NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 150, 27 July 1881, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Explanation.— ln order * > nz& up an ar-earnt;!a;Jon of over matter, we are compelled to omit a number oflocals, and some correspoadence. Once More m the Toils.— Fritz Von Schluter, who it will be remembered was convicted of illicit distilling about tw years aero, and sentenced to twelve months imprisonment,, has again fallen into h'B" evil ways, aud. has been cleverly bowled. o«t by Constable Brunskill and Evans ea^ly on Saturday morning last, having a still, plant, and a quantity of whisky m a hu.tou the Taratahi Plains, Change 01 Firm.— Mr. Toppin-fbas pnrcha-:e I the ifectionerr busings of Mr. George Elde>sV w, the latter having deeidei to devo' i tho who.'c of hiß time *■ > his 1: c y est^l'shment. Mr, To m» , since his airival m ValrrertiDn, " s j ?ured a fair amount of ratronr *c by 's vn 1 ' ■"• civility, "nd we ffi 1 sure, now that he bra extended hia opprat'qnSj itwill L • follovrr. ' by inci-eaE :d businees. More Town Impro.V3ment9.— We are plea;,aa t > leorn that Mr. Jendsert, the owner o" the pie o,f lar^d hetweea thu old Bank of New Zealand and the s re n^rf ocoflp.'ed by Mx, Abrahams, intsnes filling up tneßpace by the erection, of two h,and- - )me shops. When this is done, eve. _■* pie^e of land on the north side of the Square will be either built upon, or secure.cl for the, purpoi.3 of building. There can ht> no doubt that Mr, Jecßssn's reiolye ig a wife Qft^, «s

places of business m the bquare are at a premium. . TJie Rev. Mr. Bewstay,-7 0ar readers will be pleased to hear that the Her. Mr. Dewsbury bat recovered from his latg severe iadisposition. On acoonnt of the precariaiis gtate of his health, he was al lowed an extepsiom of leave from* his new pastorate, but it is a matter for congratutar tion '■> learn tkat he will soon be able to pat on harness again. Although his old congregation deeply regret: sd his removal from Paimerston, they would hare been better pie sed had he been spsred the canes i which has made hit detention a necessity. Sold Q.ut-'We understand that- Mr,? Coombes has dispoEcd of hit new hotal at the earner of the squarejto. Mr.. Walkeley ,. the amonnt of the purchase "money, being w» believe, $3000, Although the figure, may seem large, we think the bargain is one which is fair to both parties— tot amount) gives Mr. Coombev. a haadeome profit upon hit outlay," and we feel convinced that m the hands of ran experienced and skilful caterer, lite Mr. Walkeley,ftie Viusipess will yield a handsome income, '.beside which it is the means of introducing imta the district another moat desirable settler., ' . ; ■• The Presbyterian Concerb.— We hear with much pleasure that the, tickets for the Presbytorian Cone xt, to take place on Tuesday next, are going off rapidly.. So. g-'e%t has been the demand for them that the committee were compelled, to have' a fresh supply printed; more particularly those -for' the front seats. Those having control of the entertainment are sparing ho pains to make it attractive,' and there is little, doubt .from the. number and variety of .the items on the programme that the concert will be the' est ever put before a Palmerstpn audienco. The. programme appears m another column. f ' ' , j Postponed. — The Committee of the Manchester Kifle Ball have decided to postpone the celebration of their anniversary uttt^l the 19th of August. >r The cause of the postponement is that it appears there is to bean entertainment m Paimerston upon the night originally proposed, and as numerous visit jrtfrom -this town are expected to patronise the- Feilding ball, tho commit' ■ c did not wish the