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Volume 17.
Letter from Manitoba.
To the 1;diter of nut POOr.
Srn,--Aa 1 have nor, seen any lettere in
Tuns POST for some time from 01111 parti-
cular part of the Catechism North-west, 1
faro taken the liberty to address a few
lines to you, which may be interesting to
some of the tonere of your journal, as I
find by the perusal of your paper that
there still remains 1(0030 of the old ro81-
0011t0 on the fourth lino of elooria. 11 is
11 few months more than nine years einee
I. cameo to Manitoba, aud, tlrrongh God's
Providence, I em still enjoying excellent
health, which is the lint and best of all
the blessings 0f life," 118 x100 fa each
member or my family, who joie in wish.
lug This Posx and its publisher a happy
and prosperous New Year,
We are 11010 enjoying the coldest part
0f as Manitoba winter. Enjoying did 1
say? Well, at least, wo are enduring it,
although forty below zero in not, by any
tueols, 110 m0et dinagrocable weather to
experience, as it is a great deal more per-
rei08ible than ninety -live in the shade
and 110 rain previous for two months, as
eve had it here Met summer. Since J882
there appears to have been less rain and
snore fall in each sno0eeding year, but I
think that the climax las been reached
in the year which has just vanished.
Present indications aro evidence of more
moisture during the year upon wlioh we
now have entered than the preceding
ones. The opinions of the early settlers
and also the propheoios of the present
descendents of the aborigines of the
Province confirm the idea that there will
be deep snow and much rain during the
present year. They base their °envie.
tions on the operations of oertain wild
animals, such as muskrats building high
and warm houses. Should their prog-
nostications prove correct it would be
the media for n foaling of extreme felicity
throughout the Province.
Owing to the drought and ravages of
the gophers (especially in the western
portion of the province) the year 1889
will bo long remembered by Manitobans,
although I don't believe there is another
province on the face of the globe, if visit-
ed with the same amount of dry weather,
that would produce equal results. It is
surprising that there was even a light
crop in some districts, as I am quite cer-
tain there was not more than an inch of
rain fell, and very tittle dew, from seed-
ing until the grain had reached maturity.
Wheat averaged from three to twenty
bushels per acme, according to condition
end elevation of soil. Whore the laud
was thoroughly cultivated before and
atter the seed was sown best results were
obtained. Oats and barley, in some
cases, were a complete failure, which
makes those oeroals a luxury that every-
one oannot afford to indulge in. Hay
0180 ie a very unique commodity, many
farmers having to go farcy miles to pro.
awe a sufficient supply. Straw is there.
fore largely used at a substitute. The
issue of this will be quite serione, as it
will result in very deficient horses for the
amount of labor which they are coo.
pelted to perform throngih the summer
season, for the judioioue employmont of
horses is the num of our opulence in
this most decidedly agricultural distrix,
The scarcity of coarse grail, too, will
have a serious effect, as the deficiency
will be supplied from the eastern portion
of the Dominion, principally Ontario,
and may be the mean of introducing
80011 noxious weeds. as Canadian thistles,
wild mustard and wild oats into our vire
gin soil, which at present is quite free
from those weode.
During flys past year the gophers com-
mitted terrible des0rlotion on the crops,
in some plaices their ravages exceeding
time of the drought. All sorts of pians
were adopted to cheek their devastations,
and to trynd exterminate them if pos.
•sible, Tee ppiug, shooting and poisoning
t summate!are the meesummate! means of destroy.
ing them, rend of those three poison is the
most effeotlive. However, if we have a
cycle of w( t seasons it will. do more to-
wards an ihilating the gophers and
ening heir injurious attacks on t1
grain tha 1 all the combined efforts of
man. W at season seem to be lase favor-
able to teleir increase, as they appear to
have mut tiplied very rapidly during the
past dry melons. It is generally believed
that heav rains drown a great number
of the yo fig, and also in the dry seasons
previous 0 settlement and the raising of
grain flu y died for want of moisture,
there bei g no substitute for grain from
which Do y could imbibe moisture. The
present 1ear is going to be one of ex-
treme pm ation bo some, (still 1 believe
the presort • tag( will be small when corn.
pared witl that of other countries that
have node rgono a period of similar ad-
versity) ar el unities the Government Makes
an effort o assist those parties in pro-
curing seed grain there will be a decrease
in the a ount of grain sown in tho looal•
flies wlupro the drought was most severe.
