LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1654, 5 September 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The San Francisco mail olosoa at Ash* ■urton on Friday next at 5 p.m. Money orderß must be obtained before 10 a.m. Mr Buxton addressed a large meeting o! | electors at Geraldine on Friday, and received a unanimous vote o! thanks, three hearty cheers being given for him at the conclusion of the meeting, During his sermon on politics last nigh I the Rev D. MoNiooll soundly castigated the " hoodlums " at Christohuroh and Hinds who indulged m the disgraceful practice of pelting paliamentary candidates with " flour rotten eggß, and other similar kinds pf confeotionery." Ho considered the perpetrators of suoh outrage^ should get " three months," and he would like to bo m Court at the time to say "Amen" to the tentenoe. People who created uproar at election meetings, and who persistently I .interrupted speakers, wore mostly those who did not possess a vote, and similar conduct m their churches would at onoe bring the delinquents under the strong arm of the law. The leniency shown to rowdy individuals was ona of the evidences that the seriousness of political oontests was not sufficiently realised. On Saturday last Mr Peter Williams, for Messrs Friedlander Bros., offered the Fleming, ton Cheese and Burter Factory for Bale by public auction. The bidding started at £1000 and advanced by fifties to £1300. At £1325 the property was passed m. Additional regulations for trout and peroh fishing m the Ashburton Oounty appear m the current number of the " Gazette." At the R.M. Court this morning, before Mr T. Bullock. J.P., two men who had not been before the Court for a long time, and who were treated as first offenders, were fined 5s and ooßts eaoh for drunkenness. At a country school m Anckland a boy was expelled from the State sohool because he refusod to chop wood. The committee up. held the teacher's aotion ; but the Education Board brought them to their senses, and ordered the boy's ro-inatatement. "What has beoomo of your nieoe, Miss Murphy, Mrs O'Boherty ?" " Ooh, sure, an' she's done well wid hersilf, She married a lord." " Why, you didn't tell me 1 An English lord?" " No; I don't think he's an English lord. He's a landlord —ho kapes a hotel m Tipperary." The other Sunday no fewer than 11 persons committed or tried to commit suicide m Berlin, a faot whioh is justly regarded as a Tory pregnant and mournful sign of the times. A tara avU m the shape of a white dottrel wsb captured on Monday near Temuka. The ÜBual copper brands that distinguish this bird are almost absent, there being only a few brown feathers on the breast, and the usual groy tuit on the neck. The wings and plumage of the baok are quite white; The bird is to be preserved as a curiosity. After a trial lasting several weeks tho Egyptian court martial acquitted Major Haßsan Benassoui, late oommander of the 6th Regiment at Khartoum, who was accused of high treason for complicity with Farag Pasha m surrendering tha city to tho rebels. Of the ninoty-five members of tho last Parliament, according to tha Wanganui 11 Ohroniale," only twenty pay property tax. We sec by the local journal •• La Messager de Tahiti," of 27th ult., that Her Tahitian Majesty Queen Maran has obtained a divorce from her husband, King Pomare V. The de* oree was issued by the Tribunal of first instance at Papeete on the morning of tho 27th July. Two Bavarian'mountaineora celebrated tha Emperor of Germany's birthday m a unique manner. They dragged the materials for bonfire on to the summit of the Bavarian Alps, an altitude of 7000 ft. They had intended climbing to the top of the Gatzmann > but deep snow prevented, and the bonfire o wood and petroleum >as lit on the Fabzkopfi One of the men, who is seventy years old, relates that tho asoent of the mountain of ten brought the olimbers up to their shoulders m enow, but they were determined to perform the feat, and did it. Probably the three tallest men that ever trod the pavements of Philadelphia promenaded Chestnut atreet recently. They were the Robinson brothers, of lowa. The brothers are: Samuel, aged 25 yean; William, who is 3 years younger ; and Charles, who is only a wee bit of a boy, being but 19 years old, but who, liko his big brothers, is Yft llin m height. Aa ha is young, it is probable that he will be the tallest of the three, A young lady went not long ago to a Boston jeweller, told him that her father was going to buy her a pair oi diamond earrings, and said she would like to look at some. The jeweller knew her father by name and spread 'out some of his choicest gems bofore her. Chooßing tho handsomest pair she aisked it she might take them home and examine them more at her leisure, He granted tha permission. Next day she brought them baok and said that she thought that after all it might be some time before her father would indulge her taste for diamonds. 11 That's a great pity," replied the jeweller; " I was at the reception last night, and I thought them very bcooming to you." The young lady blushed to the roots of her hair. The paroela post is a great success m Victoria. Many articles formerly sent by rail are now forwarded through tho post. One man showed his confidence m this Department by ssnding a bag of gold dust, valued at £450. The Milton pottery ware attracted considerable attention at the Auckland Industrial Exhibition, wholesale glassware houses especially taking noto of the exhibits. The tercentenary of Mary Queon of Soots is to bo oolobratod at Peterborough, and a collee. tion is being made of relios of Scotland's un. fortunate Quoen. Among the{rest |tho Queen hue forwarded from Windsor a cabinet whioh had belonged to the unfortunate lady, together with a lock of her hair. Various other artioles have been sent (from other places, inoluding the veil worn by the victim on the scaffold.

The Loyal Waterton Lodge, 1.0.0.P., M.Ucelebrated their sixth anniversary by a tea* concert, and ball m the Waterton Library on Friday evening. The building, which was tastefully decorated with evergreens and suitable mottoes appertaining to the order, was crowded. After ample juetioo bad been done to the good thingg provided by the worthy ladies of Waterton, P.G. Bro Pearson took the ohair, and m a neat speeoh explained the progreßß the Lodge had made einoe its establishment, and pointed out the groat benefits to be derived from the Order. A most enjoyable entertainment was then gone through, songa being exoollently rendered by the Misses Ashton and Mies Hawking, Messrs N. Marob, A. Norriah, G. F. Soott, and Bioh, and recitations by Messrs Boud and Minnis. The Waterton Churoh ohoir added to the pleasure of the ovening, their excellent Binging being muoh appreciated. The audience were very liberal m their applause, and encores were numerous. Tee usual vote of thanks to the ladies, singers and Chairman were oarried. The room was closed and danoing was kept up until an early hour m the morning. 11 Rough on Catarrh " corrects offensive odors ftt once. Comphtf oure of worst ohronio oases ; aleo unequaled as gargle for diphtheria, ore throat, foul breath, 4