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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 316, 19 March 1875, Page 3

Under the heading "A Miner's Generosity,"the ' Gym pie Times' has the following : —" It is not very often that even amongst minspd such a case of extraordinary liberalit-y is heard of as one brought under our notice a lew days ago. The news comes from tfinnegan's,an important division of the .'Etheridge district. One of the most persevering, hardworking, and most successful parties c-f miners there was that of Harry Lewis and his three mates, the proprietors of the Queenslander, and Marquis of Lorn reefs and a ten stamper machine. A short time since Lewis received advices from his Welsh, connections at Lluinvydd, in the old country, that an estate worth something like £> 13,000 had fallen to him, and that- his presence home was required. fie was immediately offered £6OO by his mates'.for his interests in the reefs and machinery, but Mr. Lewis not only refused to accept a shilling, but making an absolute gift to them of the property, gavea diampagne supper to a numerous party of bis friends prior to his departure." Son'e fears are entertained for the safety of a gentleman < f Nevada in the United States, Mr. A. J. Wilson, who appears to stand in a somewhat perilous position. It seems by the account given by the 1 New York Herald ' that Mr. Wilson last •summer " plighted his troth'' to a young lady named Dumphy, but for some reason transferred his affections in the autumn to another young lady named Matthews, whom he married the other day. He had, however, not calculated on the strength of Miss Dumphy "s affection. That young lady has taken the faithfulness of her lover so deeply to heart that she cannot suppress her emotion, which unfortunately displays itself by a desire t-i shuot him. Mr. Wilson's honeymoon is not yet ended, but he has already been shot at three times by Miss Dumphy, and what makes the condition of affairs all Ihe morecritical is the fact that, although at first she handled her pistol somewhat clumsily, she is evidently improving in her shooting The first two shots missed Mr. Wilson entirely, but the last one grazed his chin. Under these circumstances he is strongly urgea by the relatives of his bride to insure his life-heavily,and at once.