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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Advocate, 1887-09-22, Page 2W'PlaTiP X!./.9T. .PAPTAWAN QETHWEST 4 Mother Defuse* Der panghters eche Drowning put“ii,lunetion--Sitieide Of aud Gees to Utah., despatch f rom New Yerk says ,: Rev. Thomas D. Drani, a hanlain at Castle (40 Oen, received, a telegram Tuesday from the Rev. T. 3, Danner,of New Brighton, Pa., asking him to watch for the erriyel of Mrs. Barnes, a Steerage passenger on the steamer 'Wisconsin, from Liverpool. The telegram further stated that Mrs, Barnes wa in the handa of the Mormons, ena that her daughter was anxions to prevent her going to Utah. When the passengers of the Wisconsin arrived, it was feand that of the 800 more than half were Mormons, bound for Utah in charge of President John Isaac Hart, of Ogden, the Mormon mis- sionary, Mrs. Barnes was found among them, and escorted to the Immigrant Post Chaplaincy. It was then learned that the woman was accompanied by her second husband and two stepdaughters. She is a comely and elderly English Woman, apparently peveral years younger than her husband. He embraced the Mor- mon faith twelve years ago, and succeeded in converting Mrs. Barnes about two years ago. Barnes is a shoemaker and both were residents of 111anc1iester. On seeing the telegram from her daughter, Mrs. Barnes said: "1 lative not been kidnapped, and am going to Salt Lake City of my own free will. My husband and two daughters go with me. I guess I am 21, I love my daughter with a mother's devotion, but in this I niust be actuated not by worldly mo- tives, but a desire to save my soul. I love the Mormon religion and sincerely believe In it. I would like to see my daughter, but my duty to my husband and to ray religious vows compels me very reluctantly to de- cline the invitation to go tu Pennsylvania." 'Under the exhortations of Dr. Kramer, her determination forsook her, and large tears trickled down her cheeks. "'Yea," she suddenly exclaimed, "I am almost inclined to go to see my daughter." The husband hurriedly whispered something to her which at once restored her stoicisrn and she reiterated her determi- nation to go to Salt Lake. Barnet appeared to be very much attached to the woman, and when asked why he did not wish her to go to see her daughter, he said heknew that if she ever got there she would be persuaded to abandon the Mormon faith. A short time previous to the departure of the Morinon party, Dr. Kramer made another attempt to dissuade Mrs. 'Barnes, but it was equally unsuccessful. The clergyman says that he knows nothing of the case beyond what was stated ia the telegram and what the woman told him. The whole party of Mormons, which is the largest that has arrived here in some time, left for Utah yesterday afternoon over the Erie. Many of them have friends already settled there. During the voyage one of the party gave birth to a boy. He was iramediately christened Edward Wis- consin. President Hart, who conducts this party, has brought over three others nearly of the same size. During the past eighteen months he has baptized 250 in the Mormon faith in England. FORTIFYING HALIFAX. The City's Defences to be Strengthevd- More Troops to be guartered There -A Coaling Station. Provided. A Halifax, N. S., despatch says: It is learned that the British Government is prepared to further strengthen the defences of Halifax harbor. A new fortification is being erected at the extreme point of Mc- Nab's Isbnd, on whioh will be stationed two 10-idbh breech -loading guns, weighing 54 tons each. These guns will have an explosive power of 200 pounds of powder, and will carry 800 -pound shot a distance of six miles. York Redoubt has hitherto been regarded as the chief outer defence of the harbor, but it was discovered at the time of the sham naval engagement, during Jubilee week, that it was possible for a war vessel to get safely past this defence. The new fort on MoNab's Island is being erected to meet such a contingency. It is said Halifax is also to be made a great coaling station and the headquarters for the British American sgaadron as soon as the dry dock here is completed. The Ber- muda dockyard staff will be removed to Halifax, and three batteries of artillery will also come. Beside this, the Scottish regiment at present quartered in Jamaica will arrive