LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 71, 22 February 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GE NER AL.

m We remind ;our readers, if Mr Snelson's horse sale to takf* j^lade--^o-morrow. A' noon there,, prill be a eale of clothing aid dr'apfefy wben the remainder of Mr.Macquarie's fancy pigeons jwill /be offered. Notice is officially given' elsewhere that the Judge 'of the 'As'sesbaenat' Court has fired, the next ..sittings of the said Court iPor thiei i)ißtpict of tl^eßorqugh of Palmer* stonNorth, to bp Knlden at the Eesident Magistrate's Gourthouaei, Palmerston NbfthY'at the hour of 10 o'clock m the forenoon on Thursday, the Oth of. March. It ia stated that several persons belonging to Portsmouth -ihavo • become entitled to a very considerable sum- b£: money, through termination of a long stand- ' ing Chancery suit. ; The value of the estate , is . variously... estimated at from £60,000 to 1.250,000. One of the parties benefited is a .pauper m tho workhouse, and anothei has been for some time m the colonies. . . ; . . . ' '. '^c Native's ip^a^gjtijfpi and Mana* wat'u liave reoeiyed' a lengthy circular from Sydney; 'Tp,iwhanga,i. m whicb that astute individual sets forth m glowing language. Jha tourdens unqler which his feiiow»countrymen , , are and points, out .that King Tawhiao is going home to consult the Queen of England and her advisers, after which, oficourse, their burdens will be removed. The ads r dress .winds up with a request for money. Just W; ' Sydney' evidently longs for another trip and a iolly apree. A certain cure for neuralgia is stated to? be a poultice and tea made from the common thistle. The leaves are macerated «nd u«ed on the part affected ns a poul» tice, with, a small quantity of the leaves boiled down m the proportion of a quart to a pint, and a small decoction is drunk before each meal. This is said to have never been known- to fail giving, relief, whilst m almost every case it has effected a cure. : The Sjydney Morning Herald's St. Petersburgh correspondent gives a very gloomy account of the present condition of the Russian Empire, socially and financially. The ' depression m trade has led to the closing' of a number of factories, foundries, and other establishments where labour was largely employed, and m ; it 3 turn this crisjs has caused a yast increase .of crime. The prisons, it is said, are filled to overliving, and attempts are made, by acpu-ed persons to seriously assault the justices on the bench; The Universities of Normay are now open to wpinen, and any Norwegian girl may strivV for the highest degrees that linr country has to offer as a reward for scholarship. In Mauritius tbey are thinking^ of re.' during the marrying age df girls from fifteen to thirteen years. Cure for Indigestion.— Baxter's Compound Quinine Pills, used according to the directioa», have. pro zed a certain and speedy cure for indigestion, bilious and liver complaint*, wind m the stomach and bowels, nervous debility, &c Their object is the removal of debility and derangement by assisting nature, and imparting tone and power to the system, — To be had of all chemists and storekeepers, m boxes, Is l§d and 2a 9d each, or post free on receipt of 19 or 44 stamps. —J, .JJi^.ter, Pharmaceutical Chemist, 21, Victoria* street, Christcburch.. • A, Boon to.-- Mankind. — Baxter's Lung Preserver, by^yirtue of its balsamic and soothing properties, cannot be excelled as a soother of Pulmonic irritation. Many whose, recovery had been despaired of by medioal advisers and friends* hasC been ißpared to proclaim the astounding virtues of the Lung Preserver. It has been employed m the mansion as well as m the cottage, and has convinced the aristocrat as well as the peasant that it is, indeed, a., boon to mankind. It is pleasant to ithe palate'fand may safely be taken m! all cases. Persons suffering f rom .Bronchial affections, whp take the Lung Preserver will find the speedy effect to be diminution of pain and expectoration — tirsf, be* cause the mucous membranes are stimulated to throw thfl phlegm up, and second because the medioine is adapted to thin the discharge before it leaves the bron* chial tubes and luugs. This specific is "highly extolled by members of the medical arjd clerical professions and others. — To be had of all chemists and storekeepers. Agonizing Neuralgic Pains. — Baxter's Anti a Neuralßic Pills have been named by the public " Magic Pills »' on account of, : their marvellous action m curing Neuralgic, Toothache, Sciatica, Lumbago, and other Neuralgic pains.— To be, had of all .chemists and storekeepms, or poet free on -receipt J of 19 or 44 posipge stamps. — J.. Baxter, Chemist, Victoria-street, Cnrieu cb'iireji,