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BETTER MAN 4 PQ.0 Ten
Eight y..i.00s Engage in a Dreadful coat -
*nit in a Cage at Itiverpool—All Fear-
fully IN tt ed—One Killed 0 utright,-A
r4lIckY Pelaes.
A London, oable say a ; Early on Tuesday
morning there was a fearful and exoiting
battle in the jubilee Exhibition at Liver-
pool. Delmonieo, the most plucky tamer
of beasts, had been exciting the nerves of
the visitere for a long time by trilling in
a cage with three big fereSt lions. Five
more lions, of a different kind, but very
big also, arrived from Afrioa that day, and
were put at once into the big cage with the
three already atb01.118 there. They had no
training, but Delrnoniao went in among
them and thrilled the prowd that filled the
Mamigerie by an unusually sensational
performance, When he bad done, Mlle.
Kora, his partner, went M with the lions
and took a little dog. This was repeated
four times during the day, and the five
new lions were too much stunned by the
huge, noisy crowd about them and the re.
.peated visits of the lady, gentleman and
dog to think of anything else, Their
astonishment had not worn off, and they
were still quiet when left alone for the
night by the attendants at 10 o'clock.
Shortly after midnight, however, the
menagerie was filled with a frightful roar-
ing and snarling, and a servant sleeping on
the premises rushed in to find the big iron
.cage rocking and the eight lions fighting
furiously, rolled up into a huge dark ball
frora which the blood-stained fur was
flying in all directions. s The huge beasts
rolled over and over, dashing madly against
the sides of the cage, and biting pieces out
of each other with a ferccity that Was
sickening. All the sights organized to
ratify man's fondness for fighting would
have seemed the tamest child's play in
comparison. After a while it became evi-
dent that there were two distinct sides in
the battle, and the new arrivals were pitted
at unfair odds against the lions who had
bean in possession. The efforts of the
servant to separate them only increased
their fury, and at last he rushed off for
Delmonico, who was asleep near by in
Edge lane. The tamer arrived half clad
and found his lions bleeding fearfully but
still fighting.
The battle was narrowing down to a
-duel between two of the biggest lions,
which were rapidly biting each other to
,pieces in the middle of the cage. Cocoa.
Enonally the battle became general, and for
a few seconds there would be a wild jumble
a snarling lions with a savage crunching
.of teeth to tell how the flesh was being
stern. The appearance of Delmonico with
a red hot iron produced an effect, and all
but the two chief combatants stopped
,fighting and crouched sullenly down, lick-
•ing their bloody wounds and snarling
'.encouragement to the two leaders. On
these in their rage hot iron was ueeless,
aven when applied to raw flesh. The lions
responded to the burning sensation only by
tearing away at each other more fiercely.
At last Delmonico, fearing he would lose
his two greatest actors, took a resolution
:which would probably not have occurred to
any other man if the existence of theentire
animal creation had been threatened. He
• entered the cage half clad as he was and
shut himself in. He next opened a door
communicatingwith a second cage
and drove into it like so many
sheep the six lions that had been looking
ori. Meanwhile the other lions were
still fighting, although much weaker. Del-
menico's attempts to separate them were
'useless. They paid not the slightest atten-
•tion to him, and although in their strug-
4gles they dashed against him, they were
• evidently unconscious of his presence.
Eefore the tamer could form any plan to
'separate them the fight ended of itself.
The big forest lion, who had been defend-
ing his honie against the five strangers,
trolled over on his back, growled faintly,
and died as the other seized him again by
the throat. One of the front legs was
gnawed off completely, a hind leg was
chewed to a pulp, all of the mane and most
.of the neck was bitten away and the body
was covered with blood, as was the entire
aage. There was not on the dead lion any
unbitten whole piece Of skin large enough
to have made a glove. He had fought for
his rights just as long as he had been able
ib work his teeth and claws.
