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Mn H. Glbnny, F.G.S.— Mr Henry
Glenny, IP, E.G.S-,
rived at Ballarat, after his top to En
' land, where he was engaged i
some of the mines in the , , t
.lUM-iot, We are in receipt of a lettei
from him in which he states ._
f lm" twoof the bdS)
with in London. First, when I armed
the Treat strike was beginning. Then tne
rate of interest went up to 6 per cent.
Next, the South African craZQ.flii f1s0
periies there. This is now suhsu-i - t , so
that Victoria will once more c.m.o
front." __
A Runaway in the Hospital varoox . .
—On Tuesday afternoon some little ex
citement was occasioned in the grounds of
the Ovens District Ho-pital. A spung-
cart belonging to Mr W. J. Greer, grocer
of Ferd-street: was left- standing near the
kitchen door, with th chain on
during the delivery of sonm gooaB , wlie.i
the horse took fright and made a bori
through the grounds. Breaking the wi.eel
chain, the animal galloped down he
main path, which, =-s aU acquainted with
the hospital are aware, is a vary st p
incline, keeping its footing untd f J rowhe d
the terraces, when it came to g ef ul 0!
quickly undid tne harness ana set it upon
its legs, unhurt ; the vehicle being sent- to
the coaclibuilder's for repairs. It is
astonishing that the damage done was not
more serious, the horse having careered
down the garden path past a number of
pot-plants, none of which were disturbed.
Fire at the Benevolent Asylum.—
A fire, fortunately not serious in its
consequences, broke out at tlie Ovens
Benevolent Asylum on Tuesday morning.
Id was notic.-d soon after the outbreak,
and the exertions of a few willing hands
soon removed all cause for alarm, the
damage being confined to the burning of
a couple of small holes in the roof of the
hospital ward, which a spark from a
chimney on fire had ignited.
Yackandandah Police Court. — Ai
this court on Monday, before Mr W. H.
Foster, P.M., Patrick Carroll sued
Thomas Weavan for the sum of £8 12s,
due for the agistment of stock. An order
for the payment of the amount, with
£1 costs, was made.
Prize Distribution. — A very pleasant
meeting was held in the Hillsborough
State-school on Thursday, 3rd inst., when
over £5 worth of prizes, in books, were
distributed to the scholars by the Rev. F.
Elliot. The minister addressed the clii!-
dren-at some length on their privileges
and their duties, and the meaniug of the
Easter holidays. Three hearty cheers
were, given by the young folk for their
teaclier (Miss Nicliol, who is a great
favorite with all of them), for the parents
and friends who liad treated them so
j generously, and for the Rev. Mr Elliot,
who had come from Yackandandah to dis
tribute the prizes to them. Tlie little
people will not forget the pleasant break-up
for the holidays.
Wangauatia Stock Market. — Messrs
Alex. Tone and Son report : About 1000
head'" of cattle yarded on Tuesday last.
Fat stock realised prices fully equal to lato
rates, stores were likewise in advance of
previous sales. We disposed of a few
draft horses outside at satisfactory prices,
and sold for varioiis owner3 as follows
Fat bullocks,: from £5 103 to £6 33 6d ;
fat cows, t- £0 2s Gd ; forward store bul
locks, from £3 53 to £4 14s ; store heifers.
front £2 5s to: £4; store steers, trom
14s to £2 19s ; springers, from £5 5s, to
£0 10s ; nii'ch cows to £5 5s ; calves, from
16s to.2ds ; horses, draughts, from £15 to,
£21 83 ; pL's, suckers) to Gs ; sheeV,
merino ev.es f,o-7s Gd. ; !.
The Y'iticultural Board. —The Miuis-
er of Lvn-'s has accepted the nqsi'ion of
pre -ident <>t the Board of Viticulture.
F-OTRACIXO. — A 100 yards sprint rucr
between Messrs Hall (Wangaratta) and
Miller (El' Dorado) for £5 w:i3 run off on
the WangairiUa Cricket-ground on Tuesr
day, and'resulted in a win. for Miller. "
FpQTBA'LLi-T A meeting of Tarrawingee!
fo itballers was - held at G nnor's Red
Lion Hotels on Saturday evening. Tlie
following .officers were elected : 3aer-t.ary,
Johri--; M..? Connors ; Treasurer, J-diri
Devery ; Match Comriiittee Mess s J.
