LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2287, 22 November 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

+ The Scotch Good Templars number 60,000 The four-year old daughter of Mr P. Burke, tailor, died of sunstroke at Ohristoburcb yesterday. ; It will be seen by our telegraphio news thai the Hon John Bryoe has been elected foi Waipa unopposed. General Booth has discovered another world to conquer. He is about to inaugurate a campaign m the Argentine. Author : " You return everything I offer. What oan I send you that will be aoooptable?" Editor ; " A year's subscription." Elaotricity moves 288,000 miles per second; light moves 192,000 miiea per Becond ; a rifle ball moves 11G0 feet per seoond. Oat of the twenty-eight murders committee m London last year, m only six inst&nceE wero the perpetrators brought to justice. It is said that tb& Japanese women who embraoe Christianity exercise an influenoe m moral questions hardly inferior to the English and American women. The United States oonsumed 2,006,625 barrels of malt liquor m 1863. By 1888 a greater thirst had aeizsd the Yankee?. The quantity was 24,680,219. Tbe riohest man m tbe House of Commons is said to be Mr MoEwyu, Home Rule member for one of the divisions of Edinburgh, worth £92,000 per annumThe Chrißtohuroh Y.M.O.A.'s annual meeting took place yesterday. A most satisfactory report and balanoe ebeet were submitted ana approved. The institution is free of debt, with the exception of a small mortgage on the premise?, ! Most of the Btationmaßters on the Bothbury loop line of the North British railway, Northumberland, aru women. They are called oolleotors and are not compelled to wear any uniform. It is said that they do their work well, and are quite reliable. The Empress Eugenic is about to go to Abergeldie, whioh has been lent to her by the Qneen. There are three plaoes belonging to the Queen on Deetide whioh Her Majesty lends to her relatives and friends — Abergeldie Castle, Abergeldie Mains, and Birkhall. At a reoent sitting of the Academy of Boienees, the Seoretary read a communication from Mr Edison respecting execution by means of eleotrioity. The great inventor affirms that anyone submitted to the aolion of an alternative current of the Btrongth of a thousand volts would be killed on the spot without the slightest Buffering. The Mont de Fiete (Government pawnbrokers establishments) of Paris has just published its annual finanoial statement. From this it appears that during 1888 j £,$10,957 artioles of the value of 35 million I rapes were pledged, about one half of the pledges weze renewed, and oi the reßt sales were made amounting to ik millions, A scheme is on foot among the English holders of the bonds of the defunct Confederate States ot Amerioa to virtually compel the paynT <Jnt > at lenßt m P art ' ot tneße Heourftieß. Tne Southern States want money badly to develop their resources, but British capitalists ore holding off m tho expectation that these bonds may be redeemed by the individual States, A London stookbroksr has m Bjxty>two days gone to Jobaonesburgh and baok, and be now publishes an aooouat of the gold.fielja and that marvellous town. His verdict is that " the country is the riohest m the world." Johannesburg!! is not tbree years old ; its population is 25,000 ; " the book-keeper at a hotel gets £600 yearly ; " " and money commands m certain cirplos $$ pp;r .cent per month." Tbe liiver Plato Freeh Moat Company has for the first time since it came into exjatonce, nearly a deoado ago, paid a dividend, The Chairman explained that by sending over only firßt-olass fat oaroaaes the prejudioe hitherto existing against Bivor Plate mutton bad been Bvercome. Their meat now equalled m quality the primest New Zealand. Of the 4200 kinds of flowers which grow m Europe, only 420, or 10 per oent are odorir feroue, The commonest flowerß aro tbe white ones, of whioh there are 1194 kinds. Less ;hau one-fifth of these are fragrant. Of tbe JSJ kinijß of yellow flowers, 77 are odoriferous; if the 823 r«d kinds, 84 ; of the 594 blue kinds, Jl ; of the 308 violeC blue kinds. 13. Of the iiO kinds with oombjn^ pplors 28 are 'ragrant. ■ Acoording to tbe New York oorreepoiaoLent jf the " Sunday Times," Somer B. Yume, of Providence, Rhode Island, eats, every day, wo heaped tableßpoonfuls of arsenic, feels al) h£ better for it, and deolares that he would lie without it. Twenty-five yoara 6 go Mr fume waia jbitten by a rattle-snake. The tain was so intense that, m despair, be tried o commit euioida by Wklng arsenic To his lurprise, tbe mineral pojdoh temporarily overiame the snake poison. Since then £<c has tad to eat arsenic twice a day to ooantaraot ! ho effeoto of the snake bite, which shows \ hemselvee m swellings of the arm and freez- 1 ng of the blood every rooming aad evening, : %c page .is jsujszljing Rhysjojiajiß, ' (

