Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-19
FOREIGN.

The result Of the debate ON the divorce bill
in the French senate draws attention to the
decline Of religion in France, and the startling
fact is announced that in the last census no
less than 100000 registered themselves as
having no religion against 990OO,OOO Of Cath
olics. Another sign Of the times is that hun.
drcds Of CuraCiCs remain vacant in that country
for want Of young priests, and In spite 0f this
the chamber Of deputies has refused To allow
the exemption Of ecclesiastical pupils froN the
three years military service by the oycrwhcm-
ing majority Of $50 togl.
The universal distrust Of Gladstone lends
additional interest 10 the speeches Of Lord
Salisbury which are universally interpreted as
removing the last doubt as 10 the rejection Of
the franchise bill by the house Of lords. 1t +,
significant of the general interest nddstrust
which Gladstone has created that there Is q
scare about the navy, and everybody is saying
that England is no longer the mistress of the
waves Not only is the increase Of the French
fleet viewed with alarm, hut even Gcrmany's
addition 10 her naval strength are now made a
subject Of complaint,
There is great alarm in Spain and Italy over
the cucroachmcnts Of France in the Mcdicr-
rancdn hut their newspapers succrngly re-
mark That there is no chance of any assistance
from England 81 long as France can buy oil
her support with concessions in Egypt
The official returns Of the salmon catch in
England and Wales, last year, show that a
quarter of Il million salmon were taken, Of q
total weight of l,llS,WO pounds. For the vcai
previous the total was l,WO,OO. The arrival,
last year at Billmgsgatc were more numerous,
| than In any other year since ISL.
Madame kauninc, the morganatic wife Of
the grand duke of llcssc, consented Ia the an
nulmcut Of her marriHgc on condition that ,h,
receive e?5OO0, with the title uf Countess Won
Romrod, aud reside outside Of Germany or
| England
British officials In Egypt credit the statement
Of an Arab from Bcrbcr that the rebels on MAY
%, lna,,arrcd two thousand male citizens and
fifteen hundred men of the garrison, hut spared
| the women and children.
DIR. CoSsc, Of Chicago, who went To Canada
to secure Il reward for exposing dynamltcrs,
Quarrclrd with and killed man named vii.
liam Hamilton in Il disrcputabc house at
| OrillH.
2 \ new German expedition is about To explore
the Congo territory under The command ol
Lieut. Sirgmumd, who served with Mr.. Stanley
in the Naidi coHntry.
The Italian government will avoid conflict
with the Vatican by erecting tablet instead
Of q monument to Victor Emmanuel in The
Pantheon at Rome
The police of Brussels have been compelled
Ia dispcr-r turbulent crowds in the streets
| curaecd by the recent defeat Of the liberal, at
the polls.
Two more ST. Petersburg newspapers which
publish fashionable gossip have been punished
by having their retail circulation stopped.
\ small clique uf operators on the London
Stock-cXchangc has within five days nctlcd
100000 by bearing American securities.
The project tu build public hall in Yuko
hama has been abandoned after some Sl3,NN
has been spent on the foundation
Two banliing-hous in London have ISSUED
t5mO,O0O Of them Canadian loan, bearing
interest at the rate of - per cent
Reports have reached Cairo that the Egyp
tian rebels massacrcd the garrison aud Euro
pcan traders at Bcrbcr
The news of the suspension of the OIcnta
bank caused considerable excitement at Yoko
| hama,
spain has recently shipped 1000 900 vine cut
| ting, and 5000 Young olive trees tO Mexico
The Tichhomc prctcndcr is To bc release,
from an English prison on n tickct-of-lcayc,
Henry &. Ncnnor, the weather prophet, die,
in Montreal Sunday evening, aged a years.
since 1850 real estate in Japan has decline,
80 per cent