... STORIES OF PRINCE BISECTl The third volume of F. von Sybel's Hirtorg a! the German Empire, which is about to be pub- lished, contains a number of episodes and anec- dotes hithertj not generally known. A DUrL WZ11C1t WAS INnVB 5'OUGrsT. ng Probably tbe most interesting chapters refer to the relations between Prince Bismarck and Count Bechberg, then Prussian and Austrian Ambassa- rtd dors ...

... T - IAA IFGHTING IN SAN Dssson.[ i __ . ?? (REUmI&S rm1EGRAX.) - New York, Decer81e According to intelligence received bere ?? a V.Abertad, San Salvador, the Government troops bave gained a victory over the insorgents under General Kivas. They bave ?? six of the principal forts held by the rebsle, mcsny being 'Xkilled on bothS sides in the fighting. It is oipected ibat the rebellian will be ...

... IDECLUNE oF THrE AtdERICANI FARMER. I , - ?? (FRtOM A coltmspmouTls.) I [A O11e bears so much of progress in the unitedaI P5 States, of industrial development, and con-. e tinuous prosperity, that it may be hard to e 0believe in the gradual decadence of thie most, e ad important interest in the Republic, that hasco latherto been the, largest and surest source of its pro wealth-ini fact, the ...

... TilE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. 'I . I LORD SALISBURY ATACKE-LATEST oo RE.PRTS FROM HATFIELD. Lo' B ?? (PrESS A'001A0T TCLZG3.) bef Loudon, Tuesday Night. oxi c The Diplomatic Corps generally has been son Pat Eattacked by influenza. The first to be taken pat r was Count Hatzieldt, the German Ambassador, Ha wbo has been laid up for nearly a fortnight. Lord ma X Salisbury is now suffering at Hatfield. ...

... CamM 189. Mote durin MAbs -+.1 tsvr U Scienee during the past year ha reeeived ' some valuable accessions. One of thelbest re- suits has been the discovery of the inthinte f relation which exists between light and elec- I tricity. It has for years past been suspected t that such a relation did exist, on account of the value of the electro-magnetic unit, that is to X say, the number of electro ...

... -- ?? TiAFIOs - The tco61c recelpts of the L.B. & S.(. EsO.aY for SundSY j r and Mondty show a 460esIS Of23. The trAlC receipts of the West ?? ndia Portuguee Rail- way for week endin* November 30 ebow . decrease of Wi i : The traffc receipts of the Suer Cnal on .ondy a ouAlUA jt to 80,OQ franca. against 120.080 freaus on the correspondin I | XaThe iraio ?? of the Mofian 1ilvway for week itI ...

... ! i ?? I I I 1 tZUTEt'S TELtRltAM, . Rome; December 31. At the Consistory held yesterday at the Vatican tfie Pope in the course of his Allocution expressed satisfaction at the foundation of Catholic univer- aities at' Washington, Ottawa, and Fribourg, remarking that Catholiciem prospered in those countries under the favour of the laws andtbe t equity of men. The joy which he felt on this I 5 ...

... - MEATHR REPOR AND IRECASTU3 11 |. I4* I J ?? MS 3tiRJCLtirCA OrFroe, LROY, B d lTuesday, Deeamber S1. - w i9 Ths morneiog's reports showed-that While pres- suars was highest over Germany, France, and the C Y soath-east of England, it was lowest off our deztreme north-westeri coasts, in which regiong ,f thero was apparently a large area of low premus Fle le advancing north - eastwards. The ...

... BWCLeESaSTI0AI& A * -- A V G kARNsxL ES2AsLXEBD Ctjntct-At a meot 4;ng of the Glasgow Presbytery en Monday night jin GarnothMll Churc-the Rev. James Ke lZ Daslmrsdck Earish, presiding-the Rev. Jeh woss who has bees lasonring thorn for the pat year, was ordained to the pastoral charge. ThC56 was a good attendance of the cengegastion. PAISnY 1FBEE Fss!TlTY. - The monthly meeting was bold ...

... WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 1, 1890. The Marquis of Salisbury hm been at.I tacked with infiuenza, beiug the resanlloft e sevcre cold which manifested itself n after his return to Hatfield from Lon- fo don 5 week ago. Though confined to his PI room, his Lordship is able to transact official 1& business, in which he is being assisted by the pr Eon. Eric Barrington of the Foreign Office. is Dr Douglas ...

... A MERICA. INCREASE OF DEATH-RATE. to Mi Mi 1 RELATIONS WITH CANADA-THE NEW YORK x * PESS ON MR MUDSTONL .L-- t , X R~~~ N. , S r X.MA 5 OMU4,CB , (3C ~sn EG&6 ST OOMaO4L OasL. Nt New York, December 31. A sudden and violent fall in temperature has Or characterised the last twenty-four hours in New Or York. The Board of Health reports increased P& o pnenaon, there being 32 deaths from this ...

... A SERIES OF FIESS. DENNY BLACKMIL BUR DOWN. About five o'clock yesterday nmoruing tht black. 3mill at Dquipace. near Donny, the property of the at Carronr Company, and occupied by Mr JAme, it Webster, grain merchant and miller, was destroyed m bv fire. 'Tbe fimes had got a cowplete hold of thb a mpremises ere discovered, and the work of destruco v. tion wascpeedy and complete. Dunce Mills are ...