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ITEMS' OF NEWS.
The ,two. prisoners who escaped from tho
Castlomkino gaol on Wodnosday morning wero
arrosted about 1 o'clock yesterday morning.
Tho oredit of . arrest is due to Constables Mo-
naghan and Arnold, of Daylesford, who, hearing
that two men answoring tho description of tho
escapees had been seen in the neighbourhood of
Mount'Franklin, inquiring for tho roBidonco of
an Italian named Natal Pomatta, started at once
for the rosidonao of that worthy, who had beon
a companion in gaol of tlio two runaways, having
been felqased in February last. Arriving at his
hut, it crack in the door revcalod to tho con-,
stablos the two men they were in search of lying
nnund aaloan in front of the fire. Oil trying to
open the door it was found to bo securely bolted
;on the inside, and a loud tap proving unavailing
to urbuso tho slumborors, Gonstablo Monaghan
applied hie foot to tho door with the effect of
'causing the two mon to jump from tho fire and
irun irito the room occupied by Pomatta, who tlion
inppearod and admitted tho constables. Tho two
.runaways wore at onco covored with rovolvors
and ordorod to come out, which thoy did, ouil
quietly submitted to bo handcuffed. They wore
'taken to Daylesford, and last ayening found
!thom in occupation of their old quarters in
Castlomaino Gaol. They boast that they will
escape again on the first opportunity, which,
jnowevar, is nus imuiy iu oo uuuiueu ihhiu
Isimplyias the last. Both men wero regularly.,
jtirettout- by- thoir -walk — 23 miles — and -they-
jstated after their arrest that had they met a
jhorsoma|n,' nV. matter who ho was, they would
have " goiie for him," and Becured his horse ;
so that it !as woll two such desperate characters
are ogalp plaoed safely within high walls. The
runaways did not seem to relish the sound of
the wardors' rifles as they sent bullets aftor.
tbem in their flight, and the elder of the pri-
ooners says he expected every eocond to feol a
bullet in his back ; and tho lire seems to have
boen quite close enough to be comfortable, qa
one of the men waB struck by a spent bullet on
the sqle/of tjie boot, while another whistled be
tween the two mqn as they wero running, niid
struck a tree in (rent pf t he rp, . ...
At the 'Police Court yesterday, before Dr.
Malcolni, J. P., Eliza Cooper who is - of unsound
imirfd,' was. remanded for eight days.. '"VYalWia
Penan who had been drunk, was fined 6s, i in do-
ifuult 24 fours' imprisonment. |
The Great.Wonder Company, qt Malmsbury,
:ia upon rich 'gold, judging from three nice nug-
Igeta "sent "to Mr Thoybprn yealefdiy. TKoy
jwcre picked out of the dry wastidirt," a quahtity
jof jwhich is now sent to the puddiiog.machinei:;
| Mr Baikey was summoned to the Maldon
Police Court yesterday by theShiro. Co.uncil; and
was fined 10a, wit!1 t? 4s ;6d AqalSj for depas
turing! cattloroo; the' common, ..Mr Merrifield
appeared for- tho Council.,.; . -.ii
j ,ke, 'weather yestq'rclay.was cold" arid . wet. "-Tn,
|iiio iiiuriiiiig uuuvjr mill iuii uuu uuci tt ouviu
interval of sunshine, a smart hailstorm occurred,
jwhich thpugh . of-shqrt duration tuyppd the "air
to wintry coldness.;- During tho afternoon and
evening the sky seemed to.-.threaten heavy rain,
and several showers fell, which will be appreci
ated by agriculturists. — :
The return match between Ifie Castlemaine
and. Maryborough Football Clubs will take placo
on the Camp to-morrowafternoon. 'Castlemaine
wili.be tropresented 'by the following players ir-
Walker, Wiitkins, - VVilson, Thomson, Smith,
Rand la,- Powell, Oswald, : Manson, M 'Laren,
Langslo'w1," -Laver (2)," Hasler, Hahigah, Farran,
Foxton, Elsbpry, Campbell,. Baseombe, Allan/.