two to clash. Beside being a Judicious conra£ the postponement is a graceful compliment to Palmers' .?n, wh,ich we trust will be rewarded by- libsi^L patronage from Yolpnteersand others, A G^>od Sign; %x& Inconvenieat—^tw.on,l4bjs weli* if some of the : swaggers, about whom we read; "weret> : turn thair facet ia the direction of Mauawatu, where, theije: is plenty, of work, and no one to, accent it. With the ©leaving of the Kairanga Block, all the available labor m the district seems to have been engaged, and it is nexi to impos Jble I? obtain men for bushf ailing.- We know of several.^tenders which have been call. 1, without elic'ting a response ;• and m some, where estimates were given, they were-saridjoulonsly high, as to. be prohibitory,. Heavy Plood& s —Tiie l*te ratht which have been experienced from the east, have been the cause of swelling the Manawavu and Oroua Rivers to an alarming esietit. On Friday evening the latter rher had risen so high that the water- wat within a f«w inches of the roadway of ithe bridge, wh He the ou rrent of the Man awatu could not be ?'anning at a speed less than f ourteien miles an hoar. -I Jackeytd>vn andKare;* at qnt time lqoked very much, at if they were to be treated "to a tepelitiouof the floodt of a couple of yean since. In conHßgnennq nt thu water havingticOTered thcßiflo Butts, the competi tow for Sergeam B^tchetar's Cup had to postpone the match until, a more autDioiout occasion, and we have been informed that on Saturday evening ae^ttler, at Fitzherbert waaicpuj^lled to swim his horse along the road on the other side of the bridge, as the watar waj rushing over the track. „ The Mystic Orafi.— We nnderderstand a M-asonic^ Lodge it to he opened m Feilding on B^iday next, the" 29th instant, under, the Constitution, of the Grand I^pdge e/Ifngland. Brothfr;^. .Bjray has been, nominal 3d fi>st Ma3ter, and judging L'Om. the interest 'always displayed by thai gentleiftan m, Blatters: oonnect?4 with welfare of th,e Craft, we may safely predict that i under hH presidency. th,e Feilding Lodge will be a in,arked success, and afford an additional proof- of the increasing. pros< peViiy of i;he" Man^wafu" District-; " The sample rcfpm adjoi^or the Denbigh Ho.ml, m which the new. L^ls&isto bflheld^ has been and madp tor the punpose intended • aithough, nbtdoubjt, the day is hb.t>faf distant' ,when, : like)^ the Pa> merston Brethem, they will be able to boast of a Halt of their own, m which to solemnise the^mysteries of -ihe; Ma£»?-hib J art. As.the bralheren of the i surrounding Ip?%e: have t£en iiiyitcd to attend at.the ppeni ■■•.'* cerembnj, a numerous gathering, of .n^embersmay be expected. "V^e understand the prQeeedmsr* wul be iurideu the gupermtoridence of Bro. Thomas Kinsf, B.M,,^who, as an officer otth'e District Grand Lodge, ha« been deputed to conduct the ceremany. The Palmevston Breweryt.r- n^ representation m Paimerston appears t3 be the order of the day. First,'a secorid papr? came upon .the scene.} then the repraaentativs auctioneer obtained a rival} and now the Crown BrewerylwilL have to^diyjete the reputation of Paimerston beer with aaothei alainiant. Thevery' high name t?hich^the i local bnew had obtained from on« end of the ! West Coast.to the other, and- the very large demand made for a supply, inducad Mr. John Bri i»e; a gentlemarwell known m the district to. determine .to^go .into-'ihe busineas, anci consequently land was secured on the. Foxton EQtid, and suitable premises erected. We yesterday paid ft visit to the new brewery, and were shown over the establishment by Mr;- Loughs the working manager, a gentleman whfc as a ixewer, s:..nds without a rival.. As we have before now o'ivea , a. ..minute