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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1882-09-29, Page 34 • 4-t 014 ' "ta inforniallin tite Bureau of statistics . • - ,frannt malt -M1111111111B: - - .„„ How Beat to Put Down the Peet. - Mr, Wm. Saunders, .President of the • What One sees ut", its !Ire. "Irown. • . • ,THEA-rtigeelits-dz• - - • - • - - Vermun• 'conaratuintory --Bespittehes -to _Pirintei • " • .. • ..-„„ • . Foundering• of the Northern Lake Stea ef Asia. ABOUT 1 0 LIVES• , LOST. Doubt as tol e Loa of Mr. A: Mean andhis Son. OL TWO PERS S• KNOWN TO BE SAVED. Dree.d. Srufferino-s of the Esoa.ping Bots Crew. • 7.:IYMG. FROM B,P0811-11E, AND. COLD. Ittoo4iig. to. tifai[ore ".With a irrelatit-- et end Dien. piXAt LIB OF THE DROWNED.. . A teaegrain frcrn CoIlingwood, dated last (Sundayynight, eays: The following- report has Just reached here by thr. hands of , Captain John Davey, of the tug Minne- 'ha:hat-sent from Parry Sound by Mr. J. G. ' Miller; Which" giVesdatails of the loss of the • itearnerAsitt, of the -Great Northern Trannit : CbMpanfeliner which. ' loft here on, Wed- - . nesday evening tastier French. River and. " .Sault Ste. Mari. . - • _ Ai t-wo. unreel.. . ., . . ' The epotwhere the Asia foundered: was- about- thirty-five miles northwest ,of..rarry • Bound, and probablyten miles. from French River, for .whioh point a_ large number of. . the passengers = were bound. The :storm Walt general, bu,i.atithe point at which the ' vessel -foundered was about. opposite the • entratee_to - the -bay, between the •Mani- - toulin• Islands and ;the mainland, the • m - t Asia • ust•-i ave __ received the fifli • • force •of- ' th terrific.: gala which •-• prevailed. - • There-are.rvarious small islande -irx tits vicinity Of the .oene of the disaster,. and it is just possible that some of the crew - or passengers May -have reached the shore, -bat the hopes Are only faint. In. All pro- bability the m4n and woman who madethe. dread- voyage to the- coast with their' dead. • c orapamons in the same boat, alone live to „telithe sad story of the_ Asia's.going down - A correspondent At Collingwoad, tele -.- graphing last last town- of Collin mournful appe of the, praviou dashedto pieces, so for -a long h- all -hour we :Mood there.- ; -•• ' . • -FACIE TO :PACE WITH DBT, and. not knoWing atwhat. instant. we.would be hurledjinfo eternity. The steamerhad gotintothe trough of the sea, :and .though I her .engines worked. hard :the vessel refused to obey her helm. Wave..after-wave.swept' overns, aatili of which threatened to engulf us, until one larger than. the rest struck us; and the boat Careened over. As scion As vie felt her going we all sprang:on the -hur- ricarie. d-ecirjn orderici-havaanOtber-half minute's existence in this World. 1 cannot attempt te.. &Bertha the feelings- of those • People when they felt the boat • • - SINKING • *UNDER THEIR FEET • Without the -slightest hope of safety: • You •mist, be in the game position to realize it. it Was but the- work of a moment, for -as she-, Went •over the water rushed over Amid the heart -rending -cries of these poor help- less creatural:: .Her'stern Went foremost, and she Was swallowed up:by . the : angry waves. Fora brief period.. the upper -deck and -the: steamer'sboatsfloated, and.notie- • ini one I called to my Amideto follow me,• and made, s. rush for -it. -He did not coins, - and. that was the last 1 savr'of him. got - into: this one, • but it wite-oVerloaded, and immediately turned over; and as a. number of persons were- clinging to my life -pre- server, threatening to draw me under, I dis- engaged it and Struckout for. another boat - Which I -saw. In it there; were only eigliteenpersons, including the Captain; the mate; the prier, and fifteen others.