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Volume 14.
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JAN. 7, 1887.
MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
GREY.
Bou esev8. Div. 1 2 3
Wm. Mi1na, , , . . .. 47 29 40
Thos. Straohuu, .. 87 52 98
1sT DEPCTY-11nuvu—Walter Oliver. (aoolamation,)
2nn nxro-nr•.avz.
l,ttward Bryans, , . ., .. 89 31 21 51 75 91 00-423
James McDonald, . , .. 44 42 106 43 11 13 59-818
000NWL.mt6.
4 5 6 7 --Total
55 117 106 74-468
48 8 21 60-374
Wm, Bishop....
Wm. Brown, „
Thomas Ennis, .. ..
Jtmob Keller, . ..
.. 06 60 52 89 23 10 20-270
.. 51 17 7 18 80 117 28-310
.. 38 26 67 57 88 27 71-819
9 6 8 22 1:4 0 33— 98
Daniel Robertson, .. .. 14 27 45 23 14 1 23--147
Jamas Slommon,.. .. 6 8 16 8 10 1 52-101
Tho Council for 1887 will bo as follows :—Reeve, Wm. Milne ; let and 2nd Deputy.
Reevoo, Walter Oliver and Edward Bryaus ; Commit/ors, Thos. Ennis and James
Brown.
BRUSSELS.
front nit5V5. Div. 1 2 3 Total
W. H. MaOraoken, 54 49 46-149
J. IIS. Young, 33 70 87-140
;Majority for Mcoraoken 0.
Fon 000000.0000.
John Arnold, 32 63 46-140
Geo. Booker, 48 68 42-153
R. Graham, 4f► 53 48-141
W. H. Kerr, 51 53 43-147
J. AT, McIntosh 44 48. 40-132
1'. Scott, 41 46 87-120
W. F. Vonstono, 34 64 82- 180
Jno. Wynn, 35 69 42-143
T1,3 Council for 1887 are as follows :—
Rem a, W, H. McCracken ; Councillors,
Backer, Kerr, Wynn and Graham,
PUBLIC 0011e01, T009TItx9.
Jas. Buyers, 27 47 36-110
G. A. Deadman, 17 31 85— 83
Juo. Grewar, (withdrew)
3.Iiargreavos, 40 68 87-145
)Rev. J. Boss, B. A., 37 46 51-134
W. Smith, 22 40 26— 87
F. S..,cott, 41 45 38-124
E. E. Wade, 85 41 88-109
Trustees fur 1887—Hargreaves, Ross
and Scott.
Bayfield—Reove, Pollock ; councillors,
Connor, Bailey, Woods and Wild.
Exeter —Reeve, Dr. Rollins ; Deputy,
W. 0. Bissott (both by acclamation);
Councillors, Jas. Pickard, T. B. Carling
and D. Johns.
Godorich—Mayor•, Chas, Seager: Reeve,
Fred. W. Johnston ; Deputy Reeve, M. G.
Cameron.
Guelph—Mayor,Lieutenant-Colons] A.
H. MacDonald.
iiomilton—Mayor. A1ox. McKay, by 3,-
145 majority, receiving 3.517 votoa against
Janice-O'Brien's 372.
.Kincardine—Reove, Dr. Martin.
Kingston—Mayor, Carson, 889 maj.
Listowel—Mayor, Wm. Hess ; Reeve,
T. E. Hays ; Deputy, R. \tonin, ; Conu-
ei'lorg, is B. Sarvie, A. W. Featherstone,
Jas. Vtenstouo, J. 0. Tray, Jacob Largo,
John Binnington, Bobt. Woods, Samuel
Bricker anp W. Mitchell.
Mitchell—Mayor, Jas. Dougherty ;
Rooth, H. 3.• Hurlbut ; Deputy, T. S.
Ford.
Ottawa—Mayor, McLeod Stewart, 386
maj
Palleerston—Mayor, R. Jobuston ;
Reeve, R. Shields ; Deputy, J. Millar,
St. Catheriue's—Mayor, J. E. Duff.
Seaforth—Reeve. D. D. Wilson ; Deputy
Reeve, F. Strong. 'i1`s.ab•azt Count's, Noteri.
