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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1890-1-3, Page 1rn.e 1.7. evls from China. °flowing letter was received by Goforth, of Mitchell, from his or in Chime. Wo publish it, thinly ,hat it may contain something that interest many of our readers: Let Gunge Nov. 1, 1889. Man Bnomnen,-You must think by s thea theeI have foegotton you, but so; it is only that time seems to pass et, so feet out here. Shave been dawn cetteeen and bank this autumn; Dr. :Wore, one of our mission, and I went ;ether, \Vo were away over 8 month. To travelled by boat on the river. The boatel aro like a snag little house and aro pulled by men up stream when there le not a' fair wind. They ore vary ni,w to live in and it gives of tallow a chance to get away from the staring (Minnie. We bad groat orowds at the ions where wo preached and caw the sick, but the erople wore always very friendly. Indeed, so good wets the people that 0118 could imagine himself among a lot of friends. At one of the cities the llaudariu invited us to hie house (Yemen for dinner). I tried to eat with ohop•sticics and got on :rattly well, but sometimes the dainty Morsel fell before reaching my mouth. There must have been a hundred differ. ant kinds of things to oat, I thought it weals Hever end. Y:xi .v1.11 when I tell you that this grand feast of two hours length started with nuts and end- ed with mush. Perhaps you will pity me for having to eat Chinese food but no It was really nice, you would really en- joy it. There is one thing eliich strikes me as odd but the Chinese regard it as a mark of groat respect. It is for the others at the table to use their chop- stinke and dip out n dainty from tit- dish and pet in on your plates. At home wo wenn; notthank a neap for flipping his nem which ham just mune from his math into the (d]sl1 80 help un, but it i, the ....emit to China. The 1MtutderIn (Lee• . t(1 mine' gee:Alo is ahem our erne!. fee tee efiowed un t110.il 'his . 1 - i ,l eo do ns tienu;,i1 Rte •rel.t lu.cd r•1r _the city well, elleee.n '. l - ine, vief t,.. tend le rerow A ore efele ' ci } I 1,;! 1,0 11.84 11, CO 15.:-1 , , 1..01. r,:'t:r:, lel l ilirn the i't I ';r::+.• nee lawyer ell ie foe. P81 '' t.utel tee f.t t'. ter 1 1 t on Ilii A. efeeelon 1a.:,! thea .,r..ellehe hi,' the thi:.l :1*, 01a1 eon.- e.,o 1 ,4 schen a li.=lt • me They ;;ave hint -# e r- -t.t : Wille n 8tu'k 00 a spot bare t 1-,,: the j186. _ Before tj:r' plluiu11n1ont teas motel tel the -. _ot-was all bruised and 11..0,1 (meed out At tinather city the Dr. performed a r Il ;cult operation for a saki:er, on that alltthe soldiers of that city think the letter , wonderful man. Spey were all cry friendly to tee, anal because of this ill be favorable. 1 bad any nmount of slicing to do, some days I spoke alto- gether three, four .and five hours. The people everywhere 180108 ns to cemo heel: again. Nee will start heel: shone elereh on our third visit 7 Ctorollrtc. Washington Lotter. irrm" 2,1(1' ltegtllnr (nrt'oui,dn,ient.) \VA801NGT.a, 1)ee. 17, '60. The (10.081008 of party leadershi;, upon both sides of the house of Itepr8senta- tivos Having now been definitely estate. Halted, it is manifcre that the two xidee aro pretty well metalled in this tespeot, and that the Democrats are in good shape to carry out the line of tactics whish it is understood they have adopted. This, too, in the face of the fact that the bril- liant and wreathe S. S. Cos and the wary end alert Randall aro no longer on tic 0, or. Facing the leaders on the Repnblioan side are Carli,t.e, Mills, Crisp and Oates. The Democrats have a power in the preen c i of the ex-Spealtor upon the floor. Hgis tint ablest parliamentarian on either side of the ]louse. He is 80nservative, and his fairness is unquestioned. The representatives from the tobacco -growing Status have had a grievance against the ox -Speaker, but this has been ,all closed up on the books, and there are no visible dis00utions pu the 17emooratio side. The tariff issue mho longer a disturbing ale- meet in the Demooratio ranks. They, unloaded that upon the Repnblioane with the change of administration. • . Behind the,ex•Speaker stands Roger' Q. Mills, His dogged determination will stand the Den iocrats'in good stead when the political aonte0ts are at their height, With Carlisle's command of re8onreee and tho bulldog qualities of Mills com- bined the Republicans will have, a big team to pull against, even though they have a working majority in the House, which promises to be coneiderably in' emend if the rules are changed accord- ing tc the presen"b'-peogram. Judge Crisp is a well-equipped member, the equal of any man on either side of the House as a lawyer. 