*Think- Ing. it my :last hope, I: -oalled-to Mr. Mo- :DougalI, the purser, togiveniehis • hand. - He -did. so j but exclaimed, Oh, I don't think it of any use.': As • soon as I got in I • looked toWards the wreck, where nothing was to- be. seen but r _ " • Tuesday) night, says : -The gWood to -day presented a- arance, for the dread news day were confirmed, and. a , - general feeling of sadnessseemed to -prevail. ' Plage were fly ng at half-mast And bueinetie I was ahmieuistpencled. All Were anxious- tO receive som news from the scene of the disaster, and vtnen it was . learned some" time during:the forenoon that theNorthern -- Belle would arrive; many .an anxious.- eye •• was turned toWards the direetion in which ' lay Parry Sound.' • At about 10 o'clock • a. m., When 4istant make- indicated the arrival of the long looked - for ' steamer,. , the citizens c `aid be* seen hurrying from , every directi ii to, a- common- centre, the landing stage: At: 10.30 the Bells could b1distinctly made out with her . flag flying at. half-mast, and by the. time .'ghe reached the deck nearly -half the ponn- ration had...tinted out.: The bine object of searoh, Mr:Tinkles, one of the. survivors, • was found lying in the captain's state - roma.. - Mr. Tinkiss is. g :magnificently • - built young fellow, of: scarcely -18. years of • age. - Haile of rather fair complexionbut - the en./ look of determination on his face - and his _welt -knit -frame were sufficient to, shaw that he Might be- seleoted otit of hun- , &ode to stan. extraordinaryheaships. He. related at: le of terror, suffering. and - .death, but • a appeared :.to her . entirely unable to pic lire to their fullest extent the nevet-to-be-f rgotten scenes which he- Went- throngh. THE.. TORY- OF THE ',remain _ . isbettertold la his own words.. He says; ' tf. My. uncl , J.- H. Thirties, and. I were at 'Toronto- att. ding.- the Industrial Exhibi- tion. -and. a the same time buying some goods_ for ou store at MailitoWaning. . We armed_ at Wen Sound at 11 o'clock 'On -Wednesday ight. and getting on board the - Asia sailed a ay at about 12 o'clock: 'A, nuMber of otjher parties, gpt on at Qwen ' "Sound.but-I hought the,number very -small. _ I remember the boat calling at PresqtrIsle for wood,' b after- that I Went, to 'sleep. • The state -to m in which.I was placed was - occupied by my nude and inyeelf., At "skint 7.30 a. M. we all arose andhadbreak. 'fast. The nd at this -time was:blowing a stiff gale. - ii- a large number felt rather , Ma -sick, tli majority returned to their berths', rily •ole and myself , amengst the rest: When I Mee in the morning L was - under the i ression that the. state -rooms . -.TERRIBLE SCEN Toronto, who has had a'providential escape from a watery grave,. gave the folloWing ,graphio desoription of the causes whioh led him and his companion, A. Bowes, to - sfaudditim 3TASs OF HUMANITY, • who were clinging topleces of timber and other wreakage to prolong their lives even. for a. few secolide. I saw a. third boat, but it filled With water and sank. I hope I shall. never see such a stilt again; and .ite out beti4 drifted. out of sight I felt time relief at having such Misery shit out out from view. We were now drifting We knew . not where, with no appearance of land in view., and our boat continually turning -over with -every heavy Wave which ,struok us. Fortunately it contained water -tight Qom- Paitments,- and as long. as we could cling to it we knew that we would not- sink. This state of -things- continued for some- time when our. numbers Were reduced to Shout twelve, the - rereaindek being iiwept away. There, then remained' tile captain, mate, Mr: Little.' Miss :Morrison • (the Only female); five _unknown; and myself.: It was evident -to me, however, that a number. of those also would petish, as,- in turning over, the boat continually struck them; inflicting' severe injuries. Miss Morrison and I were both in the Water, She at one end olinging to the ropes, and I at the other end. keeping. the• boat within teach. In