Show GENERAL NEWS LIFE oil DEATH IN SOUTH AFRICA A man and aits wife to death in illinois experiments WITH THE ELECTRIC LIGHT the pronounced an accomplished fact ANGELL THE PULLMAN CAR DEFAULTER TREED ETC ETC ETC I bj WU to tb eagle J IB a alfor tho twits lon don bays your correspondent has been favored with the perusal of a private letter from sir garnet wole ley governor of cyprus the famous british general says lie ha much anxiety as to alie future of the zulu difficulty england is involved in ft life and death struggle tim race is the most warlike in south africa it numbers and can bring well armed drilled and admirably disciplined warriors into alie field it will require a large force of regular to subdue them the struggle wilt bo severe A of sir garnet wolseley says that alie reinforcements now being sent out are cruelly inadequate the ministers aro evidently thinking of the expense as well as lie safety of the cape and the honor of the country should the zulu natives settled iii natal and alie native forces rise they are sufficient to sweep alie british soldiers and whiten into the sea reinforcements are sailing daily amidst enthusiastic demonstrations the queen giving audiences to the general officers when last heard irom the zulus were preparing a grand combined attack with all their forces there was thrilling anxiety throughout the colony especially as lie zulu king was sending emissaries to other native powers urging them not to lose this opportunity every man in south africa the colonists are armed to a man and prepared in alie last emergency to defend their homes under the direction of the military authorities there is no dolbt here about alie final victory but grave fears are still entertained of aliat may happen before alio enforce ments arrive burned t ath feb 21 A fir S in the side of own last night destroyed a frame building its owner an aged irishman named WM by tho neighbors almost unharmed but finding his wife biad not escaped ho bravely dashed into alie alamei to rescue her but before he could again be pulled out lie was burned so terribly he died during the night the of his wife were subsequently taken fro m the ember SAX feb 21 latent advises advices from bort townsend state eliat the U S revenue cutter wolcott i had taken on board a large supply of provisions and was about ready to start for sitka alie vessel was very inadequately provided arm and ammunition and much difficulty is experienced in obtaining small arms alie commander of alie vessel was obliged to borrow such rifles aa could bo procured aa the cutter biad none the ight NEW YORK feb 21 capitalists here interested in the electric light met last evening to witness an exhibition at sawyer mass of light for household illumination each lamp biad a power of 2700 sperm candles and the liblit produced by heating a slender pencil of carbon in alio atmosphere mo sphere from the oxygen la exclude bcd this lamp will be introduced into dwelling houses soon at the now york poly boci soci atys meeting lat ernest exhibited a new system of houses and railway car invented by julius berlin gas is distilled from fat or petroleum refu sois very brillian tand n being extensively introduced in england and germany one great advantage being its cheapness A louisville ky fab 21 george washington colored the of the little german girl francis ott was executed today to day A allf angrl cb 21 the bark star from lisbon bringing diaries W ancill the defaulting act rotary of the pullman car company moved up the raver this morning it i expected he will be in tho custody of alio before night W ir willing NEW feb 21 alo tribune aliis morning dayi tayi in whatever direction one may look now an experienced perien ced observer abay gee alio kigns of baire of tho prosperity of the country among the symptoms of improvement arc lie consumption of iron always one of the the emigration and tho steady inbred exportation of tho goods and products of the country arroll D fright chief of the labor bureau of yesterday submitted alio report on tho condition of ho hakea up autler campaign cry by the hand lot orator of wan francisco are three mil liona of people in the united of winch there are three hundred nand in maa chu etts and forty thousand in boston lie shows ively from exact returns hat the total number of men and women unemployed in november lat was on the same h wis and in alio careful manner he computed the number of able bodied men and women mccun to labor but unemployed in november at thew statta bics tics are regarded a incontrovertible SAN cal feb 21 A san diego dit special tucson aliis evening aada a jiri vate letter from a reliable citizen of sonora dated magdalena jan joth aay t ibave returned from urea week and am perfectly Entin cd eliat a wo know lias been pronounced hi but no furt lier news has readied here we are in hopes the federal troops will interfere and stop the revolution lire N Y feb 21 the atlantic kiib noralis Nort lis block were con turned by fire loss partially tho efforts of the ein bloyen of the atlantic miah resulted in a panic time threatened to add t hint cabied by fire all were finelly rescued corruption Topi iKA kansas feb 21 the at arnis of the bouso was to alay ordered to adrest E L manager of the union telegraph office biero and bring him before the house for contempt for failing to appear before alie senatorial investigating committee with alie original telegrams referring to alie late senatorial election when ium aum boned to do so this will bo done tomorrow to morrow |