The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-03
OLD WORLD ITEMS.

well is being sunk at MOSCOW to depth of 5000
feet.
The Rosicrucians Of London dined recently at the
FrcemasOnS' tavern.
Baron Lieblg Is lying dangerously i'll, having re-
Gently undergone two operations
1t is announced that the tunneing OF Mont Cents
will be completed at the end Of next year.
The late Emperor Maxlmans Quartermaster
General Is now selling soda water in Texas.
Eighty miles OH bicycle In eight and half hours
has just been accomplished by gentleman at
Dundee.
new tenor, signor vizzani, has appeared at
Covent Garden theatre London, III the everlasting
'TrOvatOre.o
Professor Carlo Ademollo. Of Florence, has COM
pleted magnificent equestrian portrait OF Lord Ma
pier as he appeared at the siege OF Magdala.
The last words we find In the last number Of the
"Mystery OF Edwin brood" are singuarly sugges
tive:--"Comes to an end-for the time.''
A Russian lady, Madame Suslo1 practises in st.
Petersburg as physician with great success and
has obtained q large number Of female patients.
Prince Augustus, brotheriof the King OF Portugal,
is so intensely dspleased with Saldanha that he has
resigned his position OF commandment General Of the
cavalry.
The French railway companies nave organized a
pleasure trip from Paris to Vienna and the inerme
date places. 1t viii be supplemented BIZ boat
trip down the Danube to Bazlas
On the short Hamburg and Altoona Railroad from
the city Of Hamburg on the Elbe, in North Ger
many there were forwarded in 1859 9S6, 1872 passen-
gers or wnoL, TAT, 8O4 Were the local trade; in
lee7 the total was only $50 83, OF whom 642 $50 were
local. The income rose from 52,o46 rix thalers In
1857 TO $3.50 in 1869. The freight went up IRON
liza, 200 hundred weight 10 2. 733, 033 In 1859.
The railway which1s to be forthwith commenced
in Japan Is TO be from YedO to Osaka with branch
line to Yokohama and from Osaka along Lake Erica
to Tsuruga, port south OF Nigata. SO soon as he
line is inaugulated the supplies OF RICE which have
now 10 pass by q heightened water route, will ne
brought down from Tsuruga by rail- and that the
dinerence IN distance will more than compensate
for the extra cost Of the improved carriage.
report Of judicial statistics recently made by the
French Minister shows that applications for
separation De cO1i)S-partial divorce-have largely
increased OF late years. In 1857 the total number OF
such applications throughout the whole Of France
was only 1,191 while IN 1868 1t reached no less a
toia than 1900. The courts granted the application
III the proportion Of eigntynne per cent. In z, 1888
cases the wife was The plaintiff, AID only 3l8 app
cations were at the AHskance OF the husband For
merry judicial separations were confined to the
weather. portions Of the community but 1t now
appears that the working classes frequently avail
themselves of the law as In 1858 no less than 1858
applications were at the instance Of persons styling
themselves curriers' or 0uUr1eres AS might be ex-
pected, the vast majority OF separation cases pro-
coed from the great Cities Paris ranking first, and
followed In due order by Bordeaux, Lyons, Mar
settles and ROuen. or the 5000 suits instituted In
1868 In "a cases the parties mad been married less
than a year; $40 from to years, SOC from 10 10
years. 1.2l9 from 10 to 20 years. 40l from 80 to 40
years. "a from 40 to so years and In three cases the
parties had been married for more than half o cen.
fury. III exactly w0tnirds Of the cases sbere were
children VI the MARRIAGE