Jealous Of A Corpse

A scène of a very disagreeable nnturu is said to have occurred recently ut a funeral in this city. It neeni tuut a young niarried lady who died had, previous to lier marriage, rereived the attentions of u gentleman who afterward manied another lady. At the nmera] of the former lady the wife of the gentleman, who is practicin his profession iu tóiifl city, repaired to the house whete the last sad rite.s werc being performed. and, when theminiHter of the gospel had finished his eillogy of the deceased, jshe approiwhed the coflin and began t address the assemUed ftiende and relativos in an excited iminner. Prom wlmt could bfi gathered from her cxcitctl uttcrancea, it wonld seem that she was jt?alous of the deceased, and she announced that, should her husbund approach Üie coffin evon so Bttuch as to look at the corpse, s1kmvou11 tear otlt hif( eyes. 'Tiio woman bocame excited and violent in her demonstrations, and considerable confusión resultcd unong Ule itstonished persons present. 8he was finully ejected from the room, and, for fear tiiat anothor scène should oceur, a gentlfmau was di.spatched to tae pavemeab outside, wlicre her Kusband was, and rec[uestd liim not bp enter the house. Tliis uupleasant incident ha.s oociisioned a grent deal of gossip sin-o its occurrencc, , pecially as all partics oconpy high social positions. - Fitlsburgh Leadfir. The crew of a shipwrecked voKsel were lately killed and eaten by the black s on the coast of Queensland, Australia. The bodies of two óf the men were found in an oven on the mainland opposite the King's reef, on which tlio vessel struck. The features of the men were unrecognizable, the skulls being smashed in and parts of theflesh being removed ; but traeos of paper, clothing, etc, in the neighborhood of the camp left no doubt as to their identity. It ia estima ted that a ton of fair engine coal rill eönvey a freighí pr passenger hfhi thirty-ÜYn rnüen,