LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1633, 9 March 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Special ' attention is directed to Mr William's altered advertisement .appearing: matins issue. "We; are, glad, to 'hear that" the business at the Pharmacy is rapidly increasing, and the proprietor is' full well pleased with/the liberal jpatrqnage accorded him since starting' a fewmonths back. . : Bishop Moran, ofDunedin, and Bis-; ,hop JßeynpJds, of Adelaide, arrived on! Sunday by the Wairarapa. In tlie even-, ing the Bishop of Adelaide preached a very eloquent and impressive, secmon at; St. Mary\s Cathedral, the Benediction being given by the Bishop/ of Dunedin. There was a large congregation. • Twenty pure -bred merino rams and ewes arrived at^We'llingtonby .ttje Tara-! wera on Saturday and were shipped on board the Arawa, which ; sailed lator m the day. Their destination is Rio de Janeiro, and it is understood that they are for the Argentine Republic, where they will be used for stud purposes. The owner of the sheep, Mir R. Finck, accompanied them. ■ . : . The Government have decided not to aak His Excellency the Governor for a dissolution. This will -not be regarded as good news by those who have been so sure of late that _a._ dissolution was m I .eytyable.. The Ministry, will v mee^Parliatnent J as usual, but somewhat earlier this year, and, of course, it will depend upon the nature of events then whether a dissolution will become necessary at all before the present' Parliament expires. — • Evening Pme. lieckie, the well-known footballer, won' a 20 mile bicycle road race on Saturday at Auckland, m 1 hour 55min. There were six starters*. . , I The Rev. D. J, Hamea, of Melbourne, died on Sunday evening at, Rotbrua. , ■ On account of Messrs Stevens, and .Gorton holding; a -stock sale at Bulls on 'the 12th instant, Messrs Snelson and Co. have, altered the date of their sale, at Sanson, to the 19th inst. ; - A big blast was to take place at Napier yesterday at half-past 12 o'clockPeople who wish to see the ' effects r of exploding seven 'tons of gunpowder at once (says the 'Telegraph) are requested to keep at a safe distance, as there will be considerable danger m being m anything like the immediate neighborhood. If ; a good blast, i^ secured, f which will greatly 1 depend on ttie^ .solidity of the rock, nearly 'iif ty thousand tons of stun: should be displaced. Charcoai'is^ one ot the best agents for purifying foul Water. If tank water has an unpleasant odour", through being too closely covered, it may be made as sweet smelling as ever by suspending m the water a' muslin .bag 1 containing ode or more pounds of bharcbal, according to the size of the^ank^C I An exchange says & — lt has transpired from the balance^shejet of the Nelson College — an institution enjoying large grants from /the public purse- f,or ; the .education' pf 4ne children of Ip^rents wlio are' well able to educate their own, — that, ho less than £1,263.17? was due for arrears of fees, and that the estimated loss m collecting them would be £800! /■-■ >•■< ' : ■■••■.■ J..-: ]' The present season is a particularly good one ' for ; farmers m the Rangitikei district* The yields of grain are v far above expectations, and the grass is better than it has been for many years. —Advocate. ,;, ..'...'..■;.' : .' Even, a Queen's daughter may be a "perfect fright," it seems. At the opening of the new bridge at Ballaster, Scotland, recently, Princesß Beatrice wot c a costume ot flaring crimson, with a bonnet of green and bronze. This, as Truth tKinks, was ♦' quite a triumph of bad taste." ; .'* ';' A new drug found by Dr Buekland ;is creating much comment m the medical world. It is called aveness, and is produced fi dm Scotch oat*. For nearly half a century chemists have been attempting to extract and isolate this peculiar alkaloid, but to Dr Bucklandi- who has .achieved quite a -reputation as a neur^olo gist and insanity expert m- England,-be-longs the credit of success. It is claimed that its. curative actions are] .remarkable "nYbfaiii "and nerv6 'disorders,' titid^its use, is being generally adopted ,by the medif cal profession for nervousness, paralysis^ ' sleeplessness; ' sciatica; '*■ neurateiaj and. like disorders with great success. Itjis said to be perfectly harmless, yet a most powerful nerve tonic. . : :. ■ ! . The Full Court m Melbourne has de- : oided that newspaper reports of public, meetings, notwithstanding jtheir faitnfuLv ness apd that they .are published for the benefit of the public are hot privileged; ■ . •Tenant (to Owner of jerry-built house) ; " some of the plaster m my kitchen fell down last night, and I want you to fix it" Landlord: " What caused itj?^ " Tenant : " The man who occupies the \ floor above sneezed," Landlord : " Well 1 , some people think because they pay £40 per year they can carry on just as if thpy lived m a Roman citadel." ■ . , ■ ■'. i . • i A temperance reformer got a severe rebuff.,in,N.ew Jersey latejy. a man injthe: street,' and 'being anxious to spread tlie 'cause,' he aske v d""hinij "My friend, do you drink ?" tf Yes," was the: reply, " where shall We; go ?" i ' Said the editor-in-chief of a Minneapolis paper to one of his sub-editors, " I see you commence like this : ' Last evening, suddenly and writh narnpte p£ warning, camVthe intelligende of 1 the' de'athi of William Vanderbilt'" "Yes." "It is wrpng4 : our. style; is entirely different. Always begin like, "As foreshadowed exclusively m these columns some weeks since, the hews came last evening/ of the death of William Vauderbilt.' Always, work m this * foreshadowing '• business , and you're all right." . Other papers that we know otfgo Irk extensively for. this foreshadowing business.