The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, MAY 19. 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 140, 19 May 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, MAY 19. 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Recently a man had his leg amputated m a, Washington hospital,, undf upon visiting tho capital somo niontfia';afterwards, discovered the member preserved m alcohol. He was shocked, aud demanded it, that he might bury it. The demand was refused, but, upou bringing • suit m replevin, the case was decided m, his favor, and he was given possession of his own leg. The settlements m tho Seventy- mile Bush of which Woodville is at once the centre and the metropolis, are rapidly increasing, and a larger population i« acciiiiiulnlingin the forest than a traveller along the main road could form an idea of. Residents m the district can themselves give but scant information on the subject. Asking one of them what might the population of Kumeroa be, we nro told, •• Well, Ijdon't know exactly ; but they kill three bullock* a : week !" So, according to the consumption of beef so must be the number of. inhabitants. Verily this must must be a laud of plenty. — Telegraph. Taranaki has lost an old and respected resident m Mi* Richard Cock, senior, whose death at the age of GB, occurred on Saturday last. Ho came to New Plymouth m 1841, being m the service of the New Zealand Compauy, and. ho wns appointed to superintend the beach lauding service. He was a pilot for several years, and was latterly appointed as signalman, having been altogether about 40 years connected with the shipping at the port of New Plymouth. The cost of maintaining tho readingroom of the British Museum is £25,000 annually. There are over 100 employee, eighty-two of whom are engaged m taking out and replacing books. Their salaries range from i-800 to £120 per annum.

A gentleman has been on the Napier electoral roll for upwards of twenty years on nccouot of a property formerly owned by him, Twenty years ago he sold the property, and' since then his name has remained on the roll on account of that property. A few days ago his name was struck off the roll— Telegraph. The following appeared on a dead letter returned from the Pest Office ou the 27th April, 1885 :— " Left," "deceased," " gone, no address." . With reference to the district railway question it m«y be news to most of our readers to learn that notwithstanding what has been said to the contrary the Government will m all probability secure the Wellington and Manawatu railway. It has been said that the shareholders are determined not to endorse the provisional agreement made by directors with Government, but we understand that there is every probability, that they will: As to the Waimea Plains railway about which so much was heard last session, it is understood that the owners will not accept the offer made by the Government. — Hawera Star.

■'J Why, Pat, you surely are no going t« turn coward ?" said an officer to a timid soldier. "Why, shure," replied the son of the Emerald Isle, " I'd rayther be a coward for foive minutes, than a corpse for the rest of my loife." Many a woman and child have been sacrificed to save the carpets and ; k(**ip out the. flies. Open the doors and windows and fill yonr livea and house with sunshine. At Bulls on Thursday, rChnrkW Hinckley was charged with unlawfully , assaulting Bennett and Harriet Smith. The evidence was distinctly contradictory, and His Worship dißinisß>-il the case. Complaintants, who aro Salvationists, stated that the defendant wn& the Aggressor, while the defendant (a Presbyterian) stated that the coin plain tants were to blame. Th« R.M. said that wilful perjury had been committed, though nearly all the witnesses made strong protestations as to their statements beiug " God's truth." /The; Dunedin Herald warns pqVcy holders m the Government Life Insurance Department against voting again for Mr G. Fisher, believing him to be nasuited for a piace on the Board of Directors. It calls him "an opinionitivß, self-willed, and meddlesome gentleman." " Everybody must grow old , yon know my dear tnadaine," said a' physician to a lady, who evidently looked upon the remark, as a personal Tone, for she promptly replied " Not everybody, doctor, a great many of your patients will never grow' old."

St Patrick's College, Wellington, is now almost completed, and will be ready for the reception of students on the Ist of June. • The London Sportsman of February 11th contained the following advertisement : " Wanted — A cultured gentleman capable of milking goats. A university man preferred. Applications with testimonials as to proficiency to be addressed," etc. " Vanguard" iv another column calls attention t« new arrangements made for liis drawing. The perfect arrangements are such that the public may , with confidence, expect the whole affair to be got off without a hitch. Tickets are, we understand, selling freely. ' In Timaru it was necessary recently to open a grave that had been closed for 17 years, and when a certain coffin, which it was desired to transf or to aiiO' ther grave, was brought up, not only waß it found to be sound, but oven the name 011 the plate was legible. A proclamation has been issued by the Governor of Tasmania absolutely prohibiting tho importation of Bhoep to that colony from New Zealand. ._ The Branner Coal Company employ 250 men at their mine. The weekly output is 3000 tonß. The privileges for the Wanganui Steeplechase meeting were sold on Saturday, tho three booths being bought for £23, cards, £7 10s, and fruit stall, 10a,

