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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-11-26, Page 67111PP"-- ELOPERS CAPTURED. GlIctord Gonad a Toronto Helms But Stole Ms E rinds WIte, LOCKEI) UP IN DETROIT, A Detroit despatch says : Nine years ago 'Theo l'halsney, a well-to-do young man iving iu Toronto, was married to Miss Igmily Ricks, daughter of prominent and highly respected parents in Montreal. Pinkasey was twenty-one yeats of age, and his bride was a beautiful blonde of seventeen, 'The couple settled in Toronto, went out is good deal in eociety, and lived happily. Pinkney was deeply iu love with his wife, who appeared to fully return his affection. Three children, all boys, resulted frem, aiad seemed to further bless, the union. A year ago Wm. Arthur McCord, a cousin and old friend of Pinkney, came to Toronto from Quebec, arid entered the law office of Ross, Cameron & McAndrew as a atudent Youug McCord was small in -stature, with blonde hair and moustache, ,and rather insignificant in appearance. He was welcomed iuto the Pinkney household and was treated with every •considersition. As leis salary was very small Pinkney frequently advo.need liini monay.Pinkney further took him to s GEORG lE SENTENCED. 'onvicted of eednetion and Aber *055 ho Gets Fifteen, Tears. juryin ttiellusiluluaieNhr.aY.ted, odeeosprga,tc:ctsaoal)eaitu: rTriehde a verdiat last night of gr silty, after being out one hour and twenty. live minutes. judge at once imposed a sentence of fifteen yeats atDannernora The prisoner ad. dressed the court 'iu his behalf ta a dear voice, denying lie. had anything to do with the abortion, aaad saying he had been mis- represeuted afad unjustly convicted. The indic`amea charged him with man- slaughter i the: first degree in causing the death of, Lotta Townsend, his adopted daughter, by a criminal operation. Dr. De - Grand Illrway, the physician who attended the girl, was also indicted on the sante charge. He Was bailed for $6,000, and re- turned to his practice in Leeds. Lawyer Osborn told the jury the story of Lotto. Townsend's life in Leeds, and of her ruin and subsequent death. He told them how she had obtained a place as (lining - room girl at Mr. Vedder's boarding-house during the summer a 1390 by the infieence of Rev. Mr. George. Then, when the season for summer boarders closed in September, she went one Saturday afternoon to Mr. George's home ab the parsonage, to live with hizn as his adopted daughter, Mrs. George was away, and Mr. Osborn emphasized that part of Mr. George's state- ment in which he says, "nothiug happened the theatre and introduced him, to Ins meny that night," referring to the first night that friend:s. In August last Pinkney, who is Miss Townsend slept at the parsonage. Mr. assiatant manager of the Far.mereLoan George told in his statement whet hap - Savings Company, took a SIX Weeks' vaFea polled the next night and the event that tion and went up the lakes, finally reaching finally led to the girl's death, but the prose- ' t Chicago. His wife, who tiadt romaifleU is home, wrote to him at Chicago, saying that possibly his mother hed written to him, saying that she (Mrs. Pinkney) was too in- timate with McCord. If ho (Pinkney) thought they were too intimate she would leave the house. Pinkney was startled and puzzled by the letter. He cut his vacation short, hurried home' and found that his wife and McCord hadbeen criminally inti mate However, he did not wish to have a sensation over the matter, and told Mrs. Pinkney that for the sake of her family and the children she had borne him he would do nothing if McCord would leave town. She should still live in the house and bring up the children as if nothing had lmppened. Mrs. Pinkney consented, and McCord apparently left town. A Short time after he reappeared. Three weeks ago Mrs. Pinkney and Mc- Cord left Toronto together, taking a con- siderable quantity of baggage and about $100, which had been given to Mrs. Pinkney by her husband at different times. They came to Detroit and stopped at Rice's hotel as man and wife. A few days later they went to Fenton, Mich., where Pinkney and McCord have a cousin named Goodfellow, a school teacher. Goodfellow had never seen Mrs. Pinkney, and when McCord introduced her as his wife the matter was taken with- out question. After a two -weeks' visit in Penton the couple decided to return to Detroit. Pinkney in the meanwhile had traced the eloping couple, and seemed to be well posted on their movements. He came to Detroit, accompanied by his brotherjohn Pinkney, and when McCord and Mrs. Pink- ney stepped off the train this afternoon they were accosted by the two Pinkneys and two police officers. There was quite a dramatic scene, Pinkney nearly losing control of him- self in his rage. The elopers were taken to the Central Station with their baggage. Pinkney said he did not wish to prosecute