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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1881-04-08, Page 11881. alker oa resent -ed M. s watch aed .1 gold brooch. • Were.tOtally en, and she • enaotiou 1 not expreszt After Ddr. tests heartily supper was. house, after y the hostess us, H. Hart. . Smith. arta ose the usaaa srs. Veneto -no acconipenied le chorus in 'conclusiori of sroke up, not, iterated their Mrs- Rands S might have. ized in their herever their ey should. en,- . Mr. Rands, • Dakota. Spence, a n resident of ..e.day eve/Lenz „ Mr. Spence "st rneetiug of '. which was from home iiich termin- he lungs, and we stated on - vas a native. ftLUI came to ire ago. He af ter w arde erne to Ethel -ego, and was - carried on a ess. At the - an congreea_ Aev. Ma, Ma- e. was Urlaali- r, and which tied, and the ill keeuly feel 4• Presbytery appointed a 7al Assembly. man in the aid was gen.. • None ever • co-um:lei or B him feeling He will be aid vicinity. 3.aughters are naerried. .4 Grey, and. business ill ifa of Rev. tield, is the pence. The Satuedey, at Tied in the dsod deal of The weather the order of sas keeps a .ys the roads the snow is s fall wheat - very pearly. _ sowed late. e for fall or mas Pollard acres to F. of 5d,54)0. aarvest. Mr. [red. :leo. Snaalla- rith a disease -e.ry prevalent A few drops ts nose would aie•in time. John Bell, of en the Aux T t muat h,a,ve it was white, Wm. Dinnin, ff it and put stiou in his *Mr. Phillip ill for some leave the r or thirty of Seighborhood le and charcc- out 40 cords en after the ey turned in ere they had hey kept up --The public f echoed sec - o 25th inat., y particular. room were th evergreen es, and peer - sea of uris rrouncled by ards of a r. Slemreon, srs. McKay, ughton and cellent order the protapt which (mea- d problema dee t macb ils, but also on, who, az er, is appae- •tion. Aster deitors par - adequate to nd epicurean nut to have - After the . the pupils misting of singing, ana r. Spence, of -ussels, and rea,ding of e girl of )st striking ise she rou- nd parthetin lelivered by the truateed e. of Morris. Grey, efter .rsed, °sten- day's pro - as disposed see Line, in his brother is first class. Gorrell and he west. FOURTEENTH YEAR. WliOLE NUMBER, 696. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, 1APRIL 8, I 8L McLEAN BROS., Publishers. e1.50, 4 Year, in Advance. SE.APOIT -SMITH & WEST ARE CLEARING OUT PILES OF DRESS GOODS BLACK CASHMERES A t Prices sea cannot obtain elsewhere. REM EMBER./ The Large Rednotions made in prioo of Goode will only last A FEW DAYS LONGER. We purpose either Removing the Stook or Clear- ing it all out this month. DON'T LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY To Get Bargains in NEW AND FIRST-CLASS GOODS. SMITH & WEST,• MA,IN. STREET, SEAFORTH. iiiii PROS 1881 SPRING. 1881 WE ARE NOW BUSY EVERY DAY OPENING UP /s -EW GOODFOR THE SPRING TRADE. OUR GOODS FOR TItIS SEASON'S BUSI- NESS HAVE BEEN SELECTED WITH GREAT CARE, AND PURCHASED IN THE VERY BEST MARKETS, OUR STOCK, FOR VALUE, EXTENT AND VARIETY, CANNOT BE SURPASSED IN TOWN. WE SHOW 4 LARGE STOOK OF STAPLZ GOODS, ALL AT BOTTOM PRICES. jrE SHOVit A LARGE STOOK OF DRESS GOODS IN THE NEWEST MATERIALS AND COLORS. SIIALS IN BLACKS, GREYS, AND ALL THE FASHIONABLE SHADES. WE SHOW A LARGE STOOK OF GLOVES, HOSIERY, TIES, RIBBONS, LACES, &cc. WE SHOW A LARGE STOCK OF CLOTHS AND OMITS' FURNISHINGS. WE, STILL FURNISH OUR CUSTOMERS WITH FIRST - GLASS FITTING GAR- MENTS, AND ARE DETERMINED TO KEEP UP OUR REPUTATION AS BEING THE BEST CLOTHING HOUSE IN THE TOWN. WE CCNRIDENTLY EXPECT TO RECORD FOR THIS SEASON THE LARGEST TRADE EVER DONE IN THIS OLD ES- TABLISHED BUSINESS. EVERY BUYER SHOULD SEE quE ,THH DEAD CZAR. SOME FRESH ANECDOTES ILLUSTRATING HIS CHARACTER IN BOYHOOD AND LA- TER YEARS -HOW HIS FATHER COD- DLED HIM IN INFANCY AND REBUKED HIS VANITY IN YOUTH -HOW A. COUR- TIER GOT MONEY BY ANGERING HIM, AND HOW HE MADE HIS COURTIERS PAY THEIR DEBTS. During the Paris Exhibition of 1867 a great review was held at LongchamP in honor of Alexander II. of Russia. As