VISITORS TO ASHBURTON.

Somerset Hotel, for the week end ing March 28, 1894.—Mr W F Roche. Christchurch; Mr S Salek, Ashbur ton; Mr James Meredith, Ueraldine ; Mr Walter Scales, Christchurch ; Mr Wark, Ohristchurch ; Mr Darby, Christ church ; Mr S H Greaves, ABhburton ; Mr C B Bowie. Chrisrchurch ; Mr A E Bing, Chriatchurch; Mr E F Wright, Ash burton ; Mr Georpe Robinson. Christ churob ;MrES Harley, Christchurch ; Mr C W Ewen, Christchurch ; Mr H T Winter, ChristcViurcb ; Mr Bestell, Ash burton; Mr S H Cunningham, Ashburton ; Mr A Saunders, Ashburton ; Mr Logan and Master Lrg in, Sydney; Mr A H Field, Ashburton ; Mr T Murdoch, Melbourne ; Mr H Roberta, Wellington ; Mr W J Meredith, Chrietchurch; Mr Pettie, Dunedin ; Mr D Ma* son, Christchurch ; Mr R Curtis, A*hburton ; Mr C B Knight, Ashburton ; Mr, Mrs and Miss Chase, Oamaru ; Mr C Hayward, Christchurch; Mr H Ward, Christchurch ; Mr J Wilson, Christchurch ; Mr Fish, Geraidine ; Mr Moore, Geraidine ; Mr Jones, Geraidine ; Mr Smith, Geraidine ; Mr Beckett, Ger»l dine ; Mr Renshaw, Uhristchurch ; Mr W T McFeeran, Christchurch ; Mr C S Gill, Chrißtchnrch ; Mr E Matson, Ash burton ; Mr Edward Richard Gee, Chriat church ; Mr W J Carlisle, Chriatchurch ; Mr Cuthbertson, Ashburton; Mr H E Ring, Christchurch ; Mr H Darby, Christ church ; Mr A E Firman. Ohrlstchuroh ; Mr A Percy, Christchurch ; Mr J Nee, Methven ; Mr W Bouse, Methv«m ; Mr Charles Atkinson, Christehurch; Mr M Bruce, Ashbnrton; Mr D Thomas, Ash burton ; Mr E S Cosher, Rftkaia ; Mr J H Raine, Fendaltown; Mr R Watts, Melbourne ; Mr Hammond, Christchurch; Mr Myers, Wellington; Mr Chappell, Christchurch.

DMAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under subject to the necessary alterations: — FRIDAY, March 30. For Northern Ports of New Z aaland and Australian Colonies (except Tasmania), per Talune, at 10.30 a.m. SATURDAY, March 31. For Chatham Islands, per Kahu, at 030 am. THURSDAY, April 5. For United Kingdom, Continent of Europe, etc. (for specially addressed ioorres pondence only), per l)oric, at O-SIO Bum. Due London May 15

DEATH

Ckoskeix —At his son's residence, Willowby, Joseph Ckoskeii, late of Anderhy, Lincolnshire, England. Aged Si. His end was peace. Home papers please copy.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1894. THE LICENSING ELECTIONS.

There are several knotty points to be settled that have cropped up during the local option poll, and sooner or later, no doubt, the law Courts will be busy with their settlement. But there are other points which are not knotty at all, and can be seen on the very surface of the poll results. It is per fectly clear that the temperance party, aided by the more moderate contingent who voted for reduction , have pretty generally triumphed. In the majority of districts reduction has been carried, and temperance committees elected, while in many of the places where the poll was not effective the tem perance vote was also largely in the majority. This must have a mean ing, and we can only attach one meaning to it—that the people of New Zealand, both moderate and ultra teetotal, have made their desire plain to lessen the traffic in alcoholic liquor, and have the traffic conducted with a due regard to the observance of the law for regulating it. The temperance vote at this election makes it very palpable that a change has come over public opinion on this important question, and it would be well for those in the trade to take note of the fact. If brewers, wine and spirit merchants, and holders of licenses for the sale in any form or quantity of alcoholic liquors do not realise that this change has occurred, then their mental vision must be very oblique indeed. They must realise that the end is very near indeed of that happy-go-lucky system under which a coach and horses could be driven through the provisions of the licensing laws, and all sorts of irregu larities could be carried on almost in public, in full knowledge of the authorities, and with the police so dis gusted and discouraged that they allowed things to " slide," as we say in colonial parlance, rather than take up cases in which, while morally certain of the guilt, were equally certain that conviction was impossible. The public honse of the future must and will be a far different establishment from the public-house of to-day, and we were pleased some weeks ago to see a description of the " pub of the future " given by a racy pen in " Pair Play," a Wellington weekly, usually credited with being a semiofficial organ of the licensed victuallers. That writer described a hotel run on the principle of providing a temporary home, with all the comforts of home, for the traveller or the resident who has tern* porarily to use it as such ; with all the offensive elements of the trade elimin ated by the landlord doing what is right by his customers, and declining to allow his house to be made use of as a place in which dissipated men could carry on a career of dissipation ; where the food purveyed and the accommoda tion provided would be beyond cavil; aod where the use of the house would be a pleasure to the customer who came for refreshment and not for dissipation. The bar loafer would find no harbor, and the man given to excess would be kept within the bounds of moderation. The picture may seem Utopian to some, but with the houses for liquor sale limited to a number that would render com petition unnecessary, it is not alto gether beyond the possibility of realisa tion, assuming that the landlord was willing to be master in his own house, and nearly as solicitous for the welfare of his customers, as he usually is for making out of them all that can be made for himself. The result of the elections has largely been brought about by the votes of the women, for he must have been blind indeed who did not see that the female vote went in a very solid body on the side of temperance. And they had good reason for going that way, for women are by far the greatest sufferers from the consequences of the vice of intem perance. The man ia the bread winner, but a drunken man wins but little, and spends much of what he does earn on other objects than the comfort of his family, and that being so the wife would be a fool if she allied herself to any side than the one which gave promise of bringing at least a greater degree of comfort to her home and children. And at each successive poll this female vote will become greater and greater, and always on the tem perance side. Only in the Olutha district, as far as we cq,n yet see, has the prohibition ticket b,eer> parried, and it will be interesting to note the work ing of the new order of things in that rural district. Until " absolute majority " becomes the rule in the poll it is not perhaps safe to say how far the people would g$ for or against prohibition. At present the half ro|l safeguard and the three-fifths majority make many people keep away from the poll—one side to prevent its being eflective, the other because they have but little hope that it will be—and so a fair estimate cannot be made. Were these safeguards against snap victories removed, then both sides would be upon their mettle, and the result would show exactly how things stood. But judging from what we have seen, we (Jo jjot tbpk' jtWre. p a majority in'tbjs

