HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1882-12-08, Page 6ANOTHER Dtil:31.1N, TRAGEDY,
Aseaseinstioie, oftia botesotiere—Ti• le,
Culprit texereeted.. •
A.. SOLDIER'S PLUCKY CONDWZ-
Dtterancee.ot teorchbiehop McCabe, aid_
- onehoet Devine
. .- A last Saturday nighre Loodende_epetch-
wit; A Dublintelegrent says that East-
wood, Coe. 044 allother detective: were rn.
the neignbornooa of Elliott:rine street watche'
- -int :a.-- pity -of men suspected: of being
.Fentanse Four ideate were. fired _at the
- .afficersesone wounaiug Cox; .Eirestweioct pure,
-- sued the men,:ena. 4031 onenenteclitewling,,
. He is ooe, expected7 to 'remit/et...-. He was
atnong & pimp .oife ten Meneone of whom
-sought to hurry the murderer away, but
Vetiseceptured by a soldier who threatened
to bayonet, him e The- third Man is in cue-
- Odle The men had 'jotcome out .of &
,
. ,.- rebite.housefrequented by Feetiane.
AreithishopMeCtiblespeaking at.Harola's
Cross toetey, sttongty denouteed the.
' murder of Detective Cox-. He, asked the
-peopte, fOr their-influenoe • to drive awat
Seeret., so.cietiese -Tee.. Wrotekdoers : of hest-
- .. niglet were no doubt abroad tett at deadlier
=audmotefiendisit warke but their inten-
. time were, frustrated.: by. the vigtlatioofot
• the police. - • ,
Dowling,. or Dolan* the murd.eiter. of .Dee
Nteetive: cox, is e. braesfitteit Oue, of the,
two Other Men arrested ice named Devine.
Ree was - releefiea from- prison a few
menthe ago Etna is known aie a "Wily."
He leaa two revelYere, in hie pocket and
- eighteenrounds, of • 'ammunition. The
. detectives, about that past. 10i, 'noticed
three: stispictous ' looking. persons., with-
draw from a_ party of tenvithwhom the
1 .41eteetives had ate encounter. The officers,
eroesed, the steeet and Cox- approached
' Delantwtheat he auspected of Wing_ arms
in bis posseesion. As- the detectives goo
near OW group a men shouted, "Now
fire," and Dolen immediately dtscharged,
Idle -revolver., EastWood then ' wounded
• -Dolan. end wrenobea therevolver frOm bine.
Meanwhile one ot the -petty fired twice at
Meetwoodt * betiet perforating. his hat.
DOM& kiteickeet Baetwoott down and - Was.
•. about to; shoot him:When he was seized. by
- iecoustebiestna a soldier.. The aoldier had
hitt bayonet aerobe theetnete throat, threat-
ening to kiti him Ili, he inoVed, whena- voice.
•&boated,: " Bileot the. soldier." 'Matters
appeered--threateenne, but theigonoe_ drew
• revolvers', and kept the .crowd: .bitok. until
- Otte ena the prisoners were : removed.:
Dolan is nottxpeoted t� Ve. . He says-
.
• that,heaoct his-, party -are all good -Mete
• and that, he doe •o cent if he dies. The.
police etate.thet., a whistle as blown as
ui
they 'alil, rationed the group, tEnd the word to
,firewai r teeted three, times.. Dolan lives
near wile theFenian armory waarecendy-
• - discovered.11ateeohee, at It o'clock this,
morning, broke intothe house of Williatn.
-Woodward, aa. orgen budder, on Otiffe,
street. They arreeted him on.at charge. of
• being conueete_dwith, the Muider of Cox.
