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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1891-6-5, Page 14,1 4 ups.talemamcyanaueratnenarsnr.a....6v,.. trIanr,mveg kwatzserwrsmelui.ne.1',:64,1M.Y.M........b.10.600111.....11.11.611•MatoniMAMosnionismorrvolocelaa=1.M.M.a.onamagsgsteo.041.44fHammeamiimonommovetkarramosuinvowitkasaWlaaaufalamsedsmaury Volume 18. BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1891. mormsteavrencs..ptrummonsurammstuautpx.w......m.r.morem.m.........u...sibleptalsrantrmurnotastoonanAmomoca....0.itammia.,*.swassmutimootbmonnews Hendricks and Kill neer- At 11 o'oloolc Wednesday fore- noon, May 27t13, Judge Toms took his seat upon the beech in the Court Houma, Goderich, to hear the comienint preferred hy the Crown against Hendricks twirl Smith, of Detvoit, onarging them with burglarizing the Brussels postoiliee on May 3rd. County Attorney Lewis conducted the atm tes proem -Am end W. Prourffoot and W. M. Sinolair defended the prisoners. Hendricks was palled first and plead "not guilty." II. W. Farrow, D. Me. MV13, Nightingale, KM S. Walsh, Ales. 4. lel. Martin, Wm. hillier, Thos. Meter and F, S. Scott, of Brussels and loottlity ; Jan Cetnitgby, of Fordwieli ; and Corlett:hies NYMAN, Belmar and 4 boys farm Listowol gave their evidence. A point of law MB tabled ea to whether the burglarieing of a posteffiee mime within the range of the law. The Court ;Idiom:tea at .1 ohlock, resuming session at 9:30 next morning when Deteetive Noble, of Detroit, was called upon es to the character of the prisoner. The ques- tion raised Wednesday afternoon going egainet the Crownethe information was amended and the indictment made for assault on McDonald. The defence then proceeded to prove an alibi which they succeeded in accom- plithing after calling on Perry Brown, owner of the cooper shop, in Detroit, in which Hendricks was an employee, Mr. Brown produeittg his thne book showing Mutt the prisoner was there on the Satur- day preceding the burglary and the Mon- day following. Mrs. Stephens, Gus. Hahn said to bo a plumber, and Tony 1Vieler, a civio employee, all of the city of the et raits, corroborated Brown's state- ments and proved to the satisfaction of tho Judge that the prisoner was not in Brussels on the morning of the aforesaid vielatien of the law. Hendricks was therefore allowed his liberty. It was of a very short lived character, however, 13.3 Constable Woods. arrested him at once for non.pityment of 8610 imposed upon him by a Listowel wild for tanlawfully carrying lire:trine. Ile was taken to Listowel ott the evening train and from them was removed to the jail at Strab- i01,1, TI10 charge against Stnith was damned ne his civic hinge] on the guilt or liockmott 111 his entirarle awl he WM eon sequoia y 3 la:Urged and aurmipanied hid friends lack to Detroit. Demme vo O'Leary 41.11Il 1hith111:0 1. spector liopkirk were present nett del whit they meld to ambit Mr. L .Wid in inamiging the case. The Ctieletioh Signet in epeaking ef Ode clime sari : .Weditesday and "'hit, a- das of this sveels were nearly al taken el) with the treil before 111, Honor Judge Toms of "leer Smith and ileudrielte, of Dettoit, for the blowing up of the Bees - sole poetolliee wile. A large number of witneeses swore that Hendriolts had been seen it) the vicinity of Brussels on the lay before the crime was committed, and D. MoDonald, who had the personal en- counter with the sefehlowers, positively identified Hendricks. On the other hand, three men and one woman swore that Hendricks and Smith were in De- troit; at a dato that preolnded the pored- bi sty of their ever having been in Brus- sels. His eIonor, in summing up the evidence, stated MLA, on the conflicting testimony, and the sworn statements of the Detroit witnesses nob having been impugned, there was nothing left for him to do but to discharge the moused. In doing so, however, lie did not fail to in- form them that he believed they were in this section with no good purpose, al- though the evidence in the Brussels ease did not admit ole conviction, and tools occasion to warn them of the trend of their ways, As the clisoherged men stepped from tho cloak a little some °c- omma wheel leel not been atitieipated. Conetablo Woods, of Lists:wee step tied forwat•ii with it doonment in hie hand, and errmted Hendrick» for having had a revolvee in hie poseemion