POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close is follows :

For Christchurch and North at io a.m. *. p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at 10 a.m. daily. For Rakaia at 10 a.m., and 4 p.m. daily. For Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10.15 a.m. daily. For Temuka, Timaru, and South at io. 15 p.m. and 3 p.m daily. Ayr For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m. For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, a 3.1 S p.m. daily. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST

The Evening Echo. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1878.

The Echo. —To-night we circulate with The Echo copies (as promised) of our office Almanac. These may also be obtained by non-subscribers on application at the office, or to any of The Echo Agencies. To-mor row, being New Year’s Day, there will be no publication of The Echo, nor will there be a publication on the 2nd of January. The plant of the establishment is being removed to our new premises in Saunders’ splendid buildings, East-street North, and the occasion of the holidays is taken advantage of to facilitate the removal. St. Stephen’s Church. —Owing to the alterations at present going on, there will be no service to-moriow.

The Potato Famine. —Mr Savage an nounces that 1 e has assuaged the potato famine by an importation of the esculent.

Foresters’ Bail. —The Foresters’ calico ball, we may remind ticket-holders, takes place in the Town Hall to-aight. Sports. —New Year’s Day will afford many attractions in the way of athletic sports. Sport meetings will be held to morrow at Winslow, Chertsey, and Wakanui.

Road Board Elections.— The Road Board elections take place on the 6th January. Messrs. Hunt and Wilson are the only announced candidates for vacan cies. Mr. M‘Cutehen, not being on the roll, has withdrawn. Choir Practice. —A meeting of the choir and others who are to take part in music at the Presbyterian soiree on the 6th is called for to-night. The Rangitata Bridge. —The state of this bridge still prevents any railway traffic between north and south. The damage is serious, and no one can yet say when communication can be made good. Neither mails nor passengers are taken over, and a large number of people are detained on this side of the river by the accident. A meeting of the County Council Committee will be lield on tho 2nd to confer with Mr. Higgenson, 0.E., and a deputation from the Geraldine County Council on the matter of the Ran gitpda traffic bridge

Tea Meetings. —On the 6th January the Presbyterians in the Ashburton dis trict will hold their annual tea-meeting in the Town Hall. Addresses will be deli vered by several clergymen from a dis tance, and a musical programme will be supplied by several amateurs of known merit, and a choir under Mr J. S. Savage, with Miss Gates as instrumentalist: From the. strength of the Presbyterian body in the district, we may safely pre dict a large attendance. —On the 7th of January, the evening after the Presby terian soiree, the Wesleyan tea-meeting will be held in the same place.'

INQUEST.

An inquest was held in the Somerset Hotel yesterday, touching the death ot William Williams, ferryman at the South Rangitata traffic bridge. Dr. Trevor, coroner, conducted the inquest, and Mr. T. Quill was foreman of the jury. James Watkins, publican, Rangitata, said the deceased was in his employ up to the time of his death. Did not know how he came by his death. Last saw deceased on Thursday at the bar of witness’ public house. Two men —Barratt and Brooks — were then in deceased’s company. They were all sober, and they went away together. Williams got Bs. a-day as ferry man. Barratt had no money, and some words arose between him and deceased as to payment of Barratt’s fare, which wit ness became security for. The boat was a flat-bottomed one, bow-shaped at both ends, and worked by ropes and blocks upon a wire rope secured to piles, and stretched across the river. The day after the accident the boat was adrift. Could not tell how it came so. It was the ferry man’s duty to manage the ropes, and from the manner in which the ropes were secured they could only come adrift by some one in the boat, or through being insecurely fastened previous to starting. If they were undone at the bow they might throw the boatman at the stem overboard. Next saw deceased lying dead by the river in three inches of water, and about 26 chains below the ferry ; only the feet and legs of the body were exposed. Deceased was a nice, affable man, a good boatman, and an expert swimmer. On Boxing Night the hotel people were not anxious about the boatman s absence, because lights were seen on the other side, and it was presumed he had remained there all night. The two men, Brooks and Barratt, had bottles of spirits with them. They were going to Wilson’s sta tion.

