The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 47, 23 February 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1878.

The usual Ciril Sittings of the District Court will take place on Monday. The business cousists of a motion for uew trial, to be argued by Mr Pitt, in the case of Holmes r. Newth and Rutherford, and the ejectment suit of Harley r. Wise, in which a preliminary argument only will be heard as to the right of the defendant to discorery of certain documents. Mr Acton Adams ia counsel for the defendant and Mr Bunny for the defendant. There are also two or three motions for grants of probate. Tim following cases in the extended juriidiction of the Resident Magistrate's Court set down for hearing on Monday at 1 1 o'clock, will not be heard until 2 o'clock in the afternoon as the District Court will be sitting all the morning; Lery r. Turner, £60; Langford r. Lloyd, £22; and Bolton y. Main. JE2I. A church parade of the City Volunteers is ordered for to-morrow morning when they will attend dirine serrice at AH Saints. We have received intermittent and disconnected telegrams purporting to be descriptive of an interprorincial cricket match that is, now being played between Canterbury and Otago. The first message, which reached us yesterday, contained the information that Otago " resumed their interrupted innings this morning," and that " hardly anyone was on the ground, and no interest was taken." What was the cause of the interruption, whether the rival teams had come to actual blows after their recent wordy war, the telegram sayeth not, but we are of opinion that this could scarcely hare been the case, or there would probably hare been a good many spectators on the ground, and considerable interest would hare been taken in the pro« ceedings. What the Btate of the game was up to the date of our last telegram, received this afternoon, we are altogether unable to understand. Mass will be celebrated at St. Joseph's Church, Wakefield, to-morrow, at the usual hour, by the Rer. W. Mahoney. Mb. Harrison Ord delivered his last leetnre on the Tabernacle of Israel last night lo a numerous and attentive audience. The half-yearly meeting of the members of the Naval Brigade will be held at the Custom House Hotel on Tuesday next at 7-30 p.m., at which time a full attendance is requested as there is a largo amount of business to be transacted. Thh Juvenile Temple of Good Templars will meet at the Temperance Hall this evening at 730. To-moruow morning after high mass at Sc. Mary's Church a Te Deurn will be chanted in celebration of the election of the new Pope Leo XIII. On the following day at 7 a.m. there will be a solemn requiem mass for the repose of the aoul of the lately deceased pontiff Pius IX. Mr. Atsiokg, of this town, has heard by the San Francisco mail of the death of his brother, Mr W. Atmore, who was a surveyor and civil engineer of some note, having been engaged in the construction of many extensive aud important works in Africa. He was also an accomplished naturalist. The unfortunate gentleman, while returning horns from a survey at Tarkaatad, accompanied by his servant, was overtaken by a terrific storm, and lost his road near the top of the Katberg, and was found dead in the morning by bis son, the servant lying by r ; s side in a dying condition. The Christchurch Press was fortunate last Wednesday in getting hold of what must have been a real treasure at this dull time of the year. Our contemporary says f— A chicken — one of a brood of Spanish—was shown us yesterday which had four perfectly developed legs and toes, a rabbit's tail, and was covered with rabbit skin, the fur being about a quarter of an inch in length. Two of the legs were under the wings, the others being about an inch and a half behind them, The head had nothing abnormal about it. This fasti* natural lived for twenty-four hours. S edentak t pursuit are enfeebling. Nature never intended us to sit in a doubled up posture half our lives, and accordingly she revenges herself upon those who do so by inflicting upon them iudigestion, debility, and very frequently lumbago and Kdney disease. Persons wfoose avocations keep them indoors, behind desks and work-tables, can, however, counteract, in a great measure, the ill effects of such confinement by the use of Udolpho Wolfe's Schieuam Abokaxic Schnapps. — Advt.