The Dunstan Times. CLYDE FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1884.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1141, 14 March 1884, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1884.

Beneath the rule of men entirely jusi, The pen is mightier that the sword.

Mr Macgeorge, Vincent County Engineer, accompanied by Mr Forrest, travelsed the line of road to the Waikaia Bush on Wednesday last. We are unable to give Mr Macgeorge’s estimate of the cost of the road, but we understand he is considerably b'dow that of Mr Gordon’s. Mr Macgeorge ( s report will belaid before the County Council on Wednesday, the 25th ingt. Lovers of a good day’s sport should in the programme advertised by the Black’s Sports Committee for Monday next, St. Patrick’s Day, find something suited to their taste and fancy. The prizes are very liberal and well wor hj contesting. At Alexandra, the attraction is to be shooting ala Bogardus at glass balls, sprung from traps, animus there are a great numb, rof shootists in the distiicc, we shall ex pi ct to hear of great competition for the prizes offered.

A two roomed dwelling, together with conten s, at the Downs, St Bat bans, the proper!v of Mr Andrew Tierney, farmer was destroyed by fire on Wednesday, ihe 12th insr. The house and contents were insured tor LIOO, but. property to the value of 1,250 was destroyed. The fire is gyp posed to have been accidental, but an •inquest will be held. The cricket match commenced last Saturday will bn continued tomorrow, wickets will he pitched at 2. Holp.ni., players will piease be in attendance sharp. Accordin'to all reports the Ounediustock markets are declining, cattle and sheep steadily falling in price. Be f is now quoted at 20s per 1001b ; and mutton at 2J per lb. The ruling [n ice for some weesk previous was 22s 6d and 3d respectively. About 4 o’clock on Monday morning last, a large ball of fire was seen to traverse the heavens in a north and south direction, passing very near Clyde, and when immediately over Earnaclettgh Flat it burst with a loud noise. AMr Delaney, who is visiting the town saw it, and a great many who were in bed at the time distinctly heard the explosion. Mr Fache draws attention to the sale of coal mining lease, residence area, house, horses, dray, etc., etc., at Cromwell, tomorrow, the 15th inst.

The weather still keeps most unsettled, no two days in succession being alike. A wet and cold day, followed either by a blazing hot one, or a tierce drying windy day The harvest, through the vagaries of the weather promised everything but well, bu' as the season advances, and it gets worse instead of better, the very worst possible results are feared. A great deal of the crops, though cut. are still in the fie'H, and the changeable weather gives but little hope of it being led into stack. There are some few odd patches in one part or other of the district that may he considered good, hut the in jority is spoken of as being very indifferent. The market, however is rising, this will to an ex.cut lighten the burden of the farmers. Attention is directed to tire unreserved sale of furnitme and effects at Clyde, on Wednesday next, rho 19th hist., the property of Mr Snthe land, who is changing his location from Clyde to Palmerston. Another change has been effected in the drivers of Craig and Co.’s Nasehy litre of coaches. Mr M’.Swxu relieves Mr Sutherland between Clyde ami Naseby, and Mr Sutherland takes the nine for so many years held by Mr Cook between Naseby and Palmerston, who we learn is leaving the cm doy. Mr Sutherland, since he has had ch irge of ihe Clyde end of the line, by his courteous civility, carefulness, and regularity, has won for himself the goo I opinion and esteem of all with whom he came in contact, and whilst regretting his removal, cannot hut congratulate him, as the move means preferment with increased remuneration, Mr M’S wan is not unknown to ns ns a steady and respectabloyoung man, and wi think we are safe in saying that the travelling public will he qni'e safe under his charge. Wells’ “ Rniron on Corns.”— Ask for Wells’ “ Hough on Corns ” Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. Moses Moss and Co., Sydney,' General Agents,. -w. -,

