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See orti'ug News.
Bostou has resolved to purchase the
release o£ Donovan, the London outfield-
er,
W. II, Wilson, of Abdullah Perk, Oyn-
thania, Ky„ has, withict the past six days,
sold over $17,1.00 worth of trotters.
The running etcide of Jim Quint, the
sprinter, is said to be 7 fent 2 inches for
the right log and 0 feet 10 inches for the
left.
At a predosari:en contest at Bridgeport,
Com., on Friday, George Cartwright, the
Englishman, ran threw miles in 10 mina.
es 2e seconds, brealting the raoord,
J. A. Tonoyok defeated harry Vail, of
Oanada, on Saturday afternoon in it
three-mile race over the national rowing
course of the Sohnykill River at Phila.
delphia. Time, 20:15—the fastest time
over made over the ooarae. He won by
ten lengths.
On the Parrainatta River course on
Anguet 80th, Stophmson, a New Zealan-
der, and Joe Kemp, Peter' & brother, rowed
s ram for 2100 a side, the former win-
ning by four lengths ahead of Kemp, the
rime for the distance, 3 miles 330 yards,
being 20 minutes 24e seconds.
Wallace Rose and George F. Les re.
turned from England on Monday. They
made but little money for their trip.
Both nee trained O'Connor for hie re.
oent race with Hearle, and they agree
that the A .'+tralian and Canadian would
be pretty peau up in a race on diad
water.
tVillism O'Connor has leaned a ahal-
longe to J. Stansbury, the Australian
scaler whom Searle defeated on July 13,
1888, and thus first came into promin-
ence, and whom he again expects to meet
shortly after hie arrival home. O'Con-
nor offers to row Stansbury in America
for 2500 a side and to allow him 275 for
expenses. It is greatly to be feared that
the offer is hardly good enough.
W, H. Stewart, of Port Wayne, Ind.,
owner of a ferocious gorilla, which a short
time age nearly killed tl fernier from
Ohio, has been ohallengod by William
\Vitae', of Marion, Ind., to match the
animal against Wilson's thoroughbred
English bulldog, 'Jack,' to light to a
finish foe $400to $500 it side. Stewart
will probably accept the challenge. The
gorilla is n very powerful end cunning
beast.
This despatch cones from McKeesport,
Pa., Jobe Teenier's hone :---"It is very
probable that John Teener w111 go to
Australia within the next month to row
Searle, The gentleman who baoked
Beach has offered to back Teemer and
defray his espouses in crossing the water
if he will go to Australia and row Searle,
and, while Teemer has not decided as
,vet, it is probable that he will conclude to
do 00, and will, in that event, sail on
Nov. 25. There is nothing to hold hint,
and he has a new boat. He is not iu
training, and of course is aware that
Searle has the advantage of rowing on
Australian water. Teemer's many friends
are in hopes that he will take the oppor.'
tnnity and chances. He will decide
within a week."
On Saturday night the contest between
Louis 0yr mud Horaoe Bane took plane at
the St. Henri town hall, Montreal, about
a thousand people being present. The
contest was dumb-bell and heavy -weight
lifting. Six bells were weighed and
brought down the scales at 265 lbs. t 1'05
lbs., 67 lbs., 73 lbs., 54.lbs.' Bane silo.
ceedod to putting up the 195 Ib. weight
and straightening the arm thieve the
shoulder, but failed at the larger dumb.
bell. After a hard struggle Cyr put the
monster up. Then these bells were piled
on an iron bound board, which itself
weighed 140 lbs. Then a barrel of flour,
weighing 218 lbs., was put on, and live
weight in the shape of a volunteer from
the audience.. Bane succeeded in raising
with hie back 1,816 lbs., bat Cyr raised
2,878 lbs., and won the money. Tho
weight was made up as follows: Dumb-
bells, 789 ; flour, 218 ; platform, 140; the
seven mon on top weighed respectively
175, 195, 155, 144, 203, 208, 106 lbs ;
total, 2,378 Iles.
k r earsol.5 tesChOOI'Boaated.
The regular monthly meeting of this
Boned was held in the Council Chamber
on friday evening of last week, members
all being presentexcept J. J. Denman.
