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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1887-10-26, Page 211911-1.711411,"717711117977117•7"7"i:'7N"'"'"-'7 ‘477 t Via#lrai, I1,7o eturfll cm situ tsuau Prvert Wednesday Moruing gtrWAtc,Xts st, rro ti AT 11.1EIR POWER PRESS PRINTING HOUSE, Ontario Street, Clinton. 11.25 in advance;if not so paid. The proprietorsof Tun GODERTOu NEWS, having purchased the business and plant of THE HURON RECORD, wi91 in future o ublish the amalgamated papers in Clinton, ander the title of "THP Iito•aoN NEWS. %ECOID. " Clinton is the most prosperous town in Western Ontario, is the seat of considerable manufacturing, and the centre of the finest agricultural section in Ontario. The combined circulation of TUE NEWS - RECORD exceeds that et any paper pub- lished in the County of Huron. It is, therefore, unsurpassed -as an advertising medium. . sarRates of advertising liberal, and furnished on application. •Parties making contracts for a speci• fled time, who discontinue their advertise- ments before the expiry of the sanio, will be charged full rates. Advertisements, without instructions as to space and time, will be left to the judg- ment of the compositor in the display,- in- serted until forbidden, measured by„a scale of 'solid nonpareil (12 lines to the inch), and charged 10 cents a line for first insertion and. 3 cents a line for each sub- sequent insertion. Orders to discontinue tdvertisefneuts must be in writintr- sir Notices set as READING warren, (measured by a scale ofsolid Nonpa•iel, 12 lines to the inch) charged at the rate of 10 cents a line for each insertion. JOB WORK. • We have one of the best appointed Job Offices west of Toronto. Our facilities in this department enable us to do all kinds of work—from a calling card to a mammoth poster, in the best styie known to the e.raft, and at the lowest possible rates. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Address The News -Record, Clinton. Ont The Huron News -Record Wednesday, October ''ZQ6. 1887 In the Jury -Room. The case seemed clear enough to a boy 10 years old. The plaintiff sued the defendant on a debt. The defendant adulilted that - he eontrirctod the deht, and that he had never eriid it. Ile tried to show, es au off et, that he once lent plaintiff' some money, but he failed to even establish the dato of t:he transaction. The amount sued for was $400, and the judge charged us to return a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. When w•e got settled in the jury - robin and eitccted a foreman, he said : "Well, Loupp0,se -we utast return a verdict foe the full amount 1” "Well, .1 •klou't !" replied one of the jurors—a tnau whom I had se- .leetod as au ---honest, conscienti -ns juror. ' "ilut isn't it a plain case?" "No, sir.! Tho plaintiff had two lawyers, .while the defendant had but one. There was nothing this about that 1" • "But the judge oha•ged us to re. - turn a verdict for tho full amount," observed another juror. c"Sposing he ho did !" exclaimed an old plan on his left; "if the judge knows more about this case than we do; thea what are we Lere'for,T,> "Which of "enl was the plaintiff, anyhow I" solemnly inquired a. a soletnu juror whorl I had seen sleeping through most of the trial, I'1'Ito red-headed man, of course, ' replied a young elan who wore very tight pantaloons and chewed plug tobacco with great ambition. "Was it 4 Why, 1 thought it was the. fat luau !" e;:clailutid juror No. 6. °Chi• .foreuuau suggested that we mark on slips of paper the amount each juror thought tiro plaintiff en titled tu. I fie suggestion was fol- lowed and tho etnuunte ran front 15 outs to $100. "It seems to tae;" 110 reflected, "that the defendant o vi va him 400 or nothing." "1 don't believe• he owes hies nntllin'," replied one of the twelve. "But you have heard the evi- •lencer "II tug tlie uvi•li I;ue : .Some one suggested that wo add .Ip ,the sums marked and strike an everHge. ?one thcr suggested that we i•aturn ,1'verd.i,:t fur the defendant. A tili,r1 offered to flip a colli 1(11;1• 'ile:ud c t,L1t`.I for the $100 or teeth- .4 fontth •vrautetl some 0110 to teti MIR if the .dept hadn't been out, 'awed. It ws.a finally 4iscovered that we stood five for the If and seven for the defendeu•t alien the foreman wanted to know whet tee should do. "Well," said One, of the seven, "if we agree with you in this eine, will you agree, with us in the next?" 1[e couldn't prouniae, and the j;o n ey of the dissenter decleroil flit+, h nvu1d teiiijtin in that room a lifetime befet ;he woulciagreo with. the five, • And at the end of au hour there wen eight men