1Io will have 8antral of the Demooratioteetice in the contested elec- tion oases, in which department he is particularly skilful. next to Carlisle he is the safest of any Democrat holding a leading position on that side of the House. dol. Oates, of Alabama, is not exactly a party, manager, b000n80 he does not believe much in the individual met. moment) of 8 party. Col. Oate8, how. ever, i8 a fighter by tennperameet and a constitutional lawyer by aogcirement, He is up in bout branches, and will leave plenty of oppOrtunitiee toenrolee bie knowledge and tektite during the peeseut ,> s8880n of Congressienai activity. / The i80uo0 are well drawn beim/eon the parties. The Republicans have annotice. cid that they intend to cl o :oad.so, and . the Ds - crate hn o taken r t b mot v u 1 111 chal- lenge and have defied then to carr out their program. Tho moult promises numberless parlia tentary conflicts. Tho CongressionalDietlonary, in which Senotore and mombere of 0oegres8 toll, with more or less brevity, the achieve. moats of their lives, le 81 interesting publication. Tho one reoontly issued for the first e08010n of the Fifty-first Congress is fully up to the average in the matter of interest. Some of the auto -biographies Which the eeW members and Senators giv0 tllain8olvon throw 8 flood of light on the characters of the writer:. The Retinas 'still average ton, lines in length, tallying vMucM.Yun,taT„u,s�+VkMv,4ammnM,+,t�',aw��,nWiHeR.kfozare4iY,:.x'vuYs.M.�s�+rraWnwwtixi.Nmvsara¢s¢yam..wwaayM�sAa,v�vm.^ma4�Wr.Yan2n+anvu44shwh„b,m'gkpya�YT+K'aRwMuuaY>rn ER U,,aEL53 ONTARIO, F RI.DA.Y, JAN. , 1889. ;.cweunan-.cwvaamw,ace,am-m4uwawsr.,aiww,;.narxuwvcavr�ernaiv.aiwFka,wx..maws.cnrr�invva..aumruWaarx,w?:mn.wn:. . -,,a one with another throughout the work. A few members only take up four linea i)1 telling who they are and what they have clone. These are seal] veterans as Blount and Turner, of Georgia. The longest sketch in the Directory is devoted to Charles Animate, hill, of Illinois, who recites the pr000sy by which be achieved greatness to the extent of half a page. Tho tone of the nrtiole throughout in. diodes that Charles Anguilla in on the very beat terms with himself. Viewed from the standpoint of the dead letter office the Christmas just pant meet have been happier than its predere : • core. That nf73oo is the graveyard of large number of Ohrintmae packages al•.1 of the hopes and entioipations which al- ways 800o1nna01.08 these messengers of affection and remembrance. Popple are apt to pet up articles that oomo within the meaning of the word "nnmailahlo." This is espeoin1ly true of the packages intended for friends living in foreign oonntries. The result is that thoy got un farther than the dear] letter office, and their m]80ion, as far as a Christmas greeting io concerned, is a complete fail- ure. It has been found, however, that the number of packagee received this year aro only about one-half of the num- ber received last year, There is no gen- eral explanation possible as to why this ie 012, en) 18 ie snfTh ient to know that the gifts reached their destinations instead of being stowed away in the vaults of tbo dead letter office. There is no earthly reason, and we cannot bo cuppog0d to know a 0npr8- mandane one, why the Senate should not onnsider nominations in open session. The aharantere of men nominated for office are either ten good to bo smirched behind alit and marble or they are too bad to he kept from a governing publi0 who have a right to leave what fit do]na ih their Mimed brltalf by their rope, sentativrs.--11. - eee.t" •a•:a't revree.. A new Nihiled coidety jos been die. anted in 112- - \rnrrninna in Tin -tote ere pt'eharine to m .rete t A I ,'(101/011:' o tle, beneo.t tears nF t',tli^en'nia, 1- 0 n*id tree, 180' 0*11)' 6n. 10ly-'hen ,-1 t1,'..et'h 81,8 the ground, ttvent-. feet ntII-0f..4,slime the sprees. 