THE Inangahua Times PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, MAY 21, 1877.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 18, 21 May 1877, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, MAY 21, 1877.

The arrival of the San Erancisco mail on Saturday last enables, us to present to our readers this morning a budget of European news, of striking interest. In order, tben, to make way for our telegraphic newa we are compelled to hold<r?er Road Board, Council, Court, and other reports, which will receive due attention in our next issue.

saraf-i. 1 sa „ The Road Board has decided to invite tenders for. the erection of a, one span suspension bridge to supersede the present, one. It is quite evident that unless the present structure is either repaired or pulled down, it will go down the river with the next flood, as the centre portion of it is now hanging below flood mark, and would be caught by floating timber. As it w|ll probably take some months to erect the new bridge, as a nmtter of con* venience to those residing on the opposite side of tho river, it might be advisable io effect some temporary repairs to the pre* sent bridge. The Jusl-in-Timc Company startod to clean up yesterday, up to which time somo 100 tons of stono bad been put through tho batteries. The gold will probably bo brought to town during to»day. We aro informed that there sro now eight patients in the Eeofton Hospital, all suflerring from injuries accidentally sustained. In the latter part of last week an Italian named , Joseph Monti wag, conveyed to the institntion ; from Boataian's. Ho was suffering from a fracturo of tho ribs and other bodily injuries sustained through falling off (ho vorandah fronting Duggan's restaurant. Ilis case is said to present bad features. ' A meeting was held nt Dawson's Hotel, on Friday evening laot, for the purpose of closing tho accounts connectod with the late «ntortatnment in aid of Mr George Jnquos. The eecrefary read 'the following statement of tho receipts and expenditure :— Oasli received at the door £45 14a 6d j for sale of tickets in town, £9 835 total, £54 17s Gdj cdsTi paid to John Dawson for rent of Hall, £3 j to George Taylor, bellringing, £1 5 total, £i; balance, £50 17s 6d. The secretary was instructed to notify to Messrs Presbaw and Huddle»ton, trustees foi' tho Jaques Relief Fund, that tho sum abovo mentioned would bo paid to them by Mr Dawson. There is still to be added to the amount above stated, .the proceeds of 10 tickets forwarded to Boatmans for sole, and return of which, baa not been made up to the time, of the meeting. The amateurs may bo fairly congratulated upon the handsome result of their exertions. Almost simultaneously with tha "Cablegraphic " news of a great earthquake in South America, comes the interprorincial Intelligence of tlic occurrence of a remarkable tidal wave all round the coast of New Zealand. The residents of the West Coast will probably recollect that in (he year 1867 or 1868, a great oarthquake occurred at Equador (South America) and that somewhere about the same tire, the New Zealand coast was then visited also by a "tidal wave." A glance at the map will show that some 6000 or 6000 miles of ocean, separates the ohorcs of New Zealand and South America, and if, as there is little doubt, tho earthquake and wave wore due to the same terrestrial disturbance, ihe earthquake wave must have crossed tho Pacific in about nintoen hours, The exiled Midhat Pasha, when interviewed after his banishment, is reported to have said : — " Eussia would haro crossed the Pruth long ago if sho had not been deceived by false notions regarding the condition of -Turkey, Turkey will offer a desperate defence with hor army of GOO.OOO good soldiers. A trial according to Maori law took place at tho Thames tho other day, which resulted m tlio male, defendant being mulct in damages to tho t-xtent of thrco hundred acres of land and four horses for being too familiar with his neighbor's wife at Te Aioha recently. It is saidt hat the lady' mado tho first advances in this little aGair of gauntry, but tho "gay JLothario" has been mado the sufferer j but perhaps he has reason to congratulate himsolf on tho summary character of tho prooeodin-s, for had tho case been taken to Wellington" to bo tried by tho Supremo Court under its Divorce and Matrimonial Causes jurisdiction tho consequences would probably have been moro serioua to t#o co-rosponclcnt. There seems to bo " quiio.a run" on infant prodigies, aa Caleb Plummor would aay. Tl l 0 latest phenomenon h a. chiUl with two stomachs, of whom tho following account iv given in the Orchestra :—" Th.' witb of Thos. lfoo'l, v»ochin'>rn»kor, Pntot'n Court, bus given birth to a, hoj wLio w Ucclarcd bj the

unaninrous opiaion of the Dundee doctors to | bo endowed by nature with two stomachs < Tho two orgaus with -which thi3 marvellous infant is furnished are each of the greatest ! capacity for so immature a person; and though ho is only 12 days old, he has already made it clear to his parents and other near friends that be will require tho nutriment of two ordinary children. Hia two. organs, that ; are packed one over tho other like tho two kernels of a Phillipine nut, must both be filled ; and it takes a groat deal to fill them. Tho worthy machine»maker of Dundee will therefore hare to provide for this one child enough food for the sustenance of two ordinary boys. Against the inconvenience of providing food for twins for a single bbby, the father may sot tho eclat of being the parent of such a prodigy, though it is possible that his fame may be short-lived. It is not generally Inown, says the Argus, that one of those who took part in the celebrated naval duel in 1813 between the English frigate Shannon, 37 guns, ond the American frigate Chesapalie, DO guns, is living in the colony in hale and hearty health. His name is Thomas Salmon, and he will be eighty years of age next month. He is employed as cook on the station of Mr Ford, of Wannaene, between Rye and Dromana. He appears to be likely to do a good day's work for several years to come, and is only too willing to relate the particulars of the naral conflict in which he was concerned, He narrates with great gusto the fact that it only I took them in the Shannon thirty minutes to " polish off" the Ohesapeke, and speaks with some pride, of the circumstance that Captain Broke, of the Shonnon, and his first lieutenant, were the first to out their way through the boarding nettings on to the Chesapeke's deck when the boatswain piped » boa-den away." The old man has a thorough contempt for tho present stylo of iron-clad men-of-war, which he refers to as "iron pots." The following additional particulars, which We gather from a contemporary, in reference to tho pretty little romance in Wellington, will no doubt prove interesting:— "We observe now,, by tho Wairarapa News that th c alleged bigamy case ha 3 assumed a now phase. Whea last brought up, the lady— Agnes Eobinson— was in the absence of any evidence for the prosecution, discharged. On that occasionit appeared that Cheeseman, tho first husband, had written a letter positively declining to go on with the prosecution. Ho is Baid to ba willing to take the lady back. Robinson, the secnod husband, ha 3 now in turn been prosecuting « Agnes.' On Friday, intholte3identM"agisl.rate'BCouit,Featbev3tou, Mr. SteJman, on bis behalf, applied to Mr. Wavdell for a warrant for tho apprehension of Agnes. Mr. Wardell, (ho Ecsidont Magistrate, rather demurred to granting the warrant, but ultimately said he would take time to considor the application. Erora what transpired in Court it '.appears that the fair but fickle lady was Originally called Agne3 Williams, and that she married a person named Cheeseman iv England. Then, scmeliov7 or other, after coming, out here, she went to tho Wairawra, leaving Cbecseman, find in Novombsr last. according to the charge against her, married a labourer named Robinson at, Tenui. Tho position of tho case a present is : Robinson ia tired of Agnes, and wishes to be quit of li.v* '■ hence he prosecutes her fo# h'igamy. Checseman, on the other hand, is full of lore and forgiveness. It is quite an luTeoli'ig little drama."