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THE SARNIA'S LONG TRIP.
AN IN7'EItB6'PING NARRATIVE, ICY
OP TEM I'ASaaect EIta.
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The Rev, 0. 0. L. Riley, of Preston,
England, who was n saloon passenger on
board the Dominion line streamer Sarnia
on her last eventful voyage, gives the fol-
lowing interesting narrative of the trip :
"We Lett Montreal on Saturday night,
July 804h, bound to Liverpool, having
aboard 28 saloon and 22 intermediate and
steerage passengers, also 804 head of
cattle and a general cargo, Prooeeding
down the river below Quebec we had to
come to anchor owing to a donee fog,
and were detained there for twelve hours,
starting again next morning. We had to
slow down outside the Straits of Bello
Isle owing to a second fog, and we bad
to carefully navigate our way, ae there
were many steamers blowing for signals,
among them being the Allan liner
Parisian, which left the previous day for
Liverpool. On the 81st we passed quite
Mose to a large number of enormous fee -
bergs several hundred feat in height, and
while doing so the weather became inten-
sely cold. All went well until Friday,
August 4th, ab 6;80 p. m., at which time
the steamer was going at full speed, and
most of the passengers were preparing for
dinner. I was walking in oompany with
Captain Couch on the promenade deok,
and just when passing the engine room
• skylight we beard a groat crash, which
made the steamer shake from stem to
stern to snoh an extent that an iatornee-
diate passenger who was resting in his
berth was thrown out on the deck. The
captain ab oube saw that
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and he hurriedly left and ran below to
the engioe.room to ascertain what had
happened. When Captain Couch came
on deokhe informed us that the shaft
was broken in the length next the tube,
but thatfortanately for us, both tube and
tunnel were quite intaot, and accordingly
no danger need be apprehended of water
dowing into the vessel, and furthermore,
he said that the engineers had informed
him that they hoped to be able to repair
the damage to the shaft by utilising e.
temporary coupling which would enable
tbe Sarnia to steam about six knots per
hour. Meanwhile all available sail was
set to steady the ship and keep her head
to wind ae far ne poesible, and a number
of the crew were set to work to prepare a
sea anchor. That night agood stiff wind
blew from the northeast with a confused
sea, and we were driven a considerable
distance out of the track of vessels.
Next day, Saturday, Aug. 5th, was
beautifully fine, and at noon the log re.
corded that wo had made tbirbyone
miles. That niehb we had a ooncert,
which had a sheering effect on many,
and proved most entertaining. By Sun-
day at noon we had for twenty-four
Inure previously made only twenty-five
miles. On Monday morning the seamen
on tho lookout shorted that a steamer
was in eight. The vessel gradually bore
down on no, and proved to be the Ripon
City, bound from Montreal to Bristol.
We sent a boat in charge of the chief
officer, Mr. Erekine, to represent our dis-
abled condition, and he also carried quite
a bag of lettere from the paeeengers,
whioh he wished poeted in England to
ourfriende. Captain Couch, being of
• opinion that the engineers could repair
the shaft, did not detain the Ripon City,
and to ear Astonishment and regret
q, wE S.tw mils &TEAM AWAY 000E 0s,
This was a sore disappointment to the
paeeengers, as we fully expected that she
would htuve stood by us until the broken
abaft was repaired, That evening the
engineers informed the captain that the
temporary repairs were ootnpleted, end
the 011gi000 were again set in motion, but
they had barely made half a dozen
revolutions when the temporary conplinge
snapped like a piece of glass, The en.
ginos had to be iihmediately stopped and
01100 again we were broken down. The
engineers' then elated that they could do
nothing more and wo made up our minds
to wait our 0110000 of getting assistance
later on from some passing steamer, • To
noon 011 Tuesday, the 8211, we sailed /18
18081138, whioh was something better, ae
tbe wind was fair, and by noon on the
9th forty miles were covered. The 10211
was rather a stormy day, and during the
1Wentyfour hours ending at noon on
that day we only made eighteen milds.
