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The following is front the Canadian
Forester for November :
1'o the Editor of the Forester,
Damn Sin AND Bao. ---Some of tho mem-
bersof Court Princess Alexandria, No.
24, were asking mo if ib was a fact that
some time ago they had appointed a cer-
tain brother as Court oorrespondent, and
if siieh mere the ewe, how was it they
never oew any communications in the
Forester from that effloer. I told them
they wero perfectly correct in the fact
that they had a.correeponde,t, and that
the only reason, they bad not seen an
article from him was that ho was patient
ly waiting for them to do something
worthy of his velnabl° time and pen, and
they might rest assured they should see
it in print if yon, Mr. Editor, would
kindly give hint a little space in your
paper. Thiahad the desired effect, and
on Sunday, Sept. 20th, our Court held
its annual anniversary service. We had
beautiful weather and a good, large at-
tendance, Courts in the surrounding
tower+ being well re resented. Tho ser-
vice was conducted by ]aro. Rev. W. T.
Cluff, P,O.R., of our Court. The text
was taken from the 50th Psalm, 12th
verse, "Thy vows areupon me, 0 God, I
will render praise unto Thee." The son.
mon was tete from the first part of the
verso, and the Rev, Bro. gave an earnest
practical discourse, urging the brethren
present to be true to, the vews they had
taken, and showing clearly that in order
to be real Foresters 11 WO necessary to
be true, steadfast Christians. And only
as such could wo suocessfnlly carry out
the purpose for wbioh we are banded to-
gether. Our Court is doing well. We
have a membership of over fifty, and
about $500 in the bank to the credit of
the Court. We expect to add a number
of new members to our list during the
wilrrr. Our new D,D.t1 C.R., Bro. Wm.
l3htshill, sill, I think, be able to give a
good account of his year's work. He has
ulrcady visited several of the Courts, and
rooms to have made up his mind that if
the Coutts in his district need working
up they are going to get it. Hoping to
be soon be able to report that our Court
has exceeded all our exportations in in-
creased membership, and that otir noble
Order may exceed all bar past success
dnriug the present year, I remain,
Yours very truly in L. B. &C.,
W. ROUNDS.
Brnesels, Oct. 5, 1889.
T4ItoOTo mirea:at.
To tba Editor of The Poss.
DEMI Silt.—Moab of your readers arc
quite familiar with desoriptiols and
comments on Torouto and its install.
tionsthereforeit may seen presump-
tuous on my part to even attempt any-
thing of the kind, but I will try to not
repeat too much • of what you already
know. Raving been here only a few
weeks, of course we do not know all
about the place. Toronto is the capital
city of Ontario in more respects ,ban,
political. Itis tholargest in population'
and size and is rho great educational
°entreat the province. Among the edn-
catinnal institutions may be mentioned
the University, Trinity and Toronto
Medical Schools, Knox College, SI. Mich-
col's College, Dental Collage, School of
Pharmacy, Normal Sohool, Veterinary
College, several business colleges, .Upper
Canada College, de. Among the largest;
°heroics are Methodist - Metropol-
itan, Shorbourne St., Carlton St., Elm
St., Queen St. and Mantle road; Pres-
byterian—Old and New St. Andrew's
and Dr. Parson's on Queen 8t., and the
Bond St. Congregational thumb, Dr.
Wild, pastor. It has been our privilege
to hear several of the most noted preach•
ere : dime our arrival here, including Rev.
Leroy Hooker, of the Metropolitan, Dr.
Stafford, of Sherbourne St., Dr. Suther-
land, Elm St., Rev. Mr. Lansley, and
Dr. Briggs, Methodists, .and Dr. Wild,
Congregationalist. I believe needy
every one in Ontario has heard of Dr.
Wild. We went to hear him preach two
weeks ago last Sunday. Soon after we
had been shown to a seat three big Ind-
iano entered and . were shown to the
same seat. Of course I didn't partiou•
larly care, but the young lady who ac-
companied us wasn't any too well pleeoed
at having to cit next the red ooated Ind-
ian. But I must tell you hie name, it is
Thunderbolt, a chief from the North-
west, No doubtyou have heard about
him and hie resemblance to Sir John
1.IVlaodonald, and I trust ray it is a Met
in regard to their noses and general ex-
pression of , faoe. But Thunderbolt is
about as big as two of Sir John A. Last
Sunday wo went to Agnes 8t. Methodist
church and, wero much surprised and
pleased when we learned that Mies.Gertie
imsdale watt to preach both morning
and evening. Her text in the morning
was from Mark 0 : 48, and the way she
described the hard • rowing of many
Ohrtetians and the contrary winds they
encounter brought tears to the eyes of
many in the congrogatiott. In the even-
ing she preached from the- well known
text, "Behold I stand et the door and
knock, do." The ohuroh woe crowded
and when an invitation was given to
those who wished to give their hearts to
God and lead better lives abort a dozen
mine forward'. Miss Ditnsdhlo is to
preach in the same ohuroh on Friday
night of this week. Thursday last being
Thanksgiving day nearly everybody ,tad
it holiday, Wo went to see a sham
battle at High Park in the alternoot
and to an entertainment in the evening.
