• 1 I A French jury has returned the rather startling verdict of " G-uilty, with doubts as to the prisoner's identity. Squalid Beggar — "Pray, sir, take pity on a miserable wretch. I have a wife and six children." Gentleman — "My poor friend, accept my heartfelt sympathy — so have I." A Minnesota paper has introduced a new feature — a report from two prominent physicians of its town of the condition of their patients, their names, diseases, &c. All are reported to be "improving," "convalescing," "gaining," "doing well," or " getting well. 1 ' As an English angler wts fishing the other day on the preserved water in Loch Tay, he observed two large fish fighting The fish were captured, when it was found they were two large pikes in a helpless condition — the head of the one beiDg in the mouth of the other. The two weighed 201bs.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 174, 26 July 1870, Page 2
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