Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The daughter of Ole Bull appears
to have inherited some OF her fathers
genius for playing the violin.
Sir Moses Montefiore, at ninety
nine, is England's oldest baronet, and
Sir George Rose sartorius, Admiral of
the Fleet, aged ninety-three, is the senior
knight.
The consumption of intoxicating
liquors in Belgium has increased sixty
six per cent. in thirty years. Insane
cases have increased one hundred per
cent. in the same time.
A Paris Judge, before whom q
couple appeared demanding immediate
divorce, ordered the a to give the
woman his arm, and commanded both
to go home and behave themselves.
A Society has been recently formed
lin London to advocate the improve
tment and c%heapening of the diet, II Of
its main OBJECTS being to show that q
flesh diet is much more costly than a
vegetable one, and less n~our:shing.
Near Weymouth has been found a
piece of mahogany about twenty inches
wide, which is believed to be a relic of
the balloon Saladin, with which Mr..
Walter Rowell, member of Parliament,
was lost off Bridgeport in 1882.
An official in London whose duty
brings him in Immediate contact with
criminals. says that a liberated prisoner
should be given immediate employment
iin a fresh locality, and be so restricted
after work that he cannot fall into COM
munication with bad men.
H.. D,r,o1lf, C,,,,>o-r l,n.f So, -,
object the settlement of the landless
peasants of the 'congested'' districts on
some Of the u%noccupied estates of
ireland, has been chartered nnder the
name of the Irish Land Purchase and
Settlement Company. The whole capt.
tai stock, $3.50, COO, has been sub
.scribed. A Government grant of the
same amount is available.
"A Glasgow physician has dis
covered the means of converting a
Scotch tenor into an Italian one: and
the experiments made under his direc-
tion on a number of voices which orig
dnally, like their native Caledonia, were
stern and wild, have given the most
satisfactory results. The distinctive
element in:.the air and dew of Italyis, it
seems, peroxide Of hydrogen, and any
one who will take the trouble t o inhale
Ia sufficient quantity of this gaseous
compound may ltalianize his voice.
MIR. Bradlaugh, the would-be NJ.
r.. has been roundly denouncing Social
ism and similar politico-indus;rial
movements. Honest and good men, he
said, ought to know that the knife, pis-
ltol, explosive and the torch could never
lbe arguments that could serve the poor.
Burning the mill down would make the
lworkmen no richer, however much they
might hate the mill owners. There was
mo sense in the laborer yelling at the
rich mans house when he might make
his w howell o little more decent.
When the American ship Aurora,
which was burned a few days ago at
Calcutta, took fire there were thirty
thousand cases Of kerosene on board.
1t was feared that the wind and tide
would drive the burning oil to the
crowded part OF the river. But fortu.
Inately the wind shifted and the flaming
liquid was driven up the beach. The
scene was wonderful beyond deserip.
;tion. The river seemed to be on fire.
The cases exploded swilh a sound like
Imusketry. Dense back smoke en-
|shrouded the town. The escape of the
shipping and the town from a dis.
,astrous conf1agration was narrow.