Stratford—Mayor, 0. J. McGregor
Council, Jno. Gibson, Ai. Hyde, George
Larkwortby, T. J. Irving, H. J. Xi/motion,
R. Myers, Jas Bonrock, J. Rigg, J. D.
Hamilton and W. H. I'reohorary (a tie),
John Brown, D. Sorimgoour, Vaustouo,
Wm. Davidson, Don H. MoLarty.
Teeswater—Reeve, Fairbairn.
Toronto—Mayer Howland hes been re.
elected by tno vary large majority of 2,-
277.
Wingham—Mayo', H. W. C. Moyer
(acclamation) ; Reeve, W. Scott ; Deputy
Reeve, R. McIdoo.
TUB QUI:fs'ti', JUBILEE.
Club gossip is very busy et present
with what is to be donne and what is to. be
Left undone during the Jubilee year. A
very fruitful subject of discussion is tho
bestottal of titles, and rumors of all kinds
prevail clubdon in Pall Mall end St.
Ames street, London, England, and fill
the air of fashionable Belgravia drawing
rooms. These rumors may be taken for
whet they aro worth, but 9orne of them
aro fntarenting. It is said efforts are bo.
ing mode to confine the list of honors to
two thousand names, of which eight hun-
dred belong to offloers of the army and
navy, The colonies and India will bo
liberally provided with honors and titles.
Inside official ci• oleo here it is generally
understood that Lieut. -Gen. Lord Rue.
gel, commander of the British forces in
North America, will bo advanced in rank
and probably be made a G. C. ; Vico.
Admiral Lyous, commanding the North
American and West Indian squadron,
who is only plain "Mr." will be created a
"Sir." This is the first time in the hist-
ory of the colony that an untitled officer
has commanded the fleet. Sir John Mac-
donald, the Canadian Premier, who now
wears the highest honors ever conferrer)
on a colonist, and is a member of the Inn-,
period Privy Council, will doubtless be
created a p•er of the realm, with the ap-
propriate title of Earl of Ottawa. Bir
Charles Tupper, Canadian High Com-
miesioner to England, will be advanced
to the Grand Companionship of the Bath
and made a Privy Councillor of the Em-
pire. Sandford Fleming, the first thief
Engineer of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way, and tho originator of the twenty-
four -hour system and of the project just
launched for laying cables from British
Columbia to Australia and Japan, who
is now a Oompaniun of the Bath, will be
matte a Koight Commandos. It is also
regarded as a certainty that the origin-
ators of the Canadian Confederation now
living, the members of the Dominion Ceb-
incb, the Lieut, -Governors and Premiers
and chief justices of the various provinces
will also be huightsd, or, where thus hon-
ored now, will be advanced in rank. .The
honor of Knighthood will doubtless be of-
feiedto Hon. Edward Blake, leader of
the Liberal party in Canada,
Pe's•it)a Cssanrat`e Notts at.
At St. Marys 28 out of 52 candidates
have previously pawed tho Hight School
entrance examination.
Mitchell papers to hand give fuller in.
formation regarding the terrible eooident
w' ich occurred near that town last Sat-
urday aftornoon. About throe o'clock the
whole community was shocked with the
tidings from the northward that a double
tragedy had been onacted,resulting inthe
death of an old couple, Mr. and Mre.Dew.
It appears that Mr. Daw was out in the
barnyard looking after the cattle when a
bull, about ono and a half yams old, at.
booked him, and before anyone had any
knowledge of the fact the poor old
gentleman was gorged in a terrible man-
ner. Elis ribs were all broken in ono
shoulder and arm broken, and his face
and head fearfully bruited. Re was still
alive when found ; the hull had spent his
rage upon his helpless victim, and loft
hint a mangled mass of humanity with
just life enough to gvoan. A neighbor
woman, Mrs. Fitzgerald, first discovered
the unfortunate man and called his aged
wife, Mrs, Daw, out of the house. On
seeing her husband's mangled form lying
On the ground, she exclaimed, "Oh, my
poov old man 1" and fell over against Mrs.
Fitzgerald and expired in a few minutes.
