MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 66, 7 August 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

| Thoro havo boon nnow storms in 1 various partH of Novr South Wales. The woathor hna boon ooldor than it baa boon i known to bo for many yoars, . Ton thousand Socialists wearing rovo« lutionary l)ad«os, rocontly ntfendod tho 1 funornl of Itoinsoh, a printor, in Berlin, Glowing addresses woro dolivorod over I tho Rravo, • Tho following appears in tho Southland > Daily Nowfl, from its lli»crton oorroo* I pondont;—Mr Franco has oomo upon nlluvial gold in tho Longwood, some 20 ' foot down and now I must givo you tho ) important news of tho day. Aftor a ) vrook's delay Daniel nnd party wont up ) by boat to formally open and inspect tho . Ilayos Bros'a claim. Arriving nt tbo ' shaft, which was ctirofully padlookod, ono ' of tho prospootors desoondod, Mr Daniol ) soon foliowod, pick iv hand to opou tho

veins, taking out a coup'o of dishes of quarts rubhlo nnd mullock to tl»o opon uir. Washing commenood, with a rosult | .nost asto ishing to all who witnessed if, Next morning, beforo leaving, by request Mr Daniel brought down a fimull samplo ntid on nrriving at Riverlon Mr Konnody crushod it, in tho presonco of sonio CO pooplo, which, after being washed pro duood a prospoot which astonished the boholdors. A telegram from Mr Daniel also pubtisho.i in tho news, gives Iho rosuit of (ho crushing ut fifty ouncos to the ton. A duel was lately fought in Texas by Aloxandor Shott nnd John S. Nott. Nott was shot nnd Shott whs not. In this coso it is botlor to bo Shott than Nott. Thcro was a rumour that Nott wus shof, nnd Shott avowed that ho shot Nott, which proves cither that tho shot Shot shot rtt Nott was not shot, or that iNott was shot; notwithstanding. Ex« chnngo. Circumstantial ovidonco is not nlwnys good. It. mmy bo mado to nppi'nr on trial that tho shot Shot shot, allot Not, or, as accidents with firearms nro frequont, it mny bo possible that tho shot Shot shot, shot Shot, himself, when tho whole affair would rcnolvo itself into its original elomonts, nnd Shott would bo shot, nnd Nott would bo not. Wo think however, that the shot Shot shot,,-shot not Shott tut Nott. Anyway, it is hard not to tell who was shot. A youtu Canadian eiuht years old takes tho palm for cruolty. Sho is tho child of Charles Frost, of Berlin, Ont. nnd bo« ing left with tho caro of asistorof fivo hoenmo nngercd bcotiuso it interfered with her frolios with her companions. Sho dotermincd to rid horsolf ot tho in« cumbrnnoo, nnd begun toabuso tho chi!d in the most fiendish manner. First sho filled its mouth with snow, noxt dippol its head into a quantity of water until it wns noarly drowned ; then it was plnoed in tho ovon of Iho stovo, and burnod nnd bruised, nnd noxt thrust under tho stove, All thoso dovioes failing, sho wont (or a «nw to saw its bond off but rolontod, und hit upon tho plan of placing it in a bug «ud dragging it nbout tho room. Sho was cngngod in this plowing amusomont when tho horror-stricken raothor ro» turnoJ* Of courso tho injuries provod fatal. A Nolsod tradesman tenders tho follow* ingadvioo to oonsumors of korosono :— Tho oi'dinnry qualitios of oil imported into Now Zoaland, in roforenoo to tho tosting of which so much has of late boon reported in tho nowspnpors, aro as a rule sufficiently safo to stand tho tost required by English law, viz., 100 dogreos, but mny not roaoh tho Now Zonlnnd standard ofilO dogrcos. Badly trimmed lamps and dirty burners nro a muoh groator source of dangor 11 inn tho uso of oil ranging in tost from 10) to 110 dogroes. A simple test slightly altorod from Dow» ncrs pamphlet, is horo submittod, that all oonsumors may judgo for thomiclves ns to tho kinds of od thoy aro using — Tako a oup or tumblor, (ill it noarly full of wntcJ wnrmod so that a thormomotor insortod thoroin shows a moan tern- I pornturo of 110 dogroos, pour a small quantity of oil on tho wator, stir a lilllo thou pass a ligh'ed match quickly bu, olosely over tho surfaoo of tho oil onco U if it ignites, do not u?o tho oil it is uh safe ; if it doos not ignite U can uW enfely uiod. ■