The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1889.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3326, 4 October 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1889.

The ordinary monthly meeting of tho Town Lands Trustees takes place this evening.

To-morrow boing tho first Saturday in the month, the usual monthly payments to tho Masterton and (Jreytown Building Societies are due. The finder of a purse containing notes, gold, and silver, lost bofcivcen Upper Plain Bead and Masterton will be rewarded on returning tho same to this office,

The annual meeting of tho Masterton Cricket Club takos place in Mr W. G. Beard's office this evening. Members and intending mombers aro requested to be present. Wo nnderatand that through the illness of the secretary; the annual meeting of the Masterton and Opaki dockoy Club will bo postponed to a later date, of which due notice will bo given. Wo aro requested to remind our readers of Messrs Lowes & loms sale at their rooms to-morrow, Their list will embrace new and second-hand furniture, bacon, fowls' wheat, produce, poultry and sundries. Sab at 2 o'clock. MessrsM. Caselberg & 00. notify that it is their intention to mako further concessions to their numerous customers. The present cash prices will be their future bookiii" ratos, tmd a discount of five per cent allowed for cash with two iui'l a half per cent allowed off monthly accounts. They confidently hopoan increased trade will make up for this loss in profit. " Hope ot Ekotahuna" 1.0.G.T.'s met on Wednesday as usual at tho Eketahuin Schoolroom the attendance was not largo owing to tho wet weather. Sister Roche S.J.T, informed tho Lodge that owing to Miss Morriss holding a practice for tho coming May-polo dance (iu aid of the I Newman Hall) the Juvenile Toinple had been poorly attended. It was decided to ask Miss Morriss to alter the night of practico so as not to clash with temperance work.

The following is the programme of the cantata "Red Kidiny Hood's Rescue," jo be given in St Matthew's Schoolroom on Tuesday flveniii" next ;-Red Hiding Hood, Miss O. (lorbett t Mother, Miss Brown; Hugh, Woodman, Mr Gniit; Wolt, boy, Ctislimorp Froelh; Robin, boy, playmates, A. Bennett and E. JTreetli; Buttercup,ono of the youngest, Olh'o Jag!)! Reso, Jfijs A, White! Nightingale, Mies Jjpwes; semi-chorus of Bluobellfl, full oliom? of Merry Children.

At the H.M. Court, Carterton, on •Thursday, before Messrs B. Fairbrqther aud J, Bayliss, J.P.'s, Charles J. Sharp was charged that lie did on the 2nd day of October, hist, steal from Mr E. B. Buckcrjdgc one dog, valued L 5. Constable Darby prosecuted. K H. Buckeridgc .deposed to seeing tlje accused about the Marquis of Nornjandy Hotel yesterday afternoon, and last night ho went to tho accused's house and found the dog there, The witness stated that he did not wish to press tho clmrgo as ho thought perhaps the accused might bo the worse for liquor at the time, The constable stated that tho ncused appeared to bo under tho influence of drink when he arrested him. The paused in defence stated the dog followed him home, which it had done uu aoverat occasions, and l|o had taken jt back. The case was dismissed with a caution.

A stockman, while mustering cattlo at Narraprj "{JJejv South Wales), dis ; covered human bones in % burnt down hut. A charge of shot l«d been loijge/j in the skull, and troin other indication? it is evident that a murder had been committed. The victim had evidently been placed on tho fire on tho hearth, and afterwards tie hut was sot o'fl fro;

Tho following tenders huvo been rocoivod by the North County Council forvepalia to Wangaehu bridge: aocouted C.E. Daniel £3(l Ik declined: F. Chapman £3918s W, Woolf £141630 d.

Tho attendance at Oavtotton School

during the quarter just ended, has averaged two hundred and forty one children a day, This is an extremely satisfactory figure for the winter season.

William Hall for promenading tlie streets of Wellington last evening in female uttiro was locked up in tlio police cells for the night and will have to give an account of his conduct to the magistrate to-day The Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral' Show which takes place on November 19th and 20th is advertised elsewhere. Entries close ffith the Secretary, Mr It ,H Dicksou on 9th November.

