Evicted in his coffin.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2993, 3 September 1888, Page 2

Evicted in his coffin.

;;Tlio Clonmel: Chroniclo says !!One;of the inoat oxtraorjliiiary incidents tliai lias yet occurred iir counection with evictions took place in Casliel At tlio last peity sessionsjiold in'; Casliel' the representatjv'es proceeded against", a* weekly tenaiiC of it, weoltly tenoment, situate ! in WilUam:Streeti for inonrpaymenttof lent. The defence set up, was tba£ Mr Kyto bad left Dwyer tlie how •feido.liiiji iu.Uiii room, but uotwtlia<V ) «Y" 5 j■» i-,. H

gave a dectee for. po&sestai,::/; {lie eviction Dwyor, better known' asj ' (Franky ])ocdle,' made pieparationsf rs< • on a somewhat extended _ soalo to 'v bau'iciido tho place, arid for th&, past' < lew days ho and hia better half .had,-\ ; to uso il'lqctdei; a9*tli Noilly' riiean s of/c- £ -i amusement of tho neighbours, The' ,'L proceeded with a party of police W'' 1 William-street to carry,oyt the order •> i :of tlie : Slagistratesj • .-They .Wvewilfolv : v : - /i •; ■ lowed bynHarge*" crowd women, and children, who shouted! > arid cheered heartily. The house, as heady stated, was bauicaded. Funky' making his appearance at mo of the ■ windows, addrossed the.' - irowds iira style somewhat.lib ollowing' Mr Kyto left 1110 and fudy this house and the coffin, He'.rV ;ameto me' says : ydiKliS iroau honest fellow, and I will leaWfou this house." Ho took Judy's 1 iiand and ]rat it into niino and said-'i- 1 '" ;ho;'samo-(cheers and laughtor)— ludtfudy canf-provo 'it' liuholfijnM there is 110 law, notoven the Plapfii; 1 m Campaign,thutcan put us out,' lutms .'-T." itram, amidst the' good liumohred 1 and laughter of the people, be pioceeded to aigue tho justice of *■ (usuise,mixing the Plan of Campaign 1 llio Land League, and tho law of tho [and 111 the most'ludicrous' lashion lliepohco occasionally induce lam to suuendei, but without wail. 110 would shout at them, ' You can't evict mo out of the I will go 'into tho jyou, } ( must-put mo out, colhn aiid- all;-. v. v (Roars of laughter). : How-: couldyou • put out a man in his coihn,under the ~ - ' Plan ?' 1 tell youyou can nover doit, (Cheers). -After some furtlior ' pailey on the part of • JFiauky' and , the police, lio 1 agreed to gi\o up possession, but only on condition that ;, \- lie should be,evicted whilst in his - ';, , coffin. The key of the door was then thrown down, and the being removed, Ihoj bailiffs and tho ') polico, entering at-once, proceeded to " put-out'' Ifranky,' whom they found •• still lying in the coiiin. Owing, however, to tho stairs being so narrow they had to put tho coffin Jjj| with its living inmate, out through- " one of the windows'./ ;The sight was' ■, certainly a novel one, and not without its; iimusing aspect-:l)aihffs aiidn; ; police lowering an unpainted anfcopen coffin,; 1 within which: stretched, or rather reclined,' Franky' in excellent health, and wearing a tall silk hat, around;which was ■ twined an old white veil, As he descended lie protested to.the assembled -; ■ crowd against liia' illegal eviction,' ' but' if ono inight judge from ; the boisterous laughter that was heard on - to enjoy the scene. As soon as tho coffin reached term Jiriiia the ' boys, 1 who seemed inclined ]fprj.more, fun, jaised it' up,' placed 'ii'oif'their' s : shoulders, and proceeded up the main street, followed by a, large gathering , cheoring lustily-: for * Irankyj' as'ho'' sat-upright in it,"

Wife Selling,

. Cases of wife selling liko that which lias recently occurred in the .south'of ( London, me happily l iarety.hoa'rfofy in lliis country. In tho days of.ourS grandfathers, however, record shoyJC tliatit was no uncommon praoMcSP lii tiie year 1802, at man at Chapel- • eii-lrf!illi,,(lisposedqf^ and jiart of ; his u hoiißehpidgo63s for,ibe rMiculously small ;sum "■ of | Ik 1 '.,,{0h0.:;; same period a' butch« p||fereloid ■his 1 wii'o iip fit; a public auction ,■ when ; she was sold , for 24s and a - bowl of 'punch. In 1806, a wife was publicly - exposed in the market place at Hull. by lier husband,: witli a biter round her neck, arid bought fod twenty' guineas. At the town of Knares;botongh ■ the following year a; mau disposed of his wife in a liko miunier for sixpenco and a quid of tobacco. About the .same time a man sold his wife at Sheffield market town, "What 'f is your price ?" said im onlooker.'" A • pound," said the husband. '• Agreed,"' replied the other, and paid tlio tnoney iind look away his bargain,- : . 1

Mr Peter 0, Campbell, of 455 FiM| Avenue, Brooklyn, has invented and constructed what he calls tho ''novelty airship." The working model which ho exhibits consists of tho uaual long egg-shaped gas bag, torn which is suspended a light, Jlat, silk-covered framo, on which rests a clock-work arrangement, which .moves, or is intended to roovo, a perpendicular fan . wheel at one end, like the propellor of a steamer, and which carries the . baloon forward. The hag and the framowork of tlio model aro about Bft long. There aro broad, flat wings • extending along each Bide, which aro also to servo to guide the balloon by being raised or lowered at any desired angle. Thero is another horizontal screw directly under the centre, which isintonded to raise or lower the air ship, Two Hat Y-shaped screens, 3prend liko the tail of a bird, aro attached to the rear of the framo just

A New Balloon.

forward of the propeller; they aro intended to.keep the balloon in a perpendicular position and givesteadineaa to it. Tho front end of the framed comes to a tapering pointjfl At. the _ extreme front is largo perpendicular rectangular screen turning,on lfinges where it is attached to the frame.. This. is tbo rudder of the air ship, and is just liko tho rudder of an ordinary slnp, except iLiat it .is. at. tlio bow instead ofthostern, and is much larger in proportion to the size of the rest: of. the balloon,;. The wings, tail, rudder, amifan wheels aro ail constructed of as light material as possible, coipting of thin wooden frames, across ifticli thin silk is' stretched. The shaft '; which turns the propeller is slender, and extonds half the ship's length ', from the clockwork, wheels which furnish tho motivo powerof themodol." This machinery, which is tho only portion of the balloon having much-., weight, ia balanced in tho centre. V;At H a recent exhibition the'air ship sailed,; about a room for an indefinite time; - but whether' it caii be; made to woiki efficiently in tho open air is aii opeiu question, ■ Mr Campbell is having y fulUsized balloonmade; which; is ,t(T; be ready to take 1 passangers "oyer, tho- • East lliver by tho' latter part "of summer.; The motiyo power will be, supplied by a' small electric cngiiier weighing lOOlb's, which will run ten hours, Two. men:,.aro required to work ,the machine^ 5 andiwpyk ,11^6 ; ballobn.—lion. (