The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-08
Foreign Items.

The President of n Republican Club ut
Tamgona, spain, has been assassinated.
"A new line OF telegraph cable, to be
laid between Ireland and Nova Scotia is
projected.
Just made the trip from that city to Paris
ON velocipedes.
Seven grounds of divorce are allowed
in China, the fourth of which il talkntiyo-
ness In the
There are over n hundred vermicelli
factoriesin Genoa, the product of which
comes mostly to this country.
King Victor Emmanuel and tho Diplo-
matte body Mt Florence will go to Venice
to receive the Empress of the French on
her way TO the East.
DR.. Livingstone has been elected cor
responding member of the Paris Academy
OF Sciences, to fill the vacancy left by the
death of Prot. A. ID. Bache.
A council of bishops of tho Greek
Church ut ST. Petersburg, TO be presided
over by the Emperor, is proposed in oppo-
sition to the Ecumenical.
In England, when railway companies
sell tickets and the cars ara full, excluded
passengers hire coaches, and make the
company, by suit in court, pay the bill.
The anvil chorus is to be sung at sgd
enhRm Crystal Palace by eight thousand
voices, with accompaniment Of anyils, cam
non and bells. The idea is sneered at by
tho London musical journals.
Am early burlesque by Mr.. Byron,
''The Pilgrim Of Love" has been revived
Mt the London Strand Thenter, and il i'm
mensely successful, although the Journals
speak of il M one of the authors weakest.
II il founded on n talo in Irying's Altman.
bra.
The London Revolutionary Cores
pondence, said TO bo edited by Karl Blind,
says in u recent article: ''Hhe Empress Eu-
genie is n ~self-conyicted abortionist
Against amy other decent woman We would
hesitate TO prefer such II name, hut against
the Empress Eugene we are at liberty 10
say so much. Weave in possesaion of suni-
cient facts to a~ubstantiate the charge"
Tho German gentleman Of the period
announces All addition TO his family In this
fashion through the newspapers: Il have
the honor politely 10 announce 10 my rela.
tons aud friends the happy delivery of my
dear wife, Julia, maiden name Sattnlarn,
of a healthy, strong boy, Cologne, Aug.
H. 1869. Edward Fomm.'
The entire cost of the Suez canal, To-
be opened next December, has been about
SSl, O0O, 900; but to include improvements.
which will be applied NJ experience may
suggest, we may safely set the total sun al
$50, 600, 900. II ~ estimated by some an
thorities that the annual business of tbe
canal will amount TO 10, zoo, 900 tons. and
that its gross receipts will be 100, 600, OOO
francs.
The liats of patents granted in France
contains some curious articles, among them
the following A hat with decorated rim.
an umbrella hat; a woman'H hygienio and
impermeabl0 skirt, called 'la Pr%eyoyante:"
stockings with carriers attached; II mschan-
ical mustard-pot; application of the instinct
Of animals TO the guidance of steam car
riages on ordinary roads.
Each of the eighteen staten into which
China il divided has q separate dialect:
those of one state cannot understand those
Of another. Each state il sub.diyided INTO
ten provinces, and a great dissimilarity
often exists between the language spoken
in one province and that used in another
the accent and pronunciation being diff
! ferent.