Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1864-07-08 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

TIE COLOSSAL BI RD OF 311.1).“1,(•;CA11,—Pi ear 1150 a French ship cant ,in named Abadia, on the south-east coast of Mmlagascar, observed e hands of a native the shell of a gigantic egg which ,een perforated at one of its extremities and emd for domestic purposes. M Abadie being cted by the unusual dimensions tit the rgg, set to to procure specimens of it. and ultimately succeeded taming from the natives, besides the specimen first , two others—ore of th?m found in the rh,bris of a i t land-slip, the other was disinterred from a t alluvial formation, together with some bones of rently no less gigantic siz .. Upon these objects, It were shortly afterwards forwarded to Paris, the Professor Isidore Geoffroi St. Hilaire founded a new sand species of extinct struthous birds, allied to ,r,iis, for which he proposed the name, _Eryorni., .1/,/ .imir,:. The most striking character of the eggs of J'E omit is their enormous size. The largest of the two received at Paris measured lengthwise no less than 2 f et 10 inches, and breadthwi e 2 feet 4 inches in eiri.umterenee. Its extreme length in a straight line wa. about 12 in-lies. Professor Ceeffroi St. 11Paire esti iated that it would contain 111] quarts, or nearly as mu hi as six ostrich egg 4. A large ostrich Pg.!, we may me tion, measeres only about GI inohes in len.zth, being litt e more than half that of the -Epyorsis.—(2carterly inF 11101 ,f Science.  TTEMPTED MURDER OF Two PoLICEMEN BY A fULß.—Early on Wednesday morning week the vii ge of Hale, near St. Helen's, Lancashire, was th vu into a state of consternation by a report tl at -pi) ce-constable No. 23, Holton, who had been .statio led there a number of years, had been murdered. B tit eventually tr ,o,pired that he was not dad. It ap ears from all that cmn at present be ascertained of th unfortunate occurrence, that early on Tuesday mi ruing a policeman who, with others, had t eel on the lot k out for a man who is supposed to have committed a urgiary at Hale last week, mit a man who answered th i description of the person wanted. He stopped him, a t,-) d him he must take him into custody on sus pi ion of having broke i into a house. The man immedi tely drew a pistol from his pocket, and when the cm istable attemp•ed to seize him he fited Vie pistol, n deli grazed his back. Police-constable Holton, hear. in the report a short distance off, ran in the direction, al d came up with the prisoner. Whilst attempting to size him, the man drew another pistol and shot Holton i the abdomen, inflicting d.eadful injuries. Ilolton f - I to the ground, but the attempted aroassin' not c ntent with his dreadful wok, fell upon h'in, and infl cte I another serious wound with a clasp knife. The o her policeman, who was but slightly injured, then f 11. d the zssailant to the ground with a staff. The man I olton, who was insensible, was immediately conveyed . .-e, and Dr. Cross was sent for, when it was found t tat Holton's injuries were of a dreadful nature, and ery little hope was entertained of his recovery. In the . eantime the prisoner had been conveyed to Wootton olice-station. He was supposed to have come from iverpool or Manchester, but refused to give either me or address. The prsoner is thought to be the erion who has been committing burglaries for some ime, and he appears to have gone out prepared to reist anything rather than be captured. Three pistols were found on the prisoner, two of which had been recently diecharged, ouri the other we loaded with bell.