The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 867, 7 September 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 7, 1881.

A few days ago we pointed out the danger of the Opposition carrying off the Lower Valley seat in consequence of the probable splitting up of votes on the Government side. It appeared pretty obvious to us that with four Ministerial candidates in the field there was not a fair prospect of any one of them being returned. At the time we wrote on the subject the representatives of the Opposition in this district hinted pretty plainly that in default of a candidate of their own color, they would give their support to MiBuchanan. It is just possible that this course may be adopted, but it was so evident that it was to the interest of the Grey party to put up a man of. their own that wo felt very little confidence in the assurance they gave in favor of a Ministerial candidate. There is a rumor now that Mr GisBORNE, the member for Totara—Mr GISBORNE. the ex Cabinet Minister Civil servant, the gentleman who has recently been fined and lectured by the Speaker-will be sent up by the Opposition party to represent it in the South Wairarapa Electoral District. We think that it is extremely probable that the rnmor is well founded, and that we shall have the Champion of the Stonewallers canvassing in the Wairarapa. Mr Gisborne is an aide man in his way, and the electors who have confidence in the present Ministry will have to mind : what they are about or he will carry off the seat. If a man like Mr Gisborne conies up to fight for the Opposition interests, it will nevey dp to have the Government votes split up between four or even three candidates. The .ejectors will have sooner or later to take matters into their own hands and decide what | candidate shall be accepted as the j representative of the Ministerial in- : terests. In the meantime we hope that t}ie electors in the southern part of this district will be chary of pledging their votes to any candidate Th^ 1 must remember that by hasty or illadvised action on their part they mav ] not only lose the election for the candidate they desire to see returned, but also lose it for the side on which their interests lie, If a Strang Opposition candidate came forward settlers, in? stead of fighting candidates on their own side, must be prepared to enoouiu ter a real enemv.

■ The' annual meeting of the Masterton Building Society takes'place this eventnir, ■ Mj Wardeil E.M, sits.nt Oartorton today;

A poll will take 1 place to morrow between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. in the Town Ha[l for the election of three Councillors,

'.■To-rnrjrrow Messrs J. H. Bethune <fc Co., flfrijU y,aluable Featherston property near tb.fl «ai(w(w station by order of the innrtgagses,

' President Garfield's condition j)aving materially improved, his. physicians m now considering the possibility of re-/ movsing him to his home in Ohio, and ' thus give him the benefit of a change of air, '' Tlie Masterton Fire Brigade meet this for their annual election of officers,

A very influential requisition in another column invites to come forward as a candiaWror' ( tb.e: Mayoralty._ MrCaselbergjn complying! with the wish of the memorialists says that his views are emphatically progiessy#; >but at .the same .time free from recklessness. We shalllobk forward with ipterest'.tp .tliaji .fiiHtjr expression of .the views of,thy candidate which will no doubt.in due .course m submitted ,to the .ratepayers. Having watohe'd for jiiaiiy -jearsMr Oaselberg's public and' privies career, we ( kuow.him to be quite capable ,pf foi; mirig a,nd, carrying out definite plans |w.j|H»^^em^tof.the-borough.'

_ Mr W. '•() JBidwoll liiis'iiaoii successful'' in his. ciiiiliikluro.ln:- t'lii/Fbatbierston Higlnvo.vjj (JU iil.. ;; • •■';.!:•;■. \%. ;'•'Tlib (jieytinvii fonlhiilmhrtvo iiiti-, mated to iheir Masfcoit.ui.: opponents tlia't; they do.tiot intend io\plaVahy more this season;: The latter are miich disgusted by. this nnriouiiceiiieiit, as under'i stood thing with both.clnbs. that'tliere ,would be a match, next Saturday. We cannot account for thiß, coming from I Grey town, unless they are afraid of getting ■'»' thrashing.. A meeting of the: Finance Committee' of the Masterton Fire Brigade was held' ; yesterday at. the Counoil Chambers-pre-sent Messrs Payton (in the chair,) Brown,. G'ay, Dixon, and Muir. The following officers were elected lor the ensuing year; -Chairman J, Payton, Treasurer F. Gray, Secretary W. Sellar, auditor J. Brown. Arrangements wero made for a permanent subscribers list in connection with tha brigade, subscriptions to be: : paid anuually or half' yearly in the' month's of September and February. 'A resolution was passed authorizing the purchase of new hose.