The neighbors were aroused and medioai
• aid called, but by the time the doctors am
rived both husband and wife woro dead.
Of the deceased wo can only say they
were a kindly old couple, frugal and in-
dustrious, and they leave a grown-up fam-
ily all respooted and well to-do. The
funeral took plass on Tuesday afteruoon,
All the members of the Elmo' Connoil,
namely, T. J. Knox, Reeve ; W. Loch -
head, Deputy -reeve, and S. 8. Bothwell,
Geo, llichnlon1 NMI'. Pelton, Council]•
' Ors, woro returned by aoolamation.
Alex, Martin end Samuel Gamble eat 4
cords of 22ht. /lord maple wood on the
farm of Win, Jo metros, lot 5, con, 11
Marnington, in balf a day with -a cross• very largo attendance of relatives acct
sot sate, friends.
There is a well-to-do farmer in Tuck-
ers,nith, nearly 70 years of ago, who has
never yet boon on a railway train, not-
withstanding the fact that oars have pass-
ed within a quarter of a mile of bis farm
for years.
One day lately four grade cattle, be-
longing to H. Snell & Sons, Hallett, got
Out of tho yard and ran down the conces-
sion as far as the railway traolc, whioh
they attempted to cross just as the freight
train came along. Three out of the fuuir
were killed.
Ralph Ksddy, of the 8rd concession of
ilsborne, killed a calf nine menthe old,
whiohwsighed 505 lbs,, when dressed. He
sold it to R. Davis, of Exeter, for Christ.
mos veal. It was a Durham grade, and
is a fair sample of Mr. Koddy's excellent
stock of oattle.
A large and influential meeting of the
ratepayers of Exeter was hold there on
the 81th ult., for the purpose of taking
steps to secure a branch of the 0. P, It.
from Woodsbnok to Goderich vi, 'Exeter.
Edward Chandler, of Stratford, while
walking through oto of the rooms of his
house some time ago, ran his foot pretty
forcibly against a sharp substance, whioh
paused a stinging sof ition but no more
was thought of it until the foot began to
swell and inflame. Dr. Roberts was sub.
sequently called, made two incisions and
throw forth a largo -sized noodle.
The returns of convictions for the Police
Courts and Magistrates' Courts for the
comity of Huron, for the quarter eliding
Deo. 14th, number 57 five are for violation
of bhp Canada Temporange Act, while
thoremaindorembrace the various charges
punishable. Assault oasts being unusually
numerous. The return is somewhat small-
er than that of last quarter but is slightly
larger than usual.
Tho Goclerioli Signal says :—Stophou
Yates, ono of the oldest and moat respeob=
ed settlore in Huron, died in Now York
last week. He had been half a century
in the county, and for half that time tools
an active part in temperance matters.
He was lioonse inspector for the riding of
West I3nron for 11 years, and was ono of
the most eflioient offiosrs in the province.
Ho was an active Christian, and a local
preashsr it the Methodist ohurph. His A Kingston telegram says : James
romain5 arrived in Godorich on Christmas Hickey and Misses Rugoy and O'Brien,
day, mod wen interred in Maitland eon- whilo 5ltalind near Garden Teland, bronco
story on Monday afternoon, Rev. Mr, through the 100. Miss Rugoy nanagod to
Turk officiating. Thiomembers 0f Malt. draw herself out o11 the ice, ,wilou she int,
land Lodge No. 83, A. IP. & 4 M„ to inodfatoly began the rescue of her soon -
which d000asod belonged, were in attend- potionsTairing off her cloud sho throw
duce, the W. M., 33ro. C. A. Hunter, road• it to Mies O'Brien, who soizoct it and lv t5
ing bite Ilasozio burial service ab bhp demon out. By this time Mr. Hiok5y
house and at tho grave. There was it was nearly exhausted, and in the nicht of
time the cloud was thrown to him and he
was with difficulty pulled old oft the 100.
•
Two Miles a Minute.
In order to understand the cause of the
occident at Kinking Horse pass recently
it le necessary to learn the nature of the
country and the rallwny traolc at this
place, Station Fields is at the bottom of
the Kicking Horse Pass grade. The traolc
hero mammas the mountains from the
west in a grade of four and a half foot to
the hundred for eight miles. Hector
Station is situated at the top ogbh° grade.
