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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 37, 3 June 1890, Page 3

A remarkable incident occurred in the Mayr's Court at Gainesville, Texas. A woman, aged 60 and wi igidug 17st 51 it, entered the court, and by her wav { protest against the imp' siliitn of a fine upon her husband, knock d down first a policunan, then the city attorn' y. and finally the mayor. She then thrashed them all t!ir< e and drove them out of the court, of which she.retailed .possession of for three hours The victims of Ivr viol nc are much disfigured abort the ficc. - Tne chestnut harvest in Prance is of higher value than generally supposed, the official 'smnate for 1 >B3 making the crop worth £1,500,000 Tito Cromwell Argus says:—“The New Zealand Chamber of Mines* which may be said to be an outgrowth of the Mining (not the Miners’)-Conference;' held in Dunedin during Exhibition time, is at. length launched on its career. Wh-ther that circer will prove succesful in the many respects claimed for it, is a question, wc think, which admits of grave doubt. Its constitution lacks the all imbortaut requisite <£ practical knowledge; and its head quarters are too far removed from the seat of m.-ninur operations to ena.. e the Chamber working with, arid, in the best interests of mi e s. ; Toe gentlemen who have taken a leading part in forming the Chambers have, evidently, been influenced by the very best of motives, and their iptmtimi; without doubt, is to ameliorate the lot of the class which the institution is supposed to'represent; but .apart from this, it seems to us that a commencement has been made at the wrong end.” A singular story comes from Mel lor, a little village just outside Blackburn.! Some years ago a workmg mah left the village to take .a situation in America, but he regularly sent rein it--, tauces to his wife, whom he had left, behind. After some years h‘<- returned home; and found his wife disinclined To receive him. He liv d with her, however, for a while, but they agreed so badly that they d cided to live apart. A few days ago; tlie>sfe 'Bed. She told her friends who were with her at the last that she had a consioerafile ium of money about the house, but. they must not let her husband hear of it.. The affdr got wind, aid tie hiisbond put in a claim for the money, which, after a vigorous search was toiiud in notes and securities, to.the amount of over £K)Oi), conceeab d in the dead woman’s elohing and elsewhere. An experiment of a remarkable character and one which skills lik ly to b * in every way sncc< Ssful, has lately Inen perform'd in the Edinburgh Royal fnfirmery. Sunn* two years ago a Yorkshire farmer had i.m of his legs severely injured below the knee, the result being-the formation of abscesses, which led finally to the decay of thleg bone. Acting under the advice <»l his medical attendant the sufferer went to Edinburgh for tre tmeut. In order to avoid amputation, Mr Miller, surgeon. who had charge,, of the case, resolved to r more the diseased bone and try a rather novel experiment. A pe.vof ox rib was obtained,- and after preparation was inserted in the cavity made in the patient’s leg by the removal of the dead bone. The opera - ton was com pic ed about a month ago, and, as already st-ted, the ind citioiis at present are that, the result will be a sound and useful limb.