Messrs L, J, Hmporand Co will make

their first display at the 13im March 6 this evening of Spring and Summer goods, The windows will bo lit up tonight from sevon to ton o'clock. Mr F, H. Wood announces his nest Taratahi Stock Sale for Thursday, October 10th, The preliminary catalogue is-advertised and further entries invited.

By an order in Cnuucil tho Itegisration fee on prepaid letters book Ac is reduced to threepence. This acceptable reform will no doubt add to the income of the postal Department in a vory short time. Tho Masterton Wesleyan Circuit

quarterly meeting was hold last ovoning in the schoolrtioiu. The Kev W, Rowso occupied the Chair, and thero was a goodly attendance of Circuit officials present, Tho'iiocting was opened with

singing and prayer, Statistics of membership, &c. were presunted by tho Chairman by which it was shown that thero woro seventy-fivo full and

accredited church members with sixteen other communicants, and about 12 catechumen. The state of the Sunday school was also considered, and roforence mado to several matters of church oxtension. Thii Circuit stewards Messrs Elliott and Gordon presented their financial statement showing the income for the quarter to havo bcon a little under -£SO, leaying about tho usual deficit. The accumiated

deficiency now boing considerable, it was hoped that the sate of work now m course of preparation by the ladies of the congregation would roduce if not wipe it out entirely, On the motion of MrElhott

the Minister was thanked for his pasl services and invited to remain his third

year, to which a auitablo response was made by the Chairman. Tho question of separation from Australian Conference, and an indepoudant conference for New Zealand worked a very animated discussion. Finally tho vote was taken resulting as follows, viz, seven for separation, seven against a ono neutral. After ono or two minor matters of business had been transacted the meeting closed with the bonediction a littlo after ten p.m. A nwagsman met with a fearful death on the Bchuoa railway lino. Tho man had evidently made his bed on tho railway line, and his torribly mangled body was found with only a shirton, tho other articles of clothing forming a couch for

the body. JohnVann, aged twenty-one years, committed suicide at Marrickville, near Sydnoy, under unusually distressing circumstances. He placed a loaded revolver to his head in his sister's pres- [ once, and before she could stop him blew his brains out.

Tho disoovory of fire by a droam at Warruambool is recorded. Mr Itussell, storekeeper, was suddenly awakened from sloop on Wednesday morning last, having droamed that a largo liro was occurring. Being vividly impressed with this idea he went tn his bedroom window, and then precoived vohunos of smoko issuing from a blacksmith's shop opposito. Mr Russell wo tho alarm, and the flames were quickly extinguished. A man named James Stewart, aged twenty-seven, has been arrested in Melbourne on a charge that would be difficult to beat for conteniptiblejmeannoss. Since the death of tho tiremen at tho conflagration at Messrs George and George's, subscription lists havo beon started in aid of the faiiiihos of the riromon. Stewart took advantage of this and canvassed the Buburbs,representing that ho was authorised to collect subscriptions lor the

distressed families. Before he was arrested, Stewart had succoeded in collecting £'ls. A number of local anglers are giving Btrong expressions of dissatisfaction to the way thoy havo heen treated by the management of tho Acclimatisation Society. They allege that tho rivers have been stripped to supply other districts, and that certain watora are closed against them for fishing purposes which ought to bo open considering thoy pay an annual license. To test tho foolin? of tho district a proposal is to bo brought forward to form an Acclimatisation Society hero, so that tho control of the rivers and tho management may be in local hands.

The Mastorton Cemetery Trust held its usual quarterly meeting last eyvning, Present Messrs Peyton (in the chair), Feist, Galloway and Cwvio, Tho Treasurer reported a credit balance of £3l 19s 9d. Tho custodian pointed out that interments on Sunday, tho day of rest, wero undesirablo, and tho trustees expressed an opinion that they should, excepting in cases of urgency, be discouraged. The Secretary was instructed, to report j;p nw-.t tneetjiuj ro registration of deed, and on Ilio motion of Mr Galloway it was decided to place a pump near tho entrance to tho cemetery, »o that the caretakers of flowers ic., could havo convenient access to water, Messrs Bunny and Cowie wore appointed a Works. Committee for tho ensujn? quarter.

