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CHAPTF1Z I,
On the 17th of ZtIarelt 1378, Ur; Gustave
Privet -eau was shot end killed in his. pri•
veto conveyance while returning from a
drive with his rvifo. It was about five
o'clock £11 the afternoon, end the carriage
at the time was between Sixty-sixth and
ixtyseventli streets on I+ourtli avenue,
in New York,
Mr, Prince eau was seated to the left 1d
his wife in the carriage, which was atwo-
Mated phaeton, and was driven by their
man, Johtt'1'oedson, who sat on the seat
in front of thous. Mr, Prineveau, who
was sixty-three, died almost Instantly,
and the post mot'telu, held the next mote -
lug a ten o'clock,slaowed that Ira hotel been
killed by a pistol bullet that had, entered
his heart at the fifth intercostal space,
glanced upward and severed the costa. .t.
small bole was found in Ids vest on the
left sidle corresponding to the bullet.
The post-1ntrtotu examination was a
long ono. As it was impossible for either
of the other . occupants of the carriage to •
.have got around to tiro loft side of Mr.
Priuevoau so as to have inflicted the
wound. without accomplishing an unprece-
dentt d feat, that would have been seen„/
and as there was no assignable Motive for 1
touch an act, the whole purpose of the 1
examination was directed to finding out
what incentive some other person might
have had to commit the deed,
The following facts were then elicited.
AIr. PA/acre/en had been nutr'Iecl a little
less than five yearn to a woman who, pre-
vious to that marriage, had been known
as the widow of a youth American mer-
chant who died while on a visit to Buenos
Ayres. At the time of Mr. Prinevean's
marriage he was reported to bo very
wealthy, having amassed a fortune in
Coal tapeculations i1t Pennsylvania: and
New York.
He, too, had been previously married,
by which marriage there had been two
sons, one of whom Itad died three years
before the father, in California, and the
other of whom was still living souowhere
in Ohio. The only other relation that
could be traced was it nephew, Jaraed
Clarkson, aitottt twenty-eight years old,
who was a s e apcgrace, and had lived for
several year:: upon the bounty of Mr.
Prineveau, but whose whereabouts at the
time of Mr. Prineveau's death could not
be ascertained, It was shown that the
deceased had been a elan of singularly
weak character ill the management of his
estate; that he gave away vast sums of
money, was easily frightened or cajoled,
and that from all aceottuts his wife's ad-
vice and 1nfiuenee alone saved pini from
many foolish speculations and his fortune
in his old age. Among leis papers seers
found receipts for over one hundred thou-
sand dollars signed by unknown persons
and covering the four years immediately -
prececling his death. His relations with
his wife had always been of the most .
amiable and trustful kind. None of his
servants knew of his ever having quarreled
with her. Mrs. Prineveau looked after
all his personal comforts, was continually
solicitous about his health, accompanied
him everywhere, and bore the reputation
of being a discreet domestic woman with
an obvious' airoctlon for a Yuan who was
twenr_ tears her suitor.
There was in his ]egress en Fifth avenue
a servant who had Icon with them for five
nears --leer name was Rose Kenny, and she
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ty Conocoled iter" face loelce'4 {it life so,
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a st r hi gIy end imploringly with her sal
gray oyes that I started a little.
"O, sire" she wide, "bed, as my husband,
may be, he is innocent et this, and ho
lute two •children that he lob os. You have
coma to save hi1t1. lr feel it,"
I netted. her hand and tried to say some;
' thing that was oneouaagingly tion-ocnu•
mitral, "We .Shall see, the shall sun,
Things are often; not as bate as they look,
l and going to hone n chat w£tl: him In
• the meantime, save your strength. You
care not friendless,"
She Haid no heed at all to what I said,
She was .looping at sue with these gray
eyes rev nmol as if c he taw something!
behind me, and hanging to my eland like
a drowning person.•
"Yes, yes!" the said, with a sob; "you
Will save hien," And shebegan to ery Mt-
rulsively.
