The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1887.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2547, 12 March 1887, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1887.

The conviction in Hail's case is quashed by the Appeal Court. . .Letters of .naturalisation, have, been granted tu Andrew Frederick Phillipson, laborer Homewood, Master ton. : At'ft private meeting of sliarehblders iii the Island Bay Park Racing and Coursing Cotopauy, Limited, which was held at Wellington on Thursday .evening. A proposal in favor: of the'shareholders fcakimi up an additional number.of,qliares was agreed to, and the meeting was adjuuniedfiirn.weck, to enable'tlie'directorß to ascertain how the proposal was likely to be. received by ,the majorityj'of the Bharaholders.- . ■■u-.--v.rinr I

Mr J, Watson has been gazetted Postmaster at Tinui. Tenders are invited for supplying and erecting tho nooeßsavy pumping' gear it; .tbe Hastei'toluGrSßWorhs.i The tender of Messrs Williami- and; Barker has been accepted by Mr Jas. Macara fyr the erection of a two story duelling at Eketahuna, the amount of their tender being £BBO and that of the highest £493. , ' . Albert Waclwman, manager, of Mr Acton- Adam's Station at" Hnpefield, -Wairaa,'has'beett'fltfed'£sor.3d*par:Kead" on 4000 sheeD, "for having sheep, infefted jwith scab oh mi run. Mr J. 0. Martin,. Crown-Solicitor, prosecuted., Mr Acton "Adam b.Vf?ayelnotice 'of appeal. -• Other jharges of a similar nature against the , lamejrunholder are pending, The following nominations have been received for the Nelson Jockey Club Meeting, to. be .held, on the 23rd .and 24th ■Freebooter, Orient, - Oceoli, Patricks,' Osbock, .Erebus, Zulu,.' Jilt, j)an .O'Oobrie), and DangeroUß,. Nelson CupForester, Spade Guinea, Administrator,' Puritan, Rumour, Voltigeur; The Shah/ PatrioiußjTriokßter, "Paaha, Begins, Fay, Oharmor, Blaokßegeht, Clyde, and Yorke, District Handicap—Puritan. Eegret, Blaok Hose, Dm. O'Donnell' Yorko,' Red Kose, Stella, and Ziilu, A young man named Carl Nillaon, about twenty-eight . years ■ of age, was brought to the Masterton Police Station from Mauriceville last evening, suffering from a religious mania.' Million, who', is a native of Sweden, and a cabinet-maker by trade, haa only been io this country about a month, having bo friends" or relations _ hero. He., mado his Way to Mauricevillo on first : arriving here,' and found a home among his countrymen there. . On Tuesday last the first symptoms of lunacy in the poor fellow was noticed by tho settlers there, who had to keep a strict watch upon him, as his ravings were such as to lead them to anticipate that ho would commit some dangerous act. His treat desire soemß to be for religious literature, and in Mauriceville lie used to walk about with an open book in his hand, and by his actions would lead ono to suppose that he was addressing an audionce. Yescorday morning Nillson suddenly left tho settlement, and started on foot in the direction of Masterton, On his beiiig missed, the settlors made a search, and having found him, procured a conveyance, and brought him into town, where ho is now, under Sergeant Price's care. Nillaon was examined this morning by Drs Milno and Beard, but owing to his quiet appearance they recommended that he should be allowed to remain until Monday morning, so that they can thorougly examine the case.

The St. Peterburg corroapoudont of Hio Sydney Morning Herald states tlwt suicides are so 00111111011 as to havo assumed the appearance of an epidemic. It takes eccentric startling {onus. A woman soaks her dt'oaa in kerusine and sets fire to herself, lovers wish to die together in a last e'mbraco, friends vender oach other the service of mutually blowing each other's brainß out, a fattier kills his three children and hangs himself, In Moscow, a young man Doctor Boiauus, first poisons his daughter, aged three, then calmuly assists at the agony of an adored wife, and when he has fully assured himself that tho wife and child are dead, swallows hia own doae of prusalc acid. What is stranger than tho fact of the suicide is the often trifling reasons that tempt men .thereilnto. Dr Boianus loft a letter explaining that his practice was too small to live on in comfort. All energy, all vitality Beems to be dying out of the young generation. Poverty, even misery, is *a great inducement for a man to work, to redouble hia efforts to get a subsistence for. a youug wife and child, but'the Slavonion is wanting in initiative, and entirely help : . loss under misfortune. A want of .moral courage is a characteristic of the Russian, bo brave when mere physical oouraqe is wanted. a Th Auckland Bell is informed that an -investigation was held on Wednesday last before the visiting justices of the Mouut Eden Gaol, into tho conduct of the two warders who permitted the reporter of that journal to leave the precincts of the gaol immediately after the execution of Oaffrey and Penn, contrary to the provisions of tho Criminal's Execution Act, which prohibits anyone leaving the prison, not within a specified time—au hour as has been generally supposed—but until the doctors are satisfied that the convicts are dead. The investigation resulted in a finding that it was not necessary to fine, or suspend or even to reprimand the warders, the circumstance having occurred from an error of judgment on their part. It appears that the gaoler had advised the outer warder as to the rule on the subject, bat had omitted to inform the inner one. On our reporter walking boldly up to the inner warder, the gates were opened without demur, and 011 his presenting himself to the outer warder, tho warder called back to his colleague, "Is it all. right!" " All right," replied the inner warder; " Press I" and the gate opened, and our representee, walked out, and off on the wings of the wind.

