LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1698, 29 October 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

«. The Primitivo Mothodists held their usual gathering on Show Day, and provided tea, etc, ,very successfully to a large number of visitors, from 8 p.m . to 7.30, when they began the after meeting m the Churoh, wbioh was crowded. Addresses were given by Revds MoNicoll and Jones, of Timaru, the latter being very amusing and original m his remarks. Messrs Sawle and Field also gave addresses, and tho choir discoursed some enjoyable music. The proceedings passed off very agreeably, the large attendance no being, doubt, due to the grand weather bringing m a great many country visitors. The following entries olose at the O.J.C. rooms, ©bristchurob, at 9 p.m. to-night:— Nominations: Criterion Stakes, 1 boy; Selling Plate Handicap, 1 soy ; Eiooarfcon Welter Handicap, 1 soy; Hurdle Baoe Handioap, 1 soy ; Selling Race, 1 soy ; Epsom High Weight Handioap, 1 soy; Juvenile Plate, 2 soys ; Ladies' Pursa Handioap, 1 soy; Spring Nursery Handicap, 2 soya ; Metropolis tan Handioap, 2 soys ; The Flying Handioap, 1 soy. Further payments; New Zealand Cup, 7 soys ; Welcome Stakes, 8 soys ; The Derby Stakes, 10 soys; The Oaks Stakes, 3 soy« ; Canterbury Cup, 7 soys. It iB impossible to remain long Biok or out of health where American Co.'s Hop Bitters are used* Sco another* Keating's Powder destroys bothmoths, fleas beetles, and all othor insect., while .quite harmless to domestic animals. In exterminating beetl the success of this "powder is extraordinary. It is perfectly olean m applioation. See the article you purohase is i Keating's, as imitations are noxious and i ineffectual. Sold m tfuß, Gd, Is, and 28 6d ] fioq by all obeawtH I

Only m Amerca could such a scene ooour aa is recorded m the following telegram from Kansas City, September 17th, which appears m tho " San Franoisco Bulletin " :— A dmmatio scene was enaoted m Judge White's Court yesterdny morning, when the jury brought m a verdict of guilty, and a penalty of six months m the County Gaol against John Smith for attempting to assault little Ruth Nallard. The jury was out only two or three minutes. While the olerk was reading tha verdiot, indignation gathered on Judge White's faoe, and the olerk had scarcely" finished when ho said :— " Gentlemen, I shall take the liberty to set aside your verdiot. If you had found the defendant not guilty I Bhould' have nothing to say, but when you find this defendant guilty and assess his punishment at six months you perpetrate an outrage. If you think that men may perpetrate such brutal crimes, and then escape with an imprisonment of bix months you are a dißgraco to the civilisation of tho day; You will now be discharged from attendance, and for ever disqualified 'as jurors m this Court." Our auctioneers and buyers Very frequent complaint of the slovenly way m which hides are prepared for market. To those interested Wo recommend the following extraot from the. «• Sydney Mail " :— " Lay them flat, flesh side np, and form a nearly square bed, say 12 feet by 15 feet, Bprinkle the hides with two or three shovelfuls of coarse Bait, as the size may require. A 601 b hide will need 101 b of. salt— at all events cover the hides well, as it need not be wasted. Let the hides lie m this form from 12 to 20 days, after which tak« them up, shake the salt out and ' bible ' them. ' Many butchers loose a good profit by neglecting their hides and not knowing how to prepare them." • s . .. SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. — Curo of Skin Diseases. Invercargill, N.Z„ 3rd of July, "1880. Messrs Sander and Sons, Sandhurst ;— Gentlemen', — Having' suffered faom esssema (a skin disease which ia very prevalent m this colony) for about nine years, I had consulted numerous medical men here and m Australia, and .had taken arsenic, slryohn ne, iodide of potaegium, eto., internally, and had ÜBed preparations of zinc and lead eternally. In faot, 1 had tried all the remedies known to the faculty, l j ( what had been travelling, doctors' and druggists' bills, had spent a small fortune, almost, if not wholly, without results, except to injure my constitution. During a recent visit to Hokitika was recommended to try your Extraot Eucalyptus Globulus by a brother who had experienced great benefit from it m alleviating a very severe gold, and no less to my surprise than satisfaction, I found the disease which troubled me so long waa oonquered, and the Bkin resumed its normal condition. This was affected by the . external use of less than two two-ounce bottles. You oan make any übo you pleaae of his letter, and I eubsoribe myself, — Yours, eto. Signed John H. Kerr, Manager Union Bank of Australia, Limited.— (Advt,