I had not the heart to tell her how hope-
less it all look:A, l: wish that I had been
spared this so that my Judgment could
conte to the interview with the tdeetasod
ttuLli unperturbed,,
She made me go up 4andi; seo her husband
first. She would want.
I tonne Clarkson to be tho vary anti-
thesie of hitt wife. He was n large, ram.,
order and slightly bl.00ted fellow with a
puri>lirth tug+, the result of debattehory,
but withal a raiser handsome- man or
what would have been as handsome num
in normal conditio>ts. Ho sat out OW01.1 o
Of the iron bete wlutu I entered the cell,
ltis steed between his hands, end ho tlid
not look nil until T ]Cud spoken to hint,
and these it Was with such a flabby des-
pair that I felt repelled.
Here was ono of those cargo vital natures
short at•ppoaer to haver no Intermit resources.
I could see in .ton Institut why his life had
been a failure. He woes Heade up of un-
regulated appetites and sensibilitioe with-
out volition enough to control thew. Just
the sort of man to do a desperate deeds in
the -frenzy of drink, withitni: a motive
before It or a recollection After it, but as.
devoid of methodical vindictiveeess as a
mastiff.
I told him I had come to talk with hint
in view of concltrcting his defense.
"Ball," be said, "there is no defense.
Can you defend 11'1'13 against God?" •
• "Let net use- of fou," I began, "not to
talk in that reek1i s manner. Try and
this s k aL 't eu
I l t td tLt t explicitly, but ('scull
give very little fete Ltion -about the
habits or antecedents of .Clarkson, except
that she haul her nod ineittentally from her
husband that he was a dru11 and with td
wife and two children, end, owing to ]lie
dissolute habits, had hue's+r been able ti
Wine Care of himself or his fiiutily.
It Wits also learned that on the afternoon
of the 14th of Mewl: Clarkson b4t(1 been •
seen by tete cotwhnuut hanging about the
house, and tete hall boy, who had been
sent on tut errand, encountered hint on
tele corner and wile there held in mimeo,
tion by hint, Clarkson askinghtiut, among
other things, if Mr, l'rinovoatt dial net
' take a drive usually in the oftornoons.
•
EE WOItE h 1toCGli A1cD SOILED ovtncOA.T
testifled that, about a week before the
murder Mr. Prineveau had been visited
-at night by the nephew Clarkson, whom
she had let in, and who was seen by Mr.
Prineveau in the library, a small room in
the wing at the rear of the house. From
appearance site thought the pian had been
drinking. He wore a i an
rocert •
, < t,oilCd
overcoat and an imitation ttstrakan cap
pulled neer his face.. He stayed over lea
an hour in the library, and sloe heard him
front the front parlor speaking in loud and
angry tones. She admitted that site had
listened, and swore that site heard him
say: "Then look out for yourself, Arlon
will not live to accomplish it." To which
the old men in a soft voice made some
kind of appealing reply.
This was about tett o'cloelt M
night, end hire, Prineveau, who had
gone to a• concert at Steinway 1,oll
With as party of friends, had Lot re-
turned. She ee,ue back at ten minutes
of eleven, alll, upon making inquiries
. ,of the nand, nosy, learned those facts and
Kimmel a good deal of indignation becaalise
stir. Prineveau hail been 8ubje0tes1 to the
annoyance of as Worthless and reckless
ec pe k:•at e.
Um. Princrea.u. herself combated
'11iese bits of testimony' lets to the pollee
Mfoxts to find Clarkson, Mr. ]3'ilteveatu
was buried in the Trinity cemetery on the
it)th. His funeral was Al tended by hasty
old New Y014431'31, mid nubile attention was
tabooed tui the efforts meth: by lens. Pring.
'eau to discover the porpetretor of the
crinis.
