Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-01-11
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
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The Duke Of Edinburgh has been
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g. 81 dr., Hawkins, ex-Provost of Oriel
,a College. Oxford, who died lately. aged
ninety five, had the distinction of being
in his day the Gbests hated head of a
house in that university, more especially
In his own college. D rs ~ 80 E" "a.
"A Paris journalist, who lately visited
the Morgue-where all dead bodies are
now frozen upon arrival-stated that
the attendant who showed him the cold
compartments wore a glove, "lest his
hand should be burnt by contact with
the cold IRON" 80 i.i - ~
Queen Victoria, it is said, was very
e nervous during the recent military
review in London. The moment the
troops passed her the escort closed
around her carriage to prevent the, too
near approach of the populace.
-a s-Australia suffered from drought last
year no less than this country. In one
district of New South Wales s'run :"
which carried $4,000 sheep last year
had but 5000 when mustered this sea-
son, and, this was no isolated II case.
Meat rose from two cents to twelve cents
= q pound. A correspondent writes:
Sowing to the tropical nature of the
country, cattle breeders will never COM
pete with the Americans or New Tea
land" r-*t. NHH -'i'Ft-
a curious accident occurred the
other evening at the Chatelet Theater,
in Paris. A carpenter named Decher-
bourg, occupying seat in the amphi-
theater, lost his balance while looking
over the front of the gallery, and, in
falling, came in contact with the candle
labrum placed above the dress circle.
He was Immediately removed 10 the
Hotel Dieu. in precarious condition.
An account is given in English
journals of the performance of a loco
motive on the Great Northern Railroad,
which recently carried the Duke of
Edinburgh from Leeds to London,
1876 5-4 miles, in three hours, or at the
rate of sixty-two miles per hour. This
speed has frequently been equaled and
sometimes surpassed for short dis
tanees. The engine had driving wheels
eight feet in diameter, or two feet
larger than the wheels of American en-
gines.
Jul NirteTuS was cdpttiT0u by eue
forces of Uruguay just as he was. to
have been proclaimed President in 1869,
and sentenced to death. He was taken
out into forest and the soldiers dele
gated to the duty fred at him as he sat
bound in a chair, and marched away.
He was not fatally wounded, but by the
aid of a neighboring laborer, his wounds
were healed and he left the presidency
for ADLER men to fill. He is now waiter
in a restaurant in Paris.
Miss Marie Van Zandt, the Ameri-
can prima donna in Paris, recently had
an experience during q performance of
ssMignon" that was not on the regular
programme. During the confagration
scene in the third act ide-awake
member of the fire brigade stationed
behind the scenes thought that the thea
ter was afire in earnest; and herushed
to the rescue with his Ak, and chopped
down big piece of scenery before he
could be stopped. On ascertaining the
facts of the case, Miss Van Zandt
sent the man q handsome present, say
ing: 'ssIt is better to be taken care of
too we'll than not enough"