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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1892-4-15, Page 1Volume 19 A Visit To Yokohama. The cexuelluut hotels and foetivn life and Interests of Yokohama tempt the tourist to linger there, but it es wiser to Accomplish his oonntry trips 11 rot rind di liver hln1sslf over to the 00nport'5 sills and curio rhos, photographers, tailors, tattooers end natal life later, 11 he wi•hws to meat a prolonged stay he tnay lease a furnished Immo all the tvny from $ori or $50 per month for it small bungee low, up to $300 per month for a more pretentious establishment. If you talcs an empty house, furniture, budding and table equipments may bo rented from the furniture emporiums. Wali•trainod 501)0141110 are easily soured, the markets are abundant and abenrdly cheap, and nowhere dates the householder have such ease and so little core as in one of the foreign settlements of the Far Last. Laundry men ohargo $2.50 and $3.00 per hundred pieces. A pony trap may be rented for •$30 per month, and a saddle horse with 'Mato,' or running footman, for less. Tailors, both Chinese and Japanese, are many and thele goods cheap ; and all through Japan, China and India, where one requires t4 largo supply of thin Summer uluthing, he can be outfitted quiukly, at less cost and more satisfactorily than in Europe or Anerioa. Atter leaving America, luggage, and hand -luggage especially, is no trouble. The luxurious foreign residents iu the Bait travel with mountains of impsdi• metra. There ore always serventa and 00o140a to carry it, and the native 'nom- inee the visible ossossion •5 h moot by I ms is 0 P L of the tourist In Jlnrlltisha and moun- tain trips in Juan In age is,of course, ' rdnoult to a inuumnum ''Pitailroade allow sixty pounds of luggage to emelt ticket. Bcoidoe wandering thrones the etrssts of open-faced shops, watohiug the mereantil5 a td domestic dreamt, enacted thele, and enjoying the auceesaien of Ja Japanese tableaux ,hulling is the living a l t ) . r�t rt t h Yoko. fief amusement of the ou a r 0 llama. Curios ab,nn'1 :tad art t en:tln09 teem all ports of 'he empire come 10 thin largest ]market. The stranger need 1nOt expect to Incl prof( treaour,as in the 01ili.ion'al dingy shop 801 side street in We tandem day of 1(00a Retire:iatten end natio rivalry. 13ot, unless 110 hag hal 14 hent the, wry and sear,ltuel welt roars• Ritts and private 12)du0tion1 nt hu oe, the tourist very often ;;eta lea liras introduc tete 141 1 I',.I'd 1'0,11 art products after lauding. lf0 finds that the so• etled ,Japanese wares that overflow 111e b tears and fancy good; shops in foreign coun- tries are abominations concocted solely for the supposed urates of outer bather inns and not used by Japanese at all. The curio realms invite to their dispays, and if the visitor betrays any interest in curios he will lind hies, if the objeot of pleasant attentions frotn rival firms. There are many small curio, m• more purely meted -hand, abops en honcho Dori told Benton Dori, on Ise•8al(loho and the 0an1p Sill reed leading to the Bluff, and peddlers anon learn the way to Due's apertuleuts. Isezakicho, a street of museums, side shows, tents, booths, res- taurants, tcy•sbops and labyrinthine bazar+, will amuse the tourist for several evenings with its street stenos and in• door spectacles. With an interpreter the Japanese theatre will prove a delight and a revelation, and a guide will ar- range for a dinner in Japanese style at a teahouse or an eel.house. From the temple grounds on Nogeyama, the hill at the left of the railway station, a bird's• eye view of the pity and harbor may be obtained, with the fort on the iianagawa °lige overlooking them. A carriage, or jinrilcisha, ride around the Bluff where are the homes of the foreign residenteland the rase -course, and Around by the shores OE Mioais.