From the 1021, to the 28211 we did not see
a vestige of a sail an the ocean by day or
a light of any kind at night. However,
on the night of the 28211 a steamer, be-
lieved to be tbe State of California, wad
sighted, and our hearts were ones again
buoyed up with the hope of getting as•
sistance. We were doomed to disap-
pointment again, as, notwithetandi-ng
that we aired guns and made flash lights
and other signals, she did not appear to
notion ns and oontinued her voyage.
For the previo00 ten days we had drifted
278 miles, but naw, Augueb 81st, the
wind came out sparklingly fresh from the
westward and wo commenced to go along
well—better, in foot, than we had since
wo boonme disabled. By noon we had
sailed 80 miles on our eastward couree,
and were quite pleaded with the perfor•
mance. No incident 000urred during the
next four Jaye until, while at 100oln on
the 25211, a shout, loud and clear, went
oat on the water that a steamer was in
sight. We all malted excitedly from the
saloon to look at the long-looked•for
friendly chip doming to our aseistanoe,
and within a few hoard silo was within
speaking 48029000. Bin proved to bo the
Allan liner Monte Videos]," bound from
Quebec to London, and -tor captain
kindly ooneonted
TO TAtrn 08 IN blow.
In a short time wo had run out aur big
table to the "Manta Videan" as she sent
to us her steel hawser, so throb with two
Moog towing sables our vessel was soon
being oarried through the water at a
goodly rat of ep°ed. Once during the.
towing a "Monte Videan's" hawser
beret, but our cable held all the time.
To noon on the 26211 she towed tut 186
injlee, 27th 150 Hailes, 28th 186 miles,
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1893 W. H. KERR, Prop.
20th 182 milds, 80th 107 utiles, Bleb 155
miles, and to Queenstown (arriving ab 8
1st instant) 127 miles. The
captain and ollioors treated ns during the
entire time with extraordinary kindness,
and left nothing undone to make ae
comfortable.
CANADA'S PROOF.ESS,
erinoloal Grant on Religious Deveion.
incur lit ciao Dominion,
At the Religious Oongrese in Chicago
Principal Grant, of Kingston, spoke as
follows:
Mr, Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen ;
The Dominion of Canada is of very r0 -
cent areation, but the fact that the
world's greatest fair is being held in
the United States, in the city of Chicago,
proves that antiquity is nob an indispen-
sable element of national or eivio great-
ness. (Applause). The foot that this
congress is not for controversy, but for
comparison, also reminds me that the
true way to avoid comparison is anourate
definition, and therefore you will pardon
me if I -first attempt to define the term I
ale using.
13y the Quebec Act of 1774 Canada in.
eluded not only the lands watered by the
St. Lawrence but also the ground on
whioh we stand ; all those embodying
Status, whose exhaustless resources
promise io clue time to make Chinago the
wealthiest and most populous centre in
the world. (Applause,)
A few years after Saab, at the °lose of
the revolutionary war, although Britain
and Franco were caper to preserve the
ancient boandariee in all their extent it
so happened that Lord Shelburne,
Prime Miniater, of Groat Britain, en-
dowed the thirteen oolonies with this
groat West al the expense of Canada,
and the Congress commissioners, Frank.
lin, Jay and Adams, aocepted the splen•
did gift with enthusiasm, and promised
in exchange perpetual peace and free
trade between the mother and the daugh-
ter. (Applause). Canada, in oonce-
quenee, et that time included only what
aro known as the Provinces of Ontario
and Quebec, bub in 1867, the Maritime
Provinces of Nova Scotia and New
Brunewiek were united and subsequently
our illimitable Northwest was added, and
now Canada means a country bound-
ed on three sides by three oceans
and on the other side by the great Iakee,
the watershed of this continent.
EA01011e 00 EvoL0TI0N.
What has this young giant to do with
a parliament of religion 1 Has it not
all its time to spend on material things
to make its living, and fence its farms 7
Has it any time to reflect on the funda-
mental questions 0f thought and life, or
to speak a word 0n them 2 I thiuk the
answer to a similar question with regard
to any other country is to be found, by
asking its plane in the world and history,
for the distinctive work of every nation
has been determined by these two
factors. Our very position as fourth in
the maritime power of the world, as re-
gards tonnage, shows the aptitude of our
children for foreign trade. The Union
of the two races and languages in Canada
was needed in order to enable England
to do her Imperial work, and does it not
force us to see good even i0 those that
our ancestors thought enemies 7 Our
political evolution has had the same les-
son for us. We borrowed the federal
idea from you, the judicial system from
Ragland., and uniting both we think we
have found a oonstibntion better than
that which either the mother country or
the elder daughter enjoy. At any rate
we make it ourselves and it fits. (Ate.
plause).
