THE EVENING MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1877. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 259, 20 February 1877, Page 2

THE EVENING MAIL,

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1877. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wor<li»nr« 6hitijf<»,. and a drop- of iule fivllinir upon a tllonitllt may product? eiiitO which maltcs thouwHtiils tht^ft."

fli» Worship th« s»ta-ynr has kladty placed th« following: t'yttm? at »>ue disposal : •"Cofcnial Secretary's Office* Wellington-,. ttftn, Fabtuary. 1877. SHr,-- i\dvetting to yowf telagram 06 the 6th inst... in whists you stata thai; tl»w Municipal t'bttncit prefers tho system of issuing licenses in ?ore« wtuler the*Ot»go Local R»v««tes Ordina.net*. IH7-.* to> their isuttu fey the Collector of Customs. I anv directed by th» Acting Colonial s+ectetary to inform yott that th« Customs Officers wen? ttppflmlodi to do the wovfc. where n<? other provision «xi»tast hitherto* doae by fro»ia«W Itosoms; but that when *» in tlxe

Provincial District of Otago other legal provision has been mad?, the Collectors of Cnstoms will not interfere.—l am, &c, G. S. Cooper." The lovers of the drama who wish to have the- opportunity of hearing Mrs. ScottStddons in reacting from Shakspcare and other writers, will be sorry to learn that owing to other business engagements she cannot appear m Oamarn more than one night, this being positively her only appearance in Oamartt. so that those who do not wi«h to miss* a treat in the dramatic Hue will hear in mind that she leaves for Christchoreh to-morrow. Tlte programme, which is an excellent one, will he fottud in outadvertising columns. We noticed among the passengers who arrived in town this morning by the s.s. \V tafei. from fhtnedin. Messrs Baker and Farron. and Company, the Company consistng of altogether sixteen performers*, amongst whom we notice*! Mtss Jenny Nye and Mr Harry Power, who, it will be remembered, were with the Lydia Ilowarde Burlesque Company. An important Kankruptey ca?e hns recently been decided tn a neighbouring colony. The principal item in the bankrupts schedule of liabilities was this amortnt of taw cost* in an action he had brought for slander, ami in which a verdict had been returned for the defendant. The plaintiff thottght he could relieve himself of the liability for costs by the easy process of {'ding his schedule, thus throwing on the successful defendant all his own costs. The Judge, however, refused to allow this little arrangement to he carried oat. and declined to grant his discharge, remarking that the bankrupt seemed to have rushed into law without any grounds for it. and without having any reasonable probability of being able to pay the cost J if he lost, ff it eotitd be s.howu that hi-* intention was it' he lost to avoid piyment of hi* con client liability for defendant's cats, the facts would justify a prosecution for frarnbilciit insolvency. In the course of the e:isc it came out that plaintiff's solicitor had brought the action on an understanding »>f only charging costs out of pocket it his client 10.-»t. His Honour commented in strong terms on t'tis matter, and it is probable; that proceeding* of a different kind may result. A journalist's labours for tlu g'>»d of the community in which he his cast in his lot «Jo not always go unrewarded in New South Wales Mr Morgan, editor of the Dvhhn. pi-H><t.t.,-h, has bjen presented with an tteU':',nt tea service and a purse of .£-Mt>, in recognition of hi-s services to the I>ishb*> district.

It' onion.-* are sliced and kept in a sic!: room thin* will ahsorh all the atr.toohvrit: pni.iin. They should W whanged every hotir. frfc the rumn of a smiatl-p"-* §>aHpnt tt\ev MUter and decompose very rapidly, Imfc writ prevent tFiw spread of the: disease. The application has at-o proved elfeytnaf in the ca*« of snake' hi its*. We (An",JiH"f S('H-\ learn wpon ««t»'[tteationed authority, that tEvr servant maid* of Auekl'arwt. attFiotrgh receiving g-*»d wages, are the least provident f>{ the Working and noettpy the- lowest position in the li.st ol; saving* hank depositors*. ThL* may ho accounted for in two way*, short periods of service and love of dresd. Tli*-" Tivw.i of I>eeerah«r22ctd,, referring to Cue aeeideut to Mr Barry Sullivan, say.-*: — The injury ts fctmd to he greater than was at First supposed. The eyehrdt itself heing hroUed. tKc sight is partially destroyed, and the room which Mr Sullivan ocettpies has to f>e atnuwt completely darkened. He had entered, it is nnderstood., into an engagement to appear at ths Belfast Theatre for a nun-th in variolic* Shaksperian play-*, httt in the opinion of" Hi's medical advisers ho will ti"t he ahte to. act au'ain hefon> the end of .January. Sniwr cousideraT'de excitement, say.* thr t"tn.<t.erf.i'i:ii,, «»< a weofc or two ago j fiy thp at-'vottnt s>ttpptiti>E E»y tEusr MpP>f>«r«c j A'j" o? a tragsity Hv M«Ule. Cora in j strangling MU* Wren, ami h*»r snt^ ( -qncnt triivt ant! Sf?nten(s« t»> ik'ath. fn a Eater edition the sattifi Jottraal conferivusUet.* tlte "yam" thn-* : "'An pxtraor*liitaty an»l happily not wnfottnttafl ntntottr Eia-» t>ccn rife | for some days* pa>t Mailann* Cora, | wFu>. it may ho remts-niherefi. toft Mtlt>ottnie | ahont a year ago in company with Miss j. .feaonte Wft-t}. Vat We, and other artiata j for the Cap" 1 of *'»o«xt Kope. From all the ! aeui-mntst reeolved thr ft>tnpany had l»t*en i doing esi-vdti'nfc denpitc ln.»ny ! cownter and Madatnt' herself was \ a grsat ravoreriSe with tlve prddii-% Ahotit a i week ago. a statement was ttrontatt'd to t!se . eFTeut that in a tit of temper Madame Cora j boat Miss 'VVrtJirt ttrtth sr.me violence l>y [ stftmng her hy the nccfe. from ttto cFle-'ta of whkh the latter, who was* weak and delicate, ultimately dkd. it was known when

