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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1888-10-19, Page 1Volume 16. LANAI, Tho semi-annual meeting of the On- tario branch of the Royal Canadian Curling Club watt bold Tuesday nt the Walker House, 'Toronto, and there was much business on band, The retiring president, W. le. Davison, of Toronto, occupied tho chair, and in opening the proceedings paid a deserved compliment to the energetic secretary, J. S. Russell, to whose indefatigable work so muoli of the aucoeee of curling in this Provinoe is due. The Millbrook, Howiok Thiatlo, Pros: pact (Toronto), Royal City (Guelph); Platteville and Orangeville plebe were elootod to the membership, bringing the list up to 99 clubs, with about 3,000 members. The election of officers resulted. as fol lows : Patron, Lord Stanley of Preston ; President, R. Ferguson, M.PP., Thames - villa ; First Vice•President, Jno, Harvey, Hamilton Thistles ; Second Vico-Presi- dent, Dr. Boucher, Poterboro' ; Chaplain, Rev, D. J. Macdonnoll, Toronto; Sec- retary -Treasurer, J. S. Russell ; Com. of Management, T. McGaw, Toronto, Dr. Beaton, Orillia, W. Bennie, Toroneo Caledonians, Dr. Beith, Bowmanville, and M. W. Leggatt, Hamilton Thisblee ; Com. on Complaints and Appeals, Judge Dartnell, John Wright, Hugh Miller, and Dr. Roes, Chairman ; Com. on Annual, W. D. McIntosh! J. S. Russell and W. F, Davison, Chairman ; Auditors, W. S. Badenach and James Pringle. The Jubilee Medals to bo presented by the Royal Caledonian Curling Club to one of every two olube in the branch, in- stead of the usual district medals, were aliooated to be competed for. Bruesele will play Forest at Stratford in the Bret draw for the Jubilee modal, Kincardine, Walkerton, Morriston, Wroxeter and Brussels are grouped. Huron Assizes. The Assizes for the county of Huron opened at Goderioh on Tuesday, Hon. Justine Falconbridge presiding. After the grand jury had been sworn, M. C. Cameron, Q. C., on behalf of the bar of Huron, congratulated hie Lordship upon hie elevation to the bench, tide being the first time he has been there since his appointment. Mr. Cameron stated that this was the third time recently that he had had the privilege of this kind, which reminded him that the hand of Time had been making inroads upon the bench. Coofidenoe in the purity and uprightness of the bench had always been a dis- tinguishing characteristic of our colonial life, and he felt sure that his Lordship's career would bo such as to cast no strain r eon the judicial ermine. Ho concluded by hoping that his Lordship would long be spared to honor the high position to whioh he had been called. His Lordship in reply thanked Mr. Cameron and the bar for their congratulations and good wishes, aed said that the assistance and support which had been promised him by the members of the bar on his appoint- ment had, during his short but very active career, been loyally and zealously given him. The grand jurors aro :—James Stewdrt, (foreman) Hullett ; George Brewer, James Brandon, Thomas Bono and James Cloonan, Morris ; Thomas Cameron, Bay- field; Thomas Cummings, Wawanosh; Anson Dulmege, Lakelet; William Ech. lin, Ashfield; George Fortune, Turn - berry ; James Hustle and James Hays, McKillop ; George E. Henderson, Sea. forth ; James Ireland, Wroxeter ; George Kemp, Exeter; John Morgan, Blyth James McBride, Colborne; Aaron Mo. Fadden, Grey ; Angus McDermott, Hal- lett; DonaldMoInnie, Wingham; Henry Plumsteel, Clinton ; Hugh Porter, Grey; Thomas Shipley, Hallett, and R. J. Turnor, Tuokersmith. John Sing, Q. 0., Berlin, conducts the Crown business. There 10 a long list of civil cases -20 in all. There are 12 jury oases, 10 de. fended cases without jury and 3 unde- fended oases. There are no prisoners in jail for trial, but there are three or four caaee- in which the prisoners aro out on bail. Two of these are for perjury and wore left over from last court. There is also a case of obtaining geode under false pretences. There are two cases against the Great North-Western Telegraph Co., one of whioh will likely be lengthy. His Lordship has expressed doterminatiau to clear the docket, and will hold evening sessions. Uncontested oases liaye been disposed of as follows : Herr vs. Stivon—ectionto recover pos. session of