The Wairarapa Daily WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3445, 26 February 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20, 1890.

Tho Telephone office is now open ai Eketahwia, and will be kept open between tho hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., excepting Sundays and- holidays.

Messrs Lowes & lorns announce a general sale at their rooms for Saturday next, and a sale of sheep, rams, cattle, kories, pigs,etc, at Mrßrigg'ssaleyauls, Pahiatua, 011 Wednesday next. Applications aro invited by the Wellington Meat Export Co. (Limited) for frozen meat spaco in steamers leaving the colony from June Ist to November 30th next. Particulars and forms of applications may be had 011 application to the Secretary. Constable Bo'.vden, of the local police force,hasfur tho past month been actively engaged collecting agricultuia! and other statistics for the Statistic Department. Last week a party of ladies and gontlomen from Rtfoura ascondcd ityount Odin, 'J7OO feet, which is believed to bo the highest altitude attained by any ladies in New Zealand. The climb occupied nine houra and tlni party had a capital vioiv ot tho North Island and parts ot the South.,

At a meeting Of tho i;enml committee appointed to carry out tho scheme for Iheestablijhmeutof aFrea Public Library in Wellington, held cn Mondayeveuing, it was statod that tho sum of ±730 only was required beforo the orection of the building could bo undertaken.

Considerable excitement was orented in commercial circles iu Wellington on Monday last, when, ona bale of Has from the Manawatu district, on which tho agents had advaucod at the rate of £lO, beiti? opened, it was found that although the outßido fibre was of good quality, tho remainder consisted of wot hanks.

Tlio ft. M, S. ltuapehu, which loft London on January 9th,Plymouth 11th, Tonerilfe 10th,Cape Town February Ist, aut| Hubart on tlio 21st, was berthed in Wellington p.t J2.30, yesterday. The passage was an unevwtfij) one, favorable weather being wet with "throughout, The actual steaming timo was 41 days, 5 hours, and 31 minutes, and tho detentions 3 days and 50- minutes. She brings 230 sacks of mails, 14 boxes of parcola post, 1 packet, 22 passengers for Wellington, unjf $2 fijr transhipment. An extraordinary egcajja ftpig yhat, in the ordinary course of events, would havo been sudden death, occurred at the Manaiyatu Gorge on Friday last, According to the Woodville Examiner n blacksmith named Sullivan, who is omployed on the railway works, was pullinfj Jiiinself across in the cage nearest tho Ashurst fiid. fjvp or threo of tlio liien noticed it' scorned heavy wprk for him, and one of them wont to tho drum to giye' Sullivan "assistance. Sullivan ps thfl|) resting, and did not notice tho man go to giy/j j)ii)> help. Simultantaueously with tlua man ofarting the drum Spllivan reacjiod o)it to etarjt his pulling afresh, with-the result fliat tjie impetus was too great for him, and lie was thrown out of the cage , which was then: fifty feet above tlio water lino. Sullivan fell that distance into tin) river •beneath on his back, and was under watp; ft few Beconds. On reappearing he swam towards tho bank and 'was safely rescued"little ijip jyorso for his: adventure. A [Soiithorn paper states that dog stealing is very rifo in Christchurch just now,: Voluble dogs ■ urc ■ for the purpose g/' bohig exported, especially St Bernards fpr Auatral/a apd foa terriers for India; Ageiitleum wceutlynpsed a valuable SfcT*etnar4, and suspecting that it had been stole!) for pipprt, pnt to tho officer fflioso duty it is to grant certificates of health on account of all enquired if any dog answering te R lO fjoscriiitioi) .ojtho lost oho, had been present??,, Ifr lMpald Foster, tho otHeer in question, foitnd such:iin animal entered 111 lm books, and through 'tli'o information thus obtained tho dog was recovered from on board a steamer at'Lyttolton. From the atreeta »f BJaptorton wo could well afford a few of theso pachydermatous objects for exportation.' *. • - .

