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Volume 14. BRUSSELS,
lloWlek Muni. OD alMLIN1CATION.
Tha above Insurance Company mot in
Dene'a Hall, Gorrio, on March 26th.
Month= all present. 42 applications
wero passed amounting to $116,775,
Agonts were appointed to anted all back
nesesamonte now duo. No insets report-
od for the post mouth. They meet again
on the 30th inst.
Plobitit'eaelid Dhomlimill
Tho following antic translation of
tioott's well-known pibroch was written
by the lam Donald Gordon, a native of
Abornathy, Strathimey, who woe for some
time post-runnor between Grantowit and
Po res. R may be remarked that Cam-
aro'. of Loolnel s natronimic is "D”m-
1=11 Bubb," and *Mahe etirriug air of
thio pibroch is Sondes rutorcit
Piob'raolulDhonthnuill Duibh, piob'rachd
Dhomhnuill,
Duisg do ghuth borb at ur, gairin Otani".
nam Morbhetten.
eisilibh an t-or-
dugh
Thigibh 'u 'ur cathmidheam,ceatheirne's
rnordheoin'.
Than bho geoll glertunan gaoh monndh is
(gorbheann.
Tha pitiob•mhor 's blnataoh air fetich'
1 obhir-Loohnidli.
fo'r bhroacan gaoh oridh lior go
sonndani.
Goch ernaiclh-lann, is Iamb= Woe laid.
ir gwn
Fag gun binutchaill a' ghreigh, na traidan
gen fliasgedh,
Fag gun adhltto nem mairbh, bean-na-
bins nig an altair,
Fogy= fiadb, 's an tog -diem'', retch
lion ague beta I
Thigibh le 'ur gaoh claidhea-
mh•mor 's targaid,
Thigibh mar ghaoitli thig, 'n oar router
on, oointertn.
Thigibh mar thuinn 'n uair bhios feachd
m-
ar& claoidhte.
Grettnibh, is tiugannibh, thigibh tine
Ituddhe,
Gael trachdarem, inshdhodstu, tighoarnah
tontenach.
Nadi loath int a' noun% trach fain Midi a
elnandhail.
'MI new In tsg Ito fhir-oun, 'o 1 measgt
to Leitch cronbearg,
Tilgibh retch braes= gull biodh an
ordugh.
Mobaireaohd Duibli triall
than na conthraig.
PROPOSED 31 EW COUNTIE.".
A session of the Ontario Legislature
wool(' bo incomploto if the Premier wero
Rot waited upon by the advocates of va.
nous =mum for the erection of a now
county in the distriot now comp000d of
Simone, Grey, Huron, Perth and Welling-
ton. There appears to bo a need of n new
county somewhere in this district, and
all the deputations usually maim out good
cases Inc their alterations in the mortis
phy of Ontario. Indeed the Attorney-
Genoral always doolares that he is ember.
reseed by the ability of tho applicants in
arguing Inc their favorite counties. The
proposals put in and the advocates thoro-
of are given.
A. county composed of tho southern
part of the present County of Groy, with
Durham for tho county town—J. Mo-
ffat:hole, Rene, and H. Mockler, ex -
Mayor of Durham.
A county composed of Lho north poet
of Simon and it portion Of Groy, with
Collingwood as the &many town—J. Net-
tle. on, Mayor of Gillingwooa, and W. N.
Carmine, Councillor.
A county composed of tho northorn
portion of Wellington, with s part of Dd.
forin, with Arthur as the comity town ;
W. F. Johnston, Reeve of Arthur, J. S.
liowinn,n, J. Hudson, W. H. Drummond.
A. county with Mount Forest nt tho
entre and. cotinty town ; J. A.. Halstead,
W. Colciough and W. 11.lifingstop.
A county with Listowel as tho county
LOW11 J. W. Scott and P. C. Hay, W. S.
Johnston, ex -Warden of Bruce, accompa.
tied tho deputation.
The various sohomee having boen ex-
plained, tho Attaincy-General said that
Um Government did not intond, by any
1 ogieiation to be introduero this session, to
mune any county town. They were now
framing it bill with the object of giving
the prople in the district avoice 111 the
matter to a larger extont then had evor
been dono beforo. Tho bill would not fix
the limits of the new county. •
Tho deputations withdrew, apparently
woll rotislied. with Mr. lllowat's reply.
jonoas (Con.) is elected Inc Gaspe.