Mr Frank Lincoln, the renowned humorist, appears at tbe Oddfellows* HaU this evening for a season of one night only. Mr Lincoln's j reputation has preceded him, and it is not j neorssary for ua to say anything here respeot- j ing tho merits of hia entertainment. We i expeot to Bee a crowded house. { A man named Tillet, who has been behaving m a rather eooentrio manner during the last few days, waa apprehended at Rakaia this morning by Constable Black. Tillet, who waa armed, had, it is said, expressed his ■ intention of shooting the first polieoman he met, but a couple of shota fired over hia head by the Constable, had the effeot of making him drop hia weapons and surrender. An aooount of hia doinga during'the last few days appears m another column. An interesting inoident ooourred at the recent German review. A veteran named Kruse, born m 1796, who had fought m the wars of 1813, 1814, and 1815, was present with one of veterans' olubs. On hearing of thia, the Emperor rode up to the old man, and asked him where he had fought. Kruse answered, "at Waterloo," where upon his Majesty expressed his pleasure at making the, acquaintance of a man who had taken part m that glorious Btruggle. He then saluted, and galloped off amid loud cheers. •* Angler " informs us that not muoh fiahing has been done on tho Ashburton during the past week owing to the river whioh came down on Saturday only just beginning to clear again. Mr Pilbrow got a few nioe fish m the latter part of the week from 21b to 41b. Mr 0. Moss took six during the week from lib to 3£lb ; Master 0, Moss also landed four or five from lib to 41b, but no large fish were taken, Messrs Kidd, Fox, and Gale also got a few fair fish. Mr Simpson landed four fish on the fly the total weight being 3&lb. An extract from an Australian paper that we published recently Btated that English woollen manufacturers were sending out their, buyers to these oolonias to buy direot from the growers. Mr G. Kettlewell, of Christ. church, is the agent for Mr J. Reddihough, of Bradford, and he ia buying largely for that manufacturer. We know of one Hawke's Bay clip of over 40,000 sheep that has been purohaEed tor B*d per lb, all round, cash/ delivered at Wellington. Mr A; F. Lowe, of Meanee, is Mr KettlewelPs agent m Hawke's Bay.— "Napier Telegraph." Mr W. 0. Davis, fruiterer, has reoeived a oaße of apples irom America, whioh showa the good results to|be gained by giving due oare to packing. In spite of the long journey, and tho number of transhipments, the fruit is m first class oondition, of excellent color and as sound bb on the day it was pioked from the tree- Eaoh apple is oarefully wrapped m thin paper, aart an inspection shows that espeoial oare had been devoted to the pioking of the fruit. Those who are interested m the fruit industry would do well to inspeot this consignment, as it ought to be the means of giving them Borne valuable '• wrinkleß." Oamaru seems to exoel m the production of monster puff-balls. Tho "North Otago i Times" raoorda that one has been found by f Master W. Thompson, and is on exhibition l at the shop of a looal seedsman which 1 measures 6 feet 5 inohes m circumference f and 2 feet 3 inches m diameter, and weighs 261ba. lis name ia puff-ball or devil's Bnuffbox [fypcoperdon plumheutn globvlus)'. It is > irregular m form, having indented edges and - a rugged top of a whitish brown oolor, slightly 5 granulated. The same lad had last year found one of the same variety, whioh weighed 9£lbs, and measured 3£ feet m oircumference; Captain Crawford also found ona last year weighing 4£lbs, and 3 feet m circumference. There is a Bimple way, writes a correspondent of the •• Weekly Press," for eradicating ' twitoh grass, sorrel, and other noxious weeds, J which may beverygenerally known. In addition to the oomplete destruction of the weeds the land is benefited and its productiveness more t than doubled. The method is very simple, r Cart out some refuse vegetation from any fl« mill, and spread it thick on the patches of • weeda, say three inohea or four inohea thick. * Leave it alone for a few months, and every k sign of plant life will have disappeared. Then oultivate or rake m grass Beed, and you will . get a grand crop. Flax refuse ia easily ' obtainable for the cost of cartage, and will prove a most valuable fertiliser after doing ite . work of destruction. The exeoutive oommittee appointed to arrange for the reoeption of the Irish Delegates j held a meeting on Wednesday evening when a great deal of preliminary work waß gona through. All are working with a will and are very enthusiastic ; the promises of support » m all directions give reason to expeot a great l demonstration. It was deoidod to invite the i looal members of both Houses of Parliament, all^ tho leading inhabitants of the town and ; neighborhood, and the clergy of all denominations. The particulars of the programme for the reoeption will be published shortly for general inspection: We are given to understand that a Bhorfc address will be presented, and Borne means taken to show the visitors as muoh of the neighborhood as the short time at their disposal will allow. The best medicine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Tests it iminent powerful effects m coughs, colds, influenza, etc. — the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony] His Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe, are its patrons. Read the offioial reports that acoompany each bottle. We have no oocasion to offer rewards m proof of the genuineness of our references. The official reportß of medioal clinics and universities, the offioial communication of the Consul-General for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam— all theße are authentio dooumenta, and, as such, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of th 6 various oases treated by Siegen, M.D., Professor, etc. Burning of the right hand through the explosion of a small oil stove. The epidermis on the yolar and palmer side of the hand of the thirty-year-old patient waa completely separated and lifted up as far as the joint of the hand. The likewise lifted nails were hanging looße, 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 Eucalyptio Extract dressing. The patient has retained the full übo of the hand (Advt.) 1