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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1887-4-15, Page 1O. P. R. EXTENSION. Last Tuesday evening a number of our citizens mot hi the Council Chamber for the purpose of discussing the proposed extension of the C,P,R. from Guelph to Goderioh, via Listowel, Bruaeele and Blyth, Reeve MoOraoken took the chair and explained the object of the meeting and asked for tho opinions of those pres- ent as to the beet course to pursue. After talking for about a half hour it was mov- ed by W. H. Kerr, seconded by J. II. Young thab a committee of seven, con - slating of E. E. Wade, F. C. Rogers, W. I?. Vanetoue, ,T. II. Young, J. R. Grant, Thos. Town and J. D. Ronald, have full power to make arrangements with other towns and villages on the proposed route for tho extension of tho road, eta., and that the Reeve anct Conseil bo ex-et'tioio members of this Committee. Carried. The meeting then adjourned. It is expected that as eoou as the frost is out of the ground the work of construe. tiou on the Guelph Jnnotion Railroad to Goderich will bo commenced. At a meet. ing of the provisional directors of the read, held at Guelph, live of their number were elected es a Permanent Board, viz, Thos. Gowdy, John M. Bond, Chas. Raymond. David Macrae secretary, and Wen. Bell chairman. In addition to the foregoing the Mayor. and Aid. Hutch and Husband were appointed by tho City Council. Already stook has been taken in the road by the city of Guelph and its residents to the extent of $176,000, and as the lino is virtually a project of the C. P. R. management no doubt exists of its successful and early completion. Tlie Goderich Signal in speaking of rho C.P.R. extension says :—"After many years of weary waiting it seems that Goderich is destined tohaveaoompotitivo railroad route East. Today, from spec- ial correspondence received at this office frons officers of the now company, we arc in a position to state that almost es soon as the frost is out of the ground the work of construction on the Guelph Junction [1,13. Lo Uoderioh will bo commenced. To -day wo feel wo are at the be. ginning of the end, so far as the coustrnc- tion of the proposed lino is concerned, Manager Van Horne has givenhis word in connection with the achene, and by doing so has practically pledged to the work the faith of the gloat corporation that crossed the continent and scaled the ltoc•kics. Under the circumstances we feel we aro justified in confidently stating that before the close of 1888 Uodurich will leave realized its highest lopes so far as 0 competitive line is concerned." A deputation from Guelph, composed of Mayor Macdonald, James Goldie, (]has. Raymond and Wen. 13e11, waited on the Dominion Government last' Sot- turduy, asking for a subsidy to the Guelph Junction railway in order to connect the city with tho Credit Valley branch of tee 0. P. R. at Campbollvillo, twelve miles distant. All the towns along the proposed route are making active preparations to boom tho road right along and make it a grand success if possible. Or tassels C..ttncil. At a special meeting of the Village Council, held on Monday evening, there wore present the Reeve and Counoillors Banker and Kerr. Tenders for soraping the street were received from the follow- ing :— Thos. Town, Jno. Eoldnsmiller, Thos. Stewart, Caleb Whitting, Jas. Kelly, 935 00 84 00 32 00 29 60 29 On Jno. Meadows, 20 00 Moved by Goo. Broker, seconded by W Kerr that the tender of Jno. Mead- ows be accepted.—Carried. After dealing with a question of giving an outlet to Dr, liloKelvey's and J. Som. ersot's cellar drain the Council adjourned. IPertlx Cottnuty Notcns;. St. Marys Council propose to bonus an oatmeal mill. It has been decided to have a grand celobration at St. Marys on the Queen's Birthday, and a concert in the evening. Stephen Stevenson, of Glammis, has sold his splendid English Shire horse, Young Merriman, to John Gray, of Att. wood, for 91,900. His honor judge Woods refused to sit in the old dilapidated courthouse at Stratfo d, and County Coirt was held in the Police Genii chamber. According to reports sunt in by corro- s ondents, the fall wheat in the town- ships around St. Marys has wintered fairly well, and average crops are antici- pated. 