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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1889-10-11, Page 1Volume 17. BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, OCT. 11, 1889. _ .. .... . BLYTH SHOW. The lamb show of the season in this amnion of the country was held at Blyth on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The clerk of the weather favored the Society with two beautiful days, and it was not to be wondered at that the crowd was large. The Hall was well stookad on the first day with an endless variety of goods, from the fancy work of the Ladies' Doparbmsnbdown to the common order of things, such as potatoes, horse shoes, maple syrup, &c. In the evening a public entertainment,wae given, when prizes were awarded for selections on the organ. The trades procession on Wed- nesday forenoon was a successful affair and pleased tbs hundreds of spectators who had come to town early to witnessit, Aedinnerontedrewas a agriculturalehfor the g grounds. welle app There was an excellent ousltry. ay oTherimr cattle, sheep, pig poultry. • plement business was not neglected either, by any means. During the afternoon Pipers McKay's and McKenzie, of Rin - tail, 'fired off' a number timlof selections o on the p the blood of more sthan ono Sootohman, while Master Fred Fraser and little Miss Min. tie McGregor tripped the Highland Fling and other dances just the way they do it over the sea in the land of the heather. The lassoing of the ten "bronohos" was rather a fake and before the riding of these animals will be a suc- cess their feed should be changed from spurs to oats. It is easier on their ribs. Blyth Band, under Bandmaster Gidley, did their part well. There were 3,272 people on the ground, besides the mem- bers of the Society, judges, the Band and ' other dead heads. About $812 was taken at the gate, The following is the prize list, except for sheep and pigs. In this book somebody blundered and it is omit- ted until rectified lentis. --Heavy Draught Stallions— Two year old, R McDowell, 33 Mason ; oue year old, W A Coming, H Ross; four colts, J P Fisher. General Purpose Stallions—Two year old, R G McGowan, T Bielby ; one year old, Jas Riddle. Roadster Stallions --Two year old, R B Laidlaw ; one year old, E D Chamber- lain. Heavy Draught—Team mares or geld. ince, W F Young, A. Morrison, T Hamil. •rn ; brood mare, J Reynolds, Geo Dale ; o year old filly, J Reynolds, W F oung; one year old filly, A Carr, R eid ; mare feat, Geo Dale, J Reynolds; orae foal, W McQuillan, T Cole. General Purpose—Team, J Reynolds, I' McLean ; brood mare, T Pelton, W King ; two year old gelding, Geo Kirkby, McLean ; two year old filly, R Mann, 1 Ruddle ; one year aid filly, Geo Hen - arson, W King ; foal, J Potter, T An- erson. Roadsters—Span, Wm Allan, Beattie roe, A MoMurohy & Go ; brood mare, Scott, T Strachan, W A Cuming ; two year old gelding, J Perdue, Jas Campbell; wo year old filly, W Leary, H Malley ; ane year old gelding, R Milne, H Edwards; me year old filly, T Strachan, A Mo Donald ; foal, T. Straohan, W Cunning- ham, Geo Kirkby; foal (special) Thos Strachan; single driver, MoMurohy &,00, W J Dickson ; saddle horse, Beattie Bros, J Perdue. Sweepstakes, Jas Reynolds. , CATTLE.—Durhame—Milch cow, T Ross, nell Bros; two year old heifer, Snell 3ros 1 and 2; one year old heifer, J Webster, Snell Bros ; heifer calf, J Arm- our, Neil McDonald ; bull calf, J Braith. waite, Snell Bros. Grade Cattle—Yoke oxen, RI G Mc- Gowan, It 13 Laidlaw ; milt% cow, T Ross, J Braithwaite; two year old heifer, Jae Webster, R G McGowan; one year old heifer, R Corley 1 and 2 ; heifer calf, J Armour, T Rosa; steer calf, Jae Shob- brook; two year old steer, Neil McDonald 1 and 2 ; one year old steer, T Bose 1 and 2 ; fat ox, T Ross, Neil McDonald ; fat cow, T Boss, R G McGowan ; herd cattle, T Boss, Neil MoDonald. Gunn.—Red fall wheat, W Donee, R Laidlaw ; white fall wheat, G Moffatt, R Laidlaw ; spring wheat, J Cuming, J Harrison ; any kind wheat, R McGowan; 6 rowed barley, T Hamilton, R McGow. an ; 2 rowed barley, G Moffat, R Erratt ; large white oats, T Hamilton, G Moffatt ; blaok oats, J Harrison, T Hamiiton ; small white oats, R McGowan, N Gum• ming ; small peas, R Johnston, T Ham- ilton ; large peas, R B Laidlaw, G Moff- att ; timothy seed, R Laidlaw, W Jones ; flour, Kelly & Son ; flax seed, RR Laidlaw, R McGowan. Bocce AND VEOETAeLEs.