LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11848, 22 July 1893, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

* Divine service will be conducted at Castlecliff to-morrow afternoon, at 2.30 p.ro.,,by the Bey. J. Treadwell. Messrs Murray and Casey have a replace advertisement in this issue, to which we direct attention. Mr and Mrs Clampefcfc give their usual sacred concert tomorrow evening, when a good programme will be provided. A late cable states that in the cricket match, Australians v. Somersetshire, the Home team went first to the wickets and were all disposed of for 119 mns. Messrs Couch man and Stuart hold their usual weekly sale to-day, when in addition to the ordinary general goods, they will dispose of a number of special lines. Mr E. Barns, Eeturning Officer for th c Wanganui County Council, announce 8 the election of Mr A, Montgomerie, unopposed, to the vacancy on the Council, caused by tbe resignation of Councillor Smith. The subjects of address in St. Paul's to-morrow will be, in the morning, " Love at sight and love without sight," (Mark x. 21, and 1 Peter i. 8), and in the evening, " The newly discovered apology of Aris tides," (I Peter m. 15. We hear that ft writ has been issued against Constable Pennefather in connection with the. late Potto case. The damages ate assessed at .£SO, and the trial is set down for the District Court. Tom was over at the gravel pit with his cart waiting for a load, when one ol his pals told him that the Loan and Merchantilo Co.had gone bung. " Have they, now," said he, '' by gob, I thought my brother Mick would do it." On our front page will be found an article from the special correspondent of the Otago Daily Times on ■' Another page of unwritten New Zealand History," some interesting cable news, and other genera! matter. The JRev. C. H. Garland will preach in Trinity Church to-morrow morning on 14 The lost art of meditation," (Phil. iv. 8) ; and in the evening on " The lifting up of the serpent in the camp of Israel." Mr Garland will preach in the afternoon in the tent at Brunswick. Mr J. H. Keesine has some work before him to-day,' as he has to dispose of the whole of a traveller's samples cf jewellery, ironmongery, &c. Being samples is sufficient guarantee that the goods are not cheap trash, and a glance at the rooms before the sale will convince intending buyers of the great variety. Thoae who have received invitations for the members' trip to Pipiribi are reminded that the " Wairere " will leave Betts' wharf at 6.30 a.m. sharp on Sunday morning, returning to town the same evening at' about Bor 9 p.m. This course has been definitely decided upon, and the steamer will leave promptly at the above time. Courtesy is often strained but rarely wasted. On the line a few evenings since a Etout lady got into a carriage, which was already full, and looked around with that expression which on a woman's face says so plainly, " One of you will have to stand — which is it to be ?" A gentleman in the corner rose and offered the lady his seat, and she took it with the air of one who was bestowing, not receiving; <• a favour. Then a second thought seemed to strike her. Takin? a penny from her purße, she said to the victim, " Young man, would you mind gettin' mea'Eraid — as you're standin'." Little incidents likethose make one look out when a lady approaches a crowded carriage — I mean, ol course, look out of the other window. The New Zealand Tims says:— "The marriage of the Key. Thomas McDonald, of Waverley, and Miss Agnes Chappie, sister of Dr Chappie, was solemnised at the house of the bride's brother, by the Bey, Mr Pacerson yesterday aftornoon. Mr J. G. Aiken acted as best man, and the bridesmaids were the three sisters of the bride. A number of friends were present, amongst whom were the Keys. Mr Thompson, of Palmerston North, Mr Thompson, of Petone, Mr Ogg, Mr Shirer, and Mr Elliott. The happy couple left by last night's train f.>r Napier, where they will stay a fortnight, then returning to "Waverley. A few young cubs passing along Ridg-way-street last night. ju6t as the '• publics "were closing, thought to have a little fun by shouting in the doorway of this office. They were of course very brave young men, but an unusually tame dog, which was lying in the office at the time, was too much for them. This dog has an eye to a joke, and as ho trotted out with well-feigned angry bark, tbe enterprising youth at the doorway looked as though a bomb had been dropped among them. It was really funny to eoe them flying up the Avenue aa though everlasting destruction was at their heels. There are some born idiots in Wangau'ii — idiot 3 whose very ignoranco prevents them from hiding their light under a bushel A well-known hymn says that featin finds some mischief still for idle hands to do, but we venture to think that evon his Satanic Majesty is a cut aboVe inspiring his satellites with such an asinine idea as