The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-29
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

''' o" 'l'ihs ~ u nWaIl, VINO NJ one Time
2 Kept small store in Granada
u The license law Of Sweden forbids
" any person buying drink without purchasing
something 10 cat at the same time.
The Council of the Legion of Honor
,, In Paris has erased the names Of General
j. boulaneer and Count Dillon from the roll Of
p the order
Half the city Of Dubno on the Irwa
has been destroyed by fire. The loss is enor-
NOUS and thousands OF people are rendered
e. homeless
Iennyson has horror Of biograph-
, err. lie said recently when I am dead
. viii take good care they shall not rip me up
like pig"
+ The operatives Of the Bombay cotton
s mills India, have commenced a movement
y toward securing to themselves SUNDAY asa
complete day Of rest.
The Indian Government proposes to
convert the track for baggage animals from
Noilh Wular lake 90 Gilgit into a good mill
thiy road. The native papers protest against
tho project as yelling a scheme OF annexa-
ton.
Dispatches have been received in
Paris 10 The effect that the people Of the New
hebrides island and forty-two English resi-
dents have pettioned the Governor Of New
Caledonia toannex the islands.
Leon Hang Tsang. Chinese Consul
General at san Francisco, has been called
upon 20 account for 100000 placed I'm his
hands for distribution among sufferers by
fires and riot I'm California.
The Austrian police have unearthed
socialist society, whose organization ex-
tends throughout the Province Of Galicla. (
Many lawyers, students and ladies' connect /
ed with the society have been arrested.
4 new opthalmic disease has recently |
appeared in Vicnns. 10 attacks the cornea /
OF the eye-hall. The cyc-iids are moderately
swollen, and the coniunctiva shows catarrh-
al symptoms, while small white specss APP
pear upon the cornca, 50 that the patient IS
almost unable to see.
The Swedish athlete Akii gave an ex-
moition of bis swimming in the River
Name. at Clarendon. five miles from Lon
don Monday. lie swan a distance Of ten
miles in nine hours. lie undressed while
swimming and also smoked cigars
Some idea of the Shah travelling ex-
penscs may be formed when it is stated that
a check for r25,OOO was forwarded 10 "A firm
of tourist agents on behalf Of the Persian
monarch. This sum comprised expenditure
for certain hotel accommodations. as well as
for Ial and other costs.
The Italian advance in Abyssinia was
made so promptly after the visit Of the I'm.
pcror Wilhelm TO England that 10 looks a. n ,
the Italians had been waiting for that "agrce-
ment 20 De maize before they continued their !
policy Of cohnizati0n. The Abyssinian ter. !
rtoy viii Doe rapidly overrun now. ,
The number Of field officers in the t
Japenosc army is 3.Gs5, including one gem
eral II licuienanf-go generals. Is major-ger. I
erals. go colonels ~ observation-disclosures.
2o5 colonel-maiors. 1881 captains. l.ls9
hfsi-class sub-captains. ] ,OOj second-clsss
suD-coptains. The number of non-commis-
stoned officers and nle is 2II.2Of
There is still much muttering abroad |
on the recent visit of the German Emperor
TO England, still more on his presence at
Strssbue and Metz. The French press has
los, control OF itself. ana some Of fits mo.t a
sober Journals seriously allege TINT ~ gland
M Ist be secretly maturing hostile designs
against Fame.
London seems to be rather crCwdirg 90
ou' Paris as the great purv eyor TO feminine =,
taste for hnery. The daughter OF = great Z;
spanish hidalgo has gone 10 London for her n
trOusseau. That VIII be particularly strong -
in petiicoats, Of which countless numbers +
will Dee IA silks, lace, insertion md ribbons ,
l.d the other underwear Will be equal in 81
style and quality. Il,
The grave Of rich Goth has been Sc
found no Apahida, in Pennsylvania. the am al
ient uacia. His name appears 10 have been "
)mharus as that is found on large gold ~
seal ling bearing "a head sumountod ly q &
'rCss. SUPP osine the cross Christian. the d'
tate is PROBABLY between A. y. DO and 325 IN
Our vases in silver with dancing lawns I'm y
chei gold CROSS, q massive gold armlct. ~
GOLDEN clasps, and pins were found with the Il
zones. There were traces ola wooden coniu re
There is one person at any rate who 10
Ocs not seem 10 have lost faith I'm the des- ii,
iuy of "lc bfay General" Mr.. NJ. Baxter. OF "a
PROPHETIC notoriety ia announcing that iii
six years and seven months is all the time he
hat remains til the teconi advent on m,
iaIch D. 1896. predicts that there must be lie
he greatest European war ever known about sci
$50. when victorious France, under the I'm
robable leadership Of Boulangor, will form NJ,
he tch-kingdomed coLfederacy foreshown
10 Dan. vi, II. in 1902"
At the Paris Exposition the great 12.C- Pc
lch De Bange gun attracts large crowds A
he gun is ~ feet long, and 10 weighs forty Al
wen tons. 10 throws q proiectile weighing Ga
50 pounds with an initial velocity Of 2,132 G.
ct per second It's range when tried last &
ay 40 The Colias proving grounds. was 81 &
lies 40 ten degrees elevation and IL 4-5 On
lies 40 an elevation OF thirty degrees. At &
.ort range it pierced steel armor 2362 De
ches thick. and at 1900 yards it pierced De
eel armor 1860 inches thick This gun on Fri
ard ship in the "pocket' OF Coney JeI
land could drop its ssO-pound shells in Lal
.w York city. Ie.
As one consequence of the royal we'd Lon
n.y. The Queen has directed that I'm future Mis
T. married daughters shall be officially de- y.
.ib 81 i'm somewhat different from tlan \.
hcrto. Princess Christian Will hencefonh MOI
termed the prl cess Christian Il y.
llosWlg-lOlstcin Prime Helena II \.
eat Britain and lrelandE' Princess Louise y.
D appear as "thc Princess Louise Marchs Or
css of Lorne Princess Louise Of Great Pac
tain and lrelaudF" and Princess Beatrice 1fea
''the Princess Henry Of Battenberg Grin r. I
: Beatrice OF Great Britain and Ireland. K. ,
be Great Britain and Ireland thus ided Roc
his connection for the first time will serve Sug
distinguish one OF these august ladies from st.
niece, who Will be officially described as Ten
O Princess Louise. Duchess of File (Prin- Tex
S Louise OF Wales" Uni
The health Of the Prince of Wales is We
a 10 bee a subject Of some anxiety among Il.
friends lie has never been "a strong Geo
- since his famous attack Of typhoid and Geo
.ly he has suffered much from varicose II. q
ms in tho Lex and govt in the eyes. lie is +. I
sed to be careful about the amount Of r. I
rsfln Ina f4Itas fp akUiI over tNcrfipU- RpAf