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COUNTRY NEWS.

BALLAltAT.

Sunday Kvhnino.

I Arrangements hnie been made to senil ft

maiden mil a junior pur, n maid n anda junior f mr, mid a smior four from the bul

larat row mg clnl s to compt le at the Yarra Yarra Ueguttn on Doeimb r 15

Die receipts for the Agricultural and Pas toral Societ) s slioiv in the two dn>s totallid £lln .ia Lust years takings amounted to Í478 ¿j

A little boy six jems of age, named Vrede rick Condon was drown el nSnturliy afurn on in nu ol I Bhult on ti i I uri ka 11 it, fin du! I waa in the n t I pie) ing a mush room i,rowine, on the si 1 winn the I tink gue ni) piiclpitntlng bim Into the «vnter I hi unlortiinati little le 1 low s elder I re thor, who tiocompini I lum lost lils pr ai nci of mini in I itisteul ot summoning http near at hand run nil the wa) I otu \\ h n the b 1) wus rccoiertd Hie had been extinct

som urtu

A pur of hors s attached to a bngg) drm n b) Mr 11iil.Ii M Kuy bolte I in Ui| on strict to hi) Hie vi Inch it. aired uni Mrs M Kuy her two clnl Inn and her mother Mrs Drown, wen thrown out 1h whole pitty were cut nn! bruis d Mrs M Ka), who had a I roleen fun arm, anil Mrs brown, who sustami 1 injury to the hip, Hern udmitted to the hospital

I1LNDIGÜ

Saturday T*vbmno

A fireoccuned today at bailors Gully by which a six roomid house, owned by Mr. Jumes btt war I liriwer, mid occupuit by Mr bpmce a I uil 1er und Mr J Lo) le, wns de atroyid Mr S Si «moura honsi next iloor was siiel with dilhuulty, as the briualiï has ii snflieiint upDiiriliis 'Hu furn i tun «vus not iiiKiind, and tim house wau insured tor only LUI)

Sunday I vwirso

1 he death is announced of Mr David Mo rheiid, corn mt rebuilt who bus naided hire lor over 40 jeura He was highly rc BDci ted

1 he holme of n miner name I Sedgmnn of Long Gull), wau burned down Inst nicht Hie h mue wus insured for ¿100 und the furniture for ¿50 in tho New ¿ealund Com pauj _

GLLLONG.

SUMJAY EVUNTVO.

A boy named I liornas 'lojne, aged 10 years, was jeeterelay uccideniullj drowneel in a waterhole at North Geelong. He bael taken oft hiB Ik» it s and Bocks mid waded into the hole, when he ahpptd beyond his depth

and «vusdrowned

This in irimig at a quarter to 2o'clock, a fire ocenrreel at the stnbh s at ilu rear of Mr Arthur Rlulcet,tB dwelllngliouse in Little I vans street, South Geelong Hie stables, ii 'art,!' quantity of foddtr, lour 8it3 ol dru) hann as, a night cart, and four horses «vere ilestrojiel, the loss billig estimated at ¿200 '1 ho insurance on the stables is ¿oO

CASILI'MAINI*

&ATUIUMY EVEMNO.

The ereotinn of the new Presbjterian Church has been completed by Mr. 1\ 15 Slullubitr, of Melbourne, who lins lurried out Ins contract iu a mest eutisfactory anil expeditious munni r. 1 he contract price was HI,Uti, but with some extms the total cost of the handsome e bhoe is al out £1,700. 'I lie opening ceremony bus bi en lixed for the leith prox_

TnC FROZLN WHAT TRADE

ROCHES! CR, SatohDay.

The possibilities of probt m the Irozin meat trade huio ns yet Butru!) bet n n co,,

uised or appreciated bj stock tuvners in tins district to mi) thing like its full extent, but Bernie local breeden! hate given condilli rution lo tin matter, nnd ns un i xperimt ut the Messrs Hhinhild llrotln rs, ol hnmuwm, ihspateheil by mil to Mtlbotirne jesterdny 1,000 mirlno «vtilurs, which will tin re be killi el and forwarded to tile English murki t in tin form of Irozen mutton. 1 he sheep m this coiiHiMime nt ure a fajr tiverag sample of «vhut tin district can produce, und the result of the experiment will be engerly watched

A SULPHUR faPttlNÜ DISCOVEHED.

