Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-10-14
FOREIGN Items.


-Of tho twenty-four thousand streets in
London, six thousand are counted ''busi-
The surgeon of Empress Eugene, DIR.
Marion Sims, il in New York, looking after
her visit next spring.
Ono Of the '4ost tribes" of the children
OF Israel il said to have been discovered in
the interior of Abyssinia. ,,f
There is rumor in Berlin IL at King
William the First of Prussia has shown
Of insanity.~-~ ~~,.--a.-s.
! The French GOVERNMENT requested ez-
Queen 1eabella, to stay away from yichy
during Gan. PRINTS soiourn at that fash.
ionable watering place..
Prince P0lignac, late Major General in
the southern army, IL living quietly in
Paris, and is devoting his time to scientific
studies. - o..
Dickens is said to quote but little from
the writings Of others; but when he does
quote, it is, ina majority of cases. from the
sacred Scriptures.
Gen. Arnablo Escalante died recently
in Spain, and at his funeral the emble1ns
OF Free Masonry were publicly exhibited
in Spain for the first time.
Prince Charles, Of Prussia, having
been too intimate With wife OF his valet,
paid the offended husband $40, 900 in pre-
ferencetol suffering an untimely death.
California would make seventeen states
Of the size Of New Hampshire. The sea
coast extends nearly Thousand IN lies and
the territory extends into the interior one
hundred and eighty miles.
In the course Of some late engineer
ing works in France. q hot arsenical spring
was discovered. The water contains nearly
half grain of arseniate OF potash per
litre-a proportion unheard Of before.
"A darkey in Glasgow, pretending 10 be
son of the King Of Malabar, and heir to
the throne, with $3.50, 900 in his posses
sion, rencently engaged to marry an &C.
complished Scotch lady. and would have
done so had he not been jailed for borrow
ing s25 of grocer on false pretsnses.
DIR. Cusco is the name of the young
| physician who succeeded in ascertalning
that Napoleon III, had the stone, after Ri.
cord and Nelaton had failed to find it, Mel.
atoms reputation as surgeon and physic.
ian has considerably suffered in conse.
quence Of the manner in which he recent
" treated Marshal Mel and the. Emperor
Napoleon,
The Duke of Edinburgh is again talked
of in Madrid as likely candidate for the
throne of Spain. Gil Bias, the Spanish
Punch, has rather lively cartoon on the
| subject. 1t represents Senior Olozaga lead.
ing the Duke forward and pointing out to
him the empty throne, over which, after
the story Of Damocles, there is sword s,,s.
pended by hair. ,;> .. .,.,.--
The Marquis de Boissy Countess Gu
iccioli-announce through a writer in LA
Liberte that she is in constant and direct
communication with Lord Byron, by mems
of process similar to that known in Amer
lea as 'Planchette," and that she was in
formed by the poet, two years ago, that
IAN American author was preparing to
write on: his life book full of false and
horrible things" '.-
The custom of burning widows in
India revives the moment the British rule
relaxes. The explanation of this custom
is supposed to be the fact that the per.
mansnt terror of a Hindoo's life is poison
and his best guarantee against it is his Ger
tainty that his wife, who cooks for him
even in the highest houses. will not, in or
der to get rid Of him, risk the horrible
death imposed on widow. Ia
j Paper petticoats having come into
fashion, the following advertisement there
Of appears in England: "Alme. Percal,
begs leave to call the attention of ladie
about to visit the seaside to her new ant
richly embroidered. paper Eetticoats at on,
shilling each. Each petticoat contains or
installment of new novel of great domest
ic interest, by Anthony Trollope, entitled
'Tucks or Frils.' The Story will be com
plete in fifty weekly:petticoats" 49,. :
The small steel chain which winds
round the face of watch is about eigh
inches in length, and contains upward o
500 links, riveted together. It is no
thicker than horse hair, and the separat,
links can but just be perceived with th'
naked eye. Most of these watch chains
are manufactured at Christ church, Hants
The links are punched ont by girls from
plates of steel, and very young girls pic]
up the links. and rivet ono to the other.
Personal Items.
DIR. H. T. Hembold, the Buchu man
cleared $25. 900 in the gold market on Fri
day morning.
Mr.: Champion, who bet on Harvard
has wheeled . bushel Of apples from VOLTS
borough to Pennington, N. II.
Rev. James Calder. D. D., Of Harris
burg, Penn has been elected President 0
Hillsdale College, Michigan. ~ .
Chief Justice Chase, it is reported, ha
recently invested s22, 600 in q tract Of Ian,
of forty acres and handsome residenc
just outside or Washington.
John Adams, descendant of Presi
dent Adams, was found dead in his bed il
Boston, q few mornings since. He was tn
business manager of an insurance com
pany. :. 20,
-Biddy Cox. who for many years solt
tripe on the market, corner Of Third ant
Green streets. st. Louis, died Saturday, q
an advanced age On searching her prem
Uses, $500 in gold and 1900 in greenback
were found concealed in her cellar ~
/. MIR. Hiram Arnold, living rear Kala
mazoo, Mich. q few days since issued in
vitationst to the poor children of that cit,
4 to come to his farm. just outside the vii
lage. and he would give them fifty bushel,
of peaches. This liberal offer was gen
orally accepted. and many of those VIII.
their wants supplied without price,
MARX Twain says: Mr.. Beecher neve
"wears. In all bis life q profane exrressio,
never passed his lips. But if he were Il
take it into his head to try it once. he woull
make even that disgusting habit seem bean
tfnl-ho would handle It as it was nevel
handled before, aud if there was whole
some moral lesson hidden away in it any
where, he would ferret it out and use il
with tremendous effect. ~
BENEDICT ARNOLD received many insults
in his last days from honorable English.
men. The following incident is related
BY Samuel Curwen in his 'tJournal and
Letters"
ION the Goth Of March, 1852, Lord
North arose in Parliament and announced
the resignation of his Ministry. On this
occasion, the Earl of surry, happening to