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  2. REFORMATORY SHIP ON FIRE.

    The reformatory ship Clarence, moored in the Mersey, was totally destroyed by fire on July 25. She was one of four of the old "wooden walls" of England, which, moored ...

    Article : 368 words
  3. THE SPLENDID PORSENNA.

    The child, frightened by her cry, was weeping pittully, and he could hardly hear what she said. However, it suited him to appear very meek, so he sat down on the ...

    Article : 1,815 words
  4. ITEMS OF INTEREST.

    The Russian Imperial crown is valued at £1,200,000. Italy's income from foreign visitors is estimated at £8,000,000 a year. ...

    Article : 1,631 words
  5. GOLD IN GOTS UEDER THE SEA.

    The Cape papers of July 26 publish a thrilling story concerning treasure buried in the sea off the coast of Zululand. It appears that a syndicate engaged in illicit ...

    Article : 175 words
  6. AN ADELAIDE SINGER.

    Miss Meta Buring is a daughter of Mr. T. A. Hermann Buring, and she possesses a contralto voice of fine quality. Many admiring friends, including Herr Friedenthal, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 185 words
  7. A GHOST STORY FROM SOUTHPORT.

    A curious story is told by a correspondent of the "Liverpool Post" of a haunted house at Southport. It was occupied by an independent lady possessed of a ...

    Article : 232 words
  8. A DETERMINED BRIDE.

    The "Leader's" Vancouver correspondent, under date July 26, forwards a grisly adventure which reads like a piece of Western newspaper fiction, as, ...

    Article : 303 words
  9. BRIGANDS IN SARDINIA.

    A correspondent of the London "Daily News" supplies particulars, of the extermination of the last band of brigands in Sardinia:— ...

    Article : 1,637 words
  10. MORE WIRELESS WONDERS.

    The possibilities of wireless telegrapny Were illustrated, in an exceedingly striking and novel manner on July 26 by a series of balloon experiments, conducted by the Rev. ...

    Article : 1,292 words
  11. MORE LYNCHING OUTRAGES.

    The latest mail papers report the occurrence of fresh lynching outrages in America, the victims being Italians and negroes. There has been a recrudescence of negro ...

    Article : 509 words
  12. THE NEW CITY CORONER.

    Dr. Ramsay Smith, who was recently appointed City Coroner and President of the Central Board, of Health, in succession to the date Dr. H. T. Whittell, was born in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 121 words
  13. THE METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE.

    Mr. George Alexander Booker, the enthusiastic and capable Superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, was born at Liverpool on October 11, 1854. He ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 53 words
  14. ASSASSINATION OF A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT.

    The scoundrelly General Heureaux, President of the Domingan Republic, was assassinated on July 29 at Moca, a village three days' by horse from the capital of ...

    Article : 1,075 words
  15. VAGARIES OF LIGHTNING.

    A record in lightning disasters—one flash killing two persons and injuring many others—occurred on July 23, at Charlottenburg, near Berlin. The Polish gymnastic ...

    Article : 444 words
  16. BYGONE DOCTORS.

    One of the most entertaining articles in the August magazines is Mr. C. W. Heckethorn's chat on "The Old Doctors" in the "Gentleman's Magazine." When, in the ...

    Article : 756 words
  17. A ROMANCE OF THE RUSSIAN FAMILY.

    When the Duchess Eugene of Leuchtenberg. nee Skobelew, died a few days ago, without children (says "Vanity Fair" of 20th July), it was found that she had left ...

    Article : 274 words
  18. A SCOTCH MARRIAGE.

    In the London Divorce Court on July 23 Mrs. MacCormac, a doctor's wife, petitioned for a decree of nullity of marriage on the ground that a woman whom ...

    Article : 560 words
  19. A WELL-WON WAGER.

    There is an old story, which goes down from generation to generation, among the merry Viennese, of how a gay young nobleman won a curious wager. He ...

    Article : 491 words
  20. TRACING THE "MYLODON."

    A Buenos A[?]res telegram, dated June 23, says:—Dr. R. Hauthal, of the La Plata Museum, who has just returned by the steamship Orcana, has been occupied for ...

    Article : 144 words
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  22. A SCARED THEATRE AUDIENCE.

    A Vienna message, dated July 26, says: —An evening of accidents was experienced at the Summer Theatre in Grosswardein. In the first act of the piece given the ...

    Article : 108 words
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