LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 231, 5 February 1880, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ouit Winchester Agency. Messrs Binskin and Giiupson will, in futuie, be i-ole agents in Winchester for The Temttka Leader. Foe Brigade.—lt is much to be regretted the little interest that is taken in th : s institution, notwithstanding that a forms r me. t ug was adjourned in order to remind them of the same, only two gen tienieu, the owners of property, besides the members of the Brigade were in attendance. We cannot understand how this should be. We have been remarkably exempt from tires hitherto, but !iny day some may break out, and as no properly is ii.sured to its full value, the loss in any case, unless the brigade prevented it, would be considerable. We wo.ild sugri st iin entertainment of some sort by the brigade to funds, and the inhabitants would then &h<>w. a little more interest.

A Cii/R-ACTrcK. —Temnka las had a lively lime of it for the last we- k or two. Home strange characters are '<> be met with, which would almost convert one to Darwinianism. Taking a survey of the cranium of one or two, the gradient from the end of the snout to the top of the head, would describe an angle of foriynve degisc-s, at the highest elevation, which phrenologists set apart for the burnt) of benevolence. The bump of however, seems to have usurped its place. Ore go's stalking about like a modern Goliath, ready to fight Ihe whole world. Another, a w 11-l 1 - ■ known character, who suddenly disappeared from our mdst Foti'e twe'vemonths ago, suddenly advertised his re aopearance by flourishing his shillelagh in the street, in his bare boi.es, like a Zulu warrior, fright er» : ng Che leagues by his wild and ."brill war cry. Pat, who hails from ihe fai-famed Tipjerary, after inns his approach in the manner descv b •<!, hied himself off to Timar't, v vying his intrench ij to t! e capital of Soutli Canterbury by a real I'i3h jig, which rheTimarnviansso rnach that his promotion was speedily resolved upon. He is now pvonooed to ono of the hails of jiihiiee, awaking his diploma —th-i V.R. and broad avrow.

A New Id^a.—A. prominent San Fra;i----c SCO cir'zen, befoie leaving town for a irip with his f'mily, afh'"ed inside Inn hall door a placard concoct d .is :"ol'<-ws:—• *' To burglars, or ti.<<:-e intended to burgh'— Al l n-y p'ated jewe'le-y and othoi valua! I a are in the safe <:'epos v i, Coy's vaults, i'he trunks and cupboards contain nothing but second-hand ch/tbing,and sinrlar mat-t>-r» too I.idky to remove, cxi which you wjnld ro.'P'so comparatively litc'o. The iht keys arc in tiseiefc band top drawer of ilie Ride board if you doubt my word. Yon will also find there a <ertified cheque to bearer for lOdols, wlrch ill remunerate you for your Joss of timo and d-sap-pointment. P'oase wipe your feet on the mat and don't spill any candle £veaso on the carpet."

Magistrate's Court.—lt is some safisfaclion to find that our worthy Resident Magistrate has resolved to deal with the scum of Sod Town in a way that wi!l soon rut an end to the time of tho coi.it being taken up with the filthy recriminations which have so often disgusted the ears of respectable people, who may have of necessity to attend the court. In the case, Murphy v. Williams, His Worship bound over both parties to-keep tho peace in a bond of £2O each party. If His Worship coi Id see it his duty' to make an example by putting some of the parties failing to find security into durance vile for a week or two, it would teach tho Sodtoniars to keep politer tongues in their heads.

Suicide.—A ease of suicide was repoi.ed io tho tolice on Tuesday evening. The eirenrns'avces of the case are these—A }."d inured John F. Waiion repoued to the auLhori-iea nearest the scene of the i'pgedy ,hat a teamster m;ined John Stewart,- in Ihe employ of Mr Coup, timber merchant, had committed suicide by hanging in a whare at Tai Tapa. On inquiry it was discoveied that ■; he lad's .story was correct, SLewart bei"g found hanging by tho netk in his whare, quile dead. The tope was attached to a pit ce of scautliug in tho roof, which was =ihoul nine feet from the floor and underneath was a form overturned, unon which tho der-f-ased must have mounted vmt -fterwards kicked away. Mr Joseph Judge cut tho body dovr. Jt appears, as far as can be as<era : ned, that the deceased had been drinking heavi'y of lave, au I on the right previous to the Hvicide was put vo be<i by a man nan ed Biteze, deceas-..d being .he only occupant of the whare.—Pres:-;.

