Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-09-10
FOREIGN JoTTINGs.

BRADsTREET's London correspondents
has made another survey of the Euro
pean crop situation, with the result of
increasing his estimate Of the wheat de-
ficiency of that continent land British
Islands) to 500, 100000 bushels. The
situation will not be changed materially
If the United States be credited with
having raised 40, 100000 more than was
recently supposed, yet the latter may
be Offset by the fact that Russia has
practically no wheat to spare for export,
instead of the 4O,00o,OO0 which Dorm
busch has estimated is likely to be sup
piled to that country from other parts
of Europe. And this idea is supported
by the Russian Finance Messenger,
which says that no surplus Of wheat is
expected from the new crop. He notes
also that the potato crops are turning
out badly. which will necessitate in;
creased use of grain. The Hungarian
estimate of shortage on both
wheat and rye in Europe,
amount to about 400. 900, 900 bushels, a
quantity greater than the most liberal
allowances can figure out as possible to
be spared from other parts OF the world.
The Hungarian estimate gives Russia a
surplus of little less than 100000
bushels of wheat, but makes out the
rye deficit to be three times that sur
| plus. The Vienna congress figures show
European shortage of $50, 900
bushels rye and 81, 900, COO of wheat, &C
cording reasonably well with those
! from other sources mentioned.
THE hopes for the permanency OF
European peace have already been dis
! placed by fears which are based on
number of significant facts pointing to
an early war. The German govern
ment is watching with nervous anxiety
| the massing of Russian troops along its
frontier, and has found it necessary to
add $4,000, 900 forms to the war budget
! in order to increase the effective strength
of the artillery and infantry. Letters
from acute military observers at Odessa
concur in statements of the unprece-
denied activity in the military depots OF
Bessarabia, the amount of cavalry there
being especially astonishing. The camps
along the Russo-Roumanian frontier
constantly refill with troops passing
toward points unknown. Austria is on
guard against a sudden declaration Of
war, followed by the dash of myriads of
enemy across the frontier. The same
feeling of distrust and uncertainty ex-
|
keeping a close watch on Servia, where,
under the cover of the yearly maneu-
vers, the reserves are rising around
Pirat, and two brigades are massed be-
tween Pirat and NiSschi. All this is re-
sponded to by the sudden calling out OF
the Bulgarian reserves for practice with
the Mannlicher rifles Add to this the
colossal character of the French ma
neuvers and the similar demonstrations
in Italy, Austria and Germany, and it is
only natural to find recurrence OF the
war scare.
DR.. G.. L. STEICH, of Berlin, while ex-
perimenting with cocaine, to determine
its efficacy as a local anesthetic, made
the discovery that weak salution
of the drug injected under the
skin with syringe renders
the flesh at that point insensible to pain.
The effect of the water causes slight
swelling only. The space marked by
the swelling remains insensibe to pain
for some minutes, so that an incision
may be made without causing the
slightest pain.
A PARTY of officials sent out from St.
Petersburg to kill animals infected with
disease in order to prevent disease from
spreading was attacked at Maikop by a
crowd of inhabitants. A detachment OF
Cossacks ordered to Quell the disturb
ance was received with shower OF
stones. The Cossacks then fired vol
ley, killing seventeen persons and
wounding many others.
THE schooner Pannonia, from the
Marshall islands for San Francisco, ha!
been wrecked on the Hawaiian reef:
and all on board were drowned, includ
! ing the crew of seven men, Capt. George
D. Lovedale, of San Diego, Mrs. Love
dale and the captains three children.
THE provincial debts of Italy amour
to IA, 9O2. 600, 900 lire 1850, 500, 000,) o.
514.6 lire ($1O3) for each inhabitant, anC
513.3 lire on each hectare of land. Thi
is, of course, in additional to the nationa
= debt, which is upward of "a, 900, 900, OOt
lire, or nearly IS, 900, 100000.
THE Victorian legislature has pas SEE
1 the federation bill, at the same time
8 adopting an amendment excluding New
Q Zealand from the federation. The New
2 South Wales legislature-61 to Aha
t rejected a motion in favor of protectiv
duties.
: THE Vosstc1e Zett,t1eg of Berlin, says
. If its Dardanelles report is true, al
- English feet may be expected in tn
= Dardanelles to perform sentry duty
. which, by treaty of stipulation, is tn
n business Of Turkey.
d In many parts of Germany the TWEEN
9 tieth anniversary of the battle of Sedal
@ fought Sept. 2, 1870 was celebrates
Q with prayer and thanksgiving, with
: festivitY and general rejoicing.
The official estimate of the damag
. done by the recent cyclone that sweep
= over the Island of Martinique places tn
:, amount at $40, 900, 900, and says that 81
people lost their lives.
TEN men '. ere killed and dozen in
a jured by an explosion in a colliery nea
n Bedminster. Eng.
10 A BLOODY revolution is threatened i
& Mexico.
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