Field Marshal yon Moltke is studying a plan for the construction of a strategic railway through the harrow defile of Val d'Enfer, in the Black Forest, near Fribarg. celebrated for the retreat of Moscow in 1796. Lord Cbanwobth, examining Mr Blight's scheme for regenerating Ireland, shows that the cost of reclamation of the land will be £240,000,000, and £60,000,000 more must be advanced to enable the proprietory to carry on good cultivation, and asks, " If the State fulfils its duties, and advances this little sum, and whatever little trifle may be necessary to carry out Mr Bright's scheme for buying out landlords, what will be the price of consols P " " Have you a mother-in-law," asked a man of a disconsolate-looking person. " No," he replied," but I've a father in gaol,"
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3527, 15 April 1880, Page 2
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130Untitled Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3527, 15 April 1880, Page 2
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