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GENERAL NEWS.

British Aviator's Wonderful - Escape.

An aviator had a remarkable escape from death on July 16 at Twickenham. At a height of 3,000 feet his machine went wrong, and be made a steep spiral and came down on to a house st Lebanon Park Road. The machine: woot through the roof and was smashed, but the aviator

·was.""'left outside.” He was taken to the hospital," but his injury was only a slight cut over the eye.

Buccleuch Estate for Sale. The Duke of Buccleuch recantly instructed' Meerra, James Styles and Whitlock, of Rugby, to fel!

by suction during the antomy the Dunchurch portion of his War- wickshire extates, eitusted three

milies from Rugby, is the. parisive of Danchareb, Thurlas- top, on, and Stretton-on- Dunsmore," extending to about 3,000 spree, and including the greater portion of three villages. The properly produces a rent roll, of over £5,000 per annum.

A Heartless Woman's Daring.

While sitting in the Park sleng the East River. · Philad·lubis, Dorothy Falmenski, twelve year

old, was approached by a well dressed woman in black who carried a small baby in her arm4. "Little girl," said the stranger,

will you held my baby while I go to the spring for a drink of aster?" Darothy readily sesented, and, tiking the infant in her ame, begau fondling it. Sudden- ly she glanced up and saw the woman slepping into a hig limonsine that a drawn up nearby. Before she could make a round the car had sped away.

English Schools' Athletics. At the recant meeting al Samford Bridge, to decide the Public Schools Athletic Cham- pionships the 21st annual gathering-G. M. Butler, of Har- row, won the 100 yards in 10 4.500; 440 Forda, 54 3-5wc; and the long jump at 19f 91 o. W. G. Tatham, of Eton, won the 880 yards and one mile aventa; while 1. J. Pitman, of the same school, won the steeplechase, aleo 100 yardı, 220 yard”, sad high jamp for boys between 14 and 16 yeara of age. There was a keen conteel for the high jump. which wİLİ eventually won be E. C. Archer, of the Merchant Taylors, at 5t. 77.

Clever Capture of an Embezzleṛ. Following the trait of a woman led to the arrest of Riebord 8, Acch, 30 years old, of New York, On a charge of the embezzlement of between $6,000 and $100,000 from the brokerste firm of Moyee and Holmes, New York. When thefts of stooks were discovered by the brokers Asch escaperi, and the police all over the country were neked to arrest him. Asch was said to be in

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GENERAL NEWS.

Professor Hopkinson, who presid- sd,is the farmer'a friend. From a Economy at the Admiralty. tree where a bart-owl had nested at A man who has been ordered Keswick nere taken 114 "pellet," to find work of national import aontaining the skulls of 19 small Bice told the Middlesex Appeal rate, 126 long-tailed, and short Tribunal on July 13th that he tailed field mice, 69 shrews, and earned £4 10a, a week at the three small birde (greenfinches), Admiralty packing sad tying hat no game. Be auggested that documents with red tape. The owle and hawke should be pre- work was approved!

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