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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1890-11-21, Page 1Volume 18. >e� X BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1890. Number 19. BIROHALL HANDED.. Birchen mot his awful death bravely at Woodstock jail on Friday. The heavy oaken door of the old prison was swung open about seven o'clock, and the first one of thine who had been grant- ed a pass to the seine of execution ad- mitted, But before the sun had made ire appearance, almost before it gave any warning of its approach, a little group of man stood without the jail walls, eager to learn eomething of the approaching tragedy. And their numbers grew until nearly one hundred people were in wait- However, after the doors were opened the number did not increase, as enough of those wbo put in an appearance were provided with the necessary slips of paper vith the Deputy Sheriff's name attached hereto to keep the crowd from growing. .tleputy Perry himself took the posses at i`he door, a constable assisting him, and, as one after another of the witnesses of the last ant in the lite of John Reginald Biroball filed in, the envy of those who had not been accorded the privilege (1) became more apparent, but to no purpose. And as the numbers on the outside of the jail diminished, the gathering in the enclosed wort yard increased. Between ball -past seven and eight o'clock the larger portion of the spectators arrived, until about 200 PEOPLE WEne 014108ENT. Al this time all Was bustle and esoite- ment in the jail and court yard. Report- ers predominated, and one hundred note books and pencils seemed in constant use. The oliok of a telegraph instrument was resounding above the low din paused by' tho hurried conversation going on—the questioning of the newspaper men, wbo thronged around the few jail ofoiela, and the "I wonders" of those wboeo idle ouri. osity had brought them thither. THE HA1OMAN had been sitting in the jailer's offioe, talk- ing freely, as though he were just about to start on n pleaanre excursion, for near. ly half an hour. The venerable old Sheriff was there in bis "robes of office," but wearing an entirely different look on his pleasant oountenauoe from that which covered the face of the Englishman who was to take the leading part in relieving unfortunate Birohall of his life. When Constable Ward, of London, walked up to the door, the executioner arose and extended hie hand to Ward, who shook it warmly. The two men con- versed for a while. Suddenly, as if the thought of his duty had just occurred to him, he left Ward and uttered a few words to the Sheriff, who nodded his assent. Then he picked up THE 00L1 conn which was to do the work, and, putting his wide -rimmed slouched bat over his head, he walked out of the corridor into the western yard, drawing at a briar root pipe. Immediately all eyes were turned upon him, and he was scrutinized from head to foot by the assembled throng, but he seemed to oare not the slightest ; in faot, he rather enjoyed having the Oben. tion bestowed upon him. He walked straight over to the AWFUL ENGINE OF DEATH, which stood grimly in the north east corner of the western yard. Arrived here, be raised, with the assistance of a constable, an old ladder, and immediately began running the rope through the acv eral rings and pulleys. The 860 -pound weight which was to give the fatal jerk lay on the ground, and when the rope had been attended to, leaving the end at which was the hangman's knot in position, the otber end was attached to the weight. Here the exeontioner betokened to Corn stable Ward to assist liim in raising the weight, but met with a refusal. Then another constable was palled and the iron was raised 1111111 high enough to connect it with a heavy Main which hung from a ring fastened in the cross -beam of the gibbet; and there it bung, leaving about 015131/3 FEET Or 800011. All this labor 000npied about fifteen minutes, and, after looking carefully over the workings of ilia instrument, the hong. man walked back bo the jail door, and, with a notion, informed the Deputy Sheriff, who was standing there, that all was ready. Then for five minutes there was another buzz of excitement and aw- ful suspense. Mau walked hither and thither, wondering what prevented the arrival of the expected. 