Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-09-04

Foreign Gossip.

Don Carlos wife Is 8 beautiful blond,
having golden hair, dark eyes, and carries
herself with naughty and graceful mien.
She Is inclined To be Amazonlan, and
wants To march al the head Of the insur
gent army.
Nj Gustave Courbct had the pleasure
of pulling down the Vendomc column
during the days of the Commune, and be
will now have the additional pleasure OF
paying, to the extent Of his worldly pos
sessions, for putting il up again.
Mr.. Smith, the London Tetearaphs
Assyrian explorer, SAYS Babylon is
slowly disappearing. You may see por-
tions Of il every day loaded on donkeys
and brought TO the town Of Hillah; but
ii is such vast area that it will take cen
turies still to remove the remains"
From the 18th Of May to the 9th OF
July there were 81 ,577 cases Of cholera in
Gallicia, out Of which 1907 ended in
death. And from the 1st OF July to the
9th Of July there were nearly 400 fatal
cases. This is not an exaggerated report,
for the official records attest its truth.
On the occasion Of the evacuation OF
Nancy bv the German troops, two min
utes after the rear guard had marched out,
tricoored flags began TO appear in the
principal streets. The dogs were orna-
mented with tricolored ribbons. The day
was observed as holiday, and The thea
ter was opened in the evening for the
fisst time since the commencement Of the
war in 1870.
"A phenomenal occurrence has recent
" taken place at village called Mana
no-matumura, in Japan. A former
tributary TO the river Nishiyaagawa had
been dry for some centuries, and fields
were cultivated in its bed. II has now
suddenly broken out again rs a rapid
torrent drained the wells in its locality,
and swept away monastery.
A rat ran up the interior Of an clc-
plants trunk at Paris. The elephant
made frantic efforts to relieve himself Of
this unwclcome visitor, but in vain. Sud
denly he paused and seemed TO reflect ;
then he went to his basin, filled his trunk
with water, and amid the great excitement
of the lockers on, elected the water and
the unfortunate rat with one sublime
effort.
The altogether too prevalent practice
OF putting live fishes into the mouth, head
foremost may possibly receive a check
from the experience Of man in India,
who, while playing with fish in a tank,
sought to chastise one by putting him in
his mouth and playfully chawing his
head. Fishy struck out fin and pricked
him In the hand; he unwittingly released
the hold with his jaws, when the fish
lcaped down the aching void and
stuck there. The surgeon proceeded TO
white him up and draw him out piece
meal, which really seemed too bad, as,
before the operation was half through
with, il proved to be Of no consequence
10 the man most interested.
"A serious outbreak occurred at the
Criminal Reiormatory in the village of
Limplcy Slottc, near Bath, England, the
other day About one hundred young
girls are under detention there, and n
large number Of them mutinicd on &C
count of their dislike for the new laundry
mairon. They barricaded themselves in a
room, and their conduct became so vio'
lcnt--as they had broken through the
windows of the laundry and scaled the
walls--tbat large police force was sent
from Bath and Bradford. The police had
to break down the barbados 10 get into
the rooms. The ring-lcaders were arrest
cd and taken To Bradford-on-Avon, where
an investigation will take place.