LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1774, 23 February 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Rev Father Chastagnon will celebrate Mass at Eakaia on Sunday next ; and on the following Sunday tho eloquent Father Oumming, who has recently arrived from Europe, will open a Mission m the Church of the Holy Name, Ashburton.

We are requested to call attention to the advertisement of Mr Honry Zander, who has taken over tho business lately carried on by Messrs H. Zander and Co., and who announces a cheap sale of £5000 worth ol builder's requisites, ironmongery, crookery, and glassware, and promises tho public exceptional bargains.

At a special general meeting of the Ash. burton Caledonian Society, held last evening, Mr Eneen m the ohair, Mr John Gilmour was eleotod President of the Society vice Mr Donald MoLoan, resigned.

An election for a Licensing Committee for the Ashburton District took place at Tiawald yesterday. Following is the result : — Thos. Soaly, 86 ; Thomas Bullook, 35 ; David Thomas, 31; Donald McLean, 34; John Grigg, 34; S. S. Chapman, 11; G. W. Andrews, 9 ; R. F. Garbett, 9 ; J. M. Reid, 8; John 1 Clark, 6. Messrs Soaly, Bullook, Thomas, McLean, and Grigg wero deolared duly eleotod. John Owen Snydor, better known as the " Walking Wonder," died reoontly m the United States. Snyder was impelled, so he said, by some mysterious foroe to walk constantly, and he took his meals while oontinuing his oeaselesa tramp. He slept moat generally m a ohair, and tho minuto ho awoke he started walking.

At a meeting of the South Eakaia Library, Committee, Messrs Pyke (chairman), Cox Liady,>Dxley, J. Turner,- Makeiq, and Black barn being preoont, the Chairman , stated that he had done nothing about letting the reserve, and he proposed writing to the Commissioner of Crown Lands on the subjeot. Mr Oxley moved, and Mr Cox seconded, «• That tbe Chairman of the Eoad Board be written to and asked for any correspondence on the subject." The motion was carried." The I question of periodicals and papers to be taken was then gone into, and a largo number selected. The ordering was left m tho hands of the Chairman. Mr Oxley proposed that a opneert and dance bo held m aid of tho fund a on April 27th}seoonded by Mr Blackburn, and oarried. Mr Oxley was authorised to have tickets printed. The meeting adjourned for a fortnight at 7 p.m.

Tho anniversary of the Tinwald Wesleyan Sunday School will be commemorated od Sunday next by speoial services at 3 and 6.30 p.m., whioh will be conducted m the Templar Hall, on Sunday next, by Mr Buxton, M.H.E. There will be a social gathering m the same place on Monday evening.

, An extraordinary suicide has been perpetrated m tho theatre at Oarthagena, m Spain, where a merchant, •who was quietly seated m the stalls, dostroyed himself by moans of a dynamite cartridge. Portions of hia skull wero scattered on tho stage, a lady seated next to him was slightly wounded m tho face, the gas was extinguished by tho foroo 6^ the explosion, and upwards of a hundred persons wero more or les3 injured m the panio occasioned by this sudden and tragio incident. In connection with missionary enterprises m Ohina there aro now some eighty persons, nearly one-third women, who devote themselves chiefly to medioal work, and they have a medical journal published m their ' interest and contributed to by native as well as foreign physicians of high reputation.

An old woman who livod alone m Man Chester was found dead m hor house. On" searching the. room there was discovered m an old kettle securities and money amounting to over £100.0. The sale of tho late King of Bavaria' s goods and chattels is astounding the world. A secretaire, whioh cost £35,000, was sold for £600. This is a speciman of the way m whioh his property has been saorified. No monument has been raised to his memory. A young man who reoeived a sentence of two months at Terang a few dayß ago for larceny is credited with having taken down j and carried away a tent m whioh a railway 1 navvy was sleeping at tho time. The man know nothing of his loss until ho was aroused from his sleep by the coldness of the air. The long pending dispute between the Marquis of Ely and tho tenantry on his county Wexford estate haa boen finally settled, his lordship having consented to an abatement jof rent equal to 50 per oent. The eviotod tenants aro to bo reinstated, and for this purpose their houses are being repaired. Good Minister : "It is rather odd that the collections aro" exaotly ono dollar less than they used to be ? " Minister's Wife . " Nothiag odd about it." "Wo have not los* ary of our congregation." "No; but I suppose that you remember that Mr Piouß never used to give less than a dollar." "Of oourse." " Well, Mr Pious has been elected a deacon, and passes the plate now."

The following exuu>pi o o * *Uo trail* v t u»o proverb that " God helps those who help themselves " is supplied by the •• Ohrißtohuroh Press " :— •' On Monday one of onr country reporters met a man who at Christmas time was complaining of being out of work and running into debt for stores for his family, but who now oame to express his thanks for* a suggestion made to him by whioh he had paid off his soores and had had employment 'or somo time at a prioo over 10s per day. The hint given him was that if ho could do no bettor, he might pick oooksfoot seed from the 'long p«ddook '—the roads and lanes of the distriot. He had boen industrious enough to colleot 18G51ba of splendid seed, and bad receivod a cheque for J827 49 9d for the

same."