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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2681, 23 August 1887, Page 2

Timothy Horan was charged at tho Masterton R.M. Court this morning with drunkeness and was find 5s or eight hours imprisonment. -Ho accopted the latter alternative. '•'■■ - v

The Mow jMand Loan and Mercantile Agenoy Company, Limited, have received the following telegram"frjjrii tlioif London office, dated 9th insti-Tallow-Tallow is • in good demand. Mutton has advanced , 6d per cwt, and beef 3d per cwfc Bince last ■ report. Itvba-8 beon suggested that as tho • fine weather is approaching, an effort' should be made to'iaduco .our looaj Bands to play in the" I'ark; orj Sunday afternoons. A box OQuld.be placed near'the musicians ■to'enable the' fundaof.th'e Bands, the proceeds ,to,;be deyot&T to 'whatever purposg.' the/per-' fQrme.rVmigtits decide.., ThVMea is worth' 'considevinff i b'y j oar',loco f liTiU3ician&. : . ''■''■' ' A meeting of tho'Shoofcihg Oohipttee of the Maaterton Rifles was "held on Saturday, when, iL. was,; decided, to operi'the season on Saturday,'tho 27th,'inst. The Committee have now drafted the corps into three classes, viz., A., 8., and C, and the competitors' names in each class will be seen pasted upi _in the. Drill •flail'on 'Thursday ev&ing.' 'Ooijj'p.etifcQrs... aro "requested'to meet"oil' the range on Saturday afternoon, at one-o'ckjot p.ra.- '• . On Wednesday last, says the Examiner : a little boy two yoars old, the son ; of Mr. ! Barnett, a reoent arrival from. Christchurch, now residing at Pahiatua, was playing in the mam street when the horseßjof > heavily-laden, timber waggon 'knocked the little fellow down arid the • wheel passed ovev him, severely crushing •his foot. Mr Yeats went to see the child, but seeing it, was a serious caße tele-. graphed I .for:Dr Wi.lliamsJ who'.was. quiokly in attendance. The little.feilow had a narrow escape of his life, but is now progressing well. The' Pahiatua correspondent,of v the Evening Press says:—W. C.Spiithißto address us to-morrow, ido is a little god with the crowd who support the Govern-, inent, while tho " respectable".section of society.allude to him as the ''insect," ' and have put forward onoMcfirathas a candidate on• a "Grey and Gladstone" platform, and we allude to this new candidate as "Insecticide." 1 do not imagine, however, that he will go ; to the' poll. The . other Government ..;.candidato;'is McOardle,' He madeamastlovely move tho other day H, Baker, Oppositionifit, addressed ub on. the; situation, and' Mcfiardle, in moving.a vo f e of "thanks, said 'Baker was a gen tleman, andhe : (McOardle) would feel ic an honor to beat him, and no disgrace to be beaten by him ; but there was Smith, a very contemptible person. Since if the two gentlemen Btood, the '.'insect" would get•' in ; well, suppose Baker retired. Consideringthat it is Baker who ¥' to get.' in through Smith and McOardle splitting tho Government vote, this was delicious., .

The Rev."'Dr., Thomas, assistant Bishop: of Kansas, whagraduated from Yale in 1859,'was'fridely kdo*n,in\:'college and in after life as a scieiitific oheßß player. He suddenly gavo up playing and, explained his conduct by flaying:" 1 found; that I took bo much interest in the cam? that when I was beaten it avowed in me feeling! that I could not conscientiously maintain. Thoro was nothing left for rae to do but to giveup ohesa and I did jsp." London pawnbrokers tost watches by applying acid to the knoba, A. Frenchman ordered 200' watches from-Geneva. The cases were copper, heavily;.giit, and the knobs paranoid. They ;cost forty ■francseaoh. He'pawned theminLondon for Beventy fraucs each, and propped the tickets about the city. Dishonest people found them and paid seventy francs for forty-franc watches.- ,' ! .>' ■'.

