The Dunstan Times. CLYDE FRIDAY, FEB. 15, 1884.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1137, 15 February 1884, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE FRIDAY, FEB. 15, 1884.

Beneath the rate of men entirely Jus* The pen le mightier that the sword.

is further, prorogued till 7th April. Attention is directed to th.e sale by auction on Saturuay the 23rd inat., of honsehold furniture and effects/ the property of Mr W. Henry, postmaster,, Clyde,, who is leaving the district. “The Acting Under Secretary ofthe Department of Justice, Mr C. J. A. Haielden , inhia official tour of the Goldfields, arrived at Clyde on Wednesday evening. On Thursday ho visited Alexandra, returning to Clyde the same evening, and on Friday morning left by mail ooaoh for Naeeby.

Vat an exciting race for- a quartr o'aim pn the Old Man reefa, tool place <m Monday lufc From what ofO ; o*n glean of the facte, ;a party of Clyde waidente marked out a claim oh Saturday; tome time, afterwards a party resident on the reefa marked out a portion of the same * nd on assumption that the Clyde from the fact of them having the Warden’s Office at their very doors, would be in no particular hurry on the Monday morning to lodge the application, and with the view of being first'on the ground with .their own application, made an early alart from the reefs On Monday morning, arrived at the Warden’s Office ]n»t as it was opened, lodged their application, and retraced their steps back again to the reef to complete the formnlar by posting the application on the ground. After the laps* of nearly an hour, the Clyde party interviewed the Warden’s Office, and to their chagrin leant d that they had been forstalled, then raised tho cry to horse, end and one whole skinned valiant was seen astride his fiery steed, snd away on the trail,:mile after mile till about ten were covered, when the leader. was, overtaken and a jparley ensued, hut rein was not pulled or speed slackened. Both horse and «n«n were now getting blown, and about 4 miles further to to / covers L Here the leader pulled off the track Into the gate of a friendly farmer as if beaten ; but not so. In a few short minutes'ha was again ast ride a freiih horse, and away for the goal of his ambition, now passing his competitor easily, and reached the ground first. No. 2 not to he outdone, sled reached the ground, and iheti dispirited turned his- head homewards, again, which he reached after a ride of:n<Carly:4o miles,-but wa are afraid,'. by auto-client lamentations, not quits so «onnd as wh»n he ' started. In ,due cqmie , both applications will be heard by the Warden, who will have 7 to decide which of the parties ia to ho rewarded for hia daring ride. ■ The existence of a Chinese leprosy ease ,at Riverton is creating quite a scare,in that place. The latest news is that the body of the poor unfortunate was found hanging by the neck quite dead in the hut he was located in. ■ Wo Save rectived -from Meters Stewart, Dawson,-and.Co., watch manufacturer*, of Sydnev; New South Wales, and ,U'erpool, England, one of their illustrated pamphlets, which is ,we)l worthy of inspection. For general information We have placed it on the table of the public library. Regarding the watches,";we‘have heard two of the parties who.’now have them speak’ very highly of them. »» time keepers .and lie . cheapest watchet they ever hadl .. . L Out of the insignificant sum of JL39 000 originally applied for. by. the Brnee County Council under “ The .RpaiU and Brides* Construction ...Act,” the .Government have granted the, no less handsome sum than UilMV.f which LSOO is,bo specially applied* i i the oijnstrnptiph of a, bridge, aud as of the remaining 1,939,•, the aura of L7BO has bien expended in drawing plans and specifi-' hations„;Ac.,' 'titto Council, will h.wo the herculean task ofspending the balance 1.120. ’ At the meeting of-the Council held, on the sth lost.,.'a motion'very*near skin to one of • ‘censure on the Government waa passed’. ll r’ - ; V: ’ * On tho question of the survey of the W*ikaia Bush road coining lief re the'Tuspeka County Council, the, following . proposition was carried,“ That this Council' being enable at present to give’‘the services of their Engineer to survey the Waikaia Bush piad, is prepared to endorse e report in favor of tho expenditure of L2OOO voted by Parliament last session for the construction of the road.” i The intercolonial cricket match,totw«en , Sydney and Victoria, resulted in a victory for the former by 185 runs. Ten mongooses, out of 11 recently shipped from Calcutta', arrive,!, at, Blenheim this week. The animals, which will form the nucleus of a breeding establishment, are for Mr F. Richmond, of Richmond Brook. The first contest this season between the Blacks and Clj de Cricket Club* will be played on the ground of the former to. morrow, wickets to be pitched at 10 a.m. It is well that everybody should be aware of (he fact that counterfeit L 5 notes of both the Union Bank and tho National Bank of New Zealand are in circulation. A Post Office has been opened at the Gimmerburn. ' ■ , In tho case of William Pearce, who was found guilty of the murder of bis psrsmonr at the last sittings of 'the Criminal Const at Dunedin, the sentence of death has been commuted to imprisonment for life A weddjng party consisting of 30 persons ha* been drowned in the river Thesis, Hnn* eary-. The intercolonial cricket match’ be’ween Tasmania and Canterbury resulted in a victory forth* latter after a very exciting game by one wicket. The scores were—Tasmania, 226 and 126; Canterbury, 203 and 149'(for nine wickets). The Rev. J. Lothian will, he’d Divine Service on Sunday at Alexandra, at 11.30 a.m., and 7 p.m ; nnd Clyde'at 3p.in. , The cricket match between .the Vincent and Maniototo cnnntiis, which was to have been played to-morrow, has fallen through in consequence of no satisfactory arrange ments being arrived at as to where the match should be .played, Maniototo declining to play anywhere but St. Bathans or Naseby. The. representatives of Vincent thinking this was to far, as the majority of the county matches have been played in Maniototo. county, declined to proceed further than Blacks, so the match has fallen thr ugb for the present. • The Buninyong Bench of Magistrates committed Sergeant Simon O’Neilland ionstable Slater for trial at tbe B dlacet assises, on ths charge of unlawfully assaulting snd inflicting grievous bobily barm, on Nathani el M’Grath, oapUin of thtelocAl Jfire. Brigade.