1110 1 n ze, and .1.,-.P,1.7!,,1 feet ctil1 higher :1,,. It len toetA estimated flint its weight is ahem 100,010 tons. and that it would make 1 elneeele feet. beard immure, of Blear lumber, the branches and ton piling un 100 coals of wend. The total number of failures in the United States for last year wag 11,710, against 10,587 for 11148; newts, 870.599,- 7(19, against $03,999,799, and liabilities, 8140,359,490, agninite $120,242402' in '88. The total number in Canada was 1,010, atain,t 1,780 in 'NP, ; Resets, $0,119,585, against $7,170,71.1 ; liabilities, 818,147,- 910. against el 0,498,242 in '88. Denny Brady, a notnrions,bank burglar and river pirate, diet1 suddenly in the street nt New York Monday night. Ile belonged to a rieoperoto pang, which aper. Moil mainly in the suburbs of Naw York some sixteen yang ago. All tho mem- bers of it server. long terms in nrieo1. Its chief exploit was the stealing 018100,- 000 in cash and amenities from tho Ken- sington Bank in Philadelphia, Teva nntorioue Indian (Menem -loos named Red 7000(110 and 011001 er Pete, heavily loaded with 'tangle -foot,' took pocee<eion of the towel of Tiehwawa, Mo., on Christmas'day. After nearly killing the town marshal when he attempted to arrear them, they emptied a drug store and third to ride their horses into the hotel. At this juncture a well -armed stranger role up to the hotel and dies mounted. The ontlnNth ordered him away mal out the halter of hie horse. The strum remonstrated, whereupon Choo- tew Pete covered, him with 1114 revolver and ordered Lundell to disarm him, As Lendall approaohod the stranger elicit him through the heart. A duel thou 000nrr0d between Pete and the stranger, and Pete was shot through the head and killed. After eating his dinner the stranger leisurely rode away. He is Supposedto be Winchester Prank, the crank shot and scent. Won a Chinamen comas to Canada, he must, be surprised to hear of working- men protecting their interests bymea08 of labor unions and 000ask:nal strikes. Consul Pettus, of the United States, in a rodent report, says that strikes never occur in China and labor unions would have a very sickly development, as no laborer is permitted to seek employment outside hie own district. Agitatots would find 18 tough work stirring` up a big. revolt where the' natives of adjoining dietricte, if they have common grieven800, do not see one another and' therefore can- not make common Dense. °nepenthes worry along on 22 cents a day, and blaokemithe on 85 a month, and are as cheerful as poaaiblo under tho eiroum- stanoee. China, by the sway, is probably the oldest protectionist country on the face of the earth. If bigh taxes en im- ports are the levers which raise wage0- we know they are not -how comes it that John Chinaman rcoeiv08 such poor re- muneration for big eervioe87 The hottest region on the earth is on the southwest coast of .Persia,, whore Pbrsia borders the gulf of the same name. Per forty oonseoutivo daye during the mouth8 of Jnly and August the thee- niometer has .been known not "to fall' lower thou 100 doge., night or day, and to often run up as high as 128 dogs. in the afternoon, At B8h'' h tin; 912 the centra' of the torrid part of the torrid bolt, a0 though it were natures intention to matte tho 100101 as ucboarablo as possible, 00 water can be obtained from digging wells 100, 200, 0r' avert 500 feat• deep, yet a comparatively numerous population con- trive to live there, thanks to copious Springs, -which break fo1'tli from . the bottom of 1110 gulf, more ,.thee oMile front the shoo, Tho water' from those 0pring0 is obtained byr.divers, who dive to the bottom 11(311 fill goatskin bags with ho cooling liquid, and sell it for a living. 'he source of titoeo submarine foutntains t 8116119118 to be in the 9rcel hill of Os - Ian, eolno 600 or 000 miles awiay; ' ALLEGED POISONING CASE. ARSENIC POUND IN LARGE QUANTITIES. TIIIi: JUICY BRING IN el YRIWZCT OP "GUILTY," Tho second adjourned impost into the death of the late 11. 7. Whitely was ra- mmed in the town hall, Clinton, Mon- day afternoon at 2:80. Dr. Holmes, con onor, and the former jury present. 