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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1889-6-28, Page 1Volume 16. hhportiug Column. -- Peterson wants to row Hanlon of Salt Lako for 52,500 a side. The Toronto Travellers will play Galt at Waterloo on Dominion Day. At Torquay, ort Juno let, G. W. Itow• ton, the Engli0h high jumper, topped the bar at 61!, 2410. Ib was also an ex_ hibition jump. The Buffalo Courier says two teams of deaf mutes, representing Hamilton and Buffalo, will play in the latter pity on the Fourth of July. Tho Whitelaw case has assumed a now phase. The Seaforth club has sensibly abandoned the law suit against the presi- dent and secretary of the 0.L.A. and in- stead have made n respectable appeal to the Reinstatement Committee to reoon. eider Whitelaw'e application for rein- statement so that he can play with the • Son -forth club, A. wrestling motel" at Vanauver Saber- ' day night between E. W. Johnston, champion aliround athlete of America, and G. E. Porrie, champion of the Paoitio coast, for 5400, was won by Perrie. There wore three styles used— side hold, catch -as -catch -Dan and Grtnoo- /Ioman. Johnston cbtained a fall in the side hold and Perrie in tho other two. The match was witnessed by over 500 people. naeEBALr. 09007109. INTERNATIONAL. 1NTNn\ATi0NAL. Writ Lost Won best Syraouse 27 11 Rochester... 20 22 Detroit22 1.1 London........ 17 21 TToletin,��...,,, 20 17 Buffalo1111 14 21 NATIONAL. ASa00lATION. Won Loeb Won Lost Boston 22 18 St. Louis 80 18 Cleveland ..... 82 10 Athletics 34 20 Phlledel pule., 37 21 Brooklyn 8► 21 New York 20 19 Baltimore 81 2 Chicago ......... 22 28 Ciuotunatti20 25 Pittsburg 19 20 Hanna City.., 22 00 lndleuapolts.,10 28 Columbus Si 82 Washington,... 10 82 Louisville 0 47 The big steamer Empress of India tooted her hoarse whistle and the thous. antis of enthusiastic Torontonians who stood on the wharf as she swung out into the harbor Monday noon shouted and cheered again and again for the brown. skinned, bright-eyed young man who stood in the bows and bowed his acknow- ledgement of the farewell bis fellow. citizens had just turned out to bid him. ilesido the champion was Fred blossop, who will accompany him to Boolean], and both bad magnificent bunches of roses, the gift of John Holderness. A number of friends accompanied them across the lake. They sailed from New uric on Wednesday on the Germania. oseph Rogers and Mr. Holdcrness will ;o about the end of July, and many ther Torontonians will bo under Eng- ish skies before rho end of August. The race with Searle will be rowed about September 9. The champion is in splen. did health and spirits. Ile weighed 187 pounds, and will be heavier before he reaches England. As he will row at about 165 pounds he will be just about the right weight to begin training on. O'Connor has been 0000t5 the ocean be- fore, having inade a trip before he began rowing, so that no evil effects are feared Iron this voyage. He is of the opinion that Searle is a first-oless sooner and that the race will be a hard one. Bnt he has lost none of his quint oonfideuee in his own ability. And he said "I think 1'11 win. If I don't you'll know that I .can't." Ned Hanlon, tbe•ex-champion oarsman of tie world, says the San Francisco ,Chronicle, is full of admiration of Searle, the young Australian scalier, who is to row O'Connor for the championship of tine world in England this fall. 'Searle .0 ono of the most wonderful athletes Australia has produced, and that is Say- ing a good deal; remarked Hanlon to the 'Niche' editor. 'He far outclasses earth .men as Beach and Romp, and no one will deny that both aro great oarsmen. Searle leas the advantage of a most power- ful constitution and is a phenomenal stayer. Reis also a spurter of the most extraordinary kind. He starts away on a race at forty-five strokes to a minute, .and will keep it up for a oouple of min- utes and then slow down to thirty-six and still keep flying. After a while ho runs up the. stroke again toforty-five and keeps alternating that way right through the raoo, The man that beats him is certainly untitled to the ohampion9hip of the world. I know of no one that eau: beat hint except it is O'Connor. O'Oon. nor has speed enough to keep even with Searle for a mile ;'I am certain of that : but it remains to be den whether he can go the distance.' "Don't you think it's to O'Connor advantage bo have the raoo take plaoo in England, where tho climate is milder ?' naked the ChroIllole man. 