LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 926, 11 March 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wesleyan Chubch Services. —The list \ of services to be held in the various Wesleyan Chui ches in the circuit, will be found in another column. Primitive Methodist Church. - We direct attention ta an announcement in another column that a camp meeting of the members of the above Church will be held next Sunday. Several preachers will be present, and everybody is invited to hear the gospel preached. The Band. —The band gave an open air performance last Thursday evening, when the following programme was gone through in a most satisfactory manner. March, " Why do Summer Roses Fade" ; Polka, " Old China " ; Waltz, " Lucky Stars " ; Gallop, " The Scout" ; Polka, " Sweefc Smiles"; March (sacred), "Salvation's Free " ; Quadrille, " The Kind's Dragoon's"; Waltz, " Daybreak" ; " Grod Save the. Queen." The Alexawdrovna Lodge, 1.0.0. F., Temuka.—A meeting of the above Lodge was held on Wednesday evening last, (30 members present), for the purpose of electing a representative for the next Grand Lodge meeting, which is to be held on Monday, the 20th day of March, 1882. at Bunedm. Ifc was unanimously carried that JBro. James , Blyth, P.G-.. be elected. One person was proposed to become a member of the Lodge. After the rough minutes of the evening and a statement of-the receipts (amounting to £l2 13s) were read, the Lodge closed. Several oi the brethren went to Geraldine yesterday evening (Friday) to attend the Lodge meeting there.

The Popb.—The present situation of the; Pope at Eome continues to be the subject of" general discussion. Negotiations are still on foot among the chief European Powers with the object of providing His Holiness with another home, should his position at Romecompel him to abandon that city. It haa been suggested that Q.uebec would be suitable for the purpose, and the proposa. ia being seriously entertained. The Old Bank Hotel. —Our old friend Mr J, Meßeth, 'ate of the Doncasler Arms. Hotel, Washdyke, advertiser in another calunin that he has taken the Old Bank Hotel in Timaru, Mr Meßeth is well and. favorably known to the people of this district; and we are sure that no words of ours could add to his popularity. Under his supervision the Oil Bank Hotel is sure to be well managed, and becomo the popular hosti'ery with people hailing from this side of Timaru.

The Licensing Agt.— Before the meeting of the Licensing Committee yesterday, some persons present in Court indulged in a few jokes in reference to the clerk having no copy of the Licensing Act to Jay before the Committee. One jovial boniface offered to lend' his own copy for the day for the moderate charge of 3s 6d. A learned la wyer made a similar proposal, and in order to outbid a third party, offered his own for half-a-orown. None of the offers were, however, -; accepted, and the Committee managed to get through their business without them. Thf ANTi-RAXPAyEB. —The Hungarian baron, Arpad Lopresti, who lately die! would never pay his taxes. He kept a pack of bio ad hounds to hunt tax-collectors, who consequently seldom gave him the opportunity. One having at one time succeeded in entering his castle, which was undermined and man-trapped, was shown into a room', where he was presently joined by an enor-r mous wolf. He climbed on the stove, which = was only warm, but-soon grew hot and hotter, the baron enjoying his dance on the heated surface for a while. The authorities, howev&,r,'. kept account of money due, and his heirs have now paid all sums due. •

