The Maryport Advertiser March 10, 1882 Local and General News

Local and General News

The Maryport Advertiser - March 10, 1882

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. ****** THE SHERIFF.    The Sheriff of Cumberland, Mr. George ROUTLEDGE has  appointed Mr. Edward Lamb WAUGH, Cockermouth, to be his Under-Sheriff. ****** FATAL FALL FROM A WINDOW.    A sad accident has occurred at Marseilles. Madame  Louis ARNAVON, a lady belonging to one of the first families in the town,  overbalanced herself as she was looking out of one of the windows of her house,  in the Rue Sylvabelle, and received such injuries that she expired an hour  afterwards. ******    The Inman steamer City of Berlin, which had been  disabled on her outward voyage, was towed into Boston on Sunday night. ******    The Empress of Austria paid a visit to the Queen on  Monday at Windsor Castle, which she left for Dover at 2 p.m. Her Imperial  Majesty embarked on board a special steamer, and sailed for Calais at a little  after seven o'clock. ******    A furious gale from the north west raged in the  north of Scotland on Monday accompanied by heavy snow, and communication was  stopped in several places. During the height of the storm a shoal of whales was  driven into Weisdale Voe, where more than 300 of them were captured. ******    Telegrams from Brussels report the arrest of three  men and two women on the charge of being concerned in the robbery from the  Hatton Garden Post Office last year. The principal prisoner, who is said to be a  ticket-to-leave man, violently resisted his arrest. Jewels to the value of  22,000 francs were found in their possession.

 

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