The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 107, 8 May 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1877.

\^^oa^o^Mte*met^fcfjßnpa afesonte * BM Jackets befon^bg WatSmWol^ne> which is now in Wellington. These Jack Tars are the crew of Commodore Hoskins' \gig, and smart-looking men they are, all of them beiug comparatively young. The cabbage-tree hat and neat uniform give "" t6e§£" a%aparfcf appearance, and theW weri , nijjcln ad_|ired»a_msh|!|r_JandiDg the dore yesterday afternoon, A special meeting of the members of the HouseHotel this evening at half-past seven. As the business to be transacted ia most important, a full attendance is requested. The usual children's treat, uudcr_ the superintendence -of —the* 7 BenCrisp, will take place on the Queen's Birthday. Mr Crisp desires to state that any subscriber of ten shillings towards defraying the necessary expenses will be entitled to an exhibition o'f hjs magic lantern at their own residence any 'time during tnjfhext twelvemonths. •- S . £? £,"" The regalar'c'i.vil sittings of the District Court will $e3ield on Monday next, wnen ..the case, of ;-;Prrj_tner v Kerr "w.ill be tried , <&k which *% ji#y has been summoned, and |Tvjro or three^appjications for pfobate will;be •^dealt with. <_?Irr_:th& civil case'a* full bar f&s "Been engaged. bM Mr Brintjy <H_jll appear .for the _Jla|ritift', and Mr Pitt arid "Mr Acton Aflatfia-f^^iß defeftftanf. <<. ""'HA srkcufi trtSetibg df the^Citfc Council , x will bejjheld to-nigWjior tHe rtirpose-rof ttfe stat^t_ent ofXthb audited =-.|cco*4nfs; P^ -- p_ ' ;A .-•-. T-. .. crowded, hodse at the* ~^|asdni<gHaU last pg^t, wh^n trie Chicago 'Mins&reli gsve*Cthejrj_econd jierformanceto a delighfied-^udleficer^'The singing was quite jequal t^^hajr op-;the/_£3t night&r'of wfybshrwe, Twtere abje »> "sjiea^ jfecf highly, whijej the" aoubg~c^mein ijEor their full "-"share ofi'ftpjSlausfe. This cl^yer-Gompaiiy will tbeir^lasffoappearance &-nighl£ when they wi)j£ n&doirbt, be again well patronised. ""^The tot qf Mjr Severn's^series of Tgcttfrfes was givfp aC'th^Provinc-t.F Hall las%_ight, and if ilfomfly bertaken as^-a iair samplj'taf those thSt axe ta follow wie can assure tie people <^%Nelisoffthat in f amng to attend! t?rey will be depriving themselves of a rare treat. The subject was " The Earth and its satellite/' and the lecturer having been introduced to bis audience in a few complimentary wqedsirom. the Bishop_ of .JSelsftn.atpnce "entered upon his work. To attempt to give ariy Jde&'b'f tlfeT substance; ofr tbeljcfjUfp in a brief notice such as this would be useless. ]AU we shall say is that ii; was .delivejed in a pleft^tufi a_d'-iu_.^t{ng*-_iftb'_ei^ r^_- 'w__ illustrated by someJieSutiful diag/rams, exhibited on ( a -timet -t\v_lv_ feet -square by means of the lime light, some of them^hpw^ ii^^hS'lnfluenee-of-th^-mooaon-^he'^d^s^in a very ffiiifherix' 1 Then \ thS#pWete'„h6Wfo*§b^ / bt the moon in its varrotrar stages, and of its Sppearance whctaTun3era6lif„e: r - Sections pf lfaJSoMnfoSf alao*diapiay>e<# on; a irge^s£l_ J * the huge - craters • -anef fountain auges«tM4 o ¥re** re vested- -to ¥Ks ? eye" by a towerf iil'*el_slcopei**-- After -these MrSeveriv xliiblEcdv'alsa withtheaid-of tlie'lis'iW light; , number of photographspf auimals, statuary, A_-^l&_s itflE_?_f dM&Zriciy.md r_4w Zealand. The powers _£ the oxyhydrogen niiscroscope wej% theft, d&p&yed. >iand to give Some idea of the extent to which it magnified it .will 1 b'e" sufficient: to fetatefihaQ theshtentfje pf of tooth appeared' orrthe • wall Seet'irr lOdg^h, the /tiny; hain3' looking to be lioutthQ thickness bf a large' siz^cl'penholder. ke water's, .kaleidoscope: followed} -and the nuriiber -rand variety^ of Ipatterna that were produced by-, a- small sprig of acacia were perfectly, bewildering.; : The .lecture was brought to a close by the exhibition .<of the radiometer, an exquisitely delicate little instrument, shd^in^.hojv.ijnfitidif could ; be produced byjigbt, fttidC A&t.