CLYDE, FRIDAY, APRIL 3. 1885.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1205, 3 April 1885, Page 2

CLYDE, FRIDAY, APRIL 3. 1885.

The Burgess List of the Borough of Alex • audra is aoW open for inspection at the Conhcil Chambers, Alexandra.

At the nomination of candidates for Earnsoleugh Riding in the Vincent County Council on Tuesday last, there was no opposition to Mr John Butler, who is consequently elected. - •

The dread enemy has this week again claimed a victim in the person of Mrs Mdlr-ard, of the White Horse HoteL The deceased has for a long time past been in delicate health; her death, accordingly, was no great surprise to her family and friends. We understand that the body of the deceased lady is to be interred this (Good Friday) afternoon in the Clyde Cemetery by the side of her deceased husband, and as both Mr and Mrs Millward in life were highly esteemnd and respeotid by all with whom they cams in contact, we may anticipate that many will attend to pay the las* tribute of respect to the 1 deceased.' ■

The return m itch'bet wean the Cromwell and Clyde cricket clubs will be played on the formerV -Ekatier Monday.' The j* J Hwaist of the followingHargraves, Hogan, KeeV, McConnochie, Morrison, Keddell, Stevens, Simmonds, Holden, Shaw, and Thomson. At the la«t moment arrangements are concluded for the playing ot the match Miniototo v. Vincent County,at Blacks, tomorrow. The following will represent Vinont County Thomson, Stevens, Simman.la, McConnochie, Hogan, Hyde, Ryan, Fergusson, Bu/ren, Laidlaw, and Pitches. Manintoto (probable); Garvey, McDonald, Sbiw, Blair, McHutcbiaon, Morgan, Burris, Hogan, Collins, McCarthy, Sams. A marvellous escape from a fatal accident is reported by the Adelaide papers. As the 11.15 p.m t'aiu f.o n the Semaphors was approaching thi ■■ Exar station a drunken man stepped before tho engine and was knocked down. Taa driver brought tho train to a stanistili, and the man wn found lying a short dihfuncs from the last, carriage ■uninjured. -rl • lr-vl fallen between the rails and the tram bid passed over him without injuring him, not even breaking a battle of 4 le which he had.pat in his pocket.

The attention of of speculators in hotel properties is icvited to the ssle of the White Hsrt Hotel, Ciomwell, to-morrow. Mr Focbe, Auctioneer. The Hon,. Mr Lirnach, Minister of Mines, arrived in Clyde via Cromwell last evening at 7-30 p.m., accompanied by Vincent Pyke, M.H.fi. After dining, a deputation waited on the Minister, but it was decided to defer the consideration of any questions till this morning at 9 a.m. in the County Offices. Oh enquiring as to the future movements of Mr Laruaoh, wo wen info- med that after receiving the deputations, a move w -oi l bn male for the Blacks district, taking Tinkers by the why and staying for the night at Ophir. On the following day, Saturday, it is pros posed to push on for Cambrians and Vinegar Hill. halting for the night at St Balkans. On Sunday the road is to bo taken again and Nasehy reached. Monday wonld be occupied entirely at Hasoby, and on Tuesday the 'return journey will bo ma In to Ophir, ' calling in by the way at the Rough Ridge reefs. On Wednesday about noon Alexandra will be reached, and in the afternoon' the party push on to Bald Hill Flat, where they stay the night, after visiting Wuite’s and other reefs on the Old Man slope. Thursday will be spent in reaching Roxburgh; Friday to Lawrence; and it is anticipated returning to Dunedin on Saturday evening, thus making a tonr of the whole of the Central Otago Goldfields, as well as Tnapeka, in the short space of eight days. The Waipawacorrespondentof the Napier TeUgraph says: —“A singular question has been raised in relation to the licensing laws, and is now under consideration by the legal advisers of the Crown. A wellknown Napier biewer opened a depot in the Seventy-Mile Bash, and he maintains that he can supply his productions where and to whom he likes without consulting any Licensing Committee or anybody else,. lieing a licensed brewer and having paid duty on his beer as well. It .is said be is doing quite a trade in full view of the police.”

