HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1889-8-16, Page 1Volume 17.
'W7ateh ngtou Letter.
(Prom our regular Co a osponderla)
WAen1Ne1WN, Aug„0, to.
•Thheborgain by which the Sioux code
eleven million aures of their reservation
to the United Status is of advantage both
to the Indians and to the white settlers,
Groat pressure and certain inducements
in addition to those offered by the Gov.
eminent brought about the result. The
l Indians obtain fair pay for a stretch of
land wilieb they do nob need, and there
le added to South Dakota and opened to
" settlement a tract as large as Mensa -
1 ehusetbs and New Hampshire combined,
� .In addition to the gain of the now state
(,, in area and population which this ces•
i i w' bit • there is the advantage of
• 8(111 ill bring
dlreo6 eolzmuniantion with the Blue
' t ofthe two sections
Hills and the nmol c
I u
of South Dakota, between which the
great Indian reservation has hitherto
- ailro e
stood like an impassable wall.R ad
o p
now stopped ab its boundary will soon
South Dakota a
itand make of 0
pierce a (
o a
trash of settlers into
m
the reservation
sale. A. servation like that to Oklahoma
may be expected. The prizes to be
scrambled and fought for aro more 1,u-
maronsthan in the cage of Oklahoma.
it is estimated that seventy thousand
families can be a0commodnted with
farms on the land to be opened to settle.
me11. The overflow of disappointed
Oklaholnites will tend in this direction,
and the Bast will doubtless furnish
thousands of new recruits to the army of
land makers.
It is ;letonishing how many people of
moderate means own horses and car-
riages in Washington. People of the
eamo incomes in Philedelphim or New
York would not dream of a like extrava•
game. But then it is such a pleasure to
drive on the clean, smooth pavements
that ono would prefer to economize in
`( tomeother way and indulge themselves
{ , in this lukuly, which is an expensive one
1.
for 11 takes quite as leech to keep a horse
as it does a human being, although it
ought nob to. Liverymen claim they
11101(0 but little profit in caring for board-
ing horses, and I darn coy that the ex-
t/euse and labor, the wear and tear, 1.ud
heavy taxes eat up moat of the surplus
above actual outlay for food, etc. Tbo
cbr-ai;csthorse is a bicycle. With that
there are only Om repairs to bo thought
nf, and they are very inconsiderable.
One of rho most graoefal' sights in our
etreete is the nyoman bicyclist. She
looks like emir:bird as she skims along
the ptteelnent, and makes tho most
striking contrast to the old-fashioned,
awkward bricyole that Bolva Lockwood
used to propel through our highways. It
is wonderful how much work ono can get
out of the seemingly fragile bicycle. I
met a whole family -a minister, his wife,
andbaby-in the Tyrol last' Summer, do-
ing mountains and valleys on American
outdo machines. It seems an ideal way
of running about the country, but I
imagine the inconvenience and fatigue
ni net be considerable.
It is a fortunate thing till our diplo-
mats are not as sensitive as Hadjy Has-
sein Gooly Iiban, for if they were we
would have to muzzle ourselves. Dr.
Yow, of the Chinese Legation, is one of
le most agreeable men who has been
among us, and he is what the Persian
certainly is not -a man of the world.
• Ono evening last winter this sociable
celestial invited Rome of his neighbors in
to spend the evening. The invitation
was an informal one, and those thus
honored never for a moment thought
they wore asked for more than a cup of
tea and a sociable hour or two, so went
dressed accordingly. Tho loan of the
family was, of course, in evening cos -
i tame, while his wife went in her home
dinner toilet, a pretty house dress of
emu dark silk, cut high in the hook.
This good lady was much surprised on
the evening in question to Learn from the
• arrival of 1110 guests in full evening
' toilet that she had been invited to a ball,
Turning to Dr. Xow she expressed her
chagrin that the should have paid the
invitation so little honor as to have Dome
mess and
in her modest dress, explained that
t fb was because she did not understand
it, they were asked to anything so formal.
'"Oh, do not be in the least distressed,"
sad the gallant attaohe, "but if it would
take Madame more comfortable, pray
o up stairs and lay aside your dross.
waist."
The number of cities that are wrang-
ling for the exposition in 1892 already
surpassoe the extensive lint that clamor-
ed for recognition se the birthplace of
Homer. But WOsllington serenely waits
for the inevitable termin'etion of the Kil-
kenny fight between the outside cities,
when the National capital will be accept-
ed by the nation without dissent as the
only proper place for a national ex.
position.
Canadian No'vl:l,
Miss Emma Leader, a young woman
of 25, who resides with her widowed
mother and brother in Platteville, Oxford
county, bas been an invalid for the last
live years, and since last March had been
confined to bed. All that medical• ,skill
could do Was done for her recovery, but
of no avail. For the past three Weeks
she had lost 11)0 power of speech, and
was so weak that she was unable to
of ango her position in bed. She bad'
en in this condition up to the afternoon
of Wedtlesday, 24th nit. when the Bev.
