Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-06-20
Foreign t,oSsip.

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NAPOLEON III will, it is said, pass
part of the summer months on the
Island of Jersey.
THERE are no less than 3, 600 canoes
in the museum of Florence, all relics
from Pompeii.
AT the annual meeting of the Lon
don Church Missionary Society. the in-
come was stated at tl53, G97
THE Paris Monde demands that
crosses and pious inscriptions be placed
upon all the public monuments in Paris.
THE question of compulsory educa
| ton is again the subject OF debate III
the various provincial assemblies III
France.
The Burmese Embassy, which is
shortly expected to arrive ut Brindisi,
viii be solemnly received by the King
of Naples
The Queen of Holland is very liter
airy in her tastes and habits, expanding
two-thirds of her income in this direc-
ton.
A RUssrAE lmperiar ukase Increases
the police force Of the Empire by three
officers, oighty-one sub-oflicers, and 375
! privates
| PARIS is gradually assuming her pris-
tine architectural elegance once more,
and all record of the late devastation is
disappearing.
A COMPETENT authority says that
should the British Ballot bill pass, Ire
| land will not return one member who
! is not u Home ruler.
ENGLAND is short of horses, and in
! case of an emergency would not be able
to fit out her artillery and mount her
cavalry regiments.
THE ignorance of the French peas
autty is said to be unparalleled in the
| civilized world. Not one in hundred
can read or write
ANY number of books have been pub
lished in Germany founded on the
| Franco-Prussian war, and now crop
of plays has commenced.
The German mint, at Berlin, has
been driven for months in coming to
meet the orders of government and the
demands OF business.
EDMOND ABOUT has become the edi-
or-in-chief of the new Paris journal,
the Nineteenth Century. Many noted
writer's are associated with him.
One of the special and peculiar taxes
in Russia is known as the chimney
tax, " from which only churches and
ecclesiastical buildings are exempt
AUSTRALIAN preserved meats are still
largely imported into England from
her distant colony 23,000,00 pounds
were received thence in twelve months.
THE Russian Imperial Council has
given severe check to the movement
for a system of professional schools in
Russia, by voting against the project,
20 to 10.
IT is intended to rebuild Luthers
cell in the Augustine monastery ut En-
furt, destroyed by fire some months
ago. A general subscription is pub
licly invited for the purpose.
GREAT numbers Of Frenchmen are re-
turning to Europe from America this
season, and all seem uncertain as to
when they shall return. Are theygoing
to get Vengeance
THE conductors of charitable insti-
tuition in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England,
recently sought to get a successful
meeting by placardlng the walls with
the words. Loves request.
THE new international railroad over
the Alps-the ST. Gothard--is the
fourth, the most central of all, and for
directness IS the most important be-
tween Italy and Central Europe.
EXCURSIONS to the great battle-fields
around Paris are now the order of the
day. Coaches start from Versailles
daily, and make q circuit of the Com
mune and Prussian fighting grounds.
IT is thought that the port of Genoa,
the early glory Of Northern Italy, is
again to assume much Of its former
maritime Importance by reason of the
Suez canal and the st. Gothard railway.
THE fire department at Florence,
Italy, according to the sculptor, Hiram
Powers, consists Of ten men, three
equipped with pipes, four with buck
cts, and three with small fire extin-
gulshers.
DURING the last three years England
has lost one iron-clad with all hands ;
four have been on the rocks and rem
dered well-nigh useless; and many Of
fcers of the navy have been wrecked III
prospects.
ONE of the changes in the German
army is to be the wearing Of the i'm
perial eagle as an ornament throughout
the service. Prussia has also deter
mined to establish stations in the from
tier fortresses for carrier pigeons.
A STRIKE in the Leeds fax-trade has
terminated in favor of the employers.
The operatives demanded the nine
hours system, butthey have abandoned
the struggle, and work will be resumed
/ on the old terms