ST. BATHANS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2370, 3 August 1899, Page 29

ST. BATHANS.

July 31. — There has been a general cry out in the South Island on the deplorable weathex we have experienced throughout the whole of July, and St. Bathans can honestly boast- of having the lion's share of it. We have had continuous snoV and frost from the beginning of the month to the end of it. Snow fell on three occasions during the month— llin, lOin, and Bin respectively, with the thermometer rttnging from! 28deg to 18deg Fahr., cold enough for the young people and too jolly cold for the old folk, as my health aote will show. The curlers who left here to compete at the bonspiel had rough weather in their sojourn to Naseby. Our footballers you may have seen in Dunedin, when competing with the Union, and University teams. They suffered considerable hardships • on the journey home throngh the inclemency of the weather. Through the derailing of the train they spent two miserable nights on the road. Their tramp in the daytime, through 11 miles of a snow-drifted country, will not oe_ readily forgotten by them, but amends were made and their hardships escaped their mesmory for the time being over a real good supper provided by the young ladies. It just remains for me to say. that a jolly night waa passed by the footballers and their admirers.Health Note.— The severe weather is telling on the elderly folk. Mrs Phillips, a professional nurae over 70 years of age, caught a cola while out attending to her duties. Dr Stenhouse attended her throughout hei illness-, and advised her removal to the Cottage Hospital, but this kindness on the doctor's part was declined by the patient, who passed peacefully away on the morning of the 21st.— Mr A. Dunsmuir, sen., one of our best curlers, whq •took an active part at the Naseby bonspiel* is, 1 have heard, now lying in the Gottage Hospital, dangerously ill from inflammation oi the lungs. — Another respected townsman (Mr Gibson Gilmou*)'is being attended to by the doctor. Tie is' suffering from a severe attack of pleurisy.-iiis illness commencing yesterday morning. At 8.30 p.m. 1 am pleased to write that.tha-patienl is a little easier. Mr Gilmoui is widely known in our commercial circle as headysalesman for Mr M'Connochie.— Mr M'Devitt^Blackstone Hill) waa found on the road yae'terday afternoon a short distance from this town in a semi-unconscious state, from what cause I have not heard,— Constable, Kennedy's little daughter met with an accident yesterday whilst sliding, slipping over and fracturing her arm above the elbow.