The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-26
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Ma. GLADSTONE Il reported BY his
wife a. singing every morning In bis
hath, and che Inference u that he Is not
much worried by tho Irish agitation.
ACCORDING IN the London Morning
Post. Mrs. Victoria G. Woodruff will
shortly be- married In the scion Of no.
bic house. The ceremony will take
place In London.
WHILE IN an,i-.Icw war RACES At Der.
lin, an anti.Ierman campaign has he.
gun At l'es,h. where tho authorities
lately declined io permit performances
In tho German ihca,cr, and n paper N.
marks that everything that opposes
Magyar interests must 10 cAierniinatOd,
u necessary with insect powder.
TnE Crown Prince oi Italy invited all
the children oi the Roman nobility 10 .
Christmas tree In the royal palace. The
Queen intended the ictc 70 be q grand
one, and herself chose nj tho principal
shops NIL the presents and toys which
were - adorn tho tree.
MEssRs. Bass, the brewers, gave on
Christmas week n those employed by
them twenty thousand pounds Of beet,
and Mcssrs. Allsopp, their rivals In the
production Of ale, thirteen thousand
pounds. Each firm gave, besides, cnor.
nous quantities u game and poultry.
PRINCE B'sNAHcK has gone into the
lie insurance business. Al least he Is
busy with Q scheme for the establish.
mcnt Of asgcncral insurance for work.
men, which shall nj the same time serve
the purpose ri = fund for the benefit ri
those whom illness or old age render In
capable II working. ...a'
FRANK BrcxLAND bequeathed bis
valuable Museum Of Economic Fish Cul.
ture 10 the nation, and on dcccase Of
Mrs. auckland q sum u I5,OOO will 70.
vert TO the nation 10 be applied for, tho
purpose Of founding . Profcssorship Of
Economic piscicullure In connection
with tho auckland Museum and the
Science and Art Department NJ South
kcnsington. .....
IMMEDIATELY after ~ O'Clock on Che
| Sist Of December all tho prisoners iol
debt In Scotland were liberated, In &C.
cordancs with DR.. CAMerOn's act
| Twenty-Five men and two women xert
set free from Glasgow prison. As they
passed out Of the gates, carrying will
them their beds and bedding, ssvers
hundred persons who were waiting
greeted them with cheers. e. -
A GERMAN correspondent writes thai
The financial distress in Germany Is very
great. Selling prices and land rent
are falling frightfully low. The result
n that debtors on mortgages can no
pay the interest Of their debts, and ar
dispossessed and their propertie
frequently sold ss half the value the!
had some time ago. This depreciation
can not be attributed to foreign compe
tition, - the importation OF corn snd
other produce has been taxed. It !
generally believed that the fall In price
; Is due to the scarcity Of cash. ~
LADY .CoUrrs is employin,
, the period preceding her marriage /
. organizing . flower-girl brigade. Til
, object Is 70 assist those pretty, and ofte
unprotected, little girls who try to liy
. BY the sale Of aowers on the street!
. During the winter months in England
= when flowers are scarce, the girls hav
|, 10 depend on foreign importatiOns Il
! their supply, and these are 10 dear tn.
: they can often hardly manage to get
= stock, or, il they do, make little prof
= The object Of the association Is to asst
y the girls in the purchase Of flowers fr0l
- such Is have good greenhouses.