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Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 40, 17 August 1870, Page 6

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I; lias boon a good quarry of freestone dis,ou the Bcnquite Estate, two miles from ston. rowuc has accepted tho archdeaconry of stou vacated by Mr Reiby. John Gray, of Illawarra, has been sobrusaaulted by her husband, that she has iod of the wounds. Idward Bowen, house agent, of BathurstSydney, committed suicide by cutting his with a razor, r M'Millan, tobacco manufacturer, a pro resident in the Hunter district, has died le elfects of a buggy accident, ran remains have been found in the Far A canteen box, found with them, bore cription, “ J, Sulaven, Bienbowrie, 1862." ring female infant, about a fortnight old, was found inside the gate of the hon. W. Ilighett’s residence, near Richmond. yield of the United Victorian and TasinaHJplin Company, Waterhouse, Tasmania, fur the k fortnight, is J()4oz from 100 tons. 'Messrs Wilson and Habbe, scenic artists, have leased the Victoria Theatre, in I’itt-strcot, Sydney, for a term of three yeaas. I /The Bishop of Adelaide has ordered the introution into the churches of the new lectiouary ■eh has been approved of by the Royal ComEsion in England. *t is believed that eight persons, who left Por* lacquarie for Camden Harbour, in a small boat, have "all been drowned. One body, identified af that of one of the party, has been washed ashore. The Mayor of Castlemaiue forwarded a telegram to the Chief Secretary, requesting him t<: j send a steamer to tho Auckland Islands, in . search of Captain Wallace and the crew of the B It is rumoured that the Imperial authorities Bare likely to abolish the extensive commissiarai HBkahlishment at Sydney, and substitute a storefor the use of the Australian squadron. ” Some very rich stone has been brought up from the United Northern Company’s claim, betI own as the Southern Cross Reef, WaterTasmania. The shares in this company great demand. .licide took place at Percydalc, near Avoca, days ago, when Thomas Shiels English, icmber for the Avoca division iu the Maryjh Mining Board, put an end to his life by ting himself in a water-dam. flvo hundred miners held a public meetiiu iweastle, and resolved that the War,-dal anv’sminers should strike, if the managei ted in altering the rate of wages, Tin er You Yangs was unable to obtain a carg< 1 in consequence of the meeting, j Leviathan Company, Ballarat, had the lid yield ol 4940z Sdwt for the week endin'. 2.3. ipor, the Commercial Bank defaulter, has sentenced to three years’ imprisonment foi ilence upon which he was last convicted, ive fears are entertained as to the safety oi on ship) Harlech Castle, 1100 tons, Captain avis, which left Melbourne oh'the June 20 Wcastle, N.S. W., and has not since been of. have been established at, Ondit, near Jg, and it is stated that thirty tons pci *San be manufactured, isicka, the Williamstown publican, was . guilty of shooting Davis, and was send to one month’s imprisonment without labour. re was found guilty of tho murder of Mile at !Bt. Arnaud, and was sentenced to e polling at Inglewood for the election of a nor of tiic Legislative Assembly, in the room 3 hon. Mr Grant, resigned, has resulted in sturu of Mr Finn, by a majority of 45 over lason. idinan, of Maryborough, was acquitted on harge of murdering his wife, tho Supreme Court, on July 21, sentence eath ■was recorded against George Wood, 17, for a capital offence committed on a ten years old —Thomas Moore and John ke, convicted of garotting, were sentenced n years' hard labour on the roads.—Patrick hj was sentenced to death for tho murder of dfe at Hotham. pple's trial took place on the Higiubotham, who defended, fully admitil||pß» act of shooting, hut asked the jury to acqu'ii in? prisoner on the ground of his insanity. The prisoner interjected remarks during the trial, but ’otherwise his demeanour was quiet throughout. The jury returned a verdict of wilful against the prisoner, adding, liowever^|w^ . was their opinion the pistol went Ei’hc prisoner vas remanded ge stating that he would nt submitted by the jury. • oodall’s survey'’ party met with mi* old inder Ben Lomond, Tasmania. He had heard hanaing down to the middle of his id his toe nails were long and curved, dressed in badger skins. It was some ore he appeared to understand what was dm. It was, however, elicited that he i there for 12 years, and had not seen a an for the past six years. He did not account of who ho was, or why' he led blitary life. ion-trout, 14in. long, has been prcsafni cd in the museum. It had been Union Bonds by a water-rat. ajspapj floods have occurred at Gympio |Hjdj in Queensland. The storekeepers ftPaßite IJ® place were flooded out. The IpswictP Fves were under water, and great dcstructioii rojicrty lias been occasioned. • ic olfioial report from uhc Upper Gape dig«| a (Queensland), states that the reefs ang ling richly. One hundred tons of stone fronjj?