Tho consolidated debt of the Province
(if Quebec is 618,165,018, which, with the
notable dobt claimed by 7Ir. Meroior to
amount to 0,698,000, makes a total prov-
incial indobtodnoss of 62,1,848,018,
The Monetary Tinos goys t But it can-
not bo denied that, on the wholo, Ontario
is, in 0 financial point of view, a model
province, and ono whioh other provinces
might, if evon remotely, imitate with ad.
vantage. • If a perpetual surplutt has in
it something abnormal, at least it tells of
pradonoe, and has for its bans an un-
broken career of good management.
A. mass mooting of the citizens of Lon-
don held in the city hall recently, endor-
eod the new Western Fait project. The
mayor showed that the sale of the old.
Would leave an available food
of abOut $96,000, which would tneet time
coat of now buildings, pay off the inort-
gago on Queen's Park, where the fait is
proposed to be hold, and leave e good
balanoo of onli on hand. A motion oall
ing on the Connell to prom(' lIb Onao
With the erection of the imuildingttwM
Oerried =Ominously,
A Word About "The Post.
To the la altar of Tire POST.
DIMS gni. --Allow me to eocond tho
suggestion of "Ingniror" in question 0,
in you int welt e issuo, cs to the sub-
stitntion of a sermon for a novel. I be-
lieve it would be not less generally no.
coptable and much mon likely to do
goerl, whioh is one object, at lent, 1. r
which to pod journal exists.
In reference to you, editorial on tho
attempt to ostablish a rival paper In B rue.
sels I want to say that over since I made
the acquaintance of lain POST I have re-
garded it as an independent paper, one
proof of which I found in tho fad that it
did not join in the hue and cry against
tho execution of Riot. NIP one,.certainly,
would mop= Trio POST of being omit, al
iu politite, but chore is a great difforence,
ae Lim "Canada Citizen" said not long
ago, between noutrality and independence.
I should regard tho journal that conceal-
od its principles or suppressed its convict.
tine as anything bit independent, and
my opinion is, that while any individual
or cot -Donny has a perfect right to start a
paper if they think fit, any of your lel.
low-oitizons whit tt�t in the way and from
the motives you indicate aro doing no
orodit eltltor to 00111801 YOS or their party.
Now, Mr. Eat -tor, you can assign this
sorawl either to the columns of Tim POST
or the waste-baskot, as you pi nee. ,
Yours for fair play,
tleroh 28, '87. Ianseirrorter.
Ontario Legislature,
, •
A deputation from the Algona dietrict
waitad on the Government asking for a
subsidy for the Thunder Bay .0.douiza.
tion Railway to run from Port/Arthur to
the boundary, and oonnoot with tho rood
from Duluth. Mr. Pardee in foods said
the Government railway polay had not
yet been fully developed, undeould mnko
no promises at preseot.
Mr. Fergusoe's Bill to amond the
Ditcheo and Watereoursee, Aot by pro-
viding for the cot oring of publio tholes
tin
t
der nrescribcd conditio . formed the
ba•le of a :ieneraldiseussi il 011 the Dram.
agoAct. The general clt t was in favor
of a thorough consitlerati n and revision
of the An, and thoro wet many sugges-
tions that tho Guyon= nt should tako
up the subject inul it :or to effinnally
remedy the rarities 4oiaj0000e cletoiled.
A rousiderable nutnbfc and variety of
munieipal bilin were r d including oho
iiitrociu•ol by Mr. Caton to abolish the
oroporty malifie.ttionjor municipal ale
-
001'3. Otto by 'Ir. Gijeon, of Hamilton,
providing that no tludification beyontl
the qualification of 1 olooto shall to 00'.it
quired 0,,t• .nitnich• oaten and to provide
for in rt .in loin71 im rovemente =pitting
am 11,0-1110d. volt of the property 01.
footed. Ono by ht Harcourt, p ovoling
that where a nranbipal auditor refuses
to act the head aCho Council shall uom-
inato a person inais,strad. Ono by Dr.
