The Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. MONDAY. AUGUST 17, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 66, 17 August 1885, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. MONDAY. AUGUST 17, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

, Oa but- fourth page today will be • found 'a ..quantity of pottry entitled " The Dying Stioet' Arab," '"A BosinosH Melo-ly," ''The Mahdi's Battle Song," ; hurl "The Carpenter's Wooing." There will' aloe be found nu extract from the Christian Age on Ancient Manuscripts of the New Testaineut, bosides other items. " . It will be seen by advertisement .that by the permission of the Mayor, h public trial of the Hand Grenade Fire Kxtitiguisher will take place m tho Square, near tho Post-office, on Weduesday next the 19tfi itist., at 4 p.tn It will also he f-eei) J»y the advertisement that Mr Aivx. ' Ifergnson is, the local agwnt. We ure ,niit aware of. tho exact spot that the "trial will b(i held on, tint would suggest that the scene of the late fii'o would be an appropriate place. The Borough Council is inviting tenders for the supply of 50 sacks of feed oats. -Smith— "Yes. sir, it is mighty haid to collect money just now. I know it." Jokoh — " Indeed. Have you tried to collect and failed?" Smith— Oh no." Jones— How then do you know that .money is hard to collect " , Smith—'* Because several people have tried to collect from m<?." A marriage took place lately m the, State of New York rather out of that or- • diuary course. After giving his views 1 "m a brief speech," Mr Samuel Selluiv, ''the, ..bridegroom, look the bridfl by the harjd, and said : " In the' presence of all who. are present I take Sarah Abbott to* be my wife, making; no promise of contiiiueil affectiony -and ;; iuvokiiig no aid . tli^re'tipiJOuThppiiigj tgusjtitig, believing. ':_tji^t our cha.rat'tf*r»'j a'rp sutfiuieti.tly well adatyt^d'ta etiialbje ujoif tve' to each otlii'l; v fajj^ ti'fti I "' aiitj "a flfoctiiiiate husband antl J |i.ir.iiig our lives." Miss Abbott, , tne'bH;de, then, said :. /"in the prrHeucr JbS'flU' who are present I tak« Saumel Sellers to bo, my husband, trusting and believing that our character* are sufficiently^ well, adapted." • . •'■' \ He wag a gentleman frdin the country and haid ensconced his " girl" and himself m acor.b«r of a' tram-car, As the 'vehicle sped Hp the riiad his tirin bfgan to steal around his companion's waist, "and his head inclined- lovingly towards:, her, Unconscious .of observation by the' few remaining passengers. Just as the'car approached Sawyer-street the conductor thrust his head inside th« car, -and yellfid " Sa\v-yei ; ! "iii close' proxnn-: ily to. Hayseed's head; The hitter, lueti* ly drawnVg" h\ims-:|iE into form," iuditf-. -,«antly,.:;feri|aTke^ :^ v V oil • needn't or lib%l'ttd"it''''''£hroiijQrh : ' i ' : "tbci'-°'car l if. you did; ..-.•We're. engaged;" and the rest of llin "freight bet. their faces to vyarils tho driver' and griuhod. ..' Jt ... "'■' "•'..>< We Pogt are informed that, a number ;.of ; ; oitissens ' arw* endeavouring to get llr. J. K.'Blair,' 6f ; Ljainbton Quay, to All(iw himaolf to be nolnihated as^ Mayor fpr.the ensuing year, and that there 38 - jit.prpbability of his coming forward. An exchange s,ayß:— There is said to to one lawyer m heaven. How he got there, is not positively, knowti, bnt it is \ coujeciured that he passed 'himself off for an editor and slipped m unsuspnpted. When his dodge was -discovered', they -searched the realms of felicity m all their length &nd breadth for another lawyer to draw, up the papers for his ejtfctiniint. but they couldn't iind one, and, of course, he held the fort. Letters df naturalisation have been issued to Fredrick George JReichardt, lahourei 1 , Pourere ;;Larß Petter Blixt, settler ' Napier-road, Manawatu ; Gustav Vaelkerling, farmer, Paraekaretu ; rJanibS .Corrie,', labourerj; Opanake ; 'Johannes Zajonßkpwski, carpenter, Marlon ; Johan.Frederik fJlausen, settler Awapuiie, Paluierston North ; Anders ißrikiifer^- . cabinetmaker, Palmerstou North ; XilscMor.tenson, settler, Palmerston North." ■ ' ■;( Lnjthe Compensation Court, held at Wellingtpn last Friday, ii^ the case Haneknmu v. Wellthgtbh and Manawatu Railway Company, claim for laud taken, £30 was awarded, with costs against the Company, for whom Mr W. T. L. Travers appeared. Observer Bt«tcs that ■ one i of the men while' searching m ' the .Wainriioru. on Tuesday for the body of George Buck, met with an awkward experience. He fell off the raft into a whirlpool, and had not prompt assistance been rendered he -would hare required f tlie Beryiceß of the coroner... The Wangatini Herald saya :— Mr H. Grnff has applied for letters patent for an inrewtion for moveable irou stftnchionß for wire fencing. The T stanchions have slots cut iii to them for the reception of the wires which are at once securely .fixed by keys- which, wjien driven m, bqUi the wire firmly m its • plac«. < This alone is a great advantage as it means ibla; that where a brake .' takes pTap©; instead^of, : as at fjvjsesent, b'eiVig obfiged Ip go baclc to the nearest poßt'/th ( e damage can' be rejiaired without pa'ssinj; beyond the mi* mediate standards. The. standards have, a sole piece, which slips up a foot or so, and is koyed fast m the eanie f manner as the wires by means of a slot v or wedge. For swampy grbund a cross sole piece is added, thus enabling .the fence to be run across a perfect quicksand or shaking morass. The saying of labour 'and money this improvement will eft«ct will we have no doubt, bring it into general use,. and give the inventor and patentee a substantial reward for ■his ingenuity. . ' ' ' .