S.M.COURT.

Bay of Plenty Times, 18 November 1895, Page 2

S.M. COURT.

In connnction with the above we wish it to be clearly understood that all cases called or heard therein will be T reported in our columns, fttthe inter* ests of^the business portion tJ|B community. I 1

An Indian named " Man- Airai<J-of - Nothing" married a white woman in Montana recently, and in one week after his wedding he applied to bis tribe f,o have his name changed. } Constable Creeks, while endeavouring 1 to arrest several larrikins at Napier* was knocked d<)wii, kicked, ana haa his collar bone broken. ° Front Cincinnati, in Ohio, comes the latest wail of downtrodden man. An American citizen, one George Graving, appears to have been so thoroughly broken into domestic harness by an English wife that he has at last had to see>the protection of the DiVofcl Court. * In his plea he alleges that4a wife Lizzie had "compelled him for the past year to wear an apron, wash the. dishes, clean the c^ldfren^ittend to the housewoik generally, and iron the clothes.", Mrs (^ravins is a member of a local theatrical company? No aspersions whatever are cast by the husband upon her moral character . She was formerly an actress in Lonntfn, and, was, it is stated, a member, of Mr J. L. Toole/s cdmpian^; Met maiden name was Daley. An Irishman, j^^ad:beeit i a t bing knilitary service u» India, was asked when he returned home it he met with much^hospitality there, and he i-eplied, " ifeo much— l was in tni^ hospital most of the time." • Four children «*t a birth, a)l of whom eventually died, has occurrod at Bobtie, the mother being the wife of a searfaring man!; ; . The total number of special daimfj and licensed holdings granted by tlie lifar<ien of Paero* siace the cotnmencement of the present activity in y the mitiing industry up to date is ; special claims, 37, comprising »,262 acres, and licensed holdings, HG, eoniprißing 2,471 acres. > j A domestic complained to a LondoS 1 * magistrate that her mistress hail turned her out of doors because she would not wear a cap. The magistrate said he could not decide whether the applicant should wear, caps or not. Her : mistress, she complained, hadj gone to her box, and so rumpled her| caps that she refused to wear theny The magistrate said in that case the"; girl was entitled to her wages, but she would have to sue for them in the county court. At a wedding Jo Ipswich, the bride, * bridegroom, and one of the bridesmaids were deaf aud dumb. Two clergymen officiated, one reading, and the other interpreting by the manual alphabet. A chemist advises that canned fruit be opened an hour or two before it is used. It becomes riches after the oxygen of the air has been restored to it. Subscribers will please leave word atihe office, should they not receive their paper regularly, amlt;ie omission will be immediately rectified.