the open carriage in_which drove the Czar, the Czarevitch and their host Napoleon III. was galloping down the Champs Elysees, Berezowski, a Pole by birth, fired a pistol shot at his Hover- iegn, but accidentally missed his aim. "Let us go home ti,t once, father," said the Czarevitch to Alexander, implor- ingly seizing him by the hands. "Do not yield to fright," replied quite calm- ly the Czar; "like Napoleon, I can say that the bullett which is to dispose of my person is not yet cast." The same expression he repeated in 1879, when Skoloff fired four shots at him in quick succession. When the Nihilists, in less than a year later, tried to blow up the dining room of the Winter Palace, and again failed in the attempt to kill him, he triumphantly exclaimed, "God is with the Czar." Whether these utterances were his real Convictions, or were dust thrown in the eyes of his courtiers, is an open question. That he was a brave man there is no doubt; but that fear had altered. his character is also beyond doubt. He feared an enemy in all around, except in the Cossack orderly and the Newfoundland dog Milord that nevereleft him. During the last years of his life he never laid aside his re- volver, and no one, not even the Czare- vitch, could approach him without a ! formal announcement. His aide -de- I camp, General Ryleeff, was on one on- ' casion fired at by his sovereign, because he unexpectedly entered his private study. The mental agony in which be lately lived cannot be denied, and the misery and anxiety of his existence could not have failed to hasten his end, even if the revolutionists., had failed in their last attempt. The assassination of Alexauder II. is undoubtedly a most deplorable fact; but it is only the natural consequence of his tyrannical policy. No compro- mise was possible between the ten mil- lions of people who had relatives in Siberia and the man who daily increas- ed the number of these exiles. The cause of the evil is the will of Peter the Great. The policy of the Czars who have followed that founder of modern Russia has been based in this singular document. "Estrange as much as pos- sible," he wrote, "the various States of Europe, so that you may control them all. Always have a standing army as rnay, according to the opportunity, serve for the purpose of war in time of peace and secure peace in time of war. Em- ploy the whole forces of the country to open the two routes to Constantinople and to India. Uphold the dignity and prerogatives of the Czardom before everything and all things." Peter the Great forgot to remind his successors that nothing ca.n be done by a prince who does not bommand the love of his people. This counsel would have proved more valuable to them" than all the others. Although told a hundred times, the life of Alexander II. always presents new features. At the begiaing of this century the dynasty of the Romanoffs was threatened with extinction. The Emperor Alexander I. and his brother Constantine had no offspring. All hopes were centred on Nicholas. The birth of his son Alexander Nicholaievitch, the late Emperor, was hailed with the great- est enthusiasm. In his infancy Alexander was petted in proportion to the hopes and ambi- tions dependent on his life. His mother herself nursed him -a rare thing, in- deed, in royal families. Nicholas, an iron ,soldier, who never followed the ad- vice of a physician so far as his health was concerned, vied with his wife in care for the child. Fearing that the boy might take cold, he kept him -so closely wrapped up in woollen blankets and furs that it is a wonder that he was not suffocated. Had he not been endowed with a remarkably strong con- stitution be would have died in infancy. He was by no means a good natured baby. He, frequently amused himself with kicking and scratching those around him. His temper, however, gradually improved under the severe discipliue to which he was subsequent- ly submitted, when .Nicholas under- stood that he must be treined to be a Czar of Russia even at the risk _ of im- pairing his health. Alexander was