The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1622, 18 August 1887, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ball at Obabi,— A ball will take place in the Oraei sohojlroom to-night. Sale at Qebaldinb.— To-day Mr W. 8, Maslin sells a freehold section fronting on Waihi terrace, blankets, sheets, clothing, furniture,! to. A RahiiJl*—An instance of commercial honesty, w h‘ch is somewhat rare, has taken place in connection w.th the late firm of f Howard and Dartnall, of Springston. Some [ years »a" they made a composition of 12e fid n ‘•h* £. Since then they have paid fis fid, 10 .. - Press. m VaOLDBN diU B hter of the IremierofNewSouu.. wh ? 18 shortly to turn the first sod of a ran 1D0 ’ will be presented on the occasion with a spa ” 1 * woith £2OO. It will 0 ntin lOoz of gold and 80uZ of silver, Mie handle being wreathed with native rosi-s and branches of gold. Pbksbvtbbian Chough, Jbmoka. The Rev. J. Dickson h»» accepted the call from the Tkoiu-.m Presbyterian coegreua ion and will take oh ,rge as soon as arrsngem nL are completed. The re*. gentleman is at p refla „, m Wellington. He i« u rcc cit. arrival fsom Ireland, and has the highes credentials.

R.M. Oottht, Qbhaldimb. A flitting of this Court takes place to-day at 10 a.m. The New Coins.— By the Tonganra the Bank of New Zealand receired specimens of the new jubilee coinage. In general appearance the new coinage is not equal to the old, and is not so nicely finished.

The Rolls,—The roll for the langitats electorate is now out. It is a very bad one indeed, many of the names are printed twice over, while numbers of persons marked thereon have either died or left the district. A very strong telegram has been sent to the Government about it.

Congest at Temuka. -To-morrow evening a grand coneert in aid of the organ fund of the Temuka Presbyterian Church, takes place in the Volunteer Hall. The programme, which appears in another column, is one of the most attractive we have published, and should draw a full house. We hope [the concert will prove a thorough success. The Bum Disaster.— The total amount of subscriptions received from all sources in Victoria for the Bulli relief fund was £12,074 12s Id. This sum only cost £l2 to collect; and as the Argus remarks, it is improbable that such a sum was ever raised in Australia or any other country with eo slight an outlay. Wife Murder. A case of wife murder is reported from Melbourne, Michael Quinlan, a greengrocer of Hotham, exasperated at his wife remonstrating with him for thrashing a boy, knocked her down, and then shot her in the groin with a pistol, inflicting a wound which proved fatal. Quinlan asserts that the pistol went off by mistake. Football.-— On Saturday next a match will be played at Temuka between the limaru and Temuka High Schools. The following will play for Timaru .'—Turnbull (captain), Shappere, West, Jones (2), Tait, Raymond, Kirby, LeOren, Balfour, Stewart, Graham, Ford, and Marr 5 emergencies, Cowan and McKay. The following have been chosen to play for Temuka I—Austin1 —Austin (2), Goldstone, Greaves, McLeod (2), Storey, Connolly, Gray, Aokroyd, Clinch, Henry, Findlay, Smith, and W. Morton ; emergencies, Cook, Miles, Breadley, Clayton, and Morton. The former match resulted in a win for Temuka ; and this one is expected to be very close.

Coming or Age.— The good old fashion of celebrating the coining of age of a son was revived in Geraldine »n Tuesday evening last. A large number of the relatives and friends of Mr and Mrs Fly met at their residence on that evening to celebrate the coming of age of their son Henry. The gathering was a most enjoyable one. This being the Jubilee year the young man was presented by his parents jduring the evening with a large portrait of Queen Victoria handsomely framed. Congratulatory speeeheswere delivered, songs sung, games played, etc., and a really pleasant evening passed, the company separating during the small hours of the morning. Diabolical Attempt at Inoendiabism. —The Melbourne police have been informed of what is believed to have been a diabolical attempt to burn a house while its inmates were sound asleep. The fire broke out at an early hour in a house at Preston, occupied by William Lowe. Ten people resided in the house, and they all escaped ; but it was with some difficulty one of Lowe’s children was rescued. The house bad been set fire to at both front and back, and a large case bad

been placed in front of the door to bar exit. The water taps connected with the bouse bad been plugged up also. The building was a wooden one. . A fortnight previously an attempt had been made to burn down Lowe’s house, and the deccctiyes had the matter in band. The Vendetta. —What was known as the Tolliver-Logau vendetta in Rowan, County Kentucky, was brought to a summary end on June 21 by Sheriff Hogg and a posse surround-

ing a hotel in Morehead, which Tolliver and his partisans had barricaded, and killing four of the Tolliver family, for resisting arrest on a charge of having murdered two Logans. The feud had lasted two years, under the leadership of Craig Tolliver, a noted desperado, and had led to the wastage of thousands of dollars worth of property and the loss of 21 lives. One curious episode of the affair is that, with his hands red with blood, Tolliver had the audacity to run for Judge, and voters being afraid to ballet against him, he was elected. While in office he used his position to “ get even” with Logan and bis other enemies. With the death of himself and his brothers

peace and prosperity in the country are hoped for.

