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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1899-3-9, Page 6fr t. TBE ••,.XTR T I VI ONTARIO I410t•e1 Prooe Par SO= Andrew Pattul ducect a hill, N Mean, 5, radioal proVidiss that in Councils shall c tem couneillora; and not more th eight councillor and not exceedi +ex councellors; mayor and toter porated villages And four council a reeve and four „sleeted by gener ther provides th town arid reeve township shall years, the candi the next electio 1902. The bill al -1141..-of each Co year. Those reti be those reoeivi her of votes. Itt half in number any such tow or village are 11 tion at the raU. held for the yea ber shall retire tion for the. yea tiers who shall termined by .lot the corporation later than the 1899. Mr. Tucker provides that e vasses, speaks elections shall on conviction, o Tlae, official wil will not be ab Government po Mr. Foy int/. municipal franc at 3400 person revised assessm continuously in bill also repeal cipal Act whic to elect the 31 the office bee first day of ju wise amends t the. Board of C the election of Board instead. for the electi Board by e ballot, and. by his second vot the removing connection wi without the co the committee AN INSU By a private Marter, Josep Thomas Bell, Martin Newma Toronto, ask pany to be cal Insurance Com of carrying on business on th company ask tracts of life i principle with tion on life or any event loss on life or liv chase annuitie purchase eenti or remainders into any trans contingency o usually trans companies, incl whole of the 11 pany shall he holders of par shall be divide proportions an directors may UNIFOR Mr. Ross amend the The object is year and the f libraries unifo libraries the e the financial braries the fin 1st of May to KR. Nv Mr. Wardell in,g of his bil merit Act, pro be paid 35 pe assessment ap ent law only districts are p considered by tee. Mr. W second reading be changed t the rightto sioners. The Premie was an open He thought t limited and s eept where it sary in con mattere. The Municipal 0 VETER/ Mr. Germa asking for an ot intorno tat" erinary Aesoe which the a reeds as foil lawful for a to practice ve gem or to pe Mimi onani of revvard. registered p hire, gain, 01' or professes Medicine or efe advice i eargery, viction there 'the Pease, Li i, • t 'E'llIgLATtill ' , . . offence, 'pay it, .peualty not exceekug oyentr.five dollars. nor less, than tive , , . ., CaQN4IIIIKA. TWIN.' OF' BY-liAWS. The town, of prescott asks that an be, Passed to confirm and. legalize a, t by-law passed on September au> fox 1841.• to ra'15' (16 allmt d °1°°'9°Q --"'''' the construction of ti system a weAex-, w°rks 'axed SeSvers iii 'PreMett. They further want Dover- to. issue: deben- tlirea to, the. extettt, of , k!1•00,000 te do, iale Work. These debentures are to he made payabie in tort '1 '' t a Y arinue, ins a - ments, with intereat at 4 per. cent Oshawa, wante to have e. new water- works' sYstella, and. by a bill seeks Power to construct the same and issue debentures, The 'by-law an -the -I -sizing this has been Passed. by a Maier:ay Of 67' o'at of 0. total of 481. votes. The town wishes to iSSUe debentures to ex- tend over a period of 40 years. Doubts also Aave been ex rea : t legality or the P sed as .0 theMeasure, division. of the sum in- to two Parts for water -works. and: sewers reapeer 1 a 1 the wise it is .., . ellre-Y• 11(- 0 - 1 aesirabie to set the same at rest. • 13INDEll ,TWINE, . terH;nei.uEe.st•li•o.nDavis, replied to Mr., Mar- as to how mueb, binder twine had. been made at the ' Central Prison during the currency 04 the Present contract. The provincial. See- TeterY said that during the year 1895- 90 there Was manufactured 962,000censee pounds; in 18964, 1,518,000 pounds. In 1898 there was no twine made, as a result' of the fire at the prison. The . 2 _ . • e un,_, Omar rs paid 8 a 2 cents p r h aeto dred pounds for labour and the use of maehinery. , ROPE AGREEMENT. Bfr. Davis laid. on the table the agree- ment between the Goveruraent and Cordage Company for the manufacture Of all kinds of rope at the Central Prison. up to two inches in diameter. It provides that the company shallpur- chase all the machinery, subject to ap- proval by the Government. The com- pany is to be reimbursed by allow- antes from the amount due from la- bour at the prison ov4r an average of 2 1-2 tons output ea.ch day. The con- tractors have to pay hail the salary of thq engineer, and are bound to man- ufacture after March 1st four tons of binder' twine per day. 'The agree- silent is to be in force until 1905. MUNICIPAL AUDITS. The annual report of the Provineial Municipal Auditor was placed on the table. During 1898 the deficits in municipal accounts amounted to 312 -...: 000, while in 1897 they amounted tat) mom The decrease was. a.ttribut- ed to the new system of book-keeping and auditing which the Government put in force. The new system of book-keeping has been found. to be that whenever i., aiyiston is .talten: in 0., Mtpleipal ettialleil either. upon the appointment ot au officer. of the cox- TIM Poratiebe the election of a warden. or Mbar Presiding'- 'officer of the COuncil, LOST dr apOu a by-law, resolution or- for ay °hat . PtirPose) eaeb, Member' • of, ti Council , present vetine sluill • au- nueil,,.his' "yeta lono •tbt3 question itt...zssengtsis °Penis' anal individnally la the' Couneil, auti„ th-e.. alert shall record. the •satneI.' szrla, no vete, sball be taken, hy ballot. . 