Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IXI, Issue 21, 4 August 1887, Page 2

Local and General News

The next English and European m*ii ita. Sain FrauKikcp wiJI close at Feildiag on Friday, the 12th inst. at p.m. I The " Evemng News arid Hawkes Bay Advertiser" is now the property of Mr Joseph Ivess, exclusively. - j Mins Scott, the heroine of the Sebright nullification of marriage case,' liar been married to Mr Richard fiussel, a wealthy Kentish gentleman. ■ , Matthews has challenged Laing to fight in Wanganui, with hard or soft glovfes, either privately or publicly, in from three to six weeks time,. Marquis of Queensbury rules, and to a finish. ' Mr DenkLn is determined to keep pace with the times as may. be seen by his sew advertisement which appears today. He announces he is selling off cheap in order to make room for Spring goods. ' , A. match will be played between the Feilding and Makino football' teams 611 the Otal on Saturday afternoon at % o'clock. Flayers are requested to be punctual as the Feilding team will be picked on the ground. i To-day Messrs H. Collier and Co., music: sellers, ;pf Wanganui, intimate that Mr Martin, pianoforte (tuner and repairer for the firm, will, visit Feilding and the surrounding district? about the 10th inst. For further particulars see advertisement. The Post flatly denies the stataeent that Mr Maxwell has gone home to learn anything at the railway conference, but assertß that his mission is 'to teach, ax he is superior to the weakness of belie v« ing that'there is r any thins 'connected with railway management which be does not already. know. ,- ;• Mr S. Svendsen, bootmaker, has an important announcement in pur Wanted Column' to-day. He announces the receipt of some special lines m ladies' French- and German shoes of Otto Her:; and Co.'s and Pollock's make. He also notifies a specialty m men's watertights at 14s per pair. He claims the latter are not to be equalled in the district.. . . The watch l which i* offered fp? competition by Measrs J. Grace; and Co., boot and shoemakers, to the person who makes the succesful guess. as. to what time it stops, was yesterday wound up in the presence of a representative of the Manawatii Times arid Mr. W. Anderson, who were invited to attend as disinterested pecsons. When wound, the watch wais closed, placed in a box, and sealed up, in whiSft condition "it will remain till. the com petition closes. C ; . • .•: ; An exeeiientspecimen of local industry , in the form of a colonial ovan made by Mr Henry Hosking.'blkckfimith, of Bbwen street, is now view in the shop of- Mr Peter Thompson. , ,. It is more commodious than the imported article, and in every ; way-it j is equal in finish.; At thesjiitie time'it is^niore conveniently fitted with shelves, and the addition of hobs at each side of the upper surface is ajgreat improvement. The .cost is remarkably rea-; sonablb. '■-' •- ' /s - v!i ' v "■•■'-

We have received a catalogue of seeds I from Messrs Nimmo and Blair, of Dun* ' edin. " ■ / ,* v- v -- I We have to acknowledge receipt of Bussell's Timetable and Travellers Guide for August. K . The Manchester Rifles" inll parade for Government: Inspection to-morrow night atthe J>ubUcHali:; " ' The well-known steeplechaser Mem"PrfSb^S^eai^Kt price was 50 guineas. Germany jigidly -enforces a law fproy hibitmg the use ' of tobacco by any one under eighteen. . - The Palmerston Caledonian hold a meeting to-morrow^ nighV to arrange for . the,ir forthcoming £. anndal £m;t»¥i '$:•. -vt *-\ ' A Queensland editor T has just had, to, phj £41 f6riibdllih)i a doctor by stating that thW town "had long been^n want of a good physician." ..-•■; -■ ■ "Augur" in the Australasian of the 16th instant -states that the steamer Bucephalus' will this year be despatched to New Zealand, where 'she will take in 300 |k>rses for India. We believe '"arrangements are being made for shipment in Lyttelton. - .. " Th^ tondon cerrespondent of thY Otajjo Daily Times writes that an extraordioar/ general meeting of the River Fresh Meat Company, Limited, it 'was -stated that during the last '/ten months the Company hid lost X'37,0()0 in consequence of thd depressed state of the , meatinarket. >r '. > '.