Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1888-12-29 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

DEATH OF THE PARIS JUMBO.  The remains of the Paris Jumbo will not be lost to posterity. Th. aged elephant died the other day in the Jardin des Plantes of tuberculosis, as has been proved by M. Pone/let, who made the post-mortem examination of the animal. The rkeleton, the trunk, the heart, and the liver of the colossal pach3rderm will be placed, after due preparation in the Anatomical Museum, but the body has been limominionsly cut up and divided among various naturalist, for experimental purposes. The animal, which was a female, came to Paris from the Indies in 1862, and had survived the Franco-German war, the Commune, the various changes of Ministry that have taken place since the foundation of the Third Republic, and the recent " scandals " and "revelations." Nevertheless, the late lamented pachyderm's life was blighted by losses to which a thinner-skinned creature would have succumbed at once. Six years ago its male companion shuffled off its cumbersome mortal coil, and for days nobody could gc near the survivor except Bonnefoy, her old keeper. When Bonnefoy retired from duty some time age the elephant became sulky and even fiercer, and coald hardly be approached. On one occasion she refused to leave her enclosure when the new keeper wanted to clean it out, and nothing could be done until Bonnefoy was sent for. He took the beast gently by an ear and led her out into the yard.  trincess utinstian. In aistnbuttng tne prizes gainea by students at the Princess Helens College, Ealing, warmly praised some specimens of needlework done by the pupils.  A plumber named Middleton, Living in Richmond street, Leicester, made a murderous attack on his wife, and then attempted to commit suicide. It is stated that he bad been for some time suspicious about hie wife's conduct, and on going home the other night he attacked her with a hammer from behind, inflicting dreadful injuries. On the police arriving be cut his throat with a clasp knife, but the wound was only superficial.  Mr. Evan Spicer, Secretary of the South London Institutes scheme has received a second donation of £l,OOO from Sir Edward Guinness, £5OO from Mr. Howard Morley (to extend over five years), £2OO from the Rev. G. E Widborne, £lO5 from Messrs. Crosse .and Blackwell, £l.OO from Messrs. Peak, Frean, and Co., £2,000 from Mr. Rolla (one of the largest property owners in South London). and £l,OOO from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The fund amounts at present to about £26,000.  Land  A dilapidated house at Waterford, until recently the residence of a parish priest, fell in while some girls were gathering firewood from the ruins. One was killed and others were severely injured.  A fanner named Heron has been' arrested near Kilrose on a charge of carrying on illicit distillation. The police visited Heron's house at 5 o'clock in the morning and found a still in full work. It contained 25 gallons of wash prepared for the manufacture of potmen whisky. In a room near the kitchen they found *even vats which contained in all about 160 gallons of wash and 22 gallons of singling' all prepared for distillation. In another vat they found 40 gallons of malting grains. The police also found in the house of another farmer, named Gourley, a still-worm and other apWiances used in the manufacture of poteen whisky Heron has been admitted to bail