LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 22, 24 June 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

According to a writer m Truth, the Queen' always sleeps m a wooden bfld of a paticular sUape, and made up m a special way, and whenever her Majesty goes to si strange place a bed and its furniture are despatched from Windsor for her use. '1 wo were sent off lro;n the workshop at the Castle the other day,tho one for thu Quoen's cabin m the Victoria and Albert, and the other is gone to Aix-lea- Bains. There is already oiie'of her Majesty's beds. at DannsUdt. It was sent out when she went there last year. „. Number 6 of Messrs T; Kennedy jjtacdouald' arid Cos. Wellington, Landed Property Guido has reached us. This publication has developed into a fair sized hand-book, replete with valuable information on land matters, and lias prcved itself to bo one of the best publications of its kind m the Colony, and one which redounds co the credit of th? publishers. The Guide furnished ample details of some thousand pjoperties m the hands of the firm for private sale throughout the Colony, and so arranged as to meet the eye of the intending purchaser of any class of propfcrty at a glance. Without the trouble of wading through it to fiud the particular kind of property, the properties are irranged alphabetically and reference is dlso given man index. To either the seller or buyer of properties we contend the publication which will be posted monthly to auy address on application £o the publishers, Messrs T. Keunedy Macdonald and Co. Auctioneers Panama Street, Wellington. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Sbrewsbnry has issued a vigorous pastoral letter m which he denounces the dynamiters as "pests," "scourges," ?' enemies of God and man," and " assassins, striking m the dark." The Bishop warn 8 the Catholics that they Incur the penalty of being denied the holy sacrament of the Church and being debarred all hopes of future salvation, if they join " these emissaries of Satan." A Masterton paper tells the following ; story of the disappearance of Mr Bowron, late Inspector of Dairies. The Colonial Secretary and Mr Bowrou ' happened to meet one day and abruptly began talking business. "I am Inspector of Dairies," said he. "Ah !" said the minister opening his eyes," and what do you do ? " Travel round the Da>ry Factories " said the other. " Yes and what do yon draw for travelling expenses?" "Only about £30 per month," was the reply. "Oh ? a trifle no doubt ; But don't you think it would be better for the colony if yon etopped at homo tind saved tließe expenses and left the factories to run themselves?" The m Bpector — so runs the story — waxed very indignant, aud immediately tendered bin resignation which was promptly accepted. It is not often that an R.M. is found acknowledging; himself iv the wrong, but Mr Wardell, of Wellington, is an excoption.' He sentenced a stowaway to 14 days without giving him the option of a fine. -.This' was pointed out to hin: as being: illegal, and l lie then sent to the Minißtei-Ho€ Justice witli the result that the prisoner v\V»g- set free. From the . Bench he stated that he was prepared to accept the consequences of his mistake, whether they came m the form of a Suprame Court action or m any othor way. The towuspeoole of Bulls will shortly \be possessed of a " town band." Several well-known residents have taken the matter m hand very energetically ; already about i!SO has been spent for i<brasß instruments; and the band, which ,will number some 14 members, will oora"mence united practice m a day or two. j. Mr Hobbs is bringing m a bill to ' amend the Gaming and Lotteries Act. His- object is to prevenfrthe advertising ,of sweeps and consultations, and make the law m this respect similiar to that of Victoria. Mr Hobbs does not intend to j deal with the totaiisator, not that he approves of it^ but he believes it to be • the least objectionable form of gambling. Mr Fitzherberr, on the other hand, willpropose that small sweeps be legalised. . A clergyman m the North of Scotland Whose parish spread over several villages m the hills,, one day set out to make his visitation. He got out his hornfi, which had seen better days, and bestrode hjm. going along the road, he camo upon a shepherd boy, who was carrying ~ A pot foil of tar and a brush, which he was taking up the bills to mark sheep • with. The good man thought it would be a charitable act to give the lad a lift, and invited him to get up behind him. To "improve the occasion with some sound teaching, he began by asking him hig catechism, &c, malting comments on each answer, finishing with a remark which always began with the words, • Mark me, now!' He continued his oration until after admonishing the lad to ' mark him, now ' several times, the boy remarked, 'The tar's a* dune! the tar's a* dune !' ..The 'approaching marriage of Count Rosebud and Mrs Tom Thninb is creating' a great stir amoungthe dwarfs. and midgets all over the world, many of whom expect to be present on the interesting orfcafiion. Th« ■ Cbimt and hia brother (the Baron Littlefingcr) are now (Wins: ap epgagement at. the Chicago Museum. Ai letter hns been Veceiye'l from New '"YqrW announcing that "the ceremony "tliatis to make widow Thumb the Coun'tptrt lloßotofld wili-tafce place, amid }av.ish surroundings, ln Trfrtty Ghnrch, New . York, on April 6. The Count's host man mar be Mr brother, the Biron, of possibly Major Newell, the liuelmnd of Minnie Warren, who wap Mrs Thumb's Bister. The Count Rosebud and Baron Littlefioger are Italian twins,

Harry William Shepperson, who was travelling NewZwaland fouryears ago ns agent for tlm Lydia Howarde Burlesque Company, has got into difficulties m Melbourne. Ha has been obtaining letteis belonging to a Mr William Shuppersjn, from the post-uffice, m which were invoices of i^ooils valued at betweeu , £2,00Q and£3,ooo, and on them has been endeavouring to raise money. He was arrested, ami on being searched an extraordinary discovery was inado. Pawn tickets re-luting to a quantity of valuable [ masonic jewillt-ry stolen somu time ago" from a case belonfdd'jr to Mussrs. Armfieted Brothers, of Col ingwood, which j was m the Exhibition vv^re round va him. ; One of tht-st articles was a Solid gold j cross, worth about £40, on which a pawnbroker had advauced £10 10s. By the unexpected finding of these pawn tickets, wlisit was considered a mysterious robbery will be cleared up.