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M-j _ ____________________________ - --------------- ’ ’~ . WHITELY & TODD, Publishers
VOL. VH.-NO. 41.• CLINTON, HURON COUNTY, ONT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBE R 16,1885." . .. ’ ■ WHOLE NO. 356
\<0NE¥ to lend in large or small sums, on
ill good mortgages or pers *ia’ ecurit.v, at
tha lowest uurreut rate?. II, LI AT E Ilurozi-St.
Clinton,
canton. Fob. 25,1881.
MONEY TO LOAN
At low rates of interest and upoji tafins to suit
borrowers.
MANNING & SCOTT, ,
Bever JRlpck». Cflntpn
Clinton, May 17th, 1882. ' o ► 20
I-1V.
THE FARMERS’ OPPOR-
■ . TUNTTY.
HURON AND BRUCE,
Loan and Investment Company
This Comply is Loaning Money on
Farm Security at Lowest
■Rates of Interest.
M0ETGAGES PUB0HASED,
lines t<i the meh) qliarged at- the rate qi
j’os WORK, f
We have one of tlie best appointed Job
L- , Offices west • of Toronto. Our facilities in
I this department enable us to do all kinds
L. " . work—frotn a calling card to a mammoth
|F- poster, in the best style known to the
£-'«'■ craft,’’and‘ at the lowest possible • rates.
■ Orders by- mail promptly attended to.
' • Address,
The News-Record,
' ■ Clinton. Ont
December, 1882. .
Savings Bank Branch.
3, 4.and 5 per Cent. Interest Allows
ed' ona. Deposits., according to
amount and, time left.,a.
Office—Corner of''Market-Square and
'Noi th Street, Goderich.
HORACE HORTON, -
. • ; Manager.
Goderich, Aug- 5th, ’81. 351-3m
pi?’?/r
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
g^EDWIN KEEFER,
eewtxst;
Late of Toronto, [Ionor Gjuduate lloyal College
of Dental Surgeons,. .
Coats’s Block, - Clinton.
All Work Registered. Charges Moderate,...
iiit IIWUB HAM.
Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1855.
CAPITAL,^ - ' - - §2,000,000
REST; - - ■ $500,000
Hea'd Office, MONTREAL.
THOMAS WORKMAN, President. ‘
J. II. R. MGLSON, Vice-President. . »
F..WOLVE11STAN THOMAS, General Manager.
Notes discounted. Collections made, Drafts
issued, -Sterling and American ex
change bought: and sold at low-
■ ' est current rates-.'
Ail associated press dispatch go*,
itig the rounds of the press saJflT'
Tne European wheat crop is reported
as follows, on the basis of TOO ;
Austria, 104; Hungary, 117; Rrus
sia, -94; Saxony and Bayaria, 100;
Baden, 97; Wurtemburg, 99; Den
mark,; 116; Sweden and Norway,
105; Italy, 70 to 85; Switzerland,
125; Holland and Great Britain, 95;
Russia, 75 to 100; Roumania, 80 to
115; Servia, 110. In the face of
this Rufus Hatch, The head of thd”
wealthy commercial firm of Rufus
.Hatch 4’ Co., New York, writes’the
Sun of that City a long letter on the
wheat situation and says that the
wheat - crop pf -the—w-orld'is many
millions short this year. ■ He says :
. “For the first tune since 1881 the farm
er is master of the Situation, and it is his
own fault if he does not make the beat of
it, If he will hold.his wheat at $1 at- the
station be will get his price, and by selling
hall as much as he did last year lie will
receive more money for liis sales and still
have some wheat left to carry over'to an
other year The reason for this statement
is that our wheat crop for this year -is short, i The winter wheat is not more tlian--
hall a crop, <m.d the spring wheat is report
ed 'as damaged one-third. The Arnerii-ah
Government'report for July,, winch does
not include the damage to spring wheat (it
having taken place to a large extent since
the'report was prepared.), places-the entire
yield of the United States for 1885 at 357,•
000,000'bnsliels. In 1884 the Government
perhaps less money. His wheat will never
be worth any less until at least two large
crops in succession have been harvested,
and before that time it is likely to greatly
increase in value. It ia for oiir spring
wheat farmers to make the prices for the
world’s wheat lnaijkets. Of winter wheat,
farmers have Robe to spare. This is es
pecially true of Indiana. Illinois, Ohm,
Missouri, Kansas, Kentucky, and: Ten
nessee, whose crops are disastrous, except
in the northern portions of Ohio and In
diana. Michigan and Oregon are the only
winter wheat States that havci-aised good
crops this year. This is the “golden egg”
year for the farmer of those sections, for he
will be likely tq .make up the losses he
sustained last year by holding liis present
crop for later delivery at good prices.
During the last fortnight Indiana has
shipped wheat to St. Louis, and Baltimore
has shipped wheat to Maryland, Pennsyl
vania, and Ohio for milling purposes. The
short crop of wheat is a greater calamity
to this country than is jet realized If
the shortage approaches the figures that
the State statisticians give, namely, 200,-
000,000 bushels, it “means $200,000,000
loss to the- United States, considering
wheat at but $1 per bushel. Throughout
the foregoing I have adopted .the Govern
ment figures,.although they are not al ways
infallible. They varied their wheat report
40,000,000 last year, and their estimates of
the corn crop of 1881 varied' 400,000,000
between June and December. It is prob
able that when they understand the dam
age- to the spring wheat crop they will
lower their estimate for the wheat" yield
from 357,000,000 to nearer 300,000,000.”
Mr. Hatch’s remarks are mon*,
paitticularly destined for-tbe Atneri
can farmer,
farmers
matter
farmers.
of the same paper was devoted main
ly to police cases and the proceedings
in the divorce courts.” And great
pity ’tis ’tie all true, and that the
same may be said of many other
papers. _ ...
are
the
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DR. REEVE. ■ Ollice—“Palace” Br.iclc' Block,
Ruttcnbury Street, Residence opposite the
Temperance Hall, Huron Street, Coroner for the
r'ounty;0f Huron. Oilice-iiQurs from 8 a.m. to 0
•' m. , ’• ... . ' • .
Clinton', Jah. 14,1881. '•' 1-y '-
INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS
Money advanced to farmers oirtheir own notes
withone or more endorsers. - No niortgaue re
quired as security.wII. c. brewer;^-?
; Manager,
February. 1884. ■ Clinton.
MANNING & SCOTT,
Barristers,. SpliJitors; Oonveyancers, &c Com-
—.— rnimiouerH for .Ontario anil Manitoba., • ■ ■—-
Office—Town\Hall, Clinton.