Mr. Coiling and Wife `dropped in and .
outdo a short visit. Before leaving tho
rev. gentleman offered a vary forwent and
8)11101)10 prayer, to which the young
woman was an attentive and earnest
Iisteler, No sooner' had rho visitors left
the house than the patient felt a Witti °
sensation, especially in tho head, the pain
in which seemed 10 leave nod proceed
down the body and lower extremities on.
tiroly out of the system. She immediate.
ly began to talk, 901 out of bed, dreamed
herself, and during tho afternoon Went
out for a drive. Tho next day alts got
up, fooling well, except that she was weak
after her long illness. Tile affair is the
1110E the village, and, nithongln ale
perpl0 theraare 00eptica1 regarding faith
emus, they have to acknowledge that
11110 la a remarl(0b10 Da80,
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO,
.A. WEEK At11 MACK.INAC.
Thatnortton of northern atlahlgan situ-
ated near or along the straits of Alatlkinee le
yearly beomiug more famous es 0 resort
for tourists 10 roarml of pleasure and inval-
ids mid wearied business mens, who no0c1 rho
invigorating lulluoue00 of tide delightful roe -
Jou, Although there are numerous 1080101/1
rho vicinity Maiming more or less distlaottonn
as watering pinoo0 11,11 groat obleobiyo polnt
01 most trave11ere seems to he Mao lnna
Island being easily accessible by rail or wat-
er, and formine a sort of geoarap111001 centre
from 1/1111011 travellers can radiate, when de.
eirou8,.10 rho many other points of interest.
The steam era Arundel' and "Me tropo110"of
bay City, run every day between Bay City
and Alpena, each -waking three tripaawok
and en Saturday the, Arundel" goes the engh
to Mnokivac Island. On Saturday, July 210 t,
• Nona and I bearded rho "Arundel"
myntpr bb aid d A
boundoat 1: 9. ,amid, Leaving Day City
m ills t Of bete
ndkat0 . a the waving ti
1
g
after fs n foe
we andocSaginaw
nt rnrtho three mit
bay, on
Saginaw handkerchiefs,1011 At the mouth 0f the
bay, on the north shore 15 utiles from Bay
o at Point on t ,
Tins plea p Lookout a 6 collet,
1'1118 pleasant spot Is rapidlymaking a
name
atta rummer resort, its pleasant stretch of
sandy beach,
and slightly 1181119 background
covered with Leeds affording novel -falling
amusement to the o11t14reu, Point 1,001)0)14
is 859001ally patronized by families whose
bead is a business man and whose ocoap-
utianwill not n emit of lung absence from
tee otty, u.ud Saturday's steamer Iuvaritt'.ly
001111es pater families to 0 good mane who
Wonder "what para will bring." The steam-
er rn rounding the point etrlkes the first
rolling waves front Lake Huron, cud remits
spasmodically for a fow minutes, atriklug
terrorto the hearts of landlubbers, who at -
ford no Milo ]amusement to the old sailors
on board. We aro soon malting a duo north-
ward course, with blue Lake Huron on our
right, now lit up by the slanting rays 01 the
western eon, and the long low there lever
out of sight on the loft. About sunset arm
pall at Bost Tawas, and thou at Mt:vas, prac-
tically Due city, simply separated by aha
11ver, and presenting to rho sola n front of
rarvm111s and lumber plies. Partner up, 18
mites is 080010, at 1110 mouth of the sable
river, and also a lumb et town. It Is tho cen-
tral palet for many lumber camps for miles
Droned. It is a beautiful night au11 people
cluster on the doo1cs in groups to enjoy the
timing. Wo have m1 board the Midland
baseball club, going to play at Cheboygan m1
Monday and at Alpena 00 Tuesday. They
have soma lino singers, at good training, and
their rendering t "Roarer my' God to thea;'
is superb, the long drawn out 0traino floating
over tho water in sweetest melody. (111 leav-
ing Tawas they congregated on rho upper
deck, and cavo "Good -night, ladies," Most
ellastivelJ us the steamer beelcr,1 mut from
the dock, and were entimela8tloallyy 011501811
by the 1'6te11+ra in the dealt. A langi1abl0
incident occurred just on leaving Oreole., 11
was dark, 0.ud ayoung lady elating on the
rail watching the unloading moved so that
her info-ribbo, slipped oft and fol. '•011
shy lice new ribbon" site exclaimed, and
looking dowel one 0001) loeb discover it lying
outho boat's beam, close to the water.
Among t110 people on the ,1001;, e, man tried
to reach it with his cane at inuniuollt clang-
. or of 'falling in, then handing the 01)ck to a
'hand on the lower ,look, he said "You molt
it; 1 can't" Tho man promptly walked off
with the cane; oocasioning a laugh. This
distressedth'e young lull- who bogged them
not to mind the ribbon. A cartons crowd
hall Rabbeted by this time and o welter
climbed over the side, res000)1 tho straying
sattu, and alittle Cheer wont up as he ear -
it up in triumph, to the owner. Itanm-
forted her, linwoyel;,,to boar that the would-
be rescuer rigidv01)051 his ono. Wo pass
Burnsville, noted for' the charming drives
is its vicinity, about 11 o'clock 5,013 by mid-
night almost 0110x11 8,118, 1105 retired. We
stop at Alpena at 1.18.' null 1f' Ilo1erar 0ity
shortly atter 0 o'clock. The latter 1s a pretty
village built against n Mott y, -b OOltgrontld or
wider and Is al pleasant sighflronl' the wafer.
