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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3047, 1 April 1881, Page 2

The jury list for the district was revised by the Justices to-day. Mass will be celebrated by the Rev. E. Reignier next Sunday at Clive at 11 a.m. A proclamation published in the New Zealand Gazette abolishes the prisons at Greymouth and Lawrence. The Customs returns at the several ports throughout the colony for the March quarter just ended show an improvement on the corresponding quarter last year. At Napier the amount collected was £9439 17s 9d as against £7859 16s lid. The committee of the Agricultural and Pastoral Society, at its meeting to-day, resolved that the annual ploughing matches should he held on the Queen's Birthday, May 24. On that date there are sure to be many other attractions, which, no doubt, will deprive the matches of many visitors. The vital statistics of Wellington for the month of March show 283 births, 55 marriages, and 109 deaths; of' Christchurch, 159 births, 64 marriages, and 64 deaths; of Timaru, 48 births, 14 marriages, and 15 deaths; of Dunedin, 183 births, 130 marriages, and 124 deaths; of Napier, •38 births, 1 marriage, 11 deaths. We are indebted to Dr Menzies for the following abstract of the sick at the Napier Hospital during the month of M^rch:— In hospital on March 1, 15 *Tmales and 3 females; admitted during the month, 13 males and 7 females ; discharged, 10 males and 2 females; dead, 3; remaining on April 1, 15 males and 8 females.

Mr Grillies' exhibition was largely patronised yesterday and during the evening. The school children from the Spit and a number of their friends were brought to the exhibition at the expense of Mr Cotton, and their visit appeared to delight them highly. Tomorrow is the last day of the exhibition, and Mr Gillies will admit all school children and their friends at half-price.

There was a narrow escape from a serious accident at the cricket match yesterday. A child of Mr Fielder's playing on the outskirts of the crowd was run over by a heavy coach. The child was at once carried in to Ashton's Hotel, and attended by Dr. Hitchings, when it was discovered that she had suffered no serious injury. The great number of children gathered together on the ground during the game of cricket yesterday shows how inauitable dive Square is for tporta of any kind.

The costume cricket match on Clive Square yesterday brought a large number of spectators together. The costumes were very varied, and although some of them were little adapted for cricket, the general effect was pleasing and novel. The Publicans were first at the wicket, and were all disposed of for 56 runs, Mayo, contributing 23, and Gilberd 10. The Opera Company, in their first innings, played capitally, giving the Publicans an amount of leather hunting and an opportunity for a display of agility for which they are seldom called upon. The innings closed for 131, Bellair scoring 58, and Thompson 22. The Publicans did better in their second innings, Gilberd reached 34, and Giffordll.butthe score of 71 left them four runs behind the first innings of the Opera Company. A collection in aid of the Charitable Aid Society was made upon the ground, and a sum of £5 was raised.

A telegram from Auckland states that Sir George Grey will shortly address his constituents at the Thames, and will afterwards proceed on a stumping tour through the chief centres of population in the colony.

The Simonsen Opera Company repeated " Pinafore" last evening to a moderate house. The principal characters were again well sustained, and the performance went smoothly, with the exception of one or two of the choruses, which were not given steadily, as on the previous evening. To-night the fact of its being Madame Simonsen's benefit alone should draw a crowded house, but in addition to its being complimentary to Madame, who has so often charmed us during her stay here, the programme provided is an admirable one. The items in the concert are well known and popular, and the character of Lucia is well adapted to bring out Madame Simonsen's great power as a vocalist.

Henri Rochefort brousrhfc with his family from exile in Switzerland Louise Gaillard, a young servant girl of 16, who, though exceedingly honeat and amiable, was simple-minded and inexperienced. During the frequent fits of vexation that her blunders caused, Rochefort would exclaim, half in earnest, half in jest, " I'll kill you! I'll have you placed on the next list of executions !" The girl thought he was in earnest, and was greatly frightened. A fortnight ago he sent her to the office of the Intransigeant, the paper of which he is editor, with a note to his associate, M. Reinach, requesting 100 francs by the bearer. Eochefort told the girl that she was to bring him the money, and said, "Now, if you lose it, I'll kill you." The girl lost Keinaoh's note containing the funds. Greatly distressed, she purchased some poison, which she took on reaching her bedroom> After several hours she was found on the floor near the door, which she had attempted in her agony to reach. Restoratives were administered, but she died shortly afterwards. Kochefort, who blamed himself for the girl's act, was profoundly distressed and temporarily delirious. Her gentleness and beauty of character had won greatly on his sympathy, and he was much attached to her. The note to his ' address which she had lost was subsequently found and brought to him.—Courier dcs Etats-Unis,

