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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 689, 10 February 1881, Page 2

In consequenco of • the special train arrangements in force to-day and to-mor-row, we publish the D.HIY earlier than Usual with a view of transmitting it hy the 9,30 train tn our subscribers in the other townships of the district,

Dixon's Dorby Sweep will be drawn this evening at Featherst'on, The Masrerlnn Borough Council invites applications for the office of Surveyor of buildings.

Applications are invited for the office of secretary and collector to the Mastorton Hospital. The R.M. Court at Maßtertnn sits on Saturday next, instead of to-day.

We remind settlers that the Crown Lands sale in the Town Hall, Masterton, takes placo at 3 p.m. to-day. We fear that the race-meeting will, to a considerable extent, iift'cct the attendance at it. » We trust that tho Wairarapa.Races today will. prove an unqualified success. This year they are to a certain extent under a now management, and it remains to be seen whether the new ideas which have been introduced will improve the race meeting.

We are glad to learn that numerous applications have been received by the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the deferred payment sections. For section 4, Mock VII., ill the Mangalioa district there are three applicants; for Block VIII. there is one applicant for each section Nos. 10, 25, 28. and 30, and three fur each section No. 26 and 27. For Block XI. there is one application for sections 1, 2, and Jf, and two for No, 9 For Block XII. there is one. application fur section No. 1. The (olal mini liar of applications is 19, and the Commissioner after the sale will be prepared to receive further ones for sections which have not been taken up.

The trial of Partiell and tho other chief Leaguers commenced in Dublin on the 27th ulrimn, A jury, composed of eight Catholics, three Protestants and a Quaker, were enipannelled after much dispute hotween the Crown lawyers and counsel for the defence. The Government eee'm to be apprehensive'of an armed rising, judging from their increased military precautions. The force in Dublin now consists of 200 officers, .6000 men, 1000 cavalry, and 18 guns, independent of constabulary. Fresh troops are going from. England, A .flying -column' has been formed to;scour the country in nil directions during the Fenian fising, The League increases daily, a'id boycotting, is becoming a regular system, applied t,o all individuals obnoxious to (lie League, Not only farmers, but tradesmen, are compelled' to Bubsprjb© to the funds,

Owing to tq'e early Mmrat which-yego; to prefo, eevernl> reports'and letfeririitu crowded out of ohr present issue.! ' ~;' ■ Messrs Ohainberlaiii Bros, 'hlive : nppoin- ; ted Mr bookkeeper; and collector. \. x .«#

It will be seen from our advertising columns that' the^lttsjo'rjojr' Bl»rai^«Tow-^ii^BnTffirsuScfipi .tious for. tbo ensimijr-year.are dtie r - - ..-.-

A poll was taken iii the .Town...Hall,! Masterton yesterday on the following' question .-"That .the Masterton Town Lands Trustees-do give town acres C2 and 54, and apart of acre 60, as a site for a new school, and-pay- tho sum-of-£4oo.to-tho Education Board for the present •school acre "(N0,"'09)'and tlio'bnildings' thereon.. 105 persons voted, among whom were sevoral ladies.' Ul voted for the proposal, and 18 against it-majority 129, The result of the poll is, therefore, a ( decisivo indication of public opinion ou [ the' question.'..' .;.'., .- | About us soon as the Masterton Volunteer Fire Brigade had finished their usual practice hist night, the lire-bell rang out a few strokes, and the men were informed that Mr D'Arcy's house was on tire. Tliey quickly «ot out the. engine, and ran the huso down to the house; but the members of the Brigade whose duty it is to proceed immediately to the scene of a fire had ■succeeded in beating out the flames, and tho danger mm at an end. the tiro was caused through the curtains of' the bedroom window igniting from a candle which had been left too near them, The damage done was fortunately trifling.'

Agrarian outrages have almost entirely ceased in Ireland. It is attributed to the prompt measures taken by the Government. Michael Daviit, Land Le:i»uer, was arresied on the fifth, and ordered to complete his term of imprisonment.

A short sitting of tlio Bankruptcy Court 'was held nt mum on Tuesday last, says the Times, liuforo the Mr Hall. The only business dune was declaring a deed of assignment of the estate of Frank Mountain duly executed, and (jiving an ordor of discharge to lUias Ouheii. Mr Filzherbert appeared fur Mountain, and Cohen attended in person. Thoro was no opposition in either case. From official returns just published it appeal's that for the first ten months of the current year the chief cereals imported into Germany amounted to 12,594,897 double centners, the exports being only 3,570,710. By far the greater proportion of tho former figure was con tributed in October. The customs ac cruiug from these imports of grain are rated at about IOJs million marks.

