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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1683, 12 May 1884, Page 2

The poll for the Thordon ollction takes place to •morrow. | . Lowes and lows add to their stock sale for the 14th a lii.e of 101) crossbred ewes and 10 store pips. This week the Salvation Amy contemplate, making prolimiuary nramjcuiotits for the invasion of Carterton. Professor • Anderson perfirmod on Saturday ovoning last at t|o Theatre Koyal to a largo and appreciative audience. Meetings .of creditors take placo this afternoon to consider applications for dißohatge on the part of Mr Hathaway, and'Measrs King &Tooinath.. The Maste'rton Volunteer lira Brigade hold their Boiree, as atinouiced in the Theatre; Boyirthis evening, aid will, we trust, have a pleasant aiii profllablo reunion. . /

MossrsJ. Stono & Sun announce that they have received a largecousignmontof Canterbury fruit trees and are selling the same at reasonable prices,

Mr James Ross, of tliia town, had a nasty fall from a young horse which ho was breaking in ou ( Satu,'day last, which resulted in-Ins right..shoulder being severely contused. n It is notified that the Miwterton Riflo Yolanteors, and School Cadets will parade at 10 a.m. on the 24th instant in honor uf the anniversary of Her Majesty'i birthday and for quarterly inspection. \ Lowes and lorns add to their Wednesday's sale an addditional 1190 sheep, and ton head of youim catlle. The sale should prove a mutt attractive o-ie, ombraciug sheep of all classes, cattb, horses, and pigs. The Greytoivn people are rapidly becoming converts to spiritualism, There are both trance and writing mediums in that township. Spirit circles are drawing young men away from bcor and billiards, and creating a marked change in the habits of the rising generation, Mr Hutchison, M.H.E., contemplates a public roply to the Premier's speech. In tho existing state of public feeling in Wellington an adherent of Mr Mont* gomory would act wisely by not opening his mouth. : The larrikins came to the fore at the Salvation Army meeting in the Masterlon barracks last evoinng, and the result was a disorderly service. Tho meeting room ;wss crammed, every seat being occupied. Soon after the sorvice sommeueed there wero signs of the emeny, and when Sergeant Pro?riel was. called upon to address the meeting the unconverted commenced to stamp their feet and hiss. The Sergeant completed his address amid a running fire of hisses, and then the Captain led off with a hymn. Tho larrikins joined in, and took charge of il by shouting out . the chorus of it continuously. Throughout tho evening He Army was very much at tho mercy of the larrikins who '/.were present in /itch numbers ihat.it would have been'impossible'.to eject them, Wo hear .'liat tho liauies of sniiio of tho leaders - ware tikon down and that legal proceeding?, against them are contemplated. " Silver Penin the Auckland 'Herald.' writes There are 3,500 Chiiainen working in tho cigar factories oi San Francisco, Lately tlioy have onukled their Christian brethren by organiiing a trade union, and regularly onco a-week they have struck on somo trivial prctciico or other. Their line of action was rattier clever, had it succeeded. Itjvas'lhis: These men worked in thirty" factors, and they had thirty cards numbered for each factory, also numbered. They tlisn ballntted for tho number to str.lte upon, and whichovor number was drawn m that factory tho 'heathen'si ruck for some cause or other. They wero striking onco a week like an oightday clock, when tho bosses agreed to throw off the yoke, and a days afterwards the 3,500 Chinamen wero lockod out, whero thoy still remain " , ;Not long ago a boy of 13 arrived it St Petersburg, after travelling 1500 miles on foot' in order to obtain instruction on tho violin, Tho boy comes from i Cijssack village, Val.dikavltas, whore from tho age of 6ix lie had been - (riving village concerts. Hearing by chance "of tho existence of tho St Pcteraburgh Conservatory, he bravely set out alone for tho capital, travelling along the railway lines, and living by the charity of othors. The long journey, however, exhausted tho little, fellow, and he became dangerously ill of typhoid fever. °

the Island of Hawaiia ig a remarkable exemplification of Amoric&n progressiveness. It ijintereslins; to rend that while a century sinco tho Hawaiian? wore savages and cannibals/ now thoro are over 300 telophoho wires m use in Ihe city of Honolulu, and application of the telephone is made throughput tho island on the plantations, Some of tho planters cut their cane at night with the aid of the olcclric light.