The fdllowing bit of cheek is reported by the WaWarapa Daily of a recent issue i—- ** As the Premier was leaving the Club .Hotel be hetrd a load voice call, '•‘ Well, good-bye,’ in patronising accents. Turning ronnd, he found that he was addressed by a remarkably nnkempt and seedy looking individual, seated on the hotel verandah. Gilbert Prior, the man who bad wafted ihe farewell to the Major, then explained the byeetanders that the Premier waa servant of the people and should be el dressed as jtnch It was, however, fortunate for Pijnr that no cocitable was in tho immediate vicinity to tone down the majesty of the people, which when disguised in liquor, is apt to be offensive,” A horeih!a crime has been committed at Madeleine, in the vicinity of Lille. The assassin ia a young man named Masquelin, the son of a woman who kept a wine shop ia the Rue Jeanne Maillatte, One night, at half-past seven, several persons passing by the shop, which was closed, heard Masquelin crying, “This time I have got at you.” About 11 the neighbourhood was aroused by cries of “ Help, help, tney are killing my mother !” This was Masquelin, who was knocking at all the doors and arousing all the people. Masquelin stated that robbers had entered the shop, that he had hilled one, but that the others were killing his mother. On s veral entering the shop they found the poor woman dead on the floor, her tongue having been cut out. The police arrested Masquelin at once, who was’known to have often ill-treated bis mother; He subsequently confessed bis crime, giving revolting details of the dig. colly he had to oat out the poor woman’s ongne. ’ . Ouo of the moat extraordinary eases of trance ever recorded ‘in Scotland came’ to a crisis in the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, recently, when .a. patient. named Mrs Maciunes awakened from twenty-two weeks sleep. She ia the wifeofa post-runner at Moidart, and after givnig birth to a child became unconscious, and remained so. At the end of seven weeks, on August 1, she was removed to the Western Infirmary, but here all the ekill that could be brought to bear failed to rouse hei from her trance, and the only thing that could be done was to sustain vitality by means of the stomachpump apparatus. All hope of her ultimate recovery had been abandoned, but one day she suddenly sat up in bed, opened her eyes, and uttered an exclamation of astonishment.. It was believed that ehe would recover. An extraordinary affair was investigated on November 29 last by the Coroner for Stroud (says a Home paper). An aged couple,named Smith resided in a cottage at Kitseombe, and ■ were in receipt of parish relief- On Wednesday evening the, bouse was found to be,, locked, and con a neighbour forcing an entrance the old man, aged 71, was found dead in a corner of the bedroom, bruised and battered, with a broom and crutch at his feat. The wopian waa found at the foot of the stairs, terribly bruised, audio a dying state, and her beath ensued the next morning. It ia inferred that the woman bad killed the man, andthat her death resulted from,the woun ’s ho .had inflicted upon her. The inqaest waa ad journal. ■