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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1656, 12 March 1886, Page 4

The Road Board require tenders for keeping roads in repair, and applications for ranger. Will the men wlio 'advertised for a situation call at the Standard office., -.- A. steady servant girl- is; advertised , The next Drnmatid Club performance J wiH J take place on Wodnesday, 31 st March, and wiUibe-iii %(d 'Of-'tHd^ FireBrigade 'ftihds. A mo3t excellent p|ro jgramine^is being prepared by the mfinin£| pjujis "ftf bring about a successful. issuer . * ' iti We believe the members of the local Fire Brigade intend to form a torch light procession on the night of the entertainment given in aid of the Brigade by the Drainatic Society. In their bright uniforms displayed to advantage by the light of the torches the procession should be an attractive one, and will no doubt have the effect of drawing a larger attendance than otherwise at the entertainment. A curious affair took place recently, at a sea-coast town in Lincolnshire, near Grimsby. at half- past |ten, the i : e6tbr'of;,xh'e' parish chiirch, who had received notice* that a wedding was t6 be perfdf ined that lnorriine-, was astonished r tp ' see,. at young lady, and .gentleman ride loathe porch foh'.a- trjctclej V^hey -!dia v . mounted and presented ".themselves; foi *'luiri.- ir ':"s very faing, licence and all, being en regie, the,* ceremony was sone through, after which, ,.~ji£y.iag, gaid X he, customary vfees, the, couple, once more .s;6i on tjieir tricvele, and rode away ; rejoicing. This is indeed the latest style of " carriage and pair " fora weddine;,.., „ . ; ;

AccouiUsaVes f6v f thjs seapoTii'B, wool clip have beeii , received iii' SVanganui by the Loan Wind Mercantile AgeuJyl Obnipaiiy, Whidli tindor the system" that, prevailed a, few; 1 years ago, would not have been ' due' ;before_" SepteiViber or October next, we are. "glad to ...lfearn, iliat tl»e prices of the ■pi ; 6ißeht ; :cHp^ are^ satißfactoryi; 9^d for crossbreds l m the greece, having, been.'reaiisejj'.^C/irojwc/e. .JAigood pld.deaxson m Central Illinois who lost all Jiis.big drove of swine by rhog-cholera; took- I ho matter; so iKg^htly that his- wife-felt 1 called upon to reproach him. " Deacon,' vsaidv -she< ." Ir shpuld . think; yeu;,w6uld be ashamed, of .vjoiifself. It looks to me' as though it was a judgemeht^ehtyon you ! by th«j- Lord." "My deaivV said the good old; man,| "iftho:Lord wants: to take out hisi judßfii.nont -i m three cent. : pork, .into wliichl' would have to be noaring good tliiity cent, corn if, theyi'livtd, >let us not grumble.". „ • .1 ... : ; ; ■■ • Our American consinfi d^vJßfl ' labour saying appliances fpr. f ßp, many, ijgjyi.jthat we need not be siirprrijigd^at.iljeir halving; ; brought out-.a deyiE.e.for .teßUi)K. and registering eggs., 'lihe deal.ercan by i^'eans of, this appliancp, at a glance separate the bad from the good eggs; .while the number is automatically, registered. JThe/ tester'is nttached to an- eg« case When applied. To use it, three (eggs are placed m the holes m tlie pivoted i top, whiefiO swinjsß down to a hprizdntal posUion, thereby ; .cansing. ; an arm. to moVd the large nutnbered. wheel to, the. distance of one tooth,.. .The candle illi||fni;nate the eggs, the figure pf.wbjph are.reflected .m an inclined; mirror in ,tl)p oppositfe e'niV of the tester, and can be seen distirictly. The good a.nd . .tha.bad I .^-.eggp ' can ; be readily •disting^hfds t When the, large wheellias inadfi-pnej/reyqlutionjthe snialler one is iHOTed one tooth. By meaiis of the knob oh .'th'^sfjJ^vTU'ie regiater I may < \>lt\\j6yn6ni'htMjti; This invention^ has beeH paten^eaKy 'Mr Casper Marti, soffWSshingtda Av»* JSfiuth Minneapolis,* Minn. = '■•'« '•' A Sydney correspondent says:— " Among the young drunkenness seems rather on the' increase. The lads m dii'r factories can often earn from 10sto ; 12s ; a day, and as they kfiow no better] use i fp^thejr.tnoney andjheir leisure jthim to drink; thby may be seen ' reeliiig m thestreetsVof an. eyeningiV ) < I CiUH CT-* ■ I • Te Uhi, a well-known chi«£ oti the ; East.ppast, died a ,f«w day,H. a«> M He 'was coftceVned mmc 'massacre ll^ 1 those (or board schooner -Kate r (including M^Jaß^FalltiOTj)^and l'll^erwepf ißome, jears' imprlson.menf, ]5e had t lived at Opb'tiki fbf "inan'y years',' ciilfivating .a .little land and living miietly, witlij \\W 'family. Ho f)aiH 'a visit to his' njative ■plnCfi, WliakaYane, at, ,the time of -tl^e, last races, and paVeturhirig fancied, ber, -Waß»iafc«fo^sdco\iMn^. : Hdtne : s iook to, his bed Bbd djed; after a short illrie^sj inj

A riaiivo Ltmds Cout -^ ; ting will be J held on tiie Gth April at Wanganui. , The attention. or olui.teers is directed to ilfstrict orders i pje r g elsewhere. Mr J. H. . c ymons, tho Wany-anni age»it of Jho X, uitable Life Assoch'ion of the Qnilftd states, will visit Palmers-' ; ton next wei-k. ....... A co.rresppndentjin a paper . compjaiiH that fn-a funiily -ih'-'fhut city - tho childrtri arj itJlowed ,to run about outside pntiiHv nude. "/ This."' police are ! toinivko inquiries. Messrs W. ,i^. HiKst^R. --Si: Abraham, o and H. San*aloH| Er6p'§rty.Tax : Board' reviewers, will siHn April next 'to" 'hear ob- ' jections to said Tax. V