Singular Occurrence

A strange scène ocourred the other day at Sderok, on the Moselle, Trance. Horr Schmidt liad a dog which he wished to get rid of. Bowing out into the middlo of the river he fastened a stone ai-ound the dog'a head and threw him inte the water. The animal sank at once, but duriug his strugglcs the rope slipped ofl' the stone, and he again rose to tho snrface and tried to get back into the boat. His mastcr, however, continued to push him back, but as the dog persevered he lost his patience, and, striking at him with his oar, lost his footing and feil into the water himself. He was unable to swim, but the dog, seizing him by his coah, Bucceeded in bringing him to land aftei having beon ropeatedly waphíHl away by the ourrent. The dog's life wns spared, we are happy to say. William Goodman died at Newburg, N. Y. , Sept. 22, aged 101 yeare. He was a furm-laborcr, and continued at work until the day bofore he died.