Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-10
GLEANINGs.

Students dueIs are on the increase in
Germany.
An American has built a floating circus
to go on the Rhine
Some of the Brazilian troops have had
to eat dog meat.
Commercial travellers are arrested as va
grants at Charleston, S. c.
Nevada proposes to build a State Capt.
tol, and advertises for bids.
Washington's birthday is to be celebra-
ted in Paris, this year, on grand SCALE
New Orleans owed the gas company on
the LIST of December, $3.50, 352.43.
OF the 652 conv1cts now in the State
Prison, at jackson, Mich, only nine are
women.
Fourteen murderers will be beheaded in
Russia during the month of February.
The newspaper organ of the working
women of Boston will be started in May.
A hotel keeper at Munich told Rev. Dr.
Osgood that he had less trouble with one
hundred Americans than with ten French
men.
The Greeks are in advance of all Europe
in education, only seven per cent. being
unable to read.
Brussels is advocated by the merchants
of Berlin as favorable place for an an
nual international exhibition.
The principal owner of the Veuye
| Cliquot wine cellars, is now a spinster
| lady siXty-fiye wears old
| In Europe, women can now receive the
degree of NJ. D., in France, Russia,
Switzerland, Sweden and Scotland.
An astronomer predicts for this yeal
a comet of such brilliancy, and so neal
the earth, that our nights will be almost
as bright as our days.
The Lord Mayor of Lincoln, has adj
dressed letter to the Times, in which
he expresses the opinion that deep dis
tress exists, and that it runs through thu
whole body of mechanics, from the skill
ed artisan to the humble laborer, and il
which he invites subscriptions to aid emf
grafton.
Waldeck, German town, has giveI
public notice that no license to marry viii
be granted to anyindividual who is addic
ted to drunkenness; or, if having been so
he must exhibit full proofs that he is nj
longer a slave to this vice.
Great Britain has a, 1928 miles of rail
way, on which has been expended 81,
455, 100000. Last year the gross re
ceipts were 5000, 900, 900. Less than hal
, this sum was required for working ex
penses, so that upwards of 10000. 90
remained available in the form of profit
Oliver H. Warren, on trial before til
Supreme Court at Boston, for working o
Sunday, has been acquitted, on the groun
that he was Seventh Day Baptist, an
conscientiously observed Saturday, to kee
it holy. r-a
, A Roman wit has discovered the habit
of all the Western bishops at the Ecu
) menical. The English are always takin
+ out something to eat the America
: bishops are retiring to smoke; the Frenc
S bishops are passing about and talking
5 the Spanish bishops are in little groups
talking their own politics; the German
are silent and doing nothing.
q The Government is "run" by unusuall
| young men. Speaker Blaine was fort
yeas old Monday, the President was forty
seven in April last, and the Vice Presidel
viii be fOrty-seven in March next; SO tn;
= | three chief officers of the GOvernmcI
l average less than fOrty-fve each. But
must sadden the heart of Brother Trask t
know that two of the three are gre;
smokers, while the other is said to be &C
dicted to opium.