Patrick H. Brooks was with the boat man, Barratt, and a man named Mansen on Boxing Night at Watkins’. Did not hear any angry words between any of them. Started with the boatman and Barratt to cross the river. They were all sober, but all had been drinking a little. Witness was in the bow of the boat, Barratt amidships, the boatmen in the stem in charge. After crossing the strongest part of the current, the boat stopped, and he heard the boatman call out, “ Hold on.” There was nothing to hold on by, and did not know what the call meant. He had his back to Barratt and the boatman when he heard the call. Turning round he saw the boatman in the water, and Barrat sang out, “ the boatman’s overboard. ” The boat drifted away from deceased, who was swimming. It was twilight then, and they soon lost sight of Williams, whom they thought was making for the boat. He was only a few feet away from them. Where the boatman fell out, tlxe boat was only 10 or 15 yards from the bank. They were powerless to help him or manage the boat after she went adrift. She drifted to the north side of the river. After the boat had drifted down the stream about a mile witness jumped out into the shallow, but Barratt said he would stick by the boat. Next time she struck witness left her and got ashore. Came down next morning with the manager of the station, and got Barratt sitting by the river side. William Mansen corroborated previous evidence up to the starting to cross the river. Deceased had been drinking— that could be seen, but he was not unfit to take charge of the boat. It was pos sible for the boatman to be jerked from his seat into the water by letting go his hold. There were no marks on deceased’s face when he started to cross the river.

Barratt had not been called, and the jury expressed a wish to hear his evidence before coming to a verdict. The inquest was therefore adjourned till tho 7th prox.

“ Peter, what are you doing to that boy ?” said a schoolmaster. <e He wanted to know. if you take ten from seventeen how many will remain 1 So I took ten of his apples to show him, and now he wants I should give them back.” ‘‘Well, why don’t you do it, then V’ “ Coz, sir, then he would forget how many is left.” Winchell tells a story of a stranger meeting an Irishman leaning against a post, watching a funeral procession com ing out of a brick house at his side,, when the following dialogue ensued : —“ Is that a funeral ?” “ Yes, sir, I’m thinking that it is.” “ Anybody of distinction 1” “I reckon it is, sir.” “ Who is it that died?” “ The gintlcman in the coffin, sir.”

Better Still.— A New York lady was asked to join one of the divisions of the Daughters of Temperance. She replied, “ This is unnecessary, as it is my inten tion to join one of the Sons in the course of a few weeks. ”

A gentleman late one evening met his servant. “ Halloo, whore are you going at this time o’ night; on no good, I’ll warrant ?” “I was going to look for you, sir.”

Doubtful Compliment. — A French man, intending to compliment a young lady by palling her a gentle lamb, said, f*f?h© is one iajne mutton as is surnWr”

ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held last night; present—His Worship the Mayor , (pre siding), Messrs. Roberts, Ivess, Saunders, Friedlander, Campbell, and Shearman. The Mayor, in his preliminary state ment, took 'occasion to refer to a private letter he had received from Mr. Fooks, complaining of remarks that had been made at last special meeting of Council concerning the presence of the engineer at the previous meeting while plans pre pared by him were under discussion. Mi*. Fooks stated, in his letter to the Mayor, that he was present at the meeting referred to at the invitation of several Councillors, to explain anything in connection with his plans requiring explanation, and to give any information he could that might be desired, and he took exception to Mr. Ivess’ remarks regarding his presence under these circumstances.