A paper devoted to affairs says a fortune is waiting the inventor of; a lamp or lantern that can be fastened to the front or dash-board of a waggon or the breast of a horse that drawß it. It ,'must be ho constructed that the .light will not be extinguished by the wind'or by jars caused by going over rough ground, and' it must be reflected for dome diatanco in front of the team,

Mr.T.G. Mason writing to a friend in Masterton, under the date of Julv .says:—" I landed iu England on June Bth, after travelling overland from .Naplos to Pari?,-staying a short time at Itorae, Florence, Venice,.and Milan. I met the Hon. H. % Rußsell -aj; Mb, on his way to Venicß. I spent a nice, day at the Crystal Palace yesterday. H.R.H.: thePrinoe of Wales and' the Princess: were there, In the concert given, there were -3,500 performors, and it was supposed that 60,000 people .were ou the grounds."'

New Zealand Tweed Suits made to measure, fit and workmanship guaranteed, Quality, ofwork"unsurpassed, and priceß. within the reach of the poorest. Clothing, Overcoats. Macintoshes, Oilskins, Hat Caps, Shirts, Underclothing, Braces and Beltß, &o' 48 in the £. discount. A call, solicited. Note address—The Wairarapa Clothing Factory, Queen Sti, Mastertou, E. B. Hake, Manager.

Theus'ualfweeltly dance of the Master- \ Assembly takes place this evening in tho drill shed, commencing at 8 o'clock. • A vocal and insfcvuinontal concert.is announced to take placo.at the Masterton TemperenceJElall on Tuesday August 30th iii aid of the Wesleyan organ fund, Tho following members of the. Red Star Football Club are requested to meet (ill-uniform) at the Poji; Office at 1$) tomorrow :—B'Arcy,' Bftwke,' Pellihg, T, 'Tnotapson, Watson,. Hoa" (2) Eramott,' W ; :.;VVelch, Campbell. 0/ Ewiiißton,, Wilson ,"Martiri,' Thomas, lggulden, Ban'-' nister,. Holmwood, H. ( Kwington and, Mawhinay, Messrs Lowes and lorn 3 announce their next fortnightly stock sale for Wednesday 31st.'i Their- list already includes over 100 head'of cattle, besides sheep', horses, pigs; eto. '"■"... I After we went to press yesterday, the ;caseof ; W. T. Gillespie v Mary Hutchins, a claim for £i? 18s (id rent for cottage, Avas heard before S. Von Sturmer,R.M.> in the Masterton Court, Thocaßß occupied considerable time and was one in which the plaintiff was suing his motherin'law for the rent of his cottage,- and also applied for an order of ejeotmont. His Worship, after commenting upon the action of plaintiff in very etrong terms, refuEsd to make the order.

, "Mistakes will often ooour in the best regulated families,"and so.it is that to suit the convenience of shippers wo havo a consignment of glassware that were not wanted before Ohristmas, Te Aro House,. Wellington As, however,.'they are hero, the-public will reap tho' benefit of the- error,' and will have an oppoluhity of making a free selection' in aooordanoe with tho amount of their, and on -a .similar BOale ■ to' the Jubileelibnusj'. in- the/bdiith 'of, June'lasl During the present month tn'ey-caji be Bad 'at ,Te Aro House'." " ' ' . .:"

, The Bcale is. announped in another column, and is sufScionfcly liberal to attract a large' amount of attention." The articles are all of .asußoful as well as an ornamental description, and nodonbt will be mubh'appreoiatod and sought aftor by .purchasers at To ; Aro House, Wellington. We need- hardly say' that to those who contemplate setting up housekeeping this opportnnity will be invaluable, while those who wish to replenish their stock of household glassware at onoe adapted for ordinary use, and, calculated to bo ornaments to any well-laid table, will seize a chance that does not occur every, day, at To Aro House, Wellington:—Advt,