Beverley and East Riding Telegraph. — 1896-01-25 (Beverley, Humberside, England)

EPITOME OF NEWS.  A St. Petersburg telegram states that a terrible fire occurred in a theatre at Ekaterinoslav, re. suiting in the loss of 49 lives. It is reported that during the present year the mayors of Sydney and Melbourne will have the title of Lord Mayor conferred upon them. At Glasgow, on Monday morning, a well-known restaurateur, named George Anderson, and his wife, were found dead in one of the rooms of their house. It is supposed that the husband killed the wife and afterwards committed snieide. It is stated that the marriage of Mlle. Jeanne de Rothschild to Baron David Leonino, of Milan, is now a settled matter. The wedding will take place in the early spring. The " fiancee " is the surviving daughter of Baron James and the granddaughter of Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild. An inquest was held at Leamington on Monday on the body of Miss Lydia Adcock, a recluse, found dead at her residence, Grove-street. No evidence of identification by relatives or friends is forthcoming. She is supposed to have been very wealthy. The jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes. Information has been received from New York that Mr. Patrick Mullen, a native of Ballyshannon, who recently died in New York, has left 75,000 dollars for the teaching of the Irish language in Ireland. This bequest should prove a great assistance to those who are interested in the preservation of the national tongue. A French doctor has started the theory that cholera, typhus, and paludian fever are greatly due to the want of ozone, but that grippe, and most 01 the inflammatory diseases are aggravated by it Ozone becomes killing when there is more than It' per cent. of it in the air. In the week ending January 18th there were 158 bills of sale registered in England and Wales, a decrease of 22 as compared with the corresponding period last year. The receiving orders gazetted number 77, showing an increase of 6, and the number of registered deeds of arrangement was 55, a decrease of 4.—Seubta Weekly Gazette. There is a family living near Macon, Georgia. in which there has not been a death for 50 years. The head of the famiiy is 73 years of age, and his wife is 72. They celebrated their golden wedding recently, and their 10 children and '2l of their 22 grand children were present. A French countess, who has gone into the lion taming business, was attacked during a recent exhibition by one of the animals. There was a panic in the menagerie, but she succeeded in beating the lion off and made him go through his usual performance before leaving the cage. Her injuries were severe.  The Duke of Norfolk has presented the vacant postmastership of Holbeach, near Spalding, to Mrs. Hart, of London. A few days ago he appointed Mrs. Bartlett, of Ealing, to be Postmistress at Gainsborough, in the North of Lincolnshire. Upon inquiry it has been ascertained that Major Galway, who was one of the parties in the recent tragical occurrence at the Grand Hotel, London, has made satisfactory progress towards recovery, and within a few days will be discharged from the hospital. He will then be arrested on a warrant and charged with attempting to commit suicide. Probate has just been granted of the will of tic Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, of Drayton Manor, Tamworth, third Bart., who (lied on the 9th Ma) last, aged 7:3 years, leaving personal estate of tin value of 0,096. Lady Emily Peel is the sok executrix. It is stated from Vienna that the health of tin Crown Prince of Austria is stated to be in a hopeless condition. His Royal parents intend, it it• believed, to visit the Archduke in Cairo. Thi health of the Archduke Otto, his brother, is alsi extremely unsatisfactory. Archduke Otto h afflicted with the worst form of Bright's disease. Mr. Ben Brierley, a well-known writer in Lancashire dialect, died on Saturday, at Manchester, at the age of 70. Mr. Brierley began life as a factor operative, and had a rare faculty for describi4 both the merits and the failings of that class, at Ab-o'-th'-Vate, his note de plume. He was knowr in every Lancashire hamlet, where his keen wit and genial humour made him highly appreciated. Official statistics of the Milian cotton crop of 1895 have been issued, which show that generally, in most of the cotton-producing tracts throughout the country, the rainfall was scanty, contrasting with that of 1894 which was excessive. The acreage was therefore below the average; but the rain was on the whole well distributed and timely, and the yield generally, so far as the crop had been picked up to December, had been very good in both quantity and quality, while the prospects of the late crop were also good. At Liverpool on Monday Herbert Westworth, surgeon-dentist, was charged .on remand with the murder of his wife.—Dr. Gordon, who had made a post-mortem, was cross-examined with a view to showing that he had some animosity against the prisoner. The witness strongly protested against this. The doctor said it was not possible for the woman to have inflicted the wounds herself.— Other witnesses were examined, and the prisoner, who said he was not guilty, was committed to the Assizes.  DON'T advertise spasmodically; keep at it. Your particular line of goods may not be wanted to-day ; they will be sought to-morrow or the day after,