•ippi Bay, will show one tna011 of beauty and interest in the couple of hours devoted to it. There is geed bathing at the Honmoku Beach below Yokohama Bluff and the teahouse there provides every aocommodatiou for bathers. The ri and the oho are the Japanese m014sure5 of distance. The rt is equal to about two and a half English miles and it takes 36 oho to make 1 ri. fifteen oho are a little more than ono mile. Ono ri equals 1,9273 kilotnebres and it ie believed that that dolma' system will soon be adopted. On country roadsjinrikisha fares are regulated by distance, from eight to fifteen on a ri be• ing charged, awarding to the character of the road, but on all the neral routes, to and from country stations, the exact tariff is known. No passport is required to visit Kamakura and Enoshima,twenty miles below Yokohama. Tho railway train will tale one to 1(amakura, landing him neer the Temple of Hacbiman, an historic shrine where many famous relics are (liepiayed. He may tifiiu at the Kaihiu-in, a hotel in a pine grove near the beach famous for its cuisine, and a popular resort for foreigners at all 58,9011,. The oolossal bronze statue of Buddha—the Dai B0150—is a toile dis- tant from the Kaibin•in. The imago is 50 feet in height and after inepeobing the temple in its Interior, the visitor may be photo JeaphOd, seated in the lap or on the thump of Buddha. The priests will moil tl a prints to any address given. Driv• ing .live miles down the bench the island of Enoshina is rsaohsd. At low tide the jinrihishe can go to the foot of the one steep street, but ab high tido a ferry boat plies urea a stretch of water. There are beautiful make through the temple groves crowning the island and 1.115 (MVO temple to the Gorlcloes Bunton may be visited at low tide. Ire tea. honses servo fish dinners and 041011 rine oenmands some specially fide view. On the opposite boob, at 1(atese, there is the best surf -bathing. To return to Yo- kohama more quickly one may drive to the Eajisawa station and take the trahn. John Buena was fined $100 and sen- tenced to a month's imprie0mnont at Owen Sound Monday for running an iJlnoit still. Louie Legere, tradet and farmer, aged 60, residing at the Grand. Desert Ancient Lorene, Quebec, dropped dead on Sun, day evening at hie reetdonoe while light- ing his pipe on ]tis rehire froui visiting Wends to the neighborhood, BRUSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, itrassels School *001,rd, The retinae meeting of the School Been! was held in the (10011011 chamber 1e15t Friday evening. present, W. B Mattoon, '1', 'entailer, 1', Farrow, A. hunter and Dr. McKelvey, The minutes or the last regular meet. ing were Pearl and passed, Moved by A. IIunter, seconded by T. Farrow that rho 1011ov/111g ecotone be paid^ W. II. Kerr, printing $4 00 W. Bateman, cedar 1 60 J. T. Popper, map of Dominion,6 00 Calmed, Beard thou adjourned. Dominion Parliament. There is a rumor afloat that the Hon. William Macdooeall is shortly to be palled to the Senate. A contract hoe been entered into by the Public Works Department for the construction of a telegraph line from Comex to Nananmo, 13. C. Mr. Proulx (Liberal) has been re.eleet- acl NI P. for Prescott county, by a. ma- jority of about 250 The Coneorvativee heft the seat from 1878 to 1891, when it was captured by Mr, 1'ronlx The Liberals of Monk held A 00nvon- tion at which it Was decided to protest the recent election of A.. I3oyle. M. P., for Mama. There aro teeny allegations of frond, personation, bribery Ole. One of the beauties of Cannde's in. ability to negotiate its own treatise is now exemplified in the matter of the 13e11 - ring Boa squabble between Harrison and alisbut all . S C , oda is the footfall b0• Y ttvoen the two hici(ea. The British Colombians do not like the nation of the British government in renewing the modus vivenrli with re- spell to the Bchring Sea seal fisheries, and their n5twpapers are protesting vigoro1slY Lord Salisbury's against Lr 1 ! 0011r135. U lion, 0. A. Minitel', a Conservative senator from Manitoba, has addresser) an open letter to Iron, Wilfred Laurier an• ileunlung that he has ltbanlnnOrl all faith in the final policy of his party, which he says has been an utter f dram, and urging rho Itoform lender to adopt 0 policy of free trade. When the government's bill to simplify the Franchise act and reduce the rnat- of preparing volar,' limb, le brought clown it will probably bo found that the govern- ment proposes to abolish the revising 001001', and emend to In1111i0ipal clerks the work of preparing and revising the lists. There appears to be some ground for the report that Mr. Abbott will resign the leadership of the Dumiuion govern- ment at the close of the present session, or as soon as he has secured a knight- hood. The Toronto World, a