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

Foreign Notes.
NJ. JOHN LEMolNNE, in, tho Debats,
urges That the French ship Orenoluo
should be withdrawn from Oivitn Wee
CHA, us being no longer necessary for
tho snfcty of tho Pope.
THERE is u great deal Of distress in
tho German capital. The casual poor
who sought relief in the Berlin work
houses lust month amounted to 1854
men and 780 Women. .:'7"r'
The annual international football
match between England and Scotland
came of recently at bennington Oval,
in the presence Of some 4, O0Ospeotators.
Tho match was won by the English
men.
The Gaulois states that the Emperor
of Russia has authorized Prince Ro-
mansky, Duo De Leuchtenbarg, cousin
of the Emperor Napoleon, TO go to
Chiselhurst on March Is, to tender his
homage to tho Prince Imperial.
A CORRESPONDENCE of the Times points
out that Of the sixty-onc members of
Parliament who supported Mr.. Malls
lisestnblisl'ment motion lust year, TWEEN
ty-eight, including Mr.. Mall himself,
have no seat in the new House of Com
mons. -
AFTER two hours debating, tho CAM
bridge University Union has passed q
motion, by 67 votes to 50, condemning
the policy pursued by the Prussian
subjects us inconsistent with the prin-
ciplcs of religious equality.
IT is stated in Oxford circles that
Lord Sansbury has undertaken to draw
up q scheme of University reform. The
task requiresSa combination ofscientifc
attainments with unfiinclling courage;
and both these qualities the marquis
possesses in no ordinary degree. It
could not be i'll better hands.
IT is stated that the number of men,
bers returned to the Parliament in Eng
land who have voted or declared in favor
of woman's suffrage is 217; tho gain by
the removal Of opponents is 1O2. The
hostile majority is consequently reduced
from lO7 to 5. The list of those who
have voted for the bill includes Mr..
Disraeli and several members of the new
Cabinet.
AN urn containing a large number of
Roman coins has been found near Milan,
by some workmen who were engaged in
laying the foundation of a house at
Tore del Torti. The greater number
of the coins are of silver, and belong to
the time of Gallienus "a. d. 6O~268.)
Some bear the effigy of Salonia, the
wife of Gallienus, who was murdered,
together with him, at Milan in 269,
during an insurrection of the Imperial
Guard.
The Bishop of Oxford has just OPEN
ed the new chapel for Reading School,
the foundation-stone Of which was laid
last year by Mr.. Walters, NJ. p, chief
proprietor of the Times. It has been
erected by subscription, ct cost of
about e., 900, and will accommodate be-
tween 800 and 400 pupils. The school
has already risen to $50 boys. A new
and larger school-house in course of
erection for the head master, will be
completed in September.
The Abbey of st. Blaise, in the Black
Forest, has been 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 80 per-
sons to a square mile in the Empire;
26O in the United Kingdom 2O1 in In
dia, and Al in the colonies. It should
be observed, however, that in 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, 142, 65l houses; the area of
the lands they inhabit is not less than
7,769, 449 square miles.
tons of Mr.. Goose and his party in
Western Australia, we learn that they
have discovered huge monolith, 1000
feet high, and six or seven miles in
girth at its base, and the interest in the
discovery is heightened by the fact that
stream of water fed by spring 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 one of
tho most singular and prominent of
Australian landmarks.
Mr.. Co111NawooD SMITH. the Treas
urer of the Society of Painters in Water
colors, writes that among the treasures
destroyed ut the Pantechnion was the
entire series of sketches, studies, and
drawings of Mr.. II. Britten Willis. the
we'll known animal painter. 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 hu-
man tgure-and many works of j, D.
Harding, and other members of the So
ciety of Painters in Water-colors, repre-
senting money value of many thou
sand pounds, have been utterly con-
sumed. Mr.. Britten Willis; says Mr..
Smith, isquite Frustrated by this stroke,
and unable, at q distance from home
and in enfeebled health, to make 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-a
distance of about forty five miles, chief
~ fresh water-the fishing has been
excellent, and remarkable for the great
size of the fish captured, many fish
ranging from twenty pounds to forty
pounds. At Worcester one fish Of
OF thirty-nine 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 Is. 3d.,
is now rs. Sd. 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 !
&Er<>N~ H.. ALL