Gilmour, to oxrind the local improve.
moat 13,;d0,1 to OWIISIlipS and to regulato
the oon-tructiolland compel tho use of
dry earth closet. Ono by Mr. Guthrie,
to provide th. Mowing qualification Inc
municipal ofti0rs :—En incorporated vil-
lager:, freohonto $400 or letteahold to
0800 ; in town, freehold to $000 or lease-
hold to $1,20T in cities, freehold to $1,-
000 or hooch' to $2,000 in townships,
froehold to $.00 or leas, hold to $8,(0 ; el -
so to pormit municipalities adjoining tt
04 to contibuie to tho support of a pub.
linlibrary ito give corporations a remedy
against parlous who put obstruotions up-
on or cams defeats in bridgeor high -
\WI" on recount of whin damages aro
secured aatinst tho nninicipalitios, and
defining ridges to bo ass oned mm1111010-
teinerl byllounty Councils. Ono by Mr.
Biggar, provide that whero, at an ad-
jourt odatle of laud for taxes, has than
tho amotut dun is offend, the munioipal-
ity ronypureltam. And ono by Mr, Bleb.
tp, to exilic° tho qualifintion fur 1111111.1.-
Cilltd (A00.
ThOr0 was ninth sympathy Inc Ifon. A.
M. Ross expressed, whoa tho news of tho
death of hist daughter Mao, Moyor, of
Wiegheon, WO.. rotioiveil•
Mt'. Drury prosonted a petition from
600 atulianonopolists of East Simcoo,
praming Inc a roduction of railway pitmen -
ger cud 0oigbt rates, and for the appoint-
ment of a commission to inquire into the
question of expresa churn. Potitione to
the same offeot boning 4,600 signatures
will bo prosoned nt the approaching
meeting of the Dominion Parlinmout,
The House thoroughly enjoyed tho dis-
cussion of Sir. Wators' bill to enable mar-
ried women to vote for members of mun-
ioipal cannons. Thera wore few new
argument; advanced for or against tho
manure, Tho affirmativo was ably argu-
ed by Mr. Wators, and, as usual, Mr,
Frame: Lunde a powerful speech against
the bill. Tho measure was also opposed
by Mr. Wood, of Hastings, Mr. Craig,
Mr. Metcalfe and Mr, Creighton; and
Mr. Armstrong and Mr, Graham support-
ed Mr. Waters. Tho debate developed
=my amusing inoidents, and at Ones
bordered very closely on tho lurked. The
subject has nevor been treated by many
members of the Legialature with tho at-
tention and gravity it doserves. Ur.
Frasers motion to give tho bill the six
months' hoist was carried hy 55 to 19.
Tho Conservative members who voted
with the minority were Messrs. Master,
Ontrom, Biggar and Mitchell. Tito bill
received from tho Liberal sido of the
Bongo the Vatter of tho Attorney-G•oneral
and of gagers, Graham, Smith, Gilmour,
Balfour, BiehopoLoys, Gateon, Waters,
Morin, Do,ok, Armstrong, Ferguson,
Mack and afoltay.
In the debate on the question of Inc -
migration Mr. Gibson (fluron) said ho
agreed with the member for Lincoln (Mr.
ONTARIO,
Orson) tint the hest niece of immigrants
were thrum who paid Chair own way. But
1/0 AVM surprised to soe gentlamon opo.
site so strongly condonming Dile small
expottlituro w WTI they favored the enor•
moue expenditures of the Dominion
Government. They complained that the
labor market was overdadoked, notwith-
standing that tbay had promieed that tho
N. P. would find employment to all who I
chose to come. The Ontario agental at- I
tantion was (tweeted mainly to interest-
ing the tenant farmer °lase, and as the
prices of farms had fallen 20 or 30 per
cent. since tho N, 1'. came into force it
was most desirable that these tenant
farmers should bo inclined to come to
Canada and ao revive the demand.
(Cheers.)
A motion by Dr. Preston relating to
the dotention of lunatics in County gaols
elicited from Hon, A. S. Hardy a detail.
0.1 statement of the steps being taken to
provide additional accommodation for tho
insane. There aro now 0,100 patients in
the various asylums of the Province.
Thero is aacommodaficin for only twenty-
ei !lit additional patients.' There are con-
fined in openly gene 98 insane persons
and • there aro 328 other applications for
asylum accommodation. Two cottages aro
in course of eonstruotion at Orillie. whioh
will aoommodate 100 patients each, and
accomorudation for 300 patients is in cour-
se of construction 04 Fiamilton. StEr. Hardy
was not satisfied that the pressure upon
the gaols could be immadiatly tenoned.
