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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1858, 16 December 1874, Page 2

Watt of •pace precludes car giringa fall report of this day's Court proceedings.

Tk« -flrebells rang oat, an alarm about ■even o'clock this morning, and the Fire Brigades promptly turned, out. It appears that the alnrm arese out of the peculiar way in which the Grahams; own Catholio Chape] bell was rung, which was done Tery quickly, and with pauses similar to a fire alarm. . This was taken up by the' Karaka Creek bell, and then at Shortland. To ensure prompt attention to fre alsrms, it is necessary they should be distinguished from orairary ringing, whioh cannot be .done unless, greater . care be exercised by those entrusted with the latter.

£ Most, unjustifiable murder (says the Bruce Herald) was perpetrated in Milton last; week, A well known two>lrgged ruffian and fcully hafing killed, maimed, or otherwise ■wUreated every - member of his own sex within his reach, suddenly turned upon his patient, long-iuffering, and innocent wife, and haying felled her to the earth with one brutal blow, he trampled upon her inanimate,body until death released her from her sufferings and violence of her cruel spouse. It will detract; a Httle, perhaps, fro-* the price of this paragraph when w« mention that the offender i* a writ-known game cock belonging to a Milton tradesman. , .

"Xorvaiß," writing in ths Melbourne Herald, say*:— " I heard to-day of a singular coincidence with respect to names.. A man named John Williams, 'got into trouble,' and was arrested by Detective John Williams, the prisoner was prosecuted by a man named John William*, defended by a barrister named Williams, and tried by Judge Williams, the crer of,the Supreme Court ia which he was tried* was also named Williams, and, singular Ao relate, the warder who received the prisoner at the gaol after his trial, also signed himself Williams. What an extensive family the Williams'* must be. All that was wanted to make the story complete was, that the trial sheuld bare taken place at Wflliftmitown.

Tax Otngo Daily Times gives the following •.mming account of ft surpruo :—A gentleman having occasion to go to hit oflloo tho other evening, noticed, just hs ho wits about to unlock the t!oor, a suck lyiag across the doorstep. Ho laid his hand on tht tack, and fttling something within it move, exclaimed, "A baby!" The sudden discovery took his breath away, and recovering himself, he with beating heart rashed off for a policeman. " Policeman," he said to tho officer he met, " somebody has left a baby on my doontep ! " The gentleman's tone was very excited, and not fiocn compunctious visiting* of o ascienc* regarding pa erniiy. The poliooman, who was not of an excitable disposition, acoompanied the gentleman to the offico and as he was about to open the sack, whioh was tied at the mouth, the gentleman said : "Do not open it till I get a witness! " The man in blue, seeing that the gentleman feared all manner of dreadful things against him in prospective, did not open the sack until the gentleman went to an office in the window of which be saw a light, and returned with a person who proved to be an overworked clerk. The gentleman was then satisfied that he had testimony in his favor should the police attempt to bring him on any dreadful charge. The bag was now opened, and lo and behold, there jumped out a big black cat, who showed himself fleet of limb on regaining his freedom. We do not know if the gentleman was amused at the climax, but his witness and the constable were. It is said that he has had a lively time of it explaining to his wifo how he got excited.