the tying of a tin can to a hoise and letting tho animal looso in a public street. Yet such a biainless trick was porpetratod last evening, for wo woro informed that a horse was eeon tearing madly down fngeftro-6treot with a can dangling to it, and, but for tho fortunate fact that tho string with which it waa fastened gavo wiiy, tlioro i 3 no knowing whoro the animal would have pulled up, or what damage might hare lo9n dono. Thore was a timo whon the fimall boy of the street contented his soul with a luckless dog, and the usual string and tin, but no douht in order to kuap paco with tho growing inarch of ! civilization, ho is fain to soar higher, and now nothing loan than a horse or elephant will satisfy his amhition — ho pasauth by tho as?, as even in this century there is hjnour among thieves, nnd, we nupposp, among idiots too. Only duringcimparativoly recent years bavntli°so twin boon brought; into notioe. To Mnß»rs Nnlson Moato and Co belongs t.ho crndit of lmvin«r beon tlio introducers of Ceylon nnd users of Indian tea 3 throughout the colonies thirteen yours I ajjo ; «n-'l undoubtedly their efforts havo \ odueafwl tl.i) public taste to m-flfor tho do!i''iiU'ly fWvoureil, high-quality, straweoluiivi el, fiuo infusionsof their well-known toss to lliii strong, herby, dark-coloured, indigestible common teas now being packed liy iiK-xpnrioncod deilers, and puslmd on fo (ho public by means of fancy p,u-k>iK aiiduxtra profits, regardless of the injury to hen.lfch Medical men of the hicrlifst standing in England having proved thulthoso hp.rby teas are ruinous to health, ilia public must sio hq>iv neces p.ary it is to buy teas tested by an expert with .a responsible name attached to each packet. fin Cusfoms roturns prove beyond contradiction that Nelson, Moato r.n-l Co.'s fine teas are being appreciated Ijy tho majority, for, in spite of tho uuineious firms in every town in tho colony that are copying them, their turnovor is ns lai'no ns ever, and the demand no t>roat that they will sell morn Indian, Covlon, and f)l«ndod teas than the whole of the imports! s and dealers put together in any quarter of the colony.

We hear that a suddon death occurred at Max -ell *•■>« n yesterday after' noon. Oa guim 'o tbe cowyard about 4 o'clock Mi- (r Smith, found his eldest sm (Jo?m) ]y; n _- fa?i downwards in the mud in the yard, who, on closer examiniti m. p' v Ito be dead. The deceased waa subj >ct to convulsions, and it is surmised that hariiig been seized with a fit he hai f,illun on his face in tho soft mud, and buinj^ p.v.verluss, was suffocated. An inquest will prob ib'y h > held this aftornoon. The Wellington correspondent of the Otago Daily Times says: — I'ho card in the Upper Hou^o has been pricted in regard to the Women's Franchise Bill, and the supporters of the measure in the Legislative Assembly think they can secure its passage. Sir Eobflrh Stout thinks the measure will bo ca-ritid iv tho Lower House, and not oomored, as erroneously transmitted a few days ago. It is amusing to read in an English newspaper of 1840, pretending to describe the climate and th« B'iil of New ZoaUnd, that "the climatfl i< tO'i moist fur sheep pastures, and the fiuewjolforwhic'i New South Wale 3is romarkable spawlily deteriorates in quality on transpoil-iton of the sheep to New Zealand." Eqially fnnny ig it to read in another wail informed English journal that "I<ew Zealand is destined to become the garden of New South Wales." We are indebted to our contemporary, the New Zealand Herald for the quotations. The sad experience of the old lady who recently drew her bank balance in sovereigns and deposited it in her garden, where she was unable to find it again, reminds us of an incident in the early digging era. In a rising provincial town there was a character named Jim Pennington, waggonor and dealer, who in the early fifties made money freely. His wife, too, had a wide reputation, and there were few interesting events in the neighbourhood at which her presence .vas not invoked. The pair gathered gear, but Jim had a horror of banks. As soon as he received a cheque he cished it into sovereigns, and those lie deposited in an old three-legged iron pot. For greater safety, when this receptacle was well filled, he buried it one night at the bottom of his back yard. Some time afterwards, desiring to pay for a farm he bad purchased, he tried to recover his deposit; Forgetting the exact spot, he dug away for about half a day without finding it, in an agony of apprehension and with big drops of sweat rolling oS him. He confided bin difficulty to a youthful neighbour, who suggested that, perhaps, he had not dug deep enough. Jim took Ned's advic9, and soon came upon his pot. When he got it to the surface and took off the lid, the sovereigns were all brown and dirty from the mould and the rust of the pot. On seeing this, Jim burst out in an agonising tone, "Oh my Gawd ! they've all j gone rotten."