Conserva- tive paper, sterna that the premier only leased his present residence for six months and hints that Sir John Themp sol is shortly to be called to the premier• ship, Nova Scotia's financial statement has boon submitted to the Legislature of the Province. It shows that during the past year the expenditure was 0692,538, or 031,000 in excess of revenue. The in- creased debt of the year WAR $247,000. The total provincial liabilities are $2,- 990,000 being an increase of $1,600,000 in three years. To repay advances from local banks, the sum of $730,000 hoe been borrowed for one year from the National ,Provincial Bank of England at 41 per cent. interest. A general pro01otion examination for the civil service will be held on May 17th. There are 2 chief olerkebiple, 2 first -Class clerkships and 2 s000nd•olaas clerkships to be filled in Ottawa. In the outside aorvice the department of euntoms has the fullowing vacancies :-2 surveyors, 2 chief clerks, 15 clerks. 15 landing waiters, gaugers, 10 lookers, 4 appraisers and 4 a55ista111 appraisers. In the post office department the vacancies are :-5 first. class railway mail clerks, 18 mond- class, 7 first class and 15 second-olass olerks. Mayor 1Vhite and John Clark of St. Mary's waited on Hon. Mr. Onimot, Minister of Public Works, 00(1 urged that a customs house and postoflee be oreoted at that plane. The minister promised that he would pall the attention of his colleagues to the matter, and it is very probable that a vote for the building will appear iu the supplementary estimates. The deputation was introduced by 111r. Pridham, 11. P„ and was accompanied by about a dozen other Ontario members. General NOWrs. The Dsloware poach crop this year is very promising. About 17,000 houses are added every year to London. American railroads would reach half way to the moon. In 1743 not a house in Maine had a pane of glass in it. Steamers are now making daily trips o1 lake Champlain. Dispatches from Japan briefly an. ao005e a disastrous lire in Tokio. Tho 110gr005 in the United States now pay taxon on $204,000,000 worth of pro - petty. There are over 1,1000,000 rafiroar1 cera end 83,070 I000mobives in the United States. Missouri is not a bad state for wator- molOns. Mississippi County sent 8,000 carloads of then] to market. The wonderful oosinopolitan oily of Nov York fa said to number 000 Native Amerionne among its population. Both the Cumber of Deputies and the Senate of Piano have passed the oredib for the World's Fair at Chicago, The Rio Janeiro dispatoh segs active preparations oto in progress for' the nom- ination of a constitutional president. The Anglo•Amerioan cable steamer Minix has returned to Plymouth on ac. Doom of the breaking out of smallpox aboard. Arion Pardee, the late millionaire coal operator of Hazleton, Pa., died without a will, His widow is estimated 00 be worth 080,000,000. European 5tnamshfp lions annnnnee an advance in steerage puma/Igo rates from lenrnpe o1 03 n passenger, Mt•s. Catharine Jones of Easton, Va., died lana week Prem blood p dsoneug, monied by being pecked by a hon. The U. S. Llonee of Representatives has posed the free cotton bagging and cotton tie -bill ; yeas 100, nays 45. Lieut, Anaetey, who murdered the aged Beninese Dollard in Paris last De00nlber w100 sxeoutee on Sunday morning. The Russian famine is said to have, oan•ed a IONS to the Imperial Treasury of 300,000,000 roubles, or about $240,- 000,000. Tho Republican onto convention of Arkansas has iustrunted the delegates to the Minneapolis convention to vote for Morrison. In New York last Friday Albert Hallo. 1eriok ,hot his eweotheart, Amelia Frnae, because she refused to marry him, then killed himself. The girl will recover. It is reported that 3;min Pasha hoe recovered the immense stores of ivory he was forced to abandon when he left the equatorial province with Stanley. Owing to the depression in trade in Australia a Lour of the Antipodes pro- posed for Paderowoki will probably be abanrloued and lie will return to the U. S. Tho-\n5trian Government (mutant plates taking stringent measures to pre- vent the emigration of young men to America without having served their time in the army. The youngest sou of the bite Sir Hugh Allan came of age April 2nd, and the P' d 1. F the will are now being 1'OVIn Or 5 0 t 1 t '1. O ung 9t son gets