LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 118, 23 April 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr E. Woods, Messrs Stevens and Gorton's stockman Had a narrow escape of his life on Saturday. He was, with others, engaged m hauling up haern qf , oats from the lower floor of the auction, room to the upper floor. Three bags we're" m the sling, and when they were pulled up as high as the trap door the rope which was fastened to the sling slipped its. hold, and the bags fell. Mr Wbdd&Y who was on the ground floor, just managed to avoid being crushed by the load, but sustained injuries to his back, right leg and foot. Had he been half a second later m getting out of the way he would have been crushed to death. — Marton paper. Many persons were disappointed at being uable to obtain copies of the Stan-. dard from our agent (Mr Beaven) for several evenings past owing to the supJ ply being quite inadequate to the demand. The number left at Mr Beaven's has now been increased, so that all demands can m future be supplied. We aro glad to say that our daily issue both m town and country is very rapidly on the increase. Tenders are invited for purchase, of plant, or whole concern of the Palmerston Soap and Candle Company m liquidation. Full particulars can .be had on application to Mr T- B. Walton, liquidator. The writ m the casn of Lieutenant Purnell v. the New Zealand Rifle Association bus been made out, and is now waiting delivery. Major Bailie was written to last week, and asked to name a solicitor on whom the writ could be served. No answer has been received, as yet, and In the event of the letter not being answered m the conrse of a few days, service will be tnado on Major Bailie himself. The case will come on at the July sittings . of the (Supreme Court at Wellington : — Herald. The Napier Telegraph m remarking that General McNeill has a brother m Sonthland asks " What will Wanganui say to it, surely it possesses his mother or his mother iu-law if married." Without heeding its disrespectful tone, we, Herald, may at once state that Wangantii possesses a brother of General Me NeiU'fi too, Mr McNeill, who lives up the Wangamii River, standing m that relation to the soldier. ■' We hear thnt the plant of Mr Bull's new saw-mill at Cheltonhain is now being erected. „., Tim fact of the Awahuri Bridge being closed, eoet a fanner, living on Saxon's lino, £28 10s extra haulage expenses lliia season, ns he had to send his wheat by rail to Pahnerston instead of by the road, This fact requires uo comment.— Star. There is a deadly fend raging bp( ween tho NnpiT Telegraph and tho Woodvilla Examiner. No bones will he broken thoy only " call nauus." Why don't (they follow tho example of fh« Palmers--1 i-au papers and leave each other alone, W» w«*.cl<iri to-lenrn that owing lo the. persistent orT'Ttfl of the member for the district, D. H, Macart'ier, Esq., the Minister of, Justice lihb criiiKenteil to hay« n BiMiug of H.M, Cuiift held at liu\cou)ho once a monlb.

The New York Sun remarks : — " It is a fact worth noticing that, although Maine is the leading prohibitory State of th« Union, most of the murders committed m the State within the past ten years may be fairly charged to the excessive use of intoxicating liquors. Five of the murders before mentioned were under the influence of liquor when the crimes were committed. Liquor it is called m Maine, but m fact it is a vile, poisonous concoction of wet damnation, that costs from a dollar and a quarter per gallon, and is sold to the consumer for from six to eight dollars a gallon. It dosea't • take a great quantity' of it to make a sane man crazy." Maine is increasing m prosperity, the Sun says, but owing to the Maine Central Railway, and to the renewed energy of her capitalists and go-ahead men generally, and not to the prohibition laws. " But the increase of crime more than keeps pace with that m population and wealth." The JSon. Native Minister has received a telegram from Mr G. T. Wilkinson, native agent at Alexandra, stating that the number of natives who attended the ceremony of turning the first sod of tho North Island Trunk Railway was from 800 to 1000. Nearly the whole of the three sods dug by Wahanui and wheeled away by the Premier, were carried bodily away m small quantities by; Europeans as mementos of the occasion. ". A smart young couple rode m from the country one day last week, put on their vredding garments, got married, changed their good clothes for riding ap&xrel, and were on the road home again, m the brief space of one hour. — Star. The Manager of the Auckland Tobacco Company has made arrangements with Hawkes Bay settlers for planting 100 acres m tobacco next season. Mr Orniond grew four tons last year. The leaf is said