Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-08

A splendid entertainment, consisting OF
beer. bread, and cheese, and dancing. was
lately given al FTiedricsnruhe DY Prince
Bismarck TO OIL his wOrkmen and the admin
istrafiou for cutting down trees on the es-
tate, upon which there Is vast amount OF
lumber cutting. The occasion was the lev
Cling OF the one hundred tbOusandth tree.
I, was over $50 feet in height and VIII be
erected in front OF the Princes house as a
Inemento. The wood is mostly turned into
paper pulp.
The temper Of growing Boulangism can
he seen from meeting beld week before
last in Paris at the sale Wsgram. When VI.
de Memorial was named for the chair the
uproar which greeted his taking 1t was be.
youd description. In ten different parts OF
the room fighting was going on. When ~.
de Memorial endeaYored 20 speak M. Charles
Tullier. an ex.Communist, and some two
bundled individuals stormed the platform.
MANY were knocked down and trampled on,
and sticks. fists, and boots were made use OF
indiscrimiuaiely. in the midst OF the Tray
NJ. Lulier was stabbed with knife and
seriously wounded. He drew his revolver
aud fired three shots. aud the meeting ad-
iourned.
The French lose no opportunity In show
ing attention TO Russian officers. At Cher
bollrg. on October 2Gh, there was a gala
performance at the principal theatre, iol-
lowed by a 'fpunch. lin honor OF the officers
Of the three Russian men-oi.Uar then
anchored In the rOadsteld. A fcte was given
bv the municipality During The festivities
the Mayor ~ Cherbourg drank 10 the union
Of the two nations. TIE naval project toasted
the Czar's feet. while the general IN COM
mand paid like compliment to the Russian
army, The commander Of the Russian war
sbio, NqkhimoG. delivered a very cordial
speecb IN rcply. t11-tIug the President OF
the Republic and The French army and navy.
Large crowds assembled mean while IN the
streets, crying "Viye Ia russle" "Vige la
France !"
The wanderngs Of gypsies through their
favorte field, Austria, has received a
serious check. The Austrian Minister OF
the Interior has issued q decree by which
iuucrant gypsy bands, wherever they turn
up will be called upon 10 give an account OF
themselves, and should IL be asccrtaine1 that
tbey have come from the East, they are turn
ed back under escort. On Fuch occasions all
expense eutaied by their transport is 10 be
deiraicd by themselves, and should they be
insOlyeut, their live stock aud chltieIs are to
De sold at auction. The gyp'y OF Austria
and Bohemia Is said TO he OF doubtful
honesty, whereas the Hungarian gypsy Is
Woodworking and inOnen-ige. \ case re-
Gently learned Of disclosed Hungarian
gypsy householder employing an English
goycrness for his daughters, who were re-
ceiying an excellent education. while his son
was m officer IN the E0umanian army.
A ring has risen into great prominence %
beng the cau-c OF the mi,fortunes which
have lately afflicted the royal house OF spain.
The late King Alphouso MI. gave It to his
cousin Mercedes when be was beirolhed to
her, and sue wore if during the whole Of her
short married life. on her death the King
presented It to bis grandmother, the Queen
Christina. She died very soon after, when
it passed to the Kings sister, the inlaula del
Pilar, who at once bean 10 -icken, and in
few days also breathed her last. Alphonso
then gave 10 to his sisteT-in-law Christina,
the Younger daughter Of the Duke OF Mont.
pensier In three months she died. Al
phnus0 then took charge OF the ring him
ser. but he, too, soon fell victim. by
order OF his widow it has now been sus-
pended bv a chain round the neck OF the
statue ~ the Maid OF Almudena, the patron
saUt Of Madrid.