But, sir, T would be slighting the good
name of Toronto if I omitted to mention
its mud, There wa rain nearly every
day the first three weeks wo Were hors
and as great improv0meute aro being
made in the way of pavements and
ewes you eon readily understand that
the stteetsand sidewalks are in quite to
miss, The Medical students turned out,
00.0)0 0, 00 Hallowe'en and ,vent for a
marsh nu the principal stroote. They
ey
make quite a crowd when they are all
together, Thole taro more andante at
1 bolero unit
u11 thin colleges than eve a
1, a
whoro.thc'y aro all to get.. ptisitio ly after
r
they graduate is mato than 7 can under•
BRU BFLS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOV. 18, 1889.
stand just now, but they say there is al-
ways room at the top 111 any profession,
I have already written a lone enough
letter for this time and hope to be pestle's.
ed for trespassing too much on your
owe. We are always is a hurry to get
'inc PONT every week ns it is titch getting
a letter from home..
Yo1111 truly, S. A.
Toronto, Nov, 11.
nolo from our Toronto lfrmiendm'nud iu hear
BIBLE 0ititin.T9•.
Washington L'nnttol'.
tenon nine!wette ' Onrrespuudent.l
Wseituceso i, Nov. s, '50,
Past and present rnet at the White
Haase yeoterelay, onook halide and en-
joyed a social ih oo•quartors of an hour
with each other to the green parlor. Ex -
President Grover Cleveland impersonat-
�
.
ed the past while President Harrison
represented the present jinn, tie Broth ngly
as though 11e and the rest of the Repub-
lican party had not been more or less
_ upset by the reoultc of '1'arsdai'c politi-
On Monday evening of this week the cit strife.
annual meeting of the BrusselsBranchMr. and Mrs. i,i Cleveland drove to the
Executive mansion together, but only
of the Upper Canada Bible Sooloty Wee the ex -President alighted, iris wife sat/s-
hale' in St. John'a ohuroh in this place. fying herself by somuug a card in to her
The incumbent conducted devotional ex- successor as mistress of the two-story
mime after wbioh Thor. Strachan, the and basement national pulsus. Then
President, made a few appropriate re- she drove away and the empty narringo
marks. returned to take away the ex -leader of
The minutes of last meeting anti the the Domooragy. He must have had a
annual report was road by the Secretary, verypleasant time with his autenisi,
From the latter it WPM ltsoertttined that P g °
the respectable sum of $1x14.71 had been for when mime out his fie was
wreathed with settles tool he chuckled
raised by the Brussels Branch last year. merrily wheu he said "good-bye." Pr0e1-
whick sum was equally divided between dont Harrison aonompatoied him only to
the British and Fo'eien and the Upper the jeweled glass screen which ghats the
Canada Societies, less $12.50 on purchase public out of the plain corridor, 111111 fust,
account to the Depository at Toronto. P ft him standing in the vestibule eh it -
Rev. R. Paul moved, seconded by Rev Hug as couple of minutes ,with the h,1161!-
Jno, Ross, 11.A.. that the report be c'dopt• keeper. Gt(eia Of the old Sinplol'ocs
ed. Carried. were cordially greeted, and with the re.
Rev. Mr. Manly moved a hearty vote mark, "les 0 line. day," to outs of them,
of thanks to the collectors of last year the ex President walked briskly out 10
for their valuable ani, suocessfnl services. the waiting vehicle. 13e looks very well,
Rev. W T. fluff seconded the motion having lest a good deal of •-uperfluouo
and it was unanimously mrried, fle=11 and gathered in its piane a 'good
Tho President than culled on Rev. Mo-. deal of energy, wbioh was 1101 so notiee-
Manly, the Permanent Agent of the able two or three years ago.
