The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1889. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2280, 14 November 1889, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1889. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Utah has a oolony composed of natives of the Hawaiian Islands.

A company m the Oity of Mexico purposes to bring Irish colonists to people Mexican lands.

There are supposed to be about 3,000,000 total abstainers above the age ot 15 m the United Kingdom;

The first tourist to visit Mount Oook this season is Visaount Dunlo, eldest son of the Earl of Olauoarty.

Aooording to Dr Ozeretakofski, hysteria exists among the Russian soldiers and preaents as various diversities of form as it does among women.

The throe year old son of Mr 0. Swinnard, wood turner, of Forth Street, Dunedin, has died of tne id juries sustained through falling into a bucket of hot water.

The Porte has at laßt been roused to give some attention to its naval foroes, and tho ironclads co long left m utter negleot are being dooked and repaired, co as to ba fit for servioe m oase of need.

The funeral of Dr Somerville, who is known io New Zealand from hia evangelistio tour here Boma ten years ago, took plaoe m Glasgow on September 23rd. He was an old man even when he was m New Zealand.

The London correspondent of the " Piess " eaya that Mr Vincent Fyke's novel, " Wild Will Enderby,"ia now on sale at all the book stalls, and is meeting with a very fair Buooess, aB it deserves.- Messrs Hutobinson and Co expeot it to sell well, and the first edition is a considerable one even for a shilling volume.

A correspondent of the "New Zealand Herald " writes : — The finding of silver ore m the Puhipuhi is quite a new and unoxpeoted event, and considering what a email quantity has been tested each time, it would not be wise to say much about it until the trial orushing of three tons is tested at the Waiorongomai battery. Still, the rate of 2540z to the ton ia something very tangible, even m a small quantity.

A terrible affair is reported from Odessa, A teaoher at the Riohelieu Lye .a. Robert S-uae by name, committed auioide by hanging himself. His wife, on hearing the dreadful news, lost her reason, and iv a fit of homicidal mania killed her five ohildren, cutting their bodies m pieces with a large oarviug knife. She afterwards Bprang from a window on the third storey of her residence, and was fonnd m a dying condition,

The results of the gold crushing at the gold mines m North Wales during the past month have been examined by tbe Government assayists.' The yield gives an average of considerably more than au ounce of gold to a ton of quartz. Eight hundred and thirty-six ounoeß of gold, value about £3000, were crushed from the reefs m August, and upwards of £40,000 worth of gold has been sent to the Mint since tho mines were opened.

David, the famous Fronoh painter, made one of bis piotures for tbe Salon with the figure of a prancing horse foaming at the mouth. It was all the rage. One day, as David passed along the gallery, he saw a sturdy farmer laughing heartily at the pioture. ••What are you laughing at?" Baid the painter. "I am thinking of the imbeoile who drew that horse ? " replied the farmer. •' Only a fool would be ignorant of tbe fact tbat a horse never foams unless he b.s a bit m his mouth, Bir-."

President Garnofr, being congratulated on Ootober 12 h on the outoome of the reoont eleotoral Btruggle, said he waa happy that tho Republic was still io the hands of its friends. He bolieved the success of Boulanger meant the ultimate overthrow of tho Rspublio, as that party waß mainly composed of Royalists and Anarchists. He did not believe Boulangiam dead but only crippled, and, with the aid .— J-.J-— Af^»» ■ ■ — .«— *- *--~^li--»...n_3p— nil— orX-Lo givo trouble, He attributed the victory of the R.publioan party to the exoellent ability of tbo present Cabinet and the grand eucoe.s of the International Exhibition.

One of Mrs Mackay'a sapphire?, Amerioan visitors to her houses m Lon.on and Paris ihink, surpasses m beauty any other m tha world. It ia absolutely flawless, and ia all of four-tenths of an inoh m diameter. She bought it from a Russian Prince for £37,000. Bhe owns also the most splendid emerald existing, and paid a fabulous prioe for it. Among the bagatelles of her jewel box are a set of corals comprising a crown, a brooch, a braoolet, and bo on, all of the most exquisite rose pink m hue. She haß also a pair of diamond solitaires so magnificent that they are valued at more than £80,000, Ono of them waß bought for her at the sale of the effeots of the Duke of Brunswiok.

