LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1460, 21 September 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On our fourth page to-day will ba found the following :— Curing Rheumatism with Celery, How the Elands Spea'< , Repulsive Scene, L^ichardt the Explorer, Remedies for Diplheria, ami National Pot and Kettle. Mr A. Reevos .is advertising for 20 axemen for bushfalling. The football team left for Wellington, via Foxton, oh Saturday. It is rumoured iv town that news from the Pohangiua Reefs is of f. still inure encouraging nature. More we are not permitted to say at present. The appeal casa Roe v. Bowern was heard at the Wanganni Supreme Court on Saturday. Mr Stake for appellant, and Mr Hutchison for defendant. This case was an appeal against the decision , inth". R.M. Court, giving defendant £50 commission on a sale of the appellant's hotel, iv which the latter had refused the purchaser found. After hearing counsel ou both sides, His Honor uphold the judgment of the R.M. Court. We (Wanganui Herald) were shown on Thursday a small globule of silver extracted from some of " the stone brought from Pohau^ina by Mr Beard. The stone was broken up and treated with quicksilver by Mr Forbes, the jeweller,- with the result- -that it gave a return of equal to 45>zs per ton. The stone we saw seems to be of a suitable •tind for the occurrence of either gold or .silver, and shows traces of antimony and other metals frequently associated with the former. The reef is worth a fair trial, we think, and a moderate ex-

penditnre on judicious prospecting m the locality might lead to some important remilts Wo believe three of the chairs lent to the Dramatic Club by Messrs Simmonds and Peg< Jen for use at the Theatre on Friday evening have been stolen. Three dozen chairs were kindly lent free of charge, and only 33 could be found on Saturday morning. It is to be hoped the person who acted the part of thief on this occasion, and who is well-known, will return the furniture before it is too late for his own sake. A large parcel of biscuits was also abstracted from the refreshment room at the rear of the stage during the evening. Value the friendship of him who stands by you m the storm ; swarms of insects will surround you m the sunshine. Before entering into danger it is necessary to see it and to fear it, but once m it, to despise it. Some not very likely-looking stone from the Poh angina was tested by Mr. Forbes (late Kohn and Co.) on Thursday last. Mr Forbes informs us (Chronicle) that he was very pleased with the result. From a pifcii of stone between one and two pounds weight- he got traces of geld, and several grains of Bilver. Father Bonorni, a Catholic missionary, has escaped from tiio Mnhdi, and has arrived at Wady Haifa. He states that Olivier Pain died aftor a short illness at Omdurman. Owing to the Orange anniversary. July 12, falling on Sunday this year, th • celebration of thn Battle of the Boyne t<» k place on Monday, on the wluilo peaceably, although at night several constables wre inj-ired during a conflict with a mob at Belfast. An extraordinary fight between Orange and Roman Catholic excursionists also took place on Monday at Rye House, Herefordshire, several persous being hurt m the im-le*. People who wish to v see some fine steamers should A-isit .'Wellington this week. The following will be m port during the week :— Tarawera, Doric, Kai'-oura, Tonganro, Whampoa, and Triumph. • It was rumoured on Friday (says the Clironicle) that Mr Krull, of Wellington, is about to enter into partnership with Mr Freeman R. Jackson, our well-known and miHi respftctfd townsman.

The interesting but rather gruesome I annii'tl ■ return, originated some y<>ars asjo hy Mr Pylre, of persons drowned m New Zealand rivnrs. was presented to Parliament last Friday evening The nnmhfir drowned durinar thp paßt vi>nr was 45, and the total since 1840 amounted to no fewrr than 2158 victims t.i tho "Now Z© tland death." In answor to Dr Newman recently, th« Minister for Public Works snid the cattle and Rhnep trucks on th« Wellington Masterton and Foxton-New Plymouth lines were not very convonifint, ani. as n<>w trnrks w*>ro madp, they would ho imde of a differ«nt pattern more suitaMa to that particular tra<K Mr George Whitehead, one of tho first settlers and pioneer pressman of tho Wairarana, and founder of the Oddfellowship m the Colony, drank a poisonous lotion for his back, m mistake for rum, at 8.30 o'clock on Wednesday. He cried out that he wan poisoned, and died thre* hours afterwasds at his residence, Cart«r(on. Tho deceased gentleman was 72 years of age. In the Legislative Council on Tuesday an amendment to the Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Bill, proposed by the Hon. Mr Wilson to prevent glove fights was lost on division. A •« snecial " say-s that shortly after the session Mr BaMance intends visiting the settlements of the East Coast of the North Island from Mahia Peninsula to Taur ansra. The Hinemoa will he used, and will touch at various voints, the Ministerial party making short excursions mland. The following passage between Bench and Bar occurred m a certain court the other day at the end of a lengthened wrangle. Judge : " Well. Mr X., if von do not know how to conduct yourself as a, gentleman, I am sure I can't teach you 1" Counsel : " That is so, my Lord." Mr Walton requests m to draw attention of the public to the fact that tho Lyceum commences on Sundays at 7 p.m., the iloors being open at 6.30.