The Daily Times. THE OLDEST MANAWATU JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 1875. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1884.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1327, 22 October 1884, Page 2

The Daily Times. THE OLDEST MANA WATU JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 1875. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1884.

A quantity of interesting reading matter will be found on the fourth page. The Sap Francisco mail was delivered at the Palttereton Post office last : evening. The Post reports that the Gear -Meat Company resumed freezing operations on Friday last. Mr Oreenwood, dentist pays his usual monthly visit to Palmerston on Friday next. .'■>■ The Dor io takes no frozen meat from Wellington this trip, tbe result, w# presume, of the ill-advised action of the freezing companies m suspending operations. The Star state* that a resident of lwa- ;; huri coufempUtea starting ostrich farming.

The Fielding Star considers Mr Fry's return for tho yacent s«at m the Education Board, is a certainty, since the nomination of Mr Monrad. Mr W. Johnßton, fruiterer, tho Square, inserts a notioe m this issue. We are informed that Mr Johnston has special facilities for obtaining constant supplies of fresh fruit, oysters, and other requirements of his trade. A man employed on Messrs Wilkie and Dunn's railway contract at Shannon out his left foot through with an axe on Thursday last. The Herald states that tbe imp'ement struck him below the instep and severed all but the bone and muscles leading to the big toe. He was taken to Foxton and attended by Dr Kocksirow. We clip the followiag trom Monday's Post :— The cutter Girola. Captain Cochran», leaves for Nel*o_» to-morrow , Ifc will be remembered this Teasel was formerly called the Lent, and having been purchased by Mr Barter, that <rentltm.m changed her name, and intends taking a small theatrical j company round New Zealand m her. The company, who are now playing m the Wel» lington country districtß, will join the Girola m Nelson. Says the Feilding Star: — Wedding Bellt ! Yesterday afternoon the marriage of Mr Geo. Kirton (part proprietor of this jou na with Miss Maud Wa-hbourne, was duly solemnized at St. John's Church by the Buy. Joshua Jones. The parties to tbe " mystic tie" being iwidely anl populaily known, there was m consequence a large gathering (particularly of the fair sex) at the Church to witness the interesting ceremony. The happy pair left for Wangan_i by the evening train. Attention is directed to Mr W, Park's altered advertisement which appears before the leader, A visit to his establishment will show that there is no necessity to visit tbe larger centres q£ population to obtain any article known to the trade, and he always makes it a point to secure the rerj latest novelties. The traffic "returns for the Wanganui section of railway, for the four weeks ending 13th September, 1884, show a consider* falling off as compared with last yaar. The total number of passengers were 8667 as 'ugainst' 10,878, paresis 1736 as against 1522, stuck 369 ac against 380. goods 2806 tons as against il&Oti. Revenue £3055 as against £3424 for 1883. The late Luke of Buccleuch has left two wills; the one executed m December, 1857, deals with his property m Scotland ; and the other, which was executed enly ei^ht months before his death, deals with his English possessions. The two deeds extend over 120 folio sheets. I'he total personal estate amountß to about £950,000. The Duke bequeaths to his eldest son the whole of his estates m Scotland, which represent over 435,000 acres, with a rental of £230,000, The present Duke also gets Montagu House, Whitehall, and a variety of bequ stti. The Bioughton estate, m Northamptonshire (18,000 acres), goes to Lord Walter Scott, and Beaulieu, Hants, to Lord Henry Scott, The whole of the family are very liberally provided for ; and the Duchess, m addition to her settlement and to cc tain specific bequests, has the use and benefit of the Dittou Park property, for her life. The late Duke inherited the properti-s of throe families — the Bnccleu'-.h (Scott) estates, the Queensberry (Douglas) settled property m Dumfrieshire, and the Montagu es ates m Bucks, Hants, and Nortnamp on (worth rieariy £40,000 a ' year), which came to him from his uncle, the last Lord Montagu.— Truth. A Baptist Church at Bethany. Ga., is rent by the question whether a drunkard can be forgiven m Heaven. The cause of the trouble is the richest pew-holder m the society, and he has strong support. As a part of the marraige ceremony m Serria, the bride hag to hold a piece of sugar between her lips a sign that she will speak little and swetly during her married life. The sugar soon melts away. : A birth was lately reported at Tusco'a Illi, m which the physician certified that the father of the' child was eighty-four years • .lder th n the mother the former being 103 and the latter nineteen years of age. Philip Chetham, the oldest Freemaion m England, and its i< supposed m the world, died- at South port recently. He was m hib 97th year, and was initiated a Freemason m 1811. > He h->d been past-master of Lodge No. 322 siuce 1841. Iv 1802 he volunteered on board his Majesty's guardship Phoebe, and was at Trafalgar, though not m action. Since his initiation, Mr Chatham has been an enthusiastic Freemason. American husband :•—•: "I am shocked) my dear, that you should waltz with that stranger ; tke idea of allowing & man you never saw before to put his arm around you m that style." Wife: •• I should not have done it, love, only I found, after a ' few minutos' conversation, that I formerly knew him." " Indeed!" " Yes, he was- one of my early husbands." • A reward is offered for tin recovery of two lost hor.ea. ...-:■•: Mr Thos. Lowes advertises for a steady lad, accustomed to horses. It is to tome Ladies a great concern to undertake the t'sk of providing such a complete change of costume as the change of Bea.oui demand ; all such will do well to consult Mrs Francis, at The Bon Marohe, where taste, experience, and ability to arrange, is manifestly capable of removing, all anxiety^ arid providing for every patron ju^ what stilts them exquisitely. Charges moderate, stjle, fit, and workmanship ; unequalled. Orders should be placed early i We are now snowing a cnoice assort* ment of Spring Goods which for price, and quality ate far superior to anything previously shown m Palmerston. Ladies are invited to call early and secure a choice of Patterns. Our Lace Goods for this season are worth inspecting, the patterns and design being perfection it« self. We baye also received a fresh supply of that wonderful Everlasting Washing Tweed at Is per yard. Also Men's tiegatta Shirts, collars attached, ,4s 6d each at Bkntlbt jßeoi, Marlborough House, the Sauare. Catarrh of the Bladder, stinging irritation, inflammation, all Kidney and similar Complaints, cured by 4t Buchu-paiba." Druggists. Felton, Grrimwade & Co., Agents, Welling on. Easily Proven— lt is easily proven that malarial fevers constipation, torpidity of llie liver and kidneys, general debilftjr, necvousneßs, aqft neuralgic ailments yield readily to this great disease-conqueror, Hop Bitters. It repairs the ravages of disease by converting the food into rich b.ood, and it gives new life and vigour to the aged and infirm always. See.