ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 607, 5 December 1873, Page 3

ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

A Scotch farmer has conceived • the idea that galvanism will prevent rhe pototo diso .sc, and has accordingly laid wires all i over his fields, and connected them with a powerful battery. A Newga'o warder charged with conveying pris nm’ letters n U t of the gaol has been convicte 1, and fined 10/., or three months’ imprisonment. A mb t revolting crime has been committed «n tbe river Thamis, the mutilated ui a. iciiirtjo ..Cmy htivilig liC6u picked up at various places down the stream from Battersea *o Woolwich. There is no clue to the identity of the body, or of the perpetrator of the crime. An old man aged 75 years was lately sentenced to five years penal servitude for having attempted to cut bis wife’s throat, because she had awakened him from a druukon sleep. A pers n at Stroud, who carries on the somenhat incongruous ocoupa'ions of a butcher ami local pteacher, Las been fined for sen ling unwholesome pork to the London market. Du rig the hearing of a ease recently hear ! bef >re a London nn istra’e, a curious statement .was made by a detective otficer. It was, be said, the custom among receiver of stolen pro] ertv, when they saw a thief appa ently shy of disposing of hia booty, to widk up, and show him a piece of coal, which they would take out of a purse. This, he thought, meant that they would be as faithful as the Arabs were to those wiih whom they took salt. A woman testified at Norwich the other day that she knew certain turkeys by their walk, their countenance, and their manner of roosting. The following terrible scene was enacted at the Liverpool gaol lately.—A man named Connor was ordered for execution ; he waked on to the gallows in a firm and collected manner, but as soon as the drop fell, the rope became unspliced, and the culprit was thrown heavily down. During the few minuses occupied in procuring another rope Connor begged for his life in a most heartrending manner, repeatedly exclaiming, “ What do you call this ? Do you call this murder? After this you should let mo off ” Afterwards, to tho chaplain) he said, ‘ Lot me off; surely this is enough. I stood it like a brick the first time, I should get off now.” According to the Builder, the value of the dwelling-houses erected in England and Wales during the present century is no less than 1,0011,000,000/. A Bsnnic.;hau papa. describes a scandalous pugilistic encounter between two women, who fought between twenty and thirty n> m Is in regular prize- big fashion One of the combatants was “ seconded ” by her husband, who thus encouraged her : If yor don’t fight. I’ll give yer what for,” A postman was recently charged with stealing letters entrusted i.o hia care, pleaded that Ids wages were only seven een shiliin-.s a week, and that tho P, st-office could not expect to get honest servants at that price. Mr. Lowe has reprieved the first criminal sentenced to death since he became Home Secretary, The courier's name is Abbott, and he was condemned for the murder of his ruf nt child. The commutation of tho .-entence was prayed for ou the ground cf hereditary insanity. A murderous outrage was committed in Lamhe’h by a railway guard named Wigg, who in a fit of jealousy fired several shots from a revolver at his sweetheart, and then failing in a attempt to blow Ins own brains out, threw him e f into He river. His body hj is since been found Tho woman th ugh'.a lly wounded, may probably recover. A lad of nineteen, employe 1 as a e’erk, was arrestel fo- robbing his emu! iver of 3.0110’. He had told his «weethea t that his father w is very rich, that hch id force I his name for the ah vc -urn, and tire-ten ed to uois ui hirase fif she did nit marry him. The union took place by special icens?, and ibe la 1 shrined bis face ami strut!ed about with -diver spurs, ea'iinj himself ar I Mian officer, ami loa led his wife wiih orge >us clothing aula profusion of jew- llery. Holloway’s Ointment and Pills —For had lees, bad breasts, scorbutic or scrofulous sore-i this is an infallible specific. The loud expression of earn st gratitude made by thousands who have experienced its unrivulled power over these complaints, and who have been raise 1 from prostrate helplessness and a condition loathsome to themselves and others, Vender it..uiteunmees'ary to enlarge in this place on its extraordinary virtues. The parts affected should he bathed in luke-wann wi'er. an I when the pores are tnerchy opened, the Ointment should be well rubbed in ar least twice a. day. Is is always advisable to take Holloway’s Pills in these disorders, as the actin of the Ointment is thereby wonderfully assisted. The Pills check fever, pnri*y“‘he blond, and eject all morbid matter engendered by disease. Dr, Bright’s Phoshodyne* Multitudes of people are hopelessly sufferintf from Debility, Nervous and Liver Complaints, Depression of Spirits, Delusions, Unfitness for Business or Study, Failure of Hear in", Sight, and Memory, Lassitude, Want of Power, fcc., whose caeca admit of a permanent cure by the new remedy—Phosplmdyne (Ozonio Oxygen)— which at once allays all irritation a'.d excitement, imparts new energy and life to the enfeebled constitution, and rapidly cures every stage of these hitherto incurable and distressing mala lies. Sold by all chemists I and Storekeepers rhino bout the Polonies I from whom Pa;npble‘s, containing testimonials. may be obtained. Caution. —Be particular to ask for Dr. Bright’s Phospliodyne. as imitations aro a' ro-ul; and -avoid pm chiving rnglebotfes the genuine article Using soid in titles cu y.

Ooldssl(TH3’ Work. —The process o,! fiuc-art manufacture in this branch of trade is strikingly exemplified in a little work published by Mr. J. W. Benson, of No.’ - 25, - Old Bond-street, and of the City Steam Factory, 5S and 60, Ludgate-hill, London. It is enriched and embellished with designs, by Italian, French •and English artistes, of brooches, bracelets, ear-rings, and other articles, suitable for personal wear, or for wedding, birth-day, or other presents, with their prices. Mr. Benson. who -hoi 's -the appointment to H. It. H. the Prince of Wales, has also published a very interesting pamphlet on the Rise and Progress of Watchmaking. These pamphlets are sent, post free, for two stamps each, and they can not be too strongly recommended to those contemplating a purchase, especially to residents in the country or abroad, who are thus enabled to select any article they may require, and have it forwarded in perfect safety.