MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, 5 January 1881, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Messrs J". R. Hudson, F. A. Lear* month, cud John Tait were .this day nominated ns candidates to fill th«* extraordinary vacancy in (lie oSce of M«vor of' Hokitika for tho ensnins ye;>r. Tne polling will take place on Mon Jny. the lOih January nest, between tie bo-srs of 9 a.m., and 6 p.m. — West Const Time*. •The Hokitika Krenin? S'ar sny< : — Golu appears to b»* plcntilul in some parts of tin's town, if we can judjjc by a sample found in the gizzird of. a coose, by Bicbsrd Jnlly, cook at the Golden Age Hotel. About two pennvs'wvit,'!) s wis taken from the gizzard o f a uonsc that; wns reared in <he vicinity of S afford street. The gold can he seen &l th* Golden Asre. JToti'l. Tievtll street. A cheap goose for the purchaser. • The special train eng-»£jed to convey Cule's circus and menauerie from Tiranru to Oamaru, ran over eight horses on the line nt the Hook*, killing, four belonging to Mr J. H. Taylor, of WnimaSe, nnrl mortally jj.jurincr .f"nr oMier?. The train was very slightly injured. At the union workho»?*», Trowhride*, s male poup-'r, 77 years of ase, corami ted suicide hv p-un^in^ his head info a bucket of water and keeping it Ibere until life trpf extinct. Peop'e in WVs'land seem ro go in for honour and glory— and screw. At the recent elf el ion of a Comity Chairman, there was only vine cantiidnips. The event wa? run off in hen's, nnd in the Ginl hear, 3J> Fc Mon, IM.H R., just gnf his nose in. winning by a short head. There is a Ir fiimr salaiy attached to th^ office, £250 we ln-l:t?u\ Not a bad little sum to be tacked on to the hrntrium as a member of the Hou-e. — Canterbury Times. The follow -ns is the letter eluded to by the Earl Carnarvon in the r-ihleirrnms, and which was srnt by Mr PI. ViMiers Stuart, M.P., to <he liMi pipers:— * Rochdale, October 21 tb. Pear Sir, —I thank yen f»r serdin ; r nic the copy of your speech. T read it with preat inter" esfc. Then.? are many plans now proposed. I hope among them something may b? found th.it wiil lead to a fjrea f arid permanent amendment of your land system, unless the a-jitaMoti creates n temper and condition of thinus wjiidt will nr-ike nrat'iulment impossible.—! am, truly yours, Jonx Eiugitt.' We understand that a writ for £2000, for breach of promise has Veen served on 3lr J. B. rislier. M.R.U., Westport. A correspondent of a Gerasan paper calls attention to the ir julicions practice of blowing dust oIF of i!k» wat^hworlf. He says that the operation Ij^Lcs so

Anglitfthat .buP^^p tHi|P^H Verrinienf tinve! lodged lnformati^^M Chades Sttt«rt 'IWelt, M«p.,&g|gtj|^B Wiefclnw ; John Dillon, M.F., Puhl^B Joseph Giles Bijr.'nr, M.P., Beifn^H Timothy Dnniel Sullivan, M.P, jouri^H ist Dublin ; Thomas Sexton M-^J Dublin ; Patrick Egan. lion, treasaret^M tlie Land League Clonfarf , Thoc^M Brennar, secretary of the Land L?a^H Daliin; Maiadhy O'Sullivan a^is'a^B secretary of the Liod League DuhK^M Michael Dovlon paid agent of the Lt^H league, E'ldnre ; Patrick Jos°pb G^rc^H of Ciaremorris ; Ma'thew Harris, -^H 6 -lway ; John TV, Nally Mfaro ; YV. W»lsb. Baling and P. J. SlierMtn^M Tubbercury. The in^ormnt'ons sra c^B ceedinply volnrnimns and coror o^H huodrod closely printed pace 8 . Thg^H nrr* nineteen counts in the indiefmer^H and tlie rharjes are generally to r?e^^H |)iyment of rents' to prevent >he letti^H of farms frntn which tenint"? ha^<» be^H evicted a^d ro pxeitn il'-trill nrooni^H Rer Majesty's su'\]oets ia Ireland. Mr TCus'dn'* vie.rs on politics ha>e |^H -heen renordod by him ia a l?t^H addres^^d to th^ ConservaHve s' Oi^ats^H the Gla'gosr University, in -answer t<^H leHer received from them, in the raai^H nf.Julf, re£jardinc his candidature^B Lord Keror. The render will be strt^H with the great amount of piliten^H eontait ed in the note : — ' What in Devil's nnme have you to do with eit^H Mr Disraeli or Mr Glad <t one? are students at the University, and ]^B have no more bnsiness with politics t!