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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5382, 15 May 1879, Page 2

Tile Search made for Miss Tathani having led to tlic discovery of footprints, supposed to bo those of that lady, on one of the banks of the Tutaekuri river, instructions were given to have that stream dragged, but up to a late hour last night no information as to the result had reached town. We regret to learn that Mr Kemsley has resigned the office of Fire Inspector for Napier, and has returned his warrant of appointment to the Mayor, and also that he has resigned tlie Superintendentship of tho Napier Volunteer Fire Brigade. We suppose Mr Keinsley has been induced to adopt this course in consequence of the notice of motion given by Mr Swan at the last meeting of the Municipal Council, to tho effect that it is inexpedient that the office of Fire Inspector should be held by any officer of the Fire Brigade. The charge against Patrick Leahy of setting fire to the new Board-schools excited great interest, and the Resident Magistrate's Court was crowded last night. The Court sat until 10.30 o'clock, when, after hearing a largo numb or of witnesses, tho magistrates announced that the evidence of a man named Underdown, who was the chief witness for the prosecution, had bGGn so shaken that they did not feel justified in committing the prisoner for trial. The friends of Leahy, who crowded the court, showed by loud stamj ing and clapping of hands their approval of this decision. Had Leahy been committed for trial tho bill would almost certainly have been thrown out by the Grand Jury,, and certainly no petty jnry would have convicted upon the evidence adduced. We hear that Leahy's friends intend to prosecuto Underdown for perjury. Wo are informed that Miss Kate Doney, respecting whose disappearance on Monday night from her father's house at Hastings reference was made in yesterday's Heral© } is not insane, She has been weak of late, having been suffering from whooping cough, and on Monday evening she went to visit a friend, missed her way, and got to Eoy's Hill. There she came to a house, roused the inmates, and obtained shelter, and was driven home in a buggy on Tuesday morning. It is not the fact that she was found by Constable Kaymond at the Bridge Pah. Wo are exceedingly sorry that we should have been misled in the matter by the information furnished to us. The adjourned meeting of the Napier Chess Club was held last evening in the smoking-room of the Athenaeum, but owing to the absence of several of the promoters of tho club, the meeting was further adjourned to Saturday evening next at S o'clock. There wore a good number of players present, and all the available boards were speedily taken up for practice. The club promises to be a decided success. In the letter of Captain Howieson, of the barque Mondoza, published in yosterday's issue, he should have been made to suggest that the breakwater should be run out in a north-westerly, not a northeasterly, direction. The Foresters' District Officers proceed to-day to Waipukurau, where a Court is fo be opened this evening. The meeting, we understand, will bo hold at the Tavistock Hotel. It will be seen by our advei'tising columns that Mr T. Andrews, tailor, late foreman to Mr P. F. Williams, has commenced business in Emerson-street, in the premises adjoining Messrs Jenson & Co., jewellers. From tho well-known ability of Mr Andrews as a cutter, we have no doubt ho will receive a fair share of support. Tho auction sale at Taradale of contributions in aid of the futid for liquidating the debt upon tho parish church will bo hold to-day, commencing at 1 o'clock p.m. A concert, which promises to be exceedingly attractive, will take place in the evening. The latest English news is to the effect that the wool market is firm, and that the slightly better prices obtained at the opening of the scries are maitained. This is good news for Ilawke's Bay. We may with reason hope that we have seen ,

fc, \ . • lie l6wfest q&6t&ti6ns, and that there Svill be a decide)! and permanent rise before long. English, manufacturers iihve n6t been buying for some time, and they mn^fc soon again enter into the. . inarkeffc W their mills are to be kept , at wtitft, and the foreign demand shows Renewed activity. > I "We hear that tte Wdha l&aori is to be ! temoved. frtni Gisborne, and is to be JjS&bliSned in future in Napier. A ball is to r come < off at Takapauon the 23rd instant, under the Au&pices of the Loyal TakapaiS. L. v 6dl)|-e of Oddfellows. f^W> lerVicG (Presbyterian) will be mm. on Sunday next as follows: — At Waipukurau, at 11 a.m., by the Eev. R. Fraser, M.A.; at Kaikora, at 3 p.m., and Waipawa, at V p.n\.;, by the Eev. J. U. Sponee> at -AsMoy- Clinton;, , fit l\ ft.m., fey Mr W. F. poison. BeMw for children'air. AfeWiy-C&nton as usual. , 'tU Eev^ A. Shepherd will (D.V.) hold divine service, on Sunday next, the 18th instent, at Havelock. at 11 a.uii> and at Maraekalcaho at half-past 8 p\fflr» A SB6ak* M "At a Ghurcih L £f Efigla^id !