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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 144, 17 June 1873, Page 4

'.yy News was received in town last night y that the result of the Wealth of Nations , 8 WRshing up for three weeks and two days was 2240z of retorted gold. The gold was brought to town last even{ingi and lodged in the Bank of New Zeahuid^v The manager also reports struck another well-defined reef about 15ft to the west of the present tunnel by putting in a cross drive. It is sitnilar to that lately struck in the Energetic claim. — Q. R. Argus, June 13. r It riiay be interesting and of some use to lovers of a quiet game of cards at *mine inn,' to learn that a 'band of brothers/ otherwise * sharpers,' have made Wellington their home for the present. Tbey pursue their peculiar craft, and play « their little game ' in various -pubs' of the town. Citizens should therefore be a little discriminating. as to whom tbey play cards with at present.-— lndependent. The following telegram has been received by the Secretary of Customs from ; the officer itt charge H,M. Customs at Havelock : ■— " Captain Scott, Alert, reports Sunday first, noon, sighted, seven miles south Terawiti, ship's quarter deck, with house and all attached ; passed within about forty feet. Close to fore end house was hatchway, about seven feet square ; house, with rose deck, each side three^ feet ; one door front house, port side ; only one window fore side ; three windows starboard side, about 18 by 12 inches * house about 20 feet. Saw also casks and other debris close to it ." . This was probably part of the vessel that was wrecked at Cape Campbell a few days before; ; ''■]'■ A Contkibutob supplies the following as an arithmetical nut for readers to crack: ——A beaeyblent gentleman left a bequest of £2CMper annum to a village library, to be expended in the purchase of books, on the understanding that at the expiration of each y .ear the books should be sold off at half price, the proceeds of which were to. be added to,, and expended with the, annual donation. Query— ln how many years woujd the sum to be expended amount to JESO. "•-••-

A Feakful Punishment — Little boys who* aoi use themselves by throwing stones at railway trains will do well to read with attention the story told by the IndianapolisySeiitinel, 1 of the punishment inflicted by an 'engine driver in Indiana on a miscreant who committed an act endangering the lives of the passengers. It seems that this driver had on more than one occasion found his engine thrown frOm tbe track at a certain point on the line, owing to some obstruction being placed on the line, and therefore determined to put a stop to a practice which had led to his own abilities as a driver being questioned. Oo nearing the fn tal spot one night he sat ;^glum and silent at the throttle," and .telling the fireman to be sure and follow him if the train "jumped the track," awaited the result. The train was banked as usual, and jumping into the darkness, theVeDgineer and fireman disappeared for a few minutes, but soon returned, bringing the culprit, whom they had captured in; a neighboring cornfield. The enraged passengers wished to lynch the villain on the spot, but the engine driver, "a stern, determined man," prevented it, merely remarking that he would take charge of him, and accordingly the fellow was placed on the engine under the charge of the fireman; The train being righted, was soon speeding on its journey as though nothing had happened. While bowling away over a smooth piece of track, the engine driver beckoned to the fireman to stand on one side, and picking up a round stick of wood, struck the criminal a stunning blow on the head. He then caught the quivering form of the poor wretch, and opening the furnace door, threw his body into the fierce, seething flames The door was i then shut, and the train rattled along, and never; until; the engine driver lately confessed the act on his deathbed, was it ascertained what had been the fate of the fiend who had b'eeD in tbe habit of throwing the train off the .tracks