0 reocie18(0N Or DEAT1I. Ab length word coma that it was about to appear. A constable stood at the door and waved to the ()rowel, which had surged up around the scaffold to examine Its grim details. They had hardly com- plied when footsteps were heard Doming down the iron stairoaae, which winds its way down into the centre of the jail from the corridor wherein Birchall hes been confined. Quiokas a flash the sound was taken up, and before the stentorian notes of Rural Dean Wade'a volae were hoard in the lower corridor everyone know that ib WW1 coming. I am the r8sm'r0011011 and the iife, eaith the Lord ; he that believeth in Me though he were dead yet shall ho live ; and whosoever livabh and bolisveth in Me shall never die, were the words as thoy oamo train the lips of the Dean before the procession 00110 1n view. Dean Wade led, followed closely by Birohall, who took a hurried glance et the arowcl, and smiled faintly, 1111 WAS PALE, but hrigilt-oyed ; his flush seemed to have decreased somewhat, but there Was no particular change noticeable from the time he sat in the prisoner's bar in rho old Town Ilan a few short weeks ago, anal heard the death sentence passed up. on him. He stood lu the Moor for a moment, the) walked down the stone steps and toward the manifold. When within twenty foot of the scaffold a halt Was made, the Dean ropoating tite Psalm meanwhile, 810011011 was supported ou ono eide by hie 01 n COLLEGE 0110.E, Arthur lie Leathern, of lMonteeal, and in the profession Gaoler Cameron, Dr. Chamberlain, Inspeotor of Priaona, and Deputy -Sheriff John Perry. Sheriff Perry name as far as the door and their remained. Then followed the scene whish proved the most trying to the nervaa of all. Standing Ivan 1308 ME TO THE N00011, which was dangling in the soft breeze Birchen was compelled to remain during the long drawn-out psalm. But he stood it bravely, throwing forward his right leg in a enrolees way. It seemed as though the psalm would never be ended, but at length it was finiehed, and then the procession moved rapidily forward at the familiar words "Mau that is born of woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misery." Arriving beneath the scaffold Birohall was faced around, and looked steadily into the eyes of the epeotators for a moment or two while the hangman stoop- ed down and pinioned his legs, his arms having been soourely strapped before leaving his cell. Then lie took a last farewell of his old friend Leathern. The parting was full of INTENSE 000141, and almost indescribable. The two men, strong in life, so Boon to part forever on this aide of eternity, grasped each other's hand and shook ib warmly, and then their lips met. Biroball'e smile as he let go of his true friend's hand for the last time was one never to be forgotten by those who witnessed it. The minister came to the words, "I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me; until hence. forth, blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, even so aaith the Spirit, for they rest from their labors,' and when he had finished he extended his hand to Birchen, who instantly seized it and went forward as though to kiss the Dean. Noticing this, the clergyman also leaned forward, and Birchall IEPLANTED A 14188 on Mr. Wade's right cheek, following it with each another faint smile as he had bestowed on Mr. Leathern. The recital of the Lord's prayer was then begun, the Dean appearing to hurry through it at suoh a rate as to names the hangman also to hurry. However, before the black oap had been slipped over his face and while the noose was adjusted, Birchall gave his band to the executioner, who stood with bared head. "Good.bye," said Birchall. "Good-bye," returned tho hangman, as he gave the extended band a quick shake. "God bless you. Do your work well," were THE LA8T MUDS that escaped from the lips of the doomed man. The prayer was tniehed before the drop fell, and there was a breathless silence in the moment that followed its conclusion, as the executioner tugged three times at the rope which was at. tached to the weight. Bub at the )bird pull the chain slipped its hold and the weight shot down, burying itselt in the ground a couple of inohes. The jerk which the condemned received was beard. bly euddeo. He snot INTO 010E Ant 05001 EIGHT FEET, going first to one side and then straight up. Then followed the death struggle, and it soon became evident that his neok wee not broken and that be was choking to death. Ilia chest heaved terribly, and his arms and lege were drawn up and re- laxed fifty times, while hisfingere twitch- ed fearfully. The hangman stood by and held the feet of the dying man to steady 1»m, For one and a half minutes these convulsions lasted, and then all seemed over. The swinging body was soon sur- rounded by a host of doctors. At two minutes after the drop his pulse was go. fog at the rate of exby. AT 8Ix MINUTES life was extinct. Birohall's two supporters burst into tears as the unforbunabe young mon was hurled into eternity. Leathern struggled hard to control himself, but large tears Welded down his cheeks and ho occasion- ally sobbed audibly. Guard Perry gave more outward signs of his grief, and his tears were mingled with 0011elIISive erica. STHANazED. The black oap had nob Dome below Birahall'a month, end as