Woodward has been imprisoned under the
.. Moreton. Aot oa steepicion • ofbehig cox_7
cornea- in. . - themurder ' of -i the informer
Bailey, ' The pono4 are expected to. -break
into other houeea, during the night. ' The-
ron, tottoweot toe: 0-40- conveying Coxt0,- Vie
hoepitele anol.fearing ete attack -Alta ofrioere.
preeentea, tevoivere, Itut, ot the windows and
.- reached the hoopoe'. eafely, - It is- saicl that
Cox wets. Warned that he .would be.kiiled. -
--Davitt„.- speekleg in Nayen last even -
hew aeclere.dthat tne: farmersin the west
.of Ireland should. not starve.. as they would
.• ... cOutpet the tiefeeethment that prevents
•,-thein from- living on .the soil to support
. them: durieg the. win er. • In ease. they
i•. were untotoceseitil in . ' . ting - the 'Govern -
•merit to du ita dety.„ la toposed . to make
• the landlords eupperttlie people. If Gled:,
stone: did_ tett apply the eittplus of arrears.
in estimate- te SUMS the people then no rent
• should be, paid.fron:i Novetubt;r: until May.
• - A portion of the -arrears. lsorplua . should; be• release an old mate who was reported to be
plead, as.. & national read fund-. to Save the.
banging out. of a first tioor -window. The
peopletrota eterving, in 1848 Archbishop_
officer diecovered. bine lytng • dead. flet
• Hughes declared in )11.00 York that men across -the window eili, with. has hands and
- threatened with -hunger would be justified
body inside and his legs sticking -out.- He
tit 'Seizing bread .ntein the attar. How
&mole more, tuettfi.ed.-- stieuld the Irish be, in :Was notified about the -premiees . at -10
ct clock : last nighti, and - itissupposed he
' feeding their -destitute ' from ' tile' tribute was intoxicated and attempted to gettin
they_ are 'compelled to pay to felonous. lend.
- . the house through the- winciow; and that
- lordiena-, . -
- • ••when half Way. • in the heavy- wiedow fell
upon him, pinning- him -fast,. and no one
coming to. releafte hied he -piettably diedetet
congestion. • A. keytof- the henget and his
pooketbook.were found in the yard.
SID DISISTRg 01 THE IITERCOLONIAL.
-Fatal Desalts or the Teteagepinte of San-
.
way oars. •- •
A St. John (141.B ) despa.toli. of last (Sun• -
day) night's date says Late particulars of -
the accident on the Interoolonial Railway
last iiightehow that it ocourred tit Beaver
Brook, .10 or 12 miles above Newcastle.
'The engine which telescoped the Pullman
car Was drawing a gravel train and running
tlEARSUlL CAT ANITROPIlit-.7
Awful mikes. et a Dynamite tp &plosion—
A Metier and-Vbildren Tern in Pieces.
Pittsburg, • (Pe) despatoli says; •
frightful accident occurred Deur Bellevue,
about twenty mike up the Monongeheli
River, the other night. A csoal miner
named Forsythe procured several sticks of
dynamite .tor the purpose of catchhig fish.
•As the explosive Was frozen he placed it
• • near the kitchen stove tcethaw, and starte
tender foremost. Thee train wbiofl was
run into arrived: bete te-day. Among the
•
passengers the: Millman. oar were W.
R.
, Morrison -feud: P E. Perrot of 'Toronto.-
. J
R. Ot Teeckiee of Sherbrooke, Que..
Mr
Morrison . was slightty bruised, ,but dee.
others escaped tathurt. Mr..Morrison 'keit
fur,lined coat worth. 1)10k sed other .pits.
I seugera Lost. few things. Mr. Leckie Said,
.i-thae. the ceb. of the, engine 'belonging
Ito the.- grevel train were the engineer,
whose name was .Brown; thetstoker;
you.ng pan belonging to . Mono
ton, mita the , braliernan, J. "Frasei.-
i". As the cab. came in through the Pullman.
i•its ocoupante Odd not ()heap(); and tbe
eseaping ?team and Water rendered their
--rescue- perilous We broke the window of
„
the cab and got them cut; they were all
alone, but terribly scalded. The stoker
:died fearful agony before We reached
'
Newcastle; Fraser died just after arriving
Ahem The others can 'hardly recover:.