Jackson," , J, ! M. " Connors, J. " Steves.
M. A..- Kay arid J. Devery. About 20
players gave m their names as momhers,
and as a large num.) r were absent, there
is every reason' -fo. believe that Tarrawingee
will be able -to put a strjii ; team iiito the
fi-ld .duririgA.the eiisuirig season. It: was
.decided to hold a ball in aid of the/funds
of the club, about the 9th of May, and a
strong- committee was farmed to bring it
ts'S'successful issue.: - - . ;
New Insolvent. — Mary Ann Brew,
Benalla, miller, wife: of George Brew,
mdler, Eenalla.- ' Compulsory sequestra
tion. Mr T. S. Moore, assignee.
Show Visitors. — Mr G. - W. Re id,
seer -wy to the Be-chrorth and Norih-
Ea-dera Agn- nUuval and Horticultural
Association) as just received from the
RiPwiy Depariment a statement in re
ference to. th,. special train run from
Benalla t" Beebhwortlv onUlie second ,day
of the latcrshow. Tliff 'tot"al number of
a . ... 141 - mc udtng 70 from
Eefttni, 27 f torn Wangaratta, and 15
'from B -malla ; and the revenue derived
was £18 13s. ; -,1 ,
A. Sad Occurrence.— Great regret
„„v„s£»rl at Dimboola ' on Monday
afternoon by tiie sudden death of Mr. M .
Hill J.P., councillor of; the Dimboola
ghu'e. and chairman of; several local
societies. The deceased was playing with
his little child, when lie ;fell down and
apparently injured himself internally.
Dr M'lnerney was called m, but _ two
minutes after his arnyal Mr Hdl died.
The deceased came . liere nearly three
years ago, buying the business of Mr 1
P Fraser. He ,was-only 26 years od,
and leaves a wife and child. Within the
last six weeks! the deceased had buried
his father aridhnotlier.i-
The Alleged Rust Sfecific. The
. Minister of -Agriculture, ' Mr Dow, is
- . r ' U;:L_ irinnnnnatlh..
now making arrangements one «iu-" _
ment of an intercolonial committee ot
experts to adjudicatei.oii the merits of iur
Smith Ellis's remedy %r rust in wheat.
Victoria and -New South' Wales have
-jointly become responsible for the payment
i to Mr Ellis of £10, OOOjjsliould the method
prove successful, and-'tliese colonies will
I Vie equally represented/on the committee.
Mr Smith Ellis has decided to forego Ins
laim to nominate anyjef ths judges.
DATH OF A SUPPOSED MISER. — An
elderly man-named John Duhy was found
lying dead in Buckley-street, Essendon.
Deceased was lying ton his back, and
apparently had died without a struggle ;
he grasped a walking-stick in his hand.
He was seen walking-in the direction of
Essendon a short time prior to his body
being found on the road. The attention
of the police was drawn to the circum-
stance of the finding of the body, and
Senior-constable Jones had the corpse
removed to an hotel. On searching the
body, the police found, sewn in the
clothes, receipts and bank deposits to the
credit of deceased amounting to between
£4000 and £6000, besided £11 13s 6d in
money. Duhy is said to have been a
man of miserly habits. He lived all alone
in a small hut near Keilor, and, from his
long residence in the district, was re-
garded as an old identity. By a will
left by the deceased, the bulk of his pro-
perty is divided amongst charitable institu-
tions the Little Sisters of the Poor and the
Convent of the Good Shefherd benefiting
between them to the extent of over £4000.
He bequeathed £100 to St. Monica's R. C.
Church, and £50 to pay for masses for the
repose of his soul. About £1000 is left to
relatives in Ireland and Victoria.
Cattle for the Melbourne Market.
Large purchases "of -cattle are being
made in the Braidwood district (N.S.W.)
by a Melbourne butcher, and already he
has secured nearly -4000 head of prime
bullocks, the . pick of.,' the district. In
consequence of this' large purchase, .-21
classes of store cattle have hardened in
value. The recent rivet weather caused
large numbers of- sheep to go lame from
foot-rot.
