LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1484, 19 October 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr A. Hannetr, of Feilding, advertises two superior draught horses, drays, sets of 'harness, &p. „'""" !An Arizona editor was recently accused by a rival editor of seeking the office of postmaster under the Democratic Government. His indignant reply was as follows :— -• The scarecrow who tries to edit our diststeetned contemporary is lying, as usual. We don't want the post-office, but we are m the hands of our friends ; and, by the Eternal, th ( ey!ll s«e that we get it whether we; w^nt it or not.' jHere is the history of the second prize ticket m Jacob Faithful's sweeps The original holder of the ticket found that circumstances prevented him going to Ih'e racesf and he sold it for a^ciown" toan employe of the run.. .The latter was interviewed by* the owner of th& horse, who .became •$©, purchaser of , the .lucky investment for; £100, ) which^Vrasi f far, belo^'its value. ' " : • ' ! : ' | A very remarkable piece of news has been received from*' Milan, the-veracity b^ which, however, there > js at present no means of judging. ~ A Tyroles*, has, itj is stated been arrested at dan Donna. in| the province of VeiiiSejon the charge r of kidnapping. The man admits the charge,: and states that.; he thas; stolen, a number of an& eaten them, haviqejio other food. The» ! accoupt : fjiirilher states that the man appears to be mad: An,; eight-year-old Albany boy,' "the 01 her day, after a feVmomants spent m dfeepstndy, turned to' his motherland 1 asked : "MA?doS?t you think that iwe'd better Be,hd Qodword that we don't want anymore, children ?." . . " . I It is expected that telephone communication will be opened with Pahiatua m about three weeks. „-; „.-...;, I The Minister of Justice has been a&ked to provide further, police protection fqnWoodville, drunken rows .hay*. ing lately become very frequent. * ; : ' I It is reported mat it is proposed to in-' v,ite Messrs Moody and Sankey to visit ..New 1 Zeal and; tJ >.;:<■>- .:>"■ -.v 1 -, /; j A'Vfciorian ir^aatter 'is said to 'b^ive Ibst £30,000 over cards m one J at a Melbourne club; That will out into l!000balea>- '"• -I , \ \ I In giving an account of an inquest, the printer chose to state: - "The! deceased bore an accidental ; character, and the jury returned a verdict of excellent cjeath;". ';: ".'.'j. ,:' ., .'.v.'.'..',/ 'i l'- '.'.'',.['.,■ [ The ;H6n J. Ballance^ Minister; of Landn^has been appointed Commission-, «r of State Forests under the Act passed last session. * '* '*'''"' °"" I A number of g'entlemoh"intereßt(fd m the Tftrawhiti gold fields visited the last week and expressed themselves much plnnsed with the work done, and the prospects shown m the Golden Crown" and claims. They brought' back* & nnmber of ..very promising Bpecimens.-£-Po«t. • The London correspondent of the Otago Daily Times writing on 28th nays:— A groat event is about to cele>.rate the commencement of the career >f the pew steamer, of t)\e Union Steam Ship .Company /of New Zealand, the. Vfarnrofi. Her trial trip is to be made »n the Bth. otnext^ month, and. invitations have^Heen is'snbdto a' 'very' large jnumber of New Zealand colonist* at present m England. The trip is not7tor be of the ordinary kind, but is to em/ brace a visitto tho shores, of Norway, and an inspection of the fiords, winch *re, alimo, regarded as rivalling the New Zealand Sounds. The Wairarapa Daily says : — The j Maoris are fast clearing die streams m [the ne'ighborhhbd of, Masterton of troiit.' ,They turn out ah large numbers, spread 'nets across the streams, and then by wading m the water, drive the fish into them. The consequence is that the legitimate sportsman catches nothing, and simply wastes his time. ■■■ ■ ■ ■• The suit of Jones v. Capper, a Manawatu ease, has; been;' specially appointed to be heard at the Supreme Court, Wellington, On Wednesday, 4th November^ v , Tt Bnyß something for the connection which Mfssrs AttJoß and Clpre as diocesan nrrhitpcts nre working up that the Anglican Church at Woodville has been entrusted to them, and that they have also the paraonage at Blenheim m hand.