It is reported that the " exoitement " consequent upon a sohool examination m the South Canterbury distriot has m ono oase brought on a mild form of dementia with a young child. The anxiety of parents and teachers that the pupil should paBS a creditable examination, resulted m rather more " cram " than tbe young head would permit of, and a re-aotion set m as Btated. Wo understand this ia only ono of tbe many similar ca.es trj.fc ocour yearly throughout the oolony, and BhoiilJ got as a salutary warning to parents an- teaohers not to push ohildren beyond their mental strength. Better that a ohild should grow up a dunce up to the age of 12, 13, 1_ or 15 years, and then start its eduoation, than have ths mental and physical faoulties weakened by over Btraining fn 'earlier ye_rs.— •('• Timaru Mail,") The forthcoming Christmas per'prmanoe of the "Messiah " by our oonSbin.ed looal talent promises to be a pronounced buccobb. The Committee have been fortunate enough to secure the Bervioes of the following ladies and gentlemen as Boloists : — Mesdamea Chas. Harper, Denshire, Brooke, Gamble, Miss Bar rat t ; Messrs Maitland Gardner (Christ* abureb), Flower, and W. B. Dixon (Rakaia), whose names will be sufficient to guaranteo a great musioal treat. Mr Gates is working very hard to make the ohqruses as perfeot as possible, and is ably assisted by a compaot orohe-tra under the leadership of Mr JFJem'ng. We hope to have to reoord an abundant aucoess upon this first attempt at a united musioal festival m Ashburton, and ihat publio apprsoiation will be ahown by a large attendance at the performance.

The " Military Gazette of Berlin indicates one disadvantage of smokeless powder upon whioh due BtreßS has not hithetto been laid. JB very one perceives how terribly the reeponaibilities of commanding officers will bo increased, how crushing the anxiety of outposts and patrols, when an assailant is not announced by tho rattlo of musketry, nor his numbers suggested by the puffs of smoke. Bnt the German authorities do npt regard

euoh points as the gravest— -and none ua woli qualified by experiepoe and quality to Judge. They think that tbe most serious effect of Binokolesß powder will be its inguence on the

morale of troops m action") Hitherto the roar of cannon and tho loud, oeasolesa growl of firearms bave smothered the shrieks of the wOUnaC.d, while the smoke haa hidden the apeotaole o* t be Blain, How will it bo m tbe future . Tho tail 0. --&* man shot down will be clearly seen by bis donu^?" 1 ' Every ory ot anguish will be heard by half the eC- aoan _'' The annual Garden Party In connection with St Stephen's Church has beoome an established institution m Ashburton, and is always looked forward to by tho general publio as one of the most agroeablo ou'.iog. of the year. That to be held on Anniversary Day, Deoember 16th, promises, however, to surpass m its attraoiione all .imilar gatherings, great efforts being mado by the ohuroh offioera, the vestry and the. ladioß, to render it a phenomenal success. Thero are to bo .stalls for the sale of noadlowork, fruit, and other produoe, a show of pot_ plants and out flowers, an art union exhibition, shooting galleries, boat races, a duok-hunt, orioket, swings, a Blondin performance, and other attractions, while the servioea of a band will *bo engaged. Tha place ohoßen is Hunt's ) Gardens, than Which a better seleotfon oould 1 not have been mada, and ft £?pwded attendlanoe may, we think, Bafely bo counted np^2; The prooeeds are to go towards the liquidation of the balanoe of the Church debt, and will, gre hope, go far towards extinguishing it aU 0

A monster baby show waa reoently held m Sydney and the champion baby, 14 months old, tuinad the eoales at 36_lbe. The prize was £100.

The authorities of the Queen's College, Belfast, have deoided to throw open the medioal olassea next Bession to young ladies anxious to study medioine and qualify themselves for obtaining medioal degrees; The applicants are expected to be numeroua.

A man showed a lawyer a five shilling piece and asked him whether he thought it was a good one. The lawyer said that it waa, put it m bia pooket, said hia usual fee for advioo was 63 Bd, and would tho ioquirer please to send the balanoe of ls 8d round to his offioe at hia earliest convenience.

The regular weekly meeting of the Star of the East Lodge, I O G T„ waa held m tae Templar Hall last evening; Bro G. Soott presided, and four candidates were proposed for membership. Routine business having been disposed of the Lodge went into harmony. A duet nioely renderod by Sisters Bennett and Pickfon", songa by Broa Iboll and Welch, and a reading by Bro MoKee brought a pleasant evening to a close. Bro G. Soott, 0.T., olosed tbe Lodge m due form at 9.30.