willing ' to return a verdict for $76, At the eud of two hours there were seven men who didn't care a cent and five who were in favor of the defendant. At the eud of three hours six men were iu favor of $400 and the other six were playing poker. , In another hour two of us favored $400 and the other ten had trade up their ,Hinds that at least two out of the three lawyers ought to be in jail. We finally marched in with the announcement that we couldn't agree, when the juror who didn't know plaintiff from defendant, rais- ed his voile and protested : "Judge, we could have agreed all right if anybody had told us what tho case was about ! I think we otter be furnished with diagrams!" A Day in a Chicago Police Court. Over one hundred default cases alone, ou record for one day, were disposed of. The reputation ",pf Chicago as divorce headquarters, and the fact that the Judges have refused during their vacations this year to hero any but urgent matters, are variously assigned as the causes for the exceptional 'business of the calendar. Tho 200 and odd -persons whose nnitrituonial existence it was proposed to ,judicially murder, at ono sitting of the court, were lost in the 'Crowds of sympathizing friends" and curious spectators who dole to witness the execution. Corning and going up and down for hours, the elevators carried their cargoes of people of the most diverse- degree and kind, some all tears and sighs, others flippant or grimly content and still others smiling and happy. Thou there were the children, gen- erally brought along to fill some gap in the testimony. Owing to the press of business marriage vows were loosened between ill -matched couples with even more than usual celerity of Chicago divorce courts. With a scared white face• "Papa, papa," cried a little girl as a well dressed gentleman came ftp to ono of the elevators. The child was snatched away by the lady who held her hand and the gentleman turned his head, and instead Of waiting for the elevator, walked down the stairs and.outinto the ,l. get. -Ie had just been dit'urced from the lady who lied the child. CURED Or' LOOIIJAW. Two Ounces of Bromide .a ]Day and Plenty of Calabar Bean Pull a Boy Through. David Cassai, a niue-year-old Italian boy of 99 Rose street, lies • at the Chambers street hospital, Now York, in a condition of con- valescence after an unusually severe attack of lockjaw. Cases of recovery froom--.loelrjaav-are so few --.that they - are considered its freaks, and a phy- .sician never holds out the slighest hope of recovery to the friends of 't patient suffering from it.- Youug Cassai on Sept. 1st, ran a piece of glass into his foot, and six days later lockjaw set ,in. He had no •attendance 'until the 10th inst., when he was removed to Chambers Street Hospital. He was then in such a state of convulsion that every muscle was as rigid as iron. lie could be held horizontally by the. ankle as easily as if he had beau a stick pf wood. House Surgeon. Dench at once administered bromide to paralyze It a nervous system, with occasioual hypodermic injecl'ons of calaber beau to knock the stiffening out o • the spinal column. For four cou- sectitive days the boy took two ounces of bromide every twenty- four hours. An ordinary-. close is ten grains, and one dose a day is generally sufficient. The boy's body limbered a little four or five hours after treatment had begun, preventing for the tilt, Iiis death, which mast have ensued within ton hours 1114 his convul- sions not been relieved. Ile was tliun able to take n little food, the fiat hti Lad had since tho lockjaw had sot iu. atter four days there was a recurrence of the convulsions and the boy's jaws became firully. sot, Life wits sustaintf 1 by iujt.ct- lions of t'ootl, while t1"' Ireetnulnt of bromide and cell , • been was eontinned.. The 1 et., cJuditiuu gradually iluproved,;utd I)r, Leech sa•ya that' he is now out of danger and well, except fur extreme onlaci mien., which will necessitate his de- tention at the hospital for some tint•+. Note Beads, Letter !toads, Statements, and in fact all kinds of print•ntr, in the best style known to the- eraft nif at low rates, at 'rah; NIR/11-1iPleann otgee. ---I.aat Saturday a [mainp burglar- ized the house occupied by Jerry [Iat)t11ton, on Df0Art14!i's farm, near fit. Thomas. Thd tramp ;lame to the house and asked for sonmet)ing to eat, and while the housekeeper IVItc getting it 1414 oils red the house, took a purse containing $•?0,00, end left, stic ? *t _'IS 13TEPSC T. A aeuilatio nal � 1ti�. at the'door Of, at i hioago 9hur0li• In a thiong ofple on Sunday at the church door of one of the most fashionable