'I'm not so sure of that, The Australian olimato has not been good for me. When I wont there first I rowed very fast but the longer I stayed the worse I got and linally X got so I couldn't row at all, I am satisfied that the climate 12 very try. ing if ono stays there,, but I should jud(;e that for one race O'Connor could get nn good fix and on the Paramatta river be would have a bourse fully a mile ohortor than on the Thames. if O'Connor can only stay tliodieta0cs he will beat Searle, 'for ho has speed enough. I1 ho has inna proved in the last year as I hear be nae, ho can win the ehampionsbip and I hope he will, I pm going to help him all I know bow. 'There never has bath a boat race on which more money hwill bo bet,'added the ex-champion."J iralians think that no man that twee lived. can beat Searle, and they aro the people of all Others to back their men. T ley nee the greatest sporting people in the world. WY. b Why, when Beach oat hie they 00000 down and gave him about 510,000. Ile is well fixed now and worth about 550,000. Searle leas only been bo. fore the public a year and ho has already made quite a stake, I would hero left Australia four weeks eoonor bub for Te0msr. I matched him to row Searle for 52,500 a side and put tip o forfeit of 5500, 701011 I lost, as I never heard from Toomor, although he wrote bo me that he would go to Australia if he had to ewina Dad he some out ho would have got te, lino reception and come home many thousand dollars innpeoketovenri0 e lost, for he could httvo got big b BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1889. J,II'@) STOCK INSURANCE. A meeting of fifty to sixty influential fanners, stocic-raisms and brooders from various points in Western Ontario was held in tine ooun0il chamber ab Stratford on Tuesday afternoon to deliberate upon the formation of a Live Stock Ineuranaa Company. Those present formed a line body of loon, well representing the aub- ttanbial worth of the farmers and brood. ere of the province. John McMillan, M. 2., for South Aaron, was chosen chair• man and M. Y. McLean, of the Seaforth Expositor, secretary. Bosides them and the gentlemen whose names appear be- low ae having been appointed directors, thore were present Messrs. Wilson, V. S., and Jno. Wilson, of London ; Pas. Hen- derson, Belton ; David Fisher, Code. rich ; ,Ino. Avery, Clinton ; P. Lavin, Harrieton ; Geo. Murdie, MoKillop ; D. Mackenzie, Hyde Park D. McCrea, Guelph ; S. Smiley and 0. E. Mason, Tuokersmibh ; Jas. Ritchie, Delmore ; W. J. Biggins, Clinton ; Thos. Russell, Usborne ; Wm. Cowan, Galt ; David Milne, Ethel ; J, G. Stewart, Brantford; W. P. McClure, Woodebook • Capt. Thos, Robertson, Ilderton ; W. Johnston, Wood. ham ; 1. W. O'Brien, V.5., Bruoiele, and others whose names could not be learned. It was deoided to form the company, and the namo picked upon was 'The Mutual Live Stook Insurance Company of Ontario," with a directorate of fifteen and headquarters at Seaforth. The Maims of London and Stratford for the headquarters were represented by motions, London getting only three votes end Stratford ,very nearly tying Seaforth. The meeting proceeded with tbo ap- pointing of directors. The following gentlemen were declared elected as Directors ;—Jno. Mobiiflan, M.P., Mul- lett ; Alex. Innes, Stanley ; Robb. Beath, Bowmanville ; Thos. Evans, St. Marys ; W. D: Sorby, Guelph ; D. D. Wilson, Seaforth •,D. McIntosh, Brumfield ; A. Bishop, M.P.P., Usborne ; Jno. Beattie, Seaforth ; John Idington, Stratford ; Thos. MoLauohlin, Brussels ; 11. W. C. Meyer, Wiogham ; Robt. Graham, Clare- mont ; W. G. Bissett, Exeter ; J. A. Blaokhall, Clinton. A meeting of the Directors is called for two weeks from last Tuesday at Seaforth. Washington Letter. (b'lom our Regular Correseoutlont,l WAsu1NalOx, June 21,'80. The civil -service commission is direot. ed by the President, it is said, be see that the civil -service law is strictly en- forced in the places visited in the tour of inspection through the west and north- west, soon to be made, and vigorous ac- tion from the commission is expected. In mord cities than