—Early Rose pototoes, J Richmond; late Bose potatoes, R Md4owat, J Pollock ; any 'kind pota- toes, R Johnston, J Stafford; collection potatoes, E Garvin, J Stafford ; field Gar- rote, E Garvin, W H McCracken; red carrots, T Hamilton, R Johnston ; Swede turnipO,,J,.Harr, J Shobbrook ; oolleotion garden produce, W H MoGraoken,E Gar- vin ; beets, W H McCracken, 1 and 2.; msngold wurtzels, W H McCracken, It Sellers ; pumpkins, J Richmond, W 31 McCracken : squashes, W H Modraoken; red onions, J Stafford, W H McCracken ; yellow onions, J Stafford, G Young ; sil- ver akin onions, Mrs J Stitt ; potato on- ions, J Stafford, R Laidlaw ; white beans J Barr, H Edwards ; corn, J Richmond, J Barr ; citrons, P Williams, W H Mc- Cracken •,watermelons, T Hamilton, W H AfeCracken ; cabbage, 'J Stafford, R Sellers ; pickling cabbage, W H Mc- Cracken, J Hinsbley ; cabbage, any kind, W H McCracken, 1 and 2 ; cauliflower, J Stafford, R Sellers. DAIRY AND DoMseSIc.—Creamory but- ter, G Nott, J Mallnoy ; tub butter, Geo McGowan, J Barr ; tub butter, Jas Bern ; button, rolls, J Bern, Miss MOMiclunl ; factory oheeee, G Yodng, 1 and 2 ; dairy ebeese, J Mdllroy, T Sanderson; extract- ed honey, H MoQuarnie, W Martin comb honey, Dr Sloan, It Match ; bale• ee s bread, E Chamberlain ; home-made bread, 4 Omer, J Pollook ; tea biscuits, It Mason, A $rooter ; maple syrup, A Prom tor, R Johnston ; maple sager, R Laid- law G Jaokeon • canned feint, W H Me - Mutch ; plates, mlxen, 1e Mnteli, Mies Mutoh, lenucr.—Wintor apples, W Jones ; fall apples, W Jones ; Baldwin, W Jones, 0 Campbell ; Northern Spy, W Laidlaw, J Johnston ; R 1 Greenings, W Jones, C Campbell ; Ribston Pippen, C Campbell ; Golden Russet, 0 Campbell, W Jones ; Roxboro' Russet, 0 Campbell ; Ben Day. is, W Jones ; Spitzcnburg, Glen Bros, W Jones; Tolman Sweet, R McGowan ; Manu, R Laidlaw ; Maiden's Blush, 0 Campbell ; Snow, 11 Johnston, R Sym. ington ; Oolverb, 3V Jonoe ; Alexander, R Johnston ; Pippin, C Campbell, W 3.011011;apples, any kind, W Jones, 0 Campbell ; oolleotion unless, W Jones ; winter pears W Jones, C Johns ; fall pears, W Jones, 1 and 2; tomatoes, W H Molireolcen, H MoQuar ria ; grapes, J Hinckley, J Sym- ington ; crabs, J Jackson, J Symington ; peaches, Glen Bros, J Symington, PouLTnv.—Turkeys, J Harrison ; geese J Harrison, 33 Mason ; Rotten ducks, J Pollock, W H McCracken ; clucks, any kind, B Mason, W I3 Mo0raoken ; brown leghorns, J Harrison ; light Leghorne, W H McCracken, J Harrison ; black Span- ish, J Harrison, W H McCracken ; light Brahman, E Garvin, W II McCracken ; Homburgs, J Harrison, W H McCracken; Harkins, J garrison, 1 and 2 ; game, J Harrison, W H McCracken ; Coohfns, W H McOraokeo ; partridge Ooohing, W lI McCracken ; Bantams, W H McCracken, 1 and 2 ; Polauds, B Mason, J Lawson ; Plymoth Rooks, J garrison, W H Ito- Crnoken ; pigeons, W II McCracken ; oolleeblon fowls, J Harrison, W lI Mo. Cracken. Inriesemees.—Lumber wagon, J Bruns - don, A McNally ; bob -sleighs, Slater & Sims ; sod plows, G Love & Go, Levy & Sons ; general purpose 0 plow, Levy Son G Love & Go ; gang p tin, J Brunsdon ; harrows, Slater & Sims, II MoQuarrie • open buggy, Sl terL& Sims; covered buggy, J double covered buggy, J Brnnedou, Slater & Sims; double open buggy, J Bruns - don, Slater & Sinus ; cutter, Slater & Sims 1 end 2 ; horse shoes, Roberts & Jefferson, Slater & Sims ; pnmp, P Wil- lows ; stove, 0 Hamiiton ; fanning mill, MoMurohy & Co ; land roller, Slater & Sims ; snuffler, Levy & Sons, G Love & Go ; reaper knife grinder. J Rom11 CANUFAo0unitts.—Full cloth, home spun Geo Nott, Jas Pollock; wool flannel, Jas Pollock, T Anderson; union flannel, Geo Nott, A Proctor; wool blankets, home. reade, J Pollock, T Anderson ; blankets, union, T Anderson, Geo Collinson ; horse blankets, home spun, T Hamilton ; cov- erlet, T Andersen, 11 B Laidlaw ; rag mat, Miss McBride, Geo Nott ; yarn mat, A Proctor, Jas Jackson ; rag carpet, Goo Nott, A. Proctor ; yarn stockings, T Ham- ilton, G Young ; coarse boots, J Shornitt, Taylor & Sons ; hand -made boots, Jno Sherritt, Taylor & Sons ; double harness, Donnie, J T Carter ; single harness, H Dennis, J T :hurter; collection leather, A Wetlanfor. LADIES' Wonx.