Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-31
FUREIGN NEWS.

President Cleveland's recommendation to
enforce retaliation against Canada by re-
fusng to allow Canadian goods to pass over
United States territory in bond is the chief
feature OF conversation in mercantile circles
at Halifax, N. S.
Eight hundred workman have been
drowned by an inundation at Teng Tcon,
near Shanghai.
While the tug Storm King was towing the
mammoth steamer Great Eastern in the
Clyde to Liverpool, an enormous sea was
encountered, and the hawser parted. The
Great Eastern vanished IN the darkness in
the direction of the sea. When last seen the
big vessel was laboring heavily.
London rumors revive the existence of an
engagement between Mr.. Joseph Chamber
lain and Miss Endicott, and it is asserted
that the marriage will take place next year.
The name Of Gilbert and Sullivan's new
opera, about which so much speculation has
been lndulged, is no longer a secret, though
1t IS still jealousy guarded from the general
public The title Of the new work is "The
Tower OF London, and the story is woven
about That ancient U1u fortress which ;s tbo
pride and glory of the genuine Briton. ~
The dory Dark Secret has been spoken l40O
miles out from Boston. The captain re-
ported all well.
Gen. Boulanger will contest the senatorial
seat for the department of Haute Vienne.
Philip Henry Gosse, f. R. S., the English
naturalist, is dead, aged 7S.
The Labrador fishery is generally fairly
good. The southern part of the coast has
been rather unfortunate. There was heavy
gale during the early part of the month, in
which many vessels were lost with cargoes
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain refuses to talk
about the present situation of the fisheries
question.
Mr.. William J. Lane, nationalist member
o. parliament, has been presented purse of
4oOO by his constituents in East Cork,
The Nordenham Dockyard company of
Berlin has been officially entered on the
trade register in the Oldenburg court of JUS
tice.
FIR. Kennedy has been arrested for holding
meeting of suppressed branch of the
National league at Dunhallow, county Cork
Sig. Crispi, the italian prime minister, in
his interview with Count Kalnoky at Eger
expressed himself as perfectly satisfied with
the result of his visit to Prince Bismarck.
Seven old warehouses at Stamwarde, Ger
many, containing cotton, rice, sugar and
saltpetre, valued at 100000 marks have
been destroyed by fire. Six persons per-
lshed in the flames.
A girl named Catherine Murphy, a cook
was arrested at Queenstown, on landing
from the steamer Catalonia, for having a
loaded revolver concealed in her dress.
Mr.. Gladstone has presented to a church
In Fllntshlre the money he received for his
reply to Robert G. Ingersoll.
Minnie Hauk is suffering from nervous
prostration. She will not be able to go to
America for the next operatic season.
The International Corn and Seed market
aI Of IL
persons were present The amount of
produce available for export, exclusive of
old stocks, consist of 5000, 900 centimetres of
wheat and flour, and 2, 500 900 centmetres of
barley and malt. There is no rye or oats
available for export,
The balloonist Simmons, with two com.
panions, recently made an ascension from
the Italian exhibition in London The
balloon descended in Essex and, dashing
against trees was emeshed to pieoes, and
the occupants were thrown out. Simmons
is dying from the effects of his injuries. The
others were also seriously injured.
At a conference of the clergy at Drogheda.
the primate presiding, resolutions were
adopted demanding the release of John Dill
lon, EXPIRE ssing sympathy with and conf
dence in Mr. Parnell, and approving the
raising of fund for Mr.. ParneIl's defence.
Reports have been received showing that
the Egyptian corn crop has seriously suf-
fered. The reports also say that it will be
imnossible to grow wheat in upper Egypt in
1889, and that the greater portion of the
other crops can only be cultivated at an in
creased expense.
The police of Wexford arrested John Red
mond, member Of Parliament for Wexford,
his brother, William Redmond, member of
Parliament for Fermanagh, and Edward
Walsh, editor Of the Wexford People. They
are charged with offences under the crimes
act
A cable message has been received from
Lord Crawford at Dun Echt, Scotland, stat
ing that on Aug. 13 and Aug % the variable
Rcygni was observed by Espn at Walsing-
ham, and the spectrum was found to contain
bright lines. The observation was confirmed
at the Dun Echt observatory on Aug. 26.