ono it has beoome a practice for tbo Rcpublicnns to stay away from rho civil -service examinations when the Democrats aro in charge, and vice versa, on tho theory that it would bo a waste of time for a member of the op- position party to attempt to got an office. Tho commissioners discovered, on their investigation of We Troy post -office scan- dal, that the paokage of questions for- warded thither prior to the recent ex examination was tampered with in a manner which indicated that the ap- pointecs•elect had been given an oppor- tnniby to prepare their answers. The evidence on this head was so'colnvineing, and the whole :Wale so obvious h sham, that tho examination was annulled and a new ono ordered, the papers for which aro not to bo entrusted to strange hands, but to bo carried by a messenger of the national hoard of examiners, and not opoued. until all the applicants are gath- ered in the ball and ready to begin the test. It is pleasant to find a oivil-service commissioner speaking ont with snob direotness as Mr. Roosevelt sloes, when he says : "The law must be obeyed. The idea fs provident that it is a sort of plank is a political platform—a very good thing to point to—but it is not to he put into execution. Wo are determined that this law shall be obeyed etrfatly until it ie re. pealed." This, followed by the state- ment, "We intend to guarantee the ab- solute impartiality of examinations," has the right ring. Moreover, both the utter. owns came from tho mouth of a man whose notional reputation is nob, that his very name, when gazetted for a cam- miosioner•sbip was accepted all over the Union as a warrant for renewed faith that the civil -service law was going to be placed on the same level of respect ae other laws and enforced without fear or favor. The present oommissiot, backed by the President's assurance of support, will bring the matter of reform in the civil.00rvroe to a pointed issue. We shall see what American citizens think of civil- 9erv100 reform ; whether they will im. prove the system by demanding its amendment and extension, or whether they will order it swept away altogether. Tho adoption of ono or the other of these alternativee seems likely to be forced upon Congrese before the present administra• domande ing term, Itis expected that tho President will go to Cape May to spend to -morrow and Sunday. The last of the month heis to go to Deer Park. This leaves the officio - seekers but littlo time for notion, and they are awaking. again to tho necessity of losing as little as poseiblo of it. The hnprosaion is that a number of appoint• msnt easels are to be settled between now and the Drat of July. Tha appointment of the Philadelphia 0u9tom•ho0se officers ---oollottor,.surveyor, and naval officer— and the superintendent of the mint, and a lot of collectorsbips in other parts of the 001106;7 aro looked for, A consider- able list of o0n0ular appointments leas boon prepared by the State department for the Prosideet's guidance, and Mt. Wanamaker has a number of pedaloes ready for notion. :The idea is that tho President will itispos0 of most of these beteg he goes to Deer Park. • Sourotary Tracy is endeavoring to effect Defined Oottlomonb of alto claims of the assignees of, John Rattail for the con- struotiell of the Chicago Benton and At - loath, About two lnoht(te before Score - wore hung up awaiting tho result of a test of certain shafting, wlliclt was de- layed until very recently, awing to the breaking of the testing lnaohino. These tests have now been satisfactorily made, however, and the au:mints of the con- tractor,, aro being adjusted, deductions from their bilis being made on account of work on the vessels exoouted at govern. monis nnvy.yards after the failure of the contractors. Military London. NO. 5 (bo1pnnl', 8:rr1 clan. (Prom our own Correspondent.) Military Distriot No. 1 has been en- camped on Carling heights since the 18th, under the command of Col. Stain., A. D. G. This consists of Battalions Nos. 24, 25, 23, 30 and 33, London field battery and the First troop of cavalry. But 1 will ohiefiy direct my rernarks to the 38rd Batt., as that is the ono to trhiolt we belong. The 88rd is considered by all who visit the grounds to bo the best looking and working Batt. on tbo grounds. It consists of nine Companies, nil from the County of H2!!an, under the com- mand of Cot. T. T. Colman, Major J. G. Wilson Adjutant Collins, of rho 19th, and Major Kaino, of Gerrie. No. 1 (Godorich), Capt. Crooker, Lieut. Holmes ;, No. 2 (Wingbam), Capt. Wil liams, Lieut. Ritchie; No. 3 (Seaforth), Capt. Roberts, Lieut. Wilson ; No. 4 (Clinton), Capt. Todd, Lieubs. Ranee and Combs; No. "u (Brussels), Capt. Hays, Lieut. Shaw ; No. 0 (Exeter), Cant. Audrewt, Limits. Nixon and Billings; No. 7 (Bayfield), Capt. McDonald, Lieut. Curtis ; No. 8 (Gerrie), Capt. Koine, Lieut. Koine ; No. 9 (Colborne), Capt. Vargo, Lieut. Young. Col. Coleman bas been absent for some dive, but while in camp has done all he Dan to make rho work pleasant, and is a general favorito,.nob only with his own Battalion but with the others along the line. Major Wilson is acting Colonel while ho is absent, and it goes without saying he is the best looking Major o•1 the grounds, as he has a regular soldier bearing and he is always ready to give any information, no molter who re- quires it. No. 5 Company, which is Br_ussols, is a full company, dresviug pay for 42 men and 2 officers. There is not a Company in the Battalion that conducts itself more manly and soldierly than No. 6. There has not been a complaint against one of the men. which says a great deal for ally company. The company is well sized and all willing to learn and will, when they come home, show the people of Brussels what they could do in the shape of protecting their country if oalled upon. The weather the first few days rather cooled the boys ardor of camping out, on a000unt of go much rain, but some the weather has somewhat settled they rather like it, although these warm days and cool nights cause a few to huntthe surgeons in the morning for some tonics, oto. But to -day we have got an tetra simply of blankets, so tho difficulty will be remedied. • Quarter.Afaster Beolc, of Godcrich, is a whole•souled follow and knows what it is to be a volunteer, as ho has been 27 years in Her Majesty's service, so ho sees 700 lack for nothing in the shape of meat, blankets and the like. • Pay -Master Jordan is never out of humor, nor does any ono try to .make hien as they well know Niko beadles the cash. Surgeods Halmos and Shanuon have had an easy time of it, as the number of sick have been limned. The Dootor is the President of the Mess Committee, and a better man could not be found, as bo is an excellent judge of what suits the taste of an officer. On the whole the 33rd never had a better looking lot of officers than this year, tits majority of them bring cam. paratively young. Col. Smith and Mrs. Smith and daugbter 0V0 an ab home' on Saturdcy afternoon to the officers, when a very en- joyable time was spent, moat of the lead. ing ladies of Loudon being presen. Lawn tennis, bowling and refreshments 'were indulged in mud partaken of. Our band was complimented by being asked to play at the party on a000unt of the fine quality of mesio they play. It is' under the leadership of Jas. Jones, of Brussels, and he keeps then well in practice every day. At the shooting at the butts the average on the whole was fairly good, while some individual shots were ex. ceptionally find. Sere as well as else. whore we did not take a back plane, Sergeants Sample and Veal doing well, about the best in the brigade, ab the long range, and Ballantyne, on the whole, coming out first in the Company. The band tournament on 'Tecumseh park closed TPssday night, the 28th Porth band, of St. Marys, playing last in the competition. The judges than asked the 28tliand 33rd (Seaforth) to play another selection each, after whnoh they awarded the first prize of 550 to the 28111, and rho second of 525 to the 88rd. The two winning bands were very close together, and the ward Biot with the approval of all present. Whore was only ono entry for the cornet solo contest, viz., J. W. Johnson of the 24th, no one apparently oaring to dispute. his well.known ability on the cornet. 01 course, with only ono entry they could bo no contest, and fin lieu thereof the successful bands, played several base solos with accompaniments, the wholo lusting Until after 10:20. Tho music of both the 28111 and 33rd was'.of' a Very high order and those pressut wog bhOroug1lly delighted with lt. At the nonelusiou both bands together played "God save the Queen." Largo numboes of ladies vieited the mond on Sunday to admire the red. coats. Such familiar feeme ns Muedie MoLentlan and•Beb Bieck wore noticed, Some of the boys, like 50111200, are shedding thein skies. Dan 'MaDonaltt furnished the music for it dance for rho boys and; they enjoyed they WVhittioy's retirement the accounts ib oven if no ladies wore on hand. The 83rd. play the 23t1t baseball to- morrow and expect to win too. Capt. Idays is so proud of hie Company that he has invited Dudley Holmes to take a photo. of the Co. The 33rd Main Guard was admired by all and the Col. said he never 511.111 a better guard mounted, The boys do nob seen to have much inclination to visit the pity but appear quite satisfied with camp life, for vary few passes have been naked for. The amount of food and forego con - earned daily in oamp in something enor- mous. It amounts to 2,150 pounds of bread, or 1,575 loaves, 2,100 pounds of meat, 85 bushels of potatoes, 260 pounds of cheese, 260 pounds of sugar, 43 pounds of coffee and 85 pounds of too, besides salt, pepper, eta. The horses oat 1a tons of hay daily and 00 bushels of oats. Wednesday is inspection day ; Thurs- day marching out clay ; Friday the field exercise and review, and Saturday camp will be struck and homeward we go. Synod of Huron. The annual session of the Synod of Huron opened on Tuesday afternoon of last week in London, about 200 delegates being present. In the morning the dela. gates attendee" service and holy com- munion at St. Paul's, the sermon being preached by Principal bowel". Bishop Baldwin delivered bis charge in the after. noon, He referred, with particular emphasis, to the aggressions of Jesuitism in Canada, and urged upon the Synod the necessity of resolute action to shote that it was on rho side of Protestantism and right. The charge also referred ntlength to the iniquity of sending Protestant children to Roman Catholic schools and convents. The year had been one of great success and prosperity to the Synod, the clergy mainteoonce and missionary funds showing the debt thereon abolished and a balance now on hand of 42,407. The report of the Executive Committee .vas taken up in the evening. The clergy maintenance and mission fend had now a surplus of 52,467, and a debt of 5515 on the same had been paid off, besides 51,- 570 having been passed over to tbewidows' and orphans' fund. An increase of about 5140 was uoticeable in the domestic and foreign ntiseion fonds, the former amount. ing to 52,581.55 and the latter to 51,902.- 18. The total capital of the widows' and orphans' fund is now soma 562,815.86. The sum of 814,270 is still owing on the See house. A total of 161 aollootione had been remitted by the various parishes during the year. The last two clauses caused considerable discussion, the former being referred to the executive to consider how to abolish the debt. The S. S. committee's report was pre- sented find adapted with slight amend- ments. The following statistics Are glean- ed from it :—In the diocese 227 congre- gations have Sabbath schools, and 40 have none. Reports were received from 164 schools, wbioh have 1,813 officers and teachers, and 14,895 scholars in attend. once. Twenty-five seliools aro open for only a portion of the year ; seventy-five schools ere supported entirely by tbo Sabbath school offertory. In 47 the offertory is supplemented by grants. One huudrod and thit'by.one saboole have apparently no offertory, and are support- ed by the congregations. Several schools (probably six) give their entire collection to mission or ontside work. Libraries in 113 schools numbered 22,573 volumes. The reporb recommended that 51,000 be appropriated for the establishment of it hank depository in Loudon, whish was approved by the Synod. A Meuse was inserted, decreeing that the Prayer Book be used in the opening and closing exer- ciees of Sunday schools. Considerable interest was manifested in a motion by Lieut --Col. Wilkinson to so amend the Canon that Ladies might be. come members of vestries. His Lordship ruled the motion out of order, as notice should have been given through the con. vening circular. Very Rev. Dean Ltnes presented reso- lutions formulated on the recent Jesuit legislation on behalf of the