, The Pullman- and engine which were tele-
scoped Were badly damtaged. • As to the
dense of the accident, it he stated that the
Quebec- train was two , hours litehind, time;
that shewasenoving, at the • rate of five
Miles_ an hour only, .and that she was
steaming badly in the face of blinding
• spew storm. The other train was 'Coming
amen at atgood trate of speed, eupposiiig
that the -Quebec. trainwasout-of the way,,
.and the cionsequenecit was she telescoped
the 11,11maii.. The -usual lights were burn-
ing on the rear of the Pullman. .. • '
to work in the mine a short distance rom
bis home. Fifteen minutes later Forsythe
was told that there had been an explosion
at his house and all of his _family had been
killed. Half trend° at the- news he ran
home andlound that the report was true,
in part at least: After Forsythe left the
house, his . wife and children sat down
to 'supper at a 'table • near the
etove. While they were talking, and
is:1st as the children were - laughing'
ahnut- some joke, there was a terrific
report. The stove was blown into fifty
fraginents. The entire end of the house,
which is a one -storey frame building, Was
Wrecked, and the mother and her little
ones, who were hurled in different direc-
tions, were cut by flying pieces of iron and
glass, and violently thrown against the walls.
The eldest boy, aged 8 -years, had just
anseu to get a drink, and was not more
than two feet from the stove and facing it
when the 'explosion.occurred. The mother
was seated With herback to the stove and
the -two youngest boys by her side. The
boy nearest the etove received the full
force of the explosion. He was thrown a
distance of twenty feet and was found in a
Corner of the yard, his body tieing horribly
mtiugled. _He died horn the effects of his
iujunes about two hours after the occur-
rence. . The entre lower portion Rt his
body • wits opened as though the flesh
had been cut away with ti knifetexposing
the intestines; Both suns were tvtieted
• from their sockets. and one leg was stmost
severed at the knee. Mrs. Forsythe was
cut and;gathed in a most agonizin manner.
She had been sitting close to the stove.
The pieces of iron struck her -in over thirty
places, giving her the appearance of a
person who had been 'riddled with buck-
shot. She cannot possibly recover. Charley
Forsythe, the youngest of the children, and
'about 5 yearsi old, was horribly bruised and
UT °HAIM 01 RELIGION grEITIAS.
BiShop Duhamel an& the Sixth Pro
Tindal Council Rplocopal Letter.
A last (Monday) night's Ottawa despatch
says In the Basilica yesterday Bishop
Thine:met read the- Episcopal letter- from
the Sixth Proviiapial Council and Made
TILE -014.111A11)1ANI BOB
Portage is -Prairie has laid' out some
040,000 on 'sidewalks during the season.
Lawyers are about the most tnumerons
°less of, professional people in 'Winnipeg,
and it is often svondered'how so large a
number appear to thrive op fio
exercises
recene -
•inatignral vs tither, the.
t the un• iyersitY, t through rY
prof. ttu t ing.
:::::1:12:::!leplrol:eteer'Ilbe hall be wadsertfile,
re-
ceived being opined smalinglY
ttoulv‘Y reeessor
sleet Greek it entered toward deadl.v-iAs loudoeer, lane at the for
'oe h a same
t• m- lediedf-thhiescoweamypilnimtoeutth,eanhdalwl,awehmet,sluevgereie_
community. Possibly eorne of the
courage
Winuipeg.is to have ,a tobogganiug club,
and Ruefoan slide, similar to that at
Rideau Is to be erected on the banks
of the sytift running Assiniboine.
These three lines from the Winnipeg
Times tell a lamentable tale : " There are
plenty.of men in the city who have already
spent in liquor all the money' they earned
during the summer."
. "
. Saye a; Winnipeg' correspondent : "It • is
a mournful fact that forty -rod has sent at
least three. Men to, the -grave- in Winnipeg
this year* for every one that- died. of
typhoid." - • •
The report of the Superintendent of
tchecation. for Manitoba showsthe-numbei
of Protestant Public Schooleend the attend
ance for meth of Chet -en -years during which
the Public etihool syetem has been io. exist-
ence. From 1871 to _1831, the nuinber tif
Protestant Schools -hes increased from le
to 128, and the total attendance from. 818
to 4,919. The average . attendance during
the year in the Protestant Schciols of Witt.
