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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1478, 8 September 1883, Page 2

The matoh committee-of the Masterton Volunteers meet thin evening to consider a challenge from the Wellington.Rifleß to fire a return match on the 12th inst. . Mr F. H. Wood is instructed by Mr H. Sears to eell on September 11th bia leasehold property and cows, pigs, hones, &c. .Nine hundred acres ( of first-olais land, situate on the banks of the Ruamahanga Eiver, East Taratahi, is offered for private sale by Mr P. H. Wood. On our fourth page will be found the following interesting extracts: —'* Profitable Home Farming," "A South Sea Trouble,"" How an Aooident was Prevented," and " Spoopendyke on Canopen'mg."

"Vli p - |o f *Mr \W) Il a 5 deplored infeoted. ■-■ Ml' J, Leahy gives notice of hja intention to apply for his diaohargo fron under hia bankruptcy. Mr J. Stuckoy, of Te Bangitumau, advertises for sale a few Hereford bulls; also ft Shorthorn bull bred by MrJ.P,. RuM6li,of;Wangaimoanar"' ' ' A meeting of residents is convened by ilia Worship the Mayor at the Institute this, evening t>> arrange for the reception of His Excellenoy the Governor on I Thursday next. Now that 'lV.tasJeen•! definitely deoided to obtain the honor of a : visit from Sir William Jervois, we hope every effort will bo made to givo. him,a reception which will he agreeable to himself and oreditable to the town. ' ' l Notice is p;iven poison is laid for dogs on the paddooka lying between the Upper Plain road and the Akura Bush, and the schoo-hnuse and the residence of Mr Cornoliuß Dixon, Upper Plain, Mr Oleghorn expects to finish his con* tract for the new courthouse within'the next fortnight., As far., as the limits of the new building allow, the'accomodation

for the Bench, bar, press, olerk, bailiff, and publio is very , fair, r but, like most' emauationsfrom tho Golouial Architect's office, the structure is a nlaze rather than a plan."' There are innumerable doorij but moving from-one part of the'buMng to anothor is a little difficulty, owing to the unnecessarily complicated arrangement of tho" various' 'sections' of the buildim;. ... Mr Thomaa W. Shote in another column intimates his intention of ooming forward for . the. vacant seat in tho' Masterton Boriugh Couuoil. v Mr George Beetham paid a flying visit to Maoterton. last evening, to Bay good bye to us many of his friends as possible, prior to his departure for Euglnnd, but us he arrived by the late train last night, and left.by the early .tram this morning, Ins time m Maatertun was very limited. The Grey town firsbell rans.out analarm on Thursday evening, that notwithstanding the stormy night, was heard at a great distance. In a very short, time-the tiHßinee and hote reel were manned by nearly every member of the Brigade, but it was found that the cause of the alarm was a chimney alight. The usual practice of the Brigade did nut take place, owing to the storm, The Druids' Festival and Plain and Fancy Dress Soiree held at Carterton on Thursday night proved to be one'of tlm most successful and enjoyable ever held in the district, Notwithstanding; the inclement weather, over two hundred were present, including visitors from Wellington. The vaiiiua tableaux—

Maypole Dance, etc, elc. —were successfully managed, and much admired. A large party had arrived fr.-in Matterton, and to their assistance was due in a great measure the success of the gathering. The Maypole Dance by Masterton juvenilea was a great hit and much applauded, The thanks of the Carterton brethren are certainly due to the Maaterton Lodge, for the kindly interest taken in thoir flrat--festival. To the good muaio supplied by' Mr Lundqviat's Quadril'e Band, dancing ' wag kept up till nearly daylight. The ball was tastefully decorated, and the refreshments supplied by the ladieß' committee left nothing to be desired either in quality or quantity, and where there were; so many heartily working to make the festival and soiree a success, it is- hot surprising that even the boisterous weather did not mar their efforts. 1