beg swung around before being cub down his face and lips were seen to have swollen ter. ribly. Bfs neck, where the knot was, bad been slightly scratched also, and terribly stretched, and it was painfully visible that the rope hacl not bean slack - el suflioienbly. Before the body was cut down—at 8;44—every one but the jury and doctors were cleared out of the yard aucl jail. Tho POST Arol1Tltn then proceeded, after the body had been oarrled into the jail corridor on a stretch- er. When the blank cap was removed his whole fano was sivoll511 fearfully, and two of his front teeth had penetrated his tongue, Several witnesses ware examined and a vseliob given that death had resulted tram etrangulation. Trill WORE WELL DONE, The opinion of the goal officials and Dr. Chamberlain is that the exeontion was well done. Dr.l Chamberlain says he 1laverlsew a more finiahed execution, and in his judgment Birohall felt nothing three sococde after the weight had been tipped. Tho body will be buried in the Reel yard, but whereabouts the officials will not divulge. 1510 LA1T (100160. Birehall's last Mamie m1 earth were most unhappy. Parting from doer friends seemed to worry him moat, and wben the final leave taking bebwee1 himself and his faithful wife took place, 13ir0hall was completely unnerved. The soon.to- be.aaWidow arrived at ,tits jail about 7;15 and was admitted to her hueband'l cell, Olre, Went.Jonee accompanied her, but did, not remain long, bidding Birchen a last gg oed-bye before leaving, Tho hue. band and wife were oloaely wetohed by kis gnnrd, Goo. Peery, There Were ileo the guard throughout ttleit lest balk to. gather, Mrs, Birchall remaining until one o'clock Friday morning. A short time after Mrs. Birohall's ad. mittanee to her husband's oell, the Rev. Mr, Wade, the prisoner's spiritual ad. vises, arrived. IIe was ushered into the oorridor and remained throughout the entire night, never leaving the prisoner until after his execution. Birchnll's collage friend, Mr, Leathern, and the Dean were the last to be with the doomed man in his cell, and both seemed to feel the mental strain more than slid the murderer. Prayer was fres. queutly indulged in for the soul so soon to take its Sight, Birohall finally joining in ; and when the Deputy Sheriff and the executioner arrived at the door of the condemned's cell and rapped lightly the three were upon their knees, Birchall re- peating the prayer which the Dean was making. They at once arose, and Birohell'a last obanee to use hie arms freely was soon gone. stns. ni0OueLL. After the unfortunate lady's return to her hotel, whither she was escorted from the jail by Arbher Leetham, wbo had had an interview with Birohall through the bars, she retired. Awakening at 7 o'clock she was given an opiate, and slept sound- ue%fi after the execution had taken place. Mr. Leathern said she was awake at 11 o'olook, and seamed to take the terrible affair very well THE 0L011105 HE NODE. Birohall's.coat and vest worn to his execution were the same as he was daily attired in during the trial. His troneora were of tweed, the pattern being a broad check of dark material. He wore patent leather boots. A white flannel shirt and black bow tie completed the outfit. Just above his breast pocket a spotted silk handkerchief was visible. The condemn- ed man's hair was neatly parted, and his moustache carefully curled. The hangman's clothes were the same as he wore at the Smith execution—blaok Prince Albert and light trousers. Mrs. Birchall passed a comfortable night Friday, and next morning was more composed than at any time since the exeoutton took plane. She still re. fuses to be interviewed by reporters. Mrs. Birobell and Mrs. West•Jones will remain in Woodstock for a week or two at tenet, as there are some business mat- ters which have to be attended to before they sail for England. It is stated that another effort will be made by Mrs. Birohall to get possession of the body, and that if she is successful it will be in- terred in the Church of England ceme- tery at Woodstock. I3ow. to Ship Eggs to Great Britain. In view of attempts being made on bhe part of Canadian exporters of eggs to open up trade with Great Britain, the following brief summary, prepared by the London (Eng.) oorreapondent of the Canadian Groner and Generel Store. keeper, Toronto and Montreal, will be of great value : LoxnoN, 111Na., bier. 8,1800. soait008 Or 500100. The trade here 15 eagerly competed for by the neighboring continental countries, such as France, Holland and Denmark, ovary facility in point of quick despatch and cheap freightage being given by the respective railway and steamship com- panies. In many cases the eggs get into oon- sumption within a week after leaving sources of supply, thus ensuring the pro- duce arriving in such a condition as to