MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1316, 29 October 1883, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Cafma. and Santa Claus have been the sensational horses of the past few days,, each having received substantial support for the Melbourne Cap, the former having been backed by his owner to win something like £30,000 and the latter by the stable to win £20,000. Calrna is well known among: racecourse habitues as. the good looking. Yas tendon colt that was. fancied so much for the Derby last year; but though he did not getr a place in tha contest for the blue riband; and was defeated by Belmont in the Maiden Plate, lie partially retrieved his character in the Mares' Produce Stakes,, which he won cleverly. The Melbourne papers to hand showthat Mr W. M. K. Vale was one of the opponents whom that Shimei of Victorian politics, Mr David Gaunson, defeated at Emerald Hill. Mr Vale,, who was Attorney-general in the second Berry Administration, ia not only a great Radical, but a thoroughly honest man. He has a knack of letting his tongue run away with his sense and his courtesy, but he is so earnest a worker for the democracy, bo*h socially and politically, that his defeat is to be regretted. His tenacity of purpose is illustrated by the fact that at some forty year* Qs-sge he went to> London not knowing a. word of La in, and was called to the Bar at Grey's Inn with distinction. The schooner Ellangowari has arrived from Port Moresby, bringing Captain Armit, tha Arguseorretfpondtfot

in NewGuinea,andLoftus Irving. Botl are ill of the fever. Professor Dentoi died at Berigabadi on the 29th o August, of fever. Captain Armii telegraphed to the Argus on the, 18th o August that Professor Denton com plained of indisposition, and refused food and medtoine. He carried Denton into Locbiva»o. On, the 26th he started for Moroka, with Professpi Denton on a stretcher. The fever than attacked Captain Armit. At half-past eight on the night of the 26th of August Professor Denton died and was bnried the next morning. Captain Armit speaks enthusiastically of the country and the natives. Thick heads. — Heavy, stomachs bilious conditions—Wells' May Apple Pills—anti-bilious, cathartic. 5cL and Is Moses,Moss&Cd.,Sydney, General Agents. </...' J At a Nothern Magistrate's Court an offender who had been fined 20s and costs, as well as witnesses' expenses totaling.np £2 Bs, pleaded that he could ndtpay and must take the alternative of forty-eight hours' imprisonment. He, however, wanted a short time to go

cu f i be ore the sei t -nee began. This being denied, it was found, on the police Searching the prisoner before his as--Bignm.nt to durance vile, that he had a purse choking with money, and out <■£ this they took the fine and costs, und denied him his wish to seethe inside of a prison for the present. iVobaVtly he will leave his purse at home the next time begets into a scrape. Besides " Orient," " Australasia," and "Great Bonanza," the Melbourne Herald has exposed in separate articles, *is frauds the following sweeps \-r-r" The Melbourne Turf Club," ".ArchiUes," "Victory," "Albion," " Maraquita,". "Diamond," "Melbourne Sweep Co^ (Limited)," lL Victorian Consulation Company," " Progress," and "Loco Spefo* The. I^ev D. Jones ,Hamer has published a statement, alleging, wide,-, spread ' immorklity as the result of laixiug 1 tile sexes in the State Schools. The Victorian Minister of Education has lesolved to institute an inquiry. The proceeding against Dr Marr, of Eaglehawk, for firingat his housekeeper in September, have become complicated. When released on bail the prisouer married the prosecutrix, so that she is unable to give evidence. It is probable the smaller charge of assault will be brought The proposal to "exhume. Shakespeare's remains came formally before the Stratford-on-Avon Town Council at a meeting on September 4. The Mayor said he had been inundated with telegrams and letters from all parts of the Kingdom protesting against the proposed outrage, and calling upon the Corporation to resist the proposal to the uttermost. The Mayor, continuing, said; <d The attention, I may say of the whole civilised world is just now being directed towards our town in consequence of this proposal todesecrate the tomb of our" immortal townsman William Shakespeare. I feel that I must, from the high position which I occupy, disabuse the public mind that the Corporation would ever allow such a proposal to be carried out I would have it undert.lood that any such imprudent proposal Tvould meet from us a contemptuous