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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3262, 22 July 1889, Page 2

The Theatre Royal fixtures are publifihcd in our anuisc-ment column, the principal attraction for the week being tho Fancy Dress Carnival.

Tho Mastnrton Salvation Army Barracks were crowded last night to

listen to the farewell address uf Lieut. Forlong who departs to-day for Potone. Miss Forlong (who 18 a daughter of Mr Gordon Forlong) has had a training Peculiarly suited to'tho onerous duties slis has undertaken! and whilst in temporary cliargo of tlio Mastorton branch has proved. herself capablo. of conducting tho largo meetings which I gather at tho local barrackß.

A vory handsome "four-dockor" weddiug cake iB on view at Mrs Oorbett's shop window, and is" causiny considerable emotion amongst tho fair sex who have wade spocial excursions to inspect it. Tho elaborate manner in which it is garnished sliowb tho master hand, and as a work of art it is well worth exhibiting and Mr Wm. Howiclc deserves credit for

his architectural skill. The sight of it is'enough to set the marriage bells a

When it is remembored that Bass' nlouo load 400 railway trucks with alo in a single day, and that tlioy use yearly 85,000 tons of raw material, turn over

millionssterliiig yearly, and contribute lo tho national revenue at tho rato of eight thou'aud pounds a day, it will be seen whatagigantio work band of temperance advocates have before :hoin. This firm is only one of numbers in tho trade and not the largest,

A concert was given on Saturday night in tho Taucru Wool Shed, over 120 persons being present. Songs, glees, and instrumental selections comprised the prommme, and a Yontriloqnial exhibition by Mr A. Thompson, of Masterton, and some choico comic songs by Mr T. Brnwn junr., of Opaki.'teudeclinnosmall degree to tho success of the entertainment. The room was afterwards cleared for dancing, which pleasant pastimo was indulged in up to 12 o'clock. The concert was, promoted for the purpose of raising funds to make a suitable

■presentation to Mr John Blinkliome, who is well known on the road, as an expression of admiration on the part of the settlers in the district at tho plucky way he acted on the recont occasion published by us, Bellini's piano, on which ho composed his earliest operas, has just been found in the possession of a widow lady of Catania, whose liusband bought it for LI 10s. Tho Catanians have petitioned tho owner to present it to the townBellini's birthplace—that the relic of their townsman may be preserved as a souvenir, and not pass into careless hands.

Richard Pigott, tho iorgot, was insured with English Law Life Association (or upwards of LBOOO, There will be a surplus for his representatives' of about LB3O after the Association have

satisfied certain chargesupon tho policies. According to their express tonus to the contracts, which were a dato anterior to tho Association's new regulations for nuking policies indisputable after, five years, had been rendered void by the forgor's suicide. Having carefully coil-

sidered tho distressing facts, of the case, i tho Directors, however, lmvo determined upon tlio payment in full of the desired | amount.—'Tlio Citizen. One of the judicial oelcbrities of the Old Bailey was (as Sergeant Robinson 1 tells us in his book) Sergeant Arabin, ' whose bulls havo a Hibernian richness 1 of flavour. In sentencing a prisoner he said—"lt is in my power to subject you to transportation for a period very considerably beyond the term of your natural life, but the Court in its morcy will not go as far as it lawfully might go. 1 ' In another instance ho became involved very badly: —"Prisonerattho bar, if ever there was a clearer caso than this of a man robbing his master, this caso is that case." Ho also told a prisoner that he should liavo "a chance of redeeming a character that he had irretrievably lost," In referonco to the rocenfc trial and conviction ol Ohemisa Southern contemporary says:—The correspondence betweon tho pieco of newspaper found in a gunshot wound in tho deccaaed's body with a fragment of a paper found in tho houso of tho accused, is by no means the novelty in criminal evidenoe which some people seem to Imagine. A valued correspondent draws our attention to a remarkable case recorded in Lord Eldon's "Table Talk." Lord Eldon was one of the counsel. Por a long time tho evidence did not appear to touch tho prisoner at all, and ho looked about liiin with the most ( perfect unconcern, seeming to think himself quite safe, At last the surgeon ( was called, and after stating that i deceased liaij been killed by a gunshot wound in tho head he produced the ; matted hair and stuff cut from and taken out of tho wound. A basin of warm water was brought into Court, ; and tho stuff was placed in it. As the , blood gradually softened a pieco of , printed paper appeared—tho wadding } of the gqn which proved to be the hall of a ballad. The'other halt had been : found in the man's pocket when he was taken He was hanged.

