NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1118, 27 February 1872, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

— : -♦- — - ' ' • 1 ' MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. '■■■■■ ; ■ ♦ Mr Joseph Gillott, the steel pen manufacturer is dead. . " The French Government refuse to sell the Crown jewels. . ! . ■■' The Tichborne LIOO bonds Have risen in price' from 103 to LSO. ■ .. ;> A church at. Manchester was destroyed by l^htiiin^qn January '4th.' h \" ; Sir Charles Dilke is called "Citizen' Dilke" by Republicans in England. At 1 Dundee a little girl has died of hydrophobia, caused by the bite of a cat. At Agra; thirty-six persons, were lulled by the explosion of the Government laboratory. '. r ' i! A verdict of manslaughter has been returned against a Spitalfields plasterer, who beat his wive to death. '<, .? V Serious strikes have taken place in Belgium, and the troops have-* been called out to preserve order. M. : Thiers gave a splendid > banquet to the Emperor and Empress of Brazil, followed by a brilliant reception. ■■ At Wakefield, a tent used as ft' temporary small-pox hospital was burned, together with three of its inmates. A Russian steamer foundered in the Caspian Sea, with all hands, and treasure amounting to a million rubles., i It is proposed to form a steamship canal between Liverpool and Manchester, ■. The cost is estimated at L 900,000. : Business ill Cape Colony is making great strides, owing to the discoveries, both real and reported, of gold and diamonds. ........_..... The business of the London Stock Exchange, on the 3rd January, exceeded in amount that of any day in the /previous six years. '*'K. Mr Card well aud the Duke of Cam- * bridge have decided that the next autumn manoeuvres shall take place oh the Yorkshire moors. ; ;: ■'■'■■; ; ' ;-' : ; An ■ influential association' has beefy formed in Hull to endeavor to obtain the repeal 'of the income-tax oh ; tiradei and " professions. 1' ' In a terrific thunderstorm at Portsmouth, hail fell to the -depth -of two ' inches, and the glass of nearly all ex^ posed windows v was destroyed.' '" '•'^^ The arms taken by the Prussians from the French, and. afterwards .purchaaed by Belgium, are said to have.been secretly sold to the International- Society. ■ A sensation was produced in England ■ . by the refusal of certain Ritualists to say prayers for the Priuce of WalesVrecovery, in the absence of orders from their . bishops. . . ,; . Mrs Ryves, who some years ago claimed the Crown of England on the ground that she was the: daughter of v the Princess Olive of Cumberland, died on December •7th, aged 74- - -.- ■.....'.-",.,:,':,,: A woman's head .was .lately found on - the railway near Beading. ■ Her husband, who was on bad terms , with her, was found to have absconded, after all his letters. ' " The Marquis of Hartington, Chief Secretary for Ireland, in addressing his ' constituents, said the ' Government should set its face against leaving education in , the hands of the priesthood; ' A weekly paper, called the Labor News, has been started in England. Its aim is ;to keep the laboring \vprld well informed as to the demand for work in various parts of the country. In an article on the December fashions in England, the Gixiphic says , :— " It is satisfactory to perceive that the chignons are decidedly moderating, and in gome. instances the shape of the head is plainly visible." „,;.., , .■■■••,■: A most enthusiastic: farewell was given to Madame Adelina Patti, on the occasion of her last appearance in St. Petersburg. At length, to put an end to the applause and excitement, it was found necessary to put out the gas. . ; Small-^ox is now prevailing as an epidemic in several American cities, ' causing dismay among the people. In Philadel. phia the disease has been severest. It rages in New York, Boston, Pittsburg, and Cincinnati, and the health avithorities find themselves unable to deal with it,

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