:nipeg has been 501 for 1881 against 364 in
1880. During the last year 048,126..49 was:
spent upon these schools in Wmuipeg
alone. • _Subjoined to the report is a table
showing the average salaries of teachers
for the year . ending January 31st, 1882
• First in cities and towns, they are as
follows; Winnipeg, 4572'66 ; :Portage. la
Prairie; •0536 67; Emerson, 0500. • The
averages for coUntes weee:, Selkirk, -
6400 20 etisgar, 0420.23 • Marquette 0405
-45 ; Proveueher, .0388.75.
students were beard to say "Let's give
him &squeeze." The professor was huddled,.
,squeezed against. the railings, pelted with
peas, and attempts made to knock' off -
his hat with _sticks, and his coat.
was torn. Intimately he • got re -
'lief - by Prof. Wilson • causing the
door to be opened. About ten minutes -
before the hour at which the proceedings -
were to commence the commotion in the.,
hall was very -great Large numbers of
students mounted on the seats, -which are •
more than usually well upholstered, and
several free lights between parties with pea-
shooters took place.. Before the stock
of -
peas got somewhat exhausted the majority • -
of those in the area were forced to put up
their umbrellastoprotect themselves from
the shower from the occupants of the
'comments. thereon, Among other t lugs cut,. inadied not long after the accident
:.he eitidlhat these Catholics Who were fond. 'occurred. Robert Forsythe, aged 7 years,.
of expressing -their. Opinions publicly on wee about the head and body. His
religious matters were deluded by the idea injuries are serious. Forsythe is almost
had crazy about the affair and constantly ex-
tbat they were safe, beatific they
_Protests -ad& on their but there were claims that he to blame for the disaster.
in many- oases.. _tie_ wanted to ConlInit suicide,, but, was
sensibIa Protestants Who,
had a. knowledge of the doctrines of. the prevented. •The man in reality ,doeli not
• Cathcilio Church and -aid Diet always agree. seem to have known .the character of the
with these self -constituted champions of explosive. Mrs. Forsythe was -a daughter
CatholioitY. The Catholic who acted UPoti; of Mr. Hhey, one of the :ftren for -whom
spoke or wrote hie own - opinion regarding Fore), the worked.
anything affeeting the . Clitireli, wood
holi The
by thet foot to be a Cat c.
Church should he appealed to in, all such
Oates, as italone had arright to deeide
such matters. His Lordship elso referred.
to theelause relating to marriage .iiiSpen,
sationsc and said, he was happy to fin that
very few dispensations had teen *sake Of
him inthis diocese since he had -sesame
• themitre. Many Catholics -who could not
suceeectin being married to one of another
denomination by a tlergyznan. of the
Catholic Church were tinder the impression
• tlefit thetnerriage aeremorty performed by
e clergyman of another religion was valid.
• Such a iharriagetnight be legal in the eyes
of the law end the• world, but wee con-
sidered invalid by the Church. The
Bishop's remarks were listened to with.
rapt attention by the unusually large con-
gregation present at rates. • - -
•A. STRANGE DEA.Ta.. taken to-Blissfield, whe.re the efforts pf ett
Terribletssault bra Crazy Tramp..
• A. Detroit telegram says.: Terrible
excitement was oreated at Blissfield on
Wednesday, evening by a murderous assault
committed by an. insane German tramp,
whose name appears to be George Garty,
on Thomas 'O'Connelly, a • Lake Shore
•baggagemen at that station. It appears
O'Connelly saw. the tramp, stark naked,
crawling under the caboose of a. freight
train just as it was leaving the station about
dark. He drove him from his position and
thetrarap assaulted himewith a large (deep
knife, inflicting twenty terrible wounds on
his person. When O'Connelly was dis-
covered he was unable .to describe his
assailant,. and a , party started in pursuit
toward Riga, at which station the man was
found still naked.and armed with a coupling
pin.. He was. q • uickly overpowered and
now People
Neglig-ience Soniewitere.
