LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4778, 20 July 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Hogg is asking for a telephone to Makuri, mul a daily mail between Makuri and Pahiatua.

An explosion of giant powder ,in a mino in Pennsylvania killed eight men and injured 150 others.

_ A young man, ablo to milk requires a situation.

At the Masterton Mutual Improvement Society this evening the "Journal" will be read.

We remind our readers of the concert at the Masterton Presbyterian Church this evening. A temperance lecturer' says 'that, among other things, Surely [fisinordlikely to mako him leau — against a'lamp-post.

The greatest trial of jiaticnco is a stammering lawyer examining a stuttering witness in presence of a deaf judge, The regular monthly meeting of Lodge N0..02, jN'.Z.C., will uo -held in the _ Masonic Hall, Eketalnuui,: this evening,

A gentleman rejoicing in the name of Won<jßung died in the Greyraouth Hospital last week.

The King of Greece is said to be very polite. He understands twelve languages and never speaks angrily to his queen in a language she comprehends. In a new advertisement in this issue Mr 0. l'ragnell, draper, of Mastcrton, i notifies that he «*i 11 olfer t he public of this district an opportunity for three • weeks to obtain genuine bargains nt his stock taking salo. Attention is directed to a few of the reductions published elsewhere and to tho fact that the sale will be continued for three weeks only. ; A Salvation Army wedding took place on Monday, afternoon in Pahiatua Captain Grantham of Pahiatua being unitcd-in the holy bonds of matrimony to Captain ICcrr of Xaitawa. i

In connection with the Pahiatua Presbyterian Church, services will be held by the Jicv, W, If, Philip on Sundoy, 22nd July as underPahiatua at 11, Mnkakahi at 3 mm., Pahiatua at 7.

The Pahiatua Court was crowded to excess on Monday during the hearing of IhecascagninstMr A. Mack, and immediately the decision of the Court;was given Mi' Edwards rose and shook Mr Black heartily by the hand. A large number of others crowded up and exprcsssed their gratification at tho result, all saying it was what they expected. —Examiner.

Wcpublish elsewhere in this issue an advertisement from Messrs Tlios. Boyd & Son, of Christchurch, makers ot the famous" Atalnnta" cycles. Tho testimonial of a champion wheelman is sufficient to show that " Atalnnta " cycles have all the qualities sought for by cyclists, namely strength and speed, combined with lightness and durability. We expect that the coining season will shoiv a large increase in the number of cyclists in the Wairarapa, and that the " Atalanta" will lead the way in many of the races on road and racing-tracks.

Mrs dc Fralus, well-known in Masterton, left yesterday en route for Australia to join her husband, who it will be remembered was discovered some months ago, by the Benevolent Society, with the assistance of the Salvation Army Enquiry Department, aud found to be prospering in Western Australia. Something like eight years had elapsed previous to this, since Mrs do Fralus last heard of her missing spouse, and she had quite concluded he had joined (lie great majority.

| If we arc-to believe the statements made by writers who are supposed to be authorities on such matters, mankind has been laughing for ages at the same humorous stories. The famous rhyme " Mother, may Igo out to swim ?" etc., which few can read or hear for the first timo without laughing, is, wo are told at least 1,300 years old, for it appears in a book of jests written and published by Hierocles in the Ctli century. In tli'c saiiio book is the story of the man who complained that his horse had died just as lie had'taught him to live without food; while the chestnut regarding the 0110 who, meeting a friend, asked whether itwas he orliistwin brother who hod just been buried, was, it is averred, taught by Noah to his parrot! j

Mr G. I'. Haiismann (not unknown m Masterton) has invented a stump extractor of a simple character which he hns just patented. It is on the principle of, and .can .bo put to the samo use, as a jack, says the Mmminer. Is call be worked-by a strong lad, and when'complete will not weigh more than a hundred weight,:so that it can be easily I shifted, The machine is capable of | lifting up to 20 tons, and can be placed | alongside a stump, and the lifting power attached immediately. The power is obtained by.a lever, tho lifting power of which can be regulated by shifting the I position of the fulcrum bolt, which is duly provided for. Mr Hausmaun has the model completed and intends giving an exhibition throughout tlio bush districts,

"New Zealand is nothing more nor less than a fraud. Tlicy toldus over the other side that there wouldbc whips for us to do here, and when wo come here wc find all we've got to do is to go back and we're going back to night, and we mean to tell all the fellows wc see what this place is like, Icon tell yer; and the opinion of me and my mates is that this 'ere country is li fraud." Tho above remarks (says the Evening Press) were madoin the U.S.S, Company's office by a man yesterday, who was getting a ticket for Sydney bv tlio s.s. Hauroto and was, accompanied by. several of his friends, apparently all labourers.

