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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3773, 18 August 1883, Page 2

There was a blank charge sheet presented in tho Resident Magistrate's Court this morning. The usual monthly meeting of the Hawke's County Council will he held on Monday at 10.30 a.m. Tho secretary of the Napier Football Club has received a letter from the captain of the Gisborne team informing him that the return match Gisborne v. Napier cannot be played earlier than September Ist. Cr. Cohen has given notice to move at the next sitting of tho Municipal Council, " That one month's notice bo given to MiLamb of the termination of his present engagement as consulting engineer to the borough." i From advices recently received from Mr Stevenson, the official liquidator in the Mutual Insnranco Company, shareholders j may expect to receive the amount paid by them for shares (less about 7d per share) on or about 30th September, or immediately on receipt of returns from London re current policies.

The Auckland team of footballers wero passengers by the Manapouri to-day, W route to Christchurch, where tkey have then 1 first bout at tho Southerners. They seem a fine team, and will undoubtedly keep up tho prestige of the North. Mr Milne, mentioned in this morning's paper as having become the proprietor of the Greenmeadows Hotel at Taradale, states that the announcement is altogether premature and that no arrangements have been made that could warrant such an announcement. Mr. W. Maloncy, formerly second officer of tho ill-fated Tararua at the time that vessel was wrecked, and afterwards master of tlic steam tender Boojum at this port, is now the proprietor of the Emerald Hotel, Emerald Hill, Melbourne. /Very many people in this colony will wish Mr Moloney every success in his present venture, for a I general impression was created when ho left tho Union Steamship Company that ho had not been handsomely treated in its service. Mr Beecroft, of Hastings, has leased from Mr John Kerr, of Nelson, the American trotting stallion Newhvnd's Ilambletonian, which will stand this season at Hastings. This horso was imported from 'Frisco last year, and has proved himself quiet and tractable, having been worked since his arrival iv New Zealand both in saddle and harness. He is expected to arrive overland this evening. AYe congratulate Mr Beecroft on having secured a "spcelcr" so well calculated to meet the requirements of the district. Mr George Hastings has added another improvement to the town that bears Ms name. He has erected a handsome twostorey shop, having a frontage of 33 feet to the main street, Avith plate glass windows that can only be equalled in Napier by those in Mr S. E. Cooper's jewellery establishment, Hastings-street. It is not a little to say in connection with the progress of the "City of tho Plains " that, in the course of so short a time, comparatively speaking, such large ancl complete promises have become necessary to Mr Hastings' business of plumber, glazier, and house decorator. A lady correspondent of the Lyttelton Times does not seem to have been favorably impressed by her first visit to the Houso. Sho writes:—"l went into the House and heard Major Atkinson speak. It's not very edifying. In fact, it could not well bo more undignified. Most of tho members keep their hats on. A largo number sit with their feet cocked upon the seats, or sprawl full length on them. They laugh at aud jeer and abuse one another like a lot of express drivers." In boring for oil gas wells aro occasionally struck instead, and one recently tapped near Pittsburg is a monster amongst monsters. The roar of the escaping gas is described as terrific, and it is estimated that at least six million cubic feet aro blowing away to waste every day. Of course, although no use has been found for this gas, , other speculators havo purchased allotments in the vicinity, and arc busily engaged in boring, in the hope of tapping the supply; ! but wliat they will do with it when they get it is probably unknown to themselves. Another encyclical letter will shO-TtTy bo issued from the Vatican. It will be addressed to tho faithful in all parts of the world, and will dwell more particularly on the duty of all Catholics to keep clear of • secret associations, no matter where or by ' whom instituted. Leo XIII. wishes to im--1 press upon all belonging to the Church that ' political agitation of all kinds is against tho ! spirit of Catholicism, aud can only result in ' evil for those who profess the faith. Priests, and especially confessors, will bo enjoined ; iv this new mandate never to admit to the ' sacraments who is mixed up with i those who want to overthrow the Government of any country. A rather peculiar wager was recently lost ' and paid in Melbourne. The item of news concerning tho duplication of the Suez ' Canal was under discussion, and the con- ' versation incidentally drifted to tho dato of : tho commencement of the first projected J canal through the Isthmus of Suez. People 1 were puzzling themselves about tho year, 3 when a little man present said, " I don't know tho exact year, but it was somo years 1 before the birth of Christ." A laugh of incredulity greeted tlic speaker, but he was ; positive. A wager was made, aud the nc#t J