Left-handed penmanship is now taught m a number of schools. Tho method of iiuitiiiction is to mako tho pupil write his name m pencil, and then to go over it with a pen hold m tho loft hand. After doing this for some time the writer is able to sign his name without the aid of a pencilled copy. This is kept up until a sufficient degree of proficiency is obtained. A story roaches us from town not more than 20 miles away. A parson was being told by a lay brother of the dullness of trade. " Yes," said the mm- | ister, mournfully, "don't I know it. Now, would you believe it, last Sunday the- collection was Is Gd, of which my wife gave 15.".-— Hawera Star. Tho Napier Telegraph says that the last railway returns show that the North Island lines aye improving by earning much more without proportionally increasing the expenditure, while the South Island lines havo actually earned less while the expenditure has increased nearly 30 per cent. Tho landlord of the Club Hotel, m Blenheim, has lately started a novelty m the shape of a ladies' room m connection with his house. "Two rooms," says a Marlborousrh paper, " havo been set apart for the purpose* and the membership of nearly all those ladies who dwell at a distance from the town is promised." The project, if confined to meeting the convenioiico of ladies coming into town from the country on business, is not a bad one, but m any other shape a ladies' •club at a publichouse is altogether opposed to English ideas. The Dairy Association of Wisconsin report the number of cows at OGO.OOO, tfteir cheese product at 30,0001 b, and their butter at 88,000,0001 b, of the value of i! 4,000,000. It is stated that an enterprising Napier man is, about sending home a large shipment of frozen wild ducks. Wild ducks are very plentiful this season, and the difference m prices ruling at Napier and London should afford a large margin for profit. ': In noticing that Mr Florence McCarthy had become a part proprietor of the Grey River Argus, a Wellington contemporary reviews the scandalous action of Sir George Grey m ruining tlie Press Agency, and adds that, after its fall Mr McCarthy took iip journalism. We may explain that Mr McCarthy had been a journalist for years before the Agency ■was started, having also been on Hansard. He therefore simply fell back on his former position. : ;

j-There seems to be an indefinable charm .m thef precincts and atmosphere of a Paluta 1 , Court. On Wedriesday.last, says the ftetioling paper, thb B.M. Court, m that nprtion of the building set .apart for the public, was crowded during the greater part of the. day with idle spectators. Admitting that the greater number of cases necessitated ' the presence of a great number of persons interested as plaintiffs, defendants, or witnesses, even that does not . account for the multitude assembled. There were of uninterested — further than by curosity — persons m to the small space allotted to the public, quite 50 per cent., whose united labour, would be worth at least twenty pounds to,:thein. This is a dead loss to the country. . A Reuter cable recently published m the Argus occupied only one hour and fifty minutes m transmission from London, being the shortest time on record. A shocking state of depravity was disclosed at the Wellington Magistrate's Court on Saturday morning. Emma Wade was charged with having been drunk on Latnbton Quay on the previous evening, and Maud Estall was brought up on a charge of having made .use of obscene language on the same thoroughfare and at the same time. The accused both of whom are only 16 years of' age, made their appearance m the criminal dock for the first time m their lives. Each pleaded guilty. Wade was fined. 5s and costs and Estall was sentenced to six hour's imprisonment. It appeared from the .evidence of Constable Eerner that as Constable Milton was conveying Wade to the police station on a charge of drunkenness, the other girl followed him and swore at him m a disgusting manner. —Post. The following advertisement appears m the Post : — Notice. — I, the undersigned, hold 80 shares m the United Importers Company of Wellington, Limited, and I have, paid the sum of £75, calls on the above. I wish to meet with someone, who will accept the above as a gift. Apply, sharp, to &c, &c. Tenders for additions to the Abercorn Arms Hotel close at noon to-morrow. Tenders can be left at Mr Larcomb's office, Palmerston North. ! Special attention is directed to 1 a now 5 advertisement from Mr Ainsworth, of the Corner Bootshop, Victoria Avenue, which will be found elsewhere. A man sold his cooking stove to get tnoney enough to take his family to the » circus. When one of his friends reraonIWated with him he said, "We had no yiift for the stove. Had nothing to cook." •' But why didn't you buy -something to eat with the money you got for the stove ?" " Then we would have nothing to cook it on. Don't talk toimej I'm a philosopher." A novel and sensible deviation from the stereotyped form of wedding customs wns recently make by a couple near Troy (N.Y.). It was a home wedding, the guests being only the relatives and intimate friends of the couple, biit they were sufficient m number to fill the house. Each guest was met at the door of the drawing-room and welcomed by the bride, who was attired m a simple but becoming costume. When all the guests had arrived and the hour fixed for the ceremony was reached, the groom, who was conversing* with friends m another part or the room, stepped to the bride's aide, the lady quietly left the group of relatives with whom she was talking, the two took their places before the clergyman, and m a few minutes were one. Those present voted the new departure a complote success. At the Wanganui Police Court yesterday. Alfred Waters, an " artistic "looking individual m blue speotacles, and until lately the representative of Messrs Bartlett Bros., Auckland, was charged on the information of Mr A.D. Willis with having fraudently obtained by means of a valueless cheque, the sum of J-l. He pleaded not ffuilty of any fraudulent in^ tent. Mr Chubb appeared for the defendant. Sergeant Bisset applied for an adjournment for 8 days to enable a witness to be brought from Auckland. There were several other charges against the accused, the total sums amounting to betweeh £70 and £80. Mr Chubb did not object to the remand, but asked for an order under section 21 of the Police Offences Act, by which his client, ■who had been drinking hard, could be admitted into the Hospital. The Bench considered that 8 days m gaol, with medical attendance, would put him all right. We have heard since that the sum is said to be over £90. Patea is said to have suffered heavily, while new amounts are continually coming to lieht m ■ Wanganui. — Hdrald, The special correspondent of the Melbourne Telegraph, who smnjrg;lo«l himself on board the Ibernin, was discovered boforo the voyage ended, and ignoininiously " s'- noted " at Aden, and left to find his way to Suakim as best he could. A Melbourne exchange states that "he got there, and if he doesn't make things uncomfortably warm for unnoighbourly papers m a few weeks it will be because he is dead,"

