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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 194, 17 August 1874, Page 2

The following incidents of whaling life on the Marlborough coast are related by the Press:— A second whale has been secured by the whalers in the Sound, and they have been unfortunate enough to lose more than one whale after having killed them. An accident of this kind happened on Saturday week, when two boats succeeded in killing a whale, and were towing it ashore when it suddenly began sinking, and to save the boats from being dragged . down by tha weight of the fish, it was necessary to out the lines, when it disappeared "like a shot." Keenan's boat at the Kuikouras haß met with a serious accident, which nearly resulted in the death of Keenao himself. The crew were out lately io chase of a whale, to which tbey made fast; iv the "flurry" the whale struck the boat, smashing it into pieces, and throwing all .its occupants into the water. A portion of the crew managed to sustain themselves on tbe largest portion of the wreck until they were taken off, and a search was made for Keeuan, but it was a long time before he was found, supporting himself on a piece of the boat; hia wife went to his rescue, and succeeded in bringing him safe to land after he had been in the water for upwards of an hour and a half. When brought to laud it was found that Keen an was greatly exhausted iv consequence of his long immersion, but medical assistance being obtained, he gradually recovered from the effects of the cold and exposure he had been subject to. The whole of the whaling gear was lost, and this, with the destruction of the boat, will form a serious item in the profit and loss account when the season is over. A fearful outrage was perpetrated by a mob at Ahualulco, in the state of Jalico, Mexico, recently. In the morniog a priest delivered an incendiary sermon, in the course of which he advocated the extermination of the Protestants. This so excited his hearers that an armed mob of 200 persons gathered in the evening and proceeded to the residence of Rev. J. Stevens, a Congregational minister, sent out by the Boston Board of Foreign Missions. With cries of * Long Live the Priests," they broke into his house, and seizing the clergyman, smashed his bead to a jelly, and chopped his body into pieces. They afterwards sacked the house and carried off everything of value. After much delay the riot was suppressed by the local authorities. A rigid investigation has been set on foot and orders have been issued for tb9 arrest of all the priests in Ahualulco and the nei»h boring town of Teshitan. A mob°in Saguays, acting under similar religious frenzy, attacked the small garrison of the town, burned the public archives, and' pillaged the authorities' houses. An American seaman, rejoicing in the name of Joseph Fraser, has just been admitted to the Melbourne hospital suffering from a badly. sprained ankle. He gave a somewhat amusing account of bis injuries. According to his tale he was navigating a flock of sheep along the Western District, when, on reaching Rokewood, he encountered a donkey. Fraser was endeavoring to make an acquaintance with his long-eared friend, with the view of enjoying a cheap ride, when, with tbe customary obduracy of its species, tbe donkey repulsed his familiarities by striking out vigorously with its hind feet, one of which it sue- . ceeded in bringing into unpleasant contact with the seaman's heels. United States' papers represent that the American Postofilce mail bags are encumbered witb, among other things, bee hives, with live bees in them, fed with honey and sheltered with glass; boots and shoes, groceries and other incongruous article?, which ara sent under the provision of (he law that everything, except some dangerous liquids, can be sent through the mails if not weighing over four pounds. These articles, bulky and weighty, fill up the postal mail cars, and are carried like the letters, which most go as rapidly as possible, and the effect is that all the accommodations which the Post-master-General can get upon the postal car system are insufficient for the adequate, rapid, and satisfactory distribution of the matter, which ought to pass through the mails alone. One of the members of the United States Congress is known as the "silver senator." He is the richest young man — for he is only about forty-five— in the country, and he has an income from his mine in Nevada of 400,G00 dollars a month, and it is steadily growing richer as they get deeper. Soma time ago a professor ojpl^er- . domain entertained a 'vjliago audienc* < -■*- ■ '.' '■ """--- 7-^7t-'^'^> ! N7s'™'r:riV7i%?&'-e- , ;c.?." •'"

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