RESIDENT MAGISTRATES’ COURT.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume II, Issue 174, 19 November 1880, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES’ COURT.

Blenheim, Thursday, Nov. 18. (Before 11. Mclntire, Esq., R.M]. VAGRANCY. James Hunter was charged with being unlawfully by night on the premises of Mrs Wall. The accused pleaded guilty and said he ; was under the influence of liquor at the i time. I Constable White said shortly before ten o’clock the previous night he found the man on Mrs Wall’s premises, He was in a stable adjoining the house, lying down as if he was going to take up his quarters for the night there, and witness took him into custody. He had been knocking about for eight or ten days. The accused said he had lately come over here from Canterbury and had been up at the Wairau Valley diggings but had not done any good there, so came into town, intending to make his way back to Canterbury. He had done no harm except to lio down in an old stable to sleep. He had his blankets with him. Constable Rogers stated that on Tuesday a complaint was made of this man being on Mr McAllister's premises. He said he wanted to he sent to gaol which was better than travelling about. The Resident Magistrate said the law looked upon the charge as a serious one, but being a first offence he would treat it as such and send him to gaol for three weeks instead of a longer term of imprisonment. Eugene Sullivan was charged with being unlawfully on Mr Aaron Penney’s premises the previous night. The accused pleaded guilty. | Constable White stated that shortly i before midnight lie found the accused asleep in the store room. He said lie had permission from Mr Penney, but this subsequently proved to be incorrect. ; Mr Penney said lie never gave the rnan permission to be on the premises. He had been knocking about the place and was a regular nuisance. The accused said he was unwell from the effects of drink and was under the doctor’s care. He was light-headed and did not know what he was doing exactly. He had been at work for a road coutractor who had “stuck ” him for most of his wages. The Resident Magistrate sentenced him to six weeks’ imprisonment with hard labor.

The writer of “Passing -.'<d<' s m tlie O/m,., lUnl,i T‘, referring to tne complaints made hy one or two colonial «-o vermins that their salaries were not largemmug.i : , H vs:- -A good -h-al may I- done by economy in drinks. In the palmiest. day.„f Victoria Sir < 'barb's Hotham Imd t;.m moral courage to entertain hi~ gi.es.,, ~on S1 „u„l “colonial." Occassionalv some fastidious civil servant of high degree, alter venturing to sample: the viceregal swipes, would clap his hand suddenly on tne gastric re-ion, and dord.le himself.up ma |* nitomuiiie colic. Ilufc Sir ('harlos struck to the “colonial' and thcrc-liy huth 'avd b.wine hill and abridged Ids visitor- list. H Sir Arthur ('Jordon will take the hmfc we knovv* whore ho c«iu *Jy- t uic occj . Cut lloth Ways. —'“ Would you mind standing here till igo in and get a cigar? ’• he asked. “Of course not," she replied; “ hut don't you think, Henry, that smoking is oll'ensive, and that it will be easier practising economy alter it it is practised during courtship? ’ “ > 0,1 »’« ri<_dit,” ho said; “ 1 shan't smoko any more sweet, : and slie looked unutterable lo'e at him as they resumed their stroll, dust then tliev came to an icecream saloon, and lie said, “ There, now i meant to treat you to icecream, hut. as you say, it is host to practice economy during courtship. l on cents fora cigar, thirty cents for two icecreams—forty cents saved in a single night, Let's go over to the fountain and take a drink of water." They went; hut she was mad enough to bite her own head oil. Successive surfeits of surprises have, perhaps, somewhat dulled our appetite >oi startling innovations (says tluy '' E"". /’oxl), hut even the apathy id intol!eei.ua. repletion is not proof against so amazing a novelty as that recently advertised by an eminent American meeliauieian, under the heading of “Kvorv Man his own Locomotive." ‘ The ingenious, gentleman . pro Jesses to have protected a tricycle v. inch i- dc,tined to emancipate mankind hum tne tyranny of railroads., by means o! compressed air, pumped into an iron ivs wi oir, constituting tlm scat of the ruler the tricycle in question can be propclmd hwwar Is at tiie rate of 2d miles an hour: and the inventor proposes, t > erect pumping stations in town and country disti iim-., at whirl, the travelling trieyeli -t will be enabl cl, on payment of a trilling tee, to .renew his supply oi pneumatic Imre. Laoic.-, who are at present debarred by sumptuary coiisiilei'iitioiis and muscular disabiht.es from economising time and can lare- by ..id of the velocipede, will assay.