The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-04
Foreign Notes.

Prince YoussupOff, who is named as
the future faiher-in-law of Prince Alex
ander Of Battenberg, is said 10 be able
To give each of his daughters $4,000
600. lie had Il large fortune originally,
and 7Oon after his marriage went 10 re-
side at Geneva, where he lived very
quietly and amassed q great property.
After the statue of the late Prin :
Imperial has been placed in Westmln-
ster Abbey, and some other memorial
erected with the fund contributed by the
British Army, it has been resolved To
devote the surplus of the fund TO the
establishment of a benevolent institution
commemorative of the Prince. Ii Is
computed that the army fund alone will
amount to ESQ, 600.
1T is said no will has yet been dis.
covered Of the late Baron Rothschild.
Like the late Lord Chancellor Lynd-
hurst, he was always talking of the folly
and improvidence of men who die without
making their will, and like his legal
lordship, he left his fl3, ZOO, 900 to be
"arranged." The legacy duty is flss,.
900. Lord Chancellor Sugden, who
wrote the celebrated treatise on wills,
died without a will being found.
Lord Lawrence, termed "the savior
of India" recently dead, was the youag
est of three illustrious brothers, Irish,
men lister uaest- GGssS9fse
still living, maintained British power in
Ajmere. The second, Henry, died in
defeIse of Lucknow. The third, John,
just deceased, held against great odds
the stronghold of the Punjaub, and be.
came Goyernor-General Of India and 8
peer
The German Emperor William, al
his late golden wedding, hobbled round
at the reception with the aid of III ivorS
cane. A his first wedding, fifty year.
previously, he figured conspicuously AT
a mock medi3val tournament. His
young bride was the Queen of Beauty,
and bestowed rewards upon the knights
for their feats of dexterity. The silver
wedding, 25 years ago. was also cele'
DRAFTED with pOmp. He had then be.
come Prince of Prussia and the heir ID.
parent to the throne.
Sultan Abdul Hamid has two sons
whom he is educating on a plan closely
resembling the European system, and
very unlike the ancient training of the
~seraglio. The two boys, who are re.
spectively II and IA years old, are un.
der the charge of two Professors, who
send to the Sultan a weekly report OF
their progress. They are taught Turk.
ish, Arabian, French and English, gym.
nastics and the piano. In the autumn
they will be sent to England, where
their education will be completed,
principally at Woolwich Military Acad'
emy.
The krupp gun works of Germany
are of immense dimensions. One OF
the establishments employs 8 500 work.
men, and contains 29S boilers and en-.
gines, which, combined, have 10000
horse power, and operate a trip ham.
mers, varying in weight from 200 to
100000 pounds each. Since 1877, 15.-
600 canons have been turned out; 800
are made on an average every month.
Daily $1,000 tons of coal and coke are
consumed, and 21,000 gas Jets are in
use. A railroad track with "a locomO-
tives and 700 trucks is in operation
within the works, and between them
and the nearest railway station. The
establishment has "a telegraph stations,
and 8 fire engines for protection against
conflagration. In the mines connected
with these works there are $500 work
men. Iron ore the company gets from
its own lands in the north of Spain, to
the extent of 100000 tons annually,
which five steamers that it owns convey
to the factories. The company has
built 3,27S tenements for its employees,
in which IL, 200 persons live. The
grain used in the bakeries that supply
these people with bread is bought by
agents of the company in large quauti-
ties, chiefly in Odessa, the Russian
grain port. Four common schools and
an industrial school for girls and wom-
en- provide the elementary instruction
needed BY this city of factory hands.
Odds and Ends.
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