Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1891.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 26 May 1891, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1891.

Next Saturday, Mr Kennedy Macdona d, M.H.K., and some of the Provisional Directors of the proposed Co-operative and Farmers' Alliance, will meet the farmers, at Foxton at two o'clock. The prospectus, of the company is fully set forth in our advertising columns. The executors of the late William Wintersgill, desire all accounts owing, to be sent to Mr George Nye. ... ... - Just at the last moment on Saturday we received an advertisement re painting the Foxton school and master's residence. Tenders must be sent in before Monday the -first of June. Specifications can bs seen at this office. The economy of the Board has only permitted one insertion of this adver-' tisement, so that it will only be found in Saturday's paper. . To-morrow the stock sale at the OrouaDowns Homestead will be he'd. As will be seen from the advertisement, elsewhere, there are over 250 cows for sale, and 330 young stock, as we'l as 60 fat cows and 86 purebred cows. There are also 10 purebred . bulls, and the champion one at the Wellington show. There is a very nice small lot of purebred Lincoln ewes. Hacks and draught horses with Voltiguer and Oliver Cromwell complete the list of stock. Those wanting well bred animals must be sure to attter.d this sale, as Mr McLennan has had for years the very best animals that were to be had, and no better class of animals can be shown against his. The sale is early being at 11.30. Mr J. H. Hankins has a legal notice re the Foxton Co-opera live Bakery Co." which arrived to late to refer to last issue. The well known auctioneer, Mr G. M. Snelson met with an unpleasant experience at a sale of a hemp mill, near Wirokino on Thursday last. He had beea driven from the town to themill. and was utilizing the trap as a platform from whioh he could oveisee the bidders, and the time was approaching the close of the sale. Two other persons had also mounted the vehicle, to be ready when it started, which however, they were not. The charioteer .had put the pair of horses in, had one traced up, but . not the other, whem a very emphatic " knock down" of the auctioneer, or some other cause, unknown, startled his "fiery animals and they made one plunge andthen broke into a gallop. The plunge un : fortunately knocked the auctioneer down at a loss, and placed him in a sitting position upon the ground, thus fulfilling the old say-* ing, " that evil deeds come home to roost " and that one so accustomed to " knocking.; down" was at lasthimself knocked down. The other two occupants got to grass, ■somehow, but they would find it diffioult to spd-^ cify clearly the steps, they took, as them course was accomplished chiefly by flying, luckily no one was seriously damaged, nor was even the trap, whioh was shortly afterwards brought back, with the flooring gone. The ride to town was remarkable for the airiness of the vehicle than for any .other reason. This spot, where the accident happened seems to be coming notorious for causalties to horses and conveyances, as it was just here that the buggy incident, wi'h the well known, much appreciated, gentle horse •• Sam " occured on last Boxing-day. "Sam " however was not there. At the Police Court this morning, before Messrs Wilson and Davies, J.'sP., a man named Fred Jensen was charged by the Constable with using obscene language to Annie Cawston in a public place at Foxton, and having pleaded guilty he was sentenced to one month's imprisonment - with' '•■ hard labour in Wanganui Gaol. For refusing to quit licensed premises at Foxton when behaving in a disorderly manner, and having pleaded guilty, he was fined 10s or 7 days hard labour; for resisting the constable in the execution of his duty, to which he also pleaded guilty, he. was fined 20s or 14 days hard labour. The sentences are to be cumulative. It appears that the pri : Boner is a noted character for acts of this nature, and is a powerful built man and a well known wrestler and boxer. The constable asserts that he gave him the severest tussle he has had whilst in the force. Seats for Sara Bernhardt's dramatic per- • brmance at Me'bourne have been put up • to auction, when the 15s seats realised £2 ] & piece. '

We regret to learn that just after the marriage ceremony was performed the ReV; Innes-Jones received the sad news of the death of his father, which occurred in Italy. Baron Hirsch has purchased a tract of land of Uruguay, South America, for the purpose of settlement by the Jews who have been expelled from Russia. The Government have granted favourable privileges to the Jews in taking up the land, and Baron Hirsch has despatched an engineer to make ail preparations for their arrival. A deputation of men employed at the Woodlands Preserving Works, Christchurch, interviewed Mr James Kelly, M.H.R , representing that it would be an advantage to the rabbit tinning industry if tha inspectors did not enforce poisoning so early in- the winter as at present. The industry was an important one, and therevenue from imported material was considerable, and if it could b 6 carried on say eight months of- the year it would give a fair term of employment. Mr Ke'ly said he was impressed with what he had seen at the works, and he would support their member if he brought the matter before the Government. A quantity of dynamite in a railway waggon exploded while the train was approaching Parrytown, in New York State. Thirtyjltalian navvies were blown to fragments, while twenty-five were severely injurecL;.. Afc.the. time of the explosion the jtvain isfts crossing the bridge, and the engine-driver and stoker were blownvinto the river. The accident is ; believe^ toihaye. been caused by a spark from' thj? engine „igniting: /t ^; e xplpsive. •'■■.'.'- -. Settlera in the Horowhenua County have* grained considerable damage through the .ao^on /)f pqmeone ,who has been, laying jgqisbn on, .me County road. This has caused the dea^h of a number of valuab'e dogs. Mr Sirhcox, alone, has lost six from this. cause> the value of which jhe estimates as af least £60.— M. Times. ' . A mighty pleasant Borough Council that oi Palmerston must be. (Jr. Hadfield had moved a resolution to rescind one passed at a previous meeting, when a fire-eating Councilor said "He intended to vote against' the motion to the very letter, and he thought that if it was a physical' encounter some of the Councillors who are always so ready to bring up matters, would not oome up to time so quickly." Is he dying for a fight ? The " Hon. John Bourke O'Brien," as he is known to call himself, has turned up in Napier. The Hawke's Bay Herald thus describes his first appearance : — John Bourke O'Brien, one of the inebriates fined at * the Court yesterday, proved himself quite an orator. After pleading guily he askqd permission " to make afew remarks," which he proceeded ,to do at considerable length. Taking off a pair of spectacles he struck an attitude and " waded in." The burden of his tale was that he fell into trouble while engaged with a dear friend of his youth in searching for a missing " portmanchto," and that he wished he possessed the eloquence of a Demosthenes, and the logic of a Cicero (soft "c" iuthe good old-fashioned style) to help him to persuade the Magistrate to let him depart this once. . He wpuld not flatter his Worship by saying he had the wisdom of a Solomon, but the fact of him being in his present position 'proved him to be a wise and good man, and he (J. 8.0.'8.) begged of him to give the unfortunate before him one chance to prove that he wa#not a man worthy to, be stigmatised' as ft drunka d, and let him go forth into jthe world blessing the wisdom, theclemericy.'and the discretion of the Napier Magistrate. With a " dull thud " came the respdnVe— " Ten shillings and costs; or 48 hours' hard' labour " — and John Bourke O'Brien "went up."