Minutes of last regular meeting read
and adopted.
Moved by A. Hunter, seconded by J,
Buyers that the following accounts be
paid : 75
J. T. Popper $
W. H. Kerr 2 00
Moved by T. Fletcher, seoonded by A.
Hunter tbat.the Secretary of tate Board'
be empowered to interview the dentate
herewith respect to peechesing'maps of
the continents for USO in Cho school, to
be subject to the approval of Board.
Carried,
Board then adjourned.
BRUSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOV. 8, 1889.
HARVEY, THE MURDERER,
OF GUELPH, TO BE HANGED ON
NOVEMBER 29.
Saturday morning at nine o'oloek Jus-
tice Street addressol the jury in, the
Harvey murder case for two hours, in
which he reviewed the evidence both for
the Crown and the defame, and also
showed the differentia between wilful
murder and murder done while laboring
under insanity. He then left the ease fn
the hands of the jury. They retired, 'end
after aboub one and a half hour's absence
they brought in a verdict of wilful mute
der. Harvey was then sentenced to be
bauged on the 29th of November. The
condemned man received the anthem) in
the same calm and unconcerned mon
nor that has marked his motions during
the trial. After being sentenced he
walked to his cell with a constable as if
nothing of import had taken plea",
The excitement wav intense during the
time the jury was out, and when they
returned. to the :tomb room the silence
was very oppressive until the sentence
was pronounced. The talk on the street
is nothing but the Ilarvey ease, and the
general remarks are that the sentence is
it lust ono. A report dated Guelph, Nov.
4, says the interest in Harvey's ease
since the jury brought in the verdict of
murder has somewhat subsided, but it
has been aroused again to -day. It is
stated as a fact and on the best authority
that a petition 10 being got Hp and will
be in circulation to -morrow for a commu-
tation of his sentence to imprisonment
for life. The general impression here
however, is that the finding of the jury
was righteous, and that under the cir-
comstanoes they would bring in no other
verdiot. Harvey's condition is about the
same as usual. The pica of insanity has
not much foothold with bhe public, and
curiosity is awakened more titan ever
regarding his previous history, which vette
never clisolosed.
Social and Presentation.
A social gathering of members and
friends of Melville church, Bnessols, as-
semblecl in the basement on Tuesday
evening of this week to celebrate the first
decade of the Rev. eno, Ross' pastorate
among them. After partaking of refresh-
ments they repaired to the body of the
church where the following interesting
program was carried out:—Rev. S. Jones
000upied the chair. After singing and
prayer the Y. P. 0. A. choir sang "Safely
through another year " Jas. Mitchell,
Damian klcLauchlin and Rov. Mr. Ross
were galled to the front, where Mr. Mit-
ohsll read the following address and Mr.
MoLauchlin presented the pastor with e
handsome gold watch for himself and it
silver °ream and sugar cruet for Mrs.
Ross :
Dundee wants electric light.
Quebec city bas a population of 80,000:
Ottawa's population increased 7,695
last year.
Duok shooting is reported' excellent
this year at Rice Lake.
Reobab Tandy, the well-known tenor,
of Kingston, Ont., is singing with great
emcees in Glasgow. He had eetablisbed
himself in London.
Preston Progress: 'The Arizona Kick-
er man roust loop to his laurels or the
ubiquitous editor of the Platteville Moho
will knock him Silly. In addition to his
bake shop, taffy store, real; estate agency
and great moral weekly newel/epee, our
verstilo friend last week announces a now
departure: 'H. Chaster, baker and con-
fectioner. Auction Bales, socials, funerals,
etc. supplied on shortest nobfoe.' A man
that eon supply a funeral on the shortest
notice shocke be eminently qualified to
rine a country newspaper, and lie Iisb of
delinquent subscribers slould be nil, for
ono can eoaroely believe that the most
confirrtretl nowspaper deadbeat Would have,
the effrontery to'stencl off' a man who
advertises• to supply funerals ori the
ohorteee hobo, Brother °beatet cleeereee
the titmice of rural newspaperdont for
hitt heap do !morel.'
they had taken to allow their appreoia.
tion of Mr. !toss' services. Rev. R. Paul
in his remarks endorsed what had been
said and humid that the owning ton years)
would bo more satisfaotorythan the past,
He urged all to bo filled with the Spirit,
The ohoir sang the closing hymn,
"Jesus shall Raign," after which all
parted to go to their several homes being
quite satisfied with the moose, of the
meeting.
