River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-09-30
Foreign Notes.

in Vienna, established sixty-four years
ago has ceased to appear.
Nj. JULIEN, q member of the firm of
Julien Brothers, jewellers, OF Paris, was
lately robbed and murdered by bri-
gands at Brecia, in Lombardy.
ACCORDING to authentic information
there is license for the sale of drink
IN Russia for every GAO inhabitants in
Siberia, ] for every 500; in Prussia, |
for 300; in England, | for 1873; in Bel
GUM ] for 93; in Holland, / for 80; and
IN France, for every 20.
PIERRE ROWS, the first explorer of
New Caledonia, died in Paris on the
10Th of August. He was one of the
companions of Mgr. Plard, WELL
known Catholic prelate, who was eaten
by the natives i'll 1916, and whose fate
was the topic of every newspaper in
Paris on the 18th of June of that year.
| The five Japanese students at Hart
lord have as yet received no intimation
from their Government that they are
expected home, and entirely discredit
the report that they are to be recalled,
and think it arises from the fact that
the Government, a short time ago,
sent word to thirty-six students in New
York to return, but afterward counter
manded the order.
ONE-HALF the population OF Paris
consists of working people. There are
about $4,000 servants and $4,000
paupers. Nearly $1,000 patients are
always in the hospitals, and four times
that number pass through them dur
ing the year. Hospitals and other in
stltutlons for the poor cost last year
22,3i6, 600 francs.
The Court of Vienna has gone into
mourning for twelve days for the late
Duke of Brunswick. IL is said that
the reigning duke is about to bring an
action TO cancel the late dukes will, on
the ground that the bulk of his prop
erty, especially the art treasures, was
only held by him in trust, and could
not therefore be passed out of his
family. Ii tins view is adopted the
property will descend 20 Duke Will
liam, of Brunswick, and after him to
the House of Hanover.
A WOMAN living in a town in the
canton of Zurich recently resortod to
curious mode of revenge. Her cat, of
which she was exceptionally fond, had
for some reason or other been killed by
an official. She accordingly procured
several mouse traps and caught some
fifty mice, which she Immediately i'm
closed in box and sent TO the Offend
ing person. He, suspecting nothing,
opened the package, and was Mortified
to see a swarm of mice spring out of
the box and run all over the place. At
I the bottom of the box he found n note
containg the following words: You
have killed my cat, have therefore
the honor TO send you my mice.
The very oldest of living mortals has
at last been brought to light blythe
Anglo Brazilian Times in the person of
Jose Martins Coutinho, born at
, Saquavema, May 30, 1894, and the
! fatherof forty two children, from whom
! have descended in the four successive
generations 1913, Sc, % and 30 others,
| making 29i individuals of whom he is
the ancestor. slight stiffness in his
legs is the only physical mark which
, his 179 years of life have placed upon
Mr.. Coutinho, and his mental powers
are still such as to enable him 10 digest
the news from Spain,n which he
eagerly reads each DAY without the aid
of glasses. He likes to tell the story of
his fights against the Dutch at Per-
nambuco, century and n half ago,
and to talk about the reigns of Don
John ", Don Jose and Donna Maria |.
I Unless the troubles soon cease he ex-
poets TO cross the ocean again and give
\ his services to the Carists liz Mr..
| Coutinho is as "fishy" as this story,
he might SWIM across the ocean to
Spain.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Paris Con-
stitutionnel, writing from st. Peters.
burg, gives an account OF the recent
decision of the Imperial Council, in
PRODUCING notifications in the regula-
/ ton OF the sale of intoxicating drinks,
which will greatly tend to the restric-
ton of drunkenness. The duties
! imposed on places where liquor is sold,
especially those who deal exclusively
in brandy, are considerably increased.
/ II is forbidden to allow in the taverps
clerks under twonty-one years of age,
or 20 admit soldiers, the pupils of edu-
cational institutions, aud young peo-
pie generally. The necessity for
this last restriction has been lately
made manifest by the murders COM
mitted by boys of twelve and thirteen
years of ago. II is also forbidden to
allow temporary licenses for the sale of
liquors at the fairs and bazars in all
cases in which there are already Licenses
of this kind in the neighborhood. The
Ministar of Finance has been requested
TO report without delay if he considers
that the naaauras latplv opDlied To St
petersbure should not be made appli-
cable TO Moscow, Odessa and other
towns.