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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3044, 29 March 1881, Page 3

A singular occurrence took place in Fleet - street London, recently. A young man named Wolfe was passing along the south side between Salisbury-court and Ludgatecircus, when he noticed a small parcel in a box which it is the custom to place on the kerb of the street for the reception of the sweepings of the shops. He picked up the parcel and it exploded, blowing off his fingers and a portion of his thumb. He was taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

The following experiment in the treatment of a case of epizooty is reported to the New York Tribune. An ordinary stall, containing a sick horse, was lined aud inclosed with sheets of carholized paper. A vaporizer was set in operation, evaporating chemically pure cresolene. The horse had been coughing very frequently, the offensive discharge from the nostrils was profuse, and the eyes were dull and sunken. In ten minutes the inclosed space was charged with the vapour. In half an hour a copious discharge of mucus took place. Tbe animal exhibited evident relief, holding its nose over the grating through which the vapour was issuing, the vaporizer being placed in the iron feed box, over which a perforated grating was arranged. He remained in the inclosure for six hours. The effect produced was marvellous. The cough ceased, the discharge from the'nostrils was entirely checked, and tho eye 3 regained their normal condition of brightness.