;—' Clinton, May 17511,"-IS82^----------—2W-~^
(NLINTON Lollgc,. No. 8-1, A..F. & A . St.
i_>- meets, every Friday, on or ■ after the full
moon. Visiting brethren cordially invited.,
J. YOUNG, W. Sr. " J.. CALLANDER, Sbc
’ Clinton,-Jan.14, 1S81-- '* ' ■' ' !•
7—■.<
SEAGER * MORTON, Barristers, <tc., X-, God-
j'rich and Wingluiin. C. Seager, Jr.; Goderich.
' J. "A. -Morton Wmgliiuu. ' 1-ly.
-■ ■. - - ’ ’ —- T",
TAVVISON & .10 INSTON, Luiv,.Chancery,and.
U Conveyancing. O.Hc'e —West Street, next
lu ,r to-Dost OHice, Goderich, Ont. ‘ 67. .■
. > .C.‘HAYS, SMidtor, A-e. O.hee, dQrhe.r of
S V- Square ami.West Street, over Butler’s Book
Store, Goderich,^Qnt. . - 67.
TEsT Mone.y-to lend at lowest rates of interest.
£ L. O. L. No. 710,
CUNTOJN, ■'
.Meets SKCora Monday of every
■noiitli. Hall upstairs,’ opposite
lie Town Hall. Visiting brethren
U'vaJs a’ade W'elcbnie, ■
‘--few4B»s— . f. cantelon; w. m.
A. -M. TODD, Secy. C. TWEEDY, D. M.
>Hiri 'l gTWTini'BWMMMm—■ Ml I II ■
ijl CAMPION, Barrister, Attorney, Solicitor in
21. Cnuieury,-Conveyancer,: ite. Office oxer
’or.Un’s Druy'Store,-the rooms formerly‘Occu-
ried by Judge .Doyle, .
T-9* Any .nilfdiit of money to loan'at lowest
>Wof interest. 1-ly.
3uictioiimhg.
PSpOLlilG WACGOU FOB SALE.
i.liT FOR DUY.OoflWOK aEOCERY i Hu«i.;
’ noss, . In..good order; only been in use two
seasons. Apply to " ■
■ : • ; ■ R, COATS cl- SON. •
Clinton, March 25th, 1885. 331
H. W. BALL,
1 UCTlONEEiL for Hur m County. Sales at- i'X. tijn.ljj t> ia'-tny part of. the County. Ad-
i ress orders to G.Odkiucii P. O. V-17,
ail.lliLTDN, . ' •
. A..UCTLONEEih‘lAJjil; loiui and insuratjee .igajlt
'A. Blytli. -Saiesi dttondail in town-aiHhitMiiifryt
>11 reasonable terms.. A Irst of-farjns and village.,
,„lqts for.ii^le. Money 'to loan on real estate,- at
MT- low rated ot interort. . Insurance elfectcd on all.
classes of property. Notes and debts collected.
Goods appraised, .mJ sold >11 eoniimssion. Hunk-
riipt stocks bought'and sold.
Blvth. Dee. 10, 1880 .
-- J,: E. BLAOKALL,
Veterinary. Surgeon,
k '.-aduate of the Ontario Veterlhary College, To
I> ront>, Invin4 opiiud an o.liw in Gliiiton.is «,
k prepared to trait all’diseases of domestic! .'
aninr.ils on the most m-idepi prin« ‘ - j-.
ciples. . All operations Carefully * * 1"
performed.nndeallsprompt*-
ly attended’to bi’any or
1 - . ' jiiglit. Feos moderate
a- SPLENDID CHANCE’ —For sale I *- or. easj. tetnis the east half of Lot 15, on.
the ilrd Concession, and tlie snath half of Lot lb,
on theAth'Conceisio.ii. townslrip of Llullett, con
taining 10 ) acres, SO. cl aired and under fenCe,;ai'id
47 acres in irrass, the balance well.timbered.- The
soil is g ><>d and well watered. ’ There is nil excel
lent, frame djve'.ling house-, also frame barn 36x50
with othi-r necessary stables and sheds. Also,
two good bearing orchards, containing the best
■gi’aftetl-4ikuitr-?tlt-ris-;ii-+ui4e.'Y-froiiir-yiinW»—and-7-
fj’om $e iforth, with good g-iaivel roads leading to '
each, li not sold by the loth September it vVill
lie- rented. Apple on the premises .or- address
■Clinton I1. O. \VM. McMlLLAN. 351—tf - "
' JT.ARM FOILSALE’ -t'I’«E U NDER-
-L SIG E.) ,4furs fof sale, together Or .silpat.
atei.t., on te ins to suit purchaser, lot 21 and part
Of lot Zj,,con.l5l(lodurieb township, 3 miles frmii
(,'lintarr, consistiug3>f~ljtO-aeVcs, 125 cleared, baL
ai'ice l> irdwooibtimber, chiellj maple. Both lots-
•arc well wiered.' Cmhfoitable framejriwiise1;
barn 48x0') with stables unden’ieatli, also other,
outbuildings. Good and large orchard, 200 elioieo
apple and a variety oi other-fruit trees. Apply
on the premises to '
‘oraddfess S^G. .P GUMM Elf,
350—tf - P- Clinton P.O.
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.
rpilE undersigned offers, for sale his House and
1 Lot on Queen street, Clinton. .The, house is
• •newly bihltf-six rooms, three upstairs and three
.down; hard.amVsoft water; good'eellar. Situate
in rising and ..healthy locality. Terms.easy.
Apply on tlie premises or address .Clinton. L’ O.
327 tf ' • ., JOSIIHA IIWNER
Clinton P. O.
t • Office,—1st door West of K«n-
“Ifad
CLINTON.
; Life - Size. Portraits a.. Sneoialty.
Clinton Marble Works,
HURON STREETj CLINTON.
A
>. R. COOPER, Jr.,
Manufacturer of and dealer fa-all kinds of ■
Marble & Granite for Cemetery
Work at figures that defy coinpotition
rr
cox^cxr,u
STOCK. BROKERS,
TORONTO,
MEMBERS TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE,
■ Have. Independent direct wire, by
which-New. York continuous Stock
quotations are received more rapid
ly than by any other source. .
Buyainl sell on coinniinsioii, for cash, or on
margin all securities dealt-in on the
Toronto, ill011 treat, an<l New.
York Stock Exchanges. '
Also execute orders In Grain and Provisions on
the Ohicago^lJoard of Trade. ’ .
’ Daily cable'1 quotations' of ifadsoli’s Bay and
other stocks, •
2(1 TORONTO STIR,EKT.
TCTTHE public.
.' ■” •• • -i.—. * ‘' ;. ■
but what interests
across the line, in this
interests our Canadian
His views and ’figures^are
such as our farmers would do'well
to ponder oyer.
A COMMON SENSE VIEW.
