Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-30

~ r slated that Queen Victoria has arranged
to visit ireland next autumn.
The colonel Of the disafected sixty afth la.
gone 10 Ottawa 10 intercede fer Rei
There are eighteen cases Of small pok in the
Hotel Dieu in Montreal, all developed within
week
Tho Russian reply to the British note about
the Afghan incident is impudent whore it ia
not eyasiye
The distinguished french general, LOUIS
Psiel chevalier Of the legion of honor, is dead
aged sixty. eight
Shipmssters arriving from Russian porte ~
speak Of the immoasity ~ tfit!t&ry prepare
tons aud Of ths III feeling against England
The polite still hesithtes to show his hand as
regards neutrality. Tho notes of certain Eu-
ropean powers respecting the passage of the
Dardanelles remain unanswered
The Dagblad stales that Sweden has deter
mined TO temaif neutral in the event Of war
between England and Russia, and will prevent
England establishing a coaling system on the
island OF Gotland The king OF Sweden, who
has been making tour of Europe, has started
upon his return 20 his own county.
The marquis OF Salisbury, the Conservative
leader In the house Of lords, delivered speech
at verexhath, Wales, IN the course Of which he
said; Our hold upon India has been rudely
shaker In the past five years. Unless we en-
phatcally reassert our position against Russia
the Indian empire will crumble away.
Ths earl of Dursrin, IN an address 10 the
Indian association, again referred 10 the
marked manner - The offers made by the ma
tive princes and people 10 give England as,
- = a -. b.. a.
slstance IN any struggle which she nigh, have
with Rnssis, and assured his hearers that Eng
land would know how 20 Use this help when
occasion might require 1t
Prestan, the Panama insurgent leader, is a
man with hig, high forehead, waving. turbu-
lent curly black hair, fluffy moustache, big,
wild eyes, aud notified light chocolate com
plexion He sat for his photograph in an i'll
fitting suit OF dark cloth, stand. mp collar with
the ends far apart, and a carelossly knOtted
necktie His expression is reckless, and the
lower part Of tho face is weak
Toronto Globe An unknown number OF
members Of the loyal volunteers of Canada
win come out Of this campaign with consttu-
tons shattered by the hRrdships and exposure
which they we're compelled to undergo during
the trying and unnecessary march around the
north shore % Lake Superior, which march
was undertaken IN order 10 provide for an ad-
Nertiseuient for the Canadian Pacific railway.
In defiance Of her treaty stpulati6ns with
England, Turkey and other powers, Russia is
strongly fortifying Batoum, on the eastern
coast OF the Black sea The place is nov
flooded with guns and munitions of war, and
large corps OF infantry and cavalry guards til,
railway from Pail, on the coast, TO Tifis, the
capital of Transcaucasia This railway is o.
great value in transporting troops from the
Black Sea 10 the Caspian ON the way from
European Russia to Afghanistan.
The Journal do st. Petersburg insists that
the accounts of the battle OF tho Kushk river
made by Gen Kumaruff aud Sir Peter Lums.
den agree, Notwithstanding the English opin-
ions 70 the contrary IL saws q detailed state
ment OF the affair from Gen. komaron cannot
be had for several weeks The ST Petersburg
good answer TO the impudent seizure by Eng
land Of the island Ct Port Hamilton. The Noyoe
Nremya SAYS that exchange has again fallen, and
that the war cloud IL advancing
In the Dominion house at Ottawa Sir John
Macdonald said there was too much reason to
fear that the rumOrs of the disaster at Fort Pitt
were true, although they had not been fully
confirmed Out OF consideration for the feel
ings of those who had friends there il would
not be wise 20 speak more specifically, simply
because the Reports were rumored as yet; but
these rumOrs had come from various sources,
and therefore we must believe that calamity
had occurred there, but 10 what extent he was
at present unable to state The moment fur
Their information was receiyedit would be COM
munioated to parliament
A London dispatch Of the 22d says: Thai
tho government expects war seems to be fairly
inferred from: Frst-Its lasts nights an
nouncement Of the probable evacuation Of the
Soudi N. Second--rhe repeated references
made by Mr. Gladstone last evening as TO the
necessity of holding all troops there in readi-
ness for service whenever they may be wanted;
and these latter words were observed 10 BIO
spoken with emphasis. Third-The demand
for Eli 100000 meaning fyepence half penny
increase on the pound in tax, a demand never
before made cxeoptf Tor war Fourth-Itwould
not have excited popular feeling by so readily
giving out Lumsdens beiligerent dispatches
The London press to-day spare no words in
giving tho lie TO KOmarof Upon Lumsden's
testimony this sentence from the Chronicle
hitherto rather peaceful IAberalist, is good
instance of the defiant tone OF tie preas: "A
more crushing rejoinder could hardly be inn
agined Not one sentence of komarof's re-
mains. Not one clause OF Il was exempt from
the grossest and most inpudent peryersion OF
truth This, doubtless, will DO tine tone Of
John Bull to-day on change and elsewhere.