The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-08-13
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There Is to be q Swiss national ex.
position at Zurich in 1883. The SWISS
Confederation will grant q subsidy OF
4OO, 600 fracs. ,......
Don Marcial Martinez, the new Chi.
lian Minister to this country, is a man OF
university training, and is at once an
accomplished scholar and politician
He is forty-nine years old. .
The Governor of Massachusetts, is
generally obliged to listen to all the col.
lege commencement speeches in New
The party opposed to him
can afford to express sympathy.
-To-co-bc, chief of the Shoshone In
dams of Nevada, drives a spanking pair
of trotters attached to handsome car,
riage. He has made some successful
ventures in mining, and is an extensive
breeder of cattle. ,.
MFR. Parnell, of West Point, Ca, the
champion peach farmer, is the elder
brother of the Irish agitator, who was
disinherited on account of infirm health.
He further suffered injury by an acci'
dent some years ago on Southern rail-
road. .. ,-:.. ...
I An exhibition of pipes and snuff
boxes at the Crystal Palace, London,
contains numbers Of pipes collected oy
the Emperor Maximi|ian, which were
found in the buried cities Of Mexico.
There were smokers thousands of years
before Raleigh. ,,,. III. ..t. r.s.1 .
I "A Cincinnati seamstress grew tired
of the needle, and hung out a sign as a
doctor. Her first patient was man
who had congestion of the brain, but
she thought it was rheumatism, and
nearly covered him with alum plasters.
The treatment killed him. ~ O." '.-.
William Bennett, of Denton, Ala,
wanted to marry servant girl. "lf you
make such an alliance we will disinherit
you,'' his father wrote. "Ihe girl re-
fuses me, and l am about to commit
suicide" was the message returned by
the son before killing himself.
The net income Of the Grand Duke
Michael of Russia is reported to be two
hundred thousand dollars year, while
he pays his farm laborers eight cents q
day for fifteen hours work. Nihilism
is one of the crops which such farming
naturally produces. "1','~
In the vicinity Of Augsburg, Bava-
ria, snails are raised, fed and sold as
food. They are said to be highly nu-
tritious, and are recommended in Eu-
rope as food for consumptives. 1t is said
that in the vicinity of Augsburg there
are 1000 acres Of land devoted to the
raising of snails alone. q. oa ,,-l ,a.
- "A wealthy Californian named Bren-
nan has received Government grant Of
eighty-fodr leagues of excellent land in
Sonora, from the Mexican Government,
on condition that within FIVE years he
will have colony Of 800 families on it.
Until the terms are complied with the
title to one-half the grant will be with
held. The colonists will be allowed to
import all goods for their own use free
of duty. ia. m.1ssr'' '.''t''a"' g.
The Partisan dourgeoisie put their
infants out to nurse without, in many
cases, any precautions as to getting their
own child back again. A lady says: Il
have often seen at the Paris railroad
stations thirty or forty nurses leaving
their babies bundled up on the seats Of
the waiting room. At the signal for de-
parture they rushed in, took up a bundle
at random, and were off to the country,
Indifferent as to the child they took
one baby being in their eyes as good as
another. - me .ui ,0..g -ga ,aj
jl-Once ayear the villagers of Chipping,
England 60 through the ceremony Of
electing asimaginary Mayor the man who
has distinguished himself by getting
"most drunk" He is placed upon a
chair, and procession, headed by two
intoxicated cornet players, and carrying
mops, firearms and painted sticks, is
formed. The police recently summoned
two men for taking part in the ceremo-
nv, as it was likely to create Q disturb.
ance. The cases were, however, dis.
missed; and one Of the magistrates re.
marked. that he "approved these old
| customs. "~ot.'ag5'aj tide odt !" 81
Some West Virginia boys, deeply
timHessed by a perusal Of '''Eox's Book Of
fM1 fyrs, !" were DESTROYS of reproducing
lsthS '6cene Of a bdrning at the stake.
Wood was piled around a post in the
manner shown: in one of the pictures,
but a hitch came in the programme
when the martyr was required. "A scare
crow was tried, but he took martyrdom
too coolly, and it was, deemed desirable
to burn something that would kick. A
dog was next used, bat he wriggled out
of the rope when the first fame touched
him, bit one Of the, bperseeutors, and es'
capped, Finally, 2 calf was tortured to
death, with much success. ,,t, a, gateor
A Remarkable Career Tie Author d
s'Kathleeh Mavodrneen.'' "
1 For the last two years. says the BaIti
more correspondent of the New York
Express, there has lived in an out-of-the
+; way street in Baltimore 4 man who, by
his literary and musical abilities, has
rendered his name famous throughout
two continents. He lis f. Nicholas
Crotch, the author, and composer o.
{" Kathleen Mavourneen." He is al
present engaged as a varnisher in a fac
tory near his home, and by this pursuit.
he is enabled to support his large fami
ly. In appearance he has marked ant
expressive countenapce, sinewy form
and iron-gray hair, He is apparent,
an ordinary j mechanic, but the braii
which was once SO fertile with ideas Cal
tst1i conceive thoughts worthy Of tn
lmaus His history IS interesting becaus,