The regular monthly meeting of the Standing Committee of the Wellington Diocesan Synod waß held yesterday after noon. Present—The Bishop (President), Archdeacon Stock, Revs, B. OoDey, and T. Fancourt, Hon. C. J; Pharasjn, Messrs Powles,France, and Rous Marten. The President stated that his {Special Fund now amounted to £093. A. letter was received from the Bev. H. Vere White, late inomnbent of Grejtown, requesting that the.sunt, duo to him fur. his lust month's stipend be paid instead to the Church Fund. A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Mr White for hie generous uift. The resignation of ivliGeorge Beetham, M.'H.R , as a member of the Diocesan Synod, in consequence of hie intended visit to England; was re ceived and accepted. Mr W. Beetham being appointed a member of Synod in his stead. The remainder of the business mainly related to matters of toutine. Th 6' Synod meets next week.—Evening Post. Through some inadventnre in using methylated spirit at the _ Carterton Druids' Festival, a :cry' of, Fire I''.was raised, and it caused tho usual panic amongst thoso assembled. No damogo resulted fortunately, but it prorod beyond a doubt that greater care is necoisary in dealing with such inflammable material, also that the authorities should insist on the means of exit from the Public Hall Carterton, being improved; immediately, and not wait till someone is crushed to death before they think suoh precaution is necessary. Had there been any drapery hanging within reach of the flames that rose on Thursday evening, and the out side door by any chance got dosed, the sequel would have* been such as would make the Druids' Festival long remembered, We trust this warning will bo thought sufficient, and that every outside door iu every public building where largo orowds assemble will be hung bo as to swing outwards,

Shears I Shears I A large assortment at wholesale prices, at Rapp aud Hare's, Emporium.—Advt. The Hall of Commerce surplus clearing sale will continue until Saturday next, during which time settlers will have an opportunity of purchasing every description of drapery, at English cost prices.' G. W. Schroder will offer to day and the following week an. immense assortment of remnants uf new goods, calicoes, sheetings, wiuceys, flannels, etc., at very low prices. Boy's, youths' and men's overcoats are being 1 sold -rapidly at greatly reduced prices.—Adtt. | Don't die in tbb "Bough on Bata" dears out rats, mice, beetles, roaches, bed-btißs, flies, ants, insects, moles, jack-rabbits,-gophers 7i- Moses, Moss; & Co., Sydney, General Agents^ Mother Swan's Worm Syrup.—lnfallible, tasteless, harmless, cathartic; for feverishness, restlessness, wormß, constipation, Is, Moses, Moss 4 Co., Sydney, General Agents, The extraordinary-sale of Surplus Winter Stook at. Te Aro .House, Wellingtonshould bo a matter of some interest to all' readers of the Waikarapa Dailt for these special reason*','lst, becansa of the largeness of the stock,. 2nd,' becanse of the short dnration of, the sale, 15 days only, Sri, because of the unprefle-' dentedly low prices. Onr price list, issued with this paper, should, we think, astonish everybody, and very certain it is that a trip to the Bale would be money in pooket to every Wairarapa resident that should try it. If not able to come, their orders, accompanied with cash, would be as well executed as though selected personally. It simply means 20s for 10s, or evoa.less in many cases, therefore try it, 0 ye residents, and that right early. Bear in mind that we have no -country businesses whatever, no branches in any township, aud no one is authorised to sell for us, either regularly- or irregularly. IKe have only -one plate of bumm in thi' l: 'priiimf ■ • and 'the would do well to keep this fact in mind when sending their orders, or visiting Weiington,that our sole. establishment in the colony is that known as Jambh Smith's t Te Aro House, Wellinfton.—Anvr.

that sha'fyill apt Tip dismissed frpmh'et desk in the .Pension Office, and that it they worry hotaqy more aha willahow up the entire iMcality. connAoted with that department. They have got the hotel busintis dona to a fine point, in OMosgo, All transient 'Bttests , lqggaga esamine'd by a ipeojal steward, .to see that the Saratunga ie not filled with rooks and bnoks, and.! must deposit cash ir advance for their beds and carefully searched ench : {ttne'tlley enter and leave i tho hotel» and private detectives keep an 1 eye on them at meal times, so as to save the thinly plated iron spnona and forks,

One of the reasons given for breaking the will of the lata David M, Ohauncey, a California, pioneer, - who died., in the lunatio asylum oi'Tfing'a Count, N.Y., was "that, among othnt.'; symptoms of insanity, he was in the habit of calling on aotrasßss and presenting them with flowers. . . - ,

Convicts in Texas are not confined to penal settlements, but are hired out to work »n. railroads and farms. Thußj one convict who is undergoing a r lifo sentence hai been hired out_by.his own wife, and lives comfortably at honifl. ;• Mr W. 0, Baiter, of Now Jersey, claims to bo "chicken.king of. the Universe." Mr Baker's' " Eccalobcon,'! or artificial hatching establishment,, turnsout 250,000 ohiokens a year. He keopi 2000 laying hens, and -buys all- the-freih and fecund eggs that are offered him \ • Professor Sckbeuborn,'of Koenigsborg, Ins lately executed a luoceiiful operation by opeuing the stomach of a young girl, and extracting * perfect chiKnoD of hair. The girl had for , many .years been in the; habit of biting, off the ends of hair,; in tho belief that the hair would by this means grow better. The little balls ofher hair ie swallowed had gradually grown together on r the, trails of, the stomach and formed a regular chignon, which had become covered witliifc kind'(if incrustation; The girl bocame .ill, { ani) waß long' unable to digest any food, whilst the hard substance in the stpmaoh wis olearly porcop: ible to the touch from the outside, and led to the operation. A young lady who. is,much annoyed by the sturiugof-rude young men in the tramcare, and who is, ; moreover, beyond her-yaaVa a sblrswd judge of human nature, has discovered a simple remedy against tho discomfort. She says that by gazing at .the shoes of such silent admirers,' with ft look composed

