News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 226, 27 August 1883, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

Two yokels visited the Chamber of Horrors at Madame Tussaud's the other day. The effigy of a notprious murderer was duly recognized. But above its head were ranged on a shelf oasts of the crania of other murderers. " Who be they P" asked one. " Why.them's the 'cads of the jury, to be sure 1" was the answer of his companion. ■X T » e -?"■?*£•». LandlPourt at Otaki opened on Saturday. •••.•- *- JpsephinelGreen; charged with ohild 1 HA * 8,,a » has been remanded till Wednesday. She~ has been sent to New Plymouth gaol, _* 8 7- '\e_; Oreti, Atom. Auckland, Dr Kicnards-was aj>asaenger to' Waoaanui. tie was suffering from, delirium .tremens, and was' severely knocked ! abdut,; having two blacfceyes, as'he was most uhmanajre? able, and had -to bellied down oa the ooat. There was the heaviest hails&rm last Friday night m Wanganui, felt for-years. it is feared that-some damage has been done among the fruit ftees^U ( personalty of the latetfohn Brown. to £fi«s? 8 ahen t dan > » stated to amount to.- £6BOO, most of Which 'consists of money m the bank. Brown died intestV 3!? ham > and laborers are arriving m British ColumbiabyJiundredf being attracted by the mild cuSand high wages. A contractor for the Oana« dinn Pacifac railway has engaged 30£O The main girder of the new bridi* across f theOFirth J of Forth -will be within a few feet of & mile m length, and wil rest upon round cylindrical piers, each of which will weigh 16,000 tons.' It will be high enough for all vessels to pass unde « *Awt eßtimafcfl ? cJ *• «n^^ eepe3t Bhaft i° Victoria' at the end of the year was the Magdala atSfcu well, whioh was 2409 ft deep. ' The Government have promised tfconi .aider the adyuabilitj ofUntroducing a B Jr 1 ; Msistiag Eire; Brig» •IJf j K^ r^<£ sugwsted ft in' theiHouse that the nnemplpyedJn.'Dunedin might bt employed by the Government mltvellin. sandhills on the Ocean Beach r :j,r? Dunnij this Jut A have been used for food m Berlin. " The shipment of froaen meat by the s.g. Catalonia comprises carbases of sneep.:;cu^ ;-.r-:: ..•-- '..x<' ,:, The articles purchased i; by, 'tne' West Coast ftailway Commission were handed to the engineer, when ivthe iOommlihion reached the West Ooasfc, and'he sold them for about £I3T~Who bought the old [clothes !.Lui : i'iU-if.iJ^iit Tned^^en the privilege qaestion -■^f^SfMS 6 T ellia «ton Post has been adjourned for six weeks, whiohmeans that we have heard the last of it. Mrßracken m speaking on the privilege question refliarKed^Thank God the j whole of the press did not slavishly terra [ the Government. Some men m this i Ohambwy lf/theyhad' ißeTpowerf would Btifle the free press, and revive the rack and the dungeon of the dark ages. The second exhibition of the Wellington Pigeon, Poultry, Canary, and Dog Show held last week weia great success.