The Warwickshire Herald. — 1891-08-13 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

SIR GILBERT E. CAMPBELL,  BART., Author of "The Mysterie4 of Mandeville Square,  "with and Weird," lEc.  The town of Rathenow, in Germany, was visited I tate on Monday afternoon by a thunderstorm, during ' hich the large provision store for the garrison was I struck by lightning and set on fire. Almost all the shops in Lisbon were in darkness on Monday evening owing to the dispute as to the raising of the price of gas, and those which were lit with gas were watched by the police. All is quiet in the town. On Tuesday morning the dead body of John Burns, aged 26 years, a native of Berwick, who had lust come home from India on discharge from the King's Own Scottish Borderers, was found in the Tweed at Berwick. Tom Rowlands, aged 15, a son of ?dr. John Row lands, of Maester, warn drowned while bathing neai Black Rocks, Pottle:awl, on Monday, in sight of his father and a number of visitors. Mr. Rowlands had come, with his two sons, for a day's holiday. A band of Greek brigands attacked and plundered inch Turkish merchant from Salonica,near Ravels, on the northern coast of the province. Thatoavar who escorted the merchant was murdered. A body of gendarmes was sent from Balonica, which surprised the gang near Dame, killed one, and arrested two of them. The rest fled. A feud has for some time existed between two parties living in the region of Lake Charles, Louisiana. On Monday both sides met and a pitched battle resulted, firing being brisk on both sides and neither giving way to the other. Ten ot the combatants were shot, six are already dead, cue other cannot recover, and three are seriously wounded. Before the rising of the Crown Court at the Leeds Anises, on Monday afternoon, Mr. Justice Grantham, referring to the Horsforth murder case, said he had taken into consideration all the circum. stances in connection with the evidence of Mrs. Turner against her son, and had decided to alter her sentence from penal servitude for life to 12 months' imprisonment. A shocking accident occurred at the Leopardstown level crossing, on the Dublin, Wicklow, and Weir. ford Railway, on Monday night. The gates being open, a milk cart was crossing, in which were seated the owner, named Cullen and a woman and child. A special engine came dashing along from Bray and crashed into the milk cart, killing Cullen, and causing the woman and child to be seriously Injured. The crossing-keeper was also slightly hurt. Two newsdealers, the keepers of a restaurant at Dresden, and two waiters at the same establishment were arrested yesterday for selling and allowing tc be placed before customers the Nem York Park, containing an alleged libel upon the Emperor William. The culprits were escorted by gendannee through the public streets to the police-station, where they were treated with much severity, being interrogated by a magistrate for close upon five hours. The Bank of Van Dieman's Land has suspended payment. It has been founded over half a century, having been established in 1823, and is the oldest in the colony. The paid-up capital amounts to £250,000, and the reserve liability of shareholders to a like sum, making a total capital of half a million. Besides the head office here, the bank has branches at Launceston, Devonport, Buinme, and Zeehan. It is not, however, the leading local bank of the colony. In the middle of a bicycle race, held at Sudbury on Monday, the grand stand, with more than 500 people on it, suddenly gave way. Fortunately there was no panic, and assistance being promptly at hand,no lives were last or limbs broken,although a number of ladies and others sustained bruises and I sprains. The spot upon which the stand was built I was made ground, and the stand not being sufficiently supported by ties, the uprighta sank,and the "fracture consequentiv fell over.