The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-15

himself with the hope of receiving fatteriDg
tribute in the shape OF cup, or watch, or ring,
since even the lowest actors are not beneath
such Acknowledgement OF their merit, as witness
this paragraph in a newspaper of recent date:-
presentation to a Donkey.-On Monday last,
Mr.. w. II. Payne, the pantomimist, presented to
The fore and hind legs of his donkey two hand
some silver medals for their strict attention to
his training and instruction. The medals we're
manufactured by Messrs. Loewenstark q Sous,
Masonic jewellers, of Garrick street. and bore
the following inscriptions: presented by W. H.
Payne, of the Theatre ROYAL Covent Garden, to
Master William Alcroft and Master John Map
stone, in remembrance of his donkey, Ali Baba,
1866 and 1857 They were received by the legs
with kicks OF delight and rapture"
SlxTY-THRBE PERSONS DRowNED.-A terrible
accident recently occurred in Russia at Kline
selma, government district of Kostrowna.
About hundred persons of both sexes were
returning from the fair at the village and en-
tered the ferry boat to cross the Volga. The
vessel was unusually crowded. and when near
the opposite shore the ferryman demanded
payment of the fares The crowd of passen-
gers was in consequence thrown into a state of
motion and the boat capsized. Sixty-three
persons were drowned.
ILLICIT DIsTmLATIoN IN ENGLAND AND Scor-
LAND.-ln the seven years 1S60-66 there were
four hundred and sixty-one convictions in
England and sixty-four in Scotland for illicit
distillation of spirits from moasses, grain, or
other materials, but it does not appear that
any of them were for distilation of spirits
from foreign wine. The highest conviction in
England was for $780, but in Scotland there
were convictions for G2900, G3600 and $4,000.
ADJUSTMENTS IN PARIs.-The total receipts
from the theatres, danclng-rooms, concerts,
and other places of public amusement in Paris
in the month of August amounted to 2, 246-
/GdlO OOO\ ohn,r-i,,r, of
on the previous month. During the five
months that the exhibition has been opened,
the returns for the theatres alone have ex-
ceeded those of the corresponding period of
last year by 2,521, ,239f.
CATTLE CROSSING MoNT CENIs.-Italy con.
tinues to supply large quantities of cattle to
France. Letters from Dion report that herds
of one hundred, one hundred and fifty, and
even two hundred oxen are constantly passing
through that town from Lombardy on their
way to Paris. The animals cross Mont Cents
on foot as far as San Michel, where they are
placed in cattle trucks on the railway.
SEBAsToPoI.-The English burial grounds
around Sebastopol extend over forty miles of
country, and are one hundred and forty in
number, but are falling into decay. The
graveyards are said to be so Overrun with
weeds and brambles that many tombs are no
longer visible. They are under the superin-
tendence of the British Consul at Kertch.
THE VALUE OF NETTIEs.-Sow and plant net
ties, says M. Xavier Garenne, and ALL the
lands in the south and the wastes in the other
parts of France will be converted into green
and profitable fields. He wonders that the
world is so slow to learn the great economic
value of this robust plant, which will grow
everywhere.
BIRTHS IN LoNDoN.-In 1865 there were
l06, S03 births in London, an increase of 1000
over the previous year. In 1852 the whole
number was 81, $50.