The victor seemed at first inclined to
dish at the tamer and at the lions in the
neighboring cage, but he changed his mind
under Delmonico's eye, and after a weak
but triumphant roar over the body of his
victim he retired into a corner and moaned
over his wounds. Although conqueror he
was not to be envied. His mane was gone
and his body looked as though an especially
wicked harrOv had been repeatedly dragged
over it. Blood trickled from a hundred
ugly wounds, and there is little hope that
he will live. Curiously enough not one of
the lions had its tail bitten off in the fray,
which seems to indicate that some code of
honor exists among lions which prevents
them from making each other ridiculous,
even in the deadliest combat. The other
six lions will live, but they are badly bitten.
The loss, if the second lion dies, will be
' about 2400. In any case he will always
remain a damaged lion.
The Quebec Murder Trial.
A lEtst (Thursday) night's Quebec despatch
says: The St. Nicholas poisoning case was
somewhat unexpectedly brought to a con -
elusion at noon t� -day. At 10 o'olock,
when the court opened, the jury, who had
been locked up all night, came in and re-
ported that they could not agree, when
the judge ordered them to be looked im
again until 2 o'clock. It wag said at the
etime that they were ten for acquittal and
Stwo for conviction. At noon they had
;agreed upon a verdict, and eomieg into
:court declared Mrs. tegAce " not guilty."
The result created quite It eensation,
" Thank Goa. I am clear 1" jqoulated the,
• aconsed, tu,d tirk Lemieux, her attorney,'
.,irnmeil Lady 'nosed for r diseharge from '
cuatody, • ion are liberated," Said ,
.Judge Joinison, addressing Mrs. Legttee..1
Then turning to the juty he said, " have',
nothing to say to you - about your verdict:1
It is you who are responsible, You are
now free," Mr. LernieuX, who defended
the accused, received, it is said, the largetit
fee over paid here in a criminal °Me. t
His retainer is said to ha, been
with $1,000 extra if MA elient was
WRI 4P
Grand Chief Engineer Arthur's Addross to
the ltrotherhpod ,pf Locomotive En,
glovers.
A Chicago despatch Seri The HrOther-
hood of Locomotive Eugineere Met in Oen-
ventiou here yesterday. Cirend phief
Engineer P, M, Arthur delivered, tin) open-
ing address, iu the course of which he
said ;1 Perhaps to some our coming con-
vention will be only a grand meeting of
another army cif fanatic laberers ; but we
believe that to most people; and certainlY
to the reading public, we are known as an
organization of honest men, having Isipest
intentiops, which we ever have and Shall
execute in a straightforwaid, honest man-
ner, We are enemies only to wrong in its
various• devices and garbs, and political
schemes and aspirations have no place nor
part in our association. A mighty army
of men, representing 305 divisions, has
gathered abeut a nucleus of twelve men
who twenty-four years ago assembled in
the oity a Detroit and started an organiza-
tion destined to be more than they then
knew or dreamed of. To -day we
number twenty-five thousand men.
Taking all things into consideration, our
relations, both to ourselves and with the
various rilroads employing members of the
brotherhood, are amicable. When we con-
sider the dissatisfaction which is every-
where manifest about us, our few troubles
fall into insignificance. The spirit of dis-
content walks unchallenged from ocean to
ocean across our broad continent, whisper-
ing greedily into the ears of men, and so
the pry is taken up until it becomes a
deafening roar. It is but a short stride
from the word to the deed, and every day
in our papers we may read the result of
this discontent. Labor of all kinds, from
the moat menial to the most skilled, with
that cry still ringing in their ears while
their judgment sleeps, has risen up and
refused to work, preferring no pay to little
pay, and with what result? Death, dis-
aster and despair ! There have been times
and incidents when the strike was the only
court of appeal for the workingmen, and
the evil le'y in the abuse of them. The
methods used to bring about a successful
termination of strikes, the abuse of property,
and even of persons, has brought the very
name into •disrepute. While the trou-
bles of the laboring man are rapidly
becoming mere cant, and sympathy for him
is dying out, more and more clearly defined
is the line becoming which divides the
honest man, satisfied with 5 just remunera-
tion whioh he has truly earned, until by
his own effort he can rise to a higher pod -
tion in life, and the loud -voiced bomb
thrower who, scarcely able to speak the
English language, seeks to win his own
comfortable living from those who have
worked for it, presumingupon the imagina-
tion and arousing false hopes in the hearts
of those who are still more ignorant than
himself. Among sensible men the day for
all this is peat. Let mercy season justice'
and justice be tempered with moderation.
