The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-06-10
ron Erux NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Peru has offered inducements to Amer.
leans wanting to settle in that country.
The first railway to Jerusalem will
probably be opened In the spring of next
year.
There Is an unusual number OF mar.
riages taking place In the famine districts
Of Russia.
English capitalists are completing ar.
engagements to explore the coast OF Pata.
gonia for minerals.
The Bank Of England reserves continue
to increase. Confidence that the imme
date future will bring solid flow OF
business is general.
According to report recently pub
lshed in Germany, there were, In 1889,
$3.50 workmen killed in accidents and
81, ,3s2 seriously injured.
Out Of 80. 289 births in Scotland during
the last three months Of 1891, 2.344 were
iilegitimate. In the rural districts the
percentage was highest.
Two ducal palaces In London are said
to be in the market, ono Of which, Devon.
shire House, in Piccadilly, stands on
land that is worth E1 ,000, 900.
According to the new military laws OF
the Turkish Empire. the Turkish army
on war footing will be increased shortly
from 700, 900 to 1000, 900 men.
1t is stated that over 40. 900 persons
land at Joppa every year in order to
make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and
other spots celebrated in sacred history.
The new Grand Duke OF Hesse, Ernest
Louis, will, for reasons Of state, forth.
with seek wife. He Is twenty -foui
years Of ago and quite good looking foi
a prince.
railway extension has been COM
pleted which joins the Cape Colony with
the Orange Free State aud provides di.
rect connection between Natal and
Johannesburg.
Worlds Fair antiquarians note the dis.
covsry In Guayaquil Of AL ancient chro-
nometer, which from the date AMI In.
scription Is believed to have belonged to
Pizarro's party Of conquest.
In 1875 the output OF the African mines
WAS 800, 900 carats; last year it was over
1000, 900, aud the great trust" which
controls all the principal mines assert
that they have 100000 900 carats "in
sight" at the present time.
Seven hundred and fifty persons arc
now undergoing prosecution in the Ger.
man courts for disrespect to the EN-.
peror. OF this number nearly all
are editors or proprietors OF newspapers.
who: have criticised the Emperor's
speeches.
At Gotta, in Saxony, persons who did
not pay their taxes last year are pub
lished In list which hangs up in all res.
taurants and saloons Of the city. Those
that arc on the list can get neither meat
nor drink at these places, under penalty
Of loss Of license.
At . certain place in Northern Bo-
hemia the following notice was ;, be
seen up to u recent date: "Any person
crossing this bridge any quicker than
walking pace will be fined 1fr. 1Okr. il
unable to pay, ten blows, with a stick.
The infOrmer to get half. ."-Solothurnsr
Tageblatt.
The most remarkable railway robber OF
modern times. the gentleman bandit OF
romance, Athanasius, the Greek, who
has been living and practicing his "pro-
fession" for years in the cold glare Of tho
last decade Of the nineteenth century,
has reformed and become a gentleman
farmer in the famous Vale OF Larissa.
He raises orchids when he can, and talks
over his wine about the days when he
raised purses.