The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-06
Foreign Gossip.
BAzAINE is a two-millionaire.

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BAzAINE is a two.millionaire.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY is 1000 year
Cd.
ACCORDING to Mr.. Odger, England haI
o million paupers.
A~xERIcAN condensed milk is a grea,
success in Europe.
In Denmark it is very rare to see 9
man above 40 who does not wear spec
tacles.
IT is said that in Vienna, wagers to
the amount OF $4,000 forms were made
over u recent elections.
The department of religion at Yeddo
has issued a document looking toward
the liberation of all creeds.
J. BULL, ESQ.,, is giving his whole
mind to organizing a cat show in Lon.
don. Some of his feliLes are valued at
5000.
ENGLAND exported 10000, 900 tons OF
coal during the first nine months OF
this year. Her principal customers
are France, Germany, Italy, and Rus.
STA.
In the last nine months the value of
railroad carriages for passengers ex.
ported from England was E26. l66. In
the previous year it was as much as f97.
303.
In the little Kingdom of Saxony
alone there are no less than eight jour.
nalists actually or about to be impris-
oned for no other crime than pleading
the cause Of labor against the oppres.
sion Of monopolies.
n. F. BREWSTER, an American, who
recently killed an Italian Count near
Leghorn in a duel, has been arrested in
Rome. The quarrel arose from insult.
ing remarks made by the Italian about
the United States.
SIR HuGH ROSE lord Strathnairn) and
the Prince of Wales have been made
Field Marshals in the English army.
The former won his promotion by
service in India and Ireland. The lat
Ter by drawing 100000 a year from the
treasury.
Tue Vanderbilt of Melbourne is
known as "Big Clarke" He enjoys an
income of v 81, 200 900 yearly, which
he has gained as a butcher, grazier and
usurer. He spends next to nothing,
and lunches of the cheapest dishes Of
the cheapest restaurants.
TIE new steamship, Windsor Castle,
1850 tons register, recently passed
through the Suez canal in 10 hours
steaming time, without touching the
ground, although drawing 2O3 feet of
water. The owners provided this vessel
with extra steering gear for the canal,
which answered we'll.
Much of the pleasure of shopping
must be lost by American ladies while
making purchases in Cairo. A writer in
thu New York World says, regarding
this: "If you enter a shop you are ex.
pected to purchase, while to look over
The goods for the mere enjoyment is not
permitted with any degree of graceful.
ness"
The Tall Mall Gaseu.'s head seems to
oe level on the question Of civilization.
~ says: lin ONE of the lawless towns |
o. America there may be more blood.
shed, Tut the knowledge of the fact that
a s~lx'shooter or a bowie.knife is ready
'Or production at q moments notice,
prevents much Of that rufianism which
disgraces London.
lnEy have an old notion of the free
ION OF the press in Constantinople. In
consequence Of making satirical re.
marks upon the deficient water-supply
u Constantinople, the Levant Herald has
oeen officially suspended. Considering
me frequency with which the city has
Ueen burned, one would suppose that
me Turkish Government would provide
Oe,ter facilities for extinguishing flames,
amer than shut up the newspaper that
'eils the truth sharply.
HERE have been various reports
'aoat during the past few months to the
'nect that the German Government was
lnnoyed at the large emigration from
nat country, and had determined to
discourage it. subsequently. these ru.
uors We're denied, professedly on the
minority of Bismarck, who was repre.
81 shtsd as repudiating any such purpose
y desire: Now, however, the matter
'ssumes definite shape in the mail ad.
y ICES from Germany. 1t appears that
ne Minister Of Commerce issued an
'der 10 the different railroads not to
'aMnsport emigrants at less than the
vi ~ rates for themselves and baggage.
ne adoption Of so extraordinary and
.oitrary Q measure shows that the exc.
US must be very large, and at the same
,uae furnishes an explanation Of the
act IN the disregard Of the personal
Of the people that it exhibits.