this way, although. the .boat- frequently upset, . we escaped the • blowasvhich were giSeurbY.it. We were. at tine time about twenty .miles from shore, With' no means of propellingthe otaft with the exeeption of a single paddle which was of no earthly use. We drifted on in this way for Some hours, our boat being full of water,-whenit became scimewhat calm, and — • THEN TrIE STRUGGLE WITH DEATH BEGAN; _The first to succumb of thenow remaining seven was °ilia Of the -strangers. The poor fellow Made effcirt to retain his -hold on life,.but he had to go. About two. houti afterwards the other stranger followed him, • and was laid in the bottom of the boat by the side of his dead cenitadei. About • 5 o'elciek in the eyening land was - sighted; andtheory of 'llavedl ' .was raised, bpi they little. thought that -before that Shelter was reached they- :would be beyond all earthly 'aid. The MatenOw struck upthe • old familiar tune; for the Shore, 'bailors, Pull for -the Shore,' in which we all heartily joined:. .Our vans Were next heard reverently 'singing The Sweet when We • fondly thought we could meet on the shore to which we were now drifting. Shortly after the last -notes had died away' Mr: Little, of Saint Ste. Marie, lay down and breathed nielife away. Shortly after this the lighthouse off Byng Inlet Was sighted, and it -Was a- grand eightto our weary "eyes. About an hour and a half afterwards the mate, who was supported by • . THE mkt's, HERM GMT', River; as well a fair. cow passengers.- . -1 _Later Partieniare. The .harbor -master here, plement of n Making abandon the afated Asia at Owen Bound. inquiries. of the . :captain the tng Hellitended to go to mapitoulin: by the '1YLintiehalia; found. Out hoW. Mr.- Tinkiss veasel At Meaford it beoanfe fearfully and Mise Morrison were saved :When Busk dark, and shortlY after the yeses' rleft that- eiperiended seamen as the • -Captain and - place : the -host began • to roll and /moll. Mast • of. the passengers got seasick, says Mr. Shipp; and Several:. Of them began to get frightened. I lay down onaharrel, as I beganto feel a little squeamish -myself,- two. I thought we would never reaah. Owen rendered them inesiniible,---and they -Mink, had buist- in: seated in the Centre, whit* in a' short time. " frequently did, the gunwale -struck those -andalinost immediately afterwards- a hind report was heard se if -- tthe . 13c)wee While. We Were able to retain- our hold:" -Seund: Atthat place my companion . . 1 : . sawthe inspeotor Come hp.AO • the- captain, * The following are 'reported 1 atm addi- tion I6 those already named -:. - IteV: 4.. and in . a :gruff angry voice :say, - -"-What about this boat ?".-- The captain- answered,. James and wife, Clinton,:: Mr. Morey and "1 don't know.", "Well," replied the in.- three unknown parties who le t the Cen- epeotor in .& loud voice, " I know this about tral hotel here and took passage her,. she won't go out . of here_ to -night; _ if- : . 1,.....„ . _ .. 1. she does she won't :reach. French River,!, •:. TorrItentnn* and oth• ers .140St... : . . The Captain- then said, " You:tOli her, and :: - A-- Toronto - 'report Bays : Th agents Of 111 risk her, to whitililthe inspector replied,. the line here were unable to f riiish any- iiv “Vell,. I'll toll her, and You risk her, but names, 'although about thirty passengers •the'll never to -French Itiver, as she is from Toronto. are believed ta:.het e left on strained." After they parted Bowes 'dame the ill-fated Steanier. Among the Toron.: on board and to*. up his -carpetbag, telling me the conVersation he had • OVerheard and we both resolved to go no further. • : -. " - Ar.rodan -ovzitozownixe.: - • The Aida cOntaiiied about thirty state, rooms, with a eingloand s?double berth in -Bach. ' All Were occupied, and most were bill.. There were many- won:len- and- Chil--j 51FOIT on board: Two young .vioniert oetiu- :pied .the same porn. with tiMiss Monition and went -hate -the boat with her; but were • lost the first tinie the boat capsized.