Society, to deliver his lecture on "Nine -
The Aa-yard-Clywar wo;ldi0g yester•
veh and Istel." The reverend lecturer day brought together all of the men who
after expreseiug his pleasure at once were rncatpromineut in Cabinet cirolos
more meeting the people of Brussels and during the late Democratic admiuistra-
returning the thanks of the Bible Society tioo. 'There were present ex -President
for the generous way in which they eon- Cleveland, ex -Secretary Feirr1111d, ex-
trhbuted to the funds of this movement Postmaster General Dioliuso.,, ex Sec -
entered upon his address. He gave w1, rotary Bayard, ex•Ac.isttinb Secretary
outline sketch of Nineveh, its position, Rives, Justice Lamar, who way Secre-
geographioally, historically and religious- tat of the Interior duringthe first year
ly, showing in three well defined divisions of itIr. Cleveland's odntitusuati.41, and
how God need he Assyrians as his rod, ex•Atkn hey General Garland, ex—Sucre,
their ruin ; and their resurrection. In t,ury of War Endicott Was rr 1,a anted
000 13. C. the Urges invaded Nineveh byhis sou W, C. hlndhuotr, 1
and burned it and it is only Within the lis Olevelmui'a reception by her
last 50 years that its exact site bite been friends was no outhusiasttn as in her
discovered by excavating iu the clay padmiest clays, when she ehmse .,s the
mounds upon the Tigris. Nineveh was wife of the Chief Executive of ;he nation.
built of brieic and the action of the fire She has gained beauty during her ab•
and succeeding rains reduced the city 10 Bence from the city, and impresses one
a mound of clay and its discovery is duo more than ever With the ohne lit of her
to Sir A. II. Layard, an Is'nglishmnu, personality- Ex -Marshall SVi s en's 00-6,
who dug among the mounds and opened donee, where the distinguished coup 0
up to the world the long buried past, In were stopping wan 1]terally besieged by
some of tho palaces wore found the atone Mrs. Cleveland's friends in their effurts
bulls, with men's heads and eagle's toreet once morn tit° wotmtu who had
wings, supposed to represent the oheru- so won their hearts, in the 'twos gone by.
biros. These researehee have restored In view, of the unfortunate
the language of Assyria, written in arrow riser dins
head and wedges representing the syn- minister
in seer t by 141x. im, I the rkingrim s
autos of the language. These have been minister to Costa Itiet, iu nothing his
mastered by European scholars and now presentation speech, it MO 00eln ad.
,sable fpr the State , before
to
the writings of this nation of tho bygones °oath its diplontate a lulls before send•
are marvellously brought to ligl-t. The ing them cut on delicate and imp stent
immense library of Asnapper, the last missions. In this instance, it is- true,
groat king of the Assyrians, has also been the Department tont t disclaimed all
entombed: andtwolarge chambers frill of responsibility for Mister's offensive
books recovered. They were written on remarks, and thereby soothed the ruffled
soft clay tablets with a metallic pen and feelings' of the Mexican government,
afterward baked iu ovens and although but 0110 of -these days some envoy will
this took place.2,500 years ego they are gat ns into serious trouble unless he goes
still in a good state of preservation. ,;broad equipped with proper precaution..
These speak Of;the Creation, Noah's arts, try instructions. It will be well for the
the niaipers,and austome of the people, litate Department to define more ulsar'y
&o. What good will accrue • from these the line of distination between what it is
discoveries has been asked 2 (1) it grafi• me ohsnble for and what ' not, on the
Iles our curiosity. •(2) It verifies and tat of its representatives. According
illustrates the Bible. The history of the 10 Mr. Blaine our Government cannot
Hitites wan referred to and the oonneot- le held accountable for the indiscretions
ing links given in tracing back the lineage a Minister Mizner because they were
of David, Solomon and other Bible iiot authorized. This world imply that
worthies. The Hitites were short, think fur ministers may say things at foreign
set people, with blank hair, beardless, courts as private citizens that they may
yellow complexion with pig tail style of riot say in their official capacity. What
wearing the hair. They wore short the•ublio want to know is how much of
coats and shoes or moccasins that-tnrtled• lis private citizenship an American
up at the toes, and fingerless gloves or minister takes with him when he goes to
mittens. They were far from being lis post of duty, and how redioulone he
handsome. The Ammorites were tall, tan make himself without inourring the
fair and handsome, with golden hair and displeasure of the government. If . Mr,
aro supposed to be among the early ]tizner is a private citizen he is not a
settlers of Ireland. Ratlines, the Great, idolater, if he is not a minister, should
bad insoriptions and pictures seulptuked le not be remanded or recalled.