Manitlobl appears to be struck with a
mania f r building railways. They are
being constructed in all directions, and
will to doubt prove a benefit to ,lose
localiti, 8 which they intersect, and will
be a fee 'tor in tine production of a larger
amoun 0 of grain, as it will plane olevatore
within the reach of all, and thereby
nate the long lhauls to market. When
I looatr d in this district, in May, 1881,
the ne0,r000 point at (Minh I oould roach
a male ad was Portage -la -Prairie, a die -
tame f 77 milds. Wo are naw supplied
with t le Oanadi0te Pacific, renting ease
and lv000; the Northwest Central, run.
Mug horth:0v0st 1 the Aouri0 Branolh,
rune t g south.weet, and the Northern
Peel o 1C Alanitoba (not you in operation)
elate 1 g ,the city from rho aouttt-easy,
As 0 matelot is in the entire of all 101.
mon 0 grain proclucfng distriab the addl.
tion ,of the now railroads to t10 C. P. I•l.
will flame Brandon a place of ooneidal-
alir ; mportenno. /loading to 0110 advo-
natc ;' of the N. P. de M., that road, when
con toted, will redeemer) the price of
win 1 and. v `t•
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wfP 11!11 doubt. Tho ex001101on of the
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BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JAN. 31, 1800.
as it will settle the question of fuel, at
leant for the presort, mud place the price
within the moans of all, In the motor.
time we have to haul our wend from a
awemp coat of Brandon, a distance of
about twenty-five miles. It may appear
a long way to go fpr wood, hut, AS WO
build shantlea and stables in the swamp
and take two dura to a trip, we 800111 to
get along without experiencing any great
diftioulty.
The political arena at present is 001110.
What agitated over the proposed ol,olitlou
of Separate aeboolo. The contemplated
change wee sprung upon the eleetera00
without rt moment's 1(0(01ug, and it
8eetne to have originated in the pro.
(lighters intellect of the Honorable the
Attorney -General, at least 11e wee the
harbinger of it at a meeting in Portage.
le -Prairie during the vial of Dalton Mc-
Carthy. There was no mention of any
snap ehnnee in the school ay8t0(11 during
the last political campaign, nor was It
introdeced in the least sitting of the Leg
181810re, and the people are not at all
prepared, nor do they take kindly to ouch
a sweeping departure. Had it been a
plank iu the platform of the (Government
the result of the election would have been
different, and it would be certain defeat
should they appeal to the country on the
question at issue, as the people of the
Province are not willing to pay the price
of exohsnging the present school system
for a system of godless schools. Holing
I have not imposed too 03101 on your
good nature, and thanking yon for a space
in your columns, I remain,
Yours truly, A. K. ELLIOTT.
Brandon, Jan'y 15th, 1880.
[Nome )1x Era—Weber e to hoar again from
the writer et the stewed
Morris Council Meeting,
The members of the Municipal Coun-
cil elected for the current year met per.
anent to statute and subscribed the nocee-
sary declarations of alias and qualifica.
tion. The Reeve took the chair. Min•
of last meeting for 1880 were road and
paeaed. Moved by Jas. Proctor, second-
ed by C. A. Howe that Wm. Clark be re-
appointed clerk at a salary of $125.00.—
Carried. Moved by S. Caldbiok, second-
ly Geo. Kirkby that Richard Johnston
be re -appointed Auditor,—Carried.
Moved by Jae. Proctor seconded by C. A.
Howe that John Watson be re -appointed
assessor of a salary of $80.00 and no ex-
tras.—Carriod. The Reeve appointed
Wm. Laidlaw second Auditor. 'loved by
0. A. Howe, amended by Geo. Kirkby
that Phillip Ellison be paid $10.00 for
digging a ditch on sideline between lots
5 and 5, con. 7.—Carried. Moved by
James - Proctor, seconded by George
Kirkby that a Board of Health be
appointed, consisting of the Reeve,
Clerk, Thomas Laidlaw, Geo. Hood and
W. J. 7011na1on, with Dr. T. G. Holmes
Medical Health Men—Carried.
Accounts here ordered to be paid as
follows :—J. Sellers, gravel, $10.43 ; Jnr.
Mooney, Oolleotor's box, $1.50; 7. Bell,
ditch and pipe, $4.75; J• Sommerville,
removing floodwood and repairing bridge,
$5; Misses Exford, charity, $15; Geo.