Aloxanderj "Aitken. Kick off at three o'clock!.1 '
! . Qttr:: Melpourqe, qorrepqndeot .tvritmg. lst
jiigh't says irrReleosed from t'io embarrassmehts
p office the Hpn. J, B. Pptteraan has ,.to-day.
heeh actiyb in thq interests of his conalit'uoqtV.
|Iq has ppplidd' to tho . Minister' of, Brlirie'a',15 and
has'shown good cause that ' Castlemaine 'should
havo its diamond Lirill,. The drill (s proposed1 to
jjo used iu 'fhelqqighbq'urhqqff of ' WattleflC(ulJyj'
.nd JIc Pattersqp.qs offered to guarantee th'o
pcpyisfooqtja .poqipppy. for the eaptivq, care
aodJwqrkiDg of it. A ii official tpp.ly has, been
pcomised in a'faw days, but of course the claims
qf< Castlemaine cannot be ignored. ,In addition
Mr Patterson has submitted that the reticulation
qf pipes conveying water from the Coliban reser
voir ought to be proceeded with down Barkers
Crcbk' Jind though nothing definite' has been
promised, ah early' reply which I have reason .to
be favourable, Jyill bo accorded idjtjiis
inatqnee.
: The nqw notorious' Davies and Robertson case
qgain pa'me before Iho Sandhurat court yoatorday
mdrruhg, ''when a married woman ;nained Emqia
"fresh;? and her son Walter, aged 10, '. were
brought up' on a oharge of wilful and corrupt
perjury, which it-was alleged was cqmmitte'd ou
the .occasion of. the lato trial of Thomas Dqvies
fo'r'.lir'cehy of bottles, the' property of Mr Bruoe,
the'well-known brewer. Thnu bwopb IKaf. r>n
hottlos were planted in' their garden, whereas
Robertson and another witness declared on oath
there were. Subsequently the bottles were
found by the police. A remand was granted to
Monday.
! The Independent's travelling reporter for
wards the following communication, which will
be road with interest by those who believe that
all the goldfields in Victoria havo not yet beon
discovered : — Boort and surrounding neigh
bourhood bid fair to become a second Spring
Hill or Smeaton with regard toxoid mining. The
plough is boing thrown aside by numbers, for a
time at all ovonts, to prosecute the more
hazardous task of gold mining. ' A goodly num
ber of pirties have taken up claims in tho
vicinity of tho late 80 oz nuggot find, and, al
though work is not sufficiently ad vaucod to fairly
test tho auriferous nature of the ground, Ban-
guino hopes are entertained of success. Messrs
\yarron and Lo Roue (old practical minors) havo
now sunk to a considerable depth through likely-
lpoking strata, and soom hopeful of striking
gold, while otliors aro buoyed up with tho fapt
that all tho deop leads in tho neighbourhood of
rngiowooa wore rouna. nortu trora the Roddon
River, the assumption being that such will
provo ' the caso in tho Boort district. Operations
are, going on at present only a few milqs from
that rivor. Tl;o MaReo country is also being
prospected, for nico quartz specimens have beon
found seven miles west from Boort by Mr King,
who is at prosont forming a co-oporativa com
pany to prospect the locality. Aitogothor tho
Boort district is in a perturbed state ovor its
gold mining prospects, tho topics of tho crops,
tho aspect of tho weather, tho forthcoming
harvest are all secondary to that important
matter of mining, and, while Boort is agitated,
so are the people of the adjoining districts. Some
time back I called attention, through The Inde-
pendent to a farmer in Mysia, who held a quan
tity of proved auriferous ground, and was
desirous of forming a company to work it, That
gentleman's name was Mr Bird, farmer, of Mysia
and, WychiteIla. He tells me the company is al
most formed, the share list being nearly com
pleted, with the names of a number of the most
substantial farmers in the North-West.
Adam Fartsch, an old resident, and master of
the hunt at Mount Gambier, was thrown from
his horse on Wednesday and killed on the spot.
On Wednesday the Joint Stock Bank for-
warded 947 oz and the Commercial Bank, 227 oz,
from Wilcannia to the Mint at Sydney. This is
the first gold escort from there.
Joseph Thompson was convictod on Wednes
day of stealing money and a letter from the
Tamworth post office, and was sentenced to two
years' hard labour.
The curriers' strike, in Sydney, which began
about eight months ago, has terminated by the
men giving way. They are now seeking re-em-
ployment. Alderson's, the largest employers,
who caused the strike by refusing a decrease in
the hours of labour, recently imported a Moly-
noux machine, which has saved a large amount
of manual labour.
' The trial of John Marovitch, for the murdor
of his wife at Port Augusta, on the 26th of May
was concluded on Wednesday night. The jury
returned a verdict of guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to death. The jury strongly recommended
him to mercy on account of the gross provocation he
had received from the adulterous conduct of the
deceased woman.