Co quoted statiptios to show that there
was no exceptional increaee in insanity
in this Province, and that a certain class
of patients could bo snore properly and
cheaply provided for In county refuges,
where they could be Mode to contribute
to their OM
Mr. Gibson, of Huron, has secured an
order for n, return showing the amounts
received by the County and City Treas-
urers throughout the Province on ac-
count of fines imposed Inc violation of
tho Scott Act. 71 13 important that the
Province sh, old have this idformation.
The return will show to what extent the
Dominion Government has sought to ob.
struct tbo onforcement of the Scott Aott,
and how little justified certain County
Cot -moils hen been in rosisting the ap-
poimment of Pollee Magistrates.
GOAL 0 171 1.11 •••
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Mr. Chamberlain dined with the Queen
on Saturday ovoning.
Tho oolliery explosion at Bulli, Walos,
emceed the lose of 87 lives.
Russia 1 qtting ready tho torpedo
vo cels meonging to the Baltic fleet.
The Month Chamber of Deputies has
voted in favor of heavy duties oto cottla
and fresh moat.
Forty cameo have ban arrested al
abloom for being oommoted with mole-
tiouttry societies.
The Duchess nf Cumberland, sister of
the Princess of Wales, hes been placed
in an insane asylum.
Tho European pulse is boating fast
again, in cons •Cp011430 of Bismarck's re-
cent spaech in tho Reinetag.
The 81,000 school teachers of New York
last year reoeived an average salary of
67111 in cities and 0261 in towns.
A. treaty hetwoon the United States
and Russia for the mutual extradition of
°riming's has been signed at Washington.
•
Gormany has refused to participnto
either in the industrial or art sections of
Ithmoi.Paris Intonational Exhibition of
The peaoh orop of Maryland is estimat-
ed at 8,000,000 baskets this year, and of
the rest of the United Stator; at 40,000,-
00(Ti.he British Government has sent its
despatch concerning the fisheries dispute,
coveringthe Canadian proposals, to Wash-
ington.
Queen Victoria will not accept any
jubilee presents from private individuals
with whom alto is not personally as.
gunned.
liyrolos, it trusted clerk of the
French War Onto, has boon dismissed
Inc imparting, official secrets to agents of
Germany.
A piece of ground on Beoadway, New
York, 25 by 100 foot, was sold tho other
day for 6300,200—itt tho rate of 64,600,-
000 per acre.
It is now regarded. as Bottled that As-
sistant Secretary Fainhild will succeed
Mr. Manning as Soorotesy of tho Unitod
States Troastiry.
One of the condition of the anima°
between Austria, Germany end Italy is
tho preservation of the indoponcloneo and
liberty of the Pappas,.
Mrs, Harriet A. Mooro gots a 1)75,000
broach of promise verdict at Redwood
City, Cal., againot Moses Hopkins, the
California millionairo.
This Amor of Afghanistaulas ordered
10,000 01011 to Herat to prevent 11 boing
'surprised by Iskandor Khan, who has
boon ordered to move against it.
Berlin business men havo very little
faith in the continuance of peaco. The
dear has refused to renew tho Allianca
with the Emperor of Germany.
It is a singular foot that the Irish Agri-
culturalist, poblished in Doblin, has a
larger ciroulation, 70,000 than must agri.
cultural paper published in the United
010405.
prolossional gambler who 1.7101 clean,
ad out of 1)4000101 Omaha, sive it wao
dono by lawyors, merohants and doctors,
and that lie would sooner book against a
soh of horse thieves.
Ono day recently a newspaper publish.
ed at Constentineple had the following
jot '—"Hi tt Majesty (the Sultan) is slight-
ly inclisposed, having boon bitten by a
mosquito lest night."
0.11e Canadian Pacific Telegraph Coni.
pany limo scoured the exolueive right to
put wires 00 the pounds of tho Intorna.
tional League baseball clubs and roport
their gens this sonon.
FRIDAY, APRIL 1,
Some years ago It Dakota matt sold his
wifo for $1,000. With this money as a
starter lto outdo a fortune, ton now lie
cynically (Interco that ho owes all him
good fortune to Ills wife.
