INTERCOLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

West Coast Times, Issue 387, 19 December 1866, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

(from the mllbourne akgus.) VICTORIA.

Daylesford, December 10

At six o'clock this inonvng a murderous attack was nude by a woman nan:ed Sarah Vance on her husband Leslie Vance. The weapon she used was a tomahawk, with which she iiirlicied a deep wound on the temple, and fractured her unfortunate victim's skull. The man is not expected lo recover, and his dyuig depositions have been taken. The woman has confessed to the assault. It is presumed that jealousy was the cau»e of the deed. The uniiapp3' couple lived near to tne spot where Margaret Graham's hou>e used to stand, at the west end of Albert street. Dunolly, I), ceinber 10. The Goldsbrougu Quartz-Mining Company, Bealiba Re f, declared to-day its first dividend, of 5s per 2000. h scrip for a fortnight's work. Bekchworth, December 11. The late he.ivy rains have caused serious damages to the claims at the Woolshed and at Yackandandah. Many of the m»st extensive of them are completely flooded, and weeks will elapse before they will be again workable. There is a great demand for harvestmen throughout the whoie of the district. In some instances fanners are paying 30s per acre, and in others 40s is demanded. Queenscliff, December 11. The barque Nil Desperandum, from Mauritius, anchored at the Heads last night, after a fair passage of forty-six days. She baili-d on the 25th October. Her cargo consists of sugar and coffee, and she ha» been ordered on to oydney. The Bar won would have been floated yesterday but that the ways we found to

be to ) short, and the launching operations had to be suspended to length evv tnem.