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DETRPaT, NAV. 10, -- Capt. A.
*!As for years bas peen a well-kuo
()mien of this city, Hying an a. co
festable home oa Jeii'ereen avenu
ldo was. 72 year old yesterday, a
was still pleasant and sociable wi
unimpaired faculties, though rete
reverses had preyed upon his min
Ills life, too, it is said, was tinge
with a little romance. Rumors wer
prevalent conceruiug bis intimac
• with the wife of Austin Rising, h
business manager. Capt. Mills vis
ted Mrs. Riding yesterday, and the
remained together for two hour
Coming out of the Risipg resident
Capt. Mills met an old friend, wl
lives next door -Capt. Stone -on tl
sidewalk. The latter noticed soul
thing singular about Capt. Mills, wh
'talked about a $40 coat, he ha
bought for Mrs. Biel*, grid othe
things, in an excited, half incoheren
manner. Capt. Stone thought the
had quarreled, but suspected n
more. Capt. Mills then went to hi
home on Jefferson avenue. At si
o'clock he shot himself through th
head with a revolver in bis room
• The shrieks of the family alarme
the neighbors who on rushing i
found the captain already dead.
At ten o'lock Au§tin Rising wen
to his home. A few minutes after
wards he rushed into Capt. Stone'
and asked for a revolver. Nailing t
get one, he drew a knife, and at
tempted to out his throat.
"Great God,' he said, "this is to
much, my wife is killed."
A policeman attracted by the
noise, took flim into custody. The
house was searched, and Mrs. Rising
was found murdered in her room, the
body lying on the floor, her head
riddled with bullets. The tragio
death of Capt. Mills and Mrs. Rising
was spoken of in the same breath,
and Capt. Stone's story is the sensa-
tion of the city. It is thought Mills
shot the woman in a fit of jealousy,
and then took his own life.
The Mills' tragedy continues to
be the talk of the city. No crime
committed in the city has created a
deeper public impression or been the
cause of more absorbing attention.
The story of the long intimacy of
Capt. Mills and Mrs. Rising, begin.
ning eighteen years ago, and con-
tinuing down to the last night of
their -lives, was penned by deceased
and hastily concluded but au instant
before he took his own life. Letters
Left on the table at which he was sit-
ting when he shot himself are as
follows, with some omissions unfit
for publication. Tho first letter,
dated Nov. `2, shows this tragedy was
premeditated weeks. It began • as
follows :
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strtugs ottt of iris, I told her 1 would be
sorry to do this, but she Itas ruined nae,
and niay God have mercy en. my soul for
the steps 1 stave taken.
A. II. Mitts.
Desert, Nov.' 2, 1887. -This is a
painful task for me to write what I am
about to do, but I would rather die by the
bullet than to suffer in my mind, hoping
that God will forgive me for such a rash
act. She has ruined inn in mind and
body, and eighteen years that has passed
* She appeared to be very fond of
me, and began to draw moon. Here the
captain laid aside his pen and used a
pencil', the handwriting which . follows
being almost illegible. He speaks of his
relations with Mrs. Rising in the past,
and says : I gave her from Ulna to time in
all about $3,000 before the present year.
This year 1 have given her about every
thing she has in her house. She has not
$20 worth of anything that I did not give
her, stoves and set of parlor furniture,
provisions and coal and wood. Every-
thing in the line of eating and all kings of
a clothing, and money in quantity, and a
burying spot for herself in' my ground: In
fact, Etlh Rising and I have, been se man
and wife until sire got nearly all she
wanted, and now gives neo the .cold
shoulder, and it will. cost her leer life if
she continuesto treat mo coolly.