his wife for adultery, but wanted to prosecute McCord for taking some of his (Pinkney's) property from Toronto. An examination of the trunks showed enough articles belonging to Pinkney to make out a case, and the couple were locked up. Inter, accompanied by officers, McCord and Mrs. Pinkney went to Gies' hotel to get sapper. They were met by the two Pink - nays. Yon brute," said John Pinkney, ad- dressing McCord, "do you know that when your mother heard of your villainy, she was so shocked that she now lies at the point of death?" McCord exhibited a great deal of anxiety at this and set up a piteous wail. "Quit your blubbering," almost shouted Thos. Pinkev. "1 can't stand any of your sentiment. "Did you stop to think of your mother or me or any one else when you were betraying my friendship, when you were tearing my wife away from ine,?" Pinkney then decided to prosecute the couple for adultry. He says that McCord, while betraying his confidence, was courting a Toronto heiress, worth $250,000, with the apparent hope of winning her. He declines to name the young lady. He says that Mc- Cord and Mrs. Pinkney conspired to have Mrs, Pinkney get all his (Pinkney's) pro- perty and then do away with him. McCord claims that Pinkney WaS unfaith- ful to his wife, and that this had caused trouble between the couple. cution has a very different story to tell o the wayin which Rev, Mr. George prayed at the girl's bedside that Sunday evening and told her that it was God's will that she should yield to him. Then came the story of the girl's trouble and the operations that were performed by Dr. Erway in the presence of Rev. Mr. George, and of the girlie death on Jan. 20th, after great suffering. Then Mr. Osborn out- lined the prosecution and asked the jury to weigh carefully the "ante-mortem statement of Lotta Townsend, made as she stood on the threshold of eternity, and the contradictory statement made by George as he faced State's Prison." °VCR Oleie IIIONDR;i9 111F41`. Many Ana Wounded by a Stull right Grand Sunni Crash. A. Rome cable says : A terrible accident happened to•day in Castel -a -Mare, a (iffy ou the Bay of Naples. A large numbee ol apectators had gathered, to witness a series of bull fights, which were to take place in the arena, of the (Arens at that place, While one of the contests was in progress and the people had been worked up to a high state of excitement by the atruggle between the infuriated animal and its tormentors, the circular tiers of seats from which the spec- tators were viewiug the sport loegamo weakened, and a large section of the anew - tura, containing 500 nersons, auddenly collapsed and carried the people down with it. Those seated on the wrecked spot had no chalice to make any attempt to escape. There was tirst a terrifying tremor and lurching of the structure, and then before anyone had a chariee to realize the dauger there was a horrible grinding, tearing noise end the putts geve way beneath the terror-stricken people, and they could only utter a cry of larm when all were precipitated with a terrible crash to the ground. below. Instantly ad scene of the greatest excitement anconfu- sion ensued. Those of the spectators who were oninjured, as soon as they could re- cover from their fright, hastened to render whatever aessistance was possible in rescuing the unfortunate people in the reins. Those buried in the debris, who had not been ren- dered unconscious, were shouting piteously for help, but altheugh the rescuers worked heroically, it required it considerable time before all the injured could be extricated from the jumble of torn and splintered wood -work. Finally all were got out, and surgical assistance was obtained for the large number of those who were bruised end. cut and had bones broken or fractured. Nearly every one who went down with the falling portion of the structnre received is wound of some kind. When the large force of physi- cians who hail been summoned had con- cluded their labors, it was learned that one hundred of the victims were seriously injured, and that in twenty cases it was feared that the wounds would have it fatal result. AfFSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. The Girl Model of Millais' "Cherry Ripe " Missing. A London cable says: The police of this city and the continent have since September 22nd last been investigating the mysterious disappearance of a beautiful young girl generally known in her own circle as "Cherry Ripe," from the fact that she was the "original " of, that is to say, she sat for, Millais' celebrated picture, " Cherry Ripe." The real name of the beautiful girl is Blanche Barrett, and for some time previ- ons to her disappearance she had been sit- ting for the great painter and other artists. Miss Barrett, however, was always accom- panied by her mother, and is not known to have formed the acquaintance of any person unknown to her