THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1885.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 5349, 20 November 1885, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. FR IDAY, NO VEMBER 20, 1885.

Warned by past experience, Mr Watson on Wednesday evening removed all his pile-driving appliances from the end of the Cobden bridge to a solid part of the structure. Early yesterday morning the fresh came down in a strong body of water, and as it carried away the two outer rows of piles, it showed that Mr Wafcson's precaution was a very requisite step. Yesterday a piece of the bridge might have been seen in the river, having fouled the chain of the dredge and remained fast there all day. Mrs Ryan was brought down from Nelson Creek on Wednesday evening, and given in charge to her husband until such time as she would be required to undergo a medical examination in order to decide as to her Bar.i',y or insanity. She was examine yesterday by two taedical men, and all that is wanted now js an order for. her committal, which will probably be obtained to-day, Major Keddel! being away yesterday. \ We! have been lately favored with a pod: deal f changeable weather, but it jvould' not be easy to beat the variety afforded during the last 24 hours. On Wednesday night there was at least two inches of rain j . during the day there were f requent dust storms; while early in the afternoon we^were treated to a rattling

hail squall. The intervals were filled in with brightest sunshine. The. Rifles and Navals turned out in good strength last evening, and went through an hour's drill in Boundary street very satisfactorily. Mr Ellis will lecture to-night, at the Public Hall, on "Religions of the Past, Present, and Future." The subject is one that presents a wide field for the lecturer, and will no doubt be treated of in an interesting manner. Hot mineral springs have been discovered within four or five miles of Ross. They are said to resemble the springs on the Waiho River. : AWestport paper says that Mr Bird, R.M., is confined to the house through an attack of neuralgia. Mr Campbell, of Christchurch, intends endeavoring to obtain permission from the Grey and lnangahaa Councils to run a traction engine between Greymouth and Reefton daily. The trip will occupy 12 hours, conveying ten tons. The long-pending dispute between the Fiery Cross Extended Company and Mr J. B. Beeche concerning the ownership of ths first right to the water in Boatman's Creek has at length (says a Reef ton paper) been settled amicably, the company receiving the first right to the water, and Mr Beeche obtaining the company's tailings at Is per ton. [ The Union S.S. Company will issue excursion rate (half rate) tickets all over their steamers during December, January, and February next. The value of the cargo shipped at Auckland by the s.s Janet Nicoll, which left on her cruise for the Islands recently, was L 3282, and of that shipped from all Southern ports Lllß, making the total value of the cargo on board L 3400. Towards that amount corned beef contributed L 45 1; preserved meat, L 490 ; spirits, L 317 ; oilmen's stores, hardware, anrt drapery, LB2l ; flour, L 303 ; biscuits, L 209 ; vegetables L4B ; butter, L 53 ; and soap, LIBO. According to the Calcutta Englishman a beautiful glass bedstead, which was exhibited by Messrs Osier and Co. at the Calcutta Exhibition, and purchased for the King of Burmah, seems to have raided a desire in fc^e mind of another native millionai c in this country to become possessed of a similarly beautiful article. There has been on view at Messrs and Co's sho<v rooms in Old Courthouse street, the latest specimen of a work of art in the "manufacture of glass beds, which has been completed by the firm at j their manufactory in Birmingham, sent out in -separate pieces to this country, and | , now put together to enable the public to judge of its beauty by a visit to their showrooms. While following to a great extent the pattern of this bed in the exhibition, several improvements have been introduced in the present bed, which give it a more effective appearance by the introduction of ruby glass in several places, helping by its contrast to display the beautiful work of the purer crystal. The legs and pillars which carry the canopy, the head rail and ' foot rail, are all of solid glasa, of faultless I brilliancy, most richly cut, and ingeniously I fitted together without the aid of an} / raetal supporters, which ensures the brilliancy of the pure crystal being shown to the best advantage. The - canopy is surrounded with ruby-colored velvet hangings, ornamented with crosses and ! bosses in silver glass, and surmounted by stars and cresents placed alternately, the four corners being finished off with terminals of ruby and cut ./.glass. Of course no ijed is complete without a mattress and pillows, which in this case are made of silk rubv-^lored velvet. Times are changed since respectable old gentlemen disinherited their sons for ! marrying actresses. The boot is on the other leg now. "Little" Toole, who is one of the richest men connected with the theatrical profession in Ensrland, is represented to be exceedingly angry with his daughter Florence for having engaged herself to Mr Justin McCarthy, junior, that gentleman being only a member of the House of Commons, who has written a successful play, and has begun to make his mark as the historian of the four Georges, Let us hope the stern parent will relent. "The nearer the church the farther from grace," says the adage, and it would almost seem as if the people who are nearest the bible are furthest from justice. If it be true, as has of late been frequently asserted, that the women who are engaged in the production of cheap bibles are almost the worst paid in Lo-don, the fact is a very disgraceful one. It is, no doubt, a very good thing to send cheap bibles to the heathen ; but if th« people who are engaged in folding and binding them are half-st*rved in order to do it, we are likely to make more heathens at home than we convert abroad. Missionary enthusiasts should remember that cha-ity, and also ( justice, should begin at home, and that there is not much religion where these are absent. — Leader, A number of young English officers brought out a paper in the Soudan. It was called the Dongola News. Just landed, ex StKilda, from Wanganui direct, a very superior lot of prime quality bulljoks, sheep, lambs, and porkers, for Clough and Keating, London Butchery, Bouridtry r-treet.— [advt.] Half Asleep! — "I never," wrote a young lady to a friend, "go to church or lecture but I am half asleep, and I never know afterwards what the sermon or lecture was about." It was a plain case of nervous lethargy, produced by want of action of the liver and digestive organs. She was persuaded to try Hop Bitters, and now she writes:- "How intelligent and bright are sermons and lectures now, and how glorious the world we live in is ! Hop Bitters are indeed a blessing to me." — advt. The brazen serpent.— Like the brazen serpent that the great Jewish leader lifted high in the sight of the perishing followers, whereby they were saved from" death, the discoverers of Hop Bitters have placed before suffering, ailing mankind, a remedy which enables them to fight disease with conquering advantage — advt. The most valuable prize in life's lottery is health. "How shall we obtain it?" cry the rheumatic, the bilious, the dyspeptic, the nervous, the weak, the ' dispirited. We answer— by using the '. remedy of all others best calculated to '. depurate the system through th 3 kidneys, ) to stimulate the liver, to restore digestion, '. tranquilize the nervous system, and cheer h the mind. " What is this wondrous res- j'l torative." We reply, Udolpho Wolfe's 1 Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps.— Advt". i !