when previoualy arrested. Hendriolcs deinurr• ed, and wile thelined to bo obstreperous until Mr. Proutifool, his lawyer, acme - stalled him to bow to elm inevitable. Woods at once put the "clarbiea" on Hendricks, and left by bite 4;05 p. In. train with hie prisoner. TN "Kid" in the meantime went sect free, and when last aeon by the Signal wits walking up North me on route for the tailway station between his two burly friends from De. treit, who had done him so good a turn by coming to Gorier's:1i to prove that he was en liniment man, The arrest: of Houdeieks, hoWeVer, bad apparently thrown a web blanket) on the rejoicings of the 00010i0I1 WhitIll would otherwise have Asultsel. The Goderieh Stacie comment was :— On Wednesday last the trial of Willinan Meridiem and Louis Smite, "the lila," eharged with burglary of the Bruseels postoffioe, began before His Honor Judge Toms, and lasted until 2:30 on Thursday. W. Protalfoot ooucluoted the defence, and the prom:Minn teas in the hands of Crown Attoruey Lewie, P. 0. Inepeetor Held:irk and Government dated:ye O'Leary assisting. A largo nrimbee of witameses were examined, and tho prison. as were charged with eeveral counts. The meet ruled that the indictment Inc burglary was bad under la 0. Asst. es the act eequired residthee of someone in the building entered to eoestituto the offence) it burglary, whiell was not the ease here. Hendriolte wits then triad on a oluerge of Result, owl while MoDon. eld Who wits held up in front 013 1311, poet- °Bine, testifier( to thy identity of the prisoner, and severel witneseos Eo baying seen bim, 00 80050115 very muoli resent • bling him, in the neighboehood, four wit. »eases from Detroit MOM to poet) an ttlibi. One testified to having peed Hen. ati0152 lAid week's Wages on the Setterclity evening preceding the Sunday on which the:burglary °courted, W11110 t110 Others testified to having aeon lihn in DONA at different intervals tip to Tnesdey, go that the defence held, lie ceuld not IMAM been here before theWednesday en which he came upfrom Stratford to Lis. tewel whore he was arrested. His Honer wiled thee, Nietowags nob enflielent donee for the prosecution to opitet the abili, and elendrielts was therefore no - quitted, and the other connte egainst himself and Smith wore dropped. Just as the aocesod rue to leave the prisoners' box the Listowel out:stable rmarrested Hendricks tier carrying ooneeeleil weep - tins, and proceeded to Unclear bine pro paratory to taking him back to that place. This sudden tune took the priaons er quite aback, end for it few minutns. it looked as though lee wetted resiet dem but finelly be quieted down and etibmitted to sybatt be evidently consider- ed hard look, °The kid," however, went forth again a free man,mode to Ms delight. The trial attraoted an unusual flambee of speotatms, and its remit caused no little disouseion and comment. Washington Letter. carom our leogalar Correspondents.: Washington, may tie, at. Altittulinouely conspicuous and a figure of no mean proportions is the bronze stetue of Freedom which Crawford de- signed and which has for nearly twenty. seven piers crowned the dome of the Capitol with its majestio beitnty. When the water in the Eastern Branch is at its lowest level the toes of the statue; which point toward the not-toceoryetalline stream, aro 386 feet above the sluggish surfaee. Freedom has a magnificent scene before hor, but if the brouze eyes were only endowed with the sense of sight thoy would look out and down up- on a landscape which resembles but slightly the one Washington had intended should be spread itbroad in that section. The father of his country intended that east of the Capitol ehould be public build. inge and private palaces. Time has moderated the idea somewhat, bet some of the notable features are visible. More than a mile away, yet deceptively near when seen from the standpoinb occupied by the statue, are greet modern struc- tures sacred to tha eriminal, the insane, the pauper sick and the vagabond. Aorose the chocolate -hued streak of liquid Maryland soil lies Anomostia. In the middle ground is the uevy yard and the now thickly populated region which within the past year or two has taken unto itself the more stately title of Gap- itol In the foreground. is a hack. stand; Greenouglas $15,000 statue of Washingtou and the orderly couglomer- ate of bricke tuid