Inquest at Rakaia.

An inquest on the body of Charles McCarthy, who died at South Rakaia, was held at the Railway Hotel yesterday, before J. E. Trevor, Esq. /coroner for the district. A jury (of whom Mr. T. A. Winter was chosen foreman) having been sworn, and having viewed the body of the deceased, Constable Rowse was sworn, and de poned—lt was reported to me yesterday morning that a man named Charles McCarthy had died suddenly the night before at Beachgrove farm, near Kyle, South Rakaia, the residence of Mr. Car ruthers. I proceeded to the place, and found deceased lying on a bed in an out house. He was quite dead, and partly dressed. Examined the body. Found no marks of violence abont it, nor disturb ance of the clothes. He appeared as though he had died quietly in his sleep. I had the body removed to the Railway Hotel, Rakaia, where it now lies. David Carruthers, sworn, said —-I am a farmer, living near the beach at South Rakaia. Deceased was in my employ for the last few weeks. He had been addicted to drink, and was generally out of health after drinking. He had not been drink ing lately 7. On the morning of the 14th deceased complained of a pain in his stomach. Carried him some warm tea, which he took, but soon threw it up again. He said a little brandy might do him good.; I. returned to the house and fetched him a small quantity of brandy, which deceased drank, but presently threw it up. He continued vomiting. I applied a mustard plaster to his stomach, which remained on for about a quarter of an hour. I proposed going for a doctor, to which he objected, on account of the ex pense. I said I would wait two or three hours, when, if he was no better, I would fetch a doctor. About 2 p.m. I started to fetch a doctor from Southbridge. Saw Dr. Chapman, whom I told of the man’s symptou i. Dr. Chapman said it was too late to cross the river that night. He gave me a prescription, and instructed me as to the man’s treatment. I brought the medicine home, where I arrived about 7 p.m. I thought he seemed better. T gave him the medicine, and carried out my instructions. Saw deceased about 9 p,m., when he appeared quite comfort able. Returned to him about 6 a.m. next day, and found him dead. He was lying in the same position as I left him in the night before. I then went to the Rakaia, and informed the police of the death. De ceased was suffering from the effects of drink when he came to me, a few weeks ago. He had not been drinking since. He appeared to have died in his sleep. Dr. Ross, sworn, deponed—l examined the body, which I found to be that of a thin and spare man. It was fairly nourished. There were no marks of ex ternal violence. The nails of . the fingers and toes were intensely. congested ; the features were pinched. I opened his chest, and found the left lung adhering to the side. The substance of this lung was much congested. The right lung was bound down throughout nearly its whole extent by a recent effusion of plastic lymph. It would have been impossible to remove the lung from the side without lacerating the substance. The right heart was gorged with blood, and the left empty. All the other organs were healthy, but much congested. The stomach and bowels were empty. The small intestine was congested. The death resulted from acute pleurisy. By the foreman—lt was a case for medical attendance, but it would have been impossible to have benefitted the man.

The jury gave a verdict that death re sulted from natural causes.

THE STORY-TELLER.

A CLOSE SHAVE. chapter vi —continued. “ And what are they 1 ” said Fother, completely cowed and physically incapaci tated by the punishment he had received. “ You must leave France forthwith for some place out of Europe, and engage never to return, and you must answer un reservedly a question of mine.” Fother hesitated.

“I have only to put my head out of that door and shout, and you are a prisoner in the hands of the French police ; and I have only to telegraph to Mr. John Hudson, detective, now at Boulogne, to hand you over to the English authorities. ” “I would gladly accept the first condi tion if I had the means of getting away,” said Fother. “ I’ll see to that. Now answer this question—What became of the money and valuables you stole from the banker ? ” Johp was professionally curious on this point, for it had been a principal difficulty of the prosecution that the plunder could not be traced.

