LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1516, 25 March 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The foundation Btono of the Burns Statue m Dunedin will bo laid to-morrow.

A London firm has sont an order to a Victorian firm of yignerons for 60,000 gallons of wine. < In the fifty years of tho Queen's reign the numbers under her sway have increased from 1 126,000,000 to 252,000,000, It ia reported that tho Queen intends to purohaso cortain of the French Crown jewels ' whioh are to be sold Bhortly m Paris, A German editor has been sentenced to , six weeks 1 imprisonment for having pub- j lished the report of the alleged attaok of the Czar upon the German military attach^. Is anybody waiting on you ? said a polite draper to a girl from the country. " Yes, sir," said the blushing damsel ; " that's my feller outßido. He wouldn't come m." The black ex-Queon of Asßab, now visiting Europe, refused tho aid of doctors during a recent indisposition, on the ground that it was against Afrioan etiquette for white hands to touch her. The Mount DOr Company at Ross still maintains its high producing power. At the lasl washing 255 ounces were obtained, valued at £978 7s 6d. The directors have deolared another dividend of one shilling per share. Mrs Luoy Tempest, of England, has left her money to the Battersoa Home for lost dogs, on condition that the dogß should fast on eaoh anniversary of her death m order that there may be a good howl to remind people. , With regard to the proposed deviation of the route of the Midland Railway, we (" Press ") are informed that Mr Wilson, Engineer-in* Chief to the Company, aooompanied by Mr A. Soott and Mr J. Dobson, Surveyor of the Oxford Road Board, made an inspection a few days apo of tho proposed deviation. It : was found by Mr Wilson that, although that part of the route through the Oxford district from Sheflield via View Hill, Mount Wilson, and the Black Hill would be comparatively oasy and inexpensive, yet the works ou the upper part of the deviation would be so heavy, .. and of such a costly nature, as to render the adoption of this route entirely .out of the question.

The steamer Maori a few days ago brought over fifty-two cases of star antimony from Endeavour Inlet to Wellington. Tha ketch Agnes is also loading antimony there. The antimony is to be sent Homo by the Doric. A " sweet girl graduate " wrote the following on the fly-leaf of her text-book on moral science : — " If there should bo another flood, for refuge hither fly; though, all the world Bhould be submerged, this book would still be dry." We have to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt from the Postmaßter Ashburton 0 a nicely bound little book for the pocket, giving the timetables of the ocean mai services for 1887.

The advance agent for the " Fun on the Bristol " Company waa m Ashburton yesterday preparing tho way for tho first appearanoo of his principals. The company are advertised " for two nights only," their initial porforance to bo given to-morrow evening m the Oddfollows' Hall. Genial Johnny Hall is the business manager, and among the artists, who have all received flattering notices from our contemporaries, are tho Permans, Qua. Lynob, Miss Laura lloborts, Harry Smith, Miss Topsy Venn, and the Australian Yokes Family. " Popular prices " for admission have been fixed, and tho company will no doubt be favored with big houses. Tho insurance (£200) on crop belonging to Mr Colin Campbell, of Lismore, whioh was destroyod by lire on the 17th March was duly paid over by the agent for the United Insuranoo Company, Mr Albert Roberts, to-day. This is very commendable promtitude.

A special meeting of the South Eakaia Road Board was held on Monday. Present — Messrs Ojster (chairman), Allan, and Tuoker. A ralo of one farthing m the pound was struck for tho year ending 31st March, 1887, payable m one sum on the Ist April. Messrs Coster and Tuoker wero appointed to sign the rate book. The tender of It. J. Dunn (£18) was accepted for walling up and fenoing m a gravel reserve. Shareholders m tho Ashburton Woollon Company are reminded, by advertisement, of tho general mooting to be held on Thursday, 81st March, for the purpose of electing two direotora and transacting other business. The jubilee fete at Elderslie, near Oamaru, was attended by about 4000 persons. On the return journey thero was quite a chapter of aooidentß. The excursionists rußhod the train, and two women narrowly escaped being crushed. A little girl named Gledhill fell on

tho couplings and was only dragged away m

time to prevent the train running over her. Ab it was one wheel passed over her toes, crushing them badly. On passing Enfield a lad fell oil and was picked up insensible. He was soveroly bruised about the face and head and waa oarried home on a stretohor. At the steep inoline noar Lome the train stuck and had to bo taken up m sections, and altogether it took eighty minutes to make the eight mile run from Eldorslie to Oamaru.

Wo understand from the agent for the property, Mr J. 0. Duncan, that the dwelling houso m Cameron street wcßt, whioh waß destroyed by flro on Saturday last, was insured m the Now Zealand office for £200.

A man name! Douglas John Parsonage,

formerly, m the Telegraph Department at Wellington and Blenhoira, but latoly boota at the Mauonio Hotel, Napier, won a £IGO dividend m the totaliaator at the Jookey Club's Mining Mooting, and since then he had gone on periodical bursts. Tho last of these ended m dclii mm trcmana, and he was lodged m gaol ponding medical examination. On Wednesday night he became very violent, knocking his head against the wall with such forco that ho died from hiß aelf-infliotod injuries. When tho brain ia wearied, tho nervos unstrung, the muscles weak, use Hop Bitters as made by American Co. Bead Sour stomaoh, bad breath, indigestion, and hoadaobe easily cured by Hopjßilters. Take nono but American. The beat medicine known ia SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTIIAOT. Tost its ominont poworful effoota m coughs, colds, influenza, otc.,— tho relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the moßt gratifying testimony. His Majesty tho King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe are its patrons. Bead tho official reports that aooompany each bottlo. Mosler, M.D., Prof. University, Greifswald, reports :— Tho Eucalypti Extract proved magnificently successful m vory severe contusions, bruises, sprains, wounds, Bcaldings, brokon ribs, and limbs. (Mod. Journal, Nov. 1881). In diseases of tho kidneys, either activo congestion or suppression, (urcoinia) or albuminuria, dropsy, lithiasis, nothing will equal m its aotion Eucalypti Extract. Doses, sto 8 drops. Mosler, M.D., Prof. University, Greifswalcl, reports :— Diphtheria. Tonsils continually coherent presenting ulcers with white exudats. Cured mll days. Surgical Clinic of Prof. M'lntyre, College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Louis— Scirrhuß of BreastExcision. Eucalypti Extract employed. No Dwelling, heflt, or disooloration. Cured m H days.— [AclvtfJ