detcriptio,n of the «r>^KSO»era«af by which « the, nut brown ale' 1 is manufactured, we-will not-weaty our readers by , reiteratjpa. ..Mr. .Bridge hag wcured a long lease of acres, the brewery being buflfe npqn the section^ immerliately fronting tie road, *ajagho.ugh the building may not ba so. a» that of its rival the Crown, all the appiratus far brewing are upon a very extended scale, the proprietor being able tp torn out no less than nine hogsheadß at a, brew. Evervthm"— ftom the hopper into, which th» malt is put to the guile from war a the b^er is conveyed to. jiiio : b?rr=lE— is snick and span new, and the. outlay m Mronerlv famishing suoh an extensive must have been considerable. After the beer is. from fbe guie into Hie ;asks, it is left for six or r^ren days to fe -ncnt before it is rrp.dy for d.el4very, a.p(d we are p'eassd to learn that ho..::; phbliqans who have saTip'.ed foe Palui^: s^n,; brevtr spiak m terms of ucnuali^si pyaiaa of it. Already opdew are fl liiklng. *a, and'sjaiongst others wn h«ar- Mr. Bridge has been fom-misjiioned-by Mr, Coombes to stock the cellar of- his new. hol^l with his mpnuf Ectore. It h?.s been said that the man. who causes a blade ojf grata to grow 'where none had' flourished bofore, de*erv,ef> the gratitude of his fellow man ; but how much more should' b a <hou.-rht o,f .^im^.whp b.v e^tablwhing' a ne.w industry provides ; worfc for tjha&9 who otherwise should ; : hayer none. This ; Mr. Bridge h«i,s.done. ; for: by the erection of the Paln^ersto.n Brewery constant, employment has been given to fully balf-a-dbzeu persons; 4M w bi\o n(poa the matter o| breweries we-

may be allowed to point out a most glaring anomaly which exists with reference thereto. It appears that there is a clause m the Aoc fop the vegtilation breweries that no lv>ttling can bs done on the premises, no matter how great iqay'ti the area of land, occupied by the industry, although the pro* pn'etor may lease a section immediately adjoining and with his'; brewers Keenw pro* ceed with the bottling -without any further fen. To quote a <P.»»e.ih point ; Mir. Bridge when getting tha.iicenea for his brewery unfoftuna 4 - i\j - stated it . as oocupying ten aores ; the consequence is that m order to be akle to bottle he will- have t\ obtain another piece of ground, although — and here is -the- mconsistenoy-fehe" will not re* quire^ freßh,licenße;/tlje jque /he already posaesses being quiet BuflS"cierit. * Accordingto oommon sense, 1 diie ahonrd^sSpporr^that the, license should, be applicable tb thft ground iApojo* which the brewery stands, and not a pitce away from it. ButaucU is'thelaw'j'dekr'bby'fc. :i^ , . :-..- '-'-.-:■.... ■:-*

■ -A' Dirgefc- Man that w married, to wo« man is of many-days and fall, of trouble* Ja the.mprning;}]e d^awetb-Jhifl Baiary, and m the evening it; is aUgorae. It is as a tala that ia- toldi vanieheih -and no one knoweth "wither it ' gosfch^ " He' riseth up. 'clothed m th? chilly garments of th&hight and seeketh the somnolent paregoric whore-, with to sooth his colbcky iafant posterity-. He bscometWaSithe hoiß^ or the ox, and draweth 'the chariot of^bis' jof^spiingl X He--Bpen,doth his Bh.etel»,m the porc^ase of fine linen to cover thgJtioOTmrpl bis family, himself m seen m the gates of the city with, Kut onemißp^aefe " i 'Sj»at s tvB *ls' altogether* wretched. , ~.