THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13,1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 15 December 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13,1880.

In anMar eolomn srill b« fonodthe prike list ot *Wf&mifo* Bran^rtunion, comprising flftf; wfxf ehoiee and valuable jewelfery priWt, and one hundred «nd twenty^ folames of nand» eomclf Woitd hffth etaat atandard litetifur^^he/ariiefoi '$§**'' ethibited j» ♦l^^Hndoir j». Bight, and iWßl^watly iidm^edjli;%ing a very ts^io! selections of goods, higbty suitable for purposes intended*^ During tbe; operation of replacing sew 'limber instead of the old sets, wbieh were fosnd decayed « the No. 2 level of the Hopefnl intnei the rar-n employed diacovered a large body of fiWt-elase quartz. %hich bad been left und*r foot at the ttme that portion of the mine was being wrought three or four Toara ago. Tfiie -discovery proves the correctness of the assertion made in a former issue at to the probability M some good stone having been overlooked during th#v^orking of tne mine io^former years. tk. very fatcf»f ting discovery was made the other day in the Caledonian Ex* feuded mioei t.arry'a Cfeek. It appears 'that whilst driving for the big reef in Larry's No. 2, the workmen upon Isolated pahAej of j^fintj.-wjiich after* wards formed into a inorektonpae't body, and now coreW fh« ,«tfole face of tbe drive. The samples shown us contain also auriferous pyrites of a, yellowish hue indicating a probable high percentage of gold. Mr Lewis of the National Sank, wiil make an assay of the ore, whi;h will prove tbe value of the discovery \ in the meantime orders have^been sent out to stnek the stone, fbjs., we believe, is the first- discovery of silver ore in the dis* trict, and it is hard at present to predict to what important results it may lead. A waterlogged punt anpposed to be Mr Ryan's of the* Lyell ferry, has been secured, as it wa< floating along opposite the protective works at Westport. Our readers will remember that we reported the punt having been washed away dur. ing last week's heavy floods, and that the Lyell was cut off from /ll communication inconsequence. Since then eommunioa^ tion has been partly restored* Mr E. Reevfg, M.H.R., having come through from the Lyell to Reefton on Monday. A shanty keeper has been murdered at 'Albury (Sr.S.W.) by a vwsgman. who also attempted to murder the daughter of his victim, and flred tbe but for tho pur* po-e of concealing bis crime. The murderer has been arrested. William Beckhim, an old resident in the district, was found dead in his bed on Monday morning by Mr Alfred Smith, who had buainesa to call upon him at an early hour. The deeraed, although not a robust man, was in his usual health the previous day, and showed no stains of tbe approaching dissolution. At about 10 o'clock on Sunday evening he called upon a gentleman in town and paid £3 on account of a debt, stating that as he saw the light in the place lie thought he wouIJ call their with tbe money instead of .leaving it till the morning. After that he probably went home and to bed, from «'hii'h be nefer roue ; his last ait being the payntent of a debt to a creditor pre. vious to the heritable one to nature. An inquiry vn%n held yesterday into tbe cadse of his death before Q. C. Bowman, Esq., J.V., Acting Coroper, and a jury of four* teen, of whom Mr J. MGs^q, was cboien Potman. Dr. Thorpe staled i)M on the request of Mr Hoers he w.nt to Beck ham's house at f ,45 a. in ,an 1 fcind him dead on hi 9 arrival. Had m/id« * ypst mortem examination of the body aud found that death was caused by fatly Regeneration and >>yperthrophy vt the heart | the other internal organs were also of a fatty, detienention, and much inereasqd in size, a'sj found a lar«e cl. t of blood blocking up the uper'uras of the arteries leading 'o t\\s bead.— Alfred Smith staled that he wa« req'ies'ed by JUr Wiljiams t> call (lie deceased on '/Monday moral ti;;. <Tcti|ng no answer he Seated, knocking aru| went in Ending Mhe key ,in {he lock, and durovi red Bcckh.a'n on U»e ted, as tje ib-iqght, j ist dead. JJjToticpd ar tremblinit twi(t ot the upper 1 p, and the hands a,nd the soles of bJs. fe.et y^t waj-m.— WjnsDtj Boprs stated harms; b,eea <-u ! led ■to the. b.ou«e by the previous win pi", and fp^ind, the jam just di-Bdt^eheeks. hands, an.4 feet yet w«rin. Rrqi^ht tlje doctor.— VVuJtpr Williams tYilliam Beekham, fop about three years. Had era|>(oyed deceased off and on during that trne. Lm*Baw him on Sundny evening, -when -lift was cooking at the Ijotel ot witues*. Believed, him/ to be ao Englishman about $0 jenr* of »go and Vf jtljoiit nnjr rd^jqns in fa colony, tint was told that lie |»a^ a »}{itgr in London. 'The deceased, l)«d not b,euu dnnlo — diaries L. Nefilje, setupant in d!hiT^e ileeftiin B's|}'n, stated, tint at 8 .ijn. on Monday wan informed by Mr Boers, that Beckbam had been IV>und, dead