The steepest part of the road is about two
miles from the top. Here the grads is an
inch to a foot. The precautions taken in
going up the mountains are as follows :
Each train has two engines, a email one
going before and a largo one behind. Tho
large engine behind prevents any car bo.
coming detached and rushing down the
mountain side. As e. farther precaution
there aro in the steepest part of the road,
two miles apart, safety switches, which
elope gradually up iu the opposite direc-
tion. Mr. Tillie left Asboroft station,
whioh, is in the centro of British Colom-
bia, on Wednesday morning at 1 o'clock.
They made Nicking Hors Pass that night
about 9 o'olook, after passing througha
heavy snow storm, which made it hard
work to got through. In consequence the
engineer ran 'short of goal and water. As.
oordingly the cars were left upon the sec-
ond safety switch while the two engines,
the little one for the front and the big
ono for the rear, went back six miles to
coal up. There were four oars in rho lot,
a Pullman, a first-class car, a second-
class oar and a baggage oar. Tho occu-
pants were left on the switch till 4 o'clock
the next morning, while thothermometer
was 33 ° below zero. Ab ,nt 4 o'clock a.
to. the two engines came back with an.
other small engine and the three hitohed
on and pulled the Pullman and the first.
olass car up to the top of the mountain,
the large engine being behind to prevent
accidents. After a while the big engine
oame back alone for the other two cars,
hitched on and they began the ascent.
All went safely till they reached bhp first
mile post from the top, passing the steep-
est part of the grade. Here the ooupling
apo maths connecting the engine and bag.
gage car became affooted by tho intense
cold and frost, snapped in two, the two
cars broke loose and went tearing down
the mountain nide, the second-class oar
followed by the baggage car. "It wont
through us like an electric shook," said
Mr. Tillie. "Whoa .ve felt ourselves de-
tached and beginning our wild run down-
ward oath turned pole."
"How many were there in the oar 7"
"About twenty."
"Any women ?"
"No. A11 men. ifon who had dared
all kinds of perils in bhp wilds of British
Columbia. Emil thought his hour had
comic. Not ono expected to escape, The
conductor and brakeman in a second were
at the brakes, but mofortunately for us
the air brakes wore frozen stiff and the
other brakes would not catch. It is im-
possible to describe the soon. The o
was hardly time to realize the •awfulness
of the danger whioh threatened us. Fear
seemed to freeze every pulse. There was
not a single cry or shout or any expression
of emotion. The pato was terrifio. It was
liko aflaslo of lightning, I can compare
it to nothing else. One or two tried to
rise, but the speed was so groat that they
could not stir out off their sorts. They
seemed drawn to the seats as a piece of
steel to a huge magnet. Only one voice
was heard to whisper in a to. a of resolute
despair, "hang on," and each clung to his
seat as a drowning man clings to a straw.
Tho care were swaying from side to side
with a motion whioh felt like that of a
cradle. It seemed an ago. but it was in
reality not more than one minute, from
the time that the cars broke loose till
they reaohod the switch upon which we
had lain ail night. Two miles in one
minute! When wo reached the switoh it
was half closed by bhp snow. Our oar
ran off on -the swiloh, bus the baggage car
kept right on the train line. There was
a "oraok 1" we felt. ourself in mid -ale. and
then we were lying stunned and wounded
]u a mass of debris at the bottom of the
hill amoug the rooks and stnnops. It was
not yob daylight, and the darkness added
to the horrors of our condition'. Tho oar
was smashed to atoms. I found, after
crawling from sudor the rules, ,that my
right log was seriously injured, being
twisted at the knee, I was otherwise un-
hurt. Out of the twenty oomehalf-dozen
crawled out with a little or no injury.
The rest were hurt more or less, but the
escape was a miracle. No limbs woro
broken. Oue man was thrown with suoh
fo'eo that his bead went clean through a
stump, 150 died before we reached Od-
gers. Another died of injury to his spine.
