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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 48, 25 February 1878, Page 2

" .^= z.—=^s J _ . I WJ__K— fl^^^ Mr Stmons, the well known piano taner, has arrived in Nelson. Orders left at Mr Stanton's will bt attended to. Our Motueka correspondent writes that ftn interesting lecture on Total Abstinence was delivered by tl*e Hon. Mr Fo* to a lafge audience on Friday night.— -A slight fresh in the river slightly delayed the worka at the new bridge, bnt they are again beiog pushed forward vigorously. At the District Court to-day, before His Honor Judge Broad, Mr Pitt moved for a new trial in the case of Holmes v. Rutherford aud Newth on the following grounds:-— (1.) \ The misconduct of one of the jury, named Charles Adamson. (•?.) That the Judge at ! the trial improperly admitted evidence in mitigation of damages, tl*e defendants not having given the necessary notice required by Rule 109. (3.) That the verdict of tha jury was against the weight of evidence. — With regard to the flrst ground, which was based upon an alleged conversation between the juror and the two defendants immediately prior to the case being called, his Honor ruled that a mere conversation was not a sufficient ground j on which tp set aside a verdict; upon the ! second that the plaintiff ought to have ap- i plied for an adjournment at the time of the trial; and on the third that he was satisfied ! that sufficient evidence had been adduced for j the jury to come to the conclusion at which they had arrived, Mr Acton Adams appeared to oppose. Thkkb was a fair muster of the Volunteer, yesterday morning on the occasion of a church parade beiog held. The different Companies fell in opposite the Police Station, aud, headed by the Garrison Band, marched through the town to AU Saints' Church, where an eloquent sermon was preached by j the Rev R. J. Thorpe, chaplain of the Artillery Company, who took for his text— 1 Psalms xviii, 29. The City Cadets appeared for the flrst tim* in their new uniform, which I looked remarkably neat. It was supplied by Mr Milner, of Trafalgar-street. j A meeting of his creditors has been called by Henry John Louis Augarde, auctioneer 1 and commission agent, Thb new building which has recently been erected as a Church Institute in connection with All Saints' Church will be open.d tomorrow evening, when a number of pictures —two of them by Mr Gully— and several other works of art will be exhibited, and also a collectiou of valuable specimens of gold-bearing quartz and other curiosities of various kinds. There will be vocal and instrumental music at intervals during the evening, and short addresses will be delivered by the Bishop of Nelson and other gentlemen. A ciucket match was played on Saturday | at Richmond, between a local team and an eleven from the Stoke Club, which resulted in a victory for the Stoke men. Richmond, having won the toss decided to take the' field, aud sent the Stoke cricketers to the wickets who made 84 runs in their first innings, and 38 in their second. Richmond in the first innings scored 42, and in the second 33, Stoke winning by 47 runs. The players who managed to get into double figures were— Nay!or(27) Stoke; W.Norgate (19) Stoke; VV. Rout (18) Stoke; Papps (16) Richmond; Kenning (12) Stoke; Fairey (12; Richmond; and Bradley (11) Stoke. Jx to d.iy's fourth page will bo found an amusing article from the New York Timet on the inconveniences that might possibly arise from a too general use of the telephone. Ybstekdat morning at St. Mary's, H'gh Mass was celebrated by the Rev Father Rolland, and a sermon preached ou the gospel of the day by the Rev Father M'Caughey. At the conclusion of Muss a Te Dtum was sung to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIII. This morning at seven o'clock a solemn Requiem Mass was sung for the repose of the soul of the late Pope Pius IX. The Rev Father Garin was the celebraut, assisted by the Rev Fathers Mahoncy, Ecuycr, Rolland, Carew, and M'Caughey. Tj_ e church was draped with black, and a catafalque had been erected in the aisle, upon which were placed the chalice, paten, aud a black stole] emblems of the priestly office. There was a large congregation,

Smvbrxl casea were set down for hearing in the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, but the only one that went to a hearing was that of Levy v. Games, in which plaintiff saed for £20 for the use of the cutter Cos. tte at £1 per week, and also claimed the return of the cutter in good condition, or her value £40. The evidence was very conflicting, and eventually the plaintiff was nonsuited. Mr Pitt appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Atkinson for the defendant. Sib George Grey has won all hearts at Greymouth. At the banquet — there are no such things as public dinners nowadays — given to him on Thursday night he told his hearers that "he had been greatly impressed with the observations he had been able to make, and the information he had received, and he could assure them that he and his colleagues would do what they could to further thß interests and prosperity of the district. He was now in a position of power, had colleagues of great ability and in the prime of vigor, and he could assure them that the welfare of the colony as a whole would be faithfully and anxiously attended to. He and his colleagues had seen for themselves what the district was, had marked the wonderful energy of the people and the magnitude of its resources, and if Parliament would only enable them to do so, by placing them in possession of the necessary means, they might rely that the interests of the district would not be neglected.*' The Marlborough Express of Saturday •ays:— A sad accident happened to a young fellow named Cheesemau while going to the races. So far as we caa learn it appears that he-was racing with some others to see which would get first to the gate of a paddock leading to the cowrse, when his horse shied snd fell, throwing and rolling upon him, tearing away his lower lip, exposing the jaw, and biting off a portion of his tongue. He seems to have been in most terrible pain and never recovered his senses again. He was brought to town and Dr. Cleghorn attended him, but little could be done for him, and on Thursday afternoon he died. It seems probable that the immediate cause of death was concussion of the brain. A settled question. There are few Subjects that are not open to debate. Captious disputants are to be found who are even prepared to prove that black is white, but there is one point so well settled that no one, except the man who denies the rotundity of ihe earth, will be likely to dispute it, viz., that as a general invigorant, a blood depurent, a cure for sickheadache, a remedy for hysteria, an appetizing tonic and a mild exhilarant, Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Arohatio Schnapps. — Advt. New Zealand of the past and New Zealand of the present are two very different things. _ In the early days, when ail wa« prosperity, and the denizen of the forest breathed the pure air of Heaven, the human frame and constitution had all the ohance of rqtowst health $ but now that thickly populated cities and towna have sprung tip, with the attendant bad habits and worse drainage, a remedy is called for that will counteract all the baneful effects of the existing and ' growing evils. This is to be found at every Chemist's. Ask for " Ghollah's Grbat Indian Cores." Testimonial— Dunedin, January 5, 1877. The proprietor of Ghollah's Great Indian Cures. Sir— Having re ■. ceived very great benefit from the use of your Indian Rheumatism Mixture, I feel it to be my duty to state that previous to taking your medicine I had been suffering for several years from severe Rheumatic Gout, my hands and feet being much swollen and inflamed, and very painful, and my general health much deranged. At the time I was induced to try your Rheumatism. Mixture I was suffering mqst intensely, the pains being most excruciating and I was unable to leave the house or attend to my business. I have therefore the greatest pleasure in stating I got the most extraordinary relief in two or three days after taking your medicine, and I was able to go out and attend to my business. I have continued using your medicines, and have ever since been able to attend to my business, and bave had the free use of my limbs, my appetite is good and my general health much imprqved, I may mention that I foqnd An occasional dose of the Gout Mixture to be of great service. I strongly recommend others to try your medicines. Yours gratefully, (Signed) Richard Hodgjetts.