derricks --principally derrielts—from which is to be evolved the Congeasional Library builditig. It took a good deal of time and no sluel amount of labor to elevate Freedom to her pose- ent exelteil pesitiou. She is of bronze, is 19 feet 6 inches high and weighs 11,- 985 pounds. To have lifted her up at ono piece would have been a big task, lent the workmen were not called unon to undertake it. She was oast in live pieees, the heaviest el which balances 4,- 740 pounds. The lower four of these sections were all in Islam) prior to De- oemlier 2, 1863, and on that: clay bhe statue completed with much ceremony. At that time the Government was buying O good deal oE gunpowder so it did not lnind usiug a tittle for a purpose that was as harmless as it WRB patriotic. There' is 110 place on the stetne were there is no oxidization, although it is more oompletely exposed to the atoms- phere than any other portion. To any one who will get out of bed early enough to watoh the sun's rays first touch tho statue it will seem as though there was a diamond in the headdress. That spot shines es brightly as does the aluminum trip on the apex of the Washington Monument. Connected with the head. dress is an incident of some interest, When Crawford submitted his first model 01 8310 figure to the authorities one 01 13120 board was Jeffersou Davis, then Secretary of War. On the bead of the figure was that erticle of attire common- ly know') as 0 "liberty cap," end to this Mr. Devie merle objection, beatuse Nett cap had, in ancient days, been worn by a slavish people. The objection was sustained and a bench of plumage, ()mi- streated atter the latest North American Dalian spt•ing ibylit, replaced the Pinar. gime covering, The President is taking au active in- terest in the finueicial conditioa of the Treasury and has directed thet be be furnished with an eetimate of the prob. able revenue from all sources for the next fiscal year, based on the changes made by the last Conprese in the onetoms and internal revenue lawa. The eesult of the amigos are now becoming apear. ant in the daily receipts of the Treasury Department. The oilstone receipts show continue failing off • the receipts from this source, by it statement at the Treas. tiry, issued yesterday, for the first twenty cloys in May, being leas ab the port of New Yorltby $1,000,034 than they were for the corresponding period of last May. The same ratio of domes° is reported at other ports. Ititernal revenue receipt also show a clearease, bob nnt so marked. 'The net surplus in the Treasury, despite the decrease in receipts34 crawling up, the drain feoin direct, tax oxpondituree being almost uver, and et the close of business yesterday wag more than $15, 000,04.0. 92lie Treasury statement ellows that tho Twomey holds, May 29, $262,- 017,483 in gold bellion and coin, being a decrease since the first of January ot more than $32,000,000. It is tiederstood Mutt the Attoeney Geneeal will made en effort tedetty— which is his spreild andienee clay at the White House—to being about the ap. pnintmont of the (deceit judges provided foe at the lass sessiou of Congress, At least he will bring the names of the can- diaates to the ettentme of the President, and endeavor to make suoh peognese ih the seleetion of the fin tnnate ones that the ahnoutterament 03 1111 will not he de. lived many more days. Dennis Gallaghee, 01 Buffalo, Who 'Malmo the title of ehempion mixed Wrest. Io r of the woeld,l will eppear in the Oly. mpie Thema e, Roolleetee, uext Saturility evening in Wrestling bouts, and will for. feit.$100 if Inc fails to throw any five men who nifty appear againsb him within ninety mieutes. The style at Weestling wile bo catell•emeittelaean. onat..a.mansmainemmianfs.....1Z.L11121110.406Miditial821.0d CANADA'S PREMIE/?. The following sheets of Sir joint A, Maerionald Will ffieread with interest et this junature : Sir John Mandennlil him lath a moist remarkable career, The :tory of his life weeld form a politica/ hietory of Canada for the mutt forty years, for during the greater portion of thee period I'm has been the most prominent figure in our political affairs. Hie 2013002E1 as a public men has frequently been compared to that of Gladetone and Palmerston. F'ew mett have been so fortunate in keeping a politieal party together through trout:dins Melee by menu 01 3,35 personal influence, Though generally