MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Inangahua Times, Issue 89, 31 October 1877, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

A hte Bombay tele^am reports the destruction by fire of one otkjbotaneienb and historical mnnßiobß of tlio;" Scottish nobilityjlnirerary GA^p^{^Ui§s^e has; , for cftniurids been .thi9?rchief vlresidfeßcci of tneDufed of Argyle,^and^bas i been the' s.icno of many incidents.' associntod with, thp histpry^bf Scotland. 1 l>ofore z and '--staco 4 t'ilie. time ; when the;si^quis; of Argylo? hieii^it'for .a year • against jthej troops * of; Omoio. ''■"'' The ca^lo^wasiipictnresquely^ sitaatedfore the west side of ilidoh ' $yniy clbsp^ the <j6unty^to^h :, of^i^yltjshirej b^aring^tU^isamof naina»a6outw^o^He^ nor Jf'Trosfcy pf^t&soo ', taw^ofilnv^raryjrcrncoiilia icjapital' ofi tKo" We^^Higlilands|;ndt a vostige ;nW ■ rWmninS, and -if : the tblejjrajn bo correct, {tai> votary caslJo h by vi tl|ißHCal(»tnifcy added to'the pilearof iluihajfor ' whicth the Argyle property is celebrated, including those of lona and Oroiiaay. A telegram from an* other source, however states that the des« tructioa has been partial, so that- the ancient fabric may bo capable of rostotation. .j. ' **' A tomblo trajjody recently occurreaiatv the remote inland town of Eourke, in" Now] South Wales, where a barman named Samuel Getting, actuated by.somo unaecouritablo homicidal impulse, shot two constables, named Costigan md ArmitagOf and killed them, and also shot at and wounded Sub'inspecfcor Koegan. Getting then jumped into the riv'br, and drowned himself. < - 4 ■ TbiJ following "literary gems" are from th^ latest issue of fcheLyell Argus to hand i^- 0 We are informed that it is , contemplated, in the event of Cr BrennaaV M^nia^ td run Mr O'Connor tot the '' x'6o.Y, should the Outcast of Karatnea be foolish enough to do so, ho will be opposed by •MftThd'fliifo Buddie, Wood |;I<yell (a native of Jamaica and one of the lEthiopoanraceJ^Mrliuddle.will command fthe Irisli^ Scotcti, ari^hglisliivbte^as he is ' distinctly ' connected with these countries. Wood delivered at all parts of the * &*%"*•>'* The outcast buys^aj 'Double * pl^fl^ji^afiauotjon," and wcotoea s^esS^^taple member of society ; but owing'to Sth© blessed women wanting to "go mates ' in tbei ebneern, he desires m to notify that the thing is for sale " Cheap to any members of the lost tribe." The following anecdote, told in a Mel. bourne paper, belies the old adage:*- As one of the Sydney steamors was last woek hauling off from the Australian Wharf, a man of forbidding aspect, and white ap« Gently from fear, ran alongside and pod on board after the gangway had been removed. Some half-dozen card* sharpers were in hot pursuit. It appeared from an interchange of highly embellished civilities that the gentlemen on the wharf bad mistaken the gentleman on the steamer for a greenhorn from the.country. Hayifig induced him. to engage in some gaflwof chance (?) they judiciously allowedlti^towin £1% in the preliminary enntor^; l^then told them that he was a Londoafprofesßional of' t\\e same typo as themsolves---that it cut him to tho heart to leaTO ihem«-"but that he really must go, boipg obliged to catch the Sydney- steamer in ton; minutes J- As the pack glared on himfromtho wbarf, he flourished a sboaf ' of bank notes afc them, and then chucked sovereign, which ho suggested should expend in drinking bis health. \,'r'i.. : " „ -'m ■ '•■•- i'