Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-04-04
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

FOREIGN GOSSIP.
1T takes 90. 900 year to dine the
Officers Of Queen Victoria's guard, on
duty at St James palace.
The richest peer in England is the
Duke Of Westminster, who owns vast
estates in Cheshire and in Wales. His
income is said to equal thirty shillings
q minute.
! German newspaper published In
Jerusalem says that city is growing
fast in size and population. The Jews
take the lead in building. followed by
the Russians and Germans.
AT Maripa. in Colombia, little
boy not twelve years Of age. short
time ago. stole some money from q
house and then drowned two children
one five and the other nine years Of
age-who had seen him commit the
theft
Premier Tricounpis. Of Greece.
overcame threatening opposition to
the government by sitting of seven
teen hours in the Athenian chamber
one day recently. During that time
the prime minister did not once leave
his seat.
The Queen of Madagascar is de-
scribed as small, slender, light-brown
woman, with a very sad face, a sweet
smile and no end of Paris gowns. She
is twenty-three years old, has been four
years Queen, and is really worshiped
by her people.
The project of Paris has issued an
order forbidding the newsboys to cry
any thing in the streets excepting the
titles of papers. The law was first
passed by the Government of the Re-
public in 1898. Under the reign of
Napoleon /. the law fell into desuetude.
and with the exception of a brief re-
vival in 1916 has remained a dead let
ter ever since.
"A remarkable scene was enacted in
the government house at Calcutta a
short time ago, when the Countess of
Dufferin, wife of the retiring Viceroy,
received a farewell address from seven
hundred women. All men were rigidly
excluded from the building, and fe-
male correspondent who was present
says the women, with their magnificent
Jewels and brilliantly-colored costumes.
presented splendid pageant.
The Swedish authorities have de-
cided to authorize cremation on Ger
tain conditions. One of them is that
the Society for Promoting Cremation
must act in agreement with clergy
man of the Church of Sweden in cases
where clerical representatives of any
other faith refuse their cooperation.
A society has been founded with the
same object in Norway, and it hopes
likewise to obtain the sanction of the
Government
The imitation of western civiliza-
ton by the Japanese has led them to
regard Sunday, which in japan has
hitherto been decidedly continental in
its character. as day of rest. This
began with the closing of the govern
ment establishments on Sunday. The
Toxic citizens followed this example.
and the closing spread from city to
village, and now on a fine Sunday
business is nearly suspended and the
places of popular resort are crowded.
Liverpool. Eng. needed an addi-
tional water supply. and the govern
ment went into Wales, several miles
away, and bought a large valley, in
Guiding the village of Llanwyddyn.
This valley is now being filled with a
body of water five miles long and
eighty-four feet deep. 1t is under
stood that all the houses, the church,
two chapels. tavern and post-office re-
main as they were. and are gradually
being submerged under the collecting
water that pours into the valley. A
new village has been built near by,
and all the Llanwyddyans have re-
moved to it.