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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 16 July 1891, Page 2

A very enjoyaMe entertainment took place f>n Monday evening' in 'S.*. Patrick's School, Palmerston North, on the occasion of the Bey. P. Patterson's iyiYihaa'yV ' Presents and addresses \vere. read f| doiicert and' drama bjr the children was a gfeajt success. Miss Hoilisl the teacher, deserves tha highest ecoriiums for her training antt teaching of fche children. The school was crowded. Auld Lang Syne concluded a very pleasant and agreeable evening. " Casual " in the Mercnry say? :— Mr C. Lumsden has scratched his filly Lady Clair, by.St Cl ir (by Dead Shot)— Nelly, for t'»e Wanganui Derby. The yearlirg colt, Admis^rat >r— Euby, purchase I by Mr N." Grace, has been named "Balla n ee." I beg <o remind Mr Grrace that a horse by Tty«, Premier named Ballance, ran at the Wil'ow Bank races last Christmas Day. An exchange says :— There are twenty languages spoken in the New Hebrides, and a hundre 1 languages spoken in the; who'e of Melanesin. It is as erted by a compet n.t authority that no one languag" c n be discov red which would be understood by all the people speaking these different to gues. ! Tbe great number of these languages, ne rly a fourth of al" spnkefa in the worlds renders the work of the missiona ies much more difficult than, i, would otherwise ie. , , . Richard Butt, an Oama v solicitor, was arre ted on Monday on a charge of misappropriatng monies of the Co-operative S oreCumpany. * Thomas Tre'oar has been killed at ! t' c Glenoamaru Tunne 1 , CatHns railway, through a piece of wood striking him while blasting a log with dynamite. He ived three hours, and leaves a wife and family in Dunedin. .r■ ■. '..-..■ Immense forest fire i are . r'ajlng Michigan, and many villages haye, been burned. No rain has falen' for three montha. • ! ''*:■ • ' ; :•'■>•