-: Air near RS can: be learned, eighty-five paiseii-: ,.• gers Went on - boarrat•Collingwood,:twelye -at Owen Sound, and the orew conlieted of ,about twenty-five all :told.. The Asia; by- - the Mama printed reports, wasonly:allowed AO ClIFYy forty patisengere. At what point puha°. opinion in Canada will' 'Compel steitinboat owners to. observe - the law, or steamboat . inepoctore to • enforce it; is an open question; : . :. - '' - - natuatantana larobably Lost. _. _ . .. : The Utmost emitement prevailed in the city when thenews Of the mishap wourred, especially when the- rumor beeaine general thatzetne Ilatnilteniens were on board the. ill-fated •-steamer. i Scores -of people sur- rounded the telegraph. offices,. and =clout- inquiriee for further and fuller particulars were -made at -the -TIMES Ade. I A rSpre- mutative of the _ Trtrze: investigated -the: nutter ss far. as - probable. passengere! front this section are concerned and dis- covered that only two from here wereatall likely to be.:on. board, namely,. Mr. A. Minoan - (of ' Ateeers. A. Duncan - dc, Co:, Wholesale dry -goods - merchante,. King street) -and Mr. Ellis, traveller for Metiers. 'Reid G•oering '-& Co • wholesaleliquor deal- ers, . ere, King -street east.: ( . . ' ' Mr. ••• Duncan ' gelled at -Mr. Ilergan's • . , • ticket.olfice On -Monday last and purchased rine lull ticket. and one half ticket, by the Beatty . line ' of . steaniers, -.which run. . from Sarnia -: to Lake - Superior Potts. :He info -tined- Mr: Morgan that he purposed making?. trip, combining business with plesatii. - He raftwifid the same day_ te Mr.' Morgan Cain #-. . ."-*,-Iti fie *mild takebaoktbe are tieing industriouttty oirt. the - C011y,,Ate hotel -keepers at ,Brandon,' tich Ceps -was of course illeg oheerfullreonignor licenses. from the Fro- 1.4ieth•e - °L •Le,t?eport that abou DIM:eau called iiiment. • It is said that they. ehlhlreti haYfound to-haYe bee and was Oupplied on the lst of Oetcilier. ' soyne• ge403P29;nartthent lima te mateiwere lost, Mr. Malmo explained it _ • ..liv ' - - as -follows -: ' . ii Miss Morrison and _myself : ere ohng-• ingto ropes, one at eabh end of the metallic boat, and as often as it upset, which it who- can truly be called the .Grape Darling of nioclern film*, laid down his wearylie ere and went to his eternatrest.. The caP antly turning to me, said,. The poor . mate "went gone.'„ Towards: Morning the. -captain...Nola% peared to drop asleep,.. an& going %amersed him, I shook him askinta 910,Viiernest. Tbie He merely answered . again and again, peating it, said he wonliirvm,d at the conelusion- A. huge wave- then •Fitt ts, LeVitee and good arid when I returned h all those - et ants is 'as toniang supposed to -have pens Willialn Henry; whose-bretherl Henry, -a well known 111mb:firma on, the ogcasion .Of - the burnt steamer Manitoulin tut:May ; tut, eit-Cimittable_Bennett; who uring the _sifmmet was one of the policenien at Vic-- teria,Faik, and a Mr. Fex,-..par net of W. 3. Parkhill; and :Who ' like Mr. Henry, also recently lost- a bit:4 er on:the -northern lakes. -Mr. :JaMeS: OWSII, of Galt; ex.11:11, for South Waterloo, Chair- man of the Donlinion Board Of Arbitrators, is said to have -been passenger On the Aka-. • • - •• • Merlons Allegations: • ed are Mr. it. Robert • , was lost g of the t. J. Mar - — - . - _ . . , - The -following intormaticin as . been obtained: *Om -Metiers. Bisley • and Men- eally; of .the Steamboat ' Indpec. ion Office. She belongs; or 'did: belong, to- he Great i Northern Transit Company, - an • was ori- ginatly inspectmtby. Mr;.Risley, p Om:Armed seaworthy; and • chartered to pl betWeen Windsor and Duluth, but was. .n t authori7 nd equip. assengere - On- the Thoreld, ,'applied draent to wer the- displayed a trolislaoktif seamanship' on:tlie - part of the cdinthander, • • -.. regard to the which Was:a boat Chartered to:Carty freight - only, Mr: . Meneally 1,or.cite to the . owners .asking passengera were On bo itrd; received ah passengers, thongh. in !eking, the*, they -•. evasiv.e.. _ ,..t.C:Or. k. 110,7_ that Most .freight lmkatti. notrefillie - eubjeettheniSelves to. Pr fiecutiOn. _ • When theIndian, With the two-siftvivOra of the Asia; arrived - -within twb Miles Of -Parry Sound, the Wind.disea down and he ...