The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3610, 10 September 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1890.

Threk months ago wo counted candidates for tbe coming election in this neighbourhood by tho dozen, but now that tho. time for thior coining forward is at hand it is hard to say with any certainty that Mr G. Beetham will bo opposed by any particular person in the Masterton district, or that Mr W. 0, Buchanan will have anyone to fight against him in the Wairarapa. Electorate, In Masterton, probable candidates are watohing one another, but in the Wsirarapa District the liberals have not as yet been able to hunt up even a probable candidate.

When the last election was fought Mr Ht'gg bad as a body guard a number of men who formed what was termed "the Liberal Association." This Association after p time became (jisorganjsed sln.d ati attempt was £aadp to resuscitate it year a? a Single Tax Sooiety, Unfortunately the Single Tax Sooiety proved a failure! and hat we believe passed out of existence to make room for tbe KnigutS-of Labor, "Oil has been struck" with the Knights, but we are i)pt sure that Mr Hogg does""not: regret Ins old lovos, the Single Tax Sooiety, and the Liberal Association. The Knights of Labor were intended to be a political committee working m the interests of Mr Hogg, bi)t apparently they, we developing views and idefis Q? lliej).' op, and instead of following Mr Hogg they are giving him a lead, If tbe Knights do not accord Mr Hogg an implicit and undivided support in the coming eleotion he oannot take the field with a reasonable chance of success and we regard it as doubtful whether he will after all go to the poll,

■ Mr MoCarplb, no doubt, will go to the poll if lie meets with general acceptance as tho liberal candidate for-Masterton, but it is unlikely that lie will split the votes of his party with Mr Hogg. No doubt Sir Bobert Stout or Mr Ballanoe will have- a 1 voico in saying who shall or shall not stand as the local, representative of democracy. We do not suppose that Mr Hogg for ono .momentawould stand if they told him that lie ' was not wanted,, Mr MoCardle might perhaps pay little heed to what the party leaders might say if he thought jia ha 4 the confidence of the electors, but'eyen 1)6 ivould Prefer to have them at !)is baok.

There are a number of otliec . residents who are known to desire a seat jp the House, and who are toady tq pome forptd if they were assured of ft fair prospect of guocegg, but thero is a general feolmg>mongat them tliat tbtfy liaYO tlie odfc

agtfnßt them if they opposed either Messrsi Beetham or Buotianaii',' These residents are available if: wanted, but as yet theadvisability ol their stepping into the arena has not been demonstrated. The preseutlabor trouble is killing the chances of those candidates who believe in the complete boycott, or profess to do bo. People are alarmed, and a conservative reaction is setting in, and safe men will be accepted, while unsafe ' men will be tabooed, Mr Hogg is distinctly labelled dangprous, and ; his oh&noo of a seat is all but hopeless; Mr Mc'Jardlehas not yet oommitted himself to any extreme views, and stands on a much firmer footing. We should not be at all surprised to find Conservatives even amongst the Knights of Labor, that is, men of moderate views, who do not hanker after Btrikes and universal misery,

The North Wairarapa Rabbit Boarc lolds its usual monthly meotlng to-day According to tho offiowl census return) >he population of tho United States ii 14,000,000.

Tenders are invited for road formation,' to close on the 10th intt, Plans may bo seen at the Maaterton Boad Board Offiie.

The butter export from tho Taranaki iistrict has increased during the past two years from COO to IGOO tons. ; The number of municipal voters in Ihe city of Auckland (the total for the several wards)' is six less than last year, but the nunibor of votes is 201 less, through depredation of property.

Mr W. W./.boUiii! intimated last ovening that he had arranged to address a mass meeting of Unionists in' the Opera House, Wellington, to-night. ' Ferrets are becoming very numorous in the Pahiatua district. One settler the other day found a nest of twelve young ones and two old ones. Tho recent floods in the Bourke, WalRett, and Brerarina.distrio>s; caused a loss of 27b horses, 607 cattle, and 467,000 sheep.