six - twentieths out. The I e Y nti the of the ornate of the business the e b The other sons, U Montague and Bryce J Allan, getting seven.twentietbs each. The entitle is worth $7,000,000. At ,Monday's session of the international conference of the Church of Latter Day Saints the quorum of 12 reported aclver. est f the Detroit branch R, I on the ro u o tl 1 Y 9 titt missionaries , be 5eet to Canada. It also recommended that no appoiotmente to the ministry be I11.Lde of man who use Waco, contrary to the revelation of 18'82811.5 Mesion Relief Committee has de. tided to send the Ammer Conemaugh with a load of provisions f ,r starving Russians to Riga, a port nearer to the famine dietriol than Litton, where the In !lane was ltnlonded, The Conemegh will arrive at Phll,tdelphie next week, and the work of placing the cargo on boatel will he at once begun. The Practise of crenation is on the in. crease ut Germany. Iu addition to the crematorium m11i011 has heel] in operation at Botha si5ce 1877, and where from 500 to 000 bodies are new cremate] every year, a new establishment of the same kind la• been aOnsetirated at Obladorf. Another crematory will be opened in October at Carlernhe, making the third in Germany. The Boston Board of 1leteltll has ep• proprietor' $5,000 for a daily medical ex. amination of the schools in that one,. The medical main passes every soholer, according to hasty diagnosis as the names are called out from registrar. Every pupil who has any symptoms of disease is sent away with a prohibition paper, signed by the dootor, and forwarded to the parents, and a copy retained by the School Board. Among the people of the globe, the Japanese, in sheer use of tobacco, as 10 many other things, world seem to be the meat temperate as well as the most re- fined. The rudest coolie or the coarsest farm laborer equally with the lady of rank (the pretty geisha) and the minister of State are nontelt with the kiseru, a tiny pipe whish does not bold enough to make even Queen Mab sneeze. Mae, Fannie Cohen, the aged wife of a drygoode merchant,living at 72 .Cast Ninetieth street, New York, was frighteu- ed to death at 3 o'olook last Sunday mornine. 'There masa clang and rattle caused by to number of fire engines which bad been summoned to a fire in the ad- joining house. On hearing the engines she jumped from her bed, raised the win- dow, and looking out she caw engines pulling and belching out fire and smoke, when she shrieked and fell to the floor a corpse. U. S. Secretary Rusk, proposoe to start a plantation of Rubber trees in Southern Florida. The thither supply from native forests is running low, and cultivation of the rubber tree is coming to be em ab• solute necessity. The accidently die. annoy by Goodyear that sulphur will harden the guns of this tree mads the foundation for an industry of vast im- portance. With proper care a groat supply of the gum may be drawn from rubber plantations in the southernmost portions of the United States. Two ladies took the sleeper at Petoskey the other night for Grand Rapids, Molt. and upon arrival here in the morning one of them emerged dressed in meu'5 clothing. The oouple went to a hotel for breakfaeb, registered as C. L. Dowse, of Leonardaville, N. Y., and Mies Lover, of Petoskey. The peculiar appearance of the one purporting to be a man at - tooted attention, but as the couple left immediately after breakfast no iageiries were made. The one in ma0oulino attire was recognized as Dr. (1, Lousie Dowse, a prominent laxly physician of Petoskey, and the other was a nnree. Tine big Oxford -Cambridge retie never. For the 26th time 911100 it, Eo1.1nlILti011 the crew of the Oxford University 330at (ub pegged the winning line ahead of their opponents. Althogether 49 races 111400 boon rowed, one in whlol, that of 1877, terminated in a dead heat. After the preliminary paddle, however, river• side men expressed decided opinions in favor of the Oxford cow. The oarsmen were especially favored Saturday and ooneoquontly the time niade beet all reooed% Tho tide was in the flood and with the aid of the eahrent the 4 milds 440 yards from Putney to Mortlake were rowed. ill 19,21. The best previous re- 0ord, 20.12, was made in 1882, also by Oxford. Tho melt of the rano was known in Toronto at 8 o'olook Saturday morning. Tho rano was rowed about lr