colony yet in favor of prohibition, though the time is not far off when there will be, and that time is coming as surely as tomorrow's sun will rise. It lies -with the trade itself to keep that time distant, The Committees who have been elected have a difficult task to perform-—to some a very dis agreeable task, to others one they* will discharge with considerable pleasure, just as they regard the trade which they have been elected to regulate. The Act lays down the course that has to be followed in carrying out the reductions decided upon by the people, and these must be made in a strictly equitable manner, with due regard to the public convenience and the re quirements of the several localities. But come of it what may, this Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act will have to be much amended, so that what the Legislature really meant when it passed the Bill may be made perfectly clear and beyond all question.

LOCAL AND SENEGAL.

The Very Rev. Father O'Donnell will celebrate mass at Rakaia on Sunday, April 8, instead of April 1. Profiting from the discovery of diamonds in a metorite which fell in Mexico, a French man haa succeeded in manufacturing artificial diamonds. The District Engineer announces the closing of the Rakaia bridge to road traffic the nights of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in each week until further notice* At the Pioneer Bicycle Club's rac» meeting held on Tuesday the principal event—the 'half mile championship—was won by C. Jones, who beat Hay ward by a few inches. The time was 1.16 4-sth. Pither, who was third in this event, won the one mile ladies' bracelet and the two mile first-class handicap^ •'Most of you,"said the Bishop of Peter borough once to some candidates for ordina tion, " will do well to avoid action in the pulpit. I shall never forget a raw-boned Irish curate I once had, with hands like legs of mutton. I can see him still preparing for a grand peroration, and leaning over the pulpit with outstretched dependent palms, as he exclaimed,' Paws, me brithren, paws !'" In replying to someone who was recently congratulating Leo XITI on his good health the Pope said J—" A few days after my ele vation to the pontificial throne I received a visit from a Franciscan monk who insisted j upon seeing me. He said that he had been shown in a vision that my reign would last for four lustres. Another prophet has like wise declared that I shall reign for twenty years, I ought not, therefore, to die before the year 1898." A report comes from Taranaki of what is alleged to be a determined attempt by a bullock to commit suicide. The animal, with other^bullocks, entered the water to drink, but this particular bullock persisted in placing its head under water and keeping it there so long that the driver hitched on the shafter and dragged the suicidal one out of the water. Ihe animal was found to be quite dead. The usual monthly meeting of the Tinwald School Committee was held in the school room on Tuesday, March 27. The master's report was read, which showed th« present roll numbers to be—Boys, 81; girl 3, 65; total, 146; and the average for the month- Boys, 67-8; girls, 53*0; total, 120 8. He also stated that some basins were required for the use of the girls. Accounts to the amount of £\ Is 7d were received and passed for payment. The visiting committee reported favourably as to the state of the out-buildings. This being all the business the meeting adjourned. Here follow three more or le3S idiotic advertisements :-" One Pound Reward— Losfe, a cameo brooch, representing Venus and Adonis on the Drumcondra road, about tea o'clock, on Tuesday evening. The advertiser, having made an advantageous purchase, offers for sale, on very low terms, about Fix dozen of prime port wine, late th c property of & gentleman forty years of age, full in the body and with a high bouquet. "Notice is hereby given, that the Marquis of Camden (on account of the backwardness of the harvest) will not shoot himself, nor any of his tenants, till the 14th of September."— Truth. A case was being heard in a Berlin law- Court the other day, and the evidence of a lady was being taken, when suddenly a propos of nothing in particular, the Judge said sternly, "Do you like potatoes, madam?" Naturally the people in court were much sur prised, and their surprise was intensified when the Judge proceeded to make grimaces at the witness and to talk at random on incongruous subjects. The unfortunate gentleman had to be led from the bench, and placed under the care of a keeper. The incident made a very painful impression on those who witnessed it. Startling figures as to deaths and injurrie 8 received by men at their work were given by Mr John Burns in an address at Battersea on " Labor'B Death Roll." In thirty years 31,466 miners were killed outright, while over 120,000 were injured every year. On the Manchester Ship Canal there were 130 fatal accidents, 1300 non fatal, and 165 men permanently disabled. From 1874 to 1893 on the railways in the United Kingdom there were [killed 12,000, and 160,000 were injured. In seven years 1220 out of 14,000 shunters ani brakesmen were kilted, and 11,690 were injured. In 1892 one shunter in 164 was killed, and one in sixteen was injured. These figures are so unexpectedly terrible aa to be almost incredible. According to the account given by a cor respondent, Great Falls, Montana, appears fairly entitled to the distinction of being called the electric city. At Black T^gle Falls, three miles above the town, an immense dam has been thr own across the Missouri and hydraulic tforks and power houses erected. Not only are th.c street cars pro pelled and lighted by electricity from, the power houses, but they are heated as well by electric radiators placed in each car, Elevators, printing presses, and all kinds of machinery are operated by übiquitous forces. There are automatic excavators, electric rock-crushers. A not uncommon sight on the streets is a mortar-mixer attached to an electric wire leading down a pole. The restaurants cooje by electricity, the butcher, employs ft to ch,op his sausages and ham burger, and the grqeer to grind his coffee, and so likewise does the tailor to heat his goose. The subtle fluid is a welcome blessing jn every home; the housewives run their sewing machines and heat their flat-irons by electricity; they bake their cakes in wooden electric cake ovens that can be set away on a shelf like pasteboard boxes. They have electric boilers and tea kettles. What a singular anomaly when one pauses to think of it, that of broiling steaks and heating flat-irons through the instrumentality of a waterfall.—" Electicity." DOLLAR CIGARETTES — 3d. No holders or photos. —Heis by Zander, Whole gale Agent;* ' " '• "

