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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5109, 4 January 1888, Page 2

Tlie Public Wos-ks Committee meet this evening at the usual hour. In the rotnnda this evening the Garrison Band_ will play the following programme : —■Quickstep. "Courageous" (E. Newton): overture, " L'li.trepide " (L. JBousquier") ; valse, "lolanthe" (Sir A. Sullivan); grand fantasia, "Field of the Cloth of Gold" (Victor Buot) ; quadrille. •' Cynthia " _{H. Round); polka (eortiefc solo), "Express" (11. Round); National Anthem. Collection boxes handily placed will enable their supporters to contribute, to the fund for procuring music stands. At St. Andrew's church last evening- tlie Ji-av. "W. Wel-h, who is leaving for Wairoa, was presented by Mr Wilson, hea.lir.iisier of the Port Ahuriri district school, on heimlf of the congregation with a bla<'k marbie timepiece, and a silver etrg-staur! for Mrs Welsh. The children of the Band of Hope presented Mr Welsh with a handsome inkstand. The presentations were made at an entertainment given by the Band of Hop.). A number of vocal and instrumimi-ai selections were given, and the Rev. C. L. Tulse exhibited a number of magic ianttru views, illustrative of '• The Lifeboat " ami -'In tho Signal Box." _ At the mooting of tho Hawkers Bay Lodge, No. -I.j, 1.0.0.i , ., last evening, the folknvinir office-bearers were installed : — N.G , Bro. Jacobs; V.U., Bro. Troy; secretary (re-elected). Bro. Bi-aumout ; K.S.N.G., Bro. Bun-; L.S.N.G., Bro. Luxford ; R.S.V.a.. Bro. Korkm ; L.S.V.G., Bio. Hogan; conductor, Bro. lii-vi ; wiirden, Bro. Budd ; trustees,' Bros. Smith, Naphtali. and Budd ; auditors, Bros. GilberJ. Lee, and Pallet. ' Messrs H. R. Laseelles and Cresswell had a very narrow escape from a serious accident yesterday afternoon. They were driving in a four wheeled buggy on the Xorokipo-road, and tho horse shied at the body of a dead sheep, completely turning the trap over, and precipitating' thi-.u on the road. The unfortunate horse will have to bo killed to put an end to his misery.

Our morning contemporary is singularly in error in it.s '■ information " eoi.eernmir the funds raised by the Garrison 13aml for the erection of a fountniu in the 150t;.'.."' ;il Gardeus. There were two collections : the first, amounting to between £7 ami £H. was •riven in charge of the then Mayor, Dv Spcuocr: the second amounted to .£7 -is ;M.. and was entrusted with the Town Clerk on February 14. ISS7, by Mr W. Slater, who holds a receipt from him. On Tuesday evening nr-xt a tea .meeting and entertainment will be held in St. John's s-riiool-n.om in connection with St. John's Band of to which nil members of the society will l3e admitted for sixpence., tiekots for which may be obtained from any member of the committee. A capital programme has been prepared for the concert to beheld after the tea. Parents and friends will be admitted to the entertainment at the moderate price of sixpence, so there should be a large attendance. ' The following are to-dav't. inerenrv readings : —Hnssell 07, Auckland 7f, Thames 7J, Cambridge Go, T:turang>i t> 1 ,;, Taupo (>l, Gisborno 07, Napier 7(0 New Plymouth (>7, Wangamii (>'■), Wellington 68. Blenheim 70. Nelson 72. Wcstp.u't 6->, llnkitika li-J, Bea';y 00, Lyttelton Ti.Timavu 00, Oamaru liS, Port Chalmers o"4. Dunedin 68, Clyde 75. Queeiistown OS, B;i!e.luthu 03, luven-mgill O'.i.and Bluif GO. It is fine weather throughout, the colony to-day. At the R.M. Court this mornin"- before Messrs Preston and Blythe, J. IV., Rose Campion was charged with having bc'ti found drunk on tlie Ist January last;." The Bench taking into consideration th:>t she- had been looked up for four days, discharged the prisoner. Accused was further charged with having- stolen six pairs of stockings and one sponge valued at Ms, the property of Messrs Nea! and Close. Prisoner said she knew nothing of the case. Evidence having , been take::, a further charge was preferred agivinst her, of having stolen one plaid shawl, valued at£l 5s ; the property of Mr J. G. Kinross. Several witnesses were ex;:mimi!. Accused said »]><■> did not know how t!ie shawl got into herp<w>.jssioii. The Bench said accused had been convicted on two charges of larceny, and they took fully into consideration her apparently respectable appearance, and her faeilify of entering warehouses and shops, whereas other people might not have tint facility, which made her case more serious. Srie would be sentenced to two months' imprison - mont on each chnn*e. the second sentence to commence at the expiration of the nr.-t. At Christehurch yesterday afternoon n'\ inquest was held at Addington gaol on the body of ii woman named Annie Beuchler. She had been committed to gaol for medical treatment for drunkenneb-, and died last night. The medical evidence showed that death had resulted from fatty dejrenc-ration of the heart, and a Verdict to that effect was returned, live jurymen agreeing , to a rider expressing the opinion that the Addington gaol is not a proper place for dipsomaniac patients, and urging the Government to take immediate steps U> make provision for such patients. The magistrate who held the inquest stated that persons suffering from ilchriniw<trcihem had been refused admit tanco to the hospital after being remanded there in accordance with the Act. He had accordingly, •.vhen the woman came before Li*ii charged with drunkenness, remanded her. to Addington gaol. Amongst the sutfereH by the lire at tho City Buffet, wo are given* to understand, are several "now chums" who arrived by tho B.s. Tomrum-o, who have iv somo oas s lost all they had. It is a sorry welcome fo their new 1 fe in this colony, and we (N".Z. Times) sympathise witJi * them in their trouble. The shilling is all-potent in England. It opens churches and towers, an 1 swings back the ponderous gates of the cusfle, introduces the stranger into tho sacred places of old übbeys and convents, and bows the possess iv obsequiously through the palaces of the nobles of the realm. It wins esteem and eommunds respect, attracts observation and hides defects. In a word, it is sovereign : am} doubly blest is he who " in silken or in leathern purse retains a splendid shilling , ." Some three years a<ro Messrs Aukete.ll and Biimip. of the Union Bank of JRoebiirne, Western Australia, were isturdu-ed, and up to the present tho murderers have not been discovered. Three men were arrested for the crime but were discharged. One of these, named Be.yen, was arrested lately on a charge of attempted wifo-murdcr." He tried to cut her throat, and stabbed her twice iv the wide. She is in a very precarious condition, but may possibly recover.

