The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Issue 42, 20 January 1885, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

\ A Paris novelty is a inagni fyinftfan. Two bticks arc bored and i Are holes filled with small lenses of tl.'fco finest crystal. Thi» ' wearer covers '. J .ier eyes witli the fan and uses the sticks as an opera glass. ' English strawberries, brought, out m ' the fruozing chambers, were ome of the delicacies ut the lunch on board the Arawa. .. „::. , , ,-- ,u.^ ,-r .>■>■■ .'. A resident at Ponsonby, Auckland, -M r Liuabury -,- has a crop of moire thaii 4^ tons of grapes m his vinery, which is one oij' the-best jn the Northern; capital. Tim wliole 'crop lias "t»ken purchased by a restaurant-keeper m Queeit-street, Auckland, who has sent parcels of the fruit tt> Sydney ai'ii somo to the Sautb. Tlhji gjrapes are oai? to be m splendid cohdiHon. '■< ' ? . '•* It 18 probable that M. de Harvidn, Belgian CJonunissioner, accompanied .by Mr McKerrowj' -Surre^-QenuTaiv will shortly pay a visit to the Waimat e Plaini,'awd'will insiWt the busl) country - .at the back, towards Mount Egmout. Boine of the finest dairying country iv i 'New- Zeal find is to be found m the localities proposed to bo visited;The Napier Hospital Committee Jjave come to the conclusion that it is cheaper > J;q j)Ujr]vejget»bleß than to grow theiin. " At Aahbur.toij two splendid six-tooth wethers, which weighed 1801 b and A 1571b reßpectively, were recently exhibited. •■■.■■■■■•■.,•,-,: -.v. ._ '•. „ ■■ .»• . . ■■•■■. We )Pb*<)are glad to hear that Mr ReesMogg, of Newtown, has received the appointment of master of the Government school at Awahnri, near Wanaganui. • A correspondent of the Paten Mail suggests that an inland road should be .triads fiom that district 'to connect with the ccutrnl railway. Ho states that some very fine laud would be tapped by the propdsed road. ' ' ' ' '"' Inconsequence of the hot weathprj the irregularity of steam communication, (says a Wellington paper) the Wellington branch of the WangiaTini Biitohery has been » : closeid '< for the presents Consumers, will, regret it. 3°m° of the Hnest meat letailed m! Wellington came. ' friuin AVauganui. ,' ,'' ' ' !> 'Tl»e polling iii connection with the: Napier Harbor Loan will take place today. Some of the latest landholders are are decidedly , dgairißt borrowing. , Tlj6r^Jßconawlerab)fte^Qitetnei».tiajtowp and boutitry; ' , . '

