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Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 2, 10 November 1869, Page 2

A branch lodge of the M'.U.LO.O.F. was opened at Queenstown on the 28th ult. About 20 members were initiated. A fbanquet to celebrate the opening of the Lodge was held at Bro, Eichardt’s hotel on the following evening. The next Criminal Sittings of the Supreme Court will be held at Dunedin on Wednesday, the Ist Docoemher. The Civil Sittings will commence on Monday the 13th, ~ . On and after the Ist January, ibVO, the the stamp duties now payable upon bills of exchange, drafts, orders and promissory notes, will be denoted by an impressed stamp only, and not by au adhesive stamp. The Provincial Government, in conjunction with the Education Board, have resolved to offer three Provincial Scholarships for competition in the month of December or January next. Two scholarships will be open to pupils of District Schools, and one to the junior pupils of the High School. Our contemporary, the Evening Star ,

chronicles the death of a miser named Mary Nicholson, at the Dunedin Hospital, on the 2nd inst. She was admitted to the hospital on Monday, suffering from disease of the chest. For many years, and until the last twelve months, she had lived in a. hut at the head of Maclaggaustreet, and her conduct and appearance betokened extreme poverty. Her condition did not escape the notice of her neighbours, who sometimes relieved her wants, and for the last ten or eleven months she was permitted by Mr Brown, of Brown, Ewing, and Co., to occupy an outhouse on his property in High-strict. When admitted to tho hospital, :• few pounds were found on her person ; and this circumstance led to a search being institute 1 at tile plade she oc- i espied, when, in the pocket of an old dress be- | longing to her, there was found £ll4 iu gold, | and £l2 Os Cl iu silver. The gold, in a lump : sum, was wrapped in a greasy bit of cloth, and | the silver tied up in packages of £1 each. The j decease I was about.iifty years of age. an I has i resided in Dunedin for the last nineteen years. We believe tint some sic years ago, the police, having been informed that she had a large sum of money in her possession, ssarcho 1 the hut she was then living in, and found £4OO or £SOO in gold, silver, and copper. This money wad' returned to her, but she was afterwards robbc.l’of it. ■ - : V At Balclufclia, on the 2a 1 instmt, Dr Smith held an inquest on the body of a man iimcd John Baird, who die 1 very, suddenly while crossing the Balolutlia Bridge, on the 30th nstaut. The medical evidence attributed death j :.o congestive apoplexy, brought on by excessive 1 Irinking. The same day. intelligence was Tu- j l-ived by the police that the body of a man with ! Ids throat cat, was lying iu-a gully about a mile |

until of the township . Serge,uic Cobde a at ■ i.-e proceeded to the spot, and brought the i iiy to the police station As the in piest, ; s irgoant X 1 ob.len stated that' hu examined the, leeeasecßkswag, and found a billy and pannakin I .Stacked; On the hilly the works, “ hunted to J hath by Homan C'lathic bloo-l Hounds,” were eratelied ; and again, "i inform that Mrs Clark ■ad man Harry not clear. - ' The sanm words 0.-renhw written on the li I of the billy. He j tad every reason to believe there had been no i Hjid play from the position of the body, the 1 lothes being undisturbed, and also fiom the fact ! >f liis having £4 10s in his possession. At'a little after tea o’clock last evening, ivs the Dune liu Hominy Star, a lire broke out ,i a house off Dowliiig-street, oecup'ed by a man araed .Scott. The cottage and its contents were I dally consumed, and it was with some ditfiIy that the lire was prevented from taking a of the adjacent cottage, occupied by Mens, iry. The furniture belonging to the latter save I. It is not known how the tire origi,l. Mrs Scott and her children were in the se at the time, but she was not in a condition now how it had occurred. The statement i.at it was occasioned by the upsetting of a p. It was with difficulty that she and her drun could begot out with safety, and fora ; time it was believed that some of them had shed. Scott lost everything he was posed of, and a subscription in his aid lias been ted. The Fire Brigade, who were soon in indance, were enabled to get a good supply rater from the Company’s mains at the corof Moray-place and Stuart-street, but not ime to be of service in saving the bidding.