MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 6 December 1880, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

A curious description is that given of the staff of the Eussian Nihilist paper, the will o? the people and the manner in which, that jonrual is published. The paper is probably tJie smallest in tha world, being only 6in by 3:n. The editors and reporters have not ooiy the ordinary worlc of editors to do, but carry around the type, presses, and stock of this remarkable journal in their pockets. One carries the type, another the ink, ani another the paper onwhicii (ha will of tha people is- published. The editors meet in some retired and secluded spot, strike off a dozen copies, which are secretly carried to some town and there distributed. And yet such is the power of tbe pres3 that this insignificant little journal, Sin by 6!n, with a circulation of oaly twelve, is able. to ; terrify the autocratio ruler of eighty millions of people.

The Secretary of the Ans;lp«Atnericau Telegraph Company (Limited) aon^ubees that an additional line of telegraphic com* tnunicaiion across the Atlantic has just been .completed by the laying down of a new cable between this company's s'a« l io us at' Heart's Content. Newfoundland and Valeplia, Ireland. The work haa been most sueccssfuiy carried out by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, without a hitch having occurred during the whole operation, This is the seventh cable laid by the Telegrapli Construction and Main' enance Company across the Atlantic for the 4ago-Aaieri« can Company and their predecessors, four of which are now in working order. The expedition started from Heart's Content on the lOih August, and the Snal splice was completed off tha coast of Ireland on the 21st— a period of twelve days, being tbe quickest Atlantic cable passage

on record

A short timo a*?o a shire council in Victoria adjourned for lunch leaving eighteen envelopes coataiuin? deposits ac« companyino[ tenders' lying oa the table When they came back the envelopes and their contents had disappeared. Ail efforts to clear up the mystery ha? c

proved fruitless.

In consequence of the tranquility now prevailing in Cuba, it is espected that the Minister of War will shortly order return to Spain of 15,000 of the troops stationed on the i^and.

A lead in.? English economist says the money ya!u& to a conctry of overy emicraat ia £130. The European stream flowing to America i 3 about £30,000.000 auimaliy.

A recent number of a New York-ladies' magazine in its housekeeper's depart* rnent informs its readers ' Virginia bouse* wires make the best of pickles.'

A distinguished and lon-jfo^iadecl la^ryer defended- a ei'ituinal uusuccessi'ullj : At-the cud of the (rial the Jad4s received llie Joliowtid note :— ' The prisonor auin« bly p?a?s that the tims cccupied by tiie counsel for the defence bs counted in the sentence.

The coming man ss billiard champion appears to be a plajer naoied Mitchell, n-)»o, st Bri.sjtiton oa September 23rd last, scoredjin one kfeak 1539.