AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Evening Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 39, 5 September 1882, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

♦ SINGULAR OUTBADE ON A WOMAN. A YARBA MYSTERY. THE ATTEMPT~ON ARCHBISHOP GOOLD. THE S.S. MANAPOUEI IN COLLISION. A LUCKY FIND. MURDEROUS ASSAULT AT SEA. THE FATAL MIBTAKE BY A CHEMIST. LPXR S S. WAKiTirU.J MILBOTJRNt, 30th AugUlt The polioe are investigating what appears to be an extraordinary and mysterious outrage committed on a respeotable married woman at Emerald Hill. Mrs. LydU Williami, whilst in her back yard, Euddenly felt a man's hand placed over her eyes, whilst a chemical, having a pnnrent taste, was atthe same moment forced into her month. She was held tightly for a few seoonds, and could not call for assistance. Then she beoame nnoonEcions, and in this state her husband found hor come time afterwar 'a lying on the ground almost stranglod, having a rope round her neok and a gag in her mouth. He out the rope, lifted her up, and immediately sent for modioal aid. 'J he servant-girl in the house heard no unusual noise in the baok yard, and the dootor fonnd no marks of violence. Some people discredit the story altogether. A constituent of the Union Bank, named Dyaon. sued the bank for damages for the wrongful dishonour of a cheque Ihe jury gave a verdict for J6250, in addition to i!5O paid into Court. Captain Adams, of Seymonr, narrowly •leaped being poisoned last evening by taking araensio in mistake for Eno's fruit salt. He went off ti a doctor as soon as he drank the dosr 1 , and remedial measures wore taken. He is out of danger now. A suit of clothes has been found beneath the Yarra bridge. In the ooat pookets were 5a in silver, several memos initialled " J.L.H.," two vititinir oards bearing the name E. K. J. L. Hanot, and a pooketbook in whiqh was written a statement that the owner intended taking his lire Arohbishop Goold has quite reoovered from the shook and ezoitement consequent on the attempt made by O'Farrell to kill him on Monday evening. O'Farrell is quite oomposd, and expresses his belief that the Archbishop will not proseouto. At the inquest to-day on the body of the girl Annie Fyldes, aged 16 years, found in the Yarra yesterday, the mother of the girl stated that she had been missing since the evening of the 20th June. Some days previous to that date she was in low spirits. Witness was aware she had taken drags for a oertain purpose. The medical evidonoe showed that dotth resulted from drowning A verdiot was returned in accordance with the medical testimony. A disgraoeful sosne of violenoe occurred at a meeting held at Clifton Hill lant evening, for the purpose of urging the Government to adopt a leßB circuitous route of railway to that plaoe, and bring the line direot instead of going round Oollingwood Flat. A motion to this effect was declared to be carried, but the meeting culminated in an assault in foroo upon the oonveneri of the meeting by the residents of Collingwood Flat, who attended. Stioks and other offensive weapons were freely used. As the New Zealand steamer Manaponri was leaving the river wharf this afternoon, she went in dangerous proximity to the steamer Casino, which was lying at the wharf. In order to avoid a oolhsion, the Manaponri went full speed astern t and so came in oolluion with the tug Sophia, striking her olose to her sternposts, and causing considerable damage. The water camo in so rapidly that several extra men were neoessary at the pumps to keep the Sophia afloat till taken into dock. Stdnit, 30th August. A luoky find of a large sum of money is said by the Evening News to have been mad* reoently by a furniture dealer, under very singular oiroumstanoes. Th» man attended an auotion sale of furniture at Petersham, and had knocked down to him at a <f ridiculously low figure" an old bookcase which no one present, the buyer inoluded, thought of much value. When it came into bis possession, however, he was agreeably astonished to discover hid away in on* of the drawer*, a bag full of gold and tilver ooin; also, several valuable documents, euoh ai title-deeds of property, worth, it was said, about £1000. How all this came to be stowed away in suoh a place was a mystery i and, strange to say, the original owrer, or supposed owner, of these valuables was not even aware of their existence in the bookoase. This extraordinary, find created some excitement when it became Known. The first possessor of the bookcase, the Petersham gentleman, asserted and insisted upon his superior olaim. The auctioneer thought he, too, possibly possessed a right, and the luoky bnyer of the bookoase considered Us olaim would hold good. The property was, however, handed oaok' to the first-mentioned person, who then rewarded the furniture dealer with — a threepenny pipe! Four seamen belonging to the barque Aydon Forest were oommittei for trial at Newcastle for a murderous attack with knives on Albert Theal, the eeoond mate. It appears that Theal, during the r usage from Amsterdam, had been promoted to the office. On coming ashore the men got drunk and picked a quarrel, and btsbbed him frightfully in nearly 20 plaoea on the head, face, and neck. His olothes were aho out to shreds. Mr. W. F. Brown, a rioh young squatter at Tnndeburine, shot himself with a rifle on Thursday afternoon. He leaned bis head on the muzzle of the rifle, and pulled the trigger with his finger. The disoharge shattered his head into small pieces and scattered them all over the room. Beibbimx, 30th August. Hsnoe, a ohemist's assistant, who killed a child by giving it essence of bitter almonds, instead of sweet oil of almonds, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment yesterday. The jury recommended him to mercy. .