On the list Clarkson's wife tuxi child-
ren were found in a miserable lodging
p]ece in i'arici: street. But Clarkson ]ind
tileappcauetl. His wife promptly ac-
knowledged that he had conte home late
on the afternoon of the 17th, had hurriedly
changed Itis clothes end gone out. She
hail net 5(011 hint or heard of hills since.
But she strenuously dossed that he hand
committed a crime, and refused to be
influenced by any of tete damaging oir-
cuttt'tztnces..
Here the affair threatened to -end, as so
many others et its k£ud letee. ended, in,
CLAttKsose WAS SEEN' ;IAN'Clar + Aiiorsb TIIn.
I,Ot.'SE.
idle curiosity, police inefficiency and
ultimate forgetfulness. But on the 2ind
Clarkson wits discovered its hiding in
Troy. Be was brought ]sere and lodged
in the city prison; and thou it became
known to the public that the police lead
found in the rooms of Mrs, Clarkson in
V ariek street a small French revolver
with five chambers, one of which was
empty, and the bullets of this pistoldor
responded in size with the one token,from
the body of Mr. Prineveau.
CHAPTTIR II,
At this stage of the atreair I was called
into it, oddly enough, I received a note
trout that eminent lawyer,• John Grose,
with whole I bad studied, asking ntci to
call and see Mrs, Prinevc:tu art her Fifth
avenue hone. Ise had taken the liberty,
he sale, of recommending nee in it matter
that would perhaps be of greet serried to
me+. Perplexed as I was at till's, knowing
that John Grove was Mrs. Prinevcau's
iawyir and didnot need associate counsel,
I nevertheless called promptly upon the
lathy. I found her to be a very handsome
woman with great dignity of person, a
charming self-possession and all the evi-
dences of a relined and estimable char-
acter. -
•
""Tleis unfortunate affair," silo said,
"haus perplesed mo in more ways than
one. That t'retehed men, Clarkson, as
you doubtless know, is in custody.caud l;;
naw here. The ciretinstances appear to
leave little doubt of his guilt. But he has
a wife and two children. Tlwir abject
misery is made all the more acute by the
wife's Helier in her husband's ineou'nce.
It i,; a very dreadful .Stoats• of affairs, but I
frail the responsibility which jue-
tico imposes o11 me of hanging tlutt help-
less wretch without giving Ilius a show
for his life, He is not able to:employ
counsel, and I tun at best only e. woman.
I propose to pay you. to try and do the best
you eau for 11in1, and, of course, I do not
wises anything said atbout it. I took the
advice of :her. Greve, tante he said that in
any case the man was entitled to good
counsel and adlrisod 3111 to employ you,
It seems in such a foregone OOnaitision a
small concession: to give 1ti111 the benefit
of the law. At all events it will relive
me from tho reproach of having been in-
flueneed entirely Ity a vindictive feeling."
1 do not remember all that wan fetid at
this interview,hut I recall that I was eon-
Eeimely aVected by tete woman's sym-
pathy for a num that she saw said little
or no chance for his life, and who wanted
to soft en her own share in the prosecution:
by not permitting him to say Ito had no
chance to prove Iris innocence.
I promised her to go and see the acctiset-
man and to send her my decision as soon
thereafter as was possible.
This interview was on the loth, On the
26th I went to see Clarkson in his cell at
the city prison. I found a woman in the
warden's office tvho had also come to see
hint. It proveel to be his Wife. She wase
such a picture of abject misery that she
tu'rested my attention. 5110 must have
been a very' beautiful girl, although now
she was at least trouts-fcve and suffering
had drawn its tines across her white face,
1 could see that site was made of the finest
mntc)•ial,was in fact ono of those delicate,
sensitive, emotional natures that shrink
Loin the world, but nro capable of the
t;l'eatest sacrifices and Iiteatsureless heroism
When a crisis esenei. She was wretchedly
clad from the biting spring weather, and
site stood with her face turned toward the
wall, but through :all her shabby integu-
ments there was tt•proclamation of natural
t'ynitnetry and even of charactor, when
the warden told• me west. site Was, Y went
to her acid mouse thyself and my mission
known. She grasped my hand and Stith
her long cold fingers almost Convulsively
.ted sweel)inuawiw he veil:t:;.atwire tet.,..
