LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume x, Issue 1448, 7 September 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On onr fourth pn^R to-day will V>e found two columns of interesting rending matter, including the full dfltnils of the opeuing ceremony of tho jHolloway Sanatorium. Persons about to sow tobacco seed for planting out m November should put the seed m not later than during the first ten days of September. Mr Strotter, of Douglas Wallace-street, Wellington, has been summoned by the police for allowing a savage dog to run nt largo without a muzzle, the said dos? having bitten a child named Charles Odlin. They tell a good story on a lawyer of Wooator, G. A client charged with stealing a hog admitted hifi e»»lt to his counsel. The latter was noted for his honesty m private life, After thinking the mutter over he said: "John, cut that hog oxnctlv m bait" and bring onehalf to inc." John obeyed. The cvi. dence f.ir tho prosecution was weak, and when Hie counsel for th* defence nrosi* h" won the case, liv nnvihg to tlif> jury : "' ftrnlleman, T can hold up band to heaven mid say that th« defendant has no more of that hog than T have. Sober passenger (angrily) — "Look wher* yon st<>p, nun." Tipsy passenger (apologetically) — " V yes, T do ; tho trouble is to step where T look," Messrs Stevens «£ Gorton's stock sa]i> at the Woodville Yards will take place next Thursday coninieuHug at 1 p.m. A meeting of tho School Committee will bo held this evening at 7.30 p.m.

Somo of the passengers by the Storm- ■. >'m\ on Tuesday night, or rather Wi-dnes-|jy morning, (says the Wanganus, Herald had a severe fright from the lightening vrhiuh was flashing about at that time. It appears that the steamer r-a bed the wharf at 3 o'clock, and forthwith the passengers prepa p ed to m ike for th.;ir homes- About a quarter after the hour, Mr and Mrs 11. L. Nichol is, with Messrs T. Bush and A. Willis, readied the Market Square just ; as the big flash took place. Instantly they were enveloped ma m ass of electric light, which completely Minded them for some minutes. Oncoming to, onejwas found ta have . got inside the wire fencing, while another was floundering about on the road. Two of tha g'-ntlcmen lost their hats, and all pivseiil received a shock. Mrs Nicholas, we understand, has been seriously indis-nost-d since, but is now recovering somewhat. It is fortunate that nothing nmre serious occurred. Mr R. C. R-iil, !:itply proprietor of the West Coast Times, is now m London alter considerable touring m England, and staying for some time m the farthest north of Scotland, where his father has been for very many years the proprietor of the John O'Groal's Journal. i lie has just completed the purchase of a considerable interest m the Anglo-New Zealand and Australian Times. \ At the last meeting of the Martoni R.wigitikei Jockey Club it was decided to hold two days' races as previously en the Ist and 2nd of January. The pro- 1 i gramme of last season was re- model led, I the Sapling Stakes being scratched out ! and the stakes distributed over the ! other events. It w.is decided to give I the same amount m stakes as last year, namely £730. Writes the Ngaire correspondent of ' the Hawera Star : — The fate of that poor wretched man Gschnell makes one 1 sadly reflective. Possessed by madness | he tirst murders his mite, with whom ! he has no quarrel ; then a warder m the asylum ; and iinaliy eludes all vigilance and takes his own life. It is an awful mystery. Sneaking of Ingersoll, the New York I'iinp.t says : — " lie has latterly- consorted chiefly with tho thieves and i robbers whom he lias defended m the I courts of the district of Columbia. Star Route robbers, counterfeiters, perjurers, and jury-H-xi-rs have, by some process of natural selection, become his familiars. | He has, as it were, been steeped m crime to the very lips." This is tho apostle of Atheism who so iloijuently lectures on ihe faults of Moses and tho wrongs of the Cuanauites A collector for the Manawato Stand- | ard is advertised for. A subscriber to the Standard m the Pohangina Block, above Ashurst, writes complaining that he does not regularly lvceive the Siturday Supplement. All •we can sij' is I hat all subscribers now have a copy of supplement enclosed with