1Vh0 call describe a peaceful Sabbath hole-
ing ori tho water ? As wo bond 00 the sora!,
west, the eastern sun maim the transparent
water glitter lilts a sheet of Bi1Vnarr,� • and t110
perm pure air anuses ono to tool lice streteht
tug uu, ase inhaling long clop dratiklat' nt
its exhilarating iatluuude. At noon We reach
Cheboygan and loose our musi0nl 0 1,U Cho
(Ay is 100 largest for many mile etched'
and 10 situated at rho mouth of the money.'
gen river. On leaving it we can plainly 000
the white walls 01 Fort Maelclna0, 18 mike
away, and to the northwest through t110
straits of Mnoki,ao Lake Aitchison lies 11)08'
pliugluth0 501001511 aur. Zaoklnas Island
is 0 miles lu circumference, trod its cliffs aro
from 127 to004feet high above Lake Huron,
These cliffs entirely surround the island, ex -
sept on the south side, whore the village 1s'
built, and:1 strip on the north called British
Landing. As 'o approach Bois Blanc and
.wound Island fie to our right just south of
Mackinac, which 10 eoparet010 fr0111 hound
Island by a passage a mile wide. The first
object nottecd is Plank's Grand Hotel, built
2 years ago by John O. Plank, of Toledo.
Tenn iulpoeiug structure can be seen for
mnuymiles,as itis situated on ahigb bluff
and at night its elootrio light eau be aeon
00utl1, of Cheboygan, As the steamer ears
rho w hart• lying Iu tbo middle of rho village,
we are impressed with a sense of smallness
as 0'a look up to the high miffs behind the
village, mud little is sold as 0'o view the
towering heights of God's handiwork ; be-
fore us on the beach stretches the lazy liable
village in the noonday sun, while behind it
the steep 0)1)1 rise abruptly, from Robinson's
Folly on the extreme right to Lover's Leap
on the extlem o left. Suet above the middle
of the town are the whitewashed walls of the
fort,llseermWle for -10 or 20mileson a bright
day. As the "Arundel" gracefully glides up
to rho dock we sou the Canadian ste0mor,
Paotaa" lying there, the water hare being so
transparent that we can goo her rudder and
wheel as plainly as if above water, The bot-
tom here fa easily seen from the deck, owing
to the alutost unparalleled clearness of the
water, Theholalrunuers aro, of enure), on
hand; the merits of the Grand, Central,
Lozou, Palmeri Snbu Jacob Astor, N ow.Maolc-
Mao, Murray, Island and Mission hotels aro
told Of is a trice. But ori nm fnmtller with..
the Island of old, our party puts up ab the
flew llfnokinao, which is just opposite the
dock. Centavo; line the street almbst as
far as the oyo can see; they aro for. visitors
to drive about and view the 805)1e5y. Almost
all steamers palming make a point of stop-
ping a fow hours hero for the pleasure of
passengers ; and tutee drlvors, who are ex-
perioucod make money showing tho varloua
points one:Wrest. We sit on tho piazza dur-
ing tho
er-lugtbo afternoon looking with interest at
tho varying speg0 beforo us. Just in front
is the dock etrotehiog out bate rho Water;
the "Paxton,'hoe there ready for her Sun-
day run round the island, the "Oambrin"
of the 0.P.I1, lino, cornea in .and stays fill
next morning. As evening cornea on, aidtllo
silvery moonlight creeps over the mono,
making it '<gatelike come old world 77080.1 leo
stop out and go up the etroet for a hundred
gado or 80, antihero the road swoops round
to the right away out to Itobdnson s Polly.
Wo 1001) up at the fort with its w1itewas.bod
walls and et the majestic 110igl118 above Its
and down al flit) droalny old village and with
a rogrotta sigh go indoors. In tho morning
0'o two up fora row on the sparkling water,
which is so olear that droprintg au oarlock
at au apparent depth of '( foot, on dipping
llndingitbeyond the lelgth of the oar. A! -
tor dinner, a little boy teems along with
canoe *etiology made of the mutat which
grows hors, 001,9314 andtwisted in quite au
oriental fashion. Thoy aro popular among
ladies Gait sotiveuire! the island, called a
friond0lnp 0111)0,101811)18 contributing e knot
01 ribbon to decorate it., Then 0'l go °utas
an oxplorhl(.party. !C11080 lad stair of 180
stop0111 to Ole fe4,01' WO limy talo the 11111
*Walk, a gravelpnilf 5 feet wide lip the side
of the 11111 to the stone Arehart entrance and
11001104 by the Whitewashed wall, We those
the. st0p0 which shove It seat, Shaded by trees
Up every 00 Cepa. They lead 11" to bleak.