day tlic littlo man triumphantly produced an unquestionable authority to-certify that ' Nckas or Ncchos tho Second, who ruled ' Egypt some 500 years 8.C., planned and started a canal across tlic Isthmus of Suez, ' but desisted from the task upon tho advico '' of the Oracle, after he hacl lost over 100,000 I men in attempting to do what the present century lias accomplished. It is not a good thing- (remarks tbo Bulletin) to make rash J _ wagers with people who have good " memories. [ The position of the special correspondents ' who went all tho way to Moscow to sco tho Czar crowned, and found that they could _ not see anything at all, was not an enviable one. Even tho prince of specials, George , Augustus Sala, hacl to take his account of blessing tho Holy Banner from another , gentleman, who was ono of the lucky three admitted. It is bad enough to have \ to wear a numbered badge with the word '. "Correspondent" on it wherever you go, '. but when this signalisation only makes you [ the butt of little Moscow boj's, who laugh '• at your efforts to see something of the show I you aro going to describe, tho position becomes positively painful. It is surprising that most of tho correspondents did noire- , turn. The bulk of them could only l get : their accounts second-hand from printed reports handed to them by a Government official. To soothe the irritation caused by this the Czar gave each special £20 to spend "in whatever he liked." This is very like giving Master Tommy sixpence when you disappoint him by not taking him to the, pantomime. About midnight on Saturday, June 2nd, two steamers, conveying a large quantity of fresh and kippered herrings, arrived at the western terminus of tho Highland railway at Stromcferry, Skyc. The fish was consigned to the London markets, and tho Highland Company were under a contract to have it at once conveyed to its destination. Abcjut 1 o'clock on Sunday morning, however, tho residents of Strome assembled in Large numbers, and protested against the sanctity of the Sabbath being- thus invaded. They took possession of the pier and railway property, resisted the efforts of the police to dislodge them, and refused to permit the removal of the fish during canonical hours. The mob remained in complete possession of the railway and pier. They drove back the police, railway servants, and steamers' crews. Religious services were going on up to 11 o'clock at night, and the mob did not disperse until midnight. It is hinted, however, that trade jealousy had more to do with tho demonstration than a respect for the sanctity of tho Sabbath. Somo arrests were made. Tho Rev. Dr Talmago said—Encourage newspaper men, for you know not what annoyances they go through. Their most elaborately prepared articles sometimes thrown out because of the pressure on their columns; expected to mado accurate report of some speaker who is so indistinct of utterance that tho whole discourse is one long stenographic guess ; the midnight that finds you asleep, demanding that they be wide awake; their most careful work defamed by one careless typo-Bettor: their lives ground out between the wheels of our great brain manufactories ; sickened Avith the approaches of those who want a newspaper commendation or retraction: now called out to sketch a funeral and now a pugilistic encounter; shifted from place to place by the sudden revolutions any day liable to come in any journalistic establishment; precarious life becoming more and more precarious. Be affable to them when you havo no axe to sharpen on their grindstone. Discuss in your own mind what the nineteenth century would bo without tho newspaper, ancl learn to take" oVcry opportunity to cheer all who havo anything to do with thin great interest, from tho chief of the editorial staff down to the boy who throws in the morning and evening paperon your basement window. Wo learn from New York that the scones at the Brooklyn Bridge still continue to be very remarkable. In one day two hundred and fifty thousand passengers crossed it, entirely filling the roachvays and footwalks. At one time, when thirty thousand people were upon it, a deflection of several inches was caused; but as tho engineers have allowed for a much greater deflection, this caused no alarm. The heaviest vehicles are permitted to drive at any speed. A regiment has crossed Avithout breaking step, and the vibration was only just perceptible. The engineers themselves aro astonished at the solidity of tho structure. It becomes clearer every day that tho effect upon tho two citios will he beyond what was expected,

At tho Dewshury (England) Police Court, BenjaminSheard, a member of the Army, was charged witli being unlawfully on the premises of aMr Wornack. Prisoner had, up to his capture, made groat professions of religion, leading processions, singing hymns, and"insisting mi holy days, but at 10.20 on the night of his arrest ho was found m the room of tho servant, who had the effrontery to toll the Bench that ho had been there fully twenty times, nnd that she always led him with ham and eggs from MrWornack's larder. The Bench said it was a most dis-o-raceful case, but as prosecutor was not able to say he had been robbed, the man would ho set at liberty, but they intimated that both lie ancl the woman might be apprehended.

