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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12564, 19 January 1903, Page 4

Tho express train' irom (he north was some ; 20 minutes Into in arriving in Dimcdin on. j Saturday evening, the delay being caused j by a mishap at Maheno, at which station ! it was fount! that tho engine was disabled. ', Fortunately, a train from Oamaru to Pnl- ' 1 morston wiw standing at Maheno at the i i time, and tho engine from it was requisitioned to bring tho express as far as Pa'tneri ston. The olivine, which was not fitted . ! with the Wcstinghouse brake, wae scij-eely 1 • equal to the task imposed upon it, .nd the ', train was about half an hour late in jrrivp ing at Palmerston. At this station another . engine was procured, after which better , i running was made, though, owing to the heavy grades, it was impossible to make up all tho lost time. Sir J. 0. Ward, Minister of Railways, ha 3 1 givon instructions that tho week-end .exenr :| sion tickets to Lako vVakatipu are to bo i extended from Saturday until Tuesday following, instead of Monday. To meet the objections against the Sunday excursion trips to ■ tho Head of the Lake, these oxcursions ■: will take place on Monday, instead of Sunday. An alarm of fire was given trom the Post Office indicator shortly before 9 o'clock yostortby morning. It appears that there we. n leak in tho vnlvo which works the alarm gong outside- Messrs Sargood, Son, and Even's premises, and tho gong sounding an alarm, a passer-by concluded that » fire existed in the building. Tho City Fire Brigade turned out, but found their services I wcro not required, , J A Hobart messago etntcs that Sir E. N , . I Braddon, ox-Promier, is very ill. I Tho Hon. T. Fergus announces that as ' he finds a number of the othor" candidates ! nominated for the Drainage Board hold very similar views to his owe ho has withdrawn his candidature. Wo havo to report this morning the death of Mr Alexander Shaml, of Mosgiel, a member of tho well-known pioneer family of that name. Ho arrived in Otngo with his father and the rest of the family by the ship Maori in 1652, and settled in the I Taieri district, whoro ho has resided up to I lm death on Saturday at tho age of 63 I years. He was married to a daughter of Mr ' Alexander Todd, who arrived with her father r in tho ship Mdulton in 1849. I'ho nov/5 which we publish this morning of tho death, at Milton on Saturday, of the Rev. John Millar Allan, who was among the pionoer minieters to arrive in Olago, will he roceived with regret by a large section of om , readers. Mr Allan was at first placed in charge of tho Presbyterian Church at Wailiola, ami was probably there for about 10 years. Ho then removed to Stirling, where . lie preached the Gospel with acceptance until he retired frdm active labour. While at Stirling he aoted for several yeare as clerk to the Ohitha Presbytery, which office , lie resigned when ho left Stirling. Mr Allan ! had boon in failing health for some time, '■' and was latterly confined to tho house. He was '75 years of ago at tho time ot hio death, and leaves a widow and ono daughter, ■ wlio is married to Mr Petno, manager of the ! National Bank at Milton. The Commonwealth Electoral Office has prepared an approximate return showing t'n^ i number of adults qualified to vote for mem- • ■ bera of the Federal Legislature. It reads: New South Wales, 310,000 males and 300,000 females; Victoria, 300,000 malos.and 297,000 females; Queensland, 132,000 make and , 101,000 fomalos; South Australia, .93,000 1 males and 88,000 ' females; Western Aut>j tralia, 64,000 males and 30,000 females; Tasmania, 41,000 males and 40,000 females;— j total, 970,000 males and 856,000 females, thus giving a grand total of 1,826,000 electors. A small consignment of butter put up ia lib tins by the Ewoa. Butter Factory Company, Victoria, in November, 1901, and sent as ordinary cargo to Paoning, one of'the districts ot China, 2300 miles inland from Shanghai, reached its destination in such excellent condition that one of the tins was returned unopened to Melbourne, .tuul cvamo to hand oii December 24 last, having thus been carried about without special care for U months. The tin was opened on the 7th inst. in the presence of Mr R. Crowe, Government dairy export, and found to be excellent in texture and