The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-05-21
FOREIGN q NEWS GOSSIP.

The shah OF Persia has recently given $6OO
to the erection Of q Presby terian church In
Lamadin. i3$ IA Ks Z,
Lord Vernon is engaged to marry Miss Law!
ronoe, an American woman, whom lie met at
Pau last winter. K + ~ q Il. SET -. II N 4
Middleton sends Lord Melgund: to Ottawa
with dispatches to the government It is be-
ieved that he wants more troops. 4 "a i;
The earl Of Dudley, who died recently, was
shrewd coal dealer, and a. monomaniAc; con-
stanNy imagining himself en- ceinte. ~ 4
Gen. Middleton had another fight with the
rebels at Batoche's Crossing; but there seems
to be some doubt as to the actual result
A lot Of Russian emigrants to Dakota were
kidnapped across the line by Canadian Pacific
agents; and it cost them 81, OoOto got back
The large gap in the Canadian Pacific rail
road on the north shore Of Lake Superior,
forty-two miles long, was closed recently. y
The three Italians at Chicago arrested for d.
practically confessed to the perpetration Of the
murder. Y II = :,
Sir John Macdonald got so mad and violent
in the dominion house, the other day, over the
franchise bill, that the speaker had to call him
to order S 3 "a. s-8ii5. l& .Nss
II has been decided at special cabinet
council to Immediately begin the partial evac-
uation OF the Soudan. This movement is to be
made deliberately, and for the present an
effective garrison is to be maintained at Saukim
and strong force retained at Wady Halfa.
Bismarck will close the chateau Of Schon-
hansen, keeping the Varzin and Fried
ricksruhe estates as his sole residence Since
receiving the gift Of the Schonhausen estate
he has become enc Of the richest proprietors
in Prussia, his yearly income being sll0, 0O0
The ultamontane newspapers in Prussia
raise ) great cry that Prof. Mommsen, the
great historian of Rome, while studying a code
in the Vatican library, kept his seat when the
pope passed through his library, while the
rest of those present either fell on their kneer
or bowed deeply. 4 z " y y
The Northwest will get the bulk Of the
emigration from Germany and the scandina-
Wan countries this year. Tho tide from Eng
land is setting toward Washington Territory
and British Columbia. The emigration to
Manitoba is said to have. practically closed :,
One day, recently, The empress Of Austria
left the Santa Cecilia, Lord Alfred .Paset'
steam yacht at Deal and walked from thence
70 Dover. On arriving OF Dover, she went by
train to FolkAtone, walked back, and then re-
Joined the yacht having walked no less than
eighteen miles during the day. Z. .5s7S: a.
The Princess Louise Northwestern commit
Smittee, in London, England, issued its first up.
peal to the public for subscriptions few days
| ago. Princess Louise is president Of the com.
A mittee, which comprises a large number Of
! leading bankers and finnnciers. X The utmost
dispatch will be shown in sending surgeons
and materials 49, ~ e .ss
The imperial council Of war at St Peters
burg has ordered the transfer Of military and
medical stores from Kornovad to Askabad
and have instructed the naval department ia
equip LOO men. The Berlin papers have
changed their tone and are now dwelling upo1
the amicable relations between England and
Germany The Paris journal des Debata
and Temps praise Mr.. Gladstane for securing
peace. The papers to be published on the
/ Afgan question will not contain the terms Of
the frontier convention, which will not be
made public until 4 the conyention has been
concluded. Grave doubts are expressed as to
whether the government will adhere to the
decision to resign, If defeated, and the result
will depend upon the Parnellites. ~ "a.