A meeting which was well attended was held in the VVesleyan Church last evening Mr B,P. Perry in the chair, to discuss the means to bo adopted for liquiddating the Church debt. .-The..following resolutions were carried 'unanimously,the meeting being very enthusiastic in. iheir favor:—l. .That in- the opinion uf this meeting it is very desirable that the debt .remaining on thiß Church be cleared off during the. current year. 2. That we. the Trustees and congregation worsltipping in this'(3hureh gratefully' recognize the ■■'praiseworthy efforts now 1 being made by the'.'members, of the Sewing meeting Joi; the purpose of giving -a'Bazaar'for this object, 3; .That in order to make the forthcoming ;l)!iZ;iar-pi>oposed to be held .in December Jnex't—successful, we severally, agree to ; .solicit contributions of goods. 4, That in addition to the offorls now bein<> put forth for the bazaar, "it is'desirable to canvass the district for subscriptions in aid of'this liquidation. 1 5. That in order to carry out the canvassing scheme,: a committee .be appointed, the Church Debt Extinction Committee, consisting of all the Trustees, the Circuit and Society Stewards, the Minister, Superintendent of School, and also of the following gentlemen, with power to add to their number:—Messrs Galloway. Gapper, D'Arcy, R, Brown. J Brown, Chinchen, J. Williams, J. Vile, Daniells, and Judd. 6. That the Church Debt Extinction Committee meet next Monday evening at 6.30

The horsewhipping case at Greytown was heard at the Of, Court yesterday, A deal of interest was excited over it, the Court being crowded Mr Gray (of the firm of Beard and Gray) appeared for the plaintiff (James Lewis), and Mr Parker' for the defendant (Michael Ryan), Plaintiff stated that the Ranger impounded a cow and calf on August 13. Knowing it to he defendant's, lie acquainted hitn of the fact. The cow was taken out on Monday morning, and. was again impounded on the same afternoon. On defendant coming to release the cow again he, without any pro'vocat ; on, rushed at plaintiff and struck him with a heavy whip across the shoulders, thenpushed him down and kicked linn in the ribs', at the same time using very abusive language.-By Mr Parker: Never said he had _a .lown on defendant. Never ?aid or did anything to provoke him. Was not very cruelly'used. Marks were visible on his body for a week after.—W. Pole, Ranger fortheßorough, stated ho pounded the cattle off the main street.—Dr H. 'IV Spratt, before giving evidence, wished to know if the Court would guarantee bis expenses. On being told that plaintiff was responsible, he stated.that he examined the plaintiff and found, some marks ou his body, such as might be causocl by a heavy whip, or the plaintiff coming m violent contact with' some object.-Tho defendant, on being sworn, stated that plaintiff bad threatened to impound his eo'v whenever he got achanoe, ant) when he went to release it they came to high words, when he called plaintiff a loafer, who pioke.l up a large stone and threatened to knock his brains out if he said that again, whereupon he struck him with the whip.— plaintiff then ran away, and in doing so tell over some rails, - J. Habley gave evidence as to hearing plaintiff say he and the rauger had made it up to impound defendant's cow whenever they got a chance.- J. Jackson and G.Laver were also called but their evidence 'did not aflect the case in the slightest.—His Worship considered the assaults admitted by defendant in his own evidence, and hnodlnmJ2 and costs or in default 28 days.-When his Worship was givin* judgement Mr Parker remarked that he HIS Worship) believed plaintiff's storv but he himsolf believed defendant's, whereupon his Worship ordered him to sit tlown and said he hoped he would be more careful in future as to the language Je used in Court and said'no doubt Mr I'irker did believe defendant otherwise he would not have conducted his case.

; In_ Berlin the street cars do not begin , pinning until half-past 7 in the morning .and as the schools open at 7 the children have to walk, some of them lougdistances. Hie cars stop for passengers only at certain points, several crossings apart. A ring with the head of Diophene the fnend of Alexander the Great, cut on yellow cornelian, by Pergotelos 323 'years before Christ, be being the only person allowed to take a likeness of the' kin* or of Diophene during the twelve year's of Alexanders, is the property of a gentleman reading at Markton County Dublin Ireland. There are but fwo' other : rings ot the kind in existence.