^H y>u have with raNcatchin?. Had j^M ever read ten word 3 of mine w^H tnderstnndin*;, too. wootd hivp knc^H nr^Railstone f than "fo?^!^^ Jwi^^H with the drones coins by sl*»a r ri. but t^H 1 hate nil Liberalism os Ido Bellzobu^B and that, with Carlyle, I stand— we alono now in Eufjland— for G>d and Tira is what happened at the W"^B lington wlien the steamer rhutbrou^H the eelt-bnifced astronomer, Mr Proc^H and his ", he longings nni\'ed, Am(^| tiie latter areas ronomical map", du'y lab' lied. A sailor was hanrlt^H out thpss to an Oriental Hotel runr^H who acknowledged the receipt "^^| the manner of this kind: 'ThePur^H ri^U !, * the panes — righi !' *one where's the b!oomrn' moon ?* which T>iil replied, * Oh. we ph her in the fo'';ird hold.* And runner went eff contenterilr witb Bu n, and the planet?, and the car^J bu r . Hovtvt the moon tamed brfce the Ipofure wns ueiivered. Nothing affords me greater gtit^H ra'ion ti.-^n to listen tn ,-m encoun^B r.f wits between beach and. b«r. Son^H timps downright blows are exchansj^H and tlio hardest b«ad has the beat^B it, but more ff-qnfntly the weapc^B are the stn'ill swords of keen satire a^B insinuating inuendo, aud when p^i^f are made they are not un'reqnen^H regnhir m.irrow ticklers. Sir-h ji p<*)^| ■se"\s put in the othnr d«v, .•nmewb^H to the southward, -«nd it is «iid t^H the jud^p who received il was not (]ii^| himse'f -or a week afterwards argnment w s in prn^ress, nod t^H learned counsel cited un au liority^B support of his proposition. Tht» !e«»a learned jud<;e emphatically agreed with the elation, and Hiere \^M a hot fhVussion that proved the jn<l^B to be in ihe wion-*, That jud^eDe^H is confu<e^, and ho ha* a kcsck^B covering his retreat, wlien worsle<? t^B • lover excuses. In this csse lie has^H snatched no me calf' bound aufhor^B that lusd pluceo: him in error, and <h^fl in a make believe wny, as if the tnur^J nnss of t lio courfc bad can^t'd hun t??.(\ .vronii'y, he eX,*hom-d, !<> »ki.!g i^fl ' Dear me. we want more li^ht he^| 'Yi's, ynur Honor,' replied couas^B with polished p.ircssrn, 'so we all ba^fl thought for some titae past.' At tl^fl the bench glared ferociously n^| wriggled uneasily. — Asmodeus in N The wriior of Li.tloh Town

turist) in ke&piog the ffS«' clean hv ■ frequent washing and wiping dry with' a coarse cloth. A litde.drude. petro> ; •loum applied to the feet before the horses are taken Jjp^.t^Mab^J^tilu help greatly, i^j^^plSfetti^foai l}ecoraias;:%aefe^W!i the feet are already Jtf had . shape they should be bandage, and thejhorae kept where ii ' is drf . Cleanliness U the most effective prevention of troahles with, the horses feet. A very aj^ht decl'viry pufficfe to give the punning mmio to water. Three £inches perj mild in a smooth, straight chauuel gives a velocity of about three mile* no hour. The Changes, wbiebr gather* the waters of the Himalaya mountains, the loftiest iv the world, m, at 180 miles its mouth, only SOO ft. adovc,the level of the sea, and to fall vhese 800 ft. io the long courae of water, requires more' than a montli.