The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3413, 18 January 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1890.

_ in our advertising column is reserved ii space for Mr T. Dickson, grocer, ol Lambton Quay, Wellington, which space our readers are advised to watch for an r, announcement to their interest. Offing to tho heavy downpour of rain thero was no meetin? of the Good Templar- Lodge at Eketahuna on Wednesday evening. ' Mr Thomas, furnbull, the architect to the Education Board, visited Eketahuna - on Wednesday to inspect tho school promise's aud pronounced the closets to bo in a very unsatisfactory condition. Lord Carrington, in tlwcourseofa rocont \ speech, said he appreciated the offortsof tho Good Templars to promote the cause _ (if'emporance, and recognised intomper- ■ anco as one of tho greatest sources of ~ crime and poverty. ■. • i- Prti ate letters from London state that y much uneasiness is felt in Court circles is with respect- to thohealth of tlio Prince - of-Wales. Symptoms resembling thoso y of JSright'o disease tiro said to have mauie fosted -themselves, and societv and other i jonrnalß havo been rcqnestcd to refrain is from alluding to the circumstances. 7 A remarkable instance of surgical n prowess, which occurred in the pvaotice i, of Professor Yon Borgniann, of Beslin, j is mentioned by the London corrcsponi. dent of the "Manohester Guardian." ( The profossor had two patients who \ were'siriiultaneoualy brought to him for | a operations, one requiring amputation of 0 ; the'thigh at the hip joint, the other e needing g portion of the humerus 1 removed' on nscotjnt of the bono being j> ejtensivoly diseased.. The.first opera- . lion to be done was the amputation, and i immediately -afterwards the surgeon prooeeided to excise tho deceased portion af tho humerus. Tho result of this latter proceedurewas necessarily toroalie a gap in the bone; but a piece of tho thigh bono was taken from the-limb whiflh had just been'amputated and fised on the gap, by which the continuity i of the humerus n?a<j completely restored. Porfeot union took place, and, tho patient recovered with a useful arm... It is,fold of a well-known Aftierjcan map agent that on »recent trip through i a wild district he was staked by high' way robbers,'who demanded hjs njopey. Being jnore prudent than to carry money in siioh a placej they failed in making a hain? * '.'Put said Our Yankoe, " I have eomo;; splesf^l.-^^P B > °f &o country alongwth mVwhich I should like to show you'."'and in a - twinkling he f&i offhis hone, and had a mapskuck up on a pole, and ho oxpliined itsoeffeotualjy that jui ihld each" of the banditti a map pocketed the money, and resumed his W*«r ft»V tW *n*W)BflasWr,:,.

We nro informed that Mr 1). Donald, of Solwny, fat dispo'cd of hit WHiknraku property, oi'inpiisin? I,nOC acres for .£IO,OOO.

The education leases advertised for sale wero submitted to auction yea erday bv.Measrs' Lowest Joins. Bight Mildred acros at Miki-Miki.being lot 80 "lock; IV, fetched a rental of sixpence per acre, Messrs A, McLei/d and F. Wrigley wero thepurchasers, An upset rental has been placed upon tho balance of the lots, at whioh price they can be obtained by application to tho auctioneel'!,. •'•;■;

The privileges in connection witli tho Jubilee sports to behold on the Master ton Park Oval on the 22nd. insfc., wero sold by Jlossra Lovroa & lortis yesterday, MmUorbett was the purchaser, scouring two refreshment bootliH fur £'lllos, and fruit stall at £llos. Tho arrivals in thiß colony during the' month of Decomber, 1889, wero27Bß,and tho dopartorin 1151. Tho arrivals wore —1067 from''Victoria, 817 from-.Hew South Wales, 643 from tho United Kingdom, 119 from Tasmania,, 1 from Queensland, and 141 from othor places The departures wero-6iß to New South Wales, 357 to Victoria, 80 to the United Kingdom, 18 to Tasmania, and .684 to other places.

Thosowliolikeancveiiing'samuscmeut at a moderate prico ate reminded of tho entertainment giien b 7 Oscar Smith's party at tho Tho lire 10-night. The Company though snrill 13 highly ofrioient, Mr Harry Devore and Miss Oakes' (who make their first appearance here) part of the performance being alone woith tho price ot admission. Professor Greenwood also'makes his first bow to a Masterton audience this ovonfng.