“It was hidden underground for some time after the robbery, and then brought here quite lately by my wife'; but as the booty consisted chiefly of securities, and I couldn’t ne.gociate them without being found out, they have remained unused.” “ Of course, after what has happened, I don’t mean to let you out of my sight till you are shipped off. Come along at once, get your things together, and we will then arrange for the journey. Take care you are rot discovered, for I don’t want to be tried as an aider and abbettor in your escape.” 1 Williaip Father, perfpctjy astonished find tjiprpugjily* ashamed, obeyed John Lloyd like a dog. When 1 arrived at Alphonse’s shop, I found the pair just starting for the bureau of the New York and Havre bqe of packets, whither I accompanied them, and saw the rest of the play to the end. CHAPTER VII. From Havre on the following day, William Fother, and our remarkable female fellow-traveller from Folkestone sailed for New York. Their few effects were collected in a modest heap on the deck of the steamer ; but conspicuous by its absence was the black leather bag, which had been already dispatched anony mously by the mail to England, addressed jyj r< ? banker, Liverpool. It con tained’ no doubt, the securities and other valuables which by John s assistance Mis. Fother had brought into France. * The scoundrel hcts & chunce of icioirU” ing now, and I think lie will avail lum- Belf of it,” said John, as we left the docks. “I am particularly glad for the fellow r s own sake that he didn’t cut iffy throat.

By Jove, though, I will always shave my self in future ; it’s horribly trust ing one’s gorge to strangers.” Whether Alphonse ever forgave us for .abucting his assistant trds capable, this deponent showeth not ; neither doth he declare the motive which induced John Lloyd to act as he did towards Fother. The reader is at liberty to attribute the motive to generosity towards the n an, to John’s sense of justice for what the woman had done in warning him, to freak, or to the spirit which once said to a sinner, “ Go, and sin no more.” CHAPTER VIII. Long afterwards . I learnt the secret history of William Fother’s mysterious reappearance at the barber’s shop. After affecting his escape from Barn borough Gaol, he had lurked about Preston and the neighborhood for a couple of days. His wife, who had been instru mental in the escape, and who had under gone what woman alone will undergo for those they love, furnished him with a hiding-place and supplied him with clothes and a disguise. The dress of a plate-layer, a wig of shock hair, and a full moustache so effectually disguised him that even his wife averred she scarcely knew him. Purpose^ 7 the work man’s dress was assumed ; Fother had been in the habit, before his conviction, of affecting fashionable attire ; and he thought wisely, perhaps, that the police would give his vanity credit for seeking a disguise—if any—in some sphere where purple and fine linen might take their place. He remained undetected, his where about unkonwn, though the police were active in their search after him, and were stimulated to exertion by the offer of the Government reward. It would never do, however, to remain in England. The question- was, whither should he go? Sufficient means were at hand, out of the proceeds of the robbery for which Fother had been sentenced, to enable him to go either to America or the Continent. At first he thought of America as the safest refuge ; but the watch at Liverpool, lie knew, would be strict and the chances were strongly against his getting through. A secret yearning, too, after Europe, with many of the capitals of which he was acquainted, induced him to turn his thoughts towards France, where he reckoned on remaining perdu for awhile, and then, if need were, upon flee ing elsewhere. It was quite certain it would not do for him to go by the ordinary routes. The watch would be too severe at all the usual ports of departure. So it was decided in the end that Fother should make liis way on foot to Runcorn, or onejj of the small Welsh Ports, and get a passage in some trading vessel to the French coast. He was to represent himself as a platelayer out of woi'k, seeking for employment on a French railway. In order to save the plunder from recapture, or from being a source of trouble to the fugitive, it was arranged that Fother’s wife should go with it alone, and wait at Paris" for her husband’s arrival

Fother walked by easy stages to Run corn. No man questioned him, though he had frequently to converse on the sub ject of his own escape, and once felt un pleasantly conscious of being scrutinised by a police-constable, while he stood to read, on the wall of the police station, a description of himself, and an offer of one hundred pounds reward for his capture. At Runcorn he engaged with the master of a lumber vessel to take him to Nantes in consideration of his making himself useful while on board, the master promis ing to do his best to procure the platelayer employment on the railway from Saint Nazaire. The vessel sailed with William Fother on board.

