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Globe, 15 February 1876, Page 3

-" Music hath, charms to sooth the savage breast," young Mr Wayland, of Bloomfield, began to remark one clay last week, just as they were lifting a piano, o#t of an ijaress waggon, and just then the music boa^^ped "Ow-w! Murder ! Murder ! Firol Police! Oh Mother! Oh!Lordy ! Oh JllDoctpr! Doctor ! Ow-w, Blank o-of his. toes off his no ear for music fr'' fii'< . ~.■•'",;" ■fcj J|nj|band,, accidentally ri«!Ai*ifclv." When Tifl'"*at down tQ supper 4>e noticed that she looked weary, and -he 'rlaflked T what. she had,, been" 1 rlninof , Sha liairl slifl ' he could see; He saili- : he said, look at m. ?He said see as the jked any different Then? . w^-mP i her face bune'cpin her . ~■. t that room had IJB&-**?*

A fire broke out in the waste sheds of the Victorian Woollen Company, Geelong, on Sunday, 30th January, and owing to the inflammable nature of the contents, the building was completely destroyed. It was, however, not of great value, being built of old cases, and the damage will not exceed £IOO. It was not insured. The fire is supposed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion, The factory, Geelong, >ahd Newtown brigades were in attendance, and confined the fire to the building in which it originated. The woollen mills in Geelong are peculiarly unfortunate, 'this making the fifth fire that has occurred: **'* '■■>- ' The tin mines of Tasmania seem to be at-., tracting a good deal of attention, not only in these colonies, but in England, where the quality of the metal imported from 'that , island has secured for itself the name of Ifemg a first-class artiele.' The Examiner MufFord, who has been commissioneo- 6 £ rm * n Cornwall, England, business, to visit and report on the of Tasmania, arrived at Hobart Town*#|ij|jJie ship s Windward about ten days since, antE.%vto to the North-west Coast with a view l3 to examine.the deposits of ore at Mount Bischoff and' itS.ne|ghbourhood. Should Mr report^ his princijjyjl&£|who are large intend to inin tin mining operations in Tas- * '':■ A the Ballarat Courier "•writes/:—" Between"6nV«ancl two o'clock on Saturday, morning an old man named Antony Dunlevy first burnt dowa his son's hut, and then fastened a large stone in the shape of a knapsack across his shoulders. He next crawled into an old drive, at the end of which there was a drop of four feet, filled with water. Into this he plunged and w;„s drowned. The body was not found for some hours afterwards. An inquest was held on the remains on jSafyirday, when a verdict of temporary insanity' was returned. The son, it seems, was going to Queensland on Tuesday, against the old man's wish." The practice of communicating with prisoners in the Melbourne Gaol, notwithstanding the severe sentences recently passed by the City-Bench upon persons-convicted of the offence, is increasing to such an extent as to become an almost daily occurrence. The warders have the greatest difficulty in carrying out the gaol regulations, in consequence of the prisoners being constantlyon the look out for parcels of tobacco and tea, which nn being thrown over are immediately Tushed,'a-nd distributed among the prisoners beforw the warders can interferesfc Three young men who were caught throwing parcels amongst the prisoners in the labour yard at the gaol were brought before the City Bench on Monday, and each fined £lO, or in default three months' imprisonment with hard labour. *