NEWS ITEMS

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1022, 15 October 1903, Page 3

NEWS ITEMS

After being 26 years in prison for the murder of his first wife, a peasant of Gervasio, having married a second time, killed the second wife also-. .The police have not yet found him.

An old violin was recently, sold in London for £4BO. The late Mrs Forrest Browne, wife of the Bishop of Bristol, left behind a request for her body, to be cremated. A dismissed Paris hat-maker fell while he was assaulting bis former employer. The stem of his pipe broke in his mouth, and penetrated the oesophagus, causing his death next day. A display of celery and rhubarb 4ft high is to be made at the St. Louis Fair. It is said that the United States is commencing a scheme of fortification along the great lakes. When a body was being incinerated in the crematory at Chicago the furnace blew up, wrecking the building. Striking grave-diggers had filled the ovens with cans of crude oil..

During a fire in Rochester, U.S.A., Professor Allen beiug cut off by the flames, seized his umbrella, and using it as a parachute, descended to the ground with safety. A Bramley youth fined for “ scorching ’- told the Magistrate that he pointed out a cyclist who was going faster, and the constable replied : “ Yes, hut we cannot catch him.”-

An American electrical that lie has already captured many of Mr Marconi’s messages. A girl at Brighton, England, was running along the. edge of some cliffs, when she fell a distance of 50ft. When picked up she was found to be only suffering from bruises. The town of Nasseo, in Sweden, has a female contingent in itjs fire brigade, Cigars are given to soldiers in the Italian army, as part of the daily rations.

Berlin is to have a theatre for the production of American plays.