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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3618, 19 September 1890, Page 2

A black sheep dog, answering to the name ot "Tweed, has bean lost.' Anyone returning it to Mr D, Carman's will bo rewarded, . Mr Joseph Syme, tho author of the " Liberator," a froethought journal, has been committed for trial for a criminal libel on ono named Morn's.

The lyhgle qf the %>ri nnrnes have boon struck off thp wuirarap^'electoral roll, which has reduced the total on the mat toll from 2113 to 1784,

' The ■progiS.') lll ' o for the spring meeting of the South Wairau"M ii \ <; '"o Club, to be held on Mr Wool's CJIW Featherston, on November 10th, appears in another uoliip. The Agricultural ' dopartinfijl; of Victoria havo received 150 applications to share in the grant of £25,000 assigned to growers of grapes, and 106 applications from fruit growers to participato in the grajit of £25,000 granted to thorn . Wo have received tho tljiriJ annual report of the "Charity Organisation Society" of Melbourne, with a statement of receipts and expenditure, list of contributions, and other, appendices for tho year ended 30th June, 1890. Mr Joseph Ivess, the "rag" planter, has turned up at Newcastle, U.S. W., with another ot his "penny horribles," but has met his match in tho Typographical Society of that place, which compelled him to pay "Btsb" wages. Notice is given that it is the intention of the Manriceville Boad BoajnJ to appjy tor a loan under the Loin's to Locil Bodies Act for the purpose of erecting a cart bridge over the Kdpijaranga stream,

A subscriber to our Carterton contemporary writes;—"l noticed through your columns a short timo ago,. that the Rev Mr Dellow gave .some interesting discourses upon tho evil of young people sitting about the roails lot/3 at jiight. If thollev eentloinan would tako '»• rifla through tho quiet andunasiuming township of Gladstone, ho mfohtscosuflicient thoro to again interest him on the subject, and probablv gather material enough tp bqijtl" ft sermon on,"

lliopropprty known as itaoll Owen's v Tc(ratulii, oiiered-by aaoaou by, S ' 1 B. Wood last weak, has sinco |pj? ot privately, to Mr • • Meagrs' Lev'in and 00. have decided to put the Kiwi, which has been laid up for the past three and a half months, into commission again, Siie makes her nret trip to Oastlopoint to-day. The larrikin element in Kuripuni has of late brought itselt into prominence by WMhinif, at ; regular intorvals, the windows of the Masterton publio school. The -Sohool Committee has taken tho matter up, and intends prosecuting any person wilfully damaging or destroying school property, Out Wellington correspondent writes ""''l heard of one woman, the wife of a Union man, having an ordor given her fur provisions, She toro it up in front of her husband's face, saying blio was not going lo accept pauper's rations, and. she would teach her husbind to suffor starvation along with hersolf, seeing tlut he has been one along with man) othor pig-hoaded men to bring about this trouble."

The annual general, meeting of the Masterton Permanent Investment and Building Society will be lield in St. Matthew's Church on Friday, Septernbar 2Gth, the' business being to receive the annual report and balance-sheet, .to elect direolors and auditors, arid general.

A lad named Pat" was sent yesterday by some Maoris in a buggy across the Ruamahunga riyer near Horaebush. When he got into the river, which was considerably swollen, tho current struck the buggy arid broke the shafts.' Tho lad got out and clung to tho mane of tho horse whioh sivam ashore to the opposite side and thus 'saved him. Tho buggy was left in the river, but beyond the breaking of the shafts no damage was done.

Owing to ill-health Mr E. Feist has found it necessary to resign his position on the Masterton School Ojinmittej. At tho mooting of tlio committee last ovening tlio resignation was received and accepted with regret, and Mr E. MoEwen was voted to tho chair in his stead. Tlio vaoinoy caused on the committee was tilled by the appointment of Mr R.M. Galloway.

At Adelaide recently Mr Albert Sidney Deveniah, aged sisty, was found doad in a pool of blood with a discharged single-barrel gun lying alongside him. During the night ho was disturbed by the noise of a cat outsido the window, and drove the animal away. At daybreak he trot up again and rat into an adjoining workshop, in which was a loaded (run. The supposition is that inmoving about in the dark ho knocked it down, aud received the dischargo in tho front part of his body.

