MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 30 March 1881, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

,-~*to-- „, , The fir** f?n?kf»£ r ?vskjrnnwn 111 , hi day after i CbrUmas D*y at a little Village called , Settee's Mills, near* Kaston. A ! yoiing German named Joseph Synder, being dm'ed the band of a child of fourteen by her parents, entered their , house at night clad only in bio thirt, brained them as they la? asleep, and then attempted to outrage the girl whom he had sought in marriage. Synder was tracked by his trail in Ibe snow to a neighboring farm, where he was arrested, A murderer some short titna before had escaped the goltoWs oq the plea, of insanity. A crowd rapidly collected, and in hour after the arrest of the murderer they overpovered the .police, who fired at their leader) seized the prisoner, and saying that they wou'd spare the country the expense of a trial and prevent any miecarringe of justice, put a nose round bis neck, hitched id over a branch, and swung him off. He died instantly. After hanging twenty minutes bis body was cut down. An inquest was held and a verdict returned of death by hanging by per* pods unknown- ; The New York ' Spirit of the Times * ! , has the following with regard to Lay* oock :— ' Laycock the tall Australian winter, is a man among ten thousand and has earned the unqualified approbation of every decent man in Christtendon). We 'hate had scultert who have planned, scullers who plotted, •scullers who talked, 9 cullers who lied, and scullers who stole.. But here is a sculler pure and simple ; that rare aquatic jewel— a sculler who sculls/ Baroness Burdett Coutts ' and "William L. Ashmead Bartiett were married on Feb. 12 at Christ's Church. [The marriage ceremony was perfowned by the Rev. W. C. Cardinal*!, assisted by the Ttev. Henry. White, Chaplin »of Savoy Chapel Royal. No one but •nearest; relatives and most intimate 'frienls of the parties were present. Mr Lacarta ' acted as best man.* Sir Tirana's Burdett, head of the family, i .'gave away the bride. The .wedding party were aterwards entertained at the residence of Mrs Travenmon, eldest mtcr of the bride, whose liaalfch prevented her presence at the Church. The Baroness looked re-ma-kabl/ w 11. Previous to the marriage, Mr Enrtlett, in occordance with the Duchess of St. Albau'a will, -a&umed the nams of, Burdett Coutts before his own surname. He and his wi'e left in the afternoon for the seat of Admiral Gordon, in Kent. A Sydney telegram of the 3rd instant gays :— At Temora the Mount Browne excitement is at its height. People appear going crazy. The Herald office is beseiged by miners awaiting the latest news /' Carts and «very description of vehicles are load" ing for Wilcannia. and the banks are busy making drafts for diggers who are leaving men to watch their interests. Hundreds have left for Mount Browne by waggons, horses, and on foot. Fourteen horse waggons are advertised to carry pasengers and swag*. It will be a sorry look out for those at the diggings should they run short of wacer, The general belief appears to be that quartz reefs will be discovered extending miles from the present rueh. Fxperienced diggers pronounce the country like the palmer in Queensland. The Hon Colonel Brett, in respond* ing to the toast of ' The Army* at the Christ church banquet to the Governor made one of his characteristic speeches. He said : — ' It was true ■ that the Hritish arms had recently met with three serious disasters, but the / cause of these was the rotten system existing in Great Britain and Ireland. The Parliament elected civilians to * rule the army and navy. It would be rid icr 'otis to oppoinfc to the Bench a

lawyer who had never had a brief ; to makj a bisbopof a man who had never preached a sermon ; or lo employ a doctor who had no diploma, permitting him to physb you to death. (Laughter). %c. cause of the disasters was to be trace! to the ap* pointment of officers who had never commanded a regiment. (Applause). AMr Smith, a bookseller of trashy railway novels, had been made High Admiral of England and Ireland. (Laughter). Look at the vile play 1 Pinafore.' (Laughter). ]n the Horse GuardJ, interest alone led to preferment, and merit was nowhere. The blame of the disasters should not be cast upon the officers and men, but upon the commanders who bad disgraced the British flag which had waved a thousand years/ A sturdy peasant from the Tyml was standing at a shop window in Vienna, looking at a reproduction of the fine group by Herr "Roach, ' The Three Graces.' insensible to the prefeeticm of farm* but after a *hi!e he burst forth, 'Wait fool* tfomnn are all over thewoild! Only to tnink that those girls have not (jot money enough to buy themselves a sriit of clothes, yet they spend the little they do possess in having their photegraph taken !' The Admiralty have decided that the entry of naval cadets shall in future take place by means of limited competition.. On the property of Prince Wlndischgratz, near Linz, in the Tyrol, a vulture, measuring from the ends *of its wings 1\ feet., has been caught in a trap.