THE MARKETS.

PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. London, March 28. j The total quantity of wheat and flour j afloat for the United Kingdom 18 3,512,000, quarters, and for the Continent 1,110,000 quarters. Sydney, March 28. Wheat—Chick, 2s 3d ; milling nominal, j 2s 6d. Flour—Roller brands," £7 10s to £8. Oats, quiet, bright heavy feeding, 1 2s 7d ; best seed, 2s Bd. Maize—Prime, 2a 3d. Barley-Cape, 3s to 3s 3d* Bran, 7d ; pollard, 6|d. Peas—Prussian Blue, 3s 6d to 4s. Potatoes—Local grown. £3 to £3 15s ; Circular Heads, £4. Onions, £5 10s. Butter—Factory, 7d to 8d; dairy, 6d to 7d. Cheese, 3d to 3id. Bacon—Prime machine cured, 5d to s|d. Melbourne, March 28. Wheat—2s 4d to 2s 5Jd. Flour—Roller brands, £5 17s 6d to £6. Oats—Beat stout, Is lOdf Tartarian, 2s to 2s Id. Maize -2s 4£d to 2s 6d. Barley—Cape. 2s 4d ; malting, 5s 2d to 5s 3d. Fotatoes —£2 12s 6d to £2 15s. Adelaide, March 28 Wheat- 2s 4|d. Flour—£6 6s to £6 7s 6d. Barley-Cape, 2s 3d to 2s 4d; malting, 4s 6d to 4s 9d. Bran, 8d ; pol lard, B£d. The New Zealand Land Association, Limited, has received the following cable message, dated London, March 27. The wheat market w dull; quotations are unchanged since last telegram.

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Christchurch, March 28 Heavy rain made matters unpleasant ab the Addington market to-day. Entries in sheep showed a considerable falling off but business generally was slightly more active. Fat Cattle.—74 head were entered, mainly light weight cow and heifer beef. Competition was not keen and a good | many were passed, those sold barely \ reaching last week's quetations. Beef realised 20* to 22a 6d per lOOlbs; steers, £5 12s 6d to £9 ; heifers, £5 to £7 j cows, £4 10s to £6 7s 6d. Store Cattle.—A medium entry and business exhibited a brisker tone. Springers, £5 10s to £9 ; dry cows, £2 to £6 ; two and three-year-old steers, £5 to £5 10s ; eighteen months old, £2 10s to £3 2s 6d; yearlings, £110s to £2 15s, Fat Sheep,—Aboub 2000 were penned but beyond two or three lines of freezers the entry contained no prime quality. The sale exhibited more life than has been the case for some time and prices rose Is per head for second quality, and in some cases 2a per bead for prime* I mutten. Crossbreds, extra prime heavy | weights 14? 6d to 17a ; secondary, 10s to to 12s; best crossbred ewes, 12s 6d to 14s 6d 5 secondary, 6a to 11s ; best merino wethers, 8a 3d to 10s ; secondary, 6s 9d to 7s 8d ; merino ewes to 4s Id. : Fat Lambs.—Only some seven hundred came to hand, and only a few pens were fit for export. Competition was lifeless and there was a further drop in all except very prime. Prices were :—Prime, 10a 6s ; to lls 9d ; secondary 53 to Bs. Stork Sheep. —.(About 5000 were yarded and the bulk changed hands. Competition was dull for all except turnlpers. Prices were well forward. Turnipers, lls 9i to lls lid ; secondary, 9s to 10s 3d; good crossbred breeding ewes, 83 3d to lls 6d ; aged. 3s to 5s 6d ; crossbred lambs, 53 ?d to 8s 7d ; sound mouthed merino ewes, 2a 8d ; culls, Is to Is 9d. Pigs.—A large entry met with a keen demand. Heavy baconers, 48s to 563 ; light, 42* to 45s ; porkers, 27s to 32s 6d ? stores, 10s to 255.

