Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-02-21
Foreign Gossip.


private observatory on the Himalayas.
The Duke of Sa1e-Coburg Gotha has
taken to composing operas under the
nom de plume of Otto Wernhard.
THERE has been an increase of eight
in the daily journals of Great Britain
during the past year, the total number
now being 118.
BoUcICAULT AND WEBSTER have Of
fered Fox 81, 500 per week to bring
"Humpty Dumpty" to London.
The company for uniting Brazil to
Europe by submarine cable, has been
organized, but the capital is yet to be
subscribed.
The Protestants in the city of Mexico
have a large and elegant church, called
San Francisco, which will seat about
1000 persons.
MADAME RATzzI has been endowed
with literary pension of 5000 livres
per annum by Victor Emanuel's Gov
eminent.
VICTOR HUGO philosophers over his
defeat at the polls, and AYERS that zap
parent defeats conceal defnitive tri-
umphs.
A CENSUS has been taken of the pop
ulation of Moscow, recording total of
Gil, $40 persons. %
PARIS, long known as the " gay cap
ital," has been very dull thus far this
winter, the theatres offering only indif-
ferent attractions, and society showing
but little animation.
A VERY prococious London boy is
accused of having commenced as q
burglar at the age of three, and being
scientific garroter at ten.
AFTER the German indemnity is paid
France will have the largest national
debt of any country in the world,
amounting in round numbers to 81
500, 000,0 900, or $125 per head of the
entire population.
THE wife of President Theirs attempts
to perform the fashion-setting functions
reluctantly relinquished by Eugene.
Among her edicts is one against false
hair
HE late Baroness Weld has left the
bulk of her property to Archbishop
Manning for religious purposes, in
Guiding large sum for building Ro-
man Catholic church at Oxford
IT is reported that the postal authori-
ties of England have under their con-
slderation an invention by which the
handwriting of persons sending tele-
graphic message will be transmitted by
the telegraph.
ADvIcEs from England state that the
Fenlans are again con the rampage, :"
and that they now threaten with vio-
lence the Catholic priests who advise
moderation or oppose the home rule
movement.
The ceiling of the new Paris Opera
House will be made of copper, consist
ing of a multitude of plates screwed to-
gether, and capable of being at any
time disjointed. This roofing will be
movable, so that the height of the
theater may be regulated at pleasure
HE late census shows that the town
of Frankfort-on-the-M has now be-
tween $4,000 and 80, 900 inhabitants
whereas it had only 78, 227 in Deem
Der 1867 The number would have
been far larger if the neighboring par
ishes of Bornheim and Bockenheim.
where large part of the business popu-
lation Of Frankfort have their homes,
had been included.
SEVERAL of the large towns in Great
Britain have made arrangements to
continue the system already begun of
having penny lectures on science for
the benefit of the working classes. The
most eminent men in Great Britain are
concerned in this movement, and the
attention paid to their addresses has
been Of the most gratifying character
A RECENT letter from Dresden saws
that the number of Americans there
this season is estimated at 1000. which
IS much IN excess of previous winters
and the English also number more than
usual. Among all nationalities the
season is very gay, and in this respect
contrasts strongly with the last, when
the war occupied all minds, and gloomy
sadness filed all hearts.
A FEW weeks ago, the cable dispatch
es gave highly colored accounts of
riotous proceedings at the Belgian cap
ital, caused by an obnoxious ministerial
appointment. According to the reports
transmitted, the demonstrations were
very noisy and turbulent, and kept
Brussels in ferment for several DAYS.
The claims for material damages are
now all in, and aggregate $63.60, which
is probably the cheapest enaelte ever
known.
Mr.. GLADSTONE is said to be the most
thin-skinned of ministers, and can't en-
dure the thought of chaff. That's the
reason why he put down the white bait
dinner at Greenwich, festive repast
where from time immemorial statesmen
were wont to relax the dignity and for
get the cares of office, and to think only
of merriment and good fellowship
Cnaff was the order of the day at the
Greenwich dinner, but chaff is gall and
NORWOOD to the English Premier