Iu reference to tho appointment of an assistant master to fill the vacancy caused by the promotion of Mr Wilson in the Masterton School, tho Post says a deadlock has arisen betwepn tho Board and the looal committee, At Its last meeting the Board solectcd tho candidate whom it proposed to appoint, and consulted the School Committee on the subject, m terms of tho Education Act, at the same time sending tho full list of applicants for the position. The committee has, however, choson a candidate on its own account, which it is contended on tlui part of the Board authorities thoy had no power to do, Nothing is likely to bo done in the matter until the Board meets at tho end of the month, but as the position is alroady vacant tho school will remain understaffed in ths meantime.

Many instances of heroism were given by women in tho Conomaugh Valley. Along tho Pennsylvania road moat of tho telcgragh lowers are in charge of women operators, und not one deserted her post when she saw the awful' mountain of water rushing dujrn upon her, Mrs Ogle was'one whose name 1 deserves to bu inscribed on the roll of tho nation's martyrs to principle Tho warning of impending danger flashed to her ovor the wires, and she sent it on to those hojow. Back came tho pleading mess age from those who "Save yourself" She answered; '!My ljfo is worth more hero than it. can ever be elsewhere," and it was. Message after" message her swift fingors sent of warning and direction, by which hundreds were saved. The wavo advanced on her; she teiegrapljed'lThis is my last message, 1 ' a peculiar die!; loin 1 the operator at tljo othe'rmid that the connection was brokon and all was still. The tower and its brave occupant had eqno down together. Good news from Wellington, and quite true, yquoan gof a splondid barnion'iuin fnmi Ifl, pi"»« ot organ froin Lli). organ with divided octave couplars nil in solid black walnut 'casus fnm Wf. This beats all the ohoapost houses In town. Pianos timed for 7s, or by the year four visits LI, travelling expenses added: All kinds of musical instruments tuned, cleaned, and repaired, new reeds put in acenrdeans, Concertinas, harmoniums, and organs; also liberal exchanges made. Any instrument may be purchased on the time payment system from 2s Cd'pq'r week. Call and oxchange your old piano for a new one at 1?. J, Piiiiiy'ii Musical Instrument llennt, Manners-street, Wellington. Sole agent ,of the celebrated Worcester organs.)—AJ^T

At a s:ile in London,' Tho "confession of Faith," signed by Gharloa 11. on his coronation at Scono, realised £135. Mr Shoohy, M.P., who ii at present in prison doing a sbutenco of five months' imprisonment under tho Crimes Act, has fallen in for a legacy of £7OOO by the death of a relative in America. The news ought to sensibly nllevhto Ins sufferings during tho balance of the sentence. A man named John Ruston has been committed tor trial at the Collingwood Court for - perjury io connection with a false declaration in reward to tho birth of a child, Tho evidence showed that Ruston registered tho child as that of his wife, resident in New Zealand, while in reality the child was an illegitimate ono o( accused's nieco, Ellen Dickie, with whom ho had run away from Now Zealand. Heaps ot course manure may bo re duced quickly to g"od condition for use by liboral applications of quicklime. It will naturally be accompanied by great losses of ammonia if the hoaps are not covered with dry earth, If this is dono no harm will result provided the lime and manure heaps are where their decomposition will not set fire to farm buildings, Clover Libby, in.tlie bitternoss of his opposition to the Royal grants, un- , earthed a text of Scripturo singularly apropos to tho question. Ho says in . Truth,—lt is curious that Ezekiol seems

to havo had Jtoyal grants in his prophetic oye.' Chapter xlvi., v; 18, is as follows: "Moreover the Prince shall not