One man had his right eye knocked into
hie ear. lis is alive yet. Wo' got bhotn
out and took than over to the baggage
car, whioh had gone only a short way on
the main track after leaving us, Tho
engine oame book in half an hoar, but
ie'
dnot e.tton b to talo us u 0. It lon
t ft 1
s
and )vont to the atalionfor 1lelli, It was
four orlivo hours tote, and dating that
time we were intho baggage oar doing
our boat to keep the injured once from
freezing to death.'?
Rev. W. McDonough preached a rous-
ing 00r01o0 on "Religion and Politics," in
the Mothoflisb Church, Front street,
Strathroy, on Sunday evening,
Number 26.
COMMUNICATIONS,
A Vile Slander.
To the Editor of Toa Polo.
Sm.—At the polling booth, when tend•
oring my vote, last Monday, scrutineers S,
Laird and R. Watson said they were in.
Much anxiety is gauged by the Queen's
health, which is not good.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira D. Sankey have just
returned from Europe:
Russia has decided to make a abort out
by canal from the Black Sea to the Sea
of Azov.
Henry M. Stanley will reaeixe the free.
strutted to swear me on a charge of lamb. dem of the City' of London on the 18th
pry and insisted upon administering the inst.
oath. I have to say in this matter, for thirty-seven persons were killed Tues.
the benefit of all concerned and to Blear day by an explosion in a coal pit in 1301 -
myself of such a foul slander, that I ginm.
never offered or was offered, or ever Mr. Gladstone has declined to express
countenanced any such work, and I defy an opinion on the plan of campaign fu
Irelsnd.
The revenue of Great Britain for the
past year shows an increase of over 1116,-
250,000,
The Daily Tombstone, of Tombstone,
Arizona, has boon absorbed by The Daily
Epitaph, of the same place.
Spain threatens to pub a high duty of
United States goods if Congress remote
the oommeroial treaty.
The orange crop of Louisiana is less
than ono tenth of the average. The re
will be none for shipment north.
Returns from Victoria show that the
yield of gold in that colony during the
past year was 130,000 ounces under that
of 1885.
A deputation of the Viceroy's Donegal
tenants will shortly proceed to Dublin
and pray for a reduction of 80 per cent.
in their rents. •
Mr. O'Brien Lias began an action for
£6,000 damages against the Dublin Ex-
press for libel in having moused . him of
being a swindler and an infidel.
Two thousand extra man were employ-
ed in the Berlin Post Office for the new
year delivery. The numb •r of letters de-
livered were over 6,000,000.
Lord Dufferin, Governor-General of
India, replying to an address presented
by the Indian Association, di approving
the request that the Government organize
a native volunteer corps.
Emperor William on Saturday celebrat-
ed the 80th anniversary of his entrance
into the Prussian army by receiving all
his commanding generals, headed by
Crown Prince Frederick William.
An aged colored woman at Howell,
Mich., who had gradually been turning
white for some years, had just completed
tho process of g„tting rid of all traces of
her negro anee3bry, when she quietly ex-
pired.
A system of graduated taxation has
bean adopted in Switzerland, wniah di-
vides property into classes, and the t•.x
increases itceardiug to the amount owned,
'those holding large possessions paying
high rates.
W. P. Richardson, proprietor of the
Reepls's voice, a newspaper published at
Towson, Baltimore county Md., was on
Tuesday sentenced to two years' im-
prisonment and fined 8500, for libelling
Judge Fowler.
A boy in Kentucky moonily swallowed
16 cants in pennies and 3 -Dont pieces and
felt no evil effeots therefrom. Such a
rem•orkable digestive organization might
possibly find itself mora than a match for
a railroad restaurant doughnut.
A Wisconsin farmer revenged himself
on his uoighbor by throwing ten pounds
for anything said i t y of Epson salts fttto his well. As soon as
Ty elector to prove to the oontrarv. To
dicer mo of such a despicable pi000 of
scandal I aslc them to either produce their
evidence of it or honorably acquit me of
this charge. Yours, &o.,
Tues. FL0T0IIzn,
Brussels, Jan. 4th, 1887.
T5 fP 1'itUE 3
To the Rditer of Tars Posm.
