Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-28
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Foreign Gossip.


Painting the lily-The kaiser's at
tempt TO decorate the Shah.
Prince Henry, son OF the cx-Elcctor
of Hcssc, has been declared bankrupt in
Vienna.
Colonel Romanof, of the Russian ar.
my, correspondent Of the London Times
has committed suicide.
The Besscmer steamship, designed to
prevent sea.sickness, is rapidly approach
Ing completion at Hull, England.
-Nelaton, the distinguished French
surgeon, has been seriously i'll with heart
disease, and but little hope is entertained
Of his recovery.
The actors Of the Paris Theatre Fra
Gals are talking Of coming over 10 show
us the true French acting in a four
months tour.
1T ia stated that times are very hard
in England, thousands Of workmen and
business clerks being thrown out OF en-
ploymcnt daily.
--MacMabon has taken VOW MOTTO leave
the soil OF France until the last foreign
soldier shall have quilted it. Therefore
he declined an invitation 10 Vienna.
The Shah brought TO Europe guam
tity Of diamonds Of species found only
in Persia, the peculiarly of which is that
in high temperatures they cxlale perfume.
The Shah bought $500 worth Of
paintings when in London, but he could
not understand why picture OF three
donkeys should be charged $500, when he
could buy three Of the genuine animals
for $25.
Col. Colin, a brave officer, who com
mandcd one Of the best regiments IN the
service Of France, has been cashiered for
expressing republican sentiments and be-
ing friendly toward persons known to De
earnest democrats.
A young married woman in Paris,
who had preserved her wedding dress
with great care, and had kept il locked
up i'm "a closet, was Mortified the other day
10 find that her maid Emma had been
dancing tie cancan In the sacred gar
mcnt. This cnterprisng maid had the
audacity to dance before her mistress i'm
private theatricals in the wedding dress,
and it was aftcrward found out that 1t
was the fourth time she had danced in it.
--Signor Zimello, weI.known Italian
engineer, has submitted TO the Turkish
ooNtIUuiiDb u pan loI WV APoo-
phorus He proposes to build n cause
way across the strait between Pcra and
Scutari, on eighteen pillars, reaching from
shore to shore. The central pillars are to
be sustained by pontoons under water,
linked together by strong braces, which
extend also TO the supports inshore. The
distance across from Pera to Scutari is
mile and half
The Indians Of British Columbia,
though not hostile to the whites, are In
more degraded condition than any known
tribe in the United States. They are even
suspected of cannibalism. The tribes
number altogether about 10000 and
those in the interior are superior to those
on the coast Whisky Is the chief cause
Of their degradation, and the further they
are from civilization the less chance they
have Of getting whisky.
Some of the English insurance com
panies have lately taken new departure
in the matter Of obtaining fire risks. 1t
has been customary to transact the larger
portion Of the insurance business through
agents, To whom commission OF from
ten to fifteen per cent. was paid Acting
now under the tendency of the times to
do away with middlemcn, these companies
announce that they shall endcavOr To dis
card agents, and with that view will al
low such merchants as deal with them
directly the discount formerly paid to
agents
Alta party at Marlborough House,
not long ago, two Of the Prince OF Wales
boys were present, with the son of the
Czarowitch between them. The young
Russian made himself very disagreeable,
and presently, like Tartar, savagely dug
his elbows into the ribs of his compan.
ions. The elder English prince, an
amiable boy, like his mother, moved
away, but the younger resented the indig-
nity. and, as school.boy would say,
'.fetched the Royal Tartar one on the
nose" The Princess Of Wales kindly in
terfered and made peace, and those who
noticed the incident were greatly amused,
and could not help showing 1t slightly,
in spite of courtly etiquette.
The news gatherers OF New Hamp-
shire seem TO lack enterprise, for we learn
for the first time from the Paris Figaro
of very exciting and wonderful occur
renee in that distant region. The State
has been for some time infested by a band
of assassins, who slaughtered victims
without number, including, we suppose
several thousand members Of the Legis
Iature. The assassins used to kill by
sevcring the carotid artery. The State
police attacked them this proves the
story to be fiction), and the banditti
dashed through town, passing a photo
graph gallery ut full speed. The photo
graphcr turned his machine upon thu
flying band and took all their portraits In
atwinkling. BY the portraits these New
Hampshire Ku.klux were recognized al
the most respected inhabitants of the dis
trict. The population of New Hamp
shire has been diminishing for some time
but we were not aware OF the cause be
fore.
Personal and Literary.
Theodore Tilton Is writing novel.
MARI Twain will do mn Traland anr