oitthe stones in Egypt and the same The Beene in the Departments does
khld of work is still in existence on the tot resemble the past election days of
face of rooky cliffs in Asia and they agree nrmer years. All the olerke have read
exactly with those of Egypt. The writ-
ings of Sennaoherib have also come to tiled down to their routine work. They
light and the account of his attack on
Hezekiah and Jerttealem exactly verifies did not oars to discuss the "ifs" and
that of the Bible. He stator that he hinds, or the probable effect on the ad.
oaptored 46 fenced oities, plundered them tole,
The Republicans, as a
and captured 840;000 prisoners. That tlole are morose and make no attempt
Hezekiah had sent him talents of silver o hide their gloomy feelings, but they
and gold but he does not refer to the lose id not dare to d while the matter, while Democrats, while elated over the
of 185,000 of his troops in a single night tiotory gained by their party, and dipio.
as they lay in their tents before the walls tnalio enough not to appear too 'joyful.
of Jerusalem, by the hand of God, In flue general opinion among the higher
this partionlar the history of this gruel
patina, who beheaded, flayed and im. offojigs who would talk, was that the
h
paled their prisoners,• always was that result was due largely to the disatiafn
while they delighted to mooed their that whichexisted do thea party, and
viotoriesthey never -spoke of their de—
feats. To Sir Henry Rawlineon iii duo would teach the President that 0 mom
the credit of first translating the As-, rapid dieirlbutiou of patronage wits high-
syrian language and the more that wly essential to future sweetie.
known of it the more completely does it
confirm the authenticity of the word of porting News,
God. Mr. Manly concluded his very in•
otructive looture,osoupying about one and Hattan announces that he wants to
a quarter hours, by showing the claims rage with Teemer three miles on San
the Bible Society had on Christian Francisco Bay next January.
natione and the necessity of sending the The grand Jury of Macon County ,o•
Gospel to those who know not the Trutli turned 04 indictments against baseball
as it is in Christ Josue, players in Central Illinois •for playing on
A vote of thanks was tendered, to. tin Sunday.
lecturer on ,notion of Rev. S. Sollery, B Senator Stanford declines to state the
A„ B. D., and W. R. Wilson. A collet ,prioe paid by Robb. Bonier for Sunol,
Horn in behalf of the Society, Corm nlbini but Days the prioe is the highest ever
to $7.41 wag then taken. 1 paid for a ,torso in the 1.5. 5,
Movod by A. Stewart, seconded by NEN 11 is reported that the California Atb.
J. Roca, B. A., that the oflioore of 'th1 letto Club is willing to offer 47,500 for a
Jimmie Branch bo 00 follows for the en match between John L. Sullivan and
titling year :•-Presiilsnt, Tilos. Stroohanl Dominick MoOrffrey. Sullivan Saye he
Vice -Presidents; the resident Ministers! will moot McCttf£roy for tt $10,000 purse
Secretary -Treasurer, '1V. H. Kerr; Aqq and an ottsido b,•t of 410;0,00 besides, but
5101110* A; M. McKay ; Depositor, 41. o tint a omit less.
Deadman: Directors, Alex. Stovarb, O50 Hoover, Toronto's right -fielder, was
Boyers, H. Dennis and A, Straohal hoed $30 for abasing Umpire Basel° in
Carried, 1 one of the L endo, gnome at Toronto last
The mooting was brought to a close meson. The lino was deducted from.
µµ r ItPresident McConnell,
i' l h' lit and 1 Hoover's seta b1
ti fo'''ofneutnhu n o
lAg in
Y,
g
i
hymn,
7foneclieth0n by lieu, 1111. Paul. t moved by Hoover's siren;; protest, sent
The oholr of the church. load the mu- him the amount the other day.
0
al exercises of rho serv1oo, Miss if Wit. Muldoon, the wrestler, am Wert
mg
ht prosidigg at the organ. h1, Brooklyn Taesrlay n1„irt and unci
•
Joel( tiarbeok, of Pittsburg, in a fifteen
mimtto bout. (Jookeek remained she
whole time, and reeeivod 411 a minute to'
doing so, While they were wre-tling,
Muldoon at one time was under, and
Oarkeek in trying to guiu a fall wrench-
ed the hand of his opponent. Two of
Muldoon's fingers were dislocated.
Wallace Ross says that very few people
gave O'Connor credit for the showing he
Made against Searle, O'Connor was
beaten, and that was all that there was
to 11 in most people's minds. In answer
to the question of bow Niokalls, the Eng.