made sub -lieutenant of the Imperial Guard when 14 years old. One day he happened to cross, when in uniform, one of the halls of the palace where the highest dignitaries of the realm were assembled. As he en- tered they rose and bowed. This mark of respect fsom the oldest soldiers of the empire flattered the boy's vanity. In his glee he repeatedly passed through the room, expecting the same recogni- tion from the courtiers. The latter took no further notice. Vexed at What he considered a breach of etiquette, the young Grand Duke complained to his father of the treatment he had received. Nicholas took him by the hand and led him to the hall. "These men -whom you want to honor you," he said, "are the men you should honor. You should regard any mark of respect they pay seeee, ; you as an excess of kindness. What you have done shows that you are too young to wear the epaulettes of an offi- cer. I deprive you of them." All en- treaties were in vain. Alexander was degraded in the presence of the assem- bly; to be made, however, Colonel. in the Grenadiers of the Guard at the age of 16. Although he then led a jOYOUB life, he began to be subject to those fits of melancholy which. are characteristic of the family of the Romanoffs. The Hi z 1.4 33 Et OS _ , MAIN STREET, SILFORTIL rince to somet lutterin igested !bet as t arri ier thid n ed 10 Inple, d. bigot trang Ir. I d ed a s owed tie rite build a or es an n.ver a art n nab 't Oa SS e 0 411 a IS o ps re orr sue wo a re s se wee rna tin ligie wa ent spit aarftaillo lifel ned ts f he e "Stcred ore 44 mo • n's life was It please a br lbrisbaisd it is this epoch e D�lgc urt. I ate In emed cial su map uld iot heart„ ly the e splen t with I, a chairiberlain attach. n, relatee that he 'would ain for weeks without d. Travelling was aug- edy for this moroseness, tned to, have no effect rescribed. The romance is too well knower to The bappiness of the ver, camel to an untimely carried i to the extreme The original cause of the between the imperial of her .Protestaat birth , Marie Alexandrovna g a strong inclination to e Greek church., She : in its devotional exer- s cereneonies which had pon the Emperor. Her came 4 chapel. The s she daily spent before ages" ! increased to a seriouslextent. That a y no means calculated 'ant and pleasure -loving mikes to add. It was at the Princess Gather- ' made her appearance at like therising of a new presende the Emperor get every one else. Her t court and the constant 6 her liS her sovereign 1.[ finally, onest as she was ()ideate her. Impercep- girl fell in love, net with power pf the Emperor, dhivalrons appearance of t, she resorted to all ex - off an intimacy which eely end in dishonor, and el refused to receive the rincess olgoronki Vol- evereign She lived in r-in-lew with whom she ling to toyer with her 'ffill of the girl who had r'to her care, in a stormy ade the Emperor her zSar withdrew. On the arded to the Princess h the autographic legend, I reApect the most." But one day Catherine 's roof end took tip her mall and modest r house eglais. In that -snot for t a Russian autoceat al. ht oblivion from the pre - tate affairs. 0 judgment thatmay be Emperor of the Russias an, the priyate man was ttractive features. He 'her and loved his father. f Nicholass death he ours of his evening read - a a 0 listening to hisadvice. he as a soldier to the mar - lis des. He felt uneasy in e dr not know laiew to wear a er he attempt by Berezowski mmeuse throng gathered e indows of the Tuileries; crt a of eLting l life to the lled im to a balcony. .The d Os l the croSvd,!but did not B h '. Only after the Em- enie had whiepeied in his ear tily take it off. He was gen- 1 the people eround him, par- , to his soldiers, His very same WhO has becotne inotorious for cti 0 with the American ar, fter robbing the chapel of ✓ ai ii being rrested for it, e Si 0 SI [as a 4 1 ron WO. her o f cess aid fail to i you Or e 1:1* . El Y the, dieritti o b e saw oul na nt s s its f er TB. he no, sist ed, n wis g od a e th ls en n nate ' n tervie fo house he morrow e fo Ina