Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-05-17
Foreign.

| THE boiler of a dredger burst In the har-
Dor at Calais, France. The explosion killed
seven persons and injured several Others The
! bodies of the killed were horribly mutilated.
WHILE twelve men and a little girl were
! crossing the Nicolet River at Ste. Cloth1lde,
! Canada, in a slziff, the boat upset and three
! of the men were drowned.
MALIEToA, the deposed King Of Samoa,
having apologized, Emperor William has de-
! cided that the ex-King may be liberated
! BY an explosion in the Rechlinghausen col
liery at Dortmund, Germany, three persons
were killed and eight injured.
THE London Telegraph, in an article on
! the American Centennial, says that from no
quarter of the globe will congratulations
heartier than those of Great Britain go to
America.
In the House of Commons motion Of
Samuel Smith liberal, censuring the British
Government for fostering spirit drinking in
India, was carried by vote Of lib to 1O3
THE Washington Centennial was celebrated
bY appropriate exercises in American
churches in Montreal, Canada; Rome Italy,
and Paris, France.
THE steamship Berlin arrived at Bremen,
Germany, from Rio Janeiro with yellow
fever on board. The ravages Of the plague
on the vessel have been something frightful.
Over thirty were down with it. Three pas
sengers died and were buried at sea.
HENRI ROCHEFORT, who fed to London
with General BOulanger, applied to the
French Government for a safe conduct to en-
able him 20 attend the funeral Of his eldest
son, who committed suicide at Bona, Algeria.
LORD DUNRAvEN's yacht, the Valkyrie,
which is to contest for the American cup,
was successfully launched at Glasgow, Scot
land. The frames are Of steel, the top sides,
| deck and fittings are Of teak, and the bottom
p1ankings are of hard wood. The length is
IS feet beam, 15.9 feet; depth, 11.6 feet and
tonnage 5676. The length on the load water
line is just under 70 feet.
GENERAL BOULANGER has summoned a
Council Of his supporters to meet in London.
REAR-ADNIIRAL BEKKNAP assumed COM
mand of the Asiatic squadron at Yokohama,
Japan, and made the following staff appoint
ments: Chief Of staff, Captain F. V. McNair;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS George A. Norris
flag lieutenant; Lieutenant Commander c.
H. West, flag secretary, and Naval Cadet c..
B. Britain. aid.
A REVOLUTIONARY outbreak took place at
Silao Mexico, end the Project was assas-
sinated.
The third session of the Fifth Parliament
OF the Dominion Of Canada has been pro-
rogued by the Governor-General.
OWING to the Improvement in the health
of the King of Holland the Dutch Parliament
by an unanimous vote passed a resolution re-
storing his power. The announcement was
received with cheers. Parliament sent
upon the favorable turn in his disease.
JOHN DILLON, the Irish Home Rule leader
is addressing monster meetings in Australia.
THREE lumbermen were drowned and
three others badly injured while attempting
to run slide' in the Deux River, Canada.
The centennial of the French Revolution
was celebrated at Versailles, Paris, and in
various cities abroad; President Carnot at
tended the Versailles exercises and made
speeches; in Paris blank cartridge was shot
at the President; the asSailant, when arrested,
said he had no desire to kill the President.
THE Brazilian Parliament was opened by
the Emperor
THE voters of Edinburgh, Scotland. have
decided by vote of IA, Gil nays to 1897 yeas
not to confer the freedom Of the city on
ParneI.
THE volcano of Vesuvius has been in an
alarming state Of eruption. Streams of lava
cOursed down the mOuntoj1 Gu the Pompeii
side