The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1885.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 39, 14 July 1885, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1885.

On out fourth p£ge to-day will be fpuncl Cable News, Late Cable News,; Australian Summary, Telegrams, Sport-; ing News, and Qoininerpial News. j i 4LBpch'e.sJ;er;uiaE( -has invented anj electrical ballot-box for use m societies.; Theiinaqhme cpn'tains three : knobs.- The-' member who wishes to rote m favor of! a certain candidate touchns a white: kn;bb{; if. 6D*Dosed, ; ho. touches: a blaclo knob Vif indifferent a knob between the! < JLvro. At each touch a bell rings, thus; making more than one vote impossible; i withbii t tJotction .; r 1-he in s<M tie^- Pegis-j ters the result of the balloting m plain' figures. ■'■''■" :J ■,: '"" ' ' ; In the Edinburgh -Justiciary Court,' ■ befpr.bj Lot d M'Lare.u, ,William..Ki«iroßß,| lalje foller m tfia,' National Bank" of Scots ' ; ]^6a, : pleaded gjiltyto embezzling moneyj *4»Vtne amount of upwards of, £8,100.; The case was 'of a. veVyjpainful nature,' itf.b'Sing stated that tthe '.prisoner hadj .been^thirty-rtwo years {.employed at the? n bapk,, durifig, which -, lime ho was un-j plicitiy trusted. iMie frauds wore said; '.to-be the result of -unfbrtlun'ate specula-! >tions. -LT.be-; prisoner was ..sentenced fc Jto; "five"years T penal servitude. ;' 'i%". j ■ '„, 'i .">:<..; ■:■.,'>■-.' .-,/■ X . ,-.-■ . <...',.'.. i In Formosa there is 'not' r much sick-' ness, but.wheh'a ihairi'sMl -'they string; .him up by the neck .and let . him., .dovrnj f again (jiiickly- " 'f"hi» generally kills or iOiirea him, a)>d if vthe former,; his death* ii celebrated by a,, general 5 spree. At twenty-one a young man is provided with ar wife- but .until -tfi'e age of •• forty, .he must pot yisit, her 'openly.* Ho mayj "do so' stealthily,'' tip,weyeiy, ! and 'if hoj doesn't likelier tiecari get a divorce m. gaboufr teni/minutcsi :<^ man.-, often marries four or" five times" a J'oar. No J i6h'ildren '> born : the f: mother has Teached thirty-aeypn are m any „cas4 permitted [to "live: . ; . . i v - *E)imVig thff'iieai'jiVg'fif the' sheep case: ? td-dayv tU« R.M.,. s* id that lys would in*' '"tiin'ate*, "as he*ba<l Hone m othor parts 'of ,«hia-'dlotrict.-thatjin/; future he, ; intended tOjimposei the..f ull ( penalty, . for breaches ot the Sheep/ Act. In answer 'to the magistrate', .Mr" Blufidell;^tatod that the .district was* n'ovir clean trout; "seab — a : result Mr>iW"ard Jiighly satisj>tfji<;tp.ry,.l ,Mij;.Bluod,e)V ajsp ;i aj.luded t6 ..the necessity which existed for dipping at least once or twice * ypar,, and said "be intended bringing ' all' : off enoVs i«| respect to lice, infection to book.-4-Monday-s Herald ■ '■'-- ■■-- : ' : - ■■■■:- -— ■••-- \ J New Plymouth has reason to like hhYipgbrison^ra there, for each man ih gaohtherfe.cQat j£10& ..13s 7d last ''year:: In_W-eliii#tan-tl»i--cbßt was £39, and, in Auckland £42. f fTheL .SVaiiarapa; Ijailffu s|ys| thajf another of r 'th« old.