Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-30
FOREIGN.

A RAILWAY accident in Greece 1 few
days ago caused the death or injury of
between forty and sixty people.
THE London Times made the significant
admission on the 9th that cit is innpossi-
BILE to disguise the fact that the Govern
ment of Ireland has passed, or is rapidly
passing, out of the hands of her Maiesty's
ministry"
SERv1A's warlike attitude compelled the
Sultan on the It'll to issue a decree m9biliz-
ing the entire Turkish army.
MEXICAN robbers on the 4th attacked a
%pack-lnule train carrying bullion near
Parrel, u station on the Mexican Central
Road, killed four of the escort and drove
off with the treasure.
AT Orangeville, Ont, the residences Of
two officials who had made themselves OBJ
noxious by efforts to enforce the Scott
Temperance act We're wrecked by dy9A-
mite on the 7th, the inmates escaping un.
hurt.
A DEFICIT of $4,000 was discovered on
the eth in the account of Cashier Henry
7. Clarke, of the Union Bank of Halifax,
Nova Scotia. .I r.
THE foundations in the valley of Mexico
continued on the eth, and the losses would
reach an enormous aggregate. The city
of Leon was flooded by the breaking of the
water-works reservoir, and many houses
were swept away Mail communication
was again interrupted. +.
ADvIcEs of the 7th say that the Abyss
sinian expedition, marching to the relief
of the Kassala garrison, after a severe
battle, defeated a large force under 0sman
Digma, the latter losing 5000 men in the
encounter,
IT was reported on the 18th that the col.
ony of Methodist missionaries that left
this country some time ago had landed on
the west coast of Africa destitute, and had
been given a tract of land to settle upon.
The Catholic Bishops of Ireland have
passed a resolution condemning acts Of
violence and intimidation, and warning
their focks against engaging in them.
MANY fishermen andI their families in
Labrador were on the Sth said to be dying
from starvation.
A ROW of thirteen eight-story ware.
houses in A%ldergate street, London, was
almost totally destroyed by fire on the
Sth, with the contents. The losses aggre.
gated about SIS, 000, 900.
IN an ADDRESS on the STU before Llo
| Church Congress at Portsmouth, Eng,
Mir. Horsley, a Royal A~cademician, de-
nounced the use of nude models by artists
as demoralizing.
THERE We're 1903 new cases of cholera
and fifty-eight deaths from tile disease in
Palermo, Sicily, on the 9Th. In Spain &c
new cases and 116 deaths were reported.
CAPTAIN HANSON, of the bark Pauline,
reported. at Quebec OF the 9th that while
at sea September 20, during a rain-storm,
a ball of fire landed on the vessels deck,
prostrating the Captain and two sailors,
and then disappeared suddenly without
damaging the bark.
The Car on the 9th ordered all the Gov
errors and other officers throughout the
Russian provinces to use the Russian
language exclusively in the transaction of
public business.
HEAVY rains continued on the 9th in the
valley of Mexico, and railroad traffic was
suspended. The streets of the City of
Mexico were inundated and surrounding
lowlands flooded. Considerable loss OF
life was reported from rural villages.