The Dunstan Times. CLYDE FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1883.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1092, 4 May 1883, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1883.

Beneath tho vale of men entirely jusi The pen is mightier thar the BWOrd.

A case, the first one of the kind yet tried under the 143 rd Section of Licensing Act 1881, was heard before Major Keddell, R.M at Clyde, on Wednesday, and a conviction obtained. The section reads—- “ Every person found drunk in any highway or other public place, whether a building or not, or on any licensed premises (the italics are our own) may oe apprehended, amt on canviction shall be liable *o a penalty of no-, less than five shillings nor more than twintv for the first offence, amt in defau t, im rsonment.” The accused, referred to,was in a bedroom of the hotel at the time, yet he was apprehended. There were circumstances surrounding this case that made the arrest perfectly justifiable on the part of the police, as just prior to seeking shelter ho had acted in a manner fully warranting it. Those hibulously inclined will do well to bear the particular section in miud, as by it,the privacy ot their chamber is not secure against the arm of the law ; but we should hope, excepting in cases such as the one under notice, or where public decency is outraged, or the public safety is at stake that it will not be brought into operation. ' After tho sentence was passed on Massey, the late Town Clerk of Dunedin, for the larceny of Corporation water works debentures, and the discharge ot Mrs Massey, the latter who was in a very de« pressed state could not be got to leave tho dock for a long time. Mr MTntosh, the Rose-Diamond Wizard, intimates in another column that he will make his appearance at Alexandra this evening, and at Clyde to-morrow (Saturday) evening in a variety of characters, performing a nnmbe- of slight hand tricks—the Rope Tying Trick, a la Davenport Bros., and others equally clever and astounding. Mr MMutosh is highly spoken ol by the Press wherever he has appeared, and we anticipate a treat. A serious accident befel Mr James Davidson, of Blacks No. 3, on Monday afternoon last, when riding along Ida Valley, whereby one of his legs was broken in three places. It appears the horse ho was riding at the time suddenly fell on to its side, and crushing its unfortunate rider’s leg. Dr Hyde, of Ophir, was immediately sent for, and set the broken limb, and from what wo can learn the patient is getting on as well as can be expected. This is the second accident that has occurred in Ida Valley within the last month, the first one happening to Mr Thomas Blackwell, who had his collar-bone and shoulder badly smashed through the falling of his horse. This sufferer is also under tho bands nf Dr Hyde, ami is progressing favou i,-.lily.

