The Springdale news., 1888-10-12
DIS TANT DOINGS.


 LONDON has one hundred frst-elass clubs with q membership of 120.00O
 TIE Sultan of Turkey exlled eighty of lis cooks, who struck on account of their wages not being paid
 TnE Emperor Frederick has banished all French words from the bills of fare pre- pared for state dinners
 I GENERAL inundaton by the failure of the ctkcs in Holland occasioncd a loss of life, il is said, amounting to 100000 persons in 1880.
 CHILL has seized Easter Island for the purpose of establishing penal colony. This IS the island famous for its grand stone statues standing on huge pedestals.
 AT an international horse show to be held q Paris next year S43,000 will be distributed in premiums. Thoroughbreds, Arabs, Arglo-Arabs, half-breeds, cart horses, Inu.es and donkeys are the classes agreed upon.
 IMPORTANT mining operations are c3rr1cd on in the Arctic circle Crysohte is mined ln Greenland and shipped to Philadelphia for making candles. Extensive copper mines have been worked for a long time in Finland.
 TIE Bulgarian Government has appropri- atcd sixty thousand francs to promote liter arE and scientific research. IL is especially proposed toreward all persons who bring to light ancient manuscripts, or assist in the gathering of unpublished folklore.
 FRENCH capitalists have formed d cem- paay to purchase large and fertile Russian territories for farming aud cattle breeding Another great company is proposed, with Russia and foreign capital, to export beef mutton and pork to England by fast steam CTS from Llbau.
 EACH soldier of the Netherlands is to be supplied, r ease Of war. with cartridge three inches long by two wide, containing &i4t4septie dressings. These will consist of a hauda~e about three yards long and two pieces of gauge. ell re adered antlscptic by s1D.!m3te solution.
 4 NOVEL. electric railway has been com pietcd. running from the shore of Lake Lacern over bed cut in the solid rock to the summit Of the Bureenstock. ! }3O feet ID. l. has q gradient Of from tEirty-two to fftS-cight per cent. The electricity is generated by :. water wheel in the River Aar.
 AT Marseilles, France, q man who faneiea lis wife would look well in ostrich feathers entered q railroad truck wherein were sev- eral birds just arrived from Algeria en route to Paris. Tic poor fellow selected Eae specimen feather. aud vas about to pull t oat when the ostrich kicked and killed h.ia Il the spot.
 ARrSSIts peasant, after ten years work, discovered :. treasure upon land that formed q part ef Inc estate of Prince Ostersny, Whose ancestors were plundered and driven iron their homes by the Tartars | long time aE5. Tue discovery includes manuscripts aid other articles of value besides tEe geld The peasant gets oEe-third and tte Car the rest of
 AN=ealeer# #of French =rcslment con- deta1eG several soldiers for breaches of discipline fe fan fer three hours. carrying taaHr rifles ,...zi faGE equipments \ corporal Us.lueat al5ad gt flIo end of two hours felI down est.zsasted.. Tde Sergeant wished to lee hlm rest bat the superior officer insist ea ehat he-o b. made to getup and finish his tassz. sayHg that he should run until he dropped dead. The corporal got up and sAu- himself dead with his rifle