MISCELLANEOUS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 922, 19 December 1879, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

It Uns been resmlveal. at a meeting at Plymouth, to invite \l.ij irUnart, tin hero of Ilo.kVs drift. t-> a iiamp ton bis return from Zn’nlan 1, an i mi present him with a sword of ti uo.ir ou thciccasion. Unite 1 States railway porters have eirnel an excadleit reputation for their skill in destroying passengers baggie;. They have now an I then however to encon’itor ilaffinnit.ies which are insnrmountahle. A Detroit paper of a recent date say? : —Saturday m aiming there enne over tiie Oroat Western II >a ! on ir.s way West, a trunk whieh in vie the hj dr of the Detroit ha o.'aixo smashers sUn I right no. It was Sliiieho.s lone, M feet 'vide, anl was male of solid boiler iron, one eighth . ? an inch thick The handles wore of irna livetel on with great hj dts an 1 the li I wai fastened downed with an im n.uiso padlock. On one end if the trunk was painted the wards, “>iUj can stand it! and ou the other—

More cornin'?," 'Hie railway men groaned aloud as they walked around “ that trunk’’ and twisted every angle. and two omnibus item, who thought tho owner was going to stop over to them, made tracks out of the depot. The following tale is told by the Paris Figaro at the expense of an eminent member of the Senate. This gentleman, travelling by the customary mid-day train from St Lazairn to Versailles in company with several o'lier senators and with a young married lady, who with her son, aged suae live or six years, was sitting immediately opposite to him. The child had, from the time the train starte I, regarded his venerable vis avis with evi lent, niistrrtst, and as the journey proceeded his suspicions seemed to ripen into a feeling of terror. As the train emerge 1 from the Catigu illes tunnel Ins alarm hart increased to such an extent that after another timid glance at the object of his aversion he burst into a fl lod of tears. At last the infant Id nseif let out the secret by sobbing forth a request that the stranger would “ take off his nose.” Explanations followed on the part of the ladv, who related how she had lately taken her offspring to one of the masque-balls of the season, where he ha I been eroatly terrified by the false noses warn by some of the revelers. It was quite impo-sih'e to persuade him that the nasal organ of the worthy senator was not one of those pis/iclics , but was a gift which he owed to Mature in one of her fits of bounteous prodiga'Pv. There was nothing for it bub to the hi le suspected feature behind a hat. Great excitement has been cause 1 at Bristol bv a discovery of a peculiarly revolting nature, which is supp iso 1 to 'have been made by the liodmmster Board of Guardians. A man nam si Wdee, had contreted for the burial of paupers, on payment of a certain fee for each interment, but some suspicion arising, inquiries were male, with the result; tint no trace can be found of tile bn ial of six hi lijs wh : e!i had been entrusts Ito him [ln has absconded, an 1 the p nice have offered a reward for informa* ion. k Liverpool medical mm, writing to a contemporary, says: “that having bum called t„ attend a man who avis suffering fr mi the result of a carouse on the occasion of his niece’s marriage, he found a dozen p-rsms. mostly yuan; women, in a room with foil glass *s before them, a three gallon jar of Strong ale on the table, and several bottles of whisky. The revels were kept "n for five days : the drink alone costing L2O. S veral ymng follows appeared to have clubbed to rctli-r to me;t the cost, an I had been, in fact, saving no for weeks previously so as to have full indulgence. The father pawned his watch an I several articles of furniture; one young fellow pledged his coat, hat. and watch ; an 1 the sum of Ld wh advance I on the seenrHy of their names by the publican, to find its way bach into his till as fresh supplies of liquor wore callc I for.”—A little b ly, age I live, has j ist died at Applebv from the effects of hrandy drinking. id ■ and his elder brother had between them drank a pint, of snirits which had been 1-ft *n tho mhi The mother on returning home f mud both helplessly intoxicated, and only the older recovered. The following.account was presented the other day to the Ehmlviry B sard of Guardians : —‘To Patrick Oregano, debtor, to rating and drinking a relieving officer with a can of paste, and brush, while travelling to put up alverti-ements in ci ht, elector d divisions of th 1 nd m. Li. The oh irro wis to- o istiug n-viues relating to.h.Go.ra-ioos Diseases (\nimals) Act. Wov it was non -ss ay ti eat the re];-''ing officer wiih a can of pas'e .an I brush dep ment sayetii not ; but the charge for so great a fe*t appears very small. V.jrv few people, even in Ire'anl, woul 1 have done it at the price.— Mark Lane Exp -ess.