-kettlerß"^ g6ne>in Mr jolin^too'dlf:*"' Efi arHve«; in B Wellington m 1841, arid resided for some yearn j.jit Karpri, before hej came to the Wairnlrap'a. He died at Carterton last Thurfl"tiay, and .le^esr three ;j "SOiisr -and twb dangtiters, "and "a nainber grand--children to inour.ni his loss., i :. '• ■!. I ' ''' .T!)pß6- wh'6' : are iWsirbtis ' of ; ob' taitiihg ;really^3rst-claßs town properties would do well to "attend Messrs Stevens and < uGorton!s sHe, whichtakesiplace at their i ropius to-morcow: at'-^p^. y/ | /■ ■: 1 In : the House on,pJ|riday 3 the Adoptioh of Children's Act Amendment Bill \va's read a third time ahd : passed i" v x-^,i: j Last night's Warigariui Herald saysj : — Our morning contemporary was wronjj m stating,that Mr Benefield had broken his leg on Ratardry^ What really hap-' pened was, according to good authority, this 1 : Mr Bcnefield on Saturday dislocat-"ed->hJßknpo joint by Blipniug on a piece, of'green timber as he was jumping from; "his trap to the ground. Thia happened, at the Aramoho^Kailway Station, biitaft^r a little time~tlie leg was got into po|-" sition ap-ain Mr Ben«'fidd s ' drove home. He wenT out of town vpivMonf— •jday,,and his leg- was then alright, but on Tnesday morning he was unable to -:g'e£qut of bed, and since then nfedica^ aid has boon, called' m. Thist wiH jjirerentlilr Beiiofield tr'etling about , and more especially will interfere with his >. being present-. at. a sale of his trees in' 'Hawera^as ho had. intended/ -i A very unusual case has been succepfully treated here by Drs Earle arid „,Trjpe during the past few weeks. The iipntient is n baby 11 months old, wlio ' had iti ijome. way become ruptured, and., finally a sufferer from strangulated heiv nia,;the bowel having passed through the rupture and become twisted. The child was operated on and the bowel untwisted and returned and the' little patient is making ; a thorough recovery. It is mostly m elderly people such cases as (the abpre are met 'with ; and. tljey frequently end m" Hie death of the^sufferer, v as. the operation is often postponed tp!o long/through the patient not wishing to "iihdergpic until every other means of •allevihtion' arid cure have'bQeniexhausit?od'.i—Wanganui Herald. "A project is on foot for establishingin '•pneumatic: tube batwoen Brussels Arid Paris Letters would be transmitted m .half an hour. ! The cat's 'dial ike to water, which we have been accustomed to look upon as inveterate, was so far overcome by training among the ancient" Egyptiaus that the animal was taught to hunt and seize -;W.ater_fo.wl. ; , - , „ ; ■ j- CArn.bng.the warlike tribes of the Soudan the unwritten law of the desert for- . bids any settlement around the wells, )as ; they are common to all. ' '■■' -' - ;iJ ( I .The imports, ahd'exportsof Calcuttai'in JLBB3 were of the val «»e ' of £66,000,000^ Nearly eleven million persons cmi-, ; grated fi;oinG re at| Britau|i during the v.last seventy years. , .- ' , .Thenrare 250,000 public'schools iii the United St'atesor one to every 200 of the entire population. ' , { A witty lady ih tlio Irish tnfctTopQlis: calls 'her 'twp : ennarips rV'sppch'vel} 11 J"- Wheeler" and <f Wilson ", liocause jas she says, neither, is a "sjnger;".. i# . Tlro'telephone has 3,358 subscribers m London.. ..,;, , '.'.. : . _. . .. ; -, h ,: : America annu.illy iniporls soo,ooo rosetrees from Europe. . { .'

