NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 98, 18 September 1878, Page 3

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Siifr^ilvoiasand troops are. garrisoned inEansafc|»eseat. ■' ; ■; • j -/ , tgarajim'g'ciTcjus recently took £,19,000 m tw&nty»three days. /./ ' '"'■ J ''- yi \ f ft Minuerote has nwre, flouring milli J than any other State m the Union, j - counted ; twenty-six times ,wl*iis being r<jnadfe.,§^ ';;.?; i e ■ <^u-:-h .->:U^' : f -..■', b JoJtisie^tim»j(^djthftt.Aifte!iicfiii tourists will leave over-^OQO^OOa ia Europe rthis^atv,; ,j.,.- ,:,.,' : j . I.'-. '^ Cohden Olnji of Ipndon has passed 1 re^ «olqtiofifli'of regi-et on tHe'deatU of Brjant x one of its oldest honorary members. i " Sf! — -The Greeks kept no cats.-They domesticateiiitlie w«a?el,-au4 with, it hiuited r/^sVr/v:-"' ,;.,;• ';■■_ -_ ; ;- •:• ■V amencji ; gp^nd» ! ; M4o&M4XX>i<m ■trong driiilcs ; Eilglaiid, with : 6»QOOiDOQJ } less.^Qp > nktidariei63,ooO >> OOa , ; ; woman has been, cbmjnitted for trial on the charge of having' -TRmwiered her; two children (twins), ; a : cn § r; Schugler ? ay.s 0 New Jork isiih,e, oirtie, st city" m the world, exceptr ;i ' >>^ ; i,ov7 ! -^i ::■>;( drawne|l at down a.ll eflabankmiferit into 'tiife'^rive'r nwoiSeTCral New . MTCr ; ;OompanyJ shares sold ,by, ; auction m ■■■••• -''old- woman named M'Carty, a urJwAi^c^ Limerick;, has just becomg'a jmilliQnaire.bjtlie death of a brftthfer-Sil America." ''":' V' : _ -v-a,-. : ■'••"." t '-":^^ ! .:«, .; A new esplanade donstpucted at a cost Of £10,0Q0i lias been opened,* extending the parade at Hastings and Stl^eonard 's to about three miles. * :" \ „. >:Jo^^^%ert and Menotti aaribald?" *&s'&]&! coiieeiyed a X^M; an^.?ndunngfrieadship lorlesicli ..;-.oiher.._. :;;:.,J.. r .;...;.";^.; ."■■.'L"lu"*'.'. ! " i '■{ ■^ r: -^-/^-^??*'-^^^'-*K'*^ifi|pi and Malibr^n.Gi i aeia,|h>g'rea^ prima ! , dojina. ha^ !>e©enlty appe>r|d iii London ■ ; J^apiia^ip^-_ : ;. ;: ' y ;;';v f :^ ; ' ■'■S, fc^ 8 P^S generation -ft r erich pjiysicians, the^practice of : jnedicihe ou^ht tbbe thrdWh open to allmen, provided they do not usurp the title of "doctor," * v

f-Tlr Rimmel has has- invented- a new Apparatus called, a myrpgene, to extract the aroma pf flowers m- a few seconds;.' V ; Key T. :i Richard, a missionary at Cheefoo, China, has 400 inquirers under instruction. This large number, of dis? ciples-is said to be due to the measures bf .relief taken for sufferers by the famine last year. ... . >r - i The elevated railway m NxSw York City is more than fire miles m length, and the, trip ! between terminal joints, including one stoppage, was made m 16 iminutes. r% „.-, r - ,- _.- r ] It is . a somewha^astoiittding f abt that |83_per_ pent, of _the.population of New YorK oity are foreign, or of foreign parents, whilgt^pnlyl7 per ,c«snt are pure. iandunadulteratfedinative^.^C ij f. The greatest living orator m France, land possibly the world, is Father Mon- ! sabre, who is preaching at Notre Dame. i He leaves his cell once ayea* toido this j duty, ' v ' The *slage i route- from Fort Worth, , Texas, ts ; Yiima, Arizona^" 1560' miles long, isthe^pngest m; the, world, r r: r , There are Bb,oro^ewsiiilTe,w'York; or more than ten times as many 1 as|in' Jerusalem, and their wealth, is estimated? at £4,000,000, , - ' --.■ . ,;• . During 1877 ;no less than 122)' persons were killed on railways. in s the; Jlnited, Kingdom, the injured being nearly five times that number. ; — .- The Rev L.K. Boyle, .pflndiajaopolis, Ind., recently shot himself -because he could not: face his appetite for liquor. .ferthfe.'Perk>n " -.Gazette. " the telephone "was invented by Fo jWiflg^: wKo flduri§^fe3l in<t&e^uthj century, , ; . A smgularjanniversary is /to^beheldr at Pompeii next. year—to eel ehrate the destruction ! of : thai' city and Heroulaneum 1800>years ago., , ; , r v r - r . r . -a Signora Zenoni Gamboa, the gifted lady who m 1872 ; was^such ; a favourite with lovers of Italian opera,, died m Italy about six months ago. .■ X ij ,;'X .i The two richest, widows m California are Mrs Coleman and" Mrs M'Dbnough. Their combined wealth amounts to four ■ millions. c :; t <---' _-'■'-■-/-• A Mississippi paper says- H&at land can be bought m that State' at ten cents an acre, but the people prefer whiskey^ at fifteen cents a drink. - ~"' ; q The -• secret, of Stanley's recent put? rageous actions m England, is said to lie an the/£act;shat he had been jilted, andr has taken it really to heart, v ' °~" " As many as 7000 salmon are often taken at one haul of the seine m Alaska, ■ some-of them-weighing^frQttv,jfp|'tj : five i to one hundred pounds each. :, Charles Reade has made up his mind hereafter to instruct rather ; thaai^muse^ thie public^ ; BTe announces that he ijwill; ;'^fearth)£ masks pfe of MrongSi^rjPors^ |and corruptions^ 'ahdtset them bleMfwngi untiljlhej; are fre^ed." ; " ;' - y-y;i Sir Barnes M f Garel-Hogg, M.P., presided at *the opening of. a, new set rof baths and washhouses^whicfi Have beeft, erected on the site of the old Fitzrby markct^Tpttenham-courtftoad, at a 'cost: of 335.00& ; -:■ ■-■.::- ;,*.■•._ -..o - An artesian well at Pesth, Hungary, 1 which, 7 .supplies,.,hpt water, has now reached a 'cleptti of 1000 yards; J andv When completed will be the deepest of its 'kind.'" ■■,'/■,, y ',~ t .. .._ ( ... ... . .; ■-..';. ; _ i Being alwaySj'birtlteii^coritraeti at the ! disposal of the Grdvemmenfc,, tjie iP. & ; O, Company could, if permittsecljto modify the. mail service, on an emergency con--,vey/in their vffeet ,x»f 44 vessels'nearly 30,000' troops : from'lndia to- Hkltafper month,. _\ ' .... '■■-'- - : CardinarM^anning/ih%recent sermon defined ".soqiety. "as a," conspiracy, of .fbol-s^- iashipni'i custom^ mutual flatteyy. eatings dr^jfig and; refined.^rdness o^ : heart,'!. :.. i'-.., ,:,,;-,.,-. • <■ v . ■'-'■• ■■•' , ; ; At ( the ;J?arss Exbibitipn^ Norway has .fishsWns/'/tann^cf. gloves,; eel-skins tanned for harness* ! shark-sking,;iien f.eet long by -three ..feet'."^^^!^'^^ ' varidus and jwhaleVsKins, sixty feet lqng^ for driving : bands for machinery.