• refused to row in, and k pt exhausted passengers without .c.oVer or shelter. to drag . otit. athird weary Inight in- the bottoni-of the boat .: • One or the saddest ease -known is that Of - -Mr. Kerr, of LiMehOuse, Qat:, his wife and seven ehildren,all of whom -went down with theiliatedvessel. . A'Collingweedeottespdiadent telegraphs: "A glance at the fa*. 'Of the bodies -brought here was sufficient' to_ thew the • terrible struggle they:had gone through,- as . frightful bruiSes•cotilcl- be seen on almost every face, showing --that death remitted, more from the severe knocks they receive from the metallic heat- thin: froin drown-- • hig. The Northern Bine inet the tug MittrAnni.. which had been dispatehed -Search Of more bodies. The tugis expected to retuth to morrow" - -- • . • -The itippointion COWfin Of Galt • - Was on the Asia, isliappi y_ untrue, as be.i.a' nOW at Dnlutli. • I• : • • :1. • zed,- on accotint of her space ments;: to natty more than forty -or to . on the GeOrgian-Bay 24th ofJuly last Mt.'...Beatty,' of. general Manager .-of - the' minipill to •Mr : Risley for Ouch ante' the : charter . 'would ...amp - • 7.2he Bin tol Piri. , After Wolseley With 'fire and sword mist. ..-- 1. • comp the tax -gatherer .with -pen and ink.. - and of- the twO plagues he latter will surely be the worse. . The " lytifeher's hill " :Will be, for the British, a small one, not, Odin*: -parable' etren With:the campaign In:Afghan. . istau, where 99officers and_1,524 met Were killed, or. in ',Zululand, -where the corres- pondibg fignree *ere 58 and 1,328.- What the savages' lose WO. oannOt - be stated . as- Ili to these two -wars, but NM have been told.- A by English sources that :2,000 Egyptiana - ' were. -killed in a -single battle. As -to :the ' omit there • ate some leignifizant hints: Between .August 20th nd SePtemlier fith the Minx earned , -by the: Suez Canal Wee ' 296;000 for the passe e Of :transports., • Sucnof these boats as eke chattered cost - a Pound a ton a day, or about 82,000 a day for each of such .:boats as Were chattered as from the National Line; Whose ships are Asia : to - .oarry. 140 passenge .s,: while rather favorites With theAdiniralty..- Then in a single fort . whfch was Stormed there', the - conipany to Which the Asia Was leased requested about- the a fie time/ rferedeattOyed _ 14O000worth_ of aiiimuni, tion and attires. In thie.respect the war - that. the Asia should be ,per itted to carry 400 passengers l . Mr.. Itisley, accord, will be estP:mee'e eemPetiter et. the' Afgbail-, Zdhl eiinipaigns which , cost re- ing to the revised Marine and Figh ries Act; 4n -d iipactivelY 419,500.000 - and .24,000,00. is empowered t� grant authority b steam: These . are .considarable figures, but to boat owners ' to : _sail : ' on a- differ but route .satisfy the - American love for: the biggest thi•ngs it is necessary to go to the.' - Franco-German war,. which Cost 13,939,.: 000,000f.; or . te our war of -the rebellion, , which -- . cost ' in _• direct exp enditure 64,796;792,400, and the Charges ft:ash:A(3.MM" ' and pensions are stilli 'centirtuing :iterni. - The French campaign in Timis ',best -. 