land. Judgment, by consent, for plaintiff, deoloring him to bo the owner. Griffin vs. Doak has been transferred to the Chancery Court. Mustard vs. Perfound—Settled out of Court. Morton vs.Vonnott (andel ended)—Ver. dint for plaintiff for $828, with coats. Ferran vs. Craig (undofended)—Judg. wont for plaintiff for $87.22, with mate. Hodgins vs. Broderick (undefended)- Action to sot aside a will. Verdict for plaintiff. Dandy vs. Grand Trunk Itailway--An action to recoved demagog for allogod wrongfully putting plaintiff off a pea- songor train on the London, Huron & Bruce Railway,. Tho ease was upon the lint last Assizes. G. T. R. Mamie and bath were thorn for nearly a week at Butt time. The case was made aremanot, and now, after thecompany's oflloors and witneesos aro again in attendance, the plaintiff conemite that the naso shall be diamis0ed with :meta. Mr. Holt for plaintiff ; Mr. Osler, Q.C., for railway. McDonald vs. O'Neil has boon made a remind by consent. ed With Tho whole afternoon wee cooti pn w the elandor suit of McPhee vs. Glenn. Mr. Osler, Q.C., and Mr. Proudfoot for plaintiff; Mr. Cameron and Mr. Holt for defendant. Verdict for plaintiff, dam- ages $1, Each party pay Stole own costa. The rase of Webster vie Groat North. 'Wooten Talogreph Co. has been nettled, and a vorillot by 000sent for $1,006 cuter. ed for the plaintiff.' BRUSSELS, Robertson vs. Groat North-western Telegraph Co. has also been settled, and a verdict entered for plaintiff for $252 Both aotions arose out of an aoo}dont happeniug to a farmer by roma of wires hanging aoroee the public highway in u dangerous condition. Darrow & Proud - foot for plaintiff ; Mr. Odor, (4: C., for defendant. Stephenson vs. MaDosgall--Action of ejectment. Case argued and judgment reserved. Mr. Osler, Q.C., for plaintiff; Mr. Collins for defendant, Lawrie ve. Smith has boon adjourned to the Ohaeoery Sittings, and Lawrie vs. Mundell has been dismissed, with coats. Kolloran vs, Murphy has bed settled out of Court. Ryan vs. Lennox—After a question as to certain amendments had been disposed of—was allowed to stand until next Assizes. Queen vs. Wileon (perjury)—Nr. Osler, on behalf of the defendant, raised an in- genious objection thee no ease had been made out, inasmuch as the statement al- leged to bo untrue was made in an. ex- amination for discovery taken bye -short- hand writer nob authorized to take it, the spoeial examiner being absent at the time. His Lordobip followed on English authority and hold the objection valid. Five young men named Watson, Van Norman, Hopper, Nioholeon and Hannah were tried upon the charge of aggravated assault upon one Drennam, but were hon. orably acquitted ; in fact, the evidenoo adduced showed that certain of them really acted as peacemakers in a bar.roorn fracas. His Lordship, in discharging them, remarked that if they had nob been frequenting a barroom they would have avoided the trouble they had got them. selves into. Mr. Proudfoot for de. fondants. Remainder of report next week. Methodist Missions. work or 1.108. Womeu'a Missionary ea- cicty daring the Pant Year. The seventh annual meeting of the Board of Management of the Women's Missionary Sooioty of the Methodist Ohuroh was commenced on Tuseday morning in the parlors of the Metropoli- tan Church Toronto. The Board con. sista of delegates from the various branches of the Society throughout the Dominion. There was a large attendance of delegates. Short reports giving sta- tistics from the branches were presented as follows:—Western branch -23 new auxiliaries formed, making a total of 68 auxiliaries and 21 mission bands. with an adult membership of 1,716 and mis- sion band membership of 581; rooeipto, $5,932 35. Central branch -16 new aux- iliaries and 11 new mission bands, mak- ing a total of 53 and 30 respectively. Total mombersbip, 2,605; reoeipts, 46,- 499.33—an increase of $1,879.69 over lash year. Eastern branoh—Auxiliary mem- bers, 740 ; mission baud members, 197; receipts, 82,875.58—an increase of 4378.