3, P. Aiken, of St. Marys, formerly of lexeter, has been attending the Detroit College of Medicine for the past two years and had the degree of M. D. conferred upon him at the spring examinations, graduating with high honors. A young men named John Matthewe was tined $10 and coats by the Mitchell I;'olfce Magistrate lest week for assaulting W. H. Morris, of that town. Matthews says he was charged 50 cents a thump, which he considered pretty heavy. It is understood that the office of land- ing waiter in H. M. customs at Stratford, vacant through the death of Cappt. Elli- son, will be conferred upon W. J. Knox, of Stratford, goat of Thos, J. Knox, reeve of Elute, and exotearden of the county of Perth. A four-year-old daughter of R. Eshol by, of Mitoholl, fell into a oietorn on J. Janes' lot, Thursdayaftorno0n, , and but. for the presence of mind of two men vrho WON pegging in a buggy, the child would have been drowned. One of the mon jumped into the cistern and handed her out, BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1887. itits eon C7c>tantti' Witten.:. A lodge of foresters is to bo formed at Zuriob. Itev. Father Beebe!, of Goderich, is seriously ill The awing show tet Clinton will be held on the 19th, The Doherty band, Olintou, now nuns. here nearly thirty members. W. J. Shannon sold a two-year-old dolt aired by "Scotland's Firewall" to John Weir, of MoKillop, for 9225, Masora. Colquhoen and Dow, of Exeter, met with a very serious loss by the death of their well.known stallion, "Major," Rev. Wm, Johnstone, of Goderich, has been appointed by Bishop Baldwin to the mission of Burford, Cathcart and Prince• ton, which were vacated at Master. Exeter will shortly hold a meeting on railway matters be which they will invite delegations from all points between St. Marys and Goderich, viatheproposed ex- tension from Woodstock. Tho Bishop of Huron has appointed Rev, Mr. Young, of Brantford, as suooes- sor to Archdeacon Elwood of Goderich, but as he wasnot the choice of the congre. gation, a protest has been entered against hex appointoment. The petition and deposit money were lodged last Saturday in Osgoode Hall against the return of Robb. Porter, M.P. for West Huron, by the solicitors for the petitioner. Thos. McGilliouddy, of Goderich, the petitioner, obargee corrupt practices by respondent and agents. The Clinton Now Era gives the follow- ing among its local gossip :—"It is rum- ored. that in less than a Callender month a certain young man belonging to town will wed a young lady of Goderich, and then proceed to Kansas to reside." Tho head office of tho Upper Canada Bible Society has jut presented J. C. Stevenson with a handsome Oxford Bible, containing all the latest references, Sunday school helps, eta., iu recognition of his services as SeerettryTreasurer of the Clinton Branch for the poet ten yearn, eA base hall club has been formed in connection with the Goderich High School, with the following officers : H. I. Strang, B.A., Han. Pres. ; T. G. Allan, Pres. ; Q. Il. Williams, 1st Vice -Pres ; S. Mateomsoen, and Viee.Pree. ; W. H. Rob- inson, Secretory ; J', J. Allan, Treas. ; J. S. Mullin, Captain, :\ • trtutgo swindling scheme has just been brouvhd to light. Some fellow wont lulu Goderich Homo time ago and raised 932.1 on a mortgage on some farm proper. ty owned by a Mr. McAllister, of West \Cnv-anosh, `Ir. McAllister knew noth- ing of the affair until ha was celled upon to pity the interest. A Meliillop township councillor forgot all abouts by-law that pr 'Whits any per- son from taking atones, gravel, eta, from the highways, and being summoned be. foro a magistrate pleaded guilty to taking forty loads of stone, for which he was fined, and had to pay for the stone bo - sides, the whole amounting to 914.80. TheVictoria Cricket Club, of Clinton, has chosen the following officers : A. H. Manning, honorary president; H. E. Ilodgens, president ; J. B. Rumball, vice. president ; C. H. McPherson, secretary - treasurer ; S. McMarehie, captain ; com- mittee, J. W. Cbidley, M. McTaggart, A. Wilson, F. R. Hodgins, A. T. Cooper. Squire Willis and Dr. Rollins, of Exeter, held court at Hawkehaw's hotel Friday for the examination of the young men charged with the burglary at Stein - back's store in Zurich. Adam Sipple was committed fon trial ; Henry Webber and William A. Zant were remanded to the 15th, and Daniel McKenzie dis- charged. The Clinton New Era says :—The nth r day a farmer's son found. 0 pocket book containing $100, and made know" the fact to several parties, so that the owner might bo found. When the boy gob home and reported the finding to his fatho•,110 re -harnessed the horses and drove baok to town, to hunt up the loser. After considerable trouble he was found, and the man was so gratified at finding the money that he actually gave the boy fifty cents. Tho County of Huron Sunday School convention will he held in Goderich this year about the middle of June. The lo- cal executive committoo met on Tuesday afternoon in the North street Methodist personage, end began arrangements for the affair: .8. large number of visitors .aro oxpeot'od from all parts of the county. One of the most attractive features of the gathering will be an open air session, should the weather be favorable, SCOTT Aor.