their paper, the numb r ordered having been lately increased m order to keep pace with our very large circulation m town and country. We are pleased to hear many readers expr ss their satisf.ictioti with the Supplement, especially with the serial tale " H!b One Mistake," which is agreed on all sides to be th» most readable and interesting ever published m the district. The Rev H. E. Copinger leaves Palmerston for Wellington on Wednesday next to attend the Synod. We are sorry to learn that our issue on Saturday was quite insufficient for the demands. Several of our agents made application for further supplies, b^t their requests all came to hand too lale. Mr Max D. King, auctioneer of Hawera, inserts notice of a very important auction sale of contractors' plant to take place on Saturday next at 11.30 a.m., near the Hawera Railway Station. The plant is m first-dass wording order aud will be sold m lots to suit purchasers. A correspondent writes j — '< I hopa our present Mayor will sit for another term. The clique, I hear, is about bringing somebody else forward. The ratepayers do not wish Mr. Licton to retire, aud hope he will stay to help us through the mess that things are now m." We remind our readers of Mrs Moore's lecture to be delivered this evening at the Foresters' Hull at 8 o'clock. The Mayor will preside. The subject will be " Woman's Influence." Messrs Stevens and Gorton's next stock salo at the Borough Sale Yards will take place to-morrow at 1 o'clock. TheirWoodviHe sale is fixed for the 10th inst. There was some merriment on Friday nii;ht m the. Hall when the manager, Mr S.Abrahams.requested m a rather arbitrary tone all to retire. Out spoke one as follows ; — " Now Sol : You speak very loud for a little man." A roir ot laugh ter following the remark. Shortly aft^r, while m the act of blowing out a lamp through a long tube, a stale egg hit him plump on the side of the head. The " crowning" act m tho comedy fairly brought down the house. Writes the Stratford correspondent of the Hawera Star : — Once more the sun sets to the south of the mountain, and makes our day fully half an hour longer at a bound. With reference to the telegrams sent all over the colony this week (says Sal--1 nrday's Wanganui Herald) that the Wanganui prospectors had been turned out of tho King Country, we may state that Mr Doddy has telegraphed to Mr Filmer, stating that the natives are anxious to get back to the Tuhua again an I want to know when Mr McDonald will be up. This does not look as though they any truth m the rumours that they had been turned out by the natives. Mr Arthur Clayden, through the columns of the The. Colonies and India, laments the avarice of the New Zoaland Banks, which are not like their London brethren, content with 4 or 5 per cent, interest for prime security, but demand Bto 10 per cent. He hints that thesi institutions are killing the geese which lay the golden eggs. The Wanganni Herald says : — The Pirongia Prospecting Association have gone into the thing properly, as regards en pita). They have made their capital £250, m 1000 shares, and three expert enctd Thames prospectors have been sell cted to go prospecting. Two eloquent sermons wore delivered yesterday m All Saiiils Church by the Rev H. E. Copinger, one m the morning on the subject " Ten Lepers," and m the evening on *' Tahnkfulness." Large congregations attended on both occasions and especially m the rrorning notwithstanding the inclement weather, the church was well filled. The latest development of the Borough Council question is the loss of the Minute Book. This volume of municipal records was missed on Saturday last, and cannot now be found high or low. The Borough Council will moot on Wednesday next. T. It. Walton, Draper, &c, Edinburgh House, Sqnare, — lie^s to notify to his numerous customers ami the residents of Mimawatu tluit he is the only Direct Tmporter iv the district. New Spring and Summer Gootls arriving per " Doric " now due. and also per Tonrjariro to arrive m a few da vs. Further particulars m future advertisement SAX I) X II AND SOX.S' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT — Mosler. M.D., Prof. University. Greifsw.iM, reports : — iliptiiQVia. Tonsils continually coherent pi eseutiug ulcers with white exudats. Cured nH d»ye.