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Show NEWS NEWS OF THE WORLD. SIXTY thousand troops is the force which England has engaged in the Afghan war. <br><br> FRANCE has lately had a very exciting election in which the Republicans were victorious. <br><br> OLD BENDER and his wife, who, with their son John and daughter Kate kept a hotel in Kansas, a few years ago, at which they murdered an unknown number of travelers, are in prison at Fremont, Neb. This is perhaps the most murderous quartette [quartet] of whom history gives any account. The remains of about fifteen of their victims were found on the hotel premises, after the family had fled, and the number they have murdered is unknown. It is expected that Kate and John will soon be under arrest. Kate and John are own brother and sister, but have bred together as man and wife, and have four children. <br><br> AMERICUS, Webster Co., Ga., Aug. 6.-Last evening Woodson, L. Gunnels, a well to do farmer living near hear [here], on returning home at 10 found his wife and nine of the ten small children in a horrible sleep from the effects of morphia administered in lemonade by Mrs. Gunnels. Medical aid was immediately summoned but Mrs. Gunnels soon died and no hopes of recovery are entertained for seven of the children; the others are believed to be out of danger. A note in the handwriting of Mrs. Gunnels was found under the morphia on the table, in which she stated she had deliberately administered morphia to the children and herself with the intention of destroying them all, and that she was not actuated by any domestic trouble. <br><br> OMAHA, Aug. 6.-Recent news from Texas states that a military organization known as the Grand Army of Occupation, whose object seems to be the invasion of Mexico, is rapidly enrolling recruits. Three hundred men are enrolled in Austin and vicinity, and the first regiment of Texas cavalry. Col. Armstrong, of Austin, commanding, has 300 members and recruiting is going on. General F. W. James, General of the Texas militia, will be given command of the department, embracing Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. He has appointed a staff and consultation has been held, but the results have not yet transpired. The movement is attracting a good deal of attention and belief is expressed that if the Government does not interfere, serious trouble will result. <br><br> ROME, Aug. 7.-The Vatican has decided to augment and reorganize colleges of the propaganda for Asia and Africa being desirous of largely developing the Catholic church in those parts. <br><br> WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-General Sherman says of the Dalrymple projects to invade Mexico, from Texas, that it would not amount to anything in his opinion. The neutral laws betwen [between] the United States and the Mexican government would have to be maintained by the United States army. If neccessary [necessary], hence should Dalrymple attempt an invasion he would in all probability be whipped by the United States and Mexican forces. |