592,34-2,045r,- ati - amoUnt . frightful i., in - coniparieon with ', the damages by the 'litournits, Which :Wore iih.e•oste nsible cause of the conflict; and whioh were Assessed at • cheap -Onee. -. Even .the Sioux warof-1876 ". '-• 178,954f: Our own littr wars have been mist under 82-,000,000,- and the total direct .. costof all ' our Indian Wars for ten years. was -$6 058 82L -L -New Y'Crlo Times; • , . tyi-to Lives Lost oli a Wads!. _ fromthat deseribed in their - chatter,ibut • notto:gtve authority te carry, .ore pas- sengers than the: charter allowed and lie thereforeWrcite in reply,- that if be com- pany addeda 17 =feet avv•I, 130 lif preserv.- era, *and hada .fire engine placed miclihips he would forward. their applies& n to the Ministef of Marine and -Fisherie ; thetigh certainly not for More tbitn160 p sserigers. -It is just:possible, therefore„ -that the coth- -panY took it for granted ,-their a plication Would be entertained and aeted a Ordingly, 1, always 1,09.: P30- • correct. egraplied iteiee, ainst- the • :count up -more ;$0 assenger tFchatter of •the vessel is overmore than -e - bleats' Mr. DuAed that over two million a Lawyer C°11-inPmed wit -b-.1 for building purposes in arid 584d there wilroceeditige a age,t" a. nd_no. doubt• etheitk.ttyh.Tivirnegmeehrafiarwansot this. mr. Ellis it is thse.led Hamilton is being senger by 'the. Asia Viiit;611-4' "1611tY hii-1" ' ' ' 'raitie Its founder afternoon by•the N. di N ' - - • - • ..if Sarnia .on board.' • - z '- - ' •- . • . The firm of Messrs, 14Annipeg dated last have heard of their trei: The tides agreed Ellis, who was mentior/BaY. te:WicciPeg are hly missing, He - tookar hundred. than from at Sarnia instead elf fig, or about- 440 per eat. . - -There seems now morrow, and the ()facial Mr. A. Duncan fot ,rates- _will- he :Made ,perished in - the, " ' ' ,• - • . Morgan, of thpilas Cooke and -Charles 'Hill dc.Co., who sn arrested- for ' the Merchants' inquiries othery. There is little doubt about •Mr. Duiloarig guilty. When 2canaing from day fret:a-Where they Committed a burglary, tit -Belle hud - Clausa St. -Vincent buteher.of Survivor' ling.-, Claus came this 'naming and perishedbited one -of the Men, though he had Miss usfa. The mosey has not: been fauna:- . - ' - • bel Whe Oaklands liesd4 . At the Toronto Exhibition, Mt.Talancey E. Thiller; Of the Oaklands farm, Hamilton, shows nineteen bead of surierb. Jereeys. They include the four -year -Old heifer, Bcise of Eden, solid light cream,: imported; Via- teryr; five-yeartoow, first prize at Island, of Jersey oho* as- three year :old, has Meted 15 lbs. of. butter in a week, and is . dam .of thatull Farmer's Joy, . a noted Jersey. in: tngland,-which took firit ,prize at the Royal Agricultuial Shcrw: Also•Mayfloiver. Of Avon; firet, Quenon prize* Island Show. -Satin Bird -imported five -year -OW, whose milk as shown in a -lactometer tri one of the stalls,. yields - 34,1 per gent. pf cream. The seven-year-old imported coNv, Oaklands' Faith, which haws; record of 1,663 quarts of milk in three. months. -Epigasa, nern. at the- Fertneylvania Experimental Farm; a co* .with an morn:lona udder.. Nancy Of St. Lamberts, a 2-yeskold With a record, of -I2 lbs...13.0ze. of butter in seven. days. • Sweet CloYgr,_ an iMPOrted 2 --year; Old..,. Oakland's Nora,- a heifer only 18 months old 'yet having a month old gill by her side, and piing pine quarts of milk a day. Three yearling heifers and •Sia heifer calves, including twin heifers from Faith. .8.- bulLoalfs from 'Cooraaesie,. whose stook has averaged $1,200 • ii. head • at :Severa1. recent sales.. A...2-Yeavold. `WI. Oakland Les, an -Albert Pansy hull, solid golden faun, double grand.son to Cashboy. rlikr George of St. Lexibert, g Rioter bull, two .years old.. • • The -Old Man 18 -.4 in the moit eonspieu- tlia,elltbsioirestellwysalbsoubtitse: :c4risatiactudwihtiQ- -Diary election - - '-• : '- :.