LATE MAIL NEWS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 268, 29 December 1874, Page 7

LATE MAIL NEWS.

The continued increase of English emigration is attracting the attention of Government circles. During the present year more English than Irish have emigrated from Great Britain. A little girl in Paris, who was playing with a toy balloon, drew in her brea.h while inflating it, and the collapsed balloon went down her throat and choked her to death. The Maharajah of Scincla at first sought to have it stipulated that Nana Sahib’s life should bo* saved, but,he.afterwards sur-

rendered-him- unconditionally, to. th e ~Bri: : tish, who put himjn iron?, A brother of Nana Sahib has alsp been chptured. A bold attempt was.made to rob a train ; on October 27th,. on the Chicago and i South-western Railroad, a branch of the ( Chicago Rock Island and-Pacific Railroad, < running from Wilton, lowa, to Leavenwbrth, Kansas;; While . the Southward- i bound express train was stopping* at Cameronj Missouri,; for supper, and while* but, two jnen (the baggage-master and a passenger), ware on the train, six masked men boarded the train, and ran it two miles from the station ,They then stopped and entered the express* car, and presented pistols at the head of the baggage-master, whom they mistook for the express messenger, and demanded’ the key to the express safe. When they found they, could hot get the key, they then put the airbreaks on’the cars, and threw the valve of the engine wide open, thus; letting;her driving-wheels slip. The, robbers then' escaped, and rio clue to their identity or whereabouts; has /thus far been obtained; but it is believed they are some of the same gang who attacked arid robbed a train on main line of the Rock Island Railroad last winter. The; railroad officials are. doing their utmost to arrest the villains, ...- - Princess Alice has Written a novel called Life Paths, illustrative of life amongst the upper ten thousand, which will shortly be published;' ' u,;i u V H r'|V A testimonial of silver plate, voted by the Province of Ptago to Captain Jacquemart, for having rescued some shipwrecked emigrants off the New Zealand coast, was presented, by Dr Featherstone to Marshall MacMahon, in the presence of ; the French Ministers, on the Captaiu’s behalf, who is on foreign service. ' , The body of Lady Dilke, wife of Sir Charles Dilke, M.P., was conveyed from London to Dresden, and there burned, on the 10th of October. Besides relatives of deceased,, numerous scientific men ;were present at the cremation,. Seventy-fivd minutes after the introduction of the body, all that remained of it was 6lbs of dust The railway world has been astounded * by the announcement of the Midland Cora- ■ pany that after the Ist of January they will ■ abolish second-class carriages* reduce, first- > class fares to one half-penny per mile, and i discontinue return tickets. This resolution ! has provoked much adverse criticism in the • interest of the exclusive classes, but the : bulk of the people rejoice at the resolution, , Some of the. great lines had previously ■ threatened to advance third-class fares by ■ fast trains, by way of reprisals for the pas- > senger duty. a. : r Cook, the English champion, has been ' beaten at billiards at New York ; by ! Rudolphe. ■ A feat in swimming was performed lately - which is believed to be without parallel in ■ England. Mr Drinkwater, of Trinity College, Cambridge, diving into the river there, 1 swam under water a distance of eighty-three ) yards, and was immersed for one minute ■ seven seconds. Upon emerging, he ap--1 peared little the worse for the exertion. ■ r Some interesting discoveries of relics t hate lately been made at Pompeii A shop! i supposed to be a tanners's, has been exca- , vated, and a number of tools u6ed in the f manipulation of leather found. These tools bear a strong resemblance to those used in i the,present day. - • ■ r’