secure the full advantages of the market. In order to reduce laydown cost, every attention has been paid to economy in colleotion and cheapness of packing. Experience has shown suppliers the most pourable modes of working the business, combined with the reduobion to the lowest cost of outlay in placing on this market, in a good merchantable condition. OG\niiE1. As may be imagined, in a oonntry like our own, which gives but little attention to dairy outran, there is an extensive 1oope forforeige supplies. Supplies all find a ready demand, prides varying ma - cording to the condition of the trade. Competition serves to keep prions at a moderate level; the fact, also, that goods have all to be sold directly on arrival, bends to lower rates. Supplies so far have not overtakes de. mend, blit ciroumstanoes point to the fact that any largo influx of eggs would havo to be introduced with the greatest caution, and by those firms possessing it knowledge of the handling of bhe trade. PaIOE5, Those vary according to rho season of the year, but may roughly be said to vary on best selected qualities from 9s. to 100.; medium 7s. 61. bo 8a. Gd. Small parcels of Canadian, its a novelty, have found buyers as high as 10s. Od., but with regular supplies prices would soon Ana their own level. an51,00LE5 TO BUSINES0. These are chiefly due to the 110005001ily longer transit, as compared with Con. bimetal supplies. Whatever facilities of cheap end rapid freight transit ere pro. vided by those steamship lines anxious to pioneer the trade, the undoubted extra cost, which must of necessity be inourre l before 10914100 channels of outlet are found and rho trade shapes itself into a groove, would neoeaeiate that, the eggs 5honld be laid down here in an equally fresh condition as the boat Frelrb qual- ities, to insure them obtaining that aver- age level of price which we estimate would pay Canadian expoeters. The question, after all, turas on the blunt point, whether quality for quality, and pejo for price, Cauedian eggs ala allow equal, or better, value as compared with those supplies whtoh have so fax served this market so well. A further dillioulty would be found in the inexperi000e the Canadian shippers possess as to rho various dotails of seloe- tion and packing demanded by the trade here. These can only be acquired by expect. lanae which will have to be bought, and it will not be until shippers havo been able to grasp full details of 110 various requirements of our trade, that full market value can be obtained for their shipmonte. PA1EINO, That the requirements of this market are not understood is shown by the one or two sample abipmeets, either arriving in ingeniously constructed boxes, com- partmented, or in ordinary sized barrels, both packing being of far too expensive a character to compete with the more economical and, at the same time, more effective method adopted for bringing eggs to this market from the Continent, which is as follows :—Each Daae contains twelve long hundred (120)-1-1.10 eggs, banked between thin layers of straw. These cases aro further divided into halves by a double erose -wise partition, which allowe of the case being cut into halves on arrival—this method being found to ensure safer transit. Each half of the case contains 720 eggs, peaked in layers of about 180. OENE8AL P1108PE0115. Provided ehipmenta of supplies are controlled, and shippers generally avoid showing too great an anxiety to cultivate business, we have every reason to believe a trade can be effeotually worked up on a sound basis, It Is certain, however, that before establishing their business here, Canadian shippers will have to pay their footing and proceed very oautioasly in their competition against those other sup- pliers wbo possess a highly organized system for fighting fresh comers. Washington Letter. • (From our Regular Correspondent.) WAenrvsTON, Nov. 7, '00. The interest taken in Washington in the elections, which rose to fever haat Tuesday night, shows little. if any, signs of abatement. Trus, the 't xuberanoe of spirit had calmed down considerably, but there is an undercurrent of grat- ification and delight that manifests itself plainly enough wherever two or three Democrats are gathered together This feeling is not, however, displayed in noisy demonstrations. The victors demean themselves modestly, and are as a rule, not disposed to crow over their Repub- lican friends. Republicans are visibly oppressed. The terms "landslide,' "cy- clone," "tidal -wave," "revolution," are spoken by them in sepulchral tones. If there is a silver fringe to the universal black cloud that lines the Republican horizon the local followers of the g. o. p. seen unable to discern it. The victory of the Democrats is more widespread than the most sanguine mem- ber of that party oould have