LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 140, 24 November 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

; Mr Cottle, surgeon dentist:, will visit iPalmerston on Tuesday, December 2, and may be consulted at Mr Leary's, chemist from 8.30 a.m.. till 4.30 p.m. Patients are requested to come as early as possible. ; . ; Messrs Stevens and Gorton notify that m consequence ot not having 'received sufficient to warrant them holding their contemplated wool sales at Bulls and Pahnersttfn, they have decided to abandon the proposal for this year at.any rate. The Riverton paper says two fish have been caught iv Jacob's river, which experts pronounce to be real salmon. At Blenheim, Mr Harding of Mount' yernon, Hawke's Bay, lectured last Friday on " The destruction of food m the manufacture of intoxicating drink." ' ' ■ » ..: , ; . The Governor has sent a frozen lamb to the Duke of Cambridge for his Christmas dinner. „.;, One reason why no woman can ever "fiqjpe to be President of the Efnited .States is because the law provides that the occupant of thiat office shall be thirty -five year's old. . ; A fall fashion item sayß : "There is \ little change m coats.' . It is the same way with pantaloons. Thdre is very little I "change" m them— especially m the pockets. -■••■; A Swiss statist has lately brought to light a long neglected "mare's nest." In other words, M. Kumer, Chief of the Federal Bureau of Statistics m Berne, revives the alarmist, prophecy that the population of the earth, if it continues to increase at the present rate, will, at no very remote date, be too large for the world to contain. One of the charges against Governor Cleveland waß that m 1872 and 1873, , when he was Sheriff, he executed two Irish murderers with his own hands, m older to save the hangman's fees. The telegraphic connection between America and , the old world is happily charaterieed by a headline m the New ■ York Herald, " The International Hyphen." Rumour credits Mr. Gladstone with the determination to give ; Ireland a Roman Catholic Lord-Lieutenant m the person of the Marquis of Ripon. The Wellington Guards are to signal the results of the Island Bay races into town by flag signals on the Morse dot and dash principle. Paper is now used m Germany instead of wood m the manufacture of lead pencils. .. .. . , ; . -q-uj». »t»n-<niiuinuuu l»u»o — t_L— * li bicycle riding. Notwithstanding it immense size, the average niimber of fires m .London' is not quite three a night. ! 'The 1 Scotch Free Church is about to establish a mission at Tiberias, . oh the Lake of Gennesaret. ■ . (Elopements are the sensation of tfce hour in sNew,Yqrk.5 New,Yqrk. f In: ; the last , week before 'i\\Q mail left there have been no less, than six— all daughters of rich nifeh, and all with their fathers' coachpien. -■• • •• ; ' Mr Ruf us Porter, thß founder of the S'cientifi& American, died recently at Nowhuven, Connecticut at the ripe age of niuteyrthree. i ? < i . . ' The Salvation 1 Army mustered m great force at Kiwitea' on Sunday, when they opened fire iv the ■schoolroom m. the afternoon. Not a single . convert was made, says, the Marton paper. „, There were two fatal eases of diptheria m Featherston fWairarapa) last Barrett BurdettCoutts has publicly advertised that a fishing-vessel belonging to him at Lowestoft named William Ewart Gladstone, will henceforward be called Will of the Wisp. Mrßallance will visit Wanganui today overland. ' ! . During the late g&le m Wellington several of the slates were blown off the roof of the police station. One 'slate, ' after twirling through the air with great velocity, struck a retriever dog on the shoulder, and cut the leg clean off. William Allboues, who brought out the last lot of stoats and weasels to NewZealand is busy colloctiong another batch of 200. Hehas already; got together about eighty. ■■■••■■-. ■'■' li Two^teamers sailing from Naw Zea- ; land with frozen beef have caught fire m their freezing chambers,; presumably from the volatic liquids used to produce the cold.- ' - , At the last sitting of the Appeal Court Mr Izard moved upon affidavits showing improper dealings with trust funds disclosed m Mr Bunny's bankruptcy tojstrike that solicitor off the rolls of the Oourl. Mr Gully, for the policitor, submitted that a suspension would, amply meet the justice of, the cage, The Court took time to consider the form of the order it would make. The Marton paper has the following : —We yesterday inspected some trap and buggy harness, just made to the order of some settlers m the' Carnarvon and Feilding districts, by Mr G. Henry, of Feilding, and must say that the work is excellent. Mr Henry has a number of orders to execute. , , , /. „ : r We take the following from the Mar r i ton paper : — Mr Robert Love, the enterprising agent for Woody ear's circus, is always on the look-out for desirable acquisition tp his company. When he was m Marton the other day he engaged Mr W. Smith and Mr Pedersen to join the band of Woodyear's circus. These gentlemen have left for Wellington, . where they will meet the company, who will, m order not to clash with Chiarini's circus, proceed to Dunedin, to open their New Zealand season. Sir Moses Montefiore, notwithstanding his 100 years, i? still as keen as ever m the management of his own affairs. Only lately the old Baronet, whose memory is wonderfully good, reminded his pri va,te secretary f that the . agreement between them tor a three year's engagement was on the point of expiration. •? We will renew it for another three years if you said centenaran. The only people who never grumble at their lot are those who occupy one at the'oemeter'y, ! . : •■■

