Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-09-30
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Foreign Gossip.

An English peeress lost, the other day.
fifty thousand ilorins ut the Hamburg
gambling hell.
During recent display of fireworks
at Placenza, in Italy a mortar exploded,
killing the pgrotechnist and a child, besides
seriously wounding four persons, and 10
others slightly.
Two hundred and seventy-one miners
were killed at the terrible coal nine diSas-
ter in the Planensohen Grund, in SaXonv.
They left two hundred and nine widows
and six hundred and eighty-three or
phans
The Liverpool Journal of The 31St ult
reports that Nj. Jefferson Davis, accom-
panied by his friend, Mr. Charles Mackav,
had returned to Edinburgh from the north,
and left again for London He was much
improved in health by his sciourn in Scot
land, .rr ss...
The Boston Post says; cone OF the
officers attending the Goyernol General at
Halifax saluted the Prince with his hand
instead of his sword. The story goes that
IN the Crimea he was convicted of an Of
Tense punishable with death, but by high
influence, he was placed perpetually on
halfpay, and had his sword riyeted to its
scabbard"
An ice and cold,producing machine
has been invented in Germany The
action of the machine is based on the prin-
Cipe of producing cold and warmth by
the expansion and compression of atmos-
pheric air, which is accomplished by
means of mechanical power The ma
chine requires no chemicals, nothing being
used in them but water and atmospheric
air. They may be wrought by steam,
water, or wind and they produce from
100 to 1000 lbs, ice per hour, according to
size.
An immense annexation meeting was
held in Quebec, Canada, recently. Over
1000 persons were present. Prominent
men made speeches in favor CT anneXa-
ton, and resolutions were passed urging
the people to call upon Great Britain,
through the Governor General, asking
whether manly, unanimous desire eX-
pressed by the people for annexation to
the United States would not receive the
same assent as was accorded the Ionian
isles few years ago,
The Union Li6erale, Of Tours France,
relates that dreadful crime was commit
ted lately in the town of Chateaurenault
(Indre t-Loire). A iourneyman mason,
named Lescomer, led his son, a child of
four years of age, to the river; then, TAX
ing a cord, fastened a heavy stone round
the neck of the boy and threw him into
the water. After waiting till life was eX-
tinct, the unnatural father drew the corpse
out, wrapped it in coarse cloth, and threw
it into BUSH He then went and delivered
himself into the hands Of Justice.
The following statistics of London
are said to be authentic: Population, 81
AIS, $780, births for the year ending August
j, males, 5S,SS3 females, 56,906; total,
i 1874 Deaths for the year ending
August |, males, IS, $780, females, 36,51S;
total, 74,90S. The total area of the city is
one hundred and twenty-five square miles,
and it contains 400,17S houses, with an
average occupancy of seven and four-ttths
persons in each house. There are in the
city seventeen hundred hotels, and two
hundred and fifty thousand travellers ar
rive and depart from them daily
"A curious version is given of the
Lucas tragedy. AS all animal tanners will
assert, wild beasts are subject to the in
tlucnce Of mans eve in far greater de-
gree than to the power Of his arm. Lucas,
as he was about to enter the cage, was at
tracted by the singular beauty Of young
girl, whose expression of terror and ankle
ty fascinated him, and instead of fixing
steady gaze on the lions, his eyes wandered
to her The lioness, no longer under the
magnetic Influence Of his glance, sprang
on him unawares, and at fearful odds for
him, as poor Lucas had by accident taken
slight riding whip instead of the loaded
cane with which he was usually armed.
Some twelve months ago, wealthy
young lady died at Agen (France), and
was buried in a part Of the cemetery
known for its preservative qualities. The
mother of the young LADY, inconsolable
for the loss of a beloved daughter lately
followed her to the grave and left the
dying request that she should be buried in
the same coffin with her child Prepare
tons were accordingly made to carry into
effect her last wishes On opening the
coffin of the young lady the shroud was
found in disorder, a crucitiX in her hand
ClenChed tightly, the same hand bitten in
several places, and .he lower lip cut
through with the teeth Nor was this all.
With the crucifix the wretched girl had
traced several words on the coffin lid
The latest story Of progress in Hindo-
stan has a certain grim pcturesqueness
which isalmost humor The great festival
Of Juggernaut was held at Serampore in
July, We all know what this used to be
for is it not in all the missionary story
books and pictorial Biographies ?-the
priests uDOn the platiOrmS of the hurp
cars dancing and shouting, hundreds of
worshippers pulling at the ropes, and
crazy deyotees ilingng themselves beneath
the wheels This year the crowd attracted
by the spectacle was small The cars were
dragged a short distance, b. hired men,
and then left half in a muddy ditch, with
the idols still in them and the flags flying.
When the priests urged the people to pull,
The irreverent populace cried out, "Why
don't you come down and pull yourselves"