LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 37, 14 January 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A h^w remedy for tha worms which destroy house-plants is a number of sulphur matches placed m the flower pots with their head down. Tho experiment hus been tried with, success. A Deuel county farmer iias posted this notice : "If any man's or woman's kows or oxes gets m this here oats, his or her's tail will be cut off as the case might be," ; The Bishop of Wellington has gone to Marton m order to consecrate St. Stephen's, and other churches m Rangitikei. From thence lie proceeds to ''Napier, to be present at the annual meeting of tho Church Missionary Society Board. A United States Justice of tho Peace fined a man £1 recently, and took m payment. thereof a plug of tobacco, a one-bladed jack-knife, a pack of cards, a clay pipe, a day's labor, 2s m cash, and a promise to pay the re*t when iio came to town.

< -. Majcr Atkir.son is credited with having aceye to tl.e Agent- Generalship. Th<re is a house m Berlin—Weberstrasse No. "16— which harbors ho loss than 13C families, numbering m all 1025 f ' souls. v ( \ ' i The aiipments from Great Britain for the tweve weeks ending October 18th to New Zetland show an increase over the previoui year l for the same period, of £ioo,oq.< • , -„' :•;.: Twel r e dozen tin whistles were distributee amongst the ■* school children at Amberley when breaking up for the holidays. The result may be imagined. The Rev; Dr Sankey, of Rochester, N. V,, who has just returned from the Presbyterian Council at Belfast, is reported as having said recently : " I believe the Presbyterian churches of England, Scotband, . and Ireland are tending toward ritualism yery rapidly, "this is especially so m the Scottish churches, surprising as it may seem.'' l ' ■ ■ ■• j There is not asingle'cat withm the limits of Leadville, Colorado. Gats have been imported there \rj the .hundred, and hi all varieties of size and, color;; but not one has ever survived the seconti ' week of residence. However, as theiije are no rats and mice m Leadville, there is no real need of cats, and their absence makes little difference. The thin atmosphere at that altitude (ten thousand twjo hundred feet) is as fatal to the vermin as to their foe. '„.. ■'■ :■■:■■ i The following nominations, for tlje Otaki Riding m the Horowhenua County have been received : — M. Carkeek, J. Death," A: J. Hadneld- W. H. Simcox, and W. N. Ward* Three Councillors are to be elected, and the poll will be. taken on the' 29th iiist. '/.''"; -"•'"• ] Mr Fell has informed .' the Kelson Railway Committee that if they ; ' send him Home as a delegate it must be on! a purely business footing as v, lawyer entrusted with a ; brief. He could not ajfford to go on any other terms. ' > ■A' medical man informs 'a •' Wairarapa paper that diptheria of a: very malignant form, has appeared at Featherston. ; j An addition is being made to the Sacred Heart Convent, Wanganui,) 6wiug jit seems to the necessity for more accommodation for the select school, the attendance at. which has increased . beyond expectation. The' 'plan's, 'drawn by Messrs Atkins ahd'Clere, show nearly •'so 'feet of an enlargment of the schoolroom. The same length is added to the dormitory overhead* as it is intended to give each boarder more room, and to divide ; theiii- from each other iby neat screens. A . special staircase leading, im- <i mediately to the dormitory and thence to the playground is included m the contract, this will secure an easy escape m case of fire. ' ■..:■'■■>;'■■>.■: •'■ Napier papers state ' .that • the. Arawa on her voyage to that port over-ran her distance some 40 tnilbs, and had to tiiru round and. go back when hailed by a small coastal steamer, and her real position pointed out. At a Sunday school a 'timelier asked a new scholar, a, little girl, what her namo, was; She replied, ' Helen French.' An urchin m an adjoining seat sang out, ' What is it m English '?'■ - "- : '■ We anderstand Mr Bracken has abandoned hi 6 intention of bringing but a. weekly political paper at Wellington. The New Zealand Telegraph Department has issued a new form for telegra- : ! phic despatches. It is of the same size !' as ihe old onei'but'is ruled' off into eight I lines. These lines, however, are sub ' I divided by vertical lines of about. an inch m length, there being five Subdivisions' on each horizontal line, space being thus; :gjven for 40 words on .each telegraphic form.;. The object is doubtless' a good good one, hilt the space set apart for each word is insufficient for anyone but a cramped writer. In the Australian colonies the telegraphic forms are divided into spaces for ten words only, and m these large spaces ample room is provided for the writer, whilst the counter clerk at a glance can count off the words of his message. . Joshua Posser, • a common juryman j subpoenaed for the present session of the Wellington Supreme Court, did not answer to his name when called upon yesterday -morning.