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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2519, 8 February 1887, Page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Wairarapa Benevolent 6ooiety takes place to-morrow afternoon, :

* Applications for the stokers situation at the Masterton Gas Works dose this evflliing, . ' ." '

The delegates of the Amalagated Friendly Societies meet on Wednesday evening (to-morrow) to square up matters in connection, with their Anniversary Day sports.

Serious bush-fires have been raging in the- Eaiwhato district for several days past, The Eaiwhato brid'e track bridge was burned down, and the track rendered almost impassable, owing to the fires burning on both sides of it. Messrs Walter Hazell and Howard Hodgkin, delegates from the Agricultural Bureau in England, an institution recently established by the Imperial Government, will arrive in Masterton this evening for tiio purpnso of obfcaiuing information on behali of the office, as to the labor demando of this district, with the idea of promoting the immigration of j farm laborers, and their families to this country.

Lord Well'Duttm, on giving orders for a battalion to attempt a clangorous enterprise, the storming tit one uf the enemy's works, complimented the officer by sayi'ii" his regiment was the first, in this world? " Yes," replied the officer leading on his men, "and before your Lordship's orders ate finally executed it would probably bo the first in tl-e neit world." The latest thing in book advertising has been devised by a French publishing firm A law number of men are made t» walk in single file along the most frequented streets, apparently intent on reading a large upan book, which they hold out before them with both hands, so that the back of the"'book may baseen. The public naturally wishes to know the title nf this work of ouch absorbing interest, and findß on looking that it is a newly-published novel, It h hardly necessary to say that soveral of the hired men could not read a line of it to oaro their lives, One of tho«8 gathering!! which take place very rarely, but are mere appreciated for that reason was held at Porangahaa last week. ■■ The concert was in aid of the fund for paying off the debt on the •parsonage, and swsrallamafcaiira rendered their valuable asirtance and raised the tone of the entertainment to one of really high musical standing. Mrs John Handyaide, of Akiteo, and Miss Parte) also of Akiteo, and Mr H. St Hill, of Whangaehu, sang, and the Misses Price' of Whangaehu played a duet on' the piauo. Mr Frank Rich played the flute, and Mr Pillano, a well-known amateur from Wallingford, • aleo sang. The concert is described as being an unqualified success, and we only regret that wo have not beeu able to obtain a fuller account of the proceedings, The results'financially were aloo satisfactory, about £lB being netted for the fund referred to. Waipawa Mail. There can be no doubt that the innu" merable race meetings throughout New Zealand offers a means of living to the most objectionable classes, who go from place to place to find victims. If the totalisator wero restricted to the bi;;' meetings of first class Jockey Clubs, the "spieler" would have a difficulty in keeping body and wml together, as the intervale between races would be

too lung fur their dithouest gains to lnJd out. It is the totaliaator that maintain!! four-fifths oftho racing clubs, and to that " infernal machine" is duo the presence in this colony of some of the must hideous 'loafers on society to I>p found south of the line. The good intentions «t our Legislature to purify the mo al tnmsphero of th' country hare only tended to land us in a sink of pollution.— Napier Telegraph.

The gazetted list of officiating ministers under t<e Marriage Act this year gives the following .--Church o! England. 255; Presbyterian, 1(50 and 3 laymen ; Roman Catholics, 105 ; rt'esleyau, 105 ; Cmitaetionalist; 17 ; Prunitipe Method, 17 ; Baptist 14 ; United-Free Methodist, 11; Lutheran, 8 ; Hebrew. 3 and 2 laymen ; Church of Christ, 5 ; independent Wesleyan; 1; Brethren, 1; Bible Christian, 1. Tho following is the proportion of ministers to the people .---Church of England (229.757)1 in HOl;Presbyterian, (130,550)-1 in 81(1; Roman Catholic (79,020) 1 in 753; Waileyaii (46,164)1 in! 430 ; Congiegafioi alittE( 7.787 lin 458 ; Primitive Methodists (5173) 1 in .304".;.8apt(8t (14357)Lin 1025 ; United Free Methodists(2l93) lin 109; Lutheran (6917)1 in 740 J.Hebrew (l!)5i?)l in 520; Church of Christ (4110) lin 822. There are included in the list of Ministers of

fcho Church of. England, 23 Maori clergy and of the Wealeyan, 8 Maori and 4 Norwegian,

William Jonas 'Sargent died .at tfa State Asylum, Kalauiazoo, Mich,, on November' 23, where he was incarcerated for several weeks for a peculiar mania. Ho ■ was one of the moat noted bigamists •thto country over biw, bub wan not muoh heard'about until his arrest at Jackaba, Michigan, whero ho had married a young woman forhis twenty-3ixth wife., Sargent was a man of fine address, and was woll educated. His vocation, that of a com-' uierclal traveller, gave him peculiar advantages to gratify his' remarkabje monia. He had beeirin trouble twice previous to his final arreet, but he managed to clear himself. At the time of "his last arrest his conduot led to the belief that' lie was insane, and he was sent to the asylum. After the incarceration the full sfc ry about him came out it wa3 learned that ho had wives and children by the score in this and other States, and that no less than eleven unsuspecting girls had married him in.Canada, During the many years he lived with so many wives he never by word, act or in writing betrayed to one wife the fact that he had others, and ho never waSfjSuspected of infidelity, When examined by the physicians it was discovered that Sargent when with one wifo was oblivious to the existence of the others until they were brought to his mind by some circumstance. On all; nt'her snlije'-ts he w»s sane. The super-1 intendenf of the sßvlum says it was the I most remarkable ■eas.e ,of mania ever i mown,

