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  2. THUNDERSTORM IN PARIS.

    A tremendous thunderstorm, accompanied with hail and rain, burst over Paris on August 23. The hailstones were as large as walnuts, and fell with extreme violence. For an hour there was not an ...

    Article : 135 words
  3. ITALIAN EMIGRATION.

    A correspondent at Rome says—" According to the latest official data, 83,786 Italians emigrated in the course of last year, the emigrants being divided as follows:—52,688 men, 15,456 women, and 15,642 ...

    Article : 153 words
  4. Terrible Volcanic Eruption In Tonga.

    The Evening News correspondent telegraphs from Auckland, Octobers 5, noon:—News has just comes to hand of another of those fearful manifestations of nature's abounding savagery which strikes the ...

    Article : 231 words
  5. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 102 words
  6. Queensland Markets.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 459 words
  7. A YEAR'S RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.

    By a report of the Board of Trade upon the accidents which have occurred on railways of the United Kingdom during the year 1885, it appears that the total number of persons returned to the ...

    Article : 159 words
  8. A WHALE HUNT OFF THE ORKNEYS.

    The capture of a large number of whales is reportad from Orkney. It appears that as the packet Osprey, of Westray, was returning to that place from the Kirkwall Lammas market, and passing ...

    Article : 275 words
  9. Earthquakes in Greece and America.

    During the past week terrible earthquakes have occurred in Greece and the United States. They are among the most extensive on record. The shock in Greece took place just before midnight on Friday. ...

    Article : 1,316 words
  10. SUEZ MAIL EXTRACTS.

    Several fresh cases of boycotting are reported from Limerick. The labourers are now, in some localities, showing a disposition to retaliate upon the farmers. At Boher a mowing machine has ...

    Article : 149 words
  11. APPREHENDED DISTURBANCES IN ENGLAND.

    A correspondent of the Times writes:—"Sir Evelyn Wood, the general commanding the Eastern District, pursuant to instructions from the War Office, has issued orders to the volunteers in his ...

    Article : 197 words
  12. MAIZE AND WHEAT IN THE UNITED STATES.

    Great has been the increase in the cultivation of maize in the United States in recent years, especially since the period of low prices for wheat commenced. Twenty-four years ago the area of ...

    Article : 337 words
  13. EARTHQUAKE IN SCOTLAND.

    A shock of earthquake was experienced on the evening of Aug. 20, at Kilsyth, a mining town, situated in Stirlingshire, about thirteen miles from Glasgow. About nine o'clock a sharp ...

    Article : 198 words
  14. Advertising

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    Advertising : 547 words
  15. Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets.

    DENILIQUIN STOCK REPORT.—October 1,1886.— The weather during the week has been temperate, but to-day it is warm with a decidedly hot wind, accompanied by dust. This afternoon rain set in, ...

    Article : 611 words
  16. ALARMING FIRE AT THE ISLE OF DOGS.

    An immense fire took place among the property belonging to the London Oil Storage Company, situate in Dungeon's Wharf, Manchester-road, Isle of Dogs, on Aug. 20. Dense volumes of smoke were ...

    Article : 211 words
  17. DEATH ON THE MATTERHORN.

    A correspondent sends the following particulars of the recent fatal accident on the Matterhorn:— "Messrs. F. C. Burckhardt and J. Davies, with the guides Peter Aufdeinblatten and Fridolin Kronig, ...

    Article : 508 words
  18. WRITS IN DONEGAL.

    The Government have been put to great expense in enforcing the Queen's writ in Gweedore, county Donegal. One hundred and fifty members of the constabulary and numerous bailiffs and their ...

    Article : 94 words
  19. SUNDAY IN LOUISIANA.

    A law just sanctioned by the governor of the State of Louisiana, which is said to have been "hithertofore distinguished for its disregard of the sanctions of the civil Sabbath," compels all stores ...

    Article : 97 words
  20. DUKE OF LEINSTER'S ARRANGEMENT.

    The Duke of Leinster has arranged, under the Land Purchase Act, to sell to his tenants a large portion of his Kildare estates at eighteen years' purchase of the rents, which were fixed by judicial ...

    Article : 103 words
  21. St. Mary's Sunday School Treat.

    The annual festival in connection with St. Mary's Sabbath school took place on Tuesday last, and was carried out with the spirit and success that has maiked similar gatherings. In the morning the ...

    Article : 469 words
  22. DR. CARVER'S GIFTS.

    A New York paper of August 12 says:—"Under a suit to recover money advanced, in which Dr. Carver, the crack shot of the world, was defendant, John F. B. Smyth, as sheriff's auctioneer, sold ...

    Article : 94 words
  23. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONING.

    It has been proved (says the Western Morning News) by practical experiment that there is really no difficulty in holding telephonic communication between the West of England and London. As an ...

    Article : 111 words
  24. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN SHEFFIELD.

    By the falling of a wall in Meadow-street, Sheffield, on Aug. 25, seven children-were killed and two others injured. The wall formed part of the boundary of the works of Messrs. Daniel Doncaster ...

    Article : 233 words
  25. A NEW GAS.

    The Avery gas has been introduced into the town of Cleckheaton after experiments in the manufacture had been in progress at the works of Messrs. R. and C. Goldthorp, Pyenot Hall, since ...

    Article : 149 words
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