Ideas do not belong to any one country.
They are the common property of man.
kind, and so we have bean able to accent.
plleb a measure of religions unification
by coming together, trying to borrow new
ideas from every cotaltry. All day long
our Saviour has been saying: 'I have
stretched out my hand to a disbanded
and gainsaying people.' But, sir, the
one only indispensable condition of
success is this, that we reaoguize the Dost
of our faIlurs, that we confess it with
humble, lowly, penitent and obedient
minds and that with usual western
courage to now oomo forward and do
otherwise. (Applause).
World's Fair.
Roughly figured out the amount of
money prizes taken by Ontario oattlo
breeders at the World's Fair is nearly
$5,000, with 129 animals, or a little
under $40 a head. The largest amount,
$2,256, Went to the Shorthorns, in which
Masa the prizes wore doubled by the
American Shorthorn Breeder's Associa-
tion. Besides the money there wore
several medals and diplomas. In horses
the prize winnings amounted to about
$800, besides medals and diplomas, so
that ma the whole our breeders ought to
be fairly well satisfied.
The attendance at the World's Fair
hail shown a steady growth. The follow-
ing is the record for the first four menthe
of the Exposition :—
Total for May 1,050,087
Total for Jane 2,075,113
Total for July 2,760,868
Total for Augnat 3,615,408
Grand total 10,000,906
The daily average for May was 84,000,
for June 80,000, for July 92,000, for Au•
gust 116,000, and for September ap to
date it has been,about 150,000. It is be -
/laved that the attendance for the month
will foot up 5,000,000, and that the grand
total by the first of November will reach
20,000,000 if the weather conti0uea favot.
able, On spacial days the POurtb of
3uly tools the load with an attendance of
283,278 ; Illinois day came next, 248,951 ;
G. A,11. day third, 220,086, On New
York day 160,882 people were on the
grounds. The Fair is a magnificent sue -
nose, made so in part by the moderato
1tnrmoe whioh prevail for sight-seeing and
for travelling.
A Tragedy Near Listowel.
A tragedy and perhaps an awful crime
was emoted early Monday morning near
Gowanstown, a hamlet of half a dozen
houses, about four miles from Listowel,
The frame dwelling on the old Martin
homestead was burned to the ground
and in it Mo. Samos) Martin, 81 years
of age, met a horrible death, The only
other oc°npant of the house Sunday
night was a youth called Albert Themes,
aged 18 years, and ono of the boys sent
out to 0aanda front England. As his
retnaine were not seen in the burning
building and he himself was nob to be
found, suspicion of foul play was ab onoe
aroused. A reporter drove out to the
ruins to investigate and found a number
of the neighbors about 8118 smoking
embers discussing the affair. No
attempt had been made to remove the
remains until the arrival of the Coroner,
who was uotifled but had not yet appear.
ed. In one corner, just beneath where
the old lady's bedhad stood, was 8o be
seen a small bundle of abarred bones and
flesh, a sickening evidence of the reality
of the tragedy. Samuel Martin, one of
the earliest settlers of the Townabip of
Wallace, died in February, 1892, and left
a good 100 aore farm to hie only eon,
Samuel, with a life interest in half the
property to his widow and small portions
to bis daughters. The son, Samuel, who
is unmarried, got the boy Thotnas from
the Stratford home last March to help
him in the farm work. The boy has
been out from England two or tbree
years, and has worked at number of
places, the last before this being with
George 0. Pools, Reeve of the township.