Goodfellow, repairing road, $1; Watson
C Cummer, printing, 34.75; Jno. Mooney,
Collector's salary, 885 ; W. Clark, Seam
oial statement aud nomination expenses,
$8 ; H. Mooney, financial statement,
$2.50 ; Jae. Seals, ditch at lot 15, on 6th
lino, 35 ; E. Littlefair, remission of
Statute Labor tax, $4, A °me municatiou
from Janes Craig in reference to Town-
ship Engineer's work was read and filed ;
Cleric to correspond with Engineer in
reference to the matter in question. By-
law No. 1, 1890, was. duly read and
passed. The Council theuradjournod to
meet again, en ther24t11.11'eb'y next.,
Wxt,'Co,.tus, Clerk.,
liowtelr Farmers' alatuat Fire lnsnr.
11114(4( Company.
The annual meeting of the Howiok
Farmers' Mutual Firelneuranoecompany
rvae held in L. Campbell's 11(011 Gerrie,
on the 10th inst. The Direoore' report
shows an increase in the business of the
company over the year 1888 of $91,580
and the auditors' financial report leayos
a Dash balance to the company's credit
at the close of the year of $8,283.82.
On all members who gave a premium
note of 5 per cent. on the amount insur-
ed the rate of assessment for 1889 was 2
per cent. on the premium note and on
the members who gave a premium note
of only 8 per cent. on the amount Maur -
ed, those risks were taken during the
year 1887.8 when the period of insurance
Was limited to three years, owing to the
short date of insurance the rate' on prem-
ium notes was redacted from 5 per cont.
to 3 per cent., the rate was 8} per mut.
on the pretniam note, making the coat of
insurance to each member for the yea0
on each $100 insured, 10 cents.
The directors and °diomes of the comp-
any for the present your are : Jamee Ed.
gar, President ; Wm, Douglas, Vice.
President ; Direotors—Robb. Scott, John
R. Miller, Edward Ieryans and Wm, Mo -
Karcher, Secretary and Treasurer, W.
S. MOKero110r.
Porth County.
County Council is in session at Strat.
ford.
Chrietopllor 0. Tanner, of Sarnia, was
frilled at Stratford on Saturday night
while oouphiug oars.
W. H, ((railing, 0110tor for ,I. I(talt.
lino, merct10(12 tailor, Prig street, Strat-
ford, w08 quite severely injured by the
explosion of a bottle of s1oenal(0r's
oemolb, nmol leo was shaking in the
neighborhood of rho stove. After the ex-
plosion the fluid caught frro and burned
Mr. Retailing so se'lonoly that he will bo
confined to the house for several woofs.
Robert Cleland, the President of the
Went Ontario Dairymen's Association,
has received a letter from T Eaton, the
we111mo1V1 mouol ant of Toronto, name.
Inge, cheque of fivodotla s for the moaner
tion, with a letteranying that ho noticed
that there was a deficit In the fonds of
the A00aai0tion and being interested in
their +York, be wished to sot an exampie
kd others to 11111 moott ulna amount mt halt•
frig,
FROM HONG KONG, CHINA,
°Llunla 0111T11.
il•e1Tlti1'i:n
01n031 I.AOT 10l:138.(
The feeling of dl.'satnsfnci.ioll among
tile crew was in 18ns0 and it was not lose.
enell when we were not allowed to get
aahare, even in that desolate spot. It,
although so far from eivilizetiml, la a
place of soma imp(rtence. hero is
where the Chilian penal colony fs situ.
luted and it is also it wasting station for
0001(11(0(18 from the 3VOst Dud vice versa.
We left there on Jan. 2, '80, fm• 801110
small islands ins the 801'ltite toward the
Atlantic side, 11011111g and gaming for a
0oapin of days, then away to the L 111)0.
'1101 Iriends, arriving in Port Shanley
o11 Jan, 8, 1 hod 1102 011011(1 1)112 when
030 wore anchored nevi when I wort on
deck 1. was supriaed. here WO wore,
totally allrren110:1 by land ; n0 visibly
opening, The soma is applicable to
Hong Kong. A entail colony, some 400
but very neat and attractive, A large
trade is dela with the mother country in
meet, principally mutton. There were
a groat many old jiullts lying about, `01110
with Interceding histories. Olre wa8 the
Brat steamer that crossed the Atlantic,
another was chased by the, "Alabmun"
and escaped, do. While lying hero wo
sate a schooner 0301 thing -only 11 Unna
that came out from Southampton about
a month previous. We loft on Jan, 14th
for Montevideo, arriving there on the
21st. After our arrival several transfers
wore made between the ship and our first
sergeant was ordered home in U.S.S.
