The Iola register., 1890-08-01

Ok the Upper Ottawa river. near Penn
broke, Ont, some miscreant recently
cut the ropes mooring raft of timber
on which twenty-five men were asleep
The raft consequently was wrecked IL
the rapids and twenty of the sleeping
men were drowned, only two succeeding
in reaching the shore.
The Siberian cattle plague is ravagins
the province of Riazan, Russia, and cat
tie, horses and sheep are dying by thou
sands. Two-thirds of the animals at
tackled die from the disease. A number
of peasants have also contracted the
disease. but no fatal cases have thus far
been reported.
The protest of Austria and Germany
to the Porte against brigandage has
! stimulated the Turkish authorities tc
interference with the operations of the
bandits. Fifteen brigands who recently
''held up" and robbed 200 travellers have
been captured and will probably be
severely dealt with.
The steamer Egypt of the National
line, took fire on the Atlantic recently
and was abandoned. The crew and
passengers were rescued by passing
vessel.
THE American schooner William Rice
with crew of sixteen men has been
lost at sea.
MUCH activity exists in the Russian
navy. The Twelve Apostles Ia war
vessel Of s. 200 tons) is ready for launch
ing at Sebastopol and larger vessel,
st. George the Conqueror, is being built
at the same place.
URUGUAY officials propose to raise the
customary duties ten per cent and make
them payable in gold-the revenue thus
obtained to be devoted to the redemp-
ton of the paper money.
The people of Spain are reported
greatly dissatisfied with the new Con-
servatise Cabinet and the situation is
very critical.
THE Canadian Pacific Railway Com
pany has purchased the New Brunswick
line, thus securing connection to the
Atlantic ocean.
CAPTAIN RYE, Justice of the peace
and noted hunter of Ireland, has been
sentenced at Cork to two months i'm
prisonment at hard labor for shooting
and wounding poacher.
A MOB at Santiago, Chilli, sacked a
number of stores but was soon dis
persed by the military.
A HORRIBLE case of cannibalism is re-
ported from Cairo, Egypt. A negress
employed as nurse, apparently seized
with sudden recurrence of savage in
stincts, killed two children of her en-
ployer and devoured their bodies.
ANDREW CARNEGIE has offered to give
$50, 600 to build free library at Ayr
Scotland.
OWING to the expectation of a rise in
the prices of chemicals the paper makers
of England and Scotland are combining
with view to starting chemical fac
tories of their own.
A DISPATCH from Geneva saws that
the Federal Council has about decided
to expel the Mormons from the repub-
lie. Petitions in favor of the expulsion
have been signed by tens of thousands
of the working people.
A BAND of Arnauts recently made a
night attack upon the Montenegrin viii
lage Rogmore, many persons being mur-
dered. The Arnauts plundered the viii
lage and then left Afterward the band
was attacked by Turkish troops and
sixty Arnauts were killed and many
others wounded.
THE Heligoland Cession bill passed
its second reading in the British House
of Commons by vote of 2O9 to 6L
THE Queen Dowager of Corea died
July 4, aged eighty-three.
ITis officially stated that seventy fatal
cases of Asiatic cholera have occurred
in Baku, Russia, and vicinity. The heat
in the vicinity is intense.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended July 90 num-
bered 1879, compared with 207 the previ-
Gus week and 2l6 the corresponding
week of last year. Business was re-
ported improving.
The crops throughout France, except
in one section east of the Rhone, have
been destroyed by incessant rains. Of
fetal reports from the great wheat dis
trict of LaBasque state that the crop is
rotting. The losses are estimated at
500, 600, 600 francs.
SIGNoR CRIsPI, the Italian Premier,
has informed the French Ambassador |
that If France should annex Tunis, |
Italy would occupy Tripoli.