MAIL NEWS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 520, 18 October 1890, Page 3

MAIL NEWS.

TERRIBLE SCENES AT A FIRE. Dreadful scenes were witnessed at a fire in East Fifty sixth-street, New York. The lower parts of two buildings are used by Mr Hagan as a roofi g material factory. There is a cellar in each building, and in one of them a loud explosion took place just as Mr Hagan was about to whistle bis men to work. Six apprentices were known to be in the cellar at the time. Five rushed to the elevator, hoping that way to escape from their perilous ppri ion, the cellar being now all ablaze. The flames, however, burned away the ropes and the lif s ascended empty. Piteous cries for help came from the lads, and ropes were thrown to them by the men above. One succeeded in catching hold of the rope and was dragged to a place of safely, while three others climbed up the stairs and escaped that way with their clothes still ablaze and their hair burned. Shouts rf “Harry!” to the lad evoked the feeble response, “ I can’t find it,” meaning the rope. A moment later a boy’s pale, terrified face showed in the fierce light, and with difficulty the lad c’imbed up the rope. Just as he reached the top, a man stretched out his arms to catch him, the poor little fellow lost his hold fell back in the fire. The flames shoo ing fiercely up from the cellar, the'men above were obliged for their own safety to retreat, and only after the fi e had been extinguished was the dead apprentice’s body recovered.

A FRENCH MIRACLE. A remarkable case of credulity occurred a few days since at Macon. The Repub ic Franoaise relates that twp men .engaged in digging a grave in the town cemetery perceived a skull which they had thrown out, moving, on which they ran in a great hurry to acquint the parish priest, who, without delay, repaired to the scene, and being quite surprised with the prodigy, he cried out a'oud, “ A mirae’e.” In order to show the utmost respect to so precious a relic, the priest ordered the cioss, holy water, his surplice, and square cap to bo brought. He then caused the bells to ring, called together his parishioners, gave directions for a dish to be brought, in which he put the skull, covered it with a napkin, and carried it in procession to the church, during which time there wt re wai md ebatea amongst the people, each claiming kindred to the skull. As soon as they had come to the church, and had p’aeed it upon the high altar, the priest began to sing the Te Denin • in the of it a mole was observed to run out of the skull, which had been the cause of its motion, whereupon the priest derived, the people reired, and the skull was buried again.

k DAUGHTER’S REVENGE A New York paper publishes a despatch from Guatemala, stating that Signorita Ch istiria Barruedio, the daughter of Gen. Bart-undia, who toa shot ‘in a struggle with the port officers, who wore trying to arrest him on board the United States steamer Acapulco, attempted to shoot Mr Mizner, the United States Ministsr. She approached bim while he wag titling at hia writing desk, and said, *’ Are you the American Minister ?’* to which he replied, “ I am. Can I hi of any service to you?” Then, with fishing eyes, she accused him of being the direct cause cf her father’s death, and declared that she intended to Lid him. Mr Mizner attempted to reason with the girl, who, apparently frantic with fgiief, bitterly reproached him, and then, raiding a pistol, Fortunately, the bullet enured a h r avy law book which the Minister he'd before him. Assistance then came, and Signorita Barrundia was seized and arrested before the could escape, Mr Mizner refuses to prosecute his assailant.

MR SPURGEON AND THE THEATRE. Mr Spurgeon, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle said the Christian Church of the present day bad “played the harlot beyond any Church in »>ny ace.” Alluding to the recent performance of “Judah” to an audience of clergymen, he remarked “ There are no amusements too ’rile for her. Her pastors had filled a theatre' of late, and have set their mark by their clamors on the labors of play-actors. To this we had come at last to which wo never came before—no, not in Rome’s darkest hour. And if you do not love Christ enough to be indignant about it, the Lord have mercy upon you.” STRUGGLE WITH A MADMAN ON A HOUSETOP. An extraordinary scene was witnessed at Liverpool, when a labourer named Evans was, to the astonishment of some of the neighbours, observed climbing out of the bedroom window of his house on to the roof. This he reached safely, and he then proceeded to the chimney, on the top of which he seated himself without, apparently, being conscious of his dangerous posi’ion. It wis seen that the man was mad, and the police were sent for. Two policemen got a ladder, and were thus enab’ed to reach the roof. They managed to hold of Evans, who.strugsded furiously. They succeeded in p’acing a pair of handcuffs on the man ; but the question then arose, how were they to take him down the ladder. This difficulty was s -Ived by a gentleman who ascended the ladder with a rope. With the assistance of the police he skilfully fastened this around Evans’body, and in this way the man was lowered, to the ground. .-Evans was attended to by Dr Davey, who found that he was suffering from an attack of delirium tremens. MURDER AND SUICIDE THROUH POVERTY, A murder, committed through poverty, occurred in the Reichenbergor Strass, Berlin. Among the residents in that quarter was a post office assistant named Such, 23 years of age, and whose wages were only 17s a week. Such had got into debt to the extent of *33 marks, and being engaged to be married shortly his poverty preyed heavily on his mind, On Saturday, September the fltb, he i shot his -fiancee dead with a revolver, snd then blew out his own brains, He left behind him several touching letters bewailing his indigent circumstance?. A STRIKE INCIDENT. , The Manchester Examiner states that a singular incident occurred a short lime ago . in Qoppeotion with ths demand for a xhortcr working day. A number of the men em ployed on one of the great railways struck for a reduction 'of hours. Their demands i were granted, and the hours of work reduced. A few weeks later -• the same men struck again, this time because the manager refused to give them enough of overtime employment. In other words, they struck for longer hours. As a matter of fact, says the correspondent, i the real movement, in most of the trades I which are now agitating for a reduction ofthe hours of iabor-is for more-wages, not fer less work. MURDERED QE EIS WEDDING DAT. A gad and trftpio terminatimr of wedding festivities oecnrred at According to a report in the Courier du Soir, sent by a correspondent, two brothers, on a very slight occasion, quarrelled, and from being inmates separated houses, neighborhood, and at length broke connection. Their alienation was neither softened nor embittered by correspondence. After about 11 years pass a d in this manner, one of the brothers married a beautiful young lady. The single brother, who had been watching this opportunity of vengeance, made his appearance very unexpectedly on the wedding day, and, desiring an interview with the rfiarriea man in a separate apart-

ment, was no sooner perceived than welcomed* the latter taking it.jtpr granted he came to ba reconciled, and had chosen this happy day to render it more acceptable. The brother, addressing the bridegroom, said, “ Brother, wo 'have not met since our disagreement divided us this day eleven year*. I come ■ now to remind you of th® circumgtauoe,’! and immediately plunged a knife into the body of the bridegroom. ERUPTION OF VESUVireI Mount Vesuvius has recently shown great activity. A large stream of lava is to be seen. pouring down one side of the mountain continually. Another crater has formed, ftud the other day, when the atmosphere was very clear, a second mouth, out of which issued smoke, could ba plainly seen. This state of eruption has been going on for some daye«i and shows parked signs of increasing.