Our railways aye grandly managed concerns ! A traveller yssterday found that it was chwiper to get a return* ticket to and from New Plymouth th m to pay an ordinary single fare.—Wnngnnui Herald.

"Meroutio," iti tho N.Z. Herald writes

—•' [ heard the other day about a man in business who called his ereditow together, and ottered, and j>-ot them to accept, a composition of live shillings in tho pound. A fellow tradesman, who had liabilities in jniiuy cases to the same persons, said that if after that they expected him to pay twenty shillings, he would sell off and clear out of the country. They did expect him, and therefore he sacrificed his property, and left for Sydney. That is an extreme insiance, but there is no doubt that much evil is done by the acceptance of compositions. No merchant should do it. Let the man be

made to toe tho nmrk, and face the Assignee in Bankruptcy. If that is done, wo shall by-and-by have a better state of things."

No little amusement wa* occa>ioned ve.sterday morninir in the liasisi Reserve, by* tho gentleman known as " The V\'hiriler.'* who witti the legs of his trousers tucked up and his socks turned down, n d a rabbit skin hung as an apron, mad : a veiy etlicieut burlesque of a Highlander's uicss. Tiw '• WhitUer's " capers greatly amused the crowd, much to his evident 'satistVction -■ N.Z. Times. Thi,-; if. how the Maunwatu Standard pleads for indulgence during thu holiday time-:: —We trust that any mistake in the publication of the rniper "to-day, in the shape of incorrect numbers of parcels, or papers wiil be considerately overlooked. This fyct is the holidays have been too

mucli for the gentk-mau in charge, ofory publication department, and to-day nun cut ;„,;■„;,,* has to be j.iueod c.v reeorj. l\,ssiiily he may turn up to-morrow, or tha day after, full of excuses, beex , , repentance, and projiiises of icfonnation.

__A late copy of the Pcsthcv Lloyd (of Vienna), in an aviiolij upon (he triple alliance, expresses •' tht; rcndine.«a of Aus-

triii and her allies to enter into the closest connection with. England—a Powyv -xvifix which they are all already on very friendly terms—more t'rioiidly, indeed, than evar beforo in rtcc'Ut times. Experience h;\s Miowii that tho Cabinets of St, James and Menu;', hold exactly the smuu views as re-

fttird.-i all Eisteni n.uestions, and, aecordingiy, iMigii>h policy cannot fail in these questiotiK to continue in complete hurmouy with that of the Vicuna Cabinet. No more

than this could he Kccnrcd even by a formal treaty of alliance, which co!iS';ru;.uUv HUpcWII'.OUS." "'

Tho WelHiijjii.ii Chamber of Commerce is iti receipt of a circular from tliu London Chamber of Commerce, drawini? attention

:o tbo ])at-.-siiiy ]>y the BritiJi iVrlinnicnt of

the Merchandise Marks Act, the object:; til" which are to extend further prutection to owners ot' tnidv; marks, to preserve the

community at. i;ir-e' from iVaudulont misTho London Chambor «ugS'L'bt.s that the various Chambers in NewZealand should endeavor to secure *liq passing of a similar measure through tho New Zealand Leyislaturo,

