The Northern Guardian. — 1892-09-15 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.  WArelas thoroughly eleanKl, is 6(1; new mainspring, Is 6d ; brooch pins, d. All work guaranteed 12 months.—J. M. Caozirat, 76, Lynn Street, West Hartlepool.—Adrt On the night of the Ist September, about 10.15, Mr Harris, the gardener at Gla.nton Pyke, observed a heavy, dark-looking rirentar cloud hanging over ' the house, and soon afterwards heavy drops of rain began to fall. Next morning, upon measuring the rainfall, he found to his !great surprise the water the colour of porter. It is interesting to note that the infant German Princess is the first Princess born to a reighing Empress since the restoration of the Empire, and, moreover' it is the first time since 1808 that a reigning Queen of Prussia has given birth to a (laughter. The last case was when Princess Louise, (laughter of Queen Louise, was born. Mr Justice Madden, in Dublin on Tuesday, refused to grant an order of release on the ground of ill-health in the case of a solicitor named Cusack, committed to Kilmainham in July for contempt of court in not lodging accounts of receipts of in(;ome in connection with the Geesma.n Estate, °sing, Longford, of which he was for many years solicitor and trustee. It is just 50 years yesterday since Mr Gladstone lost, by accident, the index finger of his left band. While shooting in Hawarden Park on fil.i,dember 14, 1842, the gun which he carried went off, and the charge shattered the finger. It was amputated close to the palm. The loss of the finger is hidden ' by a black band which Mr Gladstone always wVars round the left hand.  A Lloyd's telegram states that the Allan steamer Scandinavian, which has arrived at Greenock from Boston, reports that on Saturday last, in latitude 53.55, longitude 54.04, she fell in with the Anchor steamer Ethiopia, putting back to the Clyde with engines broken down. On Sunday the steamer ' Furnessia, belonging to the same line, was spoken, and reported that she would go to the Ethiopia's assistance.  Colonel Mapleson, who some months ago was robbed of his watch-chain in Drury Lane, received on Tuesday a massive chain of gold and quartz of elegant design. The anonymous gift was acdompanic(' by the following unsigned note :—" From the gods of San Francisco, who cannot forget the man who gave musical America its greatest enjoyment in the present generation, and who sympathises with the robbery in Drury Lane."  Madame Sarah Bernhardt met with a curious adventure at Lille on Tuesday, where she was "billed" to appear in "Cleopatra." On reaching that city on her return from Charleroi, where she had taken part in a charity performance, she learned that all her costumes had been detained at the frontier for disinfection, and could not possibly reach the theatre in time for the performance. "La Dame aux Camelias " was therefore substituted for "Cleopatra." One of the " humours " of the failure of the Oriental Bank—a failure grim enough on the whole —is the letter which Mr Rudyard Kipling sent to the officials on hearing the news. Mr Kipling, as already stated, was interested to a considerable extent in the bank, and he wrote strongly, as may be supposed ; but he also gave vent to his feelings by several pen-and-ink drawings upon the envelope. One of these depicted a grave surmounted by a tombstone bearing this legend—" Here lies the remains of the New Oriental Banking Corporation. awaiting a glorious liquidation." Guy Gordon, edios William Blackburn, was charged at the Central Criminal Court yesterday with forging a cheque for £lO. A lady named Adams, with whom accused formerly lodged, proseented, but strongly recommended him to mercy. The defending counsel said the accusett possessed the highest intellectual attainments, and the circumstances of the ease were of a most painful character. His terrible position so affected his wife's mind that she committed suicide during his incarceration. Accused was bound over to appear for judgment when required.