Foreign

It s stated in an English j jurnnl tbat f,t a recent sale of rabbits the enorinous sum of f200 was giveu for one of these Uttle animáis. O! courso it was a rabbit of fiíinaus breed, üae cannp; ponder tbat a large suin should be pald for Juinbr. wben á rebüit Mches yo "nracb. Pr ince Bismarek bas Wen great fatiëfaction ia Holland by bis acceptance of the invitation toattendthe international confe ence whlch will discusj measures for prevenliug the traffle n iris. Tom Hughe?,it is sü!, will sooa ba appoiu ei Governor of'theïsle of Man. The öovernoiship próvidos a good house and a salary o( f7,500. The duties are lighl, and the cost of about thirty ter cent leas than in England. Parnell U out on parole to visit a sister in Paris, whose cbild has jast died. Two pleasure boafs werecapsijed by a sudden f quall on Lafce Geneva and flve studente were drowaed, j úeen Victoria bas been warned of the dangtt of attaok on th continent, and is most oarefully gaarded. An electric elevated rcad is to be built in BerliD, traversing the city from west to east. Instead of compelling passengere to climb stairs and wander over the endless Chatham square stations, the cars will be lowered at the stations to the street by imam of filemens' electric elevator. The LJtterly cold weather and hard frosts now prevailing, jt is feared, wjll greatly jujure crops In Austria. Fruit trees, vlnes .and young wheats in Houmania are almost enti ely destroyed. The station master at Moseow is arrested for supposed implieation in the consplracy agalnst the czar. It is ascertained that the Vogei fe Co., firtu of Hong Kong, China, has defrauded American and Europsan firms out of mlllions of dollars, The meinbers of the fjrm deoamped before their f rauds were apparent. A consignuient to French silk importers of 1,600 bales, foi which they had been paid $8,006 a bale, on examination were found to be filled with shavïngs, covered with about $10 worth of silk, by whioh meanstheEaropean dealers were defrauded to the extent of nearly $5,000,000. Otber extensive frauds are discovered equally gross.