TOWN & COUNTRY

Lyttelton Times, Volume LIX, Issue 6874, 12 March 1883, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY

Inn Sailohb’ Homs.—Tho trowel uied bj the Mayor of Lyttelton ia the ooremony of laying the foundation *tone of tho Sailor*’ Home ha» been engraved with the following inscription, and on Saturday w«* presented to bis Worship by the contractorPrownted to B. fi. Webb, Esq., Major, on laying the foundation itone of tho bailor* Home, Lyttelton, March 6,1883.” Piohio.—On Saturday afternoon the cmployees of the Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturtog Company, who ora engaged at the Kate|oi Mill*, held their annual plomo ia Mr CUSU’* paddock, Cm* street, Kaiapoi. a rendetrous which proved most euitable for tho purpoH ia every •»!’' .. All "“d* of game* were introduced, including » number of race*, which produced ioiw capital eport. The priee* given were *ub»tantial once, ioaome ca*«» piece* of tweed, r«g» tr 1 n ? mbitituted for the money generally added. The apart* continued during mo whole of the afternoon, the Director, Manager and *ome friend* taking part in the game* with » test which betokened the good feehag that exist* between them and the employee*. Users were tome 800 person* present during the day. The employee* of the clothing branch of the factory held their picnic at Governor a Bay. The train conveying ® umMou * party arrived at Port about 8.80 a.m., and they went off at onoo in two launoho*. On arriving tho tide waa too ,owt 2 launches to get up to the jetty, and Ml bad to land in boats, which oauied a good deal of amuMment. Through the kmane** of the proprietor (Mr H. Kennedy), the hou»e and grounds of the Ocean View Hotel were thrown open to tbs party free.

Ootrar—Thsre Ifi nine cases of dn>sk«»a«M on the chargesheet forth# Court this moraing. 9trm police suaimwi pmm wilt alio ootoo on (or -hearing. , , , Auohibam* Fo»b»».—The eminent Isotwrer arrived from the North on Saturday, «od will deliver on# of hi* celebrated Ucl««-» in (ho Oddfellows' Hall, Xaispoi, this eveniojl i not on Thursday, a* *m announced In our advertising columns on fatnrday. Tit* Bo*v**d«Bl*o Mat#.—The requisite number of signatures have be«n »tHs«d |0 the petition for a continuance of the scavengering rata, in lieu of the o!<) system of quarterly payment* j *o that there will bo m ohaoga ntweeiary Ihlo year from the couno followed last year. 81 A»»a*w*H On titteti,—Service wee conducted in tbit Church yesterday morning by lh« Bor T. B, Cairn*. The congregation tu estimated At upward* of 200 persons. In the evening the Bor O, Cooper held service, but tbs extremely uof avourabie weather caused the attendance to be much ttnailer. T«« 8a» fBAWCIBCO M Alt,.—The Southern EDtiion of the San Franoiico mail arrifod at yttoltoa by the Hawea at 680 a.tn. getterday. The mail* for Christchurch, Timaru, Uatnaru and Caned in were cent- through to Christchurch by «peoial train, leaving Fort about 7.80 a m,, and on reaching Christchurch j the bag* for Dunedin, Ac, were at once dee- I patched South, Chain Dsuvsbibs —As an Instance of the energetic manner in which the Bailway Department ie now coping with the hoary grain deliveries, we may mention that one firm received over 80,000 lacks during the past week, an aihouct equal to three fair sized cargoes. This delivery to a single firm far exceed* any previous one during the Same period of the year, and we only hope that during the remainder of the seaeon the Hallway Department will be equally successful in meeting the extraordinary demand* made upon it. Fmminotox Boiioox.,—The following is the Inspector's report of . the Flemingloa School, just sent to the local Committee "Percentage of paesei, 90*6j percentage of number presented in standard* (32) to number present at examination (6b), 68 1 number on roll, 67 t average last quarter, 47 1 present at examination, 66. The master, who has been in charge of thie school (Mr H. OapeWillismson) since its opening, maintains good order, regulates the instruction intelligently, and teaches honestly. The percentage of passes it a good oae, and the attainments, all things considered, are satisfactory.—W. L. Edob, Inspector. February, 1883,” Kaiapoi Fi.owe* Snow,—The Oddfellow#’ Hall was well filled on Friday evening, ud the receipt# of the Horticultural Society were augmented to the extent of £l3 10* by the charge made for admission. The prize for the best kept cottage garden was awarded to Mr Edwin Baker, of Bneyd street, whose garden is a pattern of neatness and is admirably stocked. It is expected that there will be a much keener competition for this prize on the next occasion, as several new properties are being carefully tended with a view to making homes more attractive^ and it is the intention of the Society to oontinse the prize to provoke the emulation. Inquest at TxxAxtr. —An inquest was held on Saturday at Stone’s Hotel, touching the death of James Watson, agsd 60. who died suddenly on Friday at noon at Hamilton Boarding House, High street, Ttmmru. The