NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 25, 29 January 1879, Page 3

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Mr. Kdison state* that he expect* shortly to perfect a liiega phone fur the ide»f.' . ./.<;, .-•■'j. : -- ■;'.'■■•- -. .'.. ' . BunyanV " Pilgrim's ' Progress " lias been- translated into Si«rvian.-.. „. , . J .A. fanner m Florida fainted m his' barnyard and the hog* alit up most oil hi* leg*. • ■■' t ' ■■ . 4-»v. : ..A.;.vf-.' -..; j •The Cape ParHment has bpen (\Uaolved, arid "writs hat's ; be'en jfcAiSdVfor a general e}^<iion.j r K ' ■"' " r Since 1865* the, £?iipwneck<?d Mariners* Society of Gerursiiy has saved j liOßliTes, 1 . Sir Samuel Baker i» abtfut to? maice a. tour to Cyprus aud afterwards tluxmgii , Asia Minor. • '• Tbt Turkish refugeeji m the Khpdispe ntountains -li%'ed priiJd pally- on-gouj* made of refuße botieM aud wateriueloii mxi. ■.:&;-*.■■■-.$- «^.-:./ jl.- ..■•-:.■! There werep696^aths»yfrotn ■vholera at Casa-Blinca^ 'Mwnwfcoj'iiet wrefrii Sept. ' 7 and 24. c^The epideinuv JH' Doiv de- i A few yjpar* ago,-p«tricheß could be j procured m South Africa for' the catch- 1 infji NoWjthey-Bell fo? an.vaverage .of,.' ::,£Snt>-pev.v£r," '■ '"'""' '•■;'■"/■ , ; ■;;•'■ Baron Hubret de>\ Se*e,, prandsn^ , of the adTocatewho defondea touisXVLon his trial has jiist dit'd ii'.Pam." Pans has, 66;(Hj« - London. 400,000, being niorc thaiv^arix^^^ Berlin^ Vienna, and^ewuForV^cbnibined^ 'L: -1 The Medical jPreft^iiieg' ibafc; ; oT«ir.; JOO medical men liaW "died during tliW yellow fcrer epidemic m the Mftkisv' tipni Valley. : ; .'■['■ y'^V'i^I \ : -- Holland is to hare ;onSHmoire•XTn.irertity, with bne facility only*— that of Orthodox -Protesrant TheoloKy. It is 'to be e«tablj«h*d^t}4"isterda^ri,;; : » t , i fbm biwiopn have, it is understood, come to a regnlution 'thatf m ffuture.l licenses shall not be glinted foeltlie re*v marriage according to thorites of the* Church of England of divorced persons. - ' r ;"-•;■ ; '_■ \-y-^\ •■ ; ... : . }:■;-'].' "-•;'/- Oom of ihSnewTltissian'stpim cr.nisers built at Philadelphia was launched on Oet 2L She is, of 1000 t«ni* but-den. mnd is expected to niaKe a speed of 14^ . knots at sea-- . -- -,-. f .;: ... • ' ,. ; , ~,,~~ :: i-. „.,.;, '.. _ „ Owing jtojthe frdqii^hcy of affrays among 4hr' jrnricnien employed on the Stfiothard Kasra& tjie Laiidrathof Uri has forbidj^^the^ wear'")?. deadly weApous.aiidi'tJ\p ialb r pf ? armVih"'i that canton. -*'■■■ ~>c: ;: - r '" '■■''■ ■^'■■:' "■' The Eastern nnset^ment threatenn. «ay« the Athek<?HM t tp^create' yet another snisance, a new /Eurapean laugimge. The Albanian*, in' vkssp'rifcinß "'tjieir I nationality,^ rlflim that. Albanian «hall! pe the official lahjjnage ''"of ''ihiir country. ::•'.■■-.■ .■;.■.;. i---i/;^ Accordinu to Swiss tables of rhor* tality just iswe^v B9i.fr ctfljiv initted-suicidetap.t $*•& %sss'} Uerla'iitt;: which is at the r»tf> of V mi *very 4600 inhaTntants, a greater .plr/tpjjp:tiqn,-th an obtains m any /bjtliof . J^oy^hiu^o^ An AfDeri?a ! h-|»iii>^?Wfftei^j^ hmtdrad iiiVl' *«iiiictiy tiio'uyand acres' of ; ■white oak tjmbe^d rij^neral land m Western VirgWi* ' 'w^fe srtfd fh New Yofkin large lofn for a h«lfp%nyan acre— probably tlir cljeaiJesti : isaie^ o land on -record. [.-.;. ? - : v *■ ~'> i-'-' '-V^^i. Bat«j# contains a ' JWj«K'*6pnlat^>^ of^^WPiOTo jionin x^.vi, v (js j inrefit, BflißMijprhan i» to.be fq.uni in •■■flip re^. ©MfurcTV. ..The.hms of the TtnipiW; contaip a nnmher ofnarrow-minded lres-' »ricticm»wlating.to the J.ews which i»; another MUntriari'li^e' long since been • diseontfaned; ;; f; , „.:,.."•. ...^; ;.., . _ '' Mr. Rv^^iirtiJowr,-oF 15, sWnd^ showed three mpvnr nt lioneyir fi^in a liitre m a *oom^6C? feet^fri>n»>fli«« ericmnd^ at the exhibition o&.the. 'Britiiih Bee Keeper*' isßonati^n ft. tSputb^X^Miaftoa m Anguxi lwi. Jue iiy^

was worked at .the address gjvenVafid M,r.. Winslow tcrrus Uie ptaduce * l cliim-ney-pot honey. The death is "announced of Prince Vii-i'ir-Vns.-tliCiliiiioflV w.ko was chief nil. jhe staff uf . ;j he garrison' of Sebasropot fluiiiig .' fuv Urimean war. In itToti fi<wasiiaiujid Assistant Minister of War, iryin- wyiich post Ue i'ei.u'ed ; ov^iug t• > fail,Mjgaie^iiv4i», ■•: .; • ■■■/ ■:-/ . ' , , It •tsffiujmounced froni' Ja*riaicß' that thtv R?gr4> rnsurrection m jSama ii.nz haa^baeh- quelled, and : tlikt- the ring-lettd^brs-^liavi.' been captured. ; The rising i;s sVid. to liaVe driginated m a disagree'meut between the negroes and planters ou, the V.ubieot of lab^r contiacts. Tlie reppriof the acting cliiefengineer. Jpr iri'igai ion m. the Bombay presidency, fur 1877-78, showsr. that diuung the last three years i th,ea.reaof land under irrigation has beeii more than! trebled.. . * The total area irrigated m 1877-& was 25,328 acre*. -..:■ —-;--. - ' The Manitkiir,of Bucharest,' published tlte aijpoiatmeut of a Jew sis a customs -d^ficia^ :-■, :Tlns appointment (a{ telegram^ saysj is regarded as evidence that the decisions' of th» Congress '/updni the Jewish question are being taken mto account by the Rouuiauiau.GrOverment. " Tlii) French Gpvemiueut has ordered a sratue and two busts of M. Theirs, for the. museum of Versailles, of ;M. (jruillaututv and the others, one for tluv mstitute^aiid one. for th» : native L'itv 'o£;t-he-iUuNtrious stateMmau, of M. OJiajMl and;?ilaclaJme Claude Viguou. --