Mr. Ivess said he had nothing to retract. He had no objection to Mr. Fooks’ pre sence to explain his plans or give informa tion, but he did object to Mr. Fooks’ being allowed to take part in the open discussion of the Council. In that discus sion Mr. Fooks had made disparaging remarks in reference to Mr. Hardy-John stone’s figures regarding the Little River tunnel, thereby influencing the minds of Councillors. CHARITABLE AID. Mr G. S. Cooper wrote, enclosing a cir cular from the Colonial Secretary to the Chairman of the Charitable Aid Board of Management at Christchurch, explaining the manner in which hospitals and charit able institutions were proposed to be managed, asking the Council’s co-opera tion, advising them to appoint a represen tative to the Board of Management and to provide a share of the necessary funds. After some remarks hostile to joining a Board with its headquarters at Clirist church, a motion by Mr Ivess was carried to remit the circular to a sub-committee, consisting of the Mayor, Messrs Saunders, Friedlander, Campbell, and the mover, to report upon the question of a Charitable Aid Board for the County. FINANCE. Mr Saunders, for the Finance Com mittee, stated that until the 15th Janu ary, when the borough valuation would be completed, it was impossible for the Committee to furnith a statement of the probable revenue of the town as desired by Mr Weymouth Roberts’ motion.. WORKS. Mr Campbell said the Works Com mittee were not able to do anything with the immigration cottages until they knew what title the Council had to them. The Mayor thought they should not wait for a title. They would have exactly the same title as the Road Board had who had made them over. Ho doubted if the Road Board had ever taken any steps to obtain a title to the cottages, but he had no doubt the Council would get a title. engineer’s report. Messrs Fooks and Son reported that the labor gang had cleared the heavier stones from East-street, and cleared out the side channels there and in other streets. They suggested breaking the large stones, and placing the macadam upon such parts of the street as wanted it. The contractors had commenced the formation of Park and Moore streets. THE TEMPORARY WATER SUPPLY. Mr Friedlander desired the opinion of the Council as to what course the Com mittee was to follow in regard to an engineer in the matter of a temporary water supply. Mr Ivess stated that the terms of the borough engineer’s engagement were quite clear. He was not expected, as the borough engineer, to undertake the carry ing out of any water supply or drainage scheme, and the Council did not medi tate asking him to do so without payment in addition to his ordinary salary. The special meeting empowered the Com mittee to carry out the work as seemed fit to them. MB HARDY-JOHNSTONE. The Clerk stated that he had received a telegram from Mr Hardy-Johnstone, in reply to that ordered by the Council asking him to attend on the 2nd January to a conference with the Council and their engineer. The telegram was a simple affirmative, but was datad “ Te muka. ” Mr Friedlander pointed ont that the Rangitata bridge would probably prevent Mr Hardy Johnstone coming to Ashbur ton from Temuka. THE BOROUGH LEVELS. Messrs Fooks and Son wrote asking for an advance payment of £BO on the work of making a survey and map of the borough. ' Levels had been all taken, and the map would be completed by the 30th, with the exception of the unsurveyed sections and streets, for which he was awaiting the completion of the Govern ment survey. The account was referred to the Finance Committee, with power to sign the cheque. A request by J. Milsom & Co. to bo allowed to erect a bridge from Cameron Street to their section, No. 719, was re ferred to the Works Committee. THE OLD POLICE STATION. A letter from Mr March stated the rents of the old police station were still collected by Mr Barratt. tussocks. _ , Mr Ivess’ motion (of which notiefe was given at last ordinary meeting) to clear the footpaths of tussocks, was then discussed. The mover said it would not be a costly undertaking, and could be done as a con tract. It was time the paths were cleared as the tussocks were an annoyance to foot passengers, especially ladies. The main thoroughfares at least ought to be cleared, even if the less frequented and unbuilt districts were allowed to remain as they m

Mr. Saunders did not approve of mak ing such a work a contract, but thought the Council’s workmen ought to be allowed to do the work by degrees. The tussocks were not a very serious inconvenience, and might safely be left in the workmen’s hands.

Mr. Ivess did not look favorably, oil. the employment of a large stall' of workmen. It was an expensive system, and it would be far cheaper to invite tenders for clear ing a dozen streets of tussocks than to retain a lot of day laborers for work of that kind. The motion was carried. TREE-PLANTING ON THE BELTS. Mr. Ivess was not sure about the best time for tree-planting, but it was none too soon to think about the work. Trees took a long time to grow, and the sooner they were planted the better. He moved, as he gave notice he would, that £IOO be voted towards planting the belts, and that a Committee be appointed, consisting of the Mayor, and Messrs. Saunders, Camp bell, and the mover, to see that the trees be put in in due season.

Mr. Saunders was prepared to support Mr. Ives 3 to the full in this matter. £IOO was, he fancied, too little for what Ashbur ton could do with in trees. He would not oppose the expenditure of half the Coun cil’s funds in this direction. It was not too soon to speak of planting, but father late. It would be necessary to give the ground a thorough ploughing, and to fence it securely, so as to protect the young trees, but the work of planting could not fail to further the health, wealth, and prosperity of the community. He would second the motion.