expoctsd. That most of the obief strongholds of the Republicans have been wrested from them and a Democratic majority in the popular house of Congreea of more than a hundred should heves been returned is a result ao sweeping that it cannot be fully grasped. It strains the mental faculties to 0onoeive of the lose, of such grates as Massaohuesetts, Michigan, Kan- sas, Wiaoonsin, not to speak of the great state of Pennsylvania. Nothing short of a popular upheaval could have taken them from the Republican column where they have been so long the chief reliance. Tho gains the Democrats have made in the Senate House. They had no chance in that body of getting a majority at this time and the situation was goner. ally regarded as such that they oould not hope for control there for a number of years. The gains they have made at this eleotion, however, give them some hopes that if they elect the President in '92 they may at the same time gain the Set - ate and gat ooutrol of the government. The Republican majority in the Senate during the short session of Congress will be fourteen, the new Senators to be ad- mitted from Idaho and Wyoming in- creasing the total membership to eighty. six. Hence in the Fifty.seoond Congress a gain of seven Senators by the Demo- crats would tie that body on political questions and give the Vioe-president the deciding vote, ' The mated for the Speakership of the next Reuse was a subject much dis- missed in Congregational oiroles at the close of the past %melon of Congress, when it was understood thea the Demo- crats would almoet certainly prevail. At that stage there tette considerable apeoulabiou as to 1115 control of the Farmer's Alliance would have in the organization of the House, on the seppos- ition that the Democratic majority would range betweee ton and thirty. Under the conditions that were expected to pre- vail, it was natural that the Southern candidates for Speaker wore regarded a0 having the advantage, bub the overwhelm. fug victory whioh gives the Democrats an unlookod for majority in the House, puts an entirely naw fano on the matter. As e faotor in the election of a Farmer's Allf. mice will not have the weight expected. In fact the members eleotiou by that or- ganization are a small minority compared with the great majority rho Democrats will have auybow. A.e the gains made by the Dsmoarats were mainly in the North, the Domoorats from that section will be es numerous as those from the South, en unprecedented state of affairs. So if the Speaksr5hil contest should bo made on Sectional .lines, the eandidatos from the Northern Statue would be at no disadvantage. It can be stated 011 the authority of a cabinet Dither that the President will not call an extra mission of Congress, The let of December 50m05 on Monday and Congress will meet in regular session ion Chet day. Thera is no argeloy demand - 111R an extra session, am nutted on the same authority, and the reasons that were potent in suggesting it several weeks ago, de not hold now. Only four weeks 110nuti1l before the regular session could hardly arrive hors lu time for a session if 0110 were galled. Those and other 120000015, it is claimed, heyo lad the Pres• ideut to the determination nob to Dell en extra 80581011. Now that the committees at political headquarters have stopped oondiug 001 e0ulpaign doatlments the thrlfy hoaeo- wives all over the land aro wondering where their next supply of kindling mat,' orial is to come from. It was very thoughtful in the Repub. thane to admit nix new states, The Democrats have taken posseselon of about alt the old ones. Cst,usLe iau Ne wee. Wallaooburg has 88 active firemen. Chicken thieves are operating exten- sively in the neighborhood of Welland, R. M. Wanzer & Co„ sewing machine and lamp manufacturers, of Hamilton, have called a meetingl, of their creditors. At a meeting of the traeteea of the Galt public schools, Chief Constable Ahern was appointed truant officer for the town. Rev. Wm. Patterson, for four years pastor of Cook's church, Toronto, has re- ceived into its membership during that time over 900 members. '(he young ladies of Galt and vicinity have lately organized a walking club with. about thirty members. The object is, of course, reareation and pleasure. John F, McKinley, one of Wayne county's newly.eleoted representative In Michigan State Legislators, is a son of Police Magistrate John P. McKinlay, of Ridgetown. Roland Jackson, the boy who lost a leg last spring, being ran over by a street car, has begun suite for $1,000 damages Kunst the Walkerville Eleotrio Rail- way Compan The protesty against the election of W. D. Balfour, as M. P. P. for South Essex, has not been filled, and as Wednesday last was the last day for filling papers the proceedings will be dropped. Owen Sound wants Tara to give a bonus of $10,000 to secure railway con- nection with the first named town. The leader says that Tara might give $8,000, butt the sum asked for, never. An enormous scarlet radish was grown this year by Chas. H. Fore, of Crow. land, It weighs six pounds and ten oz., and measures two feet two inches in length and twenty inches in circum- ference. John Bullock, Platteville, took out of his garden a few days ago a geranium, the like of which was perhaps never be- fore seen in Paris. It is over 8 feet high 5 feet broad and some of the leaves measure over 8 iuohoe in diameter. Robert Kenyon, lame and paralyzed, has been arrested at Comber charged with having stabbed Loughsed in the arm duringa quarrel over the mutilating of Kenyon's hat at a Salvation Army meet- ing of Sunday night. Lougheed's wound is not .dangerous. Wm. Muir, aged 9, and Curry Morrison 11 years old, of Windsor, have filled their boyish minds with dime novel trash to anal) an extent that they skipped out on Tuesday lamb in "search of Adventure," and every effort to find their whereabont has yet been of no avail, John Shannon, of Beat Zorra, arrested on the charge of shooting School Teacher Damm, was brought before the magis- trate Monday, and admitted to ball. He gave his own recognizance for $2,000 and two sureties—father and brother—$1,000 each. The ease was adjourned until the 29th inst. Rev. Dr. Carman, general superinten- dent, and Dr. Griffin, Stratford, leave on Mondey for Philadelphia to attend a meeting to make arrangements for the Ecumenical Council of the Methodists of the world to assemble in New York in October, 1891. The Council is the first held since the gathering in London in 1881. The Directors of tite West Wawanosh Fire Insurance Go. held their monthly meeting recently, and it is reported that owing to heavy losses this year the tax will be eight per cont. on the premium nota. The West Brace Co. have also met with very heavy tomes, and the tax will be in excess of the Wawanosh. Per- haps, next year both oompanies will be able to report a very small assessment. Rev. Wtn. W. Oarson, a well known Methodist prenoher, has been celled to take charge of Jefferson Avenue Presby- terian ah00011, Detroit, the loading con- gregation of that denomination in the oily of the striate. Mr. Carson's salary will be $6000 a year—a big jump from his present biome it! Kingston, which is less than $2000. The rev. gentleman has many friends in the west, he having been pastor in Hamilton and Woodstock. At Sundridge last wook while Patsy Higgins was engaged in hauling tiro wood, and on Doming to a mall hill, the tongue slipped through the ring of the yoke on the cattle, which sent the load down hill at a aonaidcrttble rate of speed, throwing the driver under. The front wheel passed over him, and be was naught by the hind wheel and shoved along the ground over roots and stumps for a eoa- skis able distance before the oxen stop- ped. The poor fellow died two hours atter the aooide)t. The following from a Toronto exchange indicates that the erase for notoriety is spreading into all walke of life ;—"Rev. J. E. Laneeley, of the MoCanl street Mebliodisb (thumb, has just completed ar. rlmgemeuta for a concert to be held in the clluroli at an early date, in which all the numbers will bo given by ministers, Several noted olerioal vocalists from a distance aro to appear, and the eervioes of a distinguished accompanist --a Pres- byterian minister --have also been se- cured, This will be an exceedingly uni. quo concert." The richest deposit of nickel yet found in the .Sndbery district have been dis- weered in the township of Craig. Tha ore is a mixture of nickel with copper sulphate and is valuable both on account of the copper and of the nickel. The ore is its rioli as those worked at Sudbury and the deposits are much more exten• sive. The facilities for )mining opera. tions are very good, as in the viulnity there is plenty of water power and rim• her for mining purposes and the location is only between two and three mi10e from the mein lino of the C. P. 11. The lode is auppoeed to be idontioal with that which rens nomas the magnificent niolcel property 001110li% by Prof. Fairclough, of Toronto, only a short distanoe further )vest. Alvineton is to have a new skating rink. Several valuable doge have been poison. ad at Essex lately. L'Ebeudard, the Ultramonteme organ at Ouobeo, has suapended its morning edition, Blenheim and Leamington have re. duoed the number of their oounoillors from three in each ward to two, L. Willson, Welland, had a Swedish turnip 31i inches in circumference. He can oleo dhow purple top turnips from 28 to 32 inches in oiroumferena. Roland Jamieson, tho boy who lost a leg last spring, being ran over by a street car, has began suit for $1,000 damages against the Walkerville Bleatrio