The watch is a gold hunting 0000, neat.
ly engraved, stem winder and setter,
Elgin movement, and was purchased
from T. Fletcher. Mee. Ross' present
was secured at H. L. Jackson's store and
is a useful as well as a handsome article.
To Rev. joint Ross, .B. .4.,
Demi Parole—Having now oompleted
the fleet decade of your pastorate over
this congregation of Melville church, we
the members and adherents deem it a
very favorably' period to offer our 0on•
gratulation& on the harmony and good
feelings that have existed during that
time in our relations -en pastor and pan
le. We desire to express our high ap-
reoiation of your labors amongst us, and
f your fearless rind able exposition of
the truth, the Lord has indeed set a
watchman upon our walls and it must be
gratifying to you no less than to ourselves
then you have not watched nor worked in
vain. In commemoration of this epooh
in the history of our congregatiane we,
desire to present for your acceptance,
this gold watch es a memento and a
token of kindly feeling and regard. We
desire you also to convey our beet wishes
to your beloved partner and present to
her this small token as a mark of the
well merited esteem in whioh she is held.
May the Lord bless you both and keep
you ; may He long &pare you to carry on
your zealous labors among this people
and ten years hence, may it be our pleas-
ant privilege or at least the most of us,
to assemble here on a similar oecation
and extend our congratulation's on the
happy termination of a second decade.
Signed on behalf of the
congregation byWm. wen.
A. M. Mo13Ar,
W. •M. Sweatt.
Washington Letter.
(b'rule the Regular correspondent.)
WAsn1NOTON, (ov,1, 'a5.
There is one thoroughly practical and
much needed reform to whioh the coming
Co0gro05 should address itself without
unnecessary delay. It should undertake
in
tbe most eflostivo way that can be
suggested, to relieve the Supreme court
of the U. S. from the heavy pressure of
work which is now upon it, and to pro.
tact it against tho constantly increasing
accumulation of business in the future.
Wheu the court opened its peasant term
it found not less than thirteen hundred
cases awaiting lei, float judgment. With-
out the 111iug of an additional case, its
term would be occupied for three years
in clearing the doaltea as it now stands.
But the business of the country is year
by year heeoming more extensive. Trona -
lesions of great magnitude are becoming
everyday occurrences. Intricate cares,
involving difficult points of law and af-
fecting immense interests, aro continual-
ly arising. .1.s a consequence, now and
vasbly important business keeps piling
up before the court.
The remedy for this great evil lies
within the power and province of Coe -
gross to provide. Heretofore several
measures lave boon proposed iu both
houses, only to meet a oommou fate and
to fall into 0 CDm10011 tomb in being re.
fared to the appropriate oommittees..
Neither the House nor the Senate has
ever taken up the matter iu enema. If
the fifty-first Congress now fails to do
something to relieve the Supremo Court
from its constantly aconmuiating busi-
ness it will fail of its duty to the country
and the people. On the other hand 14
will earn chair gratitude if it shall reach
such a solution of the problem of appel-
late tribunals and appellate jurisdiction
as will hereafter prevent needless delay
in the administration of jusbioe ou final
appeal.
The letter of Secretary Noble to the
late chief of the certificate division of
the Pension Odloe, in whioh it was im-
plied that all the re -rated employees,
abort thirty in number, would be re-
moved, has caused a stir in the Pension
Office. Secretary Noble has made no
declaration singe that made in the letter
in whioh he said, "I deem it to be to the
best interest of the service that men who
had been roreated in the bureau
should not continue to exercise their
influence in then direction either by their
presence or their counsel." Those em-
ployes who have been re -rated are regard-
ed as marked for the slaughter, but they
take hope in the belief that Commission-
er liamsay look up their oases person-
ally and prefer to make a recommend-
ation to the Secretary before agreeing to
(letting off heads indisoriminately. The
conclusion that is generally reached,
however, is that the Secretary intends to
remove all the re -rated employees of tbe
pension office. The name' of thirty
employees whose pensions were re -rated
were in the report of the commission,
and in addition to these there are some
twelve others wlioee names were nob in-
cluded in this list. Some of the employes
mentioned have already been dismissed.