enquiry was conducted by J. Bsswicb, Coroner, and a jury of which Mr James Shepherd was foreman. The evidence was taken of T. Brooks, a fellow lodger with deceased, of Dr Hogg, who had made an examination of the body, and of Dr Hassali, under whose treatment in the hospital deceased had been for some time previously. The evidence showed that deceased had been under medical treatment for disease of the heart and inflammation of the lunge j and the jury returned a verdict of “ Death from natural causes.” Mix otbioax.. —The engineer of tne New Zealand Electric light and Power Company has been instructing the Reef ton people. A Provisional Lighting Committee ass been formed there, and negotiations are in progress for the promotion of a Company for securing electric light and power, combined with a water supply. Sly Prince has suggested a water-race of one mile in length, whereby 100 horsepower would be obtained at a coat of, say £IOOO. This would suffice for the supply of 1000 lights of 20-candie power each, and still leave an unexpended force capable of being converted to the use of the public either for driving machinery or for raising water for fire extinguishing purposes to a height of 100 ft to 160 ft. The electric power would also bo transmitted four miles from the station, end could be utilised in working adjacent mines within that radius. The dynamo electric machine with mams, and other appliances for lighting the town could be supplied and erected for £IBOO by hie Company, providing that the town or local Company constructed the water-race. Mb Mii.heb Stephen.—This gentleman gave his third public stance in the Gaiety Theatre, on Saturday afternoon. Owing doubtless to the fact that a charge was made to ma|s visitors for admission to the gallery, the attendance was not so numerous as on previous occasions. In the pit were upwards of 100 persons, the majority of whom, judging from their appearance, were evidently in need of healing. Mr Stephen, in the course of his introductory remarks, read a letter ho had received from a Mr Hoddinott, who stated that ho had visited a little girl named Jones, whom Mr Stephen had treated for deafness, and hod found her hearing wonder* fully improved. While he was at the house, a certain doctor called, and expressed a great wish to expose Milner Stephen. The doctor bad a conversation with the girl's father, and was understood by the writer to be urging him to make a public statement that his daughter’s infirmity had not been cured. Whether money passed between them Mr Hoddinott did not know. Mr Stephen then animadverted severely on the conduct of the doctor and Mr Jones, who, ho said, had been base and ungrateful enough to come forward and deny the wonderful cure that had been effected. He remarked that when professional men could do such things, he could not be surprised that a parcel of roughs could be induced to try ana make people believe that hie cure* were not real. At this stage, some i persons interrupted the speaker by asking | him questions, which led to a rather sharp i altercation, the healer denying the right of the questioners to interrupt him. A Mr Lilly, a farmer residing at Sefton, then came j forward, and stated that Mr Stephen had cured him of asthma of ten years' standing. Further interruptions followed, and a request was made for Mr Q. Collier’s certificate to be read. The Her Mr Bishworth, who was present in the gallery, reminded the audience that he and other* had <jome to sec for themselves what Mr Stephen’s healing powers were, not to have their time wasted in listening to fruitless discussions. Mr Stephen then read a letter from Mr Collier’s solidtors, Messrs M'Oonncl and Douglas, claiming the sum of £3 2», alleged to have been obtained from him upon a false representation that the healer had cured bis daughter of paralysis, and stating that unless the money were paid and the certificate obtained from Mr Collier returned, legal proceedings would be taken. Mr Stephen ta.d that the statement bo had told Mr Collier that his daughter was cured was a lie. What he did say was that the girl’# leg wae lengthened. He read the certificate, which was to the same effect as his own statement. A friend of Mr Collier's called out that the child was a* bad as over. Further altercstion fol|ewef'i between this person and Mr Stephen, tufndrv persons among the audience joining in. After some few words, Mr Stephen protested against the way ho had been treated, and stated that be should never give another public healing in Ohristehureh. A number of persons then went on the stage to be subjected to the laying on of hands. The principal cnee* were those of a woman, who was treated for internal pains, which she afterwards declared were "quite gone"} a Maori, who slated that hi* rheumatism, of 30 years' standing, was gone, but that he did not know what he would be like next morning i and a paralytic old woman, in whom no improvement could be perceived, Mr Stephen advertises bis last "healing" day* for this week.