Arrived at Nantes, where his coming was not looked for, Fother quitted the ship, and having managed to elude the kindly offers of the master, set out to walk to Paris, not caring to trouble the railways, and reckoning upon avoiding the inquisition of the police. In Paris, a city he knew thoroughly, he found his wife, who had prepared a lodg ing for him. After a few days of rest, greatly needed after the fatigues and ex citement he had gone through, Fother, who had determined to remain awhile in Paiis, went forth to seek employment. He' still wore a wig, but a neat and trim . one, and in lieu of the heavy moustache he had adopted at Preston, he wore a slight French one, the whole disguising him yet more thoroughly than the others had done. He sought employment as a light porter, as a waiter at a cafd, and failing these, he put himself in the hands of an agent, who promised to get him something, provided he was not too par ticular about what he turned his hand to. He could do anything, he said, from con ductor of omnibus to barber’s assistant. He would prefer some employment in which the manual labor was not too heavj 7 . Wisely, perhaps, he concluded to re main in Paris ; wisely, too, he concluded to get occupation. An employed man was less likely to come under the ultra inquisitive eye of the French police. The fact that he had been apprenticed to a barber in his youth, although he had ab sconded from bis employment before he had learnt much of the business, suggested employment in this line, and Alphonse the hairdresser being in want of a helper, Fother had finally been engaged by him. William Fother fell fighting in the battle af Chancellorsville, a lieutenant in one of the New England regiments. His wife we have never heard of since she sailed fof New York.

CONCLUDED.

THE ASHBURTON



Public Notices. NOTICE. EDWARD TAYLOR, BAKER, Saunders’ Buildings, BEGS to intimate to his customers and the public generally that he has this day disposed of his Business to W. White, and solicits a continuance of support for his successor. ACCOUNTS. MR. W. WHITE is AUTHORISED to COLLECT ALL DEBTS due to me in respect of my Bakery Business due at this date. EDWARD TAYLOR, Baker,. Saunders’ Buildings. Ashburton, 9th June, 1880. 552c-937g



Edmiston, Gundry & Co. FOE, SALE, BY PRIVATE TREATY. THE undersigned have for sale by Private Treaty, the following Pro perties : R. S. 2821 G, 7,8, 9, containing 686 acres, which will be sold in farms of 100 acres and upwards. This property is within 4 miles of Ashburton township, is very good land, and will be sold on very reasonable terms, viz, 10s. per acre cash and the balance at a low rate of interest on a term of years. 210 ACRES on Gould and Cameron’s run. This property is partly fenced with gorse fences. 128 ACRES at Chertsey, all securely fenced, and is at present sown with turnips. This property will be sold at a low price on easy terms. 125 ACRES at Grecnstreet,-securely fenced with live fences, and sub divided. and a permanent:stream of water. 285 ACRES at Grcenstreet, to be sold or let on a purchasing clause in one or more blocks. This is excellent, land, .ancl .laid down in English grass, arid well watered with creeks. . This would make a capital farm, and will be sold on very liberal terms. . 210 ACRES close to. the township . of Ashburton, with good clwell ing-house, stable, granary, &c. This property will., be. let for a term of years at a low rent. 500 ACRES at Orari, in one or more blocks. 150 ACRES at Tiny aid. A capi'al farm, being all fenced and ready for cropping. There are three creeks running through this pro perty. 150 ACRES at Ashton. A well com pact farm, together with house, stables, &c. Price very low. 800 ACRES at Mount Possession. 1500 ACRES near the spread Eagle Hotel. T.S. No 879, Ashburton. T. S. 301, 302, Burnett-strcet, Ash burton. T.S. 247, Kermode Street, Ashbur ton. T.S. 182, 183, opposite Church, Tinwald, a bargain, &c. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & CO., Auctioneers and Estate Agents. Agents for the gOUTH BRITISH FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £1,000,000. Risks taken on all kinds of Property, Growing Crops, Gram in Stack, Thresh ing Machines, &c. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, A CO., East Street. 106 T. Bullock. TO LET FOR CROP OF WHEAT 200 AORES 200 About six miles ftom Ashburton, on the Wakanui Estate. . FOR SALE OR TO LET, WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, ACRE FARM 450 450 in Two Farms one about 220 Acres and another about 280 Acres. Well ■watered on Longbeach Run. Also, 50 acres 50 Ashburton Forks, now in grass, For Sale, cheap dwelling house of seven rooms, near the Parsonage, East Town Belt. To Let, two shops -in East Street. Also Office in do. Two-roomed house with lean-to, in Mona Square. Two-roomed cottage near Mr. Hay T. Smith’s Also/ That old established blacksmith and wheelwright’s workshop, and Dwelling House in Ashburton, centrally situated, close to the Somerset Hotel, and now in the occupation of Mr. H. J. Edwards, For full particulars Apply to 453 c T. BULLOCK. TO LET, ONE of those Newly Erected COT TAGES in Tancred Street, near Mr. Anstee’s Private Hotel. 571 c T. BULLOCK. Boarding Houses. CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, BARING SQUARE. THOMAS BROADBELT, PKOPEIETOK. PRIVATE ACCOMMODATION FOR BOARDERS. 947g-563c