9 lay anY °abet. method of seeret.vot- 1 mg in any municipal 0 i nal • and ' - , , . , 0 1 . I , ev017 /II"' s° talen shall be 'void and of no effect, • from ELECTRIC RAILWAY BONDS. " Ur, Dryden, has giveu notice of a bill 't9 aulend the Street Railway A(A. f°rTh.vertmoliehOWS The provisions or the &et introduced SOS -le few years ago by Mr. Bronson in regard to electrie railway bonds are regarded as too strict, and the pre- sent it is understood, will re- "lax' them sOmewhat. • Ur- Graham, introduced a bill Pro- viding that the Coo.ncila of townships , . . .. . ee,... , may pass by-laws for eetablishine. file limits in incorporating villages. • 1Vir. McLaughlin brought in a bill for the purpose of exempting farming implements and vehicles, hay, grain and other farm products, the property - of the. owner or tenants of farms„ from taxation. • LAsT spAsON'S CUT ort' LOGs. Hon, ,T. M. Gibson laid on table• , a raturU t.'t t4e °at ac't 1°gs In 1.81/7"98 on the limits. of the Georgian bay, Lake Huron, and Lake Superior districts, .to and 'which were driven to either of • . • these lekes:-Pieces, 3,887,120, feel, 308,- 766,312; left in the woods, 8,932,086' feet; eXported, 211,153,412 feet; unexported, 106,54071 feet, . SPENT ON P1113LIC WORKS. The repel- t. of the Public Works Der- pertinent was issued_ • , The sum of 882,49a was expended on tawaatinertenraence accoi.9.t, for fuel, gas, pairs, etc. Phe SIMI of $11 ,- 889 Was expended on capital account for public buildings and public works, NTrhoerkstostale scumon ex, pended on pnblic .. n e , fed?7.tion. amounts to, /0 754,414 The railway statement - . 1 shows that there were 1;147 1-2 miles o railway before ConfAd.eration, 5 243 . a - ' • ' . built since, and 288 miles under ,e0a1.4--::• , - • sti nation • no iv. , . , . 1.1. A.B111.D, Oft WRECKED, LORD IN A DNS S FOQ OrF TIM OBEAT COAST. OF scoTLA141). • • , • • Took to. the Waite -1.110T. Weve Wus• ,, tnAnd Wp -aa a • (German. Steamer 110 a Ille.a" 8',Ire4"7"alts 4641 (r1'11^2° 1°4' •aAtv:, ale'ssalaytt.o_hiriazzs. Ltatpuothi•oelareazyltao Sett:, .._. . . ,.,,,,, ,..„. Week of the ll-'itieh steamer Labrud°r, earajnleeinnera "St. ,Tolm, N, 13,, oa February 18th, the , by way, of Haiitaz on February 20th, session • 0,10,t; $1.10 Tan ashore tween about, four Miles from SkerrYY°re on died Wedneaday morning, „ ' • WednesdaY Captain Erskin Ler cenamander, has hotel, ' , 6eAt the felleWiag desPatoh . to the his agents or the steamer at Liverpool:- en "Labrador ran on Maclienzie rock ia Sidewalk. • a •tinek fog nt,seven. o'clock on Wedues- came. day morning, four mites from. Skerry- the yore. The ship was caught aniidships, his the sea. breaking over her. Efoldit No. 15th, one, two, and three were aeon full of and water. :Me passengers, and crew were of saved in the boats. One boatload was tory landed at Skerryvore lighthouse. The had ' ' • ' It d the Getman steamer Viking pie e ull. ed . remainder. No steamer is obtainable • them. return for the ship is not htekehiluasP7awgileIrsendIefaivtho:- . . • . to Save the mails when a steeple' Is obtained." ' -LOST HER 'BEA.RINGS., ., The Labrador had a good passage until Sun entered day, when she a fog • , , hank and Lost her bearings. sheary- .British , , . . . - . yore light wee" mistaken' for Inistra- hull light, on the north of Ireland, , Most of tlee passengers were still 1,n 'bed when the steamer struck, and there, was much excitement but the pessen- a , . ' . , ees &era wele calmed ny the assuian. of the captain, the boats. were lowered. without a hitch,. and all on board left , . the. steanter in safety. , The passengers and crew lest every- thing •they possessed. • • Captain, Erskine endeavoured to sa.ve the mails, but was obliged, to abandon them owing to the vessel threatening to break up. The women and children . were put in the first boat, in charge of the fourth officer, the other passen- gers were placed i.n tae second boat, under the command of the second offi- cer, . ' • . The , creW Of the Labrador then took the other boats, and. as they left the• steamer wheat was pouring into the sea from her hold. A PERILOUS UNDERTAKING. . After t ee and a half hours had hr , d , a • t mer expired, the bo is me the steamer Viking, from Norway which took theni on board though the. operation was a • . ' • the - angeious, owing to heavy svv,e11, the seas bre4ing over the Viking's fu.nnel. t When•the•Labracior was last seen she Was • settlin,g- down by. the stern: The . paseengers of the wrecked steamer are full. of praise . for the Labrador's ofi- cers and crew, and for the conduct of the captain of the Viking. The passengers of the Labrador have been accommodated at the hotels here, and at private