condition, though, of course, tho quality was not as good as that of the butter just made. In medieval days a "strong, superstition, prevailed that, when a murderer approached the dead body of his victim, bleed. Superstition is ptill strong in Ireland, and its grip on the peasanls of Kilclare, near Carrick-on-Shannon, will not be lessened by the remarkable sequel to a brutal " murder there. An elderly farmer named Doherty desired to marry a young girl, but his son Patrick objected, and succeeded in breaking off tho match. The father, enraged, purchased a revolver and shot at hi-i son, a fine young fellow of 6ft, wounding him. Tho son escaped through a bedmsin ■ window, followed by his father, who again yhot him outside. £yid of the bullets pa^oS .through his head, another.struck his hand, and the third penetrated his heart. Later that ( night the body was dragged into the bouse by a neighbour, who put down the arm, which had been raised as though for j protection. When by the dim light of,» , lamp the shroud was lifted from the corpse, . and the father looked once more on the face : of his dead son, the hand bearing the bullet wound slowly rose to its original position, as if denouncing the author of the. crime. The father, stricken with horror and rei morse, fell to the ground in a fit. The action of the limb was due to rigor mortis. The old man's remorse did not last long, for when he recovered he deolared that "Patriot I shot himself, and then jumped out of the j window." After a trial at Leitrim, when : the jury disagreed, Doherty was convicted at Connaught last month and sentenced to l.death.

The Hospital returns for the past week are «3 follows:—Number cf patients remaining from the previous week, 9"; admitted during the week, 23'; discharged, 17; deaths, 2 (Elizabeth Stewart and Mary Ann Gow); remaining in the institution, 93. Messrs James Samson and Co. will sell to- i morrow at their tooins household furniture and effects. On Wednesday, on the premises, Caver-shn-m, (hey will soil leasehold properties, household furniture, etc. Miss Rchberg rctumea teaching the piano, v organ, singing, and theory on Monday, 26th - inst., at her studio, Moray place. I Tho town clerk, Alexandra. South, invites tenders for pipe laying in connection with the Alexandra South water supply. Messrs Wright, Stcphenson, and Co. -mill sell dairy cows and a. shorthorn bull at Burnsido on Wedneeday. , ' Messre Donald Heid and Co. will sell grain and produce t'iis mornhg. Messrs Dalgety nnd Co. will hoia a sale of giairi and produce this foaming. Dr! Prank 'Fiicliott has commenced practice at No. 18, Oota-gon. I •Mr-Lionel Broad notifies that bo accepts. Mr O'Connor's challenge for their respective ponies, and- namss conditions. A general meeting of the United StarrBowkett. Society wi'l hi Held on Monday, 26th iiisC for' the sale of £503. The'statutory mfoting of shareholders in the Taipo Explwiive Company will be held at tho company's office this evening. ■A general-manager is required for the Defiance Creameries, who will require to resido as Palmerston North. For particulars see advertisement in this issue. Mies' own combings made into switches, coils, fringes, plaits, etc. Best work at lowest prices. Hendy, hairdresser.—Advt. Carter's Great Print Sale now on. Every piece of print or fancy blouse muslin greatly reduced in price. Save 20 to 30 per cent, by buying at Carter's Great Print Sale.—Advt. Intending.purelmsers ot jewellery or watches naturally, wish ,1o make a selection from thu newest and daintiest goods obtainable. G. and T. Young, 88 Princes street, have the largest and best selected Btock in Dunedin, and give the heat value.—Advf. An Array of Toys at Mollisons', for the children to feast- their eyes on. is now showing. We invite you to bring the little people in io the display. Mollitons' for Dolls-Dolls thnt laugh, Dolls tint talk, Dolls" that cry, Dolls that sleep, Dolls that wall:, little Dolls, bi s Dolls, Dolls of all sizes, dressed and undressed. -Advt. ■ - . ■ Conquest's Cough Cordial is still the most reliable cough,remedy, in the market, Pno bottle will often effect a complete cure. . All chemists' and storekeepers'; Is Cd per bottle.— Advt. Wiro is Peter DrcK?—The most reliable Watchmaker and Jeweller, opposite Coffee Palace, Moray place, Dunedin. Charges strictly moderate.—Advt.