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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 4 March 1890, Page 2

Tenders are wanted, for ilax catting at tho Faitfka mill. the Poet cays Mr G. H- Scales a few days a^o cabled tti Scales and Co., London, forlateßt information, and last night **■•- ceived a.rep'y as follows :—",Market:<w«afe;. downward tenclaucjv Present pries;'' faTr average quality, £28." f . vacancy for a boarder is advertised. •■': W^havvio^hatok 'th& Bailwk/ Depart- '. tnent for a" copy of the timetable lov March;* It is a remiti'lSfett^heap penny tfortbi r-' <= The entriesfe'ttdWrg^tOTant'iiia ; 0«-. ton'a stock tale at Bulls (ML the .llQi* instant, appear today. •.■••■.-•/■.■ : i •.• • , The Bwftrtjt -I)epattn»^'sad;vprtiM.e ; %e issue pf -;Ba^tday.vi*tujn- tickets 'i<ifcjfael Wanganui races from ttie sth. instant' arid atailable for return Up to the lOtb instant. Slft(ftdiiy > "wai''pfcy day at some of -the mills, and too much drinking- wkl again indulged in. Th« d*y .was .yraijaan4 fights weraJreaiw&t.slmt. 4he. place about ten ait night in front of Hunter's hotel. For sonje|fe«son, : twof rnear-ii.a^.a great set to, a big crowd collected round them, and oaths and yells were .uttered whicK respectable townspeople assure' us could -btf heard as far down th» Main street as the courthouse. It was fully quarter of an : hour, or twenty minutes before a eonatabla.appeiued upon .the scene,;. when of: course 1 bbtfrpartves : niade off. W« nlucn'. regret fo ha ve't6 : iecord this"- conduct, but, no doubt the landlord will say he was powerless to prevent it, .and .-if he sent for police .protection it is possible it was hard to get.' "Anyhow we trust the police, having been baulked in an actual capture, will take staps. to have the offenders brought up before the Resident Magistrate o* Wednesday. Every one knows who they were, so that the police have no excuse. A prisoner named Thomas Johnson, waiting trial for forgery at Marton, escapod from th« Wanganui goW on Friday at 9. 20. b>?!-n working Jn, tb« ea.tr pentpr's^shop' Mth. ; a/fellow-prifionei 1 , . but ' was left by himstlf for a few minutes, being locked in by (^he gaoler. • The other prisoner who *as Working in the goal saw Johnson making his •scape, and after spin 9 doiay g v* t'-4 alarrti to the gAoVer, vrha at once ru»h»(\ ; out after the escaped; 'but Johnson had a cood start, and was oat of sight. The gaoler being by himself,, .had to rely oh the telephone 'for »idf Within 15 minut«« tha police were' on the track, and as Johnson has since been seen,, it is •xpected he will be caught very soon.

| — r- — — ~- - . — ™>- o --. ■ — j -»uu. ,_ The most important topic of the. week, saya the Leader, perhaps is f;he news from America tha k & reaping machine has been "Invented which hinds with straw. ' The State Grange of. Illinois «c*ntly offenedar premium of £2000 to secure a t>raetical maohine, or reaper attaehment.Jfor binding grain vrith straw instead of twine. , Forty inventern, repreneritinpt nearly «Tery State, al»o Can»da and Scotland, competed. A full aize working model was finally accepted but its owner declined to se'l his interest f or th<t sum namft-\ ft haviitf* had i>iuch , bettor oft'ei* fo'v'^ua^leTiee aiui Its pittritr.'" 'A report; isFue^.'bv the awarding conjmjttee s»ys : — " We haVi* seen this machine bind grain, and it does the work much finer and. better than can- be done with>traw- b'ari&if by hand. It has au extra attachment for short straw or grain, that can be set. in motion, _ by tlje.fuo^ of th« 'driy«*r. Thi? : binder a ■•emi perfect in all its parts, more nimple and easier to operate than the twine bind«r The fcnotwr is not as delicate in construction, yrit does not take "■np more room, «)d is not so heavy M the twine hinder. We consider this a matter of gre*t importance to all grain raising farmers, for they will not hereafter be subject to the trusLs-and icoinbines of .t^-e twine men,, having plenty .qf •.-.binding mateiial right at band on the farm. Tha.patentee is nrrang. ins; to bring 'out. his niaphine in Frebruary 1890, and will; .^nt'er the. grain fie'ds.oJf *h« Southern State; thence following the hart ei| north.U The N. Z. Time* iondou covreipondeni jiiiys : — Thf.^% ia'an^cAjrihed ithii town hause in 'Chelsea "ol pne of the most remarkable m«vid,Ah? present 4ay. J- refer to Mr Arthurjߣvanaßh, formerly M.P. for Carlow, iii Ir#jiiu3. ; Eeiwai iiorn without legs or arms, and -yet h« w*« well educated, a fearless rider to^hounids, a splendid ch«»s •nd draught player, and paitionately fond of jaohtint?. Of coune ha wai to a great extent helpless and dependent upon his valet. 'He had a basket saddle eonitrueted, into whiah he wai strapped. He! held the reins with his teeth, and few huntsmen were oitener ( .jß - itt the deafb. thtn this oripoled' but. daring rider. .He was a wealthy mSm, 'posnessing ' large estates in County Carlow,. He man-ied jifitorai years ago his first eou«in, en ncoomplishid lady ef great beauty, but sevarftlye&ri elder thai himself. ,:B«;-iKcd to sar that in hia bsyi hood d*Ts she was kinder to the poor 6rippl«.thiu.tf9iyj>.ne.of his other relation*; and when h«.4&<n«fiufa> possession of His ittate. he a^kedhei* to. marry, ■him. which the did. and tirW«4 one of" t|i« mopt <^c : •vo^edwivas.-in the kingdom. They'ha'4 ;^re« lovely child- •«, one boy and two «irlt; The •ffiniir^ sttn-y explain*- ihat l W ' Ka,vanagh's.: mother ■ yvas a very • prowd' woman anti:<Jf;-R -liiiughty diiposftioti. ' 6hW' kad been a grlfct'lbeauty in her day, anfl,' .poisisiftd TrtßgQifi'oprit Ings and arms. H*r husbaad. too, wan wimilarly blpgnod. 8h« topic a -violent rli«likfl to anyoa* vrhoie ippar and, lower limbs were wanting in. r iyin«terv or protfbfflon. and to fiiichan Hteat was this a:erk£>.e with her that »b» of* fepded half her relatives When this son Arthur wag horn it >r«i eo»B"'d<>red by the .family that his. crippled eondi^'on wf s a' reproof for-. u«l?-'-.»(reat vjinity. Anyway it had the effect of completely chaiigiag tha . woman's character.