p, tit. APRIL 1E3, 1892 In i 10,41, a All 015ntrin lire ergine, using a power of 5,000 v0'tS, Inas been eontertvl1ed, whoa, pomp le aapab'O of throwing 180 Dobie fuer, of enter ,per second. With a three quarter inch eta ole it gine a height of throw of 1110 feet. Mrs. Luny 'frillier, of '1'aokertowo, N. J., while cleaning hone°, put some 1,14 papers in the stove. Among the rubbish WAR a bag of gunpowder, The stove was b own to pieces. Her little four year-old boy was so severely injured that he died. Mrs. iii'lier X•140 net Hared, One of the wonders pointed ons to tourists in Florida is the web-footed cow. An old steamboat oaptaiu says :—"The coma down here do grow web-footed sbddal ng ep much in the marshes, That draws their skin so tigut that when the feed gets good it is impossible to fatten them. There Isn't ronin under the hide. There is only one thing in Florida wh1oh is 'firmer than 111e ()owe and that i9 the hogs. Wo never think of getting more than one aide of bacon off of enol animal, and tint is mighty poor." A gentleman travelling in Japan broke the mainspring of his watch, whish he took to a native village jeweler, 'the wwtuh wan returned, apparently in as good running order es ever, and it kept good time until the rainy season sot in, when it stopped. 13011,g in the city of Tokio at that time, She traveller look the watch to an :English workman, who was astonished to find that the cunning Jap had put in a spring made out of bambno, which, no long as it kept dry remained elastic, but during wet weather had gathered dampness and lost its power. Little against 1'ergneou is 0.11 interest 1 i 110111 up in the Supreme ince mum HOOD O e l t i t Curet secs a Halifax d o t t°ll. The plaintiff is a widow in the best society of Piston, the defendants, a man and his wife, are also society people there. The plaintiff alleges that the defendatite malicina0ly spoke and pnblehed of the plaintiff that her family were of a low of Was and aye d shut the plaintiff vee guilt v of forunworthy g' 1 using 111 ]oak uE religion the �5s es •< nonce of this the purpn In 0a a 1 , plaintiff alleges she has been 1ojnred in her reputatinu and brought into disgrace among her eeiehbors. She asks $15,000 damages. Two d au:hters of plaintiff are married to prominent Halifax men, one to the prothonotary, Mr. Holmen, the other to Alex. Keith, of the firm of Gor- don ,9 Keith. ,tteltelt(iu ,LN0' 11lidlnnd harbor is clear of ice. Guelph will lave an $8,000 purling and ,fritting rink. There are 2,179 501411ars fn Guelph Sabbath settee's. 0. P.R. lend sales hale ewe, largo this year up to date. The Dehorni,g Commission will mot in Toronto on April 19. The Walkerville Mercury has expired from "business exigencies," Daring 1891 13,123 settlers entered Manitoba, with 750 car's of stook. The Aston Free Press is adopting the strictly cash.in-advanoe principle. Charles Glaokmeyer, city clerk of Montreal, died on Saturday, aged 72. Petrolea will close her billiard rooms at seven o'clock in future by order of the Town Council. A large flow of gas {VFW struck in a gas well a mile north of Port Colborne Mon- day afternoon. One firm in Guelph alone last year shipped over 000,000 worth of dressed beef to Halifax. Georgy Todd fell from a wagon in St. Catherioes and received injuries from which he died. A live -year-old boy named Hugo was killed at Guelph Satnrilay by having his head 0rriebed in by a falling waggon. The butchers of Hamilton, Woodetoak, Brantford and Guelph will hold a demon. stration at Brantford on Dominion Day. Rev. N. H. Martin, whose sudden de. perture from Chatham caused such a sensation, is now in Belmont, Man. He will become a sohool teacher. James Murray, a G. T. R. engineer, was killed while attempting to board a freight train which was leaving Black Rook for Fort Erie on Saturday. Montreal militia are preparing for the oelebration of Queen's Birthday. A number of outside regiments, including the Queen's Own, Toronto. will take part in the day's nlancouvrea. The school trustees of Brantford have protested against the issuance of a Nobel license in the immediate vicinity of one of their public schools and pointed out that according to the statutes no license could be granted in the immediate viohlity of a public school. On Thureday last a tramp whom I. Ross, west of Wallaoabown, had