LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1163, 20 October 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Temuka Hotel.—Mr R Fenton, the proprietor of this central Hotel, advertises it to let. ,;

Lect'ube.—Mr J. E. Redmond, M.P.» lectures to-night on ' Home Rule for Ireland,' in the Theatre Royal, Timaru. Cbioket. —The Geraldinc Crieket Club opens the season to day, on their grounds, at 2 p.m. All cricketers are invited. Masonic Bail.—A grand ball to celebrate the anniversary of St. George's Lodge of Freemason's Temuka, will be held on December 11th next.

Postal Revenue.—'The postal revenus for the September, July quarter was £37,905 5a d2. For the same quarter in 1882 it was £41.190 3s Id.

1.0.G.T. —A public temperance meeting will be held in the Templar Hall, Temuka, on Monday next,when addresses, songs, duets, recitations, etc, will be given; All are invited. Funebal Sermon.— To-morrow evening the Rev: W. B. Hayes will preach a sermon on the life and death of the late Mrs L. Newport, in the Primitive Methodist Church, Geraldine. Service to commence at 6.30 p.nv Pbesbntation Cup.—We have just inspected a very handsome cup won by Mr M. Connolly's greyhound ' Queen ' at the Pareora meeting on Ist August last. It was given by Mr M. Brown, St Andrews, under the auspices of the South Canterbury Coursing Club. It is exhibited in Mr Connolly's saddler's shop, G-eraldine.

Wobtht op Remembbancb. —We have pointed out that two of our most successful concerfc9 —St Mary's Church Concert, Geraldine, and the Temuka High School—were only advertised in the Temuka Leadeb and Gebaldine Guabdian. The money that might have have been given for a small advertisement in an obscure corner of the Hera'd was spent on a large advertisement over the leader in these papers, and success was the result. The Presbyterian concert held night was advertised several times in the Timaru Herald and only once in these papers, and one of the smallest audiences we have ever seen attended. Bad Weather in England. A fierce storm, blinding wind and rain, raged inces- ' santly roand the English coast from Friday, August 31st, to Tuesday morning, September 2nd. Many lives were lost. The wrecks were subsequent, and the destruction to , property on land and sea was immense. The crops sustained serious damage, and in some places near shore farmeiß had their corn, whether stacked or not, carried away and out to sea ; in others irretrievably beaten down and spoilt, whilst the hops lie in thick and tangled masses among the sodden earth. In the South of Ireland the hay and corn crop was totally destroyed, and the distress was so great that is is feared there may be an immediate renewal of the agitation against the payment oi rent. A Philanthropic Swindleu There was a tantalising note of impudence and humour about the last performance of a ' philanthropic swindler' at Chester, which is worthy of preservation. This individual combined the occupations of an agent to an insurance society and lay preacher and general humanitarian. So great was the odor of sanctity attaching to his name that the charitable readily entrusted him with large sums of money to be dispensed in good works. Our ' philanthropic swindler' was philosopher enough to remember that charity begins at home, and therefore he pocketed all he received. The other day he succeeded in squeezing £7O from the purse of a lady whose husband was from home. The same night ha addressed a religious audience in pathetic terms, bidding them remember that no one knew what might happen in this world, and that another week might not pass away before they would hear news that had never happened before. The next that was heard of him was that he had sailed for America.

Peepetual Leases. —The leasing of land under the perpetual system still proceeds. The Otago Land Board on Wednesday accepted tenders for about a dozen sections.

Railway Retubns.—The railway returns for the four weeks ending 15th September last were as follows :—North Island—Receipts, £17,408 10s Id ; expenditure, 75.55Middle Island—Receipts, £45,512 17s 3d ; expenditure, 69.50. Grand total —Receipts, £62,9217s 4d ; expenditure, 70.96 per cent Vital Statistics. —The vital statistics for the whole colony for the month of September are as follows : —Births, 453, deaths, 169. The deaths of persons occuring in hospitals not residents of boroughs are excluded. Of the deaths, males contributed 100, and females 69. 79 of the deaths were those of j childrsn under 5 years of age.

