Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-01-20

The Lberte, a socialistic paper OF
Brussels, in reference to the executions
at Versailles, remarks "All the blood
that flows on NJ. Theirs flannel waist
coat will not make purple mantle OF
it,"
A MEMBER of the Liverpool Stock
Exchange recently threw quantity OF
waste paper into the fire, and with it
Bank of England notes to the amount
Ct 900 As the notes were not numbered
he will have to bear the entire loss.
A NUMBER of English Unitarians, as,
sembled i'll solemn conclave, recently
passed resolution declaring that
"This meeting does not believe in the
doctrine of an endless hell, as taught
in the shorter catechism."
PERSONS desirous Of procuring verita-
bic " Chateaur en- Espagne" are notified
that the Empress Eugene is offering
for sale several lots of such property,
including the chateau of Arteaga, said
to be one of the finest estates in Spain.
THE Prince of Wales and some other
members of the Royal family of Great
Britain recently visited Reading, and
were fright royalty" feasted by the
Mayor and Corporation. The bill
amounted to $4,000, which was taken
from the borough rate but the good
people of the town have decided to call
a mass meeting with view to action
being taken in the Court of Queens
Bench to compel the corporation to re-
fund to the rate-payers the sum of
$1,000.
"LHoMME ORcHEsTRE," so.called be-
cause he played at the same time the
drum, cymbals, castanettes, horn, and
triangles with his mouth, hands, head,
knees. and feet, has been released from
the hulks where he was onfned for his
international proclivities, but will
probably be refused permission to give
his former representations in the open
air-vive la Republique.
AT libel case in England, the plain
tiff, married woman, in order to prove
that the libel had inflicted upon her
special pecuniary damage, stated in her
declaration that by reason of it she had
lost the benefit of entertainment at
the house of friends" TO this it was
demurred that the loss, if any, arising
from this cause was the husbands loss
and not the wife's, since upon him as
legally bound to support the wife the
additional expense caused by the GLOSS
of the entertainment fell. The judges,
however, ruled that it must be assumed
that the friends whose hospitality the
plaintiff had lost were in the habit of
" entertaing her in a more sumptuous
manner than she was accustomed to at
home," and that she had thus sustained
n personal damage in the loss of these
AMONG the many sinecures under the
British government is one which is con-
editorship of the London Ga=ette, a
paper which has been for
two hundred years the official organ for
all legal advertising, but contains no
news nor editorial matter. For many
years past the salary attached to this
"editorship" has been fSOO Tor
s. ,000) q year. Two years age, on the
death of the incumbent, Mr.. Lowe, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer wanted
to abolish this Office, but was opposed
by Mr.. Gladstone, who held that it was
both right and expedieht to reserve it
as some way of rewarding gentlemen
connected with the press who have
rendered important service to the
government. The decision of the min
istry was to retain the office, and the
moment this was known about two
hundred candidates, all connected with
literature or the press, competed for
the vacant post. 1t was finally given to
Mr.. Thos. Walker, late editor of the
Daily Ne,0s, and staunch supporter of
liberal principles. The appointment is
for Life