hired, while Mr. Ross was absent at a neigh. bor's, broke open two trunks, took a new suit of clothes, a pair of shoes, a pair of kid gloves and a pair of overalls. Ten dollen in money was also taken from Mr. Rose' pants. Mt. Ross followed to West Lorne, but the teenlp had probably taken a train before he arrived. A Sault Ste. Merle despatch nye A half dozen proninent young women of this city adopted a novel way of punish- ing Fred. Clayton, a young men who hes been scattering standalone tales regard. ing them, Drsseed in old clothes and armed with brushoo and two buckets of bright red paint, they called ab his home and inveigled him out. Four of the young women seized and dragged him half a block clown the street and held hien while the remaining two vigorously plied the paint brush. Whoa they final- ly released him there was not a apob on Ins clothes, feta oe head that was not covered with a cont of fiery rod paint. On Saburdey night Aylmer Smith broke into the cellar of Piney Johnston's hotel at Brantford and stole eight bob• ales of ale. He took them all end broke into the Oxford•etreet Methodist ohllrc4. Sunday morning at 10 o'clock when the church Was opened for pnblio Service Aylmer was sitting in the pulpit with the rile spread out around him. lie was e• jeotod from the oburoh and suboogtiontly arrested. At the Police Court on Mon- day Smith WAR sent nip for 80 days for taking the ale: William Chambers, of Dresden, (int., rt Wtuterlon veteran 14 1011 yore old and still hale anti lunette. Samuel Caber, a 13nsanrluet farmer who ]van recovering from le grippe, Dorn. nlit'od suicide etonday by throwing him- self into a cistern, A thlrtren•yoar-nlrt boy named Charles Palmer, living near Tilbury Centro, had his left hand blown off by the explosion of a gnu with which he was shooting sparrows, The Port Elgin High Solute! will give a drill and calisthenic entertainment in the roller rink on 10th May, under Drill Instructor Auld,of the IIigh School staff, and Capt. Clark, of Guelph. P. ,]honey was the lucky discoverer of two skeletons on Rend Eau Point last week. One was shat of a full grown iter- ate and was remarkably well preserved. The teeth aspeoially were sound and not one was missing. The other was the skeleton of an Went. The bodies seem to hove beer, boon in a sitting position. The Paris ivlanufacturing Company's plant is a betel loss from fire, The fire ewe first seen by the watchmen in the first flat. It soon ripened on ancient of the wool and oil in coarse of re tnutaotu110 and the premises wererrnnpleeely gutted. The teenager Mr. Schofield heti left for Montt eel. Loss $100,000 • insurance 070,0110 The firemen, by throwing six pnwsrfnl streams, managed to save the adjacent Alabastine works. Richard \Valeta'', of Clandebcye, was rem ended until April 15th upon the charge of having two wives. Wife No, 1, Who was Susan Conk before her marriage to Waistall whinh she sass to d( placea in Toronto,1819 lays the information and 'Ao r a 1 scolio". Wife No. 2 who was Ms, Onbleigh before her marriage to Waistell, which, it is alleged, took place in Exeter in 1550 lives with defendant at (ilandeboye, ry s t The vonng men of Sarnia received an invitation to attend a claiming party at the residence of ayoung lady,the datee beingApril 1st. A11 dressed out in their P Sunda clothes the went to the party— Much didn't take Mace. The ,young lady was greatly astonished to see them piling int, the Immo and they were more than surprised at the unexpected turn of events. No one else showed up for bb' party, no morn appeared and consequently they mael5 inquiries and di000vered that they had been April -fooled. A very sari scene to tic place at Niagara Palls, oe the arrival of the West Shore emigrant train at Suspension Bridge Friday afternoon. Among the many hundred emigrants from across the ocean that arrived from New York on their waw 10 tletir new homes in the west Waw A P. Seinen, his wife and child of 11 months, from Deemed:, on their way to Utley, Wis. Neither of them could speak a word of English. It was noti001 that the mother was tenderly nursing and watching her little babe that was in her arms with teens streaming down her pallid cheeks. A few moments later the mother gave 0 shriek of agony 00(1 partially fainted. The little one bed died in iia mother's arms, and a very pitiable scene ensued. The mother and father almost went frantic with grief. From what could be learned from them the child was dentate, and the sea voyage was too mush for it. Undertaker Welch was sent for, and the little one was placed in 0casket and buried in the town come. tery. The mother and father went on their way with their hearts rent in twain mattering "Mein 011ie," and wringing their hands. 