Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-11-14
TIMELY TOPICS.

Montenegro is a unique country in
regard to its postal business. Until
lately the mails were not sent to any of
the cities or villages. but every citizen
had to go for his letters to the capitol,
Cettinje. There has now been estab-
lished apostal department, and the mail
is sent from Cettinje to four other cities.
The mail carriers travel to these four
cities on foot three times weekly.
Piece by piece have the relic-hunters
carried away the marble slab that once
was placed over the tomb of Gen. Dan
Morgan in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, in
Winchester, Va, until now nothing re-
mains to mark the place of burial. But
the hero of the Revolutionary battle of
the Cowpens is notforgotten. 1t is pro-
posed to erect q monument that shall
be fitting memorial of the worthy old
wagner.
OF the European nations Germany
stands first as to fighting trim. She can
put in the field at twenty four hours
notice ], 200, 900 men of the line, the re-
serve and the Landwehr. The grand
total of the German army is 1900, 600
men, exclusive of 100000 not reckoned
on the field strength, but deducted as
garrisons. The strength of the second
Landwehr and Landsturm is generally
exaggerated but they are thoroughly
efficient soldiers, the best in the army
France has anominal strength of 8, ,500,-
600 men, but practically it must be re-
duced to 1900, 600, and even of this total
very large proportion is still in pro-
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lieved that France could place in the
first line more than 100000 men.
Italian newspapers contain reports of
audacious outrages by bandits on the
esque country. In one case a dozen
fellows brought a train to a stop by
hoisting danger signal. They intended
to rob the passengers, but large force
of soldiers happened to be on the train,
and when the bandits saw them they
started for cover. The military sent a
volley after them, and some started in
pursuit, but it was already growing
dark, and no captures were effected
On the road from Senafro to Isernia
twenty-seven unarmed travellers were
robbed by thirteen brigands, and law
yer who proved troublesome was badly
wounded. Attempts were made to
throw trains off the track, successful
robberies are frequent, and the police
are utterly inefficient and untrust-
worthy.
A correspondent of the San Francisco
Post, writing of the varied climate and
temperatures of California, says that in
the interior valleys he has found the
thermometer as high as ia degrees in
the shade, and at least l25 degrees in the
sun, yet the air was so pure and dry
that he did not find it enervating nor
even very inconvenient, as lower tem-
perature east of the Rocky mountains
certainly would have been. He rode
twenty-five miles on horseback in that
sun of 1875 degrees, observing, question
ing, and making notes for his news
paper, and felt perfectly well through it
all. A constant gentle breeze that is
never wanting in summer kept him
comparatively comfortable. The nights
were cool and pleasant, as they always
are in the hot interior valleys of Cali
fornia.. The peculiar quality of Cali
fornia heat is illustrated by the fact that,
however high the thermometer rises,
sunStrokes are unknown.
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