Londou is declared, m spite of a\\ contradictions, to be fuller of Americans than ever, especially of young married couplus, and the table d'hote at the Grand hotel is described as a nightly bridal procession. In one of the Indian languages the ■ word "woman "is rendered " kewanojawjaw," with marked and earnest emphasis on the last two {syllables. Even the savages uudersUtid the vile and wicked arts of the lying slanderer^ A young man, now aged nineteen years, who will come into an estate worth nearly 100,000 dollars upon reachiug his majority, was lately committed to prison m EDgland for theft. He had< previously been twice convicted of the same offence. I If is stated that among the Home Rule notions in* Ireland a movement is., on foot to expunge all traces of English conquest.in Dublin by substituting Irish for English names. A motion will be brought forward m the Dublin Corporajiou to name the bridges after Irish kings or chieftains, and the quays after Irishmen who have fought' for liberty/io. other lauds. than Ireland. The leading streets of Dublin are at present named after English statesmen. ! A parrot m Boston can. . repeat the Lord's Prayer. That's nothing, we have known a parrot give points to a. bullock-driver at "cUreing." '■-. American physicians m the South Western States declare as the result of long series of observations, that "typhoid fever follows the course of. evelones. • The bricks used jn the construction of his church, Tennessee, are said ;to nave been all made, by the Rev. W. H. Key, the pastor. 1 A Wellington telegram to the Otago Daily Times states that civil servants are much agitated over a rumour that the hours' of work m the various! ments are about to be lengthened, making them 9 to 5 instead of 9.30 to 4 p.m. as at present. i The follewibg was the humble petition of a crowd qf Queensland men who, being down, on their luck, sent along the following prayer : — To the Hon. Colouial Secretary, Brisbane. Dear Sir, -j— Owing to the ~ hordes of . unemployed that are now travelling along this road m a starving condition, we would feel greatly obliged if you would kindly forward half Q) a ton of Hart's best Adelaide flour to be distributed for their support ; or failing this, one (1) crowbar and one (1) long-handled shovel, to be devoted to digging graves for the same. Yonr obedient servants, Squatters out of rations. : \. ;; -,- - T It has transpired that the lad Gibson, who is the sole survivor of the Wreck of the Clyde, escaped from a previous wreck on the New Zealand coast, when the barque Laughing Water was wrecked some years ago m Foveaux Strait. He was then a child m arms, and was rescued along with his mother from .the wreck. Inspector Pender (Christchurch), received a telegram from Sergeant Brooks on Monday' ; as follows :— " Whaleboat just brought m body of : a man ; head gone and not recognisable ; also a leg, from thigh. There will be no, inquest. The boat goes again at daylight, as another body was seen, but sea too high to get near it , close to wreck!" The Waikato Cheese Factory is having considerable trouble to supply itself with Btnre pigß this season, as they are more than usually scarce ? and command a high price at the local auctions. .'Considering the demand which was certain to have been caused m. spring, by the several cheese factories for this class, of stock, it is surprising v (says the Auckland Weekly News), how little enterprise has been shown by those settlers who have facilities for pig breeding. - --e»oj a tUo Fciiamg >a«w;=Mr Marcnsot^ the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and ,Mr McKerrow, Chief Surveyor, arrived m Feildihg on Thursday evening. The object of the visit of these gentlemen is to inspect the Otainakupua Block and ascertain its capability. Should the soil prove suitable we understand it is the intention of the Government to forur a special settlement. A, sum of £5000 ; has been voted to open up this block by the necessary surveys, &c. .'■ A Wellington paper deports that business, generally for the past week has been dull, but a decidedly better feeling ,is beginning to be experienced. The hand-to-month character of trade so indicative of dull times, we trust, will be soon giviag way to more extended transactions aud better .prices, so that there will be a prospect of a. f air margiu bY itween importers' costs and market rates. Francis Gibson, the lunatic who created so much anxiety at Nelson; while at large a few weeks ago, was brought up at the-Resident Magistrate's Court, Nelson, on Tuesday last, charged- with the 1 attempted murder of Joseph .Busch by firing at him with agiin on October 20. Dr. Satchell deposed to the injuries which Busch had sustained, and said the result of the Wound m his left lung, was still uncertain. Accompanied by Dr. Boor he saw his patient on Sunday last, .and it would take - three or 'four weeks before Busch could leave, his home, and then only if the 1 case went^ onsatis'fac--tprily, Which, accbrditlg; to Hfe ( opinion, was at present extremely doubtful. The accused was. again remanded till the 25th instant. > , ...i"