Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-29
Foreign Gossip.

Three heavy gold vases were recently
found at Pompeii.
Queen Victoria completed the thirty
fourth year of her reign on the 10th OF
June.
The lager beer brewers of Germany
will hold their first annual convention at
Dresden, from July 26to 20.
London bird fanciers do thriving
business by painting sparrows and selling
them as canary birds.
Canada is very much pleased with its
new postal cards. They save vast amount
of time and paper, and are appreciated by
every class except the stationers.
Seed corn sufficient to secure crop OF
nearly 10000 acres of land, has been
donated by British farmers and distributed
among the poor French farmers.
The atmosphere is said to be SO dry
at Cordova, in the Argentine Republic,
that a bowl of water left uncovered in the
morning is dry at night, while ink
vanishes from the inkstand, and becomes
thick almost by magic.
The Emperor of China, like the Grand
Duke of the German States, has a very
large income from gaming houses. From
those of Pekin alone, it is said, he derives
revenue of about 100000 per annum,
and from the whole Empire not less than
| 100000.
AT Lingen, in Hanover. young ser
want girl from neighboring house, In
| passing the temporary hospital in that
| town. approached Uhlan-one OF her &C.
| nuaintances-who was pacing backward
and forward on sentry duty before the
door. Taking hold of the muzzle of his
carbine she held it against her breast, at
the same time exelaiming jocularly, NOW
you can kill me If you want to-" The
words were hardly out of her mouth be-
| fore the weapon (Which was loaded), acct
dentally went of. killing her instantly.
"A recent Kingston, Jamaica, dispatch
says that negro on Gibraltar plantation,
aided by q woman, seized q little boy, cut
his body and drank his blood, then cut on
| his upper lip, which was roasted and ate.
They did these barbarous acts, Indifferent
to the childs cries, which were finally
heard by q man in the neighborhoOd, who
rescued the bow. The little fellow retain
ed his senses and lived long enough, not
withstanding his brain protruded. t0give
the particulars as to how he was treated.
Intense excitement prevailed In conse-
quence of the terrible act.
"A Paris letter says at is stated that
all the leading insurgents who have been
taken had in their possession large Sums
Of money. ROchefort had on his person
GOO. 600 francs. Some of the poorest look
ing prisoners tried to bride the soldiers
with 500 and 900 francs to let them 60
| Dombrowski vas MORALLY wounded by q
bullet during the storming of Montmartre
he died in excruciating agony, and ne
cried out This Is how man dies when
he is betrayed In his pockets were
found very large sum Of money-SO0,O wv
francs. The poor fellow had tried TO
feather his nest"
"A recent return to the English Parlia-
ment gives the number Of deaths In Great
Britain for the five years respectively end
inc in 1869, with the estimated population
for the middle of each Of the years. The
returns. for 1869 give the total deaths in
Great Britain from all causes at 63O, 1870,
with a population of 30,611 ,307 During
1859 for England and Wales, the deaths
from all causes were 494, 1928, with popu-
lation of 81, s89, GOT for Ireland the deaths
were SO, 573, and the population $3.50. n I;
| and for Scotland the deaths were 20, 1o9
and the population 3,205,481 In England,
during 1869, the deaths from zymotic dis
eases, such as smallpox. scarlet fever,
cholera, amounted to 1888. There were
no returns for zymotic diseases in Scot.
land.
The King of Spain has confirmed the
sentence to death of Captain Dominguez
by court martial, on account of the inno-
cent measures he took to keep from getting
tender hearted. The Captain, while com.
handing in the district Of Colon, ordered
an insurgent to be shot. his tongue cut out
and his ears cut of Dominguez then in.
yited two or three officers to breakfast
with him next morning, and when they
were seated at table, he said to them:
have invited you to taste very delicate
dish which I have gotten up for you, and
which / know you win appreciate q
highly q l do. Il is this (uncovering the
dish. the tongue and the ears Of the In
surgent shot yesterday" His friend,
declined the delicate mOrsel, and reported
| the cannibal Captain TO his superiors.