Doors Sm.—I was a little surprised on
election day to Bear that our old and
worthy townsman, Thos. Fletcher, had
been sworn on what was stated to have
been an offer to bribe some voter by the
offer of $5.00. Mr. Fletcher took the oath
and disclaimed any knowledge whatever
of any such oontsmptable conduct. It
000urrred tome that it was strange for
a body of men to decide to pursue this
course, unless certain of the proof, when
they, on the some night that this naso
was discussed, had an interview with Jas,
Buyers, a candidate for the School Board,
and offered him, so report says, 60 votes
if he would vote their ticket. I would
like to hear some explanation of this.
Was that bribery ? Is the report true ?
Did Mr. Buyers make them any pledge ?
I would like some ono to throw eolne light
on this matter as at present it far sur-
passes the piny attempts to 0051 reHeo-
tion on Mr. Fletcher. Yours truly,
Jen. 7, '87. F.tm PLAY.
CARD OF 'l'RAiNNS.
To the Ildltur of Tour POST.
Duan Sm.—Please allow me a small
space in your paper to express any thanks
for the large veto and hearty support re.
ceivod as a caudidato for School Trustee,
at the recent election. Though defeated
by a few votes, I feel honored by the large
veto I got and take this opportunity of
thanking every voter who voted for rne.
As is generally the case, some voted for
me that I did not expect, and I am sorry
to say some voted against me that' think
ought to have supported me. However, I
do not find fault with anyone for voting
against me, and do not feel unfriendly to-
ward any who saw fit to do so. I have
endeavored all through bh000utestto take
a straight -forward, honest course and
avoid as much as possible saying or doing
anything that might give offence to my
opponents and I am very glad to say that
with one or two exceptions such has been
the result, and in these oases I hope the
parties oonoernocl will take the most fav-
orable view of the case, and now, when
the battle is over, allow any little un.
pleasantness to drop, I forgive everyone
o doneagainst me and
am sorry that anyone should have rea-
son to. be offended at me. Thanking you,
Mr. Editor, for this space, I again thank
the electors for the support given me and
trust that the Ooutwit and Trustees elect-
ed will do the'best they can for the inter-
ests of all concerned.
I remain, yours truly,
SAXES Bcrzns.
Brussels, Jan. 5, 1887.
a,t-eaaerttl Newts.
The Czar of Russia is said to be drunk
nearly all the time, and in a condition
bordering on delirium tremens.
Cholera is officially declared to ho ex-
tinot in Hungary, the total number of
04005 111 Perth being 966, of whioh 499
were fatal.
John C. Mann, of Minneapolis, on the
night of Jan. 2 completed tho teak of eat-
ing 30 quails in 30 days, at the rate of one
quail daily, which project was undertaken
by Mann op a wager of 54,000. Only
three other suoceoeftti attempts of the
kind are rsoorded.
Mrs. John 0. Millar, of Keytosvflle,
Mo., has a ship biscuit which, it is said,
was brought from England in 1630, and
whioh has boon handed down from gener-
ation to generation. It is kept in a glass
bottle and is as hard as a boarding-house
roll.
The claim of the Egyptian Goveroment
to lancls in )Egypt, owned by Ismali Pasha
tete former Khedive, has boon rejected by
the court, which has ordered the lands to
be surrendered into tho custody of
Israeli's agent,
Since iticakedout that Henry M. Stan -
toy receives $20,000 a year from thio King
of the Belgians, his prompt utbandoumsnt
of an American looturo torr to obey the
9umt0005 of his royal master hoe not
caused so much comment.
A committee has been organized with
the view of raising a fund for a women's
and girls' offering to Queen Viotoria, in
honor of ting fiftieth year of her reign.
Dona -tines of from ono pettily to 41 will
he received. The Queen) will decide the
nature of the offering.
Germany is now making artificial loath.
or. Pieoes of loather aro washed, out,
boiled in alkaline lye, torn, neutralized
with hybroehionge aoiil, and washed once
more to remove all traces of acid. To
this is adclocl5 to 10 per oent. of sinews,
whioh are treated similiarly, and steam-
ed in an acid bath until they aro 'sonle-
what liko glue: The materials aro then
mixed, /noosed into sheets, moistened on
both sides with a concentrated solution of.
alum, and the tipper surface receives is
thin coat of caoutoltnno in sohotion ' with
carbon bisulphide.
the water began to taste the report went
out that it was e. mineral well, and a doz-
en people rushed to buy the farm.