Jdsln oh,tmpion amateur eeulier, defeated
Psotta, the Amet•iean amateur champion,
at the Henley regatta, Moss said that the
Anlarioan rowed against the advice of his
physician. He had au attack of jaun-
dice, And when he satin his boat proper -
Mary to the start the disease could be
easily noti0ed on him. Psotta, Roosiaicl,
should not have gone to Henley when ho
did, for none of the Hegelian oarsmen
visit the place until within two or three
days of the rico. Ross seemed to think
that it was an unhealthy spot. Niokalls
has the Oxford style of rowing. holding
his batik very straight. hose does sot
think he is extra fa -t, and Haid that
Psobts, nn his estimation, scull heat
Pert a CGU]-ity.
Tlie nlenrberahip if the Ste itfe0.! Y.
11/I.0,A. has remitted 100.
The editor of the Mitchell Advocate
has been presented with two cabbage
heads weighing 13 and 14 lbs. respective-
ly.
The Milverton school board has enur-
ed the service-, of D. 111. Munro, formerly
of the Wingham Times, as principal of
the, school for the year 1890, and Miss
1. Chalmers as assistant.
Stanley Crozier, of St. Mary's, got his
boots brushed by a bootblack in Toronto
cm Monday afternoon. At the same
tine, another of tut fraternity went
through his pooltete and robbed him of
510 in the most :adroit fashion.
At the last meeting of the Mitchell
public school board the rooms were re-
duced from eight to seven. The salaries
remain the some. Miss Deut and Hiss
Tyormau resigned and Miss Brisbiu was
appointer1 to the vaoatit room.
On Saturday night Mr. and Ilrs. E.
!medley, Nile street, Stratford, were
startled by n loud noise resembling a
pistol shot, which catn0 from an adjoin-
ing loom. air. Leadley arouse to recon-
noitre, and found that a bottle of medi-
cine had exploded, canine portions of
the glass to all parte of the room with
cousiderabls force.
The St. Marys. St. Andrew's Society
has been reorganized with the following
officers : President, J- W. Wood ; lst
vice, D. Mateo.; 2ucl vias, S. Johuetoo ;
seeeretary-trect0urer, John W. Land, roe
elected. Managing and relief committees
were appointed. Arrangements have
been completed for the supper to be giv-
en at the Grand Central on Friday even-
ing, Nov. 29th.
i•he first annual meeting of the Porth
Law Association was held in the library
of the Court Rouse, Stratford, en Mon.
'clay, 4th ins,,- Thcerepnrt of the trustees
showed that the society has at present
22 members, 12 of whoin reside in Strat-
ford, 2 in Mitchell, 4 in St. Marys, and
4 in Listowel. The financial statement
showed the association's assets to be
41,502 25, and the liabilities 4800. Pres-
ident, John Idiugton, Q.C. ; vice, J. P.
Mabee ; aeoretorytreasurer, J. A. David-
son ; trustees, E. Sydney Smith, E. W.
Harding, G. G. McPherson, H. B.
Morpby, Abraham Dent. There are al.
ready 504• volumes of reports, statutes
and text books in tine also. iation's lib-
rary.
On Tbanitsgiving day Geo. Lurkworthy
and some others, of Stratford, were out
shooting in North Easthepe. In the
evening Mr. Lurkworthy went to where
his horse was pot up and left two of the
-boys, Sent 3bollwen and Dan MoNaugh-
'ton, on the sideroad. The boys had a
°barge left and thought they might as
well fire it off. MoNaughton did so, and
the gun burst, carrying away part of hie
hand. Mr. Larkworthy arrived a fele
moments afterwards, and,patting'the boy
in 1110 rig, drove to the city as fast 0e
possible. The surgeon found it necessary
to amputate the hand above the wrist,
and, owing to, a difficulty experienced itt
securing one of the arteries, another am-
putation may be necessary.
An accident of a two -fold character oo-
onrred on the farm of Dovid Palliates,
18th line, Past Zorre, on Thuradsy after-
noon. While the msn were engaged in
threshing a spark from the engine ignited
a straw stack standing within a few feet
of the barn. By a little hard Werk, -how-
ever, the fire was confined to the stack,
and no further dam go was done by- the
flames. But ,hie was not all. When the
horses were turned loose they soon suede
their way into the adjoining field. It
was while returning with them that a
young boy mot with an ,.accident that
may Dost him his life. One of the horses,
frightened, no doubt, by the fire, kinked
the boy squarely in the hod, inflicting a
terrible out, from wbioh it 10 -feared ha
may never recover.