Oaotji ComMtririCATiow.*-W« are again willful new# from beyond Australia, Ui« cable bring interrupted between Fort Darwin and Java. Doo Biot«fK4tio».~ThoktMt Dog Begintraikm Act Amendment Act gives power to the polio* (o tell unregistered doge that way come Into their poteiaeion, and henceforth tide provision i« to b* put in force, hot unfreoner.tSy valuable animals are brought into the dog*ho«»« *t the drrit. lAua An* ax .—About 25 minuts* before I a,m. yesterday an alarm «u given from ho. box. opposite the HospilAl. The fir*, belle were at one* rang, the Brigade promptly turned out. and proceeded to the epot. only to find that they hud been deluded by the trick of tome larrikin who bed founded the alarm out of mischief. Viaitoca to H.MJ. DlAMom—Th* r»i»y weather of yesterday did not deter many hundred# of person* from going to Pott to risit lI.M 8. Diamond, which we* thrown open to th« public through the kindness of Captain Del*. Ihe m. Akaroa end the (team launches Lyttelton and Waiwera ran tripe at intern)*, and each time were well patronised. Tat Norsxsxs f(How. —Although the nett Metropolitan Agricultural Show ie •till* comparatively tpeaking, in the distant future, offal* of prmte prices are already beginning to come into the office of the Secretary. The first of the*« hu been received from Mr 1. H. Weston, who has promised a price to b* allotted, at the discretion of (be Committee, for the promotion of the i European flax industry. It ie probable, also, that effort* will he made to get up a price to be presented to the occupier of the beet kept farm in the district. AST 80CI«TSf*« EXBIWTIOW.—The draw, ing for the prices in the art union established In connection with the Canterbury Society of Art took place on Saturday evening last at 9 o'clock. There were 81 subscribers, and three ?i rices te a total value of £l6 10* were drawn or. The first price, one worth £7 IQs, fell to the lot of Mr H. Y. Widciowson ; the second, value £5, to Mr 11. Gain; and the third to Mr G. A Gordon. These gentlemen have yet to choose their pictures. More people visited the Exhibition on Saturday than on any other of the previous twelve days during which it ha* been open to the public. Over a thousand visitors altogethsr have paid for admission, the numbers on the last day being 185. Expense* will this year necessarily be heavy, at the Society have had to pay a considerable rent for the room, beside* fitting it up with gas, &s. Commissions on the pictures disposed of, and the amount paid as entrance-money, will hardly suffice to cover the outlay they have been put to in holding this year’s Exhibition. The House Steward ot CArUtehnroh Hospital beg* to acknowledge. wUb thanks, the receipt of a number ot pet plants from the Sydenham Hortioal. tarsi Society. A meeting of gootismeu interested in the eeour. iegef e recreation reeerro on the Port Hills for the ate of the Christchurch cituoaa will be held in the City C juaeii Chambers this afternoon at 4 o'otoot. A epeolal general meeting of the Caledonian So* oioty will be held at 7JO p.ra. to-morrow. A .tea meeting In conception with the Baptist Church will be held to-morrow evening. The Xerivsle football Club meet* toalght at the Canton Hotel. The Hon B. Biehardeos addresses the Setwyn elector* at Poutbhridge this evening. There will be ea entertainment to-night et the Young Men's Club, CHonoerter street, oommendag at 9 p.m, Mr J. Dewe gives another hone-taming exhibition this erasing at TaUersalTa. The Board of Education meets at 3 p.m. oa Thursday.

