MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 12 September 1881, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

\J"<>:\i a young chdd <>r infantdii*s in Chili, ihe bahv. after belli": domu d, i-s arrnv-.*d i;i tho ni:esc ganuerits*, and placwl upon on ai!:-.-' in the host room vi the hoUMO ; a pmr or Wii l^ art* fastened to il, and a cro-vn up*"*ii its h-.-'acl ; :Zr.xr i-o im:*.; a <te\v, mju the entire -jui'-'Ol; ;!■;!;, ■.■,■:; udvu'iK , \v;A* Jbwsrs A: -j J. ri'.-h.-n,. A giiA-irisc i--

n'wided, who, ii'om his scat in front oh. nils aud suljx air*, «»:inorally of a laudatory and l.i.no liinj* nature, for tho loss of (ho child ; but as tho ' poncha' or drink hegius to make it* self felt upon the friends who havo gathered rouud, it then becomes a scene of mirth and gladness that tho child is now an * angolito ' (or little angel). Tliis generally continues for several days, until tho body gives forth anything but pleasant odours. This custom afc the present day is more general ntnoug the lower classes, for, although h exists among tho rich, there is nothing of the boisterous stylo about it. Referring to the death of Mr Charles Dillon, the tragedian, tho European Mail says : — ' It appears that, while filling a three nights' engagement ia t'awick, ho suddenly dropped down dead in the High street of that town on the morning of June 24. He ac'ed the part of Othello on the previous evening in tho Exchange Hall.' A n American telegram by the San Francisco mail says : — The infernal machines shipped to England from America, have created quite a scare there, and almost equal excitement in the States. The Secretary of the Treasury has addressed a communication to the collectors of New York and Boston with instructions to use every means to find out the uame of the consignor of the deadly packages. The representatives of the steamship companies aro especially agitating over the affair, and have deprived o*Donovan Kossa of a sub-ageuey he held in tbe Allan line. Tho city editor of the National Democrat, I'lori, Illionis, states that the infernal machines were s made in that city and giyes the name of the street, addiDg that a reporter' of the paper had been inyited to an exhibition of the machines destructive powers. The housekeeping man whe barar mered his thumb nail this spring while putting down carpets should re* member that in the revised edition of the New Testament the words have been changed to ' Hades ' and ' condemnation.' He happened to press the foot of a young lady, who was sitting Bext to the door, in getting out of a street car, The damsel, compressing her brow into an awe-inspiring frown, ejaculated : ' You clumsy . wretch V Many men would have looked foolish, and apologised, but the Colonel was equal to the occasion. 'My dear young lady, he exclaimed, * you should have feet large enough to bo seen, and then they wouldn't; be trodden upon.' Her brow relaxed, her eyes sparkled, her lips smiled, and the injury was forgotten. In the English telegraph 'service there are 5058 operators, of whom 1852 are woman. The rate of pay is from £1 15s to -£2 5* a week, according to tbe leugih of their service. A certain class of betting men who go to English races carry hat boxes, which contain several hats of various colours. During the races, and when debts aro due, those men who have lost, char-go and interchange hats so that they may escape recognition. A German cashier, the ' confidant ' of the firm of Dolfus, Mieg & Co., of Miihlhausan and Paris, has boen arrested ou a charge of having em- ! bczzled nearly two million of francs (£80.000). The prisoner, EmiloDoeer. | lias been lor nineteen years in tlie same I employ, and the salary he received lately has enabled linn lo live iv a style which prevented him from being suspected. A watch was set on him, and a detective was placed in the office. Tho latter soon gained the confidence of tho cashier, and discovered that Doeoi- indulged in financial speculations, led on by unscrupulous men in whoso power he had placed himself. Information .vas given and by thi** time about haif-a-dozeu arrests have been made of persons who have been the accomplices of the un--faithful cashier, and who could no'c help knowing were he got his moucr from. We have rceoivvd from Mr Tck a copy of tho pr jcecdings of the Dublin Mansion House relief committee. The volume contains detailoa particulars of the pre-eeedingsof he relief committee. special reports aid cummunicatious from different districts ia Ireland, : list of subscriptions, &o. Asu miliar v ! i • given of wiveh we learn that Europo ! contributed £-32,100 8s; Asia, £20, 5:-7 S- 01 ; Africa, £I*lo7 ; Anurica, £-:0,v.'0 1 •- - : ; Aus* ralasia. £91,5)1 A I'J-j B, j, which, teg--! her with lew other contribution* 5 , wide a total available iuL'O.nc of ,CloL Geo Gj 1.1.