Local and General.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 931, 1 August 1891, Page 2

Local and General.

A VoMOttU i* pevalent; m Timaru that • li'ri nn.ilyßts of the body of *tl>a- latj .1. X lylmrfic hu« n'V\)n\>d n; traces c£ poison* n r 'if n:|if r fniil play. An unusually high S.iuth West gale Mprung tip on ThuruUtty night, aad c>ntiniio'i ttiu part ot Friday. A. fe / ojiimney pots m .South'irkl^e auccu nbe 1 . 9 (lioWnca of tliewißd.- --~» An ex'Q Bive railwuy pool is forming, c »nji oae I of the Directors of the B ston^^ <md Muinu, Vamleroili's Gr.iai Tru<>K ant '*"'*- 0-muriian Pacific C mpani.irt. \t will bo tiie t-rea^eU o 'mbifiation/oE capital ever known m the United State*. The ( Bee' In connection ' with -StT" iaraes' Church is doing; good work. Once. „ i| week five or Bix ot ttin parishioners thoot m the chursh grounds anil spend v (|oiif>lo of hours grubbing )}i<t broom and. . gorse, cicanng: a*ay the, un iergrpwth 4; , j nd generally impiovinjc.iuo appearauca f the:ploce.! i! ,■■.:■• ■(..;-;;!/. .-•!.>. 7, •.•:,■ ; ;,/i--:'. Ox Thursday Mr McßaUar ß«nt away., i rom Southbridgj hi<j entire 1 hoWe UoMer- ll Aess, a young Clydesdale entire, and. five , ( Other light and <ir*u {lit hoi^es .{6'r ship ' [nerit to Sydney by ' the Tehfapo. The horses were trained to [jyttelWrh ' Th«iy left here m good condition,, aad should { «ell well on the .other side. ' „.,,-,;,- :j .;? ' At Ashburton on Thursday, Albert Edward Mosh was cotntifitted for iriii\ J nn^ ji charge of wounding with, intent Ji'tcifl his wife, Mary Ann Moss. The 'oyideita l pf the, wife went to show that Her/ Vi usband bad made, she thought, two jpr^o^S; ) attempts on her life witbid v day or two" previous to the assault, onqa bjf poieo?^) 1 once with a razir. Dr Trevor ier>o««d |hat he did not think Mos* was sufficidnttyH B«ne to be at largo. ! This Pun ell Memorial D tnoh'stWtion^ took place' m CliristclHjrciro&TaTiTfr'TaY^ juvl until the rain set-in, -everything w«nt pff fairly well. The weather, however, br^i Some dissatisfaction -%ittf etttuleM \>f tlie who t of efficient inanagajnen t^ jo , fcjyv Bports department, the cinrieboiniif oV'er-j-un with spectators. The liqanoiftl result jßhould leave: a .good balance; to^rJs the Memorial Funds. , ...-.._ i : A Mysterious affair ia repqrtftfl fFom jLyttelton/Mr|.Paraon<. 'iqena Bof tho.Mi^ ' iliotej, haying beeuf 'Und on Tiiursiayj, jtnorning .'ying on the footpath m ,frghjt (j iof his house, bally woimdud about the .'head and face. He can, , /?iye , no ; ejc t pjan- ; ation of how he ' Biistainod . tW injiirjpj^ Robbery was^eviden.tty not ; ihot|y;ei, as^'he^, had a cbn^Weable 'aunt' about hiib," wniiciij was untouched. — (Latur reports say that Mr Ptirsons siiatained the iojaries through a fall from the, balcony.) V ;• ; A ,Wei.linch'on telegram, dated Ju'J: 2^,! nays:— At the Bfqeyolenl institution today relief was granted te a coot, i named David Morrison, who ; related; a ; painful ntory. H« stated that during tho late strike he wan set upon by n mob wha accused him of being a blackleg. The nature of, the assaqlt wasjmoh that he is fast becbtiung blind, the sigbt of oiaeeya h\aviag been lost, while with tlia other ho is only able to. read vary l»>rg) print ; Morrison, who is a man ,wl,t]i a go^tl cb.araoter, i is unable, o give the name? of hb cowardly assailants, ■"■'- - r> ■'■'■'• A -' A: ; - " : " '' u^-/ ; '■■■ t-ii'.- ' ' ■ ! ■ The meeting of the Temperance Society, on Wednesday evening more than- usually Buccesatul. Tn©, ipfipQlpal item' Was a cornpetition -ifa-^rebitationf m whinh Maggie Simpsou, G.Simpson, Ethel Richards aad T. Shearman took, parfar Al{ dt"cLejccQirehtly v bat»tne JudgeilheU lJhat Mugijie Simpson was the best «nd awarded h&r ; tne prize. A general perforrhttn|3e ■consisting of songe, recitations,' etc., vsas then gunethrouarh, Miss BnrnH r Masters ■F k and T. Frame assisting. Mr R. O. Barm presided and moved a hearty vote of thanks to the per formers. He announced that a; good prograiuine was m preparation for the next night, and hoped there would be a full attendahfte: 'Two pledges wers itaken. ■■. ' ;.- ; '~ ""■'' '■ -■-'-. ■''[ ; - ' :;;( ;' ) 'The Victorian Bri.l&ot Hltclivk tue 'tjaf^enuefor last year fell short of the estirriafe by £290,000, leaving a debit balarico .^.f £797,000. Tho revenue for next yeajr l's estimated at £8,8(l9 f Qbq, and thi expenditure at £8,98iJ,000. The ''railway rave,nua for next year is estimated at £3,500,000, and the ejcpendi^ro at, £4,001,000: In view of the condition of trmie the Colonial Treasurer does not deem it advisable to propose new taxation, but will take power to ißsue Treasury b .n Is to, the^ e*te»t of £75b,000..L" It. is hoped, Vp *iyer^ JLba t this sam may not nil be required, and that by n policyof ecbnom'y ,-tlie'= Government may make ends meet. At the Inverdargill R. 'M. Cpurt on Wednesday, Lindley BoVernian Bue^l Thomas Lamperth, . hotelke»per, fqrs2fy 16s, damages sustained ipconaequonce of the loss, on May 13, 0| ! a,.b r uggy,f,rom'defondact'a premises, while the .plauitiff. was a lodger m tho P,ruvn ny>p. } Hotel, and the buggy in 'defendant',*' <juatotiy 7 he having negligently suffered' it to be Btolen. Bowentun wa< ( enj;A^<i(i m '!»e, delivery *' The P'foiure^qfae Atlas" m; the district at the time- and supposed thatsome irate subßcripers made away with the trap, no trace r bf v which has been ibund. .M,oote the owner of the, buggy, recovered the amount now sued for from Bowerman. On the application of the defendant, the case was adjourned to August 12, A bydnxt oablegpam,/ jdnted July 28, Bays:— ;Mr Wiihefi^dl -of; ; A<»oklaud,nß negotiating with the Goyerufieht of NewZealand, m tlie 'interest^ of a powerful English syndicate, t<V puroMse the whole of the New Zoitland mil ways. If the ■Government entertain tho proposal*, it » expected that aropresentativa of the syndicate will proceed to N«w Zealand forthwith. In a further telegnun to the New Zealand Government, with regard to the purchase of the railways, \t is stated that j Mr Whiteford, on behalf of the syndicate, surd it wuh proponed t» introduce the sc,Qne system, and nr^o (he introduction of im monse capital for pnsiiin^ on the construcctioti (>f tho rail wwayy <y t|m* cmiHing anini (lux of populft'ion and money into New Zealand. A Wellington message odds:— Thy Premier thin moaning teoeived a.^abla from Mr Witheford, rußpectine the sale of tho raiiwavH, couched m nimliar terms to that -which oomiw trorn Sy Iney. An answer wns ,pr nnmlv a-nt that the propoiid whk ,|ir f )po*.ur »ih, mid c mid not bo outertained for v, mouiuuti

