NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 91, 8 January 1879, Page 3

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Northern Slates of America sent £300,000 to the yellow fever sufferers.: - ; ~ Of tea plant* there are nearly 500,000 acres undejgjvult ival ion m India. . A. Chicago, hotel |}.«? an^rislr female cqok. who stands 6 feet 1L incljWin her hoseV - At.Munich: the soldiers have been forbidden to visit 23 public- houses frequented by Socialists. :•;■•■• : , '' v^, ■ - The death is announced of the Swedisl) composer Lincb.kd, who was the instructor of Jenny Lind. : ; . i ; A mammoth has been found at Bois de la Balis, near Geneva. No such fossilihas been discpv^red' in the canton singe 178(J' ~- .-A monument' bWn^has erect ed'atChamonnix to Jaigues Balmat, who was the first to ascend Mount. Blunc. i .;. ;4:><:A man living m Cook County, Texas, hag a- set of furniture made from the treo "on. which his father was, hanged, i Since the' 'epidemic of 1870) Gfolvcston'hns . been kept clean aml'drained, it has xvi yellow fever I his year. - ' * '..';'.' Qunij run wild in-flte sheets of Nevada City, and tUe' country Is full' of them. ' ■ The jDucjiess of." Edinburg'a girl-bahy **' -^ Victoria's' twenty-sixth grandchild. ■; A man of ninety-two yenra has just. m.ar : ried a wot^an of twen.jp- four at Gainesville., Ga. •■••'■■ * .. '•■ It is reported that after the 'Jose of the Exposition, the captive balloon, is Vtoz'be. taken to America. '" '' ; Lndy Carringtqn, one of, the rjch.e§t brides of the day, started on her wedding tour m a »itnple print, gpvjn. ' A Spanish lady has "aflpeare.d on tl\e Boulevards leading n pet doVe with a roie riblioii, instead of a scented poodle; Eight young women, m Celiiia, Ohio, lißvo become 4 bnaas. band. Next June, if all goes well, the gqlden wedding of the German Jimperor is to be -celebrated.with gr.cat p.omp and/ cerjsmon j m Beilin and Potsdam!" ".;- A man; t\umc,d Wadhams, of Nnpay hns patented ngnipe crusher and stemmer that will crush and'stem grapes for 5000. to I'O.OJOO or wine iii-'teh hours. The inundation which.. carried awjvy.the dyke on the Damietta branch of : l"hV : Niie; immerso/1 80,00p acf.es of land, on whichivyer^, 15 v^lages. ••».-. The nopuliition of Memphis — usually, m.ore than 40,000— is now, as is 'estimated; reduced by the yellow tß.ver-,f right to 250Q whiles; and $06.0, blnc-ks. ' " j v -^.^ A rich deposit, of eoitl, sufficient .fpr" /'tlVio «up|\l.v of nil South America fora ions; "perib'd has been discovered Chala Altsj, m KaWi.' ' ' if r John affirms tlmt-t'hb eject ric light oti a'lafge scale can be produced nt hnU' the coit t.f gas. . ; \i Tlie, Pope has ordered a massive gold crown dfcorafed with jewels," to 'be ' patented 'to Einij Metielik, p,f Shos, South Abyssinia. Mr John Steward.. G-ovenor of A^irdrie prison, who was struck with a cricket^baO died from the effeoi.s.of the injunles.' About two-thirds of the tunneling of'-the St. Gp/har^ . Ra^aj. is coinpletsd, 11,200 ;nef»w out of a total 'c'sl limited leiifijtii^of H 9O0 ' ' ' ''- i .