The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-07-14
Foreign Notes.

1t is insisted i'm well informed cir
cles in Great Britain that matrimonial
alliance has been contracted between
his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, Duke
of COnnaught, and the Princess Frederi-
ka, daughter Of the ex-king OF Hanover.
Prince Arthur is now i'm his twenty
seventh year, having been born May l,
1850.
President MacMahon has pardoned
or reduced the sentences of eighty-scven
participants in the Communist nsur-
rectiOn. There will be no other further
prosecutions, except in cases of involved
attempts upon life or liberty, or in case
of insurgent leaders, and such eases will
be referred to q council of Ministers be-
fore prosecution.
-" Speak Upl" is becoming rs
familiar cry in the British House of
I Commons as "Dividelr During the
midnight and early morning scenes
"Speak Up" has become quite q joke.
\ Whenever some member j. bawling out
at the top OF stentorian voice, in the
hope of roaring down opposition, he is
assailed at every momentary pause with
the cry of "Speak Upl" followed by
shrieks of laughter. During one Of
these recent scenes the old-fashioned
cock crow, disused since Tittlebat Tit
mouse ceased to be member Of Par
I Lament, again announced its shrill
presence.
There are various indications that
the visit of the Prince Of Wales to In
dia may institute some important
I reforms in that country. The old re-
I strictions placed upon women in India
were relaxed SO much that they can
I hardly be SO severe hereafter For the
first time the women were liberated
from the hard walls Of the zenana, and
were seen in open carriages, unvailed,
enjoying with rapture the fireworks
and other festivities. They were given
TO understand that this unprecedented
freedom was granted at the express de-
sire of the Prince, and he will always
be regarded by them as their iiberatOr
1t is also stated that the Prince rebuked
the insolence Of certain Englishmen
toward natives in such a way a. has pro-
duced an excellent effect.
John Paul has invaded Paris, and
the impressions he gets Of men and
things are altogether pleasing. The
krenchman, he tells US, is not big
feeder. He breaks his fast in the MORN
ing with little coffee and good deal
of bread and butter Along towards
noon, if ravenously hungry, he seizes
on a radish, or perhaps the hind legs
of a sparrow; but for dinner--ye gods,
what a gorging is therei Two spoor-
fuls Of soup, the backbone Of smelt,
a morsel of meat the size Of saddle
rock oyster, mushroom, an onion, a
Glove Of garlic, a smell Of cheese, a
I gallon Of red wine, and he is ready for
an opera or theater. The Frenchman
can cook a dinner, but when he comes
10 eating one, why, bless your soul, an
Englishman can eat all around him.
The cause OF Paul de Cassagnac,
the well-known Bonapartist bravo, hav-
ing declined the duel offered him by
DR.. Clemenceau is now known. The
latter is so excellent a shot that, when
formerly provoked by an officer, he de-
clared before hand he would shoot him
exactly in the diaphysis Of the shin
bone, that is, at a place where shot
wounds can be healed without amputa-
\ ton. When his friends doubted so ex-
traordinary proficiency in handling the
pistol, he gave proofs of it to them by
shooting at a number of slaves ~ q long
distance, with certain part of them
painted black, and afterward made
good his point on the officers shinbone
Cassagnac, therefore, refuses TO meet
the Doctor with firearms, but tries to
provoke him into committing an insult
which would enable him (Cassagnac)
to have the choice of arms. With the
foil the Bonapartist duellist is sure TO
kill his man.