The Cunard Company have cc Deluded contracts for the construction of three powerful Bcrow steamships for the transatlantic services, the largest of which is to

be built of steel, and will bo of 7000 tons, with 8500 indicated horse-power, and is to bB called Aurania. The two other vessels are each to be upwards of 5000 tons, and 4500 indicated horse-power, and are to be called Pavonia and Oephalonia. The Aurania and Pavonia are to bo built and engined by. Messrs James and George Thompson, on the Clyde ; and the Cephalonia by Messrs Laird Brothers, at Birkenhead, It is stated that the Hon Graham Berry expressed bimsnlf at tho Intercolonial Conference as willing to negotiate with New Zealand as to reciprocity in the admission of certain articles on either side free, oral a low rate of duty. On the side of New Zealand, beer and cereals were mentioned ; and on ihe side of Victoria, ivinei and some' other articles of local production. It is understood that the New Zealand Government will open negotiations with Victoria with a view to arrangements for the benefit of both colonies.

A telegram from New York, dated the Ist inst,, appeared in tho London papers on December 2nd.slating that it had been decided by the Washington Government tint the first vessel of the United States Government visiting the Fiji Islands should uhtain redress for the recent murder of an American citizen by the natives. The telegram goes on to make the extraordinary assertion that ['diplomaticcorrespondence shows that Great Britain docs not claim authority there except so far as to. protect bur own subjects." Of course there is-some'muddle ovor this affair,-and another grimpqf islands than Fiji is probably referred to.

Those who think the land troubles are cunfiiiedto this side of tho Atlantic may possibly have forgotten that a state of things very much like that at'.present prevailing in Ireland once troubled the State of Now York, Oiviim to circumstances existing previous to the establishment of American independence, the land in ihe Stale had to a great extent fallen into the hands of largo landowners, who let it on Ions; le iscs. In procoss of time ilio tenant:i began to view the payment nf reals as a grievance, and banded, tngefhei for the purpose of resisting the enforcement of the law. Disguised as Indians, they baffled by forcible means every at tempt on the part of the sheriffs in levy distress for rent, and compelled the local authorities to appeal to the Slate Government for assistance. Silas Weigh', who was then Governor of tho State, immediately issued a proclamation and sent troops into the disturbed district. Sixty of the ringleaders were arrested and tried, the sentence on those who were convicted of murder being commuted to imprisonment for life, Tho "anti-rent war" having been thus brought to an end. Governor Wright, in his next message tothe State Legislature, acknowledged the grievances of the tenants, and iuccoeded in getting ut measure passed by which distress for rent was abolished.—" Pal' Mall Budget."

Particulars hnve been received nf the dentil of Lieutenant Heyland, of the Miiintiinr, who whs drowned in saving the life of a sailor, It appears that during a gale on the 25th nit,, whjln tl|s sea was tunning tremendously high, the ship rolling thirty degrees each way, and it was almost impossible tn l-mcra boat, n man fell overboard. The engines were stopped, an 1 Lieutenant Heylnnd jumped overboard with n line and swam to the man's assistance He succeeded, in Teaching him, in making the* lino fast to him, and the man was hauled on board and saved, but Lieutenant Heyland, exhausted bv his effortti, sank close tn the ship within a foot or two of a ladder which bad been lowered over the aide. Mr Heyland was in his twenty-ninth year, and entered the service as a naval cadet in 1804.

It is said that the famine In Russia will assume proportions altogether beyond previous estimaio, and it is quite certain ■ that no steps are being taken to meet it at all adequate to the emergency. At this time wheat is being shipped from Odessa to Western Europe, The fact of course is that the Russian peasant cannot afford at Ihe best of times to eat wheat, and this grain lias been sold long ahead to the Jews and other-middlemen, What is needed is an immediate importation of cheaper fond grains, if such ciin be obtained. We (Pall Mall Gazette) pointed out'-, not long since the only'available source of supply; but the .Russian Government 'contents; itself with unwise measures of restriction. When'hunger produces its inevitable political effect, possibly the men at the hwid' of affairs will regret their indifference; to the needs of the people; •';.; • '• .?;//■}

h A'telegram, from Ohristohu'iiph, dated February 8, states':—Yesterday Mr. H. Vallance'broke .Ins-leg while training .Huiitinydcn. i '...'•'..