&e<&lri)| at /recently h(M the •6ffert6rie& at QtiWA • one Sunday j Mounted to 4s 6d, of which 2s 6d was 'gi^n by a ; single individual. •A. rich settler paid into the chiujch Goffers, towards his. moral \yelf(VL l e> the, 6*U*aVftgaut suiu 0$ Gd r £er nionW, s o'r the ordinary price^of a liquor. The speaker naively «daea that " Omata people were very desirous of going to Heaven, but they wanted the town people to pay their fare !" This reminds us of a tale of the old days in Napier. "When there was a heavy debt kangiti<* qyei; the, 'church one gentioman p'rdibbsea iU,t ft, contribution box sh6\M foe placed in the porch. One 6'f we tSeii 'chSkfchwardens opposed it, i>ix the ground .that the subscriptions would hot pay for the boit., wlien the otheV Offered t6 giVo it and fix it. Accordingly tb.e to Ox was put up, and it was opened every t\vo months. The largestamount over realised was half-a-crown, and this is how it came about*. A wellknown tradesman in iowp. . had an Infant christened^ anp hi Offered the clergyman a sovereign. The incumbent refused the money, but asked the grateful father to 1 put the money into the contribution box in the porch. He promised to do so. The box was opened, and one half-crown was found in it. : , The Taranaki JBer&f'd it responsible | for the f dUii-fting" \. — ".A marriage was reCentty celebrated in Tar&naki, and the bridegroom, wh6, it is said, is Very rich, presented the 6fß.ciati.n-g clergyman with a pair of white gloves. Each of the finger-stalk's of ono of tlioiii contaiiiing a £5 note." „ . „,■. Tlie litigious disposition of .the Scandinavian settlers .appears to have unfavorably impressed Mr Kenny. At the sitting of the J&. M. Oourt at Waipawa, he is reported by the Mail to have advised the Scandinavian clergyman to use "his influence with his countrymen to avoid litigation as much as possible, and cease making frivolous objections against paying their lawful debts, which now invariably end in expense, to themselves and inconvenience to others. The gneiss rock on which the Eddy-, stono Ligkthouso stands having been seriously shaken by the incessant 1 sea strokes on the tower, and the rock being considerably , undermined at its base, it has been determined to erect a new lighthouse on a spot which affords ft good foundation near low Water level, at about 12"7 feet distant from the present site. The focal plane of the present lighthouse is at an elevation of 72 feet above high water mark ; that of the new building will be 130 feet. The actual useful range of the light, which is now about 14 miles, will thus bo extended to 14^- miles. The new tower will be constructed entirely of granite. The height will be 138 feet above the rock to the top of the cornice, and the diameter of the tower, under the cornice, will be 18 feet 6 inches. The tower will be solid (with the exception of containing a water tank) to the height of 25 feet 6 inches above high water springs. At this level will commence the side walls, with a thickness of 8 feet 6 inches, diminishing to 2 feet 3 inches at the top. The tower will contain nine apartments, each 10 feet in height, in addition to the lantern, the seven uppermost being 14 feet in diameter. The estimated cost is £78,000. Dr Krans states, in a recent number of the Allgemeine Weiner Mcdizin, Zeitung, that he saw, in the post mortem theatre at Prague, the necropsy of a man who had died or phthisis under Professor Jaksch's care, and iv whose liver a toothpick, nearly four inches long, pointed at both ends, was found. The man had been addicted to drink. At the anterior surface of the left lobe of the liver, an abscess of the size of a walnut was found. The posterior surf ace of the colon was adherent to the liver at this part ; and on careful examination,. a fistulous opening communicating with the abscess was found in it. On laying open the abscess, the toothpick was disclosed, Under authority from Captain Porter, the Poverty Bay Standard contradiots the announcement telegraphed a few days since, that he had been communicated with by the Government and requested to take command of a body of natives in the event of a war with the Taranaki Maoris. " The story," says the Standard, bears a strong family likeness to that of The Three Black Crows. When the Hinenioa was at Gisborne about a week ago, her commander, Captain Fairchild, proceeded to call upon Captain Porter, but found that gentleman was absent from home. He however, dropped across Captain Chrisp ; and conversation after a while turned upon the Wahnate Plains disturbance. Captain Fairchild did not seem to think much danger existed of an outbreak. But, said he, "if they do break out, the Government will send for the Ngatiporou." Apropos of Mr Harry Power, the wellknown comedian, who was recently in Dunedin, a good story is told in the Melbourne Evening Herald of July last :— "A manager with whom Power was playing was summoned for breach of contract by one of his company, and Harry had to aj>pear in the witness-box. Counsel started to examine him. * You had a conversation with the defendant on Tuesday last ?' — ' Yes,' said Harry ;' I asked him to settle my claim.' — ' Your claim !' repeated the counsel, striving to make a ' pun ; ' were you mining with Mm ?' — ! ' Not exactly,' returnedthe imperturbable Power ; ' but I did a little digging for him.' — ' Digging for him !' cried the counsel, who thought he had fooled his witness ; ' and pray, sir, what did you dig ?' — ' Well,' said the comedian, 'if you must know, I dug Ophelia's grave, in " Hamlet." ' — 'Stand down, sir,' said the disgusted cross-examiner; and Harry, looking as mild as sweet milk, stood down amidst the applause of the lai'ge audience assembled in the Court-house." In an article in the Nineteenth Century Mr Antony Trollope says : — " There has grown up in London a custom of late, especially among tea-dealers, to give away a certain number of books among tho poorer customers. When so much tea has been consumed, then shall a book be given. It came to my ears the other day that 18,000 volumes of Dickens' works had just been ordered for this purpose. The bookseller suggested that a little novelty might be expedient. Would the benevolent tea dealer like to vary his j^resents ? But no ! The tradesman, knowing his business, and being anxious above all things to attract, declared that Dickens was what he wanted. He had found that the tea-consuming world preferred their Dickens." Tho infamous Peace has left a rather troublesome legacy to the Home Secretary in the shape of a confession of another murder. Some two years or so ago a. policeman was shot in a suburb of