The next letter, bears date Noy. 17.
and was evidently written just pre-
vious to the carne. •
Nov.•
17, 1887. -Now I'll saya few
words about a person that has pT3yed me
for a—fool and a sucker. The timb has
now come that is played out. She has.
deceived me by her infernal actions. She
said that a woman could deceive any fool
of a man at any time. I then came to
the conclusion that I would put a person
on her track, and see how much she could
deceive 'me. I admit that she has de.
ceivcd me during eighteen years. • " *
1 caught her with men; one at a time, and
I was then gong to kill her. • 'She then
swore on tho,Bible site would 'never step
aside again and would be as true as the
sun. This Woman Inas winning ways with
her that she winds one abort her finger to
suit Herself and to .suit her will and
pleasure. But I must stop it right here,
• To -day is the 17th of the mouth. I said
I put a spy to watch her. Tliis is as long
• ago as October 8. • Now I will tell you
how much was found out. I was at her
house on October 8th about two, o'clock.
* * * Then I went away and told my
man to watch her. In less than halt' an
-hour site went out and went to a 'certain
gate in a back yard, and into a certain
house. * " " Then she went up to an
office on Griswold street, rear the corner
of Liifayette, and than on Woodward
avenue. Now, then, I will say that
everything that is in that house belongs to
my creditors except an old stove and one
table and lounge. She and Rising can
say that some of the things they Nought
by contract. That is very true, but you
ask her or me where she got the money
prom. It came nut of my pocket. She
is capable of reining any man, and she
has ruined me, and it shall cost her her
life, and then I take my own life. She
shall not oven enjoy hundreds of dollars
she has had this fall. Iu place of her
beim, in tire east to -morrow she shall be
in camp with me. She has spoiled my
happiness, and it will cost her her heart's
blood, and I will drop with her. iloping
that Almighty God will crush her for
what site has done to me. She is the
• -- I ever knew, but I did love her
as I did my life. Hoping she will find
the deepest spot in hell.
(Signed) A. H,
After the murder Capt. Mills went
home and wrote the following :
DETitolT, Nov. 17, 1887. -Lot all the
people know I have shot MI's. Effa Rising,
Rev. Dr, Dr. Bolton, Compares
Them to Impenitent Thief
ori theM1Orosi.
Rev. Dr. Bolton, of the First
Methodist church, Chicago, who at-
tended the executed anarchists dur-
iug their last hours, compares their
death with that of the. impenitent
thief who was crucified with Jesus.
Fielden and Schwab are likened to
tithe thief on the cross who sought
forgiveness. Dr. Bolton's compar-
ison was the subject chosen Sun-
day by him for his regular sermon.
The doctor's audience was a large
oue. He said mon are moved, led
and influenced very largely by the
.thought and presence of other
'fnen. This impenitent thief on
the cross had been a leader in his
profession -a robber of notable,
national, reputation. Such was
sure to have made many admirers
and supporters who, in the hour of
iaiprisonmenf, sent him cheer until
bis life was pushed out into an ab-
normal channel, and he lives on the
flattery and cheer of his followers.
Now, as he is led out multitudes
follow and strengthen . hint ' with
their presence and words. Hour
can he recant in their presence,
when many had taken lessons in
robbery from him I Nor is it
strange when he hoard the .soldiers
and rabble waiting from below that
he, out of his torture, 'shonld join
them. It taken more of a man to
change and acknowledge his wrong
and seek for pardon under such
circumstances than it does to die
insignificantly. The preacher de-
scribed the anarchists nervously
walking from the door to tho back
of the cell -walking like caged
tiger's when all hope of escape is
gone. Three of these iuen call for
and receive liquors,one declines,
but asks for a cup of strong coffee,
which is given him. "Now," he
says, "I die like Jesus did, at the
)rand of my murderers." . "Why ?"
I asked.. "Because I can't help it."
They move to tho scaffold, but they
move together looking. into each
other's faces, cheered and sustained
from within by stimulants and from
without by the cheers of thousands
who think as they thought and
have been, taught by then. 'When
the caps fall over their oyes the
light is shut out. They see each
other no 'more and are stimulated
no mops by the presence of officials
and newspaper men whom they
look upon as their enemies. They
began to speak, but oh 1 the last
wistful, pale, unearthly look of • oto
to me as the cap fell over his face
and lie began not knowing what he
was saying, to' talk. Thus they
died, unrepentant, recklessly, with-
out hope, and 10,000 will take
courage to do their works of vio-
lence and die in sin as these riven
died. But.,remember, "He is a
fool who saith there is no God."