\Thj,Kiw! of the Aslwntees threatens Sierra Leoiie because the British GoverSmn-efuses to deliver up a refugee .chief •■•whV-pkced himself under British '- -Iti?sardlhW fWJapanwe were pr.ictic--aljy..aci|uaiuted_\yith. the.art of Juminoua. Minting nine centuries ago"; thus' anticipating the'inventor of the''supposed now" phosphorescent paint, A Japanese-'cycle--,. psedhV cites an "accuuht'bf a" wonderful picture of an ox :-\yJiich left tha'frame to graze during the .day and returned at night, .ThJapicture came into .the p.nsses:' sionofan emperor, of the: Sung dynasty (a.d, 9G7;998), .who: sought: an : explanation j' which none of his' courtiers could give. At length a Buddhish priest showed that a nauseous substance obtained from oysters when ground into color material, rendered the pictures painted with the. latter luminous at night and invisible by day. The : figure of the.ox was paintedwith this phosphorescent. pigment,-and becoming invisible by day, the supersti-. tion arose that the animal had gone out to graze. ■ : : - ,'. ;

We (Harper's Weekly) received, from a correspondent the following somewhat incoherent, account of a duel which was fought in his neighborhood: Some way or other we are half in the dark about the result of the. question', but we shall leave the decision to our readers:—A duel was lately fought in Texas by Alexander Shott and John S. Nott. Nott, was shot, and Shott was not. In this caße it is better to bo Shott than'Nott. There - was' a rumor that Nott was not shot, and Shott avows that he shot. Nott, which proves either that the shot. Shott shot at Nott was not shot, or that Nott was shot notwithstanding. Circumstantial evidence is not always good. It may be made to appear ou trial that the shot Shott shot shot Nott ; or, accidents with firearms are frequent, it may be. possible that the shot Shott shot shot Shott himself, when the whole affair would resolve itself into its original elements, and Shott would be shot and Nott would be not. We.think, however, that i he shot Shott shot shot not Shott', but'Nott; anyway, it is hard to tell who was shot.

A story cornea wafted to us from just across the classic Murray (says an Australian.paper.) A squatter's wife had in her employ a pretty housemaid and a goodlooking Chinese gardener. With the natural acuteuess of woman she soon found out that John was" welley-muchee gone" on the maid-of-all-work. One evening just before dark the la'dy thought she heard John's dulcet notes in the front garden, and crossing the room to the open window she." popped out her head" just io see what was going on. The celestial cabbage-raiser saw the head, took it 'for the housemaid's, and, in the twinkling of a bed-post slid up and kissed. the owner thereof, John got six months in a New South Wales »nol,. and the lady never thinks of the " stolen kiss" without a shudder. The latest return of the number of votes cast for the candidates of the late prestdental election reveals tlio somewhat startling kct that General Garfield Ims been olected.by a minority of the electors. 9,192,945' persons voted, and- only 4,439,719; wero Republicans. Of the--4.753,226 who did not vote for General Garfield, 3,436.060-voted . for-.General Hancock, 305,729 were" Greeiibackers," 9044 prohibitionists, and 1793.v0ted cm the temperance ticket. In the Electoral College the Republicans' have 214 votes, and the Democrats 155; but in the plebiscite the Republican majority over General Hancock is only 3639,. out of a vote of over ehiht million votors. If.the French electoral law prevailed in the States a second ballot would have had to be taken, and as most of the Greenback' votes would havo been added to the Democrat [mil, General Hancock, and ; n»i General Garfield,.would probably have been the successor of President Hayes. These figures justify the assertion of' the " New York Herald!' that the Democrat s would havo carried tlio Union, hut for the treachery of Kelly, the "boss" of New York.

There is a general impression (writes a London correspondent), that ilMugh Spanish ■ wines are (puty-,' and French wines are doctored, those of Germany are pure. This pleasant belief will he (lis' /polled by the trial of the Durhachera 1 nf Baden. These wjne merchants have been in tho habit of selli"g wine equal in quantity—hut let us lmpo not in quality —of ut thirtieth part of the product, of the whule Duchy. This peculiar vintage Was produced hy pourius,' water, with spirit awl raisins, letting it stand, then cle-irinu it. and.finally mixing it with a little natural wine. When red wines were ordered, some " mountain port"—so called because it is of•■" no valley"—was added to give it color j if a darker tint was demanded they used black older beri:jes. In five months this enterprising firm purchased enough spirits of wine to furnish their eqstuub>s with ({OO,OOO gallons of this ti'th, and enough tartaric nciil tor 600.000 gallons. It seems to have had all the attractions of temperance champagne with deleteriousness added. The German beaks, not being English country magistrates, fined and imprisoned the rascals.

Sttangers paying a visit to and upooumry settlers arriving in Masterlon are often at a loss to know which is the cheapest and best house to purchase all kinds of General Drapery, Millinery, CliithiiiL', &c Schroder, Hooper &'Co., .Hall of Commerce, olFer special advantages in this line which cannot be met with elsewhere, their slock being the largest and best assorted in the Wairarapa. Their prices ai'o lower then any htiusß in Wellington, their goods aro all new and of the most durable class, and they sell cheap and for cash. This establishment is-situated directly opposite the Club-Hotel. Remember the address— Schroder, Co,, directly opposite the Cjub Hiitel, Read their advertise mont on the front page of this paper.— Advt). • ■