p tr it w "To t °En T re fiEs or. ie t h r ls oth reeide ce in on th aa xrdlanY Y rs most a 1 BD ,00cup t o of h t er,t passedthe AB El. p lic ii t ith,out a ore i in Till t e me epent th last L'keRutfo 1 lro o 'Priiiti• hat. il?n, hi li eenea h eaf in zar l' Car bo presse°e E did he b ler us to Ia lti u arl rie hew, hi• Con al,nny is motil xclaime ut Will be t whose h art o do So. 1 'oh era emano a Very e bristlier at ne by outburst N va,a 131 A fit 0 4. ISO 14 he Czar '11; punish me, a only on of the fa,mily ill bleed t !being obliged I 1 ck temper is a tradition- tari. tic of the family of the I. Alexander possessed it in inest degree, bet, unlike his ns ntine, he always tried to rea er kindness for any of his here is at the court of On who stood Very near the peroe4 T • is nobleman had always re creditors than debters, and. never led t, arouse his [ mester's anger whenever; need cf money pressed him alesely. He Well knew t1ie more the Mr hirein the end. "Fine weath- er reSI angry at h m, the better it was er for thol cress," said the ld roue, rub - i g his 1antht. . , Many f ilse evils that characterized his Govnria t should not be traced to him per n 1 ,but to the officers who [ . serround d it.i and Who, were highly haterested Iri suppressing the truth. There is no G vernme t it which court i triguee are so com lica,ted and BO werful se in Rus ia. I No, Czar's revsdn as 11 ever be Isufficieut to ustrata the. , so longi allithe Czardom ists iii its • esent form. The Kolokol, revolt ion paper edited by Elerzen, ee ere ated dreadful Stories' about lexand. r V adinsirovitcle Adlerberg, e Enerieror, most intimate friend and e Mi ister of the' ,IMperial House. , e prey nt h mastee froM seeing the I tuned 4ontaining this exposure, that n h da special edition of the er printed in whi h tho details pre sed. T is 4ditiou alone 4 r•••••••••••• gantlem iewressP all lles was e by Alexande , Whenever he truth [secnild reach his ears,t1Ii late redre he ' dentati s. evho h be have c people. Oe the Cz wh the Ja in a ilord vas, ot Fe gniZ be Was mpl Yed," nsw do fer n ?" The he leng tit ) bef Sum to 4 hig nd h coul She v4R in and thsum 1 in the rese The Emp 4er's n me, would h I claim ttle laer His 1 • Alexander never failed to rongs done by his repre- is severity tsward officers rayed t.1 eir trust should ded him to the love of the rnornin sorbe years ago had startedl for a walk in Ete with his favorite dog ccosted by 41 old woman. lag him, he wilted whether yed in the Winter Palace. red the 9ar "what can I 'Id womt.b t Id him that a • re she h.d lent a large functionary in the palace, not get hi to pay her. treme pove ty, she said, Would ba a g d -send to her t circumetan as. r inquired for the offi- xid her that he influeace to have the . , Appointna nt was given haperial M esty for the 1 morrow at noon at the same place where they were standing, if the gentleman failed to pay his debt befor that, , Returning to the palace, the Emperor sent for the debtor. The la ter ackaowl- edged his indebtedness, but pleaded hick of money. His Maje ty gave hitn the money out of his own iocket, telling him to go at once and set le with his needy creditor. Next morning, however, heCzar was sUrprised to see the wonsa • punctual to the eventual appointme It. He first inaag'ned she had come- to expre than B, but he soon learn d. tha, had eceived nothing. Th Czar f ed, a d ordered her to folio him Pala e. He was in a state of gee cite ent. He walked so f st tha peer ady could hardly ke p step him. When she saw eery nts, sol gene ale, every one bow Host h to he guide she was et spefied. gear s were about stoppin . her, b Czar made a sign, and no further &ranee was put to her ate ping in itlisperiai apartments. Th functi was summoned. hat does this mean ?" sai the Emp ror. "You have n t paid this wom n. What .have you done wi h the mon y I gave you ?" T e officer made such a piteou that he Czar's anger almOst gave to a esire to laugh. ' ell, your Majesty,", replie man "on my way home I wise as by s many creditors that I had ing 1 ft for this