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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3483, 12 April 1890, Page 2

_ The annivorsary toa of the Greytown Presbyterian Ohuroh will be held in the Foresters' Hall on Tuesday, 22nd April, to be followed by a public meeting,

The oats on Mr Gates' farm at Tinffhld, noar Ashburton, have threshed out 122J bushels to the acre.

An epidemio of suicides continuos to rage in Now York city. The papers are filled with accounts "of the most ghastly and horrifying self-murdors, occasioned by want,-financial ruin, drink, and a dozen other causes. ' . Jamea Wallace Smith, of Masterton, h«B been gazetted a" sub-inspector ol sheop, from tho Ist inst...

Influenza appears to be vory prevalent In Wellington just now. Wo learn from private correspondence that hardly a family in the city lus escaped attack. The body of a young man nainod Alfred O'Callaghan waß found in Wellington harbor on Thursday, Wo are pleased to hear that Mr V. Hoopor, who has been seriously ill, shows signs to-day of improvement, It is to bej hoped that ere long he will be fully recovered. The people of Feilding are anxious to have a visit from the great comedian, MrJ.L, Toole, on the occasion of his touring this colony. We understand a' similar anxiety existsinPahiatna, where it is said a relative ot the great actor resides."

A Wellington exchange says 1 Complaints are niitdo of the kk arrival of the early train from tho Hutt, tho delay being duo to the shunting of trucks at Petone and Ngahauranga," Quito recently a man suod in London for an account, and raised tho defence that no account had eyer been rendered, The Court found for the plaintiff, and said the law ot England was that no creditor was hound to send an account; ; the debtor was bound to find out his oreditor and pay him,.

We have received a communication from the Government officiul in Mauriceville recently referred to in our correspondence as a " cantankerous individual," who rofutea the charges made against him by our correspondent with reference to the recent social gathering in that district, We regret that tho official in question should nave been misrepresented through our columns, but wo cannot see that the publication of the letter he forward in explanation would gain the end he desires.

The Theatro Royal was moderately well filled last night, when the St, Maur Comedy Oompany produced the favourite play, "Jim the Penman," The staging of the piece may be said to be even more complete than that of the previous ovuninfj, Every part was well sustained, and tho rounds of applause which were elicited bear testimony to tlio mauuor in which tho piece was produced, Miss Florence Seymour assumed again tho title role as Mrs Etilston, whilst Harry St, Maur n-as a volume in himself. We may safely assert that for some considerable time past there has net been a oompany in.Masterton as strong as that which appeared on Thursday and Friday niflitfli

A couple of Wairarapa youths were c route to Melbourne. Landing at Hobai

with a young lady apioce, thoy marched up the main thoroughfare, when they discovered a great crowd of people standing in front of a hall, Hero thoy halted, mid after a short pause proceeded along an avenue formed in tlie orowd, They had not gonefar, howover, when thoy were stopped by a " peeler," who informed thorn that the avenue had been formed for tho' reception' of the Governor. Having' explained their position, the Btrangers were requested to follow tho man-in-blne. Consenting, they marched onward amidst the vociferous cheering of the tremendous assemblage, Realising thoir position, the young men made an elaborate bow, and notwithstanding that they had been mistaken for Sis Excellency and suite, thoir stay in thatparticular thoroughfare was veiy briof indeed.

Tho following rather mysterious occurrence is reported fronr Upper Riccarton, in tho Lyttolton Times. At about half-past eight on Sunday oveniDg two young women were observed walking hastily''along the South road near Riccarton Church, bearing between them what appeared U be the corpse of a chili], This was loosely wrapped in a covering of some soft material, and their ovlaent desire to conceal what they were carrying, no less than the suspicious appearance of the burion, aroused curiosity, Passing up tho road, which is thoro overshadod by tall poplar twcs, the two wont on until they were seen to outer tho jrotoat the upper end of the ohurchyard, which is also the parish cemetery. They wore not Beon to coma out again, and whether they deposited their burden in the cemetery is also not knop, a subsequent search having failed to reveal any recent disturbance gf the graves. So far, nothing further has been ascertained to explain the affair or to account for the bohaviouf of thp two yopypmen."