The " Buenos Ayres Standard " of August 22nd, Bays :— " Rural affairs have fared very badly this seaaon. The losses inthe flocks m the inside districts are enormous. Sheep farmers think that the orop of 1889-90 will be at leaat 30 per cent .mallei than that of 1388-80. There ia already an aotivo speculation m some quarters to make wool oontraots. Several offers of sdol per 10 kilos inside and 7dol outside for light kinds are spoken of. Fat sheep for slaughter are quoted at 4dol and are scarce."

At the R.M. Court thia afternoon, just before the adjournment waa made, the Magistrate said that it been brought under his notioe that some inoonvenienoe had been oaused to suitors by his having to leave early iv tbe afternoon to oatoh the Timaru train. If he were informed beforehand of any long oases likely to come forward he oould make euoh arrangements that he oould devote the whole of Thursday to the Aahburton Oourt and also portion of the next day. Mr Crisp, on behalf of the bar, thanked the Magistrate and said that thia arrangement would be a most desirable one.

At Broken Hills, New South Wales, last week, John loe and Eva Gregory were arrested, the former for the wilful murder of Charles Leonard Godfrey, aged five and a half years, an adopted boy, whom loe had been training aB an acrobat. Tbe boy appeared for the last time m publio on the previouß 'lbursday evening, and died at 6 o'olook on Tuesday morning, and bis body was taken to the hospital. A post mortem

showed marks of violence all over the body, chiefly on the baok and legs, aud also that his intestines were ruptured. There were also marks of violenoe upon the head. The following extraot from the " Buenos Ayrea Standard " ought to be interesting to those m thia oolony who etill think that an enforoed paper currenoy would be an advantage to the oommunity. At the premium for gold mentioned the paper dollar ia worth nbout -„ instead of ii 2d as it was boforo the Government gave it enforoed currenoy; — " Tbe sensation of the fortnight haa been the phenomenal rise m the gold premium, whioh touohed 87 per oent on Tuesday, The whole oountry olamors against such a ruinous state of affair?, and calls for a radioal ohange m the finanoial polioy of tbe Government. The gold premium haa risen from 59 por oent m Maroh to 87 per oent."— " Ohristohuroh Telegraph." At Cosenza (writes the Naples correspondent of the " Daily Newa ") while a oompany of soldiers wore receiving their pay, some daya ago, the floor of the room m whioh they were gave way, and the whole of the company fell into the room below. When the dense oloud of dust whioh aroße had subsided the officers and soldiers who bad been alarmed by tbe noise and had hastened to the rescue, ware borror-struok at the speotaole before tbem. In the room into whioh the unfortunate men had fallen, rifles witn bayonets attaohed

were stacked, and on their points, some of

when were un h athed, were impaled n Kay of tho unfortunate soldiers. Tho number ul the injured waa thirty, of whom several were very Boriously i.jored. — -PArlioulars are published m the Jewish press of tho oremaaon Or-ansßiamyxreYj " x\6 vmwas present but Mr Sevens, a solicitor, husband of tho lady whom Mia. Levy bad appointed as her executrix. The body waa placed m the furnace at noon, and tho incineration occupied about two hours and a half. The body remained m the ooffio. It may be mentioned that m tha interval between tha

two cremations of Jews upwards of sixty bodies have been subjected to the process at Woking. The ashes were subsequently placed m a small oak box, on wbioh were the words, ''The ashea of Misa Amy Levy," and I doording the date of hor birth and cremation. The chapel wbioh haa been ereoted at the crematorium will bo available for all denominations, religious emblems having been entirely excluded. The interment of the ashes

took plaoe at Balls Fond Oemelery,

The best medioine known is SANDER and SONS* EUOALYPTI EXTRAOT. Testa its iminent powerful effeots m ooughs, colds, influenza, eto. — the relief is instantaneous, Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy, and medioal syndicates all over the globe, are its patrons. Read the official reports that acoompany eaoh bottlo. We have no oooasion to offer rewards m proof of the genuineness of our references. The official reports of medioal olinics and universities, the offioial communication of the

Consul-General for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam— all these are authentic documents, and, as suoh, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of the var'opti oases treated by Siegen, M.D., Professor, etc, Burning of the right hand through the ex* plosion of a Bmall oil stove. The epidermis on the volar and palmer side of the hand ot the thirty-year-old patient was oompletely separated and lifted up as far aB the joint of the hand> The likewise lifted nails were hanging loose, and half of the phalanx of the nail of the middle finger was ooaled. The wounds thus contracted-healed m three weeks under daily applications of Euoalyptio Extraot dressing. The patient has retained the full use of tho hand.— (Advt) 1