Manamatu Herald. THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1894.

Manawatu Herald, 5 July 1894, Page 2

Manamatu Herald. THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1894.

The Bill in the American Senate has been read a third time which leaves Wool free of duty. The tariff comes into operation on the Ist August. In Dr Dermer's professional notice the visiting days for other townships are mentioned. Ihus.on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and Saturday morning he.will be at Levin, and at Shannon on Tuesday mornings. Messrs Gorton & Son will hold their usual stock sale at Bulls on Tuesday. Large entries are already advertised. Messrs Dudson Bro?. expect to commence stripping at their Foxton mill to-morrow, "and Messrs Symons Bros, and H. Coley and Co. are actively preparing, for a start, _and hope to'btriirworking omer by^nekl Week. We hear of, several others that contemplate starting operations-.- ' i -'-- The San Francisco mail closes at the local post office on Tuesday, at 8 p.m. An old man of 64 years named Thomas Spence, living in a hut with his mate at Mr Bartholomew's old disused sawmill site at Levin on. Sunday dropped dead whilst reading a newspaper. Mr F. Stuokey, as acting-coroner, held an inquest on Tueßday, and Dr Dernier was summoned to hold a post mortem. The doctor certified that the man died from valvular disease of the heart, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly. Mr Trask, Mayor of Nelson, endeavoured to introduce a flattering motion concerning the Ministry at the first meeting of the of the Municipal Conference, but finding the other members objected to dealing with political questions, he wisely withdrew it. In the case of Nathan v. Cargill for libel the jury retained a verdict for £/>0 for plaintiff. Costs were awarded on the lowest scale. The defendant is? proprietor of tho ! Wairarapa Star. From an old manuscript, mention • is made of the dinners indulged, in, in the 17th Century. '• I made ready an 'extraordinary dinner, and twenty was the number that sat at table. Byway of relish, to give the men their thirst, was a barrel of oysters, with salted anchovies atid-" ohV file ; 1 after that, pease .porridge,. dressed lobsters, j with French and Rhenish' wines, and a I fricasse of pullets, followed by marrow i bones; and lastly threa legs of mutton.' I Then cheese and sweetmeats, and mincepica Rnd brandy the repast ended."

1 /three Ministers are laid tip with the prevailing itoflucn'xa, viii,, the Minister for Labour, \\A Colonial Treasurer, and the Geioiiial Secretary. There was no sale in the bailiff's seizure at Shannon on Tuesday, matters being otherwise arranged. Mr Spofforlh, " the demon bowler," has been writing a book. In It he says that prior to the arrival of George Parr's team in Australia) the bowling was all underhand. A great stimulus was given to Australian batting when. W; G. Grace brdiight over his English team. Charles Lawrence, a member of the first English cricket team that visited Australia remained behind, .and settled in Sydney, and William Caffyti, another member, shortly afterwards settled in Melbourne. Writing about .T. Blackham, the Australian wicket-keeper, Mr Spofforth says that when he made his ilchul in 1870 he had no fear, no nerves, and svas free of all those liltlo tricks which wicket-keepers have since adopted. But he paid the penalty of his daring early ; he? was hit in the chest by a ball from Allan, and for a while serious results were feared. To this day he bears the mark in the shape of a hollow about the sifce of a pigeon's egg. A mare Is Impounded, and unless it is claimed, will be sold on Saturday next. The estimated total yield of potatoes in Great Britain last yoar was 3,47fi,328 tons. Tin* c unity in England to produce the largest quantity was Lincoln— 32l,o2l tons. News has reached Southern Cross of a marvellous find of gold made by a parly of Sydney prospectors near Coolgardie. They obtained 4'2Bocz gold from less than two tons of stone — one piece of quartz weighing 3001b being sold for £2000. If the gold continues down as at present for 100ft. it will be WOith £1,000, 000. It is said to be the richest patch of gold unearthed in any part of (he world. The General Manager of the National Bank has received cable advice that the directors declare a » per cent, dividend, aud carry forward .£l"»,000. . Ten earthquake shocks were felt at Rolorun, on Monday morning. M. Jablochkoff, the famoua electrician and inventor of the Jablochkoft' candle, died in Saratoif. Russia, April 15th. He was an officer in the Russian army, when in 187(5 he invented one of the earliest successful practical electric lights, known as the Jabloohkoff candle. In 1877 it was publicly introduced in one of the great shops of Paris, and afterwards in some of the streets of the city. His device consisted of two flat strips of carbon, placed vertically side by side, and about an eighth of an inch apart, the space between them being rilled with some insulating substance — like kaolin or gypsum. The current was. made to ascend one of the rods, leap across the insulating substance, and descend the other rod. The invention attracted much attention at the time of its first application, but has been superseded by more economical forms of arc light. The SouthprnPacificßailroad Company's new bridge to be built across the Mississippi at New Orleans will be the larcest steel bridge in the world, considering the quantity of metal used iu its construction and its- length. The contract has been let to a Pennsylvania bridge company. It will be a double track bridge, about 10,---500ft. (or about two miles) long. The approach spans vary in length from 25ft. to 150ft. The main river bridga will be built on the cantilever principle, and will be i;o7oft in length, with spans of 608ft. on either side. The pier foundations will extend from a point 80ft. below the bottom of the river, and will b-3 sunk by ■open dredging. The estimated weight of metal required is 2(5,000 tons, or 50,000,---,000!b. The bridge will cost $5,000,000. The largest railroad bridge completed is over the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The ■main structure is 5,300ft. long, hut the approaches are shorter than will bn trnso of the New Orleans bridge. Sixty-eight cases and packages of new and seasonable good for all departments have now been opened out for prrsf'.it season at the Bon Marche, and it is freely admitted that no such choice is obtainable in the district. Buyers are invited to make their selections early while first ohoice of this magnificent range of new goods is still obtainable at The Bon MafchF. Ross and Sandford. — Anvx. Certainly the most elective medicine in the' world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extract.. Test its eminently powerful effect in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scalding?, bruises, sprains, it is the .safest remedy — no swellings — no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, Ac, Piarrhcaa, Dysentery, Disease of the Kid- , neys and Urinary Organs. In use at all hospitals and medical clinics ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others. — [A DVT.] • "It's an ill wind that blows nobody good " is avery old saying but none the less4rue. Whilst the great depression existing at Sydney at the present time, has .caused a deplorable amount of misery, yet tKe people" of Wellington and the. sur • rounding districts will reap a gigantic benefit . During his visit to Sydney recently, Mr James Smith purchased absurdly low prices a large stock which is now being sold at the Wholesale Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. With a view of making this sale the event of the year, two special buyers were despatched from Te Aro House, one to attend the great sale of Edwards, Bennett & Co's. wholesale stock, and the other to pick out bargains from the manufactures of the well-known Kaiapoi Woollen Co. Both these gentlemen have returned after a most successful, trip, and the total result of their efforts is to be seen in the astonishing bargains now being sold at the Wholesale Drapery .Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. With all these advantages in purchasing, it would be strange indeed if the sale was not one to be remembered. Any attempt to enumerate even a tithe of the cheap lines now at the -disposal of customers, would be worse than useless in the space at our command, but a price list which has been printed will be sent, post free, 1o the addrtss of any person applying to the Wholesale Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington.