The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la Verite. SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 218, 18 August 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la Verite. SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1883. LOCAL AN D GENERAL.

-y : _ .h ■. . The panorama of tho American "War will; open tp»niebt, and: a full house may be expected. The entertainment provided is iaid to be first-class, leaving the attraction of the gifts out of the question. ■ The Foresters will hold their next summoned meeting on Tuesday at 7 p.m.. We are obliged to hold over leading article, m consequence of a pressure of other matter. \> ' ;'.' }A-. Mr H. Graffs detailed^ndvertisements will appear m Monday's isiu*. . A heavy gale blew^(iuring, the greater part of last night, and th~e force of the wind to-day was very strong. It must* be heavy weather a^sea. -r ?_■ ,? f We regret Jo besr|that Mr Donald Ross is still m a very critical stSte. '' * ' Mr W. Bowron, the Government Inspector of Daify'FasforiesV iiabouUo'sUrt' on a lecturing 1 toiir m and around Wanganui. ■ It is likely that the Rotomahana will probably, bpjaid up for semeconsiderablptimef aVwe understand the particular kind of mild steel required to ßeplace her damaged parts cannot he?obtained m - the colony, and will have fo be specially made and imported from Home. The old proverb that " service is np ( iuheiatancfi ? ' had a Bad illustration m Lori» don the other day, m the case of an elderly man named Pells, taken up for begging. His excuse was that he was starving,- and had lost his situation m a highly respectable firm, through their got rid. of ■their old^ha'nds.'and substituted youngec ones because they were likely to get; nioie work out of them. The. Lord Mayor, before whom the poor man was brought, thought his story'" incredible," but upon inquiries being made, it was found to be true.^, TJm prisoner hadJieen 22 years m t£e sei vice of the house m question. ; The adjourned case , W^rna and Board 'v. Grammer w* 8 heard on Thursday. Mr Hawkins ' appearing for plaintiff, and Mr Perkins for defendant. After hearing evidence judgment was given for plaintiff for amount paid into Court. Our paragraph about the scarcity of chaff m Palmerston has effected the desired purpose, as a produce merchant m Feilding has consumed a ton to AJir Heaton, m the Square, and will kaepa regular supply from this time. A produce merchant m Feilding informs 9s that he is doing a vpry large trade m fungus just now, the colleorion of which is giving employment to many persons of both races m the district* In the R. M. Court on Thursday, T CranweU' and 0. Hartley were fined 10s and heavy costs for furious ridiug near Ashurst some weeks ago. I

The R. M., It. v\aril Ks>\., has reserve.l I ( judKuieut in a case pending a^aiuat Mr ' , Lowes, ofthe Otbiig-iki Hotel,' fur aa alleged breach of the Gamin" and Lotteries Act in allowing betting to take' plaoe om his licensed premises. Typhoid fever has been introduced into Wanganui by two of the OxfordVimmi- . grants, one of which is said to be a bad case. W. Dodson. lately arrested in America for the murdar of a negro, confessed to; hiring two negroes to bring him the deadbody for dissection, pretending to be a physician.. He carried the body- into an upper room of the House occupied by himself, wrapped it in the bed clothing, poured kerosene over it, fixed a lighted candle on it, and wenfc away. The mistake was in cutting the candle so bug that the house did not take fire during the night, it b«ing his purpose to burn the house and have if appear he himself had been burned in it, so that hia family mijsht obtain an amount of life policy recently insured. 1 The great driving rope which is to pull the cars across the new Brooklyn bridge has arrived at New York. The! rope is Uinin, diameter, '* 11,700Et lokg, and weighs 19 tons. It is accompanied by a duplicate rope of the same weight and strength, which is to be held in refer ve for use when the first rope wears out. The British Newspaper Libels Act o 1881, provides that 'Jno criminal prosecu«< tiun shall be begun against any proprietor,' publisher, editor, or any person Iresponsible for the publication of a newspaper for auy libel published therein "ittiout the written fiat of the Director of Prosecu*. tioo, ' r . Jesse Taylor, of Finlay, Ohio, was eajoying his birthday party, recently, and was about to sit down between two young ladies, when they moved the. chair froiu under him and he tell and broke his neck. One of the yoang women ia now a maniac through, grief. . ; \ The returns of the Property Tax Oom* miasioner show an amount of property in New Zealand -, valued at between £80,000,000 and £90,000,000.iV The native cat, the ' tiger cat, : the mbn« godee, the ferret, and the stoat are pro* teoted in N«w South Wales hy : act of Parliament, as declared enemies of the rabbit. - .. ..■'■ ■■■ -. ■:■■.■ ' ■- A Chinaman in Otago, named, Ah Moon, broke his leg on Sunday, June 10^ while labouring under the hallucination that he wag a bird. He endeavored to fly from a -height, and fell to the ground.. He was remanded bjr the magistrateg to tb!e hospital for treatment. . , „ Doctors should be very careful when signing their names to documents., Acertin'cate'was signed by a busy doctor the other day, and he accidentally put his name in the space fdf " Cause of Death." TheRegistrar siys he wishes, the profession would be as accurate generally. Referring to the operations of the Salvation;'Army and the Blue Ribbon Army in Auckland',-' the New Zealand Herald «*ys;— " The publicaugare'ijotioinif the difference already.; At one hotel, where! thirty or forty larrikins were generally on Saturday night, the bar on Saturday night was comparatively empty. At another, the barman ' remarked that what between the Blue ßibbon Army and Salvation Army, Ke would have to join ihe noble army of lumpers ou the wharf to get a living. r f ; An adjourned meeting of the creditors in the estate of Alexander Croskery, auctioneer and commission agent, was held at the . {Supreme Court Buildings,' Wellington, on Wednesday afternoon', Mr W. Scott in the chair. Mr Kirton, the trustee, reported, that since the last meeting an oiler of 15s in the £ had been made for the estate. He had, however, | been in* formed that the property in the Kiwi tea district represented a surplus of something like £300, and he therefore thought they should make further, ehquirins. Mr Has* sel said be was prepared to give 16s. After some Conversation, it was agreed to allow •he matter to stand over for a reasonable; time, to ascertain whether a further advance could be obtained. Subsequently the debtor's discharge was recommended. Mr Hutchison asked the Government 1 a few' day sago, whether, ••having' respect to the opinion of numerous members of the House," generally expressive ofthe necessity of placing hospitals, the care ot orphan and destitute children, and the distribution of charitable aid, undar, .at least; some measure of popular manage* merit, they would take steps immediately to oa»ry v out this ob j ect. Mr Dick replied that the hospitals were already under 'local managexent, a8 also was the Orphanage: So tar as charitable aid was concerned, the Government would be exceedingly glad .that in every case it should be under* local management, which was generally the case at present. ;' , v A London paper says :-r-" Mr John H. Parnell, brother of the Mr Parnell, M.P., is the owner of the largest peach farm in the world. It is 700 acres in extent, and is planted with 125,000 peach trees, to say nothing of fruit trees of other lands." Mr Parnell'a brother is not the only Irishman who has devoted his time to "peaching." jtJENTLBY BboS. new adveritise'meDtlnow appears on tne lirsfc page of the Standard. Honey-comS iowels are priced atsd, Turkish ; fcoyels.lOd, strong blue serge lid, cotton shirting 4 Jd, men's tweed trousers 7sjlld, children's sox 4d, eirls' stockings 6d, ladies' hose 6d, felt akirts Sa 9d, straw hats 6d< kid gloves Is lid. men's worsted soz Is 3d, inen' lambi- wool box lOd, men's flannel shirts 3s lid and 4s lid, men's ootton shirts Is 6d, tweed hats 2s 6d and 3s, boys' tweed knioker-. bocker spits 7s 6d white flannel Bd, lOdaod is, twill sheeting 9£d, lid, and Is 3d, Scotch tweed Is lid. 2s 3d and 2s ■ 6d, strong brown bolland 4Jd, table demask Is 6d, men's trousers and. rests 12s 6d. For quality and arioe tue aDnVo am unsu Dassed — Fadv ;