—Ariscene work, Geo. Nett, 0. Campbell ; rick rack, Miss Mutate, Mre. Carder ; pillow and sheet shame, Mies MaMiohael, Jas Symington ; patch quilt, Geo Nott, W H McCracken white quilt, quilted, J Pollook •, counter- pane, knitted, Geo Nett, Mrs 3) Ste- wart ; counterpane, orooket work, J Symington, Mrs D Stewart ; gent's white shirt, hand made, T Hamilton, Geo Nott ; flannel shirt, hand made, T. Ham- ilton, Geo Nott ; pair woolen stockings, home -span, hand -made, Geo Nott, T Hamilton ; pair woolen' stockings, maoh- ine made, Mrs Forsyth & Knudson ; pair of socks, borne spun, Geo Nott, 1 and 2 ; gauntlet mita, J Pollock, J Johns ; mite, J Symington, G Moffatt ; fancy knitiing, Miss McMichael .1 and 2 ; Berlin wool work, flat, J Symington, W 0 Jones ; embroidery, Mrs D Stewart, Miss Mc. Michael ; French embroidery, Mrs Car- der, 0 •ampbell ; braiding on ootton, Geo Nobt, T Hamilton ; braiding on wool, J Symington, Geo Nott ; sofa emblem Miss Match, T Hamilton ; col. lection ladies' work, not less than 6 pieces, Mies Match, J Symington, Mrs 0 Hamilton ; gent's slippers, 0 Campbell ; darned net, Geo Nott, Mise- Match ; crochet work, Geo Nott, Jae Potter ; Macrame work, J Symington, G Young ; point lace, Miss McKinnon, J Syming. ton; houiton laoe, J Symington, O Ham- ilton ; ribbon work, J Symington, 0 Hamilton ; ahinelle work, Geo Nott, 0 Campbell ; outline embroidery, Mrs Oar. der, Geo Nott ; Roman embroidery in linen, Jas Symington ; ladies' knitted underwear in wool, 0 Campbell ; ero- °het shirt in wool, 0 Campbell, Mies Johan; (mazy work, Mrs Carder, Mise Mutob ; crewel work, W 0 Donee, Goo Nott ; embroidery on silk, Geo Nott, Mrs Stewart ; Java canes work, Mies Jones, Mies McMichael ; home-made straw hat, A Carr : plain sewing, girl under 14, done in 1889, C Remittent R ,Laidlaw ; three patches on gents' pants, girl not more than 14, done in 1089, T Hamilton, 'A Carr ; darn an sock or stocking, girl not more than 14, done in 1889, 0 Hamilton, Nettie : Anderson ; fancy leather work, Miss MaMiohael, J Symington ; sampler work, W 0 Jones, J. Symington ; Kensington embroidery, Mrs Carder, M MoQuarrie; hand sewing, Miss Graham, Mise McMichael ; crochet with novelty braid, Mies ?dutch,J Sym- ington. FINE Anas.—dol. oil painting, 0 Camp- bell, Mrs Carder ; water color painting, 0 Campbell 1 and 2 ; crayon drawing, J Symington, Mrs Carder ; painting on pottery, Mrs Sarder, C Campbell ; pencil drawing, 0 Campbell, 0 Hamilton ; hand painting, on sills, satin or phalli, Jno Polioolc, Wire Carder. PLANTS .1ND FLOwens: Foliage, J Har- rison ; geraniums, J Pollock, J Harri- son ; fuchsias, J Harrison ; hanging basket, G MoGowan, G Collinson ; boat plants in flower, J Harrison ; table hotpot, Mies Johns, L Anderson ; hand boquet, A Prootor, J Harrison ; floral design, Mies Match, J garrison ; vendee,dahlias, T Anderson, Mee Graham ; vendee, A Peootor, A Oarr. organ aompatibiou, Mies Realm, Mrs Nelson ; specimen of tvribing, Amy Shel- by, Bate Little, N Curring. NUDGES. HattVy horses --J W Cook, VS, Dun. gannou ; Jno Scarlett, Mcliillop, and J McDonald, Amberly. Light Horses—John Cover, Hallett ; IT MaFadden, Grey, and A Forbes, Sea. forth. Implements—P Scott, Brussels ; Jas Caldwell, Manchester, and I1' Rumbull, Clinton. Poultry—Dr. Young, Londeeboro' ; T Carling. Sheep, and Pigs—Jas Soott and T And- erson,least Wawanosh, and Chas How- lett, Morris. Cattle—Wm Yoting, Carlow ; John Skelton, Morris, and I. Fisher, Goderioh. CHESS. could prove neno)usieely that nhese is de. rived from wheat, and as yet no eueeesa- ful competitor hes appeared, though as high as $500 was the prize. With these facts before us, it do -e seem difficult for a person to aaeapb a theory which demands greater concessions than the most sweeping form of evolution. Though this plant may appear under Cir. euinatances difftolnt to explain, we are forced to believe that if its origin is rare• fully eoosirlered it will not require one to pin his faith to views so antagonistic to the teachings of science as ehoee required to be accepted try persons claiming wheat as its source. MOULDY. The great remedy for chess is to be ex• oeedingiy particular about the seed you sow. A few seeds mattered among wheat do nob seem to amount to mcoh in the heap, bet if they were taken out