MISCELLANEOUS.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 426, 9 February 1875, Page 2

MISCELLANE OUS.

|_ A shocking affair hanpnelat Sandrid.je on Monday by the explos on of ik'-ros-ne lamp, which resulted i i *the death of am -th^r and he* chil I. Tt appears that Mr* : Kite Morj/nn, wife of Mr K. R. Morgan, residing in So'igs B*re fc, Sandri Ige. te ir--d to bed with •er >oij"geBbBnn Frank Edward, a child 15 months old, and at About fealf pa<> 11 o'clock *be wi» ala^ni'd by the sudden explosion of a ke''<8 j nelamp, which had been left burning on a tahle in th bedroom. Findino herself and hercjii'd surrounded by fl-imes »»hieh ha 1 ignited the bed .cl^f'es, Mrs Morgan scre>mf»d for ai<l. Mr Morgin who \v>»B alee ing in an adjacent V>e lr<wim witli s >m« others of his eSililivn, l»«ing aroused by the screams, hustened to ascertain the cuise Upon reaching the door of the room in which his wife and ! chid had been sleepin/, he met. Mrs Morgan ru-bin>» out of the be 'room with the infint in her arms Both mother an I chil I were en> elo ed in flvne*. Mr Morgan instantly procured « bucket of water to qnen-h the flames b t ha<l to 'ake t ■« victims to the vra er tap i-i the h u'kyard bi for© be could succeed in d"in« so. tlje cries <>f Mrs Mo pin attracted the atten'i >n lao of a lad\ door, who surlily elected an entrance intt te hons» by j imping through Qne of the windo \s Shea-' <a is e1 Mr Mor<_'in in his endeavoms to succour tie viotims of the ex losion. It was soon ascertain d that t.'ie child ha 1 been most sever ly burn*, and th it Mr- Morgan's nj nies were al«o of a very (langproiisnifcute. Medical aid was procured wifli all possible dispatch. Mr Malco^ison wh i attended the sufferers, at once expressed hi< opinion Ih-it there was no hope of the chill', rec 'Very, and th ii Mr-< Morgan's injuries we,re of so »eiious a character hs to ren le^ her eh i»u;e of recovery wry oliynt. Af er lingering until h ilf p.ist 4 o'clock y-srer-day m>rniiiir, the unfortunate chdl succumbed to the in juries lie had iceived, and M-s Morgan only survived her niTant some twelve hours, hiving expired ve«fer.?av even in^ it about 5 oVlm-k The sad «ccurrence has spreid a gloom over the neighbourhood, while the husband, chi'dren and numerous r'litives of Mrs Vfo"st^n a*e inconsolable at the lo s they have sistiinel. Mrs Morgan was 35 jears of a^e. — Melbourne Argus, Dec 23 The fi)Mowingex«unple i* placed o i record bv tie •' Detroit Free Pressx — "Cah'i find anytliing to do bu\ loaf »round the wharr^s and gallop up and down the nllet*, eh?" r - marked his Honor, a* a Toung man named Miller, c'larged wh!) vngranoy, was rushe I out. "I im n Btran -cr »n t >i< ; loivn— 'e i<i broke, and n body to borrow o\'* rrpli»> \ the pris >n"r '• I can't heln it that yon a r e dead bmk',' 1 s»>t irl the C >ii"t. ' I'd be g'a I if erenbody owned a *i]v.>r mine and two coac'i dows. Tie oflicpr «ny\ you- have been n-an ing aimleosl? arnu <d, slee;)ini; on b \\ett of ftnv. tnki^g fr?e lune'ic^, nnd making no elfort to nmii" a f"r«unp. You don't neem lo have any aim, ambition." " Yi'fl, I h»»p,". replied the prisoner. "Where it if, sir — where is it 9." rv-ikerl his Honor leaning forward. "Did jou ever bear of Cicero taking five limohe*? Did you erer hear thnt Phtf> gambolled through the alleys of Athens? Tell me, sir, did ou ever hear anyone «ay t'<at D-'inostlnnea »lept under a coal shed or on a nale of hiv ? I yoif.wnnted to be a Pluto there would be fite in your eye, your n«ir would have an mt l'eetuat cut ; you'd *t«p into a rlenn • t drt.. and you'd hire * m«»*iniz mac'une to pa>e Your finder nailt- S.r, you •iavf got to go un for four month*.** The BalUrat Star says :— '• Hather ib Aovel speculation u at p e-ent under consideration by some of our leading sportsmen, and negotiations have beea commenced, we understand, for the purpose of oarrying it into effect. It is iut^adetl to t«ke four <f the best Australian ste pie- I chaser* to England, to^ettier with an equal number of c lon al j& keys, an<K having engaged some conveni»-nt oour«<«, to issnft a chall«nce to »ny cqml nnm 1 or of orrss-r-o'ii'rv lior?t-» i-i tie woild. Ilia »l*o the intention of the promote t> lo l-avo tho ground I,iirl ut nftei the unnre of the prinoipal Aujtralian steeplechase courses, and. m /act;, t j bays tveryP^in^ us Uixxrly approach ing AuitrAliAO

