NEWS IN BRIEF.

Evening Star, Issue 5590, 7 February 1881, Page 3

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Madame Bravay, the wife of the hero of Daudet's «• Nabob," has just died in France in straitened circumstances, The eaptain ofan emigrant ship to one of the (Australian colonies, who recently returned to this country, has stated that one of"the emigrants he took out at the expense of the Colonial Government was the fortunate possessor of a LI,OOO Bank of England note, which he exhibited oa hoard ship. No doubt a capitalist of this kind may prove advantageous to the Colony, but whether he ought to have been conveyed free, with his family, is quite another matter, The magistrates at Sheffield have been oooupied with a supposed poisoning case, which has attracted great attention. Mrs Booth, the wife of a surgeon in that town, was seriously ill, under the charge ef a nurse named Wilmot. It was discovered that morphia had been administered to her, and a son and daughter having previously died in quick succession, Buspioien was aroused. Their bodies were'exhumed, but no traces of poison found. Meanwhile the nurse had been arrested, and is now committed for trial on a charge of administering poison to Mrs Bwth with intent to kill her. At the Cork Assizes, the two men Healy and Walsh, charged with having ug.d menaces to oompel a farmer to give up land taken after the eviction of a former tenant, have been acquitted amidst the oheers of a crowded court. The farmer now positively Btated that the accused had not made use of any threat; yet he had Bwern the contrary in laying his information. Last year 720 ohildren under twelve years of age were sent to gaol in England, The offenoes were principally pulling a flower, or stealing a few apples, or turnips, or pas* of oorn, or the criminal has broken a window, or trampled on somebody's grass, or done something for which a gentle thrashirg would be an* adequate punishment. The German Press strongly condemns the British pelicy toward Ireland. The boring e,f the Arlburg tunnel is In active progress oil the Austrian side of the mountain, and greund will shortly be broken on the Swiss side. The St. Gothaxd line in Its entire length is expec.ed to be In running order in April next, Another old British Institution Olsapt pears with the present year—the "pipe olay" belt worn in the army. The Guards only will retain theirs, in deference, to the Date of Cambridge. The " pipe clays" will be replaoed by belts of brown leather. The principle of treating lunatios long since In vogue at Ghsel, in Belgium, has been extensively adopted in Scotland. They are boarded out among sane people In the village, treated with great gentleness, and subjected to as little restraint as possible. London has been divided into districts, and suitable visitors appointed for each one by the " Midnight Meeting Movement," an organisation whose object is desoribed to be "the permanent reclamation ef the unfortunate women and girls who nightly Infest the streets." >. , Tne women of Silt Lake City have organised a "Women's National Ant!Polygamy Sotlety." It is the purpose of this Society to furnish the i üblic with full information respeotlng the working of the system in Utah, in the hope that the effeot of suoh knowledge will be to awaken public sentiment on the •ttbjecl. The town of Gibson, 111., Is horrified over the discovery of the remains of an unknown man in A field, with a bullet hole in his heart, a revolver by Ms side, one ohamber empts. and a drove of hogs devouring the flesh (Iff his face and hands. The o 3 roner s jury gave a verdict of suicide, but there/Is some Indication of a murder. He was well dressed, and about thirty years old. A young woman, rather prepossessing in appearanoe, but possessed of a considerable*' growth of beard, is once a week a visitor to a barber shop at Clinton, Ga. She takes her seat in a chair, just like a man, and quietly submits her face to the lather brush and r»zor. Showmen have tried to induce her to travel as a beardtd woman, but she scornfully rejects their offers. 11 iv. Joseph Cook, the Boston Monday lecturer, is meeting with generous support In bis English visit. The religious Press of England are on his side, and in Birmingham his reoeptlon was of the most enthuslastio character, He spoke in that olty before the

\ Congregational Union, preached to the Rev. Dr Dale's ohnrch to an audience whioh filled the spaoioua house, and hundreds were turned away for want of even standing room. , . , An Eagliah bachelor saw a handsomelydressed young lady on a Boston street, and was told tbafc she was the daughter of a wealthy merchant. He became acquainted, and the girl, knowing the woman who watched the interests of an elegant house whose owners were at the sea>shore, was I permitted by her to receive him there. She, also gave him dinners there, hiring waiters. She told him that her parents wero in! Europe. Ho proposed, was accepted, and found that the wife he had won was a shopColonel Gordon is oredited by the * North } China Herrtd ' with having offered this plain language to the Chinese Ministry :-*-" It is idiotio for Cbina to think she can take the field against Russia. But, if you will fight, then oarry your Court and Emperor, your archives, and all the rusty and oreaking machinery of your Central Government, far away into the interior of the oountry ; for, onoe hostilities are began en the eastern seaboard, Russia will, in a few weeks, be mistress of Pi-kin, Only be assured that this means the downfall of your dynasty." It is reported that the Czar has granted a free pardon to his nephew, the Grand Dake Nicholas Conatanklnovitoh, who name was mixed up with that of Mrs Blackwood, "Fanny Lear," Bome .five or six years ago. jThe Prince, who was exiled to Central Asia, (has succeeded in retrieving his tarnished honor by an exemplary life and devotion to his military duties. Greatly interested in the construction of a railway oonneotiag Siberia with the western part of Empire, the Grand Duke himself has explored the retp-ctive regions and written a masterly report on the best line to be aeleoted for the grand enterprise. The Caar, touched by his nephew's penitence, and probably moved by his mother's incessant supplioations, is said to have granted him permission to return to St. Petersburg. The favorite day for marriage in Paris is Saturday. A French woman oannot bring a suit for divoroe without the consent of her husband, Beaconßfield has made up his mind never to accept office again, no matter what may happen. The latest thing in ladles' boots Is square toes and a steel plate in tho centre of the sole, to give a graceful turn to the instep. The Princess of Wales has just appeared at the theatre in brown gloves, which puts an end to black glevea all over the world. It Is reported that the Czar has placed L 300.000 sterling in Mendelssohn's Bank, at Berlin, In the name of the Prinoess Dolgourki, .