A wise arbitration looks to a long result
rather than to immediate satisfaction and
accomplishes more than intimidations ever
can hope to do. Our first father earned his
bread by the sweat of his brow, and from
that ancient time to this enlightened age
there has been discovered no honest
way other than this. I congratulate you on
the success of the past year, and would ad-
monish you to be ever on the alert for the
best interest of the cause which you have
espoused."
Delegates are present from all parts of
the country and Canada. Mayor Roche
welcomed the visitors.
AT HYMEN'S ALTAR.
Romantic Wedding—Falling in Love with
a Photograph.
A. Paris cablegram says: The marriage
of Miss Georgette Dana and M. Phillippe
Berard, Secretary' of Embassy at the Min-
istry of Foreign Affairs, took place at the
French Protestant Eglise de l'Etoile, on
the Avenue de la Grande Armee, to -day.
Miss Dans is the daughter of Mr. Wm. P.
Dana, the well-known Araerioan artist.
The bride wore a handsome white satin
gown with long train, trimmed with orange
buds, and a long veil fastened with orange
blossoms. The marriage was quite a
romantic one, M. Berard having fallen in
love with Miss Dana's portrait long before
he met her. Both are well off in their own
right, and it is considered on all sides a
happy union.
Twenty Lives Saved.
An Antwerp cable says: The barque
Bravo, from Charleston, reports that on
September 0th in latitude 38, longitude
49 west, she picked up Captain Cunha,
Captain Cunha s wife, two sailors and sir, -
teen passengers of the American schooner
Carrie W. Clark. The Clark was bound
from Fayal to Boston. She had encoun-
tered a hurricane on September 17th, and
after terrific laboring, caused by the tre-
mendous sea, a gust of wind struck the
vessel and the mainmast went by the
board, breaking off thirty feet above the
deck. While the captain thought it best to
desert the schooner, the orew and passen-
gers to the number of 36 remained aboard,
refusing to leave her, depending upon what
was left of the mainmast to rig a sail on
and bring the vessel into port. The Carrie
W: Clark is a two -masted fishing schooner
hailing from ProVincetown, Mass.
Front London This Time.
A London despatoh says: London West
was startled Yesterday by neWa of the
elopement of kiss 'Vedder', daughter of
Mr. Williem 'Walden, who lives near the
corner of Dundas and Center Streets, and
George "Moore, who resided on Oak street;
awlu ho leavett behind him a wife end five
children: About a week age Mise Veldt -len
annetniced her intention of visiting a Mrs,
aogere in the conntry, and on 'Saturday
last Started off. The Oaths afternoon Mr.
Moore left ostensibly to Viait an uncle at
Port Stanley. Inquiry, lien,VeVer, reveals
the fact that neither Miss Vodden nbr
Moore have been seen by the partieS they
Were to visit, not MOO the pair been heard
of since. The lady in the case is said to
be about 80 yeari Of age, small, and
net over geed looking: Mr. Moore Was a
popular resident Of the Village and a pro-
perty holder,
Eterplitted,..,„ . The offieial pteSte Of' errnany i n repeat.
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ng ib The Czar's children tire recovering SO
ie denial of the that fil
reptirt, e GAO The
The lifSW organ for St. AlidteW'Ef rtostiy., was to hair° a Meeting seith the Eteperot rapidly free" the raeatilee that the family
Letter" Church, tendon,, has arrived,. and NVilliatii, tisee language of plain and ttlinatit Will be able to return to Rtitelitt by the niid-
WM Probably be opened next Sibiday, Ostentatiette enmity towards Illuisia. 'did of NOVeinber,
171.XPtQ1liOUILD WIPP PPIP,
Dneesieg ceremony—The Prosses of
Ow Fair :Prf.de and 4ler AttenOttPfs!