here in November to remain. It is estimated that the squadron and addi- tional troops to be located here will involve an expenditure in this city of not less than half a million dollars a year. The Romance of a Marriage. A special despatch from North Sydney, N.S., says: A fit and happy ending to a romantic courtship occurred Friday after- noon in the marriage of Miss Isabel Fergu- son, of England, late nurse in the London Hospital, to Duncan McDouald, of Little Bras d'Or. MeDonald, it will be re- raenabered, was one of the Nile voyageurs, and one of the bravest, being the only one who remained and nursed the late Col. Kennedy when down with the most violent type of smallpox in London. Taken with the disease himself, Miss Ferguson *as the nurse who attended him through his illness. An attachment was there formed and an engagement followed, and which was happily not affected by the great distance between them af ter McDonald's arrival home. They had intended to be married in Halifax, but Miss Ferguson arrived this morning from London, and the happy couple were quietly united in marriage this afternoon at the znanse,• Sydney mine. They will reside at Little Brag d'Or, Thus has true affection found a fitting sequel in this somewhat romantic attachment. Married After a TelegraPhic CoUrtsh/P. A Chattanooga, Tenn., despatch says: A 'very romantic marriage has just taken plebe at Starke's Station, Ga. H. S. Harris, a telegraph operator at Dalton, Mid Wise' Ella Phillips, alt Operator et Sugar courted over the Wired and met by agreement at Starke's Seation,• Where they were 'iniirried under a big hioinity tree. • They Went frOm there le Driltofi and 'then departed for their respectivsposts Of duty. • ' New Yokt to:Ai/len Made heaps Of Ineney last Sunday by koolog people aroiiiid the Thistle ae she lay at anchor of TOdipkiti. *Me, Staten Island, at 75 cents a parkin. a boetor-A. egged coit-Settlere' Grievances, A. Battleford special says Dr, Mtlier Wee found dead in hie room yesterday with his brains blown out. Deceased was a meal - cal officer of theNorthwest Mounted Police. Dr. King, Supreme Prelate of the Knights of Pythias, is expected here from Port Arthur to -morrow. He will deliver lecture and be given a reception by the Winnipeg Knights. Only seventeen days remain in which action can be taken towards unseating Mr. Scarth, member for Winnipeg. It is thought that the petition will, he dropped. J. R. Benson shipped his great natural curiosity, a two -legged colt, te the Toronto Exhibition last evening. While the Hon, Thomas White, Minister of the Interior, was in Bettleford, lie received numerous petitions and com- plaints from settlers setting forth their grievances. One petitien set forth that the greatest dissatisfaction prevails in cense- qiience of the deductions made from legiti- mate clima for losses during the Riel rebellion by the commissioners appointed to investigate them, and that settlers were desirous of having the whole question reopened for a more impartial investiga- tion, which they believed would result in justice being done. The residents of Bressaylor settlementnear Battleford, who have on the report of the commissioners been refused compensation for losses sus- tained, on account of alleged disloyalty, also appealed to Mr. White to have their case reconsidered, and demand a fair trial. 4, A young raan named William McDougall, employed at Charles Ward's hotel at Rat ortage, was shot through the right lung last night, and his recovery is doubtful, A man named Duff, lately down from the woods, has been arrested on suspicion of the crime. Robbery is supposed to have been the motive. The wheat harvest is praotically com- pleted, but considerable oats are still un- cut. The threshing yields are even more favorable than was hoped for. The price paid for wheat runs from 57o. for No. 1 hard at Winnipeg to 45o. for No, 2 North- western at outlying points. i Mr. J. H. Brook, n a letter on 0. P. R. rates, points out that they are still 20 per cent. higher than the St. Paul :Si Manitoba road, and 200 per cent. higher than where close competition exists. The hearing of the Browning injunction was resumed this morning before Chief Justice Wallbridge. The whole day was consumed by Messrs. Aikins and fwart, Q. C.'s, in argument for the plaintiff. Mr. Aikins said the case might show an ap- parent