Madame Cora was leaving Melbourne that she was estremely kind and attentive to Miss Wren, to whom she surrendered her cabin on the voyage, owing to the delicate state of the lattcr's health. The rumour therefore received no credence by those acquainted with the ladies in question. The files of papers from the Cape to hand contained no information of the nature indicated, and the detective who came by the Wolverine, direct from Capetown, in search of Lyons and Karlishaw, the alleged diamond robbers, stated, when questioned, that there was not a word of truth in the rumour." A few days ago Mr. Jennings, turnkey of the I'icton Gaol (says the Exju'e**) by mistake gave one of his children a mug full of carbolic acid instead of porter. The boy, Sydney Jennings, who is eleven years of age, drank it off and became ill immediately. Dr. Tripe was sent for, and was soon in attendance, but could do nothing to relieve the child, who died at three o'clock on the following morning. An inquest wa3 held before J. Allan, Esq., coroner, the verdict being—"Death from carbolic acid accidentally given by his father." The jury added a rider expressing the greatest sympathy with Mr Jennings in his misfortune. The surrounding circumstances arc of so sad a nature that every parent cannot but share in this sympathetic feeling The parents were engaged in the necessary preparations consequent upon the death of another child from scarlet fever, whin the little ones became rest less and cried. To quiet them the father went in the dark to get some po; ter and by mistake drew the acid. One little girl tasted but disliked it and would not have any more, but the boy, now deceased, drank of it with the fatal re. uit above stated. An act of great presence of mind and courage on the part of the engine-driver Thomas Krcri, who lo*l Ids arm on Saturday through it coming in cintact with the sweeprod c»isnccLcd with the pumping gear of the New Chum a':d JJclle Vue 1 Jail way Ileserve Cosnparsy, Sandhurst. i< d>• criiicj I by the it'glcw.iod co: respondent of the 11-n'Ujo A<l- - ■■>•. 'lh-j accident happened in the night, when no one «x, near, and the first I»i'i» thought of when his arm wa i crushed t» i icccs wc.v the r.ien down below, whose five;* w«'hU probably he endangered if he tainted <>r went a;vav a:id left the machine in

:it->ti;ni. --o, notwithstanding the yre.it agony h'? was in. ami th „• stream of bluo.l pouring front hni. ho wa!!;ol ro:t:rl the ivmni, carrying hi.-r :-h:ittc;: - ed arm in lii.s other ha:i \, and .»top;>L"l the eng : :i...\ a'td after seeing that all «-;i.t .:.;t%,- lu v.vtit out. and w::l!:ed home ,th«utt 20;» y.trilt. arriving at the door of which ht; failed out to hi.-* wife to let him in r.s h;.-r arm wa;s sma-hfd. Ho tlicn fell down from weakness l>y !0.,.> of hh»:>d, but still tvrnam'-.' 1 i;ti<ii>!o. The poor womr-n »n oorntrig out found her husband lying down .it tiis door, apparently bleeding to death, ths wounded linih laying across the hiit shoulder. £ii3 ha-vtily hound it up with a fln.vt. hut that having no effect she ■screamed f-»r and some neighbour.! coining {hey tied a ligature above the wounded part, and got the sufferer conveyed to the hospital as speedily a.s possible. On arriving at hi? lodgings. after the amputation had h»jcii performed, a telegram from Inglewood waft placed in hi-* hands summoning him to the de-tth-bed of hist mother.