The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1882-08-04
EUROPEAN JOITINGS,



A somewhat severe shock of
earthquake has been felt in the
Rhine valley, though no damage
Was done.
Twelve thousand telegrams reach
ed the family of Garibaldi within
the first few days afterthe Generals
death.
1t is announced that il the Nor
wegians are so foolish as to attempt
a rising to secure a republic the
leading papers of Sweden will do
all they can to oppose it.
The Austrians are reorganizing
their army on the German principle
and will have fifteen territorial
corps, and abolish the present sys-
tenn of Capitalization.
The Italian arsenals are very
busy both In sea and land prepara-
tions. They evidently want to
show that they are still of conse-
qnence, and must not be left out of
any quarrel that is going on.
There was expended on the Brit
ish army during the last financial
year nearly 40,OOO,OO0. The royal
regiment of artillery alone costing
1858, 900. The line regiments have
$12, 300, 900 expended on them.
Twenty.seven thousand persons
attended the Church of England
temperance tete at the Crystal pa
lace. This society advocates TEN.
perance, not of necessity total alb.
stinence, though many of its mem.
bers are abstainers.
There are twelve bridges for pas
sengers across the Thames in Lon
don, and an immense number of
railway bridges on which neither
vehicles nor passengers may cross.
The majority of these are free, and
sometimes London bridge Is so
thronged as to be almost impassa-
BILE.
The Lancet, the great medical
paper of the world, has been say.
ing that Brighton is unhealthy, 50
the "Queen of watering places
IL annoyed, and is about to prose
cute the newspaper. There are
other towns and villages besides
Brighton that object to "seeing
themselves as others see them.n
Pitch pine is largely used in Eug.
land for Photographic appliances
which are now most numerous, as
many amateurs practice the art
The young amateur, Mr.. Cecil V.
Shadbolt, before mentioned in these
notes, has just attended meeting
of the Balloon society and was
congratulated by that body on his
arial photographs.
Joseph Aloysius Hanson, the in.
ventor of the popular cab OF that
name, has just died at ripe old
age. He made a considerable sum
by bis "Patent safety" as Hanson
cabs we're first called. In London
they are most numerous, as twenty.
FIVE cents enables any two persons
to ride, and very quickly too, for
two miles. He was a Romanist,
and of good old Yorkshire family,
John Bright's resignation from
the British cabinet is certain with
a war on hand. He is "a peace at
any price man, One by one the
strong liberal government falls
away, some by crotchets, some by
insults, others by knives and such
like Irish eloquence till soon Mr..
Gladstone, who already holds two
Offices, will be left to f1il all. Then
we shall have Al income tax.
They are again playing French
comedies at the Gaiety theatre,
London. Many English people
think it the correct thing to go to
these plays that their acquaintance
may think they understand French.
If they really did SO they probably
would not talk OF them as they do.
immortality covered with a thin
coating is not palatable to most En-.
glish people, and there are few
French plays acted in London
which do not turn on divorce OF
similar wickedncss.