The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1886.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1612, 19 January 1886, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1886.

.V.fiii:*"-'. .-.HI 'Jl* "tl. ■.■:» «»J.:-5' -■'- The plans of the Feilduig -Small Farm Association' Slock,' i wit'lf''tl»e scheme of , jthe^ec^pus^ ijasj j>beetl. ,Hpp!royed, of ;by the Surveyor-General. Mr Marchaut, m hia letter, speaks very highly of the mansacveVor, Mi; :.U> Aj« Mountford, has, carried out the work., 1 'The members' 6'f'ttfe 'association .are to be congratulated upon having* 'secured' ■ the seryiges of ; such, an . able and con--'sctehtioVs surveyor, who is "carrying out ' 'the work iv such a thorough mannef.-rv,! .Advocate. ....... United States Government proseoution of Mormon pqlygauiistsi have ('caused a panic in"' Utah., I Three" pre'si ; dents of the Mormon, church are hiding, ' to avoid arreat; and 50 ", bishops "^aqd,,' •f apostles " have suddenly, been called away, and 10 otherwise under indict ment. Twenty have been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment. A resident m this ' district (says the Hawera Star) who has withiir the pastfew days been a considerable distanc* up the coast, reports that the streams are very low, and mauy of tho smaller ones have run out, and eels and other fish having been left high and dry are putrefying m the sun. This is a. very strikini? evidence of thfe severity* of 'tho' drought, for it is most unusual for any .stream m" Taranaki to rundry^; ? ?.-. , The/ New York. Dramatic News thus describes 'the staff ; of; the Herald;— r. Anybody who knows anything .at alt about the New York Herald knows that it is at. present conducted oil what may bo called the basis' of the strictest intemperance. That is, ever.youo con- - nected with it, no matter m what capacity ,or position, gets wildly , and helplessly druuk as otten as he possibly can withoufdoing permanent violence to his tenure of office. The intellectual department of our esteemed: conteuipor-.' aryibas always got a head on it,> so to speak. When the managing editor re-" turns to a brief interval of sobriety, his juuiornext m rank proceeds to ; ' get full ' as'speedily and thoroughly as he ■ can, and so on, uutil, from the top of ; the ladder to its lowest round, tho Jbiig gamut of intoxication haß beea completely r.un," ;.-■•, , A tragic duel has very recently taken plac« between two officers of the Spanish army. It was fought; near the. inunicipvl churchyard, pistols being the weapons, and the distance being twenty, five paces, both advancing five* paces at each shot until one of the two combatants fell dead, Captain Jacquefot h"red first, and his adversary responded, vfitiiout any result; the paptajn th.en adyanoedQve steps, but bis pistol went "off before the signal was given. His adversary ,iusisted on his having another chance. Captain Jacquetot then fired a second tim«, and wounded his adversary m the 'leg. The latter then advanced five paces, and shot the captain, the bullet entering the eye. Two letters ' were fonnd m Captain Jacquetot's , pocket. ■'• In the first he informed his wife that h« was fighting a duel to save|the houoiir of I)i8; family. In, the second he requested the authorities to accuse' nobody of hid death. '"■ \ "A ixi6etiiig 6t Irishmenhrasbeen 'held* m Boston, with the object of raising f Jrids to aid Mr Parnell. r. The Mayor presided, and both he and the 'Governor of Massachußets delivered speeches, m which they expressed sympathy with t^lrish Nationalist, cause. -The. sura of £2000 was promised as a first /instalment. Thesoilof Siberia, at the close of the suratnjar. is found still frozen for 56in. beneath the surface, and the d«ad that havelaifr for 150 years 'have b«e"ntaken up unchanged. - •/ .•- ■• . ■ , >\ * The way they weigh hogs m Kansas is as followsf They first. tie the hpg to one end of a rail, balance tl^e rail on a> fence with stones tiedto the other cud, and guess how much the stones weigh. A young lady of Philadelphia, named Morgan, has golden curls reaching nearly to her waist, and skin as black as ebony. Until within , a short time she was noted for her beauty, and moved m the' best circles of society.; It was finally discovered that fdr'sbttW time she had been an habitual arsenic-eater. Steps were taked to overcome theunr nalural habit, shortly after which she became seriously ill, and for a Ion jj time her life was despajred of. Upon her recovery a Remarkable change m her complexion .w^s nqticed. Qarl£ yellow spots began to show themselves pu her face. These rapidly extended and grew dark-" er,' until she was it's black as an Ethiopian. The yonng lady is otherwise :in good health, but is, howeyerj ra,o.rbid,ly, sengitjye, and hafi >S^a.M h^r^elf frorq ( the world, refusing to see eyen h,er n^ost intimate f rjeuds. fOWrjE'S BB^lJYfidt Ai~AND STBBIi '?lliL.ai FQR EEJIAXES quickly correct all irregularities ami relievo tljo distressing syniptoins sq prevalent' with tho sax, Bqxes |s \M n»)d 3s >4. of nil Cheiqiats, Prepared only ljy 8, % TqVf^K, Chemist, ifqttingliam, Sngtnndt WiQlesalg of all the Wboleiolt Homos. Bflwor* of Imitation*,