houses. The owners of the Labrador _have caused aatug a,nd divers to be deipatcli- ed to the scene of the wreck in order to salvage the cargo of the steamer. . ,, , .11ERSOLIELL DEAD 111ARKET3 OF TI1E WORLD .... ,, . ,.. ,. .. . . „ i5 COMM= cure' yield cete„ry_Ne, • • , . , yspepsta and Indigestion # ,. , diseasesout hard to ,0 ) lo• , , with ordinary remechesft. readily t . •• . a, - ' a ' idincrs in the Lee4 • b • .. itament. •11-01; IEW BILLS. l tro has -° • '' btob, it passed, will boup,,o, to cowdous, It towns of ?pee the a.. easist of a =aye): an . a tOvana of over 5,000 an 7,000, a reeve and :.1; in towns ot 0,000 . kg 5,000, a reeve and Ln taigas of 3,000 a eouneillors; in incor- there shoji he 0. resva . ors; and in townships evancillors-all to be li vote. The bill fur- Lt. the ox;ny01.7 of, every of every village and e elected in alternate liettoet hboeliangoterlieeeeteudaiinl so sets forth that one- moil shall retire each ing' the first year will .,„ og the sraallest un-.- ease mora than one- , of the counoillors Of i or of any to•wnship :•etui.med by acelaula- aicipal election to be • 1900, one-half•in num- 3 • at the munieipal elec- r 1901, and the mem- so retire shall be de- , _a cast by the cderg. W. in open Council, not first day of December, itroduced a bill which very official who San- or takes any part in ie fined 8200 and costs e r six. months in. prison. I lose his position. and le to accept any other dame. )cluced a bill to give daises to persons re.•ted. inat I property on the last exit roll, who have lived the municipality. The -the clause in the Muni- la enables the Council layer of a city -where ones vacant after the Ly of any year, and like- .- ae provision respecting =trot. by providing foi. four aldermen to the of three; by providing m of members of the m vote instead at by depriving the Mayor oa , 'The bill provides for d names off petitions in th local improvements nsent of the Council or dealing with it. LANCE O011.1PANY. bill introduced by eer, . J. Follett, Wm. East. William Fairbanks and n Merry, of the city of eacorporation as a com- ed the "Mutuality , lee '-'-' ' pany," for the purpose a general Insurance i mutual principle. The power to effect con- isure.nee on the mutual any person or co.rporit- lives or on or against or risk in any manner es, grant, sell, or pur- i, grant endowments, agent rights, revisions and , generallyenter Lotion dependent on the . life, and such as are .cted by life insurance uding re -insurance. The set profits of the corn- ong exclusively- to the ticipating policies, and ti arnong them in such 1 at such times as the appobat. VIITY AIMED AT. introduced a hill to Public Libraries' Act. to make the ea.:lender inaaciaI year for Public 7m. In the case of free tlenaar year •noss• forras rear, while in other 11- incial year extends from 1012 of April. elIDELL'S BILL. moved the second read- l amending the Assess- tiding that local judges r day when sitting on ?eals. Under the pres- the. judges from other aid. The bill wilt be the Munieipal Commit- ardell also moved the ' of his bill that the law tat A.11 cities may have ay their pollee sommis- , • replied that the bill door to more taxation. hat taxation ehould be aould be curtailed, ex- was absolutely netes- ection. with municipal bill then went on to the =Wee.° slieny strft0E0xs, • has presented a bill amendment to the Act on of the Ontario Vet- .ation. The new clause isoeiation want' inserted per$: "It shalt not be y person not registered Ierinary medieitle or sur- dorm any surgical opine,. .01,4 for hire, gain or hope Aild . if any person net - • ,rstiant to this act,• Der 11°Pe a reWard, Practices to practice veterinary surgery, or advertises to 1 veterllialI medielhe hall upon stimmary tido- Ore before any Sustiee to elute :tett Aimee- such BRITAIN'S JGINT HIGH Cox. , . ' laSSIDIOR PA8SES A'WAY.• . p Koos of Orain Cattle Che0S0 40 . ill th Leat1114 Marts. - • Toronto, March 3. ---We had fifty a , , *„ .,, ,_' ‘• , , s , • • 11,70,741a:g.ine'TlvxsLetilp...11 ' •• ' ..ivas1aur'i, alart;•' 11:ine'll ehnnged hands' • Tile "Ve seareelY as, Yet ' 'recovered a" °Wel Of running, and too hie,,,n, this ,Inatiaihe.,. with title disposition On the part ez1)Miera to .Purelmae little -wee " •e•,----rese-e-----7="—.-- P riees were unchanged at frOM 4 1-4 3-4c • . . are ears,e •• • Is would not sell alt : iwt Int :aleiel:ehsadtanu•addefitia0010,1,:er.o,va • - - and when they could Stuarts •get tPheelivlb,, .w4th.,uichil when aat.skferdo:or4 hbl.'isla••• tti•ade la butcher. s; °61.3.0.anaL fatartruorbebri,ntaysilinnrozteilsni:rcdh.argcl 41-4° Per lb. Several' loads of•good ttle sold at 1)ter•oleme.3111tiel9dttotkk:311-'4est°1:ekr ec‘3,°•°5• and for all. medinm' to choice stuff were well maintained, but there 'have was a little slew - • . slowness with! the inferior grades of cat - " • . tle, though . prices ' were much the ' ' same as .00 Tuesday, while orae drovers ' • did, say (alley °Quid not get their orice for poorer stuff, aa easily, , a . . Cholas. ahIPPItra', bulls are in fair ra_ t at - . 