The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
RINGING OF BELLS ID BE RECORDED Pope Is Anticipating With Pleasure of Opening of
 Campanile

Rome, March 3.-(Special.-The Pope Is looking forward with the keen
 est anticipation to the opening of the new Campanile at Venice next month. After 10 years of silence the bells,
 which his holiness gave the Campanile
 many years ago when he was patriarch
 of Venice will ring out on that occa-
 sion.
 | The holy father has arranged to have
 the first ringing of the bells of the new
 Campanile recorded on the gramaphone.
 This he will keep in his library, and
 when he feels homesick he will start
 the record. close his eyes, and the fla | miliar sounds of the bells will almost
 make him believe he Is pack in his be- 1 loved Venice.
 | The health of the Pope Is rema rkably good these days and he is not only
 stronger but is in better spirits than he has been for a long time.
 In an improvised prison chapel at
 Milan romantic marriage took place between an Italian convict and beauti- ful 1S-year-o damsel About eight years ago, a young felIow, Michael Pig
 zulli, by name, belonging to well to
 do family at Ginosa, near Taranto, fell
 madly In love with Maria Montrone,
 little girl only 10, and, unable to ob-
 tain here there and then in marriage, Pizzulli abducted the mild. for which offense he was condemned to 16 years 1 imprisonment.
 Prosecution for offences of this na-
 ture in Italy is reserved to private ac- 1 tion, but through revenge and an old l enmIty between the families concerned, i the girls parents persistently turned a ] deaf ear to Pizzullis abiding desire to /! wed Maria, and had not her own con-
 stant attachment been shown for her 1 imprisoned lover the hearts fo her kins- folks and the acquaintances would not have been softened and Pizzulli would have had to expiate his crime till Octob- er 1920 The other day however, con- vict No 1882 was taken in prison
 grab to an improvised chapel, where he found the beautiful girl, whom he had not set eyes upon since the tragic day. and whom, indeed. he failed to recognize. waiting with open arms to welcome him.
 1 Amidst a scene of intense emotion the marriage contract was signed and sealed in the presense or large gather Ing of relatives on either side, all of whom seemed eagerly glad to forget
  vision of the Italian penal code the convict bridegroom having repaired his fault with the full consent of the of- tended families. was straightway pro- vided with civilian dress, escorted 10 l the prison gates and set at liberty his | old warders congratulating him on the way, and cheering his departure. l An army of peasants, exasperated by | the sale of a much frequented forest
 property, which had hitherto belonged
 to the public, sacked the municipal
 buildings at Patrica, on the River Cosa,
 near Milan.
 l After soaring the purchasers, who
 were about to fell the trees, a howl
 ing crowd of 500 villagers, armed with spades and pitchforks, marched to the
 town hall. Failing to force the main entrance. they stripped off the roof.
 and descended into the offices, where
 they flung out of the windows all the l registers. papers and furniture they could lay hands upon. A big bonfire
 was made of the same in the public square. The local police were powerless
 to intervene, and no endorsements were forthcoming for i6 hours.
 An extraordinary watzing match in
 which eight couples took part was held
 at Alessandria Piedmont
 l The dancers began at 10 o'clock in the l evening and did not cease until they were compelled to do so from exhau- | stion.