The first crushing from the claim of Seaman
and Co.'s new line of roof, rocontly discovered
in tho Black Range, near Albury, had been com
pleted, 19 and a- half tons yiolding 33 oz 17 dwt
Tlio prospects obtained in tho adjoining claims aro
reported to be oqunlly.good, sq'mq piokod spooi-
nions from a small leader boiug extraordinarily
rich. _ '
! The Oriont steamship Garonne from London
3 IT_1, Tinmt WndnnOflilU SllB
nrrivuu iii juluuauu a iiwmuwumwji. jr V
brought another consignment of frozen fish,
comprising salmon, solos, turbot, bloaters, and
haddocks, sent out by - tlio vessel for this
market and Sydney. Tho shipment consist
of 50 baskots of salmon, 38 baskets of solps and
turbot, 12 boxes of bloaters, 15 barrols of had
docks.
A. telegram from Brisbano, oil Wodnosday, re
ports that two candlo boxes full of splcudid
specimens wore oblained from tho South Now
Zealand mino at Gympio this afternoon. Tlio
miners in No. 1 South Now Zoaland claim struck
a leador in tho crosscut. Oarey and party, pf tho
Guoen claim, at Charters Towers liavo cleared up
for. 1033 oz. The Eastward Ho I crushed 111 tons
for a yield of 108 oz 18 dwt. _
Tho Australian Natives' Association of Ararat
entertained tho nowly-elected member; Mr
Wilson, at a banquet in the Town-hall on
Wednesday evening. Nearly 250 pcrsoiis as-
sotnblcd from all parts of tho constituency to do
honour to the occasion. Tho mayor presided,
and tho loyal toasts having been dispasod of, Mr
Hood, of Burton, proposed the. Guest of the
Evening, which was received with applause. Mr
Wilson replied, stating ho was glad to meet such
a representative gathering, and acknowledging
hja indebtedness to llio qativos during tho-rpceut
election. Regarding politics; ho only expressed
a desire to see the Ministry get a fair show, and
approved of tho present action taken by it. Mr
Wilson was loudly applauded on resuming his
seat.
Early on Wednesday morning a person namod
M'lsnac discovered, beside a haystack, "at no
great distance from Durham's Bray brook' liptel,
ith'e- body of an apparent isuicidei Deceased
I was shot through the forehead, qqd ho held , the,
'probable instrument' of. his ; destruction, .,a'"rq-
volvor, in his right hand,. Ho had been 'served
at the hotel; tho night previous, witji ..a .n'qn-in-
toxioating drink. Ho is a total stranger to. itio ;
'residents " of: the. place, but two prpscriptiops
ifrom Dr Turner, Moonoo Ponds, may lead . Jo
ihis identification. The sum of LI 7s Id, and a
jrailwhy' ticket were' also in his pockets. ' De
soription of deceased ; Thin man, about thirty-
ifivo years of ago, features good, -height,. 5ft Ui(i<
hair (diccept a few grey ones over templeS) dark
Isfrtttrni. Tho rinlt/>n nf. the rliftflFAnt. ftfafinna tirniirifl
are making inquiries. - j
' The, prizq-list in connection with; the Grand
National Show, to bo hold at Ballarat on tho
27th and 28th October, had been prepared (says
the Star) and waB submitted at the monthly
meetifig of the Ballarat Agricultural and Pastoral
Society held on Saturday. The list is a liberal
one, L1425 having been set apart to bo devoted
to prizes, of which sum L500 is from the Go
vernment, and the balance of L925 from the so
ciety. Tho. amounts devotod to tho various
classes are as follows : — draught horse stock,
L211 ; blood stock, L89 ; hackneys, etc., LIIo
10s ; neat cattle, L180 ; swine, L91 ; poullry,
LOG I03 ;' dairy produce, etc., L107 ; im-
blemonts, LI 17 15s ; machinery,, L174 , lOs.j
plants and flowers, L18 10s ; colonial liquors,'
L30 ; dogs, L34 5s ; buggies, etc., L70 5s ;
farms,' L70 '; special prize, ohees'e and btitteri fac-
|ory,L50., t .a:;;,;;.!-:-! ;r.-i.- (jr
; A sad accident' occurred-on tho tramway line
in Elizabeth-styeet- at Sydney, on -Wedpesday
evening, ? by which- tho Hon. George J.Oakes,
M.L.C. / lost his ;lifq. It -appears that t|io jlo->
ceased gentleman . was vvqiting at the 'tramway
Station, intending to roturn homo from the
Council, and stepped out on to : tho roadway in
order to see if the tramcar for Redfern was
qgprpaching from the terminus at Hqntef-stfoqt'.
