News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-03
Foreign.

Foreign.
Mr.. Ba!four introduced new land bill
into Parliament involving the purchase and
Improvement of the Irish farms and the es-
Enlistment of Il land department.
Mr.. Arthur Rothschild has recently sold
his collection of postage stamps for sixty
thousand dollars.
For some weeks an elegant gold watch. the
gift of the Canadian Government to YAM
kee seaman in recognition of a remarkable
deed of gallantry, has been awaiting its own
er at the Castine Custom House. On Sep
TENDER 10 last, in heavy gale off Matinicus,
the schooner AroostOok, homeward bound,
fell IN with the water ,ogged wreck of a St.
John vessel. The captain of the unfortunate
craft and his wife had been swept overheard
and lost. Four sailors, however, were cling
ing TO the sinking hull, and Capt. Bradford
of the Aroostook called for volunteers to
rescue them. Seaman George Colson of
Bucksport stepped forward, and he and
Capt. Bradford launched small boat and
peril of their lives. All endeavOrs to find
COlson to acquaint him of the gift awaiting
him have filled. His relatives at Bucksport
have heard nothing of him since December,
when he was at Rockland, and they fear that
he is dead.
Mr.. Gladstone has sent donation Of f10
toward the fund which is now being raised
10 cliuOW du Oiu CatHOHC DtSUOpTlc Ill AUS
tria as memorial to DR.. Dollinger.
A locksmith at the German court. having
a chance to speak few words to Bismarck,
seized the opportunity to express his graft
tude to the Emperor for giving the workmen
the chance of speaking in the Staatsrath. II
wish His Majesty would give the word for
dinner" replied Bismarck, testify sit is long
in coming"
Robert Richardson-Gardner has resigned
IL D.. To n
Windsor, and is a conservative.
Proof sheets of several of Browning's
poems, together with letters TO Critic Hay
ward, were sold at auction in London,
Thursday, at prices ranging from 600 to $50
each. A collection of Burns manuscripts of
songs brought $50, Byron letter f32. and
Il letter from the first Napoleon TO Josephine,
prior to their marriage. f25.
The Berlin correspondent of the Lon
probably decline the Dukedom. Count Her.
bert Bismarck will probably be appointed
Ambassador TO St. Petersburg or Constanti-
nop!e. Capriyi WAS at one time expected to
succeed Count Won Moltke."
The Vienna Tagblatt says that the inter-
view between Emperor William and Empe-
ror Francis Joseph, which was originally
fixed to take place during the coming au-
tumn, will occur much earlier, owing to
Emperor Williams desire to explain the sit
IiatiOn arising from Prince Bismarek's retire
mcnt TO the Emperor of Austria.
The Car has become victim Of the opium
habit. and his splendid physique is rapidly
weakening.
Minister Fred Grant says he and his wife
are having delightful time in Vienna.
Lawrence Barrett is going from Nice to
Paris, and viii make long stay in the latter
capital, until his health is restored.
'.Royaist Society,"" writes Mrs. Crawford
to the New York Tribune, "does not break
its heart about the captivity of the Due de
Orleans. The Dowager Duchess de Luynes,
the Princess de Sayan and their sets are bent
on pleasure at Cannes and Nice, and have
been in the thick of the Flower Tourna-
ment." The Faubourg Saint German is
lively with grand dinners and receptions,
even i'm Lent. For n long time it remained
in s1ckcloth and ashes under the Republic,
but has come to the sensible conclusion that
it is useless to su k eternaly.
The Prince of Wales and wife are IN Ber-
lin, the guess of the Emperor.
In many parts of Switzerland the villagers
are retreating to the valleys, enormous ava
lanches being imminent.
Capt. Pell of the steamer Boston CITY,
which put in at Halifax last evening short Of
coal, reports a very tempestuous voyage of
% days. during which the vessel was consid-
erably damaged.
The Glasgow dockmen's strike has col
lapsed.
The Ulster Tories approve the Land Pur-
chase bill, regarding the security as sound.
Antrim, is greatly pleased with the measure.