TRANKSIOX, Satci-du.

A sulphur spring, which Is thought to be equal In medicinal and curative i|un)iiies to those of a similar kind hi Now Zealand, has been discovered on the farm of Mr. On ti a, about two miles from I ran linton All the Bpnngs m this locallt) are bight) inmemlised, anil, although the existence of this spring lins bi i n know n ot for Rome time, it has not hitherto linn thought of mue h «aim It is ussirtel that the «murts Inclily imprigimteel with sulphur, und the se lum lit «vinch si Ules nt the tiuttom of the wi 11 bums, and lias the sume Bine 11 as sulphur A sample of the wot r has bern forwarded to thi Uovernm nt uuulvst for report bo sanguine are those who lum the mutter in tinn 1 thut the bud is u good one thnt. a di posit has been paul to thi ownirof the land tor tile sale ot two mid n hnlf acres at the rate eif £300 per acre bhould the analysis be tuvourubh a company will be Honied, anil sulphur baths established in this town

DEATH Ol' AN OLD COLONIST.

CAS1LLMAINI5, Fiuday

An octogenarian pioneer of Castlemaine in the person of Miss Jessie Stewart, died to day somewhat dil Idenl) The de ceaseel had been walking in her gar elen only half an hour lu fore her d miee She was a very old nnd respected colonist bating armed In Viutorlu in 1852 tor many j ears sin conduin d a lad lea' school ut lb lib Ibi rp the elnughters ol MiidiimeCnmiidmi b ing nmoiigst In r pupils In 1857 Miss Sti wart amwil here and ope net a lulus Behool, wine li she ki pt fur many ¡ears She «vas tin daughter of a dis- tinguished officer m the Inrhuu service.

Alt \RAT, Sunday

A buggy accident occurred to night. In

winch the lit« 1 nillir Uni) sustained, it Is fuired, injuries of a nry st vi re churactcr. 11» was re Innung bonn «vin n the horse suddenly started off, and running I etui in one of the streit tren one! the kerinna, collidid uguinst the tree, overturned the buggy, nuil tbtevv the ni g-iitlemun on to the tootputh Ile wus unconscious when picki d up, mid it is fe ure el lias sustained cou

cusslon of tlic brain

«ACCHUbMAllSII, Satdiiday

At a commlttie munn', of thi HnichuB Marah Agricultural and I'ustorul Scv.ii ty held this ulteriiooii, eh legated wert upptuuitd to attend a conference in Milbuurni, mid to propose the principle eil licensing null tuen, so us to hu« i. some security for the quulit) of milk «liUveied

lilKCllll*. SATLIintY

Mr Tudor Shaw, ulm was thrown from lim horsi on Oelober ¿7 it Corack, is null unconscious. It is doubiiu! if he will

recover

Another effort w li ina mu le to form ii new shire to be culled the \\ urimbin hip ullin, by Beverina, a portion from tin bt Am ni 1 shirt Hie petition bus Inn Hum I mid loilg d, nnd tin re n gri it lu pea of the mon ment being successfully currieit through this

time

A unnnimous cull lins lien gi«en to the Re« In el lleibiiiHou b« tin clur_,u of the birchip Presbyterian Church

CAMPLI'DOtt N, SArumiAY.

The Cohdi n binti school lins bl e ii elosi d imtil the Jib! mat lining to un t putt uno of «vhiioping caiicji um npjt tin sehnlnrs I he buildings «vill 11 tlioionehl) liimienttd while the Behool ia elim ii J he intendance hud l,ono (¡own to below SO

COLAC, Satoiumv

The first show of the ne «vi) (orme el Horti

cultural Sncitt) «vus lietel em thurn lu), uni waa n murk«d Bticeiss Hie ixhtliis wini nunn rous an I of exci Mint quail ) mid the attendance «vus liiru 'Hu nt,ricitlttirul seien (y b unnuul show will be held on 1 hum duj next.

