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Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 335, 9 August 1883, Page 2

The drawing for jurors to serve at the next sitMng of the District Court to be Jidd at Palraerston on the $7th inst, takes pjace at 'Wanganui this afternoon. The creditors of Carl Jorgenson will meet at the court house at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. In the Grand Duchy of Baden, where a compulsory education law is vigorously enforced, crime has been reduced m the bist seven years 51 (per cent, and pau» perism 25 per cent. The Maiiinra j-aper mills are doing good work-, and now employ twenty hands. Enquiries are being made m the House why Waipapapa lighthouse has not been erected before now. The question is a very perLinent one. Notice js given qf the a.ppajntment of Mr Mandus Scott as creditors trustee m the estate of J. H. Cotop. ! We are glad to learn that engagements falling due on the fourth of the montu were on the wDole promptly met. We learn from the Sydney Telegraph that at a recent conversazione of the Engineering* Association of that oity tho Messrs oook exhibited samples of pick» ing cases and boxes made of New Zealand timber, conspicuous by absence of knots, &c, andgeueral healthy look of the timber. The New Zealand Shipping Company has received inf'ownation that the lonic arrived at Riode Janeiro on the sth instant, with her refrigerating machinery working wJI and the meat m good condition. The Doric, for Auckland, haa reached fc>t. Vincent also on the sth instant, ' Mr Jolly, pMperhange.r and signvriter of Hangitikei street, called at our office this morning with a numerous colleciion of samples 1;t puncrhanungsjust r>.-ccivi:d l>y him. Some of the 'designs are exceedi.»igly beautiful, and all are got up m t he very best taste. Home of the p-iUen;s knoivn as "aesthetic" could not be -surpass, d as specimens of the ap.lict'un of art to he ad r.uneutof the interior of the hou/e. •■' '. Notice is given that a-g'eneral meeting of emlitors m the estate of J. H Coop, wil- be luld at the offices of Messrs Nankins and Baker (solicitors for the debtor) 0:1 M> ml ay. ucxV -to consider the dtblor's application for his discharge. The Legislative Council yes f er.lay resolved, on UlO nio'ion of Mr i-iobinson, That the Co rupt ...Vraclices ,Aot should be amend' cl to ».nply to members of -the Council as well as of the ilonse. The first issue of shares m the Auckland Freezing Company, 20,000 at £5. lin.s been more than covered Uy the applic-itions etnt m. Tiie Cli''i)iu'c!li; i< inf^rmtd : h:it the iitfor iii«ni 1 ii-i .by Mr C.ii'yui'il ng;iinst W. -Lingiml.fo! (VaudiKiit l^ink- nptcj !> ti» bf pi 1 ci-eii'cd wi h. ii.ncl the >\i> so:s cn-di'or.s lia«.e inst 'uelfd Mr Hutchison to joiii m tins ji'Orc cution, Wi- (li'tt-f : he sjx ti;il aH.Rtifion o C;i; i t\h>-[ Sim] ii.v;'S"(i?.«- to the prnSpcctu 8 ' ■•it" :Ih; TJijir Mo-if Company (second isMif) p:ib:iiht«i ?0.-d:iy." ■ Amongat the iliii'fiors ;v.- siveral yond names, and as 12£ per crnt is {ju raiiieef; shaies are Jikoly to be iJigeriy sought after. A qu ntily of and beef po k is being: , exjiortit! fr-in Au ki.in 1 to the ivlauri- '< ■lius. v a .Sidney, pevions exportation prov'ng s.-iiisfciLtory to the consignee?. Mrs M:t! "mn Scott, a widow aged 0.5, who was .frig^tene*! the . other day at Auckland bj the- monkey which savagely iisi-auitid <m infant, and who has been ailing ever since, died suddenly this morning. An inquest is to be held. At the sale of the forfeited deferred payment sections at ilawera all but one were sod. Che 21wcre section, near Okaiawi, fetched £12 5s per acre ; one 5-acre section, Manaia suburbs, £29 10s per acre.