He sloes not bear a bad reputation among
the neighbors. He clic not get on well
with the Martins bat the fault did not
lie altogether with him. The boy and
the old lady, who although so well up in
years, discharged the usual woman's
duties on the farm, were accustomed to
Maker good deal and she wanted him
sent away. On Friday night she com-
plained to her eon, who hall been in Lis.
towel during the day and had been
drinking, that tbe lad had been diso-
bedient acid had been cursing at her, and
the young man thereupon gave the boy a
thrashing. Thomas was beard to say
hat he would make it hot for then, bub
next day appeared to be ou good terms
with Martin, though there was always
bad feeling bebweeu him and the old
woman. Sunday morning young Martin
Robed up and drove to Elmira to sea a
married sister, Mrs. Durham, and he did
of return tilt Monday afternoon in re-
ponse to a message. The last person
known to have spoken +to the old lady
was Wm. Crooks, who lives aoross the
oar. He went over on Sunday night
nd helped her bo milk the cows. She
rose from a block ou which sbo was sit-
ing milking with the remark, "Troth
ut I'm sniff," end in reply to a question
bout her son said he did not toll her
ibher where he wee going or when he
ould return. She was always afraid of
re, and would lever let the boy, who
lept up•abairs, have a light to bed
unday night a neighbor saw the boy
oming from the etablea carrying a
morn and whistling at 11 o'clock.
his was the last seen et him, About
16 Monday morning Mr. Crooks' father
aw the light of the burning building
trough the window, and the family ran
ver but the fire was already so hot and
to smoke so dense the house oould not
e entered. Tho form of the old lady
uld be seen, as soon as the sheetings
fhb wall fell away, snrronudsd by the
times and being steadily consumed. Her
stares could be made out as she lay
alf sitting on the timbers whioh had
pported the floor, but the borrified
eighbore, who bad gathered by this
me, were unable to rescue the remains,
wing to the intense heat, and bad to di-
ct their attention to saving the barns
joining, in which they were snccessful.
o trace of any other body could be seen,
at of course this oennot be known poel-
vely until all the debris isgone carefully
er. Undoubtedly Mrs. Martin died of
ffocation before the flames reached her.
he fire started in the east end of the
use, where the boy slept. Whether he
d waited till the old lady had gone to
d and then, taking the lantern to his
om, started the fire accidentally or
.tether he fired the place and, taking
hat money he could find, made good his
cape is as yet only aonjeobure, though
e latter is the idea of Martin himself.
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Next Sabbatb the timed servioea will
be resumed in Knox 01101011.
St. John's ohuroh is being decorated
this week preparatory to the Harvest
Home services on Sunday.
Next Sunday Rev, R, Pan/ will preach
tit Teeswatsr, relieving Rev. J. A, Mo•
Lauohlan who will bo away on a mis•
sionary tour.
Rev. S. Joao preaohed in Melville
ohnrohlast Sunday morning and Rev.
D. Forrest, of Walton, in the evening,
Rev. Mr. Ross was preaching in Toron-
to.
Maitland Presbytery met at Wingham
last Tuesday. Rev. 5. Rosa, B. A., and
Rev. S. Jones attended. The latter is
the Presbytery Elder for Melville
almr0h.
The choir of the Methodist aharoh will.
sing atJohnaton'a church tea meeting on
Monday evening, Oat. 2nd. Rev. Mr.
Cobblediek is announced as ane of the
speakers.
The anniversary services of the Meth.).
dist Sabbath school will bo held next
Sunday. Thepaetor will preach to the
children at 10:80 a, m. The school will
occupy the pews in the centre and the
serene of song will be accompanied by
the orchestra, An open areaion of the
sohool will be held at 2:80 o'oloak when
the exercises will consist of addresses,
musical eeleobious, readings, &o. In the
evening the sermon will be largely to
parents and teachers.
Mayan Homes—Next Sunday Rev.
Rural Doan Hodgins, of Seaforth, will
preach in St. John's church, Brussels, at
11 a. m. and 7 p, m., fu connection with
the Harvest Home. On Friday evening,
29th inst., the Harvest Home dinner will
be served in the Town Hall from 6 to 8
o'clock, after which a program of toasts
will be called for as follows :—"The
Queen," by the Chairman ; "The Gov-
ernor Senora( and Parliaments of Can-
ada," proposed by J. Moore and respond.
ed to by T. Farrow, ex -M. P. • "The
Church," by Rev. W. G. Reilly, and
Rev. G. EL Cobblediok ; "Brussels," by
W. F. Vansbons and W. H. MaQraoksu ;
"Agricultural interests," by Edward
Bryan and Uriah McFadden ; "Mercan-
tile interests," by Jas. Jones and Jas.
