The Dunstan Times. CLYDE FRIDAY, FEB. 1, 1884.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1135, 1 February 1884, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE FRIDAY, FEB. 1, 1884.

Beneath the rule of men entirely jus. The pen it mightier than the sword.

The weather is still very unsettled. We have had, however, a few warm days, which have perceptibly improved the crops, the which will as -a rale be backward. They will be better than was thonght for, especially on Spnttia Hundred, where there are some very good paddocks of both wheat and oats. A Dunedin correspondent w it"S us, and says, that but the timely attendance of Mr Vincent Pyko at the last meeting of the Waste Lands Bdar l, the application of Wall Bong to purchase the freehold of four ,acres of land, onjthe bank of the Cfutha nver, just opposite this town, would have been granted. It seems the miners petitioned the Land Board against granting the application, but did not lodge their objectipna in the Court at Clyde,, and the District Officer reported that as there were no oh. j-etions lodged with him ho.knew of none, consequently, hnt for Mr Pyke pointing out that the land was within the 10 chains reserved on the hanks of the river the Board would have granted it. A coroner’s inquest was held at Alexandra yesterday afternoon, on the body of George Box, a tinsmith, who was found dead the previous evening alongside of the road ’-leading from Alexandra to Little Valley. Deceased, for the past 12 months, and until the morning of his death, ha I resided at Clyde, and it is understood he was on his way to the Teviot, where he had previously resided, when death overtook hi n. There being no marks of violence on ihe body, and no evidence of foul play of any kind, a verdict of died from natural causes was returned. Among the mining news we have to note this week, is the sale of 36 scrip in the Undaunted Gold Mining Company, Tinkers, equal to three original shares, for L6OOO, the company being the purchasers; also of half a share, equal to a thii ty-second interest in the Advance Quartz Mining (’empany’s claim, for LlO, being , L 6 premium ; also of a small parcel of 100. shares in the Whites Reef Company, both of Old Man Range, at one shilling premium. Continued interest is being taken in this discovery, fresh claims still being applied for, and as work in earnest has been started in several of the claims by sinking and driving, we shall soon leam if the dear “ Old Man” deserves at the hands of the miner’s the attention that is being bestowed on him. Subscribers to the Du'nstan District Hospital are reminded that the meeting for the purpose of receiving the report of the retire ing committee, and the election of a com mittee for the current year adjourned from Saturday last, will be held tomorrow afternoon in the Clyde Library Hall, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Mr Fache reports having had a most successful sale of the cattle, horses, and effects of Messrs P. and E. Murphy, of Spott'g Hundred, on Tuesday and Wednesday last. The attendance of buyers at the opening' of the sale was not so large as was to have been expected. The bidding for the opening lots, some dairy cows, was anything lint spirited, and prices realized accordingly were not up to the mark, bnt as time wore on things improved and the sale proved highly satisfactory. The farm of the firm, eome : 800 acres, 'all freehold) was sold previous to the sale to Mr J. G. Glassford, Junr., at L 5 per acre, who again resold to Messrs I aidlaw, the proprietors of Matakanui Station, at a slight advance.; Mr Miles, the Crown Lands Ranger, this week made a raid on the cattle illegally rnnning on the newly opened Lauder Block, and drove to the Clyde poliad no less than 138 heads belonging toMesirs -Keenan and Morgan, the holders of the ran from whichthe block in question was taken. ', <>