TIiB. WADDE:3T TOLD 1111 wno SHE w,i,s.
be cool. Blasphemy may relieve your feel-
ings, but it will not help your case,"
"My case is helpless," he said, with
every fleshly indication that it was..
"But if it is worth while to make a
plea itt a11, it is not necessary to announce
your guilt in ntivaancc."
He sprang up 'from the bed—he was six
feet at least in height --anti with a clenched
fist uplifted said:
"I ant not guilty, but I might as well
be, for God has •decreed that everybody
shall think so."'
A. glean of hope suddenly had shot out
of the dlaarkuess of this reply. Tho 1111111
might be in some degree insane, and irre-
si;e3181111e,
"If you are not guilty there are possibil-
ities of defense. I don't think Haven
will object to our availing ourselves of
them."
"Much you know of Heaven," he re-
plied. "No nntll co111(1 have '111011.0 sa1Cl1
a set of circumstances to fit into any doom.
It requires the subtlety and eratelty of a
God. I (night as well have 'killed that
mall 1111(1 given myself up. The result
will be the same. But I'm too 0-0 weak
to kill anybody. So I am to but killed.
This is in accordance with eternal prac-
tice."
Ho •looked at me with a ginseng eye.
His words wore hot with a burning ar-
raignment. 'There could bo no mistake.
n.beet tho earnestness and sincerity of his
cntotion,
"Hither this Mian 18 innocenf, or mad,"
I said to myself, and . then hastened to
disavow the thought to 111ys('lf.
"I tell you beforehand," he went oil,
"that you cannot do anything with the
circumstances. Did I go to Ilii. Prineveau
and use threatening words—yes. Did I
happen to have a pietoi in my possession
whose bullets exactly correspond tui the
one founts in tete man's bods'—yes. Ilia
I disappear after the deed --yes. Is my life
neat character just such ns would fit me
for such a deed yes. And yet I tell you
that I was not there, did not kill hint,
and never had Stich (111 act i11 my Blind."
"Ila sy," I scud. ""If you were not there,
you were somewhere- clue. We ought to
be able to fret at that,,,
" Vee, we ought to, if we were not fight-
ing against destiny, But jn,t at tiw t•ilno
tht't, 1 might to have known where I ryas
t:11Co1a1•iot1S.,,
"Then you might have been there un -
muscle -trey aucl
n-
mu ciou,Iygild irresponsibly."
"Yee. Setae demon may have robbed
isle of myself sauce worked this tiling
through me, That's the safest theory.
You'd better stick to that. "You'Il get
some Credit for- it after I'm hanged."
t a Cltrksoll," said I, "I met your Wife
downstairs; she multi Ise oenib up and see
you first,"
HC 'staggerers against the wall in the
cornet of the call and broke down.
"Noor gene i poor purl i" Iso s11id, avith
greet sobs. "1'tio been the ottrse of her
life.
•
•
t "Sete believes in your innocence."
"Of moots) slue does. She kuowt me,
- poor ofd stveotheart, the knows that, weak
"noon ct»ii, root; ()Ii1L," tin sOtlilt•,U,
and. worthless as 1; ani, 'never killed even
en insect, "•
' a Site believes that I was sent to—,to- give
you vaalutable assistance,"
"Yes. Site believes in a good God, You
wouldn't think it, with sueli is husband es
I ate, would you? 5o do I, till Bit wound
this mesh around sue!"
"Tut, tut, lean; Pull yourself together
and lot your rcatsolt work. Sit Clown there
and answer lily questions."
Tie wiped bit cot with hill coat sl000ve
and stat down again, helplessly, on the
oda o tele heti.
