(PUUMSIIED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the W>jst Coast. FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1335.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 58, 7 August 1885, Page 2

(PUUMSIIED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the W>jst Coast. FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1335.

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On. our fourth page to-day will be found Cable News, Russia, and England, Austi'iiiiiin News, Telegriims, Tiie Kiinborley Diuiuond Fields, and the couliniuiiion oJ: tho report of the Borough Council meeting. An extraordinary fracas which occured recently at tha l£chuu.i !I.iypit;il -.Viia investigated by the committi'i!. From slat- iiients in.ulo liy Dis Mnrdoi-h and Oshorne iiinl liic «v.*rva..ta of llio institution, it appeared that ous niglit a wardsman and the matron, a inanied couple. qua.rrelle'l, and got iulo a viny cxcili-il ■Ute. The passage of the Hospital was Htrowed with i % .loUie» ; thu sur^bry window was tuoken, and tho clothes which were hanging on the pegs m I lift servants' room were discovered to ho on lire, the wall lu-ing blackened and tiie floor charred. Upon Dr Murdoch's arrival the matron,- who was m an t'xi:it<-rt Klate, abuseil him and struck him on the li-ad. She also assai'tid the nm>o, and acted m an extraordinary maunc, uiitil a constable was sent ior. The wardsman was found lying on t!i*- veiMii'iah, fund hid to be tiken m nn.i laid on the bed. Dv Mmd./ch expressed his rouvietion that both the wanismau and the matron were driiiiic, hut the/ wanismaii tin ik'tViiC's slaliiil tint his wife \m>l l» -en Buffering from a rush of blood to tho • JuMid, and he fiomthe efFects of tiiorphia. The committee iiuauimonsly diu:iile>l to dismiss both forthwith, and to invite fresh applications at JSI2O a year. ; Messrs Beutle}' Ilros. .notify by adwr liuciuent before the leader that tl^ y are now offering (he balance of the bankrupt stock of I). AI. George. No reasonable offer for tho purchase of th>-ae goods will be refused and there are still we believe a good as.sortnu'ot loft to choose from at Marlitorough House. The city of Philadelphia is now the leading seat of carpet manufacture m the United Stutes, if not m the world. The growth of the industry has ln-cu very rapid. At the present time the total number of establishments engaged 'm the production of carpets, mats, ami rugs m Philadelphia is 33G, with a capital of 10,232,G70.h'1, •■mphiying, when running full time. 11,308 hands. The following tenders have been received by the Public Works Depart • mr-nt for the Waiicato-Thaui'S li-.ilway ■ Hikutaia eoutraet : — Accepted— Larvins j and O'Brien. Aucklnml, £10,879. 'Declined — Foughy and Darrow, Auckland, £11,780 : Punch and Treanor, Tlmnec, £lI,BSO ;"'J. Gwynnetli, Cambridye, £12,477; Lovett and White, Auckland, £l2,746 ; W. Beltou and Co., Auckland, £14,799 : Wi-lls and Gardiner, Auckland £10.033; R. N. Suith, Thames, £18.319. Perry Davis, tho originator of the celebrated" Pain Killer," has for the past fifteen years been an in.nate of tho Mercer County, Pa.' ahnshouse. He is > insane. Some excitement was caused m Wellington on B itnrday. by the news that the Terawhiti Welcome Gold Mining Company had struck the valuable main .lead. Several samplos t>£ visible paying quartz have been brought to the office ■of tho Company, and it is coiifideutly anticipated that the property will turn out an exceptionally valuablo one. : Scotland is excited over a case of leprofy, The subject of it is under trcatmi-nt in' a hospital at Glasgow and exhibited to the.tncdienl students. The Recurrence of leprosy m Groat Britain qausud . the doctors to examine the history of th«ir l profession m regard to tJiis terrible disease. The old books are ftill of accounts of the appearance and spread of leprosy -in tho British Islands. liepor hospitals were common institutions .m England during tho fifteenth twitury. By a statute passe.l m 1427 ..every borough m Scotland was required tcj support a " lascar house." Attention is directed to Messrs C M. ltoss and Co.'s altered advertisement ap ( poarin«j m this issue. The Bon Marche hrts attracted considerable custom sinco th 6 sale has bepn on and bargains aro to bo'had mi every line. All the goods are recjuctd and the prices marked m plain figures. . > Messrs G. M. Snelson and Co. have just received a consignment or. spring &eejls, Tuscan wheat, and also a quantity of 6arly seed potatoes. The Manavvatn Road Board is inviting tenders for a room suitable for an office. Tenders close at 10 a.m. on Wednesday next, the 12th inst. Tenders close to-morrow at G p.m. for : foiling 1000 acres of bush m thu Manehutfter Block m lots of 100 or 200 acres. ifcasrs Stevens and Gorton's sale of the bankrupt estate of W. 13. Retemover at the Bacon Factory, Great ford, takes plac^ to-morrow, at noon. Messrs G. M. Snelson and Co. wMI sell at their rooms, tho Squure, to-morrow, at 2 p.m., a consignment of cutlery, fancy goods, electro-plate ware, drapery.clothing, watches, clicks, and a quantity of sundries, etc. Tim same firm will also soil a large contractor's plant, consisting of barrows, spades, shovels, picks, tents, grindstones, &c, also two good useful hacks, and a saddle and bridle. Colonists who go Home next year will hare a good timo of it. Not only will the Colonial and Indian Exhibition bo on, but thopo will bo an American Exhibition hold m London at the same time. Tho Jb'cJw says : — The promoters of the American vetituro have secured suitable ground hear Enri's-eonrt Station, with an area of nearly twenty-two acreP, ou!< ring tho great advantage of admirable railway facilitios. Tho friendly rivalry between tho two undertakings will .cause great interest, and tho peaceful competition will no doubt induce the managers of both aspirants for public favour to make every effort to ensure ■success. A pleasing faatura m the American building will be a collection of pi\ I.uivb by native artists. ; Another novelty will be the refreshment-roouiß, m which many novel articles of con-sumption—-liquid as well as solid — will be off !• red for the approval of the visitors. Terrapin simp fro.n Carolina, ctn-VAB-tinckcd ducks from Chesapeake Bay, and soft-shelled' era ha from Maryland will be submitted for tho first timo to the appreciation of iho European epicure. Tt is Bfnte.il that eighty-night acres of hind at Pahiatua wero recently sold for £1,500. The. Star Rays ; — The glare from the fire which took placo m Pahnersion on Tuesday night, wus distinctly visible m Feildiug,