The tendency of the evidence befOre the-
coroner'S inquest into . the cane° . of the
-
remelt fetalIntercoloniel.Raitway accident,
goat:iv-to S)low Abut the rolling stook of that
road is in* most deplorable Condition. . In
.the case in'question the. eneine.drawing
express fl
train could not gather epough
- ld-
steam to ascend the grades. and even upon
1'3,01 stretches leet time-. The railway offi-
cials attle --state: that -engibea are patchedContionally iiisteted of . eenewiug their
boilers,' An instance of.the-barelessnesi of
offiOials is mentioned S. despatcher having,
_
since. the accident • referred to, started two
train* Tfroni opposite • etations Upon the
same 'line; -told a terrible disaster was -only
averted. by the vigilance of the engine -
Miss Nightingale has • pointed out how driveisetwho'wete. favored by a• straight -
constantly the naentat state' of the dying piece of road Thie road is und-ee the: -
depends On their physical conditions. As a control of the Ottawa Government.
a i t est in
rule, she tells we haute see n er. •
.their. own clauger is rarely :telt.: "In-
difference, excepting ;with regard to bodily
suffering, Or to some- duty the dying man
desires to peiform, tne far more usual
state. But patients who die Of consul:up-.
tion very frequently die in seetatit of
seraphice joy and peace; the coubtenance
almost exptessest rapture. I'atients Who
die of cholera, peritonitis, etc., on the con-
trary, often Ole an a state approaching
despair. In dysentery, diarrhoea, or fever,
the patient often dies in a fitete of indiP
ference.t • Those who have carefully
eiamined the -dead. On the batthefield;
or ein the streets alter an emeute are
stuck with the fact that while the expreis-
sleti on -the faces Cf those who have died
by gniishot wounds- is one of agony". and
distress, the dead by 8*(44 have a calmer
expression,. though their,woueds often seem
more painful to the eye, -A very ceteful ob-
server who was through -the Indian Mutiny,
eetet. — • officer and half a dozen determined citizens
. .
A Drunken Man Pinned Down be a alone prevented his being summarily hung
• hit the excited. mob. He was taken to
Bleary Window Sill.
A B,uffetto telegram says : Martin Hit- Adrian on the night exprese and safelt
• bert met hie death in a singular manner jailed, Two inches of the knife blade,
early this morning. Patrolman -Hertz, of which,had broken off, were extracted from
the Eighth Precinct Squad, was called- to under O'Connelly's shoulder blade. The
302 Monroe street at -7.30 this morning to latter's medical .attendants saythe wounded
man cannot live. The tramp's clothing was
found bythe pursuing party scattered along
the track.
A gicene in the fiottio of Commons.
'tar. O'Doniael epeaking •during the
Egyptian debate)—Mr. O'Donnel : I am
said to have treated the °heir disrespect.
• fully at times. • Sir, this is not -true. My
. opinion of- you, sir, is tills (the hen. gentle-
• mairputs his thumb to his WWI to:
. ••
31.1URDBRED • BY HIS BROTHER.
Terrible Beath of a • Quarrel About
away-atfiy), (Cricia_of " Shame," " Name ., wainsits.
• him," ". Order.") - - •
..: •
- Mr. Gtedetone—Sit, I rise to Move that A Petersburg (Va) telegrain says In -
the words of the hob. naernber for Due- felligence has just reached here of &horrible
gavial be taken down. --(Cries Of " What murder. which was committed near Smith's
few days ago. Alpheus Thomas Jones and,
- brothek Henry, both._youthe, quarrelled
words -rt. Mr. Gladstone -elle 01.14. Cross. Roads,- in Mecklenburg County,
My opinion of you is this,"- and then, iiir;
• he did this—(Mr Gladstone made a DA:le-
• mma. at the flpeaker, amidthe roars of the
- House), •. •
• Bir Stafford. Northoote—I beg to say that
the Prime. Minister is wrong. ,The hon.
