The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-03-18
Foreign GOSSIP.

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Mr.. Sala says the spectacle of q
drunken man in Spain is about as rare as
an Industrious one.
"A singular error was committed by
the English transit expedition stationed
in Egypt. Through the unfortunate mis-
take of an operator the Jansen rotatory
photographing apparatus was set to work
too early, SO that the sixty photographs
which were obtained were taken before
the planet Venus was quite in the right
place.
Mature says that Prof. Simon New
comb, of Washington, has visited the
astronomical observatory of Paris to in
vestigate the possibility of constructing
refracting telescope which shall have
lens one meter 1898 inches) in diam
eter. The instrument is intended for
Lick, Of California, to be erected on the
most suitable spot which the Pacific
coast affords.
An Englishman has recently died
leaving ESQ for the benefit of the Abbey
bell-ringers of Bath. The conditions i'm.
posed upon and running with the bequest
are: That on the anniversary of de-
ceased's wedding day the ringers shall
toll the bell, with maffled clappers, from
eight in the morning until eight at night
but on the anniversary of his death triple
bob-majOrs are to lie rung for the same
length of time. Whence it appears that
his married life was not over happy.
The Lynn (Englsnd) Adoertsser says:
while Sir George Kialoch and family
were at luncheon few days ago in
Perthshire, they we're startled by the
breaking of a window pane, splinter
from which cut Miss Kinloch on the
hand. On examination large pheasant
was found lying dead on sofa. A mir
ror stands opposite the window and the
bird had, it is supposed, been misled by
the reflection therein of trees and grounds.
The glass was four feet square and 5-16
inch thick, and the pheasant flew against
it with almost the velocity of a bullet"
The Paris Eoenensent of Feb. z says:
"Mme. x, young American, whose
grace and remarkable beauty had often
been remarked in society, last Tuesday
sent letters to many members of the
American colony here informing them
that between six and seven o'clock that
evening they would find her dead in the
Bots de BOulogne, near the pigeon-shoo!-
ing grounds. Her friends Immediately
hurried to the spot indicated, where they
found her lying in pool of blood. She
had shot herself in the bosom with pis-
tol. It is stated that an unfortunate love.
affair impelled her to commit suicide.
Some time ago she had tried to poison
herself. The ball has been extracted but
her life Is still in danger"
The most original HORSEPOWER in
Berlin is "Old Bath" veteran omni.
bus driver. He formerly was poor car
penter and built q little frame house in
the suburbs, which he enlarged by and
by until it became a large tenement
house, having room fer forty tenants.
He has given lodgings to many poor peo-
pie who were at 10 9 where to find them
and is known as good-nstured old fel-
low, but the rules of his little empire are
most extraordinary. Here are two of
them: No: 8. I am Judge In al disputes
and dimcnlties Of my tenants: I must
have the right to punish their children If
they deserve it. No. Q. Women are not
allowed 70 stay In the yard blaboing; |
children shsll b compelled to 60 to