we would be surprised at the quantity mixed among the grain. BY .1. =YES PANTON, rt. A., PROFESSOR OS NATURAL n15TOnY AT ONTAntO AOnI- CULTUttAL COLLAGE. Questions are repeatedly sent to the College asking for information concern- ing chess. The answers to these some- times entail a good deal of work. Con. sequently I have thought it expedient to. prepare a bulletin upon the subject, and thus put the information in a form that will be of service to those interested. It niay appear strange that it is worth while to say SO mnoh about thie plant, but when it is remembered that there are persona in various parts of the province who maintain that ib is a modification of the wheat plant, brought about by winter. killing of the wheat, it will not be such a matter of surprise' that I should deem it expedient to write something about this apparently doubtful member of the grass family, endeavoring to show that it is a species (Emus eccali,uts) just as much as any other plant is, and that it does not depend for its existence upon a modidoe- tion of wheat plants growing in adverse conditions. Mnoh discission has taken place re- garding its origin in some other way than a plant perpetuated by its seed. As it usually appears among fall wheat that has been winter -killed, it seems quite natural to suppose it is to degenerated condition of the wheat, and there are not a few farmers who insist upon this as being the only correct explanation of its presence under such circumstances. Thus it is that few questions at a Farmer's In- stituto will lead to a more lively discus- sion than that which deals with thti origin of chess. It seems remarkable that, if this is the tree origin of the plant, one cannot readily grow it from wheat, while 'there is no difficulty whatever in raising it from seeds of chess. Those who sow wheat containing chess never fail to get a good • crop, while those who are very careful to sow clean seed seldom are troubled with the weed. The following are some reasons why a person should be ready to conclude that this plant is no exception to others and depends for it perpetuation upon the seeds which it matures: 1. The plant is widely different from wheat in appearanoo; so tench so that botanists place it in the genus Bromus, Wells wheat belongs to the genus Trill - cum. Couch grass (Triticam repots) being in the same onus ae wheat, Domes much nearer in its characters than chess does, and yet no ons ever hints that it is de. rived from wheat. If °hese is a degener- ated condition of wheat we might reason- ably expect some resemblance to the plant from which it was derived. 2. The most devoted evolutionist would nob expect to see develop in the short space of a few months, owing to the effect of frost, a plant so unlike in structure, form and habit to that from .which it is derived. It is only through long periods of time that such modifications to a plant can take plane as to change its oharaoter so math that it may be viewed as a new species. But in this 0590 one season brings about such a remarkable change that the plant is ranked in another genus —a more comprehensive term than species. 3. If ohese be sown it yields chess. If it were degenerated wheat, and sown under favorable surroundings, it should soon return to wheat ; for we observe both in animal and plant life that a deteriorated form wilt return to its proper nature when conditions are suitable for growth. 5 erne have gone . so far as to say that ohese will not grow from seed, but this is a mistake that can easily be seen by sow. ing some of the seed. 4. Cheers will mature seed under adverse conditions, though'the plant be only two or three inches high; while if surround- ings are favorable it grows three or four feet high before seed is matured. This may amount for its never being seen in good orope, while it may be seeding the groped for a more suitable time, when the crop it which it is seeded is time., by frost; then this hardy annual (the seeds of which possess great vitallty) is ready to take the vacant soil and yield a crop no longer hid from the farmer's eye. 5. The conclusions arrived at by all men who make plant life a spacial study are, (a) that chess is a topical plant, w- arming seed yearly, which given rise plants of the same oharaoter ; (b)' that a seed of wheat cannot be sown so ae to produce chess and (a) that chess cannot produce wheat under the tnost favorable conditions for growth. 