1112110 01(0)1 0018081010 To 181A0,101, elt appears some fluid Ivan injected in- to tho man after death for embelming purposes, the composition of the fluid is unknown. If you find arsenic it would be well, therefor0, if you also determine whether the 0600010 oonld have been in oonsequonoe of the embalming or wheth- er it must Have b -fen ndministared other- wise" them PROP'. TUTS 10 1000811:01 11043061 el have received from you by express a jar, seals unbroken. The jar contained some partly doeomposed human remains. I examined them for amnia, and obtain- ed from 100 grains of the 11 0018 20 mil ligrammos of arsenic. This is a large quantity and I should think morn likely to have been derived from arsenic inject- ed into the body of the deceased after death, by the embalmer, than from arseu. le absorbed by the tissues during life.. Arsenio is a 1181)8] constituent of em- balming -fluids. A person dying with a cousiderable quantity of arsenic in the stomach, end bowels might also have as 11111011 arsenic in the eisoe•a en I found, but it is ant weal to find 8o Much." D. Calbirk testified that he wan the undertaker al; burial of II, J. Whitely ; i ijeeted the ugh the nostrils and mouth om 9111t of fluid ; noticed the )body was rf a yellow color. Couldn't tell what the let wan c tlnpo-ed of ; it was marked t 1 1.., 4, Y ell.. 1'. a;( the fluid feent the , 1"l stem, jai'. e:0r, 1, 1•]11:- 111:, .11,31y,t, an woe l e.:1':) ,1:111. 18110:116 rt I -1 Dl 7. D. Whitely L 011 1 : 1,,a4 called to 8 e deco:teed on May 1, 1808, Dia::uns- c,l the than to he a aon„os`.ed liver and irritable, cet0rr111t1 condition of illteatiuc-; attended by vomiting and purging at tfmnm. Prescribed ancordiogty. Sew him again about May 0 ; lie wail then weaker, with rash. Saw him again about Mav 8, noticed paresis mud partial paral- ysis of the limbs. Dr. McDonnell was with him and their diagnosis was ensat. isfaotory as to his recovery. Did not suspect arsenical poisoning during 111s visits. Did not afterward say that he mid Dr. McDonagh had talked the mat- ter over and they had come to the eo11- 0101ion that he was poisoned with arsen- ic. He may have said to Dr. McDonagh that the symptoms were olosoly allied to those of areenietel poisoning. Anuto vol - low atrophy of the liver produced xymp- tems compatible with those he found in some stages ; or the symptoms were such as would bo produced by arsenical pois- oning in small doses, and acute yellow atrophy of the liver would also be caused by slow arsenical poisoning: Would not say as to the 0an00 of death. The effeets of 8 terpin of meanie might not be shown until five hours afterward. If two or three teaspoonfuls of soup containing arsenic made a person sick the balance of an ordinate, oupfel of the some soup would possibly have fatal results. The bitter testa of the soup could hardly arise from arsenic which is .tastolo-a. His mind was evenly balanced as to the cause of his domth-it might have been from slow arsenioal poisoning or Ir001 natural ta0uto atrophy of the liver. All the symptoms,iuoluding uronio poison- ing,.,.wore compatible with slow arsenical poisoning. Acute yellow atrophy is a very rare disease in this country ; ft Ives peculiar to tropical climates; was ono phage of yellow fever. Dr. G. R. MoDouagh, sworn : Saw de-' ceased on May 5, 1888 ; found him in bed Buffering from extreme; prostration ; pain and tenderness of etomaoh and bowels, weak, rapid.pels0, etol, with history of vomiting and perging'for throe or. four 'weeks previous. Formed the opinion that there wee some kindof blood poison- ing, pausing inflammation' of the intes- tines, stomach and bowels ; this inflam- mation would a000nnt for vomiting and pueging, Had no idea then of arsenioal poisoning,. If he had been told arsenic had been given deceased be would not ;have been surprised. The conditions were such as would be produced by slow arsenioal poisoning. All the symptoms which he saw and those given by Dr. Reeve might have been caused by slow arsenical poisoning. Never saw a thee of ante yellow atrophy of the liver, Rev, or expected to, but the symptoms in Whitely's case were numb the ammo 8e those described in medical worker me ao- companying that disease. Found pur, puna spate or rash ; theee would be found in oases of acute yellow atrophy of the liver, butwerenot given, so far as he knew, as aoobmpanying slow are0ni0a1 poisoning. A dose of two orthree grains of arsenic would hardly be telafned in the Stomach for five hours, it was pass. iblo but highly improbable. If Arsenio, was in the soup, the quantity