A Sydney newspaper writes Mary Ann Kin?, a Melbnurno lady, who holds a half'slmro in a gentleman now under arrest for bigamy, stated in hot ovidence that slw advertised for a kindred soul, and received 82 applications for thosituation. She selected tile defendant as the most promising of tho lot, from which we would assume that tho other 31 must have been a gallows-looking crowd, .with homicide and|iucendiarism and abandonment of helplesss infauta written large upon their beetle brows. 'The polico force had a long exciting ohase after Mary's husband, and ho was trapped at last .through making an appointment with that injured lady. Even then itj seems lie had time to bang Maty Ann; about very considerably beforo the detective jumped on him and wrenched him off, and if that official had been a moment later there would probably have b&en an utterly ruined Ann lying on the ground, and the case would have assumed a new aspect,

A deaperato, encounter took place between two policemen and a gang ot larrikins at the comer, of Elizabeth and Little Latrobe streets, Melbourne, on September Ist,. Aljont 30 men were conducting themselves- In'a disorderly manner when Constable Bomnai cautioned Patrick M'Ginley, who m 'ißing bad lanpuat?e. He told t' "•stable lr ->uld 1 ' y

constable he could not arrest hit, Bowman attempted to handcuffM'Ginle-j when tho mob set on himi Oonstablo Don came to Bowman's assistance) using hia baton to keep the crowd back; the larrikins having, bottles, of beer as weapons of defence. Two plain clothos constables came to the help of their comrades and attempted to arrest two of the ringleaders, But for the assistance of some civilians and of a woman who more than once has aided the police in street fights, tho police would haye been overpowered,- Finally, the mob took flight, the. police' retaining threq prisoners, who wore locked up, . At the Melbourne Police Court an extraordinary cose turned up—r case (says the 'Herald) which, in a Court of remarkable basesistauds out prominontly. Two elderly men named Thomas Brown and John Hall wero charged with vagrancy, and the evidence showed that the man Hall, when arrested, had in his possession £I7OO in' bank " deposit receipts and 41L in hard cash, Hjs companion, Brovn, had no nioney whatever, Hall, the moneyed man, was dressed after the manner of ordinary vngranta—very ragged and very dirty. He was aleout 60 years of age, with long, unkempt grey hair luid whiskers, and his features singularly bore a striking resemblance to those of Charles Dickens, thenovelist, who wasnevor happioi-than when painting a vignette of such as Hall, The other man, Brown, was ragged, dirty, but stouter, heartier, and altogether healthier-looking than his wealthy comrade,

An extraordinary story readied Albury [says the Sydney Morning Herald) from a man named Edward Thompson, formerly a resident of this town, but now employed in tank sinking in the Dubbo diatrie'b. _ Thompson, it appears, was camped with his wife and two youn? children in the bush, The elder of - the children, who is three years old, had been ill the Ijabit of playing with a pet pig. One morning the child was missed, and ajsearoh was forthwith instituted,tho father and some other men scouring tho bush in all directions; the search party continued their labors all day, and the whole of the night, without coming upon any trace of tho missing infant, and in view of tho very Moment weather of late, prevailing, Birtail hopes were entertained of iindinp the chiljl alive, Early next.morning,i however! tho searchers wero' rewarded by the discovery of the child being quite comfortably asleep on of leaves, evidently made by the pig under a hop bush. The pig was near the child, and seemingly on guard over it, as it respnted in a• very practical fashion any attempt to interfere with its charge; and it was with seme difficulty that the father succeeded in obtaining possession of the youngster, Finilly, wneii the father rode away homeward with tho child in his armß, the pig followed at the horse's heels all tho way bap]f to the camp. Odn arrangements far. tHp present spring season in two of tho'mosiiiupoi'tsnt departments in our warehouse aro now complete in all.their details, at To Aro Houso, We lington. fHEdressmaWngdepartmentshave always been the most successfulin the city, and otir arrangements for the present season are such as will keep up the'prestige already attained in theso rooms Aro floiise, Wellington, Mjss Vaixktine, with a large sta? of dressmakers, still occupies the commodious suite of rooms facing Dfosfcstreef, and will be glad to sob all licv lady patroija early during tho season as possible. It would*aye disappointment if ladies would make their selection as soon as'convenient, and place them in her hands at To Aro House, Wei-, lington. , departments alluded to are dresses apd urepm'ijking, With regard to the former, we may say that we are now in possession .of a very full supply of the most fashionable fabrics for spring wear, and without going jnto parfieulprs it mil be 1 sufficient to say {hat pur gojiie buyerbss displayed excellent taste and judgment, fetji jji fabrics and colourings. We invito an early visit of inspection of our. beautiful spring dress materials'at Te Aro House, Wellington,

Miss DbiioNT, recently arrived from the of! Madame Bcattie, George-street, Sydney, l))ijy interviewed in the suite of roonis fronting pubkstrept, In both rooms wo are proparoi to do tho fuliept justice to all requirements, so at to ensuro the utmost satisfacliou with our dressmaking «t Te Aro House, Wellington,—Advt.

, .The: .-Tlioatro <iloy al • anhoutioed'to ba occupied oh Tuesday and Wednesday next by a well-known variety' troupe, , .'JMato of tlie annnai ' meeting of the. Mftstorton-Opaki i Jockey/ Club Is altered to'tho27tlniiaL;;;'.'.V l

A very succosslul social gathering in connection with the newly-formed Carterton Social Olub was held last oveningl

The man Jerrard, who fell down the hatch, of the Australia, is improving, and there- is every prospect of his recovery.

