The Evening Star WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1892.

Evening Star, Issue 8775, 16 March 1892, Page 2

The Evening Star WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1892.

In the Supreme Court at Oamaru to-day the jury returned a verdict in the case of Genge v. the North Otago Agricultural Association and Cooper, mulcting _ Cooper (proprietor of the shooting gallery) in LIOO and the Association in nil. A barn belonging to Mr John Baatie, I of Mataura, was burned down on ! Sunday evening, together with about 400 i empty sacks and some sundries. It is supposed that the fire was caused by rats Igniting lopa,e matches. The building was injured in tho National OflCce fpr L3O. Mr Hastio loses L2O on that alone, A man named John Hansel, a bricklayer, residing at Northeast Valley, had a very disagreeable experience this He was suffering from toothache and I neuralgia, and to relieve the pain be applied 1 “ fosforino ” to the affected part, but instep •of dropping the liquid into his teeth ho j poured it in by mistake, and, thinking it was quite harmless, he swallowed it. J-he ■ effect was not noticeable until a short time i afterwards, when bis left side became ! paralysed. Dr Gloss was called to attsnd the sufferer, and he at once administered an j antidote, which had the desired effect, < latest accounts the man is progressing favor.- ! ably. , i The anniversary services of the Congregational ca«.»k on Sunday last, and yesterday evening a social tea meeting was held in the church, I was largely attended. The interior of V.hte church ‘ was neatly decorated with I choice lowers and ferns, and aftsr tea had I been served to those present the Kev. D. K. \ Fisher, pastor of the church, took the | ohair, and after a short address Mr R. j Bauchcp, the senior deacon, read the yearly 1 report, and Mr J. Morgan tho balancei sheet, from which we gather tho church is free from debt. The Rev. Messrs Foster, North, Joiy, and Foraaith addressed the meeting. The latter gentleman, who was the pastor of the church some twenty-five years since, referred to the early history of the church, and on resuming his seat was loudly applauded, Songs were snug by Mr Clay and Miss White. Messrs 8. Straehan and J. M’Keonon gave a dialogue. During the course of the evening the church choir rendered some very appropriate hymns, Miss M‘i£inlay presiding at the organ, Mr Ritchie moved votes of thanks to the ladles, the choir, and the speakers, and the meeting was closed with the benediction. The ordinary meeting of tho Benevolent Trustees, held this afternoon, was attended by Messrs Solomon (chairman), (iourley, Haynes, Swan, and Wilson, Tenders for supplies to tho Institution were received and referred to theFinanceCommittf-e. Accounts amounting toLl3ll7s 8d were passedforpayment. The Chairman said, in respect to the Trustees’ requisition to the Charitable Aid Hoard, that the amount asked foriastyear was LB,SOO, Something like L 12.000, together with a windfall of D 375, was spent beyond that requisition; but of course that was an abnormally expensive year, and he hoped in future they would not have anything like that expenditure. He, together with Mr Baynes and the seoretary, had made a calculation, and had come to the conclusion that if the Charitable Aid Board were asked for L 9.000, or LSOO in excess of last year’s requisition, they would be able to manage by exercising the greatest economy. He moved—'“ That they make a requisition to the Board for L9.000.’’ The motion was carried mm. dh. The relief cases were then dealt with.