Thomas Boyle, a middle aged pian
hailing from 8t. Marys, Ont., was a
parsonger on the train from Detroit over
the Bay City division of the Michigan
Central on Tuesday mornings 511) inst.
When the train was running at 1011
spend between Denmark and Vassar,
Boyle suddenly left his scat in tine car,
stopped to the platform and jumped off.
The train was stopped and the men tubo
welt back found Boyle alive and quite
well, Considering the cirrumetano0s. He
had landed upon bis hood. One should-
er wee terribly bruised, and an eye die•
colored. Boyle was talion to Bay City
for medical attoudance, ,HIe trait asked
for all explanation of hie strange motion,
bet although ho answered questions quite
rationally he said he could remember
n -t •the of
nothing of oc urrenee and could i
gn
undra'stanul how he onto to jump from
the trait. He admitted tatting two or
three drinks the evening before, but fand
he woe 1101 at af'y 1m10: tinder the
hiucnao of 1111100.
Norris Council Nesting
The Council met pursuant to adjourns
mens, members all present, the peeve in
the (their. Minutes of tart meeting read
and confirmed. The following bine wore
ordered to he paid, namely; --T. Mender.
sol, gravel, 43.15; Wm, Rutledge, dig-
ging ditch, $5.50 ; S. Plum, repairing
scraper, $3.25 1 A• W. Sloan, gravel, 42.-
55
2:55 ; Ilowick Insurance On. assessment
on Hall, 50 ole. ; Jno. Elston, Wm.
Bryant and 1). Gender fees under fence -
viewer's Act, 42.00 moll ; Watson and
Cummer, printing and advertisine Voters'
1 fst Court, $$;-t; W. C, titretton, gravel,
42,50 ; S. Hoggard, damage to crop,
41.00 ; It, Holland, gravel, 42.10 ; J.
Sherrie, gravel, $2.88 ; J. Leech, gravel,
90 ole. ; Jno. Bunnell, digging ditch,
63.0(1 ; Geo. Readmond, gravel, $3.15 ;
M. Masters, work on road, 41.00 ; Mrs.
Exford, oharity, 515.00 ; Geo. Smith,
ditch, 41.00 ; Goo, Johnston. flooring
HnttaO0 bridge, $31,00 ; neitv,tors of
jurors, e,tch $4.00 • E. L•uuldy, cleaning
out ditch. $4.25 ; rhos. Wer'ink, gravel,
$3.15 ; Geo, Lindsey, dig sing ditch,
$3.20 ; Allen Lindsay, building culvert,
$4.011; N. SloDouabi, ditch, 05.00 ; Juc,
Grotva1', goads to Halliday, 80.40 ; D.
Herrington, grovel, 41.33 ; .3, Watson,
tin innx and asaesameut notices, $5.50 ;
SV. Mali, Vetere' Liste Coot espouse.,
514.31 ; 8. Love, repairing Clark's bridge,
420 00 ; J. Scott, doctor bill paid by him
for indigent person, 45.110 ; T. Russell,
stones drawn on road, 42.00. The Conn -
oil then adjourned to meet again on the
16th Dec. next.
W. Cessna, Clerk.
sskesiese-al i'Vts wa..
Idaho itae gone overwhelmingly for
statehood.
Tho Russian military authorities are
testing a new rifle.
Tho condition of affairs in Croce is
utearlily im proving.
Admiral Krantz, the French A'Iinister
of Marine, has resigned.
St. Mary's cathedral, Kingston, is to
have a new 410,000 organ.
New York's World's Fair guarantee
fund now amounts to 62,814,8224.
The Government authorities are pre-
paring to have the oensns taken in 1891.
A Constantinople despatch says that
Crete is settling down to its normal
state.
The President hos signed the pro-
clamation admitting Wauhiegtotito the
Untou.
President Harrison has issued a pro-
clamation admitting Montana ns a State
of the Union.
A branch of the Knights of Labor has
been formed by the rope workers of Bel-
fast, Ireland.
Snowstorms have been raging for eight
days in New Mexico, and the cattle ran-
ches are losing heavily.
Miss Frances B. Willard has been re-
elected presidettt'of the National W. C.
T. U. by a praoticaliy unanimous vote.
The revenue from Chinese immigra-
tion at Vancouver last month was $3,107,
compared with 410,090 fn: October last
year.
ASrm in New York will send an agent
to Europe to bring Gen. lloul neer over
as a lecturer if hie 001/10114 C41r1 be se-
cured.
Mrs. Caroline Donovan, of 13ultimore,
widow oho, New York merchant, has pre-
sented to the Johns Hopkins Onivereity
4100,000.
