Local and General.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 953, 17 October 1891, Page 2

Local and General.

~ * ~.VH . Entries for the Ellosmere A.J& P. Society's show close io-day. A Melbourne • rain maker' h^oV^fracted to water North East Kansas nexfspring for four and two pence per acre. . j The leadership of the English House of Commons, rendered vacant by the 'death of Mr Smith, is yet unfilled. Mr Balfour is the most probable man for the pltico. ; The Parnell party will probahly appoint Mr John Redmond or Mr P. Mahoney leader. They adhere to their policy as laid down by the late chieftain. : Mv Jambsok, m conjunction with Mr C. H. Willis yestei-day jsdjd l off 1 the sfonk of Messrs Murdoch, who 'are i?iyjiig ;up business. The various lots. realised good prices, and a genera! clearaiicef was' made. The Melbourne Argus devotes a leading article to showing up the New; Zealand ' Government m its true qolours.. It, is needless lo say it is not very flattering to Mr Ballance and his followers. ■> : It is ru moured that the Biehop of Wei" lington, Primate of New Zealand, will resign shortly. Bishop Had field is seventyseven years of uge. Bishop Suter, of Nelson, still remains very ill. A remarkable case has been before the Berlin Courts. It dibdosea the existence of n eyatem of sale and purchase of court titles und orders. Two of thosj implicated were sentoucod to nine and four months' imprisonment,