mother. On September 22nd "Cherry Ripe's mother applied to Magistrate liemnan at the Wandsworth Police Court for assistance in finding her daughter. Mrs. Barrett said that during the afternoon of the day previous to the young girl's disappearance a neighbor heard screams in the house, mad saw "Cherry Ripe" rush out of doors, pursued, appar- ently, by it man. Since that time the beautiful model has not been beard of. The magistrate, at the instance of Mrs. Barrett, gave the police the following description of "Cherry Ripe":Fourteen years of age, very tall and well-developed, dark eye- lashes, dark brown hair, fair complexion and Grecian features. A story, possibly untrue, is in circulation to the effect that the girl has been abducted and taken to the United States. It is even added that the New York police have been 'asked to inves- tigate some clues which recently came into the possession of the police. The murder theory has also been advanced, but is now abandoned. The only clearly ascertained facts in the case are that "Cherry Ripe" disappeared on September 22.usl last, and that she has not been found in spite of the efforts of the police. A. TORONTO BOY IN TROUBLE. Charged With Systematic Thieving—Oilier Crooked Work. A Detroit despatch says: Fred. J. Wyld, 21 years old, whose parents live in Toronto, who until yesterday morning was in the employ of Dr. Leonard, John R. street, as a clerk, was arrested and locked up. Two or three months ago he took the key to tlae money drawer in the doctor's safe a lock- smith and had a duplicate made. This he has used on various occasions since to abstract small sums from the doctor's drawer. Ile was entrusted with the cus- tody of the depot for surgical instruments in the Leonard building, and it is charged he has sold two cases of instruments for which he never turned in the money. Some time since he purchased a bicycle on con- tract from the Anderson Manufacturing Company. Later he sold the machine, and exhibited to the buyer a receipt from the Anderson Manufacturing Company. This receipt, which Mr. Anderson has in his pos- session, he claims to be a forgery, and says the machine has not been paid for. 4/neer Cure'vfor Fits. A Sedalia, Mo., despatch says : Sheriff Smith was the recipient of a singular letter yesterday. It was from an Olathe, Kas., man who requests that the sheriff send him two feet of the rope with which Thomas A. Williamson was hanged, Oct. 31st. " I want, it to cure fits with," the Kansan gays, "and if you will comply with //13f request I will impart information that will make you your fortune." Ars the rope is owned 1y Sheriff Hornbeck, of Cooper County, the ansan's request cannot be complied with. A Pleasant 'finite. Brooklyn Citizen: Mr. Willing—I called n Miss Milehae last evening. Do Stuff—What did she have to say str. Willing—Ob, aboutas usual, her dog *irked all the evening, Their Walt Botta. Washington Star: The prOhibition party cannot logically expect to briag•out a ful/ vote." About 8,500 women are employed in the Britisli Poet -office, or one to every eight itien employed. OUGHT TO BE GRA'fiLFIED. A. Youth Pushes it Companion to Death— Wa uts to be Hanged. A London cable says : Weymouth has a sensation in the arrest of it youth named Wise, 17 year of age, on a charge of mur- den Wise is one of the apprentices belong- ing to H. M. training ship Boscawen, at present anchored off Weymouth. Yester- day wise and another boy obtained liberty to visit the shore. They strolled along the cliff, and finally- reached a point where they were 70 feet above the narrow stretch of shore beneath. Herd the boys stood talking in the most friendly manner, when suddenly and -without provocation or warning Wise placed his hands against his companion, and exerting all his strength, shoved him over the edge of the cliff. With a shriek of ter- ror the doomed lad clutched at the air in an atternpt to eave himself, and then fell with frightful velocity on the rocks below. Unconcerned at the terrible crime that he had committed, Wise wendecl his way back to the vessel. The officers made enquities as to the where- abouts of his companion, when Wise told them he had pushed him oi er the cliff. Seareh was made, and the body of the boy was found. at the place indicated by Wise His skull had been fractured by striking on the reeks, and he haclreceived other terrible injuries. Be as alive, but died in a short time. Wise takes the whole affair nonchal- antly, and laughs and jokes as though he had no heinous crime upon his conscience. He discussed the question of being hanged, with avidity, and appears overjoyed at the prospect of meeting his death by the rope on the gallows. Before he murdered his friend he had often expressed a desire to is hanged. Some time ago Wise made a con- fession that he had murdered a boy, but no belief was placed in what he said, as there was no evidence to