American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-02-12
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

THE palace expenditure of the Sultan
of Turkey has been So, 600. 0O0a year eveI
| since his succession.
THE Direct Cable Company offers a
reward of s. 900 in gold for the discovery
of the parties engaged in breaking then
| Atlantic wire.
In description of the grand ball at
Randy. held in honor of the Prince of
Wales, the special correspondent of the
London Duly Netns mentions that jealousy
and rancor filled the hearts of the ladies.
The estimable lady of the second gentle
man of the oor-knocker gaZed with en-
vious eyes upon the wife of the right
worshipful the superintendent of the
cheese cupboard.
TOBACCO smoke Swinburne abhors,
never entering room where smoking is
going on if he can help it. One day he
tried every room at the London Arts Club
and smoking was going on in each in a
frenzy he thrust his head into a room
among few quiet people and cried ::
flames l. was knave, a tyrant, a fool
a liar, a coward; but love him, worship
him, because he slit the throat of that
BLACKBOARD. kaliph who invented this
filthy smoking"
THE Emperor William remarked on
New Years day that he should very much
like to live as long as old "Papa"
Wrangel, and that he was not tired of
either living or reigning. Unscr Fritz,
who was present, and who has waited
about fOrty-five years for his I,fu To be
Emperor, is said 10 have turned very red
in the face when the obi :uar expressed
his intention to live twe..l, OF thirty years
longer, and has given every sign of being
mad ever since.
THE Governor of Warsaw, Count Kot-
zebue, has just issued three DEGREES. The
raj (N.,fln oil
baptize the children of mixed marriages
between Catholics and United Greeks,
who have Joined the Orthodox Church, or
to exercise any ecclesiastical jurisdiction
over United Greeks, whether they have so
Joined or not. The second forbids pill
grimages to neighboring shrines with flags
and emblenIs. The third directs priests
to celebrate any extraordinary event in
the royal family as soon as they are APP
prised of it by the civil authorities, with
out waiting for the order of their ecclesi-
astical superiors.
GERMAN journals publish the following
letter, said to have been found in Thorn
as cabin on the steamer Mosel: MY
darling wife and children: My God bless
you. l shall never see you again. Your
atfectionate father, Will. Thomas" For
the Captain OF the steamer he left the fol-
lowing: TO the Captain of the Steamer
MOSel: I-ledSe uellVeT 10 my vile Tile
money you find on my body. Residing
IA ResidenZstreet, Strehlen by Dresden.
Will. Thomas" MY" for may" in
the letter to his wife, is probably COM
positOr's error; but the substitution of
- by'' for {" near" might cause malicious
persons to suspect that Thomas was more |
German than American.-N. Y. Eceping |
Post.
''LUNIoN MEDICALE' gives an anus |
ing account of the interference of the |
French police with one of the excursions |
made by members of the Scientific Asso-
citation lately convened at Nantes. Four
memi ers of the Anthropological section set
out to explore the banks of the Lake of
GrandIieu, and had occasion to make
many inquiries and to consult the COM
munal plans of the country. A gendarme,
thinking that their behavior had very
suspicious look, demanded their papers.
The Secretary of the st. Petersburg Geo
graphical Society at once displayed a
Russian passport with a German transla-
ton, which only served to strengthen the
suspicious of the officer and procure the
arrest of the whole party. The brigadicr
before whom they were arraigned was
very much puzzled over their case, but,
after an examination of all the proofs adj
pronounced judgment as follows:
g You are quite out of order; but as l do
not find that you have been guilty of an
actual misdemeanor,,I restore to you your
liberty of actiOn.'