MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 16 January 1880, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The European MaittpabHshesTlthe fol* lowing respecting this%j|ssel, of whose loss scarcely a doubt can; BoSr^greßtet* tamed :— The Koowgley Hall is andiron ship of 1860 tons, built- and owned a* Liverpool, and has the highest class foi hull and stores. Commanded by Captain Anderson, she left on Jane 4th, with the i following passengers i— Saloon —Mr Henry Walker, Mr Henry Stirling Fleet, Mr Herbet Stirling Fleet, and Mr Alexis ■ Ball. Second cabin — Miss Jessie Wood, Mr Rd. W. Cross, and Mrs Leigh and infant. Steerage sMJ^^B^jFtfkitfsonl Maria Wilkin^^^^^^^^^Hj^^tarji , Conoly, Jif^^^^^^^^H| Broadbj^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H Broad^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H M»ry^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| i?i I a n greav^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H met. fu^P^^^Bt wasi^Mrer, and came to NewYoraH^en he was twenty years old. After a while he ventured into Jersey, and penetrated as far as Newark, t where he married a girl named Fraulein Christian, with whom he went to school in the old country. He had by her seventeen cbildren, all strong and healthy. He went into farming, and became a prosperous ! and influential man. All of his seventeen children grew up to manhood and womanhood, and all married and remained on the soil of New Jersey with the e^eption of three, who passed into New York Scafe. Of these seventeen children, of : tie ancient Hollander none had less than four and none more than ten children each. In the third or fourth generation the Dntch ' Schmidt ' was anglicised t-> ' Smith,' and under thin designation the descendants of John Henrich have since been known. Tbe Schmidts, or Smiths, married on the feamalie side into (he families of the Coles and Garrabrants, and persons of that name formed a large coutigent in the present celebration. Over a thou c and of the descendants of John Heinrich attended the reunion. The father of Mr Isaiah Smith, of Milbarn, now occupies tbe old farm, and, with his son, invented the idea of holding an annual gathering of the family. It was a smceess from, the beginiDg, and com*

dis,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Bws; —Is '^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B Payne, of j^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Kasure toar, > I^^^^^^^^^^^^HPrash watering ; I g^^^^^^^^^^^Hkotoriously a dan— [J^^^^^^^VlißK an^ when in the j^^^^^^^^HKf r clothes were beach, it was natarally that their owner had victim to incautious death of Mr Randolph as nosed, his .'ather took oat administration, and realised, effects, certain valuable, life In the July, however, of the a Mr Donald Drys lale, a j^^^^H, who is well acquainted with family recogtmed the lost one It than transpired that having been in pecuniary diflh determined on visiting Bar* ' in sack a tamner i^^^^^B^he impression that he had bel^^^^Hfc while bathing. He bad, ttierdfUl^^^Ks hotel provided witbaa extra suit^^J^^o skillful arranged matters on iMl^Hbore as to effectually deceive those wSo^absequently came to search for him. Mr Drysdale's testimony was confirmed by a letter from the ran* nay himself, and as an immediate conse* qaeuce of this extraodinary escapade, Mr t'ayne, sen., will be called upon to refund the amount of the life policies which he had received when innocently ad* ministering the effects of his still living son. Strange to say, this incident is exactly a counter-part of the plot of a short sketch written by a popular author some 12 months ago. • I