—The recently appointed Inspector for the West Riding of Huron, W. J. Paisley, has euteeed into the en• forcement of the Scott Aot with a zeal that is oommendable. Each of the eight botelkeepers in Goderich has been con- victed of a first offence, and so well bed the oases been worked up by the Inspector that seven of them pleaded guilty with. out the formality of a trial. Four con- victions were also secured against hotel - keepers in Windham, and other oases are ponding in different parts of the riding. The South Riding Inspector., Mr. Sprag- ue, has scoured convictions against three or four of the Exeter hotelkeeper, and One against the Varna hotelkeeper. In- formations have been laid against nearly all the Seaforth hotelkeepers, but the 00508 hove not yet mine to trial, as soma difficulty has boon experienced in serving witnesses; Several convictions' have also been scoured in the East Riding. The Temperance people aro determined to see that the Act ns enforced; and 'feel much pleated that the Ontario Government le legislating for the better oifcroement of he Act, When the machinery Chet is thus being provided to facilitate the wo!it- ing of the Stott Act is in operation, very ;fow will be found disported. t0 ask for its repeal, J3'atal Result of a quarrel Between two Neighbors. On Friday of last week Thomas Grang- er, who lived on the boundary between the townships of Iiowiak and Grey, about three miles from Morrisbank, came to an untimely death. Some week ago he had a quarrel with a youth named Robert MoCutobeon, who lives of the adjoining farm, and on the day previous to his (Granger's) death ho saw the boy passing near has house with one John MoLennan, his next neighbor. Tho boy began to mimic Granger's dog and upon hearing this Grumps]: ran across his field an threatened to thr sh the boy. He also declared that if McLennan interfered he would thrash him too. McLennan did not west to quarrel end tolyl Granger to go home again, whereupon the latter attack- ed MoLennan, pnahing him over a fence, they both falling with their heads down, with Granger on the top. The boy Me- Cutoheon pulled Granger off. Tho two men struck at each other a fow times and then Granger stooped down, naught Mc- Lennan around the knees and pushed his head between MoLennan's legs. They both fell, and on etriking the ground, which' was covered with hard snow, Granger so injured his neck that he be- came at onne paralyzed. He was taken to his house and medical aid summoned, but he died the next day. On the Monday following Dr. Hntebin. son, oo •ower, held an inquest on the body of the deceased, when the following jur- ors were sworn, vis.: Alex. Robertson, (foreman), Samuel Farrell, Wm. Mines, Matthew Beetle, Hugh Patrick, Win. Wright, Robert MoCutoheou, David Thomson, Alex. McAllister and Thomas Jaoklin. The following witnesses were ex- amined :— Wm Findlay, being sworn, said on Thursday last about 9:30 a. m. I was with Thomas Granger in his field. I told him what young Mooutcheon had boon saying, that he was going to give Granger a licking if ho h•id him cot on the much. Granger got angry and seeing MoCutcheon going alone in the field with John McLennan he tat led to \lotuboheen to hold on and asked hint if he could lick him now? McCatcheou did not answer but walked on. Granger then said lie oanid thrash McLennan. too if ho inter. fared. McLennan therm asked him if be had not been tt good neighbor to him over sinro he has been here. Granger admitted that ho had.. McLennan acid ho dict not want to quarrel with him. Granger said ho did not want to quarrel either. I did not hear any more but went nearer to see what they were doing. Saw them struggle together and full. They got np and seized each other. Granger naught tvIeLonnan by the legs, McLennan fell baok and Granger's hoed went between MoLennan's lege and struck down into the snow, which was very hard. MoLennan got up at once but Granger lay Caere. MoLennan tools him by the arm and told him to get up, but he said he could not. He asked MoLenpan to turn him over that his bask was `broken. McLennan did so. Granger said, "Go for the doctor," I went to the house anis told his wife. MoLennan