9 cliPueres.iii.. i• r°131 3 i-- to 4° Per Ib" ight bulls are worth iron), 2 1-2 to ac Buffalo • stockers are unchanged at from 33 to 83.05 per cwt. Trade in. , Stookers is fair and they are wanted. .ali.vere. are some of to -day's represea. u la e transactions. - six good botoher, atu 950 lbs. sold t 3 90c e, averaging , so a . per cwt. A load of exporters, aviraging 1,250 lbs: sold at 43-40 per lb, Half a dozen butchers' cattle, aver - aging 1,000 lbs. sold at 4e. A' 1 f ' • ' a' • . oad o butchers cattJe, averag- Lug 1,025 lbs., sold at 4c. and five dol - tars back A lot of eight, averaging 1,060 sole!. at 4c per lb. Six eatt.le,, averaging 1.085 lbs., sold at '4 1-4e per 11) " ibs - T.hisiv.ebell. pctaimttere's•'tsecearlsin, g close on 1,100 h s 11 t 4 averaging 1 300 lbs.' sold at 5c per lb. ''' 'A' Eeab°11I'lr ofc3c .tao- d a yi*'-st3 obusinessperlb, was , Mitch cows are' unchanged. No' ac- tatiaviedledetipltral aonf.d,srablallt1 as.afleelsv, prim, e cows a will sell t good figures.. Good. calves are in , demand, and will ll se up to 38 or 99 each Commo ly , , , • 1 o caavet, are dull . s • Lambs are steady at from 34 40 to $.75 a • per owl., • fibere are too many lambs of sedondar and inferior- - . . y glades coming in. It is the best if h • W lo are wanted. • p are unchanged trona Tuesda. . • , Y . SBilu'acek-a sell at 'front. g 1-2 •to 23-4a per .. lb. market‘is weak ,but unchEsialend, The :: ,icha:icEie thousand hogs htohe l'est pr' ice is 4 1-4c per it. - • ... ' For light hogs the outside uri • 4c per lb. • , , - °e :IS T•hiCk fat hogs are ivorth 'not mere than 33-4e per lb. , Sows sell t 3c per - a Ra Stags a 1r: a2 .ncgpfle rap ' F oal lgossvai urea gilist)tteli(! Current rentquotations :- , , Cattle Shipping, per cwt 34 '25 $5 co , Butche c - - er, , home, do.... 3 00 4 12 1-2 sr, med Butch_ , ..- . to gooda 12 1-2 3 00 ' Butelaer. Inferior 2 75 3 00 ' . . , . Sheep and Lambs. It's"' Per 'ewt 3 25 3 50 ' Lambs per cwt . 4 40 4 TO ' ' Bucks,. per owt 2 50 2 75 ' 'Milkers and Calves. Cows, each 25 00 45 00 Calves, eaO.11 9 .90 . 8 00 Hogs. ' Choice hogs, 'per owt d 4 19 1-9 4 95 - le , ' •• . es e - e• -''''' eavy hogs, per mt, 3 00 3 75 • - • Light. hogs, per ewe e. 4 00 4 00 . , • •. , • •• Buffalo Mar 3 .s-Sprine ea t 'B t , es , • - e, is ea - e - ter demand, firm; No. 1 hard, 84e• No 1. North ' 81e Winter h ' i, G * . - • ern, , w ea '-, ood en- entry; No. 1 white; ' 77c; No. 2 red.! 77 le2c. Corn -Strong; good dernand;No.. 2 yellow, 38 1-2c; No, 3 yellow, 30ce Ne. 4 •yellow, 37 1-ec• • • - • 9 s , No. 2 coin, 37 1-.., to 3,73-4c;' No. 3 corn, 37 14 to 37 1-2c; No. 1 corn,... 36 1-2c, Oats -Steady; offer- ings light; No. 2 white, 31 1-2c; No. 3 white,• 33 1-2 to 33 3-4e; No. 4 white, 32 1-2 to 32, 3s4e. ' Barley --Unchanged; sales at 52 to 53c. . Rye -Dull. No 2 i n store, 05c„ Flour -Barley steady. Detroit, Mar. 3, -Wheat closed; -No. 1 white, 'cash, 731-40; .No. 2 red, naeh, 733-40; . May, 75 7-80; .Toledo,March 3. --No. t -No e ' • - ' ' ' '') eel , m °as ,, -2o; . ay, 7oe, asked. Rye- , No. 2, 47c bid,. Cloverseed-Prime cash, $3.55 for old, 43.82 1-2 for .new. ' Mil waukee, Mae. 3.-Wh ea t -No. 1 Northevii, •73 1-2e; No. 2 do., Ile to '726. Rye -No. 2e 57 1.-2e. Barley -No, 2, '50C; sample 45 3-4 to 49 1-9e " • ' ' ; • ' ' ' ' • ' . Minneapolis, March 3.--Wheat-Feb- . . • 708 t . ' 70 7 8 - tuaty, -lc, May, - to ile; :Tull', 711-4 to 71 3-4e; On track, No. 1 har.d, 71 3-4c; No. 1 Northern 70 3-46, No Nertherii 683-4o '-' ' " ' . D 1 ' 1 ' ' s u u1 1 Mar 3 - , Wheat -No. 2, lintel, - ' ' cash 73 3.1e• Februa r ' 71 3 ' e • • 't ' • - - -46, -Ma Y, 74 Isi c; Ally, 71 3-4c; No. 1 Noethern, cash, 69 3-40; No. 2 Northern, 0(11-4e bid. . • .. 41itaalg•ed VIOL. Ilea" Wrealate . at I.., ....7:01:141:41;7414,01iiliestiviltisatttcw flours o'rt'40.80;4'1841.:"ti:: BAarda.ersx. telhre'.f17.reanaerWazesitnogatni3naotsiitylise.; tPhir,er.ihra-e'aset"10.i.a.:ediaev.,:ri:),eroa:ax.,ttefef-:tli,,ye., • 'r°212 Great •arC'tain °a atUa:t High Soint Coremisei011, recently in nuata here to adjust differences he- the United State and; fauladai 1II'lea,:were quite suddenly at 7.05 o'clock on hha morning at tint Shdrebaba Of where he Ilea been confined to lair bed for several weeks with a. brok- , to 'Lord •Hex•sehell'a . deatn . , _ , . at bone caused by a fall on a slippery n'ot without warning. . kaccella for pain incident •d leg, -which occurred, an February tfa the tilletar•e 1):' ea' he had, been in excellent health spirits, arid up to almost the hour te las dssAi there Were no . prenlonia symptoms of the coming end. He Ib., visitors every day, and' had. enjoy- P-tWes ' • ' • • . seeing his friends and , talking with :He had been greatly pleased with the ' flowers that were daily set to hire. by friends,. and at] all times s was cheerful, and,' did not seem fa) be in et his _ the least: restless because au • forced confinement. friend,Iiiin°lig'hiSsi-eaXilu'ellisanol'' auTtiliceeToate, Ntyhaes .,. • • Ambassador, who departed feel- . . , , nag sure that it would, be only a short lame before Lord Rerschell would he . at) e to leave 