The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1879-03-15 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

FREDERICK STADE. I W 1,,. Date. faro-,-- Dry I Wet ; Durimr the I i7ll. , rim, Dir, eti lon. For e Bulb Bulb oait 21 : our, ft ,in -----' ---;-- ----' 1------' Max. sliii. ' Inch Feb. 'lnch.' lbs. del. I deg. i Per i i I temp. temp. sant tk I , 24 110.401 i 42 1 41 / 49 • 511 i 37 54 52 i 45 43 .. 45 ! 41 40 , 45 i ! 41 39 ' 48 1 45 44 . 49 1 o 33 30. 44 i  9 :30. 9 11 39, 10 29. 12 JO,  .4)1 0.0-1 33 35 41 0.09 34 1 0.01 40 'Snow 30 0.05  The associated cotton employers of North East Lancashire resolved, on Wednesday—with:only oae dissmtient--upon a further reduction of 1.0 per cent. in the wage-rsto A telegr ,m froat Sydney announces that the proprietor of the Sydney Ereniny Herald offers a prize of 100 guineas for the best poem upon the Sydney International Exhibiti in. The competi. don is open to all British subjeets. The straw-s.eanter Ariz act the largest merchant vessel in the world, with the exception of the Great Eastern, was launcht d from the yard of Messrs Elder, at Glasgow, on Monday. She has been built for the Gubm Line of Atlantic steamers. Her 1. nzth is d 15ft., breAlth 161 t., depth 371 ft., tonnage it (1 horse-power It,ooo. m Wednesday morning. James Jones, p,,stmaster, Compstall. near So .kjtort, aged over sixty, was found suspended front the stairs banister of his re.sidenc-, quite dead. He had for sevtral days been border'. if on a state of insanity. He had filed the ellic3 he held far many years with much credit.  Ihe course of the Sanpu, or great river of Tibet, has been surveyed by one of the native explorers attached to the Indian survey for a distance of 200 mile: eastward of Chetang, the furthest point to which it had hitherto been traced in that dirertin. It then turned southward into some hills which the explorer was unable to penetrate. A shocking accident occurred at the Dukerffield Hall spinning Company's Mill, on Wednesday. A little lad was Mucci with his head jammed between the earriag? f the ined and the back mop. Blood was pouring from him, and life was quite extinct. It is said the lad was larking, when the mule car- ' risme came upon him and crushed bun. A terrible suicide was committed at Sheffield. on Wednesday morning by a soldier of the 10th regiment. He was seen to make his way to 0. viaduct on the Manchester; Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Ra•lway, and there jump over. He fell a distance of abcut -30 feet, filling on his head. Death was instantaneous. Deceased was on furlough. his name is not known.  There were about thirty delegates, representing beer trade associations, interviewing members of Parliament, on Tuesday, with the view to promote the passing of Mr. staveley Hill's Licensing Law Amendment Bill, whinh seeks to vest in the magistrates the power of granting out-door licenses. The result of the interviews is that the delegates believe the Government will support the Bill. A private letter just received from an Indian official of standing remarks—" The famine in CP sliniere I hear, is us bad as ever again, and the peoplo dying like flies. It is about time for Goicrinim lit to interfere, but it tiCelni uncertain if they will do anything. The fiattres show that at the present rate the province will be nea• ly depopulated by the end of the year." Tits FIRE ON Boma, H.M.S.