The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-08
MIrCELLANEOUs JOrT1NGs.


Wagner The young king is singularly un-
popular
The British Government will probably create
q Minister of the Fine Arts, in charge OF the
British Museum contents the National Gaierv OF
Paintings, ant the Museum AT Kenslngton. The
Earl OF Granville is talked OF for the new ollce.
Professor George F. Day, OF Lane Seminary
Cincinnati, will enter on the duties OF tue pro
fessorshlp which he has accepted in the yale
Theological Seminary, in the course oil the
coming spring.
1t is reported in England that Mr.. Lavard
has resigned his place in the Government as
Under Secretary OF State for Foreign Affairs.
Lord Russell, il is believed. expressed MS reluc
tance to accept the rendered resignation, and 1t
was proposed to make Mr.. LaYard a member Of
the Privy Council; but the prohered distinction
was declined.
Count d'Alcantara and the Marquis Dorlzdot
have Oeen sent from Brussels to Vera Cruz with
an authentic copy OF the will of the late King
Leopold, and OF the codcils which conc 3rn the
wife of Macmillan. She inherits 25,O00,0O0t.
equivalent to So, 900 000), but of this sum she
| has only lie use, the King having settled il in
such a manner that she cannot touch the prin-
| eipal.
The editor of the Louisville Journal, alludiDg
| TO recent interview with the President, says:-
| eve expected to find the President weary and
worn and haggard. Never were we more ms
taken. He was in the finest and most vigorous
health, his face as fresh as in earliest manhood,
ere the storms OF state beat upon him, and as
calm and serene and cheerful az If only the re-
sponsibilites of a private citizen rested upon
him. 1t would have been evident to any one,
seeing him as we saw him, that he Is firm,
resolute, selt-poised man, confident, but not
| vainly or arroganty confident in his own
| strength, and as immovable as a rock or noun
tam IN his own deeD and HXed purposes. His
| will is like his frame and that is OF iron.
Among the sports in Australia is that OF
! bunting the emu. A few months ago, as
| Sydney paper tells u.s. as Mr.. Dawson, of the
Black Range, was riding into town, he fell in
| with an emu at Belle Vale, and gave it chase.
| The bird, which was an old stager, and fully six
| feet high, took in the direction of the town, and
| its pursuer was in the hopes OF being able to
| drive it in alive; but on coming to the fences,
many of which intervene between Belle Vale
and Yass, the bird succeeded in making back
tor the bush, still houy pursued. Fortunately,
| Mr. Davsiou was on a staunch cob, that kept
well up to the game, and after chase of
! between seven and eight miles the emu became
fairly exhausted and an easy prey to It's pur-
| suer.
"A strange story is told of two sisters at Ber.
lin, Prussia. About three years ago one OF these
| young ladies was engaged tJ be married, but on
the bridal morning became so i'll that she could
not possibly go to church. The bridegroom was
q desirable one, and he was hsh who, 1t seems,
had not easily been hooked. There was, there
fore, great danger in delay, so instead of post
ponng the marriage the second sister, covering
herself IN a long veil personated the first, and
duly went through the ceremony. The moment
| it was over she transferred the br dal dress and
ornaments over TO her sister, who was thus con-
sidered to have all proper claim to this husband
she married by proxy. 1t is only recently that
discovery has been made of the real facts, and
proceedings are about to be taken, not only in
The civil but also in the criminal courts of Berlin.
"A curious divorce case Is about TO be tried
in Switzerland Swiss peasant, named Tabo-
nier, native of the village OF Lancy, being ell
dowed with agreeable manners and nne
person, and having obtained better education
than is usual with persons in that rank OF life,
sought to improve his social position. For
l., i NurNtI
| livelihood as q member of an itinerant circus.
In this humble capacity he made the acquaint
anCe Of Madlle Montessant, who undertook TO
find him an heiress, in consideration OF Teceiv
ing certain percentage on the dowry. Taro-
nier sel-ennobled by the title of Baron de Lancy,
was accordingly introduced to Madlle Fleury,
young French lady, possessed oil handsome tor
tune, and, in due time, their marriage was cele-
bTated. Unfortunately, the pdysd1l gerltilhOnlrne
did not recognize the obligations Of RoblesSe, but
squandered his wiie's fortune in riOtous living,
nor was he even faithful to his marriage vows.
Madame Taponier, having acquired only too
many proofs OF his nhdelitY has Instituted an
action for divorce before the Court OF Geneva
A commission has accordingly been appointed
20 examine the accused, who happens to be
locked up in the prison at MaZas on charges OF
fraud, breach of trust, and swindling in general.
A REMARKABLE ExHUMATIoN-DIsoovERY OF
THE BoDY OF CANUTE's DAUGHTER.-'The follow
ing bit OF antiquarian news is from the West
Sussex (England) Gazette of recent date:-
'The most interesting archaeological disco 7ery
which has ever been made in this neighborhood
took place in the church OF Bosham few days
since. In continuing the restoration of this
beautiful specimen OF Saxon architecture, some
\ excavations were made in order to lay bare
the bases of the columns supporting the chancel,
and which are on O much lower level than those
of the arcade separating the nave from the asles.
: In laying bare these bases it was thought ad-
! visable 10 extend the excavations little, for
it was Just in front of this arch that tradition
has uniformly stated that the youthful daughter
! of the Danish King Canute was buried. just
below the level of the old floor slab of stone
was discovered. Carefully the excavation was
carried on, and soon it was found, as had been
} already coniectured, that this stone covered a
, | small stone coffin. Every care was taken, and
5 the coffin was afterwards opened in the presence
( of the Rev. Henry Mitchell, F. 8. A., the Vicar
9 of Bosnian, his son Henry, MI. @. Sturges Jones,
: Surgeon OF Chichester, and Mr.. Edgar j. Varley,
3 an artist of some note. As soon as the lid
| which was seven inches thick-was raised, the
4 torn of the child could be distinctly seen. The
a figure was three feet nine inches in height, SO
g that probably the child was not more than Ave
0 side of the body; the bones, although reduced
/ to a white dust, could be very clearly traced.
b The inside measurement of the coffin was tOuI
G feet three inches by fourteen and one-haH inches
in width at the breast thirteen inches at the
: head, and ten inches at the foot. No eWery OF
s ANYTHING of the sort was found; probably the
q child was too young TO be buried with any
a personal ornaments about her. This eXCraord
i nary discovery fully confirms the tradition that
; this was the daughter CT Canute, the form and
plainness OF the coffin furnishing additional
y proof"
l. EXTRAORDINARY NovEMBFR HEAT IN AUSTRALIA
Australian papers make mention OF suddeI
y and intense heat in the middle OF November
e affecting the health of very many persons. The
oil AIMS oouuA hot ct