NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 99, 21 September 1878, Page 3

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Too 1 many strawbißmes caused €fort^ aenafcofPs latest illness. ! . .j ; I The rA^sts/Qprjijst/tttrijrei oui f<s inspection 620 strong. o \| i. It is generally agreed now thait-the, introdttc^on ofiarial by jury m Rnssia! RuMia'was-pi^matnre'. 1 -. ".". i'rypKe i Puc^e,Ch»ml)ord. r^ot - beinga^^^^^^ 'tor^le oirer France, is about' purchi»sina one ott|ie|[yerea Islands. i ' An "undergraduate, named O'Connor .toM^f 6^^? l^^ .tbft upsetting ,w..Sf*»iTii;i,'i-,(.-.rV. l! ; ! ;^!.- 'I ,)] Ui .. An^encahas^ntpi^^^OPimissionaries to convert Ih© Turks to Christianity. „■, A, pew central flre^ngine station. f6r< l) '%6tisoxi, whicV lia's'cdst n jg7o,oooi was; opened m" the :-86\ith*a]$k bridge road on Batur4ayi^; ■■ i ii. -:d . ■-;-'-^»f---1 Texas boasts of an ancient and affecttionate cample (jf 103, and 102, Mr Robin-: A^ jßorflbrotei l Earned Daly l tas| b^en sentenced to fire year^ penal serVitude h ' «fc>>L*\serpool, for obtaining" £4600 by fictitious securities. , -'W 1 -„ , f£^g v ßns«an Gp^ernineat h«s decided to abolish , trials m clases of at--1 for' 'political i j '. Jbao.ti^af.- o-; q to:! k> n./.1,^)- t -l^f: <' .' ;.• ,4 j .;.T^%aQti^,^d;^Qacli^i.g-';story of : ' «*'Piiul aijd ■Vjrginiar" .is, scarcely ap rJ ! ■ J-'iHwaated itf con-' .-.>■• .sideredi jbo.o tame r for "Sgrownittp-persons top^as.sippate-.forelnldre^.,; ; '/ One' of tlie most attractive and pb- - pulkr feattftcs : of' the 1 ; {PaW^xhibiton: i;s;thei?4isijlfey V.of the superb Piilman palaee^and sleeping care m the Amyri^' ''^can' section. . .;•'*')' The ball which wa& giren ■ by jlibrd • • Lyons, the £i-ifa*l* , Ambassado'p, at'th'e opening pf thaExpositioni cos^. JEJ4OOO, and is s-poken of ' as'ine most brilliant fete ot the^^ season i; . »— • «ft. | t . The; bust of ;-tlie .Princess of Wales •• 3's©oks verychafining' m the English! JEfine: ; the^JbaSe ik abor'v«,ffer of cpihrnou field daisies; 1 very efEec-' tiva. ■'•.;. :-. ■:'■:.': : -- : ' - ; : : . - • The , Socialist demonstration against •the Crown PrJnce b£ Germany apipears .fo.'hav^beeh' ihe 1 work' exclusively of •^; Oerniatt artmn^esident^iii London. . .... A ; =. f l^esh 1 face v wiir shine 1 from the, >t American,; Jecturev platform ' next'iriuter—toat of Hr Alexander Forbes,

-the^famoos-r-waTu corresponde' i t > pf»» the Epndon "Daily News, "who will' tell v^iat/ he t saw of (sghtingv between Ma& Eu§sisns.ajad Tories. ?°J [ ! i ;>;. ; % Two of Bismarck's nieces, who quitted .Gprmanyrin disgust^ on aqcount off sorde < lifctlp dpme'st^C; difficulty, are f goveVnesse r s m a very aristocratic family m Londbhi The discussion as to whether r bearing-. reins should or should'! ftotibei /usedlfor* horses m harness is still carried on with as much ' ji^ur and'asfmuch /diversity | opinion as ever; ''"'.'-' J ' ' ~' ' A feeling which, affects at one and the same A\ta& doHsiaeK^le/numbersi of men m the American cities, m Eussia, m Copenhagen^" and itr Berlin can scarcely be regarded as only a, passsing delusioav-V^A n;:y X t--'* J »™'> '& Br Sohlieman is building jhimself> a< house m Athens. He has given his,, little daughter the ancient name of Ah-' romache, and the two /-family ana,id servants are called Penelope and ' Briseiß.jm >^ «. c^,^ r , rjO -h n> « o c * \^ r SinW Ae>^S&^«Ef:«He;Mfcitf year £1,691.200 m soyereigns^ and half, sovereign^'haye beeii coined'atTtne Ebyal' Mint, Dnring theyear\3,74B,pQQ'Aus.i tralian sovereigns have reached the Bank of England. -V^- tnywri That adult re-yaccinatiom afford^ aill; butabsoluteprotectioft.from^small-pox, no one with, this evidence bef orb hito can reasonably, doubt ; for m these hospitals people^ are ,br/oughjb.^nto contract 4 with the mostyirulenft-fbfnfeof the disease.' : ( -r Juan Gbnzales, a Mexican living near Ebrt ..Goncfe /Texas, is *maA. to^e.the to a'ass-o u thrbwer l in4hl 4 wokd. riHe' ,thrqw6Tar lass'o, 22of fe. Ja] length /altopst as r accura'teiy r as a good* marKsmair could shoot with, ajraflei o'i /'/iff ,ni "The;. immunity from., smali-ppx .enjoyed by -the 'medibat onicefs!, i -nui'sesi" and othersemployed m small-ppxr hospi-^ tals hasofte'n^e'en? mentioned as ; bne' of the most p^werfjal r arguments>ia favour of adult re-vaocinatidn^ ' J - ' In Warsaw^several ladies/pf Mghlrjankl have organised an f Economical Dresa Club. Among ©ther-rule^jaddpteß is; one discountenancing^.- the changes recommended 'By^ s dressmakers and modistes, when these lack, artisticvalue. , - •'. In a recent debate m thehiHpiise_pf ; Lords on the Medical- Acts'.'lt was laid down that some unity .Ought to bein'irdOTb^d^to'thWs^stem^rexam^ for medical degree.in Great Britain: „ , - 'iSoifieifnVokanVlresc6es J ifl ? gobd^ servation have "the " Athenaeum says) lately been discovered ?in the Church of St : Apollinaris, yx Crosio. It is not "kown'by^whom t£ey were executedTbuF Italian critics speak m high praise of -:their;meri^i;;;;- ";^ ; . j~, : ■:■ - " ,~^ ■•p^-r -jzh >-^rh^sj|)^oS^Sspni£pf ; 'yS^-^rhicnV. ; io#iiipf r^®^ ''fib'aiieLal • ;;^distress,, riotous, C strikesV wet weither^hbt att^c^ons -of ■ ;the Paris" ErhibMon'^an^ '^fcimmineiit' war " —^has received a final, fatat^blow m the melancholy death of > the Duchess of Argyn : ; -' > 1 ' ''< . "• The new railway bridge over tn'e'Tay , has ijustibeen. opened. ; It.is two^milesf inlengthj. being the largest bridge over a running stream m thev.t^world; ; It' crosses a great tidal river, where the engineering I "d ifficulties' "'have "been 1 ' enormous. The total .cost is at£3sq,oPo. " " "" ■"■""".'.*'