Show NEWS ITEMS 1 SENATOR FESSENDEN has rec ree received elved a telegram from portland me announcing the destruction b X fire of nearly all aili the property lie he possessed his private papers and valuable library are destroyed st sacramento july 15 we expend aced encee quite a severe shook of an earth quake at a quarter past ten 0 clock cloch cioch last night light the severest ever experienced here no dama damn damage e of consequence resulted MR mii ross WINANS having made madda a successful trip from england to france eranee and back in his cigar ship expects to cross the atlantic in it during the tho present summer tim THE canadian commissions appointed apol to ascertain the damage done in ih th the late raids of tb the e feniane Fen ians report that in the east it will amount amoun to from to and in the west we 3 t to from f nom rom oooo to ester N Y Y union of june 30 says 1 the reverend lindsley who whipped his child to death in shelby orleans county has fled to canada to save his life which he did not deem safe in the neighborhood where he resided after giving bail ball in thes the sum of he went to his fathers house and not feeling himself safe he returned to albion and offered his living body to the sheriff for safe keeping but the sheriff refused to accept him and lind nind sley took the first train for canada these are the facts in the case AT a late mee meeting in of the franklin institute at phil philadelphia elphra professor morton in referd referring to novelties in science and art gave a description of the new and extensive water works of paris on a recent visit of the municipal authorities to the subterranean an reservoirs servo irs they were successfully illuminated with the electric light affording splendid views of the many bridges docks canals ac together with the he tario tarlo various 16 mechanical contrivances necessary to carry on the stupendous works has been recommended in london for the preservation of meat and fruit perfectly pure ure and inodorous is melted at a low temperature and the meat immersed in it the operation can be repeated until a sufficient coating Is formed it la is claimed that meat treated ili in this way can be kept indefinitely and when wanted for use it is only onix necessary to it for a short time into hot water when the will melt off and float on the copt top where it can be collected and used again while the meat is thoroughly pure for cooking professor A W hoffmann recently exhibited 1 in n berlin some specimens of meat preserved in this way SY st louls louis dispatch THE three diplomatists who just now excite the greatest curiosity and interest in paris are the prince de metternich ambassador of austria the count de goltz ambassador of prussia sla sia and the chevalier nigra ambassador of italy the count de goltz much the elder of the trio is a bachelor on the other side of df sixty he is the ideal of of what is termed the gentleman of the old school tall in person scrupulously neat in his dress dressy of very dignified bearing and with the polished manners of one who has passed his life in theatmus the atmosphere of courts the prince de metternich is tall and slender blender with a broad forehead and intelligent face wears long flowing whiskers of a light shade if 0 becu peculiar pecullar miar to the germans a moustache of the same hue and keeps his chin closely shaved he Is about thirty three years of age the third diplomat of the trio is the ithe chevalier NJ nira nigra ra who is also from thirty to thirty five years of age molded under the immediate eye of the indefatigable cavour he is a hard worker like likes the prince de Metter nitch dr nigra belongs to the new school of diplomacy which repudiates tes airs of affected solemnity and official stiffness and the attitude of oedipus E before the ills his man ners are those of a man of the world worl and even of a man of elegant lel iel leisure sure 2 st louis dispatch |