Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-11-22
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

"A suspicious person whom q Lon
don policeman ordered to ..move on
proved to be Lord Derby.
The crowd at Aberdeen, Scotland,
in their eagerness to see the Princess
Beatrice. knocked down the tree which
she had just planted.
The late English hangman's wife.
Mrs. Marwood. died the other morning,
her death being fastened by intemper-
ance. 1t is sad that on the occasion OF
each execution her husband gave her a
bottle of gin.
AS an illustration of the strength Of
paper, it is said that a Pank of England
note twisted into kind of rope can sus-
tain as much as 500 pounds ayoirdupois
suspended to it and not be injured in the
least.
Thomas Goats, ST., one of the orig
inll members of the well-knuwn firm of
Scotch thread manufacturers, is dead.
He was noted for his philanthropy, and
one of his notable gifts was large and
beautifully decorated public park to his
native town. Paisley. In 1880 he visited
this country for his health.
"A new play was produced recently
at the Odeon 1heater. in Paris, under
decidedly novel circumstances. An
author had brought an action against
the manager because, after accepting a
play, he had delayed its production,
and the court. beside awarding f125
damages ordered the piece to be pro-
duced forthwith. Played accordingly
it was not "by special request" but .'by
judicial decree.
The fan in Spain is well-known
weapon of expression, yet its ordinary
use is excessively monotonous. 1t has
three motions. 1t is opened, moved
twice and closed. AS described by
Charles Dudley Warner, the movement
IS ''open, two movements of tanning,
shut; open, fan, shut, hour after hour,
until the beholder is driven half wild
by the ,nonotony of the performance"
The English Ghost Hunters League,
which has been investigating all the
ghosts and haunted houses which come
within its knowledge, and have abso-
lutely nothing to show for two years
labor, is becoming discouraged. 1t now
prints a card asking all people with su-
pernatural affairs about them or their
houses to come forward, promising as
an inducement that nothing will in
any case be printed or published with
or without names, except with the full
consent OF the persons concerned"
Among the many leagues which are
formed for the benefit of both man and
beast, the last, and perhaps the most
curious. is that which has for its object
to protest against the use of the Ameri-
can lobster as an article of food, on the
ground that it can only be obtained by
torturing the animal or fish. A number
of Parisians, the originators of the
scheme, wear badge on which is
pinned a crustacean holding in its claws
small visiting card. with the simple
word Thanks"
The remains of an ancient church
that was destroyed about five hundred
years ago by the Poles when they took
Smolensk have come to light near the
village of Klovko, in Russia. The walls
are about nine feet high, and are made
of brick 49, inches long seven wide and
one inch thick, stamped with Russian
letters. Fragments of the mortar that
remain look like porcelain. Curiosity
hunters have already begun to pull the
walls to pieces, and it is feared that in
a short time not trace of them will be
left.