General News.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4411, 22 February 1883, Page 2

General News.

A SENTIMENTAL SCOtTNDBEL. Missouri is just now rejoicing at the surrender of Frank James, brother of the famous Jes^e James, the outlaw whose untimely fate excited so' much sympiftKy among his friends and neighbors "in Missouri. Frank James, although not equal to his brother Jesse, did no discredit to the reputation of (he family. He has been engaged ip bank robberies innumerable ; stage coacheg hare gone in fear of him ; he has' even " stack up " trains, and travellers have trembled at his name for years past. After haying thus h?d a pre-eminently successful career, and for twenty years hating defied erery attempt at capture, he has surrendered to the authorities. He s»id T.—♦*'£ 'came to Missouri to try to regain a borne nai standing among her people. I have been outside of her laws for twetttyone yeArs ;' I have been hunted likje "it "Wild animal from one State to another; .1 hate known no home; I have slept in all. sorts of places—here to day, there to morrow ; I have been charged with "nearly -'every great crime Committed in either Missouri or the neighbouring States'; 'I have.been taught to suspect my de srest and. nearest friend of treachery, and where ii the end to be? , I am tir^iof this life of. taut norvfs.of, night riding and day hiding, of constant listening for footfalls, crackling twigs, rustling leaves, and creaking doors; tired of seeing Judas on the face of every friend I-own—and, goodness knows! I. have none to spare; tired of the saddle, the revolver,-and. the cartridge belt; tired of the hoofs and horns with which popular belief, has equipped me; and I want to sea if. there is not some wayout of it.". He now expresses a hope that he may be-allowed, after all this, to lead, a quiet life, aad " aid in, the protection qf the SUe against •criminals." Judging from theenthasiamexei; dbyhis brother, Frank James ought to, be a ..popular cpn-. didate for the Governorship at the next election ia Missouri.'■' A r se has just been a^gtfd "before the Civil Tribunal of the Seine, which raise/* some, curious questions of morals'aad casuistry, quife irrspeclive of the legal points of the dispute. , The facts, which are urdisout d, are the -c: Some Mnie before the first Freach. Revolution two merchants named ?J oaeroa left the .' auoiry and esiablis 5.; i tliearaelrei as b inkers m Paris.' Ip 1790 the Duke of Orleans, who is known to history as Philippe-EgaUte, borrowed romoneof theMoaerons UOO.OOO livres, to be repaid in ten ye *sf ard the cecu"Uy consist lof thepersocalp aperiy of the i)vue. la 1793 tje possessions of the Duke of Orlerns wereco^fisca!: d by a deciee of the Coaventioi, and when his estate was wouid up. underlie rjptroLoi' a public functionary, secauties were hand d to lloneroa in discharge of h>s debt, which rpa'rVd 130,117 fraacs. To-day the Orleans family bpve-beearr^oi'ed to the enjoyment of i.be:? est*tes,.rnd the heirs of Moneron rre in poverty. 'Accordingly the latter have been advispd to-,olaim tie balance, amountic^ to 47K548 fraacs, of a debt inc^rr d ninefy»iwo yein v.zo. The defendants were tbe Count of Paris, the Dukes of Aumale, Montpensie?, aad Chartr.es, the Pi>oce de joinvTe, the Kin? of the Belgians, and his brother, tao Count of Flanders. Tbe plairtiffs were five members of a family..named oLae»er.r —two men ard threes-women—of agea ranging from 60 to 74 je&n. On behalf of the Princes it was pointed out to the Tribunal that the vJue of tue property seized by the State was 168,033,003. r ncs, aad that the Kino'int res: >r 1 mm only 85 millions. The counsel reprejeuliag the present Government cop'.»nd«d that the claim was not well {'ouad<\d, and the Tribunal wns of the same opinion, Jean Louis iVEouerou having fd 'ed to pufe forward any claim at t! o jt.'iicial I:qaidation opened ia 1814 aid eiastA .iu t lß24.— Our Paris Letter. : ; Pope L o XIII. is said to hare declared recently to M. de Gier«, J^ue Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, in along interview wh:rh took p 1 nee on riovember stb, that society was menaced by the enormous increase of iafidelity, the spread" of agnostic literature, and by the unscru* pulous attitude of the chief's of therevolntionary ■ party, who. had insinuated themselves into the favor of the people by making mendacious promises. To meet the terrific consequences of this st-f3 of affairs, the Pope said, " there is but one means —the counter-balancing influeace^of re.il religioa' and the union of alt persons): who believe in- the divinity of Christ." Three men and a dog were iv a boat on the Thames. The boat capsized,^ and tbe dog, instead of saving the men, sagaciously swam to shore and let-them drown. .This * is different from the usual ran of ? dog ■ sttries. ' ■ • The St. James Gazette of October 6 records the largest " break" that has ever, been made at billiards. Mr Mitchell is ; 1 the hero of .this achievement. He is playing a game with Mr Peall; and tbU ?r^ is the. story of last night's. play :. ; Afc the* V resumption Mitchell added only ai* fcrhis ' ! over night, unfinished break of 23"o; leaving the scores—Peall, 2,188; Mitchell,, 963; Peall then began to score rapidly and made grand breaks 0f.417 (106 spots) and 374 (123 spots). He succeeded :in puttings 1,000 on the marking-board in the extraordinary time of lh. 17m. After" the interval Mitchell played in extraordinary form, and best all previous records by scoring a break of 1,055 off the. balls.'" In Melbourne, on the 15th iusr., and a few days previous, the heat was excessive. In Boifrke-streeta thermometer registered 112deg. in the shade and 165deg. in the - > ■ sun. Late. Australian advices state that kangaroo leather is thought appropriate for leap-year wear. The papers tell of a courtship and marriage brought about by a note written on an. egg-shell. It is the most eggstraordinary affeir. Tho two hearts are now yoked together, s