congregations in Chicago a . gray-haired millionaire bank president was remorselessly shot dowu to -day by his stepson to avenge or shield a woman charged with continued adultery. The woman was no less a person than Mrs. Meeckie Rawson., wife of the banker shot and mother of the as• sailant. The banker is Stephen W. Rawson, president of the Union Trust company, of Chicago. Wil- liam Lee, aged 17, is the stesnson. Finkel' Rawson, wittfi five abullets in his body and apparently in a dying condition, was hastily picked off the blood -spattered curb and bundled into one of the score of carriages that had been waiting for the wealthy worshippers. Young Lee, with empty and stilt smoking revolver in hand, was as hurriedly thrown into a more strikingly dif ferent conveyance—the wagon of the.police patrol. Young Leo had been seen for half an hour previou pacing the stone sidewalk in Ash- land avenue, near Madison, front- ing the third Presbyterian church. Of this church Banker Rawson had long been a shining Tight and was still an honored member, notwith- standing that he had been charged by his wife with perjury and other offences. IIe on the other hand al- leged that sho, although prominent iu society and a beautiltil woman both in manner and appearance, was really a disreputable, blasphe- mous, devilish tempered aclventuress who coveted only his money. Fur a year or more the two have boon fighting each other iu the diyorco 'courts and within a week the bank- er has filed against her additional charges of atlultry. Little attention had been paid to young Lee as he stalked back- wards and forwards by tiro church entrance. He was lost in tho.crowd when the gaily dressed congregation came. out, among 1110111 the well know form .of the batik president. Rawson was about to step to his carriage when, breaking the sweet majestic tulles of the great organ came the sharp crack of a revolver, followed by a deep groan. An earthquake could scarcely have •produced more confusion at the Moment among the throws of gentlemen, lathes and cllilt.lrelt aiul the long tiers of carriages and coach melt that lined tite side\'alks in every direction. A din of screams began, but subsided almost instant- ly. Lce was seen,,,, -to „•,cptickly, but coolly steady his shining pistol \vith his left hand, while with his right habil he again and again pull- od the fatal trigger. \\it'll the stifled -cry "I'm killed," the aged millionaire fell prostrated, on the stone flags, upturning lila agonized white face to the cold, set counten.- anco of his stepson. Lee,- turning to an officer who had just appeared on the scene, hoarsely. whispered,.. "Take 1110 to jail, quick." It seem- ed scarcely a moment til the patrol wagon bore hint away. ',When the dying banker reached his home six physicians had been called. They. probed for the • bullets, and found that alt had lodged in the legs or arms save one that entered near the small •of the back, and, as near as could be judged, had plunged through his abdomen. Ifhis life had been saved it would have been little short of a miracle. A reporter found Mrs. Rawson at the Continental hotel,, where she Occupies apartments, shortly after the truac:1y, and upon being asked what site had to say in regcud to the affair, t;oplied ; "I'm glad of it. IIS deserved till he gut. I intended to do it myself." Lee declared that ho had nothing to say, except..tlutt he, _was respon- sible for what he slid. 'The career of the young 111511'8 utother i, iu many respects remarkable.'• - Sho has been 111:u'ried several times, was 1it•urcetl once, and 318 a depart- ment clerk in the government ser- vice at \\'ashington is 0IIIl istuod to have been cuucerued 111 801110 settsativnnl illcideuls, She firet be• (gold acquainted tvil1) ll,twsun about '11 vc•.- years age, and tleeir .marriage, ,r,un followed. Potwson is fi5 year's oltl. —Gaspard Ilroui!letle \vent out vu a fishing exctrsion from Challlh- ly' Il;tsio, anti !Ii, lt,rtt 1111410 in it squall. IIe was 1 ,t:ue,l 1❑ :,I1 nu- 00)lsciunS condition, anti tvhile loft on shore a stranger approached, and uutici11 that iironfllette hal $155 in hie hand, took the money and Bushed him into the wales again. The cold water brought hint to and he swain 10 shore. —Seine months ago shirt ling 1(Tol'td concerning the immorality which prevailed in rortltil) schools in Ottawa were published. The Witness hoc now received despatch- es announcing the :meet uf:t mumbo, of school girls, who have trade con• fossions involving none school e companions o1' the ages from, twelve to fifteen, and as their tempters 1)1,11111 hith;•ito Inspected citizens 111 11 0 11 14 \\ i,vtli ;ire men belonging to the pltl'f' ,,.ion;1 classes, "Tail• sv4VOts TFIgl3WO" The Canadian Brief in, OP ee, . itton to;tha Eztif;avagen,i lltn Pretelons'Qf the United Staten. The New York Herald professes to have obtained the following frotn Ottawa as the brief filed is the District Court at Sitka on behalf of the Canadian sealers:— These schooners were seized for an infraction of an act of the United States Congress, No. 120, being an act to prevent the extermi- nation of fur bearing animals iu Alaska. The act is directed against killing seals in the ;renters adjacent to the Islands of St. Pau) and St. George, and dons not refer to any other waters iu Ilehring's Sea, but ou referring to section 1,956 of the Revised Statutes the language is somewhat different, prohibiting the killing of fur -hearing animals with- in the limits of Alaska territory or or the waters thereof. The first question, then, to be de- cided is what is meant by "the waters thereof." If the defendonts are bound by the treaty between the Uuited States and Russia ceding Alaska to the United States, then it appears that Russia,iu 1822 claimed. absolute sovereignty over the Behring's Sea and purported to con- vey one HALF OF THAT.SEA TO THE UN1'rge STATES; but the mere assertion of a right coutrary to the comity of nations can confer ou Abe grantees no right in excess of those recognized by the late of nations. In enquiring what the right was and how far it was submitted to by the other Powers interested, it is found that the United ' States Min- ister at St. Petersburg in 1822 com- bated the pretensions, of Russsia in the following expressive lan- guago :— Thu cxlsteucu of territorial rights to the distance of 100 miles from the coast, and the prohibition of ap• proachiug to the same distance from those coasts and from those of all intervening islands are innovations on the law of nations and measures unexplained. It is thus found that the assumpt- ion of a limited sevoreiguty over the waters of Alaska was challenged by the United States, and iu cense-. queuco was not persisted iu. The Government of Great Brit- ain, on the 28t11 of February, 1825, entered into a treaty with Russia in consequence of the sane extrava- gant pretensions. It appears that Ilussla cliiililed 100-lililes from the Nast of all the islands as well as the mainland of Bullring's Sea and 503111t to'45 deg. 50 nein, It was this cinivn that led to tiio iitlig- uaut REMONSTRANCE •OV THE UNITED . STATES and Great Britain and,' to the treaties- •before- -referred to, •-and shows that Belu•iug's Sea 'was. in- cluded in the term "Pacific Ocean:" The pretensions of Russia were never revived, aurcl the citizens of Great Britain, as well as those of the .Tnited Stites, hail free access at all times to these waters in navi- gating and fishing without any re- strictions ; and Russia's claim was never revived 'until she ,purported to cede to the United States a por- tion of BeIimiug's Sea. Russia could not sell what she did not own, and' the United States could not claim that which it was not in the the power of Iiussia td sell. The treaty with England has never becili abrogated, and waa in force when the cession to the United Status took place, and there tu58 no need to protest against the, extravagant pretensions of Russia in purporting to • dispose of the high setts, as until last year no at- tempt has been made to enforce such a claim. Quotations limn Tient and Whar- ton as to the law of nations bearing on the S'u11ji1e1 are 111e11 given,. as al - 80 the following extract from a letter of Mr. 11Ir. Seward to M. :,:said : There aro two principles beating ou'the ithjvat which are naversally mind ttt'tl :--First that -'1'111: 1 IH OPEN TO ALL NATIONS; ant1, sucouti, that there is a portiou of the s 'a ad,1 Lcunt to every nation nv:•r \t ln' it !!se se\•ert ig;oty i f that u ti •u pp...tut11 it; ° the exclusion of everyeth(Arpolitical authority. A third principle bearing on the subject is that the exclusive sovereignty of a nation abridging the universal liberty of the 8030 uxtmltlh; 110 further than the, power of the nation to maintain it I,y force stationed on the coast ex- tends. The brief continues :—Tho sovet•- cigntyof the coast ends where the power to control it by force of arms terminates. It thus appears that by the comity of nations, sanctioned and approved by American jurists, the high seas are open to all ; that the territorial authority only ex- tends to a marine league, or at all events not further than a force on shore can protect the coasts. It also appends that the United States, in claiming sovereignty over the T e 'riti ?