of the soup taken by the deoeased would ha* been fatal to liim, If deoeaeed had boons accustomed to taking arsenic he would not bo loss susoept'iblo to its at. foots afterft0 repeated use. The prob- able omen of death, from Dr, Reeve's evidence, was urenie poisoning. Would not say whet caused tho mono poison. lug. Would not 88y whit elle cause of death was, Areonio wag 1106 easily sol - tittle in soup, If arseniollad boon given in tho soup 18 could not 'have caused death. fifteen days after, unless other doses were given in the :noontime. Dr, Appleton testi&ed t Was called 60 gee II: 4, Whitely on the 20111' April, 1888 fn consultation with Dr, Beove.. Potted hitt pulse weak and slow, tempora- tare abbot normal, tongue hoist and'. fluffy. Pound 110 tenderness ave' the opigastrio region or abdomen ; deceased said lie had no pain except in lower part of the ohne, ; no rash, yellowish skin, eyes clear, lids red, had a dough, tough expectoration, Was told deceased had boon taken worse the day previous, after taking chicken broth, Was shown n large battered spoon that had been used with the soup, the spoon was dangerous- ly unlit for use. Was of the opinion that his illness arose from inflammatory sold causing inflammation of the mucous membrane of the stomooll and bowels, wbloh wee much the mime dssoription as given by the other medisl,l seen whom diagnosis he generally agreed with. Found nn ,rill. Had no idea then of paisonbeing .need, Told Mrs. Whitely that it ryas doubtful if her husband could recover. Heard Dr. Eeovo'S one dance react and witness agreed that the symptomg as deseribocl later on by 1)r. Reeve light arise front the llhte08 he hal when wltuess was there, and which ire thought arose frorn natural causes. Could not say that manic poisoning would or would not arise from the use of arsenic. If dewaxed had been taking repeated doses, of nraenio many of the symptoms of his disease woeld be the result, bat not all of then. Still, would not say that tho symptoms would not be caused by the use of arsenic. If arsenic had been given with food it would taste a longer thus to produce effect than if taken otherwise. Had never seen a thee of acute yellow atrophy of the livor. Mrs. Quaid being asked what time tido chicken wan put on to cools, from which the supposed poisoned soup was made, said, about dark Meuday evening (this teas the evening when the soup was used by deceased and others with siakening re - eche). The oloioken hacl boon out up in portions and.eonp 11,td been made from different portions of it on Saturdly and Sunday evenings previous. .Monday night after the soap had made those w110 partook of it sick, witness, with Mee Whitely, went out to the kitchen whore seine unit -ed portion of the chicken was and witness exarnine.1 it and found it all right, The we'ttlter tan cold and frosty. The spoon site saw need in uennection with the soup wag a 16.8..-epo0n with but very little of the silt, 1. nf: and otherwise in gond other. Coe and two g;^<,in0 of amide in s,ear- ate portion.) were shown to the jury incl the one grain seethed about the qutyntity Miss Johnston said she saw ;]yen by Mee. Whitely or Ede:irtls to Whitely. Coroner Holmes addressed the jury and doe ped their duty to render a ver- dict solely in acwr118000 with the evi- dence they had beard, ay to how Hugh James Whitely bad come to his death. They were not to be influenced by any- thing they had otherwise heard. If any of them knew of anything bearing upon the cause of death that was unknown to his fellow jurors it was his duty to Dome forward and give evidence. • The jury after a couplo of horn's delib- eration returned a verdict that Hugh J. Whitely 0:1,110 to his deathefrom poison- ing by arsenic oriminally administered to him by his wife now Mrs. Edwards. There' were 18 jurors, fourteen of whom agreed, the other tt dissenting. Cis 1 ma tell taaa ov1.4. Halifax Harald : Buyers say the apple crop in the Annapolis valley this season will amines that of any previous year. Mr. Scarborough has bon•get upwards of 50,000 barrels, of which 23,000 were Nor: - wigs. 11auc1 r4 Chase have bought as many more. We can assign another 100,000 to other buyers and 'ohippere, and 200,000 to home markets and home consumption, total 400,000. lir. SOW: - borough's agent here 11RA paid out 815,- 000 15;000 to