Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-03-04

northeastern part of Ogeman county,
Mich.
General Sherman will start upon a
journey to the coast of the Pacific about
April LIST.
The Japanese naval officers in Eng
land have reported SO favorably Of the
Royal Naval College at Greenwich that
their Government has determined to
establish an imperial naval college at
Toxic upon its model
The Supreme Court Of Tennessee
has just decided that the rents and
profits of the estate Of a married wo-
man, not settled upon her for her sole
benefit and use, are subject to the pay
ment of the debts of her husband.
1t is thought possible in Paris that
the French Government will abolish
the rank of Marshal in the army. Gen
eral de Wimpffen is said to be earnest
in recommending the abolition of all
the great commands, as decreed by the
Assemblies Uf the First Republic.
BY a recent change in the postal
laws, package not exceeding four
pounds may be registered for ten cents,
the same as q letter, and sent without
additional postage. This is cheaper
than the cypress companies can afford
to handle these small packages, and
just as safe, and will be found very
convenient.
There was raising bee in Spencer
county, Ind, followed by ball in the
evening, and rule was adopted that
nobody should dance who had not
worked at the raising Of the house
frame Nathaniel Woods had not
qualified himself in the required man
ner, bnt insisted on dancing. A row
was the result and Woods was killed.
Miss Catherine A. Delattre, the
youngest daughter of M. Delattre, the
eminent engraver, has lately died in
her ninety-ffth year. She well remem-
bered sitting in the lap of Angelica
Kaufman, and being petted by the
fair and clever Miss Angel.n 1t was
Miss Delattre's eldest sister who first
put a pencil in the hand of Edwin
Landseer.
In Germany man who wishes to
become medical practitioner has to
pass, some time in the course of his
third years study, an examination in
chemistry and physics, botany, zoology,
anatomy and physiology, and at the
close of his studies he has to spend
sometimes as much as five months
session in passing final examinations
in the practical departments.
Mr.. Jacob, clever Paris detec-
tive, said that he could always re-
cognize man, no matter what were
his disguise, simply by the expression
of his eyes. On one occasion, on bet,
he went to the jail of La Roquette, and
from five hundred or more convicts
dozen were paraded in coverlets and
hoods, so that only their eyes could be
seen. He named each one as he passed.
Francois Grilhon, rich French
farmer, quarrelled with his son-in-law,
and set his mill on fire. He then went
home and burned his own house, and
as the flames devoured it kept the
neighbors at bay with dOuble-bar
relied shot gun. He then proceeded to
throw a large sum of money in gold
and notes into the blazing ruins, and
finally blew his brains out in the pres
ence of the horrlfied crowd.
The plans for the Palace Of Indus
try intended to be erected at the Champ
des Man9uvres, for the purpose Of the
anniversary fetes Of Belgian Independ-
ence in 1887, and which have been pre-
pared by M. Bordeau, of Brussels, have
been approved Of by the Government
and the municipal authorities. The
works, which will be constructed al
most entirely of iron, will be proceeded
with as early as possible.
Competitors of British manufactu-
rers are springing up on all sides. The
iron workers of Germany have joined
our own as rivals of the British in for
eign markets, and Russian cotton
spinners are following those of New
England as manufacturers of goods for
the East. A few days ago asteamship
with over five thousand bales of cotton
sailed from New Orleans for Sebasto-
pol. 1t is said to have been the first
direct clearance from New Orleans fer
that port.
Life in a lighthouse must at all
times be dreary existence. and when
illness occurs the sense ofisolation must
be terrible indeed. The lighthouses
off the Burma coast are, it seems, very
insuficiently inspected; and story told
by the Rangoon Times Of one thus
neglected will, it is to be hoped, lead
to some better arrangements being
adopted in future A telegram having
been received at Rangoon stating that
the light on the Alguada reef was not
visible, the steamer Celebrity was de-
spatched to ascertain the cause The
light was found burning all right, but
signals of distress were flying. On the
Captain of the Celebrity landing, he
discovered that two of the men in the
lighthouse were dead, while third
was lying in a precarious state. The
! lighthouse keeper stated that signals
of distress, such as 81 want immediate
help . and Man dying ? had been
exhibited by him for about twenty days;
/ but althOuoh several vessels and steam