MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1277, 30 July 1883, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

„Green;walV of Melboune, baa', .concluded „ ftiraiigements tjfith Mrs JLangtry * •*■&£ ? "fi^H^l " £$8^ feoßto.^#f burnt 6n June Itf."' $h> loss: WAS 100, Ooos. '..■,,". ' ; : ; . <( ; ; A Petition from Sandhurst to the Legislative Assembly states that the mining s'fcocks have decreased'in value j>80,600 in one day. ,A - retired pugilist engaged at a Northern recently joined the Salvation Army. One of his friends, speaking of the matter to , another, remarked, "Jack's gotten into the reet line at last* He can Work at last. He can work at that game forst rate, 'cas aa've seen him knock the divil oot o' many a chap!" According '7 to the correspondent of the Lytteltoa Times, the three judges who are if umoured as likely to retire are the Chief Justice (Sir J. Prendergast), Justice Johnston, and Justice Richmond. The present Premier, he adds, would not at all object to , being Chief Justice himself ; and Mr Harper, of Christchurch, Is spoken of as likely to nil another of the vacant seats on the Bench. ■ ' The Wellington correspondent of the Wanganui Herald say? :- — Members are becoming complimentary.' Last night Mr FitzGrei-ald designated Mr Montgomery's motion as unmitigated humbug, whereupon Mr M'Kenzie retorted that Mr FitzGrerald's speech was the must unmitigated twaddle to which he had ever listened. !< The Waitara Press has #ie following r-^-In Ne\y Plymouth, as well as in Waitara, the A uckland Observer's ' correspondent is being carefully watphed.- T; he • Tarlitaaki News says: — "Since the Bey (sio) David Bruce took over the Observer he has met with a congenial spirit in New Plymouth in the shape of a correspondent who delights in retailing news of avery questionable character. The correspondent will, have a lively time (say a 1 quarter' of aja hour), if his identity is discovered, 'and as a clue has already been foundjitisonly a question of time before he is called to account." We have seen a few samples from the pen of the New Plymouth correspondent, and they are alike a disgrace to the writer and the paper that published them. The company formed in Waitara for the purpose of keeping the Observer supplied with scandal are gradually being drawn into the same groove as the New Plymouth scribe; aud we give them a timely word of warning. The rod is in pickle, and will be used to some purpose presently. Those who now enjoy the fun of seeing others suffer will be the first to cry "hold ! enough !" when the lash is applied to them. [The Eev David Bruce is a Presbyterian minister who is said to have taken over the Society paper, the Auckland • Observer.] — Wanganui Herald. Flies and Bugs. — Beetles, insects, roaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jack-rabbits, cleared out by " Eough on Rats." 7£d. Moses, Moss & Co., Sydney, General Agents. Parents do not use vile dru^g or nostrums in yonr families, but 3 use pure Hop Bitters. See and read. '

! The boundless fields of tlie North- ' west, of which we hear in discussions oh the competition of America with English corn-growing, are faafc tendiug to become a mere figure of speech. The State of which Chicago is the capital has not a single acre of puhlic land remaining tinsurveyed, and the same is the case with Missouri and other Western States, although land in varying proportions is yet unallotted to individual owners in these and 16 other States and eight territories. There is no room for the settler in any of the orginal 1 3 States of the America Union, or in Kentucky, Vermont, Tennessee, Maine, Texas, West Virginia, or Ohio* Nevada is the State which has the largest acreage of land unsurveyed.