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Southland Times, Issue 4413, 31 August 1882, Page 2

Ch#ir Practice.— -Members of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church choir are requested to meet at the church at 8 o'clock this evening for practice, The N.Z. Death.-btTwo thousand per ons have been drowned in the colony since 1840. No wonder drowning is styled the « New Zealand death;'' An Evil Omen, t— Orangemen are not usually superstitious, or tbey might see an evil omen in the statement that the sword in tbe band of the statue of, William. 111., iv College Green, fell, on- a recent Sunday from the place it has occupied for 180 years, and was broken to pieces,

tHT&CTON CoJ^ "Q^uested-^tp remihd-Jspeculatprs andahtending y Vestb^tbat thei share Jlistpfythe Picton rCpal Gofnpany j7rsploseß 7j;t° - day^y Messrs _Mhedbhi& Co. 'are, the local agents; ; yy-. y i ■"■ ' vg;y ) Ay-A-. ftyy* . ■ •■-.••";•■:. ■. y.-y t^ASTO^DING-.-T-Mr James Craigie writes as-fqllbws to th^imaruyHerald i— " Iyhave receiveri invoice' and bill 'of liading- for sheet glass from London, per Gerd Heye, direct to Timaru. The freight frem london to Timaru Tis:3!^fs^i^tfr^;YiHre^ of goods from Dunedin by railway I have to J^:attherateafS7sld; fromvOhristchurch^ .4»3' : _d.'o* ky : W .&:\. > f. f ''■-". y 'fA . , K »;A«{FB»Bißb_yLEAPi— Archimedes, Muff, . ,& c farmer, living" "at East Bierley, Bradford; fldng himself down a coalpit and was; dashed; -•-to! pieces. - The distance to the bottom is 160 4yards. The man's sou followed him to the •pit's mouth, when a terrible struggle ensued, and the father tore himself away from his son's grasp. Business : matters had preyed upon his mind for. some time past. _. Comin* Event. — At the usual ladies' meeting in connection with the Invercargill Baptist Church, held last week, the question of getting up a bazaar in. aid of theyrchurch was discussed, and a resolution come to that a sale of gifts shbuldy be held at Christmas tide^7;Friend^ of the denomination jyvill be laidJunderTynliingi contributions to y the .objebt*;in;;iviewi ahd the ; same are hereby .bespokeh7 77- ' .a : " J] 'A. . " _T__i_N, ; THE GIANT QUEEN.'* — The management of. ; the London Alhambra have secured the services of a lady who has already attained the height of eight feet two "inches, and' is. "still growing;" The lady, who is known it appears as-" Marian, the GK«mt Amazon Queen," Was born, we are informed, at a village.near ;the Thuringian mountains, •in 1866. Fhe has' appeared in .the extravar ganza of " B.abil and. Bijou. ' Misplaced Gi&ef. — A distinguished literary tourist was once found in a paroxysm of tears over the supposed tomb of Washington, at Mount Vernon, but it turned out to be only theice house. This reminds .us of the traveller who, while "weeping over what be thought was the grave of Collins, the poet, was roused from his, -reverie by the sexton saying, "that is the grave of Collins, the cobbler; Collins, the poet, lies buried yonder." A r FRENOH Tragedy.— A terrible tragedy has been enacted at a family fete at Auber- I villiers, in Fr&nce. During the dinner, which was iv celebration of the birthday of M. Dulfy, the son, Oustave Dulfy, quarrelled . with his cousin, Alex. Collinet, and tbe strife | became so high that the latter seized a carving knife and stabbed young Dulfy to tbe heart. The criminal went straight to the Commissaire de Police and gave himself into custody. He Joyfully Went to Gaol. — An lowa paper says that the other day one Councillor Polk was fined twenty dollars for contempt of Court, with an alternative of twenty days' imprisonment. As the councillor had not the cash in his possession his fellow members of the bar compassionately raised the amount. " My gratitude is boundless, dear friends," said he, '• I haven't had twenty dollars in my pockets before for twenty years. I shall keep it there, with your kind permission," and he joyfully went to gaol. Home Nursing. — In our advertising columns will be found particulars of a preliminary meeting to be held this afternoon in the Council Hall, at which the propriety of inviting to Invercargill Mrs Moore, who has earned a name; for herself as a lecturess on thfi exceedingly important subject of home nursing of the sick, will be discussed. Being a subject in which all are at some time or other of their lives interested, it is to be hoped that the movers in the matter will be gladdened by a large attendance, and that a resolution to ask Mrs Moore to lecture in our midst will be cordially arrived at. Football.