The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-15
MINOR TOPICS.

The case of Count Won Arnim has
been decided at Berlin by the Hammer
gericht. He was convicted of abstract
ing, with intent, State papers of the char
acter of public deeds intrusted to him,
and sentenced to nine months imprison-
ment, including one month already ex-
pired. The Court declares there was no
ground for the charge of embezzlement,
or ofenses against public orders'
IT is strange fact that all those who
Nook part in the Mexican expedition
came to an evil end. The Emperor Ma
poleOn drained the cup of humiliation
to the dregs; the Empress Eugene Is an
exile; Marshal Prim was asasssinated the
Emperor Macmillan was shot; Marshal
Bazaine is fugitive from justice; and
the Empress Carlotta is insane.
The Tartar population of the Crimea
is reported to be seriously diminishing.
The obligation of military services leads
large numbers to take fight into Turkey,
and the smallpox, moreover, is commit
ting great ravages. No sooner is child
vaccinated by a surgeon than the parents
suck out the lymph lest the young Mus
sulman should have any impure Chris
tian blood in him.
AMERICAN inventive geuius beats the
world. At the London, Paris, Vienna,
and other international exhibitions our
countrymen carried off the lions share
of prizes, and now an American has Just
been awarded the first premium for a
harvesting machine by the National
Agricultural Society of Switzerland.
John Bull came out of the trial No. two,
carrying off the second AMI third prizes.
The San Francisco Morning Call says
that the director of the mint has pur-
chased large quantity of silver at Car
son City for $l.07 the standard ounce,
which is % cents lower than the lowest
British quotations. This makes the sill.
yer dollar, according to the present op-
erations of the mint, worth about seven
cents and one mill more than the paper
dollar. 1t is said that there are now in
the different mints about $4,000, 600 in
silver coin, which will soon be increased
to $9,0O0,0OO.
SEVERAL of the Paris journals state
that Chinese junk will shortly arrive
in Paris. This vessel belongs to China
man of high station educated in France,
and who, on returning to his country,
caused it to be constructed with i'm
provements suggested by his stay in Eu-
rope. The officers of the ship are
Europeans, but the crew are Chinese. 1t
is expected to remain four or five
AT Cervata, South America, which has
just been destroyed by an earthquake,
many of the surviving citizens were
plundered and murdered. The same was
true of Lisbon, in 1855. After the
great earthquake of that year, assassins
were so bold and numerous that the
Prime Minister, the Marquis of Pombal,
was forced to execute number of them
in the most summary manner in order to
restore quiet.
The "Stars and Stripes" it issupposed
were first given to the breeze by Paul
Jones. The explanation is this: Con-
gress resolved on June 14th, 1777, that
the flag of the thirteen United States be
stripes. alternate red and white
that the union be thirteen stars, white in
a blue field, representing new constel-
lation." On September Sd the resolu-
tion was officially promulgated, and
Jones was appointed to the command of
the Ranger on the same day.
The untiring industry of the Chinese
is strikingly illustrated in what they
term the "Garden of China" consisting
of $4,000 square miles around Shanghai
under the highest state of cultivation.
This vast tract of tillage, larger than the
whole State of New York, is formed prin-
cipally of meadow land, where myriads
of men and women labor to exact from
nature her utmost resources. AS the
secrets of Chinese skill and energy are
revealed to us we discover that |
this wonderful people enjoy much more
elevated civilization than the world has
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THE substitution of new national bank |
notes for old and dirty ones has been
going on very rapidly during the past
few weeks, and is universally recognized
rs public benegt. Some $5,400,000
worth were exchanged recently, and the
only obstacle to more extensive opera |
ton of the process is that the officers of
the United States Treasury insist on
all "shorts" and counterfeits
in packages of money against the banks.
Since the loss of al, 500 in one package
and 1886 in another inside of the Treas
ury Department, the banks feel more
than ever disinclined to allow that all
the "short counts" should be charged to
them.
The Postmaster-G General recently held
a conference at Washington with the tel
egraph companies. There were present
Mr.. Orton, of the Western Union; Mr..
Blossom, for the Southern Atlantic; and
Mr.. Dunn, for the Atlantic & Pacific, in
the absence of Gen. Eckert. After a
long discussion, the Postmaster-Gen
informed them that he would now decide,