- 47. Nova Scotia branoh—Auxiliaries, 26 —an increase of 5 ; mission bands, 14— an inareaso of 7; iota} membership, 1,- 049 ; income, $2,297.72—an inorease of $246.10. New Brunswick and Prins. Edward Islaud branoh—Auxiliaries, 28 —an increase of 21; membership, 668— an increase of 450; mission bands, 108 — au increase of 136; membership, 876— an increase of 008 ; income, $1,605.84— an increase of $970.21. The Seeretery's report spoke of the satisfactory work being done in Japan, in the North-west Territories, British Columbia and amongst French Canadians. Home re- ports from branches record increases in every department. Auxiliaries number 206—an increase of 68; total member- ship, 5,447 ; mission bands, 88; member- ship, 2,711—au increase of 96. The Treasurer's report showed a balance from last year of $10,950. Receipts by the General Treasurer for this year, $19,• 070, being an increase over the income of last year of $4,872. Total expenditure, $12,849—balance on band, $17,170. The larger sumo expended during the year are;—Work in Japan, $6,652.18; French mission (Canadian), $1,200; Crosby Home, British Columbia, $1,550; Mc- Dougall Orphanage, Northwest, $1,000 ; Chinese mission, British Columbia, 81,- 116 ; Chiliwhaok Indians, $400. Mrs. Jas. Gooderham, President, delivered a most interesting annual address, Western Fair receipts are reported 83,000 ahead of last year but the expen- ditures were also heavier. A lady in Barrie has received through the mail a box oontaining four cho:o- lates, whioh has been given in charge of the police. After many failures to induce Teemer to row him, and on account of the ap. proach of winter, William O'Co eor and hie backer, Joseph Rogers, had almost come to the conelesion that it might be bettor, from a fluancial point of view, if Teemer and O'Connor did not meet on the water this year. In that vaso O'Con- nor, wbo intends to go to Australia, would be able to get on probably throe or four matches before %ackling Kemp, If ho goes to the other side of the globe as (Catnpi= of America he will lose the op- portunity for any motel). other than with the champion of rho world. But on Wed- nesday a faoorable opportunity for a matoh with Teenier presented itself, and, putting to ono aide the proopeots fn Ans. tralia, O'Connor seized it. A telets+rem from Goo. W. Los, O'Connor's trainer, now with hint in Now York, was reeeivod Wednesday evening by Mr, Rogers. It makes the announcement that a match has been made for a rare on the Potomac River at Washington on Saturday, November 24.111. The Now York Clipper 10 stakeholder and 0draft for $500,8 ou O'Connor'abehalf, was forwarded to The Clippor on Thursday. The time, 'five wooke, will be no more than enough to enable tbo scullers 86et into oonditioia after their road -scolding taco of last week. It is believed at Toronto that Peter Duryea 10 backing iteemor. If O'Connor Wilts, which Hoar who know doubt, he Will go to Australia to: bring batik to Toronto the championship of the work,. ONTARIO, tee cease reel PV esWM. Tho Parnell defence fund now amnia to $05,000. Yorkshire is threatened with a groat strike of oolliers. Tou thousand more Chinese have boon drowned by floods. James Flood, the California millionaire le dying in Germany. d :morel treaty io said to have boon signed by Russia and Corea. A. conspiracy against tho Detah re- sidents has been discovered in Java, Twenty-five persons ware killed by an explosion of gunpowder at a Spanish vill. age festival. Thirty prisoners have osoaped from the Reform School at Pontiac, Ill., by cutting a hobo through the floor. Tho outgoing treasurer of \Vaubansoe county, Kansas, le a defaulter for $20,000, whioh his bondsmen will have to pay. Tho German police are seizing all the copies of Dr. Mackenzie's book they can nd, 40,000 having boon seized in Loipsio find The liabilities of the Traders' Bank, Chicago, are about $1,000,000. The cap. ital stook ie $200,000. The liabilities ex- ceed the aseote. The ladies of the nobility of Malta are about to give the Queen a dress of black silk pillow lace, made by a leading manu- facturer of the island. A Cincinnati despatch says : Reports from all over the country ehow that from one-third to one-half of the tobacco crop bas boon damaged by frosts. The annual parade of the Veiled Prophet of. St. Louie, Mo., Tuesday night was an immense affair, and was witnessed by more than 250,000 people. Miss Dorothea L. Dix has given $500 to the Massaobusebte Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Animate, to erect in Boston a drinking fountain for animals. In New York