It is thought that before any action- is
taken needve to the dismissal of the
employees an effort will be made to re-
ccver the money which it is claimed has
been paid to them illegally. , The em-
ployes are considerably worked up over
the matter, but those personally effeobed
are rather reticent to talk. They are
evidently waiting to see what will turn
up.
The oiVi1 servioe commission is now
engaged in oolleotiug evidence to sustain
an mutton for violation of the law prohib.
iting the 'folioiting of political assess.
mute from government employes. A
shorb time ago they received from a per.
son to whom 1t had been addressed a air'
puler bearing the letter head, "Old Dom-
inion Republica' League of the District
of.0olttmbiay' 'requesting contributions
from Virginia government employees, for
.theoampaign,,in their State.,., As the
case appeare on its face, a000rding to the
commissioners, the law has beenviolated
in two of its sections. Prosecutions can
Ise brought, it is stated, under the eleven•
til and twelfth sections of the law and
the violation of the law is not confined to,
those who are employees of the govern-
menb. Persons employed by the govern•
meat who attempt, directly or indirectly,
to colleot money from government em-
ployees are subject to prosoontion under
the eleventh section, and further any per.
eon who attempte to collect money for
political purposes from a government
employe at she government office is sub.
joist to prosecution under section twelve
of the civil service late. The commies.
toners hold that a goverement employee
cannot under any oiraumabance5 solicit
or reooive money for political purposes,
curl that no person trap solioit or receive
money for political purposes 11.0111 an
employee at his of1'toe or other place of
employment for the government. This
is Cho law as it now stands, end the teem•
missioners hold thee it is their duty to
tike cognfzauo0 of the law.
•
The Tileonbnrg aromatic club will
produce the "Ticket of leave mime during
the coming winter.
A widow aged. 45 sued it 75 -year-old
man living at Millbrook for 7$8,000, .Chs
cash was cliemiseed at the Poterboro
Spring Assizes, bub .a new trial Was or.
dorod end this tinge tilt willow Was award•
Mr. Ross was very much taken by sur-
prise, but with bis usual aptitude made
a very appropriate reply in whioh bo re.
!erred to bis first coming to Brussels,and
briefly reviewed the work of the past ten
years. The membership ten' years ago
was 11,6 ; precept, membership 215'; re.
ceived into the membership 240 ; remov-
ale by death and otherwise 141 ; showing
an increase in membership nearly 100.
He alohed his remarks by most heartily
thanking them for their very tangible
peanut to himself and Mrs. Roes. A
short address was given by the Rev. S.
Sanely, B. A., referring to the ptomain
state of feeling existing among the dif-
ferent denominations in Brussels. W.
M. Sinclair sang "Oast Thy Bread upon
the Water,' Mies Hargreaves presiding
at the organ.
Rev. W. T. Cluff cams forward and
congratulated Mr. !toss on his success in
winning the goodwill of the people, and
also commended the people for their kind
net of appreefation. Ho urged them to
uphold their pastor's bands on all M-
aidens and hoped that both pastor end
people might long be spared to each
other.
Mrs. W. M. Sinolair contributed the
sole,'Mizpah," Miss Hargreaves moons.
panymg. Tho ohoir then 00115 "God bo
with thou till we meet agaibi," and Rev.
Mr. Jones made fow remarks oongratu•
lating the young people on the clear and
scriptural instruction givch thein from
time to time by their pastor. He urged
them to bear in mind deet according to
privileges so Would be their responsibil•
Mr.
extolled M .
t
ity. Role G. 13. Howie
Roes' abilibioe as&minister of the gospel.,
He exprasser( regret that more of the
neighboring ministers iv0r0 not peasant
tine 001nmeneee the people on the way ed 4800.
Perth County.
Mitchell hae Ave burying grounds with-
in the limit of the corporation.
Kirkton anniversary servioos were held
in the Methodist church. Proceeds
about $100.