ASHBURTON STOCK MARKET

Mr D. Thomas reports upon the annual ram and ewe fair, which took place at the Tinwald yards on March 22 :—On Wednes day, the day previous to the sale, the different agents were busy yarding, as a large entry was expected, more rams coming forward at this than at any fair pr3viously. Some good lines of merinos ani crossbred ewes changed hands at satisfactory prices. The business of this fair is becoming so large that it necessitates a two days' sale, one for rams and stud ewes and the other for ordinary ewes, which would be very bene fiVai to both buyer and seller. This was proved by the number of rams turned out by the various agents as night came on. The total of the day's yarding was about 24,000 ewes and 1200 rams, of which my entry con sisted of 8700 sheep and 459 rams. The attendance was very good, and although there were plenty of buyers present the tone of the market at the beginning of the sale was very dull. Several lines passed out below owner's reserves. I succeeded in clearing 6804 sheep and 265 rams out of my large entry at the following prices, viz: — 1400 merino ewes, sound mouth, 33 6d ; 400 sound mouth merino ewes, 4a 5d ; 300 fair mouth merino ewes, 3s Id ; 261 fair mouth merino ewes, 2s 4d; 106 cull crossbred ewes, 8s 8d ; 153 sound mouth crossbred ewes, 9s Id; 149 sound mouth halfbred ewes s 9s 6<i ; 700 merino eweß, boilers, Is 6d ; 161 merino ewes, four tooth (lateof Cheviot), 7s Id ; 480 four and six tooth crossbred ewes, 10s ; 454 eiaht tooth crossbred ewes, 9a; 522 sound mouth merino ewes, 3s 4d ; 519 four, six, and eiebt tooth crossbred ewes, 8s 3d; 360 six and eight tooth crossbred ewes, 10s Id. Kama.—The sale of rams was farcical in the extreme. Those who wanted good rams took care to buy them privately before the sale took place. I succeeded in selling a good few in this way at from one guinea to 3| guineas. As soon as the sale started it was evident that rams were not wanted, and many sheep that would have brought 1 to 2 guineas last year were sold at from 2s 6d to 10s each. There were plenty of good sheep ob offer, but as it was nearly dark, and most of the sheep breeders of the district had lefr the yards, the various sa'eamen struggled on under difficulties, but had at last to give in and cose the sale, holding the balance of the rams until the Ashburton sale. At the Ashburton yards I held my usual weekly sale of live stock for the week end ing March 27. The entry again was a very large one—about 17,000 sheep, 200 rams, and 9 head of cattle—of which my entry com prised- 6148 sheep, 149 rams, and 8 head of cattle. Biddings were very slack, but con sidering the quantity of sheep coming for ward I quitted the greater pare of my efttry at owners' prices. The yards were princi pally made up of two, four and aix-tooth 1 crossbreds and lambs, the latter being in better demandjthan at the last two previous sales. Of my entry I succeeded in selling 5062 sheep, 64 rams, and 8 head of cattle at the following prices:-—Fat sheep~.-8 fat lambs 9s 3d, 63 crossbred ew.es 8s 2d, 5Q merino ewes 3s, 25 crossbreds 9a 3d- Store sheep—3o cull lambs 2s 9<J, 13 at Ss lid, 42 halfbred lambs 5,s ojd, 29J crossbred lambs 9s 6d, 2QQ crossbred lambs 10a sd, 106 cross bred lambs 9s, 232 first-cross lambs 6s 9d, 249 two-tooth crossbred ewes and wethers 10s Bd, 130 first-cross lambs 6s lOd, 142 two and four tooth crossbred ewes and wethers 12s 6d, 16S eecond-cross lambs 8s 6d, ISt two and four-tooth crossbred wethers 13s 7d, 46 four and six-tooth crossbreds. IQa 9d, 4.7 crossbred lambs 9a Id, 165 crossbred lambs 7s 9d, 40 two-too,th crossbreds 10s lid, 18*4 four, six and eight-tooth nroaabred ewes lOs^ 484 merino ewes (boilers) lid, 390, crossbred lamba 8s 3d, 30ft sound mouth merino ewes 3s, 3QG merino ewes (boilers) Is, 223 cross bred lambs Bs, 331 crossbred lambs 8s 7d, 288 firat-oross lambs 9s 2d, 96 crossbred ewes 4s. Rams—s Shropshire Downs ss, 2 Leicesters 4s, 5 Border Leicester two-tooth £2, 2 Shropshire Down £2 2s, 8 Leicester 7s 6d, 3 English Leice«ters, bred by Mr Bonifant, £4 4s, 1 halfbred ram £110«, 10 halfbreds £1 Is, 26 rams 5s 6d. Cattle- Pat cow £8, 2 steers £4 18s; stores—-3 heifers £2 sa, 2 steers £3 sc, 1 heifer £2 ss, 2 cows £1, 1 springer £7 10s. On Saturday, at tke Arcade, I held, say, nsual sale of horses. This week being thje Easter holidays, and i^apt of the business places closed. &>r four.' dpys, only a few horsey were yarded. Of thoue yarded I managed to sell at fair prices draught hotam, from £5 to £1010s, tyicj UgbjbftW&H tytWl £3 10j to £13 iOsi

LABOR.