hued No. 1 at the southwest of the fort ;
lhi0 and the other 4010 1110011•h0110es worn
built in 1700. Atthalop of 1310 wall aro the
0omtriaml0111s valleys built 'With 510110 2
foo tbiok,' nd 011 the e)1p08ft0 • Ohl 011 lin
yar(1 oxo 111110 ofllcol'e,yunrtors, The -yard lit
00'111,1 us clean a0 n 110nr anal hordnrod with
trace, and we s11 dewluand watch curlousl y,
snleuxoldim•s preparing s1 -9110r, soma airing
bed -linen, 81111D eorateieg, swooping, dee,
A great noble mastiff cemee up n❑,1 p11001118
110so in my halal; int hes a mouth that would
torahs' 4. tramp , and on the brass collar we
road "George Davis, 011rd regiment." Just
above too molted entrance In the wall walks
the sentry, abould10 lug his bayonot, be
strides beak and forth for 30 feet, never peas•
ing to keep a careful lookout over the wat-
er. WatltOr and sesames, day and night, a
soldier loops lookout hare; and just now an
oflloor comes over to the guardhouse, the
men salute, bo beckons one, and they walk
along 00 the luau on duty who 613ut00 and
leroleived, Tito Ofhoor wallas t0 tho guard-
house door withhim, he salutes and
To 11 speaeeful In01'telsib 10 interesting to
see an 01110011 come owns tho yard and every
soldier rises and , alums him, 011 the bat-
tery
of 1110 fort aro six Moons, ready for g
1,
i,und ora young lady su e "Do he care
-
fel
if
med
ith
n, ; s ]ear go ell esls er000 110 it."
8tauding memo 0'a loot u)raFB ab bound
Island a mild away, at our toot the sleeping
village. It has 11 Roman Oatbollo 011ureh
and the old mission elluroh. Some of the
dwelling houses are of Modern architecture
bob of antique des, gn, and titer are buildings
yet standing, parts of which were ifrottght
front old Aftwitli 10 when the fort wa8 rt-
movodtronl that 051110, while many of the
boolOos yob occupied were standing during
Me troubled and exciting times of 1812.
Many of tho 100100 are of the original palls-
ndo style,and beyond -the western limits of
the town (p the old Thelon baryleg ground,
where sloop many a bravo son of the forest.
On the back street, clove at our right, is on
antique DldhOn80, with Lugo stole dhimupy8
an d dormer windows, said to bo 196 years old.
ft was occupied dnrlug rho war of 1812 by
Dr. Mitchel), who burned traitor, afterward
matt to leayo ter (1µu1135. A'joiniog this is
the old headquarters of the North American
fax Company, owned and controlled by John
Pooh Asf,,r. !Phis and the adjacent budld-
lugs wore built for the nceouun0datlon of
thee':nnpany''a tand008, who bartered with
the Indiana for their stook of furs. These
buildings are now unites me the John Jacob
Aster House, and it la well worth a visit,
with its many pawls milldams, queer corn-
ers and quaint old garden. The Mission
House, at the extreme left baud, was ono
the mit1011 school, hunt and opened 111 I8e8
kr tho education of Indians, In 1820, Itev,
Dr, Morse, lather of the inventor of the tole -
small, preached on the !31104 the first Pro-
testant sermon in this part of the northwest
and 1) 000)1)11, g interested, allude a report to
the mission society of Now "York, resulting
in a 1.018,1 bring ,prued. Hots unroll has
lana aceeillpliibe'l lane, eternity alone cal
10 ), suit 110 1,111»y )Ola) many, otherwise let t
in da1'411MS nal ignorance, aro indebted to
fins0 C Uri a:;u, ,ahort a for knowledge useful
in every div 11 fl: and of aha catty of snlvatinn,
looking about n 1 at 11,0 tort Nye sou just bo -
side the ht.ttcry, on atm 0a01 shift of the fort,
thehospital an do 181,01'8011100; Jntaloh01-
ln'r the art01.".ire ; on tin cast title rho
etnrel)ounes,,,)li,ms, Sd, There aro unr0on0
yet living on the 1e1and who, during the
troubles of ltd) took r'('g0 in th0s0 same
blookhtuers, which now 0taud, one 011 the
oast Bide, n,1,' 0)1 the north siac, and ono- in
tho 0outbw0el angle, Passing out 111 the
roar gato in tho with, 1111 cross 1110 parade
ground, which rauldudO rim forcibly of the
H of gbt0111 Abraham above Quebec, indeed
the allele citadel, with the town below, 1s
remarkably similar. i10r0 is the spot wl:oro
Capt. 1w1ortsplanted his guns fu 1812, with
111s faro°of Lotions conenalyd in the adjacent
thic:ets. Just now there .1170 two soldiers
raking hay, and ono loading, while a fourth
with 111e regutatioa whits gloves, shoulders
0 musket and marches 001ot111y up and
dove as sentry, Wo come in at a little gate
by the pincers' quarters, and Moue by the
east wall past the cannon to rho front en-
trance, down bio hill walk to the motel, for
our appetites warn us that ibis time to re-
fresh.tbo tuner amu.
D1LLA B. CanPneern.
Morris Couuoil Meeting.
Council mot pursuant to adjournment
he the Council Boom, Meri0, on August
5'th,, the iloevo in the chair. Minutes of
last meeting react and passed. Accounts
were paid as follows 0 -Geo. [Hanna, dig-
ging a ditch, $2:60; J. Galaspie, graveli-
,ing-opposib0'bots 1 and 2', son. 4, 950.15 ;
O: MoOrnn, inspootiug gravelling, $0 ;
,92210; • Rttvelling enMatted, g South avelin bandd=tj
,$veet; fa'; Wilkinson',1, gravelling be-
,tween lots 5 olid 0, con. 8, $29 ; Amout
Bros.,•lunfbor, 95.76 A• Lindsay, gr0v.
slag on South' boundary, $211'.7.0'; 17'.
