Untitled

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1681, 10 April 1886, Page 4

It is likely the jury m the Howard case, " the severed hand myutery " will be locked np to-morrow, as the ovideuce will uot likely be conoluded to-day. An inset is distributed with today's issue, giving fall catalogue of furniture etc., to be sold at HaZeledene by Messrs Snelson and Go on Wednesday next. Additions are made to Messrs Snelson and Co's stock sale catalogue for Thursday next. ' The ordinary fortnightly meeting of this Court Mannwatu, A.O.F. will be hold m the Court-room ou. April 13th, at 7.30 p.m. ....:■'.' We again remind our readers that ft meeting of all. 'persons-interested in' the formation of a Caledonian Society for Palmerutou, will ho held m the Council Chambers, on' Monday eve'iiing, at 8 p.m. His Worship the Mayor has kindly consented to take the chair. A meeting will be held at Mr T. Nelson's Boarding House, Ashurst, this evening, te receive the report, of the canvassers m connection with the new goldtniuing company. We are sorry to hoar of the serious illness of Mr Frauk Palmer, the wellknown trainer. Mr Palmer has been suffering trom a Severe attack of quinsy for some weeks past, but latterly the malady has developed aggravated and alarming symptoms. Finally it became necessary to perform thp operation of tracheotomy, which consists of making an opening into the windpipe, and inserting a silver tube through which tin* patient breathi'B until the organs resume their normal condition. This operation is resorted to m order to prevent ili-ath through -suffocation,- which would otherwise take place. Mr Palmer! K is to-day m a critical condition, but it is hoped more favourable symptyrns can be recorded before evenings The operation was performed- by Dr Maciutyre, arid afforded the patient considerable relief • We understand that the letters to be sent. by the Town Clerk to Messrs T. Kina and E. Johnston; io connection with valuable services rendered by those gentlemen on the occasion of the Town Ball lire, will b« engrossed and illuminated by Mr G. E. Hawkina, whose ttkill an.] tasteful execution m that line are now m frequent demand and are universally admired. Mr£Walker, the veterinary • surgeon m making wonderfully rapid impiovdment.He was to day talking of leaving his bed, but his medical attendant refused to hear of such a tiling. Nothing apparently would satisFy him yesterday but to have a pair of crutches m readiness for the time wheu he can get about. Considering his years, and the accidents he has met with, from time to lime, the old man is a wonder of vitality and. pluck. • TUe fine on T ricklobank charged with assaulting Salmon, outside the Army barrack* was made up by subscriptions outside the courthouse atter the case was heard. The accused should take a lesson from this affair as tint case was clearly proved against him and it was purely through the able defence set up by Ins counsel that he escaped a £5 fine.. i A few of the members of the Fire Brigade assembled last evening and went. through some practice, an alarm having been souuded at 7.20. The operations were conducted outside Mr Gardes' Shop. In the Police Court this morning, before Messrs Buick and Pratt, Justices, Cliarles - Trick lebauk, jun., was fined 10s and costs of court, for assaulting Isaac Salmon mi Monday evening last outside the Salvation Army Barracks, by striking him two or three times, having previously called him names. The re, port of the evidence will appear on Monday. .Mr >H. F. Hawkins appeared for accjus.ed. A- cross-information between th.c parties was dismiasedj Mr J. H. Httnkiua appearing for the complainant. -•' We have been requested l»^ Mr J. WFranklin, thi secretary of the Feilding Jockey Club, toittate that entries for the ( Maiden Race will close on Monday next 1 at 9 p.m. . Th« Defence Minister believes he will be able to obtain 500 Martini-Enfield rifles m time for th« next New Zealand KiHe Association meeting at Christchurch. The inaugural meeting of the Blue Ribbon 'IVuiparaiiee Union last evening was a most successful and enthusiastic gathering— in fact >it might almost be connidered au indoor Temperance Oe moustration. The Mayor occupied the chair, and expressed his entire sympathy with the cause of Temperance. Some excellent and stirring cxhortiiiious w«r« delivered !>y MesHrs Carson, Bruce, and others, and the meeting seemed unanimous ou the question at ittsue. A portion of the report appears elsewhere, and the i<n>ain<ler is held over. We congratulate the Union' on the entire success and undoubted enlhnsiaßin which attended their iuuiiKural meeting, wlrich was nympathetic and demonstrative to a degree m reference to the. all-import unt Bill ject which formed the them* of the highly interesting and instructive discoursot by the several speakers, many of which were very appropriately illustrated by anecdote aud personal eXperieuces. It is proposed to constitute an educa- | tion district nt th« Oroua Bridge. Hitherto the school at that looaiity has been conducted ns an " aided one." The oecffstary meeting of householilers to constitute the proposed district will be held at the schoolhouae ou Wednesday, 28th itißt The Western Mail (Perth) of March .13 fttatPß that potatoes are selling there at threepence per pouud. The quoted mirkot price is £15 per ton. In Wei--1 ngton the price is about £2 per ton, with dull tale, It is worthy of remark 'that m spite of the continuous falls m wool generally the very finest class of wool produced touched prici's at the Ute sales that it has not touched for some year* past Some of Sir Samuel Wilson's wool sold as high as 5s per lh. High class merino wool comes within the range of American roinp«lition m spite of the tariff and American competition being exceptionally active this year. Within the present century a beggar m Mooi fields used daily to have a penny % ivt-u him by a merchant on his way to his "Xchanttft. The penny was withheld nnd the appearance of the merchant manifested his embarrassment and distrust The beggar at length tpoke to him, off*. ring him a loan of £§00, and another of tl»» «"»• if U.wq» r^qjre4.