LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1847, 22 May 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is estimated that 50,000 bead of cattle ; have been lost this winter in the Navajo . country, which lies partly in central New Mexico and Arizona. The snow storms have been of unprecedented severity. The tremendous snow storm and blizzard that reoently visited New York and the East will enable people to comprehend how such dia- ' aster oan be possible. ! It appears that the man Louis Johnson, who was killed at Oamaru on Saturday by r the overturning of a dray, was a man quite unknown in the district. He is a foreigner, probably a Dane, about 40 or 50 years of age. Ho was engaged lately pioking potatoes at Maheno, and at the time he met with his death was getting a lift along the road with his swag and tent in tho direction of Cava Valley. Mexioan wool growers in the sootion adjoining the United States are looking forward with pleasant anticipations to tho removal of a duty that keeps their carpet wools from tho Philadelphia market, a decision of tho Treasury Department having classed them as resembling Angora goat's wool in quality. They arc not tho only producers who are looking anxiously for an opportunity to Bell their wares in the United States. The Governor holds a lovae at Government House on Friday, May 25th, at noon, in honor of Her Majesty's birthday. The '' Gazette " intimates that gentlemen attending the levee will wear uniform or evening dress, and are requested to bring with them two visiting cards, with their names legibly inscribed thereon ; one card to be left at the ontrancQ hall, and the other to be given to the Aide-de-Oamp. Gentlemen haviug carda ] for the private entree are requested to be at t Government House not later than 11,45 a.m. Tho " Now Zealand Herald " expresses regret at the resignation of Mr Baddeley, E.M. It states that he took the position of sheriff and agreed to sit on the bench two days a week under the impression that tho fees from the sheriff's office would bring up his salary to something above the amount he was entitled to as a pension, but ho found he was mistaken. Mr Baddeley, the " Herald " says, has done an immense service to the country and stopped tho kind of qrime which was becoming intolerable in Auokland, and hia retirement will be a publio losa. It was first thought (says a Napier exohango) that the projected trip of th6 Maori football team to the Old Country would be a failure, but wo think it will be a suooose. Tho expenses in connection with the voyage have been assured, for Mr Warbriok has had offers from all parts of the oolony from gentlemen anxious to join in the venture. One gentleman offered to put £500 up to £2000 into it. About £3000 could have been obtained in Auckland alone. The team feel certain of making money out of the affair, and it is not that altogether that they are going Home for. They are anxious to show what Now Zealanders are made of. Considerable exoitoment was caused iu Oastlereagh street, Sydney, last week at noon by a loud roport, immediately followod by the up-heo-val of a largo inasa of earth and stones from tho middle of tho roadway. Stones of a largo size and fragments of limber and metal were aent high into tho air abovo the surrounding buildings and wero scattered in all directions, but fortuntitoly no serious damage was dono, although sevoral persons had marvellous escapes from injury. It appears that tho eruption was caused by an explosion of gunpowder whioh was being used in tunnelling operations in conneotion .with the deep drainage works, and was duo to insvffioiont precaution having been taken against the foroe of the explosion extending to the surfaoe. i Holloway's Pixls and Ointment. — yioissitudes of olimate, exposure and hard- ' ships, tell heavily on soldiars and sailors, sowing the seeds of diseases whioh may ultimately break up the constitution. Naturally \ oarelosa of their health, a word in season ' may avert many evils, and may oause them ' to resort to timely measures without any difficulty orpublioity. Holloway's effectual ' remedies are so suitable, and so easily adapted ( for the various ootnplaiuts to whioh our sol- ' diers and sailors are liable, that a supply ( should always be obtained before proooeding ] abroad. It may with confidence be stated that many a valuable life might have been saved, or confirmed cripplo prevented from begging in the streets, if Holloway's remedies c had been used in time, c

