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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1712, 19 May 1886, Page 4

At >ho Bnnj>oi' (Country Down) Petty Sessions lately, Mr] Archibald Thompson, chairman of the Local Commission e-s. summoned two perKOns named Me Murray and Peters for HSsault. There were cross sum-, ~"~monse-< Tfi appeared that a dispute arose during a prayer meeting at the Presbyterian Church. Tho pastor jjrnvo. out a psalm, and Mr Thompson raised the tune, when a Mr Mont««o- - niery, ft Bangnr draper, thought it his duty to start the tune, and he accordingly commenced one iliffV.ving from thsU Mr Thompson lwd already commenced G'R*t conJiibion arose, and ultimately Mr Thompson was put on t by the defendants, who asserted that iJ- they weie assulted. It was stated that Mr Thompson was not m sympathy wirh thecongrejjaMon, and that he started tune to create a disturbance, and that he had told outside peoule after the occurrence thai- he had v kicked- np **H 'sown row m the church." The pastor ordered his renanvaJ, aud. Peters took off his coat to effect this The pastor actually asnisted, and the scene wan an extaordinary rnixtnre of dovotion, dis« urb•nce and discord. The masristrates eventually fined Thomson 20s and hound him over to keep the peace. The other cases were dkmis^ed. i A tremendous landslide, involving A Inrjfe portion of h famous mountain !^ m th« vifihity of Sterlinif, Ala., U.S., f took plac« e!»r!y m February. Pire miles from Stirling is Scraper Mountain, and the north side of it is agreat barren waste, with huge boulders. About one mile of the mountain bf'gvm breaking loose, and wifh a tremendous roar rushed t»» the valley below, where \t emptied a great ma^s of rocks and trees nbout a quarter of a mile wile. Th* ulide rushed its way across the Chattanooga River, makinjr a comfjpte dam. and causing the water to back a distance, of several miles. About 7n* clock the wat^r broke around the slide and rushed with rf terrible force into its rejrnlar channel r/ below. At the plane where the slide I left the mountain side them wa« a perpendicular wall of .-iliout 3001t., and Mtbont 50ft. from the top them nas a great hol«> 20ft., m diameter which is, Muj>pnsed to be an entrance t<> a cave, i The slide and stripped mountain were • .wonderful sight, and hundreds of tej^oble went, coming from all rcctionp, them. It is said that the fitfojße made by the slide was heard a r fU^f'ance of 10 miles. There was no ,-;^PP of life or pioy)orty.