The authoritierin a populous part of Birmingham, while.investigating tho cause of ail outbreak of sinall-pox from 'which two doaths had resulted, found in a room tenanted by a man named Om.an oldoak' ohost containing the body of his sister who died in London in tOiveivis'Baid to have been so passionately fond of his siste-* ihat he would not bury her, but brougU her body to Birmingham,' aiid since Uat (line has kept it in his i'oom which lip has allowed no one to .entor The. cheit has been' securely fastened with iron ,3auds; but the man who is'ajap'anuer V trade, recently beoame in reducßd cirouiastauces, and took off and sold for old iron the hoops that had so long encased the diesfc The raisingof the lid, it isbelieveiby allowing an offensive odor to escapo, caused the outbreak of small-pox.

Itisstatod that in the fire great Violorian counliesofGuiiboweiyGlaclßtoae, Talohera Kara Kaia, and Borung, there ia not n farmer on tho plains who has kept steadily to wheat growing oiily who is not i poor man.' Unfortunately, too, the land thoy have been cultivating is in many instances exhausted, and is now covered with some useless and destructive weeds, whilst tho nutritious grasses for which tho plains and lightly timbered country were once so famous have disappeared, and aw not likely to return. INDIGESTION IgNEOESSARLYTHE OCSPRING OF A GASTRIC DISOREK, white yet It isjimultineously the p&icnt of more phyiilcal disturbroccs than a r nio9t; any ' other irritability, Impaired appetite, liansca,heartburn, ristlcssncss; clouded vision, and'it host of other ailment), are its lineal inheritors. To' deatroy those,- is to ronovo tlic pHmal source, mid UPOLPHO WOLFE'S SOIIIEDAM AROMATIC SCHNAPPS strikes at the very iountain head, being at onco an adjuvant, a tonic, a simulant, and an appetizer. j Good for babies.—" We'aro pleased to say that' our baby was permanently) cured I'of a protracted'irriigiilarity' of thb bowels by the use of Hop Bittera' t»y itd mother, which;at the same ,tim'e restored.her,to Iperfeot. heaWand strength? ~the parents, See. j ' ,

Tiio British King from Loth3ou, v a Auckland has arrived in Wellington.

Mr Jones displays at his fruit mart a cluster of large ripe raspberries that he has gathered in his own garden,-

A four roomed cottage in Kuriponi street is offered for sale on easy terms. Sir Julius Yogol .has expressed his willingness to stand for the East Coast Constituency, Poverty Bay, if, therein a general desire that he should do so. Ho says ba litis no intention of remaining permanently in New Zealand, but; the position of the Colony is such that he feels that he might ho able to do some' service 1 in Parliament during the next few nontlis, probabjy Locke's supporters will induce him to wjiit. i till* a general election in favor of Sir Julius Vo»el. ■i •" An Old Miner" writes to us that ho lias iilspecttid a spficiraen of auriferous quartz ; recently discovered in this neighborhood by two working men,.and that ha considers it a fortune to them. He informs us that the owners of it intend sending further specimens to Wellington for analysis. He suygesiß that Mnsterton reaidciiia should como forward and develop this now find. No doubt Masterton residents will-do■ this readily enough if the discoverers of tho specimen aro willing to allow thern to do 80. i

A Wollineton paper reports that tit tho Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr H. S. Wardell, Resident Magistrate, 01 i» les Hare, of Mnsterton, brought an action against Thomas McCarthy, to recover .£'l2, t,ho value of a horse 'alleged w have been purchased Mr Shaw appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Fiizherbert for tho defendant, The evidence for the plaintiff was to theeffeot that defendant, who is omployed by tho Tramway Company to purchase horses, agreed to purchase for £l2 a horse from plaintiff, and that he had neither returned the horse nor the value of it, The case for tho defence was that tho horse was crippled when delivered at tho tramway sheds, and that defendant, acting under plaintiff's instructions, had sold it at auction for what it would fetch. The case was adjourned for a week to enablo additional evidence lo ba produced by plaintiff,

