Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THUSDAY. SEPTEMBERS 4, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 238, 4 September 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THUSDAY. SEPTEMBERS 4, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Larrikinson ia still complained of m Feriding, especially. during church services. Letters of naturalisation have been granted to Peter Sheidt, of Bunnythorpe. The Auckland Star advocates the use of the cat m cases of larrikism. This mode o! punishment has stopped. the nuisance m Victoria. Postmasters throughout the colony are now authorised to receieve the names and addresses of intending subscribers to Hansard oh prepayment of subscriptions. The price has been reduced to 2d per part. The average number of parts per session is thirty. The teachers of the North Canterbury Educational Institute have recently passed the following resolution: — "That, m the opinion of this Institute, the standard of examination, as at present existing, require more work than can be done by average children m six consecutive years." For neuralgia, wring a flannel out of hot,.water and apply to the effected parts. Repeat till relief is afforded. The Feilding paper observes that several cases of distress m the Borough have been reported from time to time within the past month, yet the Benevolent Society has remained persistently: inactive. People are enquiring what has become of it. In reply to a letter addressed by the Mayor of Feilding, to Mr Macarthur, M.H.R., the latter made enquiries of the proper authorities and was informed that all charitable contributions made by the Borough Council would be snpploraented, pound for pound, by the Government. This rule applies to Benevolent Societies. " Can you write a good plain hand ?" asked the advertiser of one of his numerous applicants. *' Oh, yes, sir," was the reply. " Well, lei's see it," said the merchant. The man sat down, and m a few moments handed the merchant the following : — " A good playin' hand — the joker, right and left bower, ace and kings of trumps." The applicant was engaged. Messrs Stevens and Gorton's next sale at Palmerston will be held on the 9th instant. The entries at present received are" published m our advertising columns. They include beef, young cows, 3-year-old steers, springing heifers, store wethers, yearlings, horses, etc. A. curious case has been developed m the London Divorce Court. A lady obtained a decree nisi against her husband, and matters looked as though the twain would never be one again. This, however, happened m November. During the last seven months the lady thought better of him she once took for better or worse, and, with his consent, has asked the divorcing judge ■to rescind his order. Mr Glaisher, the aoronaut, asserts, after long and patient investigation,tbat the ninth day of the moon is the most rainy of the whole twenty-eight, and that m the first and last weeks of the moon's age the rainfall is less than the average. The records kept by Mr Glaisher also indicate four o'clock m the afternoon as the rainiest hour m the day. A writer m the Medical Times and Gazette recommends the use of hot milk as festorative. Milk, when heated above 100 degrees Fahrenheit looses its sweet* ness and density, but has a most beneficial influence over mind and body when exhausted by labour or mental strain. Its effects are more invigorating and enduring than those of alcoholic stimulants. Great swarms of caterpillar have suddenly appeared on the mountains m South Wales, and have produced extraordinary sensation. They are about an inch and a half m length, remarkably ] lively and eat all the herbage m the vi- j cinity. Many of the farmers have fired the mountains with the view of destroying the insects, but the visitation is too wide spread to allow of this of the expedient sneceeding. The whole of the mountains lying between the great Rhonda and Maesteg, a distance of 12 miles, are literary swarming with the insects, as well as the ranges and valleys intervening. Millions of the insects ire found buried m the peat holes, guttors, and mountain brooks m some of the; localities. Mr James Livingston, an old and influential settler, who took a prominent part during tho Maori ploughing affair m 1879, met with a serious accident on, Friday last, at Hawera, being thrown while riding a young horse. He has unconscius for some time, and is suffering from concussion of the brain. His position is regarded as dangerous. Lord Randolph Churchill is said to prepare beforehand and commit to memory carefully every important speech he delivers, and he seldom reads a book, but studies newspapers constantly.

A horrible story comes from South Africa that a man was drugged by his wife and her lover and buried alive. A few days after the burial suspicion was aroused as to the cause of the man's waß opened, when haying been p^Jnw^^j^jcajjgjjg,,,, o f principal m this diabolical crifne~Wi»crarrested and placed m the Uitenhage Prison to await trial at tho Pretoria Assizes. Tho Hawrke's Bay Herald has the following : — " A friend sends mo a good story. A certain gentleman sued another for alleged threatening language and prayed that the threatening one might be bound over m sureties to keep the peace. The case was dismissed. Shortly afterwards the parties met, and the ! whilom defendant saluted the late suitor for legal protection with ' You're a — I fool.' ' Mind what you are saying,' exI citedly returned the other ; to which the first speaker retorted with ' Go to the I tropics" or words to that effect. The recipient of these attentions rushed off to a lawyer, and opened a conversation by sayinp, ' Blank called me a — fool ; what shall I do ?' ' Don't believe him,' replied the lawyer. ' But he also told me to £o to ,' expostulated the client. 'Don't go,' sententiously retor ted the man of law, and the interview came to a hasty end as the speaker concluded with, ' unless you like. 1 " A petition is now going round Halcombe for the signatures of householders, the object being to obtain -monthly sittings of the R.M. Court,*there are about 1200 people m the district and the want of a Court is often a serious inconvenience. Hans Christopher, who arrived m tho colony 41 years ago, and was present at the burning of Kororareka, died at Auckland on Tuesday nigbt. A baby show m aids of the funds of the Orphanage is on the tapis at Auckland. The old chief Te Tehana died on Tuesday at Mangaone at the age of 82 years. He was not noted as a warrior, but owing to his mental qualities exercised a sonsiderable amount of influence, more especially north of Parihaka, and there he was respected. A two-storey dwelling-house at Papawai, near Greytown, has been totally destroyed by fire. Mr Dwyer, an American, has offered a sum of 6000dol to be rowed for next year by six scullers, including Beach. Edison indulges m th« following prediction : — As to the changes which will be effected by electricity within fifty years m the city of New York, I would say that I believe electricity will propel the cars of the street and elevated railroads, light the city within and without its buildings, furnish power for all purposes, work telephones and burglar alarms, deliver the opera, convey parcels, detect and signal fires, operate fire engines, and probably displace animal locomotion for vehicles.