• marcher did it this way. . (sir Stafford
_ pits his thumb to his nose and -twiddlesi
bis. fingers
•'The Speaker—I Vrasun derthe impression
a was this way, (The Speaker makes a-
long nose at Sir Stafford.) •• •
- Several members—No, it was this. (The
entire- HouSei_ makes long .noses at °wh-
ether.) ' --
Mrett'Ditnnel--Sirt not do wheat -the
• rrime Minister states: was, merely
brushing away a fly. thish cheers:)
After some two hours' discussion, the
• Mose . decided that Mr.- O'Donnel meant
no. offence to the. Speaker, etid -the debate
• Was -resumed.
•, WhY. is& drunkard like a bad Faith:lien
—Beoattse. het. is always poking his. mote
. info= measures thatspoil the constitution.
• Earn your ownbread, and see how sweet
- it will bel Work, and see how well you
• Will.be I- Work, and see how cheerful you
will be- Workand see ho* independent you,
wail:IS-1i Work, and see- how happy your
fatnitY will be I Work, and eee how
teligious youwill bel --for 'before you
- kap.* where soli was:instead repining.at-
ProvUence, you war Ind yourself offering
• lip thanks --for all. the itnineroui blessings
Tau enjoy.
WA& a. man:pays for kislioati he 81101114
owed to eat a peat Oat. -
utir coniirms this -.After giving several
e e y .
instances, he says "A rapid deatliby steel
is almost`peinless. 'Sabre-, edge or point
divides the nerves so quickly as to give
little pain. A bullet lacerates."—Londrm
Spectator.
Don't Harry the fileetrie
Mr. Lebettohere, editor of London Trith,
says in regard.' to • electric "1
certainly would advise all towns and local
authorities to pause before they either take
powers themselves or grant any to cora=
panies to take-, up their roadways, in order
to lay electric _rods. • No one is more
desirous than lam Meet electricity should
replace gas. The former, however, has not
yet arrived at its comirtercial phase. o
• .
existing dynamo Machine can supply elect-
ric • light at anything like the price of gas.
All that have done so for a, short time have
boat by these Contracts, which were merely
entered into in order to -humbug the public
into taking the shares of these sub-c0M-
panies. Men of scientiffc acqUireMentils
and not mere • patent' quacks, are
devoting themselves to arrive at this
result; but until it is reached, it is absurd
to precipitate action."
What Ailed the Plano. .
A lady who posseseed-a piano whichhad
once beep good and was really unaware of.
the effect which time's effacing fingerehad
had upon its ancient brilliancy :asked: a
• famous Gentian. pianist to perform upon it,
and, after .he had obliOngly done SO, was
rash eneugh to ask 'hint .wheit he thought
of it. "Since you press nee far anepiniou„"
replied the eminent artist, "1 will tell you
first that your piano wants new wires, and,
Seebudly, that the liaittiners Want new lea-.
ther. And while you are about it," he coil -
tinned,. gradusily boiling up, " With your
de* leather you had better have new woodt
and 'when your instrument is thus-repeired
• the best thing yoircan do- withitwill be to
make it into firewood and.have it burned:"
—St. James' -Gazette. ••••
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Nitro4Glycerine nit a Medicine.
A foreign medioal journal mentions the
case. of a lady suffering from cramps ir the
stomach, and to Whont.soniething leas than
a drop of 1 ..per alcoholic solution of
nitro-glycerine was given. In two minutes
the .polse fell- from: 140 to 50; a clammy
sweat covered the patient's features, and
she became senseless. Stimulants to the
nose, and .• brandywere quickly admin-
istered, and:io about three minutes more
she began to 'recover—the pain wascom-
pletely gone, and aid not return - that
tuight. or the .following day. While under
the effect of the singular substance in 'ques-
tion, the patient felt, as she subsequently
stated, like,twopersons, and so strong was
this impression that; though entirely
rational in her nonversation and- Composed
• as usual in her manner, she could not
diepassess herettlf of the illusion. •
1
over the diatribution of a lot of . wa nuts,
and subsequently 'the former sh t e latter
with s, shot gun, killing him instantly. The
murdered boy's head was tone almost
cipmpletely trona his body. t
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New Post..0ffiees.,
The following new posttoffietis were estab-
lished on November ist Birdsalls, Peter-
borot Ontario.; _ Broadview, .Noithwest
Territory; Clareview (reopened), Adding-
ton, Ontario; East Angus., Cpinpten,
Ontario; Haitian, Lisgar, Ontario ; Harold,
Hasa/tea,. Ontario; Indian -Head, North -
wept Territory; -Latour Mills, Pontiac,
Quebec; Mociemnine- Northwest Territory.;
Nyanza, Victoria, N.S.; Regina, North-
west Territory; Romilly,Cardwell Sewell,
Selkire, The follotring have been changed:
Olerideboye Moltietley, Goose River, N.S.,
to Linden; McGillivray; Ontatite to
deboyft, Rondeati to Blenheim.
