Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02

rom 1O7 to 5. The list of those who
rave voted for the bill includes Mr..
Disrael and several membersof the new
Cabinet.
AN urn containing large number of
Roman coins has been found near Milan,
~ somewoEkmene who were engaged in
aging the foundation OF 9 house at
Zorro del Torti. Tie greater number
IF the coins are of silver, and belong to
the time of Gallienus "a. D. 60-268.)
Some bear the efRgy Of Salonia, the
wife of GalGenus, who was murdered,
together with him, at Milan in 268,
during an insurrection of the Imperial
Guard. !
TIE Bishop Of Oxford has just open
ed tho new chapel for Reading School,
the foundation-stone of which was laid
last year by Mr.. Walters, NJ. p, chief
of the Times. It has been
erected by subscription, at q cost of
about H3, 600, and viii accommodate,be-
tween 800 and 400 pupils. The school
has already risen to $50 boys. A new
and larger school, house i'm course Of
erection fof the hesd master will be
completed in September. =.
= TIE Abbeyof St. Blaise, in the Black
Foaest, hasx bean Destroyed by fire. The
Abbey Church, which resembled ST.
Peetr's at Rome in many points, and
was remarkable for the fine ceiling of
the chancel the marble high altar, and
the grand columns Of the nave, was de-
signed by Blondel. Some pieces of
tapestry preserved in the sacristy were
the handiwork of Marie Antoinette and
Maria Theresa. Nothing has been saved
but the bells and the shrine of the
founder. :.
THE London Times has completed
careful review Of the census of 1871 Of
the British Empire. There are SO per-
sons to q square mile in the Empire
26O in the United Kingdom POI in In
dia, and 1.41 in the colonies. It should
be observed, however, thatin some parts
of India the density of population more
than equals that of England. The Queen
rules over 234, 762, 593 souls; her people
dwell in A, IA, 65l houses; the area of
the lands they inhabit is not less than
7,769, 40 square miles.
As ONE result of the recent explora-
tions Of Mr.. Goose and his party in
"00sokA Auoe11Asss Wo A3eGA .t1k3s euoy
have discovered huge monolth, 1000
feet high, and six or seven miles in
girth at it's base, and the interest in the
discovery is heightened BY the fact that
stream of water fed by aspiring in the
centre of the conglomerate, flows from
the rock. Those who take an interest
in geological studies will await with i'm
patience some further particulars re-
garding this immense pyramid, which
is destined to become famous 'as 2one of
the most singular and prominent of
Australian landmarks. a'. i %;
Mr.. Co1L1NGwooD SMITH, the Treas
urer ofthe Society Of Painters in Water
colors, writes that among the treasures
destroyed at the Pantechnion was the
entire series of sketches, studies, and
drawings Of Mr.. 81. Britten Willis, the
we'll known s=anima1a Epa3nter. These
works, 1000 in number, chiefly drawn
from the life in England, Ireland, Scot
land, North and South Wales, America,
and the Continent studies of the hui
man fgure-and many works of j, d.
Harding, and other members of the So
ciety of Painters in Water-colors, repre-
senting a money value of many thou
sand pounds, have been utterly con-
snmed. Mr.sBritten Willis says Mr..
Smith, isquite FRUSTRATED by this stroke,
and unable, at q distance from home
and in enfeebled health, tomake known
his irreparable loss.
The lake of salmon in the first fort
night and three weeks of the present
season in England, is described as al
most universally large beyond modern
precedent, and this is not limited to
particular rivers, but appears to prevail
generally. On the Severn the fishing
during the past week has been even
better than during the first week and
between Gloucester and Stourport-
distance Of about forty-6ve miles, chief
~ fresh water-the fishing has been
excellent, and charitable for the great
size of the fish captured, many fish
ranging from twenty pounds to forty
pounds. At Worcester one fish Of
of thirty-n pounds was taken, and
several from twenty-five pounds to
thirty pounds. Another fish of forty
pounds was taken at Bolton, Glouces-
tershire. The price of Severn salmon,
which in the opening week was 4s.6d.,
is now Is. Cd. TO IS. Cd. per pound.
JOAQUIN MILLER is still in Rome,
studying the habits of the people. He
says he has shocked the aristocratic
mind of the wife of one of the artists
there by telling her she might direct
her invitations to him to the theatre of
Marcellus. Everybody who knows
Rome knows that this is the synonym
for poverty and misery. The ground
floor Of this old monument is divided
into small, arched recesses, opening; on
the street, low, black, dark and dirty,
which are occupied by black-smiths,
old-iron mongers, fruit sellers or butch
ers: The poet occupies one of these,
and seems greatly satisfied with his
apartment and his neighbors. He ex-.
presses great confidence in their truth
fulness and honesty, and trusts him
self with his diamond rings and con-
spicuous gold chain to their keeping,
without bolt or lock.