Mr Faoh* draw* attention to the advertisement of sale of Mining property at Tinjoin, on Saturday next, the 9th inet. Wo learn on the very beet authority that the anthoritiee of the Bank of New Zealand have decided to erect a new building at Alexandra South, the plan to be adopted to be the same as the new building at Cromwell, which is a handsome two stolrey structure. At the Town Hall, Alexandra South, last J. Knight, • indent of yde, undertook to walk »f rtfi#o ! hr' tw* hours, and succeeded in the feat with 10 minutes to spMtb, hut walked the two hours, Snishing a tally of I 3 tniles. He Walked well throughout, and was warmly applauded by the nkeagre attendance at the finish. A remarkable case of longsvity has been brought under the notice of the Mount Barker Courier by Mr B. Biggins, who, until recently, had charge of the local.teilegiaph. Mrs’ Mary Webb, residing at Eohanga. is 94 years old, having been born in the 1790. She arrived in this Colony on February 24, 1840, and prior to and since that date her descendants have rapidly increased until the present total has reached, 237, of whom the majority remain in South Australia, »nd the rest in the neighboring colonies. The list includes nine children, 91 grandchildren, 125 great-grandchildren. Mrs Webb is still hale, hearty and active, considering how near ajie approached to her century, and only the other day she pre-' sented a patchwork quilt. made with her own hands, as a Christmas present to a friend. A correspondent of the Lyttelton Timet points out that though free railway passes were refused by the Governmnt to the unfortunate seamen of the Sarah W, Hunt, a week afterwards snoh a favour was extended to a team of cricketers. An amusing atgrv is told by the Oamaru Mail, in connection with the production of “His Last Legs” by the “Youth” Companv at Camara on Saturday night. Onr contemporary says of the representative of O’Callaghan “Mr Walton, whether hy accident or intent we cannot say, was ‘ made up’ so as to present a strong family likeness to Mr Edward Wakefield, and when O’Cal laehan, recounting the schemes he had adopted to keep np an appearance of respectability, told how he had had his coat turned, and .added ‘l’m not the first man who has turned his coat in order to get into office,’ the andience screamed with laughter. Whether or not the recognised Mr Wakefield’s double and appreciated the appositeness of the admission, we cannot say.” Wells' “ Rough on Cohns.'’— Ask for Wells’ “ Rough or. Coras ” Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. Moses Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents. The .following extraordinary paragraph appeared in a recent number of the lfaiVarapa Standard :—" A sleeping-beauty case ; of an‘alarming character is reported from Carterton.. The wife of a well-known tailor Having abandoned him during a spree, returned to' her home, but under the influence of mixed emotions—love, rage, and jealousy—became hysterical and seriously ill. Yesterday (Sunday) her husband consulted Dr Bey, and received a sleeping draught, to be administered in doses.Through a Curious mistake two does were administered together, and the result is that the patient has fallen into a sound slumber, from which, np to this morning, she has failed to awaken.” Captain W. J. Barry is at present lecturing in Sydney. A shocking occurrence has happened at West Maitland, in New South Wales. A fire broke out in a house occupied by Richard Marshall, upholster. Mrs Marshall went to her children’s bedroom with a lighted candle, and the bed curtains caught fire, and before assistance could be rendered the bedroom was in flames. Mrs Marshall and three children wore frightfully burned. The unfortunate mother was literally baked about the bioast and arms. All the sufferers were taken to the local hospital, where the daughter Violet, aged 10, and a younger boy died. At latest date Mrs Marshall, who suffered excruoia ing pain, was not expect'd' to live through the night ; and the third child was badly burned. “Beacon” writes “A good many clever p'ople fancy that if they hack in the total! aator every race they are bound to win in mey. I kimw some who have tried it and failed most lamentably, but of course it comes off sometimes, when a colossal divi dead happens to be declared* which occurs very infrequently. In order to ascertain w.iether the game was worth the candle 1 have this season, as the reports meetings came to hand, carefully compared the dividends paid with the number of starters in each race, and I find that on the vast majority of meetings a backer of every horse would lose money. The latest instance is the Cromwell gathering where the dividends were so small that I find a hacker of every race would have won money only once, and then only 12s, while at tho.end of the meeting he would have been £2218s out of pocket. Verb, sap," The best periodical for ladies to take monthly and from which they will receive the g’eatest benefit is Hop Bitters. Read. August FlAwek.— The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from Dyspepsia and liv?r complaint. More than sever.iy-five per cent, of the people are of dieted with these two diseases and their elf cts : such as Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual Cosfiveness, Palpitation of the heart, Heart burn, Waterwasb, gnawng and burning pains at the pitof the stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated limine, and disagreeable taste in the month, coming up of. foo l after eating,low spirit,‘ ,Go to your Drnggest and get a, bottle of Xggust Flower This valuable medicine has ourod thoaeands and thousands -of anSsrers and iVkndwii in all civilized ,Mubtnes.|Two dosci rseve you. It costs only 3s. 6d, a bottle. Sample bottles fid. • '*•

