AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XVI, Issue 2146, 25 June 1875, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

l> , . .:■• ;:-|.i:f:':O . .-, ... ■■> ,: ,■'.)--. I '„' [MELBOUBNE TEIEGEAPHj^THvINfITiJr. A veiy oldladyi named^a^eyi.died at the Durham of decay %f j! nalflre.^Her " story (writes \ the; ' Ballarat '; 'CPtirier) is somewhat singular^ as. 'she lefj her home yd CPrnwall notloln^siice'lp come^out to the Colony to seejrer : ch^ildr^ r wh f S a¥e scattered , T abput in .distant parts oi^fictdria'and the^ladjacent'^jDpipn^ travelled from piace 'to piace'untii^ she succeeded in iher mission^ and r arrived at the Durham 1 4' day oi two ''ago "oh a fI v visit to one of her sbns^the'lastt).! 'her f^niily, in whose arms the^fon'd old mibtKeir 1 died." ; The Bendigd- l Evening" i jy r e i ws + sayB :— At 3 Pd'cl6cE r this:!maßi£Qg a-manfappaifeMy Borne 1 5D' years of : age; '.wai^se^n 'toTgo^lntb the reserve' r Dy : thV'Banfi: r of ffJ Vienna, armed with a smaU"dpuble T barrelled,pis,teJ. He placed the muzzle in his mouth and discharged %i<3 h at ' x A the barrels l 'of d the weapon, and 'of bourse died shortly after. The report was heard and the smoke seen by thb¥e%a's%?rigto The name of the unhappy 3^anicioie <c w said, ,tp r be J phn Tarn, a native pf Hplsteui, who ' Har 'been IJ a^ fruiterer in^bMnesrat Goldei^f Square., ,- Tam'ar wiferwas; staiiding at the "Bath 1 buildings''sh"ortly after the catastrpnhe ignqrantoithepccurr s eiice, and , when asked;^erie fie^ihpsbjiHdawas said Jijhadx^pmeninip Sa^dhlirSt in>Jhe vaommgih ii'VYhen^tolda' that; <he Uiadwut* tempted .suicide she 'almost^ fairitedpaud was carried to a cab to be taiifcn" htfnVeY Tamvwas at o'tice coflveyedJin a^caß^'fche H6spita)iHiu^6n^h6¥6aa ! Ee 'e^irgai? Wi heard it was^jmedita.ted.Jtiy th^ E tfe^easW to commit'' kuiciaej^s'h^wrote to his | daugfitef that such was his intention. ; Thexauseof therashnact :is~said~idT>¥a 7 misunderstanding with his wife; ! The 'dea¥>body~F r 6f a «SHOfra8 r ' r f3tind |.floating>in J the 9 rarra, near>7tlie gaswofßy i and at the^ueat it^wasjejicitedjthat tfie ! name^ of debased-, was oAndreaa-.cJohann j Lafgren, v a !seaman, r r,unmarnedinandV339 : years of age.-? Lafgrenvwas^last seen- alive |dnr the i> 29th: 'nlt^h Eing^street, slightly junder-the-influencelof- liquor? -Me had ! been heard tojsay4iha^ on rretuming^from: •his last voyage^leJEounda^wpman he had 'intended to e'apouie married to another man, and. made nserpf a threat that !h| would cut his throat. This troublewould appearC>~toJhave lead ; .:hiih Con to drink. Dr Neild.jh.avipg; made a postmortem examination^ the body had been in thelwater'^about ten days, and;, believed jtiber causeiiofe deathr'/waal |drowning. A verdict, of drowned, without any evidence' as to howthede* ceased got into the watery" r was r returned? The foUowingterribfe'taletpf: stiffeiing, destitution';^ and-fdesth^ia'^told by the BaUaraF^Evenmg^Pdsf-^Wd^torable case of sickness and poveriy h'a^Deen met with , near Sebastopprby Mr.,Hosking, tho town missionaa^. |; -In. a. liMe rpoin 1& tfaa. old man J witii 1 no cpvermgr^yi^!Spm cancer ,mr the^mpuffi^TOiii.;np^;!pne^ to attend to, his wants; and {nothing in )the house to eatiiCGttithe.'floorilay.fhisirwife, cold, ill, and cheerless, .allnthe 1 -^eighßors shunning the' house in 'consequedce'bf the offensive breath* df-the' T djhi^iß&nV'^Mr Hosking procured what i' relief he'cpuld, but aid arrived tpo.latej, |pr,jt|e^p'oor woman died last evehm'g, andi np^jihe old man lies alone in the house. ,t?ithi the corpse of his wife."., .^.!:^i.^ '*T^ /"; "''"'s■