Tenders for the purchase ot tne privileges of the PahnoL'ston race raeeetinjj, on the 2f>th inst., will bo rccoiveil by the Secretary, Mr Thomas King until tomorrow, A general meeting of members of the Palmerston Amateur Dramatic Club, will be held m Mi* Haultain's Office, Main.street. this evening, at tf o'clock. At the Wanganui Police Court yesterday, G. D. Kirkwood was charged with behaviour likely to provoke a broach ot the peace. The defendant had endeavoured to ride through the Salvation Army ranks, and created a sensation, following them to the hall door. Defendant said his object m going m front of the Army was to get his horse used to the band. Fined 20s, and costs. — ! Chaß. Hartley, who bad been remanded on a charge of not obeying an order of the Court for the support of his wife, was brought up. He had not been able to find sureties for the future payments. He had sufficient money to pay £6. Tne statement that he had made on his last appearance, as to having paid money m ~ Mar ton, was an error ; he was under the apprehension that the Constable had taken it for that purpose; he had made things up with his wife, and was going to live with her again. His Worship said he would let him off, but if he again caused trouble he would be sentenced to six months. — Herald. . ] Mr Harvey's wife died somewhat suddenly at Ashurat of heart disease on Friday laut. Shrwas buried yesterday. Deceased was quite a youug woman. Referring to a paragraph m laot night's issue commenting on an opiuion exprcaaed by ouo of our local ministers re cricket m n sermon preached by him on the previous Sunday, we have beeu requested to state that we must have misunderstood the intent of the Rev. gentleman's reference, aud that really no one is a greater admirer of this game thau the minister himself. ACARD.— TOALLWHO ARR SUFKEUISG FROM tok crow and indiscretion of youth, nervous weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c, I will send' a reoeipo that will cure you, FREE OF OHARttK. This great remedy was discovered by a missionary iv Mouth America. Send a setf-uddrossed envelope mid sixpence to prepay postage to the ltev. JosKi'ii T. INM.VN, Station D. New York City, U.S.A. SANDER AND SONS' EUC. EXTR. (St. Louis Ded. Journal, 1881).— Cancer ou the Tongue—lSvidonee of scrofulous diaihesls. Proscribed four drops to be taken three times daily ; aleo, tonguo wetted three times duiiy, cured m four weeks. ■■