* The quantity here reaches nearly 64,000,000 acres, while the population only just exceedf 60,000. In some of the territories not yet erected into States the quantity is larger. Thus Alaska has over 80, 000,000 acres yet nnsurveyed, and Dakota and Arizona each nearly 70, 000,000.. JThe following description from the^. Pdjtfi of some :6# t*MJ< tfjtoe^ea worti &f Miss Bhodes' Wedding m Wellmgtoa —The bride wore a very beautiful ivory-white dress ; the bodice and long^ train were of Ottman torodhe silk, trimmed with bridal Sowers and lace ; petticoat of white* satia^tfcyei^d with bowers of rare an^ costtjr Taint de % Venice lace. She wore, fch'e usuaf. wlreath and veil,— -the latter fastened with diamond stars; also diamond neeklaoe, braclets, earrings 1 Jfec. Bfor-' fan and handkerchief were of Point de Venice lace, and she carried a lovely-' ■bouquet. She was attencjaiL&y two ■":, 'bridesmaids, Miss Kate Moorhouae and Miss Moorhbus^, nieces' of tti* bridegroom. The' bridesmaids wo&, very pretty white eashnSere dresses,> trimmed with swarisdown and holijf';: white Rubens hats, with ostrich feathers and holly; ladian Siivatf; pruaments ; tan de Su6de gloves, and' white satin shoes, with silver buckles.. They v carried handsome bouquets im harmony with their dreasefi, ftnd |lil' pfcarl brooches and BilVer bpufl[i>ethoKlers, the gift of the bridegroom,., ■'M|i» Rhodes wore a dress, of biaok nloii-e broche, trimmed with jefrwhettttle >"[ and black Spanish lace; lllfe Tibiih'et 0 * was also of black Span&& lace with purple feathers and palisies. On the ' 'conclusion of the 'ceremony tiW-Wed-ding party dro vie to The Grange, yhera a, reception/was held by Mrs Rhodes iA honour of- £ie- occasion, Later itf the> ■'•• afternoon Mr and Mrs Edward Afoot*- I house, left lor the country on a hqnoy- -/ jnoon tour, tlie bnde wearing e^J^Btndf v some travelling costume of ruby velvet,., trimmed witii iridescent^Ba^ls,,, . and bonnet to match. Miss RaDdes is an halfrcaste. ••<. <-><! •■■.;'. ■'.< ijv^he rush of atnateurs to iblie pro- • fessional stage still continues in London. The latest addition to the rank is Mr H. Pitzpatrick, brother . to Mv»: , Corn walk's West, the celebrated beauty. This gentleman has just made his, , debut at a Gaiety matinee, with the. result that he has been engaged by MrBancroft to play in "Fedora." Henry Irving, notwithstanding the sharp things he lately said about amateurs in general, has himself an amateur protege in the person of a young man. named Benson, who showed some' latent ability as Clytomestra ija, the> Greek play, and whom he cast for thepart of Paris in 1 the "Borneo and Juliet," revival. The distinctly opposite attitudes • " assumed towards Mrs Langtry by different sections of the press, can be best illustrated by the two- \ following criticisms upon her new essay as " Galatea.*' The spirit of the< Times says: — "We sat through two acts of it, and have seldom witnessed a. worse performance % a professional , company. The public are asked to pay two dollars for. a seat to see MrsLangtry, not) as un actress, but as a beauty. As Galatea she is not beauty. Made.up for the statue she shows red lips and hands, blackened eyebrowa and lashes, salmon-coloured arms and neck. What sort of a statue is that? When she is supposed to be inspired with life, she throws off her white wig: and displays her brown hair ; but Sh» is more like a statue in her acting than while she stands on her pedestalUnable to deliver Oulatea's speeches, with anything like dramatic effect* she intones them like a ritualisticparson." Here, on the other hand,. is the dictum of another leading American critic : — •' When Cynisca, the wife of Pygmalion, first drew baot the curtain that concealed thejmarbfc Galatea, a hush fell upon the crowded; house. Will Mrs Langtry be beautiful as the statye ? will she be graceful. . when the statue is called to life V' were questions that seemed in the air.. It may be answered that she was both, beautiful and graceful, and that she won_ upon her audience with a charm o£ her own was avtlessness as muoh«a ; art. She gave, indeed, a rendering of' the part that delighted the house, and was a pleasant surprise to the critical." . The following curious and interesting, item of information is contained in a, letter on " Gold Depreciation "addressed by Mr Goschen to the London. Times:—" Taking 100 as the basis of the price for each article in 1845-50,---the relative value of coffee is now 82, sugar 60, tea 76, wheat 77, cotton 89, flax and hemp, 68, oil 100, copper 80. iron 76, lead 89, Cotton wool (Pernanibuco) 78, cotton yarn 100, cotton cloth 92, that is to say, all these articles are lower, or as low as they were five-and thirty years ago. On the other side the following articles are only slightly above the pieces of 1845-50 — viz : — Timber 108, tallow 111, sheep's wool • 09, while indigo, leather butchers' meat, and ra\y sUk alone, besides to^.