LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 171, 25 June 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

♦ ' ; Daring yesterday, lust night and 'to-day, tlie rainfall has been'Jaltnost incessant, the' "Weather """Being still' heavy "wet "at timeb writing. " . j We learn that Mr Podevin has lost .heavily by the destructive propensities* of vagrant curs, through which some thirty or forty valuable sheep have either been worried to death, or else have been so injured that, death mufft inevitably take plaoa. It is a pity the owners of the dogs could not be discovered and made to pay the damage sustained. . Mr Podevin elsewhere notifies that poison has \ been thickly laid, so that proof of identity may be looked forward to before long. The loss of valuable stock through this cause must be very aggravating. Mr Snelson's sales on Saturday passed off ver> successfully, with the exception of the properties^ for which there was no demand, the purchasing power of the district, bo far as landed estate goes, being at present limited. The other sales were well attended and were characterized by unusual . animation. Mr Snelson wielded the hammer, though he scarcely looked equal to the task after his recentsevere illness, which fortunately was not of prolonged duration. We, are sorry to hear that Mr James Linton was suffering from serious and sudden indisposition on Satnrday evening, his condition being such as to cause some alarm to his family. We regret to hear that Mrs Snelson is laid up with a rather severe attack of bronchitis, which complaint is very prevalent just now m many parts of the town. To-morrow is the day of the Education Board's monthly meeting. It is doubtful if m Mr Snelson's present state of ihealth he will find ■ himself • equal • to the long and tedious journey to and fro. ; ■.■ . t A woman described as Anne Fowler, aliag Anne Gann., and "a visitor from Palmerston," is being proceeded against at Wanganuifor using indecent language m a public place. . ... •■■_■ A liquorrseller presented his bill to the executor of a deceased customer's estate, 'asking; "Do you wish my bill sworn to? " I 11 No," 6aid the executor 1 " the death of the I deceased is sufficient evidence that he had the liquor!" ..., A Birmingham manufacturer of potted meat was found to be m. the habit of working off dead donkeys on the public, and has been sentenced to one month's imprisionment He should be fed on his own meat while m gaol. i ■■■■. \• " - ' ': ■ ■ Some surprise was occasioned m fhe Wangauui Court yesterday morning (says the Herald) at a decision of His Worship, which was entirely, opposed' to the usual custbm. When the case Paul r Huru te Hairo was called, neither of the parties appeared. His Worship, however, stated that he had seen the defendant yesterday at Palmerston, who had admitted' the claim to him, and he gave judgment for the amount, notwithstanding the absence of the plaintiff. : . The present timber export from Manchester .Block is emormous, (says the Wanganui Herald), about 15 mills now being m active "operation on it, while there is a fine totara reserve of about 2000 acres near Halcombe yet untouched. We understand that from FeildingiStation alone, considerably over, sixmillion feet of timber must have been consigned last year. . ' ' .'.',." When times are bad the number of fires, Auspicious and ' otherwise, increases to an astonishing extent. The latest • instance is :at,Timaru where a three-roomed cottage was found. to have been fired m three-places, tar and kerosene having bee.n' poured overthe walls and floors. Insurance £200, not bad for three rooms ! The 'Insurance Company deserve to lose the money. The proprietor of the cottage, T. Parsons, has been arrested on a charge of arson. While staying at an hotel m Milwaukee, General Tom Thumb and his vife had a narrow escape- of being burnt. The hotel was bnrnt down m January, and they owed their escape to their dtm.iuu.tive size. During the fire a policeman discovered them very nearly suffocated m their bedroom, but being so small he was enabled to put oneunder each arm and brought • them into the street. Mrs Tom Thumb, with true womanly instinct, though she had no time to dress, took good ca r e to secure her jewels, and fastened them round her neck with a pocket-handker-chief. There are 1,000,010 -persons m London for whom no religious provision has been made by any of the churches. A paper watch has been exhibited by a Dresden watch-maker, The paper is prepared m such a manner that the watch is said to be as serviceable as those m ordinary use, The new. railway bridge overthe Ran<*itikei River at Kakariki was so far complete that locomotives were sent over it on Friday for the first time. To-day the ordinary traffic was resuemed. We have just received a Parcel of Clothing from the Kaiapoi Wollen mills. These Goods are of a Superior Quality and should be m Great Demand. We have also m stock, Roslyn and Kaiapoi Blankets, Flannels, Tweeds, and Wool. All these Goods we can Confidently Recommend to our Customers. A Special line m Trousers and Vests, m cross size 3 for stoat men to be seen at Bentleyßros, MarlborougU House,— [Aovr.] <