LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 27, 15 October 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

', money -to lepd m /various ,, am junta kin ' very moderate' terras.' Hr Bakjsr makes special features of no -'delays m completing business, moderate conmissipn,, | and small legal expenses. | All claims against estate of the 1 Jate Mr John Sheerini must be pent into .Mr A. S. Baker,, solteftplV-, in or before the 7th of Novejnbei:, iff ter ich date they will not be recognised. \ , j Messrs Wbojcbck and Hosjung inses^. /iotiep elseivnere m [reference" to their general blacKstiiitbi'ngj^business. The tirm-inake-a specialty— of Cornish' -rangi h^agreat number of wjuieh tjliey' liave ' manufactured, and orderspfor still coming in^from all p^rts of the district. Tliey are superjpr t| ( aiiy impuj-; ted range as all who have" ' utog Jhe^n, have discovered,^ and m cleanliness, J economy; of. f«el,vaud general , utility, s they are good valiie"' fri .^ The Rev. Father Macraanus aeld '^n'e nsoal monthly services at the 1 Fpxton , Catholio Church on Sunday last. <The; rev. gentleman visited Wellington" last* week, and arrived at Foxton per coach on Satuwlay afternoon. j r »/■ •- ' : ; Mr Tlfynne has been nominjated^ for i the vacant seat m the Wanga^ui ; iEch> cation lioard caused by the ritirera.ent of-Mr Q. M. Snelson. ! * t .. t The Foxton paper learns i rora the r ßev. Ffether th| ; concert, which is to be given next mbc tjf m aijj : df i^t. Mary's Church will comprise both sacred and secular music. ih& bnoir from tlw Palmeratyn Church wjllj it is expected ■ ' perform* the 'gVe&teV \ t>art "of the music, while some of our lccal.'amav te>urs will also probably assist. -^ the ; the choir will be able to officiate at the church on the following Suuday^^ i( , (/ _„ 5. [^eund^tJindthe s.s. Napjerii,,^ be placed m the Foxion trade. Tlie vessel is now-running. iron taShannon, and when she has completed that i charter.', will comnience her running to ffoxtoirr as j a passenger .an^argo boat. The Napier .j is^wjned by Captain Bendall. j \yith refortiice-to the Campfcelltown breach of promise case, an exchange) has i <fieen infbrmed:tbat"the man Haske offared; £100 «8 a settlement of the matter before *e,lefjthrf, district, but the offer was refuSed.' ; ),/TKeFokt<«BftQing.(3Q.6 appears to be , financially speaking m extremis 1 , and aJ^J; ,itßip»pperties. a ? fi & c sold t° re P ay « ; balance of a loan tb the Whitb estate.--JTbe JpCal paper innoqenrty fitfggests that^ eJonU-MiberaU mindeiit beWlerJ pllace tb^ sum -of £30 to the credit of the- club on loan, fif gettifi^ repai : d out of the 4rst winnings of the, club *t j som« fu,ture 'rega^-.^, j ._; At'Kyebnrii, infhVi.afan'ioto! County, Ot,ago," a two-year-old boy iSamod Elhotf George was found m a duck pond ao£cs deep. The top of his head was dry when the body Wtake^utf. He w^'loto' oh His: back with his hands iv jthe"airv> i Atthc inquest itho jury returned ■ r foVbr- r . diet to the effect that there was! no evidence tQ.shq^jbqW)^ deceasedj got intOj 'the.^ater^ole m which v h|f W and'that there wks,nM' J B6fflcieht' rtß^jnib'ny to pVbve wh'eth eV nß hiid^ieafrbm 1 drowning or f torn fright, ' ;pn ta^ng.^iUeat''in o the wkingtoi|\ Supreme Court, His Honor 'MriJustW^ Richmond expressed 'feßreti'that I '!*"' whole day would have to be wasted m? consequence ofcoertainciv.U ica^efj. not. being ready fpc^ri^. He also ijeinarkea that he would have to leave onj oircuit for, Blenheim on Monday n^xt, and would thence proceed to Nelson, the business at which tbwh it is 1 expected will be rather protracted. The Appeal Court will commence early m November and will probably last till within a week of Christmas. , ' j

