LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1669, 22 September 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

• The eleotors of the Rangitata District are reminded that Mr Rolleßton speaks in the Oddfellows' Hall this evening. The Rev. E. A. Soott advertises that hewil conduot Divine Sorvico in Seafield Schoolroom on Sunday next, at 3 p.m. \ A very excellent programme haß boen pro- * pared for the Sixpenny Entertainment this s evening in St. Stephen's Schoolroon. The entertainment, which is the last of tho series, commences at 8 p.m. punctually. Several performers who are now to Ashburton will appear. There should be a large audience. Mr Buxton addesaod the electors of tbe Rangitata Electoral District in the Sohoolhouß©, Mayiield, on Wednesday evening. A vote of thanks was proposed to Mr Buxton by Mr James Dellow, and scoonded by Mr Mabloy. A succesßful balloon trip over tho Irish Sea has been made by the well known English ooronaut Mr Simmons. He started from Preston for a short asoent, but a contrary breeze took his oraf t direotly over the channel, somewhat to the roronaut'a dismay and landed him safely in Ireland, at a farm at Ballyboden, Rathfarnhant, seven miles from Dublin, after eiz and one-quarter hours' journey. A new volcano has broken ont in tbe Sierra Madre, Mexioo, cinoe the recent earthquake, and is sending op vast columns of flame, smoke, and lava, while tho internal thunders of the burning mounta are terrific No one dares to approach within a league and a half of it, on Boooant of the fissures in the earth. Not a bird or a living creature ia to be seen within ten miles of the volcano ; the town of Bavispe is a heap of ruins, and has been deserted by its inhabitants, and earth tremors are almost of daily occurrence in the surrounding dißtriot. One of the most terrible instanoos of the destructive force of lightning ever recorded happened on the 17th of May last at the farm of Biesjesden, in the division of Viotoria.West Gape Colony. On the evening of that day a flook of 1430 ewes belonging to Mr Thompson tbe owner of the farm, came round a small building for shelter, as it was raining hard. The lightning, which had been for some time terriflo, struck the building, tearing and smashing doors and walls, and killing in an instant 790 sheep out of the flook of 1430 sheep. After this frightful loss Mr Thompson was busied with oightoen men for no less than three days skinning the dead .sheep. Storms in South Africa are remarkable for their foroe and vehemonoo. Tho Transvaal in particular, as Mr Rider Haggard has told us, is often visited, and fatal accidents, both to boaßts and human kind are not unoommon. Such an instanoe of wholesale destruction by lightning is, however, unprecedented. Gannon Wilberforoe reoently returned to England from a tomperaaoo leoturing tour in America. Hiß one great, wish was to seo the practical effeot of prohibition, and to do this he visited Maine. The way to answer all the lies about tbo failuro of the liquor law there. he said, was this :— Thirty years ago, before prohibition, Maine was tbo poorest State in the Union. Now it is the richest. They are simply bo prosperous that they do not know " what to do with their money. ' Fred Douglas, a colored American states--3 man, who has beon travelling through Europe, 1 aaya that everywhere he baa keen treated * with courtesy, and often tfith distinguished 9 consideration amona *ne higuest circles. It r is only in Ani<»ioa, tho land ot tho freo, that r thejjolo^d man * B treated otherwise than as 3 • man and a brothor. £ ' - "-"«* BtOCK b a>. , Vintoria, Sayß thO « Bruce Herald," a number of bull, cows, and , heifera from Now Zealand wore sold. Tho prices realised avoraged from 3J to 10 guineas. Evidently tho markot is not up to muoh, u* the stock is not appreciated. The animals ' referred to were all of tho Brittany breed. I Tho "Evening Post" says:— Sir Julius „ Vogel is undoubtedly rising in popular eatimacj tion, and we shall not be surprisod if early in ,j the life of the new Parliament it becomes a r question not whether he is to be thrown over, Q but whether he will throw others over, and 0 assume tho acknowledged leadership of a B party. Strange things have happened. A Q little while ago ho was the best abused man _ in tho colony. Ero long he may bo again, as » he waß once before, the moat popular man t in >*• 8 Taking Europo all over, the ooldest hour o' f the twenty.four has beon found to be five , o'olock in the morning, while the warmest 5 hour of the day is between two and three in j the afternoon. * It is roported in Vienna that tho Jewish f quarter of tho town of Duno Bzerdftholy, : Hungary, was set on firo at midnight in an 1 olootion disturbance, and that fifty Jowißh 3 families barely escaped with their lives. » Preliminary steps were taken at a recent meeting for the formation of a sooioty for the purpose of oarrying out cremation in New South Walos. An influential provisional committee was appointed. It was proposed that the Booiety should firot distribute information and advooato the principles of cremation, and as soon as possible provide the appliances necessary to give praotioal effoot to the object \ of the meeting. It is rumored, says tho " Bruce Herald," u that Sir (i. M. O'Rorko's oleotion is raiher , doubtful, and that oven if ho be eleoted it is i. by no means certain he will bo again proposed for tho Bpoakorahip. A hint is thrown , out that Major Atkinson or Mr Roileaton may * be nominated if the Opposition havo a . majority, and Mr Bryoo's name is also men- , tioned in the same connection. Certainly tho most effeotivo MEDICINE in tho world is SANDER and SONS' EU- ; OALYPTI EXTTRAOT. Test its eminent powerful effeolß in Coughs, Golds, Influenza, * etc. ; the relief ia instantaneous. Thousands givo the most gratifying testimony. Read this certificate :— " 24th April, 1885. — Messrs Sander and Sons, — It is with the greatest of pleasure that I testify to tho excellence of your Eucalypti Extraot. Having had inflammation on tho bone of tho log, which came on after a severe attaok of low fever, I was attended by Dr J. Boyd, who had made strenuous efforts to save my leg, but without Bucooos. He thon found it necessary to amputate) my limb. Having heard in tho meantimo of the wonderful cures worked by tho Eucalypti Extraot, I obtained a bottle, and tho extraot had not been applied more than an hour when I began to feel greatly relieved. After applying the extract every four hours or nine or ten days I was out of all danger. I would persuado all who may be affected with any euoh disease to give the Euoalypti Extraot a trial, and I am convinced that they will find it the most wonderful of modioines. — Yours etc., E. J. Ournow, Wattle Btroot, Sandhurst."— (Advt.