The Value of Natural Products'—
Some time sirice a paragraph was published
In rpcrarirl In the value""of Australian gum
perimented upon by a French expeYt £iTg
found to' be worth in the London market
5s per lb. " A 'residerit of 'the Benalla dis
trict noticing 'the paragraph cut it out and
sent it to Baron -V on Mueller who " has
since forwarded the following reply :r— "In
reply to your kind letter let me state- that
the gum of North Africa is from acacias
similar to our wattles, while the so-called
gum of our eucalyptus is kino, two widely
different substances which cannot be- used
for the same purpose's: It is remarkable
that our Alpine country should have never
yielded rural products; and thus increase
also the revenue of the 'colony. On raauy
former occasions I recommended that
planta' ions should be formed there: The
culture would . likely be that ef the High
lands of Scotland, also here in the more
elevated portions. If once a few Scottish
and other settlers ..from cold countries
took up land in our Alps, and showed even
only through one'season what could; be
done there by cultural pursuits, numerous
other Bettlera would- soon- follbw, ' even
where products wouldriiave to be- brought
from deep valleys and by pack hor3e3 to
the main roads."
Sudden Death of a Bank: CIerk. —
A very sad., case of sudden death took
place at Mansfield on Sunday, the victim
being a youth named' Herman Berger,
about 19 yeart of age arid engaged as an
accountant at the local'branch office of the
Colonial Bank of Australasia. The de
ceased, wlio resided in/the bank premises,
spent Saturday eveniug with twb'fiiends-
of about his own age? His friends left
the bank at about llto'clock, and called
as usual on the following morning for. the
deceased on their way to church, but on
knocking they could obtain no response,
and on entering the clmrcli they found
that he was absent. 'They at once sus
pected that somethingrwas wrong, and on
119 previous occasion had lib been absent
from the morning service of the Church of
England. Oil their return they again
called at his residenccriiod knocked, but.
with the same result "as before III the
afternoon they once fnore called; on th--ir
way to 'Sunday-school, l®in which tlie da-,
ceased took great interest, but they could
obtain no answer. On looking through
f.lia window tliey thought they could see
iv nuiuau IULUL uu ww uuuj.wto ucuiuum
floor being open. A policeman wab called
in. a-.sd he at orice sent to the manager,
but it was found that the doors were locked
fro u tiie inside. They then ascended the.
"ivif of the building, and. on i .party was
let down by a ropia 'through the skylight,!
t hen is was at once seen that; their friend"
-vae lying lifeless. His position'- in the'
0 1 was natural, exc-pt that. the hand5
were closed over liia breast, while his legs
were Slightly drawn rip. Medical aid was
quickly obtained, but life had been extinct
for some hours. At the magisterial inquiry
held on Monday, Dr Rsynolds stated tlia1
the only noticeable appearance was the
extreme stiffness of the limbs, while the
body was not thoroughly cold. £-At the
vost-moriem examination he! found tha-
all the organs were sound and healthy,
and, from the total absence of any sign of
disease, he was of opinion that death wa-
caused by some sudden fit or convulsion
that had left 110 trace. A ' verdict em
bodying. this opinion was recorded. The
contents of the stomach have been pre-
served for further examination, though
Ihnwa v a nnfluiir/ evianiAinna ?>Vvnnf. tliom
The deceased had been accountant at the
bank for the last three years.' ' At the in
quiry the manager, Mr Finlay son', said the
cash account of the deceased was correct I
to a penny, and that his books and docu- 1
ments were all in perfect order. The I
deceased insured his life in the Australian
Mutual Provident Society only a fortnight
ago, and was passed- by the medical officer
as a good life. ri '
i . i i
Extensive Failures.— The- schedule
of Ml- David Munro, engineer and c n-
tractor, was filed in tlie Imolvcncy Court,
Melbourne, on Tuesday. Tlie asset- arc
valued at £370,939, and the liabilities
are -set down at £21Svl0.9, .Raying a
nominal surplus ot t,AJO,aw. -y" -"" i
same day Mr Louis ' Charles Lifebore, ot
Melbourne, merchant, filed his scheau e.
The liabilities are £54,447, and the assets
£59,534; surplus, £5087. Among ihe
secured creditors are Messrs James ancl
Alfred Nation, brewers, East Melbourne,
contingent liability .for money advanced
in M..srs Carroll Brothers at insolvent s
request for the construction of thi
Myrtleford and Bright railway.