Dunedin. Maroh 28. Afc a meeting of the City Council ex ception was taken to the recommenda" tion of the Finance Committee to accept [ the tender of Whitcombe and Tombs for the supply of stationery, ifc being objected that the effect would be to give the 1 Council's work to a firm in Christchurch who were running their establishment at ' 15 per cent less cost than any Dunedin | establishment of a similar kind. On the other band, it was contended that the Council had nothing fo do with the ques tion of sweating and fair wages, and it was pointed out that the teader was, ex cept in respect to a few items, 60 per cent below the tenders of other firms. A proposal to refer the recommendation back to the Committee was lost.

A Colonial Officer.

A recent mail brings the information; bhat C%ptain John Stanley, of the Vie* torlan Artillery, has won " the gunner's knighthood" for the year. He passed with honors in every branch of the exami nation, being ahead of all the officers entered for the "long course" at Shoe bury ness. This (says the " Leader ") en tailed a wonderful amount of work in theoretical study, and a power of retain ing knowledge so acquired. But Captain Stanley is more than a mere theoretical soldier. When major of garrison artil lery, before he joined the permanent force, Captain Stanley was placed fore most in every detail of practical artillery work at a camp of instruction it Queens cliff. Recently, too, according t 0 the English press, Captain Stanley had the honor of being complimented by the Emperor of Germany. The honor was th»» greater as that William 111 is & soldier as well as a monarch. When this Emperor visited Shoeburyness, and the big gun drill was gone through for tits edification* the command was entrusted to Captain Stanley. The report tuna:— "At the conclusion, the Emperor warmly shook hands with and heartily congratulated the Australian officer on the efficiency of the manoeuvres." Captain Stanley in an Eng lishman by birth, out has been a resident of Victoria for many years. At one time he was a member ©f the " Age " staff.

Three Kansas Murderers Lynched.

BULLETS FINISH THE DEADLY WORK.

Russell (Kas). January 14.—A terrible exhibition of prairie justice was seen her© last night when three men, J. G. Bur ton, William Gay and his eon, John Gay, were lynched by a determined mob. Th« men pleaded guilty of the murder of Fred Dinning last July. Burton on Thursday took the Sheriff to a ravine,, were the body, decomposed, with the skull crushed, was found. Indignation ran high, and it was with difficulty that the three men. could be got to gaol. Last night a number of men from the vicinity of Burton f»rm cams into town and were re inforced by farmers from all parts of the county. The party appear to have been picked. There were about 130 in all when at midnight they sur rounded the little gaol and demanded the prisoners. No officers were aroused or were even aware of what was going on until early this morning. All orders were given by signs, and they were obeyed without a word being spoken. In tne gaol were two steel cells in whish the prisoners were confined. Guards were placed about the gaol, and it was bub the work of a moment for the rest of the mob to gain entrance. About this time Burton, gave a few loud yells and asked what was wanted with him. , The masked mob began to break the locks of the cells with sledge hammers, Burton was the first one taken ouc, and was escorted to the spot selected for tho lynching and left under guard. Tha otheis of the party returned and joined the guards watching the gaol. The two Gays were then inarched to the bridge, where Burton had been left. Ropes were placed around their necks and each was given a chance to speak, Burton said he could tell lots about his connection with stealing cattle, selling whisky, and other things, but when asked to tell about the Dinning murder he replied, "No, sir." Young Gay made a prayer, and said that Burton had killed Dinning with an axe, and old man Gay eaid, ** We were led into this," The leader then clapped his hands three times, and as quick as a flash all three were pushed oil the bridge. The Gays evidently died from strangu lation, bub the noose on Burton's neck slipped up over the chin and he was heard to breathe heavily for a moment. To make pure of carrying out their purpose the mob fired two shots into each body, although death came quickly by the rope. Then the lynchera rode away quietly, and tha bodies swung cold and stiff and when morning came the passen gers on the eastbound express had a plain view of the corpses as they hung from the bridge. The coroner held an inquest, and, with out any delay, the jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to their death afc the hands of some persons unknown. There is little sympathy for the victims. ! The murder was a cruel and heartless one, and the murdered man had many friends. It is not likely that any attempt.' will be made to identify the lynchers.