(Norge Perkins, the English oareman
who was defeated for the milling champ-
ionship of England recently by George
Balmer, sails for Australia next month to
raoo with Nail Mattereon,
A Now York dontor has found a way 10
remove the moustaches venni adorn the
upper lips of many fame es. 'He gives
them a clean shoats by electricity, and the
hair is forever killed at one operation.
The Iteithsanzeger says the Emperor
received 1,018 telograms congratulating
him upon his birthday anniversary ; of
these 1,297 wane from different parte of
Germany, GO from America and 5 from
Canada.
The Milano of Japat lots in -do -rated
the members of the Japauese legation at
Washington to dress as Arnerionne (Iroise.
He belle.es that when you are in Rome
you should follow the customs of the Ro-
mans.
Tho aggrogite of hogs slaughtered at
Chicago during tho twolvo mouths ending
March 1 was 4,420,00.1, a decrease of 601,.
000 as compared with a year ngo. The
deo'oaso Is attributed to the stook.yarde
otriko of las. November.
Rev. John Whit°, a tuitional preacher of
Greenwood, Ark., who will bo 102 years
old in July, has taken out a Noon .0 to
marry Mrs. Eddie Smith, who is a giddy
girl of sixty-five summers. He has boon
preaching eighty -ono veare.
Australians receive more letters and
postcards than any other people, tho on-
nual ave age being 24 for each person.
Europeans come next with ',bout fourteen
each. ;Au Asiatio gets only 41-100 of a
letter or postcanl, and en African only
0.100.
ThaT
Birmingham, Cont„ Electric
Light Works wero overrun with rats un
til tho Superintendent had a happy
thought. To wires attached to dynamos
ho fastened bits at meat and soattors
them ebout. Tho rats smelled the moat,
nibbed, and—good bye rats.
It is stated that the Great Eastern is at
last to be employed in the trade for which
sho wes construe:tad, and make voyages
to A.us.ralia. Ho.' paddles aro to be re-
mand, and she is to be fitted with triplo
expaneiort engines.' A speed of twenty
knots is hinted at, and as the VOS111. has
3ine liaosand Incs rice rnplishod fourteen
inns with tbo altogether inacisquam
power aupplisci by the original engines
and low Still, moo thing like 18,000 horse.
power wili bo required. •
A!'clorman statistician puts the number
of hotele in liWit1•101111111t1 at 1,000, oon-
taiiiing 58.000 beds and employing 16,-
0 0 eervants. Their annual receipts he
oompu es at -12,000,00o francs (a sum
larger than that of the ronipts of the
whole Votiorotion), and the 'expenditure
at 20,000,0 0 flans, In 1880 the con.
=option at those hotels was :- inc
wino, 2,800,000 francs; fowl, 1,710,000
/roues: fith. 1,000,0011, franos; vegeta-
bles, 000,000 frames ; ooffvo, 4a0,000 francs;
sugar, 400,000 francs; tea, 192,000 francs;
oil, 160,000 fg10.1104.
The London World says i—The dojo.
ion of the military authorities to open a
ma kat for remounts in Canada is a wise
ono. An idea mots ifi some quarters
that attempts are being made to edge out
tho home dealers. This vitav is entirely
orronons. All the War Mace seeks to
do is to encourage tho Colonial breetion.
Li an ounitgenoy, Finch as a European
campaign, it is felt that it would , bo of
immenso hnportance if tve had a Can-
adian market to fall back upon. This
market cannot, of course, bo established
withont some sort of organizatio 1, and
this organization Colonel Goldie,' the
newly -appointed Assistant Adjutant-
Goueral alt Halifax, N.S., is charged with
the duty of providing.
The annual boat mee betwoon thu
Grew-. of Oxford and Cambridge Univers-
ities took place last Saturday over the
usual course, on the Thiunee, London,
front Putnot to Mortake, an.l vati soon
by the Cambridge crow. The wind was
Rosh and tho water luncpy. Dotting just
before the start was 15 to 8 in favor of
Oanthridgo. When tho mews launched
their butes just prior to the start tho
weather threatened rain. When the sig.