A serious ticcident, fortunately unattended by fatal results, occurred to ;ui i acting guard of the aiasterton train the « other evening. Whilst the train Was I crossing a bridge some four miles abovo I Kaitoke, the guard, whose name wo i understand is Cronin, m attempting to j pass from one carriage to another, missed his footing-, and, remarkable to, state, tell clean through the timbers of the bridge to the creek beneath. The train was promptly stopped, and assistance sent to the man, who was convpyod to his homo at Masterton, where>,modical attendance was called in. ' Froni latest j enquiries it is learned that Cronin is not seriously injured, though the .'escape was most miraculous. ', ■■;:■. " The Chester miser," Abraham Price, died recently at Chester, England, and his effects were sold. His hobby h,ad been to collect second-hand books of xiU kinds. The worthlessness of the collection may be inferred trom.the.- Jfrct that about I'i.OOO volumes were sold for :about ±48 10s. ' /r ' " I A cat funeral m. great style is reported fromJai)ah. The coffin of the defunct pussy was covered with a white silk pall, and a body-of chanting priests followed the cortege to the grave. In due course of time a monument wiis erected on. which was inscribed the many virtues of the cat. ... j A number of- Napier residents j have privately subscribed the .funds necessary" to enable the quartz reef discoyerqd by.'Messrs Collins and - GreeriwoqU' to be * -{horoughfy tested. 1$ is pro|osdd to bring' down a considerable*' qtiftnti ;y of •' stone and have it. tested. .The Ha' vke's Bky:Hci-ald has seen some<of the quartz, and says it is promising m appear mcc, . being' very like Te Aroha quartz, bit no gold can be seen -in it. ;:< ,;'>• 1/ ' i waiting . his, turn at the . Music Hallr .Edmburgh, i,Mr.,, Sjn^s , Reeves siiuntered.,intir> the Btreet. -Two : f)lind st/eet-slng'ers ran against him, and; one, asked, "Do you know it Sims Reeves has turned up ?" The popular tencrr replie&in tee affirmative, upon..v£hicb the beggars ftxclaimed, '" Shouldn't' I lifce to, heart him.', 1 , "So jou,, shall,"., was; thef ' 'aiiswejr,. aitd tlie beggars, to.their anjaze- ' hientj were led into the concfirt-rooin to e'njoy ; th'o : entertainment. ' '' ' i -' "the Boston Glohe tells .a'stbrjsr of heroism' aiiditk reward',' wl'iich lifts the average of humiui worth preceptibly upwards. It is of a working womah of BostQn; Mrs Ciooney, ; who at the risk of h,er . life, seized the bridle of a runaway horse one dark stormy evening last April, arid clung to it, m spijie of bruises, and wounds, and a broken; rib,' lintil she ; - had ' Wscued from imminent death a little five year old. boy. ,,the qnly occupant of the buggy atitacnea to j the . - .runaway..' She showed herself a true.' - heroine by belittjiug her exploit iand" seeking to avoid giying; her name -\a\ the fatlier of the rescued cliil4- . The litter proved himself equally, worthy of -the occasion, by presenting her with a handsome medal, since she would except no gift of money, and, unknown to her, placing a thousand dollars, to her credit m a saviiigs bank. • Sickness arid domestic troubles have overtaken the bj.*ave •woman since, and -the generous reward* of which she has just been informed., came very timely to her; 'What's thig thing?.' asked a. man who was inspecting a music store! ' That oh, that's used on violins. We call; it ,0,., chin rest.' ' Gimme one,' exclaimed, the.' . visitor, * S'pbse it would .work on i niy ' wife ?' „ . ■' : * ■ ••;. ■;.■. . •■■ ■'••■.! ;; r ' • 'Father, did the boy really stand oh the deck?' asked the i Green's hopeful progeny,, the. other day. ) /,No,,,Geo*gie, he stood on three kings, and he nu^ the: deck up his sleeve, to use as occasion de-. ' manded."" ""' ''■"' '' : '...■;;,'. ,■; - ■ A paragraph man article "on ' The ; : qare of Clothes ' : , says ; •' ; An , umbrella should always be carried away from you.' It generally is;- inri6'cerit : alithor ; it t generally is-carried labbut' two l miles away. j Hubner, the compositor of "the Viennese anarchist paper, always had a leaded revolver with hiui whilst setting the type. We suppose the editor always wrote m company with two Gatling guns?. . . - , It is estimated that between 6000 and 7000 people 'aitendfld the funeral otthe late Dr Diver, and is considered the largest funeral that has ever taken place i# Wellington. , ■•>"" "V ! The Chrisichurcb/ Press sajg :— The' old feuds between tile Maori ani Pakeha are^bout^to be' v revived, m tinis Inland at any rate, m a more friendly way thari formerly. Dissatisfied with the result of the tug-of-war compejiitio|i at the Woodend Sports; the Maoris^ f ftnder Te Aik, : who beat a European team, and were subsequently beaten by the Pakehas at these sports., have issued a challenge to. pull m a tug-of-war of ten men aside any team of white men which can be ; • brought forward. It is stated a team > , has been selected, and that the date find place of holding the competition, with,, arrangements for the same will be an' , - nounced. . In taking our (Napier Telegraph) va- '. formation from a southern contemporary m reference to the penalties under the Police Offences Act going to the ' Government instead of into the coffers of lbcal^ ; bodies we were led into error. In these 1 boroughs and counties where bye-law&i have been pawed : dealing, with, i offence^ , 1 mentioned m the Police Offences Act .the ' penalties as heretofore go to those ■ , feodies. This is set forth m section 47 bf 1 the Act as follows ;— Nothing 'contained m this Act shaU be deemed to repeal wholly or m part * * any bye-laws' made by any local authority and now m ; force * * nor to take trom, lessen, qy\ alter any power to make or adopt- bye r . ; laws, not ni confliot with the provisipns of this Act. . :;r i An inspecting ofSceY lately gaye a volunteer corps a sharp rebuke unlder the following circumstances. At jthe conclusion of tlie parade the ofjeer coinpliraented the men upon the efficiency: • they,.h%d shown. The.n)ensimihedial|ely indulged m loud clapping of haods. The officer, m a loud Voice, commanded silence, add having obtained it, said m a stern tone, "You have no business to . applaud what I say. If you may express your approval, you may a|«o express yoiir disapproval. You are "equal* ly guilty of a bieach of discipline In vxs pressing either the one or the othej." A bachelor farmer m Arizona ad ver-^ ,tißed m San Francisco papers for a wife. Vhe reply that pleased, Ijiin; fnost came f i om'a young lady employed fn a dry go ods store. He ' hastened to the city, prt sented himself, was accepted, and ten daj a later the pair were niarried. Soon afte r returning to \m home m Arizona the '; farmer took his wife down to Alrneda tc ' visit his brother, when to the ama» fluent of all, it was found that his brotht, r's' wife and his were Histere. i A pr ivatc letter from England just re--cerve«) (says tlie Post) 6ays:— ''New Z&atantf is a very familial' iiairiej with' us n&w us .'-very butcher m the neighbour^ hood (Not ting; Kill, : London,) is selling . uiuttoo fio «n your pnrto. On Saturday carts come round with large bills pasted on to this el feet, " New Zealand Mutton, '4dto 8d pe.r lb." One butjC.l»,er near here, iii "it am all way of bußiiiess. sold 150 aheep up ito Saturday last. He, hdd a baud to attract thp peqple ; playing m i}\ an upppr roam of the shop, and. there were t»«ch crowds -round the place that the thoroughfare was almost' blocked ." ! A pitiable story -nomes from Adelaide; !A Mr Joy, formerly well-known m Auck- ! iland ah a solicitor, appears to have given ! | way to drink so as to have become im()e- --| ycile aad.^aWe: t9, W k P ffl*M \>mst* i ■ '

But lie WHS taketi Care at to some turn; by the ptoplc he boarded With. I'll" evidence which (Jaitie out man action brought by Lott. Joy's landlord, for his board and lodging:!, ngainst his executors, shows that the unfortunate man had been plied with drink continuaUy^beaten, neglected, and coerced or oujoM into signing cheques m favour of his tormentors to a lnrgo amouut. Lott'a claim was disallowed, and he was sub-sequently-arrested on n charge of accelnrntiitg Joy's duulh, which occurred in,---1882, by Feeding him on whisky and port wine, of which lto consumed six bottles a day, and 'by treating '.him, with cruelty^ and gross neglect." The case is still sub judice, the prisoner Lott having been remanded on bail.