6. In instances where parts of a plant, apparently a combination of ohms and Wheat, were so mixed as to seem but one plant, close examination proved thorn to be parte of separate plants, and that the apparent union wee not real. In sem oaeee microscopic examination has been required to prove it. 7. Wheat has been grown in sante places and often winter -killed and no chess bas appeared. There are pieces where °hese is unknown, unci wheat in these parts paeans through all the vicissitedes which seoin favorable to the development of this weed in other parts where the plant is common, Farmers careful in using clean seed SPROUAL ConniotnTioN.—Lady driver, Miss Maher, Auburn, Miss Diekeou, Me- , d der, Mies Fisher; bag• pipe, 3) Mabry, Kintail, 0 0 D M y, l cat is c e Washington Letter. (prom our ltagalar Oorreero➢dent.) ',VA9i11NOTON, Oab.4. '9a. The excursion through the United Status, on which the members of the Three Americas' Congress started yester- day from the Capital is unique in the history of the world. Ib is safe to say that no such journey fen like purposes and under similar circumstances was ever undertaken before. The solitary singularity of the exposition does not consist merely in the perfection of the manner in which, or the adequate adap. talon of the means by whish, it is to be carried out, though these aro a marvel in themselves. No such train as that which carries the congress on wheels ever left the shelter of a railway depot roof. A travelling caravansary, in which, with exact prescience, the accommoda- tion of each individual ie provided for and all his personal wants are anticipat- ed by scouring for him all the conveni. ences of a good hotel—its opportunities of amusemetit, its baths, its menu, its service, its cuisine, all for forty-two dam —this on snob a scale has never been heretofore seen. The avant• couriers, who go before to prevent mishap or de- lay ; the vigilant eyes, the ready hands, the mechanical insight and skill which will make the flying journey swift and safe ; these, in Buell measure, have never been previously known even amid the improved facilities of American travel. But it is not any of these circumstances that render this journey truly unique. It stands alone because of the separate and collective distinotion of this body of travellers. Ilene are the selected repre sentatives of all the nations of the Amer- ican oontinent, convened to consult to• gather for the mutual good and for the promotion of reciprocal interests that, great though they be, are still in their infancy. Looking on this group of mer one feels es though a new Ara had come and that no longer "lands intersected by a narrow faith" would "abhor each other" or that "mountains interposed" would "make enemies of nations." In this excursion these distinguished vieitors of the United States will mom plish their proposed route of over 5,000 miles. They will see great cities and en- joy the profuse hospitality of prosperous communities. They will everywhere find evidences of vast enterprise and all. subduing industry. They will travel over rich and populous States. And among all the great exhibits which show our thrift, and skilful coutrivance and our untiring penserveranoe, they will not fail to discover the greatest glory we have achieved, that indissoluble union of sovereign States, whioh, through the ap- plioation of the federal principle, binds these powerful, contiguous communities in a perpetual peace and makes of them all a great nation. It is well that Mr. Harrison has regarded Attorney General Miller as just the right. man to fill the Supreme Court vaoanoy. It is understood that after having praotically made np his mind to appoint Mn. Miller he yielded to pressure and evinced ,a willingness' to appoint some one else) if the right sorb of man was brought forward in the proper way. Bat, I am informed, so far no one has been presented whose appointment the President thinks would be more 'fitting and appropriate than that of Mr. Miller. The planing of Miller on the Supreme bench will give Mr. Harrison a chance to do two things he ie credited with being desirous of doing—to gratify