The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1888-02-23
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


Three thousand women in Toronto
have the municipal vote, and are pre-
pairing totake an active part IN the
contest for mayor.
During the last seven years more
than Two hundred thousand acres in
England have gone out of cultivation.
Ii means loss of f300 600. 900 to the
landowners and farmers.
"A monster pc ition in favor of the
abolition of bull-fights is to be present.
ed to the Mexican Government Many
of the leading Journals of the country
denounce these spectacles as barbar-
Gus.
The city of Paris derives large
income from a tax on gas companies,
and the city now proposes to erect
electric stations and supply electric
light 10 private citizens, and to use IT
on public ways rs far as may be de-
sirable.
-Peruvians are as bad off as though
they lived in Europe in the matter OF
military service, for all of that nation
between twenty-one and thirty years
of age must serve five years in the reg
ular army, and after that pass into the
national guard or militia
A man who is said to look almost
exactly as Mozart did is making
money in London by exhibiting him
self NJ fashionable parties and musical
entertainments. He also appears in
tablcaux of the great musicians life
The man charges $50 an evening
London has 600 places of amuse-
ment, of which more than four hun
dred and fifty are music halls. The
theaters are about fifty. Direct en-
ployment is given to about one hum
bred and fifty thousand people, be-
sides indirect employment to a host OF
tradesmen and their workpeople.
Rat-catchcrs in Paris pursue and
capture their prey for about one cent
apiece, besides three or -four cents
they receive for the skin. flesh and
bones of the rodent The flesh is used
for fattening hogs, the bones are made
into toothpicks, while the skin makes
an excellent article in the kid-glove
line.
The Sultan's jubilee gift to the
Pope was an anneau of gold, profuse-
ly studded with precious stones and
valued at $50 coo 1t was presented
by an Armenian Patriarch. The Presi-
dent of the French Republic sent two
magnificent vases of Sovres with a
cordial letter of ongratulation. His
Holiness has received S100 900 from
the monks of the Chartreuse, dia-
mond rose valued at 1925. 600 from
Ecuador and huge golden staff filled
with gold dollars from San Francisco.
The authorities of Dresden Ger
many, will not allow piano to be
played in private house after half
past ten ut night and they punish
with fine any person found throwing
an article of refuse, however insignifi-
cant, into the street. Flagmen are
stationed at the corners Of streets in
terscctcd by horse-car lines to warn
persons of The approach of a car.
Drug stores are closed at shutdown,
and when druggist is called up in
the night he appears with all the po-
likeness of dancing master to thank
the Gus tomer for his courtesy in pat
ronizing his store.
Re Gently singular festival was
held at Bitti. in Sardinia. In the pres
ence of the Project of the Province.
the Archbishop of MORO, n provincial
deputation, the Syndic of Sassari and
other authorities, formal oath was
taken by the members of two families
which had been at enmity for many
years, reciprocally to pardon all Of
lenses and to live in peace and har-
mony. The number of the members
of the two families was go persons. A
large crowd filled the parish church
in which the ceremony was performed
and the next day banquet was given
In the country for which had been or
dered 10 oxen. 14pigs, 60 sucking pigs,
200 weight of macaroni, 300-weight of
bread and 3 of fruit with 10 hectolit-
crs of wine.