# 84; is:° olaituing sotne- thiug bond,: the ;: volt recognized 'law of rittionaud>ases her claim upon tho pre "milieus of Russsia, wgjou was l pcos1 ss'uu r REPUDi- ATED. A treaty is valid and binding be- tween the parties to it. It is an agreement between nationsand would be construed in law like an agreensent between individuals. Great Britain was no party to it and therefore is not bound by ite terms. • It is therefore contended that the proceedings taken against the pre- sent defendeuts are ultra vires and without jurisdiction. The act must be construed by what appears within its four corners and not by aux extrinsic document. rt is nn act defining a criminal offence, and an act which abridges the privileges and immunities of citizens roust be strictly construed, and nothing but the clearest expression can or ought to be construed against the interest of the public in applying this prin- ciple to the present case. The terms used in the act itself are "the waters adjacent to the islands of St. George and St. Paul." "Adjacent," in Wharton, page 846, ie held to be adjacent to the coast and within the territorial jur" isdiction of the country. The lan- guage, then, does not apply to these defendants, who were FIFTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST COAST. In section 1,956 the language is "the -waters of' Alaska!' lilts must also be construed by the universal law as applying to the territorial limit only. And in a letter from Mr. Everts to Mr. Foster, its April, 1879, referring to a ease in which certain American merchant vessels were seized by the Mexican authori- ties for and alleged breach of the revenue laws, although distant more than three milds front shorn, it was held to bo an international offence and was not cured by a de- cree iu favor of the assailants in a Mexican court. It is submitted - that a-stec1•ee-of the court will not give any validity to the seizures made, and the de- fendants in filing their demurrer and submitting this argument do not thereby waive their rights or submit to the jurisdiction of the court. Horse Physiognomy. A horse's head indicates his char- acter very much as a roan does. Vice is showli in the eyes Hud Mouth , -intelligence in the nose, in the mobile nostril, ;aid 'active ear. The sizo'of the eye, the thiu- nessof skiu,ulaking the face bony, the large, open, thin -edged nostril, the flue ear, and the thin, lino matte and - fore top are indicalious of fine breeding, and accompany a high strung, nervous organisation, which, with' good limbs and muscular pO ver, iusures a considerable de- gree of speed• iu the animal. The stupidly lazy horse that drivers call a gunk -head' ]las a dull eye, usually a uarrct\v._l_Or-c;1lead_and contracted poll., • He is not represented in this group, but occurs not infrequently, ie •always a blunderer, forgets him- self and stumbles on smooth ground, gets hiinself and owner into dif. ficultios, calks-hitnsel-f;-is--sortretimes- positively lazy, but often a hard grower. Ho needs constant caro and watchfulness on the drivers pert. A buyer of equine flesh shduld be able• to detect the good and bad qualities of the animal he contemplates purchasing. , This valuable knowledge is only acquired by a careful study of the various parts of horse physiognomy. U. 5. Territory. Writing to a frit:ud a former Guelphs ite•g1Ves Sullteih tel eat111g tnfoi•itlatlutl concerning�Vasllnrnton Territory. I[e says : "'finis country coataine prairie and nuttier land, inhabited by men and laitst, which tire dis- posed of iu this manner : The blind staggers take the iwrees ; the cattle havurx)re feet ; the ,hee(( have leeches in their livers; the bears take the hogs : the • h;twks the chickens ; birds • and vernrut take the grain ; the fern and the sorr;ll take t!.e land, turd old Nick he takes the people. '.I'here is an 01111 to all things here, below. Stock do tolerate, ly well herr', nut yo'1 would be as- tonished to I<noa' What they find to eat, The crops are worse than in Canada, excepting potatoes. 'There is tot pruner regi -try of land kept, and tit!e0 are t cry (i01e11(01. Triggs are very high. The money lender realizes a good harvest, his charges tieing from 10 to 18 per CP111. The retail trade in all lines is ant fine, and the'r'e are a great anally 1,.