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Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 23, 20 April 1870, Page 5

The amount of gold taken down by the last Cromwell escort, which left here on Saturday, was' 633 ounces.. On Wednesday last, we were afforded sa opportunity of seeing in the possession of Mr Sharks Colclough, of Bendigo and Cardrona, a beautiful and costly gold medal which has been presented to that gentleman by the Provincial Government. Mafty of our readers will remember that some eighteen months or two years ago, i dangerous lunatic named Motherwell created tonsiderabk alarm among the residents at Carirona ; and that when the constable then in tkarge of the station (M. Hunt) attempted to irrest him, Motherwell not only made violent resistance to being captured, but made a desperate attack on the constabkwith a knife. Mr '.'olcloug!*, at this critical juncture, went to lunt’s assistance, and Motherwell was eventually secured. Mr Colclough was dangerously njnred in the encounter, so much so that he ras confined to bed for several months. By say of reward for his heroic conduct on the oft; asion referred to, the Government made him a> iresent of £SO and a gold medal. The pecuniary* ortion of the reward was paid some time iut the medal was only recently finished, i.jtadf fas presented to Mr Colclough on Wednesdays y Inspector Dalgleish on behalf of the Governaent. -By advertisement in another rill be seen that Court Royal Oak of Kawarau, 1.0.P., intend to hold their anniversaryilMP ad supper on the 13th of next month, in* liohards’s hotel, Bannockburn. We Ir Richards contemplates enlarging the lull iox'--he occasion. i j. Good Friday, we were glad to see rV yrssl) epfc as a general holiday by the business pfeopleji Cromwell. Mr John Halliclay, of ras the victim of a violent and cowardly assault' n Friday last. From particulars supplieS°fcp, a, we learn that on Friday last .Mr HallfcSiyf lad occasion to go-a short distance up Smith’s! rally,*when he was attacked by two mou nattiect’ aamel Howell and Cliarles Lawrence, who! ’ere armed with long-handled shovels. Mr ialliday, who had no weapons to defend hirifself, t r as savagely maltreated by the two astaiaed some very severe injuries ahout_the. see and head. He was soon afterwards con-, eyed to Cromwell, where he was attendsct lly hj Corse, and it was found that he had received skull wound about three Laches in kngthjjae*;! des six or seven scalp wounds, and some hasfy l raises in the face. Acting upon Dr ivice, Mr Halliday remained in Cromwelhpnji} londay afternoon, by which time the inflathmai ion caused by his wounds had to some eitenl bated, and he was considered out of te two men were arrested shortly after th| a$ tilt took place, and were brought up at ythk esideht Magistrate’s Court on Saturday, charged !‘h violent assault. On the application fll geant Casiels, accused were fcmaudedjlpy|3 ig taken in the sum of £3OO for their appeal e on Wednesday next. ! 'jiU'f We have been requested to notify faitif Rev. Mr Drake will not conduct divine., ie here next Sunday evening, as he inteildff caching at the Nevis oh that day W, Quito an unusual sight was presentfJcHr' elraore-street last Sunday by the appearancj about 130 Chiu amen from Titapekaj enfeuit 'tthc Cardrona. They were accompanied I heavily laden with their Ryan, late of v P een a P! lo ' n ted to the charge district, .and is now stationed

We have much pleasure in informing our readers and the public generally that Mr Reekie has been appointed 'official distributor of duty stamps, and now keeps all sorts of stamps and impressed paper for Sale. This will no doubt prove a great convenience t6 the residents in the district. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday 'evenings last, Thatcher, accompanied by Messrs Small, Daniels, and Sykes, appeared in Kidd’s Hall, Cromwell, the attendance on each evening being very largo. Few of our citizens escaped the lynx-eyed'hnihoristand on the mornings succeeding each entertainment “ they awoke and found themselves famous,” their peculiarities aud virtues having been made the subject of the “inimitable’s” good-humored satire. Mr Small, was, as usual, irresistibly comical; his rendering of some capitaWongs— “Not for Mo’,” “The Branigau Clan,” “I’ll give you some trouble to do it,” and one or twO others being especially worthy of notice. Mr Daniels, who possesses a baritone voice of considerable compass, sang a nlunber of popular songs, and was warmly applauded. Mr Sykes (of Dunedin) was the and played the accompaniments to all the songs with taste aud brilliancy. Mr Scoles, of the Royal Oak Hotel, Arrow, has sold. Out, we believe, to Mr Garroway, late of Cardrona. We wish the new landlord every success in his enterprise. The whole of the valuable mining property and effects belonging to the late J. W. Garrett are to he sold by auction on the 28th inst., by order of the Curator of Intestate Estates, Mr W. J. Barry being the auctioneer. Under the heading of “ Quartz Reefers and Miners Slandered by an Unknown Assassin,’’ Mr John Mulloy, a miner of twelve years’ standing, has written a long letter to this journal with the view of disproving “ an egregious slander hissed out against the miners on the Reefs in a late number of the Cromwell Guardian.” The communication would occupy more space than we can make available for it; and, besides, we are of opinion that our correspondent has gone to needless trouble in order to disprove statements which have emanated from so unreliable a source as the columns of onr contemporary. We are glad to see that the spirited enterprise of our neighbours at the Gorge—Metsrs Graves, Wilson, Ashworth, and Schade—-inthcii-dredging operations at the Sandhills, Shotover, is likely to prove a success, as very good pros pects have been met with in their first trial. We have received the prospectus of a new veekly paper, the first number of which is to be published at Oamaru on the 28th inst., under the title of the Oamaru Herald and Northern Districts Agriculturist. Messrs W. H. Ronayne and Go. are the proprietors. The new brewery at Alexandra is now in working order, and Messrs Theyers and Beck have succeeded in producing “ colonial” of very good quality, considering that sufficient time has not yet elapsed, since they commenced brewing, to give the ale a fair chance. We trust that the efforts of the spirited proprietors to establish a much-needed local industry will he crowned with complete success, j The Cromwell Coal Pit was disposed of jbysMr Barry at auction on Thursday last, for 1 the sum of £7lO, Mr James Nicholas being the j purchaser. ,4We perceive by the Wakaiip Mail that the Warden’s quarters at Queenstown are receiving additions, and it is not long since the ( ;Court-house there was altered to suit tlxc necessary requirements of the district. We wonder Iwhenfsofliethifag will be done towards building a ■ffaffps - w-rrr,, ■yjgrJSjpil effl ts ,iaCl> i A magisterial inquiry, jdeath of Mary Louisa MTCone, a jv?&(f s had been found dead in her house ; q|j,. the Nevis on the 9th instant, was held in the Victoria Hotel, Cromwell, on Wednesday last, before G. W. Goodger, Bffql, jr.P., and J. D. Feraud, Esq., J.P., in-fcllb 1 absence of the Coroner. I Sergeant Cassels stated that he had°Ss- - W*ted information that a woman nqmej' ■ MSpbne had died suddenly at the Nevi<i|nj |be 9th instant, and he went out on thm Jfemday following and made inqufflffi ,'ibfStn particulars supplied him, it appefc® that l the deceased, with her llusbaiid ItSifJ tw#htliers, had some drink in the house' 1 ofriUie evening in question, and were spa"- 1 and drinking until about 10 o’cfoci. 6 j Mfs'M'Kone then went out to an hoOf! followed by her husband sliprtfy who went to bring her iqßafe home together, and he weniftpj ' deceased said she would sit by' ibm fire till she had warmed Iter rfeeS iM'Kone went to sleep, and on a\voki|El ’at o^iy light, found that Ins wife hadjjM bed. He then got up, and fgiayd ITO Ring in a chair by the fire, cpiitA,] (jlead. He gave information of the casM®, >i poison coming into Cromwell* who-re-’ported the matter to the police, jl Dr. Corse, being sworn, said: j artUAj .|uly.qualified medical practitioner. T- Wyli Jjpmincd the body on view. There of violende upon it. The body “St Very rigid. Tlie Lice, head, and neck/Andj of the chest, are discolored. tpouth is closed, the tongue swollen anill arid pushed forward. MiM|| £sss and a quantity of blood have coipwi mduth and nostrils. Tlie eyelids]'. |p|svid, and the pupils dilated. I asoH^fl 1 Hmfefeuse of death to asphyxia. »Mhe magistrates issued a certifiaaieji with the medical testimony.'