'his bed. At the arab of the • &dent a trained nurse was pro- ao ' cured from Baltimore, andt on =Goma of the. dead Man's helplessness had been with. jaim almost constantly„ especially at night, when she never left his room • . • • PAIN BELOW TRH HEA.RT. At: about five o'clocla on Wednesday 711. irning his Lordship awaken di and ca led to the nurse, who, found him breathing heavily, After 'receiving some attentions he ,said he felt better, and again went to sleep, A little after' . u o'cloek he again called the .nurse, and said he felt ill, and complained of great pain in his chest below the heart, 1). tiaerelPrt: il Drs. Min olNied ajcetsit°ah :Pr , a{loiii despatched a messenger for Dr. 1VIaddox, who joined hinain a few min- es. e pain, ow ever, I no tit Th ' h - d'd t yield to treatment and at five minutes , ,, . after 7 o clock his Lordship breathed ,. 1) his last, ' , . ..s At the .time there was with, him in ••• e av 1. -• titivate secretary,. Mr, H d orth W•I W C. Cartwright secre- liarasona Mr. .. W. . ., ..•,. tary of the Jnint HIgh• Commission of • - which Lord. Herschell was the Presie. dent; Dr- -Johnson, Dr: Maddox, and . his nurse:. In answer to. enquiries the Physicians said they were unable to give the exact cause of death: but the 'symptoms, it was thought, indicated that it was angina 'pectoris. • rve .,...--;.,..,„ , Compound. East, Hamilton, Ont., anya:--"1 . , W. m.o. ockinohum:19:11::::: was troubled wait D s epsla arid Indigestion for a' tinYi °time ' a d could get no .rellet 1,:av_ncily. ,acelery_merve ceis wind in I cored m , d I P- . speak too itighlyeaktn. risicsaen.Prt ' g ' The C.P.R. or "Shepa at Perth, ,Onts' turning out this winter 300 box . , , 60incanfir.icears,s;:pds 500i flat oars, ,., . . . foundryatThorold was burn- on Saturdayea." using a loss of $10,- White, a Galt carriage manna . The Ottawa license commissioners. decided to reduce the hotel la. from 77 to 70, and the num-. her oft. 33 t • 30 shops 101C11 0 . A b I 'll b b •tt d t th Y- aw wi. e su nu e o ratepayers of Winnipeg in April, to • ' . • intrgoviidtse ofowyntheeleoctityi9orignhint gplaanndt..oper- The 'death of Miss Bertha Dugas took place at Victoria, 13,C., on Satur. Dugas, and was on her way to join Icii.'eary.• father at eats Daaidvasuongheteitry,:f ' .jtidge .- --- - ----a • • Shackles Me 11415,C.a,tawiL, is the Ikecommended Isis • "For he ,., -ier lt ..,, aataa., Sold - • ' a arr • • Broken' Ili GO Minutes It's an alarming -fad, but steatites bear It Out,that at lcast So in every hug. .dred persons in i b is country are Will 10% lesser or greeter agsee by that die'ttistIng, owen- i sive end Ongetinil dia.. i oase-earrh. Ir sylni).• I tuna annartSuclIsnnold in the bead, dizziness,. er . pains in the fa rsth.e ii, ' , . BIG. ELECTRIC RAILWAY DEAL.' ,..--. korai° System and suburban .aines Par eansed by a syndicate., . . A despatch from Buffalo says --The . • Commercial. of Monday afternoon says: -The most stupendous business deal in the history of the eity of Buffalo, both in point of public andprivate in- terests concerned and in the amount -. about com let- of capital. involved, is, p ed. It involves some 8-5,000,000 of capi- t I, Bri fl it i th sale of the en- 1 Y' ' s e tire street railvvay systems of Buffalo ' and a number of suburban lines, The deal includes • the properties of the following companies: -The Buffalo Railway Company, .the Buffalo TraO- . tion Company,. , the Buffalo _Bellevue, and Lalleaster Railway Company, the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railway , company, the Buffalo and Lockport, 1 Railway Company-, the Niagara, Palls 1 Park and River Electric Bailwa.y Com- nany, running along the river bank oa 1 itie-' Canadian side, -the Niagara Falls and Clifton Bridge Company and the Lewiston . and Queenston a Heights Bridge Company. This immense cm- 1 bination of interests has been sold to a syndicate composed of New Yorkers n e 111- a d Philadelphians, and. all of th ' terests nam ed are to be consolidated under one management. headache, droppittv 1.4 throat, offensive broatt, lose of trots and smell, sizesatt tatIngtoovatt ojsu; most potent Catarrh cure known aariay- hy emineut nose and throat specfal- -gives reliefin nem se to do minutes. years I was a victim of chronic catarrh; , pp, A o , , i-,, ga. , .r up krst a lid ti nbfli A elt's Catarrhal 0 Ipve.l.tte instant rettel, and in an Awn tiny Whlie I was permanently cureci."-janseo ,, , a • - , ,- Daatiaa,••••1• 3, by C. Lutz, Exeter. highly appreciated and gave e promise of being a great success. Some muni cipalities were anxious for the ap- poinament of Government auditors. During the past year audits -were made at South Marysburg Township, P, where a deficit of 31,335.55 was found, but has beat made up; at Ingersoll, at Plos, at Niagara, Niagara Falls, West Zorra, North Colchester and, Willie_ At the latter place a deficit of 35,.. 