; 1 In; meeting of the Mftsfertoii Masonic LcMlue E.C., lina been pnatpon«d till '«'■»% «■ xt tlio Mhinat.. ■'■ ' . Mi'F. 11, Wood advertises fcho entries un tii (Into for ||j 9 s t„ck' m k at- tins Tara t.;hi.yufcJs,.oi] Thursday noxt.' The list includes stouk of nil classes. -- : / An eclipse of the moon begins this evening at 8h 44m p.m. New Zealand mean tune. The middle of the eclipse is at 9h 22m p.m., and the end of the eclipse is at 11p.m. Mr 0. J. B, Colder, who was a resident of the Wairarapa some, years ago, writes as follows.to- tho.' Watitjanui Chronicle.—Sir,—[ am n'6t aware if you published my last letter, ami .therefore will state that it takes more than a lunatio to state that violent shocks ofearrhquake will be folfc in New Zealand on February 13th and 14th 1887,' providing the ■•numerous earthquakes that have lately been felt are those that in 18721 compared to rotfcon eggs !"-C; J. B Goideb, February 2nd, 1887," An eighty aero crop of wheat on the To Ore Ore estate has just averaged 38i bushels to the acre on being thrashed. The usual meeting of the Wairarapa Gospel Temperance Union will be held 1 this evening in the Maetorton Torapor-1 anceHall. ~-,'-.

We remind our readers of Meters Lowes & lorns fortnightly stock sale at the Masterton yards to-morrow. The entriea comprise prime, fat, and store, cross bred ewes and wethers, a upecial line of 1000 •merino wethers, fat and ■" store cattle, dairy-cows, horses, pigs, otc. ■ .■',':■'■ The following is a corrected list of the entries for the Maiiterton Earn and Ewe Fail- to be held on Thursday nest,-There are between fifty and oixty more than at last year'fl Fair:—Lincoln rams, 25(5; flomnoy Marsh rann,-268; Merino, 43; Shropshire rams, 15; Southdown, 15 ; Romney owoc, 30; Lincoln ewes, 50 ; total 077. Tho Fisk Jubilee singers drew ono of the largest audiences yet seen in the Masterton Theatre last eveuimr, and again completely charmed all present by their vocalisation. Great disappointment was felt at the nnn-appearancs of Miss Lawrence in a solo, after her success of Saturday evening, but as the management after arranging their programmes cannot allow them to be altered, viators'.will . n kwtand why the young lady' referred 'o did i.o' f!,», as desired/ It was announced last ev> mug that the singers will appear again in Ma-terton on Monday, 21st inst,

At the usual weekly meeting of fie Phoenix Lnt!ge, i.0.G.T,,. held last evening the following oiiicers'were installed for thn ensuing tens •-Bioa. Collier 0. T.,Glasse V. T., ,1. Carpenter Secretary, W. M, Easthoie Treasurer, J, Stone Chaplain, G. Jaebon F.S„ Smith sentinel. It was reso ved t-. hoi I the usual quarterly tea entertainment next week, the date of which will be duly advertised, The Gospel Temperance choir and members having Ud!y consented to take part in the quarterly entertainment, a successful meeting is looked forwa-d to, ■ The "Fun on the Bristol" Company, who perform in Mastert'on on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday next, appear to be drawing well in Wellington. Last evening's Presß says:—The popularity of the Smith and Perman Compauy is certainly not on the wane, for there was another large audience at the Theatro Boyal on Saturday night, when the new programme was rapturously received, " High Life on Deck," a eketoh which, like " Fua on the Bristol," Berves to introduce the various songs and dances, comprised the first part of the entertainment, and " The Gaffer of the Gang," the second, while the nigger farce "The-Missing Link' constituted fchq third, The songs .'and'' dances were-loudly applauded, encores being the rale and' not tho exception. The _" Human Socket" as usual caused c-muderable sensation, and was received. .with rapturous applause. '" A notorious character named Mary Bomko is at present located on the Eketahuna railway works, and who is likely to cause a little trouble to the police. She was mixed up with the Keuthoren (Dunedin) manslaughter affair, and caused some bother during the construction of the Wellinstton-'Manawatu Railway. When Constable Healy, of Eketahuna, wont to arrest her yesterday under'the Vagrant Act, tho threatening conduct of half a dozen drunken navvies suggested to him that it would be as well to get assistance to carry out the task, and wo understand that Constable O'Connor will accompany Constable Healy to the works to-day to arrest \m\ Mary is strongly susp. cted of carrying on a sly crag trade, and the number of half drunken men that lung annnrl her shanty, fully .bears out the suspicion.

Three dicers for Frectrade! What a triumph sir Henry ParkesisliMving in Sydney 1 Tiventy-nine Free-traders"out of thirty-.niH members J One fourth of th.' whole house aire n!.y! Yes, that's something like a victory! There aro a gr at many returns yet to be made though ! How do you think the elections will go altogether. 1 think there'll be an irresistible Froetrado party! Many of the country constituencies aro foolish enough lo hanker after protection, but not nearly all, and if the lvnmininw returns go half and half. Parkes will have a majority ol 20! Well but will fchey go half and half ? They ought to go muchbetter than that for freetradel And what will Parkes do then? Knock off the Protective duties aud'go in for a revenue tariff pure and simple I And how about local industries and. manufactures and all that 1 Halm! Why, but industries and manufacture hivo thriven far better with Freetra <ein New South Wales than with Protection in Victoria, and they will thrive better than ever now I Then is'nt it true that Victoria owes her present prosperity to Protection? Not in the leaßfc! Victoria oweshor prosperity to the 'act that she to a great extent escaped the drought which, burnt up How. Sou-h Wales and South Australia tor the last two years! But that's all over now ia It not? Tea, and you'll see New South Wales will walk ahead again., as soon aa she recover from the effects of the drought jupt aa alie did before.—Prcoß Puffs.