a; strong partizen, Sir John mild be eonoiliatory \viten snob a 0011,rlit suited his purpose. He was al- ways a Mose • salient of human nature, and could pretty aoonrately epeasnee the intellectual calibre of it man after short acquaintanne. In manner he was en. gaging and oheerinl, and enjoyed the power, in a !nage degree, of attaohing men to 1310 3)515011. Latter-day politic: ems would rtmeribe Sir John Macdon ald's political methods as those of "an opportunist." Res derriere, which it is feared may tmour at any moment, will be a great less to Unlade, and to the Coe- servediveperty. Sir John was born in Scotland in 1815, and is therefore in his seventy-seventh year, He came to Can• ada when a boy withhis parents, who. settled in Lennox enmity. Young Mac- donald was educated at the Kingston. Grammar school, and was admitted to. the bar in 1836. Teo years later he was created a feueen'e Counsel. He was first married tri 1853 to Mess Isabelle Clark,. who died In 1856, By that merriage he had one son, Hugh John Macdonald, M. P. for Winnipeg. In 1867 Sir John married Miss 13e0n8011' (the present Lady Macdonald), daughter of the Hon. T. J. Bomar& a member of the Privy Counoil of jatnaors. Re wae, for many years a prominent member of the Masonic Order. 121 POLITICA& LPPE, Sir John was first returned to paella. ment in 1844 for Kingston, and three years later be beceros a member of the Morris administration, whieli resigned in 1848. Hu held office ire the MoNab- Morin ; the Tachohlitadoneed adminis. trations, bstween 1858 and. 1862, and from 1864 until confederation, in the Maccionake Cartier ad ministration, hold- ing various portfolios. Though at &et opposed to confederation he finally gave in hie adhesion to the scheme, a.nd be - cisme premier 0( 13110 uoalition government by which the project was carried through parliament. lte led the opposition in the old perliansenb of 13R1111C113, against the Hinelcs-Morin, the Seated Merelon. ald-Sicotte, and the Sanfield Macdonald - 'Melon administrations, and also the op- position to the Mitokenzie government in the Dominion parliament. He was one of the plenipotentiaries who negotiated the Washington treaty in 1871. In 1876 he was compelled to retire witb his unin• istry, becanse or the Piteitio Soandal ex- pose, hut cense back to power in 1878,. his party having carriect the country on a protectionist polioy, and he has eon. binned at the head of the government ever since. Sir John sat for Kingstou from 184.4 until 1878, when strange to say, he suffered defeat, though his. party eturied the eountry by a large majority. He was immediately elected for M'ar' quarto Manitoba, but retired from that constituency on being returned for Vic. toria, B. C., which he represented from 1878 until 188e. In the letter year he was eleoted for two counties, Carleton. and Lennox, and on being usaaaated in Lennox, sat for Carleton. In 1887 he reoaptured the Kingston se .b and was also returned for Cerleton, electing to sit Inc Kingston, for which place he was :mein returned in March last:. Ho wan othaaeci a lie C. B. by 1 -ler Majesty after the passage of the 3ontedetation eat in 1867, and a G. C. B. in 11487. Brussels COUlleil. COURT OP URVISION, Th,, Court of Revision foe the village was held, as eer advertisement, on Mon- day evening. Present—Reeve Graham, and Oeunoillers McIntosh, Ross, Stewart and Atnent, who subscribed to the mato. tory declare -Mon. There were two appeals. W. R. Wilson asked to Owe the amassment on the foundry reduoad, end F. C. Rogers want- ing a deg struck off. Moved by J. M. McIntosh, seconded by Juo. Amerat that Mr. Wilson's assesament be redueed 61,000, and that Mr. Rogers' appeal be granted.—Carried. Moved by Roderick Ross, seconded by W. F. Stewart bhat the Rod now finally revised stand for 1891.—Carriod. COUNCIL IIKI41II.10. Connell business was then prooeedeci wibb, and the minutes of last regular and speoial meetings were read and plumed. Accounts wore presented as fotlows :— D. Stewart, Aseessoret Eatery ,...611) 00 Neil Wiley, 511501 improvem ts.. '22 97 Walter Smith, .. 17 50 „ 15 65 .. 1100 100 4 03 D. Shine, It. Berns, le. Mrs. 7. Blashill, °levity Moved by 4. el. McIntosh, seeonded by W. E. Stowert that the above amounts be peid.—Cerried- Moved by jno. Ainent, Emended by W. F. Stewert that Wm. Anima he pointed caretaker of tire engine auti hose in piece of Harry James, resigned.