The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-17

ments of Amiens and Normandy drew
upon himself the hatred of all classes
and he was apprehended on the bridge
of the Louvre and was killed by the
guards in April, 1917. His wife was
, accused of sorcery and sent to the
stake in the same year. The town has
a population of about 1000.
Wavre-A Belgian town, Is miles
southeast of Brussels. where Grouchy
gained useless victory over the Prus-
SLAMS while Napoleon was being de-
feated at Waterloo. Before Grouchy
reached Wavre, at the head of $4,000
men, the opening rour of the cannonade
at Waterloo was heard. He was urged
by his generals to march toward the
south of the firing but he refused to
take their advice, and pushed on to
Wavre, where he found Thielemann's
passage across the Dyle. The Prus-
SLAMS were victorious at first but to-
wards noon the next day, overborne
by sheer weight of numbers, they were
forced to retire toward Louvain. Gou-
chy's victory was barren. Wavre has
a population of about 10000. Its man.
and hats.
MysIowitz-One of the newest towns
| Nf nota hoe hi dol ao
back only to 1857. 1t is On the navi
gable river Przemsa, which is spanned
by an iron bridge, at the other end of
which is the Polish town of Modrze-
iow.. Myslowitz is also just across the
border of Austrian Galicia. 1t is AZ
miles east of Ratibor, AZ miles north
of west of Cracow. and 100 miles south
east of Breslau by rail. The town is
an important junction of railway lines
to Lemberg and Vienna. Extensive
coal mines are worked in its vicinity
It's other industries include tlax-spin'
ming and brick making. The town has
population of about $4,000.
. Teschen-A town of Austrian Sile
STA, So miles south of west Of Cracow
and ten miles south of the German
border, where Maria Theresa and Fred
erick II signed the document which put
= an end to the war of Bavarian Success
sion in May, 1879. 1t is an old town
and was the capital of the Duchy Of
Tescehn, which, after 1898, stood undel
. the suzerainty of Bohemia. At the ex
tinction of its male line of dukes IL
1925 it became direct apanage Of thu
! Bohemian crown. In 1905 it passed
into the hands of the Archduke Fred
erick, whose assassination brought OF
the present conflict. The town o
Teschen has a population of abou
:. $4,000, over half of which is German
It is on the Olsa, a tributary of tn
Oder A square tower, dating iron
=. the. 18th century, is the only relic o
the towns ancient castle. Furnitur
- and lumber are it's principal manufat
. turing products.
BIeiitz-An Austrian town, "A mile
y west of Cracow, eight miles south G
the german border, and 80 miles souti
- east of Troppau by rail. The tow
was founded in the 18th century, an
was a fortified place in the 18th an
10th centuries. 1t is situated on tn
" Biala river, just opposite the Galicia
town of the same name. Its woole
- and linen industries are important an
it manufactures jute and machiner,
1t possesses a fine castle.
-, ST. MihieI-A French town on tn
~ Mouse river, 20 miles east Of south
Verdun and % miles from the Lo
-. raine border, which figured prominen
ly in the quarrels between Louis XII
and Charles w, duke of Lorraine,
., the 18th century. Charles had incu
Nv red the wrath of Louis by harborir
French indictments within his Ouch
BY the Treaty of Vic of 1881, Charl'
" agreed to desist from supporting II
=. enemies OF France, but he broke h
" word and the French troops took pc
70 session of st. Mihiel. Bar-le-Mousst
~ and Nancy, in 1888. The strong for
~ fications and two castles of st. Mini
~ we're completely destroyed by the roy
~ armies. The town dates back to Il
earliest period Of France. its Benedl