The Oaulfiold Gup will, be run o-day, There are twenty-nine accoptarces. .:■ The Druids' Social took place toßtniuh^' An account of the pr )ceedinga H crowded out of this issue. The funniest feature of hospital life, (he n«iree« say, Hen m the fact lhnt 75 per cent of younjj unmam'ed men whom they t»k"e enre of fall m love with thorn. When a nurse pulls n youny fellow through a siege of Rorioiifl iiloeK* he neuum to feel m duty bound to propoHo marriage to her, Bpkakiko at tlto onveilinj? of the statue (•rrctoil n« n tribute to the momory of John Bright, the Karl of Derby stated that there \y oß a driftage toward* the voluntary support of the Church, and they could not dream of connecting the State whit a Hoglo sect, m a new coinicunity. Affaihs m Russia are m a fearful atute If. <s estimated that about ten million pounds Sterling will be needed to feed the starving peasantry during the coining winter, beailes tho coat oE the grain" for" seed. Naturally, the people are desperate, and crime is becoming alarmingly frequent. Later, cables give the numb er of persons who attended ParneH's funeral as 100,000. Outside of Dublin, it excited little interest, but 'there Uic funeral was most impressive. The press seem to think hid death will serve to unite the Irish party, and most of the papers write lauding his public career. Me Labouchere declares that Mr Parnell informed, him that Captain O'Shea was concerned m the f or/ed letters which played a prominent part at the Parnell Commission, also that Captain had obtained money from Mr Chambsrlato with which to. pay Pigotr. The fatal character cf the influenza epidemic is creating widespread alarm m Victoria.": The Rev Mr Rigg, President of the Wesley an Conference, and rA. W. Mesgrovp, Secretary ' for '3Frdde and-Cus-toms, have suocUaibed r to. the epidemic. Seven hi' other prominent ditizons hivediiad and many more are m a., critical, oondiIn the R. M. Court, Southbridge, yesterdjiy, Mr Beetharn. aifiided tp a letter . he bad received- from the iWJte o| a man wbo m%i acft«iß.edjpf Gan jjiEenpe, Hotter' M- ' leging that ihe aotion wag only . brought through spite;'- He pointed oii't the great impropriety of such a proceeding, and sent it baSk Jo] th.'e writer with a rebuke und a warning. . . ' " We httVe'Ye'c'oived a copy of itfe/ftpapectiis of ,f tie' : Bicycle fouring Club, promoted to ericburage touring amongst riders of the wheel. The Olub had its head quarters m Morten's Buildings, Chrfsi;church, and Mr O. HrCotton is secretary. Th^Olub^holds a race meeting oii the SBth m Lancaster Park v ■ : to' MVjor Gudgeon, there js terrible mortality amongst the East Coast Maoris. Ten per cent of the population have died since , June ' last. The deaths are attributed to the treatment of.the.aiok by the r native 1 doctor*, aed to the habifsof the people. Government proposes to subsidise an English doctor for the district. " : ' '■'■' '■'■ "■' ■' ' " A lad named Arthur, Willis, son -of Mr H. Willis, of Leeston, met with nn accident on Wednesday, witL,. the, result .that his leg was brok'ebJ ' The ' boy, ' who " is about fourteen, was 1 riding" at" Killinchy, and when near, Mr "Body's house.ftlje horae fell, and the la'ti: ' was; unable" to' J ektricate himself m tfmoV. :H& ig,-^ipi'n^ as well as can be exp^bttov ' ' -> '; ' -' 'In another column Mr W. Brice, ChristQhurch, palls attention to /hisr^ock of cuefcetiog- and tonavs -materialsi- From personal experience we j;an vouch for the excellence of the bate ; and;rdcketßMr Brice keeps; his cricket bat's aire^pgcially made to hiß order, abd. I the itennis rackets all bear the namee of \ hpnt, jniakers. He makes a 1 specialty; fO^-ftupp^ing conn try clnbs and private customerd, and m view .of the Resuscitation .'9f,.,th^ ; South;^r|d^Q ,brjc.kqt' c'lub! anil (lie 'increa6ed'n>eijab'erßriip 'of the Tennis vhiVJ h3 stis^ijT . mei^. #ith su^qrt from .such . ne^ ) ,^QmoeTß,^ai'!.aro ; Bot ,yet^yovjded.'wit}! v tliehe[Qepsary tppjs 'for. either' gam^o'r .bptli^j •' ' , j,-/ y?,? i? o i -An examination >o£ithe apple tree,a will show that theiosect.koown as.scale'blierbt ( iß ; |io^i| begiiining to ;hatch out and! the i hatchiiig. veo;n tinuea : siaaa! iy j i fjom \ aovr £a, itbjß end)!of November, a';Now,ujtherefore. is the time to attack 1 tb, a "'insect, tp .j and the most Jsucoesfulv method^ is spray the trees two or .three! tiraea ,at interval of.a ! week uor.lsD,-.' with" Little's BJight jSgecific, which is, ; p^h^pSi better known aTfiittle'sSheep^Dip^Great success "attended'ffreiirse of" this sgeei^c la*t yetfr except m eases./ where jit used too strong whilst ihe fruit was -setting. The strength at which it seems to have answered j eat is 1 to 100 atl to 120, and this appears sufficient to ki)l the blight without any injury "whatever 1o the" trees. :, A pleasant gathering loot place m Leeston on Wednesday evening, when the friends of the Ledston Presbyterian Sunday School met to say farewell to Mr and Mrs Murison, who have been identified, with Sunday School work m the distrjot't'or so me twenty years, and : are now leaving the district. Mr Mprison was unaveidably prevented from beinff present. The Rev. Mr Grant presided, and on be■hftlf of •the^choql, presented Mrs Murison with'a~finej.'poßßum rug and a haniljsomely uphojsierpd ,wipker chair. Qm behalf got Mrs Murison, , Mr R; C, , Barns, ; who |as been^ong connected with ; her \n jSnnday School wqrk, thanked the d,anors f eelingly. A. pleasant evtining was spoilt iia< games and music. ■„■.■', ?: ; - ; ; . AT the Soothbridge Police' Court on Wednesday, before R, B, Willis Esq., J P.j two !i boys, named Thiimafe' fend Daniel JbhnHton, >i'g?([ reßpecfrvely fourteen and eight, were chrtrged with wilfully smashibg *j'ane'Of ; glass, the-property of John Levertj ; Nbfth' : jßnkaiii^ ;: nnd' doing damage to"' tho extent of cigbteenpence. Thiaiy 'plißadad guilty. It j; tra umpired ! ; in the evidence that'Jthe 1 boys ivere ' alraoat unmanageable by their^fatliery (Thomas Johnston; of North Ki»ka:ia.' .For the last week or tea r 4*y. 8 tn^ v n . av $ !^?SP sleeping out on'the^riverbea and tne 'fajther ; ,kn,6w npthing pjE.how.they .hatl 'Mved. The Bench ar Revere., Earning to the cuipriVa, pointiilg out tnat they hnd rendered themselves liable to a fine of £10. Oe convicted them, nad discharged them on the . understand ing that the father should punish the elder with twelve, .the younger with four strokes of a rod, and pay cpsta, 45. ; The father subsequently inflicted the punishment m the preseace of Conetftbl© Warring,