222.74 was found. THEY WANTED AJ GRANT. The deputation that wailed on Ilm. Ale..ers Roas, Dryden and. Davis re- ' • gardmg aid for a railway from a point on the C. P. It. north of L• • Lake Superior to Moose Factory on jamas Bay, stat- ed the length of the proposed line ' would be a little over 200i miles and 'asked for a land and cash subsidy lequal to that granted the Rainy • River Railway, of 3.'00 per mile It i is expected the ,- g . n to have comnannii ',cation with Chesterfield Inlet on the I north-west coast of the Hudson bay, i and to get the trade of the Klondike i gold regions. Members of the de- putation spoke, showingthe great ',amount of trade such a ' railway , !would make. , They referred to the great fisheries of 'Harrison and James ; bays, and the value. of th whale' ' dusrry, and of the naillionseof acresulof , land through., svhich the railw-ay i would run. All were sure that the ; construction of such 'a railway would i be a great advantage to Toronto. C. the 1 ' T. Harvey, t engineer, exp ame that by such a railway there would be .a route to the Klondike by• way of !Ontario. In dismissing the depute- 1 tion, Hon, Mr. Ross thanked them land pronaised to lay the matter before- I the Government. ' IN A. NEW DISTRICT. The Thessalon & Grand Portage Bail- way Corctpany seek incorporation III ' private bill. They sat forth that the construction, of a line as propose would open up a portion of the coon- try apparently rich in minerals, and would conduce to the general adverts tage of the province. The line as pro- posed is to run from Thessalon, in the district of Algoma; thence in a north- westerly direetion, passing through the townships of Thessalort, Kirkwood, Bridgland, Wells and Gould, tosa point knosyn. as the Grand Portage, on the Mississaga River, in the townshifi of ' Gould, and thenee in a northerly di- recton through the township of Gould an le tinorganized .clistriet a die- d 1.1 tomes, of about 30 miles', ivith such di- divergences as may be ne- g,•erse:sti,onso o•re , v , . i Th k a y r on, enieti. . ey as power t • construat cross' Ines to extenel not e • • -• • " 21 'Ian in an easterl Ille-rhita -- tat, • . , •• :V - °,1' ells, direction The line is to be wee- t a i . .. .„ . . opera. e by either steam or electricity. ANOTHER RAILWAY. In a private bill introduced by Dr. Pyne the member for &Let Toronto, , • Hon. Geo. A. Cox, Senator. W. II. Brouse, C. J. Campbell, 3. W. 'Flavelle, j. J. Gartshoi•e, W. H. Lockhart Got- don, ;fames Graham, John Hoskin, S. Lockie, H. Mooney, Eugene O'Keefe end Elias' Rogers ask incorporation un- der the. name of "The Haliburton Whitney and Mattewe. Italie Com-' . , vay pany," for the purpose ef. construeting maintaining and operating it lin.e railway from or near the village Haliburton, HaAiburton. county, to point crossing the. Ottawe, Arnpreot and..150,rry Setend Railway at the vill- age of Whitney, and from th,r6 'Mattawa on the Ottawa Rivet, . with power to operate vessels 00 120 Ottawa • River en connection with the railvsaYS Me etipitell etaelt of the eomparlY ie be 01,000,00, .wtth power to , increase it. ' When 335;000 of the stoek has been enbselabed the directore shit ' I. t ol Thehit " ' . .‘ ' e e,e.e.'s" ' ...... •ie Mbtn'aes ' for • the reeeiying Aare+. from Governments tint in,unicipalities. , or r'0O/I, A-19' OPEN' LvOM , '3if.r. Pattullo, M. P, P,, hats introdne- of eda hill to•peoliibit the 'veting' by bal- lot in nattniciPal colencile. It providea — , • t 9 : le t'i: 4 • t ...a t , -i, et! e 0"s, . - ''' • ' ' ' i 1 ir I ' • • ' . • c• ' aa ana • , 11 . , i. • At n I II t 4 A I Ifli Laatung zpecalisa.01 mil. Brice , 20 YEARS IN 'DETROIT ' 250,000 CURED.. . KEPT HIS THREAT. _ ---,. 11 W k ted tO Si OW ViS contempt re- e a a ' iinialsan itife. - A despatch fram Paris says :'-News of a strange crime comes from Nancy. A wealthy merchant of the name of ' Mathias received some days ago an an- onymous letter, demanding the sum of 50,000 francs, on the pain, of death. . a • The writer said ibat in order to show . the genu.ineness of his threat, and now . little he cared for human life, he would kill a , mart • at nightfall on a certain street in Nene three days - later. _.., , Y t b' disturbed'l Mathias was 149 ...sale .. . over tlae matter, believing IL to . be a joke or ' an empty threat. .0n the : morning after the day named,' how-' ever, he received, another note saying : '" Y • •ctim hes fallen Fort mi - our vi • y. P utee ago a man,. apparently , OX the g o ass, was i e y a u e working 1 k 11 cl b b 11 t St ' Mak through his body, in the Rue . . Th• ' ' 1 t h • eli t , is is sirup y o s OW y013. a see ere in no fear. of sacrificing life."s . ' Tbat • ' th ' " - ' d. .. a morning e ,newspapers e- scribed the mysterions 'murder of a gardener at the spot named in:the, let- ' ter, and *Mathias lost no time in eon- ' . ' ' ' " ' . ' suiting the pollee, but there is no eln.e. to the murderer. The Merchant is constantly guarded, and is still alive, but he is half dead with terrer. ...e.e.,_ SET FIRE To HER NIGHT -ROBE. 0 ,, . — .in itenittn,g cite Gas lite Flames consomme, • eated to iier teurownis. , As despatch, from Brantford, says ee- tle l' -' Miss Annie E. is, aged 18, caughter.h • ' . of *I. lie Ellis, Albion. street, vves fat- ally' burned at three o'clock on Tuese , . • . day morning. , • i iss Ellis arose' at three o'clock. Slfe .V1 . a inateh am , n some manner the lit • 1 1 ' • , flame was cominunicated to her night • , • made of Ban_ robe, The garnient was m . nelette, and highly inflaanraa,ble. In a raiment the young woman ' eves en- veloped in flameee lIer •shrieks.arous- ' • h ' h ' d bit ed hex' Mot ee, w o wrappe . a . an , • ! • • u • B this, ' ket about her da ghteis Y . means the blaze was stamped out, but not until only , a few shreds of the gaernent reenained unconsemed, • In many place's the Cuticle was burn- .ed and charred in a -horrible mannet, All that: two physieians could., devise was done. ta allay her etifferliags, but • . • ; • , • .