The Mayor thought the north and east belts ought to be planted first. The motion wa3 carried, and the Coun cil adjourned.

TELEGRAPHIC.

AUSTRALIAN

[By Submarine Cable.] Melbourne, December 30. It is doubtful if the New Zealanders will play East Melbourne on Wednesday, owing to the races. Vulcan is favorite for the Champion at 7 to 2 ; Wellington next. Avernus is favorite for the two-year-old race. Sydney, December 30.

The barque Gazelle, from the Solomon Islands, brings the captain and two of the crew of the Onward.

Commissioners, with Mr. Jennings as Executive Commissioner, have been ap pointed for the International Exhibition. An “Evening News” telegram states that the steamer Mecca, with 350 Chinese for the A.S.N. Company, was wrecked in Torres Straits. The cargo was lost, but the crew were saved.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency and Exchanges.]

Wellington, Monday.

Mr. Le Patourel accompanies the Mar quis of Normanby to Victoria ,as Private Secretary.

The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court commence next Monday. There are seven cases, two for robbery from dwelling-house, two of attempted suicide, one each of arson, forgery, and indecent assault.

Arthur Sweet gave himself up to the police on Saturday night saying he had forged a cheque, and if not locked up would commit suicide. He was locked up on suspicion of lunacy, but subse quently a man named Wellam, with whom he had boarded, charged him with forging a cheque for £3 10s.. He was remanded until this morning on the latter charge. The charge of lunacy was with drawn.

Blenheim, Monday.

It is reported here that Mr. Adams, a stranger in the district,, and son to an extensive runholder, has been appointed valuer under the Land Tax Act for the whole of Wairan. The statement excites universal astonishment.

Mr. Connolly, on behalf of the Bar, deli vered a complimentary address to Dr. Mueller on the occasion of his retirement from tho offices of Resident Magistrate, Registrar, &c., eulogising his past services. Dr. Mueller replied, and said he had been requested to retire without any reason being assigned. It is understood that it was in contemplation to amalgamate the offices. William Smith, a laborer working at Tua Marina, was found drowned in a creek yesterday. He had been missing for some days, and had been drinking; Ho is supposed to have accidentally fallen into the stream. Hokitika, Monday. The schooner Mabel Jane, with a cargo of produce from Oamaru, is ashore on the beach of Wanganui Bluff, about 20 miles S. of Hokitika. It is still raining heavily, and the races are indefinitely postponed. Dunedin, Monday. Messrs. Reid and Duncan, of Dunedin, have issued proposals for connecting Dun edin with Roslyn, Half-wey Bush, Kai korai Yalley, and Maori Hill, by tramway. Wellington, Monday. The directors of the Now Zealand Ship ping Company have resolved to recommend the shareholders to wind up the company voluntarily. The report shows £5,091 as the net profit for the year. £2,358 went for repairs. The receipts increased by 50 per cent, over the preceding year, but the liabilities are heavy, £35,G33 ; and £19,000 is bearing interest at 9 percent., a divi dend in itself. Therefore, the directors advise winding up. Temaru, Monday. AU communication south of the Bangi tftta is g£oj>pe& 4* JPWfwJ

this morning from Mr. Lowe, the engineer* states that neither passengers nor mails would on any pretence be allowed to cross the bridge. A passenger just arrived from South Rangitata states that two of tho piers have goue, the rails are bent into all manners of shapes, the sleepers are lying at an angle of 45deg. The river is very high, and the bridge shaking very much. The holiday passengers are disgusted, as there is no boat here to bring them on to Christchurch.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Wellington, Tuesday. It is said that imperative- instructions have been issued by the Minister of Works that all free passes on the railways are to cease after the Ist January, except to Members of the Legislature, and officers of the railway and' Public Works Depart ment travelling on public service. The Resident Magistrate’s Court will bo removed to the old Provincial buildings the second week in January. , ! . The “ New Zealand Times” says it is whispered that considerable difficulty is experienced in the administration of tho land tax scheme, particularly in the way of getting information as 1 to the - value, of and. The expenses, too, are said to be in excess of wliat was estimated.

