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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 902, 18 October 1881, Page 2

It is said that Musursns Bey will he a Catholic, and regain his bride. Moody and Sankey, the American revivalist preachere, are making another preaching and singing tour through England. They have gathered together large audiences at Newcastle, where they are now laboring. The new Czar leads a very simple life, according to an American paper. He rises early and breakfasts with his family, and then puts on his boilor-iron overcoat and takes a walk in the back yard.

A hag containing £SOO was recently left in a hansom cab by a London official. Shortly after the loss was discovered, the money was returned intact by the driver, who was rewarded for his honesty in the handsome sum of half-a-crown.

Recently at Davenport, England, the captain of a sailing vessel, for having grossly maltreated a sailor by first knocking liiui down, then putting him in irons and afterwards suspending him from the boom by his wrists for thirteen hours, the blood streaming from him, was only fined twenty shillings.

A packet recently arrived at the palace where the Czar was residing, containing models of a number of murderous instruments. A piece oi writing accompanied the models stating that they vero sent in order that His Majesty might take his choice of an instrument, as he had been sentenced to death.

The quantity of tin ore raised in 1880 on the tin fields of New South Wales was much greater than in 1879, It amounted to Cl5B tons 12 cwt, valued at £471,337. Since the opening of the New South Wales tin fields in 1872, the total quantity of tin and tin ore exported is 53,367 tons 9cwt, and the value £3,615,574,

Professer Adams—who first discovered the planet Neptune, and sent the ruielt of his calculation to Sir George B. Airy, Astronomer Royal, who.not believing that a man so young as Mr Adams was capable of such work, pigeon-holed them till Leverrier published exactly thesimilar results —has lately been offered the position whioh Sir George has resigned. On a ceiling in a palace of the thirteenth century, now used as a dry-goods warehouse, at Avignon, bass-reliefs of the eleventh century in the cathedral at Valence, and subterranean galleries in fields near by, supposed to be employed by the early Christians as shelter from their persecutors, have been lately discovered in the Provinces by French archeologists.

At Winston, Missouri, at 7 o'clock on July 16, a gang of masked robbers stopped the Chicago and Rock Island Pacific train. The conductor of the- train was shot dead The driver deserted the engine and his place was taken by one of the gang, A passenger who moved in his seat was instantly shot dead. The express safe was robbed, but the amount was under £4OO. The robbers then begun to plunder the passengers, but were "frightened by the brakesman springing the automatic brakes, and so starting the train. The sheriff pursued with a party of 60 constabels.

There are three great advantages the public of Masterton get by dealing at Eapp and Hare's. Ist. They can obtain goods cheaper than at any other store. 2nd. The quality ef their goods is the best that can be supplied. 3rd. They always sell at their advertised prices. Those who have never given them a trial should do so at once, and they will not be disappointed.—[Anvr.]