011ie was the little one's name. The Tesswater News says that on Sunday morning about live o'clock R. B. Keeler, who lives immediately over the store occupied by Carmichael te MoTeg- garb, awoke to find himself almost suffo. eating with smoke. He at onoe aroused the iumetes of the house. It was Boon discovered that the fire was in the sellar and on the arrival of the fire brigade a well directed stream of water soon ex- tinguished the flames, no material dam- age being done to the building. An ex. amination of the premises soon revealed the feet that a most deliberate and deter. mined attempt at incendiarism had been made. A quantity of wood whioh had been Ding near the rear of the cellar, had been pilled up at the front end and a box planed on top. The box had been filed with paper and paper had been plat- ed in the °Wilke between the ebicks of wood. Piles of boxes had also been made in different places and paper had thrust into them, There WAS abundant evidence that a free use of coal oil bad been made, not only in the sellar but in store above. Access had apparently been bad to the premises by the batik cellar door, PERSONA L PARAO H.1PHS. Robb. Armstrong has been on the sick lief. Dr, J. W. Shnty, of Clinton was in town an Monday. Miss Parks, of Gelb, returned home on Tltnrsday. Mrs. Murray, of Walton, is visiting Mrs. Jno. Shaw. G. P. Scholfield is amending hes Easter holidays in Toronto. Mrs. 0. V. Paelter, of Sag1naty, is visit. ing relatives and friends in Brnsseis, M1es L. A. Hanlbly of Tesswater, is renewing old aogaainbaneee in Brussels. E. \V. Armstrong, of London, Was 1101110 011 a brief visit bo his parents this week. Edward Dunf0t•d was on the sick list ]nob week but would not bike time to have a long siege. Milton Holmes, of the Bank of Com• mores, Paris, hes been transferred to the Goderioh branch of the bank. Harry Oresswoll, of Seaforth, 02145 15 town on Monday. He'll melte some of our boys jealous if he donb mind. The family of A, J. Lowielt removed to Tiverton this week. The people of that village will find them worthy citizens. Mo. W. 13, Dickson has gone to De - trent to visit relatives in the hope of build- ing np her health Which hes been vory poor labety • We hope the change of air and 0Oen5 w111 effect the imlprovenlent chaired. Number 40. Samuel 1•3tnale s 1lnalth is peer and lie is DOW order 12rpateu'ut for hie lungs, which we hope will prove bonelioiel. Rev. C. 1'. Sultan will preach Sunday school anniversary sermons at Jiatten• bury street Methodist church, C 1111011, next Sabbath. Dr. Cavanagh is taking a business trip to eastern towns and eities• His practice in Bt uesele is being looped after by G. A. Dewar, of Seaforth. R. S. Hays, barrister, T. Thompson and Robt. ,Jones, of Seaford, were in Brussels last Monday in oonnso+ion with the lotting of the Queen', Hotel to Mr. O'Leary. Jon. J!', McCrea, of Montreal, tens home for a brief visit to his parents last week. He holds some very valuable property in Montreal and Torouto, and expects to make a "bael" of money out of it. Our so11o01 teachers are taking advan. lags of Easter holidays. bliss Braden is visiting relatives at Millbank ; Miss Abra- ham is with Mine Rargreavee, of Paisley ; 11'Iiss Mau 1 Abraham has gone to Stoat. ford ; and Principal Shaw will guard the town. Mrs. W. T. Oluff underwent the opera - Lion foondent on the removal of a tomer, on Thurettly morning of this week, at Termite. W5 ere pleased t0 mate that the patient stood it well and the phoo- i0iau (Dr. Templet metieipet,. no bad restate. err. and ]Ira. Clnff will not be home for several weeks yet, 110850er. Last week F. C. Regent received a let. ter from his nephew, Churn 'Waterer, a former well known resident of Bru•sea. After steing a large slam of the world ince leaving pace lie le w e g this i n 19 t now en. gaged with 111 Jri h 7 it to Co.in 1, e 1 tl nit '".