L ands; gravelling on South boundary,
$12.801•11: Burns. inspecting gravelling.
orf Inegt'oundary, $4.50 11. Burns, in.
epdob1)g gravelling on 7th line, 92.'50 ;
A. Atwood] gravelling me East boundary,
945 ; IA, b10011`iohinl, gravelling on Bust
boundary; $89:170_; Goo: E. Redmond,
gravellingon 7th line, $45:50'; Wm.
Denbow; gta9blling on 561.1 • lino, $39';. T.
Sheridan, •hbpbobing gravelling on 5th
line and Work'01i Sunshine bridge; $2.88';
Misses. Extend, cliaeity 915'; •Wmtson &
()tinnier, printidg�+; 92:0b'; John• Hays,
keeping insane indigent, $15l -P: Kelly,
putting in celveef, $8; W. H: Kerr;
printing Vetere' Lists and inserting
notice of,postdngg gttttle,' 930 ; for gravel,
J. Watson $18.97, lt. Bboomfldld $5; C.
Wheeler 92.85', R. Blaib' $1.67 J. Ritchie'
910.82, A. K. Roheeteon $8.76; J. Gibson
$4.50, W. Hoppor$1,"Gcdl'PgA000k $5.60;'
D. Herrington $5.25, J. ESans $1, T'
Strachan 00 cents, Mrs. Linn 94:16, 14'11
Jackson 90,10, W. H. Slfdlttid 91.2011':
McMartin $8.88, J. Fotvlei$3.10;' R.
England $7.60, A. Sbbldioe"00'' oents,'1.
Boddiek 72 untie, J"no. MOArt01 $5.'
Moved by S. Oaidbick, seconded' by" Gee:
Kirkby that le. Irving bd'ft1leaVed '922'.601'
for digging a ditch opposite part of tote
11 and 12, on Ind con. line to be' not lose
than 13 fest deep and ti feet- wide on top
and to be oodlpleted to the satisfaction of
Jas. Proctor, who is to insp00t the "work.
Carried. Moved by Jas. Prootor,'00cdn11-
edby' Geo. Kirkby that the following'
wawa be levied for the current year,
namoly, Co,, rate 18.10 mill0 ou'the $ ;
Township rate 1 infill, and spatial rail.
way rate 1 mill. Carried, By -lows Nos:
5 and 0 wore duly read and passed. The
Council then adjourned to moot again on
the 60th Sept.
Wyi.0aootc, Clerk.
Eugersoll's taxes have been lixed at
13 mills.
Alt '1Oaswat01'011 friday afternoon or
lost week, two boys, Robert) aged 0, mud
joint, aged 12, sons of Robert G. Litho,
whose farm adjoins Andrew ratios mill•
dam wore drowned. The boys aro sup.
ported to have gone out on a raft, and
from the poreiti011 of the bodies when re-
covered it appears us though tit smaller
boy fell into tho miter, and his brother,
in trying to baro him, 0100 also drawn in,
The accident Was filet hoard of when
their little 018101', sent t0 find them, taw
their stats floating an the water and ren
to the mill and gave the. alarm. Share
wee 5119111 h0pee for the older bay when
talon 0111, bat rho '1ooteen failed to 008118.
0itnte llip7,
FRIDAY, AUG. 16, 1889.
Sporting Column.
Winnipeg ho1d8 a wheelntan's meat
next mouth,
St, John Is trying to match Gaudette
and Laycock.
London has the best attendance of
ladies at their baso ball matches of any
city in the International League.
The general impression at New Orleans
is that the principals in the pate prize
fight will at least have to serve a maxi.
mum term of imprisonment.
Champion O'Connor will have as
coacher in his training for the champion-
ship race against Soule, 'Wallace Moss
and George Leo, '.11111 will row double
against him,
The time made by Benedict, of Mon-
treal in the viol i h
at n n mato for the
championship of Canada at the Island on
Saturday last, was 15 171111. 37 sec. over
03111100 of 840 yards.
Agattleman from Guelph says that
Geo. M. Gibbs will ass iredlX compete at
the Canadian amateur athletic champion-
ships meeting this year, but it will bo his
last and only appearance.
Geo. It. Grey, champion amateur 511nt-
putter of the world, one of the Bayside
double, put the 15 lb. shot 47 feet 'I in.,
over two feet farther than the world's m-
ooed, which he 01100(ly 31e1d.
Wm. O'Connor, the champion soullor
of the United States, has been presented
with a handsome silk flag, epee which
was painted the coat of arms of tiro Do-
minion of Canada, by Americans who
are stopping in London.
At Gloucester City, Pa., last week
Capt. John L. Brewer shot a motoli
against Wm. Wilsonoraft, the champion
shot of Pennsylvania, at 100 birds each
for $200, Brower conceding two yards
statrt sed winning by 99 out of 100 to 85
oaof 00.
A tbiee.mile boat race, with three
turns, for purse of 9500, took place in
the harbor at Portland, Mo., on Saturday
afternoon, in which Homer, Conley and
Plaistod took part. Hosier won by two
lengths, with Conley seoond, and Plaist-
ed third. Tiros, 18 minutes and 12
seconds.
Galt had won every game played so far
this season, and went to Brantford on
Monday loaded down With glory to play
for the amateur championship of Ontario,
and were coolly defeated by the Brut -
fords by 24 to 11. Brantford now claims
the championship and is prepared to de-
fend it against all comers.