- Money Orders for France.— Ar
rangements have-been completed by which
monev orders cari now be forwarded from
Victoria to any part of Franc . The rates
fixed arc as follow ;— Orders for any sum
not exceeding £2, one shilling ; £Mo xO, I
two shillings and sixpence ; £o to hi,
thres shillings and sixpence ; £< to i.iu, j
five shillings. As the oilers have to pass
tlirou»h the London oftiee, to be sent on
from There to Paris, the following charges
are deducted from the amounts i or warded
to the payees :— Orders for aiumuUs unoer
£2, threepence ; £2 to £5, sixpence ; £0
r-'otr and £7- to £10. erne
to 3t»/| IlillOjrtdlVl/ 3 (Ml
shilling.
Singular Shooting Accident.— An
accident of a very serious character tools
place ou Tuesday, at Geelong, by wh-ch
Mr Ohartes Ode, wine and spirit mer
chant of that town, was accidentally shot.
It appears that Mr Gustave Newhouse,
storeman to ' Mhasrs Dennys, Laace.lea,
Austin and Co., stock and station ants
and produce 'merchants, had purchased .
saloon rifle during the day. In trie ski
store of the firm mentioned he wMied to
try the power of tlie weapon V :'fch ®
object in view, he loaded ihe nfle
I -lie cartridge and bullet usually used and
fired. The place he fired from to the side
. I _e a. Bfr.vd w«f> it distance ot OUtr.
Ql Uliy OlVIll — . i
To his astonishment, the bullet went
through the dsor, three-quarters ot an
inch in thickness, passed torough tli-
corrugated iron side of the slcm store re
ferred to, crossed a 20ft right-or-way, and
entered into the cordial manufactory ot
Mr Cole, striking him on the left side.
The ball penetrated through the skui, and
entered the sinews of the left side above
the hip. Mr Cole was taken to Dr Keicl,
but he was uuable to extract the bui e .
He was then removed' to his residence,
where lie lies in a weak state.
The Farce of Insolvency Examina
tions. — Sir Charle3 Lilley, the Queensland
Chief Justice, lias again commented on
the waste of time and- expense in the
examination ef witnesses in insolvent
estates. He suggested! it wou.d be a
saving to the country to secure one ot
Artenius Ward's wax figures to preside on
such occasions.
r-l — . r-v„
Painful Accident to- a omuu.-
Tuesday -morning a hoy;, aged about ten
years, soil of Mrs Welsh, housekeeper to
Mr John Johnston; of T'empleton-street,
Wau«aratta, met with a very painful acci
dent, reperts the " Dispatch." -It appears
that a young man named Holmes, in the
employ of Messrs Stewaut, Dodsworth and
Co., was driving the company's cart near
the brewery, when tlio little fellow, secmg
the conveyance, ran after it, and was
trvino- to have a ride, when his leg got
entaimled in the spokes Gf the wheel, and
before the driver could pull up the little
chap had hi3 right thigh broken. Dr
Carroll was sperdily sent for, and, with
.. » . , _£ T\- oof. "th A T li-
ttle a3s13can.ce 01 jsj. j.»j. v«iuw, —
The ' "Wangaratta" "Hospital. — 'Mr-
Andrew Miller Hagerty, the newly ap
pointed secretary and headwardsmau at
the Wangaratta District Hospital, arrived
in Wangaratta on Moxday afternoon and
immediately entered upon his duties.
Meeting in Insolvency. — A meeting
of creditors in the estate of E. G. Morris,
jeweller, Rutherglen,. was held at the
Oourt-liouse, Wangaratta, oil Tuesday,
before Mr Fred. Gray., chief clerk. Mr
Laurence Patterson, trade assignee, Mel
bourne, was appointed' trustee at a re
muneration of 5 per cent, on the gross
assets. .
Anniversary.— A meeting of the com
mittee appointed to arrange for the hold
ing of an anniversary gathering, in con
nection with the Wangaratta Mutual Im
provement Society - was held at the
Wesleyan Schoolroonnon Monday evening,
when there were present, Miss ss Foxcroft,
Lodge and Clayfield, the Rev. S. Harris
(in the chair) and Messrs Dewar, Foxcroft
Nankivell, and Shields. It was unani
mously decided to hold tlie anniversary
entertainment one evening early in May
next, in the Theatre Royal, when a capital
programme will ba produced, concluding
with an amusing "-judge and jury trial,"
compiled by one of the members. The
funds realised will! go towards purchasing
a piano, the need of which is sadly felt by
the members. The prologue to tlie even
ing's.- proceedings will; be -written by Mr
Bowser, editor of the " Wangaratta Chro-
i nicle."