take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possessions; but ho bIwII give his son inheritance out of his own possession." M, Tarry, one of the engineers on the Sahara railroad, now heing constructed by France, reports acuriousdiscovorY of great arclneobgic.il value. Coming upon a mound of sand ho had it dug,and found a dome which proved to be tho top of a tower and digping deeper, tho to wer proved to bolong to a mosquo embedded in tho sand. Continuing his researches, he has already uncovered nine houses and a water-course. The wator-courso is of groat value, and will be used for irrigation, The discovery confirms tho impression that Sahara was once a populous land and by no moans a waste or desert. The restoration of tho vast tract will be pushed with renewed courage. ''What is the next case!" asked the magistrate. "JNot sending a child to school, your worship." "Call it on." The case was duly called, and in response a comely-looking young woman mado her appoar.tnce. "Are you the defendant!' "Oh, no, please, sir, I'm tho child." "Why don't you go to school, then?"

demanded the P.M., sternly adjusting his glass the while to have a better view of tho pretty face. "I'leaso, sir, wij

hnsbaud won'i lei mc." She was actually married' though under 15, the

school age. Case dismissed. The steam digger has, if the opinions of thoso who are enthusiastic in its favor can be implicitly relied upon, a future before it. Tho large occupier can find plenty of work for a machine commensurate with his requirements, and the smaller fanner has also placed within his reach a proportionate implement. Tho wire-r&pe system, with two large ongines, have advantages distinctively its own; but if all that bo said bo true, the steam-digger will be the farmor's friend of the future. We read of a tiny 3 horso power engine capable of rolling 20 acres nor day, and sowing artificial manure and clover at tho samo operation, if necessary, It could also thoroughly stir, 4in or Sin deep, land broken up in tho autumn, depositing tho seed together with artificial manure, and rolling it in at one operation. This it would do at the rate of 10 acres per day, consuming •icivt of coal, and requiring the labour of a man and boy. Such an implement costs £SOO in England, and could bo adapted for digging solid land at the rato of from three to six acres per day.—Sydney Mail.

Lieutenant Franklin A, Shaw, of tho Ist Begimoiit of Infantry, was out walking at Greatlwad, England, with his little daughter Grace, ono afternoon in August last. They were attended by a thoroughbred St. .Bernard dog, tho

property ol Lieut. Shaw. Whilo at tho highest point of the cliff Grace wont closo to the edge, and tho dog seem? her danger, walked between the child and the precipice, Tho turf started, and tho dog lost his footing, Koahsing his danger, ho mado a spring far over tho cliff, Tho child who was really out of dansrer, had turned to her father, when tho dog sprang up in front of her, but tho noble brute had dono his duty in guarding her, He sprand cloar of tho rocks, and landed on his fecc on thn beaoh 120 ft beloiy, It was a remarkable escape, for the dog is extremely large, weighing lb'slb, and such a leap without breaking limbs seemed impossible, Beyond a few cuts on his feet the dog was apparently unhurt.—Western Morniny News,