nv.s in on« or tne ouujm* m»»rict«, nw »»• »»tn<i p»ni>injr unhiuiipd by some «citi>m*n», on i while »o »nff ring i\» wems to have suddenly become tired of his extsibnce, and took 10 graim of strychnine in n klhm of brandy, lne mrrtiral gentleman who wascnllel in to treat the ease some t.vo hours after the poison h»d been tnken. and *ben it »«» t<> all appearance doing tU work moat efle«ti*ely, applied { eM-Toform by initiation, nnd sneeeeded b> thia means in neutralising the action of the poison to such an extent »h»t the patient ia now in » fair way of recovery, harms * Parent I j been reicued from the very jawa of death. W* * r » precluded at present from gieina any name*, bnfc thi**** maj ponaiblv bccomp publio proi>erty bafore long, though n» public advHnta.-e moiill accrue fr >m an exposure ; but i^lr rigl^t that. «o important h fat-f. ak thecure bj cUhrofiTta a >ould not be kept f om t'»a pro • asion." Mflhiitirne juries ure etilfiitly jjreptrin? work for tbe-rts^l- »»»■» and their con^en- r». An exchange save :—": — " It is evident from oirpumttanfes thnf, have recently occurred »t the Pentridue Stoekilethit the authorities will lw»e*»«ie diffi ! nlty i»> maintninina di-»('iplint» a'noiisj a certnin cl»s-» il convicts fjr the futi>re, nni mail probability a ju'-y c »myo<e I ofsucli m n as Hcq it ed We-- har-h will ajon Invean nppo.tunity of <ihovriiiJ f i nilar ltiinenov 10 ot'ier-* of th J sn'iie clh** of <r min-il^. As so >n us th© aiquinal of W»*ec l M«'clirV«*a»ne | known among the prisoners, a n»io-ioiw ruffian n*~9*i Wilson, who is undergoing a lodji (•entiiic- for a horrible erinv was rprv deiiiotisttrnlive in tjivinj expce^iou to hi* feelingsbefore a number of the pn»< ner.«. lie Hire* up his I'ai-i^ and sho ted tliat Weeohu'-ch was a<-quiite<i. It «aai lionet t thntMiis conduct mitflit c»ea»e a spnit «>f inß«boidinationnmona the prisoners, and Wilson whs brought before the Superintendent, when lie became v»-ry abiwiw, and n aile u*e <f threitemng laugUHtfe. He \mH oniered to he locked in lih cell, where i' it «ith great difflVu ty and drtnyer to the live* of tie warilers who ar» attending him th>it l>e n ki«| t m pro, er restraint. He is one of the mc«t p-meilully built prisoners in the *torkn»le, »nd he has borne a bail churueur rver nince he has been At P.-n rultfe," A Ynnke" in one of the Kew England i««ni fioinjj intothe nnrket to buy so ue sausHges, he d out alnk t » Ii er, his dosr. l'K er r nhbed his noae agaui»t. th> ni, a- it to nme'l a l»t. anil instantly brihtled up anil sh iwed bis teeth ; vi on which ha master dropp> d them like a Lot >potato. " Whit's the mnttei ?" demanded the vendor <f th p" rk. 'Do aou tind atiy fault with my uusaKs?" " > T o,'^ replied the Yankee, * l're no hmg a_-in ihe 8 uhh^cs Only d<»g won't eat dog, that's all !" Tie market n,an told both to l<*ave a« soon a-< po sd»le, ami th y did.