Railway Company, The St. George oases are now disposed of, the moult being that the jury are held to have disagreed, and that a new trial will be necessary if the ease is not carried higher. Before the Montreal Superior Court on Saturday Mee. Kirby recovered $100 and costs from Edward Costello, a saloon keeper, who furnished liquor to Kirby after having been warned not to do so. Withinthe next six weeks there are to Le four murderers hanged in the two provinces of Ontario and Quebec. A. large Dumber, it is true in so short a time, but crimes always come in waves, These four unfortunates are ;—J. B. H. Morin, Montmagny jail, to be hanged on Friday, Nov. 21st, 1890 ; William W. Blanchard, Sherbrooke jail, to be hanged on Friday, Deo. 121b,1800; Arthur Hoyt Day, Welland jail, to be hanged on Thursday, Deo. 18th, 1890 ; Remi La- montagne, Sherbrooke jail, to be hanged. on Friday, Deo. 19th, 1890. During the past three months 80 0,000 Polish peasants and Jews are eabd to have left Russia for Brazil. The first English patient Buffering from toberoulosia has been eucoeesfully inoculated with Coob'a curative lymph. Kate Riordan, who shot the Ltev. F, J. Bright, M. A., master of University Col. lege, Oxford, has been oonvioted and sentenced to six years' imprisonment. Geo. Boulanger will spend the winter in Egypt, He returns to the Island of Jersey in the spring to take charge of the management of a daily newspaper which will be published in Paris. The result of the sculling contest on the Paramatta river at Sydney,N. S. W., Monday afternoon, furnishes a genuine surprise to the entire aquatic world. John McLean defeated Jas. Stansbury over the usual oourea of 3 miles 330 yards. From the moment the match was made the greatest interest was taken in ft, as a good deal depended on bhe result. McLean was anxious to row Peter Kemp, who defeated him once be- fore, bat Kemp declined to enter into further matches anal his raga with W. O'Connor in America in March next takes place. McLean therefore talked of claiming the title of champion of the world, and as Stansbury and Kemp be- long to the same "stable" this inatoh on the Paramatta was arranged to stop Mc• Lean's harangue. Now, although Peter Kemp was the acknowledged world's champion rower, it was generally oon- coded that Stansbury could oubrow Kemp, so that as McLean got away with Stansbury, McLean is, in the opinion of Australians, to all intents and purposes champion of the world. People We Know. Mrs. Graham's mother is visiting her. Postmaster Farrow was 111 Hamilton this week, E. Danford was in Toronto for a Atef days this week. Mrs. Carter, of Blyth, paid her parents a visit last week. R. L. Taylor visited Goderiob on business this week, Mies Ycuhill, of Winghem, was visit. ing this week ab W. J. Fairfield's. Wm. Laird', tonsorial artist, London, was in town for a few clays last week. Miss Annie McMartin has arrived home from a visit with relatives in El- mira. W. B. Dickson was in Goderiob for a couple of days last week on legal busi- ness. 1 • R. Henderson, of Chesterfield, was vieitieg his brotior•in-law, Geo. Cardio', this week. Albert Denny, who was visiting Isere for several weeks, bee returned to Ni- agara falls. W. A. MoEwan, of Toronto, formerly of Brussels, has gone to the Pacific) ooast on a prospecting tour, Allan MoNanghton, who has been laid up several weeks with inflammation, is able to get about again. Jno. McKay, of London, was i11 town this week endeavoring to establish an Independent Order of Foresters' Court. Miss Jane Dundas, who has been visit- ing, hex sister, Mrs. Wm. Kueolnlel jr., is seriously ill and ander the doator'a ears. Mr. and Mrs. Norman McKenzie and little Maud, of Teeswater, and Mos. Diok and daughter, of Pine River, were visiting Mrs. Dan. McKenzie last week. Last Sabbath afternoon C. Morton, of Montreal, addressed the Metbodisb Sab- bath school. He was spending Sunday with his old Maude, 1'. C. and Mrs. Rogers. 11fr. letorton is an enthusiastic worker in the church in Iiia own city. Martin Y. Farrow, eon of Postmaster Farrow, of this place, has given up farm. ing in Menitoha and has taken a situa- tion in a Winnipeg store. 1:to heal bad luck as a tiller of the soil losing his crops two seavons, We wish trim sac. toes in ]iia new avocation. Tho Winghsm Advance says; —Gideon Perris and Welter Soott, of Venoouvor, B. C. wore in town on Tuesday on their may to their former hone in Brunets. Porrie's big figure is almost as familiar in Vancoevor as that of the Mayor's, On the Pacific ooaet he is known as Camer- on, and there is none Who can compete with him in wrestling or other branches of ethlebioa. Scott 1s a brother to tho renowned Amine, and a better man. Ho also le capable of vanquishing the beet 0(0n e11 the mist lit his epoolaltiee. I1ltron'a athletes Oro legion,