~"; , A Bol&nct ft* /an Oliver-— An, English lady 5 , accustomed to travelling abroad, andable to cqnverE^fluently.in the. languages ;v oi'tiii vu ali» risited,. recently.found ■ hwr^lf alone, m a railway carriage m Germany, when two foreigners; ! entered with pipes m their months, smoking strong- tobacco farious^j:., „ She quietly* told them m their own language that it was. not a smoking carriage, bat they persisted :in continuing to smoke, remarking that " it - :■ was the pdetom of the OQnnby,"- upon which, the lady t36kfrom'"h« pocket a of gloves and commenced cleaning thenVwith, benapiine; Her fellow-paEsengeta expressed their dJßgust at the" nauseous effluvium, when sherernavked that ffitytxi the custom, of her connfe^^!, Shftw'aaßobft left m. sola possession of the ji^vrriage^ 1 /' . ; ...":7. -A B^|^iw^y|e ? to: ••• A most amiiiihg' rflfaif , dccurrff^/at Waihola recently. ■ A gentleman met a young: lady acquaintance atfc/fche railway station, Land he noticed that she wasoarrying m her i atn^wjhat he"thotiglit wak f a baby. Beinsfawa,ve that the liady 'was- nnmißTiied, h«> though* he was entitled <i o deal m a little banter about bfraJ;'firitJ iwheo'- he was, stopped by tte r,ew*rfci 'hasfft ; 'don't SJ;cak. so loud.;- it iSi'fa habo •lopk^i.; He did look, and behojd t what he imaginea^ to be, a baby proved ';vbe a very fine hare c?re-. ■ fully wJarjpeil.up;iii ba,by'a plothing.- ; Thahave had Leenpresen.te?L .Itp the. , lady, ,but : she had been cautibned'that "as hares ' wereI uot then m season she-w;a3 to take care that she was Byot detect-sdrc^rry'ng it. Her wor. man's; wit came to. tlie v ree -.up, and she had. 1 devised theabow mast iftgeaipua scheme."' f Tjp& and Dc^Wß^i— i^Ke nps tnd [ downs bfr colonial life 'mm singnlaTi. Two. i ladies met at the doiv of a chuich not &. hundred miles. from : ]Mfest3rton r aJE^er ser- | rice theothereYening. Th.ensTiril'oivilitic«i and greeting* having been {exchanged, the; ; younger lady who piKsesrea as. affluent ex-. terlbV, w6uud"up"by in,vitiag her senior to pay ber a Tisit^ i\l stall-be only too glad,'*ev.d the other, ♦'"wh'en the weaflier'is-fine." " Oh never mind the weather,", was tne"rem. ply, "meitidn'whetfypu'H come, and I'll get the bjggy and: drive ; yon overvr • after a pause she .v-'d&j, "Tou look surprised ; surely^ ypahaya't forgotten me f"' •• My memory, is not so g-^fl asjit wes," re« pli«d-the y oth^. '^Wby^'^ said-heiv finelydi«ssßi a"qaaintan,c;?, ,",We,canae out m the same s^iptbjetneVV^otfp^ Mistress, X. »»? nuree and servant.'* T ( he. , fceaks of,foxtune Had almas? reY«fsed posiiions. ' Iniperial Csesar and the Bjing; Hole;*—^ mer ioa is a great coantry^-troljr, but its raf s rre a mean lot. An exchange, h»* the followinj: 1 ?-" A Kanse^ gentleman-, named IS/f'Sowan : hwij- tern (eaten, <by> ;,ra.ta while m * drunken, stupor. "We" nerer ( Buf«. poet^cl rat* of 'ming fastidious m their dufe,, but with thi^ pur last grain of aspect forth^ rodent tribe Yanishes.^ The animal thatwould eat a, .' : dtankiat .^aasas colonel (of course lap waf a.'cojdnel^n,?^" never try to borro^v-a dollar m th" office. A^* ne Sftme time dficvsal TOZ, -we t's^ fate £Uggests m,a,ny. g_ syp. t'xohVhw.-^Eor instance wl|at double there'll beabput pathering, up "the M*iGtowan;i[ragment3;i^a^^see7^ 'ot pv or Mac may "be. cacight m, a Tat<trap, and theu l'-b eaten by % cat,* whp in^up^may hk eouyeiUtL'-.J&i P tbiß> Beit ! - prak ; . sausaget,' which, may - e^ye for thai dinner of gome lovely* if bm^n, fafe> whci^ rorporealjlising. son\e portion vf-^w, M'Qowan, esspnea wit ne<r3^i^r"^jr. "b^' absorbed, after which^ut' *e r subjec^ grdwe-p^infully mixed. ' ' Let's talk about the, weather.*'. * ,He Had t Tier^s--Efa;Eo!ef* theceleßratsd. but " eccentric preapher , ofNaples, once s(sa«.?.;Jos congregation, m the, nipj|tjb^eAenoial;Sijay i .r,THe^ preached^ Y^remendotw iermOA on the lojivitabje conae-, qence* of a«sgiS^al .iifevrfiißvhearers werei m a «:-iiiY.ttjß.ipji if esaccitemfsntwith r t^ bltzing pictmfe of a-iu,tpKrous'retributionbe> fore their imaginations^ All at once ha s l ipped m the W^ e 9$ n "PP 63 * and cried'ou^ « Now, ;: aU <$ jbd wfio sin- ; cerely repgnt of your- sins, bold up jpnt hands.