An anecdote (lays the Morning Herald) which will he read with interest oy cricketers has been furnished to n«. It appears that on Saturday owning last, just as Hendly was in the act of clearing the cricketing material off the Oval, there walked up to him a tall, well dressed,_ gentlemanly person and asked him if he would'not mind bowling him half-a-dozen balls. Hendly at once agreed, and, being in what he termed good form, he gave him some stinger -. Wondering how it was that he did not sucooed in taking the stranger's stumps, Hendly pat on more pace; then tried spinners, then twisters, but all to no purpose, the new comer coolly cut them, chopped them, or drove them all over the field at hi own sweet wi’.l. Hendly not only feelins annoyed, but crest-fallen, was determined to ascertain the name of this mysterious stranger. He boldly walked up to him and Slid, “Beg your pardon, sir; might I aak waat your name is” to which the at-angpr replied, “Bligb.” Hendly said, “What | not the Hon, Ivo Bligh?” The stranger answered, “Yes; it is the same.” The consternation of Hendly when he heard the announcement may be imagined by those who know him. His confusion was increased by the chaffing he received from some small hoys who witnessed his herculean although futile attempts to bowl out the much, esteemed captain of the late English Eleven which visited Australia. The Herald's correspondent at Hokianga reports that one of his dugs had hydrophobia, and on making the discovery he killed it. The symptoms were unnatural protrusion of the eyes and foaming at the mouth. Charles Goddard, a seaman, was committed for trial at Timarn on March 6, on a charge of larceny as a bailee of L 5 and LI. He was asked ly the landlord of an hotel to get some notes changed. Instead, he got his bag, booked it for Lyttelton, and went off by the Sonth express to Oamaru. The police could not trace him, but kept an eye on the bag. and a week or so later he sent to Lyttelton for the bag to be sent to Oamaru. When he applied for it at the railway station he found he had not been so clever as he imagined, as a constable was waiting for him. A telegram from Sydney in the Argus of February 21, says Some amusement was caused in the vicinity of the Assembly last night by the conduct of a lady whose feelings had recently been deeply woun ed by the treatment her bus' and had received at the hands of a certain member of the House. Armed with a horsewhip, she walked for an hour about the precnics of the Assembly in the expectation of meeting the member in question, in order to administer a thrashing, bur, as he did not venture out of the chamber nothing came of the atf iir. ’ The Irish correspondent to the London Times writes as follows:—“An instance was afforded in cur local courts of the evils brought upon Irishmen in hngtand l>y the action of the dynamite party. A naval pensioner named M‘Mahon was processe I by two credito-s for small sums due for necesa tries. The defendant admitted his liability, but applied to the court for time. He stated that for some years he had good employment in the Loudon Docks, but that he, with 400 other Irishmen, was discharged from there last year in constqm nco of the dynamite outrages. Siuoe re urtiing to this country he could get no employment. The Recorder, in granting time for the pays meat of the debts, said the people of this country could from instances li., e this see the irreparable evils inflicted on it by the conduct of a certain class.”

The Melbourne Argus of a recent issue states that His Honour Judge French delivered judgement at the Ballarat County Court in the case of Trimmings v. Guerin, governor of the Ballarat Gaol, in which the plaintiff, a blacksmith, sued the defendant’ for Ll9 damages fo assault and false imprisonment for one night. The judge held that in view of the protests made by the plaintiff—to the effect that he was not the man mentioned in the remand warrant—it was the duty of the gaoler to satisfy himself as to the identity of the prisoner, or to refuse to take him into custody. His Honour also pointed out the anomalous position of gaolers and look-up keepers under the existing state of the law, and thought immediate legislation was necessary. A verdict was given for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed, costs to be taxed within ten days. Trimmings is a blacksmith, residing at D.ml) ola, and was charged with wife desertion. Ho has commenced an action against the pol ce constable who arrested him on suspision of being a man named Frederica Martin.

According to the arrangements made at the meetings convened by Mr Miles, the rabbit inspector, of land owners in various centres of the district the Ist of Anril was the day fixed upon to commence “ The slaughter of the innocents'' bunny. From what we can see, and we have of late been pretty well from end to end of the district, indeed, unless it be the desire that the piratical little rodent should obtain a complete mastery, the slaughter should commence right at oute. We do not question the policy of deferring the ..attack until it could be made simultaneously by one an I all, small and great, throughout the district, yet we cannot but think the time fixed upon, extended too far into th- season. However, what cannot be cure' * must be endured, hut we realiy do trust that when the time arrives, the Inspector and his assistants will see that the wo k of destruction, we cannot hope for extermination, will be carried on in earnest. We notice a good deal of grain being carted about the district wo imagine this is for the special attention of the pest.