committo ap- pointed therefor bishop. The resolutions were exactly like those passed at tine meeting of the Synod in Toronto, and were carried by a standing vote of the whole Synod, Dr. Armstrong alone ob- jecting on the ground that the Synod had no right to interfere with the legis- lation by the Province of Quebec. In the evening a mission army meet- ing was bsid, a; which addresses were made by the Bishop, Sir Daniel Wilson ani Rev. Mr. Mo0osh. Perth County. Dr. Armstrong has located in Fuller. ton. The St. Mary's lacrosse team will play the Dufferins in Ingersoll on July 1st. Frank Knipe broke an arm as the result of jumping from a moving train at Gowaustown. The electric light by.lmv to raise 54,000 will bo submitted to the freeholdere of Mitchell on the 8rd prox. The Hospital Trust of Stratford' are pushing affairs and have asked for tenders for the now bnilding. Jesse Joy, of the 14th con. Logan, has n bon's egg which 010asure9 91 by 0 inches, laid by a common barnyard fowl. 'P. Dunn and A. Tracey, of St. Iblarys, wore appointed county constables by the Court of Quarter Semmes, held in Strut. ford. A counoil of rho Canadian Order of Ohosen .Friends was organized ht 8b. Marys by G. W. Thompson, provinoinl organizer. The risk Jubilee Singers gave ono of their celebrated and tonownecl musical concerts in hence' Opera Mall, on Thurs- day, Juno 27. The residence of. Win. Glllies, West Ward, St. Mary's, wits struck on Mott. day morning by lightning. It entered at one cornet 0f the heath, malting quite ani opening, tend death a Mitt'e: inside, breaking. it into pieces, It is thattght rho allege mod the henna front entre destrnotioit. No fitrthef coinage was done.. , Miss Mamie Trow, the clever daugbtor of Jas. Trow, 85. P., recently passed a simee951111 examination at Trinity 11o1. logo, Toroth, for the degree of Ilaohelor of Music. At the Porth County Court David Wright, aecltsed of robbing 59(10 from the perann of George Gibbs, was acquitted, the jury rendered the verdict without quitting the box. Mr. Jewell, Toronto, who n *bort timo ago invested some thousands of dollars in real estate, in Mitchell, has offered to put 151,000 in a binder twine factory, if a company can be got to start one there. A reduction of 5.13,000 was made by the Court of Revision for St. Mary's, which held sittings on several days of last week. This reduction still leaves about 526,000 of smarmed value !n excess of last year. The Stratford Beacon says :—There was quite a little bit of excitement on the market square last Saturday eveniug, occasioned by the parting of an electric wire which alighting on a telegraph wire, out it in two. 1'. 17. Shine, who has taught so ne- oessfnlly in the St. Mary's Inatitnte dur- ing the pa.t year, tendered" his resig- nation tvhi0h was accepted by the board. Mr, Shine has beau offered elsewbero the principalship of a school at a 0200 in. crease of salary over what ho has been getting here. On Sunday morning when the boy he charge called at the stable of W. Colo - man, 5t. Marys, to feed and water the horses, he uotioed that the bay colt was lame on bind foot. Mr. C. was sent for, and concluded that the horse had by some moans broken its log near the stifle joint. Upon examination by a vet this was confirmed, The auimai bad to be killed. The whole taxable property of Strut. ford, including income, less exemptions under statute, et 58,082,761 ; last year it was 51,105,000, a deoreaeo of 5472,869. The exempted property is valued at 5079,- 800. The rate of taxation will be struck on 53,632,761, u010es this amount is still further reduced. The value of real es- tate is placed at 51,490,120 ; last year ib was 51,040,880. Personal property is rated at 5128,800 ; last year it was va- ned at 5211,050. Incomes are given at 5108,700, against 5169,825 last year. There are 2,861 children between the ages of 5 and 6 ; between 7 and 13 there are 1,453 ; of youths approaching man - heel, 008. 