"liearsage" as duty eeargent. Our doty
sergean0 bad disgraced himself while we
lay in Now York by jumping the ship
008 night, so could not be rated. A corp-
oral was given the rate and the d. s.
transferred to the "1'allaporsa," giving
us all Australian sergeant for a German
one. One of the privates was according.
ly pun on the gangway (the quota is 4,
1 sergeant, 2 corporals, 1 acting corporal)
thus making two acting corporals, and
one had to got the rate. I was th0 one
to got the highest marks, it being a com-
petitive exam, so was rated accordingly.
On March 11 we left Montevideo for Cape
Town, arriving there on April 17. On
the passage across we had some pretty
rough clays, were "hove to" one time for
three days and another time for eighteen
hours. During the first storm we were
driven elle first and second day at the
rate of 9 miles per hour to leeward but
as that leas the direction we wanted to
go it was so men good. Tho seas 030(0
terrific. One time on the crest of a wave
and the water seemingly 30 or 10 feet be-
low you and again in the trough with the
water seeming to be piled 11q mountains
high. On board things were in a fearful
state. The fires night no hammocks were
served out, the weather was 80 008911, and
on the berth desk mess gear, pots, pane,
and kettles were scattered hero and there.
The morning of the 3rd day we could not
take our hammocks up to the netting,
Life lines were '001.000110d the length of
the ship, 08 it woe 11 MIMEO to 'trust neer
self on the deck without it. The second
night, jest before midnight, tho skipper
despaired of weathering the storm. He
said, "If the men on board this ship only
118010 how near they were to death last
night they would have something to talk
about the remainder of their lives." One
time . the; main -yard touobed the water
and it was hang 03 lest above the water's
edge and is 80 feet long. Wo survived
the storm, however, and got into Cape
Town. We Wena to go into dry dock
when we arrived in Cape Town bot the
skipper decided not to until we got to
Hong Kong. Cape Town is a pretty
oily and a splendid view of itis obtained
from Table Mt. It seems very panor-
amic. Hero you see ships coming in and
going out, a little nearer the land in the
doeke you see the chain gang like ante at
work and a flash now and again shows
you where a sentry is. Farther along
are the docks of the mail service, of the
"Chain" line and "Castle" line, the
negroes carrying coal and cargo aboard
on their banks, the "Viotorias" (hansom
oabe) flitting hero and there, the railway
11110 a serpent drawling along, the street
care moving like a snail, dcc. Every-
thing is visible. When we were there
there were scarcely any workmen to be
had. A large merchant ship could not
get men enough to set sail although offers
of £8 per month were made. The Jobs
amesburg gold and diamond fever was at
its height. Men, boyo and women of all
nationalities were flocking there. A large
wholesale dealer told me ono day that
the Wednesday proving no less than 70
ox teams started out for the diggings.
Each team had fourteen oxen. We lefb
of Afay 8th oeteneibly for Lawsiban but
were disappointed 00 we brought up at a
small hamlet on the hest coast of Mada-
gascar, Tullear Bay by name. We found
out that we were sent to look for the
murderer of the Minister to Madagascar,
Washbnrne. Ho was not there so left
for Murandeva, a misai1nary station 60
miles up the coast. Here we found that
the murderer was cm a small island 18
miles south. We got up anchor to go in
search of him bat whet we were about 8
miles out a signal was hoisted trailing 610
book. When we returned found that
00me men had gone down the day before
and had oaptured their elan. Ho was
brought on board and was immediately
pub under surveillanoo, a sentry being
pat over him. With him mime his wife,
0hf1d and bro0hor.in-law, as well as Bowl
witnesses, all for the plaintiff. There
were two nem -spoke English, a St. Helena
men, and a Chnriston, S.C. negro, Tho
man who murdered Washburn( has a1
history. Dorn in Halifax of French
parents the was sent to lel'anoe to 110 ado
000033, joined tbo Fron0lt army and was
sent out to Madagascar fn the capwiby of
001101110010110110, 03110 naught trying to
sell the F renelt troops to the Malagasy,
was tried by (lelornl Court Alertiel aucl
expelled from the servlae 1Iot
hon came
tote
to U.S. and wan
n junior hutment
tel
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In the 110 Alnnt laall al`1' 1a n
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Wee e v
o nlled
fol tended tending to the (lostt11ottam of
good metals. leo thea went into the
mn0011ant i)0(8(eo as 089110aiu of a email
ooh000er, loaded her with goods for Mad.