-Also manufacturer of the Celeb rated
Abtifioial Stone lor.Building’pur
noses and Cemetery Work, which>nust
•ie seen to be appreciated.—All work
warranted to give satisfaction,
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H* BEACON’S
miasm stoss
OPPOSITE KAOEY’S, .
ALBERT STREET, CLINTON, ONT,
Boderich Marble Works
Ordered /W ork
A SPECIALTY.
REPAIRING
r HAVE appointed MR. WJtJhT GORDON, as
L Wonoral Agcfttof the Goderich-Marblo Weeks
fortho County <R Hdron,
Joseph Vanstone
, , , _ . ProprietorGoderich,Fob.G, W3. . »’ ,
CITY PAINT SHOP.
COPP & LOGAN,
Decorators,
■ . aw*
klnda of HOUSE, SIGN AND 6RNA-
MENTAL PAINTING, Paper Hanging and Dceor-
atlfigiipno In the Latest Stylo.
Frescoin^r^ Kalsoliihiing, Hags,
feffof t placecT"t1re:..y ield ' at'’=oT2, 000,'000 '
with 40,000,000 on hand from the crop of
1883. ■ Add these amounts together and
'we will learn the total amount of wheat
that -this country has had during the last
. two years i '
■' From old crop at the begin- .
ni ng of the harvest oil884 40,000,-000
_•'Total yield'of 1884... ... .. 512,000,000
Total yjeld of 1885 (deduct- '
' ' ‘ ing nothing ’ for spring
. . -wheat damage).357,000,000.
7’TTntaT'fd'i'’tw,o, years,. .■... .'. 909,000,0.00
Deduct, from’this ..total of' 909,000,000
the. amount required for lforne consumption
and lor seed, namely, 700,000,000 for two
years,-and the 132,000,000'exported last'
year, and .we. have, remaining for export
anil far carrying oyer but 77,000,000.” .
... ..Tliercl'ore,- iL-we_expor.f-lia.l.f..as_amuili_
s^5y?S!,?M!-w.e«did last year,' we shall, not
have a* bushel left at the beginning of the
. haiwest of.1886,-ail'd, should the crop of
1886-.be no. larger than the crop of .1885,
we shall be importing'wheat within eight
een months, and it would be selling at
famine prices.' In^ 1833 we -imported
wheat; in 1865 we ’again imported -wheat,.
besides bringing it. across the. Isthmus
.from Calil'OruTST'and it sold at $4 per.bush-
<11 in Nev,’ York. In 1881, on the short
ciop, wheat sold at '§1,40 iiy Chicago and
■at §1.60 in New York. The-questio'n iiow
naturally iirises as to. whether the foreign
cleinanqis likely' to be. decreased, or whether
it.;will Tie large. There is up country in
the world that lias'a full average crop; iind
juaoy^:(aiiLutifaLffi.LlJ'aJi.belc w. theuaveragei-
France aiid:England have greatly .reduced
tlreiravcriige by turning their wheat-ficilds
into pastil res',for sheep and Rattle, thereby
•realizing .better ' jfirQftis' than they could '
lipin raising wheat; which in the -years
1884 And 1885 sold at a lower price than in"'
a hundred years. England’s, acreage is de- .
.creased- irdm 15,000,000 to 20,000,000'
' bushels, and France 35,000,000 on-acreage
affne. . ‘
'Mr. Hpt.eh then quotes from the
,London Miller which says :
.“The English potato crop is considered
a failure; France is expecting a shtirt crop
’ of wheat, while accounts" m>nt southern
Russia show little to spare in that . line..’1,■
Andi then adds : “Russia’s 'shortage from
drought and blight is rejiorted as anywhere-
from 5.0,000,000 to 100,000/000.. The loss
■ of the erops in Russia have advanced gold
to a preinium of 15 to 20 :p‘er cent; already
ill .southern Russia. Again, '■ the ryJ.Crop
.. ;«L .Russia,. Germany, Austria, and Prussia
is fearfully damaged.- Mfour foreign news
is true, the sl10l ti!tJe dr breadstuff's iii Eng
land, France, Germany, and America is
nearly'500,000,000 busliels, for jn Russia
and Geimanv rye forms the staple food,: as
'wheat docs in this country. ■ Now,'with
tlie fact of this shortage in foreign eomitries,
it js very poor policy for. the American
fai mor to part with liis wheat at the pre
vailing low prices, when therejs certain to
be a scarcity of wheat within twelve
months. The short crop of 1881 made'
money for the farmer who held his'wheat
aujl foi tiro speculator,who bought. "’The
losers were tho farmers who rushed their
. ’Wheat to market and the hears who sold
JL’BhliEL.XJQt 1and.1881 the, crops were
abundant; The farmers had' more wheat
than they -needed for hom'e consumption
or foi;.foreign dumand. ‘Hence the*large1'
supply of.wheat on hand. Tim wheat in
sight amounts tb say 40,0(10;OOQ busliels
at all point. This 40,000,000 bitshels is
• the.great biigbear,. The press of the coun
try, with but few exceptions, has boon
loud in its advice to the farmers to sell-
tlieif wljcat ut any price. It points to tlio.
40,000,000 bushels in sight and .harps o«
the fact that the foreigners arc not taking
any of our -wheat,. It will be a blessing’if
the foreigners continue ‘‘not-> to take any
Of our wheat" at these prices. If the.
.farmers arc WiHing to give their wheat
away it hml better0 be to our own country-*
men, for if it goes abroadnve shall have to-
buy it back at higher, .rates. When a
jnei’.d)ant.Jias..a.Jarge stock of .goods, on
hand at low prices, and he' finds that the
mills which .produced the goods .have been
destroyed,, rendering their production -im
possible for twelve,months, he is in no'
burry to dispose ol nis accumulation at the
low'rates he purchased them at. He keeps
thoin for ft So wlifth- 'itbc fftrnicr tin*
derstands that there is not enough wheat
to go around, and that no more can be
produced for twelve months, ho- should be-
in no hurry to, part with his supply at
present -low prices. . By waiting-lie will
get his own price for it. Nor should ho bo
disturbed over tlio fact that tho foreigners
cannot see .behind our “40,000,000' in
sight." England has become so accustom
ed to buying of us from hand to mouth by
cable, and having tho wheat delivered, on
her shores within thirty' days, that she
does not,realize that a shortage in our crops
means “no more wheat at these prices" fof
her, Tho farmers of the United.Kingdom
and France,' by holding their wheat sixty
days, will find that the “lowest price in a
hundred yearn' is a thing of the past.-
They can got 45s. to 50s. for their wheat,
instead of. the 32s. to 36s, that they arc
now receiving, if they will have a littlo
fcationoc. Tho amount on passage is
rapidly diminishing, and tho home sup
plies will soon be sought after at better
prices.
v Of all the farmer’s possessions to-day not
Oft* WmnUftK in tWAf. nwd n ya? wy-k
? ■
. It is a hopeful sign for the
temperance cause td. find a leading
religious newspaper' which takes a
common sense view xjf the way' to-
promote it. The Christian Union,
a journal of large circulation and
wide.influence, has come .out strong
ly against the policy of either'.State
or national-prohibition. - Believing
that the disease of intemperance is
primarily moral, it bolds that -the
remedy must be primarily moral;
Last week we re-puhlished a letter
signed “Irishman” on x*The French
ami Louis Riel,” taken from Man,.
an Ottawa journal published in the
interests of science, hygiene and so-*
cial and domestic economy, We’
now giVe the views of the editor, Dr.
