The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-03
FOREIGN NEWS.

The difficulty between Turkey and Great
Britain, arising from the firing upon
British vessel by the garrison at Fort Fac,
has been satisfactorily arranged The Porte
has apologized TO Great Britain for the out
rage and will punish those who are respon'
sible for IL,
The London Post, in leader on improved
navigation Of the st, Lawrence, says that
the Canadians are TO be congratulated upon
their commercial future, and upon the com.
pletion, at an early period, Of work which
will make the ST. Lawrence one OF the
greatest trading ways of the world.
Catoni, the Italian giant, who has just
died, sold his skeleton last week TO an an
atomy museum at Rome for 5000, The
money has been paid over TO his heirs.
Detective Murray has received a letter
nom Anderson d Sons, civil engineers,
Stewart Building, New fo k, telling OF the
mysterious disappearance of Augustus Raw
lings and Frank Regbie, sons of English gen.
tlemen, who were lured 20 Canada unde the
impression that they were to be placed out
with farmers as farm pupils. One of them,
the writer undersla ds, paid $1,000 in Eng
land, and one-thrd of this sum was sent to
an agent in Toronto. The tirst-named young
man paid $500 for part intere't in farm
north of Lindsay, where he seems to have
disappeared and the other after arriving at
Niagara Falls, was not heard OF by his
friends.
1t is estimated that it will take at least
three years to arm the Russian army with
the new guns.
Students are rioting in st. Petersburg.
Revolutionary pamphlets have been scat
tered throughout the city.
The new extradition treaty between Great
Britain and the United States will go into
efiect on April 4.
Gen. Boulanger has written a letter, in
which he lenews his offer to return to
France, providing the government will
permit him TO be tried by the court Of APP
peais or by court martial
The prisoners in the Jail at Mooltan,
India, celebrated their new years by cut
ting off the nose of their jailer.
The Eiffel Tower, which has been closed
since the exposition,is about to be reopened.
1t has been overhauled and refitted as to its
| platform and other accommodate MS Tor
| the public the restaurant service has been
| recognized, and the elevators have been
tested, until it is sure that the cold weather
| does not affect them injuriously
Bishop Ridley, who recently arrived In
London from his district in Vancouver's
Island, brought to the Queen gift OF 500
| from the chief of the tribe among whom he
| had been at work. The chief offered it in
such way that the bishop could not refuse
| 1t without giving him dire offence, but he is
as afraid to offer it to the Queen as he would
| have been to refuse to take it from the
chief and can't make up his mind what to
| do with it.
The London Daily Telegraph St. Peters
burgh correspondent reports that the au-
thoriti's have discovered a fresh military
conspiracy to murder the Gar.
1t is expected that the cost of the Emin
relief expedition will be $4,000. There is
no truth in the report that the funds are in
adequate to meet the expenses.
Garibaldis sons and all of his relatives
are living in Italy, and, though none Of
them are wealthy, they are well provided for
and highly honored.
All of the bank note currency of the
Italian government is engraved and printed
| in the United states. The notes are neat,
but small, resembling somewhat the frac-
tional notes issued in war times.
On the island of Capri, near Naples an
executive old Englishman has long been a
resident He calls himself king of the
island, and the title is loosely accorded to
him by the rustic inhabitants His mar
rage with one of the peasant women
| yielded a very full crop of young Caprians.
Several of the students lately arrested at
Naples for riotous proceedings in the streets
have been condemned to heavy fines and
six months imprisonment.