Irwin ; "Mauufaoturing interests," by
B. Gerry and J. D. Ronald ; "The
Professions," by W, M. Sinolair and R.
L. Taylor ; "Educational intonate," by
L[. Dennie and 3. H. Cameron ; "The
Press," by Dr. Mn1`laughbon and W. H.
Kerr ; "The Ladies," by T. A. Hawkins
and G. F. Blair. Musical seleatioue, ap-
propriate to the occasion, will be inter-
spersed at suitable intervals during the
evening. The'Womena' Guild have the
dinner in hand and that is all that is
necessary to say shoat it.
(77to ar$3ct xx Pa -es lay 89.
Two young ladies of con. 4, Minto, oat
and hound ten aores of oats recently.
A Berlin hooter recently shot an eagle
. near Bridgeport whioh measured 9 feet
8 inches from tip to tip.
The Ingersoll N. and 2?. 0. Agricul-
tural Society has been donated $25 by
Sir Richard Cartwright, M. P.
J. H. Ferguson, Q. 0., fell from a
window in his office o1 sixth floor of the
Freehold building, Toronto, last Friday
and was instantly killed. He had lost
the use of his eyes.
Last week as Steve Warner, an old
resident of Caradoc township, was driving
to Delaware accompanied by a friend,
he was suddehly seized with heart failure
and immediately expired in the wagon.
The "chief of polios," of Dundas, is to
act as chief constable, truant officer,
caretaker of waterworks and collector of
water rates for a montb, and is to get a
suit of olothes when the mayor thinks he
deserves it.
Wednesday evening John Hollingshead
and wife, of Elnniskilleu, about 4 miles
from Petrolia, were bereft of their infant
eon, a child one year of age. The little
fellow olilnbed up to look into a swill
barrel near the house, lost his balance
and tumbled in head first, drowning be-
fore the body was recovered.
About 6 o'oloak Saturday night a sad
acoidenb occurred by whioh Thomas
Barber, hernesamaker, of Alton, loot his
life. He was standing at his worts-benoh
Meaning his shotgun when itaoofdeotally
wont off, emptying the whole ohargo into
his breast, causing death almost instant.
ly. He leaves a widow and two children
to 111011111 his death,
The Hamilton Spectator says :—While
a young lady was orossing Icing street
near the postoflice 'a naughty gust of
wind swept her int off her head, likewise
a switch of false hair. She, however,
scoured her hat and marched on, ignor-
ing the hair which had drifted aoross
John street in the meantime, J. G.
Weir, the grain buyer, gallantly punned
the switoh and ran up to the girl with it,
bub she did nob seem to appreointe his
kindness to any enthusiasbio extent.
New tenders for the look gates of the
Soo canal will be called for by the De-
partment of Railways. The reason for
this is that the lowest tender—the Ham-
ilton Bridge Company,–refused to &ooept
the contrast. It was reported that the
work would therefore be given to the
next lowest, Moesre. Ryan 1& Haney, but
it appears the Department has decided
that it would be best to advertise for
tenders anew. The work is estimated to
aostin the neighborhood of $80,000.
A doepatoh from Co0r.tright under date
of Aug. 7th says a remarkable phenom-
ena took place there on that day, For
some inexplainable reason the St. Clair
river at about 8:15 a. in. suddenly fell
away two feet in lass than ten minutes,
Two little girls of Mr. Jansen, hardware
merchant, wore out rowing between the
M. 0, R. dealt and the street. Suddenly
they found their boat high and dry en
land and the river oven] feet away from
thou. The water mune Boole rather
slower tiaan it had go0e out but by nine
0 01001! ib luta again reached its normal
height and a little kigllet. Nothing lane
it Wee over (mown to happen there before
and the oldeet inhabitant for once ie
knocked out,
cussed the (iroumstanoos for a few min-
utes. He said he felt certain young
Thomas had escaped and had taken the
money, of which he said there was $750
in a bureau drawer in his mother's room.
This part of his story is not thought to
be quite probable. The event has
created much excitement in the neighbor.
11000 and rigs have brought many visitors
to the ruins and remains.