Stratford defeated Guelph Agricultural
College at Stratford on Saturday under
Ruby rules by 22 to 10.
Mr, Moir has retired from the editor's
obair of the St. Mary's Journal, Mr.
Robbins will lave orntrot in future,
Roy. M. P. Campbell was inducted in-
to the pastorate of the St, Mary's Bap-
tist church en Tuesday evening of Mat
week,
Busy dame rumor soya that Jolui At-
well, the noted poultry fancier of West
Niosouri, last week traded one of his
thoroughbred game roosters to Joseph
;Martin, of East Nissonri, for his grey
pacer.
The weather has been so fine and dry
so long that the wheat crop is suffering,
as there is scarcely any growth. It is
almost impossible to do hall ploughing,
the land is so hard and dry. ---Mitchell
Advertiser.
An entertainment is being arranged to
he given in St. Marys the latter part of
next month by load talent, the proceeds
to be derated towards dofreyiug the age:
of a Christmas dinner for the poor c:hiltl.
ran of the town.
The Misses Schuh., daughters of J. P.
Scholz, Stratford, returned on Monday
from their European tour. Teair trip
has been a most enjoyable one, 50peolelly
their viait to the Paris exposition and
their sojourn in the gay capital of La
Belle France.
Robert Patton, foreman of the engineer
department works of the O. T. Lt., Strut.
ford, committed suicide Monday morn-
ing by hanging himself in his barn. He
left his house about five minutes to 7 and
WAS found dead twenty tninatee later,
Deceased was about sixty years of age
and has been a resident of Stratford fur
17 years. It has been noticed of late
that ho was suffering frommelancholia,
whites is supposed to account for the act.
For the year ending September 30th,
1889, 160 persons were 0ommitted to tbe
Stratford jail, 5 of whom were females,
47 were discharged without trial, and 83
were sentenced for different pariah.
Only two were sent to penitentiary. 65
reported to be temperate and 85 to be in-
temperate. 54 were °auadicine, 47 Eng-
lish, 18 Irish, 21 Scotch, 8 Amerioans
and hulled from other countries. Roman
Oatholics 37, Church of England 39,
Presbyterians 42, Methodists 19, other
denominations 13.
Number 17,
eteeitellitrt '4t'w'.. the Stony Mountain buffalo there to the
South in a few days. Mr Jones 3binlcs
A. J. Snell, of Exeter, hoe !tilled eight it wee a big mistake on the part of the
goons this fall, Dominiou Government to allow ,She
Ttfeaford shipped in the neighborhood buffaloes to be taken out of Canada.
of 16,000 baskets of plume this fall. August Dalmage, wanted by the Clain
Smart Bros., of Blenheim, have thresh- adieu Government for stealing $63,000,
ed 780 bushels of oats from 12 acres, was found in Minneapolis, Minn., on
Large quantities of potatoes are being Sunday by a newspaper man. Dalmage
shipped from Nova Scotia to Havana, was Crown timber agent under the Oan-
At St. Catharines Assizes Janne 130005 adian Government. Ile admits taking
WAR sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment lbs money, and sa+s '$20,000 of it was
for assault on n little girl. stolen by a Minneapolis woman.
The annual meeting of the Ontario Francis Shutter, a farmer, was charged
Pettit Growers' A0sooiation will be held by the Loudon Mutual Insurance Coin -
at Windsor m1 Deo. 10, 11 and 12, pany'e inspector at the Police Court in
14 ie proposed to present Aroliblshop Hamilton with neglecting to provide all
Cleary, of Kingston, with $10,000 on the efficient spark -arrester for a steam
day when he receives the pallium, thresher whioh ho teas nslim, lad was
The second gas well whioh has been fined $5 and aorta. Chis is the Hca; con -
opened at Welland shows a production of eiero) under the riot passed at the last
over 500,000 cubic feet of gas a day. 5e5ai0n of the Cntario Logislatnre,
Apples aro apples in Winnipeg. 'l."ho An elderly man lamed David Ade.
fruit is now selling at faun $4 to 51 a Chevy, from Dundas, coptmitted suicide
barrel, and an inorease in looked for. some lima on Saturday night 111 Toronto,
In the trunk of Chas, Fraser, of Erie on York street wharf by taking whisky,
esttown, killed in the North-west, wars laudanum and carbolic acid, the three
found 0 policy fur 51010 f l favor of his bottles being found halide the corpse.
media. 7 -Is had in his pocket a letter from Geo.