While scouting round Paltneraton for Victims the other day, two o£ the ' Plcttir esque Atlas' fit nds were followed to their hntel hy an orrafifed tradesman, whose place they hud visited m liih iibsunoe, and fired the wholo 42 pnrts thrmiKh the door Rfter tliom. The publican, who happened to Rur I'i-lwoen the fien Is and thu ten y fiuinoa n.isil.., wnn.lero'l what \v»a up; on recovonu.: himself he went for th > gentleman who threw the book, the fiends meanwhile chuckling »\ver the fun from a safe di*t'ino«\ Thn rest be n*\ thlocal puper Bays, will b* laid m tho'Ri M; ! whoie the fiends will figure an plaintiff and tho9P who all^go they have been victimised its dtf jnduuta.

A correspondent of a contemporary «eeras to have goi nithor mixed. He says:. I Rot acquainted with ayoun? widow who lived with her s^p-dnnghter m the same house, I married the widow ; nrid my, father fell bhortly afterwards m love with Ihe step daughter of my wife, and married her., My wife became tha ,mo.iher T i!i.liivy amimlao the daughter-;in-law of my own father ; my wife's Rtep-daughter is^my step-mother, and I urn the, utep-f^theV of *ny .mother-in \%w. . Mystep mother, Wjho . is the stop-daughter of my wife, hasa J>pys he \q naturiilly poy becaiiso bo i« ihe son of my father and of «ny Btep mother ; but^ because h« i« the son of my wife's ptep-dauphter, m> is my wife the grandmother of the little boy, and I am the Kraudfather of mv step-brother. My *' wife has also a, boy ; my ateprinpther is consequently, the step-aiater of «ny boy, and is nlso his grand motlier, because he jb the child of her step-son ; and my father is tbe brother-in-law of my son, because he has his step- sister for a wife. I am the.bro.ther. of my own sod, whp is the son of niy step-mother ; I am the brotherin law of my mother, my wife is the ; ountof her own. son, my soq is tne grand--son of my father, and I am my own grandfather,.-) :;. .■; ;■ . • ... „ .'"'..

At a banquet at tlie Mansion House, on Wednesday the Marquis of Salisbury said the prediction that Ireland needed resolute government had been m I filled, and he asserted that it' was owina^ tn England being: at the back of Ireland that famine had beeri 1 aveited m that couatry. |Keferring io European politics, be said they were i. never 8o iranqutl as at present. Kgypt nnd Bulgaria were rapidly developing, which promised to solve the Eastorn question, and he knew of nothing unless

it was. treaties calculated to roes ace the "** world's peace. In the course of his remarks the Murqm'p of Salisbury stated that the Imperial Government had been pressed. In insist on compulsory arbitration on the Chilian revolution and the reform of the Argentine Republio finance, but they were not disposed. to encroach on the functions of other?. The Government, he declared, would duly defend and assert British interests, but would not meddle m other quart6rs. At the present time the Aglies of Great Britain all desire peace and goodwill. ■ ; '■>' f r... ? rj ( « . '• / / _LJ L ii•s, ■' ii'