The (torten& News states that it is
reported that -Mr. Jesse Fartew, brother to
T. Farrow-, MP., of Bluevale, has . been
Murdered in Joliet, Illinois,
The oldest resident of Antigonish County;
N•.S., Mrs. 'Hugh Macdonald, of Fraser's
Mill, died ori Mondai in her 103rd t year.
• At the ageof 100 she Could walk six miles
to visit- neighbors.
jennie Leeivrho played to emp bent:Ilea
in "Poor Joe" while in America, nt to
Anstraha and eleared 06,000-a wee for
nine SUCtieffiliVe 'weeks at the Melb urn"
Empire;
Fine Writing.
The proprietor of a paper_ published in
Phile.delpliia offered a prize of 020 in geld
to'the person who shoilld write the most
words from the first chapteriGenesis
withima citele the size of a silvertquarter
of a dollar. • The prize was awarded to
Mrs. Lillie E. Wood, of Hartford. Mrs.
Wood accomplished the wonderful feat of
• . . - .
writing the entire chapter within the pre-
scribed space, and to show how wonderful
that was it is only necessary to count the
words '-which the ladY orowded into this
small _space. In the. first chapter of
Genesis there are thirty.one verses and 795
words, not • counting the headings or the
nunaerals at the beginning of the verses, is
the Writer was permitted te omit these.
Thereading matter and •the punctuation
had to.be copied -into- the quarter ef a dol-
lar circle, into which she put the 795'words
and 114 punctuation marks. -- Ilariford
Times.
No Royal Road. to Journalism.
Anew swindle, appropriately entameting
froth Cincinnati, has lately been exposed.
It seems that an advertisereentt has ap-
peaied 'in several newspapers purporting
to furnish easy employritent to those desir-
ing to enter the tanks ot jourealispa, with
the Promise of a liberal compensation, The
officers Of the, PenniylVanisk„,Seciety !for:
the Preeeetioir of Orinie have ---takett the
matter in haled; and, of coureet discovered
it to be a new trap fot the innocent. There
is nci-xeyal road to journalism, and .he who
wouldenter its , ranks -must:begin at the
bottoniround of ,the ladder. And a difficult
climb it -will be for him.—New York Co
inerciol Advertiser.
: Peculiaritietin Penmanship.
- A London dellY newspaper., in. a recent
edittieiel on the death Of Mr. Chabot, the
expert on handwritingsays: "'Brothers -
frequently write siugulerly like each: other,
and_ any one who has paid the -'slightesti
attention . to --the subject .catinot :tail to
notice the biped peculiarities Whitt:I- thee.
fieligraphy of certain people - possesses in
aomnaop. There is110mietekitig the broed,
expansive,-ClearlYformed lettete t -f those
Who have been taught to . write in _the
schools of America., . The- admirable hand-
writings; of the licendinaviaine are so much
alike that -experts . will :be ..eitebled to piclt-
out froth a huedeed examples almost every
One executed- by a Deue, a Norwegiau or a
Swede: : The Italian handWritinglSalso so
rn&rked that it is one ot, the "ttylefi"
affected by; writing Masters, and the pretty, ,
soratChy characters. of- a French -Riau; with.
the flourish --aud hudden redUndanoiesi in-
evitably suggest thegay, volatile; fickle
character of the race to which he.helongs."