The terrible suspicion regarding the
death of old Mrs. Martin, of Gowanetown,
has proved to have been founded on fact.
One of the most revolting primes in the
history of this section of Canada had
been perpetrated. When bbd body of the
old lady was found 111 the smoking am -
hers of the Martin homestead, it was
thought by all to have been one of those
lamentable accidents which at times
odour in spite of the oarefulness of the
average farmer's household, but the sub•
sequeut discovery that the hired boy,
Albert Thomasan importation from
England, aged 18,) had disappeared led
some to think that foul play might bav°
been at the bottom of old Mre. Martine
death and the burning of the house,
along with the body. Patio were
scouring file ootintry in search of the
fugitive. Late Tuesday afternoon the
youth Thomas was captured and im.
Mediately brought to Listowel, He at
first denied hating had anything to do
with the affair, but after cliecuesmg his
remelt quarrele with Mrs, Martin, he
acknowledged that he bad shot the otd
lady and thou Arad the building.
Whether he stole the 9700 500891ed ill the
house has not yot transpired. The orate
Mut oreatod intense txotement through.
out the entire distriet.
Porb Dover hopes to bo lighted
eleotrio light within a month.
A couple of oases of cholera--Canadi
cholera—have startled Hamilton.
Sir A, T. Galt is very low at Montt'
and is liable to die at any moment,
William Mabee, laborer, fell off
roof of New St Paul's reabory, Woo
stook, Saturday afternoon, and sustain
injuries which may result in his death.
Early Sunday morning an unknow
person attempted to shoot A, Filiatrau
editor of Canada Revue, Montreal.
Some person attempted to rob t
Lucau post office the other morning b
the ever alert postmaster overheard t
sneaks and frightened them off.
The apple orop in Oxford county
said to be much butter than was antic
pater. Buyers are offering only 91
barrel, however, as the quality is said t
be not as good as last year.
Three boys living in Harwich town
ship, a few miles from Chatham, recap
iy daubed the Methodist parsonage a
Huffman'a Conners with a coat of los
paint. One of them was convicted an
fitted 960.
Monday evening in the vicinity of 81,
merry.go-round at Ingersoll a "Boone
matured. A young married man, rathe
too attentive to a young woman 011 811
"merry," was marched off home after MI
irate wife had, as she expressed it, "slap
ped that thing's fade." Menne, Thompson, of Mera, had hi
entire harvest of wheat—two stack
destroyed by fire. No insurance. Tboa
Dresser, jr., of Menem, had his barn
with contents, destroyed by fire, cause
by little children playing with matches
Lose, 9400, with no insurance.
John Finley, of Pelee Island, wee i
Essex the other day on his way to Lon
don with a consignment of 100 baskets o
grapes for Smith & Sons, commission
merchant's. Mr. Finlay last year made
about 2,600 galloue of wine. This year
he oaloulates to make about 4,000 gallons.
While Geo. Easton jr., of Glencoe, was
spreading some loam on hie lawn a few
evenings ago he oame across a nest of
snake's eggs. On breaking them open a
snake about five inches long orawled out
of each shell. The soil came from a
farm in Moos.
Fred. Gregory, a young man employed
at Wm. Book's stove foundry, Brantford,
met with a painful accident the other
afternoon. He was attending a drilling
machine when bis sleeve in some manner
got caught in the screw and the arm was
drawn into the machinery, getting badly
bruised, and having the bones broken at
the wrist.
Parliament Square was enlivened at
Quebec Monday morning with thousands
of spectators who -congregated there to
witness the pageant which attends the in-
stallation of a Governer -General. In
the Legislative Assembly Hall Sir Mont-
gomery Moore 000upiod the throne of
honor, for he was still bbe administrator
of the Dominion. On his left bis aides-
de-camp were standing. His Eminence
Cardinal Taschereau 000upiod the thatseat on the left of the throne, with Vicar -
General Mgr. Mardis. Hou. Judge
Strong of the Supreme Court occupied
the next seat. Sitting around the con-
tra' table were Sir John Thompson, Hon.