Mr. Miller and to place Mr. Goff of West Virginia in the cabinet. It is the desire of the Republican party loaders general- ly that the party should 'gee itself in a position to lie independent of the eleotor• al vote of New York. Taking the vote of the eleotoral oollege as it deed at the last election, the six votes of West Virginia, transferred to the Republican side, would give a majority without New York. With Mr. Goff in the Department of Justice it is thought he would be able to carry West Virginia in 1892. The Department of Justice bas under its jurisdiction all the federal elec- tions officers, and, with a strong politician like Goff at the bead of it, it is believed by many Republican some good political work might be done. Apropos of this plan to ermine political independence without the aid of New York, I have been told, sub rosy of course, that the Repub. limn party is chafing greatly under the political tyranny of Now York, and would welcome anything that would make them independent of Mr. Platt and other New York bosses. The next OommissIoner of Pensions le keeping so silent that he won't even let the band play "Tine Campbells are Coming." Brussels Council, The regular meeting of the village Cotznoil was hold en Monday evening last In the Corbell chamber. Present, Reeve Graham end Councillors McIntosh and Stewart, Minutes of last meeting read and tip. proved. The following accounts were presented forBad payment : $ 25 00 H. James, street improvements2 50 MuDonaid & Go., 195 80 W. Smith, " 3m. Kelly, , Mre. Wallace, charity Mrs. dart, Mrs. McGarvey, Mrs. Blashill, 6 00 Moved by J. el. McIntosh, seconded by Wm. Stewart, that the above accounts be paid. The question of street lamps was abs- cessed but no action teas talten en ac- count of a fill boanrl not being present. Council than i.djetnned. 5 98 4 98 5 50 3 00 5 00 Number 1a, Dave Godwiit's boat, accompanied by R. Watson. The beat was rowed into laid. etream, and waited the advent en the bridge of Mies Finney, Presently she was seen walking leisurely up and down with a policeman stationed within a few yards, regulating the traffic, and forte- nately oblivious of what was about to ta$s place. On the pier many journa. lists aseombled, also R. Jowett, J. Waite and Mr. Moore, of the Washington Music Hall. Presently Finney gave the signal from the water that all woe clear below, and his sister, removing her cloak and hat, was hoisted on to the bridge, which being rounded is difficult to plunge from. At the supreme moment a savage gust of wind blew her sideways, but with wonderful presence of mind she dropped on to the parapet, about three feet below, and after poising gracefully for a emend, shot off like an arrow. Making a magni. ficent descent, she cleared the water without a splash, and rose to the surface. Finney had dived just as his slater had mounted the bridge dressed in ordinary street attire, and greeted Marie with a welcome shout of approval. Miss Finney smiled ae she ewam to the boat, into which she was quickly hoisted, and rowed to the Swan Pier. There a demonstra- tion awaited her, and the little heroine returued to the house round the corner, which was soon crowded. Several steamers full of passengers were, fortu- nately for them, detained at the pier, and thereby secured a good view of the feat, whilst on the bridge a great crowd as- sembled just as Miss Finney rose to the surface, the general impression being that it was a suioida. The police, as in duty bound, made enquiries, but they were most courteous and respectful. Miss Finney was introduced to the.n, and they seemed pleased to have the honor and pleasure of shaking hands with the plucky little swimmer. Throughout the whole business the must nneonoerlted of the party was Miss Finney, whose pre. sauce of mind and courage was well ex- emplified at the moment when danger was nigh, and many would have most certainly hesitated ere they dived." fjt-ile.:tii!0-. :v46rliq,c)1 il3oli,r I. The regular monthly meeting of the Brnstsels Public School Board was held on Friday evening of last week. Members present—'rhos. Fletcher, H. Dennis, 3. Buyers, J. Denman and W. B. Dickson. eliuntes of last regular and adjourned meetings read and adopted, Moved by J. Denman, seconded by J. Buyers that the Secretary be instructed to communicate withal. J. Barber, map agent, asking him to send sample maps of the continents, subject to the approval of the Board.