Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-24
Foreign Items.

Foreign Items.
THERE is much suffering and destitu-
ton in Paris.
The British Government publishes
weekly statements of the public revenue
and expenditure.
FRIENDS of DR.. Livingstone, in Lon
don, expect that he will certainly be at
home by this time next year.
The Emperor of Brazil rules 10, 000,-
600 souls, 1900, 600 being slaves, and
$4,000 Indians, scattered over a territory
fifteen times the size of France.
THOUSANDS of Cinnamon are employed
at railroad building in Costa Rica, and
have contracted to work for eight years
for the liberal sum of 81 per month, three
suits of clothes per annum, and a free
passage home.
THE will of Napoleon III. has been
proved in England. His personal prop
erty is sworn at under 5000, 900, and this
he leaves to the Empress without re-
serve To the Prince Imperial there is
only one bequest-the Imperial crown
RECENT news says that the Khiva ex-
petition will consist of 10, ZOO or IL, 900
men, commanded by Gems. Variofkam
and Markozoff, under Gen. Kauinann.
It's march will be c~oncentric.
A has been made for the
establishment of an afternoon theater in
London for performances every after
noon for the convenience of country resi-
afternoon air to night air.
ALTHOUGH the Right Hon. John
Bright has reappeared in Parliament, it
is stated on good authority that the state
of his health is still such as forbids him
to undertake any labor or undergo any
excitement, and that he will not take any
active part in the debates of the present
session.
The circulation of London newspa-
pers is stated upon good authority to be
as follows The Daily Telegraph, TO,
0 Ocopies; the Standard, 140, 900; Daily
Neaos, 10000; Echo, so, 600 Times,
20, ZOO. The morning and evening papers
together give a sum total daily of $685.
600 copies.
THE trial of Mary Cotton at West
Auckland, England, accused of poison.
ing eleven members of her family, has
ended in a verdict of guilty upon the
first Indictment, and the woman has
been sentenced to death. The other in.
dictments against her will not be tried
The m once known as Lady Ellen
borough has at last died in Damascus
She had nine husbands, of whom Lore
Peterborough was the first, and Sheikl
Abdul, an Arab camel-driver, was The
ninth. To him she was married aftel
the Arab fashion, and for a whole YEA
she accompanied him on his Journeys
between Beyrout and Babylon, fulfilling
the duties of an Arab wife even to milk
ing the camels. She grew tired of thii
after a while, and built for herself
lovely palace at Damascus, where sh'
has passed her last years, old, but still
beautiful and very rich.
THEY must be hungry indeed in En-
gland. Food is so scarce that the oddes
propositions for its greater supply ar,
made. Among the notable schemes /
Frank Buckland's plan for raising larg,
numbers of eels III the ponds. Now tn
Food Journal, III all seriousness, pro
poses turtle soup. Turtles, we are told
are plentiful enough in the tropics, ant
could be captured by tens of thousands
while fully $50, 900, 600 of eggs are an
nually sacrificed. 1t is also suggeste
that, to save the cost of carriage, tn
turtle flesh should be prepared and tin
ned in South America and a turtle
soap mandatory on tie Amazon is cor
sidered a not improbable establishment