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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 48, 25 January 1884, Page 3

To please the ladies, the Methodists of Caimdft have dropped the word 'obey' from their marriage sendee. The ' obey' itself was dropped long ago by the ladies themselves. " ' . Art ex-Deputy "Registrar-General of Queensland, who was sentenced to ten years m 1878, ifi to be released. Notice ia give that a fifth call of ten shillings per share m the Palmerston Brewery Company Limited, will be due and payable on the 16th prox. : How the intelligence will delight the hearts of the shareholders ! An.inst.ance of what ma,y happen even m the most isolated cpu,nl|ry district through' the use df barbed Vi re fencing no street boundaries, 'is .aftorded by a '■■ Wairarapa paper^ ; which' states that during the late fire afc Te Awaiti, Mr R. Iliidifbrd.in: the excitement of the moment- ran into abarbed wire fences splitting bis lip ' and nose; and otherwise' hacking his face -about. Amongst the latest sensational news of the French Figaro is one that will amuse Eton boys. According to pur French con.temporary; Sitting Bull, the famous Indian chief, has. been educated at the English Alma Mater, as the Figaro calls Eton, and distinguished himself iri-the yea-v of gmqe 1845 by scalping one of the tutors, as a tet-off for a sound whipping. Mr Milverton- informs us that; be' 1 fe under < the impression that there was a paragraph m the Times some time ago stating tlrat the Wards . Beqpisitiqn bad been sent ,to the Government thrpuKh a J.P. No. one whom we' have spoken,tp has seen the paragraph m qut slibn. Ob what date did it Appear ? - The Railway Board of ! yicl6na'.[ have recently secured a Chairman vt ho Wppears^ io hftvebeeri highly appreciated "iri EiigV land. Prior to his departure, be was entertaihed;;at aigrand bftoquetvat which he was • presented v with a to« gether with a purse of 2000. guinea, s, and a dessert service valued, at ...800 guineas. .The Rev. ; J[. Punpan, of ,Foxtor» stafeji that, these poisonous insec.ts the ; kattpo spider are quiet. numerous m that locality, and every summer he seesniirnbera m his ovrn garden.- : ■ Jl n.'o ':. Spe'ftkinfe oF ; f he Palniei'stori BbrouSH Lrtan votinp the Hawwa'Slar aays :~ ( It is said, that the proposal was lost becauSSf « miuib.er.iPf: (people, feejing sure; there was a large majority m favor, .did not trouble to' vote.' . „ Mr-Hutchison, recently maßftgerafor tKeb Pictpn j(Joal Mining Company, is. about taking up his residence m. Palmerstoa and with that object -in view purchased: the residence of Air J. Nanneatad , at Terrace End. Froni what We know .of Mr Hutchison, he will 1 prove to be a settler of the genuine stamp, and we give 1 him a cordial welcome amongst us. On a recent -passage the Te Anau was 28 hours in. ..coming from Weliingtou v to ? Lyttelton through a. heavy southerly" gale and head sea. According to the Wellington correE~ pondent of the Morning Herald, a member of the House of J?epiesentativea..,htts a Bill drafted for the iestoration of ' quin,^quennial Parliaments, which he will'introduce at the dsginnin'g of the next sea/ sion. It cxiifeßßly excepta the present Parliament from it opewition. , ■'• ■• A Dunedin paper states that a private letter received m Pnneiin on Wednesday from a [South of England farmer states 'that lambs, very Bm^llaize, fetched at -Horshani Fair 435. each ;in July. .last. The weather again to-day was beautiful though w,e fear it is: not settled .fpr-gpod yet. . , ..... ... , . , • •.,■■) The canvasser for a new papep , wro,te to the publisher of Truth ;— " W^noteyour adv|ertißemoat m the Wprld. .We/'wij^, insert it at 25 per " cent; .less thah that paper charges/: The publisher of 'Truth replied : " We get the advertisement for nothing. We acoept youi terms; please senid cheque, for the difference. The gardens adjacent to the Asburstx Feildittg Hoad were. under water during the recent heavy rains, the storm water having no,, means of egress, though we lf»arn such could be easily and cheaply afforded. ' „ : , : Ih answer to an Asburst co-respondent, the passage money for an . assisted emie;rapt, single man, is £5. '