Mr Coker informs us that ho has made arrangements for tho early appearand) oftheßairnsfathor family of Bcoltish Vocalists. This family arrived iu New Zealand in rather a ronwntio and uurapocted manner. Starting from Amorici for Melbourne to fulfill a professional engagement, they wero wrecked on a coral island in the neighbourhood of Samoa,' and after unttoigoihe a series of bardshipa and privations they were rossued by' a steamer, and brought to Auckland, They are now milking ut tour it New Zealand itnd trill appear at Mastorton in about a fortnight's time, Our local contemporary has causht snother whale I Jn his last issue he ilubbera at us for pirating in. onr eadorofThursdayideaswhichhedoolares 10 had promulgated in his leader of the irevious day, It may comfort him to enow that his ideas whether lost, stolen, ir strayed are not in onr possession. We lavo not read tho article wliichhoacouses H of copying, we do not oven contentilate its perusal, nor have we heard a olitary individual other than liinißoli nako reference to the ideas which it is upposed to contain. As far as we are onoorned the article'is still fondly his wn, the exclusive property of the man rho knows best how to yaluo j it and to dvertise it ab our expeneo, Wo oven onsider ourselves fortunate in having scaped contact with tho ideas of our Deal oonfceruporary becauseit is palpable o us that his inspirations occasionally, a in his' last issue, take the, form of allncinationand wo would prefer not obe infected with them. If he cannot urb, earmark, or leg-rope some of his > •"« would advise him for his pp

deaß, wo would ndvisiu him for his ov. lake to treat tlioui as coliwcbs, otherwUt. thoy may hecomo'a bomco of Berious ansiety to his frieud's.' - ■■..■■ James WinUosret', a roai(Jont of Melbourne, had a dangerous encounter with a burglar early on the* morning of January 6th, Boiiy awakenod by discovering a burglar in the house,' ho endeavored to hold the man until oasis tauco arrived. The burglar thereupon fiercely'aUackod.hi.ui wiili aknifo, stabbing him in ,fon.r places, ono wound penetrating tho lii'nij. The burclar had his bouts oil', and loft them behind him in the house."

If we reckon the population of the globe at one tliuusand two hundred millions of human beings, there would be room for them nil on too frozen Bnrface of the Lake of nnuT.uu vrnsn wuulanuuje no very great either, as there would bo a spate of four square feet for oach porson, If the ice wore to break, and the- whole human raco were thus to sink into a watery grave, the level ot the' lake would only be raised six lnohos.

Notwithstanding its silly titlo writes the London special of tliu Duiiodin Star J can (nowlhave tend the bmik)quiteunderstand why Oaptam Antlroir Haggard's "Mo and I" |iut broLbcc Rider's nose out of joint. Tho story doosn't aspiro to very lofty levels, but it is many degrees more readnblo than 'Cleopatra. 1 Captain Haggard lays his scone in Egypt during the recent campaign, and gives us a rollicking military yarn of flirtiiif and fighting, freely flavored with thcoso pliy, sorcery, and the black art generally An Eastern beauty, with a jealous dis position and tho ability to'diiiiitegrat into invisible germs at ten minute notico, is the evil genius of tho story, k shocking fatal accident happoti Bondigo ' ' - 1 -

the Bondigo races lately when th. atoeplocliaao was being run. Wild.Do? and Salford were leading, Salford being ridden by n jockey named Arthur Francis Nowlands. Salford, wben.rising to the jump, struck the top mil heavily with both fore feet. Ho turned a complete somersault, and the jockey was crashed beneath him. A constable* who was close at hand at onco went up and found Wm to bo dead. Singular to say tho bridle was wound twice round New- j

land's lelt. leg. Fortunately the horse, which was unhurt, duly moved a tow yards, and was quietly grassing, It was found thai flowland's cheat was completely crashed and the back of his skull broken in, so death must hayo been

instantaneous.. Exactly tliirty-niuo years ago, wkon Mr Uradlaugh was a raw lad of sixteen suffering keen privatiousin consequence of the difficulty in findin? remunerative employment, the attraction of a bounty ot £6los- which would onable him to

pay off a few small .debts, induced him to onlisb in tho service of "John Company "-with the hope, perhaps, that he, too, might shake the pwocla tree to some purpose, Be™ not destined,howovor, to crosß tho seas until this year. It happened that thoßergeunt who enlisted him had, by.au arrangement coinnion in those days, borrowed a man from a sergeant in tho 50th Foot, and ho dutermined to pay his debt back with the person of Mr Bradlaugli, so that, aftor tho usual formalities had been eone through, tho latter was surprised to find that ho ■ was enrolled in tho aforesaid 60th Foot, and destined for homo ser, vico. It is hardly necessary to add that the future member for Northampton did not tamely submit to tho trick that had boon played him, and that, in the end, though he could not be re-trans-ferred to the East Indian service, he was allowed Ins ohoico of the home regiments with tho result that he ontcred the 7th Dragoon Guards, Wk have received by the ship Ttirakbia our last shipment of oarpontajand linoleums for the present soason,atTo Aro House, Wellington,

