Worcester daily spy., 1858-12-30
FOREIGN ITEMS

an entire change is to be made in tbo -.
OF Fans. Several entire squares are 70 n
cleared away for the benefit Of certain MI Z.
puHu!llSs Such rs the Louvre and the HoteI ~
il'dhleS, carrying new prOmenades aro,,,,
the suburbs, the Emperor has ordered t.i II
one vast thoroughfares, from one opd lf ~
city to the other, to be cut throupb tLo d,,, 'le
built quarters. They will serve as T,;ii,o
ROADS to introduce at once troops and artiII"
10 inc parts which were once the seats ~ y
coblsm and red republicanism They will tl,,1s
serve TO tranquilize the city and to mt do,,
an llclPleht revolutions. Louis NanoIoor
Sio%s Ile immense resources of his cr,tfr
mnd III thus guarding against the recrrr,',,e
Of the scenes Of 1913 Ono thjng will Ln
ed These thor0ughtares will admit Ii,,h+ III.
ar and health into the worst and filtbiest Y,oIt
OF the city. 1t will tend to prevent r.I.,i, r',i
ton IN Paris, and as Paris is France. will koor.
the country quiet. The expense is estir,atos
at 93O.UOO.OOO. The work is under contraa y
and Will be completed in ten wears. Franc
to pay SlOOOO,0O0 for the work and Pau;S
sZ6.OOO.OOO. The laboring community viii
be benefited by the annual expenditure ~
$3.600000. ol
1he winter opened with unusual severity in.
Europe. In Italy the first week in Novembcrs
brought snow storm, which blocked the road
north from Rome, and the weather was so coIJ'
that the ice threatened to impede the navica
ton Of the Tiber-it is said to have done en in
the year 357. The mountains about NanIos
were covered with snow 1t Law so deem an
the cone Of Vesuyius as far down as the obsnr1
Vatory, that ascension was impossible. The
oldest lHhabtant had not even heard of so early
winter. The fruits near Darmstadt and in|
the Faatlnate, In Germany, have suffered Sc
Verely from an extraordinary combination of
snow, thaw and frost, which has so loaded the
trees with ice as to split them in pieces, and in
many cases break them down entirely One
little tree, four feet high, had $50 pounds of
ice frozen to it.
There are in France 1887 printing offices.
which employ $500 compositors, 5000 press
men, ana 9OO oYerseers and correctors The
average annual number of works printed is
5000, and the product Of the whole is estima-
ted at S5.000000.
lNDIA-There have been many brilliant en-
gagements Birwa, ten miles from Sundeela
ana reputed very strong fort, was taken by
BrlgadIer Barker on the Dist Of October. with
a loss to England of 100 killed and wounded
Near Sultanpore, a body of rebels. the old
Nusserabad Brigade, which had had the au-
daclty to approach our lines were beaten by
Brlgadler Horstord, with a loss of so killed
and four guns, on their part. Other minor
engagements have illustrated our arms.
In Behar, the districts enclosed between the
Ganges and the Soane have been cleared of
the enemy, who were severely beaten in three
engagements, but as in Central India, many
OF them have been able to retire into the hills
to the westward
In Caustatt, a little district not far from
Stuttgart containing less than 50 square miles,
and about 25OOO inhabitants, the wine crop of
1927 and 1858 amounts to nearly a million of
dollars worth.
Advices from Naples state that Mount We
suyius is again in full eruption, and presents
most magnificent spectacle every night.