Always on the look out for bargains. Our Mr Hooper struck oil last week. Just read a few of our purchases and note our intentionß:—l6. pieces flannelette bought for 3Jd we. shall Bell at 3fd, 15 pieces ditto bought for 4JJ we Bhall'seli at 4 jd, 100 pairs white blankets- bought for 7s 9d wo shall sell at 7s' lid, - 20 ■ picoss' white iannels bought for.Gjd we shall retail at GJd per yard, 1760 yards dress stuff bought at 4s 3d yard we skll part Ttith them at 4s 6d yard, a ciea'ring'lineof ladies ulstersand mantles nearly given away ve shall qrilt them'on the some tcrrng, 57 men's colonial tweed suits' bought for 21s we shall sell at 22s ;6d, 31' men's macintosh'poats; bought at 21s, any-, one .oan have thcip lor 223 6d each; Also ai lot of hosiory, jnen's hats, and soveralother lines', bought at half 'their vqluo, we shall ' quit them at tho B&me rates, li, j, Hoover &Co.,BouMarcto,

At tlie pr'esonttunc . usually largoiiumbor o£ iMesofjalluonza 1 up: v Masterfcon; j • The majority m-r Blrangq.-to jfdun'g ie'n. , L Mr and Mrs. J. Groves, of Mnngapa- , kcia lißvo returned; toMbrtpninftera trip to Auckland-and Sydney'";:; < After47.days lxeariiig- tlid'dcfendant'a case in tlio Speight v. Mclbourno Ait libel action lias been concluded. Tlio plaiutiS's case opens on Monday. The quantity of wheat and flour afloat , for the. United Kingdou is 2,080,000 ' quarters, andfor tlio Continent 1,220,000 ' qnartcrs.Thc estimated- American vis- ; , lblo supply iii 63,300,OOiHiushcls. The raembor for Oamaru says that the ; proceeds of farming at the present time i are' -Tcry\ unrcinuncratirc. Mr B. Thompson , says he is an unlucky man i who'is a'sheep farmer, 'ln Tarauaki, states the member for . that district, somo of tlio young fellows do' a double shuffle and get two lwl£- [ holidays, namely, oil Thursdays and I Saturday's/; ' , •From the English War Cry we notice J that the Honourable Sir George Grey, [ K.C.8., .was to sneak, at a public meet- . ing in iangliani I'alacc in'connection with the "Darkest England' Schem e" The Minister for Lands has been: on- ' deavouring to get a qualified fruit exL ' pert - front California, but the man 3 wanted asked £7OO to £BOO a year and 3 travelling expenses, and tliis tlio Minis- ' tcr considered too much. Efforts are bef ing made to get another first-class inan from the Pacific Slope. . Mr Cecil J, Stuart, of llastbrton, proposes to publish in America a volume of hunting adventures in South "Africa entitled "Zambcsia, its Adventures and D ifs Fascinations," As a contributor to our columns on kindred subjects, Mr Stuart has interested our readers, and we trust that ho will be equally success--1 fill with the wider circle which lie hopes ' to reach in his new publication. _ A horrible occurrence has takenbhice a in Vermont, U.S. A husband quarrelled seriously with his wife, and left her in !• anger. When lie had departed the " distracted wife seized her four children, one after the other, and hanged them to , the bedposts in 'the house. She then I seized all her household pot birds and Strang them up to the liouse. th c house t yul!)ffiFiMo.the garden, whero she was 1 found a raving lunatic, [ Among the passengers by the Mariposa, from 'Frisco for Sydney, is Charles ilaudall, 23, on a walking- tour round tlie v world. He loft Liverpool some time • ago for a wager, and undertook to walk • from 'Frisco to Ncw York in 97 days, [ but owing to cramps lie was 2$ days bei hind time. By the terms, of tlio wager s ho was forbidden to have more than live