-oh a vie..me an appliance which will wait i-mm comfortahly seated and without the least physical exertion, fo their laxoiirite s.iop,' at twice the speed ol a i arlianwiilary train. Ancient Amepc.ru (dm its.- Ihe Ly . Stephen I lowers notes, in the A "a.-vi* < I'ei'h’ir of Srirnrc, mention the opening of an interesting mound in the. Hindi ( reek Township, Ohio. The mound was opened by the Historical Society of the township, under the immediate supervision n( Hr •!. F. Kvii'liart, of Zanesville. If nuasured sixty-four hy thirty-live ieet at toe miiiimil, gradually sloping m i very d.iireL:-m. and was eight feet in eeigld. There was found in it a set of clay coilin enclosing the skeleton of a woman measuring eight feet in length. Within this eolhu was found also the skeleton of a chile about three and a hall lect in length, ami an image that crumbled when exposed to the atmosphere. In another grave was found tlm skeleton of a man and woman the termer measuring nine feet, and the latter eight feet in length. In a third grave occurred two o’h.-r shri-'tonx, main and female, measuring respectively nine ieet four inches ami eight bad S.-ven ot!>; r skeletons. were found in the mound, tlm smallest of which measured eight h.-cc, whilst others renebvl tlm en muons length of ten fee!, They wore bun ■ I singly, or each in separate graves. Hading against one of tlm coil ins was an engraved stone tablet (now in ('incinnafci). irom Lie characters on which Hr. Kverliart and Mr 1 lowers are led to conclude tli.it this giant race were sun worshippers. A very good story is told of Captain Lockwit h who was the lie. uieiif Magistrate of Auckland for many years. A young woman brought a man into Court for sad nance money for a baby of which lie- was the reputed father. In order to e. -ape payment the man brought three lour other nman skunks to swear that they had been eipi,illy guilty. Judge, tlmiclbiv, of their consternation wlmii imekham ordered each of them to pay live shillings ner week ior a certain iiumbci' of years, t'anbaiu Heckiiam was applauded, tlm woman delighted, the men diimfonndcd, and baby mtumrou.-ily fathered. There is auotimr very good story told. A sailor was brought beiine Captain .Heckiiam one morning on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. Tlm man had on a very dirty shirt, and evidently thinking that soap was more wantrd than b; or, Ih. ekham gi'ullly demanded, " Mow lung do you wear your shirt, sir?" To the astonishment of the Court tlm sailor replied, “ Six inches above my knees, your worship ; how long do you wear yours?" “ Forty shillings and costs, or forty-eight Inuus hard labor: take him away," was the crushing rejoinder. Luminous Faint in Hailway Cars. The experiment of coiling the interior of a carriage with Melmaiii's luminous paint lias been tried in Hnglaud with considerable success. The Knglisii i'-i!!::•:/■/ MiV.r; says that a lirst-elass carriage was chosen for tlm experiments, and in the dsyii'.'A if; appoaranee is very little if any at all. diilcp-nt to ordinary paint, but dining Mm time t' c carriage is exposed to tlm liglit. I’m paint give forth the some tlm moment the carriage is (ravelling in tlm dark. At lirst the light emitted is only slight, not that tlm paint is any different in its illuminating powers, but the pupils >!’ the eyes of Mm traveller have not yet h-.ui accustomed to tlm right, far as tlm journey proceo Is the carriage appears to he completely lighted up. somueli so that tlm passengers are enabled easily to recognise the features of their fellow travellers, while the time by a wateli is clearly disecniildo. It is thought that for trains miming long journeys, with tunnels occasionally intervening, the paint will lie very valuable, inasmuch as the oil and gas can be entirely abandoned, and tlm great waste at present experienced avoided. I low the paint illumination would work on dark, cloudy days does not appear. /Inllttir.ll'ilU. Dismiss your doubts; let. no one be longer oppressed with the notion that his malady i • incurable till these purifying Fills have had a fair trial. When ordinary preparations have failed, them Fills have been used with the iimsf marked success'. A course or this admirable medicine clears the blood from all impurities, and improves its quality. The wltole system is thus beneliteii through the usual channels without reduction of stroiiqt.h, shock to the nerves, or any other inconvenience; in fact health is renewe-1 by natural means. For curing disease- oi tl • ■ throat, windpipe and chest those Fills liny ■ pre-eminently established a wor!-i-w'■■!•• fame and in complaints of'tlm stomach, Jiv.-r and kidneys they are equally cliicm.-mus. 'They are composed of rare balsams, wrxiout a single grain of mercury or any other deleterious subtance.