conflict between the two Govern- ments of the Dominion and the Province. He read Browning's patriotio sentiments as to the course he had taken to stop the road, and contended that plaintiff had a substantial interest in the land which was being injured, and he had a perfect right to come to the Court to have the defendants restrained from interfering with his rights. He referred to the disal- lowance of several Acts by the Dominion Government. A proclamation, dated 22nd July, proclaimed that the R. R. V. Road should be a public work of the Province of Manitoba under the Public Works Act. He contended that the Public Works Act did not authorise the construction of the railway, and that the fact that an amendment to that Act was paased showed that the Government must have been of the dame opinion. The de- fetdants had placed a man in charge of parts of the lots taken, to hold possession by force if necessary, and that, he con. 'tended, showed that defendants must feel themselves in the wrong.Concluding, 'Mr. .Aikins said: "The Ministers are the dele- gat‘a of the Legislative Assembly, butthey are amenable when they authorise a wrong to be done to a subject of the Crown. Here the railway was directly negatived by the Crown as represented by the Dominion Government, which disallowed the Act, notwithstanding which some of the defend- ants, acting as Ministers of the Crown, had proceeded with the road. They are amena- ble when they exceed their authority, as they have done here. Mr. Ewan will con- tinue his.argument to -morrow. It is pretty well understood that no fur- ther construction of the Hudson Bay Rail- way will be done this fall. Eighty immigrants arrived to -day. The majority of them were from England and the remainder Icelanders. The following further particulars are learned of, the terrible self destruction of Dr. Miller, of the Northwest Mounted Police, who committed suicide last night by blowing his brains out. He had been about his duties all day as usual, and had treated a serious case, after which he re. turned to his quarters. During the absence of his servant he undressed himself and put cotton around the room to prevent blood from spattering the walls. He then lay down on the bed, and with his toe pulled the trigger of a Snider rifle, The charge completely blew off his head from the chin up. The deceased was unmistak- ably insane. He left no word of letter explaining his action. Coroner Laurie has been sent for, and it is not known whether an inquest will be held or not. The Result of a wish. A. Kansas City (Mo.) despatch Says About 5 o'clock last evening a heavily -laden lumber waggon caught in a deep rut about two miles beyond Main street, on Indiana avenue. The brutal driver began whipping U1) his horses, giving the animals e /earful beating. People in the neighborhood con- gregated about ,the place and remonstrated with the driver. He paid no attention, but went on whipping his horses. Among the spectators was a young lady Whose name could not be ascertained. She threatened the men with arrest and ended her stinging remarks With the Words( : " You are a brutal man, and I wish you would fail ana break your neck." The lady had no sooner uttered .these words when the Waggon upset and the driver WM; taken `from under the lumber seriously and possibly fatally injured. He sustained a fracture of the shoulder "blade mid severe internal injuries: The !rrian's nein° IS Harding and he is now being cared for at his home in the city. The Mild Lake drainage scheine; by which hilhdreds of acres will be reclaimed in Ernesttown and Sydenham, is being The pay of circus clown d range from $20 strongly pushed; A survey will be made to 050 a Week; t this fall. filtEAT JUBILEE IN DipalS. Sts Peter's to Have int organ at Piet- Peauttfill qtfts to the rone. The A Remo despetch says; xne projected aal Ithilea has in the leat foW daYel;e, cepie the all -engrossing qnestion of the bou.wij4egPinilagir•rilnivrfrom, ngtheZPlii9tArriThee SweoVrelical Hills abont the middle Of Ootolier, Already Peter'e pence in large sums as beep re- ceived from many quarters. It is said in many quarters usually well informed that on theoccasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his entrance into the priest- hood the Pope will once for all cast off the last shred of the Pio Nono policy,..drive through the, streets