(teorge Duncan, stewaid of the Sarah Hunt who.was arrested on the arrival of the Wairorapa from Lyttelton as a stowaway, sai l be came to Wellington to try ami see the. Ameticm C'onuil, as he had serious charges to-prefer against the captain of the Sarah lluiftw He was fined £5. .

A report has been sent to the Minister of Mines, Victoria by Mr. Hook, forestry in charge of the state forest at Feroshaw, in Which it is stated that from a gum-tree recently felled at Muddy Creek 15,15n good Sft. palings were obtained. The diameler of the tree measured at a height of 18ft. from the ground, was sft Sin. Twenty-six lengths of splits, sft in h-ngth, were obtained, and what Mr Hook terms the “head” of the tree was about 176 ft from the ground, while the total height was 823 ft.. Three men were occupied for four weeks in cutting tip the tree, snd the result of their labour would be worth about £IOO in Melbourne. M At the instance of the Fenian Brotherhood a meeting, attended by about 150 Irishmen of the “ dynamite school” was held in New York, on December 17, to exs press their sentiments on O’Donnell’s exeontion, 'they were (says the correspondent of the Daily News) the worst specimens of their class. Resolutions were adopted condemning the indecent haste in the exeontion, the conduct of Mr Justice Denman in the trial, and the insult to the American people in denying the request for a respite. Speeches of the most incendiary character were made by O’Donovan Eossa and others, Robert Blissert said : “For every O’Don! nel who is murdered let a hundred British officials die. It is the duty 0 f every Irish citizen of every country to kill the representativea of England wherever found. It is a burning shame that Irishmen should ho starving, with dynamite only 62 cents a pound. The holiest incense to heaven now would be the smoke of burning London May God bless the men who killed Burke and Cavendish, Let us give 10,000 10l to to every man who kills a Carey. I’ll give lOdol to start a fund to reward the man who will pnt away that vile semblance of man, Henman.” There is (writes a Home Paper) a new portent for the flockmaste. s of the Highlands It is the rapid development of the New Zealand wool trade, the bearing of which on the black-faced and the Cheviot clips is already obvious, Scotch-bred wool is so much out of favor with Ihe manufacturers as to be nearly unremunerative. It is feared that in consequence of the enterprise of the shipping companies in London, who are fetching over from New Zealand the superiot fleeces that are bred there, it will ere long be entirely so. At present, however, the flock inaste- s are safe when in the flesh m irk t. Yer, if mutton comes down in price, the very worse will have happened to the Highlands of Scotland. In former days romantic incidents at the Bar were more common than now, an I a single cause celehre cleverly managed often brought an able counsel into note- Copley 1 owed bis start to what we might call a puce of clever professional chicanery- He had been retained for the defence of one of the Luddites. The prisoner was indicted as being in the employment of certain “ proprietors of a silk and cotton-lace manufactory.” Copley challenged the indictment on the ground that it implied a manufactory of mixed silk and cotton, whereas the contrary ought to have been made clear oy interpolating an “of” before the ward “cotton ” The o' jeoti.in was admitted, the prisoner escaped, and his counsel was nearly being carried in triumph on the shoulders of a ragged and sympathetic mob.—“A Life of Lord Lyndhnrst.” AJfew years ago, Punch, alluding to <hfl cosmopolitan natnie of the sons of the Emerald Isle, stated that an Irishman would be found sitting on the top of the South Pole enjoying himeelf in smoking out of his favourite dhude n. The able correspondent of the London Standard with Baker Pacha’ 3 army at Souakiu, December 26th, writes thus “In Afghanistan, the Indian sowars could hardly contain their delight as our troops entered the town. The advent at Souakin of the numerous British men-of-war is producing on those here a similar effect Amongst the crowd were not many soldiers! for these were all on parade, awaiting the inspection of Sartorious Pacha. Meeting, however, a somewhat fine looking Turkish mooted officer, c'ad in fez, Stamboulic tonic, and boots. I instructed my interpreter to ask him in Arabic some directions as to our road. The answer was given with a gracious smile in good Tipperary-English, and we at once understood that we had met one of the English non-commissioned officers, whom Biker Pasha has enrolled in the gendarmerie in Oriental gnise. This gallant Tipperary Irishman would not allow ns to part without having a glass of real Dublin whiskey, and drinking to the toast of “God savs Ireland. These old people whose blood has become thm and steps feeb eare praising Hop Bitters for the good they have done them. 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