got a board and we put deceased on it and carried him into his house. Granger did not say then that he had killed himself. I do not think McLennan fell on him. It was in MoLennan's field that the struggle took place. Wm. 15. Brawn, Physician, sworn. I was called on the 7111 of April last to see Thomas Granger. I got to his .house (thou -6 noon and found him lying in bed on his book complaining of greet pain in his neck. He seas pa tially paralyzed from the neck down. He was grate sens- ible and ahie to talk. Pulse 42 per min. Mo. Examined his neck but could find no displacement. Conoluded that the spinal cord was compressed in the nock. Called the next day and found that he had passed m bad night but had slept some. Pulse 62, On both occasions I treated hiin as the naso demanded. Was called again in the afternoon of that day and found the man to be dying. Ho died about 5 p.m. I believe ho died from asphyxia caused by an injury to the spino in the cervical region. Robb.IlloOutehoon, sworn, said John McLennan and I were going back through his lane. When wo were going along colonization sohome. He intends este- Granger's dog barked at ns. I barked blishing two settlements -ono at Qu ap- back at the dog. Granger mina to us poll° end the other on Choline of the Ma. and said something to me. I welted him nitoba and the North-western Railway. what was the matter with him. lto fol. The first one will be used as a sort of lowed 00 7 or 8 rods and said ho would nureery to proper° immigrants for the fight me and if Sohn McLennan inbenfo:- requirements in this country, All fins ed ha would lick him too. McLennan advantages of civilization will be provicl• said he did not avant to have anything to ocl cin with him, McLennan said "Have not The trial of David Gogalin was finish - I been a good neighbor to yott over since in Pembroke last Saturday. He was I was here." Granger said he had. found guilty and sentenced to be hanged Granger said ho was not afraid of him in Pembroke on tho Ns of Juno. Gogo. and MoLennan said he was not afraid of lin was arrested last October for murder - him either. Granger then caught Mc- hug 0 woman near Palmer's Rapids. The Lerman and pulled him back over the crime was committed. She refused to fence, Granger falling on the top. I pull- vacate it shanty bo owned, whereupon he ed him off. They them had five or six nailed np the door and set fire to the blows at each other. Granger then eeiz- ' building. She managed to break open ed hold of MaLennan'e lege and threw the door, end Gogalin, seeing this, struck him back and Granget's head teas bo- her on the head sevoral timoe with a olub tween MoLennseee legs when they fell, end Milled her. MoLennan got up and tools Granger by It is reported that on Friday last the the arm and tried to help him on lois °raise: Vigilant on leaving Beaver fleet feet, Granger could not move. MaLon. Harbor discovered among the fishing nae got a board and we carried him into fleet an Atnorioai vessel which had Ovid - hie hoose. The deceased end I had some ently dome to buy bait. Tho cruiser words• about a Month before about a file, bore down on her, whereupon the Ameri- He then threatened to thrash mo. I was cap clapped on all sail and putout to sow. with McLennan then but we drove off The vessels ware about six tnilas apart. and left him, when the oleaso boggau, The Vigilant Matthew Sher in, sworn, said I balled gradually gained on the fisherman, end a to see the deceased about half en hour blank shot was fired from her six pounder after he waw inijereil. I asked him What to bring the fishernman to, Ho refused to bad happened. He said he had 0011011 Oil respond/ and kept on his course, and in a the snow and struck his heed against it 1 short bone Was ever the line and safe and had killed himself. IIo did 0081nen- 1!tom pursuit. Son McLennan's name. I saw him again the same day but he did not say anything more about the eauae of hie injury. John McLennan, sworn, said about 10 a.m., on the 7th inst., I and MaCutcheon were going back to the woods. Granger's dog barked at us and the boy barked baok at him. Granger called to the boy but we went on, Granger then ran across the field to us in my lane. He told the boy he would kion him. He said to me thab be would thrash me if I took the boy's part. I said I did not want to take his pert and asked hist if we had not al- ways been good friends. Ho said we had. I put the back of my hand against him and told him to go home that I did not want to have anything to do with him. - Then be caught me by the whiskers and shoved ,no