cents in his pocket, and to neither beg, borrow, nor steal money orfood, nor ask for a night's lodging. Having failed in this, his hackers then took a wager by which lie was bound to make a tour of the world, being duo at the'llaymarket, Liverpool within two years. 1 ' ; At the meeting of. the Mastcrton Lawn Tennis Club hist night, , some question arose as to the disposal of the new; courts, which arc not at present occupied by tho club, A suggestion of lensing' the land to some 'Chinainan.was made by one of the members present, It was pointed out, however, that that expedient had been tried before,(and had proved a failure. When tho Chows took possession of tho laud,it was on the understanding that they woro to lay it in grass.'-But with tho marketgardening instinct strong upon them,, tlicy broke [through the agreement and began to dig up the ground, and to plant cabbages, A message was sent to thorn on behalf of the indignant club, that, if they didn't have those cabbages dug up within a stated period, the dub would como and exhume tho vegetables' and | sell them as indemnity. On tlio appointed day the club paid tho visit. Tho Chows were gone. So werctho cabbages mostly, and the rent.

An Anarchist outrage of an extraordinary (sliiu'flctcr is reported from Marseilles. An ox-eouvict named Nat, who since released from prison has gained a livinir as a sandwich man, -applied on Saturday to the. mayor for work, He said that society was persecuting him and he was determined on revenge. The mayor promised to do all in his power to find tho creature employment, but the Anarchist was dissatisfied with the answer, and rushing into , the street stabbed a Mons, Blanc, who happened to be passing, with a large; bradawl. Nat was arrested but in spite of police protection had a narrow escape of ucing lynched. His victim is not expected to recover.

Mr Etulyard Kipling : thinks that Canada is " a great country—a country with a future." The climate is of the kind that'' puts iron and grit into men's bones; and there arc all good things to be got out of the ground if people will work for them."

Tho taxed costs allowed to Miss Wrigley in the recent action for libel preferred by her against Mr Fisher, chairman of the.Fairoura Eoad School Committee, amount to £ISG 2s Od, which, with the £75 damages awarded by the jury, made tho total amount £331 2s fld.

It is a great pity tlio scenery in the Makuri Gorge is being slowly destroyed, says the Herald; Every,time an entertainment is got up in the district, nikau palms, pimgas, and other vegetation are destroyed. _ Surely the settlers ivill protest against the destruction of the bennty of this Gorge-without doubt the best in the Colony. j On Itossel Island, New Guinea, tribal lights have taken place, and the victors hold a grand cannibal foast to comineiuorate their success. A dozen unfortunates were sacrificed, litis unsavory, spot is where a few years ago a shipload of Chinamen wero unfortunately wrecked, and to a man allot them, upwards.of 200, wero killed, cooked and eaten. They wero treated in the some way as cattle, kept in pens, and so many each week drafted out to the place of sacrifice, The Government has decided to send air expert Home for the purpose of bringing the beautiful New Zealand woods inorp prominently' before the industrial centres of the world.

. In opening tlio Wellington Poultry and Pigeon Show yesterday, the Mayor (Mr Brandon) remarked that the importance of the poultry industry was shown by the fact that during the past twolvc months pouliry of the value of over £2OOO was imported into the Colony, The associations throughout the Colony had now formed themselves iiito a New Zealand Association,and the Wellington Association had originated the idea. The good rosiillsaehicvcd bythc Wellington Society were shown by the marked improvement in the various breeds of fowls.