We.( Woodvillo Examiner) understand that it waH due to Mr McCardle'd exertions that the Maslertp.n; Borough loan was. obtained from the Government .at 6:per cent as it was originally promised at 6£. percent. '■"' . ' •There are 335 theatres m Great Britain- . In 1883 the trade of/ Bombay, was neaily £8,000,000. - .__.:.'--. The school boards of England are iv dolbt somo^thirteenYmillion; A peculiarity (Jf- some of the Paris papers is that they rent out the financial tolttmnSfhythe- year -"to 'anyone.-? who ■ wants it. A well-kuown banking house pays the-Figaro £650 a year for tho use of its financial column, and puts m it whatever ifplli^r^fffiir tftfttii -yeara^ contract:- • , -*•• • / i ISaya '4puff " U tj&^W^lUngtpnPtasai: —Ah ha! Toldyou'so! Came to horrid grief .over ■ th« /Budget I yTtied every dodge they knew j, but all m vainl Tea. duly settled theifcjrash! 61. against 24;! Crikey what a smeller! Yogel offered to surrender £1.8,600 of revenue ! ; Likj> (he Russian- jtraVeller -' ' throwing Ihiß livothel-in-law b^ver the "Sack" of' fhe sledge to^atisfy the wolves to let haft get away ! ■'■ Ho 'go 1 ' Wolves- 5 wouid have all or nonelK Vogel; >onlyj lowered' himself aud didli'j. win a. ■ „yote.! Stout " deyided again aad ;again ! ' ..' OplytJayiting I fresh hutniliatio.n V an' 4, 'idef'eat 1^ _ Fr«6 \ traders Stuck' "together " like 'bricks | Gained a great victory which ,wil]l,neVer bo'forgbtteulcxe^^v: "* c : , t > V' '! I A football match was played, at Fox--ton on Saturdayj"Fieilding v.v Foxton, resulting m a for ' Feilding 'byi one goal and one try: ' j ' As all modWo'f ' s'uctießsftjUy treating cholera ar.ejntoresit^ug^at present, .we' ] give irid'foiloNvirig eitr.actf^dni ! a-letter i — Whilo the iSth f^ H-ighlanders weroj stationed at Bombay-some years ago, an . outbreak of cholera^ ocourred, / and th« regiment suiEEoreci' 'severely. 1 The doc-j tors vrem unable to giiVo-, proper attan4 i dance to all 'the ''sufferers.,' A .young j lieuten'ant^ desirous-, of allp.viating tho suffering around him, and hearing or-i imfynni'ng-ftha!; ; .ltoat, aDjljed, ;tp -, the stVtnacir was a goOff remedy, 'irfmiuis-: tored iuterti|ialjy.jtp3 oaob suffemiv for whom tho.doctor.h'ad not time to^ pres-l | eribe/a/inixfure oi^braudy 1 and 'cayenne: p.epper. ; Strange— as- it may appearj ! t^esfe 'efforts 1 wero attended' with; remark-* iableisuccess*,' for; no man so trea.! Ed diedi t hFli(j iitnxtn r.s i^Yfts Be.tjaligl.vt before? boiug drunk, but wo aro unAware wh.etherthia; ' •was prior to or after the addftiqn ; of the ppppor • ,the fltunes, : ol course] 'VereexUiiguislied b'efore'-tiib^'mixlure •^y B^ano^:"^Brcl)farigeX' ';« k.T- |; , The WaQganui~~Her^'s_ :,Hajcpinbo' heo;f¥e3pbißfeht^viites-t4iaVa^eetm^ wiisj •; held m Halcombe on Thursday night fdt f the object,. of. taking steps towards the, formation of a Parliamentary "Union. A; i connnvttoa waa formed and instructiond giS'oa theui ito findydut, hef^^and; airwimt coat these Unipqs are, worked, ancl as soon as this is found out 4ri6tHermeeting will ! be called, and -Parliamentary business | will be". Iprb'ce'eded .' with, ! : ITh'e'i'eH are al-f ready between thuiy- and forty naiaes on ithe/list^of supporters, so- at it ■ lpoics as it tlio tiling wpuMbp successl- . A /youth natiiscl. John ■SJibrtlmll, alias . ,t)alton," ' alias Wfigffigor, :"-wh6; T^a's'. 1 sentenced to four months' imjprisonmeht on the 10th of March for bredldng: into; Mt ; Frankel's premises,! and; who .' was'vouiy liberated from gaol a few days ago,; wa?l arrested;. ;qn;,Sa]tur4ay.'^on, N ..a>jcha i r.go_ , of stealing, .twc^ loaves. of,.b,read r f i;bm Mr A-. Young/.fciker,- Hciining-sfreei " Shortliall, " ■ wli'6 is only ; 14 or ■' 15 yearsjof age, 'has been m gaol on several occasions. ''■■] .•.'■• . ? ! The, Waifara'paJDcti'Zy says :— A .plucky act btf'th« : p"af t or a* s Httle boy^ deserves to be recorded. On. Wednesday, while-; &c Waipoua was high,-a-three-year-old child H ,of IMr sNeary /gfit.intp ;thp^,wajßr ; , y and . nyajs ' being borne ; along.. y . by. <^he current. A ' boy named Bowser, eight years of agd, waded into the. water, which. came up to hil'shonia'ers/arid^attaigydyd rescue the little one. X^t"tarendahgered his pwa. t life ia the act goes<withoutisiying^___X_