Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-10-30
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and women performers, 10 announced
TO he brought ont shortly in London.
Tn London Times keeps '*libel
suit lawyer" and he has carried the
paper through thirteen suits without
judgment being rendered against it.
WoRKIxa19EH,s clubs in London are
decidedly on the increase, much to the
annoyance Of the English aristocracy.
PARIS is becoming crowded again,
and the hotels all have shout as many
as they can comfortably accommodate
BBorHER JONATHAN in Baden cannot
become Ieconciled to the idea of eating.
his meals in the dirty baths.
CROWDS daily watch with deep inter-
est the work Of rebuilding the grand
Column Vendome in Paris, which pro-
crosses rapidly.
Ar the Berlin Circus visitors are per.
mitted to roam IN the stables between
the acts. The stables contain one hun.
dred horses.
THEY have invented in France q new
kind of ink for secret correspondence.
Il first writes an invisible color, but in
twenty four hours turns = jet black
THH Emperor William ordinarily 70
tires st ten o'clock and rises at seven:
Two servants keep watch in the corri.
dor during the night.
MADAME CATAcAxY recently visited
the Vienna fair. She fully sustained
her fame ~ one of the most exquisitely
dressed woman of the day.
TELEoRAPH postal cards are now il
sued by the English government. The
cards are deposited as letters, and COL
lected hourly by carriers.
THE1 are to have opera in Madrid,
next winter. despite Don Carlos and
other difRculties. Marie Sass will be
the leading prima donna
OK Friday, October 31st, the Vienna,
Exposition will close. On the evening
of that day the city will be illuminated
and grand banquet will be given.
IN Paris smooth half is the fashion,
although Ii some ladies destroy the
beauty of the new arrangement by
pasting 90 cats paws" on either side of
the face.
mines alternately et the Berlin Opera
House. The latter are magnifcently
put upon the stage, and worth . long
journey to see.
CERrAn portions Of the river Clyde,
near Glasgow, Scotland, are SO narrow
that IN Anchor Line steamer in turn
ing around barely escapes the bank by
half . dozen yards.
TIE German "droskie," or cabby,
eats and sleeps on the box Of his crazy
vehicle winter and summer. They have
been known to change their linen and
costume once year.
liz Paris, the old sardine boxes are
gathered up by rag-pickers and sold to
builders, who an them with mortar
and use them in the construction of
cheap dwelling houses.
The marriage of Gladstone's daueh-
ter to Mr.. Wickham, the announcement
Of which created such a sensation in
London fashionable circles, will take
place early in November.
THE number of cigar stores in Ham
burg il astonishing. They are found
on every street and alley. Like the
Hamburg shillines, they are as numer-
ous Is the sands on the shore.
ToUKBTs for some reason OF. another
remain but . short time in Brussels.
The fact is Astounding, more especially
as Brussels is one of the most interest,"
ing of European cities. .5. Il, ?,
OYsrxRs are NO longer: . luxury in
Lordon.. They arrive daily from
America by sailing ships, and are easi-
~ disposed of. Englishmen, as rule,
do not understand the art of eating
oysters.
RECENTLY, Q gentleman in London
bought . box OF old papers ct auction
for f5. In it was subsequently found
autographs of Racine, Alfred De Mus
set Belzac, Moliere, aud many Mar
sha]s of the first Empire Of france.
Ex-QuEEN I~ABzLlA, Of Spain, has left
Paris for q while, but her Whereabouts
are known by detectives, Who have
been put upon her: track by trades
people who have little accounts against
her:
PKucEss LoumE, MaEchioness of
Lorne and daughter Of Queen We
toria, is . sculptress Of considerable
merit, and is now engaged in design
ing busts for the adornment Of her
London residence.
ONE.of the most elegant and con-
spicuous women in Paris this Autumn
is the widow of an American General
who WAS; killed ut the battle of Gettys-
burg. Her entertainments sre uncom-
monty 6na i -. :. ',' =
Axxw theatre 10 talked. Of in Paris.
It is.to be built BY . stock company
with capital of IT, O00, 600 francs The
house Is to hold twenty thousand peo-
pie, and four years viii be required to
build it.
THE Charing Cross Hotel, London
being built directly over . railway ter
minus, is the noisest in the city. Al
though it is always full, no one has ever
been known to sleep there more than
half the night.
NINE. Vvor, the leading Paris mil
liner, draws her designs on note paper
and submits them to her forewoman,
who is artistic in taste. The Madame
is guided by the advice Of her assistant
invariably.
Tn newest Swiss musical boxes are
made to play the music of one cele-
brated composer exclusively. They
are known as Mozart, Wagner, Bee
thoven, etc.. boxes. The winding up
is done by . crank instead of key.
Miss SHANKs, the daughter of far
mer ut Divit Hill, in England, vas
bitten in the arm by her uncle's cnr dog
about two months since. The wound
was cauterized, but on Sept "a the
young lady was taken ill, and after ter
rible suffering she died of hydrophobia.
"WHAr's in . name :" A good deal
at times. The daughter of Don Carlos,
the pretender to tho throne of Spain,
for instance, has plenty in hers, which,
according TO- contemporary, is, in
French, Blanche de- CASTLE Marie de-
la Conception Therese- -Francoise-d' As
sise- Marguerite Jeanne Beatrice Char
lotte-L Louise. Fernandez Adelgonde Eli
-Ildefonse Regime Josephine Nil
chelle Gabrielle RaPhaells. These
constitute the young lady's Christian
name ONLY. and when her titles are ad-
ded there ia probably . dozen lines or
80 more. It is to be hoped that the
don is not going to. have large family,
for two or three children thristened in
this fashion would exhaust the whole
vocabulary,