The Post of a recent ilate Imd Uik following : — " It is w!iisp<'rvd about thu lobbies ihat a di-tennitie<l attempt will 1)0 made this action to have the Seat of GovernnitMit removed to AiiuklaiH. liiiuior s:*.yH that the Aneklan.l and R.,ull] Island ui"!iibc-rs ar« willing t«* t-oiiibino to vote tlio fuuda necessary for the purncsi'." An aUnriH'.y once came into court drunk-, when Iho judgo saitl to him : " Sir I ;im sorry to sv« you m a situation which is a disgrace to voursulf and family, the court, and profession to which you belong." This remark . elicited the followiii" colloquy : " Did i your hoiiiiiir spn.ak to me ?" " I did sir ; I said, air, that m my opinion you disgrace yotiM-lf and family, the court, and tho profession by your course of conduct." '* May i-i-it please your honour, I have been an attorney i-i-iii this c- court for fi-nftecn years ; and, ' permit inn to say, your honour that this : is tho v«*ry iirst correct opinion I ever know you lo g giv<>." Wo (Taranaki Neica hear that a boot- : mnkerhiib come into a hainlsoiuo fortune ot something like £80,000. We hope it is true, for lie is a deserving industrious person, miii such a stroke of good fortune is not likely to turn his h«ad. A lnrge native meeting will be held at Tan;*) about the middle of this month, I tin' object of which is, we believe, to clia- ! cnas Nstiro malt'-rs and the Land Court. i