the smaller bakers have already reduced the weight of the five - cent loaf from twenty to seventeen ounces to meet the advance in the price of flour. A United States steamer has been stationed near the mouth of the, Provi- nenoe River, Rhode Island, to wage war against star fish, the groat destroyer of oysters. Indiana is now agitated by 2,500 cam- paign orators. One *indeed of these are Prohibitionists and the rest are about equally divided between Democrats and Ropablioans. A special feature of the International Temperance Convention, so beheld at Melbourne, will be ate exhibit of temper - :moo journalistio literature from all parts of the world. Judge Bowyer, of San Francisco, de- cided that all the Chinamen in San Fran- cisco harbor and all those on route for the States must be kept oub under the Exclusion Bill. According to the tables published by the Statistical Bureau of Berlin, the 10- comotives of the German railways num- ber 10,000, France has 7,000, Austria- Hungary 2,800' It is estimated that there are now 20,500 in the United States. The young Duke of Newcastle is said to bo surprisinglymioral and religious for a duke. He is a dueled churchman, and his+hereditary possessions include the°gift of nine church "livings." Ile is 24 yore old, not at all handsome, and has an income of 8800,000 a year. In tho clothiug trade of the city of Now York there aro 241 manufacturers, of whom 284 are Hebrew firms. Over 600,000,000 cigars per annum are manu- factured in Now York by Hebrew firms, employing over 8,000 hands and whose yearly transaotions reach $15,000,000. The greatest national debt among the nabions of the globe is borno by Franos. It is about $6,250,000,000. Russia comes next, with $8,600,000,000 ; then England, with $8,560,000,000; Austro.Huugary, with $2,485,000,000; Italy, with $2,226,- 000,000;; Spain, with $1,207,600,000; and Prussia, with $1,000,000,000. A railway train has just been con- structed in France for the Emperor of China. It consists of six carriages, three of which are for the Emperor's own use. They are magnificently decor- ated, and ooh of thein contains a throne. A small table Inc opium smoking is a barbarous piece of furniture that stands in front of each throne. About two thousand acres of land are now devoted to strawberry culture in the neighborhood of Centralia, Illinois, and from this point as many as 190 oarloade, or 2,097,600 quarts of berries have been shipped in a sooeon of twenty days. Tho largest field contains thirty aures, bat the emaller ones pay bettor in proportion, and nearly every back yard in Centralia brings in pooket money, ?Ninere who hoive just arrived at Vic - eerie, B.C., from the Youkon, state that the stillness which reigns during the wbolo year 'sound is almost painful. There is no wind, no whistles or fall of the leaves. Excepting for two or three months of the year there is no rumble of the mountain brooks and streams, even the largest rivers being frozen solid to the bottom. The cry of wild animals, or tiro sound of their walking upon the snow, is seldom or never hoard, A luau won a wager in Washington a fete Jaye ago by lighting his cigar by the aid of a lump of ice. He took a piece of clear ice, about an inch thick, from the water cooler, whittled it into the she}r of a dick, end with the palma of Ins hands melted its two aides convex, thus giving it the forte of a double convex Ions or burning glass. With it he focused tho eun'e rays on the end of hie cigar, thus lighting the cigar, Ilow many lime o0. or in blue way that ere said to be "In. vtived in mystery." The reputation of Duncan 0. Bose, the champing, has been badly shaken ou the ave of hie deparbuee for Australia, He clime to Halifax with loud•sotmding challenges, which were promptly adopt- ed, and Serge -Major Bailey defeated him in the mounted touruamont mutest, and Saturday John A, Moto:mall defeated ]rim at Now Glasgow for tbo hamar- throwing ohampionship of tho world end 8200, McDougall threw the 12 lb, bans - mar 182 feet 1 inch and broke the record. He also threw tleo,0l Ib. hanmer 87 feet 10 ilnebee, FRIDAY, OCT. 19, We came acres+ the following strap the other .day. It f0 oredited to Bob Ingersoll, but if it ie Ills, it came from a eouroe whence hu is not often supposed to draw his inspiration :—"Do not