Mt. Ida Chronicle NASEBY, THURSDAY, JAN. 11, 1894

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 24, Issue 1259, 11 January 1894, Page 2

Mt. Ida Chronicle NASEBY, THURSDAY, JAN. 11, 1894

t Tit Trisco mail wffl don atHensw.'en? - Monday, thr2>Sd in.t, at i Tea Colonial Treasurer ! to announce a anrpbm.aa' sttayHt at, |£J ■* I end of the finasxaaljttb tiii, X{%- -*r I Mb W. Deatbsfor T*-~i TfisliiiY liiTflMtrtn¥| <i v - A uses dianodii ,bns bsea fpnS-i|L "' Mount (South AmMMjMbM ~ who was loancbng.for fbloV,;lt ns>tal&-diamond,but-the tint ajyeOaer." ' *■ Msf The Agent-General for Hew; reawaLMr* :' Westby Perceval, has ban has now attached to K.QM.G. ..'_ --" ;.:..-i.-i ■- AonPATCßfiomHongKonannslaaiinWi attacked the Emperor- of jCbiesVaad • cade in Pekin, and' eantarMljeweh snaVfil several of the oocrt officials. :^ A Mttroranc'telegram' of JeW 7th uaSz % -Jones, the received » figg-, from we assiatsnt-hangsaaa otatng tantbfrVS to' hang:the coademeaoTwassail ~Knorr._ Jones tnmiflf nW oliiaVlj aveme-P to : undertaking 'the - onataaaa,7aadapparently preyed oa hie miaoi ? Be prnvJl ceeded to his room in the gaaaj lead ese# j nutted suicide by cutting bis threat ~£% r Forty degrees of frost hWibna exfjornl enced in many, parts of } Gsnaany. weather is colder in' LeeslesT nan far •>*•*= years past. At Sbeneliffc^ia'Sent, the * thermometer was at aero. Ksay ; Tr hVsle •, are reported, and- afl;tfaf&e-Usssnany'aev '< Sided. The Thames is fraaea.at Great;. enlow, Windsor, and Tcddingtoa. A Mbxbocbkb detective baa' asade a feß investigation into the antecedents of the 'woman Knorr, who hes aader aeateaee efN death for child murdsr. Tn ilitsihiiinuli ; he states that she is a women of isimiasl character of a hsidsaad natare,batbefoaad it impossible to" trace, wHb'awjr degree at' accuracy, the number of children who bad been entrusted to her care. woman is now much nan signed to her fate. -~l ' Thb nominations for "a aamber of tba events at forthcoming swawaer seesthta: of the Maiik>&to P 3acbeycißb, in another column* /They are •Mskß#|" Urge, especially in Uw trotting leMsrawArgivepromise of a good' days sport. Tba privileges in- connection with the sseathmT ~ will be sold fey Mr B: P, Inder bb Batade7afternoon* and as there is pliiasbw rfnuba' huge number of horses fnr the eiasjlal tea crowd of sjghtseen sboabl abate abate)-' the average, -therefore' making these ari*V' liges more valuable. We expect to an nan ▼cry good prices giveb on Batarday< - r We have received a copy of theNovembk~ ! issue of Kight and Day, a paaplde* by Dr Bernardo containingaa aerobe* of tba - workingof his Homes in London for Destitute Children* Tt rmntiini Tftpsjosrfialmesliatf matter, relating to the twgbi tbstwaiy thousands of children have "for existence la • some of the Urge centres of pftfislsliiaTla ! the old country owingto poverty, aadgivce " a glxmpae into tbe hardships and misety that oppress many of our little Jellow-creatarea. almost inevitaUvdriving'them -to crime an they grow oMer.Theee homes have beta ia ' existence for 28 years, tow* Dr Barnardo cUiSss to have Teaseed many thouaands from lives of etisM and 'shit After going through a eWat'eitHdaaaft lath* homes to fit thess far Uvea cfwsalemsaaj they are sent out-to already having been dinpoesdef in tk» *»y» At present there are nearly mm «aau«e, fy residence, and such a number asaaas a bwaw expense, aometldnglike' £IOO a-ewjr for food alone, and Dr Baraardo, ia bis areeJarr strong appeal for help sad syott*tby in bis humane enierpnse. He states that be has received help from various pistes si em from these colonies—and requests aD those' who can afford to do so to help to raise these unfortunate children, from their lives el degradation and; misery. .UnJbrtamately, be adds the reecinte' to the Homes have)' fallen off during the bat year, whik the poverty and distress ia, ißuriasiiajf owing to the severe winter, bard times, and one re net' another. Should any charitably dtftsd persons be inclined to forward their mite to better the condition of then anJbftaaate little waifs, the addren is i Dr Then. at. B V^ ardo V. lB to Stepney Caaanasy, London, £. _ • " Is another column will be found a report of a. meeting held at 8t ft»H|mt for the purpose of forming a Mutual Tsiptiiiaainl Society for that'district: rirtybasTiiMl named the St. Batbans Debat* ing, and Dramatic Society. The notion bat been taken up with enthusiasm, some *0 or 50 gentleman having pioniieail their sappers to the movement. The intention of the sneer bers u not altogether to teak* the ooriety merely one of study and mental csltor* but, as will be seen Iby the name, ameaasof pastimeand amusement aUe. to he derived from a society of thbhasdM a email country town utuated'essay'm9n from the larger centres of population will undoubUy be very Urge, that U, if it is properly carried out Every one who baa lived in any of the email up-country towns knowa how bard it is to find profitable kinds of amusement and pastime for the evenings, and-many young men are driven to the hotels at night out of sheer, mmmi, thereby forming habits which are neither . beneficial to body or mind; so that a society of this kind where they omn meet and improve their minds, ought tons a rsal boon *" thrinhahirsata fsniwisHj the young men—of St Batbans andVcoutaat - intercourse and change of .ideas they will be able to keep themselves' well, np in the current topics of the day; as well as find amusement of a more intellectual character* than roving the streets night after night, tte think that it is a great piiy that a greater number of people in the various country tovns don't take mora interest in literary societies, as they .would thus find the means of whiting away many an hour, which at present hangs heavily on theif hands—not only during the time of meeting, but as they would start to read so as not to be found backward duriwr the debates, Ac, they would acquire habits of stady'and a love of books, which they would aeon find to be by no mesne dull companions, andUhey would thus be able to procure congenial companions no matter where their IntTn life might bo cast We have no donbt that in forming such a society the inhabitants of ' Stßathans have taken e-sUplin the right direction, and hare, many pleaaantboars as store for them. - -.-,-