The Church of England mission services in the Garrison Hall were brought to a close last night by a thanksgiving service. The Rev. G. C. Grubb spoke on the need of continually looking to Jesus alone as the secret of a happy, holy, and peaceful life for Christians. There were three looks towards Christ necessary for a mam The first was the look spoken of In Isaiah xlv,, 22—ap expectant look that would save the soul. The second was the look referred to in Hebrews xii„ 2—the look for sanctification taken by those who had salvation, The condition was that they must “lay aside every weight.” Things that might not be direct sins to them might be weights to them, and if they wanted to run the rape set beforejthem they must lay aside every weight—they must train for the race for Heaven and “ get down their weight.” He tdyised every young man present to lay aside the weight of strong drink, and also the weight of the pipe. It might be very bad for tobacconists’ shops If they were to stop smoking, but the sellers of tobacco would get another business, and perhaps the hairdressing would pay hatter then. On the physical side of the question be also remarked, on authority, that one-fifth pi the young men who presented themselves for the American Navy were rejected because they had palpitation of the heart caused by smoking. The third look that must be taken to complete a Christian life was the look of expectation of the coming glory of the coming King (Pbilippians iii., 21). One mark of the last days would be that the Gospel would be preached for a witness among all the nations, and in a very short time there would be no nation under heaven where God’s testimony would not be given. At the conclusion of his discourse Mr Grubb read extracts from about forty letters of thanksgiving from persons who had enjoyed spiritual benefit from the mission. In some oases the writers offered the services of themselves or of members of their families for mission fork. Others enclosed money. Several had asked him how the mission was anppoited, and his reply was that the Lord alone supported it. II wanted money they went down on their knees and asked the Lord to send it, and He never failed to answer their prayer.

Tawhaio, the Maori King, was to hold aa interview at Auckland with the Hon a A. J. Cadman this afternoon.

The annual demonstration in connection with the United Fire Brigades* Association commenced at Christchurch to-day. The weather is cold and threatening, and the attendance of the public very poor. Bishop Moran, before the instruction at St. Joseph's last evening, said he bad just read an anonymous letter In the Evinimo Stab signed “ Historions,” in which the writer had endeavored to give him the lie, and in which be repeated the calumny that Leo X. had sent monks to sell indulgences. To prove his position, be quoted irom a writer called Weaver some passages purporting to be a translation of a bull of Alexander VI. The Bishop called upon the writer, or in his absence the editor of the Stab, who, by publishing this anonymous letter under the circumstances, made himself responsible for the letter, to publish the Latin, that is the original words of the bull, in order that the public might see whether " Historions” was able to correctly translate a simple sentence of Latin. The Bishop said if this writer published a letter above his own proper name he would reply to him, but that he would take no further notice of a cowardly anonymous writer. He concluded by saying that all he said in Invercargill on the sentences quoted from Collier's ‘ British History ’ he repeated.

The annual meeting of the Boslyn Associmtiou Football Olnb will be held in the Oounoll Chambers to-morrow evening.

To-morrow (St. Patrick’s Day) the Central Taierl Jockey Club hold their autumn meeting on the Moagiel Park Racecourse. Special trains to tho course are advertised.

The friends of the Plblo Society at Port Chalmers will have the opportunity of beating an address from Rev. H. T. Bobjobns on * Bible ■Work" in tho Congregational Schoolroom tomorrow evening. At a meeting convened by Mr E. O. Millard, of Rev. Q. 0. Grubb’s mission party, last evening, it was resolved that a business men’s prayer meeting be held daily until further notice from 12 30 p.m. to 1 p.m,, and 1 p.m. to ISOp m. Messrs A. R. Falconer and H. Webb were requested to secure a room for these meetings, and it Is notified in our advertising columns that a room in Union Chambers (opposite has been secured, and the meetings commence to-morrow.

Mr W. Qlalster, of Market street, has patented a device for adjusting the weight cn the shafts of a drg-cart bo as to make the horse’s work easier in going np and down hill than It is with the ordinary sort of vehicle. All who have driven dog-outs are aware that in going uphill the load settler backward and pretty well lifts the horse off his legs just when he wants the best grip with his feet; while in the descent there is too much weight on the saddle—that is with a fixed seat. To obviate this, Mr Qlalster has contrived a set of four travellers, carrying the body of the cart, these being so adjusted that a lever on the whip band of the driver brings the weight forward or backward as required, without more exertion than a child cab put forth. These mechanical affairs are not easy to describe, and we therefore recommend those interested to call at the forge and see the new cart for themselves. They wijl probably come to the same conclusion as ourselves- that Mr Olaleter has hit upon a very serviceable idea, and applied it with workmanlike skill.