A me licit mars at Hobart has been boycotted, under circumstances which are thus stated by the Aye's correspond in tln August, I°B3, Dr Smart was attending a iady who died in childbed. At the inquest which was held he gave evidence inculpating oue at' the nurses {rum the Home who was attending her, and in consequence of this a nurse from the Home has been persistently refused in every case where Dr Smart has been the medical attendant. Naturally enough. Dr Smart complains that the effect of this is to cast a slur upon bis professional reputation and injure his practice. In the reply from the Committee of Management the charge of boycotting is not denied, but a defence is setup which virtually amounts to a charge against Dr Smart of having neglected, his patient at a critical time and giving .false- evidence at That Dr Smart avill rest quietly under such serious imputations as these is very improbable, and we have .tbqr.efore all .the materials, of a very pretty little qn irrel, the settlement of which -will not improbably furnish some congenial occupation to the gentleman of the long robe. In the (souse of the demolishing of a., block'of old buildings in Fetter la-ie, Irmdmi. an interesting disc ivery has been made. It appears, according to local tradition, that some fifty years ago a famous ratter of the feline tribe was seen in chase after a formidable looking rat Before the hunt had lasted many minutes, however, pussy and her prey suddenly disappeared from view imo a crevice of a wall. In demolishing this same structure the workmen were surprised to find, fixed between the masonry, the fossilised remains of the pair, which wer**, curious to say, almost in perfect condition, The cat was found with Jits prey held tightly between its forepaws.

, An interesting medical'case was heard before Mr Beetham at Christchurch the other day. In January, 1884, Dr Russell, assisted by four other doctors, successfully “ tapped” a woman who had been suffering for five years and could get no relief in the Wellington or Christchurch hospitals, and removed from her abdomen a tumor weigh* ing 16lb and other matter, weighing altogether Is>. Dr Blakewell described the operation as the gravest that could be per formed on a hum n being, and was specially so in this instance, considering the largeness of the tumor received. For a similar case in England a fee of 100 guineas would have been charged A charge of L 57 was now made by Dr Russell. The defence was that the doctor had. agreed to give his pro? fessional services free. Mr Beetham said he had no hesitation in giving his decision. It was impossible, on the face of the evidence that had been offered, f.ir him to come to any other conclusion than that an arrangement had been made by Dr Russell to perform the operation free of charge if the incidental expenoes were paid. . No doubt the defendant was greatly indebted to Dr Russell for relieving his wife of this disease, but in the face of. the evidence he could adopt no other course but give judgment for defendant.

In an article upon Sir Julius Vogel’s Christchurch speech the fimaru Herald writes :—“ In reference to the local government question, upon which public cariosity has been so rife, Sir Julius made a tremendous disclosure. It was that Mr Stout is ‘ bringing the districts into homogeneous relations,’ while to him (Sir Julius) is relocated * the financial position of the various local bodies in the futnre, and the responsibilities which thn’e bodies should be called upon to discharge ! * Such a burst of confid cure is really overpowering, and wo wonder how Sir Julius could have been so indiscreet. After this extremely full and lucid explanation of the Government policy, we hope the country will now remain satisfied, and will not worry tho Ministry with any further inquisitive questions as to what they intend to do in the nubtir.”

William Facer, a tramp, was apprehended by the Leiceiter police recently on a charge of drunkenness, he having been found' by a policeman climbing a lamppost to get a drink. He was, when sea>-ohed, fpnqd to be tattooed from his shoulders to Bis feet; the police description of his marks being Letter D and ship ‘ on breast, together with a house, p geons, anchor and chain, haj stack,, fishes and trees, aran drivings sheep, a pig, the Union Jack, the Prince of Wales’s feathers, an anchor, twoinsoriptions, “ Love me and leave me not ” (Shakespeare), and a gravestone to “ The memory of all I love,” a Highland girl dancing, a Highland soldier and another soldier wearing a red coat, cross flags and bayonet, dram and sticks, a pile of shot, W, F., a gun, another gun and crossed flags, crossed pipes, and a jug and glass; on the right arm an ensign, sailors, a ship, a cross and a large fish, a sailor with crossed flags, and “ Charlotte ” in capital letters ; on the left arm a policeman taking a man into custody, and Faith, Mope, and Chanty; on the.left leg a man ;on the right leg a' woman and a flag. Be was fined lOs and costs, dr seven ■ days' hard labour.

What is very fitly described as an “ ex* citing scene ” took place ■ one day in the infirmary ward of Duhgarvan Workhouse, where at seven o’clock in the evening, a powerful young woman,named Farrell,after pacing np and down the room “like a tigress,” made a general attack on the other women, who fled in terror. She then seized her own little girl by the legs, and held it firmly, with its face upon the fire. The master of the workhouse came to the rescue, and Fartell, after vainly attempting to fix her teeth in his throat, hurled a heavy coal box at bis head, which struck him on the arm and partly disabled, him. Two male inmates were 1 now fetched, and there was a desperate straggle for some time, daring which Farrel bit all round, injuring two of the nurses. Her child was most seriously burned. The medical officer had certified her to be a dangerous lunatic; and the master had taken her before the magistrates to obtain an order for her committal to the county asylum. These worthies, however, were so struck with the self-possession of Farrell, and the coherency and accuracy of her answers to their questions, that they aljourned the case for a week, to she how sne got on. How she got on she showed that evening in the manner described above.

