NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 138, 30 April 1881, Page 3

NEWS IN BRIEF.

_, (Mr Inward Whymper his returned to England ... from his . expedition to S uth Anojerioa m the course of which he ascended ma liy of the, lpftiest. mountains m Ecuador, and is now engaged m preparing an account of hii ; 'expierienceß. „ Theex-Empress flugeniehascaused a very ■tarihgentclause : tobeincerted m the deed of sale of her 1 villa at Biarritz, which will com pel th > new comers to have masses held m tbe chapel on the anniversaries of the deaths of her husband and son. Sir ffdwin Landseer c»uH dr«w two different object* at .about the name time— one with hit right hand, and the other with hit left .V' ■ '"■-'". ■" ' •■■- "■ '.: ' The Daily Newt correspondent at Rome •ays that on the re-opening of the Italian Parliament the a.»vertiment will introduce a bill for the institution of target ■hooting throughout the kingdom, and n ndering it« prafctiee compulsory on all citizens. . ■ Almost every corner m the business part* of New York oily has now its hot muffins. They- aicc baked. while ;the purchaser waits, and'sell at 2d eacK Mr. Little, of Benalln. Victoria, has » horse aged 324 years, wh'cb m the old days used to do the distance b 'tween Benalla and i Melbourne, 121 miles, m a day and a-balf, and which, even now, can trot eight miles within ithehnim, . ... . •. , ■,-. ; .;•,:■.;: The;. Ijeruka. ;. native: . police are , not reI nowned ipr ; ,b«fin?,. tender-hearted., They took asailortpthe!oißk r up..iißtead of to the hbroitat. and kept him the r e uritli he diod N«> inqmiyhas yet heenh?ld f a« to the r*use of d&thi,' *a lit might exposes a case of ill---1 ttieatment. ] Who wou'd >*c a »aiW ? j : The averiigebf a ia dnly 29 years, bat that of" the dry- prirtdei 1 of sicklesisSS years. For every .70451 I tons of coal dug up m Prussia thp life of a miner" is; sacrificed ; and/ m TCiigh^id there is one life lost for every 89,419 tbn«i raised to the inrface. . . „ ! A ; legacy. of £1000 ba» been left by the Lord Justice Thesigfir fi hiscbief clerk ' i7 A party of Chinamen at Little Bendigo have found a sixty«ounce nugset. L The late storm m London left 8000 persons house'eas and destroyed two millions pounds' of. property. The Aramab Mail (Australia) says it is reported th -t a dio^overy of diamonds has been made m the direction of Willis Ore k. A mate named j Kuwait has ,hecn .arrested m Bdinbnrgb (SAjior the murder of his daughter, ased 17-- - A great demonstration of the women of the, west of Rng'and has taken, place at Bristol m favor Af woman suffrage Fifty-four thousand five hnnd-ed persons travelled on the Melbourne railway lines on Ne* Year's Day. , ; ; 'The South Austral! «n Ch^erhment is tryitig to enconrage sup«r-growing m thr Ko'rthpm Territory by gifts of land. ■■».-; At Steiglitz. a.nrecpciQus hoy of 15 years had a dispute witha girl of 13 years, an.* shot #t and wounded her. i , t f?al|; water on the street? of Sydney is a decided success. The face of the street remains hard and dump for a considerable time. American missionaries are sheltering and feeding 500 Mussulmans anH Christian fnei> tires -m. .the- mission 'building outaide of UraPersia. .'...■■'■ :... "|jt»Qreyy theißVench President,, dravre a iajary of ' annualy. Ddring his preßidentshipi he will have drawn, m calary and Wlowanfes; '£&52.C00. '''Dorl^ areiißnt thuhderetorm at Mount (Jambier, the lightening- ran along the Wires' df • a fenee< belonging ito • a farmer nainecf tWalters, burning) < Holes ■m gome: of the ports spliting others, and ignited the grass.. ['']'?' ,-... . i ; i!i: .- ;■..,' ..,• . '•. ••. ■ jiThe^iand-Jury oj?New York adyisps, the re-establishment of the whipping-post for I wife beatern. \ Frank Buckland has been succeeded m the Inspector-(?.eneral?hin of the British fisheries by Professoif Huxley. 1 The Bnddhist priests m Japan have taken the Bible m their course of a'udy, so that they can the better, oppose the missionaries. Commander Chevne, ah American invites the world to raise fifty thousand dollars, m order that he may visit the north, pole m a balloon. ' . '" , , " ','.' ' ' \ „'A' great catacomb wai recently discoITOvered before 'the St. Pahcrazio 6a f e at jßbine. >It has ten chapels, and extends at [ far as the foundations of the Yi^la Doria •;, i ji ,; > : • At a GKarivari' festival, near San Dieg», m ;Sputhera; s California. , ■ some, , revellers brought 'data lone uiinsed Spanish cannon, dubbed |B1 Jupiter, loadedj it with giant powtlefj-rton^^arid other amtnuniiion;!of a miscellaneous character, and fired it off. It .'. burst, and neirly every one m tlm QTOwd !WM«niore or less injured. : .{-Jfjia .mutiJatfd remains of- a .ycung ! woman were found on the suburban rail-, ! way, !i,ne near, Redfern, Sydney., Absolute j identification was impossible, but from tbe ! clothing {they are believed to be thosa of ; Charlotte Bray, aged 17 years, daughter fiof Mr. Thomas Bray.Mof Burwood. At Stuttrrart, a student m love with a very pretty girl had repeatedly written to her parents for their consent to a marriage. Beceiving ho reply, he poisoned himnelf at th« giiVs lodgings, Next day «jamo a

letter with the parents' consent. At the funeral the girl swallowed poison, and fell lifeless into the arms of one of the ch> riatere singing over the grave. L mTMountmorrei' murder becomes more atrooious the more the facts are known . It turns oat he was hardly more than a farmer on. his ofß. land, His income was under £100 a year. ;So poor was he that ha did his own farm work. He "associated with his ten»nt3 on terms of equality. Their non-payment of rent meant starvation t > hi? familr. He could; not afford to leave hi* house wh<m his life wa"* m danger : and he imagined that a redaction of 10 per cent, m his demanns would give him immunity. Bread mf 1c from whole wheat sonked bet ore being coarsely ground is used m the French army. Sea water used m the knead* ing ia said to add flavor to the bread.