support his statement. The prisoner has hitherto borne a good character. The only possible reason that ca,n be given for the murder is that Wise is affected with a morbid desire to obtain notoriety, or that he is insane. A HAMIL'I'ONTAN S WOES. He Embarks on the MatrImoolal Sra Only to Get Shliorrecbd, M t1ID5 TO ANOTIKEII MAN'S 'WIFE. A Cleveland deepatch says : A naan appeared at the Police Preeecutorai office et the central station Thursday and asked for a warrant for his wife upon the cherge of bigamy. His name is C. W. Smith, and his occupation that of it fancy painter and decorator. [le came to tide city about two weeks ago. Ile Said that his life was a wandering ono as he never remained very long, in one place, and that he crime, here Irma Aela tabula, where he had been evoilting on a, church. home and relativeare in Hamilton, Ont.'which place he left not long ago. About three weeks ago he went to Ashtabula in search of employment, and eves engaged shortly after his arrival, On Friday, Oct. 23, he met at the St. James Hotel, where he was staying, is young domestic employed there, by the name of Lydia Anna Russell. The young Woman was comely, and Smith lost his heart to her at once. He wooed with such success that on the following Wednes- day they went before It Justice of the Peace and were married. IY1rs. Smith is nineteen years of age and the painter felt that his cup of joy was full. They immediately re- moved to Cleveland and engaged a suite of rooms near the corner of Bank and Lake streets, where the honeymoon was spent. The young wife appeared happy and joy- ous anti for a few days all went well. But soon a. cloud seemed to have fall= . over the spirits of the young woman, .and she was pressed by her husband to divulge the cause. For several days she would not speak, but finally on Wednesday of Illst week she revealed to him the reason of her sadness. She was not his legal wife, she said, for she had another husband living, and, more than that, is little daugln ter, 3 years old, was with its grandmother in Chicago. She was married to a man named Frank E. Dowd, at Lenox, 0., about four years ago, but he deserted her. Smith had grown deeply in love with the woman he supposed to be his legal wife, and her story was it severe blow to him. Had he been alone in the world, he said he should not have minded so much but his relatives in Ontario are respectable people and he thought it his duty, for their sakes, to free himself from the dis- grace that he felt must at present be attached to his name. When asked if he could produce proof of the woman's former marriage, Smith replied in the negative, but said she would. swear to the fact ihat it was true. This did not satisfy the re- quirements of Police Court practice, and the warrant was refused. Smith was seen et his room last night a.ncl appeared to be broken down by the sad tide his affairs had taken. Ile said he should have committed suicide, such was his grief, but was deterred by the thought that it was the only unpardonable sin.' klis oyes filled with tears aud his voice became husky as he recited the tale, and his woe is evidently no "unreal thing to him. He does not know what he shall do next. He affirms that he has not the least particle of sympta thy for the woman, while he weeps bitterly over her deeeption. MISS MILT RETURNED. TORONTONIAN MIIRDIERED. Found Dead in a Tough Place, with 37 Stab Wounds. An Indianapolis despatch says: The dead body of a man with 37 stab wounds in the breast, side, head, and the body other- wise horribly mutilated, was found. yestei - day in the worst part of the city of Green- castle, about 40 miles from here. A party of tramps had been seen in the neighbor- hood the day before, and an empty cur was discovered absolutely covered with Mood. Last night a despatch from Terre Haute announced the capture there of a tramp named William O'Brien, who confessed that he was with the man who did the murder, but denied taking any part in the deed. O'Brien says the dead man's name was Matt. Shea, of Toronto. He said that he and three others rdere with Shea at Greencastle, and he also declared that Shea told him that certain leading Irishmen in this country would give a pile of money to see him (Shea) dead, as he knew too much about the Cronin murder which startled Chicago about two years ago. O'Brien claims that Shea, who was then in Toronto, was in communication with the Clan-na-Gael. He says the men who mur- dered Shea had fallen in with them two days before in a Greencastle saloon, ancl he claimed to be perfectly igt mrant of their names. They fought with Shea. in the car where all were going to sleep, and he then ran out and hid himeelf in the stahle, being afraid that they would kill him as well as Shea. Shea's body has been buried in the Greencastle potter's field. HOW They are Detrandeel. A London cable says: Startling evidence has