* Brery%nd-iii-tb;e iaesemblyta up man instant. -The preapher lopked vp t on the seene 1 for bna ; a wf nl moment andthen. -addressing jtht highar powers,; exclaimed i " Hojy Archjangel Michael, thou who with thy adamantine sword standeth at' iM rrieh'f Eanff of the~ judgmehi^s^at of Gcd, hew me oft: •.very <hand wkich, has. been raised hypocritically." 1^ an instant ' nearly- erery handj dropped to its, owner'^ side. _ ; \y ■; . ..... - err; "•- 'T ' ■•■ .- ' r^-peiteraainei iii|#iti— Spp>% PerowstJr'» r i.?- iraßex^ uted m St. Petersburg recentijv' W«^^a^brjing; Intransigeant a womaa Q?y the jhightstenn dowments ana'aCcomplisirajents, who, at v the age,bf fs^BeiV .^^ herSflf^ the propaeanda c 5 socialist doctrines. 3BV». twalTe yeara *sh« never sl^sajiki sfrom any SRarifiee, and never showed., lack of conrage. or wantoJP'^.en^O^" 5 -^, 6^ 5° \*^s honor, wealth, ease, andsubmittad to tha coarsest drudgeiy. , She wslked. along the whole couNe. of the J6\o, he.r energy triuinphingbYerfeold, ten^pest?, hunger, and malady. She felt th»t= /her) nsissiota was ;to; rouse the peasenj! Jroxn-tprisp^and. vtpth^ end worked" as a harvest woman m hay and. wheat fields, sometimes dreified as a -maa. She lived m" misfrable Edging houses, an^ entered iqto workshop,* seeking for en^plpyment Shft w&? fftr<»a; jnto vioje^ r^ parsacutioni Three yeaM ; ago,iatt3r twentyfour, months* detention, she wa.3 condemned to. transpprtation jn^ex^etplein.Qjcthiand t her sentence was execute* m mid winter* ;Bh.«*. contrived to drug the tea of hfflr.guard», and escaped. ,, She.workedihej w».;r ,to Bt* Petejpsburg m a peasant'sdress, an^ then io^ MosiEow, : irnere she'j6&e4 I Hi : the tafljway.^ mine conspiracy. ,s!he p people with wh°n\ she lodged never sospadted her of being » Ijklj, ifao wejit \n tewely ttaopg\tieiiQ^

toilsome drudgery,. She had alio livei so mucb-with poor people as to ba able to enter into all their ideas. A Costly Machine.— A remarkably handsome and not el tricycle, which eclipses' anything yet attempted m the bicycle *nd tricycle world; has just been manufactured' by Mr, William Lewis, of the Manumotive Machine Works, Wblverham pton , for an Indian prince. It is an enlargcm '.at ot the ordinary «' Duo "^tbree- wheeled tricycle, having added to it two more hind whesls for tl^e accommodation of two more persons. The front wheel for the pers >n who guides the machine is 60in. m dinme* ter and the other four wheels are each 60in m diameter. With the. Aye* wheels the machine will accommodate five persons, who may travel with ease at the rate of 10 or 12 mile* \r=x hour. The maohine is complete, with the most perfect brake power, and the treadlea.are so arranged as to ret independently of each other. It has been pronounced the -finest piece, of mechanism the trade hai yet produced. The value of it is about 70 guineas* r Horse-whipping m High So-ciety,—-The Marquis of Townshend, Colonel Nepean, and Mr. Francis ieilis we;e charged at Salisbury, on May 24, with as. saulting Lord Edward Thynne, The complainant stated that whilit he. was drivir/.home he was st p-od. The Marquis att?«kf.d him with a riding whip, Colonel Ner'pean holding the horie'i head whilst the assault was committed. The Marquis told the Magistrate that .Lord Edward Thynne Borne yee>>s ago eloped with Jug (tin Marquis') wife, and that tliia wag th« first opporfrmty he had of administering, to him a castigation which ought tt have been more eevere.; Colonel Nepean denied the accugation of conspiracy to assault, gtatin? that if. he had not held the ho *?, the lady who wasio the carriage with Lord Edward Thyime would hare been Wiled, The case has l.;en gent for trial. The -Modern Baby lbuti— London (we learn from; an English paper) i« onSergoing a rapid procesß of leautiflcation Public edificea of noble design and elabo. rate decoration are springing up on all .