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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIV, Issue 194, 18 August 1890, Page 3

J. mcs Grigg, a hat manufacturer in Mdbourne, committed Buicide in a singularly determined fashion, He took a dose of laud.nnra, .ben opened a vein in bis wrist, and finally die charge, a gun at hi. breast, which psoved fatal. He left a note c. ying he could not bsar t« have his wife and *. me children asking for bread without the means of giving it. At the inquest ii was shown that decease 1 had been l.iub'.ci about floan« cial matters. In the deceased's pockets wore found a gold watoh and chain, two gold ring., a gold scarf ring, and other article., but no money.

fthey have paper ooV-M in many oasea} - That makes over 8 miles ! It is e_ti-« mated that 268 printing presses have been in use to print the book. Tha French edition of Mr Stanley's work ie entitled "Dana le. T6oeb.es de l'Afriqae. " Mr Stanley's book, "In Darkest Africa, " appeared on Sunday in a German translation at Leipzig. It is prefaced, says a Berlin correspondent, by a letter to the publisher, in whioh Mr Stanley tells him thafc he does not understand a word of German, that he is very fatigued, and that he is j about to he married to a certain beautiful ' lady, who* will, he hopes, bear him off to the happy regions where married people are said to find peace. The letter, which was written before the terms of the AngloGerman Treaty were published, concludes with the opinion that it would be best for England and .Germany to remain together in Africa on terms of competition. Mr Edward Bellamy, the author of " Looking backward," defends, in tbis mbnth'3 Con* temporary, his predictions as to the future of the world, whioh have been rather forcibly BBBailed by M. de Laveleye. Mr Bellamy Bums up his contentions very briefly :— " the human heritage," he says, " must be construed, and oan only be construed, as an estate in common, essentially indivisible, to wbioh all human beings are heirs. Hitherto this community and equality of right have been disregarded, and the heirs have been left to scramble and fight for what they cou'd individually get and keep Unless humanity is destined to pass under some at present inconceivable form of despoU ism, there is but one possible issue. 'Ihe world, and everything that is in it, will ere long be recognised as the common property of all, and undertaken and administered for the equal benefU of all." The vogue obtained by Mr Bellamy's book for its literary and imaginative features has apparently inspired bim with the belief that his theories have been equally widely aecf pted. The sister of Emm Pa3ha, who resides in his native town of Neisse, has received a letter from the explorer, dated Mrugoro May 15th. Emm, as. is known, see out from Bagamoyo on April 26tb. The two officers of the expedition are Lieut. Langheld and Dr. Stuhlmann. During the first iew days progress was difficult. The rain fell in torrents, and mud made the march an arduous one. The bearers, each laden with BO or 60 lbs, were often knee deep in the mud, and repeatedly fell. Emm lost many of his people during these marches. Some died of exhaustion, and others threw down their goods and ran off. On May 13th the expedition arrived at Mrugoro, and encamped in a good place. Emm's tent was pitched with the flag and the gun in front. The arms were arranged in readiness, and tbe ammunition, provisions, and the goods for barter placed in three heaps, each protected by tarpaulins. Every morning Lieutenant Langheld drills the people and Dr Stuhlmann inspects the bearers and the loads. The non commis^ Bioned officers share the work between them, one takes the loads and bearers, another looks after the soldiers, the three horEes, and several good donkeys which form part of the expedition. A third supervises the commissariat. Every morning and evening the officers make their reports and orders are given, The officers and non-commissioned officers take meals together with Emm Pasha. When tbey are able .Emm and Dr. Stuhlmann collect specimens. Heligoland seems to be, amongst otber things, the Gretna Green of Germany, as will appear frem the following remarks of a JPall Mall correspondent : — " The first mate of the Cuxhafen, with whom I had a long talk, told ma laughingly how sorry he Would be if the island wae ceded to Germany. ' Because,' he said, 'wa shall get no more champagne treats from the young couples going to Heligoland to get married.' ' Why do they go there to get married ?' I asked, 1 What 1 yon don't know ? Why, when the parents won't allow a marriage, the young people havo only to go over to Heligoland, where they don't want any licence or papers. We always spot them,' he added, ' and when they come back they have to treat us to a bottle of ohampagne. Last year niuety-three couples went across to be married at Heligo land. We shall lose all this little 'extra' now." &* One or two of the London papers have had brief paragraphs regretting the forthcoming retirement of Sir Harry Atkinson, who, as one aays, '■ has put the colony on its feet again." An Australian sportsman, Mr W. Sayer, of the Melbourne Gun Club, provo_. successful at the International week at Hurlingham. The first prize consisted of a £50 cup added to a £5 handicap sweepstske, and was won by him. He grassed eleven birds consecutively, and thus cleared £120 out of tbe pool. A Hungarian nobleman, Count Tranttmansdorlf, was second with ten birds ; and Captain Shalley, the great shot, was third, with eight kills, Mr Chaplin, the Minister of Agriculture, in an address at the Liucoin Agricultural Show on July 21, said the recent rise in the prices of agricultural products was due to the advance in the prices of silver, in consequence of the passage of the Silver Bill in the United States. Lord Wolseley has recently written a letter to a friend in Baltimore, in which he ays : — The closer the bond of union between mother and child (United States) the better it will be for both, and our race, and, indeed, for civilisation. Those who rant about the causes of quarrel between us are no friends of either nation or to humanity. There must never be war between us, no matter how much either or both may be egged on by those who hate the English race, and would therefore like to sco us at one another's throats. We fe 1 quite as proud of the United States as any of its people can be. Its honours and its reputation are as dear to us as they can be to those on the other side of the Atlantic. I rejoice above all things to think that the mutual respect we have always had for one another Is now maturing into sincere and mutual affection. The Rev. Dr Byons, of Castlehaven, Diocese Of Ross. Cork, writing on July 7th, says, "that owing to tha failure of the po'ato crop he sees nothing less than starvation staring the unhappy farmers in the face. " Distressing reports also come from other distriots of Cork, Limerick, Kerry, and "Water ford. The wet weather continues, and the potato blight is spreading. to a frightful extent. Ex King Milan of Sorvio, thinking his divoroe absolute, has contracted it is said a marriage with a very rioh young American lady, who will pay his debts, amounting to six hundred thousand pounds, A most horrible affair has occured at Ballyneale, in Ireland. A man named John Hart murdered his mother, and chopped her body to pieces, When the deed was discovered Hart was found lying beside the mangled remains eating portions of them, A report dated July 17th, states that mould and vermin in some of the hop gardens in England were increasing. An estimate received in New York shows a probable shortage in the yield of hops of a quarter to a third in Germany, and a half in the west of the Continent, as compared with last year's yield. A London telegram dated Ju'y 20, sp?oks of the heaviest rainfall known in any one week since 1878. The pecuniary loss to farmers was something terrible. Between Shepertoh and London there were hundreds of aores of meadows in whioh the cooked hay was four-fifths under water. Owing to the bad prospects for the wheat crops, prices have advanced one shilling, During the weak some reports from the Continent state that it is believed Russia has no durable crops. A despatch from Paris say a tbst the crops throughout France, except in the section east of Rhodes, have been destroyed by incessant rains. Tho loa.es are es l imated at five hundred million francs. The dea'er3 in grain discredit the probability of a scarcity, and tho price of bread remains unaltered. Four women were arrested on board the Stearaship Majestic at QueeDstown on hor arrival from New York on July 17th. On their being searched their bustles wo. c found crammed with tea, tobacoo, spirits, and other contraband goods. The enormous size of the bustles attracted the attention of the Customs officers.