There 15 &, probability of the pastor of Holdsworth, of Kidderminster, Bug.,
Kone church, 1'almarstou, Rev. J. M. and one from ytarien McCleary, of I'ma,
Anil, bail"; transferred to Knox shurab, Ont.
Stratford, While a number of (tattle were at the
1' Termite township farmer has just Detroit river near Walkervills on Wed -
settled ,l breach of promise ease with a nesday, four 0f then got away and start -
York widow by paying her $1,500 with ed to swim across. They seemed to en -
$200 costs, joy the sport immensely and all but one
Paymaster D. H. Parry, of the C,P.R., landed near the Detroit, Grand Haven &
was in Windsor Saturday paying off the Milwaukee Railroad elevator. The one,
men at work there, About 510,000 was a large steer, when nearly to the Ameri-
paid out. can shore, changed bis mind and swam
One of the beautiful blank swans im- baok.
ported by James Goldie, of Guelph, from The announcement is made that the
Antwerp a few days ago has died. The 0.P.R. will goon have through trains
bird oost $100. running between Vancouver and Halifax
The Hilton Reformer says that Jas. in 42 hours less time than the distance
Mahon,. Nassagaweya, has fallen heir to is 11010 covered, These flyers will carry
about $12,000 through. the death of an the mails to and from tbo fast steamers
uncle in London, Ont. the company will put on the Padilla
Jas. Mama, aged 7.2, dug with a grape route to China and Japan, and will . thus
90 buehols of potatoes in ono clay, and improve a service that is even now better
Win. Walsh, aged 75, picked them up, than. that of any of its competitors.
Both belong to the township of Bristol. On John Mason's farm, east of Wood.
A tract of land containing 10,000,000 stook, can be seen several young lambs,
feet of hard wood timber in Essex County dropped this month, stroug and lusty.
Ont„ has just been purchased by De- They are from ewes net dropped lambs
trait parties. It is within 25 miles of last spring and belong to a flock of over
that city. 50 head of Dorset horned. The remark.
The 'fakirs' are reported to have beau able featoro of these sheep, overlooking
gtttto successful during the days of the their hardness, is tbeir fecundity. The
Parkhill show. One fanner paid 535 for ewes lamb twice a year and seldom have
the privilege of picking up the wrong less than two lambs at a birth. The
nutshell. lambs are early maturers. The Dorset
W. T. Sawl°, editor and proprietor of horned are a large sheep and Cha wool is
the Welland Telegrapb, formerly of the good and very white.
Caledonia Sachem, and later of the Brant- Workmen at Aylmer were recently en
•ruron County.
The Clinton Gun Club will take part
in a pigeon match at Hensall on Thanks-
giving Day.
A band has been organized in Exeter
whioh will he known as the Exeter
mouth organ band.
The reflection of the eleotric light in
Clinton oan be seen quite distinctly a0.
far south as Kipper.
Tho West Huron Farmers' Institute
held a meeting in the Town Hall, Gode-
rioh, on November 6.
E. Campion was elected councillor for
St. George's ward, Godorich, tit the bye.
eleotion by a majority of 23.
John Herr, a Canadian from Lucknow,
Ont., was reoenily appointed to a posi-
tion of the Chicago police force.
The second anneal concert of Clinton
Cricket Club will be given in the Town
Hall on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 7.
Mrs. Murray, widow of the late Major
Murray, of Clinton, took train, Monday,
for Ottawa, where she will reside in
future.
Last week W. Wise, of Goderioh town-
ship, advertised the loss of a couple of
noise of hand. Now, just see the efficacy
of advertising. Re had soarooly got home
before'the notes were found in a drawer
at his house.
The young people of Knox Church Lit-
erary Society, Goderioh, have made a
new departure in connection with the
Work of their regular meetings, and have
established a newspaper in the interest
of the Society, yolept the ''Growler"—an
onimous time truly in connection with
church work.