Replying to n question us t > wlioih «i the New Somli WrIo« 6S-ov3<nnißni would cnn.timniciite wi It ll>nt of K«« Zealand with a view to eflVcf n( v rnlne lion m the oablo rule*. Si' rbnry P.-irlm euid that no reduction could n« lonkul (m unless the Colonies ngYO'ul ro raring tl>< subsidy, which NewZeuliin*! refused lo <ln m 1886. Me Fr>oaDß considers th t V- ilit.i 1 Pirliainent of the Empire m nn absnnlity, mi I commercial union impossible. Tho bon-1 between England" and her Colonies is not failing at present, nad it is befer n>t to fpeak of federation. He supports I lie suggestion for periodic contests, between members of the British race, m industry, athletics and culture. DANGEROUB feel ings prevail m the Pentridge prison owing to the institution of the separate cell treatment. Some of thn prisoners were discovered uilising the gas piping as a means of communication, and were overhead hatching a plot to murder warder*. In consequence of this d^Bsoveiy precautions have been tusen by the goal officials. Thk new Agent General Mr W. B. Perceval, was ontertained at a banquet m Christchurcb on Thursday evening. Three hundred and twenty guests, including His Excellency the Governor, Capt Guthrie, A.D. C., MrWnlford, the Premier, iho Speaker, the Hon. C. C. Bowen, and in<tny other well known genllemsn, wer« present . Mr Charles Louißßon, ex Mayor, presided. The ' Atlas' men are not having' it all their own way m Invercargil'. In ono case, aMr Strang refused to pay on tho ground of non delivery. The evidenco showed that the books were dumped down m the entrance to his office and disappeared there. Bovverman fiiid him, but the bench upheld the defendant and tl\o plaintiff had to pay costs. A^raan named Scott also refused to pay on ye sam > old ground of misrepresentation. He denied his signature to the various • order forms,' though his banker mam'.ained that they were Scott's to the best of his belief. However, jndgement went for the defendant on the gronnd of raisrepresen Nation at the time the book was ordered. It happened m a Suinner tram. A pretty girl, faultlessly attired, from the top nf her bonnet to the tips of her dainty shoes, jumped oh the car iv a great hurry, and was busily engeged m pulling on a pair of long suede gloves, which she then proceeded ' to button with that indispensable adjunct to a woman's toilet, a hairpin. This article proved refractory after a moment (don't we all know that they are possessed of a demon ?), and flew from her fingers. It landed at the feet of the young man beside her ; he picked it up, and, instead of returning it to her, gently took her wrists m her left hand and calmly con tinued the buttoning process. Every man m the. car had been watching the pretty girl, some openly, others furtively, from behind their newspapers. Now all the papers dropper), everyone looked aghast and gazed at the pretty girl to see what she would do. Sho did nothing. Not a muscle moved, and Bhe showed no consciousness of what was going on. The young man, with a conscious look of triumph, finished his pleaeant task, and the girl, with a preoccupied air and not a glance m his direction, opened her purse, and took out a penny and placed it m his hand. His expression changed with lightning rapidity, the colour oame m his face and he quickly murmured what was evidently an apology. She listened with a wilfully misleading air and handed him another penny. By this time the face had become scarlet and he began a lowtoned, earnest protestation. The calm, cool, and collected youDg lady signalled to the conductor, and as she rose to depart, said m a clear, distinct tone, audible to every one m the car. 'You moat be satisfied. I ndver give more than twopence for having my gloves buttoned or my boots blacked.'

Fob Invalids and for delicate children .Aulscbrook's Arrowroot and Tea Biscuit are nnsnrpassed. We are informed that the South British Tea Company's Pure Teas have been introduced into this district.