tound lust the^ofttor h«a prOttWWe^t^] W.ndesd. Eeporl^^lfa^^JtK?] f Aiplina Coroner. > lllMMJfijhli?^ ***<« the nWi^R^JH^W eewed in Eeefton tD^^lpy Fcsand no motf*f<'v6k£^io'i*'?tew*m residence in Reeftonv itoel^l4l»e <Jobr^ and banded keys to tg«nt of Public Trustee. *£new the deeessed for threw year§-»during pert of which time be wm nifcbtwnteuman ia Jteefton.— After a few minutes ©ojjsnUation.'tbe jury refarned a verdict thai William Beckban died from fatty degeneration of the he*rt, and other causes jja'ed in 4he medic*! «ti dence!— The funeral took place JDvth* afternoon. . r*-. - ~r r~ • ■ '<-/ -;: >> -"i Messrs JThorotoji and Browne, tlte ] Christchufeh' «f»««oieert^ who sine* their j arrival heft Jjst vrjek, have bean malt i tig I lonrs o^iofpe^on .to such 'parts of our disltfet as their time permitted, left for , Greymottth tfaiV morning. They <x»| pressed (Unfeigned surprise tndailoßisb*: ment at our resources, and stated tW§| tbeir m!s»i<m of exploration and ioqu^y •ofar bad resulted satisfsctorily^beyond their most sanguine exprc>aii^|||||nd they predict » great future fojP||li«V Irict. , ' L About noon on Monday three TOeJr who were proceeding on a prosperjpig tour up Macklejr'a Creek in a o*B<m in attempting to stem one of the , nnunrous rapidt which intersect the creefif the canoe eaptized, and two of the mil were drowned. The third one manaffpfto get ashore, in an exhausted state, °*JpK to one of tlpHrowninß men haying flffipßd tyn> —in (he death struggle which a|aed the survivor had barely strength tojgwji himaelf ashore. The party hadjipiy recently come from AddisoffrJHt where they were well-known,, 'ibfmur7iror's name is William Brandoa^iGd^^uiatM name (who is drowned) ia - Barniienlf§|P kiom Wo hare not been able to learn the naroe of the third man. Sir F. Courtney, on receipt of news, immediately sent a man from the Junction, accompanied by C Crowellj to recover the bodies, ,- A recent Sydney cablegram iayn— Mr Norton, who was shot at Dubbo, is steadily recovering. — H. -VI.B. Corvette, belonging to the Auslrft|iatt>quadronijs> left for the Solomon group, in ordein'fo avenge the murdejr o£ the lommamie^, and several of the crew of H.M. sehobher Sandfly. v . A telegram dated Dunedin, Deeemher 8, says :— The Government bare decided on paying off alt the unemployed on the Middle Island works before the harvest. Therefore, the recently reduced scale of wages will not come into force. At Akaroa on December 9, Mrs Scar-, borough, the wife of a prominent resident, has been committed for triaf at the Supreme Court, for aiding and abetting her neice in throw-in,' boiling water over Mr William H. Rowitter. Telegrams dated Timarn, December 9, says :— A child, named Powell, aged four years, received injuries' at Pleasant Point yesterday, by its clothes catching fire- and it is not expected to recover.— A young man named Cox jumped from a bridge on to the river bed at Kakahua yesterday to get his riding whip be landed on his back, and was so much in* jured that 'fatal consequences are anticU pated. A fatal accident occurred on Alan day morn* ing between' 8 aud 9 o'clock, in. Byull and party's claim. ' Seventeen* Mite Beach. It appears that- Michael &mney, in company with James Heehtn, was engaged at work in the tunnol of their claim, whau a set of false timber gave way, completely burying the unforunate deceased. James Meelitm had a TPry narrow e.-oipe, flipping out just in time between the truck and the s.de of the tunnel. Every assistance was rendered by tjie miners, about one hundred of whom were soon on the ground, but in consequence of the limited space to work in, it took nearly two .hours to recover the body, when life was extinct. The deceased, although a comparatirely young man, bting only übout 36 ©ears of age, was an old VFeet Co tat miner, and unir mlly rei. peole>l f>r hi* quiet anasmwing manner.— Urej River Argu*. fh« Berlin correspondent of the Morning Post states that a bill has been prepared Sy order of the &liiii«ter of War providing for the gun en It-r of the railways of the empire to the mi ii.iry authorities in the event of war. The ,r.ti!w>jß (ire in euoh a c iae to be administered and worked by a military s'uff, gquds and traflio being made 6iuL<kliary mattcra. The A i<hbnr|pn' Guardian oftbe2Uhult Bays — * Yestt rday afternoon, during (ha ruin a shower of amull white worms fell in Mine of tbe higher pur.» of the towq, The%orms were about half an mch a \qn* f and are imagined to be precursors of Mra Shiptou'e closing scene of the wqv\l in 18$ L. Another marvel recently brought to light in (bo Yellowstone Park pf-Nortb, America is nothing lets than a mountain of obsidian or volcanic ,gta4f. l^ear the foqt of the Beaver Lake a band of explorers came upon this remarkable mountain, which iis«a in columnar din's w\<i rounded bosses tpoiany hundreds of] leet in altitude from the margin of tho A luke. As it was desirable to pass that war the party lind, to cijt a road through tho steep glassy barricade. Tliia was effected by making fir^s on, tfie glass to thoroughly heat and expand \t, m$ tb^en dasbing tho colii water oi the lake Bgainsjf'ihe heated surface go to .<udden'y cool and break it up. Lurge fragments were in this way detutohed fro n the solid side ot the mountain, then broken up sinal by iledge hammers aud picks, not liow«v^ 'without severe laceration of the >«— V j#l facers cf^e men • from flying

§Koji river tbe exployera * also found fKoipices of yellow, black, and banden obmm* bundred« of high. The natural jSH 9f4b«te lo^aWea has from time im»no»ible teen drewed byjtba Indian* to W$ ths^speawiimd "tittimf. • ?^ r , »