A meeting was held .at 8t. Helens a
short time ago for the purpose of trying
to organize a mechanics' institute, at
whioh they were etiecessful in getting the
requisite number of names and amount
prescribed by law to establish each. The
municipal council of West Wawanosh
also kindly granted a goodly sum towards
its assistance.
Mr. Patterson, the contractor of the
pew Preebyterian •.dturoh, l;+uoknow,is.
pushing the work along very rapidly and
if the weather is favorable for a few
weeks more all the outside work will
have been completed. It is a magnificent
structure both in design and finish end
when oompleted will be one of the finest
chorales in the country.
We regret very much to, chronicle the
death of James Wanless, vette, which took
plane at his tesidenee, Varna, on Sunday,
27th ult. lifr.,Wanless was taken sud-
denly ill Saturday evening, sad in spite
of all that medical aid could do passed
away on Sunday evening, The deceased
had remind tate good old age of 78 years.
lie was ono of the ploneers of Stanley,
baviug settled in thab township 46 years
•ago.
Tuesday morning between one and ewe
o'clook the 'teem Souring mill owned by
the Tecswator Milihtg anal Manufaotnr-
ing Company, and operated by Howson
Bros., who are the principal stockhold-
ers, wee completely gutted by 'flee, the
walla only remaining, Of the contents
Mout one hundred barrels of flour only
were saved, but the waterworks epithet
recently completed worked admirably.
Tho mill wee (mooted about 10 yoare ago,
mating nearly ninobeon thousand dollars,
rand WM thawed in the Millais 2' Man-
ufaetnrere' for 513,000; Wellington Mut-
nal, 52,000 ; British North America,
54,000. VahnoOf stook, consisting o
of
whale end 1ood,.54,000, insuredfor
52,600 in Millor's Mutual. The origin
of the ere isnot known,
ford Telegram, died at Welland on San- gaged in digging a will eight feet square,
day evening. and when a depth of nine feet had been
A farmers' meeting was held at Bleu reached the water gushed up iu such 0 -
beim on Tuesday„ at whioh HMS decided volume as to fill the spade excavated and
to organize a company to build a flour cause a suspension of work. A large
mill, and the Millers' Association's course pump teas placed in operation in the hope
was condemned. of lowering the water sufficiently to al-
The repeal vote on the Seat Act at low 1111 moo to resume work. Little heed -
Fredericton, N. B., takes place the last way was made, however. It would seem
week in November. The dot has been that there is an abundances of teeter there
in force there longer than in any other to supply the town. Several minnows
Electoral District in Canada. were pumped from the well, aid the pre -
Lord Lorne recently wrote to Canada sumption is that they came from a sub -
to secure a quantity of Canadian white- terranean passage.
fish fro and a supply has been duly for. Neer Forester Falls the other clay Air.
warded. The fish will be deposited in Balmer, of Boss, discovered a bear quiet•
one of the Argyleshire lochs. ly feeding in a field of oats. He put two
General Manager Hickson has written charges of shot into Bruin, bat he show -
to Mayor Doran, of Hamilton, offering ed ability to escape with alacrity. Mr.
the use of the Grand Trunk tracks to the Bulmer with daring ran up to the bear
T. H. &13. and 0. P. R. companies for and sprang on his baok, determinedat
ingress to and egress from the pity. all posts to prevent his escape. The
A farmer on. the Brantford market not bear was powerful spaoimen and seem -
only offered for sale three dunks 'blown,' ed quite equal to the task of carrying
but also bad their legs painted with off his rider. Thos. Fought, a noted
saffron, to delude the purchaser into the marksman, appeared on the scene with a
idea that he wee purohasingyoung duoks. gun, and with a well directed shot laid
George Cluto, of Brookville, charged the bear low, not in the least injuring or
with bigamy, withdrew his plea to not even frightening the courageous rider.--
guilty
ider.—guilty and pleaded guilty on two charges. Hepworth Sun.
He was seutenoed to six years in the A little variation in the monotony of
penitentiary, the sentenoeetorun concur- the ordinary routine of a sale of farm
racily, stook and implements occurred Friday on
A youtl named °ranker, of Rockport, the farm of G. Murray, 10th line, Zorra.