of Rome and give up the somewhat .undignified ,attitude of apt* tolie prisoner. This assumption is based wholly on surmise, yet in view of the very progressive and enlightened polioy pursued by the Pope since his deccession it appears to me neither unlikely nor improbable. Certainly •a formal acquiescence in the aotual state of things would never be more acceptable than now to the Quirinal, and King Humbert would be the first to show his reverence and veneration for a Popp unhampered by temporal possessions, Among the many rich and rare presents which the Holy Father will reeeive I men- tion only a few:- Two magnificent pevres vases from Marshal and Mme, Mac - Mahon. The Society Bibliographique of Paris sends a magnificent tome, containing the pater noster printed with illuminated text in 150 languages. The Archdiocese of Rheims will send a reduced copYof the colossal statue in bronze of Urban II., re- cently unveiled at Chatillon. The Catho- lics of Vienna, with the Kaiser at their head, sends a massive gold cross, valued at $00,000. Alsace sends a curious produc- tion of the Strasbourg clock, complete in every minute particular. But of the many rich gifts undoubtedly the most remarkable is the colossal organ designed by the celebrated French, organ. maker, M. Co.ville Coll, for Si. Peter's, hitherto wanting only, as EOM one, has said, a melodious voice to bring perfection. When he first proposed the building' of an organ of sufficient power to fill the great Basilica many laughed at him and pro- phesied failure, as had been the fate of so many predecessors with similar plans. Now, however, a committee •of the Academie des Beaux Arts have examined the model and pronounced the problem solved. On the committee were such men as Ambrose Thomas, Ciamod, Massenet, Saint-Saens and Leo Delibes. Architects as well known as Barrias and Cavalier are agreed also that the erection of an organ will not injure the aspect of the nave, as has been feared; and so by a French hand this winter the wondrous work of Herinn, Raphael and Michael Angelo will be mini. pleted. VICE -REGAL BALL IN OUEI3EC. Brilliant Scene at the Citadel -Elegant Toilets of the Ladies. A Quebec despatch says: The Vice-Begal ball at the Citadel last night was one of the most brilliant events ever seen here, itp splendor being considerably added to by the presence of the English and French Admirals and officers of the five frigates now in port, as well as of various batteries of garrison artillery camped on the Isle of Orleans. The Marchioness wore a dress of white silk brocade and tulle, ornaments diamonds and pearls, including a magnifi- cent tiara. Lady Florence Streatfeild wore black lace trimmed with red bows. The quadrille d'honneur was danced by His Excellency and Lady Caron, Sir A. P. Caron and Lady Lansdowne, the Mayor and Madame Casault, Judge Caron and Madame Routhier, Hon. C. A. P. Pelletier and Lady Florence Streatfeild, Judge Casault and Mrs. Dobai], Sir Fred Middle- ton and Madame Caron, Col. Montizam- bert and Mlle de Salaberry. The ball -room was handsomely decorated, and -"B" Battery band supplied the music. The Governor's Terrace, on the summit of the Citadel, overlooking the river, and PLANTizio TEETH. 4, Dentist Astonishes the international _ Congress or Physicians. A. Washington despatch says: A man of about 40 years Of ago. ehert, pleasant faced and with tile aPPearanee °tan oPioure Wee watched with keen interest yesterditytby reeMtql of'tlentiets at the Franklin fighool building, RS ie performed a clinic in operative dentistry upon a pertly English- man who la aok in the od. Mal �hair The. clinic To a practicafdernonetretion of , the at of implanting teeth. The man was Dr. William J. Younger, of San Francisco, and the Operation was the result of a dia. pute between Ili° dentist from the Golden State and an English dentist, who had stoutly iiiiserted his disbelief in the practica- bility of planting a tooth in a man's mouth and making it grow there,. nip 'dispute waxed so •, warm that the Englishman offered lahnself ap a subject if no other person could be found to be operated upon. Jt was not found necessarY, however, to hold him to this promise, as a fellow country7 man was secured.