Page 4 Advertisements Column 1

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1887, 24 August 1874, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. 4n expedition is being fitted out for an exploration of the Arctic Seas. Captain Wigans, Sunderland, has engaged Mr Lamonl's splendid steam yacht Diana, and will pcoceed via Nova Zembla, sailing from Dundee on June i . By the preamble of the Tichborne Estates Bill, which has been read the first time in the House of Lords, it appears that the expenses of the litigation occasioned by "the Claimant's" proceedings, and payable by the present baronet, or, in the event of his death during minority, by the family out of the estates, have amounted already to nearly Ly2,000. These are exclusive of the expenses of the prosecution for perjury, which have to be home by the country, and these, it is understood, will amount to over L 52,000. Sabbath desecration is on the increase in Scotland. A report on this subject presented at a meeting of the Sabbath Alliance at Edinburgh is most despairing in tone. According to it all efforts have failed to lessen the steamboat passenger traffic on the Forth ; the keeping open of shops on Sabbath, is on the increase in Dundee, Glasgow, Edinburgh, andLeith ; and Sabbath cab-hiring continues as common a3 ever. The adoption of the report was seconded by Dr Be«g, who gave a short account of his travels in Australia, and said that the Colonies, in respect of the keeping of the Sabbath, were no better than, the mother country. He considered that many colonists were worse than the heathen to -whom missionaries •were sent. Mr Albert Grant has presented to the National Portrait Gallery the Landseer portrait of Sir Walter Scott, purchased by him at the recent sale for LB4O. A brother of the Rev. Mr Morrison, of Switzer's, has been lost at the Upper Wakaia (Otago) for ten days. There is no possibility of searching for the body, the snow being from 3ft to sft deep. : A serious riot occurred on May 31 in Limerick, in which a fife and drum band, and about fifty men of the Limerick County Militia were concerned. The band was playing a national air, when they were attacked by some persons having an umbrage against them. Volleys of stones, were thrown by both sides, and the. fight continued for twenty minutes. One of the Militia struck a civilian a violent blow on the temple with his belt, and the wounded man was carried to the Hospital in a state of insensibility. Nearly ;a thousand persons joined in the riot, which was ultimately suppressed by the police. ■ ; Mr Mark Stewart, the Conservative candidate for the Wigton Burghs, who defeated Mr Young, the former Liberal Lord Advocate, and now one of the Judges of the Court of Session, at the late general election, has been unseated on a scrutiny of the votes. Mr Stewart was returned by a majority of two, having polled, according to the official announcement, 522 against Mr Young's 520, but at the conclusion of the scrutiny he was found to have been defeated by a majority of one. i A report which has been for 3ome time in circulation that Queen Victoria is expected at Berlin in August is confirmed on good authority. Her Majesty will be present at the confirmation of Prince Frederick William, her grandson, which ia then to take place. i The report of the P. and O. Company^ to be presented on June 4, recommends an interim dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, against 6 per cent.- at the corresponding period of last year. The revenue has been fully maintained, with an increase of working expenditure, especially in the Suez Canal and Egypt transit dues. It is added : — " The directors have been in negotiation with Her Majesty's Government for , permission ;to run the company's . steamers with the heavy portien of the mails . through the Suez C&tq&J, in the some . m&nnet as similar services have been performed for the last for years by the French, Italian, and Austrian packets. They have based their proposals to the Groveramevt upon ! a general improvement of the mail services, and an acceleration of the mails to an extent varying from twenty-four to forty hours. .These negotiations have not yet been closed, bnt in the meantime" the company's steamers have passed regularly through the Canal." . v On behalf of the Government ; of New Zealand, a loan has been placed for L 1,500,000 4£ per cent. Five-Thirty Debentures at 68, carrying interest from Feburary 3 last. Allowing for accrued: interest, this price is equal to about, L 9695. „,'.:■ A MELTING TELEGRAPHIC FETE. The following is from the Whitehall Times (Whitehall is a town in Washington county, Siateof New York) : — "Ourreaders will remember, when General Kilpatrick returned from Chili three y tars since,his having a remarkable operation performed upon him by a physician in New York, who removed a fleshy formation from the general's neck by filling it full of needles and then attaching a galvanic battery to it. , Ten minutes after the current of electricity was let on, the bunch had entirely disappeared. A remarkable operation was performed by a Whitehall physician, a few days ago. A gentleman who had been suffering from a superabundance of adipose tissue consulted the physician, askingforrelief from its burden. The doctor told him he could relieve him if he would consent to a. painful operation. The gentleman consented, and .with' the medical practitioner entered the telegraphic office at this place. . - The fat man was requested to remove his coat and vest, after which the physician surrounded him with wires, attaching the ends to a powerful battery. At a signal from the doctor, Manager Eddy let on the current. The p&tient writhed and twisted when he felt . the current passing around him ; still, he stood like a martyr. Presently he began to shrink ; he grew smaller and smaller ; his clothing huDg in bags about his fast diminishing form ; the doctor felt much pleased at the result of his experiment, while the formerly fat man's joy was very great, although he seemed to be suffering acute pain. All of a sudden there was heard a loud clicking at the instrument, as if Pandemonium's great hall had been let loose. The operator sprang qiickly to answer the call. He ascertained it was from New York office. He quickly asked, 'What's up VAa answer came back as if some infuriated demon was at the ' other end of the wire, ' What in thunder are you about? Cut off your wires qjrick — you are filling the New York office with ROftp-greatte. '" *