keep the alabaster box of your love and tender. nese sealed up until your friends are dead. fill their lives witb sweetness. Speak approving, cheering words while their care can hear them and while their heart. can be thrilled etnd made happier by them, Tbo kind things you moan to say when they are gone, say before they go. The flowers you mean to send for their coiling, send to brighten and sweet - mi their homes before they leave them. If my friends, have alabaster boxes laid away full of fragrant perfumes of sym- pathy and affection, which they intend to break over my dead body, I would rather they would bring thorn oat in my weary and troubled hours, and open them that I might be refuelled and cheered by them while I need them. I would rather have a plain coffin without a flower, a funeral without an onlogy, than a life without the sweetness of love and sympathy. Let us learn to anoint our friends beforehand for their burial. Post- mortem kindness does not cheer the burdened spirit. Flowers on the coffin oast no fragrance backward over the weary way." •C:raestaelinxa No♦V ra. Parkhill will build a $0,000 High school. Paris has organized a circle of the 0. L.B.U. The Provincial Sunday School Conven. tion opened in Kingston on Tuesday. The price of bread in Winnipeg has risen in consequence of the increase fu flour. A thimble rig artist robbed the Salt - fleet farmers of between 800 and 8100 at the Stoney Creek Fair. Letters patent have been isenod incor- porating the TorootoPassenger Transport Company with a capital stock of $3,000. The official count in Cardwell gives Mr. White a majority of 189. A previ- ous report placed the majority at 112 and another at 166. Now that Leamington is lighted by electricity, the people of Essex Centre are bound to bye the sameillumination for their village. The Council of Belle River, Ont., has passed -a by.law offering a bonus of 81,- 000 to any one wbo will erect a good flouring mill in that village. R. L. MoGeo, a Cottam cider -maker, threatens to prosecute the defamers who he alleges, falsely state that he mixes water with his apple juice. Anton Burrows, editor of the Winni. peg Call, has been committed for trial on the charge of criminal libel preferred againsb him by Attorney -General Martin. John Small, M. P., East Toronto, ex- Lt.-Govr., John Beverly Robinson and F. D. Barwick, solioitora, are mentioned in conneotion with the vaoant collectorship of oustoms in Toronto. James McDonald, of London township, on Saturday stepped backwards over the edge of a mow and fell violently to the floor striking a fanning mill. One of bio legs was broken and ho sustained other internal injuries. Tho Exoautivo Committee of the Inde- pendent Order of Foresters has decided to send Dr. Oronhyatokha, the Supreme Ranger, to Manitoba and British Colum- bia to strengthen and plant the order more firmly in these Provinoes. Alexander Taylor, proprietor of a book and stationery store, Winnipeg, has been shot through the body. The shooting occurred ab Taylor's own residence on McDermott atreet. How it 000urred is not known, as Taylor refuses to give any particulars. When Hon. G. W. Roos visited the Aylmer public school reoently be intimat- ed that the institution had reached a de- gree of importance necessitating the in. troduotion of the Kindergarten system, and strongly adrised the trustees to take notion in the matter without delay. A few days ago David Bonsburg and his wife, Wilhelimine, celebrated their diamond wedding at the residence of their son, William Beneburg, 'Humber- stone township, Welland county. Tho aged couple were the recipients of many presents. About fifty persons were pees. crib on the occasion, mostly obildren, grand.ohildron and great-grand-obildren. On Saturday Wm. Williams, of Mose, was in Melbourne, having analyzed a substance found thrown all over his pas- ture field. The mixture consisted of arsenic end corrosive sublimate. Some neighbor's cattle had been driven into the pasture field, and a number of them, as well as Mr. William's cattle, wore pole. oned by eating the grass covered with the poison. Arrests will likely follow, Otto. Williams having a pretty good idea who the culprit is. On Friday evening, shortly after seven o'olook, a stranger in those parte, oleau shaven, wearing dark