Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-08-28
Fresh Foreign Waits.
A NEW hotel IN Paris is called the
Republican.

"A NEW motel IN FlrlS IS called the
Republican.
A FAvoRTrE seaside resort of Liver
pool people during the summer is
Southport.
BERLIN is deserted, and the hotels are
undergoing the usual summer renovu-
ton.
THE annual reviews arc in progress
Mt Brighton, and are witnessed by un.
usually large crowds.
AMERICA has only thirteen pictures ut
the Vienna Exhibition, while France
has over one Thousand.
EMS and Baden Baden have The usual
crowds this year, our countrymen, of
course, predominating.
1T is proposed to enlarge the Lon
don Crystal Palace by the addition of
wing in the rear, to cost 100000.
A COUPLE of alligators are on exli-
bition in London, said to have been
captured five miles from New Orleans.
JOAQUIN MILLER is 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 saddle OF Napoleon, his
boots worn at the battle of Dresden,
and the shoes worn at his coronation.
R1sroR1 has bought a palace in Rome,
and intends to make that city her flu
ture home. Her husband was recently
elected member of the Paris Jockey
Club.
The Shah has ordered his bust from
Il 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 IL 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 ut last accounts
was at the Schloss Hradek, in Bohe-
mia, and, if his letters are 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
pubic 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 eide. The novelty
will soon be the rage here.
On Tuesday, September g.. the Vic
tory Column in the Knnigsplatz, Ber-
lin, will be uncovered with appropriate
ceremonies. The military display will
be extensive and very grand.
Sr. PETERS at Rome is said to be
sadly pluudered by relic hunters, much
to the annoyance of the officials in
charge, who seldom have the good for
tune to detect culprits III 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.
BARONESS ALFONSO RoTHscH11D has
no less than 800 canary birds in her
palace near Paris. They are in cages
of every size and shape, and distribu-
ted ~ the ny..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 a shaving operation.
NINE. NnssoN's recent difficulty with
Queen Victoria's official representatives
is the all absorbing theme of CONVERSE
ton in London fashionable circles.
Evidently the prima donna has the
sympathy of the "upper ten thous.
and"
The prettiest children, writes q 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,
and are generally beloved.