The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-30
This Opportunity for Bargains Should MISS IT.

to the prophet, promises of subsidies
from unknown quarters. Paine
Rochefort once declared, even If aliv,
would never appear while there wa
any prospect of mis- wife obtaining
pension or indemnity of his loss.
WHAT GERMANY is DOING.
The German government il pre-.
pairing for The approval OF the Reich.
stag, bills for the construction of sew
eral new canals within the empire
One of these bills is for ship canal
from the Baltic sea to the German
ocean with strong forts at each mouth
aud at commanding points
along the route. This
will cost an immense amount
of money and the waterway would
never be able, by any possible traffic
on IL, to repay even the interest of
the amount required for the con-
struction.
$4,000 FOR TWO LADIES.
Two ladies of high family, at Wcx-
zeyo, in Epirus, Turkey, were some
time ago abducted by brigands from
the Epirus mountain. The abductors
demanded ransom of 10000 for the
return of each of the captivcs. The
families of the women have just paid
the agents of the brigands the $4,000
demanded. and the ladies have been
safely restored to their homes. They
SAY they were well and honorably
treated by their captors and made as
comfortable as possible.
KAISER WILLIAMS HEALTH.
Dispatches from Berlin tonight
state that Emperor William il at
present enjoying better health than
he had for u long time previous to his
recent summer excursions. II Is said
that the rheumatic trouble, from
which he had been suffering, has ell
tirely disappeared.
QUEEN VICTORIA RECEIVES.
The prince of Wales has invited
Prince William Third, son of King
Oscar, of Sweden and Norway TO visit
England this fsll anu be his guest
during the autumnal hunting season.
Prince William is in his twenty-tifth
year. Queen Victoria, II is said, in
tends to receive aid entertain wish
tors at Balinoral Castles during his
presence there. This will be the first
season her mojesty has done SO, since
the death of the prince Consort. Sew
eral of the public bodies of Scotland
and many of the distinguished mem
bcrs of different British societies are
to be among the first received.
SCARED ny THE ROCKS.
The peasantry of south Germany
have been thrown into IA state of con-
sternation over the sudden departure
from the country. of the rocks which
for centuries have made their abode
there. The Hooks OF rocks which
roasted in the spirc of the
iiatisborn, (Bavaria) cathedral recent
" departed and have not returned.
This general evacuation by the rocks
is regarded by the people NJ hcralding
tho approach of an epidemic of chol-
era
Cardinal Guibert, archbishop of
Paris, rallied from his illness TO write
u touching letter TO the people OF
France upon the funeral, yesterday, of
Admiral Courbet. The prelate INVITED
the faithful TO offer up iervcnt prayers
Tor the souls of the French seamcn
who died In Tonquin in the service of
their country.
Frederick Guzman, the pianist, well
known in the United States is dead.
General Norton has resigned from
the committee having charge OF the
of the American Expo
sition in London and is at present de
voting himself to completing All illus
trsted work on the arms OF all ma
tons. lie says that in order to finish
the TASK he will require two years
gore of hard study.
THE PopE'S POETRY.
From Rome IL is stated the pope
has distributed among the cardinals,
copies of special edition of his
Latin poems. The edition is printed
on rose paper in Elzevir type with
borders illuminated by line and rich
The volume contains
ihirty-thrcc poems and includes n
translation of them into Italian by
his holiness. The volume is in octave
form aud its title is "Leonis Fui Pom
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