A Homo paper tells of a singular discovery in the following terms: -"A

few ago Mr H'ogson Boazinan, cattle dealer, Kelso, bought a three-year-old bullnck from East Blonemo, and sont it with others to the market at Wakofiold. It was purchased for tho Batley-Carr Co-operative Storos, and in duo course tho bullock was slaughtered, In cutting the steak bone from tho sirloin the knife came in contact with a hard substanco. This was sawn through aud a common tin whistlo was found embedded in the undercut af tho sirloin There was no appoaranco of irritation or inflammation, and the meat around the foreign substance was perfectly good, Tho whistle is ten inches in length, aud slightly in excess of half an inch broad at tho mouthpiece. Tho most probable explanation of the whistlo getting into the muscles of tho ox is that it was dropped into the straw or other bedding and resting their jn a vertical position with tho small end upwards, when the bullock lay down, the small end, with its sharp edge of metal, was forced into the body." Apropos of the last State ball ® gruesome story la current. It is tol, by one of the victimsjof the tragedy, an 1 ' is ( tho London correspondent, of th Livorpool Post lws reason to believeliterally trup. At a festivo ball given at Christmas there was among' tho dancers a young lady who, thousli she had pot been long opt, was well-known in London moiety, There was some question whether she could attend the ball, not boiug in very good health, and, what was worse, manifesting a certain flushing of the face which fell short of her customary perfection of complexion. A doctor was consulted, br.t ho said thoro was nothing particularly the matter with her—no reason why she should not go to the ball. She went, and as usual had a host of patrons danced far into the uiqht, and returning home ■ next day, took to her bed, with a most virulent attack of measles. This was bad enough for her, but the infection had spread. About a dozen eligible young p)on were smitten down, and at least as many ladies, spmp of whom aro just now returning to social life, and do not take tho same anticipatory pleasure in ballß as was formerly tho caso. ' So they are going to havo another sale of drapery at To Aro House, Wellington, Yes that is easily seen from an announcement on the 3rd page and there is no mistake about it. There will be some wonderful .barpms to be picked up, and all the goods flo 'll.eiv, aud seasonable at this sale oi Wjw llj ff Aro House, Wellington, '' Even so, they are described as wonderful bargains, first-olass goods, ;whioh may be depended on as absolutely true. What is still better there is no rubbish, no soiled goods, 1)0 damaged articles. All are fresh and clean at ibij §a]B of Winter goods at Te Aro IfoUse; W^UihgtoJ, Well thore is to'be a price list isstiga 'on Saturday and then Ve knoiv''further particulars, but one thing has always been pertain that if the Te Aro House folia advertise a 'f hing it is bound to be' strictly carried out, jjojraff, f actual yeritjible truth' with' the 'tyirit njarjjV gf Te Aroflouseyeracityoiiit.' jt |s s good thing that m .country resident have such imioly Mtice jn this instance and it will give us a ohanoe as Mil as tb.e city folks at being at the opening of this Winter sale on Thursday the first of August at'Te Aro House, Wellington.

Frisco Mail steamor was signalled at Auckland on Saturday,

Notice is given of the Akitio Road Board's intention to strike ageneral rate of-5-lGtha of a ponnj in tha-J. A reduction in the prico of flour is advortised by Messrs "hamberlain'Bros. Tho Emperor of Austria lias paid Crown Prince Rudolph's debts, amounting to £IBO,OOO.

A pie factory is the latest Baltimore industry. The proprietors propose to j bake 15,000 pies per day. Tree planting on the resorvos bordering the Government Railway lines has bt'im commenced on sections bcttveen Wellington and Masterton. Rumor bath it that Mr A. W.Reuall is about to bring Or Heron boforo t civil tribunal for trespassing upon his land aud cutting off tho water supply to tho town. ■

Our rinui, correspondent states that poisonod grain laid for 'rabbits on runs where grass is soarcohas been eaton by ohoepaud many deaths havo resulted therefrom,"

"Hyinns Ancient and Ilodorn" obtained probably the • largest circulation oil record, except that of. the Bible, 110 Fewer than twenty millons of copies of it having been sold within the first oighteeii years. The Queen Street fireboll gav? out an claborato peal soon after eight o'clock last-night, and set the Victoria Street picaninny agate, for a burning chimney, Fortunately service was concluded in most churches and the collections made or tho result might havo proved disastrous.

The following statement lias been tiled, Emile Collotte, of Mangamalioe, settler, Liabilities Nelson, J. Hall, L9los; lnvercargill, R, Cleave L9los; Christchurch, Keir and Bartlett, Ll2; Masterton, P. Dickson Ll2 0s 8d ; J. Graham and Co, L 3 lis; G. WyethL2B 4s'; W, H. Hosking L 32; T. G. Masori L 5;• W Perry L2l3s; Chamberlain Bros, L 4; Mrs A B Yates L2 10a; Keester and Harding LU ; and small sums ; total L 134 17s id. Assets;— Nil. Deficiency L13417s 4d. The police received information by telephone from tho Taueru on Saturday that a man was running about the hills

in that neighborhood iriad. TJponeuquicy it was found to be Richard Vincent who was waiidoring about without shoes or socks giving expressions to an idea of his that tho ami was a balloon. He was perfectly harmless and was taken charge (if by tho police and conveyed to Masterton. Viuoent was in the Asylum at Wellington, about eleven years ago. Mr Jno, Young, tho cheap iron-

monger, informs us that he cannot leavo Mastcrton for a fow days- yet. His stock proved to bo much a heavier ono than he antisipated. The clearing sale has been well supported so far, and will continue for a short timo longer, Buyers should not lose tho chance of securing the bargains that remain. The goods are boing sacrificed, as Mt Young is anxious to got away liavine plenty to do in town.

A lifteen year old son of Mr George McKay a well-known tanner of Wangaehu whilst out shouting yesterday accidentally allot himsolf in tho face, Ho was goiiif along trailing his gun, which was loaded when the trigger oauglit in something and tho gun went off, the charge striking his faco at an angle; a portion of his nose was blown off and several shot entored bis head. He was conveyed to the Mastorton Hospital where he is receiving evory attention at tho hands of Dr Hosking

ivho reports although tho wounds are lovcro they are not likely to prove fatal.

Good news from Wellington, ant quite true, you can got a splenetic harmonium from L 5, piano or orgai

from LIB, organ .with divided octave couplars all in solid black walnut case: from Ll7. This beats all tho oheaposl

houses in town. Pianos tuned for 7s, or by tho year four visits LI, travelling expenses added. All kinds of musical instruments tuned, cleaned, and ropaired aow roedaput in accordeona, cenccrtinas, harmoniums, and organs; also liberal exchanges inado. Any instrument may be purchased on tho tiino payment system from 2s Cd por week. Call and exchange your old piano for a new one atF, J, Pinny's Musical Instrument Depot, Manners-strcot, Wellington. (Sole agont of the celebrated Worcester organs,)—advt.