The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-07-04
Foreign Items.

bearded man, with feminine smile.
If Cuba should throw out bait for
annexation, would Secretary Fish bite at
it?
Baron Won Kubeck, the well-known
Austro-Hungarian diplomatist, has died
in Styria.
The German troops are preparing to
evacuate French territory, having secured
their Rhino.
From his cavalry experience Mac
Mahon is relied on for stable govern
ment in France.
Bass, the English brewer, pays yearly
500, 900 TO the railroads for transporta-
ton.
Richard Wagner Is said to have visited
London lately, but refused to appear In
public.
An English jury assessed the value
of a mouthful taken out Of mans leg by
dog at $3.50.
Marshal Mcmahon is said to be very
fond Of children and cigars. His heart Is
all right. No man with such affection is
dangerous.
English papers tell us that the rivet
headers in boiler shop at Yarrow lately
struck. That's natural. Wonder they
didn't think of it before!
John Francis kearns, sentenced to fl
teen years coniinementfor treason felony.
in connection with Fenanism in Ireland.
has just died in an insane asylum at Cork.
There is young lady in Yorkshire,
England, who Is six feet five inches high
and five feet six inches round. Could
there be more beautiful proportions?
M. Rodriques, well-known Paris
steck-broker. fell down dead on hearing
OF the suicide of his valet. There was
affection for you
The Empress of Japan has set the
fashion OF wearing uncolored teeth and
eyebrows. 1t is generally regarded as a
shocking innovation.
The Khedive is said to have re-
marked that the Sultan's firman granting
him independent power Is merely affirmin'
what has practically existed for long time
past.
-Four Scotch fishermen named Walker
were recently drowned together near
Aberdeen. 1t woul I have been more SER
viceable in their occupation had they been
swimmers.
No art treasures of any value have
vet been obtained by dredging the Tiber.
Like the whole ground on which modern
Rome stands, the bed of the river is at a
great elevation over its ancient level.
They are laying rails in Florence in
order to convey in safety Michael Angeles
statue Of David from its unprotected site
in front Of the Palazzo vechio, whe.e it
has stood for $50 years, TO the imperial
gallery.
The reason of the Khediye of Egypt's
going to Vichy for his health Is his recent
suff, ring from the govt, which his physi-
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diet and few months at the French
watering-place.
The death is announced OF Carlo
AREN'T, one Of the best known painters
of the modern Italian school. He was
director Il the Academic DIES Beaux-Arts
at Bologna.
The London correspondent of the
Scotsman hears from atrustworthy source
that at the unwilling of the statue of Lord
Derby in Parliament square, early in
July. the eLoge will be delivered by Mr..
bisraeli.
The expectation of Arab horses from
the provinces of Bagdad and Syria has
been prohibited for the next seven years,
with view 10 preserving the breed, which
has been seriously diminishing in those
parts of the empire.
- lpi' IIaiLtihouIt Nho pIoputrttu
that the world was TO be burnt up few
months ago. Is now in Paris. He desires
TO read paper before the academy to
prove the suns heat, and that we shall all
be frozen to death about POLL.
"A recent calculation relative to the
principal European languages shows that
English Is spoken by ninety millions of
persons, Gernan by fifty-five millions,
Spanish by fifty-five millions, and French
by forty-fve millions.
-One-fourth Of a share in London
water company was lately sold for Gag 600.
The face value of an entire share is only
eli 1t is one Of the wealthiest corpora
tons In the world, but its protector lost
his fortune and died in the w0rkhouse.
Its name Is the New River Company.
king Louis of Bavaria, who subscribed
1000 ilorins for monument TO Baron Lie
big, was, In spite OF the difference in their
years, an intimate friend and enthusiastic
admirer Of the Baron. The young mon
arch often spent entire evenings with the
distinguished scientist, listening to his
conversation like most docile pupil.
In France there are In use half mil
lion donkeys, and i'm Italy 100000. These
hardy little beasts do all the hardest
drudgery, and il Is not uncommon to see
a huge load OF baskets of garden produce
or bundles OF hay, going to market seem
ingly moving on four small legs of their
own, that being the only portion of the
diminutive beast that can be seen beneath
the load.
There are 2s5 newspapers published In
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