1111(0001(, 0aa1110 01111 and (1f111hmg0d 113.1
gob a cargo for :it. Melena. Lie got there
all right and while there by his stories of
the l.siand enticed a man and boy to go
with him. The alta was an experienced
miner and 10118 to 91) and examine the
nada, cam, and the boy as a cabin bay,
They came out to the west coast and in
a blow he ran itis ve0081 011 a rocky oottet
and it was with 4181101110y that the people
saved their liven. fie a safe -guard he had
Ills oharta and chronometer tied round
him so they would not be Inst. After
getting him on board we prom:mica to
1lozambigne arriving in that ancient
town on June 1. Teo town is of very
little importance since the suppression
of the 01x00 0r0il(
110 111: 00111'11,1Plin.,
Washington Letter,
tFrnn, 0(11 teenier erwrospondout.)
1011011190TH h:, ,tan. a
The Hoare committee on ruh•s 1in:1 a
meeting of an hour niel a ha1Po clnratinn
yesterday morning, all the members ex-
cept Mr. Randall being present. They
discussed the various details of tile code
submitted by itir. Reed and some merely
verbal changes were made, but they did
u0t get Over the whole node, and another
mooting will be held today. It fe doubt-
ful whether they will finish at to -day's
meoting even, though they may.
Mr. Cardillo maintains iris opp0sition
to the principal features of the case and
will prepare is, strong minority report.
The Democrats are satisfied that there
are no parliamentary tactics by which
they clan prevent the adoption of Reed's
oode provided ho gets the (united follow-
ing of his party. Their reliance is in the
aid of individual Republicans whose in.
termite will be affected by depriving them
of the power to make dilatory motions.
There is undoabtetlly Republican op-
position at this time to Reed's pls.n. If
Reed's rules are adopted the purpose of
the Democrats is to see that they aro
strictly adhered to at all times and to
regulate allpr0000dings, with the idea
that whatever oppressive features blare
may be in them shall be felt by the whole
9201190.
, When any partie011 action is proposed
to which the Democrats are earnestly
opposed they intend to learnt upon 11e
presentee of a quorum of the Republicans
to pass it. They propose to break a
quorum by refusing to vote when they
deem such 8. coarse necessary, and if the
Speaker attempts to record them as
"present but not voting" to make up the
quorum, enough of than will leave the
hall to break the quorum. The only
way they can bo brought back is by
a pall of the Hoose. The call may be
made and show a quorum, but on the
very first vote the quorum may have dis-
appeared again, and a call would have to
be resorted to again. This may continue
mdeloitoly unless the Republicans get a
quorum of their own members. Mem-
bers might be fined, have their eateries
suspended, or even be imprisoned for re.
Cueing to attend the sessions in obedience
to the House ; but in order to take any
small action a quorum must be present.
Many of the suburbs of Washington
are 11(510rio. Visitors are often shut up
to a single mode of lambing these and
other points of interest whioh surround
the national capital. In the nature of
progress this state of things oannot con-
tinue. The people demand and will have
thoroughfares to and from all places of
pleasure and resort near choir country's
political (entre. Ono of these planes, the
one of which the associations ate more
sacred than those of all others, is whore
the first President lived, died and was
buried, Tho means of amass to Mt. Ver-
non are notably inadequate. But this
exclusion of the groat mess of the public
is nob to last long, for 11e Virginia logia.
later° has just chartered a railway to run
from the city of Washington, or, rather,
the Virginia shorn opposite it, to the
110038 of Washington, and there is res.
son for expecting the early opening of the
route.
There are four members of 11e II. S.
Senate who can never bo coudidates for
the Presidency of this Republic under
the Constitution, because of alien birth,
Senator Jones, of Nevada, was born in
Herefordshire, England; General Mo•
Millan, of Michigan, in Hamilton, On.
tario ; Senator Beek, of Kentucky, in
Dumfo'dehire, Scotland, and Senator
Pasco, of Florida, in London, England.
While it hi exceptional rather than other-
wise that a Senator was born in the State
he represents, sectional linos have been
closely observed. Of the Northern Sen-
ators only two were born in the South—,
Senator Cullom, of Illinois, in Kontuoky,
and 0ellat0r Hawley of Connecticut, in
North 00rolina. Not one Southern Sen.
ator fa of Northern origin.
Early in the nation's history the tlavy
father thau the army was 11e pride and
expectation of the administration and
people. Mr. Jefferson 0308 an advocate
of the building of a large flotilla of gun
boats. Nothing practical ever came of
those magnificfeut projeo00, but our little
navy distinguished itself in the war of
1812 and the war with Algiers, and nat.
