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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1646, 27 February 1886, Page 4

j | News was received in Wanganui yesterday ot the death of Miss McDonald, daughter of Mr J. McDonald, of the Wangaehu Hotel. The deceased young lady had been with her mother on a trip to Normanby, and both were on their way to town, a short stay having been made at Mr ■ Matheson's. Par- . ticulars as to the cause of death are not yet to hand, so that it is impossible to say to what cause the sudden loss may be due.— Hercdd*. The Autumn Show of the Marton Horticultural Society will be held on March 11th. ! Tlie IypVer Rangitikei settlers rare alrea(ly*maUirig preparations for the Annual Poultry arid Produce Show, to be -held in October next. I Last fall a man at Clyde, New York, had a nuinbe,r ,of stumps which he wished io remove/ He-bored holes in them, in-* sorted saltpetre, filled up with water, and then plugged the holes. About a month ago he took out the, plugs, poured in kerosene oil, and set firs. The stumps have smouldered away without blazing, and now there is nothing left of them but ashes. . " ■ I \ The brig Natalia, in which Napoleon escaped from Elba, was subsequent to to; that event, taken to the Pacific coast of America in connection with some mission work. The vessel went ashore at Monterey, and now, when the. tide is out, the lines of the brig's brown ribs may be seen from the wharf through the green water. Sometimes when there has been astorm piece of planking is torn away and is washed ashore, to be seized upon by curiosity hunters. The Natalia has been on the sea-floor half-a-century, but the wood still holds together anij her outline is distinct; For. the second time the Mayor of Liverpool gave to the poor of .that city one thousand hot pot dinners on Christmas Day. This gift was supplemented by three hundred other hot pots from private individuals. As each hot pot contained 81b of beef and 71b of potaotes, accompanied by a four pound loaf, it is considered that about thirteen thousand persons were by the Mayor's generosity provided with Christmas Day's dinner. The tickets were distributed by priests andministers of the town.