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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3644, 17 March 1883, Page 2

Prince Gortschakoff, whose death is announced in to-day's cablegrams was born in 1798, and was a cousin of the celebrated general who defended Sebastopol during the Crimean war.

The Hawke's Bay County Council meet* on Monday morning at the usual hour. It will be at this meeting that the by-law relating to pigs trespassing on the county roads will be confirmed.

Now that the Colonial Secretary has definitely taken over the entire maintenance of the Hospital, we trust ample funds will be at once forthcoming locally to enable the Committee to erect and furnish such additional accommodation as shall supply the wants of and be a credit to the district.

His Honor Chief Justice Prendergast will arrive here to-morrow per Wairarapa from the South, and on Monday forenoon will hold a compensation Court, in conjunction with two assessors, to determine certain claims made under tho Public Works Act, 18S2, for land taken for railway purposes.

The Napier Christys, an amateur company, gave a performance in the Town Hall, Hastings, last night, when there was a good attendance, the gross receipts amounting to something over £17. Mr Garry acted as leader of the orchestra, Mr T. W. Bear as stage manager, and Mr T. R. Gilpin as interlocutor. The affair passed off quietly.

The Egyptian War Gif t Exhibition at the Protestant Hall continues to attract a good share of patronage, which is one of the best signs that the entertainment is acceptable to the public. This afternoon there was a matinee for the convenience of children and families, and to-night the exhibition will be continued between the usual hours, namely, 7 to 10 o'clock.

We (Wairoa Guardian) learn that Mr Reardon, of the firm of Reardon and O'Ryan, surveyors, of Gisborne, is now engaged surveying the Maugapoiki block, a large track of country situated at the Whakaki run, and extending to Whakapunaki, taking in the basiu of the Maugapoiki above the gorge. The land is rough and broken, but of good quality.

An electrical storm of unusual brilliancy occurred yesterday evening, accompanied, however, with but little ram. The flashes of lightning-, both sheet and forked, -were remarkably vivid, balls and streaks of bright yellow flame appearing to pierce through wide horizontal streaks of phosphorescent light. The storm only lasted about an hour, seeming to pass away to the northward.

The secretary to tho Napier Hospital acknowledges the receipt of £12 12s, being the balance of the fund on account of the complimentary dinner to Mr J. Bennett. In forwarding this sum Messrs W. Waterhouse aud G. Rymer, respectively tho secretary and treasurer to the dinner committee, desire that it shoidd be placed to the credit of the hospital general building fund. This handsome donation gives quite a different aspect to complimentary dinners.

The evidence given by the informers Kavanagh and Molloy in comiection with the Phoenix Park murders is confirmed by the discovery of the knives at the bottom of the Dublin canal. Every effort has been * made by prominent leaders of the Land League to throw discredit upon the information supplied by the informers, as their evidence went to show that there was some sort of connection between the League and tho Assassination Committees. The informers, however, have nothing to gain by concealment, but it should be the busiuess of the League to prove its non-participation in any of the outrages.

It is to be that the contretemps that occurred on the racccource yesterday in connection with the start for the Grand Stand Handicap will be a lesson to owners of racing stock to take greater care in futiue that their horses are at the post punctually to time. A good idea would be for owners to inflict a fine on jockeys who might be found dallying- either in the paddock or on }he course "after the expiration of the advertised time for starting any race in wliich they might bo engaged. This woidd, we imagine" have the effect of preventing the public being fined, as was the case yesterday.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, beforo Captain Preece, R.M., I Richard Campbell, Henry Crang, John Smith, and John McCarthy w r ere each fined ss. ancl costs, with the usual alternative of 48 hours' imprisonment, for being drunk at Hastings last night. The fines were all paid. "Archibald Wilson, for breaking two glass panels in the door of Mr Caulton's hotel at Hastings, was fined 10s and costs, and was further ordered to pay £1, the value of the property damaged, or in default 48 hours' imprisonment. The amount of fine and damages was forthcoming. The only remaining business was the taking- of evidence in a Gisborne civil case.

