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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3823, 17 October 1883, Page 2

There was a blank charge sheet in the R.M. Court this morning , .

The ordinary bi-monthly meeting of the Municipal Council will be held this evening at the usual time and place. Telegraphic communication with Wellington w»i3 again interrupted to-day, tho break occurring to the south of Wainui.

Mr Parncll has paid off the mortgage on his estate, amounting to £13,000, from tho proceeds of the Parnell testimonial fund.

Mr W. Laing has been appointed Registrar of Electors for the electoral districts of Napier, Hawke's Bay, and Waipawa, vice Mr W. Parker, junr., absent on leave.

The sky being clear, the partial eclipse of the moon was distinctly seen in Napier last night. At G. 30 o'clock about one-fifth of the moon's surface appeared to bo obscured.

Mr F. E. Hamlin has not resigned his license as a native interpreter, as stated in the morning paper. Ho has only resigned his appointment in tho Native Lands Court.

Mr E. Lyndon offered to-day on behalf of the Education Commissioners tho leases of certain educational reserves in town and country, but, with one exception of a section in Napier, the prices offered did not como up to the upset rentals demanded.

The fivo-inch tubing for tho Southern Cross Petroleum Company arrived at Auckland by the City of New York yesterday from San Francisco, andisbeingtranshippod to the schooner Gisbome for Rcporua, tliqj shipi>ingr place of tho company's works.

In response to his petition the friends of Mr R. J. Deighton will be glad to loam that the Government have granted him a, pension of £o0 per annum, in consideration of services rendered by him to country in the eai'ly days of the colony,

Messrs TJpchurch and Morley are making good progress with tho work of additions &c, to the Working Men's Club premises in Emerson-street. Alread3 r tho framo work of the now portion is in an advanced state, and it is expected that the contract will be completed by Christmas.

There has been no alteration in the rules relating to the tickets of railway passengers entering trains at flag-stations, as stated by a morning paper. Passengers from floatations can buy their tickets from tho guard and proceed to their destination, aa they have been able to do for several months past.

Tho local branch of tho Blue Ribbon Army held a meeting in St. John's schoolroom, lnsb evening, when addresses were delivered by Messrs Harding and Warden and tho Rev. E. 0. Perry. Somo twenty recruits enrolled themselves in the ranks, and the meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman (Rev. Do Berdt Ilovell).

Wo regret to hear of tho serious illness of the Rev. Mr Shirriffs, of Waipukurau, who is reported to bo at present in a dangerous condition. It is not considered probable that Mr Shirriffs will be at all fit to resume his ministerial duties for hoido months to come. That these doubts, ever, may not be realised, will, we feel sure, be the sincorc wish of his many frienda in this province,

Dr. Hitchings, coroner, held an inquest yesterday at Kelly's Hastings Hotel on the body of Ada Kirk, the child who was killed by falling between the carriages of the down train at Paki Paki station the previous evening. Evidence having , been taken a verdict of " Accidental Death " was returned, no blanie being attached to any of the railway officials.

A man of dimi native proportions, and ■wearing , a large hat surrounded by a red band beating the words " Salvation Army , ' in gilt letters, was the object of a good deal of curiosity in Hastings-street to-day. We presume he arrived by 0710 of the steamers from the South, but whether he eamo ashore on a mere visit of inspection, or to plant the Army's banner in Napier has not transpired.

Wo aro requested by the Registrar of the Supreme Court to state that the usual summer sittings of the Supreme Court will commence this year on Monday, 2<Uh November, instead of Monday, 10th December, as gazetted, thus hastening on the business of the circuit court by a fortnight. This arrangement will enable the presiding Judge to hold the sittings at Gisborue on the 10th December as already fixed.

No less than forty-nine nominations wcro received last night for the Hawke's Pay Guineas, 188."). The Now Zealand Stud Company have nominated thirteen young Muskets, three by Lcolinus, two Cadogans, a colt by Cap-o-pie, and a filly by Anteros. Mr Allen McLean sent in six nominations, Mr W. Douglas three, Mr H. M. Smith, three, and Mr Donnelly_ two. Captain Russell has only one nomination, a Terenga filly.