Paris cablegram gives the following
additional particulars of the greet wedding
of the week in that city: The wedding at
the 4.ewish Synagogne of Mlle. Aline de
Rotheehild with M, Albert Edward Hes-
seen name off at 1 o'clock to -day with great
eelat. .11ortly before 1 o'clock the bride.ar-
rived. Mlle. de Rothschild is a brunette,
very tall and finely built, with a thorough-
bred patrician presence, She wore a long
white satin dress, with flounces o English
lace in the form of an apron, trimmed with
orange blostiome. Her corsage was straight
cut, with four rows of orange blossoms ar-
ranged like the braiding of 0 hussar jacket.
Her headdress was a silverliuSsian diadem,
pertly covered beneath her long trille veil,
Ten paces behind the bride walked the
Baroness Gustave de Rothschild in pule/ie
internale, opening on an underdress of rese
coral peluebe, embroidered in heavy deed
gold, with hood to match. Then came the
Baroness Nathaniel de Rothschild, in pansy
colored plush over panels of pale mauve,
trimmed with gold; the Baroness Alphonse,
M grayish blue moire antique, with an
apron of electric blue, covered with Oriental
designs traced in dark blue velvet. The
Princess de Sagan appeared in a tight
fitting fourreau dress of velvet and dames
that clung to her fair form like a glove.
At the moment when the grand rabbi
pronounced the last word of his address a
group of eight young ladies dashed forth
into -the middle of the synagogue like a
squadron of cavalry, all dressed alike
in faille rose. Each wore a diamond
brooch with the five arrows of the maison
de Rothschild, with pearl and opal doves
bearing an olive branch in their mouthsa
present from the bride. Besides these
young ladies there were fifteen ladies of
honor, all with the seine coiffure, namely:
A delioious little mouse gray felt hat,
trimmed with large pink ribbons and pink
feathers.
At the moment when the squadron of
eight young ladies collected in the centre
of the synagogue a large crystal vase was
dashed upon the atone floor and scattered
into a thousand fragments by the grand
rabbi, as indicative of the fragility of all
things human.
TERRITORY OF DAKOTA.
The Year's Progress in Population and
Wealth.
A. Washington despatch says : Mr. Louis
K. Church, Governor of Dakota in his
annual report says; " The Territory has
had another year of wonderful growth in
population and wealth. During the past
year 2,067,281 acres of public land have
been filed on, and 1,538,672 acres have been
acquired by final proof and cash entry.
Twenty-three million eight hundred and
eleven thousand four hundred and forty-
five acres of public land remainunoccupied.
The population of the Territory is esti-
mated at 568,477, an increase of about
68,000 during the year. The assessment of
property in the Territory amounts to
$157,084,365, an increase of nearly $25,-
000,000 during the year. During thebuild-
ing season of 1885,679 railesof new railroad
were constructed, making a total of 4,208."
The report says that the season of 1886
was not altogether favorable to farming
interests. The total area in corn, wheat,
oats and flax in 1886 amounted to 4,712,764
acres, an increase of about one-third over
last year. During tho year 1886 there were
raised 15,805,000 bushels of corn, 30,704,000
bushels of wheat, 20,651,000 bushels of
oats, and 3,844 323 bushels of flax. On
January 5th, 1887, the value of live stock
in the Territory reached $42,828,338, an
increase of nearly $500,000 per year for the
last seven years.
A Modern Robinson Orman.
A Petoskey (Mich.) despatch says:
Captain Bouchard, of the steamer Cum-
minge, brings the following news : Mr.
N. Phillips, of Grand Rapids, landed on
Hat Island about two weeks ago. He was
sailing in a small boat in the neighborhood
of the Beavers. While looking over the
place, which is uninhabited, he was greatly
alarmed to see his oraft break loose from
its moorings and float out of sight in the
direction of Cross village. After remain-
ing on the island four days without food,
in a fit of desperation he determined to
make a raft and put out into the lake. He
hoped some vessel would pick him up. Bits
of boards and driftwood formed his mate-
rials, and after fastening them together as
best he could with switches he launched
the raft and floated away from the island.
A fisherman named McCauley, of St.
James, Beaver Island, happened to sight
the raft, and when he reached it Mr.
Phillips was nearly dead from hunger and
exhaustion. He was taken to St. James
and oared for. His boat was washed ashore
at Cross village.
