The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1662, 14 September 1887, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Me Charles Hugo passed through Ashburton by the express yesterday on his way South to join the Buffalo Minstrela. Should suffi. eient inducement offer the Company will play m ABhburton on their return, which will be m about three weeks. The Company is a large and popular one, and has been doing good business throughout the North Island* On Monday night they closed their ChristOhuroh season to a £120 house. A fire broke out early on Tuesday morning at Booth, Maodonald, and Company's Carlyle implement works, Sydenham, endangering the extensive premises. The fire btigade worked so energetically that the fire was extinguished with a damage of £10. At the Bangiora Resident Magistrate's Court, Volunteer Biohards waa sued by the Commanding Officer oi the Rangiora Rifle Volunteers lor £4 4s Bd, the value of a uniform and the amount of subscription and fine. The rnlel of the company not having been ■anotioned by the Defence Department, judgment was given for the uoiform only, but defendant remains liable for the subscription and fines which the corps conld reoover when the rules have been sanctioned. The Hokianga Land Settlement Company has decided to wind up owing to anticipated applications for settlement not ooming forward. "At each equinox," says an astronomer, " there are about 102 hours that both poles have simultaneous view of the sun or part of it; and for thirty-four hours the whole of its diso is visible to both." A novelty m church organs has been exhibited lately at Milan. It is constructed entirely of paper. The inventor is a priest named Giovanni Crespi-Bighizzo, one of the professors m the Lyceum m that oity. Tombstone dealer (to widow) : " Would you like the cause of your hushand's death explained on the stone, madam ? " Widow : •' Well— er— perhaps it might be appropriate to engrave a couple of cucumbers on it, if you will." "LaLumiere Electrique " now claims that j the lightning rod was not invented by Franklin, but by a Bohemian monk, who it states ereoted one m 1754. If, through the success of the agitation for woman's rights, women ever come to sit m the jury box, infants will probably get to be oriers m the court. — v Lowell Citizen." It is stated that Sir Austen Henry Layard , ia preparing for the press hi 3 early adventures m Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia, before the . diioovery of the ruins of Nineveh. [ A New York genius has invented a I " vacuum oar," with whioh he asserts his ability to navigate the air at a high speed, and drop explosives with precision upon the deoko of war vessels or m fortified places. | Next year, like this, will be one of Royal festivities. It is the Jubilee of the Queen's Coronation, «nd will also be the year for the oelebration of the Pu'nce of Wales 'B silver wedding. We may expect, therefore, that a good deal of the rejoicings of the present year will be repeated, though on a smaller scale.

In a letter on the subject of infection from milk, Dr J. E. Huxley writes to the " London Standard : " " Always boil milk ; it is neither safe nor nice to eat any animal food raw." Ohioago appears to have found the under* ground wire system perfectly feasible. There are now 3000 miles of wire buried m that city. Detroit has over 300 miles of buried wires. An Italian nobleman, well known m society oiroles, sells tinware and the like from a handcart m the suburbs during the day and at night m elegant toilet frequents the olubs and theatres. The Russian Nihilists are actively engaged m collecting money and spreading pamphletß broadcast. They distribute them through oigarette-boxes, whioh are sold throughout the count rj. A German newspaper devo'ed to forestry sayi that for forest oulture m Germany there is a deoided preference for American hickory. The deepest known running atream ii the Niagara river, just under tha suspension bridge, where by actual measurement there is a depth of 700 ft. It la stated that Cardinal Manning and Archbishop Walsh have oonvinoed the Pope that an intervention on his part m Ireland just now would be inexpedient »nd would produce a bad impression. Quite the most sensational autobiography of the autumn publishing season will be that of the Tichborne Claimant, who is just putting the final touohes to his work m New York. It is thought some difficulty may be found m securing a London publisher. It so it will be brought out first m Amerioa. A new revolver has been patented whioh is ezpeoted to be less liable to be accidentally discharged than any of its predecessors. Its main feature is a concealed hammer enclosed m the look frame, which cannot be unintentionally manipulated, and the trigger is so arranged that it cannot be pulled unless a safety lever m the rear of the look frame is first pressed. ; There was recently held at Antwerp a Postage Stamp Exhibition whioh inoluded some remarkable works. Among them were tapestrieß, and even pictures — landscapes, marine views, and flower pieoes — the colors m whioh were furnished by stamps, cut m every conceivable shape, and matched m like mosaics, and the whole thing varnished over. Other frightful objects were chairs, tables, and kitchen utensils, plastered with stamps, The captain of a Brisbane steamer had a ourious experience recently. His steamer was disabled off the Clarence Heads by a sudden shock which knooked the blades off her pro* pellor, and disabled her so that she had to steer to Brisbane under sail. At about this time a whale drifted ashore ; it was severely wounded, as if it been m collision with a j steamer, and its oapture was an easy matter. The captain of the disabled vessel attributes the injuries sustained to his steamer to having collided with the wha?o. HOLMWAT'S PILL 3 AND OINTMENT. BheUmatism and Gout.— These purifying and soothing remedies deserve the earnest attention of all persons liable to gout, sciatica, or other painful affootions of the muscles, nerves, or joints. The Ointment should be applied after the affected parts have been patiently fomented with warm water, when the ointment should be diligently rubbed upon the adjacent akin, unless the friotion cau3es pain. Holloway's Pills should be simultaneously taken to diminish pain, reduce inflammation, and purify the blood. This treatment abates the violence, and lessens the frequenoy of gout, rheumatism, and all spasmodic diseases which spring from hereditary predisposition, or from any accidental weakness of constitution. The Ointment checks the local malady, while the Pills restore vital power.