Hegarty's Court Minstrels drew a crowded house at the Oddfellows' IJall, Waipawa, last night, when the company's original and highly entertaining programme was performed and received with much enthusiasm, the applause being loud and frequent. Tonight an entirely new "bill" will bo presented, when there is certain to be an overflowing audience. We can heartily recommend the entertainment as one of tho right sort to drive away dull care. On Thursday and Friday evenings the company appear in the Town Hall, Hastings, after which they proceed to Wellington, opening at the latter place on Monday next.

Tho building committee of tho Napier HoHpital have accepted tho tender (if Mr J. Morrison for re-painting the whole of the exterior of tlio building with three eoald of paint at a cost of .£BO. As it is nearly four years since tho building was last painted, the proposed improvement, it will be seen, was a necessary one. On our last visit to tho institution we noticed that the paint inside, though clean, is very ranch worn, and wo hope tho committee will soon Bee their way to having the interior repainted also. We feel confident that so long as tho institution continues to do good work, us at present, thevo will be no lack of funds.

Tho water cart was at work in Hastings street this forenoon, but for all the good it accomplished it might as well have been at Jericho. It certainly seemed a piece of absurdity to confine its operations to the principal street, when, as a matter of fact, nearly all the dust that was blowing to-day came up Tennyson and Emerson streets, ■whonco it whirled round the corners in blinding clouds, causing pedestrians to use forcible language anent tho manner in which Corporation affairs are looked after, and committing damage amongst tradespeople's stocks generally. Why a I'il.tlc common sense is not brought to bear in connection with matters of this kind must, we suppose, continue to remain v mystery.

Tho practice for tho orchestra and soloists for Friday night's concert took place last evening, and it was certainly very successfully carried through. It is astonishing what has boon done since the formation of the Musical Society in our town. It has had tho effect of bringing forward many, both vocalists and instrumentalists, that ■were unknown to the public before. Judging from last night's practice, and the way in which FA'erything is being carried out by tho committee, we predict one of the mo it Successful concorts that has ever boon attempted in this town. The subscriptions nro coming in fast from all classes of the community, which clearly shows the great public interest taken in the welfare of the Bociety and music generally. It is also a source of congratulation that membership is not confined, to any particular grade of •Society, all respectable persons having the opportunity of joining the ranks cither as performing or honorary members.

Ono of the most remarkable reasons ever urged for tho release of a criminal is that which has been put forward in a petition addressed to tho Governor of North Carolina for tho release of a negro desperado known as "Tim Buckner," confined in the gaol of Plymouth' in that State. About eighteen months ago Buckner got up a riot in Plymouth, and placed himself at tho head of a hundred lawless negro lumbermen who threatened to destroy tho town. The Governor was compelled to call out the military before tho riot could be suppressed ; and Buekner, as ringleader of the mob, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. At the time of his arrest he called two "coon" dogs, which daily visitetl tho Court during his trial of their master, and sat by his side. When Buckiier ■was sent to gaol tho faithful dogs took up their station at tho prison gate, and from that date have not been absent from their post a single night. Thoy relieve each other during tho day to get food, but at night are constantly at the door. This touching conduct on the part of the dogs lias won for them the respect and sympathy of the inhabitants of tho town, who built them a kennel near the door and within sight of Bucknor's cell window. Governor Jarvis' wife visited the dogs the other dny, and was moved to tears by tho spectacle of their fidelity. She lias now joined others in recommending tho Governor to pardon Buckner, who has still a year to serve—not for his own sake, but for that of his dogs. 'By last accounts it was considered probable that the dogs' devotion would be rewarded by tho release of their master. The achievement that gave to the world Wolye's Schnapi'3, will live in the history of curative science as long as tho human frame is subject to natural diseases.— [Advt. 1