John Haggett, Sir A. P. Caron, Sir
Charles Hibbert Tupper, Hon. John
Oostigan and Hon. A. R. Angers. At the
end of the table Mr. McGee, clerk of the
Privy Council sat. Then mime members
of the Looal Government, the judges,
gentleman of the civil service and a great
number of ladies. Just at 11:60 13ia Ex.
oellonoy's carriage arrived on the Gov-
ernment square, and was received with
the usual presentation of arms of B Bat-
tery and the band played God Save the
Queen. Lord Aberdeen was accompan-
ied by his aide.de-camp wearing the
Highlander uniform, On entering the
Assembly Hall Ells Excellency bowed to
Sir Montgomery Moore and to Judge
Strong. The Ron. State Secretary then
read the renal formula. Lord Aberdeen
signed the set and applied his seal.
Judge Strong then presented it to Hie Dx-
oellenoy, who kissed it, Then the great
seal of Canada was presented to His Ex-
cellency, who gave it heals to the deputy
Secretary of State, and the ceremony of
taking the oath was concluded. Congo,.tulatory addresses followed.
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Toronto has a population of 185,000.
The assessed value of taxable property in
the city is $151,000,000. The oivio
revenue from taxation in 1892 was $2,-
664,000 ; from the street railway Iran-
obise, $120,8781 from water rentals,
9460,498 ; from rentals of corporation
property, 978,648 ; from liquor licenses,
826,948 ; general licenses, $82,428 ; mar-
ket and weigh house fees, 928,605, and
from percentage of telephone earnings,
$7,808. Permits for the erection of
building to the value of $4,000,000 were
issued last year. There are 245 miles of
water mains fn the city. The mileage of
sewers is 221. There are 252 miles of street
of which 0} are paved with asphalt; 1169
with cedar block ; 37 with macadam ; 1
with soorio block or blank wood 01.1 oou.
Crete and 86 miles are unpaved, There
are 70 miles of street railway track. The
acreage of the olby,including hatbor and
marsh is 14,000, of whioh total 1,000
a0res are set apart for park purposes.
There were received hast year 102,671
horned cattle ; 74,116 hogs, and 49,888
sheep, The value of the city's imports
from foreign countries last year was 920,-
661,000 and of exporto $8,680,000.. The
value of coal imported alone was one and
three quarter millions. The pasbal
revunne from stamps sold in '92 was
$400,000 ; 10,000,G00 lettere were deliver-
ed by carriers and over 26,000,000 lettere,
Dards,ciroulers and books were posted
here, Theta aro $470,000 on deposit in
the postal eavi11gs bank and money
orders to the amount of $2,161,000 were
Dashed ab the Toronto cities in 1802.
There are 47 public, 17 separate and
three high schools in the city. There
are 27,211 familiee it the city oecupyiug
25,826 dwellings, all but 966 of Which
contain 4 rooms or over. `6bore
are 2,405 inanttfaoboring estab•
lishmetts in Toronto smployieg 26,888
]rands, paying $9,861,000 a year in wages
and turning out prodaots valued at $46,.
000,000,
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Lord Aberdeen was duly sworn in as
Governor•Gsneral at Queboo,00 Monday.'
Winnipeg's now buildings and fm.
provements for the present year sur-
passed the record or any pongee year,
the total footing up to $1,884,460.
The official figures of the Iudnetrial
Fair at Toronto show the receipts of the
two weeks bo have been $72,061, an in-
crease of $935 over those of Last year.
James Oressburg and Isaacs Roland,
two oolored mon working in the main
wheel pit of the big tunnel at Niagara
.Gaits, fell from a scaffold Monday morn.
ing to the bottom o1 the pit, a disbanoo
of 70 feet. Oreesberg was instantly
killed and Roland fatally injured.
A week.old child was left on the door-
step of a Brantford boarding house Mon.
day night. With the yoongaber there
was a letter addressed to one of the
lodgers as follows :—"Jamas Burnes here
is your baby, take care of it, if not i will
prosecution you." No duo.
The custom of rice -throwing ata wed-
ding nearly resulted in a ssrious accident
in Malahide last week, pausing a horse bo
ran away with the bride as the only 00.
oupant of the oarriago. The plucky
young woman happily suoceeded in stop-
ping the horse, and drove back to her
buebend.
A young son of Robert Dynes, of In-
gersoll, was driving about two miles from
that town, the other day, when ligbtuing
struck the rig, burning a portion of the
horse's tall and splintering the shafts.