back over the fonts, ho falling on me, He eauvhb net by the shirt col- lar with bt th hands. Ho would not let go and I caped to the boy to take him 06 which ho did. We got up and strode at each other 5 or 0 times. He then stoop- ed clown and took hold of my knees and put hie head between my lege. We both fell and his head struck on the hard snow. I did nob fall on hie head. After falling I got up and took him by the arm and asked him to get up, bet he was not able to move. I got a board and put him on it and we parried him into thehouso. The next morning I wont to see him. He asked me if young McOntoheon had struck him with a stick. I said "No." I then told him what occurred and he agreed with me. I asked him if he blam- ed me. He did not say anything. He was in great pain at the time, I do not know whether he beard me or not. About a month before he wanted to thrash Johnny MoCutoheon when I was with him. We wont off and left him that time. We have always been good friends and have lived beside each other for 20 years. I had no i11 will to Granger in the least. I don't think Granger had any ill svill against me. Tho affair arose from the quarrel with the boy while in- fluenced by passion. The jury after bearing all the evidence returned the following vordiot : "That the said Thomas Granger, os the "rah day of April 1837, on the farm of John McLennan, did menace and assault the said John McLennan and ho having to defend himself in it lawful manner, tiro said Thomas Granger mane to his death by falling in the scuffle and iujuring his neck so that ha died on the 8th Mete .and we consider the said John McLennan free from any blame in the matter. EAST 1101108 11UTH:VIGltS. On Friday afternoon of last week the announced meeting of the East Huron Reform Association was held in the Town Ha 1, Bruseels. There waw a fair atten- deuce of representatives. about 100 being present. The President, E. E. Wade, occupied the chair and, after a few intro- ductory remarks, palled on the Seorelary to read the minutes of the last meeting. Tho following officers where then eleobed for the ensuing year:—Presidents, B. E. Wade; let vice. Geo. MoKey ; 2nd vies, Thoe.MaMillan ; Seo..Trews„ W. H. Kerr. Chairmen for the municipal organizations as follows:=Howick, Thos. Gibson and James Mitchell; Turnberry, Geo. For. tune; Wroxetor, Jae. Paulin ; Morris, Wm, Isbister; Brussels, P. Thomson; Gley, Jas. Ferguson; McKillop, Wm. Cash; Blyth, N. H. Young; Hullett, Arthur Woodmen; Wiogham, Wm. Robertson. A short discussion ensued relating to the revision of the Voters' Lists after whioh Dr, Maodonald M. P., was called on and made It brief address in which he expres- sed his thanks for the energetic and suc- cessful efforts put forth by the Reformers of East Huron, both old and young. n•eioro the Convention adjourned a unanimous vote of thankswaspassed to F. S. Scott and E. E. Wade for their efficient services in looking after the revision of tbo Voters' List, Hader the Dolninion,F'ranohiso Dill. Both of the gentlemen referred to res- ponded appropriately. The members of both bra uhes of the Newfoundland Legislature have signed an appeal to the British public against the dieallowasco of tho Bait Bill. The London Times condeutns the course of the Government regarding the matter. Professor Tamer, of England, las ea - rived at Winnipeg in connection with his Number 40. COMMUNICATION. 'T'Itcn C. To the hlditer of '0 of Paan, Dx.ua Sin, --There are few sections of the country fn worse need of a railway than Brussels and vicinity. True we have the G.T.E. (limited service) but the experience of the past shows clearly that rnonopoliou aro not to be trusted, A line from Guelph to Goderioh, by way of Listowel, Brussels and Blyth, is by com- putation only 2 to 3 miles longer than an airlino which world miss hllmire, (an im- portant point) as wallas Listowel, Brus- sele and Blyth, the centres of wheat growing and live stock industries of this western peninsula. Tho O.P.R. are willing, yes anxious, to snake eounection at Goderich, whore their steel steamers and heavy freights will be brought, aucl certainly fewer this scheme. This is just the relief wo hove berm waiting for-- 27 miles by roil to Goderich instead -of 47 as at presort, 118 miles to Toronto instead of 118, It will pay the C.P.R., it will pay us, let no bimo be lest in getting to- gether representatives of planes interest- ed, If statiaties are required we can furnish an ample supply and if anything further, just let our worthy Reeve draw on his imagination. We can get the road if we want it, and