Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-30

CURRENT PARAcRA Apis.
+. Fsrelgn 0essiD.
The Ecumenical Council win reas
semble on November IL. # Il
Eight clnta u al the doceor's Re tn
law allows Il Gina. B
-BoliviA b greatly excited over nav
silver mines Of great richness.
Dickens house at Gadshill wa
knocked down 70 his son Charles fol
$4,000. III b
According 10 Gladstone, the wealth
Of EnslAad incseaAes $780, J0o every
The British troops withdraxtns, IL
noon gun q the l6ftre61 Of Kingston,
Csnsda, was discontinued August 4 after
having been fired every day since 1879.
"A large IRE occurred recently in the
village Of TANNERS, near Montreal, Can
ada. Over fifty houses were burned.
The loss was very large.
"A heavy hurricane occurred at Que
bee the other day, which was very de-
structive 70 property throughout the
country. Some shipping in the harbor
was damaged.
"A London Journal advertises fairy
air pillow, which weighs but two ounces,
and when uninhsted can be packed in q
note envelope; also . pocket life-pre-
server, weighing three ounces"
English shop girls who are employed
in grouping and arranging flowers, suffer
from headacne and fevefishness, caused
by the odor of the flowers, which they
are obliged to inhale all the time.
"A Paris banker received from Der.
lin banker remittance Of "a, 900, and .
letter tins Worded: 'sTho other "a, 900
will BE- dine next month shall bring It
with our troops myself" He received a.
good % he sent in this reply: II will en-
desvor to ameliorste your captivity BY all
the means in my power"
Changing ones name is Illegal in
France, and the authorities are petitioned
for permission in due form, which Is fire.
quently refused, especially If people
want, as Is often the case, TO change their
name for one already appropriated by q
distinguished family. Last year one hun.
dred and forty asked permission, and
thirty got 1t.
Tho records Of the French War Office
show that during the first half of the
eighteenth century, ending five years
after the day of Fontenoy, four hundred
and fifty thousand Irishmen died in the
French service, and that during the last
half of the century one hundred and fifty
thousand Irishmen fell in battle under the
banners of France. h
up TO q recent date no rain had
fallen in the Ottawa (Canada) region
during more than two months. The
whole country was a. dry as finder. bev-
eral wealthy farmers had been burned
out losing each from 5000 to 10000.
The destruction of property by fire with.
in twenty miles Of the city was estimated
above 100000. The city itself was in
considerable danger. S.
"A curious suit for damages has lately
taken place In q London court. Miss
Russell, vocalist, was present at rail-
road accident on the London g. North
western Railway, and sustained very Sc
we're shock to her nervous system. She
sued the company, proved TO the satisfac-
ton of the Court "that she did NOT seem
TO possess the same nerve she had previ-
ously in appearing before an. audience,
and ct times she seemed to have feeling
Of disliks to be euc0rsd," and tho Court
swarded her E570 damages.
"A curious fact il recorded in an Eng.
lish journal In reference TO the recent
sale Of the property Of the late Bishop Of
Bath and Wells: a. In his lordship's bed
was hung horseshoe facing
his lordship q he would be in . recum-
bent position, and In the young ladies'
room were two others. What these could
have been placed there for was mystery
to many 1T the sale. Il might be that his
lOrdship was . believer in ghosts, and
these were the charms TO charm them
sway"
~ Hiscellano0us.
"A hand .to-mouth existence-That OF
3 dentist. t
Recent estimates put the population
Of California at 600 1000. ta .s
During peace Q regiment Is quar-.
tered; during war time 1t to occasionally
cut 10 pieces. sta1 els4 aes
-One New York bird fancisr has
twenty thousand canarles on hand for sale.
/ Dividends are applied to keep the pol
Icy in force In the Warrington Life Of
New York. taEf a
The census returns indicate that
Maine has population ofabout 5000 less
than In 1850. 7f
A deacon 1t Csvendish, VT, was re-
Gently fined 90 for selling cider to an
habitual drunkard. .s
-Of . man who recently died, II IL said,
His name win be remembered where.