. ,
Den Thompson is in Chicago.
The celebrated case • of Dr. Edward
• Pynohon,tcharged with complicity in the
'death of Ituddie MeCrae, of Chatham, :at
Buffalo, has again been postponed.
In. -Montreal yesterday Mr. Justice Tor-
• rance' dismissed the exception taken to the
Attorney-faeneral of the Province interfer-
ing, in the suit agatust the Montreal Tele -
I graph Company.
• The Meicican ver�xnenthas just #bol-
ithed the export taxon the piecious natal,
and there is tells- of abolishing the inter
State imposts. , •
- Mr. Chilton, of St. Catharineit United
States.Consul at the Interneationsal.Bridge,
iitif4 been irkpoluted to- the consulship ate
Godelich Sad Stratford.
• =4,- lease for 999 years: is generally
regarded .as equivalent 14 freehold.
_Snotty& lettee has receetly. expired, and . the
property has reverted to its originalowner,
the Church of Engleed. • It -is dens legally
decided. that tlie Char -Olt has had* cot-
tiorete: entity for let least e thousand-yeers.
IA girl of Wankoir, Iowa, being excese
Siveiy -fond ofbebies, borrowed one of a
neighbor for the- day: - It fell iote_ afire
d wee-- :burned to- death: *The was
• Faithfulness of Reporters.
Governor elect Butler is not one of those
orators who complain because the reporters
do not get into pnnt every word they 'utter,
or because they sometimes chenge a word
here and there, for the better -or the worse.
" You workingmen of the press," he seed at
a dinner of lb Boston reporters' Club,
e always• do your duty thorou.ghly, and
that have received any, portion 'of the
applause of iny fellow,citikens comes from
the fact that / have received from you
accurate and truthful reports. of ithat I
have said. , And for that fidelity, *Wei-
-bah never faltered, whether from, men
opposed to me or in my favor, I beg to re-
turn to each and allot you my most gitteful
thanks."
• .,.Latet.t From Whusipeg.
•
In the Provincial Court, Winnipeg, yes-
terday -morning Susan Palmer, of Pine
Falls, was committed to jail as a lima:tic,
to await the pleasure of the Lieutenant-
Governar. It is a -sad case. Mrs. Palmer,
a young woman, lost her hueband by
drowning a short time ago, and since that
• event two of her children have died, and
the bereavement' has Upset her reason.
• The congregation ot Holy Trinity Church,
Winnipeg, are aboutto erect a new church,
Which is to cost $100,000.
and t
riot immediately the Ob111813 of the 4 *dent
and yet she was so grieved and frig tened
by it that she died within an hour: • .
iMary Anderson is an exception to the
rule ,that nobody can attain '
excellence on the stage without begutning
to climb at the lowest rotted. She made
her debut in leacting-tregic roles only a few- _
years ago, andliegen to make money and
fame at the very outset. She is 1305*/ very .
wealthy; and as for glory, she was pub-
ticly crowned with a laurel wreath -the ,
ether night in her native bit), of Louisville, ,
by the Mayor and Editor Watterson, el
the Courier -Journal. • The- Mayor aieured
her that the pastieeted 66 exceeding loveli-
nese of person, -purity of heart and beauties
of mind."
• —Over 014,000,000 has been expended on
the Brooklyn BHdge, and the end is not
yet Whet makes the people mad is the
-fact that -no One OM be convicted of stealing
$8,000,000.
Mr. John Prain, who hoe been Reeve of
Minto for the past thirteen years,- and
twice Warden of tho County of Wellington,
intends retiring in. simusipst Wee
Fifty years ago the name of„Parrell Wail
as prominent in Parliament as itteeto-day.
In 1881 was published
Book." containing an annotated list of the
two British Houses of Parliament It thus
describes Mr. C.. S. Parnell's great-unole,
Sir Henry Parnell afterward Lord Congle,
•
ton. "He is an able, industrious, Liberal,
and efficient member of Parliament. D
was upon his motion- for a committee oh -
inquiry into the civil list that the Wellinge
toil Cabinet was broken -up."
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