Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1896 — OLD WORLD [?] NOTABLES [ARTICLE]

OLD WORLD [?] NOTABLES

A well-known London horse dealer not long ago died from worry caused by bad debts. A German hanker, named Ilacssncr, was murdered close to the tow agate of Tangier, Morocco. New Zealand is’ aboitf* to prevent the importation of consumptive --or vitally diseased persons. .Only seven peers have been chosen ns mayors iu England this year, while eleven were elected last year. Some letters by George Washington to Arthur Young, the economist, ou the subject of agriculture; are about; to be sold in London. Greece inis a population of 2,418,900, acording to the census just taken, an increase of 230.000 since lSSff. Athens hn« nmv U’SttPQ inhabitants. Signor .Chajardfa, a member of the Italian chamber of deputies, has been chosen a delegate to the International congress iu Washington next year., v Baroness liirsch lias given $400,000 to establish n penSdon fund for the employes of the Oriental railways who were iu the service up to 181 KI, when her late husband gave up his connection with the roads. .Queen Victoria has been substituted for Sardanapalus iu the iipjj- Ylfcat,’ Bir Arthur Sullivan is composing*for London Ailmmbra. The ballet will be descriptive of the longest reign on record. . .- Paris is the paradise of the dressmaker. There are in the city 70.000 persons who. make articles of woman's dress and 05,000 dressmakers. It hus been estimated that the yearly amount earned in this business there Is over s2so,97fi',tßX). 1 : V-. » k