Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 216, 7 August 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Wellington paper regrets to learn that Mr George Fisher, the Mayor and member of the House of Representatives for Wellington South, is seriously ill, 1 his malady being it is thought, the reof pvec work, occasioned by his qonteeting the seat at the last elections, A number of observations, made. m Switzerland, Italy, and other places by Prof easpr ;L. Grlaser shows that the clears ing of woods on mountain ranger has ! been followed by an increase of hailstorms. I c THe American papfersi have lately announced the birth of a new wbrdin 'the political vocabulary of the States — namely^;^mugwump." A mugwump is any political personage who " boasts • himself to be somewhat." Perhaps misguided men would be a free translation. t jc;.; ... " Augur, 11 injthe Augtvqlfftfqn, analyses the Melbourne Cup'^ and pjeks a$ good things Le Grand, Off Color, i)espot, and First Demon. It will be remembered .our sporting contributor' .'.' jailer Qu" took the first two horses to Jn #ne pa# of ]&angi#kef on Tuesday fchejoad .w^as poyered iq a <j'epj;l} of fhyee iijoheß,by «jpow and hiijsfbnes. On "the /previous night there was a very severe hailstorm wjth heavy thunder and lighting m Lower Rangitikei/and-during one of the lulls m the storm a pretty smart shppk'of .earthquake, was feltv ? s ■■•• \ The following is the concluding sentence of a leader m the Mataiira Ensign of July l£tb r-r" With regard to the great railway schemes I'now. before the public, we consider that Sir Julius has msmm yewl fearless .apd just ihings yWX \3*>Wlfcn we V what we have ourselves written on t^e subject — though' not «T connection \ffth the IJjforth Island trun^-^we/ canY ' a)nj v osk i imagine that SirJuliuiwas quoting us' fu sonic of the above remark^. We arc lipppe Satisfied that gteat; mjnds rciti "^ p[\e a&vixe channels. 1 ' . The,Wjupawa jfyffil ye/jprds the fol-. 'lo^yirig 1 — Mrs ! Harwbra,- residing 91J ; We Ruataniwha road,' on gojh'g injfco h h er" .dairy early last' Tuesday morning,' ptumbjed agajns^ something, and putjbjng her hai/d dp,wn ; fo.ui?d; i* was tlbe head of a jcl^d and , v cold. Jn : her a)apm she cried lout, and fyr. I^apyppd raffle to her assistance ,• tl^e clj;)4 V?» takeo into the housp, restorajtives wepe applied, and ppeflenjiiy the child was so for fecove^ed a# to be ab}e fo pspjafn t,',-*. his narna was Hughes, an 4 h'avjng been sent on an ftrrand J'^ lo ,^ l»»9 way, and took shelter m the dairy wlierefoimd ' But for the timely discovery, there is no doubt the poor child would have lost its life.

A peripatetic Spiritualist thus concludes a description of his travels m Wairarapa and Manawatu, m a communication to a Wellington paper : — I travelled through Carterton, Mastertoo, and went as far as P.il.neraton North after this, and I found Spiritualism spreading m each township. • In Palmer^ton I-was*told that Mr Walton hud been lecturing on the subject, and that some of the circles were getting very good teaching and phenomena. I have returned to Wellki jton with different' opiuions ; about Spiritualistn to what I-tiaa when 1 Btarked on my country journey, and I am convinced from what I have Been that the movement will m time carry all before it. , / , ; . „ j • " _ A Wellington paper has the following :— ''"After hearing'tKe tlVousand and one legal authorities quoted by lbarned counsel m the law courts; it is decidedly refreshing to hear : a lawyer qnqteCa stanza by that celebcated^diyine the late lamented Dr .Watts.;" Dining the liearing of a case m. the Resident Magistrate's Court, m which a. person was cj)arged with keeping a-, dangerous animal, Mr ifi. Shaw, who appeared for tjie defence,; with considerable, feeling, quoted to the great amusement of the coUrt,tiiat touchinig 1 and beajutiful by the above-named writer, having reference to th^ delight experienced by dogs m barkiiig and ; biting."