4.4ten0a'ot.l 7'.7owoo Tho Bing of 11o'land has "lad another relapse. Searle and MUterson have arrived in England. The army worm has attaokol tho grass. in Indiana. Mr. Gladstous has had his portrait painted thirty-five times. Two hundred tetnporary, buildings are to be erected at Johnstown. The Prinoess Augusta, sister .of the Queen of Denmark, is dying, Mr. IIirseh, the new U. S. Minister to Turkey, has reached Constantinople. Four young boys murdered a com- panion, aged fifloeu, at Highland, Ind. ICfug llnmbert's olb'or to mediate be. twoon Germany and Stvitzerlaud has been accepted. The Queen has gone from tlslmoral to Windsor fee a fortnight, a :d wilt than go to Osborne. What remained of Johnstown has been almost wiped out by fire, which raged all Monday afternoon. The Master Car Builders'' Association is in session at Saratoga. Five 'hundred members are present. • A growl Englihltmen in San. Frencieco, has been victimized to rho tone of 55,- 000 by tho gold brick swindle. It is sail that Lord Chas. Boreeford will resign his seat in Parliament tc 10. sept rho commend of an ironclad. Austria has begun the construction of a second strategic railway. It will run from S:Xatvalr to Miskolej, in Hungary. John D. Shea, who killed a police- man in St. Lewis eight years ago, has been sentenced to 09 years in tbo peni• tentiary. A colored than named Henry Williams on Monday beat William Lyman so badly, in Windsor, that the latter has sumo died. Williams is at large. Tho Nipsic, the sole survivor of the American fleet at Samoa, after the hur- ri0ato, has started for San Francisco under convoy of 'the Alort. The PaoIOo Mail Steamship Co.'s steamer Granada, whioh left San Fran. cisco on the 13th for Panama, is ashore sixty miles south of Manzanilla. ` A Dublin despatch says Bishop Cleary, of Kingston, Ont., has been nominated to succeed the late Bishop Power, of the dilanocd.ese of Waterford and Lismore, Ire. It is reported that a conference will be held in Geneva to deal with the question of political refugees in Switrerlaud. This 10 ae outcome of the Wohlgemnth affair. The steamship La Boargoyne, from Havre, June 20, sighted the largest ice. berg yet witnessed by, ocean travellers. The captain estimated rho berg to be 100 feet high by 075 feet long. At the Guelph band tournament on Wednesday of legwork, Andersen's band, of Toronto, took Hest prize for fir:a-oleo bands with 588 points; Dominion Organ and Piano Co. band, of Bowmanville, second, 481 paints ; Ileintzman's band, Toronto,tird,.443 points. Last Friday Marey Downie), of Wheel. ing, West Virginia, was drowned in the Ohio river, at Perksreburg,`tse result of a supposed accident. It td not? thought Duncan was deliberately murdered by throe men, wino ware seen to pleao ;Dun- can in it Skiff rind row him out bn the river, and throw hire overboar.l. A soientist says that it requires the stings of sixty healthy honey bees to kill a man in fair health. This fact canna be tow widely cligseminated. When a man in fair health widen to eonunit. suicide via the mange of honey bees it behooves hint to select sixty that are on. joying good health. Whether this- can be determined by feeling the pulse Of the *meet or looking at it9 tongue tiro 'scion. tist doesn't explain. Number BO. 4 1s Rad 1#1. AA .'(7('- ♦t t.. Salah T11 (011 of Windsor. ,i:aims that she is 109 years old. The Haltom Dominion election petition -Lush vs. Waldie- -was to have boon tried before Chief Jnsttee Armour on July 3rd, but the trial Imo been postpon- ed until Sep. 3rd. A convict named Ilatledge trade a vicious attack on Turnkey Ifeggert at Brampton jail cue day last week and tried to escape, but was unsueoeeeful. Prospects for the fruit mop in Essex, especially along the lake shore, co:.binues good, but the outlook for corn to daily becoming leas promising on account of tho wet and chilly weather. On Tuesday evening of la•t week, ev, Dr. Sperling was presented by the con• gregatiet of the First Methodist church in Kingston, with t* well.011el purse and an address. He left for Witnnipe; Wed- nesday. The Fanners' Ltetitua, of h,.''r Grey held their annuli meeting ae Holstein, Ont„ on Wednesday of Last 000012 1711511 papers hero rear" and discussed: The at. tendencies was inrge and the proawedings interesting and beneficial. At the Windsor Mills, Richmond Que., on Wednesday of last week, a man named Penton, gat caught in the machinery and daawn under the saw, Which enteral his side and cut off bah arms above the elbows, "lis death is momentarily ex- pected. Work has boon commenced on the im- provements to be made on the 0.2,11. between Winnipeg and fort Arthur. Nearly all