^hUspgctruui analysis, with'ftrif'cip^rlmbnts/wnV'fdrm the Subject of to^night.'s lecture. , MEssßS^Sbarp, and .will, hold their n^&Wy-salef-of stbckwtMrvow, at the ljv"hi{S>J^te.'_£oteL;jUahaftJiid^ ftfe;2l6Jclbck.T J j Attention is called=ta-Mr Mabin's sale of f;urnif)oce",€-&Cil to.ie .held, jit ihe Ridhmorid ExcbaagftJwnorrnve.. a*>Z • I . . In our Saturday's issue we published a 1 ihgs at Hav.elaflkvnuTh® ia_fe. .aaiwe: have ipformesluarft i .thrit; &. certain. Dr.Cat»,isi!eltknow^Eit;at Haveloc_-,an^ to many o|f -tbOioJdei.r'aidestaiin'iNelfioni.waa; elected I to the Council, defeating a Mr Mills, another i.well k^owus resident; Cl-Patty feellog ran Mgh .in ; the -Village of the Sound,, and culminated in wrathful indignation on the part „ of tusrMiliites, when Dr Caro took the chair !« at a,bana_p^t.given.to i^Lr^eymout.in houor "of : the*-_irb?pectivfe ; '- commeucemeht ; of-the tfamway to-'the^RalVittleyptfa^iovver {lost of i vjce-chairman beinc givento Mr Mills, whose 'A i tifih'as-s&mecl to< tliiak that' &e,&3' We H\&& inhabitaut,' should have bebhpied* 'trteWSt; of hpnb9.''* ; ;.__bdut this-tfafga niau w'aii reported t6 hdve died sriddenly _ow_^6he'Se_ft_; r and iq g^ot'? brtfit_i_ abroad th_fcTt&e ?/ doctb v r "had -r^fasedefe gcTaiid See hini. -""This, however. s.wjas not the^case, as he actually. did ;: gb; f Still the r«*jr6ri^as-beli_vetl'_-y some persona abd, perhaps, as is usuallythe case with such rumors, it becafHfe'eklfggeras«l;in the passage jf join tfufeJtb another. liSditriwits determined ito burn the doctor in effigy. Accordingly a . i baud consisting of two small boya armed ~j-wjith kerosene tins headed a procession, in ,Vthe nudst ..of .which >vas, borne, aloft tb.e effigy, ; of thfr_6ctbr. . AT ri *cji'at J a__ctioh l b , f land f ,*putfcH-j| Ibrj1 brj the' irfairi" atre'e'tHhb f iirieraf '^jre, YYwjas 'dmistrateied'kn-d «the : 1 wagjs; dtiiyf ' incitferIt appears that prior t6 l -Tjerformiiig 'tliis drieSa>cerr&midp'the persons" interested \;appliecl t9i„e.Resident_Magistrate to. know . ; ifj the proposed effigy burning would be unlawful, bu_tn;Re; WcteSfc IOi; diaiinea to [ give a legal opinion, andreferred them to a „Bqlici(£>r. The.offcinded doqtor.laidjati.infor•rinatfou. r agaiust the/;;^^ringieaders. &r . riot and »,s tl/6 ,lc<^ Mi&Utmte was' '^uriim'oned ai ot ; a appeaj*ed fp^f-beTDoctor. and' "havjiij-, ' will)'-. dr|aw,!r. the. information for ' .i^Ee 'ihdlcltabT.' i offence, '.laid one.iinddif the Vagrant Act -f 0 £ , idsiil ring .behaviour. inVpubUc'place^.9alculaied'td'p'rovrjkci a' breach of 'tlie peace. The def endafifs < 'pleaded ■' liios grirl tv,-' 5 bift 1 • thefr' cquuSol. 'Mri Fell^MW{Cte_''thfVt-Hh6* : efflgy wjis- 'intended- for^-D^* CATU, I ''_i§d 1 -tbat ifc'was 1 T^iublicly burnt, Dr Caro looking on. The . the : juvenHe i« toada^ Tau;d in finingithel. others, aud'o^derfng Bhem? Ttoifind securities, pf peace, remarked that bijrnjng.,f,, Oja^in effigy was in law a libel, and if tho prosecution had chosen to prefer .taiti information for that, he would have had ;naj option but to commit def endaptj. for trial ; fhoiwever the prosecution no doubt, were prudently advised tfiatjustitfe could be done in a summary _way. ; , ,So ended this little local „storui,-aM, ,} t is^tp'-be^oped these, .dwellers -in'the peaceful SoU'nd will now, forgetting . tlieir recent quarrels, : .ubsfde }ntatheir usual - gobd-natnred social calni.T. '„.,., -p po you r feel-'iinrefreslied, ianguid and devoid of appetite f or breakf jist in the morning? If so, be' sure that there is a want of acijivity and regularity Jn tbe vital maphiaery,, and that you require a wholesome tonic arid corrective. If you pat off meditation, positive disease may develop itself! Take a wineglaasful at night, "in- the mbrnirig, and in the middle of the day,ofITDOLPHb Wolfe's ScfiiEDAM Aromatic Sc^Arrs. and* you will rise refreshed^ahd with ahearty appetite i — AdvtX'.;; ;• ' ,< 7. ; .■ • Y •.'■ ■:•: - ■-, ' T-. . r.i-q-\