Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-07
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

There are said to be more than
Fifty systems of marriage, divorce and
inheritance legally in force in India.
An ordinance of the Vienna munici-
nal council forbids a married man from
taking a voyage in a balloon until it is
proved to the satisfaction of the author
tiles that he has received the consent of
his wife and children.
AT the recent Medical Congress in
Seville it was stated that the excessive
death rate in Spain is owing to poor ali
mentation and u%ncleanly habits.
Thousands of S%paniards, SAID the speak
er, have never washed since they were
born.
Wagner. it is now said, possessed a
very tender heart under his rude and
naughty manner, and maintained many
poor families at Lucerne. Nobody sus-
pected it while he lived. Wagner made
more people afraid of him than any
other composer living.
AT ~sinigazlia. recently, the tenor
Ronconi was about to sing Faust, and
The curtain rose upon him at the open
ing OF the play. He attempted to rise
from his chair, but fell back, staring
wildly, while the orchestra continued
playing and the audience Kissed and
laughed. He did not respond to these
demonstrations, for he was dead.
The decree of the Prussian Govern
ment ordering all youths who were born
Danish subjects and are 10Y %inhabiting
Sleswig either to enter the Prussian
army or to leave their homes, causes
intense indignation in Copenhagen.
The Danish Government will send to
Berlin q protest against this fresh breach
Of treaties.
The military suite of the present
Gar consists Of 548 persons, among
whom are twelve members Of the impe-
rial family three Dukes Of Leuchtenherg,
seven royal Princes, eight Princes enti-
lied to be styled "Serene Highness,"
Hwcnty-eight Princes, forty-four Counts,
twenty-two Barons and 222 noblemen.
This number includes sixty-fve Ger
mans and seven Poles.
The consumption of imported wine
in England was eight per cent. less last
year than in 1881 and nine per cent. less
Ahan in 1880. In spirits the decline was
,Il Ii pei CCliO. 1893 III lcoS lutl Ill
1881. Allow for increased population,
This rate of decrease in the consumption
OF spirituous liquors is very marked. AT
the same time the increase ia the con
sumption Of tea was three per cent. and
lin eocoa eight per cent.
The police of Palermo hunted for
wesks in the hills and woods around
that city for Andrea Costa, a desperate
bandit, for whose capture a reward had
been offered, until accident led to the
discovery that their man, far from ex-
posing his person to the rude assaults
nf the elements, was the occupant of
pheasant apartments in the very heart
of the city, to which he was in the habit
of repairing at nightfall to pass evenings
as pleasant and comfortable as those of
any citizens.
OF the late Baron Martin it is re.
Fed that, with his usual desire to be
expeditions, he once sentenced a IN
victed murderer to be hanged, and dis
missed him without q customary and
important formula. The clerk reminded
him for the omission. "Ah, yes. Quite
So" exclaimed the Judge; "bring the
prisoner back. Prisoner at the bar,
beg your pardon. May the Lord have
mercy on your soul. Remove the pris-
cner: iailer. Next casePn