An " Ingleside " gathering will be held in ' the Oddfellows' Hall thi3 evening. Indian railways are now experimenting with a view to using petroleum as fuel on their locomotives. - The cost of adapting the engines for this purpose is stated to vary from about £250 to £400 per engine. Mr P. Williams will hold a sale of valuable f furniture, for Mr Hugo Friedlander on 1 Friday next. We have been requested to { j state that the furniture, which for quality and - excellence cannot well be surpassed, will be on view at Mr Friedlander's house on Wednesday and Thursday. i We would remind burges3es that the local < option poll for the Borough of Ashburcon will be taken to-morrow to determine whether there shall or shall not be any inorease of licenses within the district. A similar poll will be taken at Tinwald, at Springburn, and at Mr Cook's house, Winter's road. A Bench of J.P.'s at Waimate the other day declared that guards of trains too often allowed drunken men to travel on the railways to the annoyanoe of the publio, and an unfortunate who was before them on a charge of being drunk on a railway platform and assaulting a constable was fined altogether £5 4s, with tbe option of a substantial alternative for his misdemeanour. Humors of the indefinite postponement of the opening of the Brussels Exhibition of 1888, are emphntioally contradioted by the management, which announoes that the inauguration will take plaoe May 5. Germany has secured 10,000 square metres ; Holland, 9000 ; England, 20,000. Eussia has 250 exhibitors, and the United States and Austria will be largely represented, but France and Belgium will make but little show ; France refusing to take an oQioial part. The editor of the " Art Printer," New York, has been officially authorized to invite American printers to contribute oocopatitive specimens of their work for exhibition at the approaching Grand Centennial Exposition to be held duriug the year 1888, at Melbourne, Australia. It has been proposed that he shall undertake the collection and classification of all these specimens in full recognition of the fact that America now leads tbe world in all the features comprehended by the term progressive printing, and that no collection of the world's work would be complete without a " full line " of American productions in this special field. The Ashburton Lodge of Druids laßt evening gave an entertainment to Bro S. Crum, who is shortly going to England for a brief stay. Several toasts were honored, and Bros Clark, Potter, Carter, Tasker, Piokford, Elston, and DJE\ Bro Nokes spoke in high terms of the services rendered to the Order by Bro Crum, who suitably acknowledged the honor according him. During tho course of the evening songs were contributed by Bros f Brown, Pickford, Clark, Pritchard, Aslett, Palmer, Keely, and Tasker. Mr Grum leaves by tho Kaikoura on the 31st instant, and he " expects to be back" in about six months. His 3 visit is mainly in connection with securing ! the latest improvements in plantjfor his aider } mill. 3 Mr Eobert McOwen, who has been in charge of the local branch of the Bank of [ ' New Zealand for the last three years, has . received from his directors a well earned } holiday whioh he intends utilising by making i. a trip to the Home Country. He leaves on i the 30th instant, and after spending several • months in bis native land will return i via Melbourne, where he will see the Mel--3 bourne Exhibition before coming baok to 3 Ashburton During the greater part of his time since coming to New Zealand Mr McOwen has been in the service of tho Bank f of New Zealand, and his many friends in t Aehburtoa and in many other parts of New Zealand where he is well known will join with us in wishing him hon voyage and a T pleasant holiday. During Mr McOwen's I absenoe Mr Smith, from the Bangitikei r branoh, will be in charge of tho Bank here. 1 An officer of the United States navy has ) patente J and secured the introduction into his j own service of a novel life-saving apparatus , for use at sea. It consists of a life-buoy with ' such attachments as would enable a man to 3 rest seourely on it, and a long, V6ry light 3 steel wire. rope. The apparatus is attached to a platform at the stern of the ship, and when required can be instantly let go. On reaohing the water a potassium composition takes fire, burning with a brilliant white light for twenty minutes, and the rope its 3 gradually paid out whilst the Bhip is heaving ) to. If an unfortunate man overboard oan j manage