These coiupriiio tapestry carpets in some ot the best designs and colorings ire have over been able to sluiw, at a hwaeralo price viz., 23 lid per yard; and also sonio bordered tapestry stair carpets, for la lid mid 2s6d per yard, at Te Aro House, -Well. in"ton, We havo also opooed.out a : very, nice lot of linoleums of medium and boat qualities, and in designs exclusively our own, from 3add to 4s per yard. The patterns and coloring of these aro really eseellpnt, being a now doparture from.the ordinary humdrum designs so commonly shown in the trade.aiid will servo to maintain tho

A chosuut lior«o is udvoitiecd as impounded in the Masterton public ponnd,

Mr J. Bennett of Ohhoua advertise ß for-Bale 20 romncy marsli rams bred by Mssars Matthews, Itiddiford and B Dorset, >

Mr J B Innes has just received ex Kirautaka and opened up a choice assortment of new novelß, niagazines, and standard works. The books are now on view. .

Mr \V. Perry.offera 20a roivard for information which will lend to tho conviction of the person or parsons who wrenched the look off his paddook gate in Chapel atreot. Mr Ch»3, A, Pihkerfcon, a capablo accountant of many years standing in this district, has opened an officeiu he Road Hoard chambers Porry Strut nd in connection therewith ho has Btarted a labor exchangeThe anniversary services in connection with the Kuripuni Sunday School will be held to-morrow in the now Schoolroom. Mr E. -Tonka, of Wellington, will conduct tho serf to in the afternoon and evening. Selected hymns will bo sun* by tho children,.. On Monday a picnio will bo hold in Mr Pybus' paddock, to be followed by a .public meeting in the Schoolroom in the evoning.

Very convenient train arrangements to suit Wellington and Wairarapa excursionists on Jubilee Day are publishedin our advertising columns, Special low fares are quoted, ani four children aro counted as one adult.

What would havo been the highest terms offered to Mrs Langtry for a threo months season oightor nine years ago? Tho lady is said to have been recently offered and to have refused £B,OOO for an engagement of that length is Australia, \VIIO can be surprised after this that the stago is found bo tempting as a speculative profession ? ■

A machinist in the machine works of Noblesyillo. Hi,, has invented a wondorful gun that proposes to supersede all its predeocssora for' BtroDg and rapid Bring. His model, with.application for patent, is now at the Patent Office at Washington. Its construction shows the remarkable ingonuity of the'invontor, It is composed of asinglo rifled barrel and wboel 18 inches in diameter, which holds the charges of ammunition, Wlion' operated this wheel is turned by a crank and upon the trial it war found capable of discharging 1900- balls per minute, with a force equal to the Gatling gun.

Madame Patti sailed (or Now "lork at tho end of November last. It is interesting to know that hot baggage comprised upwards of thirty cnormouß trunks, containing, besides her stage costumes, sonio concert dressescalculatcd to excite the envy and admiration of American womanhood, more than halt a hundredweight of the particular tort of cocoa which she profore, and a quantity of grapes from the conservatories at Criw-y-Nos, Recent explorations in Hurmah show that thero is no water communication between thc'lrrawaddy and Chindwig. the two greatest waterways ofßurmah, The Assistant-Commission at Mogaun had a launch taken up tho ri/cr to Mogaung from Sinho, aud from the former placo it started on Aiwust 4th, and in three days it reached the Indawgyi lake, a largo sheet of vratnr about 140 square miles. in extent, situated among tho Chin hills, and about 150 miles North-west of Bhnmo. Arriving at the lake, tho assistant Commissioner was told that there was water communication from it by means of the Urn river with the Chindwin, and so back to the lirawaddy; but on investigation it turned out that the Urn is scarcely navigable for the smallest dugouts, and that the people prefer the hill paths, Very little trade is carried on in this district, the Kachins taking in salt and olothing, and carrying away dried fish. The Shan inhabitants spend most of their time in fishing. Good news trom Wellington, and quite true, youcan get a splendid harmonium -t»-u.-u^- r i<..w-<ir-urgtirr"iruiu uiu; organ with divided octavo couplers all in solid black walnnt cases fom lAI, This boats all the cheapest houses in town. Pianos tuned for 7s, or by the yf ar four visits LI, travelling expenses added,' All kinds of musical instruments tuned, oleaned, and repaired, new reeds put iu accordeans, Concertinas, harmoniums, and organs; also liberal exchanges made. Any instrument may bo purchased on tho time payuiout Bystem from 2s 6d per week. Call and exchange your old piano for a now one at F. J Pinny's Musical Instrument Depot, Manners-street, Wellington. (Sole agent of the 'celebrated Worcester organs.J-ADvr ■ I