nal for the race was given tho Cambridge
crow at once took the load, rowing with a
slightly more rapid stroke than that used
by thou: opponents. At the and of tho
first milo Cambridge was half a length
ahead, tho race having boon stubbornly
contested all the way. The Oxfords thou
spurbod, and to this tho Cambridge men
responded instantly and effectively, 00
that at Hon nmerstnith Bridge, nearly two
miles from tho dart, they hall increased
their lead to a whole boat length. Hero
the Oxford crew again pot a Muth burst
to timiit snood and drew up towards their
oppononte, but. Dammed to out down only
Et part of the lead against them. At
Chiswick tho Oxfords had improved Choir
rowing so much that tho Canibridgo mon,
itt their efforts to retain thoir lead, rowod
a 'ado wildly and enmity splashed, but
they recovered themsolvos (minds( and
by lb supremo effort outdo up than, loss,
and regamod their length of a lead, which
had been sornowliat curtailed. Their
boat rolled 11 great deal =dot' tho 'normal.
ity of tho ellorts of tho orow. At Baring
bridge throe miles and circ fuelonga from
tho start, tho Cambridge boat was lead.
ing by ti length and 0 half. Alto' passing
the bridge Cia Oxford crow broke an. oar.
That of ammo HMO Ma t/110 1%00 foe tho
Cambrittgo mon and they won easily by
threo longthe. Tho race 11111S a fine con-
test es bar as Bathos Bridgo, hong etroog-
ly contested evory fatal up to this point,
The Oxfords polled bottor togethee than
thoir opponents, and it it Agana 011 all
hands that tho distanne thou lost wits
lost by bad stoning whitely.
•
1887.
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.01011111111MilemaaenoxruSnals*
Number 88.
The annual roturn of the volunteer Guelph will hold a bana tournament in
carps of Groat Britain for the year 1880 June.
shows that tho number on the authorized A bit factory io a now industry in
establishment is 258938,of whom 920 •
829 aro given as effielents. Tho infantry
armed with the rifle constitute 190,128 of
tho acme, the artillery 46,660, engineers
10,524, submarine miners 630, light horse
426, mounted riflemen 61, and medical
staff Borns 607. The prolloints who
Stratford.
The lion. Edward Blake and, Blaand. Mrs.
Blake aro at prcoont sojourning in SouthCarolina. Carolina.
A. H. Crauston, tato of Galt, has ac•
°opted situation on the Soientific Am-
erman, New York,
have qualified for the spotted grant of 50 Jas. Donaghy of the Milton Sun has de.
shillinge number 97,880, aided on chaeging his (commotion and
following farming.
Ibis definitely understood in Regina
Ourstsdla its Nsentvsig.
— that Mr. Deanney is to have a seoond.
A Driving Park Association in being term as Lieut. -Governor.
orgauizod at Ridgetown. Latonehe Topper has bean appointed
SaniJonesis to visit Brantford ill May, Chief of the Manitoba Provincial Police,
under time auspices; of the W. C. T. IL of for.
but will still act se (Thief Lioonse Inspec-
that city.
&vinel petitions aro bang eiroulatedOlio York County, N.B., hotelkeeper
in Bruce county for the roped of the hoe bean sent to 00,1 Inc two months and
another for ten menthe for violation of
otMao.SctAp
rt. . ft. lilari, Amhoretbthe Scott Act,
id urg, ie
going to California for the benefit of his The Manchester Guardian published a
heal th.
Windsor Town Council luxe rejected
the proposed Sandwich West atnalgaina-
tion sehenne.
G. W. Badgerow, ex-M.P.P., has been
appointed to tho position of County
Crown Attorney of York.
Oil was tartlet in Yates' SI Co's. well at
Bothwell the other day, and it has since
bean pumping 60 bet rels per diem.
R. 8. McKay, of Pilot Mound, Man.,
an extonsive farmer, has commenced eeed-
Mg, and had 100 acres sown last week.
O. Rykert, M.P. for Lincoln, is to he
the Government's candidate for the Dep-
uty Speakership of the House of Com -
MOUS.
Au agreement has been reached by the
Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific cow -
panes regarding their lines to Sault Ste.
Marie.
It is sad that the Imperial Govern-
ment has refused or will refuse a subsidy
for a Paoifio toail service by the Canad-
ian rode,
The latest loon 'Micmac scheme is tho
proposal to extend the Leamington,
Kingsvilleatact Windsor railway to St.
Thomas.
Hiram Purdy, of Delaware, has signi-
fied his intention of omilying to the Do-
minion Parliament this session Inc a di-
vorce front hi- wife.