\v, Irl business, Unless a man is a "lucky" epecuhltor he can't make anie! 111Oltey here. During the summer the weather in generally dry --no reit, for (Intel or four mouths. S,:areely any One from the cast likee this country," For First•Class Printing, at low rates, 100 01 Tint Naves-R,sonn Otte. Tho Unionists surprised every- body else by electing five candida- tes at the Queenstown, Ireland, municipal election. FlPolf A Ptlgusti ion me6tyttle - in°ttaws. t3�i Au Ott4wa dfispateh records the disappoaiauce of tho wife of Mr. W. Middleton, a nephew of Sir Fred- erick. She is twenty-five years of ago, a daughter of the Superinten- dent of the Rideau Canal, and glisster of Captain Wise, A. D. C. Slie was married a year ago. She is - stated , to •itav(t.gozl to St. 4lban'a 1;l Vt..—witll'a vow jlo p oceeding tot, Cuba viii Now-York,.--ewith Mr. F. W. Hamilton, The latter,, svho had' been a Bank of Montreal clerk there, was a friend to Miss Wise before -her marriage ; Mr. Middleton a few mouths ago agreed to become his partner in a Montreal stock -broking business, but withdrew from the ar- rangement, and compromised a law- suit for $20,000 for breach of con- tract by paying Hamilton $10,000 a fortnight _ago. OTTAWA, October 19.—Mr.' Middleton and Superintendent Wise of the Rideau Canal, husband and father respectively of tho young lady who ,eloped on Saturday with Hamilton, the bank clerk, have also followed in pursuit. Mr. Middle - ton's loss will be fully $10,000, as the adventurer succeeded in dis- counting a note for $5,000 drawn for three mouths. It has transpired that Hamilton owes everybody. In- cluded in the list is a washerwoman, who says he has not paid her a three Mouths' account. A Member of the family states that they have positive •proof of Hamilton and Mrs. Middleton hav- ing been seen together since she loft the city on Saturday. Iianiilton Lett this city on Friday. 1\Irs. Middleton had received an invita- tion front a party of friends who were to sail on a yacht for Florida to accompany them, Her husband and family believe that there is a probability of her having gone from New York- with them. Capt. Wise, Mi. Wise and Mr. Middleton are ew- iu New York State looking after thew, although Mr. Middleton believes his wife has gouo to Florida. Homespun Hints. A recent address by Rev. I)r. Collyer to some college students has met with praise fro n the Norfolk Virgin 7t, w11iC11• said : Dr. Collyer remarked that he had worked on a farm, carried a hod, shod horses, broke stones on a 'turnpike, reaped and ur.td'led graiu, dug a well, eat wood and preached sermons that nobody wanted to hear. Itis wonderful success had been achieved 11y* pure grit and honest industry. You must dig down -_tnhaa•tl.intu, he said, to lay a foundation to fame and fortune. His aphorisms may be grouped as fellows : - Work is good medicine. A man's best. frioud is his ten fingers. Society.. says ono thing, and nature another. Any kind --`of" au 'lioiiosi-jell 3s better than no job lit all. Take a dollar-,a,day for your work. if yon can get no more. Have a reserve force that will -e-otttit-yon ezerit ---___-_-------- 1 The houestmsu who dies poor 4s rich if 11e only holds his own. Only those who slake clean Money and do clean things win s11CCOSs. A good days work at what you can best do is the hard -pan to which all must come. When country boys could to the city if they can only hold to the old sweet ways they can defy the world. Sleep eight hours out of ' the twenty-four, eat three meals a day and walk 011 the sunny side of the Way. Keep your grip on the hard pan of the principle of good conduct, and you will be anent of good name and good fortune. , A good fanner is better than a poor ductor, and a good . hon:seiioer i§'better thou a poor bishop. SOCNit ADVICE:.- 'l'l Se having sales r,1 any i:ind $hound consider that itis just ns un portant to have their pesters properly displayed and ap, pont. neat ;lad ntt•;`.;('tn 1', a.• it in to have 0 Hood - auctioneer 'I'ns1 :ihnrsltkrr,re u,adkes a spcetalty of this taw.0of work, they have the nt;tterial and ezperietwo tit ,etve you vr11..1 you ,rant at very reasonable t riots. Loudon \Vest was startled on 20th by the elopement of Miss Vodden d 111gl;t,r of Mr.. William \rusl;len, who lives near the corner of Ihludas and ("enter streets, and George Moore, who resided' en Oak •street, and who leaves behind him a wife and live children. About a ween{ ago Miss Vod.ien announced her in- tcutiuu of visiting a Mrs. Rogers in in 1he country, and ou tSrtttn•day last started off. '1'lte same after- noon \[r. Moore left ostensibly to visit au uncle at Port Stanley. In- quiry,, however, reveals the fact that neither Miss Vodden nor Moore have been seen by the par ties they were to visit, nor have the pair been heard of since. Tho lady in the case is said to bo about 30 years of ago small, and not over goodlooking. Mr. Moore was a popular resident of the village and• a. property -holder. l e.a •