we do, Brussels, April 14. Yours, d;c., G011eretl New . Henry Ward Beecher never wore eye- glasses or spectacles, A Baltimore man has just buried his thirteenth wife. The Ozer is said to have found threat. ening letters on his writing table. The Amer of Afghanistan wants to build a railway from Cabul to Herat. Cattle are starving in Texas on account of vegetation being killed off by the d recent. Some 480 Russian officers are being transporte for commotion with the revo- lutionary party. High water in New England and New York is causing a general stoppage of travel incl. traffic. The franchise ie likely to be conferred on women in Michigan for municipal election purposes. Great Britain has acceded to Rus-ia's demands, and a settlement of the Afghan boundary has beet affected. Burlington, Vt., was rattled Sunday afternoon by two shooks of earthquake. Buildings are said to have rocked but no one was hurt. The game hill, making it unlawful to hunt ur kill prairie chickens, quail or pheasant fora term of five years has passed rho Illinois House. The British demand $1,000,000 indem- nity from Hayti in full of old demands. They want the Island of Tortugas if they can't get the cash. Itis estnnated that the beggars of Rome receive 92,000,000 a year in alms, and that 500 of them are worth from 916,000 to 925,000 eaoh. It is estimated at the United States Treasury Department that there has been a decrease of about $12,000,000 in the public debt during March. Great Britain has suspended diplom- atic relatione with Venezuela beoauee of the imprisonment cf British sailors and a refusal to give any satisfaction. W. Henry swam 80 yards, three turns, at the Westminster Aquarium, London, Eng., March' 7, in 64 seconds, the fastest time on record for a bath of that length. The government of the Hawaiian Islands, has granted the exclusive right of dealing in opium to a syndicate, which paid $50,000 for the high privileges en- joyed. There are upwards of thirty athletic clubs in Now York City, with an esti- mated membership of between twenty and thirty thousand and a revenue of nearly half a million dollars. The Cleveland ball players will not he allowed to assooiate either publicly or privately with gamblers, nor to enter pool rooms, neither shall they smoke or drink while wearied the uniform of the club. prospects Tho fruit Dots In Illinois Indiana end Missouri are po.'r, peaches especially baying boon injured by drouth and will he a short crop. In Ohio and Wisconsin the fruit prospects aro considered good. A miltraillouee is about to be tried in the Austrian army which weighs 48 kilos and can he carried on a man's back and which will fire 1,000 bullets in a minute and a half. As a defensive weapon it is thought to be without a rival. A thief who was arrested in Chicago the other day "kicked" against a trial in the courts. IIo said ho thought the only fair and impartial men in the country were base ball umpires, and he wanted to bo trioti before one of them. Norty prisoners et the Chicago Bride- well rebelled Monday morning and re- fused to perform the tasks assigned thein. They were all handcuffed to the doors and compelled to stand through the night with their hands outside of their oell doors. This brought them to terms. Birdie 10010, the clatighter of Senator Fair, recently celebrated her lIth birth - clay in San Francisco, Before Miss Birdie, on the supper table, was placed a huge pis. She out around the top crest, and when it was lifted np two dozen canary birds flew out and parched upon the branches of fruit trees in blossom erne. monting the mental. A flock of wildoose flying over Water. bury, Conn., on Tuesday saw one of the kites which the 'Waterbury boys were flying. This particular kite wee np very high and the geese objected to it. They. °hroled about it two or three times, and then foue of their number seemingly del; opted for the purpose, attacked th kite and tom it to pieooe, and then West on their way. In the Pennsylvania Senate Thursday a bill to authorize the tarrying out of death sentences by electricity was lost on the third reading, Don, Pedro, the Banperer of Brazil, has been elected an associate member of the Liverpool Astronomical Society. He is an enthusiastic amateur astronomer, and when the great comet of 1882 was blazing in thio morning sky he used to tumble out of bed at four o'elook in the morning and ply the telescope and spec- troscope upon the comet, and measure the lenght of its tail, until the rising sun blotted it out of sight. It's real nice to be a billiard expert. George Slosson, who