MAIL ITEMS.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2162, 8 December 1875, Page 4

MAIL ITEMS.

(FBOM'TJEtIS iSr.'2;.mEBAID SPECIAi's lETTEB.)

Mr Perkins, of the Occidental, has jusi been doubled in.^ JN'eF ? -york J ■-and^,;will shdrtly return to yoi|r:' v cityr shorn of %1! honors and privilegeV of I'll Thus they go^one by-0ne,.,, .Poor fellow! . AEEEST, i Ol|l. t^iß,loHi(Jfl! .?rp^;^jj ■ i

Brigham YGUOglias beeuvHcrested and imprisoned 4^?^o.Btemptjr of court, in refusing to pay. .the alimpny X legally; granted; to his lailie^^ife,..^na',£liza f l t^i >iK'Eatade-'. Clares he will die in.gaol sooner than pay ; the moneyy* Ifcwpn'tihMteWJybody " kej It will be of interest to the friends off tliePakelia-Maoris rfsidiiigiiieeeitdißOw: BQme^ißg^fjthe^i^y^^^^u^gh for the I\ew Zri^J^mM& {**fMj, and is getting ierriblyp/AttftiAodljew - Craig is doing ireUrtlft Me lumber trade. He is Very popular with Uncle Sam. *W. E.G-oodfellow, solicitor-and barrister, is teacM&g vi^ili (Yankee rivals) fhe proper; interpretation^ f oo r k their, own. law£, arid is| buUding 'up *a 'good business 'and ex-s cel\ent^mt&sQ& } :'•;ss-£ yQ Clark and? Mr X U'_N. Maning have Mrejady. aecjifredl an en^iaWeVposilioa ' &&-Vt3mofoM%Bej' have starred* in on a basisSSfeiparei dealing; and ohie4ii-to stick to it. Mr; Ferguson, formerly 6f the Waikato, is; ■^riting'a'b;opK':'pr^bably:-'of;^iaTelsi' uSo;i that JSew Zeaiarid'is not behind time in a literary «lj^Brifeilivfe.(f Mf Wilkins is doing a fair,;business asca"notary public. W. E. Turner: has-'streetrcars; on thej bra.in, and you may expect,him in Auc^" Ipnd at'an "early"date.' Mr' Sheath, for- . r*Wly ; o| iftQe- lb4ias'trala'siar(, is pah -officer; of.,;•'fhV 9rEonaon hv;ana :d^ San^Ffaneisco -:<Wi^st*M&mr A-Jmri* {Porter %o?» E. i Bor&fxaTad.-iGo.). EopreSeatfK.aircommer- ' ciaJitKh%sei:tin:i. this eity.^ofMr J. C, Eussell, erewhile a surveyor in your pro-, vin^St^wla:(re§r^ei^ati^.#pit*list| and stock operator in this city. ' Messrs; Duncan, BcdmaynW Surhani; atod 'Pinker- '■ ton, from Dunedin, are all onithe^up! grade, ; id»iferiasvfarmeri*.6r specula|p|s. ■ Our club is in a very healthy condrabn,} ■ifmd s'ffli^^ths^ttding«'-th;r';.receit''(ea^tKv %alMn(fi^ntiial t;imatteJfst'its rcfedit^# [ qapital are alike unimpaired;'.- vS,6nle|:'6f| the ■meiibe^i^6^l3!fike tt6;''Kfidw"dn''wliat || „ te^ms 4h^p|jß catild be affiliated with^e j| '" ilPEfrlTllMWrfli'iii'-n n--r-r' T ----rr- -~~~~~— «— ,-*,.:■,■■!- j:

'■: smGEdBGEBOWEN " ) is.eamute..tl.W fI^I:l!&.-will ; Aail.by t the out-going steamer for Australia^ ! The rivers of ther State of California: ■have.! been stockeoLr i^ith salmon tprthe ; ambmitof2^ot),bOO: -^ \" '' I. ' , ' ••■ . SUfG'EE'S^. WILL. . . ' ■ ! .^Ehe'v'i^path °^4% e^:^ ie.>^ eat' American sewing machine man", and_ the; i>Tlb|ifat.ion of his wiil,.rey,e f als a cpndition j yffa^/l^lmo^t; b^ypidi creflenqe.; Singed leavetehirteen million of dollars! to be divTde#am'Png;'hia wives and: 32 children. JMr,Sjmger was divorced; from his „ HesubseSuently"'married'' fPur I other/ ladies, "who ore to him, in the aggregate, 32 children. His last wife?lsabellarhas been.with him • in England for many fears,- has -been-xe-ceivedrvin.tP-.^tho^'b^st-.o.faDil.U? B.*'^ er own :hbiise',' and entertained the most fashionable guests magnificently. To her,:his last loVe, Singer leaves about one million sterling. The rest of his property" is equally divided between all his wives and children. : One of th^m lives 'mHhis city under the name of Mathews. Herself and. children receive,l ; ,500j000 dollar?. This strange condition'6f marriage has been going on for twenty years; and: yet it does not tlißt the slightest disturbance was ever made by either of "the "wives, or any attempt on the part of friends to blackmail. . Singer kept them all in comfort, indeed, I may say in affluence, and avoided scenes. The strangest part of the business is that he was a very religious man—gave largely to the church•with which he was connected, and took an active part in its affairs. The will is being contested by the first wife.