A Successful. Cycltst.;— At the Sand-
. hurst -athletic sports, at Easter, Frank
Mills, the well-known cyclist, of Wau-
garatta, completed. Iu tlie thrc e milss
professional bicycle raca he ran second
frorii scratch to Shelton, to whom he was
conceding 300 yards ; Rolfe coming third.
Then on Saturday last, at the same place,
ha won the five miles bicycle race, from
scratch, giving Shelton, tlie second man,
400 yards. Mills and Shelton both having
the same number of points, they agreed
to divide the firsthand second! prizes.
A Threatened Want of ! Confidence
-Vote: —The! members 7of tha Opposition
in. the : Legislative : -Assembly threaten a
warit-of-corifidence rnotion. Early in the
session, , most probably during" tliY debate
on the address in reply to tha Governor's
spe rih, tli ». Opposition say th:ey intend to
test the feeling of the House by proposing
a vote of no confidence; in the Gillies-Dca-
ki n Ministry. The terms of 1 the motion
will not be arranged until the return of
Air Munro, who is expected in Melbourne
in tlie first week in May. It is understood
that the motion" will be directed against
the 'financial ; and railway policy of the
Administration. The Government say
that they are quite prepared to meet any
proposition of the kind, that ! their ranks
are more solid now than at-the opening of
Parliament twelve months ago, and that
they have the country behind them. Dur
ing the reces3 members of. the Ministry
declare there have been no sigris of dis
affection,. and the only prominent Minis
terialist about whom doubts kave been
expressed, Mr M'Lem, says ho has no
intention, of crossing the floor of ths
House.
Riding Accident,— On Saturday last a
youth thirteen years of age, the son of Mi-
O'Reilly, of Tallangatta Creek, was out
riding after stock, and on leaning over te.
adj ust his saddle-cioth. the horse made '-a.
sudden jump sideways. The saddle tiu'ieri
I round, and the lad was' thrown 'violently
I to the ground, breaking his ai'm- fost
below the .eloow and shoofcin fhR k--..,/
rhrough the skin, HC wa3 at
Ito Dr rhwmto- f0r treatment. -
A Police Court Scene — A lively
scene occurred in the Adelaide lolicol
Court on Monday. A woman named
Kite Koavnan, charged with being drunk,
whe i In- .ugh!'' forward,. . imniediatoly
u:.i-sj'-'nn a. Bible -and threw- it at the
ma"istratc,' the book striking a justice of
the3 peacs in tlm face. She. next se.zed a
chair, but three policemen got her down,
thou di o triors had to some lo their aid
before she was silonced and., forced into
decent behavior. She was find dpi and
ordered to keep the peace for a year.
The Railways.— The ti'iiitie reciirns
of the Victorian railways for the week
ended 10th April states tliat the length
of railway lines open in the colony on
that date was 2422 miles, which shows
au increase of 223 miles since the same
wriolr of last year. The passengers,
liarcels, horses, mails, etc., yieiuea
ri 49 90S 19s 8d, which compares very
f-ivo ably with that of the corresponding
wek of last year. It must, however, be
borne in mind that Easter was a week
earlier than last year, so that the apparent
increase does not represent the actual
improvement of business of the depai't-
ment. Probably the reason will hold
-mocl for the diminution of traffic rctairns
Tor merchandise, minerals, and cattle toi
nni'i-fsanoudius weeks of each year,
those of 1899 showing £20,3(9 7s bd, as
ao-ainst £27,274 15? htst year. Ihe total
for "the weak was £69,568 7s 41, whereas
in 1889 it was £53,84-4 15a 4 '.
Another Exhibition.— It is proposed
to hold an Industri-.il Exhibition in
Imuines'on, opming in November next,
amd the management announce that ap
plications for space will be received up to
let July.
The London Wool Sales. — Messrs
Dalgety and Co. Limited have received
thefollowing cable message from their
London office, dated tlie 14th inst.
" Competition continues to be fairly mam-
t fined, and prices show n> further
change."
