LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Such is the bitter irony of fate. When the well-known J. Gregory, of Horshara, was committed to the local gaol to wait his trial, he naturally felt his position keenly, and appeared ill at ease. He was accordingly placed m ti cell with two other prisoners who are awaiting, One of these men (says f'h'e Ararat Advertiser) has been committed from Horshnm a few diiys previously by Gregory, iv his capacity as justice of the peace. An exploring pirty which included several New Zealander", was to have left Syduey for New Guinea next month, but a pi i vote letter received m Wellington, states that, the expedition has been md « finitely postponed on account of the Queensland Government having interdicted it on the grounds of filibustering. The larger of two gharka captured m Sydney harbour a few days ago, on being opened was found to contain six dogs, a bag containing seven kitten", a lot of bones, and some big pieces of meat, The monster was V?, feet lorig. ;
Hie ji'i.-me ' d' ck of r c '» f 1 1 i^' on Resident Magistrate's O.n.t <n Mo i.!..y morning was (s yi the P.v t) ,r i:-il wim qure n laive <ur.iy <-f "drunk.--," ovi-r ;i i«»zeti men who l.aJ \vor4mnmd not win-1 but too well at the -hrine of B ioclich b- i.v pun shed foi the off -nee. i be attendance of constables was unusually numerous about lft blue-'coiUed mi'ninns nf th> htv being present to prove the cases of ilrunk enness brought before the Court. The vicUgitucles of United Slates juds?i-.> fl-ft'-rtt" tlio Vmoricin humorous papers subjects for merriment. It is staler! on ' reliable authority that one Judge Hoover, who «;nce upon a time was chief justice of Arkjonn, is now chief waiter m a restaurant m California. Judge Satterthwaitr, also from Arizona, is now a journeyman tinker. Edward Atkinson, of Boston, saya;: — 4< Fire lurks m a cotton bale fur weeks. The cottoujwhieh was injured somewhat over a year ayo m Ijiddiford, Maine, was moved to South Boston for sale. The fire broke au-ain more than once whity it was 'it South Boston being made ready for : s*le. It was th«rn sold at auctipn. The fire broke out again m one parcel while it was on the cars being .carried away, nnd m another parcel after it hjad been received at a factory where it was j to be used. The latest outbreak was,; I think, thirty day 9 after the original firei" The Sydney exchanges state that the information 1 conveyed the other day by cablegram, to the effect, thaf. one of the perpetrators of 'the "Waterldo outrage had been sentenced to death, was a mistake, All the persons concerned m this horrible outrage on the drunken, woman, who died under their hands, have been acquitted, the jury being unable to agree on ac ount of the Unreliable evidence adduced at the trial. Evidently there is some failure of justice here. The person who was re* ported by cablegram to have been convicted and sentenced to death was under trial for the Surrey Hill murder. The evidence against him was very clear, and no hopes were held out of any mitigation of sentence. TheNew York World records the death at Cleveland, m Ohio, of Mrs Mattie Eddy, known as " Kit, the tramp," the only female tramp printer m the United Htntes. She Was a native of Jamestown, New York, and was thirty-two years old. In nn interview" some time aj?o, she said, " I worked m the Sun offi je m .New York, where there are fifty-seven frames, and there wasn't a man therp who wouldn't have fought for me, and New York printers are the hardest lot oiU, If anybody insults me, I knock him down with a sidestiok or anything that comes handy."* Doea it pnytokesp and run racehorse* ? ia a question oft«,i asked. The most frequent Answer ig that it is always a, losing game. English sporting writers draw at* tention to the fact that Mr Merry, notwithstanding his great successes, was a heavy loser. Lord Falmouth, the biggest winner of public money for years, who never betted, has retired from the turf, and is said to have found the amusement very costly. The following .largely; advertising firms spend the urfder-meutionad annual sums iv bringing their, respective commodities 'before the notice of the p iblic : — Holloway, pills and ointment, £3 >,000 ," Moses and Son, outfitters, £10,000 5 .Rowland and Sons, Macassar oil, &c; £10,000 ; Dr De Jongh, cold liver oil, £10,000; Heal and Son, bedding, &c, £6000 ; Nichols, tailors, £4500. Mr Gisboi'ne, now at Home, is to be asked by cable to stand for the Thornd >n seat. Dr {Sinclair, a dentist who has been travelling through the Australasian colonies, arrived m Wellington,, on Monday by the s.b. Wairarapa from Nap ier; He will shortly pny Palmerston a visit, • Eggs are m request at Blenheim. One storekeeper, advertises' for 50,000 dozen, and another for an unlimited number. The highest price is offered m each case; To give additional comfort to the Fetiding people to may state that Mr Rochforfc's staff are m Palmerston, and have been for some days, awaiting bis arrival, There are six horses, four pack-n.-ddles, and other : equipments. The mm m charge cannot understand what is delaying M.r Rqqhfort's arrival. He expects him by' tr;ilh every evening, or a telogr.im instructing him to go on to Feilding and there await his arrival. There is no doubt he will be here m the flesh before very long. A belief long ago wasj and perhaps still ie, current among the earlier settlers that the weed called dock was introduced into this colony by a scoundrel wuj sold quartities of it as tobacco seed to the Maoris, who diligently planted the rubbish ..till they discovered tlfe fraud. The boat m which the two fishermen' Brittain and Scotchmer were drowned,' has been found about four miles alouj; ibe beaoh from the pilot station .' the oars; were found about half a m.le from tl • boat. ' An attempt is being made to start the! leather industry at the Thames.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 102, 26 March 1884, Page 2
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1,025LOCAL AND GENERAL. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 102, 26 March 1884, Page 2
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