General Hong-Fu-Kong is a man of few words, but they aro remarkably pat, and to the point. A Chinese army is at tho present moment occupying Corca, and though the native public-houses are few and far between, "tho pigtailcd soldiery" throng them with a perseverance probably worthy a better cause. This, General Hong-Fu-Kong docs not like. In short, being him- _ self a member of the Chinese Blue Ribbon Army, ho objects to anything which comes out of a bottle, and lias accordingly issued a ukaso to the following effect:—"All deserters, robbers, and those who leave the camp will he hung. Opium smokers and drinkers of strong'liquor will have thencars slit and bo flogged." The native whisky of Coroa will indeed be powerful if it induces Ah Sin to I'aco tlic perils, not only of tho lash, but of that ear-slitting knife as well.

Despite tho efforts of the police and the magistrates, sausagcinakers continue in then* dishonest career, aud it is still "the seasoning as does it." A compounder of "mystery bags," living in Circus Street, was taught a wholesome lesson at the Brighton Petty Sessions for haying in his possession the carcase of a pig unfit for human food. An inspector saw the meat hanging in tho shop. It was putrid, and some of tho joints were missing The defendant's solicitor admitted that the meat was unfit for human food when seized, but urged that when the defendant loft home iv the morning he believed the carcase to be good, and that tho joints were disported of in his absence. Tho magistrates thought the defence was a very plausible one—to fell to tlic Marines, and fined tho erratic butcher £10 ancl costs, doubtless determined the residents in Brighton shoidd have pure sausages if no one else did.

American ingenuity has again made itself manifest. Tho latest novelty is a travelling theatre, or au opera house cm Avhoels. A company established at Kansas City (the headquarters) will Avork the concern. This comfortable theatre will consist of eight sailway trucks, Avhich can fie expanded so as to form a theatre, the scenery and other properties being conveyed in Avagons attached to the aforementioned ears. The travelling show Avill be sent by rail to remote country places. On arriving at a town tho cars Avill be switched on to a portable railway and formed up. A theatrical performance will be given, and then the journey will bo resumed. The plan will at least ono advantage. If the "house" docs not fill the impecunious company will not havo to Avalk the streets all night in lieu of going to bed—an experience not altogether foreign to some of the English stars. On the side of the public road between Denton and Harris's Chapel, Tuckahoe Neck (Md.), stands a large-sized poplar tree, perhaps 3ft in diameter at the ground, and on the bark, some 10ft from the base, is the mark of a human hand, Avhich it lias borne for about 20 years past. It Avas produced in the following manner .-—ln 1808, James Wilson, a bright mulatto, about , twenty-three years of age, committed a | terrible crime upon a little child. Ho Avas limited down, owned the crime, aud was lodged in gaol. A few nights afterwards he Avas forcibly taken from the gaol and hung and shot, in tho rear of that building, by the infuriated populace of the neighborhood iv which the crime was perpetrated. After ho Avas dead his body was cut in pieces and burned in the outskirts of the town. But one of the hands, cut off at the wrist, was taken in charge by some one and Avith a good-sized nail Avas spiked to this poplar tree. It remained there until it decayed, ancl now the hand-print, full size, _. may bo seen on tfio bark of the tree, tho nail Avhich held it in position still fast in tho tree. AYe visited the spot recently, and can vouch for the correctness of the above statement.—Denton American Union. Circulars and pamphlets explantory of its curative properties have been translated into all languages, aud there is no portion of the world Avhere Wolfe's Schnapps is not known and appreciated.-—[Anvr.] The consumption of gas by the Otto gas engine is guaranteed to bo 20 to 70_ per cent, less than iv any other gas engines. Mr Otto has been again obliged to commence actions against several firms for infringements of his patents. After tho action of Otto v. Linford (in Avhich Linford Avas defeated, ordered to pay costs, and cease manufacturing) all agents and purchasers of tho Lindford engine Avere obliged to pay royalty. Tho ucav pattern halfhorso power nominal Otto's patent indicates up to two-horse power, is the lowest priced, most economical, and best gas engine in the market. For further particulars apply to the agent for Napier, T. J. Brasscy, New Zealand Insurance Company.—[Advt.]