According to a retain i ssue d from tii.e Hiogo (Japan) Engineering Works, seven steamers and one sailing vessel were built there last year, During the same period 22 steamers and two sailing vessels underwent repairs, and eight engines were constructed and eleven repaired. Fourteen boilers were liwle and 134 .pieces of machinery of different lands. ■

, A- sinjiilar robbery occurred in Buffalo County, U.S., early in May, which waa not discovered until nearly three weeks later/ George Gorlinm, lawyer;' after olipninir the coupons from bonds amounting to 120,0.00, which he held as attorney left them op the cashier's desk of the Erie Country Savings Bank, where they were kept for safety. Their loss was discovered about May 19 and it was learned through a Baltimore lawyers that the bonds would ftp recovered for .1 ransom of £IO,OOO, As Jjh? /"/spent steeple-chases tf the Eleventh Hiiswra, at Sundown, England, the tent in which' luncheon was served was decorated with the Tittered hnele which sounded tho ''advance"atßalakiayp ns well as with! the silver trumpet blown' by the trumnet-mijor at the proclamation of ihe Empress of India, while around the tent the name's of the battles in which the regiment had borne a part were arranged .fp flower^' We have .been informed that Moasr o .Rapß.rtnd Hare of'the' smp.or,iurri Queen Street have 3,00 bushels of white: seed potato, oats grown iii the.JVairarapa "and acknowledged to .be the best sample in■ the market. As there .is a great'demand for first plnss seed oats we would' recommend .farmers who intend to grow milling oats and sustain the.hiuh market" price for this produce to secure some of this seed without delayi—fAdvtl.

, In; the laßtthirty-rJvo years' the debt of; Europehasnearly trebled,and isincrease ing'o Europe owed at. the close of" 1880 A.358'i9 : 6Q,000', giving to eaoh inhabitant an average pf with little hone that it will ever be' paid off. ;?'' The moniimont of GariV»aldi,at,N'ice; ia hot--likely to ever be completed. The French 'Government has suspended the 'subscription for the monument. ; • The original, amount paid for. what is how the riohest mine in New Mexico, said to beworth £60,000,000, was 13s Od in silver, a. little. gold dust, and an old revolver. '....■

..The New "Testament has just beer translated into the Corean language and; Glasgow lady, promises to provide ball the salary for five years of the first Coreai evangelist. , The first Christian church ever built b the Chinese for themselves anil by them selves was in'Hololulu in 1879,whe,: £llOO was collected for the purpose. The chief subscriber a Chinese merchant and rice-planter who gave 1100, came to the colony 20 years before as a coolie in a slave, ship.

Arsenic is being used for destroying rabbits in Victoria. ■ The Times of Horsham report's seeing rabbits lving dead in all directions. The arsenic is" boiled with | sugar, and the rabbits take it greedily, as indeed do other animals, to their own detriment and ,that of their owners.. Our, informant' states that ho has lost some sheepj.but whether fro'm : the'poison he does not know, and a neighbor lost nine sheep, and. a calf, evidently from poison. The farmers, however, are so very pleased with the result of their endeavors that there is now no talk of no,t continuing cultivation; in fact, in this part of the district tho greatest preparations are being wade for the ensuing season. A novelty in the art of self-murder .reaches us from. Bussia. A prominent official of the Russian' administration atWilna, who was also a colonel in the linperiaT.Guards, became'recently affected with'.melancholy, through'a love affair. A few days ago he repaired to his estate at Urtebsk, and ordered th« peasants to build an immense bonfire, which he had saturated with all manner of inflammables. At midnight he proceeded to the bonfire, set fire to it, then, climbiug to the top, took his seat on a barrel of tar, and blew his brains out. A peasant passing by gave the alarm, but the villagers arrived too late to save the the colonel's body front cremation. Mr 0. H. Mills of Havelock Marlborough, formerly a resident of Wellington states in a letter to a local paper that his brother, Mr T. H. Mills, has found kerosene a complete antidote for tutu poisoning iu cattle. ■ On one occasion he found one of his most valuable cows nearly dead from the effects "of eating the poisonous shrill) and after trying various remedies without success as a last resource he gave her nearly a pint of. kerosene as an experiment and in about twenty minutes he was delighted to see she had completely recovered.. Since then he has had fifteen cases through his hands and never lost a beast.

Any of our readers who are requiring good and serviceable clothing, could not possibly do better than purchase from Gardener & Son, Criterion Store, Carter■ton; who are renowned for their moderate ohargts,—[Advt,]