Tuapeka Times says : —Up to the present time, no tidings of the man Coulter, of Campbelln, who has been missing for the last three or four weeks, has been gleaned. The Tapanai Courier has received legal notice of a libel action from a solicitor on behalf of some clergyman respecting a paragraph copied from the Bruce Herald in January last stating that a certain clergyman had been liquoring at a roadside hotel. To the remark by an Invercargill paper that a change of venue is likely to be asked for in the Wain case, the Chitha paper adds. prudent course, for it is an undoubted fact ■the public have lost all confidence in Dunedin juries.” The action for breach of promise to manry brought by Miss Hyland against Biggar, M.P. for Cavan, was tried lately before Lord Coleridge. Both parties were examined, and gave diff reut accounts of ■their acquaintance. Some parts of the ’ evidence were very amusing. Biggar denied having promised to marry, but jury found for the plaintiff, damages £4OO. The four'll of the Phoenix Park prisoners, named, Michael Fagan, has been foundguilty and sentenced to death. The prisoners no far tried are Brady, Curley, Kelly, and Fagan ; and in these all but Kelly, in whose case the jury have not yet agreed, have been condemned to death. The other- night when the 4.25 p.m. train from Dunedin was approaching a station between Balclutha and Clinton a solitary individual was observed standing upon the platform. The natural assumption was that the individual in question desired to travel by the tram, w?iich drew np at the platform. Imagine the horrified look of the guard when he was coolly asked for a copy of the Evening’s Star. J. M. Massey, ex-town clerk of Dunedin, was sentenced to three years’ penal servitude for the larceny of the Corporation ■debentures. Mr Justice Wiliams also decreed that the costs of the prosecution ■should he defrayed out of moneys found in Massey’s possession when arrested, which included a draft for L2OO. The Crown did not proceed with any indictment beyond the first one taken. Bonuses are offered by the Government ■of LSO per rent, on the Value realised for the first LIOU worth of cocoons of the silkworm produced in the Colony ; i 500 for the first L2OOO worth of manganese bronze ; L3OO for the first LISOO worth of marble •expo-ted for not lees than 9s per cubic foot ; LSOO for the first 250 tons of antimony; ■and LIOOO for the first 200 tons of iron blooms of marketable quality from local •ore. CorEson, who was dispenser at Tuapeka Hospital, and who died suddenly a few days a jo, had been (says the Tuapeka Times] in Ihe a my in the early part of his life, having a-.-rvrd as drum-major in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and had hern under Sir Garnet ’Wnlseleynlf the Red P.iver expedition. He was subsequently stationed at Gibraltar and Malta. After leaving the army he became connected with the Aylcsfonl Asylum, and su ; eloquently with the Christ’s and Foundling Hospitals. On arriving in this country 3i ■ had been for a short time in the Survey Department, from which lie receiv'd the appointment to the Hospital, chiefly on fhe recommendation of Captain Hutton, who formerly commanded a regiment in which he had served. Here is another prophecy- An old Latin inscription has been found in one of the v Huge churches near the Belgian and Prussian frontier bearing tLe’ following curious inscription “ When St. Mark will present the Pascal I .ami), when St. Anthony will be present at the Feast of Penticost, and St. John adore Christ at the ‘ Fete-Dieu,’ the world will be full of groans and tears." These chronological predictions answer exactly to the almanac of the year ISSG. At that period St. Mark’s Day (25th April) falls on Easter, St. Anthony’s (14th June) on Penticost day, and St. John’s (24th June) when t!ie Fete-Dieu is celebrated. The well known astrologer—Nostradamus—also predicted 'hat 1886 would be the worst year of th - century. Before fifty years are over, France will (says the Times), at her present slow rate of increase of population, have sunk, if not to the level of a second rate, at least to the bottom of the list of the Great Powers If we suppose that the population of the United States and of the various countries of Europe are decimated by no wars and exceptional maladies and still preserve their present frontiers aud go on increasing at the present rate of increase, their population will by the year 1932, a time which our children will see, he as follow -United States. 190,1'00,n00 ; Russia, 158.00b 000 ; Germany, 83,000,000 ; Great Britain. 63,000,000 ; Austria-Hungary, 44 0 0.0 ‘0 ; and Italy, 44,000,000. So that F'-anoe, which a century ago was really La Grand Motion having still the largest population in Europe, will he but the sixth in rank in point of numbor. A recent issue of the Australian Medical Gazette quotes from the Philadelphia '! edi cal Times and the Chicago Medical Journal statements in support of the use of alcohol as a cure for scarlatina and diphtheria. At a meeting of the Aoadamy of Medicine in Cincinnati, Dr Giles Mitchell reported 43 ■casts of scarlatina treated with large doses of alcohol, without a single death, the quantity given in some cases being enormous. To a patient two years old a half ounce, of Whiskey was given every hoiu for a number of days, without having other than a favourable effect, and without producing any symptoms of alcoholic intoxication. In the discussion which followed this statement, the good effects of the use of alcohol was atrihuted to its influence in preventing tissue-metamorphosis, to its value as food and to its antipyretic action. As a gurgle for diphtheria, alcohol has been used in the following proportions:—Alcohol, 60’0 solution of chinoline, 1 00 ; water, 500 0 ; pormeut oil, two drops’: .

