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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 42, 18 February 1878, Page 2

A rumour, which we have been unable to trace to its source, was current in town this morning to the effect that war had been declared between England and Russia. If 'we may judge from the large number of excited enquirers who' called at our office during the forenoon, to ascertain whether there was any truth in the report, the excitement in Nelson will be pretty considerable when that which now appears to be almost inevitable actually does occur. A telegram received just as we were going to press informs us that the Port Darwin line is interrupted about 1400 miles north of Adelaide. At the present juncture such a break in the communication is a most serious matter. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before L. Broad, Esq., H.M., the following cases were heard :— Wadman : t. Watty— Action to recover jE32 15s lid, being money lent. Judgment for amount claimed, and costs £3 9s, to be paid in three equal monthly instalments.— Canu t. A. Shepherd, for £3 10s for clothing supplied. Judgmeat for amount claimed, and costs £1 12s, There was an eplipae of the mooi last night, which, however, was only risible at intervals, owing to the thick clouds that were floating about. From the darkness which prevailed for a few minutes about 11 o'clock we should imagine that the eclipse must have been nearly total. A meeting of the parishioners of Christ Church for the purpose of discussing the desirability of erecting a room for a Sunday school will be held in the vestry at 8 o'clock this evening. By the Ringaroonia on Saturday there arrived two fine-looking greyhound pups, consigned to Mr M'Cormack. They are from the kennel of Mr Wolstenholme, of Melbourne, and wore brod by Mr K. IJempriere. The pups are of the celebrated " Sedan " blood, which was so successful last season in Victoria. Should they turn out to be as good as is anticipated, they ought to be heard of among the winners during the ensuing coursing season. A carbine match took place on Saturday afternoon between the members of the Artillery and Naval Brigade Th'e'contest was a close one, the Blue Jackets winning by eight points. Three large cow-fish were captured by some fishermen in the harbor yesterday, and brought to the shore. They were on exhibition to-day at Auckland Point. Mr. Harrison Ord, the evangelist, addressed a large audience from the Church Hill yesterday, and another in the evening in the Provincial Hall, which was crowded to excess. He is to deliver three lectures on "The Tabernacle of Israel," the first of which will be given this evening in the Provincial Aall. The Hon. W. Fox, who laid the foundation of Mr Campbell's Sunday school-room in Bridge-street nearly thirty years ago, attended during S ghool houra yesterday afternoon, and delivered a short but interesting and instructive address to the scholars. The District Council of the Independent Order of Rechabites was opened at 10 a.m. to-day in the Temperance Hall. Representatives were present from Wellington, papier, Jforsewood (Hawke's Bay), Waipukurau (Hawke's Bay), Crof ton (Rangitikei), Dunedin, Bannockburn (Otago), Lawrence (Otago), and Timaru. In several cases where the delegates had beeu unable to attend, their places were filled by proxies from the Nelson Tent. The Crof ton Branch was represented by the Hon W. Fox. The business done so far has been merely formal, but several very important questions are' I upon the business paper, and will come ou for discussion. Several Committees were appointed, and. Bro R. C. Harding, of Napier, was directed to prepare the official report of the proceedings. The meeting then adjourned to six p m., when the annual report of the officers will be presented. A coitßEsroxDEXT writes as follows from Takaka:— Some flfteen years since I saw a paragraph in the Nelson Examiner, of which the following is an abstract :—' Weather Wisdom. —The late Marshal Buzeaud, when only a captain in the Peninsular war, ouce read in a manuscript that, from observations made in England and Florence during a period of fifty years, the following law respecting the weather bad been proved to. hold; , true-~E.leven times out of twelve the weather remains the same during the whole month as it is on the fifth day if it continues unchanged I over the sixth day after . the new moon, and nine times out of twelve like the fourth day if the sixth resembles the fourth." Ever since that time I have more or less closely observed the weather on those days, and have generally found the rule correct. Jt will be pleasing for our readers to know that after so many ages of blundering and torturing in the name of science and skill the time as at last srrived when all who are' suffering from maladies which were supposed to be incurable, such as Gout, severe chronic Khkumatism, diseases of the Lirer, Stomach, Chest, &c, can now be completely cured and eradicated by the timely use of the marvellous Indian Medicines kuown aa "Gitollah's Great Indian Cures." sold by all Chemists. fTestimonial.— Motueka, Nelson Dec 13, 1876. To Mr R. Hadfield, Agent for Ghollah's Great Indian Cures. Sir.— I have been a great sufferer for the last fourteen years from Gout, and have been under medical treatment without receiving any good result. I had a very severe attack about a mouth ago, and was induced to try Ghollah's Gout Mixture, and assure you the effect was almost like magic. The medicine seemed, to go to the part affected at once, and

after taking half the bottle I was entirely free from pain, but still, continued with the medicine until I had taken two bottles—fearing a return of the malady, lam now completely cured, and able to work as well as ever I could. I wish to bear my testimony to the efficacy of this valuable medicine, and strongly recommend it, to any fellow creature who may have the misfortune to suffer from the dreadful enemy— Gout, I am, Sir, yours, &c, Edward Parkinsox, Carpenter. Whbn four thousand disinterested physicians certify to the excellence of an invigorative stimulant, sceptics as to efficacy —if there be any— might as well retire to " a back seat." Such an indorsement carries conviction to the mind of all rational persons. The above number of medical men have, over their own signatures, most emphatically confirmed the popular verdict long since rendered in favor of Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps. — Advt.