-. -His Honor Judge Prendergast, m inflicting a fine of £5, remarked that he made the penalty a heavy one m. this instance, because it was well known that lengthy cases were coming before the Court. The reading of tiio indictment m the Waring Taylor prosecution m th£ Supreme Couit, occupied 1 hotn and 20 minutes, during which time, by permissi on, the prisoner remained seated. : The accused, who was defended by Mr Edward Sbawj Mr Gully, and Mr R. C. Kirk, pleaded not guilty. Mr Jellicoe. and Mr Maurice Richmond conducted the prosecution. At the conclusion, of the first day's evidence, on the application of Mr Shaw, bail was allowed to the prisoner, two sureties of £1000 each. Messrs Dalrympla and Pharazyn : were the sureties. . .... , : . Tenders are invited for additions to the Awahuri Bridge. Specifications can j be seen at the office of the Manawatu ■ Road Board, Paltnerston, and tenders, elbse on the 24th , inst. „■,,-' - , We learn that Mr George Evans, who I for the last 19 years has had charge of | the bar at the Pier Hotel, Wellington, has taken the Brunswick Hotel m Wil-lis-street, j . ' Mr Travera during the hearing of the baukruptcy case m Wellington, made a remark which should have special significance for heads of families. The uiatter.arose through the examination of a bankrupt, -who alleged sickness cf self and family as primary causes of his insolvency. Mr Travers incidentally informed his Honor that he had beon assured by. several medical men that the greater portion of the sickness amongst the children residing inf-Te Aro iconsisted of worm diseases, which was attributable,, the doctors stated, to the drinking of water, more especially of water from private wells, and also m n]o small degree from defective sewage. "Robin Hood" has forwarded tons the names and 1 : addresses;, of the princi--1 pal winners of prizes m his consultation lon tho C.J.C, Summer programme. We find that the first hprae, value £364 nett cash, was drawn by a maltster at Feudaltowu, at present out of work'; the second horse, £121,' by a fanner at Oboko, North Canterbury ; and the third by a prominent shopkeeper m Colombp-street, Christchu'vch. In the Middlo Park Stakes, the first horse, £182, went to a hairdresser at Ashburton, and the second to a publican of Christchurch, whilst the I before mentioned shopkeeper also drew the third horse m this event. ' . Many,, indeed, are the luxuries that the magician's wand: of invention now brings into the midst of our homes. As an instance, to produce a sea atmosphere for the sick room, a foreign contemporary suggests the use of a solution of peroxide of hydrogen (ten volums strength) containing 1 per cent, of ozonic ether, iodine to saturation, and 2 50 percent, of sea salt. The solution placed : m a stearH or hand spray diffuser can be diSr tributed m the finest spray m ,the si^k room at the rate of two fluid ou'ncea m a quarter of an hour. It communicates a pleasant sea odor, and is probably the heat purifier of the air of the sick room eve? used. It is a powerful .disinfectant the same author writes, as well as deodoriser, noting briskly on ozonised test solutions and papers. . It -might be* well to test the subject m soi#,e >yar4 of our hospitals,

Here is a good story of tho Duke of Wellington. Jfinay have appeared beforej bat 110 matter. A l.idy much interested ;in a certain clulrch for which subscriptions were needed, wrote to the dyke, 'telling' him that feeling sure she might count on his well-known liberal-' ity, slip had put him down for £200, and hoped he would send her "a cheque.- The J Duke courteously replied that he was glad to know she thought so/much of • him 5- he too was building a church and was equally convinced that he might count on her well known liberality to assist m the good work, tie had therefore,; put her name down for £200, "and so,', he concluded, •' no money need pass "betweeu us." Mark Twain is tho richest humorist m -America. Besides his own large earnings and savings, he married a lady worth! over. a. hundred thousand pounds. He hns the most unique residence m America, at Hartford, Connecticut.