MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 3 May 1880, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

: — •— — T" i Tbe Post of Saturday bis the lollow** ing ;— Yesterday and to-day the harbor was swarming with fish of various kinds, including kawhsi and barracoota ? So 1 .dense were the tha||)fop^ in^ boats were enabled to 'kill the* fish^ith' r oars. Dr Hector, whose extensive scientific knowledge has enabled him so frequently from little causes to draw ex* \ traordinary conclusions, may possibly feel disposed to enlighten Wellington I upon the phenomenon. , ■% . ■ . . . > In tbe Divorce C-Mrt, a* remarkable mi i stance of carelessness in the despatch of ' letters ba* been $*ade public. Dr Brad* !

i IT , « bury, a physiciim in extensive piactice in Sal ford, near M»liche-,ter, was married in 187)1 to a very young but extremeljA good looking, lady. After the birth a *m, tattenly issue of the, marrjjp, Ip^s P ra '*3bji*jy bisng in^berdelicp? health Vas sfnt alon^to BllSkpool forehangSV air. One morning, about the time for. her return to -S^JorfU the*. docigj^^vk&bX** 1 letter- from. Sis' wife, Ve^y-muoh-' astonished bim. It commenced^—' My Dearest Boy,' and went on to state Jthat j she was Jleaying Blackpool a£tafv noonf afrd^ked t]fe pfff^rx id j»|om t-s|S was writing to ineel her previous to her leaving, .-3>UJtated that she thought she lalS*fitulW^ previous, and was so much g disappointed wlfen iouMt'ihattif Ms hot Mm. The letter wound up with some' endearing S2*pTtaffl!spin^^ Minnie.' It turned out that Mrs Bradbury, when she wrote this letter, had, at rthe game limey \*riseg *o»e |o Ih^ $ms« bandf^elliit |ifc«^Metihe/afci the Victoria station, Manohester, next night, after six o'clock, and that she had, by mistake, put the letter she ha 1 written to the otber pany into the envelope addressed to her husband, and consr quently his surprise at receiving it: Dr Brad* bury went to the railway station the foi* •lowingfaltefaoOn, when he found his wife in oompany with an individual who turned oot to be captain and adjutant of .the 10' h regiment of Foot, stationed at Manchester. He sent the gentleman about his business, and took his wife in a cab home to her mother's. The affair has ended by the outraged husband obtainmg*ar*divorce. - - -*• A London special gives the following from the Standard's Berlin correspondent :— Lately the Czar hardly ever left the Winter Palace. When he went abroad he was surrounded by a cloud of officers, who concealed the earrisge and protected tbe jnmate with their %odies. Jto_the palafey jtjje was accessible only to diplomatists, dignitaries, and officers of the household- At the chapel, detectives " occupied seats'* that were formerly reserved for distinguished visitors. Detectives infested the kitchen. Every dish was tasted by .perspi^s o| ,' r§nk* Speci|lly sele|te4 ".lorjtbc^ *pu.rJ?o*§fj The-: Emperor dil^ot eyen~jjten.ture to open bis letters, documents steeped in poison having been repeatedly sent to him. Yet, with all these elaborate pre* cautions, it occurred to nobody to search for ari'adve^tise-l ffnVpMifeirSSd mine in the basement. The Emperor and the Duchess of Edinburgh were seated in an apartment next to the dining room, when theyjheard tji^^reuprl of the explosion. Tne lights* wets* extinguished and the gaspipes burst. The Princess, officers, and valets went blindly through the dark, and tben poured promiscuously through the doorji of the royal apartments' The from, the f,tal quartet All iwho -saw thesight — the p ; cture of Alexander the Second leading his daughter away from the mine of dynmaite-^say it was one that could never be forgotten-' , | Cplgt^ts .JlhjO hjn gf tq * s^S ,*fc at #, Xtfty* doh"fo*g J is * really like should ffave been here the last week of January (says the European Mail.) The week will long he remembered as one of the foggiest in the history of London, and also as one of the : drparjegt tand most miserable. A dense blaok fog -hung over the metropolis from Monday morning till Sunday nigbt. Occasionally it would clear off a little about midday, but only to come amongst us .agajn blacker than before. y Streej. tnpte, asjmely ibef imagined,^ impeded. Cabs and omnibuses, and in**, deed almost all the vehicles on tbe roads, | were preceded by torch bearers, and City men were quite one hour, and in some cases two or three hours late in getting home and coming to tbeir places of business. All steamboat traffic on the -N*|i^vWaSiStopped and pedestrians had to t^giti their way through the dense mass olniapor as best they could. Numerons accidents of all kinds are reported. It was not alone the fog either that the pedestrians had to bear— the weather was also piercingly cold. In the various parks some thousands of people ventured upon the ice, but skating was carried on >#t e re #M##l 111 HQUt .' The Rangoon Gazette records a sad occurrence at Port Blair:—' One of the 89th Regiment, named Kenny, went out to tbe bay to have a swim— a daily recreation between 5 and 6 p.m. When he was out a distanoe of 150 yards from the jetty Jie found himself attacked by a small shark, which bit off one of the fingers of the left hand, and hcerated another and the thumb. The man, being a good swimmer, bravely resisted the attack, and had nearly succeeded in choking, it is said, his enemy, when he found himself attacked, by a large monster which, seized Bim below the cap of the right knee, causing an inciqion of about four inches by two deep. ' The wounded man still fought his way bravely, swimming towards shore with his right hand, wlnl! with his other mutilated one he |ef^d|d >fms|lr| / V^ile4olr|g3 the ieeeiid ana fiercer antagonist managed to seize his wounde^ leg jast behind the | knee-cap, rendering it perfectly useless. Life, however, is sweet, and notwithstanding his crippled condition, Eenny struggled on to a boat he saw coming to his aid, when a third, shark, attacked him ''from behind, and tore off a considerable portion of the flesh from his back. Even in this dreadful stats he managed io swim

60 yards fur tb,er, and to reach the boat, v when he was picked up. He was in**, ymedpately conveyed to shore, laid in": a * 'doolil^aniS- carried to the. hospital where : he^eceiMfl* evei^care and attention ; , but after lingering, for 30 hours, and . suffering the greatest agony, h«S expired, •vy^hfen tte* corpse "was examined, - the iriC&stin'eSWere plkfnfy*vßiible..tbrougb the exposed rib****-*, three' or four of which Svere broken. The dimensions of the last bite were seetiMo, be 14in by 12in«. The de.,ceaged*was ojrly yearsiofc age." z $ '4&.*s& pfovin.ee or Yakutsk, EasternSiberia, according to the American Encyjdopedii9^e^jiJ»»»d^^ - of 600 feet, and frost is always to be fpuud t b;ree.i>?tfour feet below the surface 'in the warmest weather. The capital city*pf the*prAvijjce.hears the samel name, and is the northermost town in the* world. The'conditiou of the ground, as already stated, would suggest that it is likewis-jj the coldest town in the world. Yakuts! is situated on the river Lena, which discharges into the Arctic Ocean. It has a population of about 5000, and enjoys a large trade in furs, ivory and provisions. It has been brought to public notice very . conspicuously of late through the recent voyage of discovery made by Professor Nordenjkold in tbe Swedish steamer Vega along the Northern coast of Europe and Asia. That bold voyager has recom? mended the establishment of a line oF steamers between the Pacific and the river Lena, for the development of the trade of Yakutsk. If his suggestion is carried out San Francisco may yet enjoy very intimate commercial relation* with this isolated and coldest town in the world.