the growers between Port Williams and Windsor.,, The Galena carried away 1'2,000, and there euro about 20,000 still in Annapolis. The Globo, reviewing the baso ball sit- uation, says : "Toronto has so far taken no aotive part in preparation for next season, Itis generally understood that the Amorionn Association would be glad to count Toronto among iia members, and a short timo ago Treasurer Whittak- er, of the Athletics, visited this oily .with the object of bringing that about. Noth- ing mine of the . visit, sed the chances aro etiIl againet the reorganisation of the Association. Unless Detroit, Toronto Rud Syracuse go in also, Rochester and Toledo will draw out again, as Syracuse has done already. The situation is full of possibilities, but just what will take plass can hardly be plainly outlined now." The following are the results . of the 88th 'semi-annual osamfi1ation held, at the Ontario College of Pharmaoy this Month :-The Council gold medal, Sam- uel L. Taylor, Clinton ; the Council silver modal, William Ivieon, hipper'. Passed in order of merit :-Geo. A. Fear, Brussels ; Was, G. Rose, Embro ; Miss J. E. Dearing, 0obourg 1 Albert H, knee, St. Cetharines. Passed in subjects now and =previous oceasihn8:-G. G, Byers, Hagoreville; John Hodgson, Brampton ; William herr, Chatham ; Walter R. Madill,, Toronto ; Chas, G. Millard, 0111110 ; T. Cl. Nichols, B. A., Uxbridge ; M, H. Robertson, Detroit.; J. E. Rowan, Tileoub0rgg ; Fredrick Ruston, George- town, Walter Turner, Markdalo. The feeling in Stratmoy is very strong' against the fellow Mariman, who so bruttally assaulted Laura Wray there . a few days ago, and he may feel thankful that lfe is protected from them by'a two - foot stone wall and heavy iron bars. The Crown Attorney has just received a copy of the ovidonoo ,adduced at the preliminary examination, and itis of the 0110090081 possible mature. The nnfor- tm,ate victim fully idettili00 rho prisoner ad., 11or assailant, and 1111011 110 cross. questioned her she told him plainly, Yonareithe man." The assault took plane in the 1ni11 yard on Car0doo street. The ' girl woo going home ahont , eight o'oloc;and 31188 8e l e was passing, the prisoner he au+itt ]tote] of lin and,drag. ged her into the ped and a000m plishd' Iiia v110 purpose, .yard had n revolver, and thre0ten ed to' shoot the child if elm a ho gave any alarm. 90ver81 good doses of a "net. o 11.h)5 Rils wools be too good for this Ong. NOMINATION DAY, n0raanLe. The old' Connell wes re.eleotod yy ao- elamation,. es follows ; --- R. Graham, Reeve, and' 3. el. 11olutosh, W. F. Stew- art, D. Strachan and Watson Ainley, Counoillors, on :notion of 11, C. Rogers and James Wilson. - Trustees also wore re•elsotsd by 010ola- mation, viz.; -T. Pletcher, H. Dennie, A. Hater, on motion of A. Koenig and Thos. Salinityno. 11. E. Wilde was oloat a to fill vacantly caused by the re- moval of Jus, Buyers, on motion of J. P, Smith and A. Romig. There was not a great deal of interest taken in the oonlnatioIs, as it appeared to be a foregone conclusion thee accla- mation was tho order of the day. At 1 o'alook heave Graham took the plat. form and trade a none speech. fle thank- ed the electors for their renewed con- fidence and wee pleased to see that the party strife that had boon so prominent in past years was wanting to.day. Re- ference wits made to the work done in 1889, and the street lamps, proposed rail- ways, Homo of Refuge, gravel road and Comity Council ]dere also commented 1410/1.31000111. The Council of 1880 was ro-eleotod for 1890, viz.: -Reeve Mooney, Deputy -Reeve Howe, Councillors Rirlcby, Pro0tar and Calbiak. eon). Old Coattail re-elected by aaolametiop. 0ITIR0. Belleville -Mayor, G. S. Ticket', P. J. M. Anderson and D. Collins. Brantford -Mayor, S. G. head and J. W. Bowlby. Guelph -Mayer, Thomas Gowdy, by 1a61letlteati011. IfeHamnricloilton--ifayor,-Mils. McLellan and Killestoe - Mayor, Mayor Thompson and Aid. Drennan. London Mayor, C0or0 Taylor and John Collette oete :a-1.Tnvor, W. II. Lewis and Janch Er,asl. St. Cath :eta --Mayor, .7. B. tyro, le tl.. 3 , .natio 1. - - St. Tll. w .e -.Mayor, brae] 11 -,roe, by a1111a'1(11 0011. - TOivx0. Listowel -Mayor, P. Lillico, J. C. Hay, Dr. Philip. Peeve, T. I. flay, S. Bricker. Deputy Iteeve, A. We I eetltar- stele, W. Welsh, St. Marys -Mayor, J. W. Poole, Major II. A. L. White. Walkerton -Mayor, Davis Robertson, by acolamatiou. peeve, Reuben Truax, Wm.Rioharclson., Deputy Reeve, An- drew ll0Lea1), C. W. Stovel. - Godorioh-Mayor, Jno. Butler elected by aenl8mation. Reeve, W. B. Proud - foot and Dr. ie. D. Whitely. Deputy Reeve, Robb. McLean and A. Smith. Mitchell -Mayor, S. S. Ford, James Dougherty. Reeve, S; R. Stuart. Depc- tyReeve, Isaao Hord, W. 1t. Davis, Seaforth-'ifayor, R. Wilson. Reeve, D. D. Wilson. Deputy -Reeve, Geo. I;. Henderson, A. 