BRIEF

Rochefort, July 18. — The Rochefort high school will now bear the name of Pierre Loti.

Clermont, July 18. — A young farmer from Vic-le-Comte, Lucien Chavarot, 43, drowned while bathing in the Allier (Work)

Senlis, July 18. — The farm of Mr. Moullé, farmer in Silly-le-Long, was destroyed by lightning. Losses are estimated at 200,000 francs.

Le Creusot, July 18. — A car knocked down last night at 10 p.m. at the intersection of rue de la Gare and rue du Maréchal-Foch, a worker named Ruhard, 41, who was crossing the road. Mr. Ruhard died during his transport to the hospital (Work).

Auxerre, July 18. — Miss Richard, 42 years old, a farmer in Appoigny, had the unfortunate idea, while she was grazing her cow, of attaching the animal's lead to her arm. Suddenly, the animal, called by its calf, dragged away its guardian. Miss Richard was found lifeless, her head split, one arm almost torn off. She expired an hour later. (Artwork.)

Lille, July 18. — Mr. Coquet-Lemaître, 54 years old, living in Guines, who worked at the Anzin railway station, died of sunstroke. (Artwork.)

Senlis, July 18. — A farmer, Mr. Émile Romain; residing in Betz, aged 57, who had been suffering from stomach aches for some time, hanged himself from a cart, under a shed. Another farmer, Mr. Narcisse Gourion, 51 years old, living in Feigneux, suffering from neurasthenia, hanged himself in his attic (Work)

Le Mans, July 18. — A young butcher boy from Bonnétable, Louis Moret, 15 years old, was going to look for a bull in a meadow yesterday when the beast, suddenly becoming furious, jumped on him and threw him into the air. Moret was relieved with punctured lungs, eight crushed ribs and a fractured jaw. (Artwork)

Grenoble, July 18. — This evening, at 8 p.m., on the way home from work, two valets from the Dotto house, 17, rue d'Alembert, got into a quarrel. One of them, Jourray, stabbed his opponent, Alphonse Mollard, and cut his carotid artery, killing him. The murderer was arrested. (Artwork.)

Toulouse, July 18. — This morning, Mrs. widow Maria L... aged 64, from Valentine. (Haute-Garonne), had been suffering cruelly for some time. was thrown under the Toulouse-Bayonne express. The unfortunate woman was horribly crushed.

Blois, July 18. — A Paris butler, residing on rue François-1er, Mr. Émile Mestivier, who is vacationing in a house he owns in the hamlet of Villemuzard, commune of Lorges, noticed this when returning from dinner with friends , that an individual had broken into his home and had stolen a large sum of thousand franc notes from a cupboard drawer, (Work)