Manchester. Three 'young Irishmen", named Habron, were put on their trial, and one was ultimately found guilty/and sentenced, to death. The evidence "against him was certainly very strong. Habrori had a quarrel with this particular policeman; had been heard to threaten him,, and the footmarks found on the -spot corresponded with those which i voulo^ be made by^is boots^ T&s onljj*- Reason why he escaped B.ftn^ing was that, he was but rtineieen years of age., . Pe^ce declares in the confession he has left behind him that he is the murderer ; and not only that, but adds that he attended the trial of the poor wretch who Was about to suflef for his crime/.,, Mdr'e tnart this, it was, ( the .night after he Saw Habron cpncteninecl that he shot Mr Dysdn* . Habron is not yet released, Peace having boen found such a consummate liar that even his dying words cannot be accepted without eori'eb&rfttion. He has left, howeMS hWttris di testing his. S^eiftenV, f'otHe^ilAs drawn up plans f 6f the pla6e where ne ftonie^ses to having .JeommittWd ffie .Mnie. The subject Is stiu under investigation by the police. "Stationery" in the United States comprises -,more than, p^risy, inkj and paper. i .Siioh v .ttt .leasts. i.ppe,ar^ t^ Be the case rts re*§ara^ stationery supplied to the Houso of Eepresentatives. , One of the American papers has lately published some items from the stationery | statement of the Clerk of the House, which includes, among other articles, a razor, razor-strop, and nftil-brusjhj .four operaglassesj d gaJr bl dumb- bells, one pack of cards, a copy of the "Baby Opera," one of; the "Songs of. the Sanctuary," a hymn-book, a copy .of ".Tha-Bible for Leai'ners," and a faniily Bible. The articles thvis ordfered ft 3 stationery by members of the House, although perhaps* not coming within the strict signification of the term, arc, with' the exception of the "pack of cards," not only unobjec l tionable, but afford gratifying .ayidence of!, a simplicity iof taste, arid nj yearning fqrjall that tdnas to cleanse, strengthen, and elevate humanity. An assembly the members of which demand to be supplied with nail-brushes, dumb-bells, . . . and hymn-books is one that can hardly fail to inspire confidence and win the sympathies of all right-minded persons. v A horrible tragedy has just been enacted at Sacramento, which illustrates man's yindiotiyeneHS and woman's x fatal sin of curiosity. A young lady recently jilted a young taxidermist whom she waa to, have married next fall. He discovered who his, dread rival was', and reproached the faithless sweetheart for her. perfidy. During the alternation 6. beautiful Skye terrier belonging to the latter conceived its niistress to be in danger, and sprang at the discarded lover. The incensed man at once killed the animal with hiis cane. Afterwards he became apparently reconcilled to the change of affairs, and offered to stuff the dog and leave the country for ever. In a few days the pet was received by the girl, nicely mounted, bub with a singular tag attached to his collar. This, bore the words, "Don't scorch its tail." Day after day the puzzled young woman racked her brains over the legend. What an absurd thing ! She at once concluded that her old lover had become crazy through disappointment regarding herself. All the same, however, as our lady readers may have already sur— mised, it was not long before she lighted a candle> and held it within an inch of her deceased pet's caudal appendage. In the dog's body was concealed a pint can of riitro-glycerine, the fuse of which extended through the tail. The unfortunate girl was literally blown to atoms, and the jealous scoundrel who perpetrated the outrage has escaped. The St. Petersburg Golos says that unless the present opportunity is turned to account for acquiring supremacy in the Black Sea and opening the JBosphorus, Russia will hardly ever be able to approach Constantinople and Gallipoli from the north. . Major Stuart, writing from Port-au-I'rince, speaks of a plant growing there of such strong narcotic properties that in the hands of a skilful practitioner it will produoe coma of any intensity or duration, or even death itself when so intended. The knowledge of this plant is confined to a few families, who transmit the secret as an heirloom which is very highly valued, 'conferring, it is thought, the power of miracle-working. It is called "Wanga," a word that inspires the African with awe and dread, The wanga priest can throw one into a deathlike coma, and knowing the moment of returning consciousness, can. make a show of recalling to life. . A bootblack was seen at the Maori meeting the other day polishing Te Kooti's boots. One of the numerous correspondents at Te Kopua says that a half-caste, who is a very intelligent fellow, started a shoeblack's stall at the entrance to the Ngatimaniopoto'carap, and made a small harvest of sixpence. After this we no longer wonder at the presence of the bank officials amongst our dusky friends. . A commercial jquraal in San Francisco announces that its market reports, are "corrected per- telephone to the moment of going to press,"