Tonal pride was not abated. The board
policy, it 10 understood, will now mom.
mend the construotion of 102 vessels of
all sizes and (lasses, to be built in four.
teen year0 at au aggregate 00x1 of $280.-
000,000. The board hada that the cost
of maintenance of nal a iloct would be
ono -quarter only that ar the old sort of
vessels,
Senator Ingalls has sought to teach
his follow Senetor0 the prmnnlcintiou of
many 1111081301 words by reason of the
pre010101108 Iia 111001011 in mobilo ad.
dresses. It was therefor0rathee ranee t.
able that in the Welted sp000ll tondo
yesterday 10 should 11110111'0001111011 two
such ordinary words 00 "enamel" and
"decile,"
Mr. Coltor's appeal against the judg.
meet of Air justices ho aloetbrid3 a in tato
Ilnh nnttut election 1 d
d 1 otle o has o n
can 1 been s
missed end Kr, Colter is unseated.
70hn Johnston of Toronto led m
narrow 0800pe from 8(1(10us injury Set -
trilby by the fall of a derrick at tho new
City Hall works, .lie wee struck by one
of the 11110101114,anti reePited a ge"1 rn1 the
head three or feu' Melva' 1.1119.
&uro17 County.
911 a 112111 dept of Clnitnn 8:1 138,100 .
Cllnt,n is after a union Creamery turd
it town pet•1K.
The West Riding Agricultunrl tiociely
repo+ t it ehor1age "f 9132,
'1'110 County Omega Lodge of South
1101'011 w111 meet, at Exeter 00 Tneudny
next.
The feelerioh Signal 0:170 : -.'Monday
last, der, Witklua.,n1 brought. into this
001.110 a cumber of dandelions in bloom,
which lin had 1J101(ec1 on rho 110 11.11 in front
of 1'1reaiibeneo, 1'"x,1111 pro:+, n(. .a,,prt;
10110Ce 2)1e010 will ire n( 11000 in bl„nn1 ((11-
t11 nft.cr tin 1.7241 of March. Muter 1100
0(11110 at la -et, 0(0.1 lush to it.
The 80110Wing il.'r0m,9 wa'e 3100101
nnuneoiun with tl,0 Clinton Board of
Trade :..–Wm. Jackson, Preevient ; 1t.
Holmes, Vico•Presicleut; W. S. Semi.
lielri, Sccrelary : Wm. (1a:ets. 9'r.+asnre.
00111,:11. dos, Fair, .9011(1 1(an11 (11, d, : Irwin, 19. Irtt'In. Go,,. I:. Pey, Ie. Jack
son, J. C. Stevenson, lsnel Taylor, W. '1'.
Whitely, N. 11 00>1,, Wm. Harland, D.
Cantole(,
The Clinton New 1.111 says :--W. Mug.
ford, wihco has resided on the Young
firm, 10th con. of Guderieh Townsbip,
for some time, has skipped, leaving some
unpaid nocounts. Several years ago he
beug10 this farm, paying a small anlo0nt
down, since which time he has made
other payments, but the greater part of
the purchase money, the aro informed, is
yet unpaid.
The meeting of the Huron Medical As•
80018. ion was held in the Large room of
the IYleahanice' Instituto, Seatorth, on
tbo 21st inst. The members present
were Dr. Irving, Kirkton, Vice.Pres. ;
Dr. Elliott, Brumfield, Sec..Treas. ; Dr.
Wood, Mitchell ; Dr- Stanbury, Bay-
field ; Dr. Armstrong, Fullerton Corn-
ers ; •re. Smith, Campbell, Bethune and
Mackid, of Seafortb, with John McFaul
medical student. A large number of
patients were presented and reports read,
and the association was busy until six
o'clock. Dr. Irving was elected Presi-
dent, Dr. Wood, Vioe•President, and Dr.
Elliott,
Sec.-Treas. On motion of Dr.
Smith, aeoonded by Dr. Campbell, Dr.
Sloan, of Blyth, was nominated for the
medical council, in opposition to Dr. AIo-
Arthnr, of Landon. We hope Dr. Sloan
may be elected for Tecamsethi division in
tbo medical council.
Ue to a t';:L I IV a sv,..
Niue -fishermen were 11(101711ed fu the
bay of Donegal, Ireland.
A despatch says hundreds of persons
in South Dakota are going mad from
starvation.
Lord Randolph Churchill will present
a bill iu Parliament embodying his views
on temperance.
The Chicago Masonic fraternity has
just purchased a site there for the pro-
posed $5,000,000 temple,
It looks as if the Japanese would soon
distance the Americans in divorces. In
15 urban chariots of Tokio in October
the records show 008 marriages and 258
divorces.
At the miners' conference in London
it was resolved to demand an increase of
wages for the miners of Grant Britain of
10 per cent.