The Daily Times says It may easily be understod that the habitual shedding of blood—even the blood of the lower animals does not tend to soften or refine the feelings, but it is a new doctrine that rabbiters and those employed in similar pursuits are to be regarded as actual or embryo criminals. Such is. however, substantially the argument of a gentleman who writes to tile Hobart Mercury regarding tho recent atrocious murders in Tasmania. Both Ogden and Sutherland have been rabbiters by occupation, and he quotes concerning them an extract from a report written by the late Mr James’Whyte (chief sheep ii • spector for Tasmania), and subsequently printed and laid upon the table of the ■House of assembly.'* It runs : “No greater fallacy could exist'than the idea that rab-bit-hunting, is a useful and desirable occupation for lads and young men. On the contrary, it is utter destruction to habits of steady and honest labour. 1 Aids who have been engaged in rabbit-hunting for a number of years are growing up unfitted for any steady industrious occupation. They become demoralised in every respect, and I believe the ultimate fate of very many of them will jbe. to fill pur gaols and penifen--tiariea, and not a few to find work for the hangman. This picture may appear to be an exaggerated one, but 1 venture to, say that if you appeal to any intelligent settler acquainted with the operation of rabbiting as affecting the moral status of the youths, engaged in it, my opinions will receive full confirmation.” The judgment of Mr Whyte has certainly been endorsed in the instance of the two miscreants mentioned above, but it would be interesting to pursue a broader calculation, and see whether or no such an idea be correct in the abstract. It was a night in one of the by-streets. There was no more moonshine than there is about this .par. Clouds obscured the st’rs. The streets were silent. Only a few festive oats relieved the solemn calm, and evoked missiles and blasphemy from sleep-robed cits. The policeman msved like a shadow along his lonely boat, pausing to scrutinise the windows and fan-lights of the hotels for a chance of a propitiatory drink. Suddenly the dread guardian of the peace paused near a veranhah and listened intently. Was it one or two burglars ? No ; for one was the figure of a well-known married lady, and she was clasped in the strong arms of a man. The kisses were fast and furious, earning, the ausceptable heart of the constable to palpitate violently. He crept closer, and caught the.words, littered in a soft tremulous voice, “ It will not be safe to come before 4 o'clock, dear 1” Then tho male iarson took one long pass : onate farewell kiss, wended h«s way to the nearest pub, emerged with a bottle, and sent, it by the hand of a boy to tho hdy who was waiting under the verandah. By the flickering light of the pa-i-lamp the constable recog nisei in the ;gay Lothario the lineaments of a prominent preacher of morality and pillar of godliness Such is life, dear boys.— Auckland Observer. The Mount Ida Chronicle's Serpentine correspondent says i—“ A ! ffairs are quiet here now, and little business is doing.— The Golden Link Company are getting out atone in fair quantities. The quartz, I understand, looks very promising.—I notice that the Deep Valley Company intends to make a fresh start. The Company has good prospects to start withj and I do not doubt but that it will turn very successful. —The Golden Belt Co. have not started putting in their tunnel yet. They are waiting the arrival of- a certain party from Dunedin, who are coming here with the object of inspecting the reef It is matter for surprise that this Company (the Golden Belt) are not prog -essiug as they might. They have first-class prospects before them, and in support of this assertion I might state that it. is only a few weeks since that a new shoot of cold on the surface was discovered. But it is no wonder they are so unlucky, considering the results of their trial-crushing of a few weeks since. 1 understand that more that one-third of the gold was left on the plates at tho time of washing-up. Over 30ozs were got from the plates a few days ago. The battery manager who would allow such a deplorable state of affairs to exist is—well, not up to much. I won’t say what he in reality is, but I know what 1 would do with him if 1 had my way in the matter. I hope that the next time he undertakes to manage a battery he will know more of his business than he at present does. - The Lake County correspondent of the Otago Daily Times forwards the following item r- “ A Hwag.sotat» .iesVingthe Crown Terrace Inst week took a bee line for the point where the .main Dunedin itaad crosses ill Swiftburn, and commenced his descent f om the Terrace into itbe-'eriick at a very prim nitons locality. At lirs't aB went 'veil, hut by-and-hye the descent became more and more difficult, and hands as well ns feet had to be brought into requisition. Presently it dawned upon the wayfarer tbit to return had become as dangerous as to proceed—when, lo 1 the weather-eaten rock gave-Jwny below his feet, and he slid down some distance, becoming j imbed in a c evice between two projecting j iws of reef. Here the luckless man' was held, by hia shoulders being jam bed in the crevice, as in a niche—susjsrmied between heaven and earth. Wah an-, nnscaleable wall above and a sheer precipice of seve al hundred f-ot below, escape was impossible, even had tho man been at,liberty- to move, for he had no support for his feet. In this position he had recourse to the only means left him—namely, to ‘ coo ee ’ for assistance. The r* admen engaged at the Swiftburn landslip heard the ‘ coo-ee,’ and at first paid no attention to it, but the continual cry appeared to some to ring with an agony which induced them to look for tho person from whom it proceeded. A little search revealed the m m and his dangerous position. Hopes, hiwever, being at hand, Mr Robert Phinn 1 lowered himself down over? the' precipice, 1 aud with his assistance the man extricated

himself from bis uneviable position. Thus the short cut to the Swiftburn had almost proved for him a abort cut to that ‘ bourne from whence no traveller returns,’ and some years henc*' a stray rabhiter might have discovered the skeleton of some unknown unfortunate." Byrne and Walsh, mentioned by Carey in connection wtb the Dublin murders, have keen arrested in Franc, but there appear to be difficulties in the way of their extradition. Political assassination does not come within the terms of existing extradition treaties No application has yet been made to the United States Government for the arrest' ot Sheridan. At Walsh’s quarters at Rochdale the police found a list of memhereof a secret society, correspondence with 'Byrne, and tho photograph of a man who they are confident is “ Ne. IThe lawyers are busy preparing for the great trial, which is to. -take place’ in April. Meanwhile Dttbljp is very tranquil.