Ont., -is said to have shot hie father out A pair of horses were put up by the ane.
of revenge, because the parent put a tioneer and knocked down to Jas. Ken.
bullet through a dog which the boy in. nedy for $140. Kennedy gave his note
eisbed on taking with him on a hunting for the animals, but whenhe wanted to
expedition. remove them Murray would not deliver
Evangelist Moody, at Rockford, Ill., the horses, because he sand they were sold
said that one of his converts, who had too ohesp. Kennedy then went to Wood.
been a smuggler in Canada, had handed stock and scoured the services of Con -
him $2,500 to be transmitted to the Can- stable Tisdale, who went to Murrey's and
adian Government, being the amount he found that the horses had been removed.
bad defrauded the revenue of. They traced the animals to Timbre, where
Tuesday morning Dr. J. 0. Bright, of they were found at midnight tied to s
Obatham, who on June 15th, was gen- .fence in a backyard. Kennedy is 110w in
tenood to a year's imprisonment for sup• possession of the teem.,)
plying Clara Wrigbtman with drugs to T. J. Gordon, of Sarnia, in speaking of
pfooure an abortion, was released by the tunnel now being conetracted under
order of the Minister of Justice. the Bt. glair River at Sarnia and Pert
Galt Reporter : "An apple has been Huron, said : "There are now about 200.
Left at this office, the top half of whioh is feet oompleted on the Canadian side and
Russet, the other half being Northern between 409 and 600 on the American
Spy. The apple was pleoked from a Spy 'side. The work is progreesing at the
tree in the garden of Mrs. Modrum, rate of about seven feet a day on each
Stone road. None of our local pomologists side, and will be finished, it is estimated,
oan account for this peculiar (teak of fn about two years. The opening np•
nature." proaohes are about a mile long on bot!
The Governor•General has followed sides of the river and sixty feet deep at
the prevailing fad and taken a trip the subterranean entrances. The sides are
through the Rooky Mountains on the now shoved up with timbers, but will be
cow -catcher of a locomotive. Some day replaced with mttsonwork by the time
or another a swell tourist train may the tunnel is complete. The ground un.
meet a cow, end the tourist in front will der the river fe a. hard blue play, and - it
realize that there ars two sides to the was thought at first that the shields
gneetion. could be driven through this without
A novel distress warrant was issued draulio rams were provided, each cap.
lest Friday against ono of our young able of exerting a force of 24,000 pounds,
townsman, who refused to pay poll tax. but they could not drive the shields an
- chattels" gamed are a Mae, The plan wasthan changed, and a
The "goods and
half interest in four wheelbarrows. He .anew of Dight icon, with picks and ares,
is determined to make it n 'test Daae.— 11ow dig out 11 certain section for the
Dresden Times. centro, the pressure is then applied and
Miss Max Ann Here an inmate of the the sbteidu are driven oigbteeu inches,
Peary • the clay curling foto alta centre epaao
Insane Asylum, Toronto, wee done to dug out by illi mon. The olay is then
death by a fellow -inmate named Flora thrownupon care and drawn but and the
McLeod on Tuesday morning. An 131. men dig out another central notion, As
quest held ill alto evening exonerated all 000n as the 'shield is 02010 cad, the wall,
other parties from blame, but recommend. ,Ion0iseingof oironler motions of iron
ea stricter watch. modlad at the jointe with asbestos, is put
Some big threshing was done 011 the in, A amble railroad traolt i0 also laid
farm of A. Wallach, 13th con. of Burford, i as the week progresses, so that, when the
one day recently. A machine, whioh was • two shields) moot somewhere Haat. the
nue by Mr. Murrey, threshed no legs titan middle of the river, the taunt will be
1,155 bushels' of oats end barley in 550531 all complete. Iu case water enters frorn
!lours, whioh tnolnded Ws stoppages. the bottom of the 173001:, freezing math -
The work wilts very herd ou the men, one inch are on heed to freeze it and printout
of Whom was nearly prostrated. the inflow. The tunnel will coat about'
D, J. ;robes, of Renate City, is in 42,500,000, end is being engineered by
Winnipeg. lie inteida removing 60 Of the Grand Trunk Railway °btnpalty.