A tornado lest Sunday night struck
the east side of the town of Clinton,
Ky., demolishing 55 homes, killing 11
people and hounding 53.
A women and three children were
suffocated by escaping gas at Thobou,
Hungary, on Monday. Their dead
bodice were found lying together.
A passenger train fifteen miles from
Indianapolis, Ind., of the Monet route
event over a high trestle, killing seven
pa09eng000 and injuring ten others.
A Berlin peofessor, while dissecting a
shark, found in its stomach a dolphin
weighing 128 pounds, 43 fish, a decom-
posed seal, a woman's arm and four
human logs.
Moro than 1000 torts of material have
been worked into the British battle ship
Royal Sovereign during the last three
menthe. This vessel will be the largest
war ship in the British navy.
There has been a prolonged snowstorm
in Hungary and Styria, Houses were
demolished end many lives have been
lost. S0. Martin's Cathedral at Press-
burg was damaged by the storm.
The employees of the Birmingham
rolling mill, 1000 in number, have struck
and the fight between the men and the
Company promises to be a bitter one.
The weekly pay roll of the mill is 928,-
000,
Bill Hnloee, a lieutenant during the
war under Qunutrell, the notorious guer-
illa, died near Independence, Mo, on
Saturday. Though a desperate cher.
aoter daringtho war, hie conduct since
has always een that of a poaoeftil, hard.
working 0iti8en.
The German eteamor"Savona," which
left Now York on Jan. 3rd for Hambnrg,
was abandoned in a sinking condition on
Jon. 13th, All hands were saved, The
"Savona" carried a cortege of 900,000
worth of corn and 3100,000 worth of
cotton. The vessel was valued et $100,.
090. The crew consisted of 30 men.
A terrible 0olli0iotl is reported to have
watered at Camp 1rf1l on the Savannah
eft Western railway Saturday afternoon,
Five men ere earl to have been killed,
two engineers, ono Froman and two train
h0tul0. Others were W011021021, A wreak-
ing 0(0111110s gone to the sane, This is
the 23rd wr0ck on that road in three
1000111,
Since the establishment of the Vienna
free kitchens the number of dr11ulmrd0 is
said to have pettily diminished. The
medical profeesian testify to snormem
improvement in the ltealtlt of the lower
classes. Derangements of 111e stomaohr
formerly the most frequent eases in Vi-
ollne, 1100pilala, have doareased to ono.
third of the number of ton 70000 atm.
A crate
t 01 sOraWborriess
wa shi 1 ILL1
ac
from. Charleston, South Carolina to New
v
York, Monday g.
K. 901 lay 1113i11t They were. grown
in a field i11 the Stlbtl11.'be and in then open
p,2r. Should the warns mealier continuo
the annual strawberry crop will be ready
for lnarkethr . The strawberry 0018011
fl 1)p, is ,unrafty about 11Iarn11 or
April. But the fruit is now tip0ning
Number 29.
rapidly and the en111•0 crop, which alp
gradates about 1,000,000,000 quarts, will
be harvested before 3Ia1011 1st, uules0 a
buzzard 0011100 laioug
Coffee planting fu Brazil, on au ee-
l -emit) scale, is a comparativelymodern
industry. The that eargo of coffee chip.
ped to 11,, United fitlttes /in 181110) was
only 30,0(10 ponds. In 1888 (•11001 212,-
000 tone of coffee were shipped to the U.
S., while the total crop was 110114l7 600,-
(8111 tole, worth about '..120,000000. This
year's crop 10 a s',"rtmin, bat 11 will be
at lease 500,009) tmv.
During ,----i-•mation sorvir.s at St.
.fe'n's l:pieeepel clulreh Phialdelpliii
Sunday eve'aung an atpparelatly de:xre111ed
young 1111211 rum here tris seat end point-
ing a revo'ver at BioJnlp Whitt:lke, fired.
Tile ball went wid0. 'fate mut 00,10 0r -
mated, lie 00100 his name 111 11:tvid
tlexande•, "f Pnil.tcf,lirhit. 1I•, told a
rambling story 111„1111 ,t lea '.-r .v ,1'111 111-
1 1101 to Mahn f 1011 1113'+n1p2 rel rho
lir.: of the v0n0rabln pr.:fa,c.
2:reataecliat.tt No, NV....
A gushing natural gas well has been
sunk at roreet.
The editor of the St, Marys Argus is
an agent for wind 1111115,
Hon. G. W. Ross oponol Ryerson
School in Hamilton Tuoada,v.
