CROWNELL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 709, 19 November 1875, Page 2

CROWNELL.

—o(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) In the Bcsident Magistrate's Court, on Friday last, (before W. L, Simpson, Estp, U.M.), Henry Wdby was charged with being drunk and disorderly. He pleaded guilty, and was fined IDs., with the usual alternative.—Elizabeth Company v, A. T. Dumi’ng. Claim, L2 10s. Charles Coldough being sworn, deposed that he was the legal manager, and that the deb mi ant was so indebted for calls. Judgment for amount claimed with costs. --Same v. J. C. MacGregor. Settled out of Court.—Same v. L Logan. Paid into Court —Same y. \V. Park, Settled.—Same v L) F. Main. Withdrawn—Same v W. Asher, Claim for LI ss. Judgment for amount claimed and c :sts —Same v. Hiram Lane. Claim, L2 10s. Judgment fnr amount claimed and costs.— Same v. Patrick Gallagher. Settled Owen Pierce v. W. Barnes. Claim 1.3 8s Bd, for meat supplied. Defendant pleaded not indebted Owen Pierce d- posed that be was a butcher car-ying on busin ss at

Cromwell. Supplied the items mentioned in the particulars of demand, and the prices charged were fair and reasonnble. Had given credit for cash and contra acci nnt. Supplied goo Is to the family. Had ashed defenlant for payment on several occasions, and he promised to pay. He was carrying on with his son a Ward s lith’s shop. Mr Barnes, sworn, said Mr P'tcc never ashed him for payment, hut had applied to h : a son and his wire. Had nothing to do with the Blacksmith’s business for the last four years. Mis son hoarded and lodged with them. Could not state who it avas that ordered them. Account wai in his name. His Worship pointed out that as the goods wore supplied to his house, an I that as his son boarded and lolge 1 v ith the n, he had no alternative but to give judgment for tha amnuht c’aimed and costs.—Alta Quartz Mining Company v. 0, W. Goodgcr Mr Wilson stated that it hid been settled out of! ’ourt. The monotonv of the Warder’s Court was, on last Friday, relieved by a passageal arms between two well-known miners— A and B I will call than. A month or so ago these two were inseparable, and reminded many of the story of Damon and Pythias, but. alas for human stability, a change has come o’er the spirit of the dream. No more cosy evenings spent by the camp fire ; no more they inhale the delicious weed, and recount their past exploits ; no more they “ spell-oh’’ together, but in their new relationship, enmity' and malice predomina’o. A applied for a tail race at Bailey’s Tdly which was objected to by B, on the ground tint he was working higher up, and •his tail raceapp’iol for was the only outl d th ough which he could got rid of his tailings. In the course of the hearing A stated he wanted nought to do with B. He was always pointing and sharping Ha had an abhorrence of him. Hi wn a sharpe-. The Warden here blandly ob. served, “It maybe true "> A, and you may have an abhorrence of Mr B, but not of his tailings.” This ohsorvati m produced a general tittc-. This seemed to rile the modest B, who assured the Court that ho never intended to wrong hi? former friend. If there was any sharping it was on his part. He was an honest man, and only wanted his rights. If Ins frie id got a cer--1 tificatc, he (B; wan'd not he able to work i the ground he was now prospecting. Tha i Warden reminded B that he seemed to bo i always prospectin', and r-isitig objections, I and that he should remember that on the i last ocaasi m (a'month since) it wm the same p’ca—prospecting. He had no doubt hut ■ that be was. B thrn informed the Court that A was his mate at that time, and that he only put in this application to soite him. i It then transpired that another party wera . the holders of a tail rare, and tint by the i issue of a certifi ate to A it would interfere i therewith. Of these two friends it cannot i he said that their friendship would induce a . modern Dionysius to ask them to accept a | “ third friend”, and illustrates that the . greatest chums sooietimcs become tha . bitterest foes. Truly I might, with tha ' poet, exclaim, “ I have dreamed of tm> i bu'cnce and war.” It would be a matter of great public con- [ venience if a clock were placed in the Court i House, as suitors arc unable to know tha > time, and not (infrequently detain the business by arriving ton la‘e ; and *he ex- . cose is not unfrequently urged that they ’ diil not know the time. The expense is s trifling, mid from the amount of work done in this Court the authorities could well , afford the small nut’ay. Sly grog selling is very prevalent in this 1 district, and the question is often asked | how it is that the offenders arc nnt brought hj to justice, anl a great deal of abuse is . showered undeservedly on <hc pn’icc. But . the fact is that if those vho re so ’ond in , complaining would only bear in min i t' st, t under the provisions of the I.icons’rg Act , it is declare 1 that api -'tuons ’iquo a “ sbs 1 ! , mean any liquma excoolin; in strci gth C 6 . per cent, of proof spirit.” It will be up ) parent the difficulty attending a conviction, [ as a police ofilo r would require an hydrometer to test the liquor, or else scire a t bottle and forward the same to Dunedin for , analysis. This is putting tho cas" in the I most formidable li. Id, as in ass nncs that a j successful so'zuro l.ai boon made, and any > party located for any lengthened period