Dog and Dynamite

Not long ago, in England, a aportsrman, with dog and gun, wm on the look out for rabbits in the neighborhood of some dyna mite works, when he observed a psrty of scientists on the banks of the river en gaged in experimenting by casting charges of the explosives enclosed in a watertight case, with a time fuse into the stream. He drew near and watched the proceed ings. " You'd better send the dog away," suggested one of the scientists. "Oh, Snap's all right/* was the answer. But) Snap, who was watching the experiment eagerly* evidently thought the • whole; thing was got up for his amusement. No soones was the case thrown into the water than he diveet alter it, caught it, and made for land. To see those eminent men make tracks was a caution. Snap, taking this to ba pirt of the performance, naturally stuck to his master, who wildly kicked out and shrieked cusrsea at his faithful dog, who was anxious to deposit the ex plosive at his feet. "-The fuse will burn out in a few seooncta," shrieked out a little I fat man.. With a blood-curdling ye/l the 'sportsman sprang away and fled In the ; direction of the scientists, the dog and the ' dynamite close at Ms heels. The learned men made the pace a mile a minute. Am a last resort tne sportsman rushed up a ■ small hillock, and by a fusi'ade of stones and turf kepb his too faithful dog afc a re spectable distance. With a deafening bang the charge went off, and the sports man did an involuntary somersault. As he gathered himself up and cleaned the sand out of his eyes he looked round lor Snap. Some bits of hai? »ad a scrap of tail were all that refined of his conir panion.

THE ASHBtIRTOff GUAttDtAtf: THURSDAY, MABOH 29, 1894.



Business Notices. By R°yalSji» Letters Patent. JOSEPH FORDS Scour and Lung "Worm Mixture. THE RENOWNED SHEEP MEDICINES. OTHILL, WATSON * CO. Offices, Esk Street, Warehouse Railway. Invercargill, N.Z. 6fch March We have been sellins; Ford's Lung Worm Mixture for the past four years, and oring that period have not had a single complaint. On the contrary everyone we have asked have expressed themselves pleased with tht results obtained from its use. Tours faithfully, Tothill. Watson Co. From WRIGHT STEPHEN SON, & CO, Hkh Street, Dunedin, March 2, 1894. Alkhoighwe have acted as agents for Ford's Scour and Lung Worm Mixture for he last two years and have supplied sheep breeders regularly dv nng that period we have nofc yet had a complaint, in fact we have heard nothing out favourable reports from all who have used it. Yours truly, Wright, Stephe son and Co. MR F- FEBftIMAN, ""' Ashburton Jane 12, 1893. As the mixture appears to be steadily grawing in favor here, it mighfe be as well to lend another few cases as some of the runs are now buying a case at a time.—STours For the Marlborough Farmers' Co-Cperatire Association, Limited, E MEAD, Manage', The United Farmers' Alliance^ Limited, Wellington, Branches: Wanganul, Palmeiston North. February 2,1894. We have had no complaints from tho&e who have used the mixture, so cannot but onclude that it has given satisfaction. —You^s faithfully, 0 D. MULLINS, General Manager. Special Prices for this Month AT Q. J. Neill and Co/s THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN ASHBURTON FOR DttAPEBY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS, Long Lace Curtains Is 9d pair : Double Width Dress Goods 9|d Cretonne 3*d Dress Goodn 3s lid doz Double-bed' White Twill Sheeting 9|d J^arge Tarkish Towels B|d rey Calico 2, 3d d«. WomT£ V^t P"i! fcton Shirting, very strong 3sd Double-bed Quilts 3s lid each rong Ticking s£d Heav Forfar B sfcd CLOTHING. CLOTHING, Boys' Tweed Suits 3s lid Men's Shirts at any price # Men's Tweed Troupers 10s U now 03*lld Men's Merino bocks only 6d pair Men's Colonial Tweed Suits only 19s 6d Menjs Ties at half price. Men a New Zealand Tweed Suits 39a 6d Men's Colomal-knst Woollen Books only now 29s 6i 9Jd pair SOOTS. — BOOTS, In Boots we defy competition, all our Boota are made specially to our .order. We guarantee every pair to give satisfaction. WonWs Elastio-side Boots 89 6d, now Men's Balmoral Boots 10a 6d, now 7s lid 5- 1 jd Men's Bluchers o* Women v Kid Shoes 7s lid, now 5a lid Men's Nailed Shooters 10s 6d now s lid Women's Leather Shoes 7a 6d, now 5s lid Women's Carpet Slippers Is 6d OhHdren'B Patent Leather Shoes and Slippers in Endless Variety at G. J. NEILL AND GO'S, FBIEDLANDER'S COHNIR. TEEMS CASH. """" IMMENSE ARRIVAL OF Autumn and Winter IN orelties. THIRST DISPLAY O? 1 NEW DRESS FABRIC?, CHEVIOTS, DIAGONALS, HOPSACKS, SEKGES, ETC. Fpec:al attention v called to LADIES* MANTLES AND JACKETS. Mfiiinery Department. ladies are invite I to call and inspect a BEAUTIFUL SELECTION OF NEW MILLINERY in all the various styles for the Season. Ms Department is now under New Management, and every care Is taken to provide the latest novelties.



