The thunderstorm which passed over the Midlands on Sunday afternoon was one of great severity, and the full effects of the damage done were not known until Monday. Throughout North Shropshire and parts of Staffordshire the downfall was terrific, and scores of towns and villages

A CHAIN DISASTERS. Rouen, June 30.—A strange chapter of accidents occurred her© last night. A polic©- man, hearing cries for help, ran down to the river side, and saw man stabbing another who was lying the ground. seeing the policeman, the man threw away his knife and tried to sw

Baby Jones (16), servant, was, at the Old Bailey, . Tuesday, sentenced three years’ penal ser* witnde for attempted anon. Accused, who was employed by coffee-house iheeper, set fire to the beds, doing damage to the of £l5. She first accused a fellow servant of the acts. Prisoner

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THE CZAR AND COUNT TOLSTOY. The Czar, it reported, has sent his own privati physician to advise the illness of Count Tolstoy, and it is said that as soon as the Count is well enough journey the Czar will send him a personal invitation come to St. Petersburg to see The Count has

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