of equal parts of amußement and deprecate, the most annoying bore-is reduoed to a contemplation of the same articles, and in wondering what is the matter with them is.kept, diligently employed for an indefinite period.

At a banquet given te Lord Wolseley in Dublin recently;: the 1 "only general of his time" mado some remarks wliioh have been severely .criticised by a portion of the English Press H« said there was no greater folly than to imagine that the strict discipline which was necessary a,n army could be maintained amongst Irishmen by the cold,' unsympathetic ;,rfile'of Englishmen, He had ft great respect for. Englishmen. He. knew. thoir. good points, and no. one could admire . English soldiers more than he did, . But his own experience of Irish' soldiers was that, if you want to have them in a state of discipline, and to get as much out of them as possible, they mußt be commanded by their own countrymen. Irish soldiers, he thought, were very ,much like the Irish people generally—they required to be ruled firmly, but justly, The administration that suited other races did not .suit tho Irish army ,any more than it suited the Irish people. On the night of July "24 "a shocking affair occurred at Portsmouth, Virgina, Betweon 1000 and 5000 porsons were attending a circus performance there, when a strong wind ripped up the canvas and allowed most of the marquee to fal}, and the lamps, set the canvas on fire, but- a heavy shower came on just then and prevented it from burning. The' crowd, however, became panio-stricken in the darkness, and delirious with terror. ■ Women arid' children were knocked down end run over, fatheioM motfiek were separated from their ohildren, and ran about in every direction calling for aid

in finding their lost ones. . A few men only proved oquai to the occasion, and stood bravely fighting the flames and assisting the women and children out from among the debris, either by tearing or cutting the canvas. To add to the difficulties ! of escape, all who emerged from the tent were suddenly precipitated into a difcoh about five feet deep and growu up with briars. Here women, children, and meri were piled in confusion, and many were almost

denuded of clothing. .To ■ add to the terror, the fireballs commenced to ring, and steam whistles to signal alarms, throwing the city into great excitement and turning : out the whole ; population. A great many people were badly ihurt and had limbs broken, but no ono was killed outright. Ther* has again been an outburst of mawkish sentimentality amongst'the woinon of San. Francisco, who have beon overruling the murderer' Jewell, offering him sympathy and converting his, qell into a flower, garden. One of the' papers-asks the Sheriff to take the names of those' women, and promises to publish them and '"MWhe world know who are the ones who neglect; their household duties in order to pay their respects to a.red-handed murderer.!'.: Belle Harris, a Salt-Lake "sealed wife," is a determined woman. . She refuses to inform the Grand Jury of 'Whb is.'the fatlier of her child, and has been two months in

gaol for her, contempt.; f)n Juno 57 she was again brought a before the Court, and, being still obdurate was

recommitted to prison. She declares that she will remain there eternally before she turns against her husband. It is not -always sale to inscribe a libel on a tombstone, A father in St. Louis, whose son was' drowned While bathing with two companions, suspected the latter of having been, privy to his death, and, after the recovery and. burial of the body, erected a tombstone over the grave, bearing the following inscription:— "Rock of'Agcscleft'fortae, Let'nw hide mywlf ia '.thee." Drowned by Philander Firiley and Mart B«ggs Finley and Beggs brought a libel action against the father and the'maker of the tombstone, who had to pay £2OO damages, the father being" unable to prove that bis son's death was in any way due to the acts of the the plaintiffs.

~; ;M eßsra Ijowe« and have ° Motived, iniiriictipns from Mr JJ; Toomath whd ta relinquishing the ip.ilt.,'bniiheii," to sell the the'atock-in-trade of the Maatetion Sash and Door Factory, con-1 liuting of a large quantity of timber, lathes, archltrarea, matoh lining, &o. Shearing,, operations -Rre expeotedv to commence in the Whareama district next week. The bankrupt,stook of boots lately purchased by Rapp and Hare, it going off very rapidly. All. the settler* who:waot boots at lest than wholesale prices should not forget to call at the Emporium.— Advt.