DE MURSKA'S LATE HUSBAND

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 370, 7 April 1876, Page 3

DE MURSKA'S LATE HUSBAND

The story is a very wretched one, and it is-rather too soon to tell it yel. it is understood, however, that legal proceedings have been instituted, which will make it public iu a few days. The marriage was one of pure romantic aflx-otiou ou the part of the lady, but it has proved one of those terrible blunders which it is the privilege of those to commit who have passed the period of youth and inexperience, when mis akes of affection are easily pardoned. It gave her nothing but a husband broken d wn in health, and dying of a mortal ailment. It gave him as a wife a gifted woman, who had reaped a golden harvest by the exercise of her wondrous artistic talents in these Colonies.

Mr. Anderson, it seems, was not backward iu asserting his claim to the ownership, of this harvest, and got possession of as much of it as possible as soon as lie could. When his disease became serious, and a fatal termin ation was threatened, he was removed to the house of his pareuts in Melbourne, and bis wife was only allowed to see. him at rare intervals—indeed, hardly at all. It is understood that Mr. Anderson—who, it may be incidentally mentioned, was a Jew—has left a will devising his wife's property as his own, and leaving it to his own family.—' Daily Times.' '

Mr. Angus M;icl<ay, the comthisioner for Queensl nd at the Philadephia Exhibition, has forwarded an interesting report of his proceedings to tiie end of January. Since his arrival in San Francisco he has been busily occupied visiting the works and factories, and has met s-rith great attention. He has ha-l interviews with the leading men, and sends specifications and details concerning the narrow gauge railways, the cost of construction, &c, as he considers them most applicable to the inland districts of the colonies, costing as they do, only about £3OOO per mile. He has seen several bridge works peculiarly suitable to the colony and furnishes particulars of a bridge over San Lorenzo, Santa Cruz, costing £3700, and being 780fo long, with three spans on the truss principle, and built of timber. The Press of California has given the efforts of Queensland to make the two counties better acquainted a hearty welcome. Exhibits, consisting of products ofQueensiand, are lodged among the public institutions of San Francisco, and are attracting much attention. Mr. Mackay's next visit will be to the mining districts, to witness the system of hydraulic, mining. He expects to reach Philadelphia early in April. The Auckland Board of Education has passed a resolution that, in the opinion of the Hoard the rate should; be levied as heretofore, until the Board* of •■'ducittion is relieved of all respon-s] sibility by the action of the General-! Assembly in providing the necessary funds ; also that. tho ; rate be fixed at 20s. per occupier, and 10a. for non-j ' holders, "'