The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1879.

Dunstan Times, Issue 876, 31 January 1879, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1879.

Beneath the rule of men entirely just the PEN is MIGHTIER than lilt SWORD.

We are requ> sted to intimate that a meeting of the Dunstan District Cricket Club will be held on Saturday evening next, at the Pavilion on the ground, and that all the members are invited to attend practice in the afternoon. We are informed that Mr Naylor has purchased a reaper and binder for his farm at Tiger Hill, and that he will have it at work during the coining harvest. Thu biats and other gearing for the new punt at Clyde have arrived on the ground, and are being put together. The timber for the staging and top rails have been obtained from the wreck of the Clyde Bridge. In about a fortnight the punt is expected to be at work. In the report of the meeting of the County Council in our last week’s issue Or. Coldough is reported to have proposed *• That the further consideration of erecting Clyde Bridge be left over till the several bridges in course of construction are completed it should have been until they are in course of construction.

On Sunday morning last between 9 ami 10 am , a most destructive lire took place at Opliir, resulting in the total ilestmcih n of MTntosh’s Blacks’ Hotel, ami the whole of the valuable contents. No definite particulars have readied us, but from what we can learn the lire originated from the kitchen stove, and it blowing half a hurricane at the time, befoic anything could be done, or an attempt ma le to save anything, the whole building was a mass of Haines, and within twenty minutes of the first alarm nothing remained of one of the most comfortable hotels on the gold-fields but a mass of charred remains. The property was covered by insurance to the extent of some few hundreds of pounds, but nothing like the loss sustained. Great sympathy is expressed for Mr and Mrs ftlTutosh in their trouble.

A marriage took place on Wednesday last that will long be remembered in Clyde. Wo refer to that of Miss Hastin with Mr Charles Shaw, late Station Manager at Earnscleugh. The ceremony took place in St Michael's Church, the officiating minister being the I!ev. John Dewe. The chinch was so crowded that there was, to use a homely expression, "scarcely standing room and Mr Stevens, always ready to lend a helping hand, rendered good service at the harmonium—which might fairly bo termed an organ under his practised hand. The service was impressive, and to ns seemcl unusually so. At the conclusion the organ pealed forth tiiumphant notes, and as the wedded pair went forth from the chinch they conhl not he greeted more j -yously than the harmonious notes that followed them. At the Parsonage Mr Dewe and his wife reicived the young couple and the few intimate friends that were invited—space forbade more general invitations, as it was, indeed, there was but little room to spare. A goodly repast was prepared, the conventional wedding cake a loaned the table, and the usual toasts were drank and responded to in the " old old way," ami this was done in honor of a young woman who was ihscivedly appreciated. The fact alone of her entertainers filling the position they do, testifying in this manner to her excellence and worth, shows the esteem with which she was regarded, and redounds to their credit as much as it docs to her's. She was quire a child when she came to Clyde—it might ho said that she was horn here—and therefore, well known to every inhabitant of our small community ; possessing talents of no ordinary kind, and the possessor of a voicthat channe 1 all hearers she exerted this voice for flu public good. The chinch choir will n i-s her—the surrounding district will also miss her, for no benefit, whether for school, hospital, or other worthy and noble object war inaugurated without her name appearing—whether it was t.lyde, Cromwell, Alexandra, Blacks ; nay, even including the euphonious names of Tinkers, Dryhread, and Baht Hill Flat—she was always ready to lend her aid, and it must he sai 1, a powerful aid, for her voice-was the attraction that drew many persons who otherwise would not have attended. " c believe a public movement is on font to give substantial testimony to this general feeling, and we hope it will he one that will do credit to ourselves, and le worthy the lady, who well deserves a public recognition tor services that should never ho forgotten. Holloway's Pills. -Safe, yet Directive. —Xn other Medicine combines the same purifying, alterative, and tonic propci ties, whichhave raised these Pills so highly in the estimation of the public. In diseases arising fom unhealthy situations, closeaparlnn nts, sedentary occupations, no means so potent for cooling, cleansing, ami regulating the human body can be found. Holloway's Pills wonderfully improve a weak di;os!i n by augmenting the gastric secretion and mod ra'ely ron-ing the function of the live", hence their well-known power of removing tainted breath, an I reined ting every other dyspeptic unpleasantness. They entirely overcone the lethargic symptoms attending had digestion, ami have for y«rs been esteemed the best and safest family mier ent. Th y am artienlarly suitable f.r young females and children,

An amusing instance of the absurdity of the employment of the pronoun “ we” hy lawyers when speaking of their clients occurred, says the Post, at the Resident Magistrate’ Court, during the hearing of an action lor breach of agreement. MrMansford having inquired what the defence to the case was, MrOllivier naively replied : “ We deny that there was any writing actually signed by us, we say that we were in a state ot intoxication at the time, and we are not hound by it.” Valuable Discovery for the Hair.— If your hair is turning grey or white, or falling off, use the Mexican Hair I'enewer,” for it wi I positively restore. In every case Grey or White hair to its original color, without leaving the disagreeable smell of most “ Restorers.” It makes the hair charmingly’ beautiful, as well as promoting the growth of the hair on bald spots, where the glands are not decayed. Ask your Chemist for “The Mexican Hair Renewer,” preparol by Henry C Gallup, 493 Oxfoidstreet, London, and sold by Chemists Perfumers everywhere, at 3s Oil per bottle. '