Mr J. S. Smith, the advance agent for i the Simonsen Opera Company, arrived in ' town to-day from Gisborne to make arrangements for a season of two weeks, commencing - this night week. Tho company numbers forty members, all new to Napier with the exception of the Simonsen family, and the repertoire will include 'five or six operas that have never been played here. Our readers will be glad to learn that the Simonsen family consists of Mr and Madame, Misses Leonora and Martina, and Miss Frances Saville. The latter is our young friend who only appeared on the stage once or twice when here last, Miss Frances Simonsen, who married Mr J. S. Smith, the agent for tho company.

The alarm bell at the engine station was sounded a little before 9 o'clock last night, and as if by magic Hastings-street was immediately crowded with people anxiously V asking " where is it " V The engines and hose reel were run down to the front of Mr Higgins' butcher's shop, but there was no appearance of any fire. In the meantime the bell was clanging at fitful intervals, and the Clive Square bell was being vigorously rung. It then transpired that, wherever tho fire was, it had been put out almost as soon as it was discovered. - A flame had been observed iv the stable-loft at the rear of Mr Higgins' promises, ami, an alarm having been "given, Messrs Newman, Cohen, and Palmer extinguished tho fire beforo the engines arrived.

The Wairoa Guardian of Wednesday instant has tho following:—"A large shark, l. measuring about fifteen feet long, was caught at tho Mahia last week ; its horrid maw—capacious enough to take in a man easily—was armed with formidable rows of jagged teeth. Tho monster was observed by Mr W. Morris a short distanco from th» fchoro, whither it was attracted by theetf*'

ass of a whale lying in the water. Mr Moms put out with several others in a whale boat, and succeeded in harpooning the brute, but had to roturn to the shore to fetch a lance with wliich to despatch it, tho shark in tho meantime "making play" with the line; however, they soon hauled him up alongside again, and after some little manceuvring killed it, and towed the carca.ss ashore. While in its agonies, it lashed the water into foam with its fluke, which was three feet across from tip to tip, and had it struck the boat wotdd no doubt have stove it in.

We have received two copies of The War Cry and official Gazette of the Salvation Army, published in London, price one halfpenny. It is a good sized sheet, the general get-up being decidedly Yankee. It is full of the doings of the Army, and the " saving of souls, and to our mind its matter is cpiite as blasphemous as it well can be. Here is one of the advertisements having reference, we presume, to the purchase of a publichouse aud meeting hall:—"The Eagle is captured, Hallelujah ! Purchase completed, lp.m. Devil's goods sold by auction. The Army's flag hoisted at 6 a.m. We completed the purchase at noon on Thursday, 10th instant, although having received only £8422. We had to borrow the balance £8325, which must be repaid as soon as possible. But we have got it! It is not true that any brewers are going to get the Eagle. God has got it for a Salvation Army Inn, where all our soldiers and friends passing through London will be able to get anything for which they have occasion whilst on their way."

Mr 0. E. Hugo, a physiognomist, arrived in Napier from Auckland this day, and intends giving a series of lectures on "Practical and Scientific Physiognomy " in St. John's schoolroom, commencing on Tuesday evening next. The following notice of one of his lectures is from a Wanganui paper of a recent date :—Professor Hugo's lecture last night at the Academy of Music on "Eyes" drew together a crowded attendance. The subject was ably treated from every point of view, and the lecturer's remarks were replete with solid information and humorous anecdotes. As usual the professor applied his tests to several of the audience who walked up and down the room, and subjected themselves to the professor's analysis on the platform. Amongst thonewho submitted to the latter pi-ocess were His Worship the Mayor, Messrs Holdcn, Hodren, and Sergt-Major Henry, besides two ladies who mustered up sufficient courage to interview the lecturer. The shrewd aud dry remarks of Mr Hugo upon his "subjects" were much relished by the audience, and it is evident that his method of treating the human face is growing in popularity.

Country residents requiring- patent or proprietary medicines, toilet requisites, faucy goods of any description, stationery, &c., will best consult their own interests bycalling at Professor Moore's establishment, Waipawa, where there is a large and well assorted stock to choose from. On hand Coutts' acetic acid, the noted cure for rheumatism, neuralgia, and all nervous complaints ; an unfailing remedy requiring outward application only.—[Advt.] Good creations are rare. Nothing has been introduced into the market since Wolfe's Schnapps that can compare with that unrivalled elixir, the purest spirit in the world. —[Advt.]