- It is claireea that, althaagh a man may have been without his natural teeth for years, the process which DO Younger has discovered will allow sound teetinto be inserted in the place of the lost ones, and thus do away with that trite pubject for puns—false teeth. By the sprocess diseased teeth can be removed, cleansed and replaced. The operation is thus briefly described by one of the dentists present : "Dr. Youngertakes a sound tooth corres- ponding in space to the hole left by the missing tooth, ligatesthe gum andseparates it from the alvial process aind drills a cavity; into which he places the tooth, and then ligates it to another tooth to retain it in position." A right and a left lateral tooth were successfully implanted. DEAD TO HER MOTHER. Viti. Home of an Eloping Bride Arrayed in Funeral Trappings. A Columbia (S.C.) despatch says: The mother and other members of the family of MisspRachel David, the young Hebrew lady who on Tuesday last eloped with H: A. Harth, the Gentile broker, and was married to him by Governor Richardson, take the matter bitterly, and their home has been one of mourning and lamentation ever since as if for the dead. The mother refuses to be comforted, and declares she will never forgive the eloping couple. The room and bed lately occupied by the runaway daughter have been heavily i draped in mourning n accordance with the Hebrew custom when death occurs in the family, and the lately loved and petted daughter is now considered dead so far as her family areconcerned. Two of Gladstone's Children. •A London correspondent writes: "Mr. Herbert Gladstone, 21.P., son of the ex - Premier, looks very much more like his mother than his father. He is of medium height, with straight, well -moulded figure; he has a good head, a clear, clean, expres- sive countenance and a, gentle manner, in- dicative of a modest and retiring tempera- ment: He appearsth be in the neighborhood of 40 years of age. He wore a light gray suit and white waistcoat and white hat. His sister, who stood upon the right of Mr. Gladstone during his famous speech on the occasion of the presentation of the Ameri- can testimonial, is taller even than her 'father. She is a blonde, with luxurious, clear -combed hair twisted high upon her gracefully shaped head. Her eyes are blue, her complexion a dainty pink and white, her nose is a delicate reteusse, her mouthis small, with a most pleasant expression. She wore a summer dress, the yellow lace work revealing the shape of her shoulders and the rounded lines of her arms. She was the most attentive listener in the group. She felt every word of her father's address, and paid the same unflagging at- tention to the speech of the presentation." Died Under Chloroform. on to which the ball -room opens, was also At:Montreal despatch says: A young handsomely illuminated and used for lady named Beauvais, aged 19 years, came promenading purposes. The toilets of ' from Laprairie to Notre Dame Hospital the ladies were extremely rich and ranch here last night to have a tumor removed admired, and the numerous naval and from her mouth. She was also suffering military uniforms made one of the most from heart disease, and upon the doctors gorgeous scenes ever witnessed here. The giving her chloroform while she was under - supper! table was resplendent with an im- going the operation she never recovered mense array of the Lansdowne plate. consciousness - Crofters for the btoruiwest. A London cable says: Lord Advocate Macdonald stated in the Commons last night that the Government had oare- fttlly considered a colonization scherne for the islands of the Highlands of Scotland, but a difficulty had arisen regarding Security proposed to be advanced by the Govern- ment to ensure the Imperial exchequer against loss. The Government hoped to overcome the difficulty by obtaining a guarantee from the local itnthorities or otherwise for the security required.