Hookisq Bchst,—A trick of legordemsin equal to, if not surpassing, any of the feat* of the great Ali Bate, the magician, was performed by a knight of the rod and line while following the pursuit of angling in the Tuapeka river hut week, says the local Time*. It appean that a trout, haring been attracted by the tempting bait, began to nibble at the tame. The angler gave a (ridden jerk with the rod, bat instead of hooking the fish he found that the hook had been jerked aoroee the stream, and had anchored in the ear of one of the recruits of the army of * bunny.” Poor bunny was soon despatched without injury to hook or line; but of the many experiments for the destruction of bunny, this now idea is a degree or two beyond them all for peculiarity. Tek Papal Yacht.—About 24 years ago Pio None, after his return to Borne from Gaeta, determined to have his own steam yacht, to bo kept in readiness should he find it necessary to again quit the Vatican at short notice. Accordingly a commission of officers was sent over to London to obtain the assistance of the British Admiralty, and under their guidance a handsome strong steam yacht, the Immaculate Coneerione, about 600 tons, wae built by Messrs Mair and Co., for a speed of 12 knots. The vessel was equipped as a corvette of war, with eight large rifled brass guns, with a full equipment of small arms. No expense wee spared in fitting out the vessel in the best style at a total cost of about 260,000. In due time the corvette arrived at Oivita Veodhia, where she was received by the Pope, and duly blessed and annointed. Afterwards she remained in the harbour there, in daily preparation for His Eminence, for about 20 years, always in the charge of a full staff of officers and men, and kept in the highest state of efficiency and preservation. After the changes effected in the temporal power, the corvette was removed to the Mediterranean, and recently to the Thames, where, having no specific duty, she is now, with all her fittings, to undergo the prosaic process of n sole by public auction in the Admiralty Court for conversion to commercial purposes. The Bbpostkd Legitimist Bisikg is Fhanob,—Wo find the following in a mail paper about the rumoured Legitimist plot in France .—A systematic attempt is being made to get up a scare at the expense of the Legitimists, the obvious purpose being to push on the scheme of ostracism against the princes; which, however, is backed by only ten of the newspapers, while it is condemned by 30. It is alleged that M. do Oharette, ox-Qeneral, has organised in the west, from KnistSre to Tours, 82 legions, each 1000 strong i that, although the men have not been individually armM, several depfits of arms have been established j that obsolete rifles said by the Government have been bought up by the conspirators j that 600 horses are stabled in various country houses to serve as cavalry, and that the saddlery is now being provided. It is added that the enrolments bear the title of “Alliance Catholique,' that the symbol is a small cross, bearing those two words, and worn in the button-hole; that the cash-box is in London, and contains 12 to IS millions, half of which will be laid out iu bribing certain Generals j and that recruits are obtained by means of shooting parties, the farmers invited to which are liber«Uv regaled, and induced, after deep potations, to become members. General de Oharette, it it further stated, hoe been for some days in Paris, with 1500 ex-£ouaves, but the object is to divert attention from the proceeding# in the provinces by Boyalist banquets in Paris. ABBB3T Of Pbincs SATQLSON. The manifesto signed by Prince Napoleon, and posted about Paris on Jan. 16, dwelt on the impotency and incapacity of the Government, dissensions in Parliamentary parties, and other great iUs to the country. The Prince claimed for himself the inheritance of Napoleon, and appealed to the French people as the representative of their cause. A Cabinet Council was hurriedly assembled, and directed the arrest of Prince Napoleon. He was returning from a drive in the afternoon, when be found the police authorities waiting for him outside the door of his house. They accompanied him to his drawing-room, and, as he admitted the authorship