clothes and felb hat, entered G. O. Sutton's jownNory store at Norwich, anti asked to see a fine gold watch, }muting case, value 685, which bras in tho window, Mr, Sutton In/Aided him the, watch to inspect, and the fellow, 000lsaying that he wished to show the watch to la mother at the door he stepped oeteide and fled at full speed into the darkness. He appears to havo boon one of throe confidence men who worn notioodronnd town during tho day. Mr. Sutton being lawn, was unable to follow rho man. Oarsman William O'Connor issued challenge on Tuesday to John Teemer to rowthree miles with a turn, on or about Maroh 1st next, in San Franoleoo, for $1,000 or $2,000. This is O'Connor's fourth ohallenge tb Toemer, alt those Butt preceded having fallen *tough in seine way or other, Before snaking rho ohatleng° O'Oontiof' eat:dyed word from the'olFioo of the Turf, Field and Farm. that Sb. John, Teemor'e banker, had de- posited $500 in that paper's officio for a match with O'Connor, Tho latbor promptly ,folioed the paper Soothe would tow Teemer, and if that paper would Urinate': the deposit to, a San 11 tanoieco paperlte would oovor the deposit hi tee, Ahour�. 1888. .1101114.15. Dance's majority in blast Elgin is 184. Bnrghtre have made considerable baule at linierson and Carberry, 3Iari. Two prisoners moaned from the Cou- trol Prison on Saturday, but wore re- captured. Now buildings to the value of upwards of $260,000 have been orectoel ill Mani- toba this season. The Ayr Reo•,rder has been purchased by George Sutton a Son, wbo will pub- lish it hereafter. F. T. Congdon, Liberal, and Gen. Laurie, Conservative, were nominated in Shelburne N.B. ',Rev, 11r. Pullman," who did some swindling in Kingston a while ago, lies been discovered in "C. M. Cole,' the man arrested in Winnipeg. Tho official returns show that the roe. ont election in East Northumberland re- sulted in a tie. Mr. Smith's majority in Frontenac is out down to Ori. Dr. Ellie has verbally reported to the AtternoyGensral's Department the re- sults of Inc examination in the Galt case, finding strychnine in tho oandiee and the dear) child's vieera. The County of Lambton is making an effort to ostab'ish a House of Industry, and a oommittee has been named to visit the different Houses of Industry in West- ern Ontario and Michigan and gather points regarding snob places. John Blue, of Duert, who is now 100 years of age, dug one day last week 16 bushels of potatoes with a spade. He lives a half -mile from church, and walks there ovary Sabbath in the year. Toronto Board of Aldermen have re• solved to granb $10,000 to the House of Industry, to enable the directors to erect a Wayfarer's Home. This is exclusive of tho $2,000 already granted that in. etitution. Ex•Ald. E. A. Macdonald, of Toronto, has entered about 2,000 appeals against assessments on property ou Yonge and Bing streets, He claims that the rich are not assessed in equal proportion to the pour. It has been definitely deoided to area a Wayfarers' Home at Toronto in con- nection with the House of Industry for the accommodation of tramps and to apply labor tests. The building will Dost $10,000, and will be provided with bath rooms, &o. Mrs. Douglas, of West Flambee°, dis- posed of some butter in the Hamilton market on Saturday morning and reoeiv- ed in payment n $5 bill, which the short- ly afterwards discovered was bogus. It was se worthleee dummy published by a local firm as an advertisement. Janes F. Farley was tried at Peter- borough for the murder of Simon Elijah, a half-breed Indian, and the jury brought in a verdict of wilful murder, with a re- commendation to mercy. Judge Street oentenood him to be hanged on Nov. 811.1. The tragedy occurred at Peterborough on June 24th last, both men being employes of Howe's circus. A match at barrel malting took place at Paris last week between Gen. Stinson, of London South, and C. Gibbins, of Paris. Stinson made 010, or 108 more than his opponent, and won rho $100. He thinks this is the fasbosb work ever done in barrel -making in Ontario, and is willing to wager that no man in Lon- don can make within 30 barrels a day of his record. A sad aocident occurred at Duudas on Monday afternoon by which Thomas H. Kirk was seriously, if not fabally, injured. While attempting to tie one of the bolts in