A. Methodist Minister in Court.
A last (Friday) night's London (Ont.)
despateh says : Rev. Wm. Chapman, for 25
years a Methodist minister, was charged at
the Police Court to -day with violating. the
Medical Act. The principal evidence
agalust defendant was that of Wesley Webb,
who was appointed by the Medical Council
to act as detective in such oases. He sew
Mr. Chapman's circular, and went to his
place and had Rome talk about a lump on
his leg, which Mr. Chapman agreed to treat
for $6. Afterwards he arranged to bring
his wife, who had a lump behind her ear,
for treatment. Mrs. Webb went there with
her husband, and Mr. Chapman, after look-
ing at the lumps, said his specific would
cure it. He would give her a tonic to take
and some liniment or salve to apply, charg-
ing for the latter and for the mire 02. She
got a small bottle, paying 25 cents for it,
and never went haek again. The point was
whether Mr. Chapman's dealing with Mrs.
Webb constituted the practice of medicine.
The Magistrate diamisSed both cases.
The Rahway Murder Mystery,
A Philadelphia despatch says: Frank
Credeferd, also known as Crawford whose
barrio has been connected with the latest
elue in the Rahway mystery at the tramp
weaver, a,nd to whom the dead girl Was
said to have been inertied, Wtia attested in
thia city at a late hour hot hight.
Wg„P,PN'S ..krNgt4V4CrY.4.P
Crowd Into Westminster Abbey and dt)er
and l.-Iliorrul4 Ole Pakten l410 Proaell-
last (BandaY) night's London cable
Paye: Several thousand of the unemployed,
with a red flag at their head, marched in
procession this afternoon from Trafalgar
Square to Westminster Abbey, and although
no invitation had been extended, 1,200 of
the crowd were admitted. The flag was
left in oherge ef the vergers, Ineide the
Abbey meny of the unexpected vieitors re-
mained covered and indulged in whistling,
while others mounted the pedestals of the
various statues.or mingled with the decent
people present, who moatly left the build-
ing. The crowd, as a rule, &owed tobacco
ancl expectorated everywhere regardless of
the surroundings, until the first lesson was
announced, When the reader was loudly
jeered, completely drowning his voice,
The second lessonwas similarly received.
Canon Prothero then preached a sermon,
taking for his text Romans ii." Q. In
his discourse he argued that the punish-
ment of the lawbreaker was 'necessark
for the good of the community. This
was received with ories of "Oh, oh I" and
"Bosh." The preacher earnestly appealed
for order, and exhorted his hearers to try
and uproot evil and plant good insteed.
"That's what we are geing . to do," was
shouted, and received with cries of "Hear,
hear," and cheers. Canon 1?rothero now
threw his notes aside and addressed him.
self directly to the roughs. He said,
"Legislation mild alone‘provide a remedy
for hunger and suffering, but everybody
could express sympathy." (Loud laughter,
followed by a voice "that's all we shall
get,") Canon Prothero continued, "Chari-
table agencies might'do much." (A voice,
" We don't want charity? we want work")
The rev. gentleman enlisted the attention
of the mob when he advocated State assist-
ance in tirnes of distress. At the close of
his remarks the mob hissed and marched
out of the Abbey, cordially cheered by their
comrades in waiting outside. The whole
crowd then proceeded, shouting and hoot-
ing, to Trafalgar Square, where the leader!
denounced the Church and police. Several
arrests were made of brawling persons and
thieves.
GUILTY OE MANSLAUGHTER,
A Quarrel About a Yolce of Steers Results
Fatally.
A Brockville despatch says: John Morris,
a farmer, was tried before Judge O'Connor
yeeterday at the Brookville Assizes, charged
with the murder of another farmer named
Henry Deal. D. B. Maclennan, Q -C., of
Cornwall, was for the Crown, and Mr.
Saunders, of Kemptville, for the prisoner.
Morris rented from Doal a house and some
land in the 10th concession of Augusta,.
