, 1870-07-16

ia erokin8 tbafa1 response Throughout the
diocese. tn. Eszl Of Derby has gwen Is. 900
without any condition II to the cathedrJ bling
need IN future for the musical festir4ls; the
Lean and taapter have promised s2, G1o, and
additional dohstions amounting tt G3,35s.
"A slight fire recently took place n the
eiock-to~er Of the Parliament Hoise in Lon
don, caused by tie ignition Of tie auantisy Of
coeoanrt hn1e, four tons, kept on he door ''to
ceadep the fall Of tho clock. sei.!.ts. il euch
an accident should occur"
"a writer IN Cologne Germany uewspa-
Per nenhons curious Change inthe popula-
ton Il Bohemia, which he says hls been part
Eeaneed % the continually increasing imrui-
grafton OF the Germans to america. The
German element Ia disappearing from all
parts Of Bohemil, and The Czed,s are rapidly
taklnE the place Of tho Germans From wear
70 year less German is to b heart in prasne,
and ID many villages where Ut i Bohemian
rd word Was to be heard twenty 3aa11 ago, the
slavonic has now all but sup, falted lie Ger
man idiom. The Same writer remarks that a
similar Phenomenon may be witnessed in the
southern Iyroi, where the Italin eiament Is
advancing every year, and the German Ia re-
cedmg or becoming 1talianizeG 1t would
seem that, in impressing himself IN American
lie, the German is los.ng his foohola in so,ne
parts Of Germany.
During the whole Of Thursay, (ssTs the
London Daily Ne,cs, July p, up 10 IN early
hour yeetarday morning, great Excitement pre-
Sal!ed ut WomweH, near BarnRIey,o owing to an
q: c!tent which took place at tie Deerfeld
a Main colliery, by which the wholeof tho men,
Suo JUN ~ number, were confined in the pit for up
ward OF seventeen hours. It ameued that
about Q o'clock on Thursday morning the
cages N the coliery came into colsiu, 10 the
smart, go that no person could ascend or de-
scend- On some OF tho men at the ton going
down to- where the obstruction took
P.sce. they found the chair bro
Ken and tue conductors smashed
to pieces. to the extent Of rome twenty or
thirty yards. a number Of thin were ut once
set to work to clear the distraction, In. it WAS
not until about 10 o'clock ut night that the
broken cages were removed and new enc got
ready. when the men were safely drawn to tue
top. distance of u35 yar1is frou tho bottom.
-Four men we're sunocated in gaH-tube at
tie Moth Sta1ordslirc Coal and Iron Com
The tube. which il fifty yarda long sna i've
feet in diameter, il used to convey waste gas
from the blast furnaces to heat the furnace
boilers. The works were stopped OIL that
morning for the purpose OF clearing out the
tube, and only some .tr.iing repairs remained
to be done before the commencement Of work.
Three OF the men, one Of them being the man
ager and the others his assistants, went iuto
the tube to do these repairs, and when they
had remained there an unusually lon; time
The fourth man followed to look after them
On his failing to return, moro careful search
WAS made. The three men who 1rst entered
were found dead near the middle Of the tube,
aud the other was lying dead at about six yards
from the entrance: All appeared to have died
lEetantly, and without the least struggle
There was more gas in the tube than was sup
posed, al the manager Lad neglected to have
il all removed.
Tho Portland Press gives currency to
funny iucidcut which occurred in that citr I.
few days since. It seems that En- Isishmau.
living at the North End. is Possessed of wife
vhose fonduees for thu crarthur' is .no1dt-
nate. On the morning in question, she pur-
chased leg Of lanb for dinner, and putting it
IN the oven to bake, she turned to ret some
wood, when pussy, who had stood with longing
eyes on the meat, jumped into the open oven.
The woman, not percciving her cat. closed the
oven door, and proceeded in tho discharge Of
her accustomed duties. Tabby cried, but
Diddy couldn't find her, and during the fore
nooD the WOMAN imblbed too freely Of l1er fay
oTite beverage and became obliyious To Mi
about her. Pat came home to dinner; the
dish OF meat was Eet before him. which he pro-
rabbit, His wife asserted it Wa4 lamb
but Pat turned it over, and discovered, to hiss
Eorror. tie Aair1 VI poor pussy. 4 scene eusued,
q Which Eiddy was summarily Hoberel.