Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-01-04
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


On the bill of fare in a restaurant
. Bic yaneiro is dish called 'Aristu. -
i10ended for Irish stew.
= "A church in Bavaria accommodate
- H060 people has been almost entire
y built of paper-mache, which can be
Gppaied at . cost little above that of
Fkaster. 1t can be made to initiate the
finest marble, as it takes polish supe-
nor 10 slate. y Ey4
The earliest money struck in Ire
land was in the latter part of the tenth
century. in the reign of the Hiberno-
Danish Sihtric Ill, King Of Dublin, a
contemporary of Ethelred H., sole
monarch of Saxon England, whose coins
were limited by the Dublin King.
The Bermondsey Vessry in England
has decided that a tradesman who had
sold a cat as 3 rabbit should be exon
Grated from all blame, because the est,
bne of parcel of genuine rabbits i'm
ported from Ostend, was bought and
sold in good faith as q specimen of the
latter animal. The purchaser had taken
- fancy to that particular rabbit, but
Afserward took it back, whereupon the
Fender took. it to DR.. Dixon (the local
medical officer) for examination. It was
then found to be cat.
The Advanced Republicans of
France, who already have civil marriages
and civil funerals, are now beginning to
practice civil baptisms. A fortnight
ago, at village in the Indre-et-L Loire,
the Mayor officiated, and pouring some
white wine on the child's head, pro-
nounced the words: "Pierre Victor, I
baptize thee in the, name of liberty,
equality, fraternity. Vive la Repub-
Gque!''
In New Zealand they cooperate for
medical attendance. A correspondent
of the Lancet says ga system exists of
getting up clubs which contain nine
tenths of the population, and are sub.
scribed to by men who would blush to
do SO in England; well-to do people,
who would be shocked over here at the
thought of attending a dispensary. The
doctors fee per annum for a member
varies from 81 to So. This includes
medicines and attendance" He earn
estly advises young doctors to stay at
home.
2 in 1886 there died in the Fleet
Prison, London, person named Yard
ley, who had been confined for ten years
Tor debt of $500, which, with the OBJ
stinacy of the defendant in Bardell VS..
Pickwick, he refused to pay. In his
room. were found securities worth $685.
zoe. and he had a real estate income of
IS 500 . year. Prisoners with means
could have every comfort, and it was
the place of all others for good stories
and good fellowship.
In recognition of his distinguished |
services in Egypt, the, German Emperor
has sent to the Duke of Connaught the |
Order pour le Merite, founded by Fred
erick the Great, and the highest mill
tary decoration in the gift of the Prus- |
sian Crown. This is the same order as |
the Emperor conferred upon his victo-
rious SON, the Crown Prince, on meet
ing him on the field of Koniggratz. The
Duke'of Connaught, by his marriage |
with q daughter of Prince Frederick |
Charles, the stormer of Dappel and the |
capturer OF Metz, may now be regarded |
as q member of the royal family of
Prussia.
The municipality of Paris have de-
cided to erect in prominent places posts
for signaling to the police officers in
case Of an alarm of fire or other mishap.
The system is the most complete of the
kind yet devised. In box at the top
OF the post eight buttons will be fixed,
and directions will be given as to their
use. Thus on pulling No. l signal
sire" will be transmitted along
. telegraphic wire. No. 2 will signify
q great fire; No. 8, an accident; No. 4,
q riot; No. 5, a robbery; No. 6, crime
with violence; No. Z, suicide, and No.
8, great catastrophe. A policeman
will constantly be stationed near by to
give verbal instructions to the public in
case Of need. u 7 |