Herbert Gildersleeve, of Pittsburg, Pa.,
tho 11 -year-old pedestrian, arrived in
Toronto on Wednesday availing moue.
pouted by his father. They have walked
from Pittsburg to Niagara since Juno 13.
Two years ado 110 walked from Pitts-
burg to Washington, D. 0., a distance of
310 miles, where Ire was honored with an
interviewband. with President and Mrs. Clevo-
A match game of baseball between
colored wafters of the Hotel Brunswick,
Asbury Park, N. J., and Ocean Hotel,
ended to the third innings Thursday fn
a general row over tho decision of the
umpire. The contesting clubs first turn-
ed to and severely thrashed the umpire
by mutual consent, and theta took to beat-
ing each other. The 500 spectators Iced
without getting bock the price of admix.
siert.
At Brie, Pa., on Tuesday, there teas a
sword contest between Dungan C. Roes,
claiming to be the obampion swordsman,
and Capt. McGregor, of Cleveland. The
men fought on horseback and in armour.
McGregor was handicapped both by horse
and by contestant. Ross finally won by
striking McGregor a violent and paralyz.
ing blow across the head, unboreng him.
McGregor was carried unoouOoiols to 0
room, whore a surgeon attended him.
Gan. Arthur Dixwoll, of Boston, is
perhaps the most remarkable baseball
enthusiast in' the 000ntry. He has retia.
ed with a fortune from active business
spends every afternoon at a ball game.
In the spring he engaged to tako an ex-
tended trip abroad Vila summer, but
when the Boston ohub' took the lend in
the League =oho abandoned this design
and deeidod to• remain in B001011 and
watch the steels of the Beaneaters to
capture tho•penoaot.. When the Bostons
win it game Gen. Dixwell treats the
viotors to cigars: Bs it confident that
his fkVorites•will bo the ohnm9ions this
'season..
Spoakingofthe praolice of Searle and
O'Connor, the London Sporting Life says
,on August 31d As usual Henry Ernest
Searle commenced with, walking excrete°,
acoompanied by Mr. Chris. Orono and
Neil Mattorson, gibing to'Barnes before
,breakfast; •ond afterwards the trio wend-
ed their way fn tbo direction of Wimble-
ilone, Seen after 'eleven he' embarked in
the Ji 131 Clasper, using the last now
souls; which 11e is beginning to get ao.
Mamie& toy although they did not spit
1111 at'Direr: Preceded. by Neil' Matter,
son, he 0051115(1 up. 'river against the ebb
until he reached the Pumping- Station
µbobs'Thotheyeroft's• Torpedo Werke,
whore they reversed and came down with
the etreitm •at a respectable pace, More
wmdking rafter the•l)rinoipajr meal whiled
u,way the title Mital they were ready for
afternoon practice, when dull, leaden.
looking•cletidehoverod over Putney, lint
0oon'tirlftod away, At twenty-fii'o min-
utes pasb'four Neil Matborsou again act-
ed 05,pioneein.,t,; starting about the boat
house, whi1ht Searle wont down until
1)00117 ob east of Putney Steamboat bier.
1llattoraon started at the rate 'of 82
strokes pot;' 117111)110, Searle tasting a longer
ewesp and being satisfied with ono less.
They seemed to steep up their speed en.
til molting Walden's wharf. Pmesiug
Hammersmith 111)d going through Con.
noyBeech they elcountore1 big rolling
WAVOO, yet they lcepb on until 100013ing
Barnes Steamboat Pier, when they
doomed it advisable to laird at Tom
Gr'een's and got rid of the Water they heel
shipped, In this they wore assisted by
George Malcolm Greet, tho last winner
of Goggott'o Coat and Bulge. They ro-
entha tocl, and pointing their craft home-
made, mane down the Surrey shore lois.
urely. William O'Conner, in company
With C. 0.1300110 and. George 1V, Lee,
tools Wanking exorcise atter brc0kfasb in
the direction of Wimbledon common, and woe Withdrawn.
at ten anlinutee past eleven, preoedod by
C. 0. Plicate and George W. Lee, went
op to I3arnett, whore Mr, Psotta and O.
Lee eased up, but O'Connor pushed on
until opposite the Ship et Mortlake,
where lie tarred, and although the water
was extremely low, prepared to go the en.
tire distanoo. B01ng Melted 119 by his
companions at Banes, he all nob cease
until completing his self imposed task,
averaging between 28 and 27 to the min.
ute. Land exercise was again proceeded
with mail justbeforefour, when he ar-
rived at Messrs. T. Thompson and
Bowers', and at twenty minutes post ho
was abetted hie Blakey craft, and with C.
G. Psotta crossed over to the Middlesex
there,nud goitne under t
ie gangway g
0'a
of
Fulham
(Dietrich reliveY) pier, milledd
down to West London railway bridge,
finding the water pretty rougb, and 011110
book on the hood at the rate of 28, the
usual evening's stroll finishing another
good day's preparation.
lt(1,1.i°PIO FESS1(1'iAI, '1'FA0IIFRS-
Tho following pentane have successful.
ly passed the recent Teachers' examin-
ation and hold non-professional cortifi.
mites ay subjoined.
Goderich---Third Class -S. Lloyd, M.
Cook, AI. Craigio, C. Crosar, C. Durnin,
B. Dalton, L. Finlay, P. Halls, 7'. Haw -
fries, H. Henning, A. Johnston, N. Mac -
Comae, M. Parson, H. ]Smith, R.