—Carried. Moved by J. J, Denman, seconded by H. Dennis that, owing to the inability of the caretaker to perform hie duty and his expressed desire to be relieved of his re- sponsibility of such office, that Mn. Buy- ers wait on Mr. Oliver and receive his resignation, and that the Ssoretary adver- tises for tenders for to fill the vaoanoy, such tenders to he received by the Seers - tare up till 14th inst.—Carried. Principal Shaw presented report for past m•mth's+drool attendance: 1 2 8 4 5 Roll,... 45, 3L 48 52 87 Average, 38e 26 13.21 32;1 88 4.7 60 2-21 Moved by J. Denman, seconded by J. Buyers that the Secretary see Mr. Shaw and get his agreement, the same to be presented to the Board at next regular meotiug,—Carried. Moved by H. Dennis, seconded by J. Denman that this Board adjourn to meet again on Tuesday evening, the 15tb inst., at 8 o'clock. ;..porting News. Wheelock received his handset me medal Monday at Detroit for stealing the most bases tiering the season. Baseball is making rapid progress in Australia, and every Saturday a num- ber of games are played. From present indications Sunday ball -playing in the American Aseocia- tion will be a thing of the past after this season. Clarkson has been offered $1,000 if he wins the ohampionship. He will be given $300 anyway for pitching all tha extra games he can. Nelson's owner, C. H. Nelson, offers to trot his horse against Aloryon for 32,500 a side to satisfy the public that his horse can win on its own merits. Sensation, th°.t trotted second to Aloryon in the 2:24 stake in Buffalo at the August meeting, has been sold to Frank Work, of Now York, for 35,000. A mile foot rase, between a half-breed and an Ontario sprinter named Corbett, was run Monday at Qu'Appelle for 3500 a aide, and was easily won by the latter. The half-breed fell when at the quarter pole. Mickey Jones, the left-handed pitoher of the Tecumsehs, telegraphed Manager Feesenden, enquiring how much his release would cost. Mr. Feesenden re- plied that 31,500 would purchase his re. lease. The training of swallows a'oarriere in France, has been very sucoessful, and it is stated that two young birds about two months old were lately sent up from the Paris Exhibition and reached their home at Roubaix in an hour and a quarter, the distance being about 160 miles. Charles Brown, president of a football club in Glasgow, was recently fined £7 or six weeks' imprisonment for serving mem- bers of the club with beer, he not having a,license. It appears that after finishing play on a Saturday the team got on the spree, finishing it up on Sunday morning. Miss Alice Alvord, a professional dornetiet, is suing the Athletic Baseball Club of Philadelphia for $200. She was engaged to play at certain games of base- ball for three weeks. Al the end of the first week the contract was cancelled, and MISS Alvord is seeking to recover pay for the whole time. London Sporting life of September 28, nays : -"As is well known, Miss Finney, who was 17 years last January, and born at Southport, has been throughout the season giving exhibitions from the Pier Head, Llandudno, in conjunction with her brother, the champion. A few weeks ago she dived from the handrail of Llan. dudno Pier at low water (54 feet) with the greatest ease, and has often exhibit- ed courage under circumstances of great crit. The arrangements for yesterday's ppbunge was absolutely perfect. Shortly before 8 o'olook Mies Finney, who had prepared for the trial in a neighboring hostelry, walked on to the bridge in an ulster, and wearing a bonnet, to all ap- pearanoes out for a stroll. Sho was so- oompanied by Tom Finney (the sham• pions brother,) Sam, Taylor and J. Bar. low, of Margate. Previously Miss Fin. toy attired herself at a rendezvous near the pier inn handsome shit of blue tights, when questioned as to her surcease she said she thought nebhtng of the dive. Thewindwee boietsrotts, and blowing It will, perhaps, strike moat people as somewhat odd that there is a steely ire- poetation to Amorioa of Irish jaunting care, According to the carriage masers, a certain number of entbusiastie Irish. mon have a yeasting after their native form of