Spurgeon's church has. .Bent more muiistore into otlior countries thnti any otlior church in the world. Mr Alexander Murray, being tho only candidato, hasbeon elected to ropveseivt tlio Castlcpoiut Riding in the Wairarapa North County Council. The first meeting of tho Alfredton Licensjn? Committee, (or tho election of oliairman, will bo held iu the Road Board oOioe, Eketahuna, on Monday next, ,

On the ocoiaion oftlie Fire Brigades' Demonstration in Wellington, Saturday roturn tickets are advertised as availablo between Maaterton and.that city, from March let to March 6th.' The funeral of tho lata Mr Duncan Stewart took placo at noon to-day,, tho cortitge being very largo, nnd including farmers from ovcry part of tho district, together with tlio leading men of the town. The coromony at tho grave was conducted io an impressive manner by tho Eov D. Fulton. It will be econ from a tolegraphio communication in another column, that a son of Mr A. Yule, of Pahiatui, (am! lato oftluß town), ton years of age, uwt with his death yesterday in a horrible inannor. The lad, it apuenrs, was hold-

ingahoree in a paddock, having the ropo tied round Ills arm, when tbe animal took fright and bolted, tearing off tho boy's arm at tho elbow. . Death ensued in an hour aftor tho occurrence. A daughter of Mr W. H, King, bootmaker, of Cartprton, about seven years of age, met with a sad ond yesterday, being literally burnt to death., It appears that tho child went . Into Mr Kembles, whero his raon had set fire tu some stubbles, and whilu there it is supposed that she must have got surrounded by the tiro. Her screams brought 6ome neighbours to her assistance, but when extricated from

thofiro tlio child's clothes were burnt olf her back, a.nl herßkin was fearfully charred. In tho absenco of a modical man Mr W. ,l. Lindop applied tlio best remedies possible to relieve tho unfortunate litile sufferer, Dr Smith was telegraphed for from Greytown and iras soon iu attendance, but tho child succumbed tu her injuries durin? tho I wight. I Tho local polico buildings, cells, aud

outhouses haye just been subjected to a thorough renovation ut the bauds of Mr G. Coker. painter. mul in laimess to the authorities it must bo said they now present a most inviting appearanco. These needful repairs remind us of an incident which transpired at a recant Parliamentary election in this Colony. A candidate had concluded an 'enthusiastic address, and offered to answer any quosfcious which might be put to him. A mournful-looking individual rose at the invitation and asked in pathotic tones, " IF elected, are you in fa\\>r of whitewashing the walls of the prism cells?" "1 am," was the immediate rejoinder. " Then you've lost my votol" exclaimed the elector, ■' for I wa3 recently run in by the Sergeant, and my brand now dress suit was completely spoilt by the white wash on the walls." The candidate here collapsed. Wo are informed by Sergeant Price that there is no danger of such an occurrence in the local "'jugs," although from ilic patronago tlioy iiavo received from the public of late one would think tlioy were haunted,

According to tlio foreign journals, a Berlin iuvoutor named Wiscmauti Ins discovered a means by which the hummers of a pianoforte limy bo dispensed with, tho strings being mado to vibrate by electric shocks. Tho practical advantages of the iuvciition aro not yot Btated.

Henry George, tho Groat American Socialist and expounder of the single tax idea, and author of " Progress and Poverty," intends to make a sin?lo-tax campaign in New Zealand and all tlio Australian Colonies. Ho has just returned to Amorica, after a veiy successful campaign in England, and he thinks that tlio time lias come for an active campaign in tho colonics. He was to leave Kan Francisco on the Bth Ft btuary by the Mariposa, Mr Georgo. is about 55 years of age, and is personally a Gne looking man. Ho was one of tlio founders of the Evening Post of San Francnw.

