The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1761, 8 February 1888, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At fl meeting <t the Borough Licensing Committee hild this morning Mr T. Healy was Clioted chairman for th 6 ensuing year. At the JI.W. Court thfa morning, baforo Mr H. Friedlander, J.P., two first offenders for drunkenness wero fined 5a snd coma. Joeopb J »nes, for * similar of/once, was fined 40* anrt coats, \rith tbo alternative of four days' imprisonment-. Thore are 715 ministers of religion registered ■nder the Marriage Act, and 406 registered mtdioal practitioners m the colony of New Zealand. The " North Otago Times " cays tfaoro are men out on the bills who occasionally make a rise m tbo searob for gold. We have heard of one man who recently took out of a pocket m a gully on the Horse Hange wven ounces of gold. Thiß was the result of a week'i work. Of course every week did not giv« a like renult. f There are about 1,700,000 Chrißtiane v India out of a population of about 260,000,000. The great majority of the Christians m the country are Roman Catholics. The wheat crop of Russia i& said to be tery large and of excellent quality, and if -the amount to export ,be ac great as claimed, it will make that oountry a formidable com. petitor Iwith all other wheat .producing countries m the markets of the world. The cheerful informatloe cornea from Marton that the inseot pest known as th« " Hessian fly " has invaded tho Bangftikef diefriot as well as the Califoruia thistle. "Eoooh on Oobkb/'^Abls iot Wen'B "Boygb on Come." Quick relief, complete I 'USB 1 ? 11 * W' 9 W0 «» w «»? ba»ionf; a, i

I A proclamation appears m tba " Gazette " constituting the Eiver District of Wakanui with boundaries (herein mentioned, the distriot aa constituted being nearly identioal with the old protective works district. The election tor | five members of tho Board ia fixed (or Thurg. day, March Ist, at the Waksnai Sohoolroom, and Mr 0. G. Fooka is the Returning Offioer, Walter L. k Treadwelt and 0. 0. Olarko formerly partners m the cattle business, dia. agreeing on Jan. Bth, at Topeka, Kaniat, about the sum of 10,000 dollars ta a lettlement, the former settled the dispute by killing Glarke on the spot. Tha parties wero known aB the " Cattle Kings of the prairies," and were immensely wealthy. The " Home Nowb "of Deoember Oth, 1887, ■ayß :— " The Duke of Rutland, writing to a gentleman on the queition of fair trade, aaya that be is quite convinced that the presont aystem of one-aided Freetrado ie ruiaooa to the indaatriea of tbe country, whether agricultural or manufacturing, and must be reversed." The Great Eastern haßleeneold again— thia time as old metal for conversion into scrap. Thia practically closes the career of a gigantio failure, though it must not be for* gotten that the big steamer has done good work m laying submarine cables that hardly any other vessel could have handled. 4 floating exhibition of Spanish pnduots will ahortly leave Valenoia. It will oall at all the chief ports of South Amerioa, inoluding Brazil, Uruguay, the Argentine Bepublio, Chili, Bolivia, Peru, and Eouador, with tha objeot of opening new markets for Spanish goods io those countries. There ia a tree m India and Africa from whioh butter is made. This tree bears pretty yellow flowerß. Tho fruit grows to the size of a pigeon's egg. Inside the fruit are seeds, whioh are pressed and from tbe oily aubstanoe a very good butter is made. It has a great advantage over our butter m that it will keep its aolor and sweetness a long time, even m a hot climate. Infant prodigees are getting to be aa plentiful as mushrooma. The latest wonder is little Fritz Kreisler, a violinist, who took the flrat prize at the Paris Conservatoire. He is now playing at Vienna, and people wag their heads and marvel where it will lead to, for already a gloomy tra«io spirit is said to hat* taken hold of the boy, who is but twelve years old. An Auckland advertisement runs thus :— Personal.— H. R. H. a Mottoed Offioer of Power and Authority over the Heavena, the Earth, and Creation, at present m Auokland, is causing 50,000,000 of the Spirits of the Sacred Dead to be Saved add passed to the Heavenß for the Dead, every hour exoeptiog the houra of tha Babbatb, and six houri | before and after the Sabbath. Many who have trusted and hoped and prayed for the Salvation of the Dead will be glad of the information, It has been assorted that Jenny Lind ha j no care, and it m an accepted fact that thera is no portrait of Jonny Lind whioh showed her ears. Every picture that has ooma under our observation shows the old-fashioned "eide puffs," vbioh wero popular m tbe Nightingale's best daya, and whioh are supposed to bide tbe ears. In Jenny Lind's case, however, ao a Swedish lady says, they hide merely the painted apology for thoae ftdornmentß of the human head. Tha hearIng of the graat singer was good enough, bu Ihe was praoiioally without earr» Stranger (to Kansas City Citisen)— " Those' three corner lots of yours are fine property, captain." Citizen (enthusiastically)—" Fine property? Why, great Scott, man, there ain't nothing like 'em west of the IlHi^py River? Two years from now they'll bain the heart of tho city, an' people will fairly, howl for 'em. They ought to come under the head of jewellery, not real estate. If you want to buy that property, atranger, yon 're got to buy it by the inoh." Stranger— •• I'm not buying property this morning. I'm tha new tax assessor." The citizen falls m a fli. Becent investigations abow that the whole of tbe oountry below Lake Superior is one mass of mineral, mostly magoetio iron ore. A stump orator exolaimed, "I know no nortrj, no south, no east, no west, fellow* citizens 1 " " Then," exolaimed an old farmer m the crowd, "it's time you went to eohoo 1 and larrit jography." A constable m the Victorian police baa retired from the force m order to study for the olergy m the Anglican Church. Tha young man's natno is Good. He received a ' very handsome and valuable present from his late comrades. SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EX-TRAOT.-r-Cure of Skin Diseases. Inveroargill, N.Z., 3rd of July, 1880, Messrs Sander and Sons, Sandhurst,- Gent'emen, — Having Buffered from eczema ,'a skin disease whioh is very prevalent m this colony) for about nine years, I had consulted numerous medical men bore apd m Australia, and had taken arsenic, strychnine, iodide of potassium, etc, internolly, arid had used preparations of jjino und lead externally. In faot, 1 bad tried all the remedies known to tbe faculty, and what between travelling, doctors', and druggists' bills, had spent a small fortune, almost, if not wholly, without results, except to injure my constitution. During a recent viait to Hokitika I was recommended to try your Extraot Eucalyptus Globulus by a brother who had expertenood great benefit from it m alleviating very severe cold, and no less to my surprise and satisfaction, I found the disease which troubled me so long was con? quered, and the skin resumed its normal condition. This was effected by tbe external use of loes than two two-ounce bottles. You are welcome to make any use you please of this latter, and I flubeoribo myself- Yours, eto. (Signed), John H. kEim, Manager Union Bink of AUBtral'fe Limited.— (Advt.) 5