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fell under a train, and was instantly
killed, the wheels passing over his neck
SIM serving the head from the body.
Eli Fl Constance, young farmer
d LARue County, Ky was blowing be
other, daY, when his horses became
frightened, and in endea4oring to check
them he was in some way .thrownsin
ROM Of the ploIs; receiving fatal
injuries.
Mrs Harriet Lewis, who died at
Penn Yam. N. Y, few days since, was
born at Penn Yam in 1S4l, and was the
laughter Of John Cberisn. About 1895
erarY taste, and both haze SINCE con-
tributed frequently to the New York
Ledger In 1853 q contract between
Mr.. Lewis and his wife was made, 70
last I've years, during which time Mrs.
Lewis was TO write seven stofiesn ST
$4,000 each, and Mr., Lewis II at $4,000
each In 1878 the contract was renew
ed for another five years, and in April
of the present year renewed for a third
time. r,g . nv
5qr i-sI foreign Notes. iis8l
President MacMahon refused to
sign the order for the execution of the
Communist Garcin. The convict is
about 20 years of age. 10 s,.4F
Sims Reeve, the tenor, got f16C
for singing at the Crystal Palace on
Good Friday afternoon, and. e100 more
for warbling at the Albert Hall in the
evening. rs, l-l sauis aoirni ~
Marshal Bazaine is living in Spain
in very embarrassed circumstances. He
has appealed for aid to all his old com
rades, including President MacAlahon,
but in vain. 81.
Waterloo Bridge, one Of the finest
and most elegant bridges crossing the
river Thames, has latterly become so
insecure that it will have either to be
repaired at an enormous cost or else
pulled down. 1t was built soon after
the celebrated battle, and opened with
great ceremony by George ".
When Nobling, the Socialist assas-
sin, was at the University of Leipsic, he
was known as an inoffensive, quiet, and
diligent student, often working late into
I the night. He relieved his studies by
practicing pistol-shooting, and once,
for whole fortnight, read the Bible. He
is a thoroughly educated man.
Poetic fans are coming into fashion
in Paris At the ball given by the
Princess de Sagan to the Prince and
Princess. of Wales, the hostess present
ed each lady in the cotiilion with fan
inscribed with few verses of poetry.
Tie fan given to the Princess Of Wales
was made of tortoise shell, and was or
namented by crown and three cupids
holding d scroll with an applicable
acroStic. .~-.i pa Dif'4t 'i--.t
Prince Ernest Augustus, son of the
late ex-King Of Hanover, has determin-
ed to renuunce his claim to his fathers
crown in order to get his sequestered
estates The kingdom of George v,
his father, was annexed to Prussia in
1866, the monarch having taken SIDES
with Austria during the war of that
year, and fled to Visnna, refusing sub
sequently the indemnify offered by Kais-
er Wilhelm. The old King died recent
ly, aged SO years. r ID, -.. re-. ..
The royal house of SaXony ranks
among the Oldest reigning families in
EUROPE. 1t gave an Emp ror to Ger
many as early as the beginning of the
tenth century; but the house subse-
quently spread into numerous branches,
the oldest of (which. called the Ernestine
line, is represented at this moment by
the ducal families at Sake Altenburg,
SAKE Coourg- Gotha, Saxe-Meiningen,
and Sake Weimar; while the younger,
the Albertine line, survives in the rulers
of the Kingdom of SaxoDy.