Play ter, regarding Rid which
not in thorough sympathy with his
correspondent.
“Riel htts proved himself one of
most troublesome men of the age, and it
will be well M hen he has been disposed
-of. It is simply monstrous that the ques
tion of carrying out in his case the death
penalty in accordance with the law of the
country and lhe verdict of his feljow-men
should be"Efa3e'a soTTornaiidnal one,’"of"
a religious or po'itical one It. is hardly
a question-of justice, for if men from men
are- to receive justice who will be the
judges, or who wi 1 escape judgement?
It is rattier than any thing else a question
of humanity—of preventing in the future
such crime's as Riel has been guilty of.
The evidence was largely in favor of in
sanity in the creature, bunot unbiased
man can seriously believe that he is not
entirely responsible for his.. ac.tB. Is
tliefe'nd way of deterring such men other
than that of taking life ? The question
of the wisdom of capital punishment is
an unsettled one On tfee^whole, we be
lieve criminals are too well used—too
tenderly and considerately treated, and
the lasli with ordinary criminals should
be more freely employed. The taking of
human life is indeed a most serious mat
ter.- And though we could not suggest
any other way oi disposing of this unfor
tunate being, taking al] the- points into
consideration, we should be rather- dis
posed .to question' the wisdom of hanging
him.”’ ’. ■ -
"anT^jljaF’legEn^farce"^an!njF!IoDly''
subsidiary Moreover, fft sees and'
declares that the right of a com
munity to prohibit any traffic which
experience has proved to, be in
jurious, is limited' in all free coun
tries by the public sentiment of the
.community.' It points out, that
“there is no' more power in law than
there? is in the public sentiment
whfah is behind;it,” and it recalls
~tlfa:interesting fact that coristitu
tioiial prohibition was tried^aud-
failed more.-than two centuries ago,'
the Constitution of Virginia in 1676
“forbidding the sale of wines and
ardent spirits,. d?*s'pite which drink-?
ing. went on. just the same. It
warns.’ the advocates of- temperance
that they cannot secure the co-opera-
lipn of law uibiding citizens .by in
tolerant attacks-and “by putting in
: the Same ebndem nation th exilian who.
drinks a glass of "beer or wine for-his;
dinner, as his father did before him,
and the .tnan wljo befuddles his
brain by swilling beer by the barrel
or fires it by drinking whiskey by;
'the bottle. '
PRESS OPINIONS.
■. . Montreal Witneis, Grit.. . :. . . —»
. There seems to be one rich poor
man in pur Parliament—only one.
.The honorable Alexander, Macken
zie has rebuked the whole of his
own'party, as well as his opponents;
by refusing the five hu'ndr«d dollars
addition to . liis sessfonar aTlowance.
Impracticable -men ■ embarrassed
with principles havii i^p. couifortahh*
pl ace' ui our poll t i cal/sys Le iii. ‘W h at. '
-q,ar-ty, for instance, could think of
following a man who thus puts-to
shame about ai grab of five hundred
dollars. They will' cherish -the
grudge against' him forever. But
the country' will r'ev.erence Alexan
der Mackenzie,
and act according to the customsand
teachings ofjtheir French forefathers,
and not us Canadians, They scarcely
realise that the strength of a nation
is established by justice, and« they
have no patriotism that values ifit?
good Of Canada bel’ore the whims of
Quebec. The remaining provinces
have long conceded much: to the fri
volpus character of the people of
Quebec, but they, will not always
submit to itsjdictation. There must
come an eha to it somewhere. The
blood of many Canadian soldiers calls
fof^ustice and the execution of Riel.
Only the cowardice of very short
sighted policy pleads for his reprieve.
Canada has to decide whether it will
by ruled oy judicial reason or by sen
timent. * “ '-
The Exodus Officially Exploded-
The"Washington Government has
practically conceded- the point that
the American statistics relating to
emigration from Canada/ar.e worth
less,' as always contended for by the
Conservatives, and have been utterly
unreliable as 'statistics of.the' volume
of immigration.- .The exposure by
Mr.-Lowe, and tlie testimony of Mr.
Irw.in, shamed the., Port Huron offi
cials into some semblance of a rpgard
for probabilityj^and President Cleve--
land has now publicly disavowed the
•whofa;disgraceful business'." In-the
retu.rns of tfie immigration for -July,
1 published at Washington on the29t.h'
ult., the disavowal is made in the
following significant language -;—■ ■ •
‘As there is no law of Congress for
the collection of statistics of ' immi
gration' by ..railway cars .and otlier
land vehicles across our frontier, it
-is found impracticable to enumerate
the immigrants by- railway, except-
„a.t„_t.he„'.p£LrJtjL._oi\.D_eti,oi.t and Port
Huron. .The delay in ferrying the
-traiuAiicixissUhejfami^at^heseqfai n ts-
has to some^extent facilitated the
efforts of collectors, while examining
,;tbe baggage of passengers,-to dis.
criminate. betweeh.,mere* passengers
arid bona fide immigrants, and in a
measure enabled them to procure-
-information, ns to the number and
-snationality of the latter. The stat
istics., of immigration from the Do
minion along the ^entire....frontier
being thus rendered very defective,
isnend forther
-' Ilcimiltan Speetator. ,
The St Paul liar, who lias, for
Some time been dormant—paralvzbd
by the superior energy of the Win
nipeg-war.correspondent,has resunit'd
business ai the old stand. He.tele
graphs till over the country tirac a
heavy frost hud struck the Canadian
Northwest, and the corps wen- ruin
ed. The ntorv -is Untrue.- There
WftS no IroSt that. d 1 d any da 1 eage.
