The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1883-02-08
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

"A church in Bavaria accommodate.
ing LOCO people has been almost entire
| ly built of paper which can be
supplied at a cost little above that of
| plaster. 1t can be made to initiate the
finest marble, as it takes polish supe-
rior to slate.
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 Hthelred H., sole
monarch of Saxon England, whose coins
were United by the Dublin King.
The Bermondsey VesSry in England
has decided that tradesman who had
sold a cat as a rabbit should be exon
Grated from all blame, because the cat,
one of parcel of genuine rabbits i'm.
ported from Ostend, was bought and
sold in good faith as a specimen of the
latter animal. The purchaser had taken
fancy to that particular rabbit, but
afterward to ok it buck, whereupon the
vender took it to DR.. Dixon CHE local
medical oilicer) for examination. 1t was
then found to be a cat.
The Advanced Republicans of
France, who already have civil marriages
and civil funerals, are now beginning to
practice civil baptism3 A fortnight
ago, at village in the Indre et-Loire,
the Mayor OBLIGATED, and pouring some
white wine on the child's head, pro-
nounced the words: "Pierre Victor, |
baptize thee in the name of liberty,
equality, fraternity. Vive la Repub-
ique!"
In New Zealand they cooperate for
medical attendance. A correspondent
of the Lancet says "a 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 member
varies from "a to s.. This include;
medicines aud attendance - lie earn
estly advises young doctors to stay at
home.
In 1886 there died in the Fleet
Prison, London, person named Yard
Icy, who had been confined for ten years
for 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 S25-
600, and he had a real estate income of
SO, 800 year. Prisoners with means
could have every comfort, and ii was
the place of all others for good stories
and good fellowship.
In recognition of his distingui- he'd
services in Egypt, the German Emperor
!, 4 IN..I-. 8 4
Order pour le Nerite, founded by Fred
erick he Great, and the highest mill
tary decoration in the gift of the Pru5-
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 a daughter of Prince Frederick
Charles, the stOrmer of Dappel and the
capturer of Metz, may now be regarded
as a 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 mshap.
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 he given as to their
use. Thus on pulling No. / Il signal
''iire" will be transmitted along
q Geographic wire. No. 2 will signify
a great fire; No. 3, an accident; No. 4,
a riot; No. 5, a robbery; No. 6 crime
with violence; No. Z, suicide, and No.
8, a great catastrophe. A policeman
will constantly be stationed near by to
give verbal Instructions to the public in
case of need.