the trestles on the lino will bo filled in with earth and rooks, and two or three new bridges will be bailt. It is also the intention of the company to straighten out the line in a few phtoes. A large number of people who had at- tended the West Zorra farmers picnic at Brtemar on Friday were poisoned by drinkinglemonarlo. Soma fifty or sixty persons wore attacked with symptoms of poisoning, but nothing serious resulted. It is said that tartar emetic was need by mistake in making the beverage. Gas or oil wells are being sunk in the county of Essex at the following places : Caldwell's farm, one aid a half miles east of-Amberstbnrg; near rho railway at Marshfield, Walker's Marsh ; Reid's farms, 10th 0011., Morsea ; Bncbanan's farm near Comber ; 11. Wigle's farm at Leamington and Elmwood near Mersea. The Toronto Rubber Company issued a writ against the Gn'ta Peroba Mane - featuring Co., for a libel suit, against 550,000 damages. The alleged libel was contained in a telegram sent to British Columbia, which the Rubber Company claim sought to injure its amoeba, ill rho Province mame•1. The Li:;ag-ton News of Wednesday gives the following account :—A short Dane ago a Kingston grocer found a tar- antula in a buret of bananas from Jamaica, lis thought (10 had killed it, but it appears be was mistaken, as shown by his experience last night. In going into the bed chamber where his ten year old son way in bed, Ito esw n horrified ex- pression on the face of the lad.. Oa fol- lowing the direction of his son's eyes, he saw the tarantula on his bosom crawl- ing slowly towards his head. The boy was game and aithomelt the pera;,iration stool ie large drops upon Ills blanched face, ho never strained a mt,sc'e, The father stood transfixed and dared not stir for fear of dietatrbing the doadly animal. At las: the spider slowly moved, and jumped on the poor boy's. face. • The brave little fellow still remained calm in this awful danger. nor fully five min. urea the tarantula tenni-hied on his cheep and then shipped on to the counter- pane. As it did s0 the footer rushed forward ala rolled the fa brio rotund it, and then dashed it on the flooe, e usbing the life out of the fearful creature, and aaftorwards threw it into a fire to make sure this time that each a deadly 'viper' had ceased to live, The little hero in bed had fainted from the great strain upon his nerves but upon arming to his senses was as lively as a cricket, and laughed at his into peril. When asked what his sensations woro while the ani• mal was orawling o"or him, ho said :— "I kept wiehiug papo would not try to touch it, for fear it might kill him." It is a piby that the name of this plucky little fellow should not be known, but the father for many reasoua wishes it to be so. Looa1 News Items. 091 a program of the Dominion Day celebration. Goo. Lome Co. were giving an ex. hibition last Satutday of the binder manufactured by Messrs. Frost .0 Wood, of Smith's Falls, They bound sheaves of green barley and willow switches, some of the latter 11 feet long. They say it is the beet on the marltot. A 10 Dent admission ticket to the games and sports on Dominion Day, on Victoria Parke, also entitles yon to a draw for the new Baynnoud sowing machine on exhibition in IL. Loather. dale`s shop window. Bath additional ticket will give you an extra draw. Go To It'.—The Baud Conoert next Monday evening promises to be one of the best held for a long tinlo.., The pro. grata will consist of vocal had instru. mental music, realtatious, bag.pipos, Highland dancing, &a, Go and dhow your willingness to aid 0101 cxcell5nl town Band, Ton other evening as Mrs. Ainley sr, was passing the skating rink and Sal. nation Army barracks some mean steak throw a stone which hit lbs old lady's parasol, breaking ono of the ribs. It is ttme;a full stop was put to the rowdyism that occasionally prevails in the ideality above mentioned. Tins St; Marys 301trn11 says :u -The irrepressible Jenititn5 of the defunct i rue. sbls Budget has been heard from. /To threatens tbo publisher or 'Mtn 13nuss>iro Pee with a libel' Ration for certain state. menta contained in a letter which ap- peared in Ttin Pon of October 12th last, bearing the d signature of D. MoGillioud An apology is demanded bet the b. lishor of .LOB Peer refuses to retra21'7.