It is stated that as a result of the 00-
eantoouferences Austria and .the Porte.
will not regard Prince Ferdinand as ruler
of Bulgaria.
Fortner., the defaulting County Errae-
urer from, Manhattan, Has., w•ho is now
in Windsor, is said to havo made away
with 430,000.-
Sentences
30,000.Sentences of five years' imprisonment
have been imposed on three mail clsrkst
in the Ottawa district for stealing money
from letters.
Samuel Labley, a noted swindler, who
worked in the garb of a priest, and who
was married to a Kingston girl, has been
arrested in New York.
G. H. Portal, the British agent at Zan-
zibar., has received a letter from Henry
M. Stanley; in which the explorer says
he hopes to reach Zanzibar by the middle
of January.
Katie Donovan, of Lawrence, Mass.,
the seven-year-old' daughter of John
Donovan, was pushed into a bonfire on
Thursday by her 'playmates and died
during the night.
.Floods on the Yang -tee -Kiang river
and dronth in the Fo-Kien District have
aauned great morality, in China. Com-
mercial distress has also been caused by
reverses in the tea trade.
The clothing and ourgtoai instruments
of the murdered Dr. Cronin have been
found in a sower half a mild from where
the'Itody was discovered, and billy a block
away frotn where the trunk was found.
(lel. A. M. Swope and Col. Wm. Cps
sins Goodloo, at Lexington, Ky., on Tues.
day renewed an old quarrel. Goodloe killed
Swope with a bowie knife, and Swope
killed Goodloe wibh a revolver. Both were
prominent Repeblioans.
Dr. 4. P. Walker, of Brownsburg, Va„
was up for trial recently et' the inotatee
of Henry Miller, when a row Was started
in the court roam, NO1i0h ended in the
killing of the complainant, the morbid
wounding of Welltor aid the killing of
the latter s wife, Othere wore injured.
Owen Anderson, an 18 -year-old negro,
was lynched at Leesburg, Va., on Friday.
Anderson, 410 Wednesday, outraged a re-
speotable 17 -year-old white girl returning
from school, Ho wag arrested, confessed
and was jailed, A crowd of 1000 obtain-
ed admittance to the jail by pretending
they bad a prisoner, dragged Anderson
out and .carting him up,
John Bo•ges)a New York farmer, went
home on Thursdsy night and found 1110
wife drunk, and Thee. MuEVily, a weal bhy
real estate broker, in 11or company.
En-
raged, Bergen drew knife and out, Mc-
Eily
to dozen times about the free, this.
figuring him for life, Rergan was ar.
reigned before Justine White, Wltoparoled
m when he Monad the story. [5l',v'
y's
hljttries aro net rlangerolla.
Number 18.
Local News Items.
WuAT \Vo MA? ];xrxc'1'.--..Muddy road,'
and broken weather for a while.—People
to find fault on dark nights that them
are not more street lamps. --The boot and
shoe trade to liven up:—141unioipal oleo•
tion talk to 11 the topic Of conversation.
The skating rink to Weems an object of
epeeist interest --Bad colds from wet
fast, ---Jack Frost to resume business at
the old stand. -The front gate to be taken
141 by the parlor stave•--=Cbriatnta, goods
will take a front spat.—Tea meetings,
social', school examinations, surprise
parties, dc., to become namsroes.—An-
otherwedding or two to tinfoil tip the
year. --When people are settling up their
accounts they will not forgot the sub-
scription to Tun, Posr.
Morris vxnr..--pus of those pleasant
occurrences w111c11 are so coin:n'li at
thin sesaon took pine at the residence of
John Dundas, of McKiliop, on We'lnes.
day evening of this week, when SVm.
llnechtol, of Brussels, and ,lis, Eliza
Dundee were united in the holy bonds of
matrimony, The nominally wee perform.
ed by Rev. W. Torrance. The b-ide was
snppnrled by Miss Maggie Stewart, of
Brnseels, while the groom was attended
by Albert Dundee, brother of til•' bride.