--;■ - - .' ; ■;"'"■'■•-' : - '■ ; - ■■:?■ The, following unique epistle was picked up the other day in the street : — " Dear Bill,— The reason I didn't laff when yerlaft at me in the post effine yesterday, was becos I hey a bile on my faceVand I can't laff. If I laff she'll Bust But I love yer Bill, bile or no bile, laff or no-laftv" "What," asked Mr Menteath at a political meeting at Wellington, speaking of the advance mad* by the temperance organisation, ''has led to this advancement?? A mnn in the pit, who evident* Iyknewyv unhesitatingly replied: "Hard times," which tickled the audience im« mensely, « ? „'"'■' -- ; : '...■•'.. :' ■'" -\ The Suffolk County Coroner held an inquiry % *t '" Adleburgh . concerning the death of a^jiouth named Samuel Pallant. J Pallant was i^axiog in a matob, when the cricket ball him on i 4|£e side of the nose. Vi'lent hemorrhage set in, and be bled to death. A verdict oif "accidental death" was returned;^ - . . ; : At a meeting of the Wanganui Up* river B,team Navigation Cdmpany held on Tnesday last, iit was resolved to wind U|> the company,' The meeting wa» ; verj : lively as tHe following extract, from the report published by th«» Herald, will■hoW-:*- l ''M'r' "Peyman, ' j: proceeding: to characterise the certificate given when ihe. boat, was taken' over as a fraudulentcertificate, directed his attention to Mr WiHi". to v whom he referred as that; : ''laughing jackass there."; Mr (excitedly)— l won't be intuited ; let me get round to him. Mr Pevman — You hound, you scoundrel. Vl r Wilhu— l've never Leon in' gaol; Mr Peyniaii— You Jonah ot th« Oompihy ; you dirty rascnl; the man who has tried to rob me ami others.** .. .. > ..• ;..; : ■■■■. „.' ■ ••■.. , , A romantic iinue to a recent Nihilist trial i« reported from Moscow. The accused was a me. lie 1 1 student, who had been dett'cied whUe; attempting to e«n? ceal fXploMives in a" private hou«e. ' THp owner'i* daiii;Uter had t« appear as a^ wit-, ness ajjainst him at the trial* and upon her testimony he was Kentenced v,t<>.2l : years' hard labour in *hV Siberian mines. | Immediately aft«r the proceedings wtfr<over the girl pawned the family jewels, bribed six Cossacks who had charge of (lie condemned man. and helpediKjSi to j escape. She aucoinpat^ed .bWto-Switz erland with the intpwioifoljgkpang; into a convent but she^hangeid her mind .on her way. They Ka^e just been married. Mohn, a Norwig ? ian pHysician, is reported to have be^n -able -to cure whoop ing-cough by means of inhalations of isuTphuro^s anUydride^ -j^p. the first in Stance tMis was" dooe^aceidenitaHy while dißinf«cting.some, rooms, subsequently it was done by burning six drachms of sulphur per cubic metre of space; the bedding etc.. being well exposed to its influence. . After the room ha!d ' been . closed , for four' hours, - ventilation was restored* and the children put to sleep in the beds [impregnated with the sulphurous y,apours. , In the murain« the cough had ~ ceased. As ! there is a decided epidemje'of the distressing complaint all over the country! there will be no lack of opportunities for putting this treatment to test. — Medical Press. Aii American paper says, if you want your fowls to shell out the eggs in winter time you must give them exercise 1 ; make them earn every grain of food they get by scratching for it. Never pour your corn, wheat, or oats down in a pile where they can gather around and gobble it up, and then stand around on one leg all day digesting it, never laying an egg. Scatter all your seed on a thrashy floor, so that 'whatever they get they will have to scratch for it, and the egg product will soon be doubled. A good egg« producing condiment is said to be Cayenne pepper,. horse, radish, and onions mixed with the ordinary food of poultry, and will at me same time keep them warm,' and inorease the disposition of power to produce eggs. : Very erroneous ideas prevailing as to the full4ighifi'can'ce : of the 'term of freehold as applied to this system of land tenure in England, it may be as