Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-24
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

A CASE OF REsTITUTIoN.-The spe-
cial meeting of the Westmoreland Gard
eners' Lodge, No. 142 (KendaD, held on the
night of the 10th of August, was summon
ed for rather a novel purpose. 1t appears
that some thirty three years ago, when the
Lodge did not muster so numerously and
was not so rich as at present, one of its
members was entrusted with sum of MON
ey, more than ESQ sterling, for the pur-
pose of purchasing regalia. The man was
young and poor, the temptation was
strong, and neither man or money was
again heard of until last month, when
person of respectable appearance and gen.
tlemanly department waited On the secre-
tary and asked him to summon special
general meeting of the Lodge. This was
done, curiosity was excited, and large
gathering was the result. 1t then came
out that the person OF respectable ap-
pearance and gentlemanly department
was the missing gardener" of thirty
three years ago, who had come all the
way from America to repay IN person,
with ample interest, the money which he
had appropriated in his poorer days.
The USES OF ALcoLoL.-The London
Atheuaun1 says good word for alcohol.
Without it the beverages of mankind would
be dreary dead level of slops. People
drink fomented liquors for the alcohol in
them. The cheap wines of France and
Germany will never be generally drunk in
England till they are sold at price that
will make their alcohol as cheap as beer
on the one hand, or low-priced ports and
sherries or spirits on the other. Alcohol is
sold in beer, ale and porter at about two
pence an ounce. in spirits at from three
pence to sixpence, and in wines at from
six pence to three shillings or four shi-
Hngs an ounce. --i@1
DoNNYBRooK FAIR ENDED.-An English
paper wittily says: "In the Dublin papers
of Thursday we find the following notice !:
.Mrs. Dillon and daughters beg to an
nounce that Donnybrook Fair will not be
held this year, The terseness of the SEN
tence in which national institution is an
initiated reminds one OF the terrible de-
crees of the French National Assembly.
We admire the vigor aud determination of
Mrs. Dillon and daughters, while we pay
the tribute of tear to the departed glo-
ries of the fair-the thinkers, the donkeys,
the spoleen and the national games, such
as Aunt Sally and engagements with the
police"
FRIENDLY SocI.TIEs.-In 1893 there were
SO 3l5 friendly societies in Great Britain !;
OF these. 1885 have been dissolved. and
"a $50 remain. During the last decade
friendly societies have increased at the rate
of about thousand a year, the majority of
them proving unsound. They are badly
managed. Thus the Royal Liver Society
.
El25 600 from constituency of about
10000 to 10000 persons, who are natur-
ally among the poorer classes. Yet last
year f45,S64 were spent on the manage
ment, being above thirty-six per cent. of
the income.
EXCISE IN ENGLAND.-By the new In
land Revenue act, excise officers, accom-
panied by constable, are empowered, be-
tween eleven o'clock at night and five in
the morning, to enter the premises of any
person selling coffee, tea, tobacco, &C., and
to examine the articles.
The PAPAL ARMY.-An Italian journal
says there are five hundred and eighty
four officers in the Papal army-four hum
dred and ten Italian, one hundred and six
French, forty Swiss, twelve German, six
Belgian, four Irish, two Dutch, two Span
ish and two Polish. There are eight Cen
erals. The entire army amounts to thir-
teen thousand men.
The REMAINS OF NAPOLEON II-Accord-
ing to q Vienna report, the question of con =
Veying to Paris the remains of the young
Duke of Reichstadt, son of the Emperor
Napoleon l. and Maria Louise, was raised
at the meeting of the French and Austrian
Emperors at Salzburg. The Emperor Ma
poleon has, it has added, already received
an official assurance that no opposition will
be made to his wishes in this matter.
AN EMPRESS BEwITcHING A KING.-It is
said that when at the Augsburg station,
the reigning King of Bavaria respectfully
kissed the nand of the Empress Eugene,
she condescended to return the compliment
BIZ kissing him on both cheeks, a flattering
distinction which her Majesty never before
granted to any sovereign.
FACTORY ACCIDENTS IN ENGLAND.CThe
reports of the inspectors of English facto-
ries for the half year ending with April
last show list of two thousand three hum
dred and ninety accidents-forty-four of
them fatal, three hundred and five making
amputation necessary, and three hundred
and six causing fracture OF limbs or bones.
A Coop WoRK-The swindling shop
keepers of London are still looked alter
At petty session in upper Hall, lslington,
about one hundred tradesmen had to an-
swer summonses for possessing fraudulent
weights and measures. The usual fines
were inflicted.
The French are engaged in getting up
new expedition for the purpose of Arctic
exploration, under the direction of Nj.
lambert. The estimated expense is $4,000
a large portion of which has already been
subscribed. The Emperor has given $l0,-
600. Preparations for German expedi-
tion are understood to be also under way
IN former times wife regarded her