THE CHURCH AND THE STAGE.

(From Vatiity Fair.)

Speaking as layman, we are disposed to say that parsons and playwrights will always be antagonists, for the simple reason that the two are rivals. The time was when even Society looked upon actors and actresses with repugnance and re probation, and as the purveyors of a more or less illicit article. Christian burial was refused them by the clergy with the approbation of the lay world. But when once acting became a source of national amusement, such treatment of actors and actresses was no longer possible. An » accomplished actor or actress of irreproach able reputation, not only obtains ad mission to any society, but may claim burial in any churchyard; and this alteration in the feeling of the world towards the dramatic profession' -has materially modified the sentiments of tho Church towards it. But the feeling - still subsists that the Church and tho Stage are rivals ; and the feeling is ja sound one. They are both teachers; it might he said they are both preachers ; and they preach radically / different doctrines. The morality of -tlie Stage, where it would be allowed by the clergy to be moral at all, is natural morality ; its religion is natural religion. The triumph of virtue represented; by the English and Protestant actors would be as much appreciated by a Spanish and Roman Catholic audience as by spectators that were Protestant and English, and the same result would be obtained if tho audience consisted of intelligent Hindoos or Chinese. A kindred antagonism may be observed between thoughtful and ardent clergymen who do not happen to he Bishops, and modern literature. Men of letters are, as Thackeray said, week day preachers; and the Sunday preacher does not quite like the look of them. The Stage, in England at least, cannot be said to be irreligious, whether .it is immoral or not. But it is essentially non religious, and a man might go to the Theatre every night in the week without once being reminded that there 'is such a thing as theology. Neither would it be gathered from the dramatic pieces one secs that the earth is a valley of tears, that life is a fleeting show, that the fashion of this world passeth away, or any other of the profound but melancholy truths one hears of a Sunday. It is the business of the modern Stage, apparently, without being immoral, to be as littlq • moral as may be ; to amuse, divert, and refresh; to make people forget their business, their cares, their debts, their duties ; and to "banish from them as much as possible any serious reflections on this life and any solicitude as to the next. It may be quite right to do so. But honest churchmen cannot well think so.

The Jews and “The Spectator.”— “The Spectator” writes: —“The dread which the Jews are awakening in Eastern Europe almost equals the dread felt for them in Western Europe 600 years ago, and is based on the same grounds. They display a talent for accumulation with which Christians cannot compete, and which tends to make of them an ascendant caste. It is gravely asserted in the Rou manian Parliament that the true difficulty in the way of allowing them the equal rights which were secured by .Treaty of Berlin, is the certainty entertained by Roumanians and Servians that they would gradually oust the peasantry till they pos sessed the whole land. In Hungary it is asserted, even in Reuter’s telegrams, that they have purchased so many, estates as to make an alteration in the Constitution needful, and in Germany literature*is full of the success of the Jews in ousting tlio .ancient.families. Their remarkable suc cess in politics, and their instinct for acquiring pecuniary control of the Press, are observed in all free countries, and have recently called forth pamphlets, and even books, penetrated with a most ener getic hate. Considering that a hundred years ago the Jews were a despised caste, . their rise into a dreaded order lias been singularly rapid—too rapid, we imagine, for them to be perfectly safe in' their new position. The explanatipn of their success is, wo presume, that their peculiar capa city exactly suits the conditions of modern sui cl their best- defence ■would. lie tnis i That in the country where they are most perfectly free (France), they are'least s hated or distrusted. In England their i conduct in reference to, .Turkey has undoubtedly profoundly modified the * opinion of all Liberals, and will affect their future/' 4

TUESDAY OecemMß 31, IB AI

THE EVEkiMG ECHO.



s. d. s. d. Butter, inferior to best t? lb l 0 to I 2 Eggs, dozen i 6 to 0 O Bacon, prime smoked, lb o 10 to 0 O Hams in cloth, $ lb I 0 to 0 O Flour in bags, ioolb 12 6 to 14 O Oatmeal. # ioolb 26 0 to 0 O Lard, lb - O 9 to 0 O