• • • t -without avail. wECURE EMISSIOliS ,..,,, Nothing earl be more demoralitieg to ono* of thoso nightly ossos. hey Y:rougnugoOrwuteladkanl:.as:a,lindermv. oeuront1:::3a11:121eirein: of dieteieteel a whole traia of symptoms. -Re- Tine an t a man for busine; merrier* Me end alai happiness. o niettet whetter caused bY OYU habits, n youth, weakness or seem.' musses, out New Method Treabzient win. positively cureyou. • NO CURE -NO PAY ',Reader, you need help. Early abuse or later excesees may heve weakened you. Expouro may,have diseased you. Yen are not safe, till cured. our New Method willsoure you. You run no risk. 250,000 CURED Young'sitan-You are pale, feeble gud banned; nervous, irritable and ex - eitalsle. You become forgetfiermorese, atct &woodcut; blotches and pimples, sunken eyes, Wrinkled face, steeping 'gem and downeast countenance' reveal the taightof seer existence. • WECUREVARICOCELE . . .. . , matter how'serleue your ease may b., „.1. wiOngY0 Mayhew, bed it our Ft W7 ciameloo4 TBsouTeeENT 'wl ours it: Tho "worm y veins" return to their normal conditims mid. hence eke Ol'ilaW1 receive. proper ,nonnele violet. The orgenslieciome vitalieed,•all unnatural drains or kisses cease and eilanar towers return. No temporary lirie Avig„,,Linuct Ty 6INItt TeoN NF,CESSAyle.. NO DETEN- T/ON FROM. BUSINESS. . • ,, CPRESGUARAHTEED - . eve treat and eure SYPIIILIS, GLEET, ElilISSIONS, IMPOTENCY, ;STRICTURE,' VARICOCELIS, stm- NAL LOSSES, BLADDER AND KID. NEY diseases. CON SUL'IA.TION E . . ,E +. 1 eh FR 5 BOOKS Fll U CI AR" 'S MODERATE. If unable to call. 'write PseSTION BLANK -for HOME Wite$"-reee • • • , a ..1. . ' resmOs tt. 1 . a 4 KrINEDYe, t‘FRr Awo . 14a BlirLBY SIntl" ' as, . ie. . , , DETROIT, MICH. ICE -BOAT ACCIDENT. - -.a Young, nod on• Witham etoltisain, a II ' It Lad Receives Fatal injuries. , A. despatch from Hanallton,says:-A fatal ice -boat accident occurred about six o'clook on Saturday afternoon on the bay, a short aistiinde from tbe foot of Wellington street. -William Holt- ham, a lad, and Several, companions were taking a party of men on a small . ice -boat 10 th e smelting, works. A larger ice -boat handled by Ernest Lana, was corning towards the shore, d. th ' t th till did' not. s e an e .man a e . er e the smaller boat. The result was that the two • boats came together With a terrific crash. Several of the young • t* - ff • En • t- f '. men were arisen o wt grea °e.t.a. Holtham " was unconscious 'when he • . . • .•No t ' was picked up,. having a nasty au on the head and a: .wound on' the bodyr fee was taken to his home, 141 Wood street easte.ande'veas attended by Dr. M k 1. but h ' d' within- ac e sanee led an hour, never regaining censcioUsness. The deceased was a son of George Holthatn, and was about 'sixtien years of , age. Ernest Lane, D. Wart, Jr., and James Ecelestone, who Were on the boats, received painful injuries. Coroner Phelp investigated the acci- dent, and decided that an inquest was unneeessery. ' _matileal DROUGHT IN AUSTRALIA. --- Came Are nyin by itineSdrelis From g starvation. A despatch from Vancouver, 13.C., says: --Australian advices received by steamer on Thursday say that the ter- rible devaaa'ting drought is wide- • - spread in Australia. The ruin is ap- d death palling.. Cattle are .starving to . by hundreds. An attempt to take, cattle into sections where hay is plead- , ,i. ru proved unavailing A train load of - ' s ' • cattle, starting out from one station ' ' • alive, on arrival at a station one faunas ..' red miles. further on was filled. with, ea carcases. a a d ' The author . .setual ' ities are at their wits' end' d ^ devising some means of disposing of these cattle before 'they spread eons' te.gicin in the Process of decomposition. The only means yet devised is to pile them in huge heaps and build fires around theta after saturating them with coal oil. . • . Distressed landowners' are meeting roug on e n mo es, an in cases th h t th A' t' d d • of Government hind being occupied are asking for 'the remission at rent ,f for one year, a request which is readily rented. ' . 'g It -th •V b d d ese me° ings un re s of those p. resent said. that for three years they had :not _ made a dollar. Millions of • aciee of crops, and millions of sheep, have been destroyed by the drought. To add to the distress, bush fires are • • ' 1 f i • raging- over thousanis o in les of ter- •• t , d f ' nie s ha e had to fly f ri ray, an ar r v• . . 