CROMWELL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 345, 15 October 1875, Page 3

CROMWELL.

..(jJ-roin a correspondent.) 1 eiliaps tlie most, prominent tea! tiro noticpable dßo'iii; Crijriitfell at present is tiie- enormous clouds of dill thiic hate i>;eu ?Vseiy> 1;r----over the lotfii for sever.il day*;: I ■'b'eiievw Cromwell is the dustiest town in creation, ami each resident is supposed to eat ,-it least i peck of oust per iiion'li. Mud, inu.l, mud. is a coininpa cry iit O'.ag,? town-; but a week or dust—such as iS couiaion !o Cromwell in nil seasons, of the year—woiSl.l ruake them change their fcanc; mud is la"";, but. dust is worse. If our fdwn Councillors iwdd have seeii b'eyon 1 tlieir nose?; the gfeat desert of saridj from wliich domes all 'the dust, mi-jlit have be..n a young forest, of blue gum or sonic other useful and beautifying trees. All tha* is required area few thousmds of joan<r or a few bushels of seeds—it matters not of' what, so long us t cy wiil grow iu 'd-v soil. ' , ' * That, or rather felling, the Cromwell bridge is about to undergo a thorough repair. Jt has been in :i very d«n, gerous condition for" year?, a wry ricketiy affair at the best, more suited lor show Uiunlbr heary traffic. Cromwell is a great place for scandal. [ Scarcely a week passes but some one has his or her neighbor in Court for insult or assault, niri eomoti'iios both, includiug battery. The other yfeik it was iiowe v. I?-; Corse, District Coroner. It appeirs that j)r. Corse liid beeti attending Mrs. i£il,J, pluiatilf's mother-iu law; and had been requestoil to consult with DK;_ Stirling j but, declining to do bo, some hot words ensued, and flie docto? threatened to put ICr. Hdw6 out of tlieh-wse. According to evidence, some disgusting language was used. Mrs. Corse, it appears; .tised language savoring muchly of the billingsgate order; that is according to the 'Cromweii Argus.' I can easily accoiii.f. for the doctor being out of tune when another doctor was sent for; as he has attended Airs: Kidd and family for many years, and showed great kinJ-. ness and attention But, uufortuna<ely for himself, he has a very sharp temper, over which lie has no control The Maijisii'afe inflicted a fine of 20s. nnd costs: Jt- is to be hoped it will]be a lesson to the doctor, who is, wlien'riot nettled, a most attentive and kindhearted man. Our Dramatic Club are hard flt-.'SvoA wjtli a very heavy piece, viz., " The Lady of Lyons. ' They will give a performance on the night of the races, lor the benefit oft lie Athen£Bum. There is some good talent in the CiU'o. If the minor parts are well sustained a success may be looked for. Politically Cromwell is very dull. Li tl-i interest is taken in tl.e great question cf the day,' vi# * the Abolition .of. a meeting was convened by the Mayor to get, an expression of opinion, but was pooriy -ittend.ed. A motion for ri'-'iay was carried a majority of one. . . " According to the ' WaSalip Mail' the Shotover Min-rs' Association. have passed a vote of want of confidence in Mr. MacKellaf. Miners' Associations in general do not appear to have a very high opinion of the Goldiields Secretary. It is no uncommon thing to hear miners denouncing him as. a toady to Doiiald Reid. I heard one say that Mr. * MacKellar was the only Goldlields member who could be found to do the duties of jackal to Donald Eeid. I should like to know what the Shoiover people have got to do interfering with out' member. They were not content with telling the world that Mr. MscKelisr had forfeited their coLfidence, but they niu-st need§ pass a vote of confidence in Sir T. L. SHeijherd, our M. B.K. I wish they would'take him altogether. This district would have lib objection to Pylte, indeed there i3'no liian better fitted to represent the iJunstan than' Mr. Pyke, as he knows every corner, and is thoroughly acquainted with the nfeceSsltics of the district, which, is more tlian Mr. Shepherd is, as he has not been h'6fe for years,