An Important Ruling.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -Some
tithe last spring Mr. Valancey E.
Fuller, of Hamilton, Ont., one of
the- best-known breeders in the
Dominion, imported .a number of
blooded cattle into the United
States by the way of Suspension
P,r'idge, N. Y. Mr. Fuller is u
member of an association of Ameri-•
can breeders who have headquar-
s in New York City. Ono of
the egulations of the association
is the each member must send a
certain i yonng rr
of his , onnD stock
to New York, each year, to be offer-
ed for sap, at a tion. Itis to coin -
ply with this regu tion of the asso-
ciation that Mr. It ler sent his
cattle across the border, He claims
'that they were ontitledN o free
entry under the Tariff Act a 883,
which provides for the free en
of animals
IMPORTED FOIL BREEDING PURPOSES.
The collector said that the animals
were not exempt, as they had been
imported for sale. He ruled that
they wore dutiable at the rate of 20
pet' cent ad valorem, and ho assess-
ed the duty upon their value for
breeding purposes. ' Mrs Fuller
naturally objected) to this action on
the part of the collector, but when
ho appealed to tltu department he
was informed that in these matters
the discretion of tho collector was
the guide of the department. Sub-
sequently the collector at Detroit
assessed tho duty at the same rates
upon a number of stallions import-
ed by a Wisconsin firth from
Scotland through Canadg. An :ap-
peal was immediately taken and the
department ordered the
REFUNDING OF THE DUTIES
collected, upon the ground that the
law requires that the animal need
not be in.portod "solely," but "es-
pecially,' for breeding purposes.
Friends of Mr. Fuller called the
attention of the Secretary to the
similitude of the two cases, but for
several months nothing was heard
ret reply',:. ,q,,, few 4eys ago,e ,fir tl1
d001014.1 frac reached:.lki>l, '12i er's
•friftl ifs have bean notified that the
cgl.leitor at 1SuepqusiQn POP hao:
bee*): ordered Lo refund the duty
:colloeted. This aRwouuts to about
0600.
Voter Ryan to B.iehop CIeary.
>kix Loiip,-Tbe children of your
church cannot fairly. be charged
with lack of respect and veneration
,for the shepherds of` the Catholic
fold, and nothing can be more pain.
tut to then) than being forced into
the position of publicly 'diffcriug
from their ecclesiastical guides, even -
on matters wherein 'irelate and lay-
men way differ without violating
any command of the, Church, and
surely it is no pleasure to rue to
take exception to what Your Lord-
ship is reported to have said at
Napaneo on the youth of Canada.
I have visited many' portions of
-the eisillzer vos•ld,-arral-If -wotuafit
hood and girlhood differ from their
sisters in other countries the con-
trast is rather in favor of our girls
than against theta, and even greet-
ing that our girls are boisterous and
noisy, that is 110 evidence of vice,
awl . does riot oval rant a groes and
violent atta•Ic,I �•ing made on then ;
and if there hat+ been a lack of
modesty' exhibited in one quarter
more than aneth.t, it is rather in
Your Lordships admitted remarks
than in the conduct c.f our girls.
Your Lordship, taking advantage of
the opportunity :.fF,rded you, makes
a special charge on the Public
Schools as being destructive of
modesty 111 our female youth and
compliments the parents of children
attending Public Schools' by saying
that abominations are permitted
there that eve:, pagans would not
tolerate, the abomination being the
association of ho} a and girls in
mixed schools.
While the pagans may feel 'flat-
tered by Your Lordship's very good
opinion of them in Chis respect and
professing and practical Christians
correspondingly censured, neverthe-
less the latter tnay point to the old
land from which you came where -
many examples of mixed schools of
boye and girls existed,and I daresay
still exist, and the modesty of the
scholars are not destroyed thereby.