'Strong. 'Councillors, North Ward, Jos. Watson, Wm. Smith, ie. Willis, James Beattie, John A. Wil- son. Bast Ward, d'. Darwin; Geo. Good, Jahn Dorsey, A. Davidson, B. C. Cole- man, Andrew Young, T. l0. Coleman. South Ward, J. Gilleapio, H. J. Pun - chard, T. W. Duncan, Findlay •Roos, 12. Lumsden, J. Weir. W. .Q. Hastings, M. O'Keefe. VILL.ta0e. 13ayfeld---Goo. Castle was re-elected. Reeve. ' Six Councillors are running. Blyth -Reeve, P. Belly, 0. Iltunilton. Conucillors, J, Wilford, R. Symonds, J. McGee, et II. Young, le W. Tanner, A. Taylor, P. Metoalf. - a R0(Nen115. Stanley -Reeve, Deputy and Council- lors for 1880 re-eleotod by acolamatiou. Stephen -V. Rath elected Reeve, H. Either 1st Deputy and John Sherritt- 2nd. Three Councillors elected by ao- olama Halletttion,-Reeves and Councillors of 1880 reelected by 'aoolameeion. Goderioh Twp. -The oontest for the Reeveship will be between John Oox and Gabriel Elliott. Deputy Beacom was eleotod by acclamation. • Thera are six in the field for Councillors -Thomas Churchill, Geo. 1. Cooper, Robert Elliott (8rd eon.,) James, H. Elliott, Sam. uol Sturdy, William Wakefield. . Fourth Division Court. The December 01181098 of the Fourth Division Court was held on the 28% ult„ Judge Doyle presiding. Tho soak. et was 0.8 follows : McQueen vs. MoDonald.-Aotion for injury alleged to have been sustained by violation of covenants in a lea0e. Tried by jury,' resulting in a verdict far defendant. Taylor for plaintiff, Wade for defendant. MoQoeen ve. D. McDonald.-Aotion for Nutty and trespass, Tried by jury. Verdict for defendant. Taylor for plain.. tiff, Wade for defendant. . McQueen ve. P. McDonald. -Action for damage and trespass. Jury case. No evidence found for o luny and a judgment of ]non -suit was given. Taylor for plain- tiff, Wade for defendant. ]toss Bros. vs, Alexander. -Adjourned. Timtni118 vs. MoLonnau.-Aotion on amount Judgment for plaintiff ,with oata 0 e s. W d for staintdi` Taylor o' defendant. 1 y far Cardiff vs, Stewart et al, --- Dislnited note. Judgment for plaintiff, who ap- peared in his own behalf. Blackley vs, Bothwell. -Disputed ac- count. Judgment for plaintiff by con. sent.. Diokool for plaintiff,' no ono for defendant, Blaokley vs. llfoRay, Darnel garnishee. -Adjourned till next.00nrt. Dickson for plaintiff. - BIaakloy'vs. ilolmo6, .-•- Disputed no. 00nub, 'Adjour'ned till next court, Dick. son for plaintiff. llfeeshall vs. Monkey. - :.Disputed 01- 000818. J;nigmont by consent tIr, jolain• N umbel till for fell amount. Wade for defend - Ainley vs, Veal. -•-Disputed acoonnt. Adjourned till next court by consent, Dickson for plaintiff, Wade for defend- ant. Slnelair vs. Breokenridgo.-I)i•puted - a0aount. Judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed. Sinclair fpr plaintiff. Defendant pleaded his own causewith his characteristic pertinacity. litraohnn Bros. vs. leather, Dames gar- nishee. Judgment for plaineiff. Grant vs. Amelt.--Action for price of timber sold to drfondants, which anobh. 0r petty forbade payment of, chiming saute under alleged ownership .of land. Sinclair for defendants and another ap. piled to have alleged owner added as a party to sett, 'vhicll wets not allowed_ by His Honor. Tho reaultwas a judgment. for plaintiff. Dickson forpile wife Dickson vs. Hannon. - hdjoutned to - next court. Smith vs. Hewitt.--Disnutbd se0nunt, Judgment for plaintiff for 8001 claimed. Smith va. Thompson. -Action of in: • tercet lar timbre out on plaintiff's land. Judgment for plaintiff for 840.00: and costs. Taylor for plaintiff. Wade for defendant. McIntosh et al vs. Gannon defendant, Haslem claimant. -An interplea.ior is. sue. Adjourned to next court. Next sittinrre of court will be on Feb- ruary 27, 1800. 