been laid before the Labor Commission in regard to the condition of the operatives in the textile trades inLancashire and York- shire. Of the workers' scent wages, rang- ing from sixteen shillings weekly upward, a system of relentless fines absorbs it large per- centage. It appears the manufacture's hold the workers responsible for spoiled material. A single fine sometimes absorbs he whole week's pay, and any excess of fine over i wages s carried forward until the whole fine is worked off. Truck abuses supposed to have been suppressed are st:11 in active existence, and the Factory Ants are openly defied. The dorm which raged in Bonlogne and vicinity for two days has dose a, great deal Of damage in the town and along the coast. Many fishing boats were caught in the gale far from port, and as they have not yet re- turned, grave fears are entertained that some of them have foundered. Near Salem, 'Mass.-, on Wedneeday Farmer Samuel Wilkinson, while in the *Pi& collating ties with a gen in his heat& caught the hammer on a twig as41 the weapon was discharged, killing Ni, Wilkin - son's 14 -year-old eon, who accoMpanied his tither. WRECK OF THE ENTERPRISE. Heroism of Female COWVIetSilk the Work of Rescue. BIG BATCH OE ClitIMINAU. An Abortionist and Flity.tbree of Bier Nub. Jeer's in Court. A Paris cable says : The tried opened at Batignolle'e to -day of Minme. Thomas, an abortionist, snd 53 women who had sub- mitted to criminal operations at her hands. Mme. Thomas has carried on her nefarious business for 23 years, but its real character was not discovered by the police until a year and it half ago, when the took to one of the public hospitals it patient who was dying from. the effects of a criminal opera- tion. Mine. Thomas at fist stated that she found the dying woman in the street, but she was afterwards forced to confess that the woman was is patient who had been under her care. During the time since the arrest of Mme. Thomas the police have eue- ceeded in tracking many of hor former clieute, chiefly among the wm.king classes, including shop women, workmen's wives, and domestics. Several deaths have also been traced to her criminal work. The prisoners filled three benches in the court, and most of them appeared to feel their positions acutely. The trial will last two weeks. A London cable says : Further particu- lars received here this morning from Calcutta say that when the storm burst the steamer Enterprise was caught unprepared, and was blown with terrific speed on the shore. She dashed upon the rocks lying opposite the female convict prison, and the waves swept clean over her. The wreck was seen by a number of female couvicts who were seeking shelter from the fury of the gale, and they at once started for the shore. Slowly they forced themselves against the storm, grasping rocks and other things to prevent them from beiug literally blown away. At last they readied the shore. Here, nothing daunted by the thundering rush of the waters, which at times swept high above their heads, they formed a human life line, each woman grasping the other's hand. Then the bravest of the party rushed into the sea and grasped a struggling form seen twirling and twisting in the water, and, aided by her companions, dragged ashore one of the men who had been swept, from the Enterprise. Again and again the women entered the water, and each time they returned with a man, who, had it not been for their heroic aid, would surely have been drowned. Of the 83 men comprising the officers and crew of the Enterprise only six were saved, and all of these were dragged from the water by the female convicts. Every English officer and every English member of the crew of the Enterprise were lost. Ile Got the Money, Too. A Rochester despatch says: Frank Alex, 27 years old, wee married last Thursday to Mrs. Roberb Kirpatrick, a widow of 80 summers end a bank account of $50,000. The couple have gone to Hamilton, Canada, on a wedding tour. This is the fifth bridal tour Mrs. Alex has taken." The bride- groom was formerly a presser in a Hamil- ton tailoring establishment. He and his giddy young bride visited this city last week. Frank set them up for the boys on all the alleys. , A lioninetrat DEATH. A Disgraced Son Pours ell on ilinaself and sets it on Fire. A Wilkesbarre despatch says : Wm. Ruddick, aged 26 years, committed suicide in a sensational manner this morning. It is alleged Ruddick went hosne and found that his mother had drank to excess' and this so troubled him that he resolvedto make away with himself. He engaged in hot words with his mother, who replied mock- ingly. Driven to desperation by his mother's words, Ruddick poured coal oil over himself, and by 'thrusting his hands into the fire became enveloped ia flames. Ile then seized a sharp knife 8,nd stabbed himself over the heart, inflicting a wound that would in itself have resulted fatally. He was