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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 309, 20 October 1888, Page 3

FALL FROM A TIGHT-ROPE. A fcight-rope walker at Angiers, while pertormingr fifty feet from the ground, on September 18, amid the plaudits of the spectators, slipped and fell. He was picked up dead, shockingly mangled.

The French authorities have dispatched agents to Canada to ascertain what opportunities there are for using that country as a dumping ground for paupers and criminals. An International Socialist Congress will be held in Paris next year. The superiority of the Label rifle, added to the discovery of smokeless powder, besides the detonations of the new cartridge being scarcely audible, so that the firing will not reveal the whereabouts of the enemy, is exciting the serious attention of every war officer in Europe. France has sole possession of the secret, and is guarding it carefully. Under the leadership of Cardinal Lavigiere, a society has been formed for the suppression of negro slavery in Africa. The French Government has ordered gunboats to proceed to the West Coast of Africa for the purpose of pui-suing vessels engaged in the slave trade, especially those which fly the French flag. Mrs Langtry, the actress, had returned to Paris from London. Her husband absolutely refused to see her, or to talk with her solicioor on the subject of divorce.