Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-06
foreign Gossip.

VIVA" V~S~sP0
The population OF London is given in
the last census report at 3 25i ,26O
WITHOUT reckoning exports, the En-
glish consumption of coal amounts to 1G0,-
o00, 600 tons per annum.
Victor Emmanuel, while in Vienna,
decorated Johann Strauss with the Order
of the Crown of Italy.
The National FoEndling Hospital at
Moscow, Russia, costs Eve millions year,
and has in its care ten thousand babies.
Russia possesses valuable coal depos-
its Of enormous extent, one Of black gas
coal on the river Kama being especially
valuable. .,af
The Church Of England schools re-
ceive half a million sterling year from
the public taxes, besides what they get
from the local rates.
1T is said that nearly 100000, 900 of
letters, 10000, 600 Of postal cards, 100000
OO3 of newspapers and 100 900 900 of book
packets pass through the British post
office annually.
The discovery is said to have recently
been made in Rome on the Esquiline Hill,
Of some enormous ancient vessels in pot
terry ware, the largest ever found, and of
such size that a man could easily live in
one.
Cuba has about 150rich slave-owners,
maintaining hard tyranny over their
own slaves, and also In the position of ty-
rants toward about |, 200 poor slave-owners,
to whom the state of things is no boon
at all.
Twenty tons Of frozen beef were lately
shipped from Melbourne to England in
the ship Norfolk. The meat had been
frozen by a new process patented by Mr..
James Harrison, patentee Of the method
by which ice is manufactured In Austria
liza.
"A new palace is TO be built for the
Duke Of Edinburgh and his Russian wife.
Until that is ready they will be lodged in
Clarence House, Park Lane formerly the
residence of the Duchess of Kent, which
is being enlarged and adapted for their
use. tsl
--IIyacinthe has been elected one Of
the new "Old Catholic" cures of Geneva,
and Bishop Reinkens having been official
ly recognized by the German Government,
has sworn supreme allegiance to it,
thus formally repudiating the Pope's au-
thority.
A tract of hematite iron ore was recent
ly discovered in Shropshire England,
which is thought to be of great impor-
lance to the iron industry of that country.
Eleven hundred acres of the tract have
been secured by certain Staffordshire iron
masters who will work IL as a company
According 10 statement which re-
Gently appeared in the London Times, the
consumption Of ardent spirits in Great
Britain during 1872 amounted to 35,041,-
SIT gallons; malt liquors, 2S,591 1926 bar
rels; wine, 6,765,4N gallons; other liq-
uors, IL 10000 gallons; total cost TO con-
sumers, $507,714,O7O.
An English enthusiast proposes to re-
store the cloisters Of the Franciscan Con-
vent in Verona, Italy, where is still seen
the tomb of faithful Juliet This vcnera-
BILE structure was destroyed in 1899, and
the monument Of the fair Capulet has been
used for many years as wash-tub. :
"A leading English journal declares
that the question OF tomorrow in England
is not education, nor temperance, nor
economy, but the reform Of the cImbrous,
expensive, and inefficient system Of local
government and taxation, and that If Mr..
pidustoHc sHOuIu ucVlSc u ncIOTUl Dill du-
equate to meet this demand, he cannot
fail to achieve an Overwhelming success.
In England the aggregate income of
100000 families employed in manual
labor is about 81 500 1000 900. OF this sum
$3.50 900 600 Is wasted in excessive drink
and tobacco; in buying at small retail
stores, instead of Wholesale stores; but
quite the larger proportion In unskillful
or careless marketing, housekeeping and
cooking, and in the mulcts of trades
unions.
The jute market Is attracting attention
in India, and 1t appears to be now con.
cedcd in Calcutta that this fiber, rather
than cotton, is destined to be the perma-
nent staple OF India. In the two years
between 1870 and 1872 the shipment of
jutc from Calcutta rose from 10000 to
1,500,0OO bales. At the same time the
fiber has been applied 70 more delicate
purposes, and demand for finer qualities
has sprung up.
Personal and Literary.
Santa Anna has sunk from opulence