A case was adjudicated upon in the R. M. Conrt, Wellington, which deserves to have wide publicity, as it affords an illustration of the fact that lawyers are not so black as they are painted, and that there are some who will not degrade themselves by accepting a fee from dirty hands. Mr Devine appeared for one Emanuel Henry Goldsmith who sued Alfred King for the amount of a promissory not drawn by de. fendant in favor of a retired tradesman and acquired by: plaintiff. It transpired in evidence : that plaintiff was in the habit of purchasing bills ; it was his business, It was also shown that the action resulted from bad feeling between the two parties. Judgment was entered for the p’aintiff, but his counsel declined to claim the usual solicitor's fee. The lawyer was undoubtedly entitled to bis fee, but in refusing it he did what any roan of whether lawyer or otherwise, could not fail to have don p under the circumstances. Let ns hope that be,either did, or will, succeed in getting a substantial quid pro quo from his client.

A somewhat “smart” trick (aays th e Press) was plaved by a Customs officer in the Supreme Court at Wellington, during the hearing of the case of Littlejohn v. Mulligan, when it came out in evidence that Mr Mulligan, when he landed in New Zealand, was wearing a certain watch as personal property. After landing he disposed of the watch. A Mr Hart, who was in Court at the" time immediately made a claim on behalf of the Customs for the watch to be handed to him in default of duty. His Honor did not quite see the point, but it was mutually agreed that the watch should. remain in the custody of the Registrar until it was decided whether or not duty was payable upon it. Drowsiness, biliousness, pains and aches, and ague. Hop Bitters always cures if made by American Co. Read.

A determined attempt was made to stick up the Australian' Joint Stock Bank at Coonamble, in New South Wales; recently. About 2 o’clock in the monjing Mr Stokes, the.manager,. while in bed, was awakened by feeling a man's bAnd grasping his throat and mouth. The man demanded the keys of the safe, and Mr Stokes asse Ito be allowed to get up. He then grappled with his assailant, and in the struggle which ensued the man used a chisel to stab Mr Stokes, who,. however, received no serious injury The burglar eventually decamped, and when assistance had been obtained it was found that the door of the room where the safe was kept had been attempted to be opened with a chisel. So far nothing has been discovered with regard to the robber

Something nearly approaching a breach of the peace occurred in the Melbourne Law Courts a few days ago. Mr MncDermott and Mr Purves, b >th well known gentleman of the long robe, had a personal altercation, in the coarse of which Mr MacDonnott referred to Mr Purves’ Tasmanian extraction, to which Mr Puivea replied in very impojite language, and expressed a regret that Mr MscDermott’s age prevented him inflicting perso nil chastisement. Mr Mac- ■ Dermott retorted that he had a very high reSpect for Mr Purves’ father for whom ha bad done a -fa vour which he would be sorry to d,o for hi* son. “ Wnat,was thatdemands I Mr Purves. "I introduced him into roipectablo society,” was the crushing reply. Afterwards Mr MscDermott’s sop waite I on Mr Purves, and intimated that he wai quite ready, t > stand in loco parentis in the matter of receiving personal chastisement. a fight was averted with some difficulty.

| According to the London correspondent of the Argus, it has been reported at Home , 10 be by no means improbable that the New South. Wales Government will advise Par* diament next session to entrust the navel defence of the colonial ports altogether |to the Admiralty, the Colony paying the ex* pense of maintaining the necessary vessels - on the station and a proportion of the inter* est on the cost of their construction. It is thought by many naval experts that this scheme presents many advanta#o*over the present plan punned by othrfcolonies, of purchasing gnnboats and firmaments which may soon become obsolete. It would, it is argued, enable New South Wales to have armed vessels of the latest type always available for defensive purposes, manned by crews kept up to the highest point of efficiency. The comparative cheap* ness of the scheme is also considered a recommendation. The Admiralty are under* stood to regard it with favor.

In an English mining town recently then was a “ set' to ’’ between a man and a donkey; The fight is reported to have lasted an hour and a-half, at the end of which the miner “threw up the sponge,” and the quadruped- a regular savage—was awarded the stake. An appreciative crowd warned the collier that the animal would knock his brains oat, and the jackass apparently understood this, for he repeatedly struck his opponent on the seat of his pantaloons.

“Asmodens,” of the ~Sew, Zealand Mail, is responsible for the following “A singular story has found currency shout KaM Kelly, whose condition and death created); such a stir in the Wellington Hospital * short time since. It is said she was inti* mately connected with Brady 1 , of the Phos* nix Park murders notoriety, was in the secret* of the Society, and, when Brady paid the last penalty of the law, the was sent out of the way, and, via the States and San Francisco, came to New Zealand,”