The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-11-08
Foreign Gossip.


THERE are "a concert gardens in vi
emma.
FREDERICK KAPP, a member of the
German Parliament, was formerly a
New York attorney.
The fifteenth anniversary of the wed.
ding of the King and Queen of Saxony
is to be celebrated on the 2lst proximo.
REPUBLICAN France continues to give
assurances of tranquility and progress
by shooting batch of Communists ev.
cry week or so.
A NEW rifle has been submitted to
President Theirs which possesses the
advantage that the cartridge to suit it
can be manufactured on the field Of
battle.
IT is reported that two.thirds of the
priests in Paris are ready to follow Hya-
cinthes examples soon as they can
find the essential American widows,
with 5000 apiece.
IT is said that the Pope's successor is
already agreed upon, and his obscure
name is announced. His claim is that
he is under big vow to restore the Jes.
uits to their former power.
GERMANY claims that she will soon be
Independent Of America as regards
petroleum. The crude material has
been recently discovered in Galicia in
great abundance, and extensive prepar.
atoms are making to fit it for market.
HENRI RocHEroRT has received the
large sum of $4,000 from a London
house for the English trans
lation of his "History of the Second
Empire" The principal feature of the
work is detailed biography of the ex.
Empress Eugene previous to her mar.
riage to Napoleon III.
The details of the com position of the |
French feet have Just been published,
and show that it consists of 7O4 vessels, |
fully equipped, Z of which are iron.
plated, and 62 ships Of the reserve.
The marines compose force of %, AL |
men. The amount allotted for new ves-
els during the year lS72-73 is 22,O0O,-
100 francs.
TIE architect in charge of the restora-
ion Of the Cathedral Of Strasburg has
ust published his report, the details of |
which will be of universal interest. The |
expense of restoring the masonry will |
mount to $4,000 francs, and the re
pairs Of the roof to 1877 900 francs; the
eplacing of the glass and the inside TT
ings will come to $4,000 francs, and
'ther accessory repairs to $4,000 francs,
the whole amount being sos, 900 francs,
IF $l1960O.
A New feature in European journal.
sm is the number of new papers,
printed in English. which are beginning
o appear on the Continent. The Ger.
nan Correspondent, printed in Berlin, and
devoted mainly to German political
Jews, Galignani and the American Regis.
sr, in Paris, and the ,Spiss Times, in
}eneva, are already firmly established
nd doing q good business. 1t is now
that new paper, printed
n English, will shortly be started at
Rome, to be called the Daily Ne,0s, and
o be conducted by an American.
IT is almost certainty that the next
House of Commons will contain one
if not more. A large
district round Norfolk, inhabited chiefly
" miners and GOLFERS, was included in
hat borough by . late act. These men,
Welding the voting power of the borough,
ave determined to be represented by a
nan from among themselves, and have
hosen Mr.. Thomas Burt, Secretary of
he Northumberland Miners Union,
IS their candidate. He seems to be
tilted in an eminent degree for mem.
'er Of Parliament, being described as a
lear, shrewd thinker born orator, a
nan Of studied moderation but of in.
lomitable resolution.