Mr Bell, of the well-known Loudon firui of E. Bell and Co., manufacturers of wax vestas, has for some timo past been in New Zealaud,- endeavouring to make arrangements' for the establishment in the. Colony of a.branch factory, It has now been decided by the firm to open in Wellington, and, wo.understand, every assistance has been given by the' Government, to the enterprising firm in this undertaking. The industry will, at an early date, give employment to over a hundred persons.- This is welcome uows,'aud should secure fof flie 1 firm the hearty support of tlio publje in; every part of the Colony, . ; y. ;

, Wejbeg to notify that tho following lines of Messrs Bock & Co,,' Manufacturing Chomiata can bo obtained at the W.F.C.A.'b Fanoy Goods Department Non Mercurial plating fluid Is (id uhsurpansed for cleaning goi'l or .silver and .re-plating brass and copper, Book's Wateaproof : Cement, price Is,-will resist hot or cold water and repair, china, glass, delf, leather eid„etc, OampliVlene Balls, in neat air-tight jars coctalning 18 balls, price Is to keep, moths oat of clothing, also aperfeot disinfectant. ■ Herb Extract price Is an infijlliable pure for toothache guamnteednotinjunop% the teeth of health; it st6ps.tho mo;t acute p'ain immcdiatley, and prove; a permanent'euro in nearly all .oases where the 'teVth aro hqllow, German cure for corns 'and warts price is', this iamous liomedy will speedily and pain; iessly oui'Oßoft or'hard ooidsj f.afsij 1 . wavtabunions and chilblains',—lie' OTrarapa parinora Co-operaliw As-oWon,' 14 Am . :;70vv ■

, aiunuawu was hi luas*. tcrtoiito-day, " Mr W, Gillespio lias becu'gnzcltcdfts Deputy Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths for tlio district of Masterton . 1 1 Captam Edwin wired at noon to-day.' —"Ycry heavy northwest to .west anil noith gale, with heavy ram and exceptionally .cold weather, 'Judications of snow. Glass riso." '»■■ ; Aji escort left poolgardie gold ; field, on July 8, by special coach, but no passengers wero tllowcd to travel. The coach was accompanied by sxi troopers. Tho escort wos the heaviest ever sent from Coolgardie,- tlio gold weighing lo,looozs. . Captaiu and Mrs Hughes arrived in Masterton to-day to tako chargo of' tlio local Salvation Army corps. The regular fortnightly meoiiug l of Court Loyal Enterprise, A.0.F., Masterton,'Vill be held this evening.: - , Proceedings aro to bo taken at tho instance of a Masterton publican, against a resident for. obtaining liquor for a prohibited person.. v Messrs William Tosswill, N. J. Tono A. Drake, (1. Brown, aiid Constable Cooper havo been appointed rangers under tlio Animals Proteotion Act, for the Wellington district. In another column' Mr F. H. .Wood announces an unreserved sale of household furniture etc., to >bo held at Fcathorston, on Thursday 26th instant. :We are very sorry to hear (says tlio New Zealand Mail) that Mr, Foster, of tho Loan and Mercantile Agoncy Company, has resigned his position as vicepresident of tlio Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Society,

The Court of Arbitration proposed in the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Bill will bo appointed for three years. .There shall be one court for the .whole Colony. All disputcsslihll first go to the Boards of Conciliation, and it is only when all other resorts havo failed that tho 'Arbitration Court shall bo appealed to. , /. . ...... The Industrial Conciliation-and -Arbitration Bill was put through all . its jtogosjh tlio' %i!^o£Jl^pgeiit[iti,%i last niglit." Tlicro was only one .amend? men\, a slight verbal one. The Pharmacy Bill of Dr Newman was shelved by a motion in committee to report, progress. A Bill introduced by Mr G.W. llusscll, enabling a woman to fill any office which may be filled by auiau, was rejected without debate. Tho Divorce Bill was read a second timo in the Legislative Council.—zV. Z, Times, ; .The Directors of the Mutual Life Association of Australasia have granted Mr &. H. Astal l six months leave of absence, and he will leave for Englaud by the Gothic on tlio 2Bth of tlus month.

