Local and Genera!.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 9, Issue 642, 11 February 1887, Page 3

Local and Genera!.

A woman with no less than nine illegitimate children applied to the Otago Benevolent Institution for relief laet week. " Sleepy Hollow," i£ slower than some of its neighbors, is also surer. Curing the last three years the bankruptcies in Nelson district have been 25, 15, and 19 respec - tively. The following is the result of the polling for the Heathcote seat, vacant by the death of Mr J, ju Coster ;— P. Jones, 527 ; A. Ayres, 386, Both men are Government supporters. An American paper was running a serial story called " The Truth." The other week so much space being devoted to the earthquake shock, the editor was unable to run the weekly instalment, so made the following announcement, containing, perhaps, more truth than any other item in the paper :— " • The Truth ' was crowded out of this issue on account of more important matter." The Bbaben Sebpent. — Like the brazen serpent that the great Jewish leader lifted high in the sight of the perishing* followers, whoraby they were saved from death, the discovers of American Hop Bitters have placed before suffering, ailing mankind, a remedy which enables them to fight disease with conquering advantage. An adjourned meeting of creditors in the estate of J- J. Murdoch, cordial manufacturer, Invercargill and Gordon, was held in Ihvercargill on Tuesday last, when Mr Wade (for the Deputy-Assignee) stated that as the firm of which the debtor was a member had not been bankrupt the Assignee had no jurisdiction to deal with the assets of the firm. After discussion it was decided to leave the matter of inquiring into the private affairs o£ the estate with the Assignee. The only tender, of L 146 ss, for the plant in Tay street, was also left in his hands to deal with. The last American mail biings the announcement of the candidacy of the Hon. H. H. Wamer, of Rochester, New York, proprietor qf Warner's Safe Remedies, for the office of United States Senator for the State of New York. This office is one 'of th» highest in the gift of the American people, there being but two United States Senators from the great State of New York, with its population of twelve millions. The term of office is six years. The election is by joint ballot of the State Ajsaem.bly and Senate. The office oomes unsought by Mr Warner, and is convincing proof of the high regard ia which he is held by the people qZ his native State. /The New #ea}and and Australian. Land Company have recently been opening up theit land for leasing to suitable tenants on very favorable terms, A number of farmers have taken up land on the Edendale Estate, and their efforts to make homes for themselves are likely .to prove very successful. As an instance of this we (Otago Daily T.me ') are informed that one of the settles entered up®n a farm of 150 acres on the 16th of August last, which he rented with ft purchasing clause, " The company gave him the use of 40 dairy cows, for which he agreed to pay them 10 per cent, on the price until 'he was able to pay for the cows. This farmer has already paid his full year's rent and the ' price of 20 out of the 40 cows ; and this, be it remembered, within six months, qf his entering upon kis farm. No doubt the company's dairy factory being conveniently near has had much to do with his success, but at the same time this may be taken as an instance of what can be done by dairy farmers, We understand thit the settlers on. the company's estate who have leased land on the above mentioned terms are all working at a profit. It is rumored that the Timaru poisoning investigation has not yet ended. A certain Justice of the Psace, who frequently visited Captain Cain, died under circumstances which have led to suspicion, and it is rumored that it is contemplated to exhume his body and have an analysis made. The husband of one of the lady witnesses in the case is said to be missing, and that the authorities want to know what has become of him, and are making inquiries. A WelHnp*? ton paper suggests, that in poisoning Captain Cain, Hall was only experimenting, so that he could use the aniimony with better effect. ! on his wife, and cancludes with the remnrk — " Whether the full measure of his (Hall's) crimes is yet known m.ay be doubted/ I With regard to this suggestion, it is generally . thought that Hall was fully master of the art before he had anything to do with Captain Cain,

i We ('Courier') understand that the ex ecutors of the late Mr Mclntyre's estate hav< granted a piece of land for a new road from the station, towards Gore. Tha new traci will shorten and considerably improve th( road Tapanui to Gore, and will benefil settlers and the travelling public generally. "Atticus," in the 'Leader,' writes :— Oi course, batiks are occasionally got at. There was the case of the National Bank at Collingwood last week. A manager told me oi another, where a L 9 cheque was changed tc 90 by the addition of a M ty," and an 0 pul after the figure 9. There was a doubt about it, and the person who presented it was told he must wait for a short time till an enquiry was made. He had not the sl-'ghtest objection, and sat down quietly in the office while a messenger was despatched to the office ot tbe drawer. In half an hour the messengei .eturned with the news that the drawer was not in, and after a consultation in which three bank officials took part it was resolved to pay the money. No forger, it was argued, would have dared to ait in the office for nearly an hour with the knowledge that the matter was being investigated. "Now," said the manager, " I know how the thing was done. The scamp who presented the cheque was leaving the colony. He wag in collusion with the scamp who drew it. [f we had found the drawer he would have said it was all right. As it was he turned up the butt of his cheque book, and showed that the cheque he gave was for L 9 only. Hj was simply a cheap way of getting an old friend out of the country at our expense. ] admired the ingenuity, but I closed the ingenious man's account." A terrible tragedy is reported as having taken place in Knox county, Kentucky] A farmer named Poe, with his wife, five children, and two young lady visitors, Jived] some 30 yards from a house occupied by li couple named Worm and their son aged 10 years. The Worms being somewhat disreputable in their habits, Poe forbide his family to hold any communication with them. This so enraged Worms that he and his wife conceived the horrible revenge oi murdering the entire family. They waited until firmer Poe was away on business, and then proceeded to cirry out their designs. The crime was witnessed by their own son^ who hag given full information to the authorities. He says he followed his parents, and watched them g« in 10 the room where the I'oe family and vi^itcs, all females, were sleeping. His father with a razor, j cut the throat of each from ear to ear, while! the mother picked the bo-.hes unplaced them in the middle of the floor, and piled the contents of two beds on them, .The murderers then set fire to the pile and the house itself ; the bnby, who it is supposed was overlooked, screaming until killed by. the smokrf and (lames. - Half Asleep ! — " I never," wrote a young | lady to a friend, "goto church or lec'ure but I am half asleep, ani I never know afterwards what the sermon or iecture was j abour. " It was a plain case of nervous | lethargy, produced by want of action of the j liver and digestive organs. She was per-! suaded to try American Co's Hop Bitters' and now she writes : •• How intelligent and j bright are sermons and lectures now, and! how glorioui the world we live in is 1 DrSoule's Hop Bitters are indeed a blessing to; me.' ' Notice. j — ■ . ji