There Was^thply^am UiTUStiaTMUiipIy
pi the ozone that makes the climate
•of' Manitoba so delightful summer
and winter—that was all. These
frost stories from St. Paul me very
coiurnon. S-unetimes they are pro-
. mulgated for-the. purpose of helping
the,boys hi a little wheat deal that
threatens* to be disastrous. .And
sometimes they, are made out of -a
desire to encourage emigi ants to
keep away from Manitoba, ani set-
tie in the famous cyclone' belt * of
'Minnesota, ‘Always they are un
true.
fWriting on ‘Obscene Journalism
the Phtladed’elphia Sunday Times'.-
“Wbether or not the newspapers do
more than reflect the prevailing
public taste, it does sometimes seem
that a little more attention is-given
to the scandalous and sensational as1-
pacts’of tgqntemporary life than is
absolutely necessary. Take yester
day’s issue of the New York Tribune,
for example,-which claims to be “a
paper for the best people.” Two of
the leading articles on the first page
■—tlie third being an account of the
riot in Paris—were about the suicide
of a young woman and the attempt
ed suicide of a map. The most pro
minent of the secondary articles re
lated to a school girl's suicide, the
shooting of a man “by an enraged
husband,” four other murders, a rob
bery, a forgery, and the tarring and
feathering bf a scandalmonger—this
past the,most agreeable item of tho
C’urinus Currency,
NEGRO SIAMESE.
Provincial Happenings.
Mr, Win. Atkiuson, LiverpooJ-st.,
Guelpli, baa rather a strange phen
omena in his garden at present, being
a tree which has ripe apples, on one
side and a few blossoms on the otlier
The Arthur jBaferpme says; A
disease known as the ‘bTack quarter,1*
has made its appaarance in, several
places throughout the adjoining town
ships’. feAJtgr. being attacked- cattle
only last a few hours, To avdid
further Joss the carcass should’ be
carefully’'burue<l or buried.
The Lindsay Post tells of a servant
girl in the employment of Mr. McKib-
. bon, just north of that town, who took
a hand at binding last week. She
• was* quite an adept; and’ Challen-ged^
'four young men who were also bind-^
ing to a contest. She wont in on her
muscle and beat them all ; aud it was
hot her bept.day for binding either.
What demand that girl .will be in
now ! '
- A young faanmained Edward Jack-
son, Toronfa, undertook to‘drive a
horse out of the yard, when.it kicked
him with.both hind feet, breaking
both his jaw bones, knocking out
seven or eight teeth, split his tongue,
and nearly knocked one of his eyes
out. A doctor put half a', dozen
stitches in- his tongue, and dressed
lus other injuries. But nothwith-
stauding/ every effort on the part of
his medical attendant, he gradually
~sailk~iind died. .
“^M:a'hitdBaiiffarmerrow’asisharper^
ihg a stake with aff axe, .when a flash
of lightning ' accompanied by a single
clap of thunder came from the only
cloud-visible, a small- one immediate?
ly overhead. The bolt struck the
head of .the axe, splitting if into Fwo
■pieces and breaking the handle. The
farmer was knocked to the ground in
sensible, but speedily recovered, and
upon searching about found the frag
ments of his axe forced deeply into
the groundl' ' .
On -the afternoon of Thursday fas|
tw.o, men named Wm. Gridw.ood and
Samuel. Hurst went to thefanbuse- of
Airs. Baxter, Owen Sound, and forced
Dr. G. D. Paschal, of Hurtsboro,
Georgia, &as called to attend a negro
woman on Mr. H. Ben Ferrell’s
plantation. Arriving there he found
the woman in confinement. Sho
finally gave birth to pt phild1," or to
children, we hardly know which.
The child had two fuller developed
heads on two fully-developed necks.
Both heads were covered with hair
and each face presented distinct fea*.
tares. There was only one body,
but with two entirely distinct fronts,
both showing it was two males, it
had three legs, four arms -and fam*’
hands, with one arm having a foot,
on one side and a hand on the other.
The child was still-born, but whs
fully developed and weighed ten or
twelve pounds. On account of not
having alcohol, or ice Avith which to
buried,
quit C1TUII-ALL.
About 80.000 deaths have occurred Io
Spain from cholera The deaths in one
day last week were 719, new cases 1,233.
Big snow* storm in Dakota, last Satur- ’
day. The outlook for grain is gloomy
in the extreme. Four-fifths of all the
crops are cut, and the bu'k is lying on
the ground healing and growing. Much
that is stacked is being destroyed, even
for feed. Practicallv, no threshing has
beert done yet, and it, begins to look us
though there will be nothing to thresh
The medical men of Montreal have re-,
corded their decided approval of vaccina
tion'. for email pox, one crank, Dr.
Ooderre. dissenting. About 13 new
cases a day has been the average for last
week.
The steamer Watyula cleared at Du-
.lu.Ui,AIinp., jon Saturday for Buffalo with
20,9 >0 barrels of flour from Minneapolis—
the largest cargo vet floated on any of
the great lakes. The cargo will nil 160
. freight care.
A MENAGERIE IN HIS STOMACH "
Dr. Robles, of the Chicago marine
hospital, tells of a singular occur',
rence in connection with ..gn opera-,
tion recently performed at the hospit
al, Sonic time, ago a sailor applied
for admission, He was tab, latik,
anfFcadaveromr,- and 'was' suffering,
froiii an almost perpetual’ pain iti his
stomach. At times lie would b«
seized with ' frightful convulsions,
and 'noihiug seemed to allay his
.sufferings but' food. He had. a
ravenous appetite, and could eat a
hearty meal ,a dozen times a day.
The doctors, after a long course’^of
treatment,- succeeded in taking from
the man a tape warm, and also a
snake thirteen inches long resembl
ing a monstrous angle worth. - The
physicians weresomewha.t astonished
at’-finding so str mge a resident as
the snake in the man’s stomach, but
they were quite dumfounded by the-
startling phenomenon that presented
itself'.soon after. While examining
<t.be^r.ep tile~th e^physiGians^ifOund..
that it was actually giving birth to
another claithanf.far the vast quan
tity of food devoured by the unfotS
lunate Jack tar. They could account
for the appearance of the snake in the
man’s stomach, but ' that a reptile
which when-quite Small .had found
its'way.-tliere should increase to dts
.present’ size and also have young
was a problem which, they were
unable to'solve,
Alleged Small-Pox Cure.
par.agrftplLwa3_el.ipt..
ped from a British paper printed
over twenty years ago : —An effect'
ual, remedy for small-pox is said to
Have been recently found by a
Burgeon, of the Britisli _army in
China. The mode of tiealment is
as follpws :—When the preceding
fever is at its height, and just before
the eruption appears, the chest is
rubbed v»4Ui-cr-oton oil and-tartaric
ointment, This causes the whole of
the eruption to appear on that part
of-the body,.to the relief of the rest.