" Paris CHi3cn>;,."-I« Pails, France, tie rnimal m. d vfgetabla recuse for markets, and recuse of i.Il kirds has been i;tlciDfcd, and forms what is known as -'Paris charcoal." A furnace for that has been designed by an Eastern intei lor Stamford, Conn, for all ibe.«e -y;!.-'te : -oduc-ts.

A Commission ol? liNi^uiiiY. —AC' .a'Jii'g io ilie Novoye V.e-vy.'., the flu sii.ii M : n:ster of the I" verior late'y appointed a eouums: ion i f iequiry in cons< ijuo; co of ivi'.ciir-trai'Ci 3 from the admi■•isirafcivo MithoriLies uf the Dun cnn'ry v. iih :i petition to protect tiio Cossacks against th" ifiU'over shing a« tivity of Juw*, iho ie-ult being that a period of two years has t,«eii a.l oWs.il to all ilooruws settled thero to emigrate to other regions oa p.-.in of forcible removal.

Love-making.— In CanrHhar, when a voi'iif woman becomes sweet on a young 'man, she sends him a hair-pin, meani";.', " that is the kind of a l.ai--pii» I am." if the young man is like Barkis, he a handkerchief in his cp.o with the hair pin, signify!;.g : " Yon can bet yovr sweet h f e lamon it worse than an liigin." Thi« aueaims to an engagement, and a nohiicaiion to all fo.kw of the hict, and then they get married. This plain and simple way o doing Ihe buihiess saves a g.-eat deal of swinging on the gates, bureing la rosene oil nf nights, bnjd"g ice-cream, and standing the liveryin.in oil"for buggies.

A Hint. —As ho was ascending tho pulpit one of tlie ehiers him t') whisp'T an Pvddiiiona, 1 caniion. "The liquid-deader has come in.o •diurch, and lie gives us a Jifi sometimes. I wish .you wou ; d be pariicehir not to nliude to the uhisky business or the -Lemperance question." Tne ynsng m.biister r'et.'ing fairly frightened to see the mor 1 groriud thus stetdily narrowing before him, enquiied, " Whom, or what shall I preach ttgai: st, then V The elder's reply came like an air of triumph : "Preach against the Mo-mons ; they haven't got a friend in this town !" If "pwcbtng ; 3 the art of not hiding anybody, Lh.tt certainly would have been an effective direction.

sug.vs have advancer" 10s to ;*os, accordfng to quality. A thousand bars of New Zealand oats have been sold at 2s 7|d. A shipment of Patna rice lias been sold in bond at Ll2 15s per ton.

The Leg.on of Honor.— T n addition to the awaid of the Gold Medal (L'Academie Nationale), and also the Silver Medal, awarded to John Briusmead and of Wig nore-street, London, for the superiority of the pi;-no exhibited by theva last. year at the Parr's Exl'ibition, founder of the firm has been created Clievalier of the Leg'on oflTo-ior, iMs distinction being ennf rred on no other British Pianoforte Marufac \irer.

Pansoxs visiting Ge-aMino woidcl do well to call at J. sale at the Bush inn, Ge:\*?dino,|ivh§, in consequence of his having the drapery depart trewot h%^fs ; ness nt Temvka, will holijLjjp£hl:>p SKlffi at Mr Trcn grove's Commercial Boom, Bush Inn, for 14 days only, at and A-low cost price ; no reasonable offer will be refused ; remember for 14 days only, at ihe Commercial Roo.n of the Bush Tnr, Gem Wine.—(Advt.)

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