well to explain that no private person in the the United Kingdom can have property, or absolute ownership, in land. The property, or absolute ownership, in v larid resides exclusively in the State as represented by the Crown. The utmost inter-* est any pqvatef peWon ;can|ha"ve in hind is amestife m^ fee/ or >. perpetual Jease. This doctrine is so absolute that, a* Sir Martin Wright says, the King himself cannot confer property, or absolute ownership., in, land qn any, : private perjspn., the greatest 'dukes are 'nothing but tenants of the Crown, and the State has the perfect right to prescribe the ierms on which it will allow its tenants to enjoy its property. An accident of an extremely dangerous and disagreeable character (says the Wuirarapa Stir) happened to Mr Eaton, chemist, on Thursday afternoon. He was assisting in the preparation of the Drillshed for the Masonic ball and had in bin breast .pocket a hot tie of nitric acid and certain essential oils which he intended usinjifardisiufectinjipurpoHes. Suddenly, as he was speaking to the decorators the, bottle exploded, end a quantity of the liquid was spattered over his face. Fortunately'his eVes e'swa'ped, 'although his eyelids were badly scorched. It is need less t-aay that the coat which' Mr Eaton wore was completely destroyed. His escape from very serjous injury under : the circumstances was a reinarkablj narrow . one, ■: ■;. : ; :•.. \- " ; _j,^ ; ,_: ■-/,,•'■/;■•:.

Three well-known lads will appear at I the next sittings of the B.M. Court | charged with creating *a disturbance/it the Salv ation Army Barracks.' a feyr nights ago. &\ Ph ■■ $;' We understand that Ml wMf. Cotpjj, of Makino, will leave fo^i3jn#lap^W|fche ' Kaikoura. He will be 'a^sent;:about six months, aud we hope ltotjmub*Y* a pleasant trip. , ten Meat Company, recently purchased from Mr Charles Bull, of Aorangi, four splendid bullocks wHibh^ra^e'd MODlb*.' As further showing the size and bulk of the.*nira»t«:rt-wwß^<(t(n^^if^Bßibre"tb get fire such into one of the train trucks, when the usual number .is seven. > .. T|pSileVthe^et. J> JoneWof the iiower Huft, wag VidiuK to tlie Taita on Sunday to cptidugti divine; lierrice, hig horse, fell, and ; the, reverend geritl**; than was thrown with considerable foreW on to the road. Though being consider- < bly shaken and bruised, Mr Jones pro? ceeded on his journey, and was able, to take the service at v the appointed "We. and again in., the evening at St. James Church, Lower fJutt.--N Z. Times. • <li : Said one man to another (or if he did not say it, he meant it, which comes, -to., the same thing) " Did you ever see anything more ridiculously cheap than those tweedi suits a\ 16s 6d, 18s 6d, and 50a now going off at-Te Aro House, Wellington r y "V v \ T Did you ever- see anything like the bargains In sac and Pagit coats for "s ( sd and 10s Jsd, each. It tempts 6ns to bay \ whether you want it or not. Fancy ; top,, a choice of good, durables tweed trousers' from '3a 6d 6s 6d, and your pick of tweed ,trousefs and vests from 6s 6d, to 10s 6d at' Te'Aio House, Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, WeUingtoji.! ; .i As for pilot and Tweed where can you see anything toequal them at 12s 6d, 15s, 17s 6d and 20s each ? N^, wonder such a roaringSraa'e is nojiv borog done (lii the Clothing Department ajtTe Aro House. Wellington^ ./ ' s ... , Have you seen/" the strong* Harvard shirts and the durable Crimean shirts for; <me shilling eafti, the ; white/dress sliirta at Aalf-a-craibn each, the flannel under-, shirts at 2s ltd each, the strong military socks at 3d per pair. All these and a number of other articles equally cnea{i now selling rapidly at the Wholesale Family .Drapery Warehouse, Te ifero House, Wellington. \ > ! If yoifhave not, 0 man, it is time you, did. Come jat once and secure some of these J&rgams. If unable to come, send your wife, who will, doubtless, make; far bettor .purchases, thanryqurw.ould yourself' at Te Aro House, ! Wellington; v t i '"' n ;1 - Air^oods purchased at Te Aro" House wUI, if so desired, be sent to the' 'Wei; lington Eailway Station free of expense.