Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 94, 26 January 1888, Page 2

Local and General News

• District Court is now 6ij;ting in Pal-; inerston. ■*■'■ c: ■- - • Mr Nicholas has commenced building in Fergusson street. The stock sale of Messrs Stevens and Gorton was well attended to-day. The San Fransisco mail -will close to--morrow afterno.on at^four o'clock. ■-•■-■ Mr E. M. Mqrphy: we regret, to learnas at present lying seriously ill. ; Our readers are reminded of the concert in the Public Hall' this evening. Sir Wm. Fox will deliver a temperance lecture at Bulls to-morrow night. The carpenters commenced to pull down the railway station to-day. A Wellington house did £20,000 business in ordinary "lines'* in two hours one morning this week. Lieutenent-Colonel Stapp will inspect the Manchester Bifles to-morrow evening at the usual hour and place. Harry Laing returned to Wanganui this morning where he will go into active training for. his second match with Mathews. • , , , Tne Stewards of the Feiiding Jookey Club met last night and- decided to offer £287 in prizes. The programme will be published in a few days. An Auckland man has secured a contract for part of the Wellington Harbor reclamation, and, if we may judge from the Auckland papers, the people of Auckland want the loork done up there. Jealousy is a fearful and wonderful thing. It is with much regret, and the smcer-. est sympathy with the bereaved parents, that' we announce the death of the eldest daughter of Mr Edwin Young, which took place yesterday at the. residence of her parents, after a. very brief illness. To-day all public- offices in the colony except the Post and Telegraph offices and Custom houses, will be closed in celebration of the centenary of the colony of New South Walea. We do not know whether the bank's knew of this chance. Arrangements are being mad© lnAwahuri to give a concert fijr^th^ benefit" of Mr Pilkingtou who' is a' very old resident there, We are. glad to hear the affair is in good hands andjtherefore certain toibe a success. In the libel action J.| Martiti* hotelkeeper, against \ the propMelorsi of tneEveuing Post, the' jury found-a Verdict for defendants. Judgment was entered ao- r accordingly, ; costs/ being allowed on the highest scale. ..This is, another. .^riUiiaph for the liberty of t;he' Press. . At the Resident , Magistrate's Court here yesterday five persons were, summoned by Herm'ari Rb'ckel^ dog tak' col-j lector for the Manawatu ' County; for failing to have their dogs registered? Mr J. C Thompson was .the only Justice! who attended. Through \ some .oyersight the prosecutor did not appear. [Three of the cases were settled out of court, and the other two were, adjourned till Ihe next ordinary court day, February 9th. He waß standing gazing. at the b>j»utj« ful "Star of Bethlehum" early in the morning, when he was heard fo murmer sofily to himself >* Ah you beauty, you may shine and shine till your blick in the fucp, hut you'll never 1 shine hke »he boots I'll be Helling next week !" and he turned gently .into the only bootßhop in ' Fei*B«"«°n fitreet sinatihc'^ofily to him* nelf, "Oheer up for Er'n'- Isle, for t'int'a be i«>ncjl I m jjoinig, t«, K^y wh«A I el&r i»t tfihifh" , ._ . . . >