— The return match— Kivertonv Invercargill — will be played on Saturday next at Invercargill, and will be the closing match of the season. The following p layers will represent Invercargill : — Back : Biaddon ; halfbacks : Aitkin and Johnson ; quarter-backs : Stead and Williams ; forwards : Brodrick, Cogan, Dundas, Field, MofEett, Morgan (2). Watson (2), and Willcox. Emergencies ; Bews, Martin, McKellar, and Peters. The Riverton men are reported very strong, and have been practising for the match. The names of the players, however, are not to hand. A little practice would do the InvercargiU men no harm, as some of the above have been conspicuous of late by their absence from practice matches. Lodge Meeting : Sons of Levi. — The monthly meeting of the L.0.L., No. 18, SonS of Levi, was held in the Orange Hall, Liddel street on 25th inst. There was a good attendance. After the ordinary business had been transacted, the election of officers for the ensuing year was proceeded with, and resulted as follows :— Bro J. Stevenson, W.M. ; Bro Abraham McKenzie, D.M.; BroT. Mayze, treasurer ; Bro Brass, secretary ; Rev. Bro Dutton, chaplain : Bro Gibson, deputy-chap-lain. Committee : Bros A. Drake, J. Anderson. J. McMillan, A. McGill-Brown, and T. Murray. Trustees, Bros A. Drake and T. Murray. The Lodge was then closed until the 29th September, when the new officers will be installed by P.M. Bro Abraham McKenzie. Draughts Notes. — The late " checkers " tournament had the crowning act performed yesterday evening, when about a dozen enthusiasts met in Mr Raeside's establishment, Dee street, where a neat little supper bad been provided. This having been satisfactorily disposed of, the ceremony of presenting the prizes to their winners was gone through with evident pleasure to all . The future next engaged the attention of those present, and a new club was there and then formed to continue tbe friendly warfare. A deputation was also appointed to wait upon the Athenaeum Committee at an early date, with the object of obtaining a local habitation within the walls of the institution, the club in return expect to be able to guarantee ten new members to the Athenaeum, Frightened to Death by a Porpoise, — The Glasgow Mail of the Bth July says that for some days a large porpoise has been seen disporting at intervals off the shore at lanellan, defeating numerous attempts made to capture it. Latterly its presence in the river has been the cause of considerable uneasiness to boating parties. On Tuesday night, while a large number of pleasure boats were out on the water, the monster suddenly made its appearance alongside of one in which James McEwan, agad 10 years, was enjoying a sail with hia father and uucle. The boy became frightened, fell into a fit, and died before his father had p ulled the boat to the shore. Later on, while another pleasure boat was out, it again suddenly appeared, creating such consternation as caused the pleasure-seekers to retreat speedily to the shore. An Honest Man. — An insurance agent who started out from Chicago to do a little business in the country, came along to an old tumble-down farmhouse, and started in for a ri-ik. The farmer seemed to take kindly to the idea, but wanted to learn all the particulars at first. "Do you mean to say that I can gflt the old house insured for five hundred dollars ? " he asked. " Tes, I guess so." "And the company is sound ?" " Sound as a dollar." "And they pay promptly?" " Right on tbe nail." " And you mean to say ihat if I insure my honse for five hundred dollars and she burns down the company will pay me that sum ?" " That's it." "Then go ahead and insure, and if you come back this way to-morrow you mighi as well stop and view the ruins, and report to the cortpany that a defective flue carried her off while the family was at prayer meeting." — Wall street Daily News. * A Big Spec. — From the Tapanui Courier we gather that Mr David McKellar has re. turned to Brooksdale after a flying visit to Mexico and New Mexico. Mr McKellar, in conjunction with friends, some time ago secured an estate of 300,000 acres in New Mexico, and this property is to be worked after the style of a colonial sheep run, and for this purpose a large number of colonials, including a manager, have been installed at the homestead; Mr McKellar and a syndicate of capitalists have made an offer to the Mexican Government for an immense tract of land in northern Mexico of something like 13,000,000 acres, aod in all probability that offer will be accepted. Provided the purchase is concluded something like 10,000,000 aires of the land will be offered in the London market, and tbe balance will be reserved for the colonies. At the present . time co^nial settlers are readily accepted by the Mexican Government on the most favorable terms, I

A-"WANT. — The following skit appears asan advertisement in an Otago Dewspaper; ;-r- --" Wanted, by the proprietor af "an extensive domain in Southland, a competent Factor. Factor required to touch his hat respectfully whenever he enters the presence 'of tbe ,proprietor or of any" member of his family. y No,; approach to, familiarity '^towards -the 'pro-' prietor's sons willjbe toler »ted. Tbe young gentlemen must benhvariablyaddressed or .spoken, of r as . .' Mr' .....or, j.Master..'r^never : by. their christian names alone, Applyi by .letter,, addressed ' Turveydrop,' Post Office, : *The "Reason Why?— lhr thei "division bn ■ the- amendment for- reducing 'the -proposed^ "steam., service subsidy from £40,000 to £20^000, Messrs Dick, Fish and M. W. Green voted for the larger sum, while the other Dunedin member, Mr Bracken, voted for the reduction. Mr Bracken gave as his reason for voting in opposition to his colleagues ou this important question that he had received reliable information tbat it was. intended that the proposed line^bf steamers were to run direct to Wellington, and not to Port Chalmers, and this was why he voted for the lesser aami The- warm support which Mr Levin gave the Q-overnmeut resolutions series to confirm the 7 statement 'that Wellington isfobe thehead^quarters. J Blotf Harbor Endowment JBeserves — The pastoral leases for a term" °f ten years, of the undermentioned Bluff harbor reserves were put up.: to auctipnon Wednesday, at the Crown Lands office, by Mr J. A. Mitchell, of . Carswell, White & Co. There: was a very small attendance, land rib" competition; Runs '154 and 154 b, Taringatura district, 13,419 acre?, were knocked down, at the upset of twopence per acre, to Messrs Rowley and Hamilton. There was no bidding for Run 154 a., same district, and the lot was conse- ! quently withrawn. Run 181, also in Taringatura district, 5974 acres, was disposed or, at the upset of twopence per acre, to. Mr Thornhill, with a contingent liability for boundary fencing. One More Warning.— The Waipawa. Mail, referring ;to the reckless running down ; of strayed cattle on railways, says that ahorse got on the line between Olive and Hastings, and ran before the train for some time, straight between the metals, and cleared a cattle stop on the route like an antelope. But when the train neared the long bridge a short distance the Napier side of Tomoana, the engine driver was startled to see the horse make straight for the bridge, over which it bounded from girder to girder, for fa space of thirty yards, at last falling with its legs jammed between the open timber?. Fortunately, the efforts of the driver to stop the train was successful, but it then became a serious question as to . how the horse was to be removed from his position. It was at first decided to kill the animal and drop it into tbe river, but an afterthought led to it being got out alive, and, indeed, apparently little injured. The guard of the train got a strong rope, aud passed it securely round tbe horse's chest aud wither, and then driver, stoker, guard, and all the male passengers unitedly, lifted the animal from bis unwelcome position, aud, partly carrying, and parti y supporting the horse, quiet from very fright, against the sides of the bridge, managed to get it to the end and gave it a flying start into the paddock alongside the line. Had it been dark when the horse got jammed in th« timbers of the bridge a terrible accident would have probably occurred. The Fatal Accident at Thornbury. — We are indebted to the Western Star for tbe following particulars of this occurrence : — "On Saturday evening, about 10 o'clock, information was brought into town that Mr J. G. Anderson, woolscourer, Thornbury, had been found dead on the road near his residence there. Daceased had been iD Riverton during the afternoon, and rode back to Thornbury in the evening, putting his horse in Foster's stable until after the departure of the evening train for liiverton. D. Harnlyn is supposed to be the person who last saw him alive, and about nine o'clock deceased bade him good night and proceeded in tbe direction of tbe stable. Shortly after this he was discovered by some person passing on horseback lying dead on the road between his house and the bridge. On examining the body a large hole was discovered on the left side of his head, apparently caused by his having been thrown from his horse on some rough gravel which lay upon the road at the spot where be fell. The appearance of the horse showed that it must have stumbled and come down on its forehead — its moutb, nose, and off knee being severely bruised. The body was brought into the hospital, where an inquest was held on Monday, the result being a verdict of accidental death. Deceased had been a resident of the district for a little over two years, and came from the North Island. He was about sixty years of age, and a native of Scotland, and is not supposed to have had auy relatives in the colony." An inquest has since been held, at which a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. The deceased, who appears to have been slightly the worse of liquor when last seen alive, is supposed to have died intestate. All who are the happy owners of a large family of small boys know by experience the great delight these possessions of theirs take in putting their knees and elbows through their clothes. They attend to this matter with such indefatigable energy that they speedily cause a correspondingly large hole in their owners' pockets, giving rise to many a fervent wish that cast hon, or something like it, could be used for boys' wear. If those troubled in tbis way will give W. Smith, Dee street, a call, they get this wish gratified by getting moleskin suits at lis 6d each, which will come as near cast iron for wear as it is possible to get. Try them. — [Advt.]