Among the curios to be forwarded to the Dunedin inhibition is the skeleton of a mariiio rarity supposed to belong to the sea serpent tribe. Its length is nearly 8 feet, Tho skeleton was picked up on tho Hokitika beach, tho gulls haying previously denuded it of its flesh. Many of these serpents or sea snakes hove been found in various parts of tho world, mure particularly in tho Indian Ocean and South American coast, but only averaging from four to six feet in length, A couple of years ago a soi snake was caught off the Sandgato pier, It was a poculiar looking reptile, for whjlo resounding an ordinary snake in tho head and for half its length, being only about 1} inches in circumferenco, it thickens to 5J inches at the tail, which portion of its body resembles a fish. Its leneth was sft Bin, Tho reason that fish of tliis kind aro seldom so seen is, that subsisting on tho herbage at the bottom of the sea, they rarely coino to the surface except when forced ashore during heavy storms. An English syndicate which inoludes the Rothschilds, tho Barings, and some of tho chief bankers iu London, with a capital of forty million sterling, aro buying up the largest of the brewerieß in tho United States. They have alroady purchased tho Detroit, Newark, Philadelphia, New York, and Milwaukee brewerios, and are negotiating for those in San Francisco, Chicago, San Joso,and Los Angolos. Most of the investments hitherto made will yield a return of from 10 to 15 por cent. Tho syndicate havo also accpiired tho largest distillery in Louisville, Kentucky, and aro in treaty for others in Baltimore. Thoy likewise operate iu land ; have obtained a large grant in Lower California, and a concession of twenty million acres from tho Mexican Government. Some of the largest ranches in tho Western States of America aro owned by British noblomen and capitalists, and some of the newspapers complain that they aro ' gobbling Up" tbo country. i}rossm,akin i g.-Gur head dressmaker has hut recently returned from Melbourne and Sydney, and from the abundant opportunities she hasliad of noting the variousfashionable styles, most in favour among the leaders ot "ton" in theso Australian capitals, offers the following observation to ladies gcuorally and in particular to the patronesses of (he dressmaking department a,t To Aro House,' Wellington. ' Dressmaking.-" lliad kec dresses are as popular as ever: silk smhes, tied nt tho side ore mnoli worn, and China silk is also fashionable," We have a full, complete and elegant assortment of these, at To Aro House, Wellington, Drcssnibkuig.—■ 'flain materials, trim, mod with braid and tjimpfitis in much favour and the 'Dimloik' style ot dress promises to be the rage." In thcsep/awi thwfabrics we have an abundant variety, both of Bronch and English make. \jit!|r, lqvoly choice in Wife, <//m;>s ami Minus of every descriptiop'sliiide' ai]d colour, at To Aro House, Wellington. Drassina,king,-' l fio>*iv<! d\<ess makmls Aro about j|ie newest thing out, and are bound from their navolty to be much patronised. 1 ' There is sucli an immense choice of these in our season's importations that there need be no fear of monotony, Our assortment of these beautiful fabries.at Te Aro Honse.is already being much appreciated by the ladies of Wellington, and Wairarapa. Dressmaking.-"A profusion of embrnideri/ is to bo the 'correct thing this season as also bows of riMon.linished oil with long oids in front," Ladies .will find that nowhere wilj they qbfp better variety, or a more excellent ossorlracnt ot these than at .To Aro House, W#gttw,-Ai(vi,

Tlit! School examination nt Carterton is expected to bo held on Monday, 14th October.

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their slock salo for Wcdnosday next a lino of special interest to dairymon consisting of 30 coifs and heifers.

It transpires that tho liberal donor of £IOOO towards founding a freo public library in Wellington is Mr W. H. Levin. His Mmmeiidablo action tvill no doubt bo followed up by other wealthy city residents. Tho Mayor Mr J, Duthie has intimated his intention of supplementing the gift by £2OO, and a site for the buildings will, no doubt, bo profide 1 by the City Council m a central situation. Wo, in Masterl™, know what a boon our public library is, not tu residents in the place alone, but to visitors who constantly tako advantage of it. Tho want of such an institution in Wellington has frequently being called attention to through our columns, and Wuirarapa people, who visit the Empiro City will bB delighted to learn that there is every prospect of a public library there becoming an accomplished fact in tho near future.

I had the pleasure yesterday, writes our Carterton correspondent ot visiting Mr B. R, Jones' green-house, and I may safely say that I never saw flowers and vinos looking healthier than his are, I saw bunches of grapes over three inches in length and apricots as largo as a good sizod cherry, and as to the different kinds of roses just bursting the buds it. is beyond mo to describe, in fact in another weeks time he could ycry well havo a horticultural show of his own, everything looked so beautiful and healthy which ho attributes In a great measure to the me of sulphur, which 1 saw sprinkled on the vines, ho says that keeps tho fly from attacking the leaves. He also Ims snruo cucumber plants in a vory forward atato, [ see ho adopts tho English Btylo for cucumbors of planting them in stable manure.