MISCELLANEOUS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 266, 28 February 1877, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

fc»»tt fcWK A?M» fßOHFffiT.rinf. In 1840 there arrived in Hobsons thy **haaSitf off eleven— father, motKrr. ftw •onay audi ftror daughters. *>ot «f the original eleven eight are still alive, after an elapse of thirty-* x jrear*; and from the nine eMMren ninety have been horn ill Victoria, of whom eighty-three artr .0!! B*incc. "Atticus," who- mention* this in th« Leader,. says :.— *" If every other marry eortpte ift the- colony did as well y.. that, there- wontd be n» for anyone ever talking aboat assisted immigration." HO*T u Ttt& MAJt.VHmtKjrr"' t>tt> tC. Brett ifarte says " That for w»,ys that OX9 dapfe, and (foe tricks that are v,ui.v. t -..-it Heathen Chinee i* peetdtap/* but t%y a- ms to* have miulij a mistake in the '"ways th.it art* ttarkv" for yon seldom hear of a '*C dmee' r doing a dark trick, whilj t'>w name off the European* who do them is I ui'M. The Sydney iWW/ says-:—"Talki:*; *>c music, a rather curious incident oee.u-ivd here last week, aswe are informed. * *-v Thursday, the day S>eti»ve the San Francisco- mat! Iff*, art a<tvettis«iti«nt appva".4 in the Mtrmlkt, stating that. ' the mut• ;e----ment' had arranged with Jiivtcne lima De Mnrska to appear at hydu.y tor a short operatic season. The- t.t.v crust incut wa» not signed, which was in us'lf s isatiet as there is no operatic «o «u pany h*.re. nor any mean* of geunt.4 our together, the announcement was rathe unintelligible. Still there were those possesstssing claims on 'the management' of a pecuniary nature, who wt.rj tnductd t ► hold then* over on the- strength of t .-is advertisement. By the nuut steamer. however, departed both the great vocalist and 'the mauag* merit,'and debts w.tci feefore were doubtful, bucaine, of c:hu's •. tfecuttsciljy bath It wa.-» a smart tfh:!», aid atfonla matter for pttistve t\.th:ecii<;v -n« the part of the ere*litoi-»." JSuve \u< tinut beinjjf coUDpolled to havi«- recoitfsj to a "professional" life- let a ni/eat m.vu 'distances " Ttoa." ace neatly always up to. their neek» iu fttthettlties, hue rlu-y as often* know how to yet tutt of tUuu. *r.TKinct> mm mcm>. An inebriated individual wallved i:ii" the telegraph office at the <-lepot ivetuulv, and penned the Lriif l>ut r>pressive desp.ateh to a friend at Spiiji---field :■—" I a«n flippy." '"■'l*weri:cy-! , 'u-e cents,"' said the operittotv ttj v;\>:v fits fingers into hb vest pocket i>t a vueaut mvt of way, smttiad feebly, afterwa-nls iv.markinir, "t»B«3» I'lE watt till I y t- tlieru myself," staggered out. Cattle stealinjjf or " tilting: " or* a scale fttttrivallinjf the efforts of Ilob- Hoy and other reivtrs of the last KvHtttry, E.as taken place at the t'pper Murray tltstre*. (r.marks the Albany t><tn,n,tn;}. Information of a reliabtj nature has reached us ti> f.!ic? effect that about TOO head of enttb have lately been "lifted" front the station of Mi\ Thomas" Mitri.o h Search has been made, but excepting t!>aS the tracks of the cattle have been I toi* three different camps, very tit t h.ks yet been done to clear up thu mysLr/. A real man and dojj lias bi-ert celebrated in America with fatal resuJfs. A man named Connolly, whose r> er«':!flo:.i ■was- tile worrying of ra"s after flu< iu of a furrier, be in;,'- in a state of iut >:;. ction, offered to fig .t any dog in r.h; p!::re, Port Jarvis. Curled under a suiatl uoL; asleep was an English luidUdog of harmless disposition, and John Connolly selected hint for Ids opponent, and niacin a savage attack upon him.. When inc i ronsed to fury the poor beast fas-end o.i the man with a grip which all t trt'.'r * of the spectators con id no" ;\< ><[ which was not relaxed ovt u \v'>y. r.>.towner, drawing his revolver,. ;vi, l % y-'ij that it whs a pity ti* kill fch. l> it i- >.' i tie two-to* save tlx*-worse, s':o; tlu< nul'".-i.;i-nate creature dea;!. Connolly's wourt Is proved fatal tlirei; davs afterwanls. %'Mic sr r.rvN m.' rt uicia:. Ife is not ipiite fifty years oFd, but his hair is alreaily iputo gray. lh> m-.i-r.-i ;:. t'wll beard, but it is clip pod short, ;>.u ! is aJIHOSt whitt\, i'!.'i! is .-."..i.lier C" 'P'ii;-ui:. bttt looks especially w«.U on l o;-..-ei-,v\, .Lilct* Cardinal Wols y h- is ;\, larjjfe digestive appwaSus, an I k„'. pt it hard at work all the time. He drinks little, but eats enormously. \m. ifßtiutoa't m>BKßt':+. "' It is more than probable," says the BfttkwnH Vhimno,'* ** that we sliall shortly be- atfopd'et'li another grand exhibition of biltiards at Craig's ilotel." Mr. Koppers miivintf received overtures from the ringtish Champion for the appearance ol' fus brother, Mt. Herbert Robert*, chatiipion hand-stroke player. This gentleman! t«;»dtr the enormous break of lITT at liritth t'. ill Yorfeshite, in April last, and his even«*st* prograinmtr consists of t>tK> up. Mr. Koberts giving 11M* points start. lie will also* play ~r> cannons, Mr. Roberts giving 4J|>start, after which he will givj a"i es- j hibvtion of his tnarveltons fancy shots, j consisting of the following shots, namely: | Twisting balls into, nitdle poe!i,-c :. j forcing siX'»hot: dottbtt-forein; six shot ; | twisting balb into all tue pockets ; e ut- I aon ronnd the- hat ; cannon into> out?, t.*e, | aft«-1 thsey hats;. cannot* off the table on j to< the- Hoor : steam-engine sarvnoti off woodwork t cannon of u.ll the pyramid bath* % celebrated cannon, striking the ball j twicer steeplechase cannon; throwing t..e I ball length! of table, and making it stop. I dead ; semicircle twist cannon, showing I the effect of side ; celebrated cannon oif j four cna&ton* t wonderf nl snake cannon, I rottndi tf> tnatbler glaasus ami two decsn- \ ters i ami several other fancy shots;; c. »n- - spinning a ball on a f>bttr forth* tno* of from six to- seven minntes.