--='-'71'..t. fort --, The Englishman .w ar 111,--4t1a_ntetn thh 01:d oliye iii - 4,- . thel the 0*-,- that;even: ',votes ii-:, .14,- iict - e Warclin person andspe( ni.fe, deliveringthe dead hmilested 'Mormons, with the. orign.,.wh :coming to Anieriea. . -w. .. . •. ... ' illoNeil's defalcations fe-Affea •eitY treasury are expect' •10,000, and: probably .tittani e- r defaultet hoe .abstiondeditte were all full, as. a. large nsmber. of, persons when were on. Beta and on the cabin floor. At one, it mveiiiiealmr.Shepherd Havelock, the 6rc 11 0,crook • uncle was awakened by the comelleatoturretlHave ieteral Sir Henry -.. irtAte, and springing. out: -sure that wobuiecalhf .Lueltnov: , Who 'recently v. _ mp Itu 'Dunk, iurrisonveet idenee in Kensington Palice don, was a daughter Of the .• pelf et we'ltiseentettre En es" Marshman, of qSerampore. Par -- ay man. predicts that before ra every locomotive drawing a train on a busy railroad have ose sole business will be to watch tt, switches, bridges, cmissings" -,- while the care' and, control of e will be the exclusiva work of ear. At present, he says, the: May be trying his water gauge- Or one of half a hundred moms hen he might to be looking at a hen -trains were fewer and s, an engineer was all: that was as the speed is increased and the upon the engineer'd attention are d, he has morethan he can do: He relieiedby a_ new man`, in front Of he engine, who, will have nothing th the engine, but Will . watch the direetthe engineer, as pilot mer does, hy-a system - of • signalS Very hard to be courteous to bad . It is like trying to -smile while e -Makes a pin -Mignon of labor agitittorF here. • -A- rail Monett settled upon her a pensitni of many y 21,00 a year in recognition of the eminent - ' passeng ' serviceil rendered by her famous husband, soilot-w and She was epecially raised to the rank of tie si A baronet's widow, with the same effect as and so if herdistinguished husband. had lived. to - . the engi :receive the baronetcy, conferred. upon him. • the -engi The baronetcy Was, however, renewedto : engineer -their. son. - . . . . . • doing a --Tim.extravagance of. former times in the things , matter of Carpets and coverings Watt some - signal : -thing:unknown. even among the Meat reek. 'speed le less in thee& days. A 'Million sterling was needed • paid hi a Guicoviar Of Barodit for a cover- ' 'demand for the prophet's toinb, and of this imotuit • ,mpltipr about 0150,000 went to the actlial :fabrie; -Mist b the balance beingiewelis.. • Moen now very or over heavy primal are-, paid': - A:visitor Caw at : - to do w Berman -a carpet which was. to edit OM the road a square yard Bir G. Birdwood thinks; that in of a ate India the decay both •iii quality and deiiign• hits been partly due to the edmPetition. : It is between . the Government jaile and the - tempo caste -weavers. flare is a, point for the, '• SOme o . In. Minnection with r_. 0, en.ge the area of electrt ,,,.• don, the interesting fact a that this is the .sevent W" a her ndeavors • of the introduction of g London., it havingbeen asP etc4 says- ct, which ing Golden lane asan expe Pe.,11 Mall Was next tried tt s' Beriiee: ill -r uniishing 1814 gas wits generally used i ho in- the ho sails y: this is the best in wallows. e amend- - to Mr, ed vessel in a pro - oh was a ng steam - cent dis- avyi and as which f her got ere fast. A Cincinnati society repor riously ;dispripeared,- and!o incited, although. it is possi hiding somewhere in the Eck as he is -Well supplied -with ra His last article was an a00011 rive of a pork-paolier's clang report heused the. teriii-- "8 It OaTOQ Out in the. papers " s - Captain Ericsson, the inventor of the Monitor, is 79 yeareold, hale and hearty., —The lateit book of etiquette says -that people who are away from home should never !peak of being hungry. it Wbuld also be impolite to pull a sandwich out of the coat-tail pocket and eatit in another mane parlort presence - 'vers. do. eliy why ,Y 'Lakin& trOisvaiii A Of eti3lr, e 11 we A- Port Lamhtdii . despatch dated_ tot (Friday) night.says : The yachtAnnie K.,. - 'whit* passed here 09.04.30. this afternoon; had themisfertinie-.0 lose two or -hen crew When