Pedesteianism. —Edwards has challenged Scott to a 48 hours' walking match for £SO or £IOO a side, to take place in Christchurch. Scott will accept Edwards' challenge for £SO a side at. once, on condition that the winner received 60 per cent and the loser the reJt of the gate money, or should Edwards decline this, Scott will walk him in five week*' time|for £2OO a side, the winner to take evary' thing. Rpnawat at Gebaldine. On Thurs day afternoon last, after Mr Fleming had harnessed a horse he had been breaking into a spring cart, and had scarcely with Mr Georgeson taken his seat therein, when the horse gave a sudden plunge and started off at a rapid pace towards Winchester. Mr Fleming pluckily s'uck to the reins and they arrived at the township f nothing the worse for their rapid journey

Cubious WlLIi Cask. —A will case came before Judge Williams in Dunedin on Wed nesday. Some time ago a negro hotelkeeper named Shumate died on the Tunpeka diggings, leaving £I4OO to one Robert Carter, also a negro, of Colorado, in America. The trustees wrote and advertised for Carter, but he never turned up until quite recently, when a person claiming to be Carter presented himself in Tuapeka. Ho said he bad been living in Santa F 6, Mexico, and the letter had been forwarded to him from Colorado, whereupon he started right away. The case came before the Judge to decide whether this particular Carter was the particular Carter mentioned in the will, but the'Judge said the question was one for a jury.

A Saltation Abmy Row.—An Invercargill telegram states :—There has been indication that trouble was brewing for the Salvation Army officials here, although most of those who do not approve of their proceed: ings have simply left them alone and they have been respectfully treated. Captain Burfoot is blamed for nagging individuals in the audience, and using insulting expressions' without cause. The feeling against the Salvationists seems to have culminated with the publication of a letter in the Southland News on Tuesday night—quoting expressions used to a respectable youth, and characterising them as' unmanly, uncalled for and blackguardly in the extreme.' On Wednesday night a large crowd assembled at the Salvation Theatre, and it soon became evident there was to be a row. When Burfoot or his wife essayed to speak their voices were drowned in rounds of howling and Kentish fire. To mend matters the pit was comparatively oleared, but with little good effect. The malcontents gathered outside and at the conclusion of the service assailed Burfoot and his wife with yelling, hooting, and menaces. Mrs Burfoot was overcome with terror, and fainted. The party took refuge m a fruit shop, and after Mrs Burfoot came round, proceeded borne escorted by a crswd, who finished by throwing stones on the roof of the house. The young man assailed by Burfoot, referred to in the letter, it is said will proceed for libel. Ifc was anticipated that there would be further trouble in the SalyationTheatre on Thurs. day night but ' Captain'Burfoot apologised for the language he had usd to the young man» who was invited to take a seat on the stage, which he accepted.

Cubioub Case. v. Laverty, at Dunedin, for judicial separation, some queer disclosures were made. Mrs Laverty Bued for the separation on the ground of cruelty. She alleged that Laverty on the evening of the marriage accused her of liking the best man too well, and next morning he accused her of improper conduct with the said best man. On a subsequent night he refused to allow her in the bedroom, and she had to sleep .with the housemaid of the hotel, who had been her bridesmaid. The best man referred to was the groom of the hotel. "When Mr and Mrs Laverty got to the country district where they lived, things, she asserts, did not improve* He threatened her with a gun, and she had to take refuge with a neighbor with whom she had been serving previously. The neighbor attempted the part of peacemaker, and drew out an agreement whereby Laverty, f he were the first to quarrel in- future, should make amends to his wife by giving her £7OO, and Mrs Laverty, if she were the first to quarrel, should make amends to her husband by giving him £7OO. but Mr Laverty declared he had not got £7OO and would not sign. Mrs Laverty did not after this go back to him. For the defence Laverty asserted that his wife had gone away entirely of her own accord, and from the first refused to cohabit wiih him. He declared he met the best man coming out of her bedroom. He had never thieatened her with a gun. He was pretty drunk when he married her. A twin brother of Laverty who lived in the same house cor roborated the denial of the gun incident, and asserted that the night the couple came homeMrs Laverty came to his room and desired to share his couch. It was further attempted to be shown for the defence that Laverty was drunk when he got married, and had been secured by Mrs Lavertyj becaiue she thought him worth £2OOO, but when she found this was a mistake she wanted to get out of her bai'gain. His Honor held ovor u decision till he could hear the: evidence of Father Newport, who married, the couple