— Carried. Cennoil then adjoarned, A fartner netted Crawley, living et Lattorkenny, in Ireland, Was shot end fatally wounded Sunday night ,by moon- lighters. Poatatirtster•Generel Rates announeee that the effort to induce the tleited States Governinent to establish a panel post with Gotta Brititin have felled, The crop report from the southern pro. villein of RUM°, extending to the Volga aro bed. It is egletnated that the general yield will be 40 pee eent. below the ever. age, antairST metteat's 05. SEAVOItTII. The first oricicet inatoli for the seasoff wag Payed on the Reareation Clrounds, Seaforth, on Monday afternoon of this week, between the home team and the Brussels eleven. The visitors went to bat lint and, oaring to the fine batting of D. Rose, II. Donnie and A. Cousley, who tutored 14,16 and 16 reapeotively, the in- nings totalled 70 runs, only two of the number being byes. TIM bowling was dens by T.and E. C. Coleman. Settforth had tough luck, and the bowling of J. and D. EOM was so deed en the wicket that the last aturnp tumbled for the small score of 20. Brussels went: to bat in the 2nd innings with the intention of, duplicating their first score, but only for H. Dennis' well -played 14 and Dr. Mee Naughton's 11 and not oat they would. helm hart hard work to rewah a fifth of it. A.s it was they counted, abi told, 390 runs. In the 2n11 innings Der Seat:ebb T. Coleman betted out 1/ rons and (Mo. Dowry]: won laurels by scoring 14, but the remainder of the team. were not in it, and so 44 was the total, lett ussels thus won by 86 runs. It was a most enjoyable gum; and, oonsidering the want of pritetine, the aeon 51305.respeettehls. The following score will give other partieulars of the met& ; isb weentros. 1381j882L2F4nd Iewenes. 'D. Rosa, run out ....... b Wilson 0 Kitchen, e Red:eon, b 0 T. Coleman, 19, Cblemau 0 b E. Ooleinen.., 0 ClulL.b T. Coleman 2. b.Wilson, Dennis, b T. Coleinan...13 RE. Coleman —14 etelettugliton, rati out— 5 mst out 11, J. Rm ob E. Coleman1) ... 0 , Wilson Tho,neoc,bhI. Colenum10lbzool,bltlatbaou::: 26 t. 2 b Cousley,.not ou Crewel., T. (Soloman, 2.13 Wilson a 110050,0,...Lowar, ooloe.:Deen0 r b 813. ooleman, Wwilsioanes Jones, b. Wilson Dyes11 117,1 70 Total Total 109 GULLIld tote SEAPORT& 2nd Ditirmis. d DonjVass, b let Irmrsos.. Hayes, b Ross 1 Roberts, b J..Ross .........4 e Ritebou, b 3.11055, Puinthard, b D. ROBB 7 b D. ROM T. Coleman, b. D. lioss... 1. b D. Rosa 2 McLellan, ('3,11005 Is D. Ross E. Colemau, c aud 13 .1to913 1 ran out 1 Wiliam, nob oat 4 run out 3 Tht10. 0010010.0 , I) J. Ross 0 b J. Ross 11 Dewar, c lloobrane, e Donuts, b J. Ross Presume, D. Doss, b J. Ross—. 14 b Ross Jac117., Cluff, b D. lions 0 Donuts 0 0 c mut b Kitchen 3 1. Byes 1 Leg bye 2 Leg byte Ll , Total 29 .11 brutal total Totel Umpires %Amin and McCanghey gave satisfeetion. W. Grower Isept wicket tor Brussels like an old timer, and some of the somaeled "green" men whaled out the rims in good style. J. Kitchen took ti band in the bowling in the moond in- nings for Brussels,. and A. Wilson did ditto for Settforth. Ostuttclian A $2,000. Bre occurred at Galt on Tueeday. Winnipeg's rate of taxation is 10 mills this year. The Synod of the Diocese of Ontario is in session at Kingstou. Sir George Stephen bas been elevated to the British peerage. Spring chickens were sold on the Wood- stoult niuthket last Saturday. The estate of the late Senator Leonard, of London, is valued 01 43203,788.411, Ilainilton jewellers will close their stores on Wednesday afternoons during June, July and August. Two convicts Made a bold dash for liberty on Tuesday from a quarry noar Kingston, but wore remaptured. Hugh leleCauley, of Sweaborg, exhibit- ed a large lieu's egg in Woottstook Seam - clay. It measured Sextie11101105. Capt. Cheek, of tue Guelph Cadets, 113110 the recipient of en address 111111 $75 in gold from the citizens of Berlin a few nights ago. E. le. Eggleston, Orangeville, has caused a writ to be issued for $200 dam- ages against a well known doctor of that place fur alleged malpraotioe in setting the trilateral timb oi a young eon oe Prof, James, of the Ontario Agrieel. anal College, has been appointed Deputy Minister of Agoonlanis for Ontario, in snocession to Mr. Blue, who recently be- came head of the Provincial Mining 13ureau. The steamer Alderson, which last year rem between .0wen Bound, Wiation, tho Peninsula and Manitoulin ports, has been soldl by her owners, tho Georgian Bay Transit Company, to the Port DOM and Lithe Foie Navigation Oompeny, and will ply between Port Dover,Long Point and Buffalo in the excursion business. She leaves for Lake Erie at once, An enterprising Wiudsor barber is working up a ledge buttiness thrugh tiew scheme which appears to have ouch to oommerici it, For a payment of $1.70 nor month each ticketholder is entitled to one hair cut a month, tem baths earth Week and unlimited alley:lug. Ile has 5013011 aseistants, all the work he eau handle, and appears to be getteug rich by his rimy Beheme. For the paSt year bbsrohao been amebic among the parishioners of Christ Chetah, Antherstburg, and a nuinber of ohaeges have been made against the presiding elergyman, Rev. William Wye. A corn. otioeio appointed by Bishop Baldwin toot in Aruherstburg on Thmedity and went into the matter. The peoseention and the deft -glee were both represented by lawyers. The °bargee brought egninst Mr. Wye are of "disorderly, msiminal and seencialous cotaluot." Hi e s also charged with making false retro:es to the :wiled. The ovideme fee 6130 proseetnion ems pelt -wipe -11y a copious report of a henring before le. E. Maroon last Attie, whon Mr. Wye WWI up on a judgment seremens, end the pie:mention contended that he 8W0r0 Diesels,. The cornmiesion will to. port to the Bishop, who will then give hie deeision.• IMany friends throtighont the Province rantun the death. ot the Rev. Jnr). 1311)., of Oulbonte, "ne of the oldest ,Ii. VII)02 of the Methodiet church in On titre) Ile died on Saturday, in the 78r3 year 0( 3718 age. Dr. Mediu was one of the pioneer. of Methodism in tbe Province and during his long ministry svies station. 00 chiefly in the Weattern eo»ferences. Threannual farmetsgathering at Port Stanley is expented to exceed in attend- ance aay that has been held since the pitImy days of the Grange orettnization, The Pearone of Inclusbry, the Grasigars, and the Formers' Insbitutes in Elgin and Middlesex are all united to make et a big SUMBA. The gathering will taker plume on June DI. Louis feleaver, tto old lendmark of Kingston,. secure:1 3 little money one morning, determined to have a good meal, and dropped into tho dining room of the :Stanley 'Tense. Ile had not been. there 'long before the waitress noticed' him making unintelligible noises suggestive ot something clogged in llis throat,. and five minute,, after he filed. Dr. Hendon son said death had resulted feorni choking, mimed by the old man eating too fast. W. S. Doman, merchant, Oil Springs, is the poetteseor of a curiosity in the form of a eireple of pieceseef aerolita. 13 shirt time ago a stone weighing several boos fall from space en a farm about three miles from CAA plaoe• and nearly buried itself. This week Mr. Duggan, seonred a couple of 'Mame by digging down about 204feet. Different kinds of stones are embedded in molten lava. Henry Deno; a deck hand on the ferry Elope, picked up an advertising slip printed in imitation of a $20 bank note on the dook et Windsor, and litter in the day went then the Eases House and called for a drink, tendering the slipin payment. Jno. R. Campbell, the land- lord, WU in °hare at the time and no- oepted the bill, giving Deno $19.90 in change. When Campbell found the mis- take he entered complaimt against Deno for obtaining money under faisepretenses and Deno was arrestedi The other morning as Thomas Young, groom of the entire horse Sea Breeze, was untying Idm in the stable of the Cnmmiegs Souse, at St. George, the animal eeieed his arm with his teeth, and, after fiercely biting, tried to trample npon him. To 5110 130 WOIlld have suo. weeded had it not been for the timely as. sistance of the groom of St. Gerome, who, with fork and exediandle, after a hard contliet, got the better of the vicious brute and rescued the unfortunate man, but not until he had been badly bitten and bruised. The little village of McGregor, sitnated on the L. E. dr. D. R. it, and the el. C. R. R., was almoet wiped ont of existence by fire lest 'Wednesday evening. It start- ed in a barn belonging to II. F. Reaume, and before it could be stopped had des- troyed Reantne's store and outbuildings, Anbin's Hotel and outbuildings, Higgins' saw and grist mills, Lovett's been and three M. C. Ry. cars, one of which was