terribly burned, his flesh hanging in shreds, arel in a short time 'death ended his sufferings. The flames from his clothing set fire to the interior of the dwelling, and the fire department was called out, the structure being saved. She Said Ales' Wife Told Her She Could Have Bina. A Fort Erie despatch says: A rather unusual incident occurred here to -day, when Officer Griffin, of the Ontario Police Force, and Officer Dickerson, of the Buffalo police, located the now famous Dayton, Ohio elop- ers in the Sherman Home, at the Interna- tional Bridge. The lady in the case is Miss Lulu Devore, a beautiful blonde, 19 years old, and an heiress. The man gave his name as Graham. His real nami e s George Aies. He is married and the father of two children, is 31 years old, with dark com- plexion, a hooked nose, and anything but handsome or manly. He throws the whole blame of the matter on the girl. He claimed that she induced him to come with her. But Aies seemed to have an eye to the main chance, and it is said he communicated with the girl's lawyers as to how her funds were invested, and if any of the money was getatable. When the young lady was con- fronted with her uncle she positively re- fused to return home with him, saying that George's wife told her before leaving home that she could have George, as she did not want him. After considerable persuasion and promise that her friends would with- draw a warrant for the arrest of Aies in Buffalo she coneented to go and went on the 8 p. m. Michigan Central mail train for Buffalo, bathed in tears. Aies remained in his normal condition. A Cherneitz mechanic hasjust constructed a horizontal steam engine, with valve gear and all appurtenances complete, within the shell of an ordinary Italian nut. It is the smallest engine ih the world. The diameter of the fly wheel is 10 millimetres (04 inch) ; the boiler is 18 millimetres (0.7 inch long and 6.5 millimetres (0.26 inch) high. The lilliputian engine is intended for epirit. heating, and it is stated to Work very well —After a man and woman have been mar- ried five years both chink to have been coaxed into it. water proof miner's boot liars the tippers made of rubber, while the soles coneist of selected leather, which can be filled with any isitid of nails or protectors, in the same manner as the ordinary leather boot. World' Fair Notes. Day and night shifts of men are now worked on all the exposition buildings. The President of. Ecuador has ordered that a complete display of women's work shall be prepared for the fair. Paraguay has decided to participate in the Exposition. Barbi:Woes, French Guiana, Ceylon and Corea have also joined the list. The Distiict of Columbia has decided to ask Congress for an appropriation of $50,000 to enable it to make is creditable exhibit at the Fair. The upholsterers of Philadelphia have applied for 50,000 square feet of space in the Manufactures Building for a collective exhibit fiom their several establishments. The Department of Electricity is making an effort to secure a' complete collection of historical electrical apparatus itt order to show the progress of the science from early times. British Guiana has appointed its Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society a World's Fair Commission to represent the colony, and has appropriated $20,000 for an exhibit. The Daughters of the American Revolu- tion have been granted. 3,000 square feet for an exhibit in the Woman's Building. The organization, of which Mrs. Harrison is president, has 1,000 members. OBJECT TO AN INQUEST. A Coroner's Posse Fired 'Upon by an Angry A Dublin cable says : A singular affair is reported from Stevvartstown. Mrs. Boyle, who lived in the outskirts of that town, died suddenly a night or two ago, and the cercurnstances of the case as reported to the coroner seemed to call for his official ser- vices. Accordingly he summoned a jury and proceeded to the house of the deceased, accompanied by it few policemen. On arriving at the honse the officials found Mr. Boyle, the husband of the deceased, stand- ing guard armed with it shotgun and Sup- ported by his three sons, who had provided themselves with pitchforks and other weapons. The Boyles refueed entrance to the house, aesclivhenthe policemenattempted to force their way in Boyle fired at them, but fortunately with no effect. Not being prepared for such a vigorous resistance, the posse withdrew from the scene. The Boyles afterwards barricaded the house. The authorities will send is large force to make a decisive move. JOHN MACDONALD, the Toronto laborer who nued that city for damages for the sickness of his children with diphtheria, caused, as he alleged, by garbage dumped by the city in 'a ravine, not fat from his house, has won the case, and been awarded $335 damages. The judge, in summing up, said that he would net be doing his duty officially and aS a citizen if he did