It' must be admitted that Your
Lordship has had a very lively ...time
since your advent in Canada, and
in many instances people have been
astonished at your eccentricities ;
but there is a limit to the forbear,
ance of the people of this as of every
other country, and surely it is in•
cumbent on all our people, and pars
ticularly such as yourself, -to show
by onr moderation of speech and
conduct that we value the free in-
stitutions under which we live,
rather than manifest' ingratitude
and forgetfulness. It is of the .very
greatest,iiiaportance to the Catholic
laity of the Province that nothing
be done or said to destroy or weaken
the bond of peace .and 'good -will
that has so long existed between
Catholic and Protestant to the pro-
fit of both, but frothy attacks on
the Public Schools and their pupils
by Your' Lordship will not be long
without a harvest of bitter fruit to
your own spiritual flock.
Happily the sensible Protestants
of the ,Province know''-that,your `ate
tacks on one of their dearest and
most valued institutions find no
echo in the breasts of their Catholic
fellow'citizens, be they priest or
laymen.
If Your Lordship desires to see
the fires of religioua rancor and hat.
red kindled in this.copntry you
could"uotadopt a course better cal-
culated to bring about that calamity
than the one•you are pursuing.
Protestants can well afford . to
senile at your fulminations as items
of amusement., but Catholics cannot
help feeling and desiring that so far
as Your ' Lordship has gone on the
points at issue it would be very
much better that "the face of the
picture was turned to the ' wall."'
Your Lordship's most obedient set -
rant, PETER. RYAN.
Toronto, 21st Nov., 1887.
Hydrophobia in Chicago.
Pru o Mueller, head of the
painting m of Mueller & Co., 13
suffering fro hydrophobia. In
June last Muo11o' and his ten year-
old son were in a aloou in the
neighborhood of his .resitkence. The
troy began playing with a a tall cur
that had strayed into the place. The
dog bit the lad in the Band, d
while attempting to rescue bis son
from the animal's attack the father
was also bitten. Six weeks later
the boy died, and his physicians
had no hesitation in pronouncing
the case one of well defined hydrop-
hobia. Last Saturday the father"
was stricken down with the same
disease, and is to -day sufforing un-
told agony. Four prominent physi-
cians are in attendance, and friends
of Mueller are constantly with him
to caro for him in his spasms. Mr.
Mueller realizes his condition, and
during lucid intervals is disposing
of his property. -
For Firet•Class Printing, at lois rates, call at
Tns NEWS -RECORD office.
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letter was read. at the z-ocQnt,,
riieetiic of the • national" Union 1Iof
Coueoriratives, from Mr,. John
Bright, referring tit :thq.Propoeal 'to
send Trish Bills to.a -grand genie
mittee, composed of Irish members,
In the letter he says;-„-"I'he rebel
party will not accept the proposition
because they are rebels, and with
rebel English members iq the
House the plan would loot be al-
lowed to work. 11 Ir. Gladstone has”
a bobby in which the rebel leaders
for a time have agreed to join him,
He is committed to that hobby, and
cannot condescend to consider a
,plan less pretentious but more rea-_
souable than his. Nothing can be
done untilMr. Gladstone's bills
have been entirely got rid of and
the position is wholly changed.
He stops the way. He insists
upon impossible legielation , for
Ireland, and the exclusion of legis-
lation for the whole Kingdom.
-The--Gladsteuians.-still --have- faith
in him. They are anxious to re-
turn to power, and they are furious
because the Couservativee are in
office, and they blame me and
others for keeping them- there.
They seem blind to the fact that
Gladstone's conduct put the --Con-
servatives in office. 'They forgot
that she 'electors of Great Britian,
by a rnajority' of nearly two to one,
condemned Mr- Gladstone's _Bills
and destroyed his Ministry. We
cannot allow Mr. Gladstone to re-
turn to office on his Irish polio?.
I prefer to join hands with Salis-
bury and his colleagues rather than
with Parnell and his friends, the
loaders of the rebellion."
A Baby's Awful Fats.
Jessie, the 2•year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hickmeyer, fell down
a well tube on Thursday last at
Leoti, Kansas. By means of a rope,
to which a hook was attached, it
was found that she was seventy feet
below the surface, caught fast in,the
tube, which was twelve inches in
diameter, tapering to eight inches
at a depth of eighty feet. The hook
-ctr ght-on-the-baby's clothing, and
she was pulled up thirty feot, only
to fall back with a piteous cry.