Tlie East Coast election petition has ben decided in favor of the sitting mgmber, Mr J. Carroll. ~ ij* ' J A very large and choice assortment of Kaiapoi Clothing just opened at the lied" lious*', they consist of the well-known Saddle Tweed Suits, also B«>ys£ and< Youths' Suits, Trousers, and Trb,user£." and Vests. Go and inspect before Ijujv ing elsewhere. — Advt. Messrs .Levin ana Co. nave received the following cable message: — "lonic left Capetown on Suuday morning,' 22ud ' iiist., for New Zealand." She is due at Hqburt on the -7th • Februarys and Port Chalmers (her first New Zealand port of call] on the 12th. . f . .. _„ „ - The oldest- man died in Scotland recently. H«* was askfd what age he was, ,| 'a'hdt wirh that truthfulness for ■ wljich all ; Scotch meii are so : ren'iarkableV he re ulied J "■ Icanna tell ye to a day or two, but the ; first ihihg I mind-was sitting on my j father's shoulders while be playe-1 the bagpipes for the children of Israel cross ing the Bed Sea." He died shortly after making this statement. .< Two .''.organs. —■ Kegulafe first the stomach, second the liver ; especially the first, so as to perform their functions perfectly, and you will. remove atMeast n neteen-twentieths of .nil the ills that mankind is heir to, in this or any ..other /climate. Dr Soule's American Hop Bitters is the only thing that will give perfectly healthy natural action to these < two organs.— Maine Farmer A would-be suicide in Paris the other day, after taking a dose of poison, leaped off the top of the Arc de Triumphe, but when half way down caught his irou«ers on a projecting hook, and there hung in mid-nir by his nether garments for. an hour before rescued. Taken to theMio*'-'-' pital, in. was fount! he had received no injuries, and a strong antidote counteracted the effects of thfrpoison. : A meeting; of the Emance Committee of the; Manchester Rifles was held at the Stak office on Tuesday night, when arrangements were, made for a team to attend, the Oainaril Rifle' Association meeting. Celc-r-Sergt. Bilderbeck was appointed secretary to the corps for the current year, and handicappers selected for Captain Macarthur's prizes. A considerable amount of ordinary business was also transacted. " The erection of Messrs Bartholomew and Dunn's sawmill hear L rin is being rapidly proceeded with, and active operations will, soon be eoinmMnped.-T-Itpis : wiated the Mariawata Raiiwrty Coin piny intend removing'the • Levin 1 st at ton to, a r point close to'the sawmill. Shfiuld this 1 ' prove to he the -faety the .Heatherfca junction will then. op-ly*.be;.a' Uttle-^ver.a. mile from a station.— .YJ.anawa.tu. Herald;. Mes Pabtington'says. — Don?f ! take any of the quack rostrums; as they iare regimental to.. the luun> > neisiern; : but put your trust in Dr. Soule's American Hop Bitters, which will cure gen^rai, dihirjd-! ation, coUiye habits, and all comic dis- , eases. They saved Isaac froni a seven* extract of tripod fever. i; Tliey\»re-th<? ! «.e phis unum of medicines. - Boston Globe; Eumour in '' £he Buildin^s'\ riihs to the effect; that the Cabinet; is flni exactly a happy family, and that tha discussions occasionally.areiof a;rather loud and excited character... Indeed it is said (Wellihgton,Poßt) that one day last week the discussion waxed so warm, and the' language became so strong, that the Cabinet had to adjou n for the day m order to air low Ministers time to cool down. .... . Yesterday afttrnpbn ;^he postmaster, Mr Stevens, noticed on the writing 1 table" m the.j)ublic room of the telegraph office, a very suspicious looking package. He ;ppinted it put to a gentleman present J whp, on critically, examining it, declared the thing to be -an old, much worn, and extremely dirty leather purse. He picked it up very daintily between his forefinger and thunib, and earned sit over to Mr > Stevens. The; latter recotomencled the geutleman to shake the purse, and on his doing so a roll of £32 in notes fell; put. The owner came back for it. '"[ Jambs Smith, of the Wholesale Faroilj Drapery .Warehouse, Te Aro Hipnse^ Wellington, will send all patterns free by post. .... '..'.. - „ Wblte for pii tterns of bur Wasliing DreKS Fabrics, a large »nd extraordinary cheap at Te ;Aro" House, Wellington. ■ ': ; ■ White for patt eras of Flannels, Cali* cops, Sheetinjr, Linens, &c, and you will get ihem all for .wholesale, prices. at Te Aro House, Wellington. . - s !: „ . Weitk for any sort of patterns required; and they shall* he forwarded at once free of cost 1 from Te Aro House, Wellington. ' ■ ■■■■■•'■ . Weitb for. patterns of Tweeds, and we will hhow you the quality of which .we make Men's Suits for 42/-. 50/-, 60/., 70/-. 80/». at Te Aro House, Wellington White if ynu want a Suit made— for Self Measurement Charts, and they shall be forwarded without delay frcmi ! Te Aro House, Wellington. Ji - Writb your correct Measurements on the Chart, and we will gunrantee perfect | fitting and stylish Suits at Te Aro House, ; Wellington. Wbite for Self Meaßureinent Chaftfi, and your dressps will be as well miide and perfectly fitting asihongh you call «»d personally at Te Aro House, Wellington WHiTEfor patterns of Sainmer: Dress: Stuffs, choice new, and the largest- stock in the City at Te Aro House, Wejlmgton..