One of the Greymouth papers asserts that the following picture of the commercial depression in Christchurch is drawn by the M, H. R, for that Provincial District ; Christchurch is full of dead beats—banki up teles every day, and the * publics’ empty. Everybody is chasing everybody for money, and it is generally a stern chase in more senses than one. Those who have yet the means and no ties, are leaving. Cab-driving even does not giv(> i bin living; one of my friendly cabdrivers Sold his horse and cab last week for i£o, and a batchelor at that. He says cahoot make a living by it, yet he is Sr steady man. Some of the auctioneers are ilflbost starving. There are about one hundred offices to let in the town, and houses to let or for sale in all directions.” f Canada, it appears, is doing a large business with New York in frogs. Frogs, which at one time were deemed the exclusive diet of the -Frenchman—who, indeed, took one (of his soubriquets, that of Johnry Crapaud, from this rather doubtful form < I diet—are greatly esteemed by Yankee gourmands. AS the latter are people of taste, and have a very wide field of choice, this compliment to the aiuphi* bions edible proves its excellence Frogs - dr their logs, which are the only part consumed—are very luscious eating. In appearance they resemble the most delicate chickens’ wings, and their flavour is a curious blending of various exquisite tastes. Skinny Men.— “Wells’ Health Renewer” restores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Impotence, Debility, Moses, Moss Sydney, General Agents. 1 thought (observes the London correspondent of the Atgus\ we had come to the end of badges and ribbons. When one has red to show one can drink like a fish, and blue to indicate one caniiot or will not drink at all, one would think there was enough of “colourable pretence; ” but a certain Admiral Ryder, at the late Chnrch Congress at Reading, has ont-heroded Herod in this tort of protestation. He proposes that very excellent persons (like himself, 1 presume) should go about with a white badge in sign of “moral purity.” Priggishness can surely no further go th n this nnless one should wear a rainbow ribbon to show that one has all the virtues. Not to be decorated will soon he something very distinguished indeed. If a ribbon could be found to indicate “hnmbng” it would suit a great many people a deal detter than the insignia they are now in the habit of wearing. ' In an article on school discipline the Sydney Morning Herald says:—“No one doubts the need for decretion in the nse of corporal pun’shment, bnt to men of masculine sense it takes a very severe flogging tr> justify a charge of brutality. An old public school boy, speaking of our coming Bishop, said, ‘ The thine I remember best about Dr Barry is that he bad an uncommonly strong right arm. ’ And the master of any public school in England Weak m on that point would hardly be considered fib for his post, Bnt in Australia—it is a weakness of the whrie continent ■ it is held to Isj absolutely wrong to administer a flagging that shall lie more than a farce to the iccipicnt, and, as a natural consequ nee f s foolish mercy— o-, to put it plainly mawkish sentiment -is frequently avenged by abominable crime, nr multilation on the triangle at the bands of the,common flogger of the gaol.”

