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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 17 January 1890, Page 2

We »re in formed by Mr Da vies that his firm are very wall satisfied with the pricea they obtained for their wool in Wellington, which had been placed with the N- Z.Loan and Mercantile Company to sell. It will be satisfactory to the smaller sheep owners to see thess sales become well estatlilbfld, as transactions in wool dealing are shorn of moat of the doubt and difficulty previously experienced. Two Justices, who have joined in making a weekly rota, Messrs Gower and Davies, seem borne under an unlucky star In attempting to carry out tljejr duties, as ii ia now twice that they have appeared punctual to time, to find the court house looked, and the local '-bobby" astonished at their appearance. On Wednesday we met these two gentlemen standing outside of the Court on the footpath, whore they informed ua that 'they 'hod been some little time, but Mr Gower had made a search round the out buildings and constable's quarters and had succeeded in fiudin^ the policeman in plain clothes. Shortly after our arriva", he appeared on the insido of the fenoe, and seejned' anxious to know what they wanted, as lie said he was jusit off into the country. They explained their attendance, when they were informed there was nothing to Jo, and were asked' if they desired to go' into the court. In reapousn to Borne plain sp faking, the constable said that hie did not know they were coining, and he .knew the clerk would not In there. It seems that somewhere there is a s:.i-io:is want of respect shown, more especially to these two gentlemen, by so calmly ignoring the idea that they were linely to attend to the summons issued to them, by the Court, to attend on that day. Some decided steps will have to be taken by the ><e3ide*m Magistrate insisting on the constable •■ ;id clerk attsnding to their -ntics, or else the Justices will refusa to lead him their assistance The last quotation for N. Z. uv.np in London, w»s JS2S 15s.

Louisa M. Knapp, the .editress of the I < Ladies Home Journal, claims to receive the largest salary of any "woman in Amer ca. She is paid £2,000 a year for conducting the the paper under her charge, which is a publication not, much over ten years of age, and has a circulation dJ 1 over 1 Jive hundred thousand, a result rlue entirely to the ability of its talented editress. Miss Knapp, now Mrs- Curtis; is-a- woman of medium height, slender, and with a face rather interesting than pretty. She .is said to be noted housewife, ■-■'anil manages her handsome home as successfully aB she manages her journal. .. ... ..^. . - . The New York World has sent a young lady reporter round the World, and expects her to do the trip in 75 days. She only took with her a dark , tweed ; travelling coistunie, 'a change of -linen 'hi ;a eiiiall handbag', an 'ulster cloak, an umbrella, and a purse well lined with gold. She left New York on Wednesday, November 13th, at noon, for Liverpool, where she landed early on the 2lßt, reaching London next morning. Here she presented herself at the London office of the World, and saw several notabilities. She left by the first train from Charing Cross en route for Paris, and calling at Ameina to pay her respects to Jules Verne, to whom she explained her mission. The veteran novelist held up his hands in surprise, and said " My dear girl, it is impossible for you to do it under 82 days." Upon hearing this, Miss Bly is reported to have sa'id — " Great snakes ! Good bye, Jules, old man. I guess I must skedaddle," and she made a bolt for the front door and rushed to catch the train for Brindisi She goes through the Suez Canal to Colombo, thence to China and Japan, leaving Yok ohama direct for San Francisco, thence overland to New York. She is expected back again by the 27th of this month . Farming operations are being developed on the South of the Manawatn, as both Messrs Davie3 and Gower are busy grass seed harvesting. Mr Davis has also at Heatherlea thirty acres in rape, the seed of which: he has many employed in saving. 1 n noticing the improvements effected in the Grand Stand the other day, we omittep to mention that the ladies cloak room has also received attention, having been thorughly renovated. The output of flax is at present, very tniall, the holidays, and the weather which has been wet and blowing, having much interfered with the work. Two tradesmen, named John Horn and John Hart, were chrged at the Police Court, at Auckland with having sold adulterated pepper. Hart pleaded that the ar'.iclo he had sold had been received by him as pepper. Mr Giles replied that under the Act the vendor was liable, though he had no doubt a storekeeper could recover damages from a manufacturer if tho article had been sold to him as genuine. An objection was taken that the charges should have been laid by complaint instead of by information, and his Worship reserved his decision. A correspondent of the Standard publishes an account of some cricket matches which has in it something of the pathetic as well as curious. The matches are played by the students of tho College for the Blind at Worcheater, who use a wicker ball with a bell in it, and are guided entirely by ear. Behind the stumps the wicketkeeper clasps his hands, and the bowlers, guided by ear only, sometimes hit the wicket three times out of six. The batting is usually inferior the being heard only when it touches the f-r.'or.ud ; but one lad often makes 70 run» oil' his own bat. An experiment was tried of a match after dark between the blind cvicke erp and some friends who could see, and, of course, flic latter where nowhere. One realises tho perpetual darkness of the blind f.om that little incident in a moat p inlul way, it is so unbroken, that .new powers develop themselves in the remaing senses. The sitting of the District Court at Palmerston is postponed from the 22ndinstuit to the 13th of February. Mr Honore has lately issued a very useful lithographic plan of the flax mill district, showing the roads and the mills. It is a very useful map and should be obtained by all doing dusiness in this line. In another column appears tho preliminary advertisement of a sale of town properties, all of which are very desirable sites. Mr and Mrs .Foley will appear at the Public Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday night, when they will give a most amusing entertainment differing from the one previously given by Mr Foley alone. We can honestly say that these shows are well worth seeing and a hearty laugh can easily be obtained. It appears at present to be quite decided to leave matters magisterial " as they were." It would be interesting to know why ? Certainly last court day was quiet, but that was ebcause the holidays intervened, but it is impossible for one R.M, to give due attention to this large district. Owing to the heavy \vind3 the steamer Queen of the South and Napier have been Relayed in getting away. The Steward's Stakes and the Flying Stakes races on next Wednesday will miss the attendance of Mr Steven's horse Endymion who has been scratched, owing to having unfortunately sprained his foot by puttin;.!: it into a hole. This is much to be regretted as many shrowd judges < xpected to see this horse pass the winning post first. Mr and Mrs Nixon leave town tomorrow for their annual holiday. This year Dunedin will be the place chosen to " spend a happy day." Tho arrangements on the Railway' tre pulished in another column For the aniversavy, Saturday return tickets will bo issued on the. Government and Company's line on 20th, 21st and 22nd available for return up to 28th instant. Excursion tickets to Weliii'jton will be issued on '21st and 22ud available till the. 2Sth. On the 22nd and 2»vd January the afternoon train will not leave Wellington till. 6' p.m. k special passangor' train will leave "Wanganui for Foxton arriving at 11.25 a.m., and leaving Foxtou at 5.150 pm. This train will stop at the vac;.- coursa.