LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1478, 9 February 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The partial eclipse of the moon billed, or rather almanaoked for last night, duly oame oil, and, as the sky was cloudless, was visible from the firat to the laat oontaot of the shadow. The work of fumigating the Old Men's Home oornrnencod last evening, a portion of one of tho wings being operated on. The furqigation was very successful, a groat number of vermin being killed. The old men are accommodated m tonts on the graßS plot attached to the institution. The Heathcote election has resulted m tho return of Mr Jones by a majority of 191 ; the numbers being Jones, 527 ; Ayers, 33G. Tho course of true love may be traced m the eight letters produced at the hearing of a breach of promise case. The firßt letter oommoncod " Dear Mr Smith," then followed " My dear John," then " My darling John," <( My own darling Jack/ " My darling John," "Dear John," "Dear Sir," "Sir," and all was over. Volumes could not Bay more, Tho Waimrapa Observer Bay's, that a " ghost soaro " has boon started m Oarterton. It takes the form of a man kangaroo, and haunts Anderson's Line. Various persons declare that they have seen " it," and oom- ' pare it -with tho "ghost" whioh exoited so m.i)ch ipteretit m Wellington sb,ort time aqq. This one is possessed of extraordinary jurupiug powers,

The marriage of Viscount Weymouth to tha young Pnnceas of Teck will hike place' about next August. Lord Weymouth is the eldest son of tho Marquis of Bath, and a very pleasant, unassuming young man. It i 3 the wish of the Bnlh family that the " princess " should he dropped after marriage, but the Queen will not hear of it. Doorkeeper : " You don't want to go m now, I guess. The show ia nearly over." Slydogge : •' No, m'good f'lor, I just want a p— programme." Doorkeoper: "Now, what 2 n the world do you want of a programme 1 " Slydogge (with tipsy faoetiousness) : "To show m'wife, so ahe'll know I've been to tho (hie) theatre."—/'//^. A little chap had a dirty face, and his teacher told him to go and wash ?*. He went away, and after a few niinutu-d came baok with tiie lower part of his oountenanoa tolerably clean, while the upper part was dirty and wet. " Johnny," said the teacher, " why didn't you wash your face ? " "I did wash it, sir." " You didn't wipe it all over then." " I did wipe it as high as my shirt would go " We learn £from the Northern Wairoa Gazette that Mr E. Mitohelson is having erected at Waima some extensive vineries for the growth of grapes under glass and has already started planting. There will be two main buildings constructed of totara and glasß the dimensions of whioh will be respectively 100 x 25 and 140 x 25 with a wall height of 5 feet and a distance of 12 feet from floor to ridge. The enterprise displayed is worthy of being attended with success. It ia stated m a French paper that Professor Place, of the Cavalry School of Saumur, has recently applied eleotricity with great success to horses which prove refractory while being shod. A vicious beast will often give muoh trouble m shoeing. M. Place's method renders it at once tractable, and permanently cures its aversion to the forge. An electric shook is given through a bridle of special form. There are evidently some ruffians about Wanganui who requires a lesson from the police. We (Hjrald) have heard of a case m which two young ladies, standing at Cummins, Sharpe, and Co/a corner waiting for a friend, were grossly insulted by Borne one bearing the appearance at least of a man. He passed the females two or three times, and then rushing up to one put his arm round her waist. She caught him a sound blow on the face with her fist, and the oowardly sneak retaliated [by knocking her down and then bolting. A Wellington exchange reports that a child of two years, son of Mr J. A. Smith, of the Hutt, had a narrow escape from being drowned m the Hutt river a few days ago, and but for the pluck and promptitude o a lad of 10 years, named Kobert Gerald Fitz- j maurice, there would have been a fatality record. Fitzmaurice heard the screams of the little fellow's brother as tho child fell into the stream, and he plunged into the water just n time to aave the life of the youngster. Fitzmaurice himself ran a great risk, and was much exhausted withjjhis efforts to save the child's life. At the Wesleyan Conference the following resolution on the Bible-in-achoola question was passed : — Selieving that our national system of education is seriously defeotive m moral and religious instruction, we pledge ourselves by all logitimat'e moans to have a well-selected portion of Holy Scripture read daily m our schools, guarded by a oonscienoe olauso similar to that now m operation m Canada. It wasjresolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Minister of Education. Hollow ay'b Pills. — Weakening weather. — The sultry summer days strain the nerves of tho feeble and decrepit, and disease may eventuate unless some restorative, such as these purifying Pills, bo found to correct the disordering tendenoy. flolloway's medicine gives potency to the nervous system, whioh is tho souroe of all vital movements,. and presides over every action which maintains the growth | and well being of the body. No one can over : estimate the necessity of keeping the nerves ! well strung, or the ease with whioh these Pillß accomplish that end. They are the most unfailing antidotes to indigestion, irregular circulation, palpitation, siok headaohe, and costiveness, and have therefore attained the largest sale and highest reputation. 2 32