01 tbeir lives to'the nearest towns. QUEEN FEARS ASSASSINS. - — she 'WM Atmodon Aler Proposed Visit 110 the etivtera. mLondon, says. -- A dee etch from • , -P, . .., . . Queen Victoria has pritetieally cleettled to abandon her projected visit to t he Riviera. She had. arranged to start . Merel 8. ' This change Of Oan$ is not due to . f ••• t'o 'th ir mice "b t bee we any. 1)0 i n vvi er , a- a s f the e oast antpersonal a ttecks by o - ' ' ' ' • . . , which her advent has been heralded in ' the NicoiS Journal ' '• Remembering the assassination of the Empress of ,Austria, it is feared. that thee attaelte may incite some half -demented. person to, make, an itt- shook •of whiely might. prove fatal at , . • • might prove fa Al a Qshoek of ,which • . t. . her adA"ahered age.. ' . , WS`.77r,fEIria es .. ".e.el.e. ....... P•40-7 '.,./ k Ti, 0 Ali, ii li VP 1E lat:Pii En Wit Si re. i6a; , V Vietgeetiiag . _ titeEe 1'110 IA SW SMOOT& -"rte''••,i .. 11 03 se, ---,- HE MUST IVIEND HIS HABITS, . . .•; __ ' ,, . ett . , iio tea secretary Ireeovering • ° * ' * 3 '.• t 4 'l ''' Ill '" ' °'''""*. l'"s '" d'US 1114. ':." - J. A •despatch from London, eays:---Ool- onial Secretary Chunaberlaiii is recov- • i e.,. iroit 'ow first, serious illness of er n'c' ' ' ' his life. He ventured. to the Heine • ., , . .• . , of Commons „last week -when only part- of: ly recovered from the, ,gout attaek, of caught the grip, and hie condition Mae-, a ed •eonsidernble anxiety to his . fa mil . • ' i ' .f I d h• ' ' k Y' He hoPes to )e °tit 6 3e t r's,' '''.ee- .'1 to The . deeiness , have eedSeed h'eni, to , • completely. change his mode of life, Be has been •sinoking it ' do.gen strong tigers 'a day, taking' 00 OXaftiaa,' . !Old to ,_ wcthing incessantly. He is sixty-two, „e.trs ad tow, mid mug adoryi, a ea_ etenet re„iene 'if ht .18 to ha4. he,rith. be w .." ' ' • • . "better.' robust enough to enable him. to cost- tintie. his 'political carem . It ie stated that he bite promised to,. cluthg0 . kis ways, es. life 'would, ho of , no vatat to him 'if he ware prevented from devoting himself eiteenuouely to politics,. beyond. which he lias no amt., bition and no eenceree. - ' counterfeit tee -sent pteees ate in air. euletion in Remitter' ' -, rii 1., I ' * • 4 • l'',e annuaL Horse Shaw will be held. in loronto on April 49, to 15 , . . . The first iseilutley• train has crossed. .. the summit of the Whit% Pass, • , ' . N s• , . • - . . ova cam .expended 3849,330 last year, and the revenue was 1855,000. .d '. • . • • . ee . Isei Strathcotia, lies given 31,e 0 to l,he St. jean Baptiste Society,,of Mont- real, Parliaerient has' been sumnioned' tel meet on' Thursday, ,March 10, for the despatch .of businesa. ; ' ' ' . .. • - A$ a, ,reatelt of teeent aecidents the ev•- •• ' • thhlPeg ai eva,y will a Ile Street'It "I ' '.1i • tt • if fenders. to • their eleetrie cars. • A I • • - - • • ' • 8 , . aT.,'ge emigration is 'premised this, eits..en from the •:.Oarry SoUnd distriet .") the N.01.111:•Weets . .' • , Toronto ,fs planning n fotir,days' fes- betel to celebeate the 01101114 of ate • new' Munielemi beildinge. ' ' ''' . , ' ' , The D. & L ' EMULSION' . The TX r& L. EMULSION .. IS the best end most /Alembic preperation et .' Cod lever Oil arreeing with the most delicate stem:lees', ' ' ' ' , • ' . . . The D. & L. EMULSION( ' i , , . . . , I s prescribed by 'the' leadleg physkilens of' Cariada, . . The I) &' .1..,. eMULSION, . ' ' ' . le a marvellous flash producer and will.gtve you an eopethe SOc. ii $3 liett Bottle., e' -- ' ' - ' ' . . So eureyou git 1, DAVIS, & LAWRENCE , ' die pewee .1. CO, Liretietielneureat . SUNDAY REF.ORIVI IN EUROPE. s--- -^, ' '' C r spindle 14.1r i 04i 1111' COttlitiert I- , Seemliest, ,.. • , e e ' *den Or the Soliim di. - A despatch. from Frankfiert-on-the- .Main, eays'.--•The cruSade , a.geitist tho "Contidental 'Sunday!' is at full tilt • • . • - . 1 in .TOratikfOrt, Societtes have. been , .• • • ' . • . , formed to , nige . the .diosing, of the . ' e -... shops on Sundaye, aim their members are bringing 'all • the peeseure possible .' , _ . • . . ,' -to Were to favour et the•refoven. At a: tooll''Pl°O1•41G pOod to get ell 6X-", press,i;on in opposition 'to. the ."!.viC.le- .9pen •teventyetiereee of theee, eiveettes were present iii. a, body. . . GRIPPE A II ECrULAR DISEASE. , „ • .., .,,4-1, IP 'Ire PON;11104 11401111 tec 'rem i 1 'esi's•esee- 0.--- -, i '. . ', , II 3 t ., ' In ,4•35, ").1!"'It. ' A ueSPit.teh fr°111:1Mtd°11, ' says '-'*rt Ioseph Charriberlainovho has been con- ,fivied to hie bed fee • ev ' 'el' ley ' •••t1 8 el` ' ( ' 6 N" ,, ' . • ., ee. ,, , e ... e e, , influenza and othei, atinaints, IS Innen ' . ... ' - 6. Influenia le- epidettne 'here. rh se have Mika 14 fatalities from the die- ' efts's ibis week, ' This le the tenth an nual epidemite of late:tenets in London. Doeters eilY' tt otoet st,o6: 1,6 classed tta a regaltir disease. th6' 41411;03 as Poeu- inotlite , ' ' . ',hloyalft ' . THE • 1 OF AM rfiens • '' •