It-also-secures a full and complete
eruption, and thus prevents the
disease from attacking the internal)
organs.
mode of treatment in the English
army in China, and is regarded as a
perfect cure. ■
(Questions Illi
dsk the most enuMnlphysidanr.
Of imy wthooh what Is tha best thing ill
the woiid for ifclUying all irritation of tha
norvea, arid, curing all forms of jirivwM
cowplaiiits, giving natural, child'iko r«*
freshing sleep always ?
And they will tell you uuliesitatingly
“Some form of Hops I f 1
CUAPTEft i, ,
Ask any or all of tha most eqilhent phyi^
aicians: " Q
“What is the bdjy remedy that cmM .
rolled on to cure hlTdisews of the kidnayil
and urinary organs ; Bright’s diseaso, dia
betes, retention, or inability to retaid
urine, and all the diseases and ailmunti
peculiar to women”— ■
'And they will tell you explicitly an4
emphatically “Budiu III"
Ask the sable physicians.
“What is the most reliable and suhst
elire for all liver diseases or dyspepsia;
constipation, indigestion, biliousnes-', mal.-
aria, fever, ague, fee., ” and they will tell
you .Mandrake I or Danddion lilt
Renee, when these i-eitiediea are emrtWd'
eu with, others equally valuable,
And compounded into Hop Bitters, such
a wonderful and. mysterious curative
power is develofiad, which is so varied id
itb operations that lio disease or ill health
can possibly exist or resist its power, and
yet it is
Harmless for tile most frail woman,
weakest invalid or smallest child to use
CHAPTER I.
“Patients”
r. “Almost dead, or nearly dying"
For years, and given up by physicians;
of Bright's and other kidney diseases,
liver complaint,* severe coughs, called
consumption, have been cured ,
H'onwn pone nearly crazy 111 | I
From agony, of neuralgia, nervousness,
-'wakefulness, and various diseases, peculiar ,
to women.
People diAWn- out of shape from excru
ciating pangs of rheumatism, inflamma
tory and chronic;- orunflei-ing from scrofu
la. •
Erysipelas, .
“Salt rheum,-blood poisoning, dyspepsia;
Andigestion, ..and,. ju.RcK^lmosf^ilLdBr
eases frail” .
, Nature is heir to - , , . r-
.Have been cured by Hop Bitters, pfdi’t •
of which can be found in eV’ery neighbor
hood in the known world.
ASrNonn^g'-’iiuine without a bunch of
green Hops on the white lubvl, Shnh all
tlm vile, poisonous stuff with “Hop” cF
“Hops" itr their name. ’• 354-4t
. __ A J)oui>lc Mnrfleir.
A most peculiar case of Rouble
murder is reported from Effingham; '
county of Monck, ■‘■Ontario, Aiexs
Easterbee killed bis wife, aged about'
18, and buried her Within fifteen feet
UUI ULlUUlUllg U11C IHU'IUU.1 | ,
This is now the established . of housechey had been living in:
publication of them until the subject'
can| be ’investigated—by a special
agent of the Treasury for that pur
pose, and until a more effective
system, either by means of law or
otherwise, can be devised -for an en
umeration which shall be less incom
plete and misleading and more wor
thy of- confidenc and, official publi
cation.’ ,
Canada's Duty to Herself.
When the prejudices ofe party are
thrown aside, and the calm,reason of
an impartial and intelligent writer
surveys the Riel case ^untrammelled
by the net Wo.rk of political wire pul
lers, something like the -following,
_ wliicji „„w.e take frojnv ihe Chicago';
JNews, is the outcome. •
In the cas'd' 'of-Ridl, Canada has to
decide whether law and justice or
sentiment and bigotry shall be the
prevailing s.pirit in Its public affairs.
His sentence has excited an outburst
of'French sympathy in the province
.of4Quebec and given rise,to nervous
misgivings in England.- But no one
can soberly question that he has de'
served the fate pronounced1, and -no
lone pretends t6 say that any other
sentence would be the legal, just, and
appropriate punisament for the
Crime he has committed. Riel him?
self had no grievance which might
have lent a color of-justification to
his participation in the insurrection^
When first asked to join the rebels
he replied that he wjG an American
citizen. As an American citizenGie
had no right to engage in an armed'
rebellion against Canada. His share
in the war. which followed'was there
fore . purely voluntary, and- as its
active leader his responsibility
clear and unavoidable. There is fid
thing in bis case that can justify’* ho
Sympathy of a loyal Canadian. The
clatfiour for his reprieve that conies
from the French of Quebec is the
symptom of the dost dangerous poli
tical sore itb the Dominion body pol
itic. It askA that his sentence be
commuted because of the French
blood that runs’in his restless body
and- excites his irrepressible mind.
.Sooner or later the Dominion govern
moot will learn that every additional
concession made to thtfACntiment or
cupidity of the province of Quebec
brings the confederation nearer to
its own destruction. The mistake of
recognizing two nationalities in one
nation by tin terms of the union has
bred infinite inisebief zrom the start.
admittance. A couple of neighbor
womOn came in to belp.Mrs. Baxter
to get them out, when Hurst seized
one of them (Airs. Jaffrey/ by the hair
.and dragged her out. to the street”,1
w|iere.-a.scuffle ensued. Mrs.Baxter,
Mrs. iffcGill and Mis,b Scram all went
. to her assistance, and some of them
■ tackled GridwooiL 'The'result was a-
general melee, in which llurst bit
Airs'. Jaffrey ,s finger and inflicted a
stab with a knife on Miss Scram, the
Wound fortunately being a. slight one,
Us- the', knife was stopped by a rib,
Both the meh were arrested, and came
before the Magistrate for triaC On
■Tuesday. Tli'ey Were convicted and
each sentenced to twentb-four hours
in gaol for the assault on Mrs. Baxter
and iWrs. McGill; while for the wouhd,-
ing-of Mrs,.Jaffrey, and Miss Scram,
Hui-fit was sentenced to two years in
Penitep tiary and G rid wood to one
•^wrtFLRq'CeiT^alRTlsGni^^
’Mrs. Wright, of Windsor, gathered
mushrooms On-the commons one ftfter-
"noori, and not knowing very well the
appearance: of the ’ edible tungus-
growth she picked' a few toadstools'
'luld'-put''thcm'-inhcr-basket.--- She-
did not■ discover her . mistake, .and
"cooked the poisonous toadstools With
the mushrooms. Her husband and
Jour small children complained, that
the stew had a bitter-taste, and so
tliey’ate only a few spoonfuls, but Mr.