"Netett' ,roil don't know where you wore
alt totir o'clock on thbafternoon. of March
l7?„
Tho last tiling I remember was
going down Vesey street toward the.
rvrr.i"
"Where lead 7011 been?"
"I had been drinking on Sixth avenue
at several nieces."
"And when you recovered your con-
sciousuestl whore were- you?"
"In'Troy,"
. "Humph t Had you ever been to Troy
before?'' -
a a e. ,,
"Did you know anybody thoroP"
"Diel you have the pistol with you that
was found in tete house?"
"No. • I never carried a pistol in my
life." ,
"Did not your wife then -know that the
pistol was in the house at the time this
murder was conlnlitted. up -town?"
No. She did not know anything about
it,"
"Where did you got it 1"
"I took it in pledge from a little
Frenchwoman who boarded in tact house
and wanted to raise some stoney to go
home. I throw it in la chest of drawers,
saying I could got five dollars on tt any
time 1
1 t ► pawn eliop, for it was hand-
• comely silver mounted,"
',How Jong was this before tho murder
of Mr. Prineveau?"
Tho man turned round and looked at
me with a blank face and said, slowly:
"It was about five clays before, and the
day after I had had the words with Mr.
Prineveau in the library."
I confess that both his looks 110(1 his
words hada knell -like effect. In spite of ,
myself I felt staggered.
"Do you know of anybody whose inter- t
est would be advanced by the death of Mr.
Prineveau?"
He hesitated a moment. Then he said:
"No. Mr. Prineveaau's death was a do- 1
privation to 1110. He was the best.. and in
fact, the only friend I Ilad."
"Wily did you go to hien that night a ;
week before hes death?"
"To get money."
"Did you got :t?"
"Yes. I alwetys got it."
"By tlueats:"
"No. It was ebeoirite charity. He gave
me a tw onty-dollar bill. Ho always felt
sorry to me. I was flush with that money j
and bought the pistol, not because • I
wanted it, `but because the Frenchwoman
was h1Li•d up.,,
"Now tell sue what the conversation
was with your uncle that night."
"I cannot tell it clearly because I had
been drinking, and I ane effusive and fool-
ish when I have liquor in 1110."
"Was there not a quarrel?"
"No, Ho may have upbraided 3110; he
always did, and I may havo tanked fast
and loud. I taiways do, but there wits no
other quarrel."
This man puzzled me completely. Thorn
was nothing in his information that at
ail removed the fatal circumstances. I '
had to confess to myself that any gushing
sentimental lout, however guilty, might
pleeent titin view of the ,c3}:y'e. But there
was Something In the Pillow's face and
tones that went 'bast Ay, reason ands
awakened souse instinct that he was in- j
nocent.
'When I left hitt I was in a curious
quandary, I could not putt my linter on 1
a• pisco of evidence to be used in rebuttal
of the circumstances, and yet I found ,
seine inartioulate voice in me saying: ,
"That nate 18 innocent.„
I thought the )natter over that night
without coaling to a coltclusion, and went r
to bees saying I would sleep Duct' it,whieli,
of course, is very much like saying in the
face of a dilemma that you will toms a 1
penny up. Int both eases there is an ac- t
Jcnotvledgment that something outstdo of
yetis ou 11 wilt may determine for you.
CITAI'THll III.
