Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-12-09
Foreign Gossip.

An English paper informs its readers
that two months residence in Chicago
entities persons to divorce.
The North German merchant navy
consists of $40 ships, with united ton
mage of 1,299,9S4 TONS of which 146, with
1902, l49 tons, are steamers
The new Lord Mayor of London
alderman Besley) is printer. Born in
1900, he served as an apprentice in his
fathers printing office, and at 20 years of
age joined firm of type-lounders in Lon
don.
The Pope has ordered that a general
exhibition of works of Christian art, en-
bracng painting and sculpture, be opened
on the 1st of February, 1870, and to last
during the session of the Ecumenical
Council
The Spanish navy consists of seven
ironclads, six large and six smaller pro-
pellers, two transports, eight side wheelers,
and some large sailing vessels. The naval
force consists Of 1000 sailors and $500
marines.
When the Countess Andree de Dam
pierre died the other day, her servants
were so much absorbed by her funeral that
they neglected to supply her pack of
hounds with provisions. A few days
afterward, one of the domestics having
entered their kennel, the dogs fell upon
him, tore him to pieces, and literally ate
him up.
The great conflagration in Bordeaux
has suggested the following pleasant idea
to French journal "In case hostile
fleet should lombard port, all that would
be necessary would be to pour several
hundred barrels Of petroleum on the
water at ebb tide, and light it. Wooden
vessels would be burnt, while on the iron
ships the crews would all be roasted.
The King Of Prussia has commuted
to hard labor for life the sentence of death
passed upon q man named Whitman, who
was convicted of the murder of his foDr
wives-one after the othcr-and Of his
two children, solely from avaricious mo-
tives. The enormity Of the crimes leads
to the suppositon that this act of clemen-
cy is sign that no more capital sentences
will be carried out in Prussia, and that the
punishment of death will shortly be abol.
iShed.
The Church of England maintains
200 schools for secular instruction, at an
annual cost of 81 100000, and requiring
the services Of 1871 teachers They
have million and a half of scholars on
their registers, with an average attend
ance Of 1881, 900. The quality of the in
struction, it is said, Is very poor. -Four
fifths of the scholars above ten years of
age do not pass the most elementary ex-
animation in reading, writing and cipher
ing.
-Rochefort is said to be ugly. He has
a sallow complexion, turning to the green
that is found on occasion in the counte-
nance OF the Emperor he loves to blackball.
A nose pert, audacious, intrusive, rising
promontory- like from the physlognomy I;
prominent forehead, and eyes that
sparkle with malice He wears dark
mustache, and nonrishes tlourishing
tuft under his chin. AS whole, the
mans appearance, according to report, is
not progressing.
For sleeping at his post after forty
eight hours of successive duty, Antoine
Rudolphe, sailor on board the storeship
Guard, during her recent voyage from Lis
bon to New York, was strapped to the
mizzenmast for eight days. without once
being united, and kept all the time on
scant pittance of bread and water. This
was done in violation Of the articles of
war, which expressly forbid longer con-
fnement than three days without trial,
unless the offense be capital one.
An old miser in Ireland left will be.
queathing ito my ister-in-law, Mary Den