Wright partook of three or four of the
.supposed mushrooms. An hour after
breakfast while &he .-was alone-with
.iitJF’children, Mrs.-Wright was taken
sick, and experienced violent pains in
• the. stomach. , Tlie children called
in ouo of .the neighbors, and Dr. Cov
entry was summoned, but before he
reached the house Mrs. Wright was
'writhing iii pain on the bed,. He gave
hei; an emetic which at first seemed
to have no effect, and her condition
for an hour was precarious.- Moro
emetics were" given, and finally her
stomach was relieved- of its contents.''
By working incessantly....-the doctor
. alleviated .the pain, and at ten o'clock'
pronounced-her out of danger. Mr.
' .Wright and the children felt the
effects of the-poisonous dish, but did
not eat enough to requite medical at
tendance.
The residence of Mrs.^Patterson, at
Port Hope was entered by a burglar.,
Miss Patterson had occasion to go up
stairs to her bedroom w.hiin^h^ found
a man there, * She
and they saw feet sticking out -from
under the bod Mr. T. L. Wilson,
who lives opposite, was called, and
with Mil Moise J. Whith’and-J. Don
ohue, went in and hauled Mr. Burglar
■ out by the heels. Thofelow cried and
made such a pitiable tale that the
hearts of his captors were so moved
' they lot him off, Now comes the se
quel, MiSs-'Trisycs had a party of
young people At her father's residence,
Pine street, the same evening. About
half-past eleven o’clock One of the
young gentlemen at. tne party, -had
. occasion to eo into tho bed-room when
hq. found,a mgn there before him.
Ho -was . asked what ho Was- doing
there,, and as he -equid not give a
satisfactory, account of himself, was
detained and Constable Reynolds;
sent for and took Mr, ’ Burglar,- who.
proved, to be the same -penitent in
dividual that had a few hours pre
viously bbon hauled by the heels from
tinder Miss Patterson’s b,od. w The
.entry had been made by placing a
board against the window and climb*
ing up. Tho man was brought before
the beak and remanded* He gave
his name as John Lynes, a horse
trainer, and said ho was an American.
Ho no doubt will got a lengthened
term ..in the central prison for his little
diversion, ,
discovery near Jerusalem. .
A remarkable iponolith; Supposed
paft of an old altar, was about two
years, ago discovered by Mr. Schick .
-at a deserted site called Marmeta,'
(possibly ;t.he long missed Arima-
tiiea.) about.a.uiile to the east pf the
Jewish Refuges Aid Soctetyfasettle
ment; at Artouf. Happening about
a’Jortnight ago to bear from one of
the Artouf settlers that a stone
somew'liat similar had been noticed
by him on a hillside to the west of
Artouf, and that he'had pointed out-
the same to the Socitityfsr clerk, Mr. •
“GwHati(iii, J , on FriclH^KI ty 8, T8B.5,"
visited the spot indicated in the com-*
(may „oL the 3aroii-Tvqn“--H'8tntoff7'
(who just their happened to be on a
visit to the Settlement,).' and we
found to our great satisfaction not a
loose monolith like the Marmeta
stone, but an actual rock-altar with.
■steps.' I have sent a'sketch of this
to MU~Besant. I have also placed
the orignai rough drawing from
which that sketch was made, in the,
hands of the Rev. -A. H. ;Kelk, the
-headofr the-Lr-JrST-Fftl’estine-—Mis-- ■
sion. This newly discovered altar,
which, measuring as the crow- flies,
is only about a quarter of a mile
distant from Zorah* (now" tialleii
Sura’a), the home of Manoab aijd
the birthplace of Samson (Sura’a is.
in full-view.on a hill top overlooking'
tfie spot); has on its flat top hollows,
connected by grooves,’ like those, on
M,r.. Schick’s Marmeta stone*. It
stands, at present, four or five feet
above ground, hut as some heavy
stone blocks, which we tried in vain
•to move, and. a good deal of earth lies
around the base, if would hardly -be
safe tp state any measurements ■ as
yet. The monument is much batter
ed and weather-worn,. ilinujgiiAif.h0.ri_
wise in a very fair state of preserva-
:^rdm7jrW2ffetFivrzorl23bt it be*t1m
rdRirtiCftW’rock*-altar bfa^HMairoalr
(Judges xiii, 19, 20), I cannot help
tljiiikifig that the mere fact of its ex
istence in such close proximity to
Zorah is suggestive, and certain tn
awaken the interest of Bible readers.
E. llanaiter in the AtKen^
ceum. ’' ,
Women in Politics.
. At the fast local election .in Mon-”
tanaTthere were four women in the
field running far county superintend
ent of public instruction, and, like
■the other sex, ran on. the straight-
out political tickets, either as Ifatmb-,
licans,- Democrats, or Ind^pondepra.'.
That canvas, when the girls took the/
stump against their male competit
ors, was one pf the most amusing
things thdt ever happened.
Miss Clark, in Lewis and Clarke
county, is-not only a lalented young
lady, but also an expert politician.
By the votes- of the hoys she got
there all right, and left her antagon
ist far in the-rear, a dazed and. de
feated candidate.^- / ■ :. . . .
In Mdagher.county two girls were
pitted against each other, and. the
fight wa3 quite lively. ,Miss ..Darcy
was the candidate far the Unwashed
Democrats, while Miss Nichols-
mustered with the republican boys.
In .the fight broomsticks, hairpins,
bustles, etc, were the weapons used,
and for a while it was beyond the
prophecy of man to foretell which
destructive -weapon would be most
formidable and death-dealing. It
Was; hard to tell, which- One of the
young ladies was the handsomest,
but at a distance everybo.by- presus -
med that they were both, .lovely.
Weverybody Aoted^.fas- .every-,
bo^y. should, and. Mjiss-Darcey won
the .day/ . but her defeated rival
claimed, and justly, too, that, her
defeat reflected in ■ no way person
ally upon herself, as Meagher coiiilty
was, and always had been, Demo-*
crafic. : .
Tn Gallatin county Miss JTamil-
ton announced herself as an
Independent candidate. One of
Galfatin county papers, the organ
and backer of Mfai^Hatn’iTton, came
.out,a day Or two. before, the elec
tion as follows; ■....; - -....- -
‘•Jianiilton ; enters the . field
against the odds' of regular party
nomination. Hamilton has. . got
sand, and she will z.stay «until the
polls close, Hamilton should be
elected. She says she isn’t afraid of
road agents, and' that .education is
her forte ; also-that it would . afford
her pleasure to hop around from one
country school house to another in
the performance of her duty. The
men pf Gallatin are confounded
inean if they don’t ruii Hamilton in.’