John 13. Girardin (raptured a swan at
Big Croek, Essex county, tho other day
whioh measore 7a feet from tip to tip and
stands 16 foot high.
Toronto wholesale morchants complain
greatly of beel payments from country
districts, but anticipate an improvemout
when fine weather opens.
It is stated that Mr. Merrick, ex -01.P.
P. for Leeds and Grenville, Will shortly
leave fo, England on Government busi-
ness in oonneot.on with immigration.
Roorniting for the Northwest Mounted
Folios will begin in Toronto in a few
days, its 100 men aro wanted to fili the
plows of those whose time has expired.
TOO Governor-General has furnished to
the Ottawa papers a statement denying
the charges respecting, the treatment of
tenants on his Qtmon's county (Ireland)
oatotes.
In the case 00 11100. Boston, of Aylmer,
Qtio., the twain of the Coroner'0 jory
11,103 that she came to her death by fire
aceidemally set by her husband while in
ti etitto of intoxication.
The Ingersoll skating rink, recently
burned, mist 53,000 to build, and woe in-
sured for 02,000. When the debts aro all
paid the elmareholdors will realize about
35 nuts on the dollar.
Medals and diplomas havo been grout -
ad by the Colonial Exhibition Commis-
sion= to a number of Canadians who
assistod in organizing tile Canadian ex-
hibit by loaning works of art,
Still anothor scheme is on foot to form
a new county out of the townships of
Huron, Kinloss, Brom( and Rinoardino,
the town of Kincardine and the villages
of Luokuow and Tiverton. The idea
c ones from Kineardine, so of courso Kin-
magliuo is to bo the county town,
Saturday night two travellers from
Montreal missed the ferry from Windsor
to Detroit, and hired a small °oat m take
them aoroes. Loud cries for assi-tomae
wero subsequontly heard, and theso lied
away into piteous wails. It is believed
tho boat capizorl and both were drowned.
Doctor E. A. Blackwell, of Glencoe, on
the alttli Met., delivered a u017, tho pro.
posy of Squire load, Ek-frid, of it double -
headed call, which has two la go and
woll.shimad heads and nooke, joined to-
gether at the shoulders. The tall is situ.
Mod about 101117 inohee up on tho back, is
attuning omen, and is of solid bone. The
calf (licit. It ivoighed 103 lbs. The oow
is alive andfdoing well, and Doctor Black-
well is having the oalf stuffed,
The Court of Appeal at Montreal on
Saturday of last week rendered judgment
inthe oats of the Mail Printing and Pub-
lishing fon-many and tho Canada Ship-
ping Company, which was an appeal from
a judgment whioh gavo the respondent
6100 damages upon the verdict of the
spooinl jury bolero whom the once was
tied. The action was instituted int 1882,
claiming .626,000 dainagee front the Mail
Printing and Publishing Company for the
publication of an article whioh referrod
to the ill-troatment of immigrants who
canto out to Canada by the respondent's
ston,mer, "rialto Nemgon." The coma
patty stied was tho Mali Printing and
Publishing Company, whereas the com-
pany whin" published the alleged libel
was the Mail Printing Company. Tho
nal focigment allowed the respondonts
o amend their writ and declaration, but
t was submitted that leave should have
been given to the appellants to roplead.
11000 also contended that the verdict
as unsupported 'by ovidonce. Tho
ourte, howireor, took an opposite vitav of
ho =Mot, and confirmed tho previous
natant' egged the Mail With costs.
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report that Sir John. Macdonald is to be
raised to the p-erage and appointed stm-
censor ;o Lori Landsdowne.
The Quirk -Boyd foot ran crone off at
Brant°, d on Friday for a pa se of 9500 ;
distance, 86 yarde. Boyd got one yard
start Quirk come in ahoad by about a
yard.
Sarah M. Driver, who lived at Port
Stanley. Ont., in 1885, where alio got ac.
quainted with Capt. Georg° Smith, of
Bay City Mich., brought suit for 55,000
broach of promise. The jury on Satur-
day gem her a verdict for $1,000.
Dundalk Council have put their Poet
down on the liquor business. They place
tavern licenses at $170, whereas such
licenses under the Township Council cost
only 990. Thoy have also ct aided that a
grocery and liquor store shall not bo con -
dusted together.