of the document, a warrant was at once drawn up (or his arrest on a charge of high treason, and he was conveyed to the Oonoiergerie, At the Chamber, in the evening, the Minister of Justice, in answer to Questions, defended the course taken by the Government, and the Government was sustained upon a division by 417 to 89. M. Floquet introduced a Bill to exclude from French territory the members of ail families that hod reigned in France; and, urgency having been declared lor it, it was carried by a majority of 888 to 112. Upon this the ax-Smprees Eugenie at erne hurried over to Paris, where her coming created no little excitement. The number of pmons who left their cards or inscribed their nsmes on the hotel register was over 2000,

Baiiwat Diamnt i S Southern Pacific JU.l.** on which left San FrancW met with a horn bin " k\H u - v| > perrons wet* killed and 12 ~• > * hlch 21 The train consisted of flv ß o^.l,*’? slewing cars at the l *° insider Station, 314 mites fro-o dICO, whSB With tWO j p4 ;* y a ' climbing the Tehacari grad# of 11 3*>f t mile up to Sierra Nev*:i», r ., rHnf f ,r summit. A stoppage * M mvS , th * r „ l v* direngage the #x?.r* locomotive, »i- en . ° some unknown cause the » 51 backing down the grade { tb« l,£ n ware unable to hold it and wpv, stonily accelerated speed j t nr, nrail/'C mil**, when »t started a »»#»,*, jur-pe-* u' track and roUed Over an * m t* n k. Mn t S fset high. The entire train, ordinary passenger cov-be.-or, smoking oir-fsll t n a confuted h**p caught ire. About sixty person, we« mi'u train, pair of whom escaped, some slight injuries, others Wire jimmed in >-» Mri», rowtiag to death. lh# enoeavoorsd to rescue the vH ra , trd succeeded 10 getting five out senou.ir Tbe two ease which r#main.H cn th, two mile* further b»fo*t Wr.g .topped their oefeupaste bring grr&lly erdeed. h .t Th* Aovsj»Tt?aßi« or a Haa:- - tn. w lowing very remarkaUe adrsnto-e* r< , which we find related in th* sober columns of tb* Pari# ffnirtrt are worth giviny, 1 as the journal quoted from voorh?* for the absolute tooth of th# story. A hvmg at Htfsen, in the Department of Aitr.e was out on a sporting txpediiion, and i a after % bw# which h« pf*rcf mng aw** » common, nnddmlj h* »i|ht of ihn ftr*imnl in & rerj way, the mystery, howesev, beiog drired later on by some other persons. » , able to furnish the sequel to th* op.-i,-chapter of th# story. Th# hare, in iv, r .n£ long career, caught sight of a cams*, which » * !o * P«* along th# to ad . •klrttof the plain, H# jumped into the « s . veyaoce unprerived by the driver, and ! &T , down to a basket beside a defunct member of hie species, which had j art been given to the 1 of the vehicle by a sporting arouah:. , tance. The owner of the dead hare n, I naturally much astonished to find a Ur# , ia the same basket when h# reached horns • . bot before he had time to think how it had , come there the terrified animal made iu eaeftp*, and was soon oat of »igh*. A f«w , hours afterwards he wa« again heard of. He t bad entered a neighboor’s girder, found hie , way into th* kitchen, tad, thrown quit# out 1 of hi* reckoning by hi* strange lorroasdings, had takes shelter in a hug# slew-:-*-- oostaiaiog eome potatoes and a tmai) :mr.tity of water. Here he remained caco?,-. •:; bat . in course of time the pan was taken up and placed on the fire, the lid having h;ea first ■ put on without the servant remarking that I there was anything under the vegetabUi . to it A few minutes later she was startled • by a most extraordinary noli# proceeding , from the pan, in which the poor bare vu dergousg a culinary operation little to hu » taste; and before she could summon fn;aga courage to ascertain what was is i-. the lid 1 wu thrown off, and the frights r.sd hare $ leaped out, bounding away for fmh jea-srs, X which happened to be th# cvlSsr. EenVasoars were made by the assembled houwhcli to capture the sverse htit, which the servant de--1 dared wae of a “ kind she had never seen before,” but Dace again the bare euccieded in effeetiog hif escape, only allowing those who 1 caught sight of him time enough to ascertain 1 that the mysterious grow bti* was nothing * more uncanny than a hare entertaining a vary 5 natural dislike to be cooked alive. , -