to be a very fine specimen. The Japanese dentist does not frighten bis patient with an array of steel instruments. The %vhole of his operations m tooth-drawing are performed by the forefinger and thumb of one hand. The skill necessary to do this is only acquired after long practice, but once it is ob i tamed, the operator is able to extract half a dozen teeth m about thirty seconds without ouc(! removing his fii)g<«.s j from the patient's mouth. Tho dentists education commences with the pulling out of pegs which havo been pressed into soft wood ; it ends with tho drawing of hard pegs which havo been diiveu into an oak plant with a mallet. A j writer, into the " Union Medicale" Fays tliat no 'human jaw can resist the delicate but powerful maniDulation of , the Japanese dentist. ' : i^ijo-clay, being St. George's Day was j observed as a. Bank holiday. { 1 Masterton is just, now theheadquarters of several "sundowners," who go from ! house to bouse asking money to pay for ! beds, anything given to them, of course being spent m liquor (says the Daily). There are a good few m Palumrston also, who might be told to move on. The Masterton - Maugaboe Special Settlement Association has applied for 5000 acres m the Mangatnhioke Block. There has been a good deal of quarelling going on, and it is .uenrly time something practical was done (says tho Wellington paper,) A new advertisement from Messrs Reid and Gray, the celebrated manufacturer of agricultural implements, is publishing on our first page. Every farmer m the district should read it. This firm have already made for themselves an enviable reputation, which is constantly increasing. Through the efforts of Mr Macarthur, M.H.R., a sitting of the K.M. Court will bo held monthly at Halcombe. , Mr Booth on the coming man. Again, the coming man will be a man of peace. He will learn that it is wiser to plant potatoes than dead soldiers ; to exterminate rabbits, than kill men ; to buy dredges than gunboats. Of Colonel Burnaby London Truth says :•' Mauy years ago he passed ns the strongest man m England, and used to twist a poker round his neck and carry ponies upstairs. Then he had nn illness, and subsequent to this he never renewed these feats." Mi Booth's motto. " A public school ! on every hilltop, and no public-house m the valley." The Hon. Mr Stout (Premier) and Messrs Hochfort and Blair arrived at Tanpo on Sunday evening from Ohinemu»u. They stayed at Gallagher's Hotel for tlm night, and the whole tarty left on Monday morning for Tokano, ..from wbero tbpy will preceed to Wan--gahui by the Wansianni riven It is understood that Parliament will be called together for the transaction' of business during tho first week of June unless anything occurs to render an earlior meeting necessary. One of the proposals of the Defence Minister m reference to amending the Militia Act next session is (says the Pout) that tho first and spcond-ciass-militia shall consist of unmarried men only. The ages forthe firfit-clnss militia are, as previously mentioned m our columns, to be from 17 to 30 ; the second class will be composed of men from 30 to 40, and thu third-class will include all married men, from 17 to 30 years, who may be capable of serving:. Tn the case of Charles Retter, charged with perjnry, at the District Conrt yes. terday, the jury after a retirsment of half an hour, brought m a verdict of not guilty. The Salvationists frequently get made fun of. Give them credit for eood work when they do it. Read thiß : — The Salvation Army Briggade captain's report on the Male Prison Home, snys the New Zealand Herald, is as follows : — Number of meals given during the week, 123 ; beds Rtipplied. 41 ; persons a-imitted, 6 ; discharged, 7 ; still m the Home, 5. A cat disease, resembling distemper m dogs, has carried off hundreds of tabbies and toms m the Waimea-Nelson district. Correspondents of Auckland journals strongly advocate preparations for the defence of the Bay of Island Coal mines. It is said that abont 18,000 men ride into London on bicycles from the surburbs to work every morning. A large sugar refinery at.CHchy, a Parisan surburb, has attracted beeß m such numbers as to make them a veritable plague to the residents and passers by m that locality. Professor Kirk started from Marton yesterday to carry out his mission m regard to New Zealand forests. He has with h»m a euide and two paekhorses. He will proceed by way of Murray's track to examine the forests along the Central Railway. Mossrß Stevens atirl Gorton held a successful stock sain at Bulls on Tuesdny. The attendance wa<* good, and most of tho lota wero quitted under the hammer. Sheep fully maintained recent quotations. The pr.'»arramrn<« of the Queen's Birthday race meeting will appear m to-morrow's issue.