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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 30, 1 February 1876, Page 2

i ! The Lincolnshire Chronicle says j that tbe mysterious disappearance of a servant girl in Lincoln about five weeks since has caused much excitement. The girl -was in service with Mr Moody, ironmonger, Orchard-street, and was sent by her mistress, on the afternoon of the 16th September, to a neighboring bakehouse, ' since which time not the slightest trace of her has been discovered. The girl, whose name is Fanny Clarke, is a native of Potterbanworth," her father being shepherd there with Mr Petchell, farmer. No reason whatever is assigned for her disappearance. She was on good terms with her maßter and mistress, and also with her parents, and none of her companions can give nny cine as ta where she Howie,

A portion of the American press urge the propriety of inviting Queen Vic;toria to attend the-ir Centennial Celebration. They areno doubt right '.In believing that nowhere would she 7repe|.ye bq enthusiastic a reception. ~y An Irish 'clergyman, the Rev George Me-dra Drought, "believes that he' bas discovered a remedy against plagues of flt 8, and a very Biraple and pleasant one, namely, a window-garden of geraniums and calceolarias. He has .tested it satisfactorily. An Act of Parliament has recently been passed in England, the object of 'which is summarily to put a stop to the drugging of horses without the consent of the owner. . Gun cotton is made by dipping common cotton in nitric acid and sulphuric acid. It is then washed in water and dried. Dissolved in ether and alcohol, gun cotton becomes collodion, a manufacturer's name for which is celluloid. • Jewellery, billiard, bails, . and other articles are made of tbis. {For continuation see fourth page.}