EUROPEAN CALOGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 815, 6 September 1877, Page 2

EUROPEAN CALOGRAMS.

[Press Agency.]

ILLNESS OF THE CZAR.

70,000 TURKS AT SKIPKA \ PASS. •

CONTINUED SLAUGHTER.

(From the "Star's" London Oor- , respondent.)

London, Friday afternoon. The Czar is seriously ill at Ployesfci, having been completely prostrated by tke intelligence of the Russian reverses. 1 . Suleiman Pasha's army have been reinforced by all the available troops South of the Balkans. He has renewed the attack on the Russian position at Shipka Pass with seventy thousand men. Fighting is going on with great slaughter. The Russians will maintain their position m the Pass. BRIGHAM YOUNG DEAD. Brigham Young, the Mormon prophet, died at Utah yesterday. [Brigham Young had nineteen legal wives, most of whom lived at Salt Lake City. He had innumerable wives sealed to him m various parts of his dominions. Xhe number of his children has never been calculated.] - -

Agent-General's telegram, London, September 3rd, 5.30 — Mehemet Ali - attacked the Russians m force on the 30th at Po3koi, and drove them back beyond Tirnlom (River Lorn) with heavy loss. : Osman Pasha attacked the : Russians on the 31st, m front of Plevna, and captured several positions commanding the road to Loptcb. The Shipka Pass situation is unchanged. • .