Business Notices. W. WHITE, CONFEOIIONEE AND BAKER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, BEGS to announce that he has taken the business lately carried on by Edward Taylor, Baker, Ac., Saunders’ Buildings, and trusts by supplying a first class article at a moderate price, to merit a continuance of public support. Best Bread, 41b. Loaf, sd. Cash, ,6d. Delivered. 928g-550c EVERETT BROS. AND CO.,' CHEAP DRAPERS, HAVELOCK STREET, ASHBURTON. E. B. and Co. are. now'showing their T I N T E R .v- JQ R"A P E R Y, • • Comprising . EVERY NOVELTY IN"'EACH DEPARTMENT. NEW GOODS " ARRIVING MONTHLY. ■■ .;"7 /" ;•’ / : • 505 c DAVIS’S, Cheap FUR N ITU RE AND B E DDIN G MANUFACTORY, MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. EVERY article Sold at Christchurch Prices and guaranteed best of material and workmanship. FUNER A L .S CHEAPLY & COMPLETELY FURNISHED W. DAVIS, MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. . 529 c Ashburton Bakery, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. jp HOM A S Tp AYL OR , 3AKER, PASTRYCOOK, AND CON FECTIONER. XL ARTICLES GUARANTEED TO BE OF THE BEST QUALITY. Soiree, Picnic, and Wedding Parties supplied on the shortest notice. a®** HOT TEA, COFFEE & PIES Prom 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. till 11 p.m. THOMAS TAYLOR, Ashburton Bakery. . 492 c



CENTRAL BUTCHERY, (Baring Square, Ashburton). J. WARD, Family Butcher, XN thanking the public for tlieir very liberal support, and in consequence of having so large a patronage, is now in a position to supply the best meat that can be procured at the following reduced prices for cash : BEEF ... ~, 2d., Sd., and 4d. LEGS MUTTON, PRIME, ... 3d. FORE 7 QUARTERS, ... ... lfd Customers can be supplied at the prices either from the shop or cart. J. WARD, Butcher. ■M m : 0' T T o N " A, C O . HORSE CLIPPERS, 24 Years’ Colonial Experience. HORSES BROKEN IN TO SADDLE AND HARNESS. Moderate Charges. Apply l Baldwin s Hotel, or Brighton Boarding House, Triangle 842g-450c NEW BILES. THE following NEW BILLS now be fore Parliament are ON SALE at the office of this paper : —Bills of Ex change Procedure, Marriage, Juries, Deaths by Accident Compensation, Cruelty to Animals, Building Societies, Animal’s Pro tection, Adulteration Prevention, Aliens, Mercantile Law, Banks and Bankers Married Women’s Property Protection, Chattels Securities, Pharmacy, Native Land Court, Native Land Sales, Dog Registration, Fisheries, Fencing, Brands and Branding, Corrupt Practices Pre vention, Hospitals and Charitable Institu tions, Impounding, Regulation of Elec tions ; also No. 2 and 3 of Hansard, the Financial Statement and Estimates for the ensuing year. HAVE you Lost Anything ?—Tell the finder through the Herald for a Shilling. If he is honest he will bring it to you without a reward, but you can bait a finder ‘of shaky morals by.,a tempting offer of remuneration for his trouble. AT for a Shilling cash. j