The sale at Bui s on Tuesday <was renarkable for th > high price* which *he p rea'i cd. One pen of wethers, the aver gw ight of which woul I be 601- s, brought 15s 5d a head • ewes, mixed ages, most of whom were old, brought 14s 7d each ; a d some well grown lambs, with a fair fleece though called "shorn" having been so very ear'y in the season, rea'isei llsj 4d a head. Take these prices with frozen mutton returns, and the marl in of profit is small. Mr Graham, R.M., who presided at th" We lingt^n R.M. Court on M n 'ay, endeavour d to rscertain from two or t'-ree men who were bronght before him for having been drunk yeste day, whTe they ob•ain^d the r iquor, but was unable o elicit any sat sfactory information to his queries. Mr Gah m said he had asked the questions because the accused did not app ar to be of he c ass of persons who kept <-t mv ants n thei • own homes, and as h y must there "ore have obt ined liquor from icensed h use on a prohibited day. he sh •! Id on that o casio , and in al cases of dru k nness brought be'ore him where it «• as proved he offence had been ommitted on a Sunday, infliofc a double fine. This may have some effect and it is worth a trial, ' ut we are doubtful as to any good resujti g. The case against Coleman Phillips fnr alleged dummyism, was a;ain tried on Monday at the Supreme Cou ••, and again thejury were unable to agree to a ver ict< We wonder if the Government wi I try again. On Monday Mr Bay h .ving occasion to call on the man Gen ge Smith, who li • es at No bitnn, found him to be in a ver> feeb'e state of h a t'\ owing to his having, for the last two months, suffered from an abscess *n th* jw; Mi Ray at once warned him and his wife that matters wer aerious, a* the jaw had go so stiffened thai the man was una> le to open his mouth any wi th. As the family was in indig nt;cii\ , curastances, Mr Ry at once got t ! e help of his fri nds and paid the man's fare o Palmerst n, with the fee for the doct r Smith returned with the advice that ho should at once go to the Wellington Hospita' and undergo an operat'on. Dr Maci tyre strongly recomm; nded Wellington, as he said that th" jaw would have to be forced open and that he would ne' d careful treatment. Mr Ray again canvassed his frien s so successfully that he pro ided a free passage by the Qu en of the South, and gave Smith t little cash to go on with. He has also wri ten to our member to render what aid he can, and wired t > Dr Macint re to writ ■ particulars of the case to the Hospita , so that the man may be , attended to at once. On Thu s 'ay next Mes rs Thynn?, Lin- , ton & Co. advertise a sale of fruit and forest trees from JiJr Behefield's Aramah ' Nursery. Last year this firm held a sale < of t> s nursery's, stock, and purchasers 1 have been well pleased with what th y bought. The Atlas a^d Be'ford mills at Tima n on Monday received an order to supply 1100 ton* of flour, through l>'<ynolds aivl Co., Dunedin, for the t^outh American , markets. This is the largest ordu- in, one , line ever received at Timaru. A vessel has , been specially chart red t> take the flour ' nway next week. . . Rough ot the sy dicate. The Manchester magistrates recently refused a ■ license t> the new Palace of Varieties, built at a cost of £50,000 by a syndicate. There was Vtrong c'erical opposition. The justices deoliaed to state the grounds of their refu'al. The presentation of an epergne. and ', crad c to the Hon. J. G. Ward by the officers of the six prineipa telegraoh offices in th colony — those of Auckland, Napier. „ 'Wellington, Blenheim Christchuroh. and ■ ' Dug din— in commemorat on of the; birth of his son Gladstone William Ward during his term of • ffice as P ostmaster-General and Telegraph Commissioner, took place on Monday in the Cabinet room of the Pa liamentary buildinj . All the members of thfi Ministry were present except the Ho-. W. P. Reeves. Several members of both Houses of Parliament also witnessed the ceremony. Mr C.G. Robertson, officer in charge at the Wei ington Telegraph , Office, and Mr J. Gel , assistant officer in charge, represented the telegraph offices. A mary llous cavern has been discovered in Oregon as large and wonderful in appearance as the Mammoth Caves of Kentucky/ It contains numbers of small lakes' 1 and a waterfall 80ft high. , There wi 1 be a dance at the Rink tomorrow evening. The Hurdle race at the Rink on Tuesday was a very exciting one, and gave pi. nty of amu ement to the on-lop'ers. In the ' final heat Fi Whitaker was' fir'st and F. Young .second. There were six entries- in all. "Another contest will soon be announced. \ 'Many years ago t^e" f l . Feistftes ";as they : were called, used to" tatce their "'cdnVerts to the river where the railway station now : 'stands, and baptise them by totarimmersion. From the Post we glean that another sect act- likewise in Wellingtdn,' as a '\ very 'arge'numberof Petone residents asi sembled at the smimming baths in the township on Sunday afternoon for the purpose of witnessing the baptism by immersion pj-sflnie.epnv^ytatp^ejventh Pay Ad;ve tismW Thl ad k'eßS-dppFbpitiate to jhe occasion wa3 given by Pastor Is^ae', and a '. short prayer having' beCa offered upj.Pastor McCullough entered tb.^ water to jerform the necessary rights, at d after sprinkling. ' water.onr^he forehead of, th^ conyeutsj-two. females and a male— l^e : com ple^ the '■'' ceremony : by putti g them' 'entirely tmder ■ Kvater, which was bitter 'y co d.: : • •: : r. i The annual stock-taking sale at the $on Marche, Pa merston North, is now pn. Visitors to ! Palmdrston- are requested to inspect the bargains in every department. Mi lineiy, i . mantles, ujsters, household drapery, Men's 'ffna 'Boy's clptmng, a 1 at clearing pfices'a't' the'Bon "Marche, Palmerston North. Ross'& Sandford. I'The1 ' The air bites shrewdly; is very co!d. Horatio — It is a nipping and an eager air my Lord." -, ■■ ' • .., Hamlet, Scene 4, Act 1. • ■ As in the time of Royal Dane and, Cpurtly Horatio so of late, to use a l very common expression, the weather has been " bitterly co d." For the present wintry season there Jiave been imported thousands of yards of the best Flannels and bales upon- bales of excellent Blankets; at Te . Aro .■ Rouse, Wellington. • • , Of Flannels' we have at' 'present a stock of about 20,000 (twenty thousand) yards in all the best English arid Colonial makes, in White, Shetland, Orkney Scarlet and Fancy colors, and the pricas range from 9id to 3s per yard at J'e Aro House, Wellington. • ' are noted throughout the Province for the excellent value we give in Flannel?, . sp-'that customers may rely on getting their orders executed most advantageous y at Te Aro House, Wellington. ' ' ; .; As orders spnfiptimes come addressed to ; . hands hi pur employ, a'pd'dela.v is therefore oaiisbd,' we Vvoul'd notify 1 that' a I or'dci-E iand business letters should' be addressed on yto Jfcniee Smith, Te Aro Houae, Wei ington.

'.Our usual stock of blankets is between GOO and 700 pairs, in both the Best English and Colonial maites. We buy at first hand in the English markets, from the very best manufacturers and at the lowe3t cash prices, and our Colonial Blankets are picked with great care from the best mills. We are thus able to sell our Blankets cheaper than nine-tenths of the trade in the colony can do. Our prices range from 6s lid to 50s per pair at Te Aro House, Wellington. THREE CENTUBIES have rolled by since Bacon said " Coffee oomforteth the brain and heart, and helpeth digestion ; Use Cheat's A 1. Coffee. Sold only in lib and 21b tins, ... _. I