LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1540, 23 April 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

As announced m a previous issue, the Be) W. Morley, ex-President of the* Wealeyar Conference, will conduot morning and evening service at the Ashburton Wesleyan Church to morrow. Aooording to the Auckland correspondent o ihe Dunndin " Herald," it has just leaked oul j that a medioal dispenser at the distrioi | hospital got drunk the otber day, and new 2 ! poisoned a number of patunta by adsoinisLt'j »n# wrong medioines. He was im raodiatelj d. T &nißsed, and W. H. Telbs, medioal student anointed to the position,

We have to acknowledge, with thanks, the j eoeipt of an interesting temperance pamphlet )y Mr J. W. Jago, entitled " The Eoonomios )f Drink." The Ashburton Eifles and Guards will r parade for the next Government Inspection c >n Tuesday next, at 7 p.m., m drill order. '. smy member absent without leave will render J , iiimself liable to severe fines. . X , We observe that the building whioh has for c some years done duty as the Ashburton a Eown Hall has recently undergone a com- t plete transformation, having been for some time m the hands of Mr J. L. Brown, : carpenter, who has entirely ohanged its character and appearance. It will m future ( be used by Mr Peter Williams, auctioneer for ] Messrs Friedlander Brothers, as an auction mart and horse bazaar. A partition has been put up, making the front part of the Hall a large and commodious auction room, with office, and oircular counter, and the baok part turned into a horse bazaar with accommodation for twenty horaes and seating acoommodation for buyers. In the rear pens have been put for unbroken horses and cattle, and at the Bide of the Hall are pens for pigs. There is a tanned run of about 90 feet, and the section on the opposite side of the right of way at rear of the Hall has been scoured by Messrs Friedlander for the purpose of an implement yard. Altogether the premises m their altered form will present every oovenience for carrying on the business to whioh they are m future to be devoted. The horse bazaar can be entered from the right of way between Burnett street and Baring square. Sentence of death has been passed on a mother and daughter, at Mudgee, for strangling the daughter's illegitimate child. A farmer says a cow oan be cured of kicking by oatching hold of her leg while m the act. Juat so ; and a bee oan be cured of stinging by catching hold of her sting while m the aot. Try 'em both. It's great fun. The tea meeting at Flemington, which takes place annually about this time, m connection with the Presbyterian Churoh, has been fixed for Thursday, May sth. The publio meeting, whioh is usually a large one, is being looked forward to with interests, and is expected to be larger than ever. Henry Miles, who died at hia borne m Prairie Greig, Louisiana, January 15th, was regarded as the oldest man m the United States. His age, as proved by family papers, was 126 years. The German Post Office authorities are making extensive experiments with a view to connecting the whole of Germany by the telephone. The " Wellington Post " understands that the Government purpose this session asking the Legislature to sanction the triennial distribution of the profits of the Government Insuranbe Department. MrsLangtry has got a fencing costume. It consists of close fitting vest of white buckskin, large baggy trousers to the knees, and white stockings. The Duke of Edinburgh, Her Majesty's seoond son, has Bued a carter named Lyons for taking stone off his Eastwell Park Estate. His Royal Highness wanted £21 18s. The Court allowed him £18. The " Post " predicts that the final prorogation of the present Parliamant will take place about the end of June or earlyin July. There are many proposals for oelebrating the Queen's Jubilee, and now the smart advertiser Bteps m. A firm of bootmakers m Inveraargiil advertise m the local papers that m honor of tho Jubilee af tho Queen they will present every child born m Southland from date to the commemoration with a pair oJ boots. General Llorente, a planter m Florida, hat trained a chimpanzee to wait at table, and re port 3 that his ape does the work of four negroes. He wears a livery, carries his napkin under his arm, and would be perfeot but for an undonquerable tendency to take toll of the sweet nuts. M. Mennier assures us that it many cases apes have been successfully trained for household work. Fevere is reported as existing m Lptteltoi and rapidly increasing. The Auckland '« Bell " writes as follows — We should be sorry indeed to see the greatei number of the existing Government removec from office, but if there is anything that woulc reoonoile us to to the change, it would be i new Minister of Publio Works who would taki Maxwell by the back of his coat collar an< the Black of his breeches, and pitoh him ou of the window of the biggest wooden buildini m the world. The " Timaru Herald " is informed tha the plaintiff m the libel action, Ivess v Kerr intends to apply, at the next bancbgsittingi m Christohuroh, for a new trial on the groum r that the judge improperly allowed the defen t dant to amend by inserting a plea of justifica tion during the progress of the trial, j Mr O. A. Cornish, of Wellington, has jus r received information that he has come into i t legaoy of £1000 by the death of a gentlemar s in England. Some years ago, and the da] _ before he was leaving England, Mr Cornisl s jumped off Southampton pier and resoued i y girl who bad thrown herself into the sea. Th( r f ather of the girl has just died, and Mi Cornißh has had sent out the sum mentioned