On the 12th of last August Doal went to
Morris' house and got into a dispute with
him about a yoke of oxen which both were
claiming. A man named Thomas Streight
Was present, also Margaret Morris, aged 14,
a daughter of the prisoner, The alterca-
tion was followedby a scuffle in which Deal
was fatally stabbed, and he died the next
day at noon. Doal's account of the affair,
as given in his dying declaration sworn
to before a magistrate, was as follows:
"4. difficulty arose between John Morris
and myself about a yoke of steers that
Morris had got from me to break. We had
some words and Morris drew his whipstock
to strike me with it. I caught hold of the
whipstock and took it from' him. Then
Morris drew out his knife and I struck him
on the arm with the whipstock. Then
Morris stabbed me in the left breast or the
left lung. It was a long dirk -knife that he
stabbed me with." The evidence showed
that the actual stabbing was witnessed only
by Margaret Morris, as Streight left before
the fight commenced. ` Mr. Saunders con-
tended that the wound was inflicted in self-
defence, and to support this called the
daughter, who swore that Doal struick her
father three or four times with the whip-
stock before the stab was given. Malcolm
Boyd testified that Deal told him he
expected a fight. After a brief absence the
jury found. the prisoner guilty of man-
slaughter.
WITHOUT A. DOLLAR.
Sad Change in the Fortunes of One of
Millionaire Mackay's Partner's.
A Kansas City despatch says: X. F.
McKnight, a stranded California' million-
aire, appeared before the Mayor of St.
Joseph, Mo., yesterday, and after repre-
senting that he had not a dollar in the
world, begged a railroad pawl to Kansas
City, which was given him and he left for
New York city. where he says he has mitt-
tives who will care for him this winter.
McKnight was a partner of the millionaire
Mackay in California for several years, was
Mayor of Oakland and one of the most
prominent men on the Pacific coast. He
was a personal friend of the elder Bennett
in New York when the latter had, his office
on Nassau street, • and was Jay Gould's
friend when Gould was brought into promi-
nence by Jim Fisk. He had met and been
on intimate terms with all the great men
of his day, and had interesting anecdotes
concerning them all. He lost his millions
a short time ago, but was cheerful,
although he had not a dollar. He says that
he will return to California next year and
build up another fortune. His clothes were
seedy, and for dinner be had only a ban
and a slice of cheese that cost him five
cents. All his personal effects weie tied
up in a big red handkerchief, After he
had finished his sandwich he lighted an old
black pipe and seemed to enjoy it. In his
downfall he retains his polished mariner
and is still in conversation and deportment
the same elegant gentleman he was when
he could draw his check for ten millione,
On 20th September ittat a 'plank was
laid &brow' the M. C. R. ttaok ono and one:
hall Miles east Of Weterford, It was sup:
posed to bathe work of train,ivreckets, and
since that time notices have. heeri Ire,
quently posted up in the neighborhood
warning people from travelling on theM.
C. R. trains, The company rititiv offer e560
reward for the cenVictien Of parties dOh-
eortiecl in the'Olittage,
lIxteilsiVe military preparations are be-
bi by both Gottoohy and ltitssitt
alOng theft, ft-MAIO',
The first donfetende for the negotiation
Of a eeninletcial fteety between' Italy and
Austria-Hungary was held on Saturday in
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WONDPRS. QF VItAIRIII PRODUCTION.
Sia,!---Moosomin is heautifally situated
on the Hee of the Canadian Pacific,
Although five years ago the pito where now
the town stands was part of the greet un-
cultivated prairie, it has during this brief
period steadily grown until now it oontaina
good wide streets, several comfortable
churches, a public school which ia being
enlarged and many good private dwellings.
It has recently been made the military
station of the Province of A.ssiniboia.. It
is also a fine distributing centre for the
Moose Mountain district. This trade hav-
ing grown extensively, Mr. R. D. Mo.
Naughton has been compelled to end a fine
stone warehouse, which is an ornament to
the town, and a monument to the energy
and enterprise of this worthy citizen. The
hotel accommodation might have been
suitable as a sheltering place for
a stray traveller or the noble red
man amid the wild storms which used to
sweep over this open prairie in days gone,
but civilization demands something more
modern. There is a large Ogilvie grain
elevator, with a storing capaoity of 45,000
bushels. It was our good fortune to visit
Moosomin during the annual fair, to which
representatives of the Canadian press had
been invited by W. D. Perley, M.P. for
East Assiniboia. During the morning we
—I say we, because I had to press very hard
to procure a room in the Queen's Hotel,
and therefore might be considered a fair
representative of the press—were driven
upwards of twenty miles over the prairie
to see two farms and examine the splendid
results of the most marvellous crop of
wheat; barley and vegetables this Province
has ever produced. Mr. I3obier owns 700
acres, and has 170 acres under cultivation.