Sergeant les, Ward, a, veteran of the
Crimea, died on Monday at Kingston.
A somnambulist in Hamilton fell out
of a window and broke one of his hips.
Sir Richard Cartwright was Tuesday
elected President of the Ontario Reform
Club.
North Oxford has gained 678 voters
since 1880, and South Oxford has de.
creased 203.
Hon. A. Mackenzie completed his 08th
year Tuesday, and was the recipient of
numerous congratulations.
About 900 hogs were sold on the Chat-
ham market the other day et $5.35.
Eight carloads were shipped off.
Afarm laborer named John Finnigan
jumped from the Michigan Central train
near Fargo, Ont., and was killed.
Brantford City Commit for 1880 favor
the abolition of exemptions of taxation
on Churoh property and all places of wor-
ship.
Miss Tailor, daughter of Henry
Taylor, of London, has died in Frame,
where she had gone for the benefit of her
health.
A motion was introduced into the York
County Counoil Tuesday approving the
issue of all bank bills by the Dominion
Government.
The new Nicholls Hospital, Poterboro',
was, with its endowment of 936,000,
handed over to the Trust by Mrs.
Nichoila Tuesday.
Mr. MoCarthy on Wednesday intro -
rimed his bill to abolish the official ase
of the French language in the Northwest
Territories. Departing from the usual
°eatom, 1e made quite a lengthy speech
on introducing the meaeure,and his 0900021
was of a nature to cense considerable feel-
ing among the French Canadian mem-
bers.
Michael Mara, a laborer, leas drowned
in the bey, Toronto, on Saturday night
about seven o'olock. He. was walking
along 11e look at the foot 052- West Mar-
ket street, when he fell through a hole in
the planking. His cries attracted the•
attention of Constable Dodds andt¢thets •}
but he nae dead before they coald reach
him. When the body was token from
tihe water life was found to be extinct,
and the remains were couvoyed to the
itforgue. Deceased had a wife and
family but was separated from them.
The statement of letters received at
the Dead Letter Office during the year
ending Janne 30, 1889, is as follows :
Letters on hand June 30, 1888, 10,230 '
;
dead lettere received, 778,840 ; special
letters received, 108,422—total, 893,202.
Of these letters 27,790 contained mouoy
or other articles of value, amounting in
all to $361,202. The list of the contents
of the lettere, as usual, reveals some cur-
iosities. There were 22 oortilieetos of
marriage, 7 baggage checks, i diamond
ring, 2 false teeth, 8 railway passes, a
largo amount of jewelry, 103 insurance
policies, eta.
Judge Lorangor rendered judgmenb on
Tuesday iu the ease of the heirs of the
late widow of Oliver Lorangor against
rho oburo1wardans of Notre Dame. The
action was for 32,000 of account of the
accidental death of Mrs. Loranger, who
was killed after attending worship by
falling through a trap door left open In
the oh1roh by the negligence of the au.
thorities, The Court refused to allow
any damages "for quiet," but granted
9753, the actual damage suffered through
deprivation of the old lady's services by
the family and for expenses attending her
funeral.
A' heroic net was performed at Strath.
roy Sunday by a young 10011 named
Bradshaw. About 10 o'clook in the
morning 0110 of the inmates of the Homo
of Refuge, an old man, was walking on
the G. T. R. track, which is only a short
distance from the Home. Behind him a
train was fast approaching, and the old
man being lard of hearing slid not know
of his danger, Bradshaw, who happen-
ed to ba passing by at that time, hoard
the whistle of the train 1 he knew the old
man to be deaf, and realized his danger.
Being a fest rnnnor he fortunately gait-
ed the old man's side in time to grab hie
arm and jerked him off the track as afast
express dashed by at the rate 01.10 n1f100
an Hoar.
A peculiarly sed case of snioide hag oc•
carred neer Iiowit*, ('heteanguny,
County. A well -m.20 farmer named
Alexander Logan, aged about 40, out his
throat while his wife and little child
wore away on a clay's Vinit. leo warlord
tlu'0ngh the day as 1(01101, at night feeding
the stool( and bringing in the wood.
When finished b1 rent up to his bed.
room, and, 00.0081119 before the looping
'lass at his it
tis 0 n not with his ram.
1, a or.
Atter giving n
g
the fatal gash he had wipod
the e blade of the razor and lad i n 1e.
IX t on tl
human top. When found he had been
dead nom time. The suicide can only
be accodntod for an the ground of tom-
p0rnry insanity. The 110(000011 was a
v01.7 0001101,1.0.40 a d t ante ru^ t (1(4
highly re8pe01od,