the oarpet factory his sleeve is sup- posed to have oaught in the set sorew of the shafting, and before the machinery could be stopped he was carried around fully thirty times, striking the ceiling at each revolution. His olothmg was torn completely off and one limb broken in two places, besides his collar bone and neck severely °rushed, and it is feared he is hurt internally. How he escaped from instant death is a mystery. He was carefully removed to his boarding house and Drs. Bose, Bertram and Mo. Million are now in attendance doing all that possibly can be done to save his life. The unfortunate is still alive although uuconsoious, but hie recovery is very doubtful. He had been in the offioe only a minute before the accident happened and the first intimation the others had was the noise ocusod by the poor man striking the floor as he was whirled around. Mr. Xirk recently came to Dun - des with two gentlemen to engage in the manufnetnro of carpet lining, end only commenced operations a few days ago. His wife is living in Troy, N. Y. Ab the Aseizes in Sarnia on Saturday Ohms. Johnson, W. 0. Parsons and Benj. McKenzie were tried together on &charge of passing counterfeit money, and their trial took up the whole day. The eve. dente for the proeooutiou was verystrong. Brownlee, the Ailsa Oreig jeweler, who had boon arrested at London for passing counterfeits, gave evidence against the three. Tho important testimony was given by a man named Baines, of In- diana, who testified as to his purrhar m of severalthousaud dollars' worth of counter- feit silver certificates. Ho eworo that Brownlee had supplied him fleet with $200 of the oortifloatee, and that after- wards he met McKenzie at Chicago and got $2,200 in counterfeits front him, pay- ing hien by a Now York draft, Other purohasee were made and New York drafts given in pg roma. The drafts were in court and ttvo of them had Me. Kenzie's endorsement, while olio of tholl. was endorsed by Parsons. knight and Vance also gave ovidenoe similier to that given on Frictay, when Johnson wan 0011- victod of uttering counterfeit fives on the Bank of British North America. Evi- deueo was given ae to tho previous good character 0f the defendants Parsons and MaKenzio. The Judge's charge to the jury was considered a very able ono. He tools from the jury the case against John- son, and after being out but a short time the jury returned a verdict of guilty %goblet Parsons and McKenzie. it was within an hour of midnight when the pritmore were sentenced. Johnson was given 12 years on his oonviobion of Pri. clay, while .parsons and M.oltenzio were sentenced Inc four years --all to go to Kingston Penitentiary',, Number 14. The Galt School Board has adopted a resolution that on and after the 16th jest., no child will be nllow.rd to attend the public sobools who re not vaccinated. The M•intreal Ministerial Association has reeolved to appoint committees to canvass the city with the object of bring- ing non-uhurch goons into the Christian fold. The Montreal Giotto is of the opinion that hanging is going out of fashion in Canada. There have boon fourteen mur- ders since the year opened, and only one execution. The Brockville Recorder says that ,,},cess has taken a short, sharp upward turn, and that there is oonsidarable es- sitem0nt among the buyers, a number of whom have gone ou a trip through the country to matte contract for the balance of the oea'ion. The citizens of Berlin will vote—Oe- tabor 22—on n by-law to bonus J. E. Mo. Carets de Co., of Acton, Ont., who pro - p0013 10 remove their trunk factory to Berlin, and occupy the now vacant Crompton corset factory building if the bones le granted. The four Chinamen who have boon ander detention the last week by ous- toms authorities have been liberated, the poll tax remanded having been paid It has out them in all $166—$115 for a through ticket from Hong Kong to New York, and $60 for the tax. The Newmarket Era thinks it should be an established rule on all trema that those getting off a car should do so by the front platform and those boarding a ear should enter the oar from the rear platform. This would put a stop to all the crowding and confusion which is now so common. The following officers were elected in connection with the Provincial W. 