There ore so many exaggerated sensational Bimkn stories told during the season that the following, wero it not vouohed for by Mr P. W. Pederson (a well-knownaud highly respected resident of Deniaon), would hardly be credited. It appears that a man working for Mr Pederson was engaged in Berub-cutling, when ho felt something crawling up bis leg. 1 Ho immediately clapped his hand down and clutched in the fold of his trousers what be rccoguiscd to his jiorror' was a snako; Luohily ho had Bel&cd the reptllo by the head, and rocogfliaing tho peril ho was in, he, with the grip of a mail strangling for Ijfo, managed to hold on and'master tho snake, His difficulty then ■ was to get the snake away,' as there was.no assistance at band.' However, lie managed by degrees with his left-hand to divest himself of his trousers, with the exception of his -right leg on which tho snake had been struggling all the whilo. Slowly ■he thon succeeded in working the snake and the leg of ' his trousers down to his foot, wd with anuaden jerk Jwfhroy th?m some distance from him: then picked up a stjck, and very jpon hod killed his unwelcome coinpanjpn of fitib laat few minutes. Tho snake was one of the tigej:. species, and the man oan congratulate himself on his fortunate escape.—Gippsland Times. Ourtas Apartment is now- abundantly supplied with all the latest fashions,' both in textures and colours, adapted for the autumn and winter season, at To Aro House,_Wellington,

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Publio r.tendow; aro, invited by the Mauriceyillo Road Board for the oreotion of cart and suspension bridges. . Tho Masterton Billo Yoluntoers aro remindod'that the parades ara .arranged weekly for this arid next month, ,

The annual meeting of tho Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral and Agricultural Sooiety will be held at Carterton on Saturday, 26th April. Mr J. Carpenter, of the Queen-street boot warehouse,announces apodal cheap bargains during the next fourteen days, Dtior to hia half-yearly taking of sfcook.' Dr MoLeod, of Napior, charged with attempted rape, three yean ago in New South Wales, has been* remanded to Sydney, The Rev. G. K. Stowell, of Havelook, conduots Presbyterian servioo next Sunday morning at Greytown, at Gladstone inthe afternoon, and at Carterton iutlie evening. An extensive general sale will be held in the Carterton auotion roomß next Saturday , Tho commodities include the entire furniture and effects of a lady who has given up housekeeping and left the district,' . ' ■ ; An acre of land in the Belvedere road, Carterton, is to be sold at auction next Saturday by Mr F, H, 'Wood. It is near tho railway pates. The mouthly and final meeting of tho Rangitumau Road Board, prior to dipsolution, will be held in the Road Board offices this afternoon, The quostion of re-valuation of lands

in tho Forty-Mile Bush has met with considerable opposition In the Wellington Land Board, but it is expected it will be oventually satisfactorily settled. The vacancy caused by the resignation of the Rev D, Fulton will bo announced at tho local Presbyterian Church tomorrow by the Rov Mr Murray, who will preach morning and evoning. Several prominont business'men. in Auckland are ill with influenza, which continues epidemic. It has not been found necessary to close the schools or factories.

The Masterton Rifle Volunteers are remiuded that the parades are arranged weekly for this and next month-or nearly so-Bee cards, and as this was' done in their inter, est, to prevent too .many being left for the latter end of tlie year (the busy season) thoy should keep this in view, and muster Btrongly, or they will be rushed as in previous yoars at a most inconvenient season, The details of a horrible occurrence at the Imperial kennels at Gatschina aro published in St Petersburg, Tho wife of Dietz, the chief huntsman, sent her son', aged eight years, to fetch the newspapers from the Btetion. The child was attacked byaomo half bred wolves, usedfor coursing their wild brothers, and was devoured alive. These beasts are often bred in Russia, being, It is Baid, very savage,and better ablo to cope with the wild wolves than any whole bred dogs. ThoEmporor has had the pack destroyed. Mr W, H. Beetham has jn his little