Qthor attempts to hook the child
failed, though her calls were fre-
quently heard. It was then decided
to dig down through the sandy soil,
and if possible to reach that portion
of the tube where the baby was.
The work was long and difficult.
Day and nig r h •escuera labored.
The mother stood b nearly all the
time, with little res and scanty
nourislrmout. Wh •.it grew too
dark to dig by daylight lanterns
were furnished; and with untiring
energy and zeal the brave band went
on excavating, impelled by the tears
and prayers of the frantic mother.
At 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon the
spot where the child was caught was
reached. It was seventy-two feet
from the surface. The iron tubing
was cut with chisels and the child
taken out, but it was dead and had
been for some,, time. When the
cold corpse was given to the mother
she fell down in a dead faint
When she recovered .consciousness
her reason had gone. Little Jessie
was a lovely child, the pet of the
neighborhood.
Langevin and Ohapleau. -
Sir Hector Langevin was present-
ed with addresses by the Junior
Conservative Club and French Con.
servative Associations,.- Montreal,
last Tuesday, on t•he occasion of his
visit, and also of MI recovery from
his recent illness.
Sir Hector, replying, spoke
.strongly against.coutmercial union,
which, he said, would destroy the
prosperity which the National Policy
had given us, and referred to the
presence of lion. Mr. (.hspleau as
giving the lie to the absurd reports
circu1atwl about hitit arid. that
gentleman. Colleagues in the sane
Cabinet might have their differences
of opinion while being a . unit in
their wish for the welfare of the
country.
i•Ion. J•. A. Citapleau agreed with
Sir Hector Ltngevin on commercial
union, At all events the people of
tint Province of Quebec wonlil never
consent to the disintegration of the
Dominion. He then proceeded to
attack the Iuterprovincialconference.
'!'heir commercial union resolutions
showed they had not the confidence
of the Dominion. The proposal
with regard to the Senate was ale
sur,l, and their ideas about Provin-
cial subsidies would never be agreed
upon by the Provinces after mature
thought.
-'' le little daughter and only
child o Quebec hotelkeeper, was
choked by1e_etting a sereiv-nail into
her throat an' died before anything
could be done fo her.
-The Waterloo Assizes this
fall ' {sere about the :hottest on
record. The court did : of open
until about four o'clock on nday
afternoon, and by noon, on Tues
the business was all conclude, ,
and the Judge had left the bench.
This is not a bad record for a
connty of nearly 50,000 inhabitants,
which is not under the humbug rule
known as the Scott Act e ither.
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.TIie Buffalo },spree Saye :-There
18 iu the possession of a Buffalo 4114,4
a letter *Otter* ar., to thoyeungest 01 bhst ntchiild-
ren-tHarry--while at schoot. lir.
Dickens read at at. James hall,. in
this city, on March 12, 1868. The
letter IS -dated but a few months
after this visit. Mrs. Robert P.
Porter, in a recent article entitled
'•Charles Dickena' Family," says :
"Ata father Dickens was Hardly leas
remarkable than as a novelist. All
that a man could do to ensure the
mental, moral and physical bealth
development of his children he did.
No effort of his genius was too good
for thew, and when pressed and har-
assed with a thousand cares and ex•
oaasive brain work yet found time to
write plays and pantomimes for their
amusement, and see them carried -
to help them iu their studies, to write
for bis first born -Charles Dickens,
jr., who now goes to America to read
from his father's works, the "Child's
History of England," and for his
later children, a child's- version of
the New Testament, so beautiful
and so sacred to them that neither
potentiation nor money considerations
bave induced them to permit it to be
published. Later in life, all that col-
lege.and travel and society could do
for his children was called into re-
quisition, and as far as " equipment
was concerned, no family was ever
better prepared to meet the world."
Mr. Dickens referred to this story
of the New Testament in the letter
to his son Harry, and expresses his
eeligiou s views -a matter over which
there has been some controversy..