* If this very desirable Object were atteined ,the Government were ready to carry out the propodecl scheme next session and intro- duce any requisite legislation, The scheme which the Lord Advocate refers to provides for the settlement of the Crofters in. the Canadian Northwest. A Fatal ileac. A New York despatch says: On Friday last the 13.months-old daughter of Mrs. Mason, 139 Phillip street, jerserCity, was taken sick, Mrs. Mason sent to`Fountairt's drug store for some castor oil. In the absence of her husband Mrs. Fountain put up the medicine. On Saturday the infant died'from the mixture, Whiall(proVed th camphorated oil. An inqUest has been ordered: • Examen railroads do the major portion Of their own carting, collect ing and doliVer- ing freight at the freighthrs' a00111. Ono of the largest companies, the Midland, lea no fewer' than ,000 are loodied in constant employment 8,200 hordes, arid Of these 1 in London Some Of these horsesare, hdwever, einPloyed in ewitching carp, at which' business heavy horses, weighing abont 2,000 pounds, are employed., Tun butcher's bill for the Burmah,cani. paign has been received from Simla. The British army haS lost from cliseade, and" hi action, 35 Offiaers dead, 54 *Iiintdetle125 inValided, Soldiere ••524 dead. 411 wounded, and 1,592 iiiValided. Natives of all ranks : 1,004 dead, 335 Wounded; and 2504 invalided. 1A Remarkable Well. A. Cerro Gordo, Ill, despatch says: Samuel Gerber, while digging a well on his farm neer Argenta, found water and gas at a depth of about forty feet. There is a constant rumbling sound coming from the bottom of the well, the noise tresembling that of a boiling spring. Several times has the water risen to a depth of twenty feet in 1 ten minutes, and as suddenly disappeared. • I °lenient Baldwin is a day laborer about the grounds of Union College, Schenectady. He is a man of education and was born of ,wealthy and aristocratic parents in Ireland. He squandered a fortune and is now in his , old age obliged to work for his living. ' Some of the land at Violet, over which bush fires swept recently, belonged to Sir Richard Cartwright. On Wednesday and Thursday about 150 men were out fighting ['the flames and preventing them from con. suniingvalnable buildings .end their con - eat. The fire at '' Bicknell's (Joiners swept over the country as far as Milton, horning woods and fences and three heaseii. A blind man named Davy perished in the lathes. , , , On Saturday afternoon a young man called at the store 01 Mn -Pitt, a Dundasstreet 3ewellerLondon, to get SOMO 1 article "that bad'been prepared; and tendered 1 a bill in payment. While the jeweller was making change the young fellow seized the article and the bill and 'darted from the shop. Mr. Pitt gave chase, but in doing so fell and dislocated his' Shoulder and had to be takoh in a cab to his honie. The felloW who caused the trouble waCn- tured, but was alloWed to go on settling the costs.. _ ,Thrtown of Brandon in Suffolk tEng- land, aood a migd 'busines0 in CMS -for guns and pistols and also for tinder boxe]s. They are perPfully cut, packed in kegs and 'kilt t6 boththe eastern add Weetern coasts Of Africa, where /lint lock ,guns are still infirierOhie iina -'where inktolies , are not wholly,satisfadory for lack of troutersi to cover the inOst conveniebt 'scratching places.' ‘ A1414 POR IRP,T,ANA Two Men RIned in a 1iS44 With the Pence at Mitchellstown-Warrant for Arrest--Dr.ti Kane Writes Gladstone. The Fartiellite whips haVe Punted an *urgent Sittlinions for a fa attendance pfrnember in the CoPinolls oxi lgonday,,. When the debate begins an the Government's action in proclaiming the Ennis and other meet- ings. The Conservative members also have been recalled to take part in the debate. Mr. John O'Connor, Nationalist, is Omit to, resign his seat in Parliament for bupineis reasons. A special meetingof the Irish Privy i Council was held n the Castle to -day, There were present the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Ashborne, Justice Fitzgibbon and the Earl of Meath. It is reported that the Council .decided to have Mr. O'Brian arrested if he does not appear before the court at Mitchellstown to -morrow in answer to the summons served upon him, also to institute aotiens against the leaders of the recent meeting at Ennis. Messrs. Labou- cher°, Dillon and other 'members of Par- liament will probe*, to Mitchellstown to- morrow. • LONDON, Sept. 9.