The. Tasmanian. Assembly, by a majority of- ten, has resolved to reimpose the stook tax. The amount i 3 30s per head on cattle and Is 6d per head on sheep. Tho taxes come into operation on Ist January next, A meeting of the General Committee of the-Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Society will be held at tho Club Hotel thiß afternoon. Commenting on the fact that rain whioh recently fell at Napier was strongly marked with sulphur, and that

this waß supposed to have been the result of the bursting of. a sulphur cloud from Rotorua, tho Catholic Times playfully remarks" There may have been another and more local cause. Napieris a very "varm place."' Nominations for [the position of Councillor for tho Borough of Masterton to fill the yacancy causud by the retirement of Cr Mason, olosu with the Town Clerk before noon to-morrow. For some reason or other very littlo interest is being displayed in municipal matters just now, possibly because there is no money to spend or fritter away, A nativo entered an A uckland lawyer's office and was politely asked to Bit down. tho bland lawror looking over hit spectacles and pointing to a chair. But the Maori evidently had had some experience of lawyer's bills, for looking suspiciously at his legal friend, he asked, " How much you charge me for

sitting down A hearty laugh waß the response, but the native would run no risks, and continued standing during the interview,

The Melbourne correspondent of the (%o Daily Time) says i-A moßt deliberate attempt to murder her lover was made in Melbourne by a girl named Lily Bagley, aged twenty-one. She is a sibter-m-law of Donald Dinnio, and of

veiy prtpoßse6sinz appearanco, She had bi'un engaged to a young Italian named Enrico Botta, aglasecute, and nephew of tho Messrs' Campi, looking glass manufacturers of Bussell street; but there had been a coolness between them for

some weeks. Tho girl wroto to him to meet her on Monday night, as she said 'she was going to New South Wales next day. They met, and wont to a hotel to have their conversation out. There Bhe threatened to shoot Botta if he did not marry her in consequence of her condition, but heaucuaed her of misconduct with other men. When he sot into tho

street again ho ran away. She followed him to his uuclo's shop, and finding him there discharged four shots at him from a revolver. Two of them struck him—oiio of them lodging in the lower part of his body. Then sho. went quietly homo

to bed, out of which the police rousei hor to tako her to tho lock-up.

Hews ot a massacre of cowboys, by Indians has just reached El Pasco (Texai). Ten cowboys wore encamped near a creek running through an extensive cattle ranclio, wlwn they wero attacked by a band of 80 or 40 Indians, A desperate fight followed, hat though a number of Indians were killed, the cowboys were, with one exception, captured and tormented to death. One of the Indians nas subsequently cap-, lured. He related that, ihe men were tied to trees, lumps of flesh cuf oat of their bodies in places away from vital organs, and fhou lighted firehrands were applied to the yfounds, Then iron ramrods were heated, and tho eyes of tho poor fellows n ere slowly burnt out. Their shrieks were so awful that even the Indians wero ashamed at tho agony thoy wero inflicting. The torturers were under the direction of a sub-chief named Crush-out the-Worm, and between each division of agony lie sat for a while' listening to the shrieks ot his victims. One after another they lost consciousness, and then bulletq were h)ed tl|r()i|gh t|]eir hparts, . Thp Jluke pf Argyll possesses a private piper, \yh« plays the:national musig of old Scotland, whilst, the Maoallum Move and bis family dine. ■Whether it bo on the terrace of tho Castle at In'verary, or of Argyle Lodgo.on Campden Hill, this piper plays his .wild weird musio. The x'rinco of Wales also possesses a private piper, and a friendly rivalry exists between tho two performers, who frequently meet for a trial of skill. The Prince's piper is said to be the. better executant, but the

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Haviho now completed our annual stocktaking, we are desirous of bringing undor'the notico of tho public tile faot that we have also opened out a splendid assortment of new spring goods, at To Aro House.

These are part of our first shipments for the spring season, and have come to hand by the steamers Tainui, Kaikoura, audDorlo, and tho goods have been selected with that excellent taste and judgment which for years piat l|aye characterised Te Aro House,

Wis arc hardly. as ybt ready for out grand general display, but in order to give the ladies of the city an opportunity of at once inspecting such as are ready, we have decided to have four special show days during the present week at Te Aro House.

We shall oiunroence with showing on Wednesday, at. 10 a.m., amagniiiopiit range nf spring dress fabrics; on Thursday morning we shall exhibit all the latest - fashions ■in spring mantles, jackets, &c; on Friday morning our fascinating and attractive Parisian millinery- will be oh view; on Saturday morning we hope to delight crowds of visitors with our new zephyrs, brocades, nnniijn ,'caiabrips, and' washing drew ii l ,tries generally, at Te Aro House, Wp iuvite visits to ()11 pur ffiends and the public generally on the .abeve days, as We feel satisfiett that our now iods will: compare; fayourably with any ioiportod into this p r '

