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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 249, 11 October 1876, Page 4

A German who lately lost his horse published tbe following notice : — "Rund away, or edolen, or was sdrayed, mine large plack horse, about eighteen hands hie; ha was plack all o'er his pody, put he has some white spots pon his pack, where the skin vas rub off put I greaß'd 'em, and de vite spots is all plack again. He hae for plack legn, two pehind acd two pefore. He trots and kanters, and sometimes he valks, ond yen he valka all his legs and foots go on one after anoder. He has two hears pon hia 'ed, both alike, put one is placker tan toder, and a small bit longer. He has two eyes, one is put out, and toder ia pon de side of his 'ed, and yen you go toder side he von't see you. Veu lie heats good deal he has pig pally. He has long dail dat hongs pehind, put I cut it short de oder day, and now it is not so long vat it vas. He is shoed all round, put his pehind shoes corned off, and now he haa got on shoes only pefore." A destructive lightning accident occurred lately at at encampment of French troops near Lyons. Three tents were successively struck. No one was in the first ; electricity was carried off from the second by a telegraph wire near by, a soldier standing before it was injured ; in the third three persons were killed and seven were wounded. There were several other casualties in the camp. Every soldier hurt was at the time lying on his iron bed, while the sentries in front of of tho tents which wero struck remained uninjured. The scorched uniforms of those who were killed are to bt, sent to the Academy of Science for examination.