How much air can be safely admitted into a sleeping or living-room is a common question. Bather, it should bo considered how rapidly air can be admitted without injury or risk, and at how low a temperature. We oannot have too much fresh air, so long as we are warm enough and not exposed to draughts. What is a draught ? It is a swift current of air at a temperature lower than the body, which robs either the whole body, or an exposed part, of its heat so rapidly as to disturb the equilibrium of cur circulation and give us cold. Toung and healthy persons can habituate themselves to sleeping even in a strong draught, as from an open window, if they cover themselves in cold weather with "an abundance of bed-cothes. But those who have been long accustomed to being sheltered from the outer air by sleeping in warmed and nearly or quite shut-up room, are too susceptible to cold to bear a direct draught of cold air. Persons over 70 years of age, moreover, with lower vitality than in their youth, will not bear a low temperature, even in the air they breathe. Like hot-house plants, they may be killed by a winter night's chill, and must be protected by warmth at all times. As a rule, we may say that, except for the most robust, the air which enters at night into a sleeping chamber should, in cold weather, be admitted gradually only by cracks or moderate openings; or should have its force broken by some interposing obstacle, as a curtain, etc., to avert its blowing upon a sleeper in his bed. The ancient fashion, however, of having bed curtains, which exclude almost all the air, has rightly become obsolete. No wonder that people dream horrid dreams, and wake in the morning wearied rather than refreshed, when they sleep in rooms sealed up tightly on every side, breathing , over and over again then , own breaths, which grow more poisonous in every hour of the night.— American Health Primer.

Mrs Elizabeth Porter, aged 46 years, living at No. 44, Great Hughes-street, Federal Hill, has petitioned the United States Government for a pension, claiming to be a full-fledged Mexican veteran. Mrs Porter, who is a genial, matronly woman, tells the story, which is an unusual and interesting one, with a good deal of vim and straightforwardness. She was born, she says, near Tobacco-stick, Dorchester County, Md. Her parents, whose name was Tall, died when she was a mere child. When she was thirteen years old she married James Taytor, a sailor, who was a few days over twenty-one years of age. As the Mexican war was raging fiercely at that time, Taylor enlisted, and his wife sailed in company with others from Fort M'Henry, for the seat of war, New Year's Eve, 1848, being landed at Vera Cruz, where they encamped six weeks, and then marched for the City of Mexico, which had surrendered to General Winfield Scott, September 14, 1847. The warwas virtually at an end, but the American soldiers were sorely tried by the depredations of brigands and guerrillas, who raided them whenever they outnumbered them or stole upon thorn in the dark and used the dirk. Mrs Taylor says the skirmishes were all the fighting she saw. From the City of Mexico the regiment which Mrs Taylor followed went to Tuluka, where, on April 29, 184S, she gave birth to a little gill, who was playfully called " The Child of the Regiment," and was named after the city where she was born. Mrs Taylor claims that she was enlisted in the regiment, and that thenceforth until it was disbanded she served it aa a nurse. While with her regiment she drew, she says, a soldier's pay and rations. Mrs Taylor was mustered out of service at Fort Henry. Since then she and her husband have been divorced, and both have married her present name being Porter. "The Child of the Regiment," as her infant daughter wbs called, is now married and has several children.— Baltimore Sun.

Madame Simonsen's benefit at the Theatre Royal this evening. Concert and Lucia di Lammermoor.

Messrs Monteith and Co.'s weekly sale to-morrow at 1.30 p.m., 22 horses, vans, carts, &c. Tenders for filling in sections near Napier railway station received till noon to-morrow. Mr Gillies' exhibition at the Protestant Hall from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Messrs Kennedy and G-illman will sell on the 20th inst. freehold properties at Hastings, &o. Messrs Blytlio and Co. have imported 10,000 yards of new dress trimmings. Messrs Banner and Liddle will sell tomorrow oranges, cocoa nuts, wheat, tea, &c, at noon. Mrs Victor Beddingfield has opened a dressmaking and millinery establishment in the Coote Road. Found a sum of money. Impoundings at Taradale are notified. Mr Eobert Hatch notifies that he has taken over Mr Foreman's business m Dickens-street. Defaulters list is ready for inspection at the Town Clerk's office. A number of new advertisements will be found in our " Wanted " column.