0. T. U.:—Mrs. D. L. Brethour, Thorold. Pre- sident ; Mrs. Bev. Fancett, Vice -Presi- dent, Toronto ; Mrs . P Rutherford, Re- cording Seoretary, Brantford; Mrs. Wiley, Oorresponding Seoretary, Rich- mond Hill ; Mrs. J. °avers, Treasurer, G alt. Eight large mogul engines, weighing 00 tons each, for the Northern Pacific, pass- ed through St. Thomas the other day. The locomotives are to be used inhauliuf; trains over the mountainous section of the Northern Pacific. The engines were at Buffalo for a week owing to the diffi- culty of inducing, any railroad to allow them to go over their bridges. The Collector of Customs at Vancouver has seized a consignment of Zola's works ender the elauas of the Customs Aot deal- ing with immoral literature. The dilu- tor at Windsor has made 20 or 30 differ- ent seizures at that port of small parcels brought across the river from Detroit and taken to the express office for ship- ment to different parts of Canada. The Canadian Marine Department has issued a notice that te new steam foghorn has been established at Great Duck Island light station, Lake Huron. Its operation began on Thursday. The horn will sound blasts of eight seoonds duration, with intervals of thirty-five seconds between the blasts. The fog alarm building is situated about 150 feet south-easterly from the lighthouse, on the south-west point of the Island. Galt Reformer : At the last meeting of the Council Mayor Lumsden staled that it woe not his iotenbion to a000pe the annual graub of $200 made to themayor and as there was an a plioabion before the ccunoil for an additional grant to complete the improvements to Diokson park, he was willing thee $50 of the amount appropriated for his benefit` should be expended upon the park and another 450 in building steps at the east- ern entrance to the town hall. Canada exported only $424 worth of cheese to the United Status last year. It is found in the official publication of the Treasury Department of the United States relating to the commerce in the United States and the Dominion, by which it appears tont the total quantityy of cheese imported into that country from Canada from the year ending Jane 90, 1887, was 2,385 pounds, valued at $424, and upon which duty to rho amount of $98.40 was paid. To Great Britain Canada last year exported choose to the value of $7,064,000. The last issue of the Kincardine Review oontains the following: Kincardine Township has its poisoning sensation. George 11. Free is it farmer who resides with bis family on the Durham road, near Bervie. The Comely Tuesday morn- ing last consisted of husband and wife, a child about a year old and the hired man. Soup was served at breakfast. The child, having along with the others partalrenof some of it, first took sick. While mother was attending the little dodger, she com• menoad vomiting also. Next the hired man was affected in the same way, for- tunately all three vomiting freely, In this predicament her. Free rushed to Kincardine for Dr. Hopkins, and while at the pbysioiau's house he, too, had retoh- ing of the etomaoh. The two, however, returned to the Free homestead, but be. fore entering it the doctor discovered two oalves suffering from poison and remark- ed they oonld not live long. llaoh mem. ber of the family had happily taken an overdose of elle poison, became aiok at the stomach, but all were the worse for the shaking up they received. Satisfied his patients were in no danger, the doctor visited the calves, to find one dead. and the other dying. He had not long to wait to find rho second calf dead also. Inquiry and examination rovealcd the feet that #reek meat had boon purchased the day before, of whioh the soup had boon made, and that the oalvoe had boon given milk that morning. The doctor hold that strychnine had not boon treed, because the convulsions wore of'a Very mild typo. The assumption is that, if poison was admistered, it must have boon placed in the vessel used to prepare the breakfast, and from ovhioh the calves wore given the milk. No ogle was dia. covered. A11 is speorllation...' All wore affected similarly, oonsognently no one belonging to the houeebold could be sus- peoted. Tho remains of the meal and meat woro'd'estroyed by the debtor, whose patients are recovering mealy, and the origin of the troublele iov, vod in. mystery,