There arc far more evictions in Now lork city tliau the whole of Ireland. In 1800 the eviction in ..Mciv York numbered 23,895; in Ireland during tho same period they wero little over •'6,000. At the Mastcrtoii Magistrate's Court this morning, before Mr T. Hutchison, b.M., John lioss wus sentenced to seven days' . imprisonment for drunkenness.' A quiet marriage' was solemnised at the house of Mr Wm. : Taylor, Akiira, by the licv Robert Wood, on Monday, the contracting parlies being Mr Samuel Broorno. and Miss Agues Peti'ic. , , Wo remind our . readers of Messrs Lowes & lorus salo of fruit and ornamental' trees to-inowoW (Saturday) it 2 o clock, from the celebrated nursery of Mr S, Bolton, of Nelson, afterivhicli the firm will sell new arid second haiid furniture every dcscriplipn. At Nelson recontly Miss Leila Adair's balloon went up without her—by accident. There arc many disappointments .connected with tho ballooning business apparently, particularly for spectators. '

An ingenious- -swagger recently visited soveral houses at Carterton, asking at each for a few potatoes.He succeeded so well that in d very short time lie collected enough to fill a large sack, ■ He then disposed of tho fruits of his labors and went on Ins way rejoicing, In order to stop suicide, an Irish legislator proposed to liiako it a capital offence, punisliable by death. '' The first of tlio Masterton Foresters' wcoldy dances was held in the 'Temperunco Hall last ovcliing, l and was well attended, twenty-four couples tripping it lightly and making it a great success, Miss Pearson presided at tlio piano and provided first-classmusic,'

; According to a contemporary,! record in preaching lias- recently been accomplished by .the Her. % 'Morlcy,: President of the Australasidh Wesleyan Conference. On livo successive Sundays lie occupied pulpits ' in fivo different colonics, the towns in which lie preached being lAdelaide, Ballarat, Sydney, Drisbane, and Auckland. The Sfnstertoh 1 circle of the Homo; Heading Union met last night, Mr Hutchison presiding. There was ut large at-1 tendance of members.: Tlio reading- of Tennyson's JnJtaonaihwas concluded, aud it was agreed to commence George Elliot's novel " Koliiola " at the next meeting. . Members decided to read up on the subject of tlio History of Florence, during the week, inorqerto widerstand the historical setting of the novel. With reference to the coiirraaziono to be held in connection with tlio Union, it was definitely decided to hold it in three weeks' lime, and a strong committee was appointed to carry out the details.

A. girl named Eva Horwitz, aged l(j years, on Thursday plunged into 1 loft .of w'atcr at Manly (N.S.W.) and rescued a child liamod Stcimclt from drowning.

An extraordinary- accident occurred the other night on the up train from Boxhill, Victoria. Whilo the train was running over the bridge which spans the Hunt road near tlio terminus, the lireman, named Janics liaw, fell from tho cngino through the bridge to the roadway, a distance of 25ft. Ho received an extensive wound- on the back of tho' head, iiis left arm was broken, and ho was otherwise hurt. The unfortunate man appears to have lost his; memory, and cannot in any way account for his full.

The Wellington Poultry, Pigeon and I Canary Show, held yesterday, was a great success'. Mr A. A, Elkins, of Mastertoii, and Mi A. A. Wliito, of Auckland (Into of Mastcrhin); were amongst the ■ principal prize-takers in > the poultry exhibits, while'Mr Burton Boys, also of Mastertoii, carried off eight first prizes in the pigeon class.

A gentleman thoroughly competent to teach Latin, French, music, etc., advertises in another column for a position as tutor: in a private family or on a station, "It's an ill wind that blows nobody good is an old saying but nono the lqsa true Whilst 'the groat depression 1 existing in Sydney at the present time 'has caused a deplorable amount. of misory yet tho poopl of Wellington and tho surrounding districts will reap a gignntio benefit. During his visit to Sydney recently, Mr Jaroos Smith purchased at absurdly low prices a large stock which is now being sold at the Wholoaafo Family Warehouse. Te Aro House, .Wellington, ■■ V : ' With a view to making tbis'salo the event ot tho year, two special buyers were despatched from Tc Aro Hoqs9 to Christohurch' one to attend the great sale of Edwards,' Bennett and Co's wholesale stock,' arid tho other, topiok out bargains from the manufacturers of the well-known Kaiapoi Woollen 00. Both these gentlemen havo returned after a most successful trip, and tho total results of thoir efforts ;is to 1» eeenin tho! a'tonjshiiig bargains now being sold at the Wholesale Family Warehouse, To Aro House, .Wellington, '