In my case I suppose that something a
slid, - for I got up and wrote la letter to 1
Mrs. Prineveau in whittle I told her that a
I excepted the case and would do the ensu
I (oule for the aroused, and that it looked
like a hopeless affair. In response to thus
I received a note of brief thanks, inclos-
Inge crisp five hundred. dollar hill ns 0 f
retaining fee. •That the pale taco of the
mast's wife had determined nut is not un -
Coate, lbitigatiol,
Woodstock Sentinel Review: A
gond illustration at' the mill a. liGi•
gent roust go tliro`ugli once he enters
on law io provided by the case of
the C, P, R. vs. the township of
Chatham. The Company shed the
township for $2,000, a balance
claimed to be due under a contract
relating to a railway culvert and a
township drain. The trial judge
dismissed the action. Victory No. 1
f(i' the townihip, The company'
appealed to the Divisonal Court at
Osgoode Hall, which dismissed the
appeal. Victory No.'2 for the town,
ship. The coglpany appealed to the
Court of Appeals for Ontario, which
dismissed the appeal. Victory* No
3 far the township. Then the coin
pony appealed to the Supreme Court
of Canada and bad It decided that
the lower courts were v'.rong, the
Supreme Court reversing their de-
eisions. Victory No. 1 for the Com-
pany. Then the township having
more ..Judges in its favor . than
against; it, appealed to the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council, and
now .the Judicial Committee have
dismissed the appeal of the township
whose ratepayers will have to whack
up all the costs, amounting to ten
tinges the cost of the culvert or drain
Which ever was the most' expensive.
Huron -and Bruce.
On Wednesday, 12th, Miss Doily
Gikson, daughter of Jas. Gibson of
Brussels, and Thomas Smith of the
6th of Morris were married at Wal-
ton.
Richard Hunter, of Elimville,
while drawing flax to the mill, on
Monday, was severely injured by
the load upsetting and falling upon
him. One of his legs, was broken,
On Tuesday of last week at the
residence of the bride's parent): at
Goiilerieb, Miss Walker and Mr, G.
r. 131air, of Brus is were united in
marriage. The bride;reorn was
supported by 'Prise ipal 'Cameron of
Brussels.
The harbor mill Goderioh, is ship-
ping its daily cut the top of the
hill fromwhich lu h on all shipments
c oft s ]i ments
p p
will be made. Thi side traek cont.
pleted last week is now in use and
affords great facilities for loading
ears,°
Ott ' Thursday of last week the
five year old son of Mr. John Elliott
10th eon. Huron, was teetering with
a board ill company with his brother
and falling off fractured the thigh
bone. of his right leg. The little
sufferer is getting along very nicely
towards recovery.
While Earl, youngest son of Dr.
Browning, of Exeter, was out driv-
ing on Thursday last, the horse took
fright and ran away: The buggy
was considerably broken but the
boy escaped unhurt,
The Seaforth Expositor says :--It
is said b3 these who" should know
that over fourteen thousand dollars
have been invested in bicycles in this
town of Seaforth during the present
season and still people complain of
hard tunes.
A 'serious accident happened to
Mrs. ,AAfnrray at the residence of Mrs.
Cristopherson, Goderioh, last Sun-
day.' It appears that Mrs Murray
intending to pass from one room to
another, Mistook the proper entry
and opened the cellar door) through
whish she fell to the bot];'oan oi_ ;the
cella ivs •''11
The Exeter North hotel which
was put up for sale by auction was
lot sold, there being' no bidders
present. There was some talk of tt
man in Berlin buying it and con-
verting it into a button factory, but
t did not materialize.
Mr. Thomas Welsh, of Exeter,
while engaged with the street eom-
DISSiener Creech, Friday repairingf
be water' tans
r
on
John•i
st. near
McDonald's stable, and while in the 1
act of removing some of the old. tion- 1
bers, e11llped and fell ;across the
f edge
the tank, brealt:ing severitI of leis
'lbs. 11fr. Welsh met with a similar
ecident two years ago.
When the will of the late John
Livingston, of Listowel, was entered ;
or probate at the Surrogate Court !!
