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Newspaper
Hamilton Spectator
Location
Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 29, 1892
Page
4
A tale recalls a jury that acquitted a burglary suspect after one juror passionately argued innocence, later revealed facts confirmed innocence and the grateful juror claimed influence. Another case reports a Swedish tragedy where a critic forces correction at the murder scene, noting the staging placed the death incorrectly by the doorway.
Gen Gallifet, once a Bompartist, became a devoted republican officer in the French army. A cavalry leader at Sedan in the Franco Prussian War, he offered to exchange himself for a Prussian and serve as a private to rejoin in battle. Marshal McMahon urged Gambetta to recall him, but the Prussians kept him, leaving Gallifet's services unavailable for France for a time. He is now 62 years old.
A rambling rural anecdote in MI about a stingy farmer and his son. The tale centers on a horse illness and a doctor visit for medicine, ending with the farmer wasting a dollar forty in trying to save ten cents, leaving the horse fine but the father sick with the medicine. Characters include a farmer, his son, a horse, a grocer, a doctor, and a pharmacist.
In a fashionable New York dry goods store a floorwalker roughs a customer, exposing her as a supposed spy in a trade rivalry. A bystander recalls the tale of a Paris gown buyer turned shop espionage, noting spies are common but not in all stores.
A Jamaica hose encounter described by a writer in Land and Water recounts a large female scorpion dropping onto a table from a cedar roof. Thirty eight young scorpions fled as the mother lay dying, her back eaten by her offspring, a dramatic act as she clung to shingles to protect her young.
A gentleman who cured himself of deafness and head noises with a new method offers full particulars and testimonials for two stamps. Address Herbert Clifton, 51 Upper Kennington Lane, London. Warns against delaying treatment as disease can become chronic and fatal.
Fragmentary notes list stewards and officials for a horse racing event including names such as Mews, Pitmac, Bonben, and McKewna. Mentions Clerk of the Course and Starter with dates like December Sth and 9 pm. References to nominations, acceptances, weights, and races for a forthcoming meeting at an unnamed course.
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