Peak Hill Express in Peak Hill, New South Wales

Miscellaneous items from a late 19th century issue

An assortment of brief notes covers varied topics: a Dicken’s hair sold at auction for £8, population growth of America, daily rabbit skin totals at Blayney junction, a successful pigtail dance in Orange, a new 150 ton gold dredge near Wellington, and transfers and holidays announced for Dubbo and surrounding towns. Also reports of violence, a prize for guessing poultry feathers, emerging use of glass bricks, a parliamentary comment on labor dignity, local misfortune, tonic advertisements, a London real estate claim, a dying man in New York claiming an estate, Pompeii soap, a Sydney murder case, and an inquest.