The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, MAY 8, 1876.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 116, 8 May 1876, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, MAY 8, 1876.

A meeting! of the Port Rowing Club will be held at the Port Fire Brigade room this evening, at 7 o'clock. A meeting of the Regatta Committee will be held at the Trafalgar Hotel at 7*30 this evening. A meeting of the Football Club will be held at the Masonic Hotel tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. Martin Powell gave a capital entertainment on Saturday night at the Masonic Hall, and delighted all his hearers by his ventriloquial feats. Assisted by Messrs Shipp and Williamson, who help him much to amuse the audience, he will give another en- j tertainment this evening, and will ' appear at Spring Grove to-morrow night. In the District Court this morning the case of Buchholz v. Myers, in which the plaintiff claimed £200, was brought to a close, after being before the Court for several weeks. Mr Pitt for the plaintiff produced an admission of the claim from the defendant in Auckland to the extent of £150, for which amount judgment was given. In publishing on Saturday the amount of the stakes paid to each winner at the late race meeting we inadvertently gave the net totals, after deducting the entrance fees and stakes. The full amounts were as follows': — Mr Redwood, £166 ; Messrs Stevenson and Eraser, £104; Mr Smith. £60; Mr Jackson, £50; Mr Rives, £45. The frequently postp9ned picnic for the children attending St. Mary's schools took place on Saturday, and proved thoroughly successful, the weather being beautiful. At 930 about a couple of hundred youngsters full of joyous anticipations asembled at the railway station, where a number of flags and banners bearing various devices were distributed among them, and these fluttering in the breeze formed a pretty sight as the train rattled through the Waimea Plain to Wakefield, where Mr Drager had provided everything that was required in the shape of eatables.. After indulging in sports of every description the children, at the sound of the whistle of the engine at 330, made a rush for the train which, as soon as they were all seated, started for Nelson, arriving here shortly before five. In the evening there was an exhibition of the magic lantern, thus bringing to a close a most delightful and enjoyable day. To Father Garia arid Mr Richards the children are deeply indebted for their unwearying efforts to ensure the success of this novel celebration of the twentysixth anniversary of the schools. The unaccustomed alarm of " Mad dog " was raised in the streets yesterday, and, apparently, not without some cause. About noon a collie dog, the property of the captain of the Beautiful Star, suddenly made its appearance in the kitchen of the Panama House, foaming profusely at the mouth, and to all appearances perfectly mad. After kuocking down pots and pans, and smashing crockery, it rushed through the house towards the cottage connected with the establishment*, and bolted into the sitting room, administering a considerable fright to a gentleman who was quietly reading there. It then made for the Institute, and afterwards towards Collingwood-st., and when near the Miners' Arms was met by Constable Levy _who struck it a heavy blow with the butt end of a hunting crop, and then killed it. It is difficult to say what was the matter with the dog, which showed every symptom of hydrophobia, but it is suggested that the madeess might have been caused by strychnine, as it had just been with its master up Brook-street Ytilley, where poison is supposed to be laid for dogs. Whatever the cause, the effect was to seriously frighten a number of people 'who witnessed the animal's vagaries.