TciItJCA, Susdit

Hospital Sundi«) n as cilebtatd to dnv, rolh i tiona lu ing madi In tin pull und tin tarions ohurchi« 111 élu) «vas hiiitmtully lim and tin altin lam. virj food I he runcers einlebt nu I I und miintud into tho tunk «vin n sir« ici s m n cou luuti d I y i un nun d eboiri mi I u bin sais «vi n de li« in I I ) si «i nil ci lilli unn, tilt e ollie Mons nmoiiiitiiig to ¿11 Hie colle eli in gi m nilly «vi r uln«i

I ist j i ara, nanni), ¿70 5s Id , us ngamal ¿00

'.h bel laut)ear i

"ÏÏtjiiSHAM, Siada* j

Mr T h How bus reaigni ! ti» position ol principal o! tin I chili r mil g Acr cultural Cediere Hu r sipuitiou Is tomki i ti it ab the end ot the current session, m lebruury

oext,

, iionirvnujitnA, sat'uhmi

Mesara Militan I Howell, the proprietors of ilu *>oiif,icni ililli, hilve bien lim 1 Jfi

willi three guim i s iniln, lor not putting »Hi imprint oi ii han li ill issui it fn m tin Ir olhcej hindid, "tins ll)|i)cns) Any Limit' "> willoh re Heute c1 on the conduut of a local rt sldert '

Joh.i Reid), a miner, waa charged at tho

lo'ice court today with nhduoling n girl nnineil Minnie HiiBstll, 17)iarsol tige. At the riqüistof Hu girls lather the cb tige waa withdrawn, na lb iii) lind mnrritd lur before the issue ol' the »variant lor his arrtst.

QunîïvbCLirr, tchsdat

The Victorian Permain nt Artille rj were formal up at 1 p m in titi liuimekqutidriin gie at Queenscliff 1'ort torliy, when Colonel Hean Pitt, 1! A oliicer commanding Artil lir), ol Vitloritin lotees, »vito is li ni mg Viotonant the ti rminniion of lils commnnil in this colony, dehiirtd a snort fnreivi.lt ml

drtss II» comphmintul the min on lhe work they lind dune m tht pttst, but re- minded them that nothing stood still In militar) mutters and that in garrison nrlil

1er) ispi tittil) nil nuiles must lu cionnnuolly li arning something fresh ni onh r to ka p up lo tlntt In conclusion, he iinntmiiciil his intention of prtsentmg the nginu ut with a ailvi r cup, to be ct-mpttid for in artillery work by tin three compmlesof the numil tit During the cumng Coloml Dum Pitt wns inteittnned b) theotlietrs nt n bntiiiuit m tlie Grund Ilote I, the bund ot the butter) plt»)ing appropriate selections during the

dening. u

HU'llinuGLnN, SvronnAT.

Trade ian ported as brisk, und building operations Continue to be t xtt nsivel) currtt d on More than one lum tr ti lions s time been put np in tlie borough during tin* past twelve months, and still the supply is un i quivl to Hu* demand. A n turu shows that the number of rnu-pnjers in the shire lina increased b) 30 per ui-nl. during lim pust four

)tars.

WALÏTALLA, SCKOAT.

A pninfnl acculent happentd to a man named Jackson, working tu the Long Ttimit 1 Lxtendid mine, lust night. .Itiuttson unel his mute, nunn d Atkins, wete working m lhe stopes nt No 0 levi I drilling ii hole, Jin kson »trilling and Atkins holding the drill Willi» nut nnv warning tht hanging wnll carne away, pinning Jackson to lhe ground. Hu »vas brought to tile surlnte and remoled to the hospita). Dr. Dinninup, tho mina surgeon, ait his leg, »vliith wns broken in three places Jackson is progressing as faiourabl) us can be expedid.

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