Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-27
Foreign Items.

p. Foreign Items.
The new musket invented by the
famous gunsmith M. Mimic, has been
submitted to the inspection of the EN-
peror Napoleon. 1t is said to be great,
ly superior to any firearms at present in
use.
To put an end to the frequent delays
on railways, the Swiss authorities have
imposed fine of fifty francs for q
quarter of an hours delay 10 five hum
bred francs for delay of more than
AN hour and half.
"A beantiful bouquet was presented to
the Princess of Wales on her birthday,
consisting of scarlet and white flowers,
the Danish colors, with letters in flow
ers in the centre, representing the
month, day and year, the whole being
lsurmounted with choice lace.
"A statue of the Empress Josephine
is about is about to be set up in a place
in Paris, formed by the junction of the
new Boulevard Beaujon and the Avenue
Josephine, opposite the bridge Of the
Alma. The statue is by III. Dubray, and
represents theEmpress i'll court costume,
the left miniature of the Emperor,
her husband. The statue, with its pc
destal, measure nearly twenty feet in
height.
Mr.. Cook. the celebrated English
excursion agent, has completed arrange
mer is with five lines of first clsss
steamers between the united kingdom
and New York, and III April will be
prepared to send out excursionists, with
liberty of returning any time within
twelve months for twenty-five gnineas
first class. and sixteen guineas second
class. Mr.. Cook has the expressed
warm wishes of Mr.. Bright and other
friends of America for his success.
"A carious transaction has been of
late the theme of Partisan gossip, Mile.
Leonide Leblanc, n favorite actress of
the Vaudeville theatre, has entered
into formal contract with the agent of
the Wallarhian Prince Couza. to ac-
cept the protection" of that Prince
for the term of five years; in exchange
for which she will on her return to Par
is, receive the sum of 500,000f, now
deposited with the notory, together with
the residence purchased in her name
/
An application of electricity to the
slaughter oil the swarm of rats inLabit-
ing the Paris sewers is mentioned
Wires have been laid down, and are
baited with dainty attraction; when
ample time has been given for the ratty
vermin to attack the morceaux, smart
shock is sent through the Gubterranean
passage. and some hundreds of victims
perish at each coup.
| "A servant in France murdered four
children by cutting the veins of the
neck with a knife which she inserted in
the MOUTH. 1t was long before the
girl was suspected, as it was at first
lsupposed that the children died
of gastric affection, they vomiting
blood very freely. She says she did
the deed under an irresistible impulse.
Prince Napoleon is said to have
been invited by Napoleon III. to attend
on his behalf the funeral of King Leo
Ipold. Although it is doubtful whether
the request could reach the Prince in
time for him to comply with it, it is
at any rate looked upon as prelimin-
airy step-to the resumption of friendly
relations between the two Bonapartes.
The Prince viii now probably resume
the task, abandoned since his rupture
with the TulIeries, of presiding over
the new exhibition of 1867.
| Mr.. Sardon, the French playwright,
having recently had an interview with
the Empress Eugene at Champagne,
was complimented by Her Majesty
upon his efforts to ridicule the extrava-
gance in ladies' toilets. The Empress
said that she tried. last winter to set the
lexample of greater simplicity of dress
and that she was determined to wear
still more unpretending toilets. this
season. .f-.l 4ave- = oes
/ "A curions custom is still in vogue
in the more northern part of Scandi-
navia. On the occasion of a marriage
the mother of the bridegroom approach
es the bride and lays at her feet a plate
of bread and flag root. The bride
offers her future mother-in-law part OF
it, but the latter declines partaking;
| thus intimating that she will never live
4 on the substance of her new relative.a
A Chinese Trick A short time ago, a
Quantity of stolen ricewas discovered IN
der bridge near Hornitos, in California.
Calculating that the parties who stole il
would go after it at night, and would be
easily caught, some of the sharp ones con
Guided to station themselves around and
| watch for developments. After they had
taken their position, a China,nans came
accommodating about, evidently looking
flor some such outside interference. .
As he went near the place where the rice
was deposited, the men on tlnty rushed
at him; but he proved to be only decoy,
1 run like wildcat, and all ran after him.
He easily outran the party, and, whilst
they were after him, his confederates
went after, and safely carried off the rice.
The individuals who thoughtszthey were
too smart for Cinnamon, readily conced-
ed that they were out-maneuvred.