LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1737, 15 May 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LooriMO Ahead.—in vlaw of the tariff changes, there are heavy clearances at the Customs of Dunedin. Th» average is £4OOO daily'.

San Francisco-Mah. Sbrtio*. The Government propose to renew the present San Francisco mail contract for another twelve months.

Baunum's Show.-—Barnum, the worldrenowned showman, intends sending a large portion of his show to New Zeahnd thii year, if arrangements can be made allowing the stock to be lmded. It i« expected the show will arrive at Auckland in September.

Mafo*aotueb o» Cmpm-es.— The arrest of a legless bepgar in P»ris has led to the revolution that crippled mendicants are manufactured in Catalonia for the streets of Paris. Parents are said to timput.t:} the limbs of their children for the purpose of providing Ihern with a paying profession in nftsr-life. R.M. Court, Temttka.—At the above Court yesterday, before K. F. Gray and D. Inwood Esqs., J. P.'a, F. H. Barker sued D. Leaoh for,£3 15s. Judgment for amount claimed and costs. The case of Philips v. Willis was adjourned ti'l the 23rd by the Court. The Court then rose. Proposed Amendments of the Education Act. Mr Steward's Educational franchise Bill defines the term householder to include a person whose name appears on the electoral roll, and parents or guardians of all children attending school, and proposes to abolish the cumulative vote at School Committee elections.

AHPKOAOHIH& MaBRIAGB 01 AK M.H.R. — A. marriage which is certain to occasion a considerable flutter in political oirclis, comes off at Wellington on Monday next. The bridegroom is ilr Valentine, the member for Waikaia, and the bride is a German lady, the daughter of the late Dr. Fmok, who was eduoated in the same school as the present Emperor of Germany. Miss Finck is on her way to the colony by the Toagariro, due here this week. She will be given away by Sir M. O'Borke, and Mr Loughrer, tho member for Linwood, will act as best man. ! The Premier and all the members uf the Ministry will, I understand, be present at the wedding, whioh takes place at St. Andrews. - Wellington correspondent of Press. Accidents.—On Friday evening, shortly before 4 o'clock, a six year old son of Mr G. Oullimoi-e, of Wai-iti jear Tiruaru, fell into a dam near his parents' house and was drowned. He was ijuite dead when found —about an hour aftsr he had been soen playing about the house.—On Saturday morning a man named McGregor, formerly a laborer on the railway, was crossing the line ntar Bruce's Mill, to the south of Timaru, when he was struck by tho train just arriving from Wainjate. Fortunately the engine knocked him clear of the line, but he was rather badly hurt about the hip and neck. He was taken to the hospitiil and is doing well. The engine driver saw the man, sounded the whistle and put ou the bruke, but all his effoits were not sufficient to save him.

Return of an old Colonist. -Mr John Hayhurst, who left Temuka last Sfip'ember for England, returned last Friday. He has, we understand, brought a good deal of machinery for his flour

mills. Loak BlM.—The new Loan Bill, rondered oooessary by the defeot in the Act of laßt session, will be introduced this week. It is believed that it is not intended to raise any loan beyond the amount provided for in the Bill of last session.

Heavily Insured.—The death of Mr James Morton, whose name came prominently before the public io connection with the failure of the City of Glasgow Biuk, is a severe blow for the.insurance officer, as the policies on his life amounted to £115,000. So says an exchange. Local Option Pom..—A poll to decide whether the publicans', accotnmo iation, or New Zealand wine licenses in the

I'etuuka Licensing District m&y or may not be increased, takes place to-day. The polling places are the Temuka Courthouse, and the Winchester and Waitohi Mechanics' Institutes. The See o» OHMSiOHUBOH.—In reference to the cablegram that Bishop Kennion has declined the See of Christchurch, it is announced that the Bishopric has not been offered to him. The Synod, which has the boner of nomination, will not meet till June 21st. Bishop Kennion's refusal must have been in reply to a private communication.