We saw some five sheaves of wheat which
the owner assured us had been produced
from one grain of Red Fyfe in two years.
From here we drove on to see the
farm owned by Mr. Neff, which consists of
5,00Cketcres,-with 750 acres under oultiva.
tion. It is estimated that the average
yield of both these farms will be thirty-five
bushels of wheat to the acre, and the
samples we send will- show the quality of
the grain.
If the Canada Pacific Consult their own
and the farmers' interests they will so
modify their rates as to encourage larger
cultivation of land now waiting to surprise
its owners and the east with an average
yield without a parallel, except in the Pro-
vince of Manitoba. These farmers deserve
every encouragement and consideration
which the Canada Pacific can give, for they
have risked all and lost much during the
past few years, but 1887 has convinced
them that this country has a future suffi-
ciently tempting to the most timid agricul-
turist who is willing to work. Russian
wheat has been •tried, but given equal
advantage the Red Fye has nothing to
fear. The afternoon was spent Visiting
the exhibition. which did oredit to
all interested . in getting it up. Mr.
Crisp had a fine collection of grain and
vegetables, and well deserved the several
first prizes awarded him. Mr. Neff came
to the front with fine samples
of Red Fyfe, while Mr. I3abie
carried off the palm for .barley, every grain
of 'which was perfect for germination.
There were also some sansple kegs of excel-
lent butter and cheese and a very good col.
leotion of fancy needle work.
The Agricultural Society gave a banquet
in the evening, and the geoid things were
duly appreciated. The "after dinner"
speeches showed that the eastern press
generally has very much underrated the
possibilities of this country. With a little
more attention given to mixed farming the
farmer can secure a better competence with
the same outlay than he can either in
Ontario or Quebec.
So HUXLEY•
The Canadian Northwest.
. Michel and Cecil Courtercille, charged
with killing Marie Courtercille, at Lesser
Slave Lake, were found guilty of man-
slaughter at Edmonton, yesterday, and
sentenced to six years in the Manitoba
Penitentiary.
' Winter rates for coal have been fixed.
American anthracite will be sold for $10.25
per ton, and soft at $8.50. Galt coal is
quoted at $8, and Canadian anthracite at
$9.50.
A bill of injunction was filed this morn-
ing against the city proceeding with their
tax sale, advertised for Monday next.
Engineers and other operators have
arrived at Pembina and are busily engaged
in the building of an elevator depot and
round -house on the line of the Duluth Lt
Manitoba Railroad.
Rev. Dr. King, of Manitoba College, has
returned from the East.
It is understood that the Rev. D. M.
Gordon, pastor of Knox Churchill this city,
will accept a call to St. Andrew'e Church,
Halifax.
In the Northwest Council yesterday a
resolution was presented asking that the
Dominion Government be requested at the
forthcoming election in the Territories to
sumbit to the people the question of grant-
ing licenees or a total prohibition system in
She Northwest. The motion was held over.
News has been received in London of the
burning of Ketith, a tiawn of Bokhera, Cen-
tral Asia, in which half the inhabitants
perished in the flames,
The men arrested in London on October
17th for partioipating in the riotous demon-
strations of the unemployed workmen have
been Bentenced to three months' imprison..
ment.
The two hundred thousand
reserves called out Eit the beginning 61
Oeteber, after a three weeks' drill, have
been Sent to their homes. The condition
of the men, as regards spirit and diaci.
pline, throughout the empire is reported to
be excellent. The shooting ef the troops
surpassed all eXpeetatiens.
The report of the Englialt officer ap-
pointed to attend the trial of the Zalinski
gun at New York iii so favorable that ono
of the gum' is to be advired for further
expprinients by the Imperial Government.
It is believed the weapon Will entirely
supersede torpedoes for shOre defences, It
Mae by air 200 pounds of dynamite, and is
regarded as one of the most valuable end
warlike inventions of Modern times.
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