The Morning herald., 1877-04-13
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Chattanooga is to haye supply Of pure
water from cave in Lookout Mountain
The Bdfeau yeritas reports 1872 sailing
vessels and IL steamers lost during the
month of February. ~. +
About three million fans were shipped
from Japan in 1875, almost all Of which
came to this country. tr3 viz
The population Of Maine has decreased
10000 since the census Of 1870. The falls
ing off is largely due 10 emigration to the
west. &}s -l!j -.a ,. Il. 0rs5
Clusters name is being conferred on a
large number of western towns and coun--
ties. Colorado has just set apart Custer
county. yat s. Esi tti ,..7. (.
The Prince Of Wale, 1t last accounts
was afflicted with one of jobs comforters,
aud some Of the English papers were dis
turbed upon the subject. b. m "a. 4
Another delegation of Japanese stu.
dents from the Imperial College, is now on
its way to this country and Europe, to
spend several years in the study1of law or
of the sciences.
The United States gunboat Cayuga, that
did service before Charleston during the
war, is now the British bark Veteran,
loading at present at Richmond with pcs
troleum for Europe. ..aan.. \
Sir Augustus Paget, who is mentioned
as the probable successor Of Sir Henry
Elliott as British Minister to Constantine
ople, has represented his government at
saxony, Norway, Denmark and Italy.
There arrived at Portsmouth, N. H.,
the other day, married couple who had
walked all the way from Ogdensburg, N.
Y, in search Of employment. The has,
band (who is but eighteen years old) says
his wife (who is only seventeen) stood the
hardships Of the tramp better than he did,
though both were in good health and
spirits at the end Of their long walk.
The Grand Duke Alexis, at his Easter
prisons, presented a spectacle that the gild-
ed youth Of Manhattan might proftably
reflect upon. Although his Imperial
Highness manifests the fruits Of an early
religious education, he will need all the
spiritual fortilication he can command to
protect him from the snares that Satan sets
for his victim in this bewildered metropo-
lis.
The dog f,h which Capt. Boynton en-
countered while crossing the Straits Of
Messina was bravely engaged by the ia.
nous swimmer, who gave the ferocious
animal prompt and telling cash in the
head with the long knife he carried.in his
girdle. The fish turned and fled, but not
without giving Ehis antagonist a heavy
blow with its tail which bruised one Of the
Captains shoulders.
The French War Department has just
been established in its new office on the |
Boulevard 81. German. The edifice is on |
an immense scale. Here the yoluminous
military archives, which have had many |
travels, find more commodious resting |
place than they ever had before. The |
military annals from 1643 (when Louis |
XIV. began to reign to l79l form 1895
volumes, and have about 230 maps. Those
from 1871 to 1910 form 1000 maps, and |
more Than 1000 registers.
Sir Henry James, Director Of the Brit
'sh Ordnance Survey, reports that it will
take from Gig hteen to twenty years to COM
plet,e the cadastral survey Of England and
wales, and that the work will cost e.
100000.
IN the event Of a European war the Is.
"a ,and OF Perrin, situated at the gate of the
Ked Sen, and commanding the seaway from
the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean,
VIII become second Giberaltar. England
hrst took possession Of the island in 1899,
abandoned it two years later, and reoccupi-
ed 1t in 1857, much to the chagrin Of the
French. 1a.
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