^des, and the improvement m onr house «rcWt&cture is co great and withalt-) swift that m»ny:years will have passed W fore the British metropolis will be not alone the largesjybut also the most magnificent i» the world, Aa for the " City," prcperly so. caljedi the buildingi- in course of conßtrucaon there, are tnot to be surpasifeclfo'r grace "ahi elegance, The West end,- top, grows m beanty and splendor year by year, co that although there it good reason for tbe belief that, the lapse of time will bring with it, still stronger aotice and still Tprgw development of that love of London which is with Englishman and En- - Jishwomen an absorbing: pauion. ° The Fashions.—" Dido " m the San Fjancis^ iVe«tf Z,etteryriite» tbua concerning the London fashions j-^'Tlui new fashions contain -some startling .novelties and the gieatest is one of c010r. .. The new idea taken from jtheTainbow, aid the object of it is a concentration of color at one point with* gradation of diminishing intensity •s tke color fades into whiti The principle is applied to all article of dress. Flame color iff a favorite shade for a insbade. When the parasol is opened the centre is dark full ied .and then there are widening rings of feebler hues lanning through the orange, citeon/iad yellow tints, tiU » the xnargin the color disappears. When a lady's dazriibg beauty is set o« . bya fl.m. 00---loredvparasoV -brighter than the sun it i 3 intended to it makes man's eyes blwk to look at her, Wallrißg sticks for ladies are coming bp* to fashion from the reign of Queen Anne- Taken m corijuhction with the tight dresses now : m vogue, and the quaint coat tails affected by the fair ones, is now-a-days decidedly delusory i One of |be latest things is that ladies now want ttfi)lay*fo6tbalL the jercay da 4de lights of lawn tennis having palled on them But wKat a scuffling will ensue if the girls go m for it omamore. No pull-backs will be possible, of course ; but just think of the display of kose l" _ Christening Vu n ri ar DiflacultieS^A food story comes; from the other Bide. A le-jpectable couple (station bands) wmewherem the inferior bf New Fouth JP^'-^S-^ 1 ? B**8 ** family, but as; their tecahon was m a very out of the wav part of the district they had never had i from a clergyman, and, cohesquently, po opportunity of fcaving the children christened. At length the Eevi Mr— — made his appearance at the oat-station, and great; was tbe consternation amori»st the yom^folluwhe^ they heard that" they were to^dergo the- process of bbristenine. The girl had often banded the branding iron to her father, and saw the hides of the little calves fciz^e. She hadl held the tsnderlanbkns when -fcheir tailg were ftmputatod. Thevterrors of the stockyard now acqwred a new significance. The operator, however, having arrived, the he&i of the family,^insisted on tbe business being * one through. The mustering wasnoeasv butyat length all were rounded up Theeldest boy was the flrst to subndt to to the ordeal, wbicK he did philosophically totbe bead stock to the eldest girl's turn she was nowhere to te found. .At length her feet were yotesiyed sticking omt from thebigbusj ctamney from which position she resold Ssly declined to budge. A stoefcman pre«ent suggested "legs-roping " her. The the girl's feet were lassoed by her brotber, and she was pulled down and fiut.fliirougb, her brother offering f*PP °, a )*F . h #«d ?« necessarj.- *