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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1628, 6 February 1886, Page 2

It is reported that a horrible crime has been committed; on the bank of the Congo, nearly ' opposite jlibuia. Some months ago ' twd Dutch ■■ factories there were burnt down- with' 'all they contained . The loss was estimated at 885,000 francs. , It has now been dis,cbvered /that theUwo ii agents m charge of these factories nad I setjthem on. fire after purloining and s.el- ; ling all go'6'ds in' theiii. They afterwards' drowned the negroes under thrir orders — six men: and two ■_ women — in* the' CohsfO, so as to prevent them appearing. as witnesses, 1 They have bpth ; been : arv: res'jieid, and. once, confes.ses to the crime. As jPortug-ese subjects, they will be tried at Loanda. An unfavorable reply nas been -received by ! Mr "Cobb, settler of Moutda, i near Foxton, from the Colonial Secretary to jhis request fqr a remission of the penalty of £100 imposed upon him at the; sitting^ of .^he. Court m January last for a breach' of the Sheep Act.' . " ■ i' ■■■ , [ w v.i i.;' .; r ..,.! ." v ■-„,' \^.. ' The London City Tress lately gave an instance of the manner, m. which a certain London Vicar performs his duties. He had an income of £1,500 ou^ of which he paid- a curate £20 a year to do the woik and discharged him wh'en h« asked, for £25. * sAnother| cur-> ate was found to do thdwdrk f6r ndtliing;, so long as he could live m the vicar's hoiia.^- ; but f ubsejqueiitly the :new curate asked for a small salary, when the vicar magnanimously consented to allow him to take m lodgers. ; v It is the ( custom m Berwickshire, Scotland, among women workers m the fiejd, \vhen their, back .becomes mnclt tired- by ' bending low while singling 1 turnips with short shanked hoes, to lie down, their faces upon the ground, and allow other to step across the low^r, partßof their backs with .one foot several times, until all pain from' fatigue is removed. Burton, inliis "'First footsteps in j Africa," describes a very similar custom prevalent ariiongfoihales who lead ira\nelß. On feeling fatigued, they lie at full Ungth, ' prone, 1 and when their .backs have been trampled aud kneeded by their companion's toes, rise like giants refreshed. This custom is called. " iogsi "m Africa r ; m Scotland it is termed ' Btraightenin'g the liack."

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