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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 80, 26 August 1870, Page 2

Thb celebrated Professor, 3>r. parr, gave entertainment* ill u.;fcr:i4;ivfc of the'sciences of. phrenology and! mesmerism., in, thel Oddfellcva'" IIaII, Empire Hotel, cm the evenings of Tues-day-arid Wednesday lasfe • ifo mat-Tt has been already both said und written a* to the abrlity, of. the Doctor ab a phrenologist end a lneamerisfj th-it any filing we could say upon the suhjec j could not the-reputafcioa v»lucb, he has-

acqairei.forrhimself rby -the; enter tainments which he has given in the different towns in /which he has appeared. Suffice it to say!, that here, as elsewhere, the Doctor's reading of heads, was very successful, and, ,produced fre--quent bursts of laughter and applause from the audience. In mesmeric.experiments the Doctor wa9 not less auccessfu!, though,he candidly admitted that some of the subjects who presented , tlieuisylves were beyond his power to do al with; still th-.re were other members well known in the community who ;were put into'such train-. ing by tlie Professor that, could they have seen themselves, they would not have : foiled to dispute their own identity.- We, understand that when in QueenstownDr. Cavr identified" t himself wich the total abstainers by becoming* a member of that body,-and by giving an effective lecture in furtherance of the cause of tem- , perance.. An attractive, an-nounced-in a'notlier e^i:imnfor : ~' : ' _An alarm of fire took place on Saiiurdafnight iasb. about eight o'clock. The cause 6f •alarm arqsedrom the catching .on. fire-of • the pipingof a Stove at the Ovens Hotel. Though;, the appearance of fire was at first considerable, it was almost immediately reduced. r i' The case Nobleiand othersiv. JCurTrie and party came on for hearing in the Warden's' Oourt yesterday, when, in consequence of "soine/ , . ambiguity in the, complaint it was, on the- api plication of : Mr. Hertalet, who appeared for the defence, adjourned till Monday next£- / -li 0$ Wednesday night last snow commenced' to fall and continued during the whole night. Yesterday morning the snow lay foot deep in the town,,and the mountains appeared far more heavily clad" than the;, have done since last winter. , - P&ESSDKEon our space compells us;-to" hold \ over till next week li.M. Court cases, jmdjother matter. We have to apologise for an error which crept into the report of the Jockey Club meetting, published in our last issue. Instead of •the balance in hand being £124 12s. 9d., as stated in the'report to which we have alluded, it should have been £l9l 12s. 9d. We should imagine, from the ."good programme and liberal prizes offered by the club, that the ftVs t springmeeting of the Mount Ida Jockey Club will be t a great success. Thej second part of the lecture by the Rev:' Mr. Burchett (subjeet-r-" Tlie Age we Live in") "was delivered in the Masonic Hall on tlie evening of Monday last. The branch of the subject the Rev. Gentlemanentered was the " intellectual. 3 The | lecture, J as .might "have - been expected, from the portion already heard,' amply repaid the audience, and fully and profitably engaged their attention. Our only; re* j gret is that the audience was more limited than we could have desired'tb have seen,' and that ■so many failed to avail themselves of a great pleasure. It may be along time ere a similar opportunity be again presented to them. ' We understand that the Rev. Mr. B urchett will conduct Diviue service at the Kyeburn Diggings church oh Sunday next (weather per-v emitting) at two p.m.. Wk beg to acknowledge receipt of the sixjh, annual report of the Otago Acclimatisation Society ; with "the objects arid'amehded J rule§ •of the society, and list of officers and mem-

The fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Naseby Lodge of Oddfellows will be held in the ; lodge Toom on Tuesday evening next. We cull the following interesting facts from Mr. Warden jSimpson's (Tuapeka District) quarterly report machinery used by the alluvial miners is as follows :—1 turbine ;and machinery for raising water, worth say £290; 2 whim 3 and pulleys, 23 wViter wheel-, 12 hydraulic hoses, 100 pumps, 2500 sluice boxes, and 40 quicksilver and compound cradles, Til vied at £3200. The quartz miners employ 1 steam engine ofsix horse power, two crushing machines, 18 stamp heads, 2 water wheels, and 1 whim and pulley, valued at £L2OS. Besides the there are 2X) head water races, of a total ieugth of .600 mUes,.^ilued-at..£2i,000; 410 ground sluices tail. races, of* a total length of 2100 chains, valued; at £16,800 ; 150 ,yeßf;rvoirs,a,i.vi,4ams, valued, at £6lk)0: 400 *lg.ice heads of water used (40 inchestp a. head) "valued at £12,000 ; valuef of Wasting ' powder used. 3 tons, £4BO. .The appro'xiih.kte value of all the mining jjlant and machinery., in the district, therefore; js'£63,Bßo. ''' Oil ~ a rough Estimate, from 4 to 3 square' miles of auriferous ground are being' mined' upon, hut'iiboiit 12 aquare miles have been turned over from first