A Successful Baker. Count Zang, who died recently at Vienna, leaving a fortune of £1,600,000, commßnced life as n baker. Ho went to Paris in 1842, and kept for many years the first sliop at which Vienna bread whs m*de and sold. This establishment still exists io Rue Tlicheliou, and has always been known as the Maisoh Zang. SoHodV Buildings.— The Minister of Education, roporting on the cost of sohool buildings, says that siace the passing of the jfiduoation Act. the Government has provided £OO,OOO mere than was necessary to erect buildings of a lasting and durable character, and sufficient in number and capacity to nocommodato the largest attendinoe of children yet recorded. The case of Auckland is mentioned as an instance of the wasteful way of erecting so many small schools, to say nothing of the waste of teaching power, which, by reason of so many small schools, must be involved. He recommends the adoption of a model design for school- buildings by the central department in Wellington, and thinks £20,000 to £30,000 a yaar should be sufficient. to meet all ordinary builiing requirements. The Salvation Army, Temuiu.— On Saturday last Colonel Taylor, accompanied by his wife, arrived from Christchurch by the express train, and in the afternoon two lasses named Lieutenant Noble and Cadet Wood arrived from Waimate, and all joined io the services on Saturday evening ard Sunday, when there were l»rge attendances. On Monday evening a tea w*s held in the barracks, to which about 200 sat down. Captains Williams (of Timiru) and Harvey (of Ashbnrton) were also in attendance. The catering was done in Mr Bari'u usually oxcelleDt s'ylo, and all appeared to b« thoroughly satisfied. After a march through the streets the usual tvoniog service w«e hold, the barracks bong crowded. A SENSATION. A sensational incident occurred at Glenrowan reoently. A man got into a train without purchasing a ticket, and when the porter ask fid him to shew - hi* paoj he drew a. revolver from his pocket and prooented it at the head of the terrified official. He did not fire, though he had the oppO'tbnity, but refused stubbornly to lave the oarriag*. At the same time he ordered the porter to make himself scarce. Th» man needed no second reminder to do this. The train went on to Wangaratta, wbert the police were acquainted with what had occurred. But it was a ticklish thing to arrest the man, who might have shot the first person he saw. At length, however, the railway guard got the carriage in which he was shunted. The train went on, and by a dexterous manoeuvre the police closed the carriage and scoured the man inside without any injury. He wjs ! then lodged in the Wangaratta look-up. i Pbinok William.—Prince William, eldest son of the present Emperor of Germany, has a crippled arm. The fingers are more knobs. In the Hussar uniform there is a pocket, and he wears it because the three fingers, of his helpless member can be hung in the pockdt. Otherwise it bangs awkwardly and helplessly in its sleeve. His horses are especially trained, and before the Prince mounts are ridden three-quarters of an hour to wear them down. He can just manage to hold the reins. The fork with which he eats is of silver, and not conspicuously different from others, but fixed to the under tine there is a small sharp blade. What the Prinoe cannot out with the one hand and with this blade he does not undertake to eat. The right hand and arm are large, and of extraordinary dexterity, but the little finger is deformed by i growth, which the Prince only imperfoctly conceals by wearing rings up to near the third phulinge. DisfleaSEd VuLAaEKS.— According' to Truth there was a small riot at Bolton recently because a marriige which had been anticipated with much interest did not come off. The bridegroom, a wellknown tradesman, who is ah ardent advocate of temperance principles, went to the bride's house before proceeding to the church, and placing a pledge card before her, insisted on her at once signing it. She refused, whereupon he announced that there should be no wedding. The clergyman and a number of friends were waiting at the church, but the parties did not appear, and when the cause transpired a number of women assembled outside the bridegroom's housi and pelted hisn with rotten eggs and other pleasant musilas, and so much resentment was manifested that he has found it expedient to leave home for a lime. V

Fora» Paralysed.- -A limaru lettercarrier named John Miller, who had the postal delivory for the aouth end of the town, not appearing at the postoffice at the usual hour yesterday morning, a messenger was despatched to his house. Miller lived alone io a cottage in North Street, and on the messenger knocking at the door he got. no response. th» police were at once informed of this, and Mounted Constable Bradshaw proceeded to the hons« and forced an entrance. He found Miller in bed, suffering from paralysis, and the constable had the sufferer removed to the hospital at o&ce. Miller is well known in the district, haw ing been a letter-carrier in Timaru for many years. He had been ailing a little lately, and was being attended by Dr Hogg, but up to Saturday night he was ab'e to perform his duties.—limaru Mail. Baxter's Lun<* Prrsebtkb hag gained great popularity in this disiriot as a speedy and effectual remedy m the treatment oi Coughs, Coids, Buokohitis, and othsi yheat and throat oomplajnts. Read advfc, and try it,

OHiBQE Withdrawn.—At the ftesi* dent Magistrate's Court, Timaru, jesterday, James Lawrence, who was arrested at Lyttelton, was charged with the I .rcenyaa a bailee of a hone, valued at £lO, the property of J. T. Warren. Thi

■■ >!ice withdrew the charge, and the • risoner; was discharged. Advertising Oheits.

It has beoome so common to write the be*

nning of an elegant, iaterestinj artiole, and i.'ien rnn it into some advertisement, that we raid all such oheats, and simply otll attenira to the merits of Dr SouleV*Am«ri<jan top Bitters in as plain honest terati at peeble, to induce people to give them one trial, .mo one who knows their value, will ever ie anything else,—Providence "Advertiier,

BYNOPSIB OF ADVERTISBteEWM. Divid Leacb, Butcher—Notifies that he will sell meat at Geraldine on Saturday ntxt at unheard of prices. s " W.». Aspinall, Secretary Tsmuka Park Hoard—lnvites tenders for the'grazing •( sheep for two years in the Temaka Park. J. W. Pye, Yietoria House, Qeraldine—Advertises that he is selling drapery, olothing, boots and shoes and general fancy goods at the very lowest profit—gives a few quotations. Dressmaking still giving every astisfaetion.