loaded. The logs is about $35,000, and the insurance will rot cover one-quarter of it, A. very stemma hole has made its eta peare-nee on Mr. MoKie's farm, a few miles north of Paris. Last Wednesday as Mr. McKie was going aboub his usual walk on his farm, as he was in the act of crossing one of his fields he noticed a strange object in the field and, as his curiosity was aroused, Ile resolved to in- vestigate the sudden mystery, and, to his great surprise; as he approoshed nearer be was imineWbat startled at what ap- peared and proved to be a large hole, the top of which was about three feet wide ; the depth about bwenty.fere feet, and the width at the bottom about twenty-five feet as near as he could judge. Mr. Mc - Rio was versr 01I1011 surprised when he sew the depth of this new ft•aturo in his fame. The Borten night express width ar- rived at St. John on Tnesreay meriting had a lively experience web three train robbers near Enfield, Maine. They were armed, One got on the cowmateher and two on the platform of the mail and bitgernge car, next tile engine. While the train was going at fedi speed one of the desperadoes milled the bell cord, and the engineer, othourso, stopped the train. Then the engineer end fireman were cover- ed by revolvers, and ono tit the gang began firing into the pastel oar *Laugh en end window, bullets whizzing past the ears of the mail clerics. The. robbers theu tried to force their way into the car, but were prevented by a quantity of mad bags piled ageenst the door inside. Then they jnmeed to the pound and rem. rnenced firing into the side of the oar. The driver suddenly started the engine, notwithstanding that one of the men was firing at him, and the train moved off, leaving tbe wouldhe robbers behind. A farmer named Billings, 111311)13 00 the 10th ememssion of West Luther, had au adventure with a baler the other evening withal) he svill not forget for many days, Hearing a noise in hie stithle, the octet - pants of which at, HIM time svere stome :hula he lit his hintern and proceeded to iitvestigate. Going lo the doer, which wits divided into two seetione, the lower part of which was *hut, be looked into the Mettle and found the cause (.0 the disturbance to be a lurge bear, which was prow. ding to (Retain of tho sheep as !await prey, Abont the same time that Mr. Billings saw the beer, the bear 01150 Mr. Billings, The than tried to 505135 037 the intruder, but the bear paid very little attention Inc a thne, and thee he begets to make hostile deinonstrationa, As aeon es Me. Billings saw the boar eurning towards hitrt be invent; himaelf up into the loft iti event haste. As there wee no ladder the beer could not follow and therefore had to content himself with watehing beeeeth, Feeling mere in his loft position hle. Billings did everything in his pewee to (mare the beer, but without 2L1000BRo HO rattled steels% yelled, howled, Omitted Until ho was hoarse, but the boar did not settee worth a, cent. Ib proceeded to catty off a sheep ; end, thinkieg that discretion was the better part Of ealoe, ale. Billing§ stayed in the 10Cii until the eising sun elletved hiln that the Met Setts clear, Number 47. The boy hfiersoli, who woe sent op frotn Ciait I. two months on the charge of vagrancy, ha giving the jail officials at Berlin some little trouble as well PA ainneetnent. The lad is confined in one of the upstairs oorrhiors, and by way of diversion one day lie lifted apt the hot air register, dropped lute the pipe, craw- led around two elbows until he got to the furnace, where he stuck. The pipe had to be out to get the boy oat. Strong efforts are being made to have him sent lo the Industrial School for foal:. years. The ntost disastrous fire tbab bate eccarred in Montreal for n, long time broke ont shortly after 6 o'clock Sunday night in Fe/admen's liquor warehouse on Debresees street, and spread to the large stone block of warehouses extending from, Deisresoles. to Notre Dame street near the French Chtsreh and occupied by the. New Englend Paper Company; Yonug d: Son, dye manufacturers; the ele- tropelitan Monufeeturing Company ; It. liewilae, church ornaments ; Pratt, pianos and ergane. The times spread from one store to another with alarming rapidity, and bile danger of a vast eon. flagretion was imvainent. The entire brigade was called inst and fee two hours fought the flames- Loss estimated at