The "Wool Season.—The first of the New Zea'and Shipping Company's wool vessels to load at Timaru for Home this season, has been arranged for, and is shortly expected. Paid His Bex.—A rich story is told by the Philadelphia Times concerning two democratic members of the Legislature of that city. 4. member had wound up a grandiloquent speech with ihe quotation 'Vox fopuli vox Dei.' The two Crawford and Mackin, had both been listening with great admiration, and Mackin, turning aside, cried to Crawford, ' Ah, wasn't that a fine climax?' 'Oh, it was grand,' replied the Eleventh Ward member. Mackin eyed Crawford suspiciously for a moment, and then offered to bet him ten dollars that he did not know what he said. It was ' Wox popuh Wox Dei,' and it means, 'My God, why hast thou forsaken me?' Mackin plunged his hand into his pocket and meekly said : 'There's the tenner, Al., didn't know you were such a good Latin scholar.' Dangerous Vermin,—The Hobarfc Mercury relates that Mr Alexander H. Bruce, who occupies a cottage near the fire brigade station in Bathurst street, on returning home at about! nalf-an-hour past midnight, heard his lit! le boy calling for him. He complained that he was perspiring and had hurt his head.

Upon obtaining a light the father found an open wound on the child's left temple, from which the blood was flowing freely. No explanation of the injury presented itself, ■%, and Mr Bruce concluded that the boy had taken part in some scrimmage during the day. After Mr Bruce had retired to rest he was aroused by what he describes as re* sembling a blow on the forehead, and felb that his face was wet; and upon striking a light and looking in the glass he found that he had deep punctures on his forehead and about the head. Very little investigation showed that the rats had paid him a visit, and the mystery was solved, the neighborhood being infested witli these vermin. Funebal.—On Thursday afternoon last; 'the remains of late Mrs L Newport were consigned to their last resting' place in the Geraldine cemetery. The deceased who had lived, the greater part of her short life in the township, previously to -her marriage, with her parents, Mr and Mrs Andrews, was greatly esteemed amongst the residents, and consequently all the stores-and shops were closed from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Oddfellows and' Good Templars mustered in, strong force in order to pay their last tribute V of respect to the deceased. Shortly after 2 p.m. the coffin left the 1 house, the pallbearers being Messrs C E Sherratt, Hntfey, Sutherland and Maslin and was,conveyed in a wagonette to the Primitive Methodist Church, preceded by the > Oddfellows and Good Templars (the former wearing rosettes covered with crape .and the latter in regalia with crape rosettes). The chief mourners were Mr L Newport, Mr W R Andrews, and Master F Andrews, the husband, father aud brother of the deceased, followed by a large number of mourners. On t arrival at the ohurch (the rostrum of the latter being draped in black) Mr T Sherratt played the 'Dead March in Saul.' The church was speedily filled with people. After the singing of a hymn, befitting the solemn occasion, a portion of the Burial Service for the Dead was read by the Rev W B Hayes, who afterwards testified his sympathy with the / mourners. At its conclusion the mournful cortege reformed as before .and wended its way to the cemetery, where the Rev W B Hayes concluded the Burial Service with a very iniprdsoive prayer. Bro. C E Sherratt read the riLual up pertaining to the Oddfellows, and afterwards, the brethren, in taking a farewell look at, the coffin, deposited a sprig of evergreen in the grave. Bro. F Bethune then came forward and read the ritual of the Good Temp'ars, and at its conclusion several Sisters also deposited' several floral wreaths on the coffin. The mourners lingered some time around the grave containing the remains of one whom they had loved during life, and felt indeed that 'the Sun had gone down in the morning.' The greatest sympathy is felt for the husband and parents of the deceased throughout the distriot.

MrM. Dunn, invites tenders for filling 1000 yards shingle. t Mr John Greelish, Milford notifies that a coif has strayed on to his land. Mr G. Woodhead, Ben., announces that any one trespassing on his -land either on the Swamp road, Temuka, or at Milford, will be „ prosecuted. Messrs J. Mundell and Co, auctioneer*, Geraldine, will hold a clearing sale of drapery, furniture, el c, on the premises of Mr Jesse Davis, Geraldine, to-day. ... Miss - Blick intimates to the residents of Geraldine and vicinity that she has com« menced business as a milliner, at her residence, at Mrs Millard's, Main Eoad, Geraldine. The Manager of the Timaru branch of the Hew Zealand Clothing Factory, Mr Eoberfc * Foster, invites intending purchasers of spring and summer clothing to visit his establishment, where they can choose from an immense variety 'of fashionable garments. Every article is of the best quality and ii sold at wholesale price.