' A Virginia Justice of the Peaoe has
fined a fisherman 57 for contending in
open court that the moon had anything
to do with the ebb and flow of the tides.
His Honor couldn't find it in the statutes
and ha didn't propose to bo bluffed.
Judge Daniels, of the general term of
the Supreme Court, New York, holds
that combinations to keep articles of food
or other n••eessities of the market with
the view of getting a higher prion forit,
aro unlawful conspiracies, punishable as
a grime.
Mr. iladstone, Cardinal Manning, the
Earl of Selborne, the Duke of Westminst-
er, Canon Farrar, Prof. Tyndall, the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury and others have
signed an appeal to the press not to pub-
lish the details of divorce and criminal
trials.
Tho Queen of Greoco takes her airings
in a carriage for whioh she paid 55,000.
It was built for the triumphal entry of
the Comte ole Chambord iuto Paris,
whioh never took plats, owing to the
circumstances over whioh the Comte had
no control.
A horrible tragedy occurred in the Zoo-
logical Gardone, Paris, on Saturday. As
one of the keepers was swooping out the
hippopotamus' cages a hippopotamus
thrust his ugly head through the gate,
grabbed the unhappy man by the throat,
Mid iufiilatecl such s dreadful wound upon
hien that soots after he died in great ag.
ony.
A4 8 o'clock on the °Wining of January
1, the fast express bound oast under high
speed struck a sled oontaining twenty
young people who were crossing the traolc
of tho Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago
railway, two milds east of Fort Wayne,
en route to n oountry residence for the
parppase of attending a dame, Mrs. Liz-
zie Lappet, aged 23, and Miss Tina Min-
ecker, aged 17, were instantly killed ; Miss
Lottie Lis had her right arm broken ;
Mies Lizzie Nanning, robs broken ; Miss
Lena Haight, arm broken ; Miss Em,pa
Shuler, log broken ; Miss Gusto Heine,
back badly injured ; Miss Lizzie Weilke
and Miss Belle Bishop, badly bruised
and suffering from nervous prostration.
!Maputo,' was being driven by Byron
Wosbrumb,'who saw the train approach-
ing rapidly and was implored by the
gentlemen to stop, but did not heed them.
The gentleman jumped out, but the Iscl-
ios did not emceed tit doing this until too
late. The scone just atter the accident
oats heart-rending. A relief brain was
promptly sett to the steno with a corps
of surgeons, and the dead and wont dad
Properly cared for.
Michael Davitt was married to Mies
Mamie Yore, in Oakland, Cal„ Thursday
morning.
The fire in tho Odestalohi Palma at
Rome paused damage to the amount of
41,000,000.
Coe Australian farmer has allot, trap-
ped and poisoned 13,000 rabbit's in the
last year.
Mr. Forwood, C tnservntive member of
Parliament, estimates the natal oublayin
1880.7 at 413,250,000.
The Spanish Government will ask for
moans to build forts along the Mediter-
roan coast dad at Cadiz.
Tbo toboggan slide in Fond du Lae,
Wis., descends between an ru.dertakerie
shop and a marb.e cutter's yard.
Senator '5tanford is said to have spent
fully 610,04) in purchasing Christmas
preeents for the poor of Washington.
Gorman Government organs deny that
any spscia' Russo -German alliance direct-
ed against Au trio has been formed.
Ring Kalakana, of the Hawatian Islands
has gambled away 547,000 d, posited by
poor people in the Foetal Savings' Bank.
The Ssgicaw, Much., River mills have
ant during' the 800,000,00,1 feet of lumber,
227,000,000 shingles and 100,000,000 lath.
It rumored in London that in honor of
the Queen's jubilee. Sir John Maodonald
will be raised to the peerage under the
title of the Earl of Ottawa.
Eight of the principal iron bridge build-
ing companies of the oountry—represent.
ing about $100,000,0'10—have formed a
'combination for their common welfare.