The Divorce Court will sit on Friday and Saturday next, whcu the cases ol' Monckton v. Mouckton and Gray v. Gray will lie taken. The latter -case will be; beard m camera. The Ministry of Capo Town propose a tax of £5 upon all marriages. The telephone is about' to ■ .. be introduced i.B'Nelaou. ■" ' : \ In Japan newspaper employs a man whojie sole ,j3WHfpatiui**'is to go to prison wheuovcr a court orders tint jf»unii»blnt^it for^the bdis«r. /; s v| l "We WectS^aiuef Boric wilT probably reach Wellington to-Jay. She left Plyiniutlrb^A^dßr^ first Saloon, she has 72 second cabin and 124 steerage. . . m a recent issue of the Post i — " OreamColoured Silk Handkerchief, Puzzle, Kingj whero are you ? HavO riojN-taeaji you shice Tuesday morning.. MccV mV betwo'en;half-past 7 and 8 m Boulcottstreet, near Albert Hotel. BJ.M.S." •» ' The prospects of ho^-growers m the colony $re vetjp satisfactory^ ! The New Zealahd'Loan \iaud Mercantile Agency JProduce Report for October slays, iv re'ferereuee to the 1 Nelson market ij—'l The, r^sujtofj t .•ejjHoine liatveßt being !no*'.< definitely known, there is k ' growing pendency to hold for/high"'?? rites. Sales Have 'been effected at "from Is 1 3d to Is ,74 per' lb according to quality.* i: ' i!l ' match between : .HearQ a^d Harrin^^oi}, for f d^loo ; a>- sid* WtftHe ciianipionsHip' ot'the oolquy, i« cfefirtiiely ! tixcd ; to" taße jitace -a^ Kiyeftdn onj < the27th December. Bafi^'Wliq.will Btart *asiVe[> \ia,ipi^g'/'-at l \6d(|e, will leave for the scene of action about! tea .day*; beftotf'tfttfnfee. | rt * Ys ' ? f . oA f Q.% days agQ i xtt>:(P.osJ>)\ alluded to a^pctiMon-presetited to the, il^use by Mr JTokiti Stratf ofd, p| , Vifo^'t.oiMn, asking : m his old' age, for some recoßoi^pnvpf. the servi6es he rendered' to' \Vellington : in'-'itß ; eaVlv days; ' tJrifortunately,his pe- , tition Was-prestihted tob late; | A day or two afterwards Mr Stratjor4 *as struck 'with paralysis, find, although ©jri'iJttioti'j did. all that, could be, done for him, this pioneer colbntst' expired yesterday, at t he^. ripe old age v of He w*s tho first ; Eufppeau who landed from thb fJuba ihv, 1 83§, " and waaaliorefore' the jfirst J>ona \ fide settler, to touch the shows of "Port Nicholson. ' '. Two fahng'hegro 'ladies, Joined to-J gether in' iViiich tho same wjay as \sq} Siamese twins, have just arrived m Ebgi^M^ the '-opening o£ the Supreme Court civil sittings ,at .Christohurch | the. otker "day V delay of^ uibre t|Miu half an hour was caused by the.: absence of t|ie sheriff, who : had the jury "panel m His poasessioniJ Messengers were despatched m all directions. for the jpisamg^sheriff, but all faiieii to: find hiifi, , ! and~/ at;, length^the ; difficulty; was : got bver x atf his HpijjpVjft 'suggestion by * j(iry' : bein£ba|lotte'd for out of twelve of the jurors present. 1 ' The first 'salts 'of b'strfth feathers has just Been held m Adelaide. [The 6^^ bing -wrfts brisk, and the feathers fetched from 9s,tp 14s 6d£ach., ;;,/;, ;. i JA Ghioaigo clergyman' icauseo!^, large. , aumber of. Bamples of whiskey Purchased ■at^different s^loons^JtOubej chen)ically' tested by a first class ch^inisc, ahd the 4 resul^yifas i\i&t no t'-wjiistey \f*B>*d r a6d 'in,ijuy > of'th6m.;'\ : . '■/;■'. : ,' ({ '. i •iv.:it)' ; (i , Tse idea ; of !i£j(gjrowing m favour 'In " England. The ( knowledge that two million bodies haVe'boen^6Tl*Md' m the past twenty^ears wfthih the lin>, : J its of London has done much to change Opinion. .!>:•■ : .i j B « w |-*->, : ' )! At New York the Gratiq master of tha, t Oddfellows issueo! W address to the Order on the 19th of 1 A«giißt!in (/ whjich vhe recommended tbat!fnneralß iake ptac^ at night. , Leßßiiiquey:^ie,sajcli o'iigt^to•be spent Qn the . dead i ahd ra<ire:bu the' living. • .' ;"•-'. ■ .i;; {^;i-.' -: . . A post (Ofijce:^ on "Mount, Sinai has a strange^^ sound, (saystKep^^w^JPeeA?; ly) but the monks rent" bf^ Oatluirine have arranged^ i,qt a^regular. (; ni'ail by' ihe' Egj'iJtiah -stop at the l>itjof Tor^and thewdou^ ins fifivo agr'eecT, for a £ consideration to l^t» the niftil carrieirs pass unuioilested. The little Princess Wilhelmine. of. Orange, apart from her future position ag Queen of the; Netherlands will be the . richest; woman, m Eur6pe. She inherits Hhe'whbTe'' fortune of her halp-brtßfc/*,! the^, late, Prince. of r OrangofOTo anting al- , tpgetlK:r ( to nearly ; £8p0,00| ; and she is of course, heir to' 'the yasi; 1 0*wrafrf 1 pos'se'sai'ona of "iW l father, 1 the present King of the Netherlands. ;i! i ..« ~!y, ■'' \v.\-n '-'V, •'■\hi\'fl y.ll: UVC : ' '.;*

1 Mankind.— Baxtjer's^iU^ Preserver, tis Viftue of its balsamic and (•soothing .'properties, i (&j)not be eicfellcd igs 1 ha soother/ o£; Pulmonic irritation. Mauy whose recover v had been !d6f paired qf,by ( rnedical.adyiser^.ancl.fxaelnds, ha^e, bfen spared to proclaim the aetpunding 'VirWes'pi the' liari| 'Preserver. 'It hfls been employed m thel : thabsiori 1 as wall as m the 'cottage, and htftfeonviitced the aristocrat as: well as the peasant that w it Is, i indeed', a ;bo6h to t inaakindy, It'lfe' i pleasant , [to ; spalate; and tnjay^afely .be taken; ift",ajf .caaes^ < .Per,sonßi suffering from Bronchial affections., who take the Lupg Preserver^iU fin(| the, spcedj^yef n • f e6t ; to ' 'be' 'dfrriihuiibn' 6f %am ; and ex-"pectoratioti-^nYst,' rie'Cauß6 the mucous membrades ate Btimblated to lihrow the phlegi,n • up, i jand - 80OQn«h because me -mfl^ipine is adapted to. vthiptthe disr ...' -charge, .before it , Jeayies, , the .brdttc'hial I tubes fnd lunge..^^ Tins specific ;is highly : extorted by'meriibers of tKe medical and 1 clerical ' pVo&b'sion's and' otherfl-TrTp. b& had of all chemists and' storekeepers.