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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1504, 12 November 1885, Page 4

Mr M. Prendergast received a cheque . to-day for a cash . prize ( he/drew hi l ' " Jacob Faithful's " last coi&nitation. Mr McKerrow, surveyor-geueraj, will arrive m Palmerston tomorrow, on an official tour. ■ ■'■ • '' \ Sir Julius Yogel mot with a serious accident to day at Christchurch by reason of his crutch slipping from ..under him. Result : fractured small bone of left leg, which will confine: him to bedfor three we^ks of so. ; : . .The destruction by fire of .Messrs Bar-' "th'olo'niew's saw miJl a.t FeUding will bo a heavy loss to the tirm, and will be the means of 'throwing out of employment probably 30 or 40 working nion. \ / St Leon's great circus rond miinagerie will exhibit m Palmerston. on Tuesday next 17th instforone night only. : This hliow is said to be well worth patronage, and the performance is highly spoken of by the press wherever it has been'exhibited. The wild animals >a j very inturcHtuig feature, and thetrai.ned horses iiru'said to l>e exceedingly cleyer, as also tho riders. „ " ,We have to acknowledge with thanks a complementary ticket for the opening d iiioustration of the' Carnarvon-Sanpon T a-nway to take place on Mondayinext. Wanganui is threatened with an impending water famine, the source of ■ ipply decreasing very, rapidly. • We remind our readers that tp-mprrow •" evening the Amateurs will give their third performance at the Theatre m aid of their wardrobe. Full particulars of ■' the enteitainmcnt will be found 'm our advirtising columns and we believe the aftair will be the most attractive and amusing yet tnven by the club. We are informed that a number of gentlemen including- Messrs A? and Q. Dundas and Palmerston and Scott have applied for goldmining leases m the. Pohangina District. The land selected is we understand m a new locality altogether and shows exceptionaly likely looking stone. While somo Wanganui excursionists were at the Heads on Monday, a; girl who was wading near the breakwater was cfl'tigiit by a wave and swept round tho end of the mole, a distance of 30 yards out on th« other side. A young man named William Bruce rescued her by plunging m. Before doing so he threw off his vest with a gold watch' m the pocket, and on return the vest was missing. It is supposed that it has been carried away from the rocks by the waves. This makes tho second: life Bruce lias saved, the other ' one being Mr Wilcocks at Blenheim m 1879- 1 v ; :, ; ' • ■ ■■•■>.•• ! • " t i« with regret we Post have to record the death of another of the earliest settlers m this colony m the person of Mrs Gibbs, who with her late husband, Mr Jaini'B Gibbs, arrived m the hhip Aral* m 1841, and has sirnso then resided continuously m Wellington.