Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-08-28
Fresh Foreign. Waits.

"A NEW MOTEL IN P0rlS Is called the
Republican.
A FAvoR1TE seaside resort of Liver
pool people during the summer is
Southport.
BERLIN is deserted, and the hotels are
undergoing the usual summer renova-
tion.
The annual reviews are in progress
at Brighton, and are witnessed by un-
usually large crowds.
AMERICA has only thirteen pictures at
the Vienna Exhibition, while France
has over one Thousand.
EMS and Baden Baden have The usual
crowds this year, our countrymen, of
course, predominatipg.
IT is proposed to enlarge the Lon
don Crystal Palace by the addition of
a wing in the rear, to cost 91O,OOO.
A COUPLE of alligators are on exhi-
bition in London, said to have been
captured five miles from New Orleans.
JOAQUIN MILLER is a frequent visitor
at the London Club, and is an honorary
member of several in the West End.
In the military museum at Dresden
may be seen q saddle of Napoleon, his
boots worn at the battle of Dresden.
and the shoes worn at his coronation.
R1sToR1 has bought a palace in Rome,
and intends to make that city her fu-
ture home. Her husband was recently
elected q member of the Paris Jockey
Club.
The Shah has ordered his bust from
a distinguished English sculptor. The
preliminary work in plaster has al
ready been exhibited, and is pronounc-
ed excellent.
STRAUSS, in his own opinion, is big
man in Vienna. He always has SER
want in attendance to hold his hat, cane
and coat, and has one of the finest equi-
pages in the city.
WILLIAM 81. RUSSELL at last accounts
was at the Schloss Hradek, in Bohe-
mia, and, if his letters are a criterion,
having fine time there with his many
distinguished friends.
ON Sunday recently in Vienna, eleven
Americans attended divine service at
the American Chapel, and nearly one
hundred were drinking beer at the
pnDllc gardens.
SINCE the new intoxication law was
enforced in Paris, drunkenness is said
to have decreased considerably. This
announcement is made on the authority
of Figaro.
BROWN tinted note paper is now the
fashion in London. The note sheet is
cut in legal shape, and turns at the
top, instead of at the side. The novelty
will soon be the rage here.
ON Tuesday, September O.. the Vic
tory Column in the Kenigsplatz, Ber-
lin, will be uncovered with appropriate
ceremonies. The military display will
be extensive and very grand.
ST. PETERS at Rome is said to be
sadly plundered by relic hunters, much
to the annoyance Of the officials in
charge, who seldom have the good for
tune to detect culprits IN the act.
"GARDEN PARTIES" are the rage
among English fashionables just now,
the Prince and Princess of Wales hav
ing "led off" few weeks ago. Gro
quet is one of the features of these en-
tertainMents.
0AhONE6S ALFONSE 1tOVHSCHlID mas
no less than 300 canary birds in her
palace near Paris. They are in cages
of every size and shape, and distribu-
ted in the many..saloons in the immense
building.
NEARLY all the London barber shops
now have the most approved American
shaving chair. 1t would be charity to
have them introduced in Germany,
where ones neck is almost broken
while undergoing shaving operation.
NINE. NmssoN's recent difficulty with
Queen Victoria's official representatives
is the all absorbing theme of CONVERSE
tion in London fashionable circles.
Evidently the prima donna has the
sympathy of the "upper ten thous.
and"
The prettiest children, writes tour.
ist, are those of the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales. They are remarkably
precocious, and already converse flu
emily in French and German. They
are dressed handsomely but simply,
aud are generally beloved.