ylnoyard at Masterton ovor lOOOlbs weight of grapesi'fit for picking, The leading sorts aro the black cluster and black Hamburg varieties. Many of the bunches are as fine and ripe as It thoy had been matured under glass. The vinoyard extends over an eighth of an acre, and estimating the value of the fruit at sixpence per lb, it produces .at the rate of £2OO per acre. No other orop in the district can approximate Buoli ft return. It would be diflioult to produce a more shocking instance of juvenile depravity than is related in the following authentic story from Elsa Missouri, A negro boy, aged 12, was lett by his parentß. to take charge during their absence of his sister, aged eight, and his brother, aged four. A quarrel arose, and, by way of asserting authority, the elder boy shot his Bister dead with his father's gun, and then, attacking his brother with an axe, completely sovered the littlo child's head fromhis body. When his parents returned he manifested no contrition, but imperturably explained that his sister and brother refused to obey On .Thursday night, a boy about 10 years old, named Shaw, was taken into the Greytown Hospital, from Messrs Trineham and MoKenzie's, Kahautara, flax mill, with his.left arm torn off near the shoulder. It appears that in feeding a scutcher his hand had -'got caught in tho machinery and 1 drawn in till the arm was at last torn off. Yesterday morning Dr Bey, assisted by Dr Spratt, amputated tho arm near the shoulder, and although tho poor boy is yery weak,he !b progressing as well as could be expected towards recovery, •

At a ipeetin? held in St Murk's V.estry, Carterton, last night, it was decided" that an activo canvass be mado for donations towards a Gift Auction to be held about the middle of Juno. Mr F. H, Wood has consented to act as auctioneer on the occasion, and tho prccice dato will be fixed on a day which will suit his arrangements. Tho money to bo raised is to help to lessen the Parsonage debt, which is about JEBO, that on the organ which is £lB, and to provide funds for painting the Church and Parsonage, a work eßti-. mated to cost übout £3O. The painting will probably be done about the end of the year.

At Carlton, New Brunswick, two eccentric eisters, Ellon and Manna Sypnatfc, related to numbers of a local legal firm of high standing, have died a horrible death from starvation. Thoy were jn the habit of living aiono. On enquiries being made at their houao, Ellon was found to be dead, and her body was in the last stage of putrefaction. Johanna at the tiue of the discovery was still aliye and lived long onoufih to be able to say that both became ill of typhoid fever, and were unable to go out and get aid or cook their food. They had been starving for twenty-one days, during which they lived upon -biscuits, which, had been stored under their mattress.

" ponstdblo Darby, of Carterton, resumed active duty on Thursday, after blx' week's retirement, , occupied in nursing an injured log. The wound was ft very severe one, considering that its sole cause was the kick :of a frenzied man, The vicious Individual iii quostion is having eight week's silent meditation in Wellington gaol,' varied by gentle exercise with the pick and shovel.'' He is undergoing: a couree of treatment which is gentle but iirm, and which is also calculated to impress • hinrwith the dosirability of controlling his feet, whenever he loses iiia head. If the' gentleman can overcome, hlsdeoideij preference for unadulterated ginger-beer he may yot do well in life and' become a nseful ijeHjber of society, ffo hope

he may. j The following details of the impudent ( robbery at the Commersial Bank of i Australia, Adolnido, on Monday afteri noon, tho 31st ultinio, appear iii : the Sydney Evening Nows of the let instant; • -Just before closing time a young man | named Hayesomein the employ of a i targe broker named Cornelius Proud) placed a bundle of notes, amounting to 1 £2Goo,on tho counter, and was about to pay them into the credit of his employer, ' when a man standing beside him called hij attention to the fact that ho had dropped Bomea notej on the floor. Hayesonje, thinking thoy were. Ilia, stooped dojvn and pjcjced them up, and while doing so the man cooly took the'notes pn the counter and slipped out pf the bank. Haywno appears {o haye been so dumb-founded at tho loss of the money that ho never gave the alarm, and the tliinf had timo to get cloan away. A man standing at the counter saw the thief remove tho bundle of notes, but thought they belonged to him. The numbers of the notes are not known, ityd the police greatly fear fhafc the. thjef Wjll noVfie A Man with a Tlim SkiiU. Napier, April 11, At tho inquest on the body of Luqa r wLo was hilled at the Akiteo Hotel)- by n blow from Man, the evidence showed that the deceased was the aggressoi', !!]»tlie bad a very thji) gkullj u()(| that the blow (from the effects of which })S jjjei]), would not have been serious to an 'ordinary man,' A verdict of manslaugliter