The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 304, 24 December 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1877.

To-morrow being Christmas Day there will be no publication of the Mail. On Wednesday it will be published at 10 a.m. There is at last an immediate prospect of the railway extension to the Fort being commenced, Mr Sharp having received a telegram front Mr Laruach stating that the Engineer^ in-Chief had recired instructions to take the necessary steps for the work being eufcered upon at once.

A fine sheep weighing over 1201b3 was on view at Mr Warren's shop this morning. Owing to the unsuitable day of the week on.

which Christmas Day falls there was not the usual display of meat this year. Perhaps the butchers will follow the example of their fellow-tradesmen in Wellington, nud hold their annual show in the winter. An ugly accident occurred a day or two ago to a little boy a son of Mr W. H. Turner of Wakapuaka, who was playing on the beach in front of his father's house, when fee was run over by a cow that was bolting from a man that was driving it. The little fellow received a tremendous blow on the mouth which kuocked the whole of the front teeth m the lower jaw back on to the tongue and broke several others. He was also much bruised on other parts of the body, but is now, we are glad to hear, getting on favorably. At the Police Court this morning William libbett was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for stealing a £1 note, the property of Agnes Walsh, the barmaid at the Miners' Arms. It appeared that the prisoner had gone up to the girl's room while she was downstairs, and abstracted the note from the pocket of her dress. It was afterwards changed at M'Gee's Hotel, and on being produced was identified by the owner. Communication wtth Europe was again interrupted this morning by a break in the overland line between Adelaide aud Port Darwin, somewhere north of the Powell's Creek station. We are fortunate in getting a London telegram of Saturday, which was passed through just before the break occurred. The Christmas decorations in the various churches promise to be superior to any that hare yet been seen in Kelson. Large numbers of volunteers have been at work all day, and the result of their labors, as shown tomorrow, may be expected to be very pleasing We understand that Mr James Barnicoat, who has for some time been second master at the Bishop's School, has been appointed to the third mastership of the Nelson College. The members of the Naval Brigade will proceed across to Motueka in the Aurora tomorrow afternoon. On Boxing night they will give an entertainment at the Institute, consisting o£ songs, acrobatic feats, horizouta 1 bar, hornpipe, Sec, the whole concluding with a laughable farce. The Aurora will leave on the return trip immediately after the close of the concert. It will be seen by advertisement that members are requested to meet at the boat shed to-morrow morning at half-past nine for the purpose of proceeding on a search expedition. Some remarkably well bred and handsome greyhounds have lately been imported into kelson, the latest arrival being a real beauty name La Belle, a blue and white slut boasticg of a first.-class pedigree, which was brought by the Ringaroorna from Melbourne, where she was bred by Mr J. H. Lempriere, the most successful courser in Australia. The same gentleman who imported La Belle is expecting another slut from the same breeder. Her name is L'Esprit, and she is own sister to La Rapide, the winner of the Australian Club Cup and other stakes, amounting ia all to £42tf. La Belle may be seen at the Hardy-street Stable;*. " A Pioneer," writing from the Karamea to the Westport Times, concludes a long letter on the state of affairs, there in the following threatening strain :— "I should like O'Oonor to know the risk he runs in carrying on his objectionable couduct when he uonies up here. It w.is only by persuasion that several among us were kept from exercising Lynch law, and ducking him ia the river. The rope and the willing hands are still ready." An ally of nature. All attempts to force nature react injuriously upon the system. Medical treatment, to be successful, should be auxiliary. The cures of indigestion, insomnia, hypochondria, uterine disorders, kidney and bladder difficulties, rheumatism, and of all affections of the sensitive organs wrought by Übolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps are attributable to the fact that it is a potential, but never a violent compeller of nature. — [Advt.]