Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-04-26
Foreign Notes.

=
new fountains to the city of Paris, which
are to be erected against the walls in
different parts of the capital. They are
of cast iron, and on the same pattern
throughout, like those now seen in the
streets. A constant supply of filtered
water will thus be at the command of
the'poorer inhabitants in the vicinity of
each
The royal plate at Windsor is worth
S6,300,000. It includes gold service
ordered by George w. to dine 140 per-
sons, and shield formed of snuff boxes
worth S50,000. 1t includes also a pea
cock of precious stones of every kind,
brought from India, worth S150,OOO,
and Tippoo's footstool-a tigers head
with crystal teeth and a solid ingot of
gold for his tongue.
John Bright addressed his constit-
uents at Birmingham ON the 10th. He
was enthusiastically received. The
whole tenor of his speech can be gath
cred from the concluding sentence,
which was: "The Government are i'm
beetle at home and turbulent and wicke
abroad. / leave the to the judgment
of their constituencies and the heavy
condemnation of history"
AT the Marlborough Club, London,
Count Shouvaloff, the Russian Am
bassador, played away in a few
hours a sum equal to his whole sal
ary, and one of the wealtbiest Com
moners has been so heavily bittea that
he is going into bankruptcy for total
exceeding half million pounds. An
other young politician, heir to a histor-
ic coronet, who had been going at a
terrible pace, was was dragged out of
the club to the amazement of the men,
bers by his mother, who said, 4" You are
not going to follow Hastings and New
CASTLE"
Rudolph, future Emperor of Aus
tria, promises to be an accomplished
and scholarly sovereign. He is an ex-
cellent linguist, a good scientific stu
dent, and has also fine literary abilities.
AS he desires to speak the language of
every race he will one day have to rule
over, he is now studying the Turkish,
that he may not be at loss if he ever
found himself in Bosnia. He speaks
ten languages already, seven or eight OF
which are used in the Austro -HungaI ian
Empire. He is very popular with his
soldiers, whom he always addresses IN
zechian.
Ada Hungerford, sister of Mrs
Mackay (wife of the California million
aire), and star of the American colony
at Paris, was recently married at Rome
with great pomp to Count Telfener
The Pope sent a representative to at
tend the wedding, which drew out the
elite of Roman society, and King Hum
bert was present at the races with
which the day was celebrated. Telfen-
er is connected with railroad operations
in South America. He takes his bride
to the grand palace built for Victor
Emanuel.
When Bismarck is absent from
Berlin serious embarrassment in the
business of the Government ensues.
The Vice Chancellor takes his place
only when his superior is sick and in
capable of attending to affairs. 1t is
therefore necessary, when the Premier /;
away, to follow him with messengers
and telegraphic dispatches without
number; and when he betakes himsel
to place like Friedrichsruhe, where hi
was recently staying, and which is dis
tant almost a days journey from th'
capital, and has only two wires com
municating with it, the conduct of bu,i
necessarily becomes slow and difficult