• Paris, t France. . [r, Waterer write that 3,000' workmen are employed at the h,-adgne.rters—London--and they hese branches almost all over the world. Zylonite is another mime for eolleloid and there is hardly n thine on the face of the earth that cannot be 1mietted in this mnLerial from the finest 1do.ce ta the veryivory beet and tortoise shell, no matter what corer er what sire Al ad- dition to this we manufacture onmbe, tooth combs, hair pine, daggers for hair, knife handles, brushes, all kinds of elea• trical instruments, collars, e0)7n, halls, dower, acid it host „f ether article,. \Vo are only wholesale 111,1 think nothing of taking orders for 1,0,11 non-u collard and 011(10 Ind 500 gross of 00111 I/4 and bru,he5. We send a lot of ,ter 11111,71,1 tri C thud 1 where it is empl: v,d for making Mane keys, tttl(iug the pl tee of ivory. These are so well imitated that an inexperienced head cannot tell the ditl.aeno+. In Paris W0 Lave a very large warehouse which is kept mettle)ly ducked frnnl London, having allays n minimum stock or 02'0, 000 sterling, There are twelve travellers continually on the road. I have had the pleasurcof mounting the Eifel Tower even to the higbest point, this is 965 feet. There is a steer half way up, or you can go the wh-de distance by lifts. I have also visited the 0110101155 which ere finished off with the utmost magnifi- cence, regardless of cost. We some. tithes take a ride n 1 the steamboat down the Seine, the fare being 3d. It is al• ways excessively lively in Paris. On Thursday last we had the washerwoman,t' fore, end a beautiful pr000soiou it was. The crowd wits so dense there was no pooeibility of moving for two hours, alt the avenues; square; end large gardens being literally peeked with people. Additional ;.,oca1 News. EASTER HOLimATS.—Tho rural schools closed for Easter holidays on the 14111 and will re open on 19111. The town aal village schools closed on the 14th to re- open on the 25th. Olucrsr.—A meeting for the purpose of organizing Brussels Cricket Club for 1802 will bo held at the American Hotel e1 Monday evening next, at 8 o'clock. A Italie attendance desired. "Arron a varied experience with many so-called eathartio remedies, I am con- vinced that Ayer's Pills give the most satisfactory results. I rely exclusively on these Pilla for the cure of liver and stemech complaints."—John B. Bell, Sr., Abilene, Texas. Mueeseme Oru.nces. –On Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week the Spring millinery opening at Mrs. Rogers took place. The weather was not pro. pitious for visitors' but the exhibit of bonnets, hats, ribbons, tee., was fully up, if not in advance of former years. Miss Green's handiwork was ex411110ed and duly admitod and complimented. There is satisfaction nu having a 5na0es5- ful opening but better still when the or. tiers platted ensure a sale for the hand- some headgear. Mrs. Rogers invites the public to call on Saturday of this week if they have not had au opportunity of seeing the display.—Last Saturday Miss Home's new steel; was exhibited W the fair Sex. A largo number of visitors called and had a look at the latest styles in millinery. Miss Hoare is counting on a good season and is pushing ordered work. We wont nndertal(9 to tell you the style of Lois season's millinery but leave you to call and see for yourself. Anne LAnlult,--The Grand Rapids Damoornt of April the 4th says ; —John AI. Parsons of London, Ont., represent. ing the Bouald Fire Engine works of D110501ls, 0:1nedn, has been here severe] days investigating the Arrow Aerial turn Ohio trunk, mauufacturod by the Miebi- ga,, Fire Ladder and Engine company of this 0i1y. 1Io also visited the Muskegou Chemical Engine worke of Muskegon. The object of his visit is to matte arrange- ments with the concerns hove for the right to use and manufacture those arti- oleo in Canada, or to introduce a branch factory of these lines in Canada, whore the corporation of London would likely offer some inducements. Chief Lonloin has rlvei Mr. Persona an exhibition of the ninetyfoot ladder just soothed by this city end there is likelihood the hush - ling 08048fsn town will shortly bo poo. Bossed of one of the best machines of the kind in the world. The Ronald engine is well known in Canada and it is the in- tention of the concern to manufacture a fall department supply from waborworlt1 dawn to a hand pump,