A Brussels cablegram says :—Thirty
miners wore imprisoned by an explosion
on Tuo-day in a coal pit at Lone. Six of
the number have so far boon taken out
dead.
Minister Wast has informed the Impar.
ial Governmentthathe has received coon.
mtnioations from Canada favorable to the
resumption of fishery negotiations with
the United States.
Mark Twain is now said to he worth
51,500,000. Twenty years sdo, on a sal-
ary of $25 a wook, he was edrting the Dai-
ly Dramatic Review in San Francisco, a
theatrical program printed for free dis-
tribution by the De Young Brothers, who
now run the San Francisco Chroniols.
A; oho same time •fret Harts was writing
"condensed novels" for the Golden Era at
the munificent o.mpensation of 55 per
column.
6
'smut norm Newts,
Archbishop Taohe is ill in the hospital
at St. Boniface, Man.
A Montreal man engaged a carter to
drive him around town, and expired in
his sleigh while proceeding along 'Notre
Dame street.
aunday night was the coldest of the
present winter at Ottawa, the thermomet-
er going as low as thirty-three degrees
below zero.
Ten business houses were burned Sun-
day at Portage La Prairie, Man. The
total loso is 525,000, partly covered by in -
nuance.
Rev. J. W. A. Stewart, of the James
Street Baptist Churoh, Hamilton, has re-
eeivod a gall to the First Churoh, Roches-
ter, N. Y., and may go.
About forty artillerists, members of
various volunteer batteries in the Prov-
ince, have arrived at Kingstown to take
a short course at the Sahooi of Gunnery.
The Douglas Methodist Church on St.
Catharine street west, Montreal, was
.broken into Tuesday night and a silver
candlestick, a table cover, 80 yards of
carpet and other articles stolen.
Base ball clubs for 1887 :—Toronto—J.
S, Faatz, 0, H. Cushman, (manager), 3'.
McKinley, W. F. Traffiey, P. G. Gilman,
T. Kearns, M. J. Slattery, A. P. Alberts,
E. N. Docker, D. Conuore, lames Mo.
Cormiok, John A. Davis. Hamilton—
Marr Phillips, Peter P. Wood,. J. S.
iloore, J. 7l.:tainey, W. S. Wright, M.
R. Mansell, J. G. Smith, James Patter -
eon, J. A. Smith, J. Knight, W. Hellman,
Mike Jonas.
.3. few clays ago a family named Mas.
qua.rosidiugiu the township of Hagerty,
oonsisting of the mother and throe ohild-
sen, retired to their bed, which was plaa.
od beside the stove. Some flax hanging
above the stove by some 00000 caught
fire, the sparks falling ignited the bedding,
and,sprcading rapidly, soon enveloped
the building. Two of the children woro
burned to death, while the mother and
the other child had a narrow escape for
their lives. Both received many eovore
burns.
On New Year's day a young man nam.
ed Oharlas Webster, of St. Catharines,
started off into the woods in company
with some other lads to shoot squirrels.
Ono of them had a loaded gun, and while
engaged, for sone purpose, in knocking
the butt of the gun agaiusb a tree tho
weapon exploded, and the obarge of shot
entered the side and abdomen of Webster,
who was standing about twenty feet dis.
tont. He was conveyed to the hospital
and his injuries attended to.
It was at
first thought his injuries would prove
fatal, but he is somewhat bettor and may
now recover.
While Joseph Cottringer, Pullman oar
conductor, was =aging the railway Sus.
pension Bridge at about 5:30 Monday
morning he noticed a mall, dressed in a
dark snit, with overcoat, stop up on the
foot passenger walk, from a carriage,
drive about the centro of the bridge, about
15 yards in front of ]nim, and climb
through the iron braces and uprights on
thin whirlpool side of the bridge and leap
off tine bridge into the river below, a fall
of 195 feet. Mr. Cobtringor rushed up to
prevent him, but could goo nothing of the
man on account of it being dusk, but
plainly board the splash as the unfortun-
ate man strut& the water. No traces can
he found of who he was, and probably
hover will, as bodice of tuieideo from this
iloboot aro stover found. •