iv ti:e Legislative Cuuiml uu Tuesday, while discussing a Bill relating to illegitimate children, Sir Gr. Whitniore said he had heard thntouce upon a lime there lived m London a worthy benevolent and wealthy old gentleman, who became the v dim of no fewer thrn 250 youthfir mothers of intelligent children. These designing women, knovin r that hi.«i bump o!' henevolence was largely developed, and being aware that he hail an obj'-cion to appear m a con t of justice, swore their offspring on hin, and obtained m each instance 2s 6d each. With a view o p foste^'ng lor-al industrirs in '■ he colony, the MiiiMwatu ('i*un«y (■otiincil .' a-s, s y* the N.Z. Times, se :■!) ex am uk thab might well be follow*"- j by he Gon< ral G 'Ve'nment. VVe refer J to. a contract ve-u* >Uy let to Messrs! Sm ih Ii -05 ,• of M;mucrs -street, fiv Mtpp ying lOO.OlJJ) iron s^iUe-J, to hi' used iv coi true ing the train iine betwe> n Poxtou iincl .Sandon. This Urge order will require 17 tons of iron wotked up into spikes. The coutracti* to,be completed within £ ur month?, and che first consignment of some 7000 spike* whs forwarded to Foxton on Saturday lnsr. The price tendered by Moss ••• 8-nifch lirods. was, we understand, slightly tiiiiher th >n the .EricHsh • stimatebut tinCouncil 'o k the coimneiidable cnurs-ol giving preference to a colonial found; r\. even th' u^jii •u.:n' i ""h it more has »o In paid. T<>n b in-fit will doubtless he felt m v;ii-'.ius w i vs. ft at her an amusing incident occu • d at F-xtfi.i tlu; other >1 y- P.uty feei ny ran high over the County Cl>airmaushi vl-clion, ii n 1 one of i>r It cksli-o \V •.•lnmsiiions f.>i«erly j i :ed a Un->f o CouiH'illo.rs and oihe.s a;i i di pod m '«i---own jaw, asseriing t \nt the lite (Jh iirman's ruling was quite right, and th notion did not need io be put. •• Per haps, sir," said a venerable Counciil-., fi»r-Oro«ia ri.iii.g, "you are not at q min ted with the stasiding orders of th« Council!"" Ain't I though." said the party addressed," I learnt. *•'* em all many yearsago ?" " "Why," said bystander. " that's impossible — they only beea made aboui six months." "No fear,' said the positivgentleman, <{ I learnt them all iv the north of Irelaud, when all of you peopk here were little boys !" As several 0' the party were at least ten or twenty years older than the speaker fresh roars of laughter followed, while the County Councillor remarked merely, " Well, you must be ancient," and left. Mr Richard Cuming, editor and proprietor of the New Zealand Freemason, arrived m Palmerstou by the Wairarapa Coach this afternoon. We understand that the New Zealand Clothing Company intend opening their Palmerston branch or about the 14th of the present month. The Emperor of Germany has issued an order addressed to the Minister of Public Worship, expressing a wish to have the " 400 th anniversary of I)r Martin Luther's birth celebrated m all Protestant churches and schools. This relgious festivity is to fake place on the 10th and 11th of November, and ths Emperor hopes that the celebration may be a new tie for uniting and strengthening the Protestant Church. The bankruptcy of Thomas and Robert Bugg, butchers, ofPalmerston is gazetted. Messrs Hawkins and Son are solicitors for the debtors, Un-'er the title of " Ireland and the Holy S c" there has been issued from thiPropaganda press at Home a punphiet containing copious extracts from the pastoral letters aud addresses of the "late Cardinal Cullen, m condemnation of seditious and illegal movements m Ireland. The earliest passage selected bears the date of 1850, and the latest was written at Christmas, 1877. The pamphlet h printed in-Epgli6h. Plies ash Bugs.— Beetles, -insect*, roaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jack rabbits, cleared out by Rough on Rats. 7^d, Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, Geueral Agents, Lovely Crimes, — Th ere are lovely climes and places m which the evening , zephyrs are loaded with malaria and the poison of feyer and epidemios. To. dwell ; there m health is impossible, without a supply of Hop Bitters at Hand. These Bitters impart an equalizing strength to the system, and prevent the accumulation of deadly spores of contagion. Be sure and see. Nevku Return.— lt is said that one 'out of every four real invalids who go to foreign countries to recover health never returns, except as a corpse. The under, takers, next to the hotel-keepers, have the most profitable business. This ex- \ cessive mortality may bs prevented and patients -saved. and 1 urcd under the care of friends and loved ones tit home, is they will but use Hop Bitters m time Road Wells' Rough on Coiins— Ask for Wells' Rough on Corns— 7^J Quick relief, complete permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. Moses, Mosj & Co., Sydney, Genera) Agents. L.ADii:s can now nare tf'oir Dresses made fashionahl}', and fittingly by a :Qiiperent Dcessrn »ker, from Nelsou, at R. London's, Cash Draper}', Clothing and Boot Warehouse, Keiiding. — .Advt. It would be to the advantage of al: pure aseri of Drapery and Clothing to inspect the 'Goods just opened at McDowell, Bios Cash Warehouse. We cm confidently say the prices arv •istontsliic<rly low, and for rai-ge i<f choice the stock cannot be equalled iv the district. — Advt