-.:. A trades exhibition, will he helrl nß.xt.year m Berlin, the. building for which Ijas^ been;djsfinitely designed. %i is to coVer 20,000 squre .met re's. * ' ' ■'■ ' ;.':{tJi";.":-o The race o,F Gluck is extinct. T. he last survivor, an Austrian officer, t he Char*tie v r-Fer-riinntrd-G-lwfk;- died; rejc>en,t\v at ' Aschaclr, a villiage pii r i h,e Diuiuhp!.^ ' ' "' i " !l Tri accordance 'wit At an oj-der- is&mrcl. by the Dukej>f Bpdfrtrd a fortnig.nt a^.>.alj Sunday. tfndin'r i« hencr forth to be p'rpliibjite'd at"Coyent Garden Market. ' ' ' A teiicher at Sp'merj'ijle, Mass., is said to punish -children hy-t yh'ig strings Vouiid t heir ankles BO ; tightly that the skin is burst, m places'.' •:" ■' ' ' ■''■ " ■■■"•'■' '.:_-• -■' ■ '.■ Th» Sultan is reported' to,, be growing •.re^tire un : ler the. -English pressure for ro° ■ forws^ ilies, fears ho is to b.e made a British : ; rn«al. „,V>; . :;.;. :, '._ *:*■ ■;"'■* ! Tlie'S.ussmns nnd Bjiigarians' hnd a.»an.ittuinHry fight nt Jamboli be<-rtuse the R'us^ ' fians endeayoiired to stop the . trtaltreatment. "of the Turks'.' : M>nr of the R««---•iahs and Bulgarians were "killed and wounded;l^ . = •■■-•;•• ' .;,:••..•;" '"-v; -!>l) •■'-■■'- '" V : Fo^Qvrihgft-he. example of thp hereditary Prince and the Princes^); Bathim, . t"li'e. motjier: of the-Khedjve; hhs ajso ceded id the Coin.mitt.cc of -Inquiry; WjJ.fher, est i^tes, ihe nnnual rental of \y hiplv. timounte'd' : to £2Qo^Opi; .... "-: .;; """ f ' GeueraL Chanzy, .. Governor ; o,f, Algeria, h«s .been p.r.eiient eriwii h 2 t he^Grarid 'Cross ;Afv t *^.P/^f^ in: °fv^?l o H.^~.W.'ii'Hi"now:Yhat Tncnrtf "marshalaliips sire not' "fi'ljed^ap^ is the highrit honour lie' could liave receirf d. ;, „ ; ljK«'A t «'? all VMini»t : er of the Interior is pwpnf.i»g a. h]U for the encourasfeinpnV. 7 of targot practice. He hn3given'a;fubsc;ript,io,n of 3000 franc* to the S.ocie'tr of Vnarksnieln pfth«-Ynlltellin(r " — ; - l''^,"'.* ■ Ifciyors m Italy do rot apnearf to- con-' •;"?«^l; : a :B»gIi ■ I|ir(cet ii|!)e MayoV ip^'Fiis}Rniuvo^ hanr Bologn,aj wa< cirfie'd * 6;ffc by .byrjwas. rekased. 6n paving a tKppuyoT £^C. ';'-; ;'f 'f 1 spr ■•" ?%s!s l^ eri »'«.f flj^???' ipnjof axjj.lnt.er- : n M^ l "ll> a r k -w.»ndv Kwgam ff ailsh'ne'hWn l ■l-accep^eclj b^y. the \Sii£te. ,§o t vernaiqn^ pf New ■ Yo^k,- ■ >% '* -v' ?• '' " ' . Tiie,No,Pw«gi!in . erigi^ee^ hi^ro fohnd that 1 ;.the -p^ohleih ofvw,pj'.ki|ig mines irilynplnnd, i-waj^esQlved^hy-n^u^By^roiigJijtheLnlpn' s" l l9,'T6 r nea ynlley? the Bothnia; ■•reek across 1 t ire fl^pHnfains..tpJ-}i^Nor«,fr Sll,- 1 w^jei-e'cpal jean ;p.i;o.cured' from It, ? .i..An>Rrmy pen^onfr^named Berri'nr^Sfncej ■ died, m £he. Bnierjcay- \Yoj-lfious4 Essex. ■ rrcent ly.at t (je adfjin'ced^ige of 95. He had ! "^'■{•'•«^n,niedßrfdate^ IS47\ Wth If) dasos' :ff m..