Mocjern Education.— The wbyoney
Quarterly Magazine" for March has an
article on " Modern Educitiou," fey Miss
Bslla Guerin, M, A. , of Ballarat (formerly
nf Rppr-.li worthl. The writer notes the
reaction which- i3 taking placa in popular
feeling against the study of ancient history
and dead languages, and in favor of higher
training in nutur.il science. "There is
evidence," says the author, that at no
very distant date there will arise a hand-
to-hand contest between the historic tra
dition which clings to the study of vast
moslels-and that restless spirit of scient he
research, wlrch promises its followers all
the wonders of fairy-land. And in this
strife of giants with whom will tlie victory
rest 1" I't is claimed that genera? edu
cation should be, for the ino;t part,
tentative: Thoroughness is a prime neces-
sity, but too nmcli should not bo attofliptea.
Y " 1 _ L 1 1 A 4,in ft -T/\1 t 11 (t 11111-1 f? fo cl
it is ocuuor lu ul ii i ii uiivrf
capacity to reach full development on the
line of pursuit sooner or later spon
taneously,1 chosen, than to waste time in
endeavors to make linguists of scholars
whose taste favor practical science, or
vice versa. The modern youth, Miss
Guorin thinks, lacks idealism, and this not
from any want of susceptibility lo'higli
sentiment,, but because of the fcv&rish
hurry in which life is taken, and' the
consequent tendency to ignore all pur
suits, mental or other, which do not
commend themselves as immediate- and
practical" means to a desired end.
A Terrible' Death.— A well-known
f armer_atJDunstown, near Ballarat, named
j-.io: O Ji'arrell, mut witli a lorriblo dLatli
on Monday nighb- - He- was in Ballarat
during the day with a load of potatoes,
and returned to his farm in the evening.
On arrival at home some domestic: dis
agreement occurred, O'Farrell, it is said,
being under tlie influence of drink. The
result was that O'Farrell's wifo and eight
children) left tlie house and went to a
neighbors. Shortly before midnight
O'Farrell's house was seen to be on fire,
and it was totally destroyed. His charred
remains were subsequently found in the
debris. Deceased was in good circum
stances..
The; Queensland Sugar Grot; — It is
estimated that the coming sugar crop in
Queensland will yield from IS, 000 to
20, OOffi tons.
Splendid Vineyard Yield. — At Con-
congella vineyard, Stawell, Mr- Henry
Best, last Friday, off one acre of Black
Prince vines obtained the splendid! return
of 690 gallons of wine.
Silver Mining on the Upper Murray.
—Specimens from the silver . mines at No
Place, near Jingellic, were brought to
Albury on Monday, and fully bear out the
renort as to the richness oE i&e lode,
though greater faith in value of the dis
cs very would be felt wero the- report oi
some expert to confirm local opinion.
The lode in the Rothschild claim, held by
Miller, Cjglilan, and Co., is very rich, and
one piece of stone of the size of a
large potato i3 said to contain fully
40 per cent, of silver. Murphy and Co.,
who hold the adjoining claim; have stone
on the surface which is said to contain
46oz. of silver and 3dwt of gold to the
ton. The field is 1G miles ; from Tum-
barumba. The formation of the cnuitry
is quartz and sandstone.
Committal of the Rev. N. Kinsman.
'—The Rev, Nathaniel Kinsman,- of
Fitzroy, whose name lias lately been, pro
minently before the public in connection
with the Furncss case, was; charged at
Fitzroy Police Court on Tuesday, with
unlawfully marrying a minor 'without the
written coriserit of the child's guardian.
The Bench, after bear i rig the evidence,
committed the defendant to take liss trial
at the nrifc sitting of the Criminal Court,
lint admitted. him to bail. . !
The .Wagga;'Murper".— A riYrigia tele
gram on Tuesday stated :— Alfred Smith-,
the ' alleged murderer of John Young
Taylor, tlie- gold prospector, whom lie was
travelling with, has so far recovered from
self-inflicted injuries :that torday it 'was
d- emed advisable to keep his .hands in a
leather muff and strap him to -his bed.
for fear th it ha- would renew jliis attempts
to commit suicide. Smith asked to-day
that Police-inspector .Harrison : and the
Presbyterian clergyman, should come to
the hospital. Tliey coriiplied, 'when Smith
made a long confessiou of having mnrdered
Taylor. . Tliis confession was; taken down
in writing by Inspector . Harrison. Tin-
statement will not be made public until
the inquest nsxt Monday, at.which a mass
of evidence will be given. It >ot known
what induced Smith t > mike a cohfeision,
as strict orders had feesii given to all
; net to inform hi n.\ i-f- the, finding of Tay
lor's body or t£ any, steDa taken; in con-
nection. v:\lJl the tnve3tri?\tio.'.\ of- thc-
h-agedy, "; .. . . j'
A- Snake Ai>VENT,URE.ri-b.i T.aesctay
last Mr 3. Mitchell, ! of Taliangat! a, whilst-.