The proprietor of the Dunedin " Worknlatr who is defendant in a libel prosecution instituted byMr H, D. Bell, has been committed for trial.

We learn to-day ,that the proposed northern tour of the Marlbtirough' representative football team has been abandoned, MrT. Diokeon, peer, of LambtonQuay, Wellington, notifies that he has just received. a largo shipment of groceries, eto, -

According to the Marlborough Express rabbiting in . that district pans out pretty well. Two brothers drew from the J3riga_Factory no less than £7G 16s 3d for about two and a half months' work, representing 6145 bunnies,

We are requested to roraind obr readers of Messrs Loives and lorns'eales to-morroiv! at 11 o'clock thoy sell at Fitton'a mill plant, tools eto, and at 2 o'clock at the rooms, boots, shoes, and furniture,

Mr Jas. Thompson notifies that in consequence of damage done by boys and others fishing in the creek running through his property, any person found on the premises between sunset and , Bunrißo will bo proseouted for trespass,

The following tenders have been received for painting the premises of the ffholesalo Drapery Co: J. Ward 110 17s fid, (accepted) ;M, O'Meara Lll 5s Cd; A MiniflS LI2; G Ooker L1419a; Cole and Payne Llslos. . r ■

Au alteration of tho advertisement ,of Messrs Kirkcaldie and Stains, of Wellington, appears in this, issue. In the B.M Court this morning, before Messrs G Horon and BBoys, J'sP, a prohibition order was granted, on the application of Sergeant' Price, aeainßt R J Fitton,' extending over tjio whole of the Wairarapa [and Wellington districts for tho period ol twolvo months. Ihero was a good muster at tho usual weekly parade ot tho Masterton Kiflo Volunteers last evening, no less than fifty, rank and file, answering to the roll call. The men were put through skirmishing drill and manual and bayonet oxercise by Ssrgt-Major Bazar. The quarterly church parado will be hold on the 28th inst. Tho football match between the Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay representatives, which was to have been played on Saturday, -haß been declared off, and the tounnjr team expect to meet Wellington 011 that day, Tho match" with Manawatu is to bo played to-day. Tho following candidates are, says the Post, rerarJed as pretty certain to go to the poll for the election of three members to represent Wellington in Parliament H D 8011, T. Carter, John Duthie, F fl FraserJ T K Macdonald, William M'Lean, A A S Menteath, 0 E Willeston, and OF Worth. Other aspirants are also spoken of.

At a meeting of the Wellington Bugby Union last night it was decided to play the Wairarapa team to-morrow. The following will represent Wellington Full back, .Roberta j three-quarters, Boss, Thomson, Fraser; halves, Baker, Murphy, MoMahon; forwards, Oookroft, Malcolm, Johnston, Campbell, White, Faohe, Johnson, Pringle. Emergencies '--Back, Smith j forward, Eyre. It is extremely doubtful whether Thomson will bo able to play, owing to an Injury to one ofhis hands," -

The quarterly meeting of Court Loyal Enterprise, A.O.F, was lwld in the Foresters' llall last evening, there being a good attendance of membors, Three new members wore proposed, After the transaction of the ordinary business, a Booial gathering was held, A.company of over'' fifty , persona 'sat down-to a splendid repast provided by Mr Wiokens, Harmony to then; ihdulged in, tho chair being occupied by Mr-R, Brown. In an ''opening ajdreas the .Chairman slated that the order,was how celebrating its, nipeteentlj anniversary. Its mombe'raliip was 180,' and it was financially apd numerically the: strongest body in tllQ Wairarapa, Songs, recitations, and musioal selections were given, and the Company dispersed at "a late hour, everybody having thoroughly' enjoyed themselves, ... ...

L, J. Hooper and Go.'will, In tho course of a few days, mako their grand i display of new Spring goods, which aro now being landed on the Wellington wharf from theTongariro. All the.latest Parisian styles and novelties will shortly be displayed in the Bon Marcho, charming millinery Bueh as never before bas been shown in; the Wairarapa, We shall show this season the newest and most fashionable styles, designs and materials in dress goods, prints, pongees, cloths zephyrs m all the new and leading colorings with trimmings &c.', to match. The above goods have been specially bought for the Bon Marcho by one of the most experienced buyors, having a thorough knowledge of the classes of goods required for the colony, especially ot the Wellington province. Our stock being the pick of tho whole of the New Zealand warehouses, together with our own importations re Tongariro, will make tho prandest display of fashionable and stylish, millinery mantles, jackets, dieas goods, &c. Our customers and the pubho gouerally will do themselves justico by reserving their purchases till they have Inspected the gooijsaHhe Hon Marcho, Wo shall as In provious yerasmark every line at wholesale prices and in plain figures. L. J. Hooper and Co., Bon'Marohe Fashionable Drapery Warehouse, Queon Street, Masterton,