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Dunstan Times, Issue 792, 22 June 1877, Page 3

Baroness Meyer Rothschild, who recently died at Nice, had a singular fancy that she could only brCSthe freely at sea. She ordered a yacht of 800 tons to bo built for her. As it was not ready to convey her to the Mediterranean, she hired a Canard steamer, and steariied round Spain to Nice. On landing, she wished again to go fin hoard, and sent for a steamer of the Messageries Imperials from Marseilles, which she caused to be stationed in the harbor of Nice. Before' her death, her yacht had arrived, and she died on hoard of it. The Baroness Meyer leaves one daughter, Who is ’the richest heiress in the world. More World’s Wonders.—The man who ate his dinner with the fork of a river has been trying to spin a mountain top. Obituary from the Far West.—“ He was a well-educated man, and his life was as pure and unspotted as a snow-ball.” Earl Dudley, the wealthy owner of coal mines, is famous tor his leviathan bets. The latest is given by a Canadian paper : “it is said that Earl Dudley, 'of England, who is CO years old, has offered to bet 25,000d0l to 25d0l that the son of Napoleon HI will be officially proclaimed Emperor of Prance during the Earl’s lifetime, and that the odds were at once accepted by the Prince of Wales and by ’three other persons.’ Mr Lavender sighs, and says, “ The girls are colder. Once they would hang about a barber’s shop for an hour to get a lock of my hair.” A thief who broke out of gaol in Ohio, being captured, told the sheriff that he might have escaped, but he had conscientious scruples about travelling on Sunday ! “ Come here, my dear ; 1 want to ask you all about your sister. Now, tell me truly, has she got a beau“ No it’s the jaunders, the doctor says so.” There is said 'to be something consoling for every ill in this life. For instance, if a man is bald-headed, his wife can’t pull his hair.