\ In our last we mentioned the marriage l|f Mr 6. Beethara, M.H.R, for the Wairarapa to Miss Frances Lovin, at the residence of the bride's father at London oil the 12th March. A London corns.uoWent sends tha following additional ptiticulars to the Standard :-Among ilieyuesls honorod'by Mr and Mrs Levin witn.ioviiations ti the ceremony awl the brealifast, were to be seen several well kiuwh colonists, aoine of whom are more thin temporarily absent from their countiy, while others and the greater part of tiem looking forward to a speedy 'eturn there. At the breakfast, Sir jillon Bell, our Agent-Goneral, arid the ancle of the bride, had the pleasurable '.ask of proposing the health of the' brirlo md bridegroom., This he did in,a pnrictilarly appropriate and epigrammatic speech; and his warning to persons about to -entor the matrimonial state will, perhaps, bear repeating. Referring to the worthy bridegroom's Parliamentary experiences, Sir Dillon recommended " that the happy couple should avoid all idebateable poiuts; but if, notwitbstand ing they should arise, to be sure never to press them to a division." The bridegroom in returning thanks in his usual calm and determined way, expressed a hope that the hymenial knot was securely and properly tied, and there can bo no doubt that by dint of the united exertions of three clergymen, all was done that could be dono to render such a hope a certainty. The presents were tmmorous, pretty, and useful, Mr and Mrs Heethani, it is understood, spend their honeymoon in tho Midland 'Counties of England, Mr Beethain's Parliamentary duties necessitating an almost immediate return to this country; and provontinn the possibility of a lengthy tour on the continent,

Tlio funniest stories, (says Truth) are currant about Mias Forteacuu'a behaviour in the bosom of the Cairns household. They say that she would insist on addressing the ex-Lord' chancellor as "old chappie"; that she opened her oyes when Lady Cairns presented her with a bible us though she were a heathen; that she broke forth into the words of a music-hall soil!,' when a curate was playing a hymn tune on the piano; that she cawo down to breakfast with her lrnir down, and in a pinafore; and that she generally opora bouffed the serious iaiuily into which she was introduced. Good words— from good authority.— * ¥ *We confess tint wo aro perfectly amazed at tbo run of your Hop Bitters. We .never bad any thiug like it and never heard of the liko. The writer (Benton) has been selling drugs hero nearly thirty years, and lias sceu the riso ot Hostetter's, Vinegar and all other bitters and palonfc medicines, but never did any of them, in their best (lays, begin to have the ruij that Hop Bitters have, ** Wo can't get enough of them, Wo are out o! them half the time' i* * Extract from letter to Hop Bitters Co; August 22, '7B, from.Benton, Myers & Co; Wholesalo drug, gists, Cleveland, 0. Be sure and see.

Pester tinkle, ninety-three years of age, who eloped ivith a Cincinatti girl last winter, his deserted her.

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Goused ILivers. Bilious conditions, conslipatioh, dyspepsia, headache cured by " Wells May Apple Pills," ud and is at druggists. Moses Moss & C 0. ,; Sydnp y General Apeiits for Australasia. ' ,

| FiIES and.Buds. —Beetles, insecisi-roaphes ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, iacjc-. rabbits, ctailont by " liough on. 7Jd Moses Moi3 and Co., Kyduey, General, .Agents. ' j. After several years experience m supplying, watches for the colonial market, Littlejohn and Boa, of .Lainbton Quay, Wellinqton,- : bave observed the need for a thoroughly sound English Lever Watch at a lower pripe: than that usually paid forsuoh watches. Iti3 only b) the judicious division of labor and by the manufacture of large quantities on a. uniform plan, that wo aro Wabltd to meet this want Wc havo now ilio pleasure of introducing onr Six Guinea Hunting Silver Lever, This watch, being simple in desiga durable, highly finished, and accurate, fulfils, all tho requirements of a pocket timekeeper. A written guaranteo for two' y«rs. will b« given with each w.*tyli. Sent by post, enurely packed, on receipt "of Post Office order or cheque.—(A.dvt)