The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) vant la verite. THURSDAY, MAY 3.1883. LOCAL AND. GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 125, 3 May 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY. ) vant la verite. THURS DAY, M A Y 3. 1883. LOCAL AND. GENERAL.

The tenders of Messrs Totan Johnson, Wilson & Co.. and Pilonwiski were ac» cepted for the bushf ailing contracts ad» vertised iathe Sxandabd by Mr Akers of Riyeradale. : . Mr Harris, the demonstrative late teacher of Halcombe, has been given a welcome . tea-meeting at Warrengate, where he is to put m the remainder of his term with the Board. Wanganui got itsjFrisco mail last evening, while Palmerston has to wait 4ill this 1 evening. When the railway is right through to New Plymouth, Palmerstbn should get its mail considerably earlier than at present. The tender of Messrs Jorgensen and Daniels has been accepted for the alteration to the upstairs, aad ground floor of the Standabd Office ; that of Mr Foster for the erection of a verandah; and that of Messrs Dingleday & Buck for additions to stabling, &c. The alterations will be carried out under the supervision of Mr Lar* comb, architect. The interior accommodation and convenience, as well as the external appearance, will be materially im« proved by the alterations about to be made. The Patea, Mftil jtfves currency to a rumour that Mr W. Dale, who has been lately m financial troubles of one kind and another has "bolted." The report is generally belived to be true. , The flev. jFohn DeJ Witt Miller deserves a paragraph. He is a Methodist Episcopal preacher of Trenton, N.J. A few days ago he was called upon to open with prayer the session of the state Assembly. He did so, and the solons who had been wont to spend prayer time m the lobbby soon flocked as close to his desk as they heard m part : — " Our Father, may the members of this House not neglect the exacting and often unpleasant duties.of the .committee ro.om, to seek publicity m noisy championship of popular measures on the floor of this -House. .... .May these Assembly men so act as to escape the necessity of explaining to an inquisitive constituency how, 'leaving home poor, on the meagre salary of 500d01., they return rich. " And just hew an awful hush reigned on the banks of the Delaware, and scarce even an echo was, heard to say, " Amen, " A telegram received just as we went to press states that monster meetings are being held m Melbourne regarding th c Sunday library and museum questions. * Mssrs. A and H Russell, of Te Matai, are inviting tenders for telling logging-up and burning up an area of scrub on their property at Te, Wi. ';•';:<. The proprietor of the well-known Corner Boot Shop the Avenue, Wan« eranui, breaks forth into poetry m advertisement elsewhere pyer the super -excel lence of the articles (of ;his \ special mana« facture. The well-known firm of Messrs Colville & Knox, bootmakers have dissolved partnership, Mr Colville. continuing to carry on the business. The usual notification will appear to-morrow, having been re* ceived too late for to-day's issue. A man named McKenny, of Wellington, was fined 20a and costs for cruelty to a horse. He had kept the animal m the shafts at Kaiwarra a night and a day while he was drinking at the hotel, and had given it only one feed. The horse was also too lame to be worked. m illustration of the maxim that habit will reconcile us to almost everything, Sir Georae Stan ton relates that he visited a man m India who, for some crime, had been sentenced to sleep for seven years on a beadstead without any matress, the whole surface of which was studded with points of iron resembling nails, but not so sharp as to penet'ate the flesh. Sir G-eo. saw this man m his fifth year, and his skin was then like the hide of a rhinoceros, and quite as callous. At this time he could sleep comfortably on his bed of Bpikes, and rather liked it. He said he should continue it from choice when his time was up.