4Jxinat.e:ttat,xi i"l'eNee 14. The question of manning a fire station in Hamilton with colored men i0 being dfscaeaed. • The debt of Wiartnn arnialnts to $32,- 000. Another $0,000 wet he added to of the first Monday of tl,o year when the pe"plc vote that tannllut to extend the waterworks, Tho Brentford, Waterloo r13 Laake Erie Railway is nearing completion. The director's have 'teatime the a veer me0t that the road is now ro ,rlye fur iuspeotion by the government. 1t,y. J. Brom, D.A., who graduated lest June with tomer, 1 1 p silr ...ratty, has a✓ ive.l In Conte:eel, 1 seal 1ee.11 will labor as a Chri .cul mieeneary. Ffo is a son of ldntl9al,1 11; .cru, ei Duthie "t"11. ]'Here is a 1'ume.r c th it U T. R. ernein0tbi•a Over (11) ne..re of :tee •tl.a to be snperannu8ted. Seine of tits old teen who aro still qui. 0 lively n: :el inter- viewing the 90tv06.; that 4,e,r,;; frletig the matter. Col, Skinner, ec14. P., of''Woud:,tock, purposes starting in the Spring for a two - years' trip around the world, and will visit Ida sons, collo ere quartered with their regiments in different parts of Her Majesty's domains, Some days ago Joeoplt Lit'le, of Nassa. gruweya, met with au unfortunate 8001 - dent. He was helping to kill pigs, and slipped, with his llaod on the upturned edge of a kuife, whish cat his thumb clean off at the second joint The Ontario Gov c :minty etrunk a heavy flow of gas receetly iu their N0. 5 well at Skerketon, at a depth of 880 feet. The manager, Mr. C„ste, says the flow is more titan from their other three wells, and is a gusher. He is well pleased with the resulte. A man named Tykle kept baths for the cure of paralysis and other maladies at I%]como, Incl. A well:to-do farmer named Clarke took a course for purely - 8i0. Tykle puthim fn -a lent 110`11, left the gas burning under the boiler, and *vent lobed, forgetting all about hie help - leas petiont. The next meaning Clarke was found in the tub dead, having b''en literally boiled to death. Tykle 1s in jail. A novel enterprise in Naw York :s an establishment which Makes a business of cleaning windows. The cleaners all weal uniforms, which consist of a blue suit and a peak cap with a shield, on which is the company's name. They, all carry ladders, which are painted red anti• white. At the top, where the ladder tap- ers to a point, there is a egnare block of rubber, so that when the ladder is planed against a windosv, on account of the size of the block and the .elasticity of the rub- ber, the pressure is not great enough to. break the glass, therubber also prevent- ing the ladder from scratching the pane, The company abargos according to the wise of the window ; for washing an ord- inary sized window it charges 91 a month. Each employee oleans from 100 to 150 a. day. Tho following statement made by Barnum's Armless Man to an inter- viewer may be of intense :-I was born armless and although I am devoid of those useful adjuncts to the human frame, the arms, I am not helpless, for by diligent practice I have become able. to perform all the neoessary dews of Life as easily and rapidly as those who are bloeeed with arms. Having been born armless I have not lost them, theca - fore, I suffer no lose whatever, and so am quite as independent as ally one. Why I ban wash, areas, shave myself;ro pare my own food, and while seated at an ordinary table can food myself as easily and rapidly, as' a person can with hands. I have been travailing for theastfif p teen gears aurehave novae one.pto yod any a0aiatnuae whatever, bat Immo performed all the 1ow8sary off108s of life for myself. I was born : in Woodstock, County of Oxford, Province of Ontario, Oannds , oe the 0th of July, 1855, so, there. fore, an now 04 years old. With refer. epee to the above the Woodstock Sten - (lard says ;-.-.The 'meatus man' with Barnum it named Tripp, Ile is tho eon of a- contraotor on tho t1reat Western railway, and was born in the hous0 01 NOrwiolt 8venu0 now oecapiod by 11.Tr3, Mclean; Many people in town mum - her him quite well, When . here with 13nr011m'a drams last slimmer ho visite), his own home and WAS ebl0 to reach the knocker, which is flee ° feat from the ground, by the means of his foot. Wlsen. inside bo drew the ekotob of the room in wlti0h he 1600 130111, With a ponce] between 1110 two. Tripp says that item having bad arms he stiffens no inoonvonisnco by thole ai)aenne. Ito makes 111.1 feet anawal' the pttrpoto of rtriil8.