conveyance at earthen periods of the neer with a strong ti61e, often have wintor•killed wheat/ their fives, and etraighbtvey send over to uipi he ne thrwiitli( champion, Finney, pifilen lay ti unaccompanied by chess. Ireland for a cane laid here, It ee th, ` Who was more anxious than if he was Me - ()token t grape wino, G Young, Maes p M K nzbe Kinbail ; done 8, Liberal rewards have been offered the cars aro usually laid aside often Ilio aehnsto .i ; padsleesutt, M M Mulch, r�c, t 1, Mabodt t0 stvitn for £1,000, embarked in packages and lu mail pouoh, Johnato(i ; pickles, It Mut°]t, , Mee fug, Minnie McGregor, Fred Fraser ; by ngrionitnral papers to. ivuy ono t^uho novelty has worn off, CA -enteral Newco. Dales Dupre, the French painter, is dead. Six inches of snow fell at Lockport, N. Y., on Sunday. A despatch from Johnstown, Pa„ states that five bodies were taken out of the Stoney Creek, Tuesday. A 8 -year-old Indianapolis boy set fire to his baby sister's clothes with matches and she was burnt so that she died. Last year fifty -fire persons presented themselves voluntarily at the Scotch lunatic asylums and asked for treatment. Geo. Munson, a well-known gambler of Detroit, was killed, Thursday night of last week, by a shot fired by a police- man. Gold has been found almost within the city limits of Tacoma. Over forty mining claims were filled in one day 1st the auditor's Mlles. by prominent men. A number of prominent ladies of Chicago have formed an association and have hired a lawyer to prosecute the gamblers of the city ander the state law. The female organist of a Utica church has eloped and married a fourteen -year- old bo who pumped the organ. The affair has taken the wind out of the ohoir. ° Father Boyle, a North Carolina priest, has been found guilty of criminal assault on a young girl in his room in the church building, and has been sentenced to be hanged. Further disasters in the gale on the British coasts are reported. The steam- ship City of Paris had her decks swept and a woman and a shill. were drowned. A Chinese society for blackmail and vengeance has been discovered in San Francisco. Six murders have been at- tributed to its workings within the past few months. According to a paper read at aoongress at Strasburg, 32, per cent. of railway passengers in Prussia travel fourth class, 21 per Dent. third class, 20.5 second and only 8.6 first. Sister Camille was choked, beaten, kinked and left for dead in the hall of the Saored Heart Convent at Emporia, Kansas, by Frank Murray, with whom she refused to elope. The annual cost per man in some of the armies of Europe is :—£64 in Great Britain, £52 in Austrio-Hungary, £48 in Germany, £22 16e in Russia. Switzer- land comes at the bottom of the list, with an annual cost of only £7 per man. The highest pride which Wilkie Collins ever received for a novel was 5,000 guineas, which was paid to him for '"Ar- madale' by Geo. Smith before a line of the story, which originally appeared in the Cornhill Magazine, had been written, James Dean, a farmer of Wright County, Minn., liar been,missing poultry for soino time, and early Monday mohro- ing he heard a commotion in the house. He seized a gun, and running to the door saw in the darknese something moving about the hen house. Ile fired and killed his eight-year.old sou. The boy was a somnambulist. A few weeks ago Prince Bismarck en- tered an ordinary inn in the neighbor- hood of his estate of Friedrieberu a and purchased a glass of cognac and some of the wall -known black bread which is such a favorite in Northern Prussia. As soon as he left the room a citizen of Hamburg rushed to the owner and purchased the cognac glees, the plat.) and the cruste of bread which remained for five marks. These relics will be placed in the family cabinet. The Mobile & Ohio south -bound train was held up, Wednesday of lest week, at Buckatnnna, Miss., a station 70 miles north of Mobile, by two men, who 'cover- ed the engineer and fireman with revol- vers. The engineer was made to part the train, putting the locomotive and ex• press, mail and baggage cars one side of a trosseled bridge and the two passenger coachos on the other, They went bhtouglt the express car, but missed a s$70, 00 ojaokago of Government innate e mail car was robbed of ; 21 registered