Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-29
Foreign Gossip.

| Foreign Gossip. :
PARIS ate 5000 horses last year.
The Sublime Porte wants to borrow
f5, OOO, 600 from English capitalists on
the security Of its portable property.
THE Duke Of Rsppswick's monument
(ordered in his VIM is to be executed
BY Signor Vicenzo Vela. az :5s
The memorial Of the hte Cir James
Simpson, Baronet NJ. D., in E1inburg,
is to be statue in bronze:
II has been officially annornced at
Belgrade that corporal punishment has
been abolished in the Servian army.
TUDOR VARIETIES, Liverpool, adver-
tises: ssComic talent wanted. Always
a vacancy for good knockabout mig
gers"
Ex-M1S1srER MorlEY contemplates
passing the balance of the winter in re-
tirement at Cannes.
ASAmerican club is to be established
at Stuttgart. by tie students of this
country residing there.
CHINA, Japan; aud Turkey have
promised to help Philadelphis in cele-
brating the centenniversary Of rePubli-
The Prince of Wales follows the
hounds, to be- sure but Ithat Is not
the reason they say that he is going to
the dogs. 's,'
FORTUNE and fame -T-4c'
From nothing squeamish rise;.
Steal every chance
| There all the profit lies. :. .,.1:
A VERY interesting fact has come to
light recently, namely, that the gates
of Holland House, London, were for
merly the main grille of the Rastile.
People talk of evil deeds bringing
their own penalties in this world and
yet sewing machine agent dmherits
s., O00, 600 from an uncle in Scotland.
The Maine State College of Agricul-
ture, at Orono, which has entered upon
it's sixth year, has 100. students of
whom four are women. ".:.,
Mi: Watterson" may find disentomb-
ing Murat Hs]ttead 3 poetry more dan
gerous than ridiculing the prosi5,ess of
the London Times. s.---..-.-.
The ex-Empress Engenie wants
$500, 900 from the French Treasury.
That amount, she thinks, will. enable
her to live in becoming style at CHS
elhurst. -: = sEs
A LADIES' club in London, ie about
breaking up, the members being hope
iessly divided on the great question as
! to tho propriety of using sealj6g wax
fer ordinary business letters; ,.
The repairs to the Madeleine, neces
STATED by the injuries received BY that
building during the commune, are now
completely terminated They have
cost &c, 600 france.
SPECIAL prayers were offered up on
December %, in the gar1lson.churches
throughout Great Britain, on behalf OF
the officers and men engaged in the
Ashantee' expedition. =
ONE of the American clubs in Paris
has come-to grief, and is sbont to wind
Iup heavily in debt. A dinner 70 some
questionable actresses of an obscure
theatre is said to have been; the, tradi-
tional straw to break the camels back.
A DULUTH couple were married on
tine ice, tho other day, and it would
have been highly romantic If the bride
hadn't fallen down and, cracked her
auburn head md kicked the minister's
feet out from under him. @.0J Ia
SAID = profeseW, in Z college to a
notorious laggard who was once, for a
wonder, promptly in his place at morn
ing prayers, at the appointed time, IS 1
marked You, sir, as punctnal this morn
ing. What is your excuse?' "S-s-eick,
sir, and couldn't sleep, wae the reply.
TIN famous Luneburg treasure,
about which SO much has been said of
late, bas at last been positively ceded
to the .Prussisn government for 'incor-
.poration in the Berlin museum :.The
price paid for the valuable collection
is 22O, 600 thalers, or E33, 200.
A COMPANY of British seaio1ists
have recently ~invastea q ,OOO, 600 in
water power in. Augusta, Ga, for the
purpose Sof Manufacturing cotton. A
fine cotton mill is on the property, and
it has been proved that cotton can be
spun there considerably cheaper than
in Old or New England. j.. DEE
."BE careful how yol drink, or you'll
wash the color from your cheeks, said
q gentleman al fashionable party, as
he handed glass OF water to aEIady.
"There Is no Danger of your ever TAX
| ing water enough to remove the color
from your face, was the good-natured
retort.
ALABAMA has now three Gotten fac
tories; the largest is at: Tallahassee,
which runs II, 900 spindles; and there
a:e two others at Prattville., Georgia
has "a; the largest is the Eagle and
Phoenix. of $4,000 looms. Georgia
manufactures only the coaIser kinds OF
cotton goods. -.~ 49,
| WHILE those who are interested in
the prosperity of Rugby are discussing
the dismissal of DR.. HaYman, the Bton
world. says the London Times, is fur
nisheds with q grievance of similar
nature, the head master having en-
nounced that he intends in August next
to eupersede the six senior assistant
! masters. IT,, 10 -
THERE is q valley in Montana 5000
feet above sea level, and north OF the
forty-sixth parallel Of latitude. where
snow never. fallA Indiana, trappers
and old settlers say snow was never
yet seen on the ground in Valley
Eden" While snow falls to the depth
OF seven inches on the surrounding
mountains and valleys, nsver an inch
falls on this favored spot. ,--.,
ANEW line, the " Dominion" will
put on their steamers this month be-
tween Boston and Liverpool Boston
will be the winter port and Montreal
the summer port. At present goods
will be shipped on . through bill of
lading from Montreal by the way of
the Central Vermont Railway Compa'
ny and steamers to Liverpool. %0*
A NEW plan is to be tried with Mich
igan convicts. The striped garments
are to he abolished. The prisoners
are to be allowed to correspond with
their friends. Those who are unedu-
Gated are to be taught and, when lib
Grated, each man is to receive suit of
clothes, $40 in money, and whatever
he has earned by overwork.
The death was announced at Great
Massingham, England, on the eth of
November, of Edward Cholmendeler,
eldest son of the Rev. Edward Gladwin
aud Lady Chariot Arnold, at the age of
eighteen years. Deceased Was a great
grandson of Gen.. Benedict Arnold,
who married daugh .er of Chief JUS
tice Edward Shipper, Of Philadelphia.
As61r just closed iu Windsor, Yer
mont, illustrates the comparative val
ucs of success and victory. Some time
ago two broods Of turkeys belonging to
different farmers were mixed, and
quarrel sprang up on an attempt at re-