Business. Notices. T. R. HODDER & CO. HAVE much pleasure in announc ing to their friends and the public generallj 7 , that their stock of WINTER DRAPERY, MILLINERY, -‘j MEN’S AND ,-BOYS’ CLOTHING HATS AND HOSIERY, BOOTS AND! SHOES,A IS NOT TO BE SURPASSED 1 . , for ' ' ‘: u ’ QUALITY AND ASSORTMENT, Each Department being replete with everything suitable for the season. JUST TO HAND— A Very. Larue Assortment of Melbourne Clothing* MADE ESPECIALLY,;TO ORDER. [ ■ T. R. HODDER & CO. having been encouraged' “by" their greatly' increased trade in the Clothing Department, have .. ENLARGED THEIR PREMISES,r Enabling them to keep a Larger-and -More Varied Assortment. Tailoring In all branches by most experienced hands. SUITS, RIDING TROUSERS, HABITS, &c.,* made on' the most im proved principle, .at. the shortest notice, and as cheap, or cheaper, than any house in Canterbury. T. R. HODDER and CO., seeking to Encourage Local Industries keep, a well assorted stock of Kaiapoi, Roslyn, and Mosgiel Manufactured Goods. Boots and Shoes, Imported and Colonial make, from the best Christchurch and Dunedin Manufacturers. T. R. HODDER & CO. , while not pro fessing to sell everything at COST PRICE, are prepared to meet. EXISTING COM PETITION . and to encourage all Cash Purchaser's. An experience of twenty six years Colonial storekeeping lias taught our Firm the value of a Cash Grocery Business, which they have found succeed so well in Asliburton since bringing down the prices of many leading commodities, which course they are still prepared to continue and show 7 their preferring PROMPT CASH, rather than risk long credit with large profits. ironmongery Crockeryware ' AT LOWEST PAYING RATES." Sole Agents for Singer’s Sewing Machines Sole Agents for Wanzer Sewing Machine. Agents for Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company. T. R. HODDER & CO. 407c-948g LATEST STYLES FROM LONDON & PARIS. CRAIGHEAD & CO., Merchant Tailors, TANCRED STREET, (Next Orr & Co.) PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. 982a-445a DON’T! PLEASE! DON’T! STOP ! DO STOP ! TOP before you give your next order for a Suit of Clothes. IF you Want Style, Fit, and Quality, try the Undersigned. EAD the following, then call and in spect the Goo.ds. (YARDS READYI T 0 350 •■■■ cut. ■ y . i JUST. ARRIVED—The best . Stock of ' Winter Cloths to he got for money SUPERIOR in quality to anything eve yet shown in Ashburton. ' l SAMPLES 1 , ’ vA ’::: to.. ' , y SELECT FROM) Comprising the following German Cloths, plain and fancy, the most fashionable Beaver Cloths,, suitable for Winter Scotch Tweeds, assorted Mosgiel „ . „ Kaiapoi ~ ~ West of England Cloths Bedford Cords Irish Frieze, ; &c., &c. , &c. GALL and inspect this Splendid Assort . nient before you order. OTTO: Small Profits and Quick Returns. Terms—Cash. and Finish second to none. E C£l Is. Cash for a Pair CONOMY j of Trousers ) £3 15s. Cash for a Tweed ( Suit. The Address is— G. J. F. LUBLOW, THE TAILORING DEPOT, Triangle, Asr^urspon, Between Post Office., and Baldwin’s Central Hotel. 782g-3900