refusal. Not only would the Corporation strain every nerve to prevent such an act of desecration, but I feel that the townsmen generally would band themselves together to guard the sanctuary of the poet's tomb. I could not myself think that anyone could be found so base and depraved as even to suggest the violatiou of the poet's last resting place. - Several speakers followed the Mayor in denouncing the project, and the Council then decided tinanmously to offer their mo3t strenuous opposition to the scheme. As lay rectors of the chancel they had an important voice in the matter and they meant te exercise it. Advices from .Professor Nordenskjold's expedition to Greenland were received via Thurso, in Scotland. They state that the expedition started from Antherkoick on September 4, and they reached a distance oi 860 kilometres inland, attaining a height of 7010 ft above the sea. This is the first time human beings have penetrated so far into Greenland. The whole region is a desert, proving there is no open water inland. Valuable scientific data ■was obtained. Along the north-western coast a cold stream runs, which induces a very low temperature, i>ut on the eastern shore the weatherisnotsp severe, and the coast is accessible to steamers in the autumn. When. the party was 140 kilometres east of the glacier border, soft snow prevented them from proceeding on sledges. Laplanders were therefore sent on with snow < shoes. The rest of the expedition visited the north-west coast. Between Waigar and Cape York they ■were informed by the Esquimaux that two members of the American Polar expedition had died, and that the rest returned to Littleton Island. On August 16 the expedition sailed south from Egesraond, making a short stay at Jargbut and Fredersdale, and tried to- proceed eastward three timesthrougli a sound north of Cape Farewell and along . the coast, but the ice prevented it. They went outside the ie -field tc latitude 66 degrees, remaining continually in • sight of land. Drift ie« was "found south of Cape Don, and they anchored in a ford newly visited by the Esquimax, where the remains of a Norman "ferriod" were found. This was the first time since the fifteenth century that a vessel has succeeded in anchoring on the east coast of Greenland. They tried vainly tc anchor in another ford to the north. Theyreturned, andarrived at Reikavik, and .anchored on September 9. The anniversary of the opening oi the'_ Bank of New Zealand fell on Tuesday last. The holiday given in commemoration afforded opportunity for .arranging a lawn-tennis match, Country v. Dunedin, Messrs Brent and Price, officers of the branch at Outram, andi Fox and Black, of Milton, represented the country ; while Messrs Pike, Webster,' Fenwick, and Fulton played ,. % for Dunedin. The match, which was keenly contested, ended in a ism for Dnnedin. The following slides the' result:— Pike and Webster v. Fox and Pric e: Latter won by two sets* to one. Fenwick and Fulton v. Brenjk and Black : Former won by two to Wv;e. . Final. — Fenwick and Fulton v. Box and Price : — Won by Dunedin. two* sets to love. The match was plajjed J at Outram. Jame^Ajßedfyrn, a dashing swell whqea^ne p,ut to America from Eng land seven years ago, and whose fathej is well known in English racing circles and is in the Prince of Wales set — sc it is said — has got into trouble. H< -was arrested in Portland, Oregon, oi September 18, charged with bigam] in eloping from Toronto, Canada, witl

Miss Maggie Spratt, daughter of a j merchant there, he having a wife living. He had married the handsome daugh- . ter of Ohandler Jewells, of Bnftalo, New York, whom he left in Toroutp.. Eeclfern had a good deal of uioneywheu he arrived in the United- States, as it is represented he lost 1.00,000d0l in the pork-packing business iri Buffalo. He will be returnfcdtd Canada as sooii as the extradition papers arrive. The Rev. Mr Sheehy, who, as the cablegrams have informed us, has been; appointed by the Pope Archbishop of Sydney, in succession to the late Archbishop Vaughan, has been in New South Wales for a considerable time, and is well known. He was Vicar general to, Archbishop Pokling, the : predecessor of Archbishop Vaughan. The latter prelate, on his advent to the Colony, appointed his own Vicargeneral, but he made Mr Sheehy " arch-priest." In that office he has continued till now. His appointment is subject to the approval of the Synod of Australian bishops. . '" ' 'i When Sarah Bernhardt passed through Hamburg recently on her way to Copenhagen and Stockholm she had 46 trunks full of baggage,; and waxed furious when the customs officers insisted jupon. examining the contents oi every one to the very bottom. Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, on a recent visitation to the Indian' Department of his missioriary diocese^ administered the comimitiipn to two hundred and. 1 forty -se,ven ; ,Chippfe"Wa Indians. Fifteen years' ago ; fi&rg VkS scarcely one communicant among them. ■ There are eight eWu'chfes in the Cbippewa. Mission, and one noiw being built will cost 10,0Q0doL .-./• T •• An official, statement > shows ithaii more than 154;000,000: tonfe of coal were taken out of the British mines last year, and in doing: this-' vast Avork^ nearly half-a-million persons were employed. • '.■; • ■■■•i''<- •:' >'■■ Of Major A tkinson's elevation to the post of Premier, the Otago Daily Times says: — But who 'can 'deny ]: that' as virtual Premier of the Whitaker Mm: istry he has set mos r t ' iiiischievous ; precedents, lowered the' stiuiddrcl'both of statesmanship and of debate in 1 th 6 colony, centralised the administration 1 to the utmost,; ' and introduced ati adeaptandam system of goveriimerit % It is best to be; f^auk. Major Atkinson's faults and failuites.all sjjruig, frpm causes. He'|cpnsj;iej^tioi»s)y believes that it is essential toUhe^welfare of New Zealand. thatihe^ould^.be ,in the Government, an^hia( ( ieajl,f^aß.heen turned by the .writings or-^oqial theorists in to the belief that,heis theDeusex. machina who is going to reform man-; kind, set all the world £o rights, arid inaugurate the Millennium. A,-, but-, eaucratic democracy, ift which New Zealand shall be beneficeniiy 'and' grandmaternally governed from the Treasureß's. office in Wellington, is his beau-ideal ofgovernment. 'Ther- people are to say whatrand-be will provide it for the consideration of ; the Premiership. The people will be-all rwise, since they will keep him in office V and he will enjoy the happiness of making everybody happy, including himself. In connection with the recent walking matches at the Garrison Hall, Dunedin, the Times says it may be interesting to quote the best records for the same time. In 24 hours 20min. 36sec., "W. Howe, walking in London on February 23, 1878, covered 129 miles. H. Vaughan (the man whom Edwards is to meet in America) has accomplished 130 miles in 25 hours 'Smin., and George Littlewood did some extraordinary time in a six day's match at Sheffield, in March 1882. His time for 192 miles was 39 hours 4. mm. 56sec,» and he could, thus have given Scott and Edwards nearly nine hours' start in the recent contest. This is the pedestrian who in some match covered 200 miles in 40 hours 46 mm. Touching the rivival of " The Grasshopper" in Melboune, Miss Jennie Lee has hung up in frames at the dress circle entrance to the Theatre Royal the programmes usedatherperforraance l»y the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught. This is: the latest development of the relic-hunting craze. The American printing-house for the blind, just dedicated at Louisville, [ is the first building ever erected in the world for that sole purpose. It stands } in a large yard, surrounded with trees. and is of brick, three storeys high with [ an ample basement. Preparati6ns for honouring Lord . Chief Justice Coleridge of England on , his arrival in America are^ being made in New York. They are ! quite expensive arid calculated to use up' a man in an ordinary physical condition. I A leading dramatic paper, in New L York wrote as follow^ dri 1 the occasion t of Mrs Langtry's departure from that city : — " As an actress she arnbunts to nothing ; but her private conduct, as a i woman, has been used to advertise her acting, to the detriment of the profes- ', sion, and every lady in America Will be grateful to her for having, at last, ! left our shores." The new grand stand at , which will accommodate fully 5000 ; people, \has been solidly built of blue- • si one, and should for many years » relieve the stand and lawn from the enormous pressure they have hitherto > sustained whe"h important meetings t were being held. Unfortunately, it , has been found impossible to cover the 3 top of the stand without interfering with the view from the hill, so that on , hot or rainy days visitors will suffer . considerable inconvenience if crowded i- out of the covered stand. , Don't die in the house. — " Eough 3 on Rats " clears out rats, mice, bees ties, roaches, 'bed-bugs, flies, ants, i insects, moles, jack-rabbits, gophers. V 7£d. Moses, Moss & Co., Sydney l General Agent.