' The Sydney Evening News of the 9th inat., contains the following:—" Two contactors of this city (whuao names and addresses are in our possession) wore passing the Good Samaritan Convent, Pitt-street south, near the trum sheas, on. Tuesday morning, when they were startled by a woman rushing out of the convent and appealing to them for protection, A number of \yomen ran out of the convont after her, and obtained the services ot some men'working m the tram Bhods, and tried to force tho woman to refurn, Both of tho gentlemen guarded the woman, and nearly came to blows with the tramway employees. Tho woman stated that sho Had been kept in the convent for thirteen .months against her will. Relatives had come down from Wagga Wagga, tfafc she had not been allowed to receive a letter from them or to see thorn and that was why blio was trying to escape. When the tramway men saw tho turn affair's were talcing they retired. Tho> con vent people did likewise. The woman' stated that she escaped just as they went into mass. .She also stated that there were a number of girls and women in the convont'who wished to got out. She said that her relatives lived at Forest Lodge, and tho two gentlemen provided her with tram tickets, put her into a forestLodgo tram, and gave her in the goad's charge."

• We have iaapepted tho stook.of Men's. Boys', .and Youth's New Zealand 1 and .Colonial Tweed Clothing at the Wairarapa ■Clothing Factory, and for/quality and prices .we have not Been anything in the Colony to equal them, and we strongly advise anyone requiring Clothing to call at The Factory, next Mason's,' Chemißt,. and see for themselves—Advi. About ihat £35 ro be given away To the Editor—Sir, Will you allow me .through your columns to let tho people of .the Wairarapa know that I am going to sell all my stock, consisting of .men's, youth's,! and boys' clothing, shirts, hats, hosiery, &c,, at a great reduction in prices up till the end of the year; and also (o remind them that every one who buys goods to tho value of 2s 6d gets a ticket in riiy £35 competition. Think of that 1 By spending 2s Gd with me, you may win money enough to carry you for a trip rouud, New Zealand.-JoHN ThobboeHj Clothier, <£sd., Willi* st.,Wellington.

i Mrs Hughes, aged GO, dowri.: dejid in Manners Street, Wellington, jtluß; ; morning, from heart disease. } f-vT ' /Messrs Lowes and-lorns add.itojtKeir. stock sale on Wednesday next 1B(> yqung ; : ,ewes, 100 orossbred ewes, and;6oo.litttbs. ■' "Messrs L.J, Hooper announce) thj) first;. grand display .of winter goods thfeeyemng : at the Bon Marche, Queen-street to'wjiieh' 1 they invite inspection. _ Constable Salmon proceeded to Wellington this morning in charge of Henry White, who was commitetd for trial on a .sbarg? T 9f,#isM.;>^^ •Detective McGrath 'has returned to • Masterton from the South he has been'on speciafduty for some time■past. ' A cricket match is being played on the Park Oval to-day between the Masterton and Greytown Clubs. ' Masterton. went first - to "tKeY'iwictoisj -ajMij when ."We : weriiji ] going '' fto../'.Press obtained eighty-three runs for? wrtkefc The following'are the scores: —Littltijohh. ' 33, Kobiaou, 0, Jackson 3, Porry 5, Igguldon 0 V Bremner 0, Stakes 12, McKonao, not out, 1?, Moore, ;uot out, 7; oxtras 11, ....... , 'An entertainment-for tlm purpose of anginentin g the funds for iinprovinout of the Mastfirton Park Oval aa a public recreation ground will be given in the Theatre J Royal on tho i7tli inst,, St. Patricks night, Most of the leading vocalists of M astortou will appear, and,' in addition, ail operetto and a farce will be performed., In view of"tlie object for which the par;formanco:is |o' b,e given, we trust it wil | re ceive liboral support from the.publio generally. '. . Thero wr isallarge and attentive audience atthePres.byitorian Churoh, Masterton, last evonin g, ;when the Eev. C.'H. Spungeon's publ act ition of" John Ploughman's Talk" was i tendered by the choir as a service of soni j, compiled-- and ariariged by Mr John B lurnhara, who has now a worldwide reput. ition in connection with works of this kind. The narrative, which is very inten isting, and full of good sound advice applicable to old.and young, was most faithl iully read by Mr W. T. Grundy and was lis itened to with wrapt attention by tho larg ;o assembly. The musical portion undei t the ablo leadership of Mr Betty (who ■ appears an enthusiast in his work) was. of a very enjoyable nature, and refleel ;s great credit upon all those connected with it, some of the music being renc (ered with such care and precision thi it was hardly to be expected, in 1 fact, throughout tho . whole of the servi ce, 'it was noticable that the c' hoir \i ere most observant of the piano and forte passages,-and the various parts cam e in exceptionally well both in timo and harmony. The service was accompaniied bj 'bnthpiano (Mrs Gapper), and h'armoniui ut (Mias Feist), the lady accompanyista acting in concert witli a precision that materially assisted tho choir. At the conclusion of the service the Rev Fulton , in proposing a vote of thanks to all thi isa who so,kindly assisted, passed a-deaer ved compliment on the manner in which Messrs Grundy and Betty had fulfi -lied. their duties during the evening, ail id also specially thanked Messrs Pearson and Tierney, the instrumentalists who had so ably, assisted the tenor and bass ; portions Of the.choir, The benediction brought a most successful and enjoyable ol .itertainment to a close. > A WoNDERTO] Eta.—Many are the instancescited oi ' theastonishing fecundity of tho various spooies of domesticated fowl; but the celebrated' Wellington Henn (which, st range to Bay, is of the masculine gender) has a soul above the mero production of egps.. Tho manner in which he turn « out Venetian Blinds, etc., is .tho m nder and admiration of everybody, iroi n tho Governor downwards. The bin ne of this wonderful bird is R. W. Hemk, and his well-known fowlhouse is tfe . Poneke Steam Window Blind Factory, Molesworth-street, Wellington.—Advt,