A Waverley tramcar was coming at tho tiiqq
from an opposite direction, and' as Mr Oakqs
did not appear to get out of the way quickly
onough tho driver of tho motor attached to tlio
approaching . tramcars gave him a. push,
t'hrough some means, Mr Oakes tripped, anfi
fell forward heavily' upon his head on ! tho road-
way, and when picked' up ho was found to bo
ipscnsible. He was ' immediately conveyed rt6
the infirmary, and every rneatis was resorted to
iji . .order to restore' Kim to consciousness', bui
Witiiout' avail', tho u'nf6rtunjitq gerjUomiip', qjp
girqd two;hqur3 ,aftpr)vayds, nqvor having gaineff
oonsciousness after his' fall. Tho'hoh. gentle
man, who was G8 years of age, was one of the
qldest members of the Council.. Hp. \vas, a, na, -
tivo of Farrainatta, and a large landed proprie
tor. For many years past lie lias been extonsivoly
associated with pastoral pursuits. On tlio after-
noon of the accident he proceeded to the Council
to hoar Mr Dallqy's address against passing the
Chinese Restriction Bill. ' ' I
' Tho Ballarat Courier reports that six qr seven
months since a singular accident, paused by a
' lark,' took place at one of tho shafts qf the Re
form Company, Haddon, by which one of. the
men lost an eyo iu the following way : — A man,
while in the blacksmith's, picked up a small chip
of iron, which afforded him adma nmnaaniAnk hv
shutting and closing bis fipgqts on !it,!q'nd on
leaving the shop he had to pass the shaftj where
another man wsb on tlio brace, to whom he called
'"look out,' at tho same time jerkipg jthV iron
with his thumb towards the man on tho braco.
The nuu turned at the same moment to sec
what tho ' look out' raoant when tho iron struok
tho pupil of tho eye, mid cut tlio cornea, blind
ing tho eye at once. The unfortunate, victim
suffered groqt agony, and wn9 rendered, unqblo
to work for mouths, pnd ij Jippqto afoaq hof'weon
tlie two men about who sitould bear tlio oxpenso
of lost time and doctors' bills. . Lawyers wero
consulted, and two old acid fast, fnenqa yvero
about to outer upon a quarrol, wbich would pro
bably havo lasted as long as lifo, when1 Mr
Buchanan (tho company's manager) and ' Mc
Jones (Cardigan) cimo on tho scono ; and' by
(heir friendly mediation thoy have now effected
an amicable settlement, by which the costs and
Joss were about equally divided between tho two
mon firBt referred to.
Tho astounding fact hn3 boen laid before tho
Ballarat Courier that q systematic plan of pro
curing girls for prostitution in Melbourne has
been carried oji for some littlo timo in Ballarat.
j' As the tale _is_ told to us, a fomale has boon in
(lie habit of visiting Ballarat about evqry three
months, staying hero for a fow days, and during
(hat tima winning hor way inlo tho confidoiioo of
quch girls of prepossossing appearance as would
quit her project. To tlloso girls she; has ropre-
(ontod that she is romarkabiy well off;' as she has!
offered each of (hoip a splendid - hotg, Mel-
pourno if alio would becoipe Jipe„ qqmpjpi(g|jv
Some of theso girls havo b'oon7lod away ny tnese
enticements, sometimes with the sanotlon of1
tltqir parantsnqd somqUhies .without.; and thoy
(lavo gou'b to' Melbburno .. to ontor upon tho
carpBr which promisod tb ho surroundod with so
muoh ologanoo and comfort. Theso girls have
usually boon about 15 or 16 yoara of ago, and
liavo boon noticoablo, as wo have said, for their
prepossessing appearance. . Sinco thoir departure
for Melbourne, we are told, thoir parents have
only hoard from thorn in a cursory way ; and
from inquiries which havo been mado lately thoro
is ovory reason to foaf now that' those y'oUhg girls
havo boon completely ruiiiod, Tho liypotliosiq,
thbrbfore, is that tho Woman visits Ballarat to
food tho vice by whioh Mqlbournp is, degfadod,
and that everyone of those girls . has beon used
to, irqali'so.Jhis object., Thp-P.oliqq bavo taken,
tho matter up." - I-:.- . ! '
, Messrs Radford and Mooro are (a-. Now York
papor says) superintending tho builumg of ti boat-
in which .tliey oxpeot- to cross tlib ucuan, leaving
Now York for London.- Tlio boat's- dimensions
are 19ft. kool, 20ft. ovor all, 5ft, beam, and of
13in. draft! -' The1 diminutive 'craft1 will1 carry
tliroo tons, inoluding lwo mon, ; provisions, l and
tweiyo sails. She is. to bo rigged brig, fashion,
but will bo provided; with three oart, and will
Carry .banned -provisions for forty RAyst iu hor-
lockors. The mariners say thoy bxpeb'ttto roach
London in thirty or thirty-livo days.
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