to reach the life-buoy he will be 3 absolutely safe, for by a crank arrangement . he oan be wound on board without the launch t of a boat. Should the steel wire rope break I the buoy is provided with a looker of biscuits . and flask, together with a Very's signal pistol and waterproof cartridges. Hayti does not seem toreoognize that it \ holds a place in a progressive world. The , indolence of the inhabitants and the utter uselessnees of their government is reduoing a \ wonderfully rioh oountry to a oondition of the I most abjeot beggary. Not only are its natufal j resources neglected, but itß minister of finanbo t is endeavoring for no apparent reason to , reduce it to still lower depths. By a recent deoree he proclaimed the legal tender value of the Mexican silver dollar, one of the ■ current coins of the country, to be 80 cents, \ inflicting heavy losses on the commercial and • agricultural interests of the Eepublio. A few i weeks afterward, a seoond edicfc reduoed tho i value of the same coin to GO- cents, whioh 1 oreated such a tumult that he promptly put • it up to 70 oents, whioh is still loss than its 1 exohango value. The Mexican dollar does 1 not suffer by those operations, but Mr Fouohard's crazy financiering will certainly . cause trouble and may possibly bring his I government down in ruins and revolution. , It does not take long to start a popular " shake . up "in Hayti.—" South Amerioan." 5 The Venerable Arohdeacon Lingard attended l a meeting of the Vestry of tho sub-district of T Tinwald, Parochial district of Longbeach, > held in St. Andrew's Church, Tinwald, on • Friday evening. The Rev R. F Gfirbotfc presided, and many members of the ohuroh • were also present. Tho business under discussion was the fixing of a Curate's residence , at Tinwald, the centre of the population of the Longbeaoh district, instead of its romainl ing iu its present plaoe. Mr James Heseltino, i warden of the sub-district, presented to the Curate a writton statement of the reasons why the present • situation could not bo regarded as other than inconvanient. This I statement the Curate road to the meeting, and ho along with the church officers signed it, and, on the motion of Mr Heseltine, a copy was presontod to the venerable Archdeaoon. The Eev E. F. Garbett, while informing the meeting that he had received medical advice not to drive the distances, the present situation of the parsonage entailed upon him, spoke at the same time strongly against any ohanges that would break up the i present unity of the district. Archdeacon Lingard discussed the whole bearings of the case very thoroughly with the vestry, and the disoussion having ended, a vote of thanks was passed to tho Archdeacon, and the meetiog then terminated. Our Mount Somers correspondent writes : — Theßoseof Springburn Lodge, 1.0.G.T., held a moat interesting open meeting in the Sohoolroom, Springburn, on Saturday. Mr S. MoOlimont, W.0.T., oocupied the chair. A large audienoe, inoreasod by visitors from Asbburton and other lodges of the Order, quite filled the rooni. The proceedings were of a very spirited kind, addresses and musioal items mado up tho programme in equal proportions, Among the speakers Mr Allison of Methven, Mr Wallace of Alford Forest, and Messrs Jonos and Elston of Ashburton well sustained tho causo of tho Order. Their remarks wero listenod to with much attention and applauso. Tho musioal items contributed woro rendered with great taste. Mr J. Price performed sevoral items on the violin in his usual good stylo, while Miss A. Price oolipsod those of hor vocal performances to whioh I have previously had tho pleasure of listening' by hor rendering of the "Pilgrim Fathera." Mr A. Clarke nlso obtained much applause with his song " My Mother's Eing." A break in the proceedings was made to enable the audience to partake of refreshments whioh the Lodge had generously pro- , vided in abundance. At 11 o'olock a most pleasant ontortainrnonfc was brought to a olose by the usual votoa of thanks. Thoro oan bo no doubt that tho cordiality of the entertainers impressed all present most favorably, and will promote the oause of the Order of Good Templars in no small degree. I must apologise to those of the contributors to the entertainment of tho evening, whose namea L have not mentioned, on the plea, that I have lost tho programme and do not remember their names. Young and feeble mothers with frail children will both become strong by the use of^ Hop Bitters, Use only genuine, Read,