gave a series of in- structions in billiards to Mine. Patti, is going to Bungee at her invitation, and will be her guest at her castle for about three months. And Jacob Sohnefor, an- other export, who presented Signor Nic- olini with a cue balanced to the perfec- tion of los mete, has had too compliment returned in the shape of an exgnicite dia- mond and sapphire combination pie. Most of the bit thd.ty preeents which the Emperor Williams received from his relatives were very shabby, and wholly unworthy of the occasion. The best gifts were the Dresden china, presented by tho King and Queen of Saxony, and the Black Fherest clock of the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Baden. The carving of this cluck was a masterpiece of the Schwartzwald art, and it is al- togetherta most beautiful piece of furni- ture, The most recent report from the State of Michigan would seem to indicate the defeat of the proposed prohibitory liquor amendment to the State constitution by a majority of about 3,500. The prohibitory liquor vote has proved far larger than it was supposed possible, and, sad it not been for the counties in the Upper Peninsula and for the very heavy vote against the amendment in Detroit, the amendment would have been carried. The very large vote, it is supposed, is due to the efforts of the women of the State at the polls. Bill Nye writes this to his son, who is attending school, and who is somewhat of a genius it is to be eresumed :—I wanted you to bo able to tell down at the store how much A, I3 and C would each have 00 grind off ct circular grindstone four feet three anis otm.holt inches iu diameter, with a s,ptarc Mee e in the centre three and one-fourth inches each way, provided A pays one-sixth of the twice of the stone B ono-Iali, axed C the balance, with the nnderetan:ding that C shall use 5 _per Dent, more than his share, provided ho will ttu'u the grn eletone. O asses (these N t:VVr.. Toronto's civic holiday will be August 16th. Prince Edward Island has a deficit of 910,000 this year. A strike has taken place on ono of the Wellaucl canal contracts. The body of Hamer, the missing Mon- treal student, has been found. One hundred and twenty gallops of li- quor were seized at Calgary a short time ago, The sealing steamer Eagle, reported stink with all hands, has arrived safe at St. John's N.B. A wrathy correspondent of the Midland Free Press describes Parry Sound as a fly blister on a rock. Louie R. Tiribe will represent the Tor- onto World in the Press Gallery of the House of Commons this season. The Militia Department has decided that battalions turning out on Jubilee day must do so entirely at their own cost. Tun of the chequer players of Guelph visited Galt on Good Friday, played 120 games with the clubs there and won by oils game. A few nights ago some heartless sneak entered the stably of Kenneth Murray, of Embro, and out the tongue out of one of his horses. Cardinal Tasohereen hes announced the suspension of his order against the Kuielaa of Labor pending the dehision of the Holy See. Fifteen to twenty miles of auovsheds will be built by tine Canadian Pacific Railway Bile summer in the viaioity of Donald, S.C. At a wood bei on the premises of Ed. round J. Troyer, at Hills Green, Huron County, twelve sten out 12 cords of wood in eight hours. Hon. Mr. ibtowat has given notice in the Legislature of resolutionsofaympathy with Ireland, and regret that 00er0honn is about to be resorted to. A meeting was held in Norwich recent- ly for the purpose of organizing a Farm. er's Mutual Insurance Company for the townships of North and South Norwich and East Oxford. At a meeting of the Galt Collegiate In- stitute Football Club the following offi- cers were elected for the season :—Hon. Pres., Dr. Sylvester ; Pres„ Mr. Waled - den ; Vice -Pres., J. D. Wright ; Secre- tary, T. L. Cranston ; Treasurer, F. Fraser ; Curator, W. Jackson. In the township of Mono a short tiros ago the whves of Robert G. South and Robert A. Marshall on the same clay pre- sented their husbands with a son and daughtor respectively. They are neigh- bors living near Camilla. The two couples were married together on the same day, and by the same clergymen, Rini. W. A. Ifunter. A deputation from Lucluow, consisting of D. Campboll, ex -Reeve ; Elliot Trevor Solicitor ;. and D. L. Cameron, Treasur- er, waited tupon the Attorney -General on Tuesday afternoon to present the chime of Lnckuow to be county town of a now county proposed to bo formed of the tunnieipalitios adjacent to that villa ego. The deputation was eom'teously reeeivod.