A report comes from Manitoba that tho
Hon. Mr. Brown, who recently left the
Loon Government, is forming a combi-
nation botwoon the Opposition and Inde-
pendent members to overthrow the Gov-
ernment. I is thought that Inc has a
fair prospect of succeeding.
The Toronto Licensed Victuallers' As-
sociation, i,, view of the action of the
City Council in reducing saloon licanses,
havo re-orgatizel, and the memborship
will now embrac • hotelkeepers, brewers,
soda water natonfacturere, cigar .auto.
lecturers, a,nr1 in fact overyone interested
ito liqu ir tr &hi. They intend to fight
any further reduction.
The A.wiles opened at Barrio b .fore
Julge O'Connor. He aougratutatod the
Grand Jury upon the =a 1 list of crim-
inal 0,5 1 co mono bofore them, which, he
said, tpoko well fo the character of the
Mita no. To theremark. the Grand
Jury took ceima ion to say that it would
bo l000itit ,t011. With allty not to intimate
that they heti .vad. tho Canada Temper-
ance Act has attributed to the high morel
status alluded to ant its shown in the
small number of actual violators of the
law now in our gaol—only live.
According to the roport of the Domin-
ion Superintendent -General of Indians
for 1881, tho total Indian population in
Canada is 128,701, distributed as follows:
In Ontario, 17,207 ; Quebec, 12,280; Nova.
'Scotia, 2,138 •, New Brunswick, 1,579 ;
P. E. Island, 823 ; Manitoba and North-
west rerritorios, 30,578 •, Peace River
region 2,038 ; Athabaska distriot, 8,000 ;
Mackenzie River district, 8,000;- Eastern
Rupert's Lend, 7,100; Labrador, 1,000 ;
&retie coast. -1,000 ; British Columbia,
38,839. The totel number of pitons at-
tending Indian schools in 1886 was 5,695.
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An Ottawa dispatch saye :—The Son -
ate will not be moi hoot work tho coming
session. Notice has beau given ou be-
half of John Monteith, proprietor of the
Monteith Hone at Rosseau, L .k., Mus-
koka, that ho would apply at the next
session of .Parliament for divoi•oe from
his wife, Mrs. Mary Aun Monteith, on
tho ground of a lottery and desertiou.
lir. and Airs, Itiontcith were matried in
Parry Sound distriot in 1880, and lived
there for somo years. TN family then
moved to Lake Rosman, whore Ma% Mon-
teith purchased tho Monteith it luso,
Here Mr, Montaith alleges an intimacy
sprang up between a barkeeper employed
ni the hotel 101 Mrs. Monteith and she
went off with him, loaving her four child-
ren behind.
George W. Thorp, of Fergus, recently
lost a value, ,lo 0 It. lir. Teorp has boon
away in 1, fiehig in since early aid sum-
mer, and the horsoe havo Leon in care of
a boy about .14 years el age. Ho, either
through lazinoss, careleseness or want of
judgment, so starved the poor brut os that
one aotually died, and another is at the
point of dearth, being unable to stand on
its feet, and having to bo hold up bya
sling. The horses had oaten ovary pick
of bedding straw whioh the length of
ti= halters enabled them to roach.
Thoy had alsognatved through tho boucle
of their stalls in order to get at tho little
hay that had aocumulated in the lining.
There was an abundance of bay on tho
premises—tho only difficulty boing that
it had to bo carried a distance of some
fifty yards.
Charles Mamma superintonclont of the
Noweaetlo ftsheriee, was at Toronto last
week with 5,000,000 white fish eggs from
the Sandwich hatchery, near Windsor.
Half of these aro intended for the Bedford
hatchery near Halifax, and the other
half for that at Grand Fang, on tho St.
John rivor, MB. Mr. 'Wilmot left by
tho evening exprese for the East, and at
Nowcastlo proposed taking on 2,000,000
salmon trot eggs, half to go to the Mo.
gog hatohory, Quebec, and the othor half
to bo divided betwoon tho Bedford and
Grand Falls heitcherios. Tho eggs., which
ate victual in damp moss and mo are
Within a fear days Of hatehing, audit is
ucciessary that they should bo very care-
fully handled. The temporaturo hoe to
bo kept at about 81 to 85 degreea, Whith
nooeSSItatos Constant Watching'