Fruiterers. Oranges. Oranges. Ex “ Rotorua,” Just Arrived. 70 CASES ORAN GBS in FIRST-CLASS CONDITION, and SPLENDID FLAVOR. 70 W. BIRTWELL, WHOLESALE & RETAIL FRUITERER, and direct importer from the AUSTRALIAN AND TASMANIAN ORCHARDS. 104 FRUIT IMPORTED DIRECT FROM SYDNEY. Jl\/T OOAR AND CO., • '■ IVI WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GREENGROCERS & FRUITERERS, REMOVED to EAST STREET, Shop lately occupied by Mr. Cambridge. TUST ARRIVED A LARGE STOCK J of Oranges, Pine Apples Lemons, Bananas Apples, Vegetables Confectionery Ac., &c. Delivered to *ll paits of Ashburton. W. T. DAVISON, GREENGROCER AND FRUITERER, Wholesale and Retail. Fresh from Christ church daily, from one of the Largest Growers. MOORE STEET, Ashburton. 47 Business Notices. NOTICE. HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, ASHBURTON. IN consequence of the WAIMATE MILLS having been BURNED, the above Yards will be Closed for about Six Weeks, until Re-Erection of same. Mr. F. Pavitt is authorised to collect all outstanding accounts until further notice. ALPHEUS HAYES, perW. H. COLLINS, Manager. Ashburton, Nov. 23, 1878. 67 COALS. COALS. COALS. ALL kinds of COALS & FIREWOOD delivered at the shortest notice in any quantities and at reasonable rates. GEORGE PARKER & CO., Springfield Coal Depot, 138 Ashburton. “HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY,” (As the man said when he returned the Stolen Sheep), AND, as we wish to PAY our BILLS, must respectfully urge that all Accounts due to the undersigned, he paid by the 6th of the month. Short Reckonings and Long Friends. TAYLOR & LILL, Bakers and Confectioners. East Street, Ashburton, 88 NOTICE. THE undersigned begs to give notico that in future all accounts must be settled monthly, and requests that no money be paid to any of the men in charge of the carts, but settled direct with him or at the shop. All accounts overdue must be paid within one month from date, or they may be liable to proceedings without further notice. THOMAS HICKS, Baker, 89 Ashburton. IREAD. BREAD. BREAD 6d, per 41b. Loaf. rHOMAS HICKS, Baker and Con fectioner, Tancred Street, is now upplying First-class Bread, at 6d; per lb Loaf, delivered to all parts of the )istrict, or at the Shop. note— THOMAS HICKS, THE PIONEER BAKERY, Tancred Street, Ashburton Winslow. GEORGE LADBROOK, GENERAL STOREKEEPER AND PRODUCE DEALER, BEGS to announce that he has JUST OPENED a General Store at Wins low, near the Railway Station, and hopes to merit a share of public support. A cart will wait upon families for orders rogularly. Goods supplied at Lowest Current rates. Note the address— GEORGE LADBROOK, GENERAL STOREKEEPER, WINSLOW. Dficoinlw 3,1879. 98



Advertisements for the evening Echo must he sent in not later than 3 p.m. with the number of insertions written plainly on the copy, otherwise they will be inserted till countermanded, and charged accordingly. Special notices can be received up to 3.30 p.m. for insertion over the Leader, but will be charged double scale. Subscriptions—Quarterly in advance, 6s. ; posted, Bs. 6d. ; per annum, in advance, 225. 6tl. ; posted, 355. d. ; weekly, paid to collector, 6d. Delivered to any part of the town, and at any of the Railway Stations



Special Notices. FENCING WIRE. 20 TONS Just Received and on Sale at LOWEST PRICES. A. O. AITKEN & CO., Havelock Street. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Alfred harrison begs to announce that on or about the Ist Feb., 1870, he will open a NEW AUCTION MART In Raring Square. A. H. will make a specialty of Sales of Furniture and Effects, Sales of Stock and Merchandise. Sales of every description, conducted with care and expedition in town and country. ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AGENT, &c., HAVELOCK STREET, ASHBURTON, Near the Town Hall. 213 S. STEPHEN’S CHURCH. IN CONSEQUENCE of the alterations commenced to-day, there will be NO SERVICE (as intended) TO-MORROW. W. E. PAIGE. December 31st, 1878. 216*