- - Dissolution :, V .I;.iOF . uAtaue; r 'j. Partnership. .>i i /.; —O —-r —| ORE AND CO., J>EG to announce that they intend to DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP on . Ist SEPTEMBER, r • j.".' They, will therefore, on, . Saturday,. May Ist, offer,- the whole of their superio stock, amounting to over £20,000 worth 'of DRAPERY, ; . : ’ s'-' 'ironmongery:, ‘ ;; AND'GROCERIES, AT COST PRICE. The' reductions in price extends to every Department in our Business, And we trust our Customers will pay PROMPT CASH DURING SALE. All Goods will be marked in plain figures with Red Ink., ff ' f All outstanding accounts must be paid at once so that partnership accounts may be adjusted. • . •- ORE & CO., AS H BURTON & RAK.AIA April 24th, 1880. . r • P.S.—A Large Shipment of Drapery Goods just opened up ex Pallala. Guns! Guns! Grins! POWDER. SHOT. CAPS. ORE AND CO. n AVE now on hand a very fine assortment of j BREECHLOADING DOUBLE AND SINGLE-BARREL GUNS, And as these have been imported direct . ; . r . ■■ ' \ * > . ' V\*. r ■ ’:■> '■ ■ : : I from the manufacturers, we are prepared to Sell at the most Reasonable Prices— From £2 10s to £25. ORR AND CO 1£ 9c-Cg



Bitsiness.Nofcices. BEST- NEWCASTLE COALS LAMBTON COLLIERY. 50s.“ m 1 A .PER CENT. DISCOUNT! 1 fV . for CASH: ; T-O’.Vv SPRINGFIELD COALS ; 40s. PER TON. 10 Per Cent’ Discount for Gash. To.be delivered in,my yaid. -Accounts to .. . be paid monthly. 359*5-7 73® C. PERCY: COX.



HALLO! HiL : LO! • QUILL AGAIN. : / REDUCTION IN PRICES./ . .. t..' BOTTLED WINES & SPIRITS. T. QUILL, SEEING the necessity ; of a Wholesale ■ Bottling, Wine, and. Spirit Store in , Ashburton,-has determined to supply that want, and therefore begs to submit the following list of Prices, every article guaranteed to be of the best and;purest description. PRICE LIST. Brandy Flasks, 2s. and 4s.' per flask. Fine Old Port, per Bottle, ss. and 6s. Superior old Dry Mdntelado, (old Sherry) sfe. & 65., • Very old Scotch Whisky, per Bottle ss. Fine old Irish Whisky, per Bottle, ss. Superior old Jamaca Rum, per Bottle, ss._ Fine old Martelle’s Dark Brandy, per Bottle, ss. Hennessey’s Brandy, per Bottle, 6s. Superior Square Gin (J.D.K.Z.), per Bottle, 6s. Superior Old Tom (Swain Booth’s), per Bottle, ss. All other brands equally Reduced. . ■ • QUILL’S Assorted Dozen of Best Wines : and Spirits for £3 ’ 10s, containing— -2 bottles Whisky 3 bottles Brandy 2 ~ Port 2 ~ Rum -- - Sherry Old Tom (Ready packed, and forwarded to any part of the County on the shortest notice.) One trial will prove to Quill’s customers ■ the quality of his taps. * COMMENCING, MONDAY, 26th APRIL. Open from 7 a.m to 6 p.m. during winter * months. Note Address— T. QUILL’S, WHOLESALE BOTTLING STORES, Hotel, (Near Railway Station), Ashburton. . 751g-33Gc PRACTICAL WATCH &' CLOCK MAKER, JEWELLER, &c. ROBT. MURRAY, MOORE STREET, BEACH ROAD,. ASHBURTON,- ■’ j ‘ . HAVING had over thirty .years’ ex-. perience in some of the leading establishments in England and Scotland, trusts by. good workmanship and atten tion to business to merit a. share.of the patronage of the inhabitants of Ashburton and County. A well-assorted stock of Watches, Clocks, Jewellery, Spectacles,' &c.' Watch Glasses and Keys, of best quality, fitted. " All Watch and Clock Work and Jewel lery repairs executed on the Premises. Specimens of Workmanship by R.M. shown in the window, at MOORE STREET (Next Door to the Road Board Office), BEACH ROAD, ASHBURTON. ■' 824 G-429 M. McCALLUM AND JEWELLER Every description of Jewellery made to order and repaired. Electro-plating and Gilding. Hair plaits and Devices done. Watches and Clocks accurately. Repaired. Diamonds and every description of Stones substantially Set. Clocks from 7s. Gd. each. - Do,, with alarm, 15s. CASHEL STREET, Next Bank of Australasia, Christ church. 221