Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-30
Foreign Gossip.

Foreign Gossip.
Carl Rosa has gone to Switzerland to
recruit his health.
Prince Leopold, Victoria's youngest
boy, is going to study law.
Lausanne has been fixed upon as the
seat of the Swiss Federal Council.
The Brazilian Government is ex-
pecting further supply of Armstrong
cannon.
An association has been formed
among the Hindoos, the object being to
reduce the cost of marriage.
The old Papal town of Avignon,
France, is preparing to celebrate the
500th anniversary of the great poet,
Petrarch.
Count de Bari, half-brother of the
'ex-King of Naples, will marry Princess
Blanche of Orleans, daughter OF the
Duke of Nemours.
The Earl of Marlborough, the English
peer who so mysteriously placed himself
out of the way a short time ago. is dan
gerously i'll in London.
king Koffee, of Ashantee fame, is
about to send one of his sons to England
to be educated under the care of the
Government.
Two bank managers in Antwerp
have been sentenced to fifteen and ten
years imprisonment for causing the fail
ure of the bank by specializing with its
funds on their own account.
Marshal Bazaine's sister has just
died at Cannes. The Government sent
an authorization for the Marshal to be
allowed to go and visit her bat the per-
mission arrived too late.
-Tamberlik, the tenor, is reported to
be so particular about his food that he
takes his cook along with him on all his
travels. The latter, alone, of all man
kind, can prepare maccaroni to suit the
tenors fastidious palate.
The japanese military operations in
Formosa have virtually ended. China
pays the expense Of the expedition and
guarantees the safety of foreigners.
japan accepts the arrangement and re-
tires.
A correspondent of the Honolulu
Gazette calls attention to the melancholy
fact that several members of the Ma
ii NAL Assembly of the Sandwich Islands
have been seen in public helpless by in
toxication.
Jules Janin wrote an extraordinary
hand. The characters were formed with
some care but had not their like in any
known alphabet. There were only two
compositors on the Journal des Debats
who could decipher them.
Mary Ann Dogherty was brought up
in London on charge of attempting to
kill herself. She refused to plead mot
guilty" as her counsel advised, because
"that would be saying what was not
true"
The Lord Mayor Of London made an
extraordinary pun at public dinner the
other day dpropos of certain recent be-
stowals of Titles, saying that he thought
" man of ability ought to rank above a
man of nobility.
The baronetcy which Queen Victoria
proposes to bestow upon George Brown,
of Toronto, an old and leading member
of the Canadian press, is said to be re-
ward for services at Washington in the
conduct of the reciprocity negotiation.
The wife of Bismarck, over sixty
years of age, yet fresh and beautiful,
directs her household affairs, carries at
home a bunch of keys in her belt, and is
proud of the many embroidered covers
and curtains, the work of her own indus
trious hands.
A letter from Havana says Manuel
Calva has again gone to Spain. He is
aeputized to arrange if he can for the
reopening of the port of Macao to the
Coolie trade. Another errand Of Calva
it is said is to pave the way for new
Captain. General, and it is also reported
that he is to use his influence in Madrid
toward getting volunteers and soldiers
sent out
The Legislative Assembly at Homo
lulu has voted $50, 900 for the encour-
agement of agriculture and the importa-
tion of laborers The King advises q
reciprocity treaty with the United
States Petitions for such treaty had
been presented to the Assembly with
the Kings Endorsement The Assembly
has voted $4,000 for the erection of a
palace for the King He asked for
$4,000.
The English trade papers have found
a new grievance of which to complain.
This time it is the expectation of tin.ware
from the United States to Birmingham.
made of tin plates sent from Great Brit
ain. They do not like the idea of export
ing raw materials and buying finished
products, although they were quite con-
tent that we should do SO for nearly a
century. When they bought our hides
for sixpence and sold US back the tails
for a shilling they considered it all right,
and were anxious to do more business
on the same plan. When the course of
trade is reversed and we are buying the
hides for sixpence and they are taking
the tails back at shilling, it at once
appears to them that something is wrong.
Courier Journal
Miscellaneous.