over $100,000. James Kane waecn Thursday morning of last week executed at Belleville for the murder of his wife, Illigethath. The prim tater took breakfast, eating a good meal, and mimed in his lent preparations for ' eternity. At 7e.45 the executioueer enter- ed the prison and within a few minutes eompleeed his preparations. It was not lintel 8:16, however, Meet the prooession for the scaffold left the condemned mania cell. Two minotes later the rope was adjusted and put around Kane's neok and at 8:19 the drop fell. The prisoner died without speaking. He W003 pale and composed, but seemed to diehard, bis groans being painful to hear. The pris• oner's last night was spent quietly, as usual. At midnight he lay down and idept quietly until 4 a. In. Half an hour Inter his daughter arrived, and at 7;15 took her last farewell of her parent. At o'olock the prisoner'sspiritmel advisers, Mgr. Farretly and Father O'Brien, ar- rived and engaged in devotional exercises. • People _Ncre_Knour. Mrs. Ainley sr. arrived home from Harriston this week. Miss Doig, of Gorrie, was visiting Miss Kate Wileon thio week. Miss Rena Beleninhimer has beeti on the sick list this week. Goo. Halliday, of Ferguson& Elelliclay, watt in Toronto last week. M. Fatrow, of Bluevale, was vieiting Postmastee Farrow this week. Mrs, Samuel Plum and Ruby are visit- ing relatives at New Hamburg. Dr. Cavanagh is away at Elmira this week on a visit to his old home. Hares James ie now time keeper. on the Eleetrie Railwity at Ottawa. Mrs. .". G. eleCracken, son and dftughterof Harriston, spent Sunday in Brussels. W. M. Sinclair was away this tveelc at Sandwich, Essex County, attending the Chancery sittings. MeNeugliton was here this week on a teeth He is melting his home at Hensel' at present. MiPB Lizzie ITeibine, of Guelph, was visiting her sister, Mrs. Geo. Steuernagel, of this place, this week. Ballantyne went to Stratford on Wednesday of this week to attend the wedding of Miss Kate Addie. Rev. W. 3. Brandou, of Monkton, has been quite ill with inflammation of the bowels, but is getting nicely over it now. Isaac Fitzpatriok left for Stayner last Monday where he goes into husineas with his brother Albert, as mentioned last weeetlkd Mrs. Blathill has returned from an extended visit to reletives in Mich. igen. She will make her home with her son William, 13, Brussels. Rev. J. L. Kerr ancl wife are attending tbe sessions of the Methodist conference at Berlin. RaV. W. E. Kerr, their youngest son, will be ordained next Soh. bath. Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs, W. El. Kerr and. Leslie leave Brussels ou Wednesday of next week for Winnipeg where they ex - pact to enjoy a visit of two or three months. Fred Burgess, photographer, who baa been employed in the best gallery int Brantford for some time, has gone to Winnipeg,. where he expects to push his fortune. Samuel Crawford has been laid maide for over a. week from a lame leg, won - Moiled while working at the cellar for Mrs. Straehan's stores, by a wagon wheel striking him. L. Ramble', of Salem, who is in part- nership with W. P. Vanslone in the Natirinal Flour Mill, was in town foe a, few days this week. He porpoees moving here with his family In tt month or so. Robb. Ross has been playing a few games of base ball with the New West - mitigate B. 0-, team, filling the impoet. ant position of coacher. if the whole nine are as good ite Bob they should put up a No. 1 game. The Clinton Now Eva says :—"Tint self() of James Carter died on Monday of oonsumption. She was barely 26 yeses of age, and leaves a family of four small children, She wits formerly a Mies Vin- cent, from the neighborhood of Bruseols." B. Gary left last Tuesday on a pleas- ure trip to Manitoba and the Northwest - He will visit his son Albert, W. Fish- leigh, 4, 11. Young a,nd other old friends. He may go on to the Pardue mast before be returns. He purehased his ticket from T. Fleteher. Murrly McLennan simprised some of the denizens of London Oh May 25th by winning the fat man', thee, and thereby scouring the ousterly of 0911 pound ham. Ho is as deceiving as a "clidn't-know.it- wits-loaded" gun, The mama of Drs. Kneehtel end Shaw appeal -cid in last Saturday's dailies arnotig the list of students suceeasfittly passing the Medi& Connell. They have now authority to write M. D. We hope the initiels will often meat ,i'Moody Down."