OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10595, 12 September 1896, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

NEWS AND GOSSIP. Hunt Club races to-day. . Association football tournament continued to-day: Boslyn Tramway Company pfcys a dividend af 7£ per cent, for the year. The Wellington Cricket Asiooi&fcion hag a credit balance of between £30 acd £40. Mr P. B. Frasar h»s bßen lioensed to preach tie Gospel by the Oamaru Presbytery It has been suggested by some eccentric reformer in France that artists should, like hawkers, take out a license for the practice o£ their profession, ana should pay fees in bo doing. Surely this is the very last straw. , | A leading grazier informs the Napier News that a-loss of fully £10,000 or £12,000 will, result from the death of lambs in Hawke'a Bay ■ consequent on the recent excessive rains and. floods. ■ ' '■.'■■ '■■- ' Cablegrams received m Hawara from London < indicate that the prospect* of the cheeoe market have decidedly improved. i' Mr Hull, stock inspector in the, Clutbji District, has teceived isgitruetions to hold himself in readinsss to transfer to JPalmecston, North at the end of the month/ ' '."" A valuation of the Hitumu estata of 37,000 acres, close to Waipukorau, the property of Me L'oryes Russell, is now being ra«le under ta« direction of the Land Purchase Board, with a view to steps being taken towards tise acquisition of that estate for'settlement. : 1 The Southland Times **ys that s. special train of 31 trucks containing about 2000 store'sheep >.assed through ,on 'i'nesday morning fiom Wallaeetown, consignee to. Mr Henry Zauder,; at Winslow and Batiug, in the South Canterbury . District. On Thursday 21 trucks were, taken from Edendale to Balclutha, and on Saturday, a consignment of 46 trucic loads will leave for the Titnaru Freezing Works'.. : ' A recent cable stated that Benson, ' the Jubilee Plunger, had arrived in "Western Australia.. This was a mistake of the cabU compiler. Benson, the Jubilee Plunger, waf summoned at Birmingham on the 19th July for not paying hit cab fare. The defendant did not appear—the reason, it Was stated, was because lie had been arrested for debt, and was still confined ia Winson Green Prison. Prince Maximilian of Saxony, who was "to enter holy orders on the 26th July, is a doctor of law, and was a lieatenant in the 2nd Saxon Dragoons, but he left hia family and shut. him«elf up in a monastery, where he atudied theology. Frioce Maximilian is 25 years of age. . ' ' A Hackaey lady was found lying dead on the floor, with her bed turned upside down o-^iop of her. At the inquest a doctor said she most haTe fainted with the ieat, and in falling pulled the bed after her aud bsea smothered. A cabin candlestick, eaid to h&ve belonged to Oliver Cromwell, and U3«d by Lord Nelson for sealing despatches, w*s sold at Christie's, London, recently, for £76.' An old- English earthenware jug, in which Lord . Nelsoa was served with his nightly grog, went for £85; and a- sciflll plain cream jug, of which the fool; had been broken off by Lord Nelson stepping on the jag, and had been soldered on by his armourer, fetched £18.

A curiona banquet has just taken place afc GrenobU, the qualification* for the guests baing that they should turn fcb.e scale at 100 kilo*., or 16 stone. The function w»s wall attended, by gentlemen entitled to the honooraWe epithet oi '"' cent, kilos." from various quarters of Francs. All seemed to eDJoy themselves thoroughly, and to do their best "to eat and drink up to their reputations. There were speeches glorifying the principles of the"Sixteen Stone Brotherhood," wherein, it was declared, h alone to be found ths secret of long life and happiness. After a sixteen-stone poet from Paris bad celebrated the event in appropriate verso, the com' pany ponderously dispensed. C. Dickinson (late Benin's) for tobaccos, cigars, cigarettes, sticks, pipes, fee, Grand Hotel Buildings.—Advt. Four hundred anglers took part in. tha AllEngland matchi.on t&a 13th July, sod the banka •Jf the Worsley Cattal, Mauchester, where the svent came off, presented a vary animated scene. All the important! northern towns wete represented, and. London anglers were also present. Fishing started at I p.m. a»d ceased by signal two hours later, the weigh-in showing ibi>t 250 of the competitors had taken fish. Of these, Mr John Brown, a Faraworth (Lancashire) angler, took the first prize of £10 and the championship gold medal. Some good catches were made during. the day. Tbe match wai organised by The Angler, and 350 was given in prizes. . " ' ; ■ ; • . ' . ' Quarantine has been vat&tious ever since toe dayß of Me Meagles. Bat there has not been a " harder - case .than • that ot an American captain, who has suffered from the fact that there is only one qaasautine statiim on the whole coast of Brazil. He rescued 29 men 'from the wreck of a British .steamer, and carried them iv his barque 250 miles to Bahia. There hs was refused permission to enter the port, on the ground that the British,'.steamer, whose crew he had on board, had come ftcsi Bienos Ayres, an infected porS. He was, therefore, compelled"to put bs^k 800 miles to Ilha Grande, Brazil's solitary quarantine station aforesaid! , The well from whicfc Irish stories are drawn is Inexhaustible. Here is a good earample of Pat's wit and readiness. An Irish witness was being examined as to his knowledge of » shooting affair. " Did yoa see the shot fired ?" the , magistrate asked. "No, sorr. I onlj heard it," was the evasive reply. "That'evidence is noi satisfactory," replied the magistrate, sternly; "stand down!" The witness turned round to leave the box, ana directly his back was .turned he laughed derisively^ The magistrate, indignant at this contempt of court, called him back and askad him bow he dated to laugh in court. "Did ye see me laugh,, your Honor ?.".' queried the offender. " No, sir, but I heard you," was the irate reply. "That evidence ia not sjjtisfactory," said Pat, quietly, but.with a twiukle in his : eye. Ana tnis time everybody laughed except the trateRarely in Paris has such a ecece been witnessed as tljat which took placa on July 19 at the funeral of the Marquis tie Mores. Tiie crowd which througed ttjn : Cathedral of Notre Dame, where the burial service was htld, filled the vast i-ptn apace outside, and accompanied the hearse to, the: cemetery of Montmartre, was c. mposed of the most heterogeneous elements of French society that it was possible to bring together. To begin with, the Due d'Orleans had sont a wreath dedicated to " the eoarsgeoua explorer who died' for hi* country, the Marquis de ■ Mores," the Prssident of tbo Republic was represented by an aide -de - camp, tha Minister of Foreign Affairs by a high diplomatic official. Wreaths had been contributed by the friends of Dijon, the Mussulmans of Tunis, the ;F«mch colony of Gabes, and various other exotic associations. It was a most imposing procession that followed the hearse along the principal boulevards to the cemetery. All the so-called "friends of Mores" were there. The Btreets were thronged, and the utmost popular sympathy was exnressed for the deceased explorer. It is a wonder, in fsct, that the police did not interfere, as the funeral quickly assumed the proportions of a political demonstration, aad one of a character which could not possibly be ogree*ble to the Government. Bat, for a wonder, they were wise, and remained tranquil. Tha speeches pronounced »t the grave still further accentuated the politio&l nature of tha event. Both M. D6roulede aad M. Bdouard Drumont, the editor of the Libre Parole, mada & violeut attack upon England, aceusing-that country of perfidy and of being responsible for ths -Marquis de Mores's death. Shouts of '? Down with the Jews !•"• from the bystanders were supplemented by equally vigorous cries of "Down with England !" Bernard Roux, an Israelite, representing the butchers of the La Vilitttc skughterhouec, also spoke in much tha sane strain. .