Vtcirig down in Jiis shop. yitH '' 'jeym-ai
. others, during the dinner hprirj ;sa??-. ;
tiger-snako." crawling through Hi-o "Lop
He immediately aeized a stick. amPin a
moment desoatclud the iin"-e,!1.>-.ine- visi
tor, This mskes the lifv'd snike this
season killed on phisa- premises;.
Case of Fish-poisoning. Our
tratta correspondent writes : An i. e)
lady named Mrs Lig'ntbound on Saturday
nffiht partook of some savdin r .%
supper. On Sunday she felt - very- -.unwell ,
and on Monday was very ill indeed. Dr
Tliwaites. was sent for, and after, a cueful
examination pronounced that she was
suffering from fish-poisoning.
Charged by a Bull. -Mr ri ick, a
resident: ;of Harcourt, n=ar C stlcmaine
had a wonderful escape of being killed
- . . \V llllO
at his rarm on i.uu;v .«a :.vvo. 4
attending to some anim.ls i mlus PtWocks
a bull that had been tethered broke us
rope, and. charged at lum. All
escaped" being impaled by «PrlllSinS
one side" Tlie-bull tiirned .ronn.d, aqd in
acain charging his owner got lum e titan ,-
lid in Vthe rope; an 1 then starfod .off
full sneid aero 33 the paddock. Mi V1C,
was dragged by Uialeg for a long distance
but ."afterwards escaped without a y
broken bones'. Ho 'was,; however, very
much br'niseel, and his face and nose ancl
mdutli were badly torn ; and when he
was picked .up by some neighbors lie was
exfcrein.e'y weak from loss of bloocl. xie
was taken to ; Castlemains, w'3?rf, .
injuries were attend to by pr Dobbin ,
and at a late hour that night he was
prog resting favorably.
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WOBiyNGA" 'JOUJNTli OUUlu. — "
douga; County Court was opened on Tues
day, before' His Honor Judge Chomley.
The only ca3e brought forward was that
of AYilson versus Schuman, and tha action
was a coinpiiriated one, there. being thre
counts,, one.being for personal trespass' m
rroing on plairitifFs land and re-erecting a
fence.! i.0 ri- the coanfc of trespass of cattle,
th?, defendant paid £2 into court. The i
evideucejadduced was to the effect that |
both parties were adjoining land occupiers
atiTintaHprilie plaintiff finished part
of his dividing fence, and was requester:
by defendant to complete it, but was sub
sequently informed' th.it he had consider
ably encroached' . en defendant's land,
depriving mm ot pj spnng ot w.iui.:,
therefore rivas refused th" amount of claim
for fencing." In summing up, His Honor
referred to >the encroachment of several
feet on defendant's lknd, and asked the;
jury to corisider if he hacll lieen deprived
of it unrairiy. At was narcny "
person would require to' be as accurate as
with a town al'otment, where- an- inch might
make a difference. The jury found for
tlie plaintiff on the first count, work done
in fencing, for £18. 103; and for the de
fendant on the remaini'ig counts.
Tallangatta Monthly Market; —
Messrs . J; W. Tliwaites and Go. report
having held- their usual monthly sale- at
Tallangatta tori Monday lash, when- there
was a full supply of ca'tle yarded', wbicli:
were submitted to a large attendance- of
buyers; the.biddings b ing brisk,, and they
succeeded 111 placing Almost every lot at
, satisfactory price'. Light fat cows to £G ;
. 3 to 4 vear old bullocks,. from £3 19s to
£4 15s ; 2 to 24- year old steers from £3'-
10s to £3 L7s G 11 ; 3 to Lyear old heifers,
in calf, from £3 153 to - £4'- Ts ; 2' to 24
year old lieifers, in low condition, £2 10s
to £3 2sGl ; caws and 'calves,, from £4 to
£4 15s ; young mixed cattle,, from £2 Gs
to £2 12s.: . They sold at the above rates
for Messrs Caiiile, Sinclair;. Ellis, Alex
ander, " Ryari, Lar3en,- Okrr, Rapsey,
Kennedy, Kirk, McMahon, Thomas Lee,
and others.
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