New Zealanders in Utah. —Mr Bromley, the head of the Mormon Mission here, " says the Auckland Herald, received a communication by the mail from Mr Sorenson, formerly a Moimon preacher in Auckland, containing some particulars about those who went to Salt Lake, with him. ~D&j, th<?i«|celerk of the City Council at Auckland, got ma appointment in Zion's Co-operative Store, Utah, and is doing well. LaneeyVa fisherma\i > is with his family engaged in'working a cloth mill. Sorenson himself, having completed . his mission, has again gone into business. It ■will be remembered that among the converts from Timaru who was.seized.with__the .fepirifc of " gathering" was a well-to-do buxom widow named Mrs Jackson. One of the pilgrims, who it is feared cared less for , the. Mormon faith than the widow's pressed his suit on the passage, and was rejected. His immediate lapse from grace followed, leaving little doubt as to the hollow-. ness of his professions of disciplesfcip. It appears, however, the widow was not insensible. to the attractions of the sterner sex, as, Je cording to Sorenson's note, she has found her fate, for the second time, in UtafiV Cheap Sale of Boots. — Mr announces in another column that he Has imported boot 3 from England, France, <3|emany, and Temuka (boota from the place possibly means hi 3 own make), wMch he is ready to sell 25 per cent cheaper than Timaru. We see no reason why he should not. His rent is not one-thirl of what the rent of a shop of the same size would be in Timaru ; ho has no water-rates to pay ; no gas bill to pay, and none of the o£her expenses incidental to living in large tow»s. It will, therefore, be well for persons wishing to take care of their soles against the winter, to give Mr Tangney a call, and see for themselves, whether he is equal to his promises. The general complaint is that owing to exorbitent prices being charged, all the money of the town and district goes elsewhere, but Mr Tangney, so far as hei is concerned inean3 to give no excuse in. this direction. He has adopted a more businesslike, way top, than collaring people in the street view of inducing them to buy, as we see more pretentious people do, and we sincerely trust his enterprise and industry will be recognised, and that he will meet with the support which as a local man he deserves. Karbow Escape.— A few of- our local celebrities had a narrow escipe from drowning last Wednesday in the surf at the Milford lagoon- They went fishing as usual in a small boat, and thought a run out to sea would be very nice. They got safely over, •the lagoon bar, and enjoyed themselves famously in a two mile cruise. But, alas for the shortlivedness of earthly pleasures, when returning to land again a wave came under, she stern of their little craft, threw it over, and sent them sprawling into the Burf. The head of the leader of the expedition was. caught underneath the gunwale of the boat ? but he escaped without serious injury, as also did the remainder of the party, further than receiving a capital ducking. A very sarious mishap, and one that was deeply deplored, happened, however. The boat contained some material for refreshing the inner man> and this was swallowed into the insatiable maw of the sea, from which they themselves had so narrow an escape. They would have been contented with the ducking they had received only for this loss, which, to men shivering with cold, was considerable. Shortly after, however,. a bottle of Hennessy was observed rolling up out of the surf, and what was done with it it is unnecessary to narrate. All agreed that better was fcusted, and they returned to the bosbm-of * their respective families none the worse for their day's adventure. The Friend of the Parson. —A little story has just come to our knowledge from which a good lesson might be learned* Some time ago a gentleman came to live in Timaru who it is said was possessed of £IOO,OOO in ready money, and also of &•

daughter of marriageable age to whom it was thought he -would leave all his wealth. A young lady beautiful and accomplished with £IOO,OOO to set her up in house keeping, invariably possesses a fascination for young men, which our readers can probably understand better than we can describe. Rumor has it that, there was no exception to the general rule in this instance, and that many a manly breast thrilled with exquisite delight if the lovely hsiresa vonchsafed a smile. The father with that tender solicitude peculiar to parents of heiresses, looked with fear and trembling on the attentions his child was receiving. She had no mother to advise her, andh. j felt extremely anxious for fear that her choice would fall on some one of whom he could not approve. He never for a moment reflected, that if she would choose a ■worthy fellow without a penny, the money which he could give would be more than ample to start the young couple in life but set his heart on finding for his daughter a man whose worldly riches were equal to his own. This is another peculiar trait in the characters of fathers of rich heiresses. But " The best laid schemes of miee and men oft •gang after glee." After havingturned the matter over in his mind and spending sleepless nights in thinking what was best to be done he bethought himself that he had a friend a parson, a holy man under whose religious in fluence she would be safe until such time a g an eligible young man presented himself. Thither therefore the young lady was sent, and she was received with open arms by her father's reverend friend. In fact £IOO,OOO heiresses generally are received with open arms, so there was nothing strange about this part of the proceedings But the Eev gentleman had more than one friend, and amongst them was a young man who wa g more remarkable for his capability for spend, ing than for accumulating money, and so he thought that it would be a very good thing for this young friend of his if he could succeed in winning the affections of this heiress, as m this manner he would become master of a fortune which he could never obtain any other way. With this end in view he wrote to his young friend to come and stay with him for some time. The young friend came, saw, and conquered the heiress, and on last Thurs- ' day by the exprese train the happy couple proceeded southwards on their wedding tour. The father of the heiress is no longer a friend

.; of the rev gentleman, and if reports be true >/- his anger is pardonable. In tbe whole affair' % however, there is a moral for the old as well :j as -tbe young, and it is this : Keep in good ■"; good terms with"the parsons, and you shall have your reward, and if you are the father of an heiress remember that the safest place for her is your own.home.

Mr E. S. Pearson is advertising for a gold signet ring which he has lost. Tenders for the erection (labor only) of a /store for Mr T. Parke, Milford, close today. Messrs Collins and Co. advertise that they are cash purchasers of wheat, oats, barley, and grass-seed, and that they v ill supply cornsucks and twme. Ifc is notified elsewhere tbat Mr Robert . Henry Pearpoint has been appointed trustee in the bankrupt estate of Augustus Moore, t brewer, GreraTdine.