Mr AdiJpli Iluinaiiii, F.G.S.jV. , an Otayo Univci>ity student, who has recently been aetiny as Professor 'Slack';* as:ii>tant on the

jfoldtic-lds, Ims received tho appointment of. Jeotnivr on clioinisuy, inetallurjry, ami assaying , to thu Bendig-o Sehiml <j£ '■•[ t u"< Sandlim-ht, at a salary ci U<)\) pol . anuim'i! All , iiaixjuni. J-, as distiuyuislied hims A! in ins university career hero, and l'.i-j fallow students will be ylnd to heac i,,-f luu suei.-us.s in m iiiMiortahl an appoiiitineiit hi tlio' burimiing oi' his career.—Otago Daily Times. The cnorniou-s inereasu in (ho sales i.s a proof of the cro'.viii:: , jioruiarity of Woirii'i SeirjfAvrs. Over four thousand ])]iysl.'.i;ui,siiuve testified to thu purity and exeelkme A "\Voi.i'£'s SCKVAI-TS,

Tho Navals' white jumpers and straw hats have arrived, cio win be k.t.-vckl out at hulf-jast seven on i'-iil.iv ovcnii'ij.

Nothing ctranger has ever been conceived by a novelist than tho life of tlsc swindler Dr. Grant, who recently lilt" 1 , us liie House of Correction at, Easf. C-im! rkk-e, M\-;ss. It was only after hisdeui-h that tho man was identified as Dr. Louis OoiUn, nn Austrian who claimed i<. be. :i natural son of Victor Emmanuel. Wo. wus very accomplished, and before ilni Civil War he so captivated an American i'.iiu<il Dr. M'Sheehy, then in Paris, that ihy doctor offered to bring him to America,. Arrived in New York be jrave his patron the slip, and that was the'last known of him under his right name for many years. He van a sisigulur course iv this country, having- iiuu-ricd no less than eight v.-o:usn. He was arrested and convicted of bigamy in 1.573, but spent only n few months iv" Sing Sing. Bceent-ly, ho adopted the role of a wealthy Australian and married two widows in quick succession. He wns captured by detectives iv a little New Jersey town, nnd it was while awaiting his trial for bigamy and swindling that he died.' In many respects he bore a stromr resemblance to Cherbuliez's ' Samuel Brohl,' but ho certainly excelled tie French novelist's character in audacity and success.

.Lord Lyons was always a puzzle to tho 'Parisians. A mau of the world who had no wife- of his own, who did not interfere with other men's wives, and who never tasted the superbwinewhich George Sheffield selected for his table, was to them, an impious person, scorning the best gifts which what they reirard as their divinities plioe at man's disposal. Like many teetotallers. Lord Lyons made up for his abstemiousness in the matter of wine by eatinjr too much and too richly, and for some years past his health had been failing, and he has been continually mooting the question of his own retirement. It was a charming sight of an evening at tho Embassy to see the good old man. .seated at a writing table, surrounded by fits staff, and following the, to him, absorbing amusement of solving the acrostics, " hard cases," and puzzles in the World and other society papers. He and his staff competed under pseudonyms for every prizeof this kind, and forming, as they did, intellectually a very powerful syndicate, they were often winui-rs— the money thus grained being sweeter, of course, all the sovereigns they received in the orthodox fashion through tho payraastergvnoral.

Dr Fitchott's repartee to Mr Taylor, M.H.R. for Sydenham, is worthy of.notice. Speaking on the Education proposals, said Mr Taylor " I have a school in my eye" (immense laughter). '-No" cried Dr. Fitohett quickly, " only a- pupil, Mr Tuvlor."

Recent exposures by the Customs Authorities show how the reputation of Wolfe's Schnapps has been trifled with.

Wells' Hair Balsam.—lf gray, restores to original color. An elegant dressing, softens and beautifies. No oil nor grease. A Tonic Restorative. Stops hair coming out: strengthens, cleanses, heals scalp.

Skinny Men.—"Wells , Health Items wer" restores Hculth and rigor, cures Dyspepsia, Impotence. Sexual Debility. At chemists anil druggists. Kempthorne, Prosser & Co.. Airts., Wellington.

NEW YEAR'S TABLE.—Webber and Wilson will continue their Shilling Table for one month. Webber and Wilson. General Ironmongers, Emerson-street— [Advt.]

_A Me?ry Christmas and Happy Now Year to all.—Your Christmas Presents can be bought at your own price during the holidays at V. Jensen and Co.'s, Practical Watchmakers and Jewellers, tho Old Shop. Emerson-street, Established 187o.—[advt.j

John M'Vay, being preatly overstocked, is offering saddlery and harness of all kinds, portmanteaus, Gladstone bags, &c, &c, at largely reduced prices f<* cash. Hastings-street, Napier, aud at Waipukurau.—f.vDVT.]

" Ready Relief " for the tooth-ache. It gives instant and certain relief from pain, and is obtainable only from Bowerman and Owen, Hastings-street Napier.—[advt. j

Nothing purifies and enriches the blood and destroys all poisons in the system like American Co.'s Hod Bitters Read