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The Anglo-French tunnel scheme
lags from the lack of financial support
r. London has been gradually making
all her bridges free. Last month Wa
terloo bridge was put on the free list.
After repeated failures by one court
or another TO secure the condemnation
of the Socialist Hasselmann, in Ger
many, he has been set at liberty.
Inviting President MacMahon to re-
tire on the score that every one has
had enough of him." has cost the Pays
$500, and the imprisonment of two of
those connected with it. ~
The engagement is announced of
Countess Bismarck, only daughter of
the Prince, and Count Rautzau, of the
ancient Schleswig- Holstein family of the
same name.
There are 100000 Armenians in
Constantinople. They have more than
forty schools, of (which the " Nabarian,"
founded by Nubar Pasha, now once
more Premier of Egypt, a very able
man, is chief.
There is so much fear of the Mill
lists in Odessa that the Car, in passing
through the town recently, had it Civ
en- out that he would go by certain
route, but instead of doing so galloped
at full speed through other streets, sur
rounded by numerous escort of Cos
sacks, who cut with their whips at
chance spectators who ventured to stand
still and look. '
1t will be remembered that several
months ago the Earl of Leitrim was
murdered in Donegal, Ireland One of
the causes of the crime is said to have
been his eviction of the widow Algoe
and her sons from a farm. A few weeks
ago the Algoes forcibly took possession
of this farm, and the present Lord
Leitrim determined to eject them Ac-
oompanied by several bailifs his agent
broke in the door, when the Algoes made
a desperate resistance, but were over
powered and arrested. ...,i..
The Russian papers have lately con-
tanned reports about band of robbers
which has appeared in the district of
PaulOvsk, in Southern Russia, and has
spread terror through all the neighbor-
ing region. 1t is said to be over 200
strong. The captain is reported to be
peasant woman of singular beauty,
who was previously connected with a
gang of fOrgers of rouble-notes. The
Russian Government is so DESTROYS of
procuring the arrest of this female chief
that it has set price of 81, $50 upon
her head. .f r-r ' r.
Five noble and wealthy English
girls are about to take the veil, all hav-
ing considerable fortunes in their own
rights. They are Lady Edith Noel,
daughter of the Earl of GainsborOugh;
the Hon. Constance Howard, sister of
the Marchioness of Butte two daughters
of the Hon. Maxwell Stuart, of
Traquhar, Peebleshire, and the youngest
daughter of Mr.. Blount, of Napledur-
ham, the Representative of the staunch-
est Catholic family among commoners
in England.
"A young italian surgeon, of high
reputation, committed suicide two weeks
ago in a fit of professional pique. He
was delegate to the italian Medical
Congress, sitting at Pisa. He had
worked hard as one of the organizing
committee, and was the responsible su
perintendent of the exhibition of medico
chirurgieal instruments. He had just
been worsted in an animated discussion
in one of the sections, after which be
leaped into cab, purchased revolver,
and made way with himself. His
father committed suicide in an equally
unaccountable way.