A good plooghihan is zequireA by ~Mr - T, P. Lett, of this town. ; Mr Gossip, the well-known Adelaide ohess player, is playing well in a ohess tournament at Manchester.' ~ 1 | Seventeen thousand hcrcs of bush pro ; bcinsr foiled in the Pahialua' County this season. . It is said that Mr. MeKenzie, representative of the Gear- Company, has lately bought 20,000 sheep in Hawke's Bay. It is reported that should tho Opposition come into power next cession, Mr W, 0, Smith will be promoted to the Upper House. The third term of the Wellington College Is announced to begin on Tuesday, 16th September. ' fheJ?wmin«r eay» it'll proponed to 1 bring out a man on Mr Smith's Bide of politics to Bplit his votes, and so Increase the chances of Mr Huntet's return. | The trout.fishing Benson commences I in the, Wellington district on Monday next, ;

A reward of £lO is offered by the North Wairarapa County Council for such information as will lead to the conviction of any person or persons wilfully mutilating, cutting or otherwise injuring any of the bridges within the County.

; A meeting of ratepayers interested in raising a loan of £9OO for forming the Kaka-amu Valley Goad will be held at theftoad Board Officeon Wednesday, the 17th inst. .V, ' The Mauriceville ;East bohool Committee have' confirmed the appointment of Mr Warboys' as bead teacher to' that school.; /

A heayy,and exceedingly nnploasant dust storm passed oyer Masterton today, Its effecta wero., felt by everybody and everything excepting -.tho water-cart,.which, needless to say, was out of sight and roaoh. ■ Considerable surprise has been occasioned in England, and something like a scare m certain religions circles, by the discovory that the Society for Promoting' Christian Knowledge has been for years a " sweater" of labor. Two witnesses before the Industries Committee in Wellington recently, who are engaged in the wire-growing industry in the North Island, testified that this col my was well suited for wine culture. The Ohristchuroh Telegraph, referring to the present labor difficulty, says" We regret to notice that the unhappy struggle whioh is now going on is beini? made use of by a certain political combination as a means for securing votes at the forthcoming eleotions." This appears to be a general thing throughout the colony, The usual'fortnightly stock sale of MrF. H. Wood will be held, at his Taratahl yards to-morrow, the list of entries for which appear in another column. An important sale of valuable freehold farm property is to be held in the Carterton auction looms at four o'clock, , A meeting of the Selection Committee of tho/iairarapa Rugby Union was held at Carterton last evening. It was resolved to start on a tour round tho Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, and Manawatu districts on Saturday next. Tho team leaves the Wairarapa for Wellington on Saturday afternoon, leaving the Empire i City for Hawera on Monday morning. Tho fixturcs'are as followsTaranaki, ; September 16th; • Wanganui, 17th; Slanawatu, 18th; Hawke's Bay, 20th; | and Wellington 23rd. ■ ; A meeting of householders was hold

in the MauriceyiUo East on Saturday evoning last,'which was fairly well attended, Mr J, Cottioe, who was

voted to the .chair, 'stated 'that the

objects of the meeting wero to consider the present deadlock in school matters. A lengthy and heated discussion took place on the charges made agiinat the

chairman,'and it was decided, (bat the latter igive an explanation of the cause of the pieseut dissension,. The chairman (Mr J, Vile), then detailed the affair from its origin and read certain

clauses of the Act on the subject, which I showed that he was olearly not to blame in the action he had taken. A resolu tion'.was then, put and carried, "That this meeting approves *f the course adopted by the chairman," It was subsequently resolved that the committee resign in a body to test tho feeling of householders generally on the question at issue. Previous to the now season's goods coming forward, L J Hoopor and Co, intend clearing out the balance of stock left from thoir Stater Sale, A large quantity o! Remnants have accumulated, consisting of

Dress Stuffs, Calicoes, Flannels, Sheetini Shirtings, Prints, Linoleums, Moor Clot!

Theso goods will be lain out on the centre tablos for inspeotion, thoy arc marked at ridiculously low prices and should be great bargains to hoads of families,

As we are determined to sell any stook that has been carrjed forward from last summer, customers will liavo an opportunity of purchasing good seasonable materials at loss than English cost price at Hooper's Hon Marche. We have a large stock of Dress Stuffs Robes in Plain Bordered and Cheoks that we avo anxious toolear bcloro opening out the New .Season's goods, Wo shall therefore offer them at very low prioeß to olear. Ml odd lines of Hosiery, Gloves, Towols, Blankets, Clothing, Ac, will be also reduced to cost prices at .Hooper's Bon Marche,ADTC