THE GLOBE. MONDAY, JULY 5, 1880.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1985, 5 July 1880, Page 2

THE GLOBE. MONDAY, JULY 5, 1880.

Ceiminal Sessions.—The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court oommenced this morning before his Honor Mr Justioe Johnston. A full report of the proceedings appears in another column. Mb Joynt.—We are pleased to stato that Mr Joynt, who has been seriously ill of late, is now convalescent, and will soon bo about again. Obstbtjcting the Police. —At the 8.. M Court to-day Henry McKellar, night watchman at the White Hart Hotel, was charged with obstructing the police in the execution of their duty on the morning of Sunday, the 6th ultimo. This case arose out of some proceedings taken' against the landlord of the hotel a short time ago, defendant, it being alleged, having refused Sergeant Hugheß admittance into the hotel when he demanded it. Tho Bench ir.flioted a penalty of £5. 1.0.G.T., Libeeatob Lodsb No. I.—The usual weokly meeting of the above took place at the Temperance Hall, Gloucester..street West, on Thursday, the Ist instant, when, the business of the evening having been gone through, three new members were initiated, and after a short recess, the Lodge went into harmony. Song, Bro. Clarke; song, Bro. Bridges ; song, Bro. Terry; song, Bro. Gallop ; song, Bro. Campbell. It was proposed to hold an open meeting, due notice of which will bo given in this paper. The Lodge was closed in due form by Bro. Armstrong, W.0.T., at 9.30, ending a very pleasant evening. Wicked Mabks.—This adjourned case was on to-day. The fact of selling, &c, being admitted by defendant's counsel, the prosecution did not produce witnesses, and the solicitor for the defendant had merely to bring before the Bench the legal arguments bearing on the case. Finally the Court inflicted tho nominal penalty of ss, on the understanding that a case should be stated for the Supreme Court. High Pbicbd Wool.—At a recent London wool sale, Mr G. W. H. Leo, Tho Warren, Oxford, obtained Is 6k& per lb for a lot of greasy merino wool. Inquest.—At the inquest held before F. Guiness, Esq, coroner, in the Courthouse, Temuka, last Thursday, on the human remains recently found in the Eangitata river, tho following verdict was returned—" That the said man, to the jurors unknown, on the 11th day of June, in the year 1880, in the bed of theßangitata river, in the provincial district of Canterbury, and colony of New Zealand, was found dead, and that the said man had no marks of violence appearing on his body, but how or by what moanß he came to his death no evidence doth appear to the said jurors." A Female Basso.—Felicitas von Vest vali, a rather romarkable person, and well known all over Germany as an artist, died at •Warsaw last week, in hor fiftieth year. She was the daughter of a minor official at Stettin. Possessing a singularly strong bass voice as I well.as a stern cast of features, she resolved to devote herself to the representation of male characters, and for fully twenty years she had a considerable reputation throughout Germany as a personator of Hamlet, Othello, and others of Shakespeare's heroes. Her real name was Westphal, and Bhe was known only by that which she assumed. Some years sinoe she retired from tho stage and went to live at Potsdam, where she had acquired some property. , A Sailoe's Dbeam.-—A curious incident is related in connection with the loss of Bob Davidson's boat (says the " Southland Times"). One of his orow was a seaman on board the ship Jessie Headman during her last trip to tho Bluff, but owing to a dream he had a few days before tho Bailing of that vessel, he requested Captain Gibson to give him his discharge, stating that ho felt certain the ship would never reach home, and that all hands would bo drowned. When tho Roadman was forced to return to the wharf after her collision with the Bed Gauntlet and her foreyard carrying away, the poor fellow expressed great sympathy with his comrades on board, alleging that this inauspicious beginning to hor voyage clearly proved his dream would come true. The sequel, how» ever, proveß tho rule of contrary, as there can now be little doubt but that Davidson's crow have all perished.

City Council.—The usual weekly meeting of the above will be held thin evening at seven o'clock. Sydenham Borough Council. The fortnightly meeting of the above Council takes place to-night. Diocesan Sunday School Association. —The final meeting in commemoration of tho centenary of the establishment of Sunday schooln i 3 announced to be held in St. . "VTichael's schoolroom this evening at 7.30. The '•' £ tiaa will bo of the nature of a conference of >'• \r clergy and Sunday school teachers, and there . be addresses, papers, and discussions on j- o\ nday school work. Tho Bishop will preside, j and all persons interested in Sunday school work are invited to ba present.

Kaiapoi Bobocgh Cottnoiii.—At the next meetiDg Cr. Monk has given notice to move that the works committee, whose work he finds fault with, be discharged, and tho town clerk be paid £SO a year, in addition to his present Balary, to carry out the supposed functions of the works committee. The case in which application has been made to oust Or. Ellen comes before the Magistrate's Court to-day. Further proceedings are spoken of against three councillors for having received monies from the Council for goods supplied. Tbachebs' Pbnsion Bill.—An adjourned meeting of teachers to discuss the proposed Teachers' Pension Bill was held at tho Normal School on Saturday afternoon, Mr Baldwin presiding. There was but a moderate attendance. It was resolved, on the motion of Mr Scott, " That this meeting heartily endorses the general opinion that the pension scheme in its present form, would not be of advantage to the teachers of New Zaaland," and also, on the motion of Mr Watkins, " That as no additional information is forthcoming in regard to the contemplated pension scheme, and no modification of its details is possible, this meeting adjourns sine die." American Notions.—The Americans, as a people, are as well known for their ingenuity in devising little improvements in domestic articles as in mattors of greater importance. By tho Gemma, which recently arrived from Now York, Messrs W. S. King and Co. have received quite a cargo of notions, whioh are well worth inspection. They include a specialty which has not jet reached here, viz., lap tablets. These are used by the ladies for writing notes, &■:., upon, having a clip at tho top for holding the paper, and are in all kinds of binding, from the aristocratic Russian leather downwards. Then there are collars, cuffs, and shirt froutß of the new material, celluloid, which only requires sponging to come out fresh every morning. A set of each of these will last a year. Combined knives and scissors, patent nutmeg graters, letter files (a very ingenious contrivance), napkin rings, which also become napkin holders, &c, make up quite a show where one can spend an hour very agreeably. Chicago Hog Tbade.—A correspondent of tbe " Otago Daily Times "thus describee his visit to thebacon curing establishmentof Mesßrs Armour, of Chicago :—" When in full operation they have four distinct sets of machinery for killing aud cutting up hogs, in whioh case they convert pigs into pork at the rateof between thirty or forty per minute. Only one set of machinery was in operation when I was there, but that was enough for my purpose. Tho hog 9 were together in a yard, where two men were doing nothing but put a chain round one of their hind legs. The next moment tho hogs hung in the air. In this state of suspense they glided through a compartment where a man Btood, dripping with blood from head to foot, doing nothing all day but plunge his knife into tho pigs throats as they glided past. A little further on the ohain was loosened, and the pig dropped into » cistern of boiling water. After he had remained there a minute, another machine lifted him out and laid him on a table. Here was an apparatus of revolving knives, through which he passed, earning out in a few seconds scraped. He is then beheaded and befooted, and hung up by the hind leg again. Next he is opened, cleaned, and generally finished off, after which, still hanging from the ceiling, he travels down a loDg passage through the establishment, and takes his place with hundreds more quietly hanging in the same sad predicament. The whole process which I have just described takes about seven minutes ; and during those seven minutes about 300 pigs are similarly treated when the place is in full working order. Of course my readers won't believe me, bub I cannot help that."