The many handsome and maefnl presents
bespoke the high esteem in which the
brute is held. The usual coaeratulationv
being over the eomt stay sero down to a
sumptuous repeat after which social
games and amusements of various kinds
ere joined in by the young people
,present, interspersed with vocal' 51111 in•
etrumontal music. At a late hour the
bwridal nary withdrew to their home fol-
lowed by the best wishes of all,
Is ALWAYS GETS Tnzua.—The follow-
ing report from Forges, d.,te,l Nov. 0th,
will be of interest to L'russolites :--The
new small Ronald fire steamer was again
tested yesterday. Placing it at the river:
1,200 feet of hose was stretched up bill,
exactly 100 feet high, to the Suotoli
church, the spire 01 whish is 110 feet
high, and a fine stream was thrown 10
to 15 feet above the ton, thea raising a
st, ram. of water the great height of 250
feet. Only 100 lbs- steam tt•ae used, im-
psrting the great water pressure of 230
lbs., the like of which was neyer done in
this part of Canada before. Tbe engine
was also placed on our high bridge, end
lifted water perpendicularly 33 fent, and
threw two fine str'•ama over nur highest
buildings. Cor people are delighted with
the whole pe fornla,ces• The little
Ronald steamer is evidently a marvel of
power and oaperity, The Wato,ous and
Silsby engiueo failed to pot in an appear-
ance at either of the taste.
GOD'S 00)100 IOTA:NAO.—There are few
people in Canada who do not see this
entertaining anneal. It has just made
its appearance for the elevoutlr year :
and in many rsspe04s the new book is
ahead of any predecessor. The illus.
trations are abundant ; and all of the
,,ontente are of a very amusing character:
Fl new feature is the calendar of mile.
markable Events," which rens tbrocgh
the year, and which, alone, is worth far
more toms the prioe. In this depart -
meat it is certutuly entertaining and
helpful to be told the day and year when
pancakes were invented, when the half -
holiday agitation was started, or wash•
ing-day instituted, or stelae sermons first
used, or Prank Smith was ruined by the
street railway (Jan. 15, 2096), or mother-
in-law joke invented, or Chicago mor-
ally reformed (A.D. 5969), 00 boot•jaoks
first used as a oat cure, or the streets of
Toronto finally fixed, or Friday disoov-
ered to be an unlucky day,—information
on all of which, as illustrations, may be
found in the Jannary calendar, And
the other months are gnita.as oommani•
native. This book contains 32 pages,
and sells at all bookstores at the old
price, 10 cants ; or, send to publishers,
Torouco, and recuive the book, postpaid,
by return mail.
CnanirY CoNcroT.—The third annual
Charity concert was held in. the Town
Hall, Brussels, on the evening of Thanks-
giving day and, be it said to the credit of
the charitably disposed people of this
community, the building was Tilled to the
doors. Tho program was as follows :—
Selection, by Brussels Braes Band ; td•
dross, Rev..1. Rosa, B..9.. ; chorus, by
the company ; roto, "Please give me a
penny," Silas Lille O'Connor;'reoibation,
W. B. Dickson ; quartette, Meseta. Stra-
ohne, Willis, Jackson and Jones ; solo
and chorus, Miss Smith ; dnett, Mr. and
Mrs. Sinclair ; piano- solo, Mies Lizzie
Jackson ; chorus, Band of Hope ; solo,
"Teddy O'Plynn," hilae Lilla O'Connor ;
trio, Misses Hargreaves, Taylor and Wil-
son ; quartette, Misses O'Connor and
Hay, and Messrs.. Strachan and Jackson ;
solo, "ander the daisies," .Mies Kate
Wilson ; quartette, Messrs, Strachan,
Jackson, Jones and Willie ; chorus; by
the company ; Inbleau, °Winter," Tho
concert was a genuine success in every
souse, the receipts amounting • to $90.75.
This is good when it is remembered there
Were no reserve seats and the admisgion
fee only 25 cents. The ladies of. the W.
0. T. U., under whose auspices the con.
Dart was held, wish to return thanks to
the ladies and gentlemen assisting 10 the
program ; the Band for their services ;
to J. D. Ronald and Reeve Graham for
their donations of 410 and 45, tespootive•
ly, and Messrs. Walker and Ewan for
wood. The financial results are due
largely to tho ladies who pushed the sale
of tickets. They are Miss Gnash, Smith,
in the country, Misses Richardson and
Hambly, and Mrs, Fletcher and Mrs. W.
13. Dickson in town. There will be over
480 in hand to cotnmence operatioris'on
this year after all expenses are settled.
The eatery of Principal Nothtveii of
the Listowel pnblia oohoolhas been raised
to $750.
The players and ofiboers of tho lacrosse
club Stratford were photographed' in a
a group Monday.
4
Wilson Miteholl, of :Atwood, line gone
to Texas, the rosideuoe of hie father, W,
ll, iMitohell, formerly Of Elite,
The 0001 meeting of the S0nth Perth
Farmers' 111511101e will be hold InSt.
Marys on the 14tH incl 15111 of January.
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