*ng»geni« ?^ B ''l^p-rtugnV Spain, arid Frnive, iind*.n(ienMed a p«ision of Is Id :jfrr;davrforss;j;fi_ij;f>^ 'i ' ' f thnt2ooof :thp/^asft*^idJn%j«.sin (jie to^i, have y h'^n,bur)iis!l doAvriby^npxphjiion which res;ilted m«i fire,', - : Tlie^ firs « >ni tn- e -fif:e*d~aT t,liß. Govern njenfc -hakcriu's,' an 1 tpwirds :ita ; c]o«e. ignited a utoVe^tJi a lajjge" nu'mbei^of rifle cartridge*. The, beat ojuirjer,. in.the town is ? burrit;'dojim;;;}* .'."-'.•.'; t / ■•".'. i : ->:' - ) Curioiis .«dvertisen^<;jit from, t,he German paiierr-I'ToJJ!^ about^ tpl'get'marri«l—<Tho wedding '/troiisHcnu of '-Prince-Fr'a;hc.ia.-Boni hpim'slnjece to be disp.oVe(f of for £.1,09^ The same cost three times Alife.n^oiicjr ' .... '<•" ' ' " - ■' - ./ Experiments are, bemg mi^flo at Oflcssv •wil4in-newkjnd of rwsci filled the " fish. ..I? o ?.*-:." .. cn H bejnadfi-r'tydive im.-nfld re ! -' -mnin I' 20 hours tinder wfrf cr, a man heinw m" side nil the time; who Vis able to navign"e it. in-nuy directiofa^s plcapes, niribeinffpiippirett f rom-«-«e.«pirroir. The inventor is'said ta ba ayoune Tol ."; ' The iniM-ea.-e of B.hp.vtfighlp(lnesa is qthtij plained of m Ali«nca In a college of Mut liouso, 50 out qi 23* atudenta w^ro Ityelj

found short sight ml, the three higher classes showing 63 per cent. This is attributed to studying -by twilight and by night with insufficient light. The oldest man, no.fr. only m Hesspn, hnt probably on the Continent -.of- Europe, has died m the village of Kirchbwcht, near , GHoiilwifsen. ..-It. was .the* "fnrincr Florin n Wiesshiuipt, who attained the respectuhle age of 1 ; 18 years, although he hurl to submit, ~tlir(>uj>hout- his whole life toprivat ions and hardships. . In Denmark tliere' is a spe"einl school, yfhe^tf girls ale instruct ed m all the duties of dniry management and accounts. The fee is Ml 8s p&v" month, and a diploma for a- pupil is tantamount to, a fortHne. A paper carpet is, Jnow made m England designed .to imitate parquet flooring, the paper, being -printed m patterns to resemble different woods f»om phot graphs. The crevices, are filled with plaster of- Pari3, gijt] tKo whole c'pateii with""durable varnish. ISt «- letter; tp tho^G/ai^jthe |Duke of Westminstpr.says :— '" fam sorry to besuppo«e«l to have committed the absurdity of haying a peal'of bells mude of silver, andjat a cost bf,^3Q,ooo. They tvra caitainly not made of/.aiivep, and theircqst is oonsiderablv under £2000." Pray do me the kindness of t'pntriidielin»|the:report."- • ' -* ,No worjder. they; have:- a -pfcigqe. at New Orle:iiis. ; . The 2?t>M^ of thafieity, says that four thousand loads of kitchen garbage, had .bten. hauled : t> the dump-.nT.grounds ,hv..- the city cart s, have^ been .Uraig lit ba<rk by the pontriietbr? and used to isil up streets m thor front' part of the city. This is siid to have happened wit li'in- the- present year,, and \yas. m progress 'i*t lh«limej)l v the breaking outqf the fevqr. ' ' !