LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1577, 6 June 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A social tea meeting will be held m the Primitive Methodist Church this evening. A Southern exchange says that a worthy man, named John Worthington, has written to the South Danedin Borough Conneil offering himself as a candidate for the district m Parliament. He has brought forth an address as long as his arm. He is a painter by trade, but trade v dull, he has plenty of time, and ia anxious to be usefully employed. He will devote the surplus of his honorarium, after paying bare expenses to some useful Work m the district. The Emperor of Germany will send a magnificent present to her Majesty the Queen m connection with tho jubilee of her reign. It will consist of a service of the finest jonquilcolored Dresden poroelain, composed of 500 pieces, and having as its centre-piece a stand for fruits and flowers, surmounted by a statuette m white and gold representing the Qaeen, and ornamented with medallions containing portraits of all the members of ths Royal family. Tho following instance of rapid railway travelling m New Zealand is worth recording. As a train was nearing a station towards the north of this Island, an old man with a long beard rose feebly from a corner seat and tottered towards the door. He waß, howevor, stopped by the conductor, who said, " Your fare, please." " I paid my fare." «• When ? I don't remember it." "Why, I paid you when I got on the. car 1" " Where did you get on the car ?" "At Rivorton." " That won't do," said the conduotor, " when 1 left lUverton there was only a little boy on the ear." " Yob," answered the old man, •• I know it ; I waa that (l little boy,"— Wellington " Press." A child named Oxenham, a year old, was aooidentally killed near Sydney recently. It is alleged that Mr Kelly, the husband of the woman who was nursing tho ouiid, tossed it m the air, and failed to oatoh it, the result being that its head came] m contact with a table, 'and the child diedjn a few minutes after the acoident. "Bouoh on Piles."— Why Buffer Piles Immediate relief and complete cure guaran ABk for "Rough on Pileß." 'Surure for itohing, protruding, bleeding, or ane orm of Piles. •• Rough on Catabbh." — Oorrectß offensive odors at once. Complete cure of worst cbronio caaea ; also unequalled as gargle for iphtheria, pore throat, tool breath

A trial recently took place at Odessa before the Chief Tribunal, m which the late City Governor of Odessa and a number of officials were implicated. The indiotment ooeupied eight hours m reading, The ohargea of wholeBale bribery and peculation whioh it contained were almost incredible. This trial had been tending about two years. One hundred and twenty-Bix witnesses were subpoenaed. The trial, after lasting more than eight days, terminated with the acquittal of all the accused The publio prosecutor will appeal to the Senate. The evidenoe given by 150 witnesses for the Crown went to show the prevalence of a system of corruption, peoulatiofi, and organised blackmailing on the part of responsible offloiala. A young woman named Pitman, of Marshall Creek, Mudgee, N.S.W., while hunting for efcgs about an old straw stack, saw a hole, and thrusting her hand m felt something bite her finger. She drew her hand out and fouud a brown snake hanging to it, which she shook off. Then, calling to her brother to bring a tomahawk, she laid her finger on a log of wood, while her brother chopped it off. She waa taken to a doctor, and ia now rapidly recovering. The industry of violin-making has been started by a resident of Jnveroargill, Mr O Eternan, who has demonstrated the adapt* ability of New Zealand timbers. for the pur* pose. The instrument turned out by M c Kiernan is thus desoribed by the ' Southland News ' ;— " The belly and baok are of red pine, the bridge, finger-board, and pega of maplei while the inlaying is of white pine. The violin ia shapely, and its appearanoo is greatly enhanced by the splendid quality of the varnish used. Although the instrument is perfeotly new, the tone is already superior to that of many old violins." The "Timaru Herald" says that it is rumored Sir William Fox will probably contest the Waimate seat against Major Steward. An inquest on the body of Mr J. M. Gilohrist's infant Bon was held m the Court Houao, Waimate, on Saturday. After evidence had been given by Mrs Cook> Mr and Mrs-Gilchrist (the deceased's parents)' Dootors Nicholls, Stackpoole, and Sergeant Gilbert, a verdict of " Accidental death through being overlain " was returned. The jury added a tider that the parents be reprimanded for their negligence. At the conolueion of the inquest Mr Beswick addressed Mr and Mrs jGilchrist, and told them that the death of their child lay at their own door, and they bad barely escaped being committed on aoharge of manslaugter. — " Timaru Herald." The total eunual expenditure by the French Government on its horse breeding establishment amounts to £269,720. The Government Of Austria gives something over £80,000, and that of Hungary £116,000 a year towards tbe encouragoment of boree-breediug. In Prussia the cost of the breeding establishments may be roughly estimated at £80,000. The ' Insurance and Banking Eecord ' thus winds up an artiole upon the pastoral interest: — Taking everything into consideration, we doubt whether the squatting industry of Australia was ever m sounder position than it is m to-day, or whethor prospects for three or four years ahead were ever brighter. Many capitalists who waited ,forjyears until they oould invest m stations at the lowest point have already found themselves . ' a day behind tbe fair.' But, while even at the proeont moment a number of good stations oan ; be bought at very moderate prices, it is by no means improbable that the near future may witness an improvement m the values of stations quite equal to those whioh have so often occurred m Australia after the industry- has recovered from tho effeots of a severe depression. - The dead bodies of two men, named Finn and Grant, were found a |few weeks ago m Smugville Brickworks, Belfast. It appears that while under the influence of drink the men had sat down besides one of the kilns to warm themselves, and having fallen asleep, were asphyxiated by the f umeß of the burning bricks. The " Sporting Times " prints an odd story from Newmarket giving an aooount of a superstition prevalent at that place among oountry people. It ia believed thers that every night the ghost of Fred Aroher, mounted on a grey Jhorse, rides madly over the heath m that neighbourhood. It is said that thia superstition is shared by some of the gentry as well as the country people. The bast periodical for ladies to take monthly and from whioh they will receive the greatest benefit is American Hop Bitters. Statutory Deolaration.— l, Franz Eaabo, Ironbark, Sandhurst, m the colony of Victoria, Australia, do solemnly and sinoerely deloare that on the 25th June, 1877, my son Alfred, six years of age, was accidentally hurt with an axe on the knoe. I at once took all pains to seoure xnedioal assistance. However, m spite of all efforts, on the 27th August, 1877, the opinion was given by Maegillivray that an amputation of the injured limb had become imperative m order to save life. At this janotare I called on Messrs Sander and Sons, procuring some of their Extract of the Eucalyptus Globulua, and by the application of the same I had the satisfaction of seeing my son within a fortnight out of all danger, and to-day he is recovered. I may just add that it was when the orisia had been reached that the Extraot referred to was first applied. And I make this solemn declaration, etc Franz Raabe. Deolared at Sandhurst, m the colony of Viotoria, Australia, this seventeenth day of Ootober, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, before me, Moritz Cohn, J.P.— [Advt.]