upon a goldfield or in a goldfields town will readily understand that this duty of bringing s'y grog sellers to justice belongs more especially to a Revenue Officer, It is high time these shanties should be suppressed, us the spirits vended by them are, in nine cases out of ten, little short of rank poison, while the vending of them is nothing short of a robbery upon the publican, It is my mo’ancholy duty to chronicle the demise of another old resident in the person of William Gnodall, formerly of Bendigo, who expired on Wednesday morning last, after a protracted illness. A meeting of the Cromwell Hospital .Committee was held on Thursday evening, the 4th instant. There were present: Mess-* Dawkins, tohair) Arndt, .1. Taylor, Starkey, Marsh, T.rit, Solomon, W. Taylor, and Jolly. The Surgeon’s report was read and adopted, from which it appeared that 23 nation's had been admitted during the quarter ending October, 20 discharged, 3 died, and !) at present inmates thereof. A from Mr Gilchrist was read, complaining of the conduct of the c ecretarv, and the matter was referred to a snh committee con*ist;ng of Messrs Dawkins, Jolly, and W. Taylor. A number of accounts were passed for pay...rut. A letter was also received from the Wardsman, applying for increased s.a’arv, and which was re'erred to the visiting Committee. Ten ’ers for supplies were opened and accep'ed as under : —Bread, Scott; milk, Johnson ; coals, Wilson and M'Langhlin; meat, Dawkins ; groceries, Haz’ett. A vote of thanks to the chair brought the proceedings to a close. As there is no accommodation for the Reporter to your paper in the Council Chamber, lam unable to furnish a report of their proceedings at the last mee'ing, and being above cop dug from the minute hook, the cause for the omission will he apparent. Are Councillors afraid of having their speeches faithfully reported. If not, let them see. that some other p’ace than a coal box is provided for the reporter. On Monday week last an accident happened Messra Talhoys and Ful'er. It appears that these gentlemen attended the first Church of England service held at the Bannockburn, by the Rev Mr Dewe, and that in returning the mare they were driving became restive and impatient. Both gentlemen were thrown out of the buggy, and I regret to add that Mr Talhoys received a severe cut across the ankle. The wound was closed and sewn by Dr Corse, and the sufferer is now in a f air way of recovery. On Tuesday last a young man named Thoma«, who arrived by the coach the day 1 - fore, bethought it advisable to have a baft, and he in company with two others s ripped, and entered the Clutha River, He was cautioned against venturing too far in the stream, when he replied “ I wouldn’t die'my father’s son if I couldn’t cross that river.” His impudence was rewar’ed by the forfeiture of his life. He was caught by the current, and his cries for help as he disappeared over the falls arc described as heart-rending in the extreme. Senior Constable M‘Gann has hoc r actively employed in searching the hanks of the river. The deceased was an entire stranger, and booked per-coach to Queenstown. It is rny melancholy duty to chronic’e the denize of Mr James Cos ar, who in days gone bye assisted many, and helped to pave the waj by means of which others rose. The only fault, if one existed, was a generous free lour that no cold medium knew. There are few men indeed who commanded greater respect. “ In the midst of life we are in death,” is a truism, and requires but little explanation. During tire past week David Roberts, of the Carrick, has passed to that long home from winch no traveller returns. Of him I may justly say Sit tibi terra JJcris. Mr Adam Spence has also ceased to adorn the festive hoard. A few weeks since it was ray melancbo'y duty to chronicle the demise of Mrs Spence, anl it is no pleasurable task to have to notice the death of Adam Spence. Ono death at the Gorge ; another at the Hospital ; still another in the person of Mr Crcssan. of Quartzville ; and the death of a stranger by drowning at Cromwell, the whole to have taken p'aco within the short space of a week, arc iucilents calcuVed to alarm even the silent, and stir our better instructive will.