not ex- press his opinion as to the negligence of the city in depositing that decaying matter in such a public plaee. Expense in such a matter is not to be considered. Every citizen who would lessen expense to keep the city in proper sanitary condition is lacking in proper feeling. Some would • economise in that direction, but People must insist that the best measures should be used to make and keep this it healthful city. Persons havetheir loved ones die, and they commiserate with one another and consider the cleeth an act of Providence. There is no telling how many men, women and chil- dren die from breathing the sower gas that escapes from the vents in our (streets. The stoner the city remedies these matters the better. If a city can be thtla mulcted in damages, no doubt private individuals who ticiesecp. nuisances FM their prernisee can be • ' ^ MORT ON rouucs. Way Farmer Hayseed. Declined to Inisesniti, the tones. It was Oa a Fourth avenue car cornier dews" from the Grand Central, says the New York 11704(t. A man about 60 yeara of age, who had just arrived by tthin'sat down beside a youngish man who had been talking polities. " I3eg pardon, but you are from the in-- terior of the State': queried the younger - man after a bit. " Yaas," was the curt reply. "From Elmira ?'' near Auburn." "Ah well, I suppose thecampaign' his booming up your way?' The old man looked sharply at hins but' made no reply. "1 suppose the campaign is booming up• your ws.y ?" repeated the polit4oi.an., "1 don't want nuthin' so say to you on, polities," replied the old man as he drew himself away. "A feller on the train be- gan on me just this svay, and we hadn't, talked five minutes before he called me a blamed old liar and said•he eould lick me in two minits, Corn is purty fair and taters is a big crop, and I ain't Baylis' a word about politics." e Fact Upon Fact. There are nearly 10,000 steamship in the world. In London there is one doctor to every 880 people. Nearly a quarter of all cases of insanity are hereditary. "Thomas" occurs on the average, thirty- , nine times in every 1,000 names. Gipsies originally came from India, not Egypt, as is umally supposed, The average length of life is comiderably longer in England than in France. Tea is very cheap hi China ; one pro- vince of the empire good tea, is solcl at lid. a pound. The entire coasceline 0 0116 globe is about 136,000 miles. All the world ovei_at least 85,000,000 peo- ple die every year. Directors of the Bank of England receive salaries of £500. Sandwich in Kent, Eng., was once a sea- port, though it is now two miles from the Shore. London postmen are said to walk on the average 12 miles a day. About 300 deaths from accidental pois- oning occur in England every year. More than 200,000,000 pounds of tea are consumed in England every year. The lancet anima moth is the Giant Atlas, a native of China, the wings of which measure 9 inches across. The first steamship. to cross the Atlantic was the 1-1,ising Sun, in the year 1818. Theatres are most common in the United States, where there are about 65 to every million inhabitants. The Axnerican Street Railway Association has applied for 50,000 square feet in the Transportation Building, andhas appointed a ommittee to help Chief Smith get a suits,ble exhibit, which will be collective. Three women have been appointed in Dutch Guiana to collect a display for the women's department, and in Mexico and quite snumber of other countries provbsions for women's displays are being made. Mexico has made a World's Fair appro priation of $50,000. This is only prelimi- nary, however, and it is fully expected that the whole of the $750,000, which was asked for, and perhaps more will be voted. Hassan Ben Ali, of Morocco, is seeking a concession to make a Morocco exhibit at the Exposition. He says he will spend $50,000 in showing the people'manners, customs, amusements, etc., of his country, and in bringing to Chicago a tribe of Berbers. The Catholic Church in Chicago wants to make an exhibition at the fair, and has ap- plied for 75 x 75 feet of space. The exhibit, according to the request, is to consist of, first, kindergarten work ; second, primary grades ; third, grammar schools ; fourth, colleges and academies '• fifth, industrial schools, orphanages, and deaf and dumb in- stitutes. Lives in a Saloon. A big green parrot hanging in a down- town saloon is possessed of it woftderful faculty. He sizes up every customer that conies in with an unerring eye, says the Philadelphia Record, and comments on the legal age of the applicant for a drink. The bird rarely makes a mistake, and when pass- ing judgment uses two set phrases. If a person comes in who is not of age, the parrot, without an instant's hesitation yells out: "Hallo, boy, get out!" But if a man comes in who is undoubtedly of legal age the wise bird calls out: " Pfeil°, old man, what will you have ? " When a strauge dog comes itl the bird yells "Rats !" and when a cat makes its appearance the invariable paintation is : " Scat, you hussy !" For Men obey. Men who shave themselves often com- plain of the difficulty that they exprienee in keeping their razors sharp. If they would adopt the methods of the professional barber in one or two respects they woultt find the task of keeping the razor in a proper condition by no means a difficult one. If you watoh an amateur stropping his razor you will notice that nhen he turns it the edge is frequently next the leather—in other words, he turns it on the edge. This should never be done, as the fine edge is very likely to touch the strop and be turned.. `e A barber always turns his band so that ) the back of the blade is next the leather ii and the edge in the air. Agan, a man should never use it strop made of leather glued to wood. A great many are sold, but all are destructive to razors. There is always more or less of a shock when the thin blade is brought against any uuyield- ing substance, and the entire edge is frequently turned upwardalong its whole length. The worst cuts are inflicted by such a razor. The strop should be of leather, with no backing whatever. Another point that is little understood is the efficiency of hot water in keeping a razor blade sharp. Why this is I do not know, but the effect is unquestionable. Let a man who shaves himself frequently dip his razor into very hot water, and he will find that the opera- tion is much easier, and that the blade re- quires far less stropping than when this is omitted.—Se. Loam Globe -Democrat. A Hint Worth Taking. Detroit Nem : Rev. S. P. Holcombe, of Detroit, made a telling point when he said in the convention of Christians at work in Washington yesterday that while ib was a good idea to start paupers to work, yet it was not right to expect them to do 25 cents worth of work in return for a 15 -cent meal and then brag about what splendid mission work is being done. The church workers must learn to render value for value This is a fundamental principle in economics, and right good religious doctrine, too. In the last analysis there is no conflict in good religion and good econo- mics. Science and religion are in perfect harmony here, but some of the church workers need to learn this truth. Careful of ller Reputation. New York Herald: Dying wife—I want you to promise me that you will marry agHainu'John.sbancl--Do you really wish it? Dying wife—Yes ; I don't want people say I was the means of souring you on sex. Courtesy is Business Polley. Ills Ilepotatiost Shattered. Brooklyn Life : Maddox ---I always Albany Amu s : She had risen several thought Curnso had the reputation, of being times th let a little man pass out between a smart man. the acts. "I am sorry to disturb you, went ont for the fourth time. Gazzam—Well ? madam," he remarked apologetically, as he Maddox—I detected Mrn brella to , in buying an um mention it " she replied. " I am happy to oblige you, my husband keeps the bar." • • The Fatal Cap., Puck ; 1VIrs. Morris—So you have lost your new girl. Mts. Benedict—Yes, when she broke Charlie's pet coffee cup end, gave him a new one with Love the Gives,' on it, I thought it was time to let her go. Food For Thought. Philadelphia Press : It may be true that some are not as black as they are painted, and it is equally it fact that they are not as white as they are whiteWashed. • Lincoln was the first President to issue a ihanlcsgivsng proclamation. Damascus is to be lighted by electricity, while Smyrna is to have an eldetrie Since you cannot tell to whom will fall the task of writing your obituary make it a 'yule to offend no man. The Emperor of Austria is always in uni- form, except when he goes out shooting. The conspiracy ease against McGreevy, , Larkin and the Connollys was postponed for another week at the Otteeva Police Court yesterday. Too Slow. Torn—'llie old gentleman caught me kiss- ingAlicelastnripgiibt s.ea—I'm sus.ect you ought to go glow about such things. " Why, I went altogether too slOW about, it That's how got caught," E. Werner, the German novelists trane- lations of whose stories are so popular in this country, is Eliza.beth Burtenbinden She is a sphuster and lives in Berlin The recent rounieipal census of Toronto, makes the population of the city 188,914, as against 181,220 by the Dominion comma laet spring. An Italian profeseor predicts that in it few centuries there will be no more blondes ThLiberals have concluded bet to son- teet the re-election of Mr. W. L Jacksdn,. the new Chief gecretary for Ireland, as member for Nee. th Leeds. Ladies are shaking the moths out of their fure, while ineti are shalciag the pawnbrokers' tickets out of their O'er- dc)aBlist.tunissoue rock is 'used for Many Street, pavements in California. It is found in erne parts of the s State, and closely,re- sembles emphalt,