about. half a Mile- above -here: -One • Of the crow, Backman, thought he..would like to go. ashore and get alew apples:: : They launched a -smelt boat. and , Upon his getting in, it capsized-. The boat *Mitt the time inade-fatit to the yaehtiand. soon • left him behind: Mr. Ilartman,. seeing - that. he- was about to give. . up, stripped hitnself . and, 'jumped into :Vie Water, shoving a small "boat ahead of him-, but finding :that he was about to Sink; swamtowards hini, When they grappled And both went down; this was the fleet seen of - them: Mr: Thornas.L.I Hendrich took -.the Evening Star this morning for Detieit. Mr, A. crairneerremains with. the yacht till _tor -morrow. - They a.re at present -fish-- - ing-for the -bodies, but -with- no encomia :Up to the preeent time. " theLark• , f . -- •• . . The late ;Mr: d-niteau - Wasiiiipiestion- ably insane : It he •hadn't been ,he would haVe. fixedthe Tines. •He who steals and.. goee t� a jury May live to. Steal :another day.-.P.1.1i/adelphia.':.ckl :477120 e• 1-• • Theiprineipleof unanimity is opposed by-. everyOonsideration- o reason, 'justice- and eOnirnOn Sense: T. • re - 7 lute Vete elti' hile . the -Prinbe of Wel s w tL1O -waters of Homburg- t14e Frnices alea and her daughters we4a at Wesbaden with -the King and Quieten --of Denmark. The Print* and Princess Iwillarrive at Aliergeldie about- Sept, - 19 h-, and will remain. there fora mint*, after which they g� to. Sandringham fo4 their annual long stay. - • - --She-said she wanted a ti ket to Dundee'. and return, and the pale gentlemanly. agent with the dark rnoustadheasked. as he took up the pasteboard : " ingle ?" • ."It ain't any Of your business a I know," she responded. tartly. "1.---.. might have been married a dozen times if rasa felt like pro- viding for Sera.° Poor, shiftl 8; wreck of a man. M He doesn't ask ladi :s if they Want " single ". tiokets any more He's afraid to • In - slavery days • the ' himes of Bt. Miehael'e Chinch, Charles II, - were rung. . . . at 7 p. m. in minter and q summer as a signal to • vogioasthat the liedtinie was nigh, and again an hOur late :to warfitheni to disappear frbm the ...atm° s; after win& ell blacks found abroad wer .arrested. The onstom'wati oentinued until afew days ago, though nobody hat obeyed he :belle sines the war. The. Mayor haft HOW eta Off the, Salary of the ringer, and th, 'act is ettiiting considerable dieoussion -am lig the old reit, dents. ' • - ' ' ' 'ly ._ th .when. ertis fli thsal 1:wu n'iloenu would e . for them that they --be provided With 24 a 1) o ttle of ST..-*, I c otis .0.11„ the • .• teat Grrnaa Remedy:for this as well as Other,-painfulailmenta.. • 1V47:t.4_1711.L:.tTS COLORS TO THR MAST. ." Hello, Denny! What is the. trouble?" "Ob, • -I'm all broke was the response to the -in- quiry of anoldshipmate 'or -William: G. Dennis... • ton, one of -Farina's war -worn veterans,: well known lit the sontlierzt section of this city, who enniellniping intethe At.nerican office yesterday. " I thOught r would go -under the--hatchtts this timer continneciDeanisten, -"I never ;suffered " so raubh in my llfe 1 bad' tbe thentilatie gout - - MAO that 1 eOuld 'pot get off .the bed or lain My • foot to the floor, and would have been there yet,. -: if a friend had not reeonimeilded.St. JACOBS, OIL to BIB. -1 hesitated some- thne'before getting a. - bottleithinking it was another one of thoseadver- rtisecl-nostrumallnit was thudly-induced to give It a trial, and a lucky day_ it: was for Me. Why., bless myStara!- after bathing the limb tnorbughly- . witlithe Oil I felt relief,.Mtd my faith was to ST. JACOB and his Oil after that. I freely say thatif it had net been for er:Jecosi Ott r_sheuldi... In all probabiltY,,iie stillhOuSed.- •-lKy foot pains me butlittle; and thesivelling hasentne1YPaed away.,ItbeateEtlythihgekthaltindiliave_ever k• hwealreolii:eati'd-oolin..uytune.,..rrseathon.wato.pho _ .