Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-07
FOREIGN ITEMS

Nelocipede schools are already pro
posed III Scotland.
| The Sultan has in two years learn.
Ell To speak French very fiuetly.
Nearly one-half the type-settino
on the Paris literary papers is done
by women.
The Figaro of Paris states as .
tact That Queen Isabella has abdicat.
Ell IN IaVor OF her son, the Prince OF
Asturias.
Mr.. Paul de Cassagnac, an editor
OF Paris, has challenged Mr.. Henri
ue Rochefort to fight a duel, on ac-
count OF some lively remarks pub
iisheu by the latter in the Lanterne.
/ Mr.. Heint2, whose face was recent
~ smashed lille riding in an omni-
ous IN London, by the careless
| driNing OF one of Messrs Pickford'
trucks, has accepted $50, 900 i'm cold
as a compensation.
| 81. Petersburg is To have an his
| .oricai museum, one department of
Wnlcl VIII contain collection of
ali the uniforms of the Russian army
ana navy, besides those of the prin-
| cIpal foreign nation.
A hrnan recently issued by the
II
sultan OF Turkey authorizes the Rrv
oi iripoli To establish u free nort nj
iobrouk, and all families taking mn
thelr residence there shall be exemnt
| rom taxation during the period of
ten years. VI
IN the Corps Legis slatif of Paris an
american has introduced an electric
communication for registering the
| 'ote during the sittings. EacS, ,ien-
| uty seat communicates with Tie
| telier's desk, and is fitted with two
| knoos-one aye" and one "no.u Rv
| inns means the entire vote can he
| counted in the space of one minute
| without the least disturbance.
| A petition, signed by a great num-
! per OF GermanProtestan tant clerpymen
| mas just been presented to the Prus-
siail Reichstag, with the object of
having a check put on theincreasing
| t.iniiilofailty OF theatrical Representa-
tlons. Several OF the petitioners.
VIII WIN the view of practical expert
| 1n.e, hau attended performances of
| Oheno noach's La Belle Helene at
The Berlin theatre.
! Ihe Marseilles Journals publish
me particulars of fearful drama
ana. mas recently occurred in that
A"Ns>hic boDntlON, whose
conduct was known to be irregular
armed herself with a reyolveT and
IN lew minutes shot her sister, her
| TWO children, her husband, and then
attempted to kill herself. The hus-
paIid ana two children are dead,
ou' tne rest, although badly wound
ed, VIII most likely recover.
canada is proverbial for its needy
Governors. Lord Elgin made money
Dy selling the manure heaps from his
stable; Sir Edmond Head had been
foor Law commissioner in Eng
lahu, ana lived from hand to mouth
IN THIS country; while Lord Monck
nas had to accept the presidency
OF cable telegraph company and a
commissionership under the Govern
ment IN England. The present in
cumbent Sir, John Young, is said to
be no Wealthier than his predeces-
SOrS.
The food given to the political
prisoners arrested during the late
riots III Paris, consisted of a small
plate of thin broth and thin slice
OF bread daily. Several of these pris-
oners were Americans. Among the
persons arrested was also Baron
Nathan de ROthschild
III manly fsiitS Oh Ireland ana Scot
iand The natives prefer their ragged.
dirty one-pound notes to the bright
est sovereign, and the more sOiled
ana worn the paper the better it is
liked, the theory being that it must
be genuine since it has passed
through the hands of so many differ
ent people. Sometimes II traveller
IN secluded part of either country
ilnds a difficulty in getting his gold
accepted at all, and has To make an
abatement of value to the amount
of I'd. or1s.
The palace constructing at Ismai-
lla for the reception of the Empress
Engenie during her stay in Egypt,
VIII be one hundred and eighty feet
wide and one hundred and twenty
feet deep. In the centre there i
To be dome covered with Persian
blinds, and on the ground floor there
VIII be the ball, reception, and re-
freshment rooms. The building will
contain ho less than IL, 400 cubic feet
OF masonry, and its estimated cost
ls 700 900 francs.
Louise Hensler, who has Just con-
tracted morganatic marriage with
the ex-king Of Portugal, Is Spring
field, lass, girl, the daughter of a
poor German mechanic, and used to
sing in the South Church choir. The
church people assisted her to get
musical education, and finding she
ilad a fortune III her voice, she went
abroad.