Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

"A suspicious person whom a 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 said 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 Bank of England
note twisted into a kind of ropecan sus-
tain as much as 329 pounds avoirdupois
suspended to it and not be injured in the
least.
Thomas Coats, ST., one Of the orig
nal members of the well-known firm OF
Scotch thread manufacturers. is dead.
He was noted for his philanthropy, and
one of his notable gifts was a 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 Odcon 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 9125
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 a 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 bcholder is driven half wild
by the monotony 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. It now
prints a card asking all people with SUI
pernatural affairs about them or their
houses to come forward, promising as
an inducement that ''nothins will in
any case be printed OF 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 IS an article of food. on tho
ground that it can only be obtained by
torturing the animal or fish. a number
of P%arisians, the originators of tho
scheme, wear a badge on which j!
pinned a crustacean holding in its claw:
a small visiting card, with the simple
word ''Ihanks."
The remains OF an ancient churcl
that was destroyed about five hundre,
years ago by the Poles when they tool
smolensk have come to light near thu
village Of klovko, in Russia. The wall
are about nine feet high, and are mad,
OF brick 49, inches long seven wide an,
one inch thick, stamped with Russian
letters. Fragments of the mortar tina
remain look like porcelain. Curiosity
hunters have already begun to pull til,
walls to pieces. and it is feared that il
a short time not a trace of them will b
left.