Three ynnng men in Sydney who committed an unprovoked assault upon a China* man have been sentenced to be flogged. The Magistrate said : “It was only right that they should feel some of that pain and anguish which they had inflicted upon this defenceless foreigner. The Bench thought they would be wanting in their duty to the public if they did not bring into opera'ion the power to flog such offenders which was given to them under the new criminal law. They were pitiless and unmerciful in their outrage, and no pity would be shown to them. They would be detained in custody at the Woolloomooloo watch house for 06 hours, and ’would be privately whipped : Magnet and Mnlholland to receive 25 stroke# each, and O’Brien 20 strokes with the cat.” The prisoners assumed an air of bravado ; but the blenching of their countenances indicated in the most decided manner that they apprehended with mental agony the punishment they were to receive. Mr Charles Rogers, an old Ballarat resi* dent, has of late been working on the Barnet«Falk diamond-fields. Bingera. New South Wales (says the Ballarat Star), and according to a statement made by hm, he has succeeded in securing 4000 diamonds in return for 12 month’s work. The diamonds range in size from half a grain to eight carats. Be states that so far his success in diamond-finding has only been the result of scratching the surface of the ground, but with the view of further development, Mr Rogers says that he has sold the lease of the diamond-studded ground to a company of diamond merchants, Messrs Falk and Co., and that he has joined them in securing that portion of the district which is so rich in treasure. The value of the ground or property contained in the lease is estimated \ at L 1,000,000. Mr Rogers has come to Ballarat for the purpose of purchasing suitable machinery for “ rooting np” the diamonds in Bingera,

Lady Constance P hipps, who died at Mulgrave on November 1, may almost be said, observes Truth, to have been the victim of a broken heart. She had lived nearly the whole of her lite with her grandmother, the Dowager Marchioness of Normanby, to whom she was warmly attached, and, although always something of an invalid, yet she enjoyed fair health and excellent spirits until Lady Normanby’s death, which took place two years ago. From that time she piqnd away, and seemed visibly to decline week hy week. She was most affectionately tended by her brother, Lord Mulgrave, and by her sister, Lady Ellesmere, both of whom were constancy with her during the last weeks of her life.

Mr Alfred Sannders, who announce* him* self a* “ an Englishman many years resident in New Zealand,” ha* just issued through Messrs Sampson, Low Mwton, and Co. “a practical poultry book for England and New Zealand,” entitled “Our Domestic Birds,” The papers unhesitatingly declare this work ■“worth any dozen of the best on the subject,” and addsthat “Mr Saunders not only knows what he writes about, hut is able to make his reader* understand as welL Independent of poultry, the book is worth readings for the information it contains on food digestion, hereditary influences, god A evolution. . , i Among the Sherbros then* exists a secret wooiety, which consists of various families,: bound together by mysterious ceremonies for offensive and defensive purposes,' and .other reasons ■ which are unknown. If my memory serves me lightly, this society is. called the Society of Bonn, and the families , composing it meet at stated periods to cele- ‘ brate their union with infamous ritee, and, annually, at one such meeting, a virgin is pat to death, the victim being supplied by each family in rotation. Each member of the society is bound by diabolical oaths to preserve the secrets of their rites, and to ■ •slay any other member whom he may suspect of revealing them; thus all that.is known about the fraternity has been gleaned from the reports -df natives who do mot belong to it, and who cannot know much ■ about it; though some do assert that they 1 have been! hidden eye-witnesses of the annual human sacrifice.—“ The Land of Fetidh.” That measure of justice, the Ilbert Bill, ' has evidently destroyed the popularity of' the Marquia of Eipon with tha Europeans in India. On the Governor General's return to Calcutta he was receiven with the, greatest enthusiasm by the Native population. . The banners of the Natives, on which “ God bless the Viceroy” was inscribed, were de■stroyed by Europeans, and a European mob j of 2000 assembled at the Government house i and hissed the Marquis and his wife when* they drove to the gats. At a banquet 2000-’ Europeans were present, and the toast ■“The Viceroy,” was received in silence, and twenty-four persons stood up. In the New Sooth Wales Assembly recently, Mr A. G. Taylor, the member for Mudgee, while orating on.the Land. Bilb was several times interrupted by Mr Ninian Melville, who is an undertaker by profession, and represents Newtown. At last Mr Taylor turned r. und, and snapped at Mr Melville in something like this fashion . “ Yes, the honourable member for Haslam’s Creek (the old Sydney Cemetery) should know a great deal about the land question He has settled more people upon the lands of th« colony than perhaps any other man— i {laughter)—and he is the only person 1; know of whe has succeeded in giving fixity of tenure " Whereupon the House fairly yelled. " 1 .