The letter is as follows :
ADELPHIA HOTEL, LIVERPOOL,
October 13, 1868:
MY DEAR HARRY :-I have your
letter here this morning. I enclose
you another chocque for £25. • • •
Now observe attentively -we must
have no shadow of debt. Square tip
everything that it has been necessary'
to buy. Let not a farthing. be out-
standing on any account when we
begin together with your allowance.
Be particular in the minutest detail.
I wish to have no secrets from you
in the relations we are about toes-
tablish together, and I therefore send
you Joe Chitty's letter bodily.
Reading it you will know exactly
waat I know, and will understand
that I treat you with perfect confi-
dence. It appears to me that au ale
lowance of 0250 a year will be hand-
some for all your wants, if I send you
your wines.
Imean this to include your tailors'
bills as well as every other expense,
and I strongly recommend you to
buy nothing in Cambridge, and ' to
take credit for nothing but tho
clothes with which your tailor pro-
vides yon. As soon as you have got
your furniture in, let us wipe all
those preliminary expenses clean out
and I will then send you your first
quarter. • •
If yea dislike at first taking cbarge
of so large a sum as V2 48. you can
have your money from me half -
quarterly.
You know how hard I work for
what I get and I think you know
that I never had money • help from
any human creature, after I was a
child. You know that you are ono
of many heavy charges on me, and
that I trust to your exercising your
abilities and improving the adynat-
ages of your past expensive educat-
ion as soon to diminish this charge.
I say no more on that head. •
'Whatever you do above all things
keep out of debt and confide in
me.,
If you ever find yourself on the verge
of any perplexity or difficulty come
to me. You will never find me hard
with you while you are Manly and
truthful.
As your brothers have gone awa jr,
one by oue, I have written to each
of there what I am now going to
write .to you. You know that you
have never been hampered with reli-
gious forms of restraint, and that
with mere unmeaning forms I have
no sympathy, But I most strongly
and affectiouately impress upon you
the priceless value of the New Testa-
ment, and the study of that Book as
the unfailing guide iri life. Deeply
respecting it, and bowing down be-
fore the character of our Saviour. as
separated from the vain construc-
tions and inventions of men, you
cannot go. very wrong, and will
always pi-eserve•at heart a true spirit
of veneration and -humility. Similar-
ly I impress upon you the habit of
saying a Christian prayer every night
and morning. These things have
stood by me all through my life, and
remember that I tried to render the
New Testament intelligible to you
and lovable to you when you were a
mere baby.
And so God bless you,
Ever yonr affectionate FATHER.
Harry won the second scholarship
at Trinity hall, Cambridge, and is
now o very successful barrister -at -
law, with a prospect of becoming a
judge. He has a charming wife and
five pretty children. > -
-A. somewhat novel care was
tried at the London Division Court,
It seems that a short time ago a
farmer named William Moore, of
London Township, agreed to de-
liver John Cote some oats. He
got his pay therefor by. a cheque
for $25 odd. The cheque was on
the Empire Loan, of which Mr.
George Prichard is manager.
Moore presented the cheque, and
Mr. Prichard asserts that he took
the figure 2 for a 7 and paid him
$50 too much. This was contra-
dicted by Mr. Moore. and his son•
he evidence was so conflicting that
Ju a Davis could not decide the
case a ordered it to be tried at
next dou by a jury, three new
witnesses to 'e summoned.
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Lake ftilron :loft pllday n 44
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wee) for LiYorRool with 169•:catt10,4
besides., tt genera.) a.rgv,. TM! is lbo
last consignment of cattle this: sea
son, -
-',Che Express and Irish rftnes
comment on what they call the 101,
doubted reprising and.. spread al
loyalty in the south of Ireltind,
They say the country has recognised
that the Government will not per-
niit a defiance of the law with iin-
puntty,
-Six wild geese caught et Ottawa
gear Grosse Island, river St, Lawr-
ence, arrived --by Dominion Express
for the Central Experimental Farm.
They will be added to the live •
poultry collection, and offorts will
bo made to see if they can be domes-
ticated. Specimens of all the wild
birds, including many aquatic birds,
will also be obtained.
