LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 52, 25 January 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sir Rapley, saddler, of Feilding, has removed tp tbe chop formerly occupied by Mr D. £. Nathan, Ferguson«street, where he has much larger shop accommodation, and a more convenient and com • fortable residence. •' _ .... Our Wanganui evening contemporary thus wiites :■— ''The country along the railway line beyond Palmers ton has apparently'been; favored wjth more rain than tins been the case m this part, for the turf has quite a green appearance as compared with the ground m this neigh* bbrhobd. Harvest operations ' m &c M'tnayvatu and Rangitikei districts are now almost m full swing, and it is stated that the yi*ld this year will be much above the avernge, ac* least m a- majority of cases." We may add to the above that we do not think the rainfall has been heavier or more frequent around Palmer-, ston than around Wanganui, but our soil is more capable of resisting the effects of a prolonged drought, which is one of its characteristics. " Peilding'iß suffering to the fullest ex» tent from the effects of drought, the herbage being terribly burnt up, though the water m most of .the wells is holding out remarkably well. The township has a whitened, parched appearance tha^ia rather depressing. Mr Soler informs the Wangaimi Herald that the prospects of his vintage this season are magnificent; indeed better than he has ever known them, and he antiei* pates that the yield will be thrica that of Jast season. IPiva omnibuses were engaged to take ithe peraoas committed for trial to the Auckland Supreme (Dourt. They numbered forty m all besides their escort. This was a criminal procession, the like of which, has not been seen before m Auck* land,

A very sudden denth occurred <>n Monday nu-ht on No. 2 Line (aay9 thu Wan* gauui Herald). Willinm Stretch, dog tax collector fc «-(ie county, had been pursuing his rounds as usual, when he was suddenly seized with a fainting fit and fell from his horse on the roadway, ex» pirini! m a few seconds. Stretch had been suffering from hearodeseaae of late, and this was evidently the cause of death. The body was brought to town last night by deceased's brother, and it hus not been deemed necessary to hold an inquest. The Manawatu Highways Board held its usual monthly mealing yesterday, bat no business of importanca was transacted. A correspondent suggests a penny subs scriptiou. to purchase a baton for the conductor of, the Choral Society. He says a crooked supplejack does pot look respectable. His other suggestions might be considered too personal. The Hon. Secretary of the Palmerston School Committee undertook to furnish ;us with a copy of the report and balancesheet by noon the, day before yesterday, but it has not yet come to hand. We learn that an effort is to be made to establish a Masonic Lodge under the Scotch Constitution m Palmerston. " We have been ask^d to contradict a statement made m our local contemporary that all the wells at Terrace End have given out. Mr D. Murray, of the Wanganui .foundry, is now. busily engaged erecting Messrs Bailey Bros.' new steam-engines, and putting m a new cylinder m the engine of Messrs Richter, Nannestead, & Oo.,atTrondjem. Mr Tricklebank is advertising lime for sale> of extra strength and quality. We are requested to add to Mr Deards' advertisement that his business has been established since 1874. Mr' Cross, surgeon^dentist, will visit Palmerston on Tuesday next, and may be professionally consulted at Roe's Private Hotel. Mr 0^ H. Hinman, evangelist, is an* nouiiced to preach the Gospel tosnight m the Foresters' Hall, at 7.30 p.m. All are invited. AliM McLennan advertises stoppage of payment of a cheque, particulars of which are fully stated, . . Mr Snelson wishes to exchange a large power chaff-cutter for produce. ' Further additions have been made to Messrs Stevens & Gorton's next sale at the Denbigh Sale Yards, Feilding. j , We hear from many quarters that Manawatu is standing the drought better than any district-on the: West Coast. We are glad to notice indications to«day of an apparently not very distant rainfall. There will be a special meeting of the Borough Council to-morrow afternoon, at 8 p.m., to discuss^the report of the Com* mittee re proposal for increased railway accommodation, m vhe Square, and to reconsider resolution re Eeturning Officer. Tenders for the erection of the new Wesleyan Church close at noon to-mor-row. Our lad was unable to make through to Bunny thorpe again last night, a fierce fire raging on both sides of the road. He will make the attempt again to«night. j Paul Morpby, the greatest chess player that ever breathed,, has at the early age of 45, passed away.. To this announcement nothing need be added. The story of his glittering chess career has been maay times told. It is also known that he quickly retired, satiated with and apparently sick of trumphs. Afterwards a mental cloud covered him and now there is the end. The Pharmaceutical Journal reports the poisoning pf a man who had beeo living on raw, unripe potatoes, and quotes the opinion of an eminent analyst that decided symptoms of poisoning result more frequently than people are aware of from any considerable consumption of potatoes, especially when they are very young or very old. The poison is .said to be found chiefly if not entirely, m the skin of the tuber. Sir W. J. Clark, Bart, is the happy pos» sessor of an income of about LIBO,OOO, a year, or, bay LSOO a day; and his brother Joeisjustas rich. Yet, fifty years ago, their father, " Big " Clarke, who made nearly all the money, wa3 a butcher m HobartTown, It ia not every day wo hear of a journey of 900 miles with 6000 sheep, and not one lost on tLe way; but Mr T. A. Rhodes has just delivered at Kooringa 6014 \ : wethers from Curryawinya . Station. Queensland, a distance of 900 miles, without losing a single hoof. ' We learn that the divorce case, Neilson v. Neilson, set down for hearing at Wellington this week, has been arranged out of Court. The French scientific journal "La Nature," gives the following curious in-» cident, showing the. enormous power of mqlepular forces. — The Italian Bhip ! Francesco, loaded with ripe, put into port on May 11, at EastLoadpn, leaking qon« siderably. A large force of men was at once pnt on board to pump out the water 'contained m thti ship and to unload her* but m spite of all the activity exhibited, the bags of rice soaked m water gradually, and swelled up. Two days afterwards, on May J. 3, the ship was violently burst asunder 1 by the swelling of her cargo. A New York street car company now clean their horses by steam. The brushes turn at the rate of 1000 revolutions a minute, a man on each side of the animal holding them against the parts to be ibrushed. A cloud or dust arises m the air and m two minutes the horse looks like a different creature. One passage is equal to 400 by the ordinary process. A hundred horses can be cleaned m nine or ten hours. According to an American journal, a Colorado variety manager h»s a large sign painted over his piano bearing the legend;" PI ease don't shoot at the piani j«it. He ia doing the best he knows how.?' ,