Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-08-13
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Foreign Gossip.


To erect a monument near the swiss
frontier in commemoratlon OF the gener-
nus course of conduct which was adopted
by Switzerland toward the prisoners OF
Raurhaki's army. The monument will
represent Exhausted France confiding
her children to Switzerland"
A commission appointed by the OF
toman Government has declared that the
true plague has broken out in the neigh
borhood of Bagdad. Quarantine has
been established round all the affected
districts. 1t is worthy of note that a
similar outbreak took place in the same
district in 1867, caused then, as now, by
severe privation among the inhabitants.
An English merchant living at Ii
mares has lately been seized in the Sierra
Moreno by armed bandits, who have de-
manded a considerable sum for his ran
som. Adyices from Madrid intimate that
representations on the subject had been
made to Marshal Serrano's Government
by the British Minister.
The Htndoo Patriot and Indian Jour-
nal says the famine has produced re-
former in the person OF Pundit AJooda
Prasad, who has succeeded in teaching
the Hindoos that work is worship. He
is himself Brahmin of high caste, and
has given practical example by working
steadily with pickax and hoe. 1t would
be interesting to see the effect OF the
teaching of this high-caste Brahmln on
some of the more civilized nations of the
earth who do not altogether hold that
work is worship.
"A singular duel has just been fought
at Tuelle. The combatants were both
officers One had been wounded in the
wrist during the late war, and it was,
consequently, decided that the battle
should take place with pistols and not
swords, as originally intended. The
usual preliminaries having been gone
through, the handkerchief was dropped,
both fred and one was wounded-not by
his opponent but by the recoil of his own
weapon, which was SO strong as to frac-
ture his jaw. Fighting a duel and wound
ing yourself is certainly the last way out
of satisfying honor"
An interesting little establishment,
says the Pal Mall Gazette, has just been
broken up at TrebiZond under circum-
stances which have created, if not a
scandal" at least a sensation in that
place. 1t appears that for some time
past Trebizond has been kept in a state
of uneasiness owing to the proceedings
of this household, which consisted OF a
father, six sons and one daughter. De
lightful as was the charm which reigned
over their domestic circle it did not ex-
tend beyond the hearth, for unfortunately
the family weakness was murder. In a
brief space of time the eight persons
composing the family managed to get
through, according to the Trebizond cor
respondent of the Levant Herald, no few
er than 235 murders. Out of this num-
Der the gentlemen of the family were
each responsible for thirty murders, while
the young lady only committed twenty
five, though, but for premature interior
ence of the authorities, it is considered
probable that she would have completed
an equal number The predecessor of
the present Governor most ungallantly
caused her to be arrested, together with
her amiabe parent and four of her broth
ers. 1t is not stated what became of the
remaining brothers, but the poor old gen
tleman was hanged about three months
ago, and two of his sons met with SIM
liar melancholy accident on the 25th of
last month. The other two and the young
lady are still languishing in captivity, and
much anxiety is felt on their behalf for,
unless the local judges take a lenient
view of their offenses on account of their
youth, they have but a poor chance Of
resuming their position in society. AL
together It is sad story, and it is not
surprising that these young people and
their misfortunes have of late been the
talk of Trebizond.