The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-20

Foreign.
A r of twenty-seven Mexican bandits,
under the notorious Tiger Chief" captured
the town of Quila, Mexico, killed the tele-
graph operator and despoiled the inhabitants.
CHOLERA has broken out in Batavia, the
chief city of Java.
DURING the recent battles with the Chinese
in Tonquin the French troops had l04 sol
diers and eight officers killed and 15i soldiers
and ten officers wounded. The Chi l.se loss
was much greater.
THE Germans hauled down the British flag
and hoisted the German at Victoria, an Eng
lish mission town on the west coast OF Africa.
The British consul protested unavailingly,
and then started for the nearest British sta
ton to report the affair to his government.
DURING a cir us performance in Paris a
noted lion-tamer named Williams was at
tackled by n huge lion in the cage and fear
fully lacerated before he got away. The
panic-stricken spectators ilcl in every direc-
ton.
GENERAL ~BoNACHEA, Il prominent Cuban
insdrrectionist AMI iour other Cuban lead
ers, have peen executed at Santa 20 de Cuba.
MATTERS are reported in n very critical po-
sition in Afghanistan. The Russians are de
termine upon Il forward policy, an | a COLI
sion between England and Russia is eX-
pected.
THE Prince and Princess of Wales will soon
make a visit of about two weeks to Ireland.
EDMUND YATES, the editor of London
World, sentenced in January to four months
Imprisonment because his paper contained a
libel on Lord Lonsdale has been released.
RECENT dispatches from st. Petersburg in
dictate that the Slav or military party in
Russia is now in the ascendant with the
car. 1t is said TO he intriguing in every pos.
sible way to influence him against the Eng
lish.
AUSTRIA is following the lead of Germany
in increasing the tax on cereals and manu-,
featured goods. American competition is the
cause.
THE British government has invested
800, 600 as a fund for General Gordon's fam
lily,
WAR has been formally declared in Central
America.
Mrs. ANNA DECosTE, aged 10, died the
other day in Halifax, Nova Scotia, leaving
eight children, ninety grandchildren and 14U
REORGANIZATION.
AFTER five days fighting the French troops
carried the Chinese positions around kelung,
Formo,a. The French loss was forty killed
and 200 wounded.
ENGLAND'S Indian allies have had their first
battle with the False Prophets troops. In a
hot skirmish the Arabs became panic stricken
and fed when they saw the swarthy Moham-
medans from India facing them in British
HlNlt anu IIllR II SuCh DItNlolOl % W
make every shot tell.
GREAT council of the various Chinese vi
ccroys is about to be held i'll Pekin, to decide
the question of peace or war with France.
THE Chinese lost 1900 men in their una
vailiug defense of the positions around Re
ong, Formosa. The French captured an
enormous amount of military stores.
ALATE LONDON dispatch says that the re-
lations between London and Russia are as
,,,s, - ,,Ap, -Aral -Fna E1nf arc
VII lam. of Germany, is reported to be using
his personal influence with the car OF Russia
to preserve eacc.
THE announcement that war had been de-
clared in Central America, was followed by
prompt action on the part of President Diaz,
Of Mexico, who gave President Barrlos, OF
Guatemala, to understand that Mexico would
not permit him to carry out his designs upon
the Central American republics. 1t is con-
sidcred that President Diaz by his action has
prevented war.
GENERAL FERNANDEZ, the president of
Costa Rica, Central America, is dead.
IL the British house of comm ons Premier
Gladstone announced that an agreement had
been arrived at between Russia and England,
by the terms of which neither the Russian nor
Afghan forces would advance any further on
either side of the frontier.
DUTLING still prevails to a great extent in
Germany. In a duel the other day between
two officers one was killed after twenty-seven
shots had been fired.
AN immense sensation has been aroused in
Paris and in Irish circles everywhere by the
French governments arrest and expulsion
from the country of James stephens and four
other prominent FcnianS.
PRESIDENT BARRIOS, of Guatemala, has
issued Il decree proclailning himself chief OF
the republic Of Guatemala and the Central
American union as a single republic, assum-
ing the title OF supreme Military Chief Of
Central america taking as such absolute
command, and declaring that any one pro-
nouncing himself opposed to the union or
embarrassing his movements will be treated
as a traitor to the great cause OF nationality.
GENERAL AGUERO, the Cuban revolution
ist mo,t feared by the Spanish authorities,
has met his death in Cuba through treachery.
He was betrayed by two negroes, who vlo-
lently assailed him, and with a machete split
his head open. Jose Morejon, Aguero's sec
rotary, was also killed in the struggle.