THE REASON WHY CRAICHEAD AHD BERRYMAH ARE the Lea ling Tailors and Outfitters in Aehburtoh— BECAUSE They keep the Largest Stock of Fashionable Tailor iua Goode. BECAUSE They employ the Largest Number of First Clasa T*ilors.  BECAUSE They do the Largest T«ilor in« Bufittees. BECAUSE They Rive the Beac Value, Fit, and Workmanship .BECAUSE Their Motto to — SjgfJ* Satisfaetioii. CBM&HEAD & BERRYMAN, THE LE -©IMG TAILORS AND OUT OIXH3RS. s h ? o m on



"VTO more indigestion ; no inure nervous XI ness from indulging in too much tea drirming, for those who drink *• Health Tea." One trial will convince you.— Henry Zander, Authorised Agent. 11EVVARD~£1O. ~~ ASHBORTON SHEEP FARMERS, MUTUAL PROTECTION SOCIETY. ■ A REWARD of £10 is offered by - above Society for such information as will the conviction of any person t»fo4 guilty «f RHEEP STEALING in the , Ashburton<3ounfy. T «»r „ *j0 Won.. See. HEALTIf TEA is £ccc from the tannin so iM^alent iin otiher tea?. It is recommended by the Medical * aqiUy in the United Kingdom *t$ AwtWUb < Mi Grocers keep It,



Wanted { WANTED fo Sell—A really good Piano, upright Iron Grand in black and gold, by Esdaile, London. A vary cheap offer for anyone in want of a reliable instrument. Apply E. S, BUCHANAN, 3 222 Wakanui Road. WfATCHKS, Clocks, etc., (all guaran ** teed) at wholesale cost for one month only. Now'a your time.'—Lows den's. 3 219 iHYCLESrOYCLES, CYCLES.-Call \J and Bee Exhibition of Cycles. Now open. Up to date machines- Easy payments. —H. M. Jones. OT ANTED KNOWN.—Best House * * for Grocery, Crockery, Glassware, Holloware, Tinware and Brush ware.-— Stephens Bros., Market Houde. 3 176 j WHY grumble about the price of Bread and Meat when you can get 501b best Roller Flour for 4s and good Fresh Butter at 6d per 1b at R. Alcoen's sale, Saunders Buildings. 3 116 £~ pRED. S. JEf FRIES, Mannfactur ' ing Confectioner, has opensd a Shop in East street, next "The Corner," for sale of all kinds of superior Con fectionery. Nothing inferior sold. No cheap cigarettes. 3§114 /"IHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, Kj Own make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pinafores.— Mrs Alcobn, Saunders 1 Buildings. WANTED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. H. Zander, Sole Agent. 11 181 I)OLLAR CIGARETTES—3d per packet *\1 /"ANTED Known—W. H. Oolubk's VV noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2s 6d, have just arrived in all sizes. BANG-! Bang t Bang 1 My new sea* son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Glut) Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Haedley's, Gun Emporium. WANTED Known.—Waterproofs to measure, all styles f»nd patterns. Litesr. shapes and designs in stock.— Mitchell & Turner. WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical me at S> SiLßK's, Optician, X^XTENSION of Sale at Meiford J-i House. We are still selling nearly all our Goods, with New Stock added, at / reduced prices.—H. C Seobrs. WANTED Known.—Waterproof Rugs and AproDS, Heavy Trap Rugs from 4s 9d, Heavy Grey Blankets 9a 6d.~ —Mitchell and Turner. TT? ANTED—Buyers for High-class VV Knglish Cycle?, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Safeties, light and rigid, reliable pneumatic tyres. Low price; cash.—Walker. 3 155 WANTED Known—Tomatoes, good ripe Grapes, Plums, Apples, etc., at Maksden's Fruit Shop, below Mitchell and Turner's. 2 109 W" ANTED Known—To make rosin for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs done at once cheaper than evei to stay b*d times over atJ-Moisos' Premiers, Bootmaker. •Tly AKTED Known—The Corner is VV showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. Collier. WANTED Known—ln consequence of the scarcity of money, we have extended our Sa'e till further notice* — H. C. Seoers, Meiford House. OYSTERS and Freeh Fihh of all sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fishing Co 'a Shop, Burnett street Ashburton. 2 62 fTAVINO tried Health Tea and O_ found it Al, I sell it.—J. Thomas, Produce Dealer, Havelock street. 3 104 ANTED KnowrT^- Men « Heavy Ribbed all wool Pants 5s 6d, Heavy Knitted bocks, double heels and toee. Is —Mitchell and Turner. IBUY and Sell for Cash, therefore I Sell Oat Sheaf from Is 3d per sack or £2 2s 6d per ton. J. Thomas, Havelock street. BALE8 ALE at Melfori House still on until further notice.—H, O. Sbgers. DON'T Forget to send your Bicycles along to the Old Kindergarten to be repaired, at moderate rates. IF you want first-class fruit go to Ad mis for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. MEDICAL Coils made end repaired on the shortest notice at easy prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder garten. M" RS ALCOtvN has oft sale for he Holidays a varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goods, and Christmas Presents—Saundera Buildings. DON'T wash yourself. Titan Soap does the work. No rubbing. No machines. I°^ THAT which brings most light and hope to poorest homes is Titan Soap. 18 "^DOLLAR CIGAKETTB3—3d per packet BOYS' three garment long trouser Suits for 10^. Men's Colonial made nailed Shooter Boots at 7s 6d per pair at R. Alcokn'S sale, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings. 1116 "VTOTICEI Notice! Sport for all. IN Guns let out on hire or sold on titm payments. Hfcvin*» a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns ot my description. Gun fitting in stock. Prices low.—J. W Hakdley. Ironinonaer, etc. GUNS j Guns ! Guns 1 My new stock _ " of Guns just to hand direct from 1 the' manufacturers. Double and Single ' Barrel Breech L^adera, Rif es, etc. In ■ spectioß invited. No old stock to select from at J. W. Ha^dle^'s Sporting Repository. MR John Mabsden, of the Railway Bookstall, has opened » Book and « Stationer's Shop two doors below Mitchell and Turner. Books and Stationery at ' the lowest possible prices. Books clean, complete, and in good order will be taken 1 in exchange. Circulating libiary. H> ASTER Cards, and Booklets, Fire ' .Screens Pictures. Glass Ornaments, I '■ ClmstWfi .Cards, Cricket and Lawn Tennis Ma&flif*, Ph°to Albums, and ■Frames, and hundreds of/?ther articles are to be sold at a great sacrifice for C^sh during fchia .ropnth onljr at: L. F. An^.rj^es 4? Q9. Stationers ; .pOLL&R,CIOA i^ ET£ ES"^' i'3xxr tu A ime^ 1 can Tobacco.-HjKNRy Z^R, ' Ageut.



NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. HHO those looking about for a good X Waterproof Coat for the Winter. CALL AT THE FACTORY IN EAST STREET. KLECT YOUR OWN PATTERN. OVER 100 TO CHOOSE FROM. Ho perished goods in stock. All sewn seams. Waterproof Coats with Cape Waterproof Coat Macfarlane Waterproof Fishing Outfit Waterproof Shooting Cape Waterproof Waders Waterproof Riding Aprons Waterproof Ponchos 1 Waterproof Bbycle Capes. j SPECIAL SPECIAL. SPECIAL LADIES' WATERPROOFS LADIES WATERPROOFS LADIES' WATERPROOFS MADE TO MEASURE. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY AND WATERPR' OF MANFACTURERS ALEX. HENDRY, , Manager. FOR WEDDING PRESENTS, BIRTHDAY PRESENTS, AND PRESENTATIONS, PAY a Visit to the Jewellery Establish ment of 8. Salek, WATCHMAKER and JEWELLER, Wheie ia to be seen the LARGEST and FINEST PTOOK in the District of— SILVER AND SILVER-PLATE j WARE, GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY, I and Other HIGH-CLASS GOODS Suit able for PRESENTS AT LOWEST PRICES. Watch, Clock d Jewellery Repairing SPECIALTY | SPECTACLES to suit all Sights-



«AWI»KIl& Son* W««»lyi»t* Extract at" imitations of Eucalypti" Extract in the market now, products of b mple distillation forming vude rpsinous oils In order that th«se crude oils mny not be taken, OCR PUBb Volatile Eucalypti Extract, whic h is recoenised by the medical rlivision ot ihe PrttßsUn Government to be of per fectly pure origin, as their information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2,1878 v c state : - t ja proved by tests by the Medical Clinic« of jtthe Universities at Bopn and G-iiefswal-, Piussia. and ' reijorteil by Dr Schul?, Profe»Forof Parmicology. at i Bon, and Professor Dr Mqsler, director of the Medical Clinic at Gueifswald,' tbat only product? that ure saturated with oxygen' and freed of a^ids, resinous and other substances, adherent to primary distillation. will develope the sauative qualities proper to the plant according to these authorities, and according: to Pro fessor Dr Lifter of England, ani to Drs Bauer, Mclntire, Wood, Hazard, ftp., of America, is the only extract corresponding to scientific tests, and the nnly I one which possesses the proper therapeutic val-ie. Sj^ndeib «fe Son's Eucalypti Extract. All other crude oils are t,q be classed among the turpentines, which h • ye, when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an internal medicament. Theee so called Esjcalypfi Extracts v.h'chj»ay have received distlp.ctipri sjt Exhibitions as v eomraercjt»i artip/es are used for meohanfCfjl ptjr pose3 are only discernible:-- ' ' ' ' 1 By their deficiency In pungent odouu (w¥ch fluv product, the only geijuina Eucalypti Extracts de velopes most freely through its surplus of oxygen) By their alcoholic thin and mobile appearance, being recuced In specific density through the presence of acids 3 By their taste, the result of the contracting ten dency of resias and tennates. If these crude oils, so called eucalypti extracts are applied by mistake in cases of croup, bronchitis, diph theria, internal infammatious, dysentery, wounds, the I consequences are appalling For safety alwnysaskfor SANDER AND SON'S EDCAT.YPTI EXTRACT and get the old, well-tes'ed and reliable preparation. -Sand to' vfcffiffiffi and soys, _ mHEftIS is only one quality of Health 1 Tea and that js the best. As|£ foxa grocer for It, and see that you get it. B&raw pfijt} W bpleeale Agent, i i i ' "w> ■■ ■ ■' j- - ■ [



KEATOG'S POWDER destroys Bug*, Fleas, Moths, Beetles and all other insects' whilst quite harmless to domestic animals 1. In te-minuting Beetles the- eucce*K of this Powder fa extraordinary. It is per-' fectly Ql^a io, abdication, gee the article you purchase, is KKATING'S, an imitations* are noxious and ineffectual. Tins, 63, if and, 2s 6d. e&qh* by ajjj cheraifsts.