The Patea Mail. Established 1875. Be Just, and Fear Not MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1886. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Patea Mail, Volume XI, Issue 132, 1 March 1886, Page 2

The Patea Mail. Established 1875. Be Just , and Fear Not MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1886. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Those requiring stock would do well to attend the Lincoln-street sale on Wednesday nest, when Mr C'>wern will endeavour to meet their demands. As an instance of the value of les petites industries , it may be stated that 2000 tons of raspberries, of the value of £33,000 were received at the terminus of the Lilydale line of railway, for transmission to Melbourne, this season. “ Noblest of heroes,” says a patriotic citizen to a wooden-legged soldier who has just returned from the seat of war in China, “ thanks to your efforts, France has now planted a foot in the Orient.” “ Ya-as ; my foot.” In consequence of the irregularities which have been discovered in the disposal of the funds of the Commercial Bank of Australia, tlio manager of the bank has boon suspended, and will be delivered up to the police. Baron Leon do Lenval of Nice has offered a piizo of 3000 francs for the best, easily carried instrument for the improvement of hearing in cases of partial deafness. The instrument is to be constructed i.n the principal of the microphone, and must be completely finished and sent in before the end of 1887. The award will be made at the International Congress for Otology, to be held at Brussels in September, 1888. Truth and Soberness.—What is the best family medicine in the world to regulate the bowels, purify the blood, remove costiveness and billiousness, aid digestion m:d stimulate the whole system ? Truth and soberness compel us] to| answer American Hop Bitters.

We have to apologist:; 10 Messrs Qaiuhm, blander, and Co. I’or an error, in. tin; date of iheir Hale, which appeared in our co'mnns on Friday last. The manuscript .pave (lie dale as Tuesday, the 2nd, and verbal instructions to alter it were unfortunately forgotten until after the country edition had left the office. Vendors will kindly notice that the sale is to take place on Wednesday next, immediately after Mi Cowern’s sale, and not on Tuesday as previously advertised. Farmers wilt thus he able to attend both sales with the loss of onlj' one day, a very much more convenient arrangement than before. Among the principal causes of the insolvency of Mr Henry Uonty, a member of one of the oldest, most respectable, and enterprising Melbourne firms was his endeavour, in conjunction with the proprietor of the “Federal Australian,” to establish a Second evening newspaper, The World, in Melbourne. Mr Henty’s share of the loss in this venture is set down in his schedule at £33,239. His copartner places ins own tosses at £IO,OOO. The newspaper ran for two years, and was then abandoned as a hopelessly uuprolitablc .venture. The proprietors of the Melbourne Argus had previously lost E 10,000 in the attempt to establish an evening paper, backed though it was by nil the appliances and organisation of that powerful journal. Outwitted. —The Wciirarapa Dailg relates the following ns a joko : —A parly of amateur sporting men came back to Mnslerton the other evening from the races, stone broke. They had fared ill in their lips on the various events in the earlier part of the day, but thought they could retrieve their fortune on the final hack race. Scraps, they were told, would win if not over-weighted. Anxiously they watched to sec who would ride this celebrated horse, and when they saw a fOst. jock climb into the saddle they put in their little all against Scraps. Their feelings can be imagined when a minute or two later at the starting post the lOst jock slipped out of Scraps’ saddle, and a Gst infant steppe.! into it. When this party reached Masterton it had not suffi - cient coin left to invest in a consolation liquor. Tin; following anecdote is related by a correspondent of the Noples Fimgolo l - A man who had given indications of insanity was denounced by his neighbours to his wife ‘as having an evil spirit.’ Influenced by their suggestions, she had recourse to a wizard of high repute near at band, with whom she entered into .an agreement for the cure of her husband at a certain ['.rice. The poor madman was taken to the house of the scnccia (the exerciser), who was a peasant. After having been well beaten and pounded, he was taken home half-stupefied. Throe days after, the experiment was repealed in the presence of his wife and sonm relatives who accompanied him. The scac'cia began to strike him with his fists —inflicting heavy blows on the head ; then, seizing him by the hair, lie dragged him about the room, and, lastly, got on his chest and kicked him. On being nut in 4 o bod be. suffered great pain, throwing up a quantity of blood, and expired in five hours. The police, on being informed of it, arrested the scaccia, as well as the wife and relatives of the murdered man. Tlmro will bo a trial, of course, and, with extenmving circumstances, the jury of this enlightened country will probably dismiss the criminals with a nominal punishment.”