Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-04

Quebec, were ON the 10th said to be starry.
speedily arrived.
FURTHER adviccs Of tho 10th saw that
forty-eight persons lost their lives in tho
recent wreck of the steamer Algoma on
Lake Superior.
AN exploring schooner reports the dis
covery of a field of coal OH tbs Russian
shore of Behring Straits.
1eS the Eliza Armstrong abduction case at
London the defendants oun guilty of in
decent assault were sentenced as follows on
the 10th: MI. Stead, of the Pail lIatl Gazette.
to three months imprisonment, Rebecca
Jarrett six months, Sampson jacques ono
month, and Nine. Louise Mourey six
months.
THE Indian Government on the 10th
formally declared war against Burmah,
with the sanction of Queen Victoria. and
sent forward an invading army of 1900
men.
IT was reported on the 18th from Calcutta
that King Theebaw had ordered that all
Englishmen in Burmah be exterminated.
1t was feared that all the Europeans had al
ready been massacred.
THE Commissary of Police at Valen.
ciennes on the 18th made terrible reveal,
tlons concerning an enormous traffic it,
children in the black country in the North
of France.
THREE painters were killed and two
others received fatal injuries by the fall of
a scaffold at the drill-shed in Montreal OH
the 18th.
The widow of j. J. Platt, an American
architect who was shot in the city of San
Domingo by Dominican officers, has re-
ceived $50, 600 for the loss of her husband.
In the Criminal Court at Ottawa, Ont,
q gang of five ~ruffians were sentenced on
the 18th to imprisonment for life for a bru-
tai assault Oh Miss Truman, a lady of good
family, who was p~romenading with her
lover when seized by the villains.
On the 18th a revised list of the passen-
gers and crew of the steamer Algoma,
which was recently wrecked on Isle Royal,
Lake Superior, showed that forty-fve per-
sons persisted and fourteen were saved.
A SPECIAL messenger left Ottawa on the
18th for Regina, bearing an order from the
Governor-General for the execution of Riel.
A SHARP shock Of earthquake was falt on
the 18th i'll Contreeville. France.
KING THEEBAw, of Bulmah, on tho 18th
issued a proclamation that he would not
accept the absurd proposals of the Indian
Government, and hat therefore no declared
war. He promised to personally lead his
troops, and called upon his subjects TO
fight for the defense of their country and
religion.
THROUGHOUT Canada the 18th was OBJ
served as Thanksgiving Day.
Two BLOCKS of buildings i'll Manchester,
England. valued at s500,GCD, were destroyed
by u fire on the 18th originating in Belrens'
shipping warehouse.
TIE hog cholera was raging on the 18th
at South Essex, Canada. More than ono
hundred and fifty farms were q%uarantined.
FRANCE on the 18th decided to compel the
Prince of Monaco to prohibit pubic gaming
in his territory.
FoRTY-THREE new cases of smallpox and
t~wenty-three deaths occurred in Montreal
on the 18th, including an entire family of
seven persons.
KING MILAN, of Servia. on the 18Th made
a formal declaration of wal against Bull
i! xaria.
: TIE British Government on the 18th or
dered that Mr.. Stead, editor Of the Fail
Max Gazette, receive treatment as a fist
class misdemeanant while in prison.
GENERAL PRENDEHGAsr, in command Of
the British expedition into Burmah, was
on the 18th ordered to capture Mandalay
with all speed practicable. The invading
force would cross the frontier at once and
march on King Theebaw's Capital. # was
reported that King Theebaw had called on
the Dacoits, organized bands of robbers, to
assist him. The force of these robbers was
estimated at 1000.
HARwooD's cotton-mills, at Bolton, Eng,
were destroyed by fire on the 18th, causing
q loss of about 5000. 600.