The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-10-15
OLD WORLD GOSSIP.

Switzerland weeps over homeward-
bound tourists.
Bismarck has prodigal son of the
oid-fashioned kind.
Germany advocates the cremation of
mothers-ln-law.
Louis, of Bavaria, talks of building
more Wagner opera houses.
Joaquin Miller was very much annoy
ed In Milan to be pointed out by a Bos-
ton IAN as ''that long haired, dirty-look-
ing fellow
MacMahon has said he does not ex-
pect to live to serve out his term. The
old gentleman is becoming very super
stitious, they say.
King William is In better health now
than for ten years. He takes deep in
terest in all affairs of state and by no
means ''wishes he were dead.
Figaro calls him Mr.. Stilton, and says
he has a grand head. A Manchester
paper got it Tileton. Variety is the spice
of life, and what's in a name is their
argument.
HoteI-Leepers at Nice are brushing
up preparatory to the commencement of
another season. Last year business was
said to have been unprecedently dull
there
There is no longer any fashion or
s'society" in Madrid. All the aristocrats
and old families have left the country
never to return, and there is no more
social gossip in the city.
Somebody recently ran away with
a1ca'S wife in an-Ra6Rn
and for time there was great excite
ment. When it turned out that errlng
wife was an American everybody laugh
ed and went about their business again.
Alfred Edward has had boil on his
royal neck, and it has given him great
deal of pain, If we are to believe The
Court Circular. The audacity of the
boil is unprecedented. Poor Alfred
Edward-poor boil
There is said to be a portrait of Thorn
as Jefferson in the museum at Munich
labeled 'sGeorge Washington, D the great
American patriot. ''Where Ignorance
is bliss, tbs folly to be wise, is true in
thus instance.
The willy old Gar has his eyes on his
English son-in-law. He has twice taken
him to task for improprieties and
threatens to take the girl away from him
if he don't behave himself as a crown
and bald head should.
Strauss has budget of new compost
tons on hand which will be ''discours-
ed by his hand in Vienna next month
on the occasion of the semi-centennial
birthday of some exalted Austrian official
whose name and title we do not recollect.
Another Fnolisb BARNARD A in luck
She is the finance of young nobleman,
whose relatives say he shall never wed
the girl while they are alive. He is
plucky and says he shall, and prepare
tons for the wedding day have COM
menced.
Intemperance is largely on the in
crease in Glasgow, and the authorities
are very much troubled about it. Sat
rrday night thousands of factory hands
men and women-become outrageous
ly drunk, and remain III that condition
throughout Sunday.
The would-be imitator of Mr.. Bergh
in London is named Lewis. He stops
cabby-horses, is roundly abused by the
refined man on the box, lets him off,
and then writes three-yard letter to
The Times complaining of the ill-treat-
ment he has been subjected to.
Highwaymen have made their appear
ance along the Thames embankment at
ter nightfaIl, and the police force In that
locality has been increased. The road
way is brilliantly lighted, and the high
waymen who come there must, indeed,
be very bold or very hungry.
AnAmerican appeared in the parquette
of London theatre with his coat and
trowsers very much torn and disarrang-
ed. Some people thought he had been
''sitting on the ragged edge of despair
but IN reality he had fought with the
door-keeper about leaving his overcoat
In the lobby, as is customary.
Mr.. Shaw, of Persia, has been very
sick, and his subjects were very much
concerned least he should get well. He
had no confidence in native physicians
and was attended during his illness by
three English medical men. At last &C
counts he was able to sit up on his ell
bow and drink cup of tea.
Paris is not particularly gay just now.
There are comparatively few strangers
IN the city, and the tradespeople are sell
ling their goods very cheaply. The
opera-house and Column Vendome APP
proach completion, together with the
several handsome public buildings COM
menced last winter. A large influx of
Americans in eagerly hoped for during
the next six months.
THE Republic, Washington magazine,
IL Il. L.