11 Stratford, the exeeu1
, tors filed tele ;
following valuation of the estate,
lauselsolcl goods at i'ilrniture,$1,000;
if insurance, 070,000; share in the
usiness of J. & J. L eingston,
160,000 ; total $231,000. About
10,000 of this estate goes to the
likely, for it came back tome in the night
with the strangest persistency and the
501)10 unwarranted look of trust in the l
gray eyes, b
Tito trial wits Ret down to come on about e,
the first of Manyw
, and there was about a
month's time to get ready for it. I
Wasted about a sveek in the conviction '(
(TO 11F ca111'rixl1nT).) t
ltattn'lo Got'eaiament as a stteeessloat
ax,
It is not ever` town
ll
ca
n•
boast of a young girl able to l rale
the reins like Ida J3lashill of l3rysselt=4
She often takes charge of the delivery
cart in .connection with her father's
butcher sloop and does the work in
good style tee withont driving round
a block. for the sake of turning
around,
Last week Little Tito and Reddy
Were winners at We Port Huron
races; The latter took the firm treat
and consequently the lst money in
the 2.20 Novelty trotting race. Boe
only had a short nose to spare but
R. Roach brought hires in a winner,
with a mark of 2.21i. At Alpena,
isJobntNelson took 2nd money in a
ae on Wednesday. Reddy has
not gone in a race this season without
winning.
On Sunday Aug, 300, Court
Princess Alexandra, C. 0, F,, Brus-
sels, with visiting brethren, will
attend service inthe Methodist church
at 11 a. nl,, when Rev. S. J..E111in,
the pastor, will preach the annual
aerraon to them. The brethren will
meet at their Lodge roots, I31ashill's
Hall, at 10,30 o'clock and march in
a body, to„ the church.
We were shown on Tuesday by
Mr. John Moffat four apples that had
been baked on the trees in his
orchard last week by the sun. They
are of the Baldwin variety and are
quite a curiosity. Mr. Moffat says
that he has read of apples being bak-
ed on the trees by the sun in Austra-
lia but this is the first time that he
has ever known such a thing in
Canada. --B lyth .St,audard.
The other day° Hr. Jas. Cornish,
of the base line, near Clinton Met
with a heavy loss. His team was
assisting a neighbor with his harvest
when one of the horses accidently
went through a trap door, breaking
the horses neck. The animal was a
was a particularly fine one, belong-
ing to his prize team; for which be
had refused x$500. Mr. Cornish has
been unfortunate, losing a steer in
the winter, a cow in the spring and
now this animal.
The Connell of Chosen friends
recently organized in Brussels by
Wt. G. Collins, is, •. No. 363, They
have now about 30 members and
meet on the lst and 3rd Monday
evenings of each month in J3lashill's
Hall. A good many predicted that
Mr. Collins would not succeed on
account of the super abundance of
societies but the above facts prove
that he overcame all obstacles and
objections. He is away this week at
Kincardine and Lucknow booining
the same institution.
Miss Violet Mallough, daughter of
the late Captain Joseph Malloug h, of
Dungannon, died very suddenly on
Thursday Aug. 130. Miss Mal-
Iouz;h was a most estimable young
lady and greatly beloved by all
who knew her, and her sudden
demise was a sad bereavement to
her family and friends, who have
the earnest sympathy of the entire
community. Deceased was in her
eighteenth year and her fatal illness
was only a few hours duration. The
remains were interred in the Dun-
gannon cemetery on Saturday Last,
and were followed to their last. rest-
ing place •by..a large concourse of
friends: and acquaintances.
iThe Reeve had some cases of
rowdyism before hint on Tuesday
arising out of a series of oecurrenees
commencing on Saturday '.evening
when a number of boys front 10 to
15 years old tried to get hold of
Henry Robertson, who works' for
Win. lllashill, and threatened a rim
round town at the end of a rope, a
dip in the river atad sundry other
pleasantries 'of a simillar nature.
Again
.
n ori Sunday evening the boys
were around and failing to get hold
of their victim pelted the yard. and
stable with stones and stole a horse
brush and other articles. On Tues-
day evening the ringleaders were
taken before the Reeve and the
hearing of the case was postponed
until Friday evening.---Brussels
Herald,
When Baby wets alek, we gait her eastoriet.
When she teas a Child, she cried for Casteriaa.
When thebteathe >lilss, she cinuig to Cetttrla.
rhea: shci had Chlldtel, she gave them C,nstorla,