The WaimatbSbat.—A Mr W. Rutherford, one of the candidates for the Waimate seat, addressed the electors at Wai-iti, one of the suburbs of Timaru, on Monday evening. There was a large attendance, and from the reports of the meeting the candidate appears to have had a particularly bad time of it. He bad hardly commenced his address before

the obstructionists began. Tin whistles, horns, and bruised wattle berries were used with great effect. At last the hubbub got so bad that the candidate said “ha would take them all if they liked after the meeting.” Things got no better, however, and he left the platform and went among his hearers, saying the noise was only made by a lot of larrikins, and he would make one to “ scruff ” them himself. He was assailed with yells, dead rats, and stale eggs, and retired van-

quished, On quiet again prevailing he again essayed to speak, but at times was interrupted with touching cries of “ What’s your opinion on boiled owls f ” and “ Why did you not return the shirt I lent you? ’’ .etc., bad eggs also being used at intervals. The climax was reached whsn he was hard hit by a dead rat, when he exclaimed ”if he were one of the gentlemen who threw such a missile he would be ■ —— well ashamed of himself.” Only two questions were answered, and tbo candi-

date haring proposed a rote of thanks to the Chairman the meeting terminated in the wildest disorder. It seems strange that the electors did not combine, and put an end to cuch disgraceful proceedings.

Sydney Quacks.— The published reports of the evidence taken in Sydney, by the committee appointed to investigate the subject of unqualified medical practitioners, has caused considerable sensation in New South Wales. In tha Sydney Daily Telegraph of the 6th inst. we find three columns devottd to the examination of “Dr Fawcett ” and “Dr W.

Moore.” In the headings Dr Fawcett is described as “ Gasfiltar, Poundkeeper, Bailiff, Engineer, House Painter, and Doctor, while Dr Moore is alluded to as a “horse-doctor and coachman who becomes a medical man, and finally retires on a fortune.” The evidence given by both clearly showed that

neither had made any regular study of medicine or surgery, and that neither had any professional diploma. Dr Perry, a duly qualified surgeon, gave evidence in regard to the Marston Remedy Company, in whose employ he had been for some months, being paid £lO per week for prescribing for patients. Tbo Company was for the purpose of treating ceitrin diseases. He at first had every reason

to believe it was a genuine affair, conducted by the proprietors, Messrs Freshman Bros., in an honorable manner, but subsequently he f ound unmiatakeable evidence that, the whole ■ . -•M a swindle, and that the main object - In 3 '■ . ■-*»onoT, He ascertained lhai T" n..rlr or ~„t.

tftorthe pstien'B had -*fcUoi» hi* ourpcl, t.he . brothers Freshman, *. knowledge, had been in the habit of seno. ~ medicines calculated to cause a reltpse. They had made a good thing out of the business, and, he bt l ered, had now lefi Sydney. When be left them he gave information to the police, but they said nothing could be done.

Loss oy a Fishing Smack.' —A terrible disaster is reported from Iceland, where a French fishing smack, the Petite Jeanne, foundered in a heary gale, and every soul on board, 22 in number, perished. They were all, or nearly so, from the village of Plouezec, and have left behind them 15 widows and 52 orphan children, whose anguish of mind on receiving the news of their bereavement was quite heart-breaking to witness. To the ladies of Timaru and surrounding district,— Another reduction to meet the times. A cup of tea or coffee with cake supplied at all hours at the Railway Refreshment Rooms for 6d. Luncheon as usual, A waitress in attendance for ladies. The Shilling Lunches still continue at the Club Hotel. I). McGuinness, Proprietor.—Advt. "Rough oh Eats,” —Clears out rats, mice, caches, flies, ants, bed-bugs,; beetles, insects, hunks, jack-rabbits, sparrows, gophers. At Chemists and Druggists, Ksmpthorne, Prosser and Co., Agents. Christchurch. 1