Nevertheless, Hamilton was de-
feated, and Gallatin county has a
male superintendent of .public
instruction, * >-•
weiisides, of the veterinary
Department of tlio .Ontario College
of Agriculture, has been in Colches-
ler. township, Essex county, for
several, days investicafiTig—-tfie bog
cholefa. He pronounces, it genuine
dholera. About 75 percent. of the
hogs-affected die. Greifa. loss has
accrued to the* farmers of South
Essex, as already over 1,000 hogs
have'died _> or been killed. The
disease is very virulent and -appears
to bespreadingbetween Amherstburg,
and Kingsville. The orily known
preventative is to-feed Carbolic acid.
A few days ago a young lady, the
daughter-. of*a clerk in theG. T. IL
Co., Was walking with Sdme compan
ions.in the neighborhood of Notre
Dame and Champlain.streets, Mont
real, when they met throe French-
Canadian women, the face of one
being covered with the pustules of
small* pox; The young lady and her
companions stepped asid^ to allow
them to pass, when the woman with
the spiallspox called out, “What!
frightened i l’l|. let you see I” and
running at the young lady she lifted
her up in her arms, tubbed thepuss
tnles on her face against the young
lady's ch^ek, and then walked.away
laughing, while the yj^M^dvfairfa
W. H. Ramsay,, wholesale liquor
dealer, of Toronto, Was’ recently.fined
$50 and costs for soiling through a
local agent in the county of Simcoe,-
five gallons Of whiskey; ,
Mrs. Vanderplank of Greenpoint
had been visiting • her sifter, Mrs.
Stetson, a housekeeper employed'by
Matthew Smith in Flushing, Long
Island. One riiorning she expected
her husband, who had written lier of
his .intended visit. WhiJii the 10
o’clock train arrived and her husband
did not come, she became disconso
late and - madoXrequent- comments
on what she though], was neglect on
his part. 'Shortly before noon slfa
held a-large five-chambered revolver
to her breast, fired, and fell back
dead.. Mrs, Vanderplank was but
30 years of age and remarkably pre
possessing in appearance. She leave's
a husband arid three children.
’Mr/John Heffernan, ofM’cKi.llop,
cattle buyer, was brought before W.
Aikitrs, Esq., J.P., of Dublin, on
' chargo of aheep ^dfaliiig. at- Ihe:*
instance of a farmer, named Thomas
Fell, a resident of the town
ship 6f Hibbert. -The case1 was
heard and Heffernan pleaded not
guilty to the charge, but stated that
lie' had lost number of sheep and .
mistook plantift’s she,ep which Were
on the roadside for those lftst by him,
and drove them, away. The weight
of evidence was against the prisoner
and ths magistrate’ committed him
to Stratford jail. He was released
fan bail. This yonng man Jhas hith-
Sometime after fie confessed' Ufa
deed to his brother John and told
"John he was going to kill himself, and
asked John, in case he did. not com-,
.plete the job, to “finish him”. Join!
did sb and a-coroner’s jury. last: week
returned it verdict of wilful murder
against him. The following is-John's
voluntary statement i-^-“My name is I
John Easterbee. Do 'not know my
exact age,-but am -about 27 or‘3!)
,.i(^ars old. Both deceased Rud myself , I
'catne to.the place where he is buried
together and deceased shot .himself.- • I
I went away and, hid behind a.log I
while he. did this. I came back in I
about' twenty minuteB kii'd'I cut hirf I
throat.- Could not say if he was dead • I
or not when I did this, as I was sd ex- I
cited. Deceased dug his own. gravd. I
before we'eame out to the place." Af- I
ter I cut his throat T put him id the I
grave and covered him up. I.cut his I
^throat and buried him at hi§ Own fa- 1 I
-quest; s-AVe were assisting-our father----1
MuiId. a log house last fall, when de- > I
■ -Treased-CAiexr-paBtm’beUJ-tralcl me he ~7|
had put an end' to his wife. He did I
not give me any reason for doing sos ' I
Told the he had killed his wile, and I
’ was sprry now for doing it, but it wad ■ I
too late, lie said he expected Ufa . H
rope would take him, and said ifa I
would put ati end to himself. 1 to;d H
him ne-had better go away and stand H
his chance. He said “No”.r he didn't H
wish, to-disgrace-the family. Think-' I
Uns happened during th.e lattef- part- H
of October orAhe first-part of Novem’ H
bor. Tilis was the second or third H
day after be had killed his wife. It. H
was the second day. after he. first; ’■
spoke-to me opining bis wife that Ifa, H
shot himself. Hmsaid' be was goi«g H
to commit suicide, and that if he did1 B
not succeed in'killing himself, 1 why B
tp finish the job. I did not consent B
at first to assist him." He afterwards .B
told me he had the place all prepar- B
ed, the grave dug, and everytbitig M
ready, and said he was determined to M
.commit suicide. I then told him I' M
-would help Inin.. We’ eat dinner at
the house together about noon, tbed IB
came out of the house and started di- ^B
. reel for the bush. He had a shovel ^B
out there. We .were talking in tifa
bush .about tfiree hours bel'ore he shot B|
himself. Am not sure Whether it wajfr^H
a razor or not I used to cu t his throng.
Deceased shot' himself with a re*vpl»:
ver, which I-took after the deed wad
done arid; tlirew it i.nto a'pond.. I laid^H
behind the log for about 20 tniniiterf
or half an hour, and after that [“ctiijBB
his.throat. I put him in the hole ahff^B
'covered bis coat over his head, nnd^B
-covered him up with dirt. Topic tbr’^B
shovel to the hotise where deceaseil^B
Jived, also took .the knife with w'hicH^B
I cut his throat to the house. Tlfa^B
knife I used Was a good sized 'pockei^B
knife. '‘Think it is at the lidufle nOW^B
Deceased told me to tell the folks hs^B|
had .gone away. After 1.returned Ii^^B
the house the folks asked me wher/^B
my, brother was. 1 told them
lact time I saw him he tbld me tlia^M
lie was" going avVay. My folks.lievm^M
made any further enquiries. Firsi^M
'told' my- brother.Hownfa of ■ wlurt-iOib^BI
curred about two -weeks ago.
' brother and I had .Soina trouble abouBg
a week afterwards. I told him-lifalx^^^j
fatter part of the week, and I thiui^^H
it Was* .on the following Mohdny w^^H
had the -fuss. Have been out severa^^H
■ times to see if the . grave had beo^^M
disturbed* Deceased, had asked rn^B|
to db this. - Did not know-any tbin^^H
of the rnurdpr rtf my fa’otiidr’s wilMB
until after it occurred,.oi assist tnHB
brother to murder or bury bis wifi^^B
' Aly brother and his wife lived togetl^^H
er happily io the best of my kno'i^^B
ledge. Do not know of their hilvin^nH
any quarrels. Deceased told trie
,bnd struck his wife in the stomacBj^
and then choked het to deatl^^B
When he told tne this he repined i^^B
be a little diflbrent from liis usu^^H
manner.” ^^B
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