The boy attributes his escape to the fact
that he was loaning backwards in the
wagon for something when the electric
fluid struck the rig.
A very promising young Brantfordite
died Monday in the person of W. G.
Mairhead, aged 81. Deceased, who woe
a partner with Mr. Robertson, dry gbods
merchant, had an operation performed
on him Monday and the results proved
fatal. A sad feature of the case is that -
he was shortly to have been married.
While Stephen sheen, of St. George,
was picking apples Friday afternoon the
limb on which he was standing broke and
be fell with great force on his head,
crushing in the base of the skull. He
only lived a short time afterwards and
never regained oonecioueness. He was
about 65 years of age and leaves a wife
and several grown Op sons and daughters,
John Atkin, carpenter, of Paris, had
his watch stolen from him the other
afternoon. Mr. Atkin hung up his vest
containing the watch on a nail in the
shop. When he came back from dinner,
about two hours afterwards, he went to
look at the time and the watch was gone.
Mr. Atkin was the only man working on
the lower flat of the shop during the
afternoon and he did not observe any one
enter the shop. The watch was highly
prized by Mr. Atkin, as it used to belong.
to a favorite nephew of bis, who is now
dead. No trade of the thief has been
found.
Perth County.
166 pupils are fn attendance at St.
Marys Collegiate Institute,
Mitchell association was about 0100
short in their recent rase meeting.
Rev. G. F. Salton, of Stratford, was
at the World's Fair, Chicago, last week,
Thirtyseven embryo teachers are in
atbeudanee at the Model school i0 Mitch-
ell.
Hugh Campbell and Dr. J. W. Call, of
Mitchell, have qualified as Justices of the
Peace.
Norah Clench, the clever violinist, of
St. Marys, will open her concert tour the
last week in Oot. at Hamilton.
The oat crop on John Mclrittie's farm,
at Avonbauk, turned out a bushel of
grain to every seven sheaves.
A St. Marys boy named Thos. South-
erby nearly lost his life through taking
an overdose of headache medicine. He
is in the Stratford hospital.
Perth teachers mot in convention at
Stratford Thursday and Friday of last
week, when mattere of interest to the
profession were discussed.
Mr. MoGrath, of St. Thomas, has par-
phased the tailoring business from Geo.
Chapman, St. Marys, and removed his
family to the Stone Town.
The Mitchell Advocate says the Mani.
oipal Council will have a surplus of $1,•
200 to show at the and of year, with a
rate of 18 mills ou the dollar.
The residence of Reuben Jackson, near
St. Marys, was entered the other day
and a gold watch, two suits of clothes
and five or six pairs of stockings taken.
Peter Whaling, a Stratford boy of
twelve years of age, had his left arm
broken about two itches above the elbow
one day last week. The boy attends the
Separate 8011001, and there are two
stories as to how the accident happened.
One has it that he was wrestling with
another boy, and the other version that
ho was running along the street when a
boy tripped him. Jae was taken up town
and the arm was set. The large bone is
fractured.
Postmaster Fuller, of Stratford, has
got down to bnsiuess. One of the first
of his othoial acts was to notify the staff
that no ohangea would be made if each
member faithfully performed his or her
duties, and be supplemented this an.
000110=000 by granting each an increase
of salary, The staff, it is needless to say,
are ,Haab pleased with their new prinoi,
pal, as indeed are the aitisems. If a
change had to Dome in the postmaster.
ship no more acceptable appointment
could have been made than that of Mr.
18111101',
A eon of Postmaster Blair, of Strut.
ford, pleaded guilty in Sone to a ,charge
of absbraobin letters containing 1noney
from the mens. Restitution was made
to the Poet OfYioe Department by the
boy's parents, and, upon a p58ition being
presented to the poiio0 magistrate, signed
by the Mayor and prominent aftieans,
the boy was allowed to go on suspended
sentence. The County Crown Attorney
ohjected to the leniency exhibited by the
Police Magistrate, and ono clay last week
at Osgood° hall a motion was 111840
fore dhief Justice Galt for a mandamus
to compel the Polito Magistrate to
sonton05 the boy, The motion gas re.
fueod,