Strange, A. 1010111. Second Class -E. Ad-
dison, L'. Finlay, 2. MoLnuchlin, W. Mo.
Clouskey, 15, MoNath, L. McLean, L.
O'Leary, S. Stafford, 1:. Watson, M.
Watson, et. Molloy.
Seaforth--Third Class -I'. Clarkson,
lI, Elliott, A. Ging, A., Hayes, F.
Hendry, 0. Latta, D. McDomlld. Second
Class --B, Dixon, J. Govenlock, J. Mo -
Kenzie, 11I. Peirce, A. Simpson, E,
Smith.
Listowol---Third Class --T. Burke, V.
Clayton, J, Curtis, C. Engler, A. Gaynor,
I. Gleam, M. Greer, R. Nichol, J. Rich-
mond, T. Reid, 3. Simpson, It. Steven.
001), J. Wilson, O, Wynn. Second Class -
J. Austin, W. Ferrell, T. Green, V. G11 -
pin, J. Kerr, S. Shannon, J. Ward.
Clinton-Thirrl Class -J. Bone, N.
Combe, a. Elder, N. Gray, H. Holmes,
E. Jenkins, N. Kelley, J. C. McDonald,
Jas. McDonald, J. MoDonagh, I. Mo.
I''arlane, C. Martin, S. Murray, T. Pat.
terson, R. Smalls, W. Smith, W. Sloan,
M. T❑inuth. Second Class --D. Bell, G.
Downing, T. Hardy, A. Hartley, H.
Holmes, d: Montgomery, I. Murch.
Personal Paragraphs.
Mrs. Juo. Tait is visiting in Seaforth.
Bliss Rachel Sipes is visiting in Galt.
Dr. Woods, of Galt, spent Sunday in
town.
Miss Edna Dennis is visiting at
Harriston.
Miss Clark, of Seaforth, is visiting at
Jim. Shaw's.
Miss Long, of Ripley, is Vioiting Miss
Lottie Simile.
Mies Parkes, of Galt, le visiting with
Miss CIara Creighton.
Miss Alioe Hutton, of Wiugbam, was
visiting at Thos. Kelly's.
Herbie and Ethel Cook aro spending
their holidays at Lakelet.
Dirs. Stanley Anderson has been 111
this week with thicken pox,
Miss Millie Smyth, of Ilarriston, is
slaking a holiday visit here.
Miss Mary Broadfoot is making a visit
with her sister at Drantford.
W. A. Hargreaves, of Toronto, WAS in
town fora few days lest week.
Mrs. James Turnbull and sister-in-law
are away at Kincardine on a visit.
ltr.Hntchinson, of Tordwich, has been
the guest of Dr. McKelvey this week.
Miss Montgomery, of Walkerton, is
vi0iting her sister, Mrs. Frank Vaustone.
Miss Sohierbath, of Buffalo, bas been
visiting Mrs. Koenig for the past two
weeks.
Dr. H0)m05 and daughtej• anent Sun-
day in Buffalo and Brantford, rasps°.
tively,
Russell Temple, of Kincardine, is
visiting his uncle at the Methodist Par.
soilage.
Mrs. J. W. Yeo, of Toronto, is renew-
ing old acquaintances in Brussels and
v(cufity.
W. A. Calbiok is away at St. Cathar-
ines attending the Grand Lodge, 1.0.0.11'.,
in tension there.
J, Bliiott and wife, of Woodstock, and
Mies Beattie Wilcox, of Galt, are visiting
at Wm. 'Ironstone's.
Blithe Armstrong was home from
London for a week: Ho is in Wood & Co's
dry goods establishment,
Mrs. Walter Coats and sinter were
visiting old (Mende in town this week,
Mr. Coats 1s flow in Petrone.
A. A. liingston was in town this week
attending to some business matters. Be
is well 910100d with his new location.
We are planted to see James Oliver
able to get about again. The sight of
his right opo is completely gone, how.
ever.
S. Paan was chosen representative to
tho Wingham District meeting by the
Quartly Board of the Brnsseis Methodist
olntrch.
Principal Shaw was away this week to
Niagara Falls where he met his oousfn
from North Garolfne and accompanied
her to Brussols.
Mrs. Clark and Mite. Samuel Walsh,
both reeident0 or Brussels north, have
been under the care of their physicians
during the past weelr,
J. J. Walker, of the Toronto polios
Tome, main town lash week visiting his
brother, Jas. Walker. Mrs. 117411(01' and
baby daughter accompanied him.
This week A, Bruce and wire had the
pleasure of a visit from two of their old
Mende from Illinois (lotely of Sbrotreed),
It. J. rend It, M. Huston, who wore on
their way to Chicago.
Onp day last week Roe. G. B. Howie
stepped off the mandrill at Juo. Meoney's,
where ha boards, and injured his leg.
Iia was unable to attend to lits 110nal
Medea on Sebbebh and his pulpit, 1180
supplied by ]lov. S. Solley, B.A., 8.1).,
in the morals, and the evening seeviee
� g
Number O.
Huron County.
The contractors have commenced the
roof of the new Post Office at Godo -
rich.
Tho Fleming boys, of Clinton, were
taken to the Central Prison on Wednes-
day of last week.