-Rev. Dr. Wild gave a lecture
in Toronto on "Bishop Cleary and
Our Canadian Girls," in which he .
severely critized His Lordship's ut-
terance that the public schools of
the Province gave no moral train-
ing, and wore respoueible for pro- ,
ducing imrnodesty and boldness in
young women. He characterized
th.e_Bishop's statement as false, and
mischievous. It was a slander on our
public school teachers, and a stain
on the fair reputation of our dough-
tere, and would affect tho standing
of the country in the public eye.
About three thou -sand were present.
-On Thanksgiving afternoon,
Harman Darling, Belleville, enraged
at his namesake eon on account of
sumo impudence of the lad to his
mother, struck at him with an
oaken club three and a half feet
long and three inches thick. The
blow missed the head for which it
was intended and came upon ,that
of a ,two-year old child, Samuel
Flint Darling. The child lapsed
into insensibility, and remained so'
until it died. The brutal parent
was arrested, and the coroner's
jury to -day brought in a verdict of_
wilful murder against him.
-John Mills, a wealthy resident
of Aylmea, died recently, aged 65
years. Deceased died intestate, be-
ing too far gone to make a will when
he realised that he was about to
die. His sole heirs are his widow
and his son, John Mills, who was
committed for trial iu St. Thomas
about a year ago on a charge.
of bigamy. Young Mills was re-
leased on furnishing $1,000 bonds
and inducing his father to enter into
$1,000 bonds additional, and for-
feited his recognizance. The old
gontleniau paid the $1,000 and the
sheriff will levy on the property of
the deceased to recover the son's •re-
cognizance of $1,000. Young Mills
is at present in Michigan.
--A t Drayton last week, in a Scott
Act case, Mr. H. B. Morphy, of
Listowel, the defondent's lawyer,
and •P. M. Lowes had some. words,
and the magistrate ordered Morphy
to be put out of court. Mr. Mor-
phy, o is au athletic cricketer,wh
dared them to put him out. In-
spector Flath getting behind him
seized him in that position, and by
a sudden dash attempted to run him
out of the room. But Mr. Morphy
wheeled and catching the Inspector
throw him on the floor.. He then
followed this up by pitching Con-
stable Sherk on the top of the In-
spector. Mr. Morphy holds that
the Magistrate. could have fined
him, but had no :tight to. put hirers
out.
-Mr E. E. Sheppard bas retir-
ed from the proprietorship of The
Evening Netts. Tho long struggle
against heavy odds, tegother with
the expenses of unceasing litigation '
have, he says, been too much for him.
The journalists of Toronto, by whom
Mr. Sheppard personally has been
much liked, will regret that such
causes have compelled him to re-
linquish the fruits of his labor,
more especially as the Montreal
litigation to which he refers has
taken a shape which looks like
vindictive persecution. The News
now falls into the hands of a print-
ing company, which we suppose is
a roundabout way of saying that the
mortgagee, Mr. Riordan, the chief
proprietor of The Mail,, takes pos-
session. -
-DIT. Chris. Bender, of the 16th
con., Last-7.orr;1, was on Monday
found lying load in his barn with
a bullet through his head. The
facts, as gleaned by our correspond-
ent, are tis follows :-During the
forenoon Dir. Bonder borrowed a
revolver from his neighbor, -Mr.
Chas. RTeiclter, for the purpose of
shooting cats. A,bont cloven o'clo.•k
the deceased went to the barn boot
upon his intended errand, which
was the Inst time lir. B. was seen
alive. When dinner was prepared
the hired man was sent to call the
deceased, but without receiving any
reply to his calling a swell was
instituted and the dead body of
Dir. Pende'i• was found in a, chaff
heap with the revolver between
his fent. The bullet entered his
mouth, and strange to relate the
face was not burnt by the powder,
nor was thele a tooth disturbed.
1'he muzzle moat have been in the
deceased's mouth when it was di
charged, but whether placed there
for the purpose of blowing into it
through ignorance, or intentionally
will remain a myatony. He leaves
wife and several small children.
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