wounded.
Two men-Joseph Winfield and S. Fritz
with their wives, were found murdered ont cto-
Der s. at James Railerty's ranch, in the Hua-
chuca mountains, Mexico Rafferty, is miss
ing, and it is believed that he has also been
murdered as rumor prevails that band of
Mexicans from Sonora committed the muir
ders In revenge for the death of a Mexican.
who was hanged last July.
ADvICEs from the Nile state that after the
steamer on which were Colonel Stewart fine
British officer, and his men had stranded
three natives came on board and stated that
they were only short distance from Mera-
wee, which they could easily reach on foot,
and where they could obtain. assistance
to float the steamer. They offered to guide
them there. Stewart and two companions
started for the village and when they had
Travelled out of sight of the steamer number,
or men sprang out of an ambush and muir
dered the party. They afterward attacked
those remaining on the steamer, killing all
except four
TWENTY persons were killed and fifty in
jured by cyclone at Catania in the Island
of Sicily. Many houses were destroyed and
trees uprooted.
The American whaler Seine has been total
ly LOST on a reef at Cape Frio. Two of the
crew were drowned, and the sufferings of the
remainder were terrible
COLONEL STEWART, a prominent English
officer in Egypt, is reported to have been
Killed, together with forty men or their way
to Dongola. Their steamer struck the rocks
and they were unable to float her. A bargain
was made with the Arabs to provide camels
and conduct the party through the desert to
Merawi The Arabs proved treacherous,
however, and massacred the first party which
landed from the steamer. They then boarded
the vessel and killed those who remained,
with the exception of four men, whose names
are unknown.
;, CHoLERAis rapidly subsiding throughout
Europe.
A FRENCH force, under Admiral Lespes,
has captured Tamsui, and Admiral Lespes
has sent the three battaions to effect iuuc-
ton with Admiral Courbet OF Kelung.