The A.ttrill family left Godorich for
Toronto last wook, and rumour has it
that in the future the family residence
will be turned into a summer boat.
The other day the inner combination
of Ferran de Tisdall's vault, Clinton, bo-
0a1n0 unworkable, and it was necessary
to 00cure the assistance of a couple of
safe -experts from Toronto, to get the
safe open.
When the enOri came n�they eY
found It would be nacos arYto drill
n
quarter inch holo in the door, whi0h was
composed of iron and chilled steel, being
about two and a half inches thick. A
pressure of several tone on the drill easily
silt i g t
t through the iron, but not so h
tto
chilled ateel, t
a el at it ooh thirteen hours'
steady drilling to out through abrsut an
inch end a quarter thickness,
Perth County.
Stratford dogs have to be muzzled.
Mitchell's civic holliday is Aug. 23.
Stratford 0ivie holiday on the 20111
inst.
Thursday, Aug. 22nd, is spoked. of as
civic holiday for St. Marys.
T. Itoftliob, of Sebringville, is just com-
pleting a fine substantial brick hotel in
that village.
1Vith the Stratford oily clerk during
July were registered 14 births, 7 team -
ages au.i 12 deaths.
The Michell council have puroha.ed a
60 horse power engine and a 00 horse
power 1ff1i1er to run their water works
and electric light.
Two mills ou the dollar for county pur-
poses and 1mill for township purposes
will be the rate of taxation in Blalshard
township this year.
W. 11. McLeod, publisher of the St.
Marys Argus, has been committed for
trial on a charge of criminally libelling
Geo. Moir, of the Journal.
At St. Marys last week tho Salvation
Army, having boon reinforced by a couple
of trumpeters and au officer from Lon-
don, platted on the street, whereas the
town bylaws ordain that the market
square is the proper place. Asa result of .
a refusal to move on Chief and Policeman
Dunn lodged William Veal, Harry Morris
and frank 11)Iorris, of London, and Capt.
Nellie Hooted, of St. Marys, in the cooler.
They were released on signing an agree-
ment reloasmg rho polies from all 001100 -
(ponces of their arrest and deciding to
conform to the law. The affair created
considerable exoitoment.
Greener -al Netvate.
hibition.
Mr. Gladstone will visit the Paris Be -
St. Louis is the latest eanditate for a
world's fair.
A great flow of natures gas has been
struck at Toledo.
There aro 14,247 policemen in London,
and 14,267 hanks.
Boll fighting is getting a foothold
among French amusements.
Lord Tennyson, the British poet laure
ate, was B0 years of age Tuesday.
Princess Louise's wedding jewelry
alone Was estimated at 0200,000.
An English syndicate has bought the
Elias Brewery, New York, for 9950,000.
Parnell'a health is broken and his doc-
tors advise him to spend a year in the
south of France.
Emma Abbot's$4,000 dress is desorib'
ed as of saffron colored velvet, embroid-
ered with pearls and diamonds.
The garrison at Exeter has been order.
ed to bathe at the public math every day,
and if it doesn't know how to swan to
learn.
It is rumored thea the Queen has at
last yielded to her physicians and will
take a long sea trip, perhaps to India, or
possibly to Canada and .the United
States.
Darinn t0'
Daring storm at 9fitobell, Ind., on
Sunday, a spring wagon containing a
family.of five -father, another and three
small children -was blown frbm the
roadway into a creek and all wore drown-
ed.
A Grand Perks, Dak., despatch says
that a syndicate of oapitalis has been or.
genized to develop a now canal scheme
that will reclaim upwards of 5,000,000
acres of arid and now neatens land in
north Dakota.
Otto Siegler, aged 15, let himself drop
from the Suspension Bridge, a distance
of eighty feet, into the Ohio river at Cin•
oinnatti, on Sunday night for the amuse-
ment of a few companions,- The boy Was
not hurt.
The County of Ouster, in Montana, is
the largest county in the U. S. It con.
tains 18,509,920oores and is 150 miles
long and 125 miles wide: Itis a place of
historic interest, containing at it does
the site of the groat battle of the Little
Big Horn, where Ouster and his foroes
were massacred.
On Sundays, when on the Imperial
yaoht, Kaiser William ofliointos himself.
The crew is drawn up on the quarter
dealt, and in front bf a provisional altar,
covered with the war ensign of the Ger-
man navy, alio Raiser rude, in a loud
voic0, a sermon, and concludes the
services with some collects and the
Lord's Prayer,
The reaping and other ageiclrlturalma-
ohines shewu at. the Paris Exhibition
hove been tested on the great ram), at
Noisiol, or phis. Monier, the head of the
ch000lateanalting hottso, elle having put'
her land and harvests at the disposal of
the jury. The manufactory at Noisfel
turns out abed 40,000,000 pounds or
oh000lats n year. The tin paper With
which the takes are covered costa $10,000
per annum, and the work of wrapping ftp
the cakes gives employment to 800 wotnab,
The Monies have their own railway to,
twee the main 11no ; they have their own
cocoa plantations is Nioaraguo, and the
grow their own sugar, The employ q
11 1 500
workmen in all, whose ohildeenlreett' '
eve a
gratuitous oduoation, and who gob 0 per
sone, roe ell aovings alloy oonfido to their
employers. '-Cho house abutod fn 1816,