The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-05

Gently nned one hundred francs Tor IN
terrupting the marriage ceremony Of the
girl "who went back on him." in the
novel manner of strewing the floor of the
church with Illuminating pellets, which
exploded with each movement of the
bridal party and the spectators, with SO
much noise at some moments as to COM
pei suspension of the service.
AN attempt is now making on the
Swedish coast to recover the cargo of an
East Indiaman which foundered near the
Fortress of Elfsborg in 1912. Thus far
the diving operations are reported to
have been signally successful, large
quantity of old Chinese porcelain having
already been recovered in so perfect a
condition that individual pieces have
been eagerly sought for by collectors,
and have brought high prices.
NOTWITHSTANDING the recent failures
in England, it is said that there is no
panic; and the feeling excited by the
failures has quieted them. 1t seems that
the failures did not produce any appre-
ciable effect upon the money market In
proof of this, it is asserted that never
during its existence of one hundred and
eighty years has the Bank of England
held so much specie as it holds to-day.
The rate of discount is three per cent,
and bids fair to fall to two before many
weeks.
In 1S49 Harmon Jones, with fifteen or
twenty citizens of New Orleans, started
for California in search of gold. The
vessel they sailed in has never been heard
from. Recently, however, Mrs. Jones's
attention was called to an account in an
English paper of the discovery of an un-
known island in the Pacific. In the list
of persons found there was the name of
Harmon Jones, from New Orleans. The
men refused to leave the island, saying
that the old family ties were probably
broken, and they did not propose to fur
nish a full boat load of new Enoch
Ardens.
The Sultan of Zanzibar, who has been
visiting in England, seems to be man of
liberal ideas. The Archbishop of Can
terbury, said to him: 81 trust that your
Highness will not object to English mis-
sionaries having free access to your do
minions." Certainly not" replied the
Sultan; "I would place no obstacle in
the way of bringing Englishmen to a
knowledge of the truth. Let them come,
and my wise men shall be directed to in
struct them" This kind of reply has
given the Archbishop great deal of en-
couragement.
The New York Herald, with charac-
teristic energy, has been collecting the
opinion of the great lawyers and clergy
men of several of the largest States of
the Union in regard to the guilt
of Mr.. Beecher. 1t finds that out
of one hundred and seventeen lawyers,
sixty-nine believe him guilty of adultery,
thirty-two not guilty; eight are in doubt,
and eight believe he was guilty of indis-
cretion. Of fifty-four clergymen, seven
think he was guilty, twenty-six not
guilty, ten are in doubt, and eleven
say he was indiscreet. This shows the
difference between the lawyer and min
lister on this question. The two parties
are probably SO wide apart from the fact
that one secretly wishes him guilty, and
the other earnestly desires him innocent.
The latter have every encouragement in
the fact that he has not been proven
guilty.