LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 76, 28 August 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On our fourth page to-day will bd found the f ollowing items:— Cable News, The Soudan, Australian News, Telegrams, Sporting News, Wire Larhine, Death of Colonel Bridge, and Wild Scene m a Law Court. St. Petersburg has eleven thousand beggars. ' ; - An umbrella loan society has commenced business m Berlin* There are 12,000i000^acres of Tincultivated land m M&vr York state. In Half the average expenditure for •ach/ scholar is. only twenty-nine shillings. ■••■'" ■•■"''•-, Green carpets are now proved to have a poisonous effect. ' .: • In Paris- opno. m every 18 persons is m receipt of charitable aid. ' ' ' " ■ Amon.e: soine most pitiful tales which Michael Da vitt relates m his experiences of prison life is that of a man whom lie .heard wailing through the wall of a cell, "Do you think my Mary is dead ?" This prisoner had come home from lug work one night a little " fresh " but not drunk, and finding his wife m tears, elicited that a man " who lived across the Btreot" had insulted her. The result of this was an affray m which the insulter got killed, ami the husband was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. Itis existence appeared to be one continual sorrow, and ho c'nuld'onlv moan and repeat," " I'm sure Mary is dead — oh, what will my children do ?'.' ' »

In London the Catholic schools have far and away the lowest expenditure per head. The produce exported from South Africa is of the value of £7,500,000. twothirds of which is for ostrich feathers and diamonds. In some parishes m the Highlands the school-rate is as high as 5s ; the fees are very low. A lady m Aberdeen has received damages for breach of promise after ten years' courtship. It is reported that 200,000 copies of the j popular song "See-saw " have already been sold. To morrow's Book is exciting much attention m Paris. It is printed on various kinds of paper with different colored inks. The paper, ink, and type suit the subject. : The pay and incidentals of the Viceroy of India amount to J845.0Q0 a year, not including possible perquisites; Other office-holders are paid m the same proportion, v A woman charged m Scarborough, England, with bigamy was lound to be living peaceably with her two husbands,the three residing m the same house. A scandalous affair has' bccurren\at Tn rakina. It -appears . -that a.;: young lady named. Sybil Mitchell^: a. cadet .;^c the Turakina School, was proceeding., home, when some miscreant, who had nt tired • himself it^ a white sheet, sud.detily Jumped out 'on t"6 the •rbaidl; The poor girl rf^il to the ground senseless, and lias receive. 1 such a shock to her nervous syaf em that she is very- seriously ill. Wetr«st that: the, scoundrel,: will not escape the punishmeut he so richly desetyea.-rrCh,ronicl6.-.. _<.•■ ..;\ -"!; The London correspondent, of the Dbnedin Star saysiTTFrom a copy of. the Chicago Railway Age, whicjh I came! across the other day, I gather that the Americans are jubiliant about Sir Julius Vogel's accusations against British ! locomotive builders. ..The \ Age quotes at length from tho. Treasurer's. speech at Auckland, and expresses itself "saghast at the colossal self-conceit ;oE: theBritishers'- m askihg.the Newr ' Zealand Government to rebuild its bridges m order that their faulty locomotives couid be used. . ' ' ■ The German Government has dis-r* charged all women who were employed m its postal, telegraph; and railway | service as clerks, and m other capacities. The reason has not been made public. Mr White at the Architects "dinner recently held m Auckland, said that next to women the press was the best disy seminator of news. Mr White has evidently suffered. ■;,.:'.. • We have to thank the Government Printer for No. 18 of Hapsard. A rumour to tlie effect that Messrs P. and J. Bartholomew had purchased' MrC. Bull's sawmilling plant auu business at Aurahgi published by a contemporary is without foundation. Messrs Bartholomew hare purchased a' piece of bush from Messrs Bull ai Cheltenham, which may account for the report.— Star. Further, particulars respect i tig the; Upper ilutt outrage have been furnished to us(N Z, Times. It appears that the victim was .'.invited' to a certain hotels and on etitfiring. was' forcibly seized 1 and detained m a "room, where?' a regular self-appointed judge jiiry7 and ''special I. constables '' wewf 'assembled. A form of mbok 4 trial, waaf'gorie through, a*ud sentence being pronounced, the constables ; were told to ," do their duty," ."on:;' which ! f hny stripped the victim.. and 'groaned, him aliorer. The perpetrators- of this filthy aud bestile outrage, avepye believe known, and ; it behoyes the police not ouly to. see that they are brousjht to justice, but also' to .bring urider the review of the Licensing Cojnmitiee the conduct of the hotel where such disgrace^ fill proceedings were allowed to take place. Yesterdays N.Z. Times says: — For the past two- days a-gahg of. between 30 aud 40 men has been engaged m shifting the railway goods shed from its position near the Railway Wharf to a site m" tlie close vicinity of the passenger station. The building- will, be conveyed m sections to its destination, one portion of it [having aiready been detached from the main body, and is now m the course of being placed m position preparatory to being lifted on the railway trucks, by which means the whole building will be transported. Messrs Snelsou aud Co', sale at Tattersail's Stabls, takes place to-morrow at 1.30 p.m. The entries include, 'the thoroughbred .; brood mares Laura Bell and Storm,, both m foal to Natator.; besides 15 good harness and saddle j horses. . At a meeting of the shareholders? of the proposed , Sandon Dairy? Factory Company, held'at'thVscnoolhdnsej Sansou, on Tuesday' evening last a revelation to the efEect that the preseat time was inopportune to the Starting of a dairy factory at that place was carried. We (Advocate) have been given to | understand that the Palmerston Small Farm Association have succeeded m procuring an additional thousand acres of the Otamaknpua block from the Govei-n- --[ rnenl. Mr Chas. Field, whro'is^. m! the einploy,otthwG6v«frriirnenti is pushing 'OfTwlth; tlie road leading throuKh the; block. He has five men- constantiy^em. ployed. . ■ Captain Edvvin wired afc 3.36 p.m. yesterday :.— Bad weather approachiug between north and west aud south-west ; glass fall, .but rising after ten hours, and. colder weather. • A meetiqg of carriers doing buwness ! m Masterton was held on We'lneS'lsvy, at •which. the- railway charges on wool were {discussed. All agreed .that it wonlil pay to car.ry wool by wa^goo to>\yelliiigtpn at a reduced rate. It- was stated that wool was carried to Wellington at less than preesent railway rates ten years ago. It was resolved to starj^^arry ing by waggon at the beginning wool season, the carriers assisjingeack btber An engine got off the rails about mid^ day on^Wednesday "..on the Manawatii and Wellington Rail way,,, near the ter^ minus, through the points being insuPfieiently opened. Fortunately (says the Now Zealand Times) it was going, at uo »reat pace, and the only.; harm, done^ was I to give the trouble^ofl^fH^tßiarYerigirie back agatabyineans of Jacks. ;'• Thehouse of Peter Rhode, Kelvin Grove, Dunedin, was destroyed by fire early on Wednesday morning. The cause is not known, but is attributed to either the. fire m the range or a candle left oh the kitchen table. The house was insured m the Norwich Union for £80, and the furniture m the same office for £100., The football match betwoeri Timairu and Chrißt'BCol!egp,-Christchurch, which' was played at the former place on Tues day afternoon, resulted m a win for tho ho.ne team by two tri^B to nil. One of the latter team, G. Williams, was knocked senseless at the latter end pt the game. ■ During the first quarter of 1885, '220 persons were killed, and 771 injured on the railways of the United Kingdom, compared with 254 killed and.99oYin r - jnred m the corresponding period of last year.