—A meeting of the Cabinet was called suddenly to -day for the purpose, it is believed, of discussing the progress of business in the House of Coni - Dr. 0. Kane, Grand Master of the Order of Orangemen, recently wrote to Mr. Glad- stone asking him to state whether in his future proposals for Home Rule the repre- sentatives of Irelancl,ras an integral part of the United Kingdom, would be retained in. the Imperial Parliament. Mr. Gladstone has replied that the subjeotof the exclusion of Irish members from the Imperial Parlia- ment is not involved in the question of Home Rule for Ireland. Mitchellstown, where the case of the Government against Mr. Wm. O'Brien un- der the Crimes Act was to have been heard to -day, was crowded all day with civilians, police and soldiers. Mr. O'Brien did not appear to answer the summons. The service of the summons was proved and the judge granted a warrant for Mr. O'Brien's ar- rest. An open air indignation meeting was subsequently held. Mr. Henry Labouchere and others made speeohes denouncing the Government for their course in regard to Ireland. Mitchellstown is now quiet. Mn Dillon remains there but Mr. Labouchere has gone to Cork. The persons killed were an ,old man named Riordan, a resident of,the, locality, and an elderly cabman from Fer- moy. The injuries received by the police consist principally of scalp wounds and. bruises. All was quiet throughout the night at Mitchellstown. All the persons who attended yesterday's meeting have re- turned to their homes. Fifty-four con- stables were injured to such an extent that physicians' services were required. One hundred and fifty civilians were also injured. The police at Mitchellstown assert that the trouble there yesterday was due to the Nationalist leaders shouting for the mob to bola together. The town to -day is quiet. The Nationalists are exultant over the good fight they made yesterday. A Tip- perary b,oy broke though a squad compose& of twelve policemen and fought them single-handed. The police finally over- powered him, but the mob made a rush and rescued him from his captors. The police paraded this morning. A. majority of them wore bandages over the wounds they received yesterday. Fourteen police- men who were injured during the rioting were carried to the hospital. DEATH BY THE GUILLOTINE- - The Head and Body Immediately Afte • Decapitation. The Progres Medical publishes a paper by Drs. Regnard and*Loye on the examination of the head and body of a convict imme- diately after his decapitation by the guillo- tine. The prisoner was calm to the last and not pale, even when his neck was fixed. ready to receive the fatal knife. Two sec- onds after decapitation the cheeks were still rosy, the eyes wide open, with moder- ately dilated pupils, the mouth firmly closed. When a finger was placed close to one eye no change of expresssion took place, but on touching an eye or the tips of the lashes during the first five seconds, the lids closed just as in life. This reflex action could not be excited from the sixth second after decapitation. The jaws were tightly closed and could nqt be opened by manual force. No simt- lar muscular contraction could be detected in the trunk or extremities. One minute after death the face began to turn pale, the trunk remained florid, the caro- tids continuing to throw out blood remain- ing in the circulatory area. At the end of four minutes the face was quite pale, the upper lids were half closed, the jaws less firmly alinched than before. The knife passed through the lower part of thefourth cervical vertebra. These researches show that not a trace of consciousness remains two seconds after beheading; that reflex movement of the cornea can be excited for two seconds; that the heart may beat for an hour, the auricles continuing to pulsate alone for half that period, and that, putting aside the reflex movements of the eyelid, thecon- traction of the jaws and the ,jets of blood from the carotids, it seemed in this case as though % corpse had been decapitated so inert were the remains of the convict. Drs. Regnard and Loye note how calm and free even from physiological death -struggle symptoms is death bythe guillotine. There is not even asphyxia. --British Medical. Journal. A train, with one passenger car attache& and a freight train collided oh the Cum- berland Railway, near Springhill Junction', N. ,S., late on Saturday. The engines were binning tenders Arst, and both tendert were telescoped and completely demolished, but the mathinery, Of the locomotives wan not Seriously injured. The engine drivers and tremen were all inoro Or lest hurt, but only -One rebeived fatal injury. Pireinait Richmond, 17 7,/ears old, was thiewn on tb �f.��of the tenders and receiv,ea, in- ternal hijuries from which he died yester- day.. One of the drivers forgetting' his orders is supposed to, be the datide of diiiaster.