A young boy oinploycil at the Theatre desColcstificsat Lyons took it into his head to soothe Faris Exhibition. He had plenty of energy, but very littlo monoy. i'e sot out on foot from Lyons on tlio 10th of July, tit 10 o'clock in tlio moniiiis!, and nine days afterwards, at half past 2p. m., ho arrived at Paris (iJ2O miles). He had lis in his pocket on leaving home, but ho had to economise his funds. By sleeping in barns and living on bread, milk, and lard, he managed to reduco his expenses to about 3s, He spent a month and ten days at Paris, three days in the week ho gave up to work, and the fourtli to see the Exhibition and see the town. On tho 2titli of August, at five in the morning, ho set out on the return journey. He kept up tho distance of So kilometres a day, and arrived at home on the 4tli September;' He, spent on his return journey about 3s (id, and brought baok 5/9. For omitting the word "not," the Irish Times was amerced iu damages of A'looo to Mr Matthew Harris, 11.1',, by a Limerick jury. Tho case came before tlio Exchequer Division, on ail application, for a now trial, and Baron Dowse described tho damages as "not only excessive, but preposterous," To illustrate the frequency of mistakes in news papers, ho remarked tliut once he fjijoted, ill an address to a Cork jury, that well-known lino from Tennyson's " Locksley Hall," " Bottcr fifty years of Europe than a cyclo of Cathay," but to his horror found himself reported in a local paper as Having said, "Better fifty years of Europe than & cjrcus in Bombay," and yet he did not bring an action foe libel, imputing that ho was a sort of judicial Barnuni. Jfr Morrisi' counsel(Mr Healy) rotusod>to a«reo to a reduction of damages to MOO, but elected to take a now trial.

Savs the Marlborough Express:—An amusing cpisodo occurred to-day in Court. A slab-sided youth was in tlio box deposing that ho was present at a raffle, and that lie was authorised to throw for another party, and in course of his evidence in cross-oxamitiou ho said in the most natural manner possiblo, "He tipped me. the wink to throw for' him." Tho cross-ojainiuing counsel stopped short with a horrified, air, and repeated, "Tipped you tho wink I What is that?"' Counsel accompanied tfijs sjiitl) a glance of appoal at tlio Magistrate,' tflioj' sat like a praven image, and gave no 'sign' ot comprehension or tlio reverse, Thus counsel ropeated the mystio words iu a dio-awa.v voice: "Tipped him the wiuh," The witness then' volunteered a lumbering explanation that he meant "gavo him a sign,"—amidagon'ral laughter, Tlio ij'.iwti: of the witness and the iunocenco of counsel wpre altogether too much, Tlieaudienco could not conceive that a lawyer was .unable to comprehend tho meaning of'.'tipping the wink." Tlie Fair has pvoyel a success, in that jt lias enabled uj to sellout a tyrgc proporlion of our surplus summer stock at To Aro House, WcHingto/n '•Tlio Fair," lioircvor, has Isft us q tyliance; small, it is truoj stiU, a- bklauce of goods that we should like to entirely clear out of Te AvoHouse, Wellington. The " Fair" prices were extraordinarily low; very much below the value of the goods j notwithstanding wo have reduced jtlißin gtill more, in order to accomplish our design at To Aro House, Wellington. - Ladies should attentively our summary ot these reductions,' on each side of the well-known picturfc'p't Te Arb House, Wellington. 'jj'ailies should pay a visit to our dress souitfer, tji' tl)oy are ccrtaii) to pick up greater bawainii tjjaii jioratpfprt j and shpuhl nol forgot to look i'ntg ' ihp mantle deparfilMul aid seo life iniiryels ,q! gli'eail: uoasiu maiitk", cosiipiiK ijhil, jackets' i(t Te Aro House, Wellington. -

Ladies would find it a real pleasure in Ifljkjng oyer .tlio ,halanco .ot our season's ipillincry, svith tli'o vefy teii)ptin" prices a; which c»wy article is mvted 91 'l'p My House,-Wollington.' ' J ■ Ladies aro reminded that tho spcoial reductions made in these specially onumer-. ated articles will continue to the end'ol the prefcnt mouth only, .at To Aro House, Wellington,