Another firo recently broke out at: Whitley'a store m ftayswateiy London, the loss being estimated at £100,0001 Nearly 150 firemen an-i2O engines were required to bring the flames into subjeolioQ.

The Wairarapa Star says there is general dissatisfaction with the reduced rate of fares which the railway authorities have expressed themselves willing to I charge for bringing school children from i the Wairarapa; to the Exhibition. It J suggests that ts 6d for each child and | 3s for each adult would be reasonable. There are now nearly 1100 post offices *■*& m New South Wales, and more than 12,000 miles of telegraph wires. " Mtfsical people may be interested to learn that a resultion has been passed at an,, influential meeting of musicians at London, under the presidency of Sir i George Macfarren (Principal of the Royal Academy of music) m favor of altering the standard national pitch for the United Kingdom .to accord with that of other ..countries. It was agreed that it was desirable to adopt the French normal diapson of 518 double vibrations for d. './,-■ ■■■ •■ \.iU I .':•;■:• :ir<.'V A serious torpedo accident occurred . on board H-M.S. Valiant when she was ' lying m Lough Swilly.. A torpedo burst after two attempts to discharge it, and seyent of /the .crew were injur^l By the explosion, Two M them were mangled m a. terrible manner and are not expected to liycv The others; are progressing favorably. The Persian anriy consists of 105,0Q0 men comprising"; S,QOQ : : artillery, 53,0(h, Jfe infantry, 31 $00 regular and irregular -*^i ■cavalry^ .and;r7^oo militia. , .Less ?than x one-third of .thife force is maintained m service during peace, and the whole of the standing army of ..-Persia on a peace footing does not exceed $c total of active officers m the Russian army. ' ' - ■ *_■•■ '.'-. ■'. ■■ ■ . ■ J While Mr Bowles was walking to the bush m Kiwitea with an axe m his hand the o.tlier day, hetripped against a stump and fell. with v his;^thigh on the blade of the axe, inflictin^a^ery ''nasty 'cut about two inches .^eißp/i.':'He;:.m'ain^g(Bd to proceed as farv^_|h^;Be^iMr; Stewart's, wSo very Mndly b^^^dflp^e^round Under the^oitcun^^iiQ^^Mr^b^les is progressin^^|avoisp^^uit^will be some tim^:^^re^h^^he^ble-toget about aga^r^A^o^a^ki^:^ There is-; a^stor^^^^an eminent judge, still l^nggt|c|ijghAj^j;i re d fj. om the bench, itMtk ip&ti&f eg :^ie import, ance of a vohj^r^pidn^^ljbnjbettet- than th'p most elabtffa^aygnment \A prisoner tried before him ? aor-T&rcejiy had admitted his guilt when apprehended, but at the trial was defended with' great pertinacity by able cduinkeV^' Gentlemen," said the judge to the jury^ " the prisoner says he is guilty. His counsel says he is not. You must decide between them. 1 ' Then, alter a pause he added : 'There is just one thingtb remember •':. the 'prij soner was there and his counsel wasn't.'