woman. ,Ilow the ale had learned I had lthe mo kino not; but the fact is t at they it an the s her she own - o the •t ex - the with • ions, mbly The t the bins - o the nary forced me to surrender it." e Czar accepted the excuse paid ld lady, and issued a 'ukase • the effec that the privileges Which sable- roe'n enjoyed, as regards the debt they had contracted, should be abol'shed. Mor than one courtier, who had hith- ; to iolated his most solemn e gage- e,n s with men of the p ople, wI s se - vela y punished by Alexa der foi not coin ;)lying with his orders Wien in the heyday of his man! ood, Alex nder II. had few riv ls as a s sorts - man Almost every Tliursday then Was sy him devoted to huntiag. The chas: of the bear was his favorite exer- cise. An anecdote may be rela ed in this connection which espeak the peen iar courage with whi h he w s en- d. This quality rather than • ash- es of the passive kid. On dey d fired the two shot contai ed in ouble-barrelled gun a a bear, caus- imply a slight woun4l. The beast rose n his hind paws, then eavagely rush:d for the sovereign, who was seat- e,:a was customary with him, n a cam -stool. The men who ace's Is pani- 1 ed h m n,aturally anticipated tha, the Czar, unarmed as he was, would with- dra . They were mistaken. Th bear was • ot more than two yards d stant fro'. the Czar, and the latter liad not moved from his seat. He was Saved by petraf, who violently pulled him back and :nt a bullet through the animal's hear . Such was Alexander's nat re - neve to recede. T .is anecdote brings anpther to 'Nina. Du ng assojourn at Diloscdw, Alex nder expressed a desire to hunt the b ar in the : eighbothood. Explorers Wen ie - spat hed in various directions, but no tree of a bear was to be found. R ther than disappoint his Majesty; a bea was pnrc ased from some 13arnum who qwn d a cirrs in the city. The a imal was arried to a given poiat in the oun- try, nd let loose at the time Wh u the imp nal hunter arrived on the spot. The bear, however, outwitted the Ern- pero 's courtiers. As it 'came - ithin sigh of the imperial party it pro ably thou ht itself in the presence f its ten 1 spectators, and begen to da ce in its bat style, as if it had been in cir- cus, and thus saved its life. Th Czar heartily laughed .at the reveng the ani se al had taken upon his toadie , and Ord° ed the harmless brute to be 'laced in t e St. Petersburg Zoological'G; rden. Meuerce lieu Is. face plaee_ the ailed noth- jack- ey, I knew dow ing he h hiipge prec and bixt ma bec • Canada. n. Mr. Chapleau s rious state of health. There are thirty-nine news periodicals published in Tor en are religions. in a An unusually large anaou e sugar is being made in th istrict this spring. Hazelnuts are found in greet bun- dan e on the scrub -covered hills and woo ed lands of Manitoba. very apers nto , t 'of Qae- A number of servant girls from Lan k county left on the Ma itoba epee al train from Ottawa last tve k. • Wood thieving has been carri:d on vigo onsly this winter in Luck's° A woe an and her daughter were c nght at ithe other night. It is stated that the ails ilton s ,A.sy um for the insane at the p esent tim is over -crowded, and that ap lice - tion have -been made for admissiou and refu ed. Another old resident of West orra, bas departed this life. Mr. Eobert ro died, at Brooksdale, at th ad - van ed age of 73. Deceased was 1 uni- vers The respe originalcted, m a ck Hawk," sire of 'ma • y of the fastest Canadian trotters, died the other day in his stable at the lege f 36. He was the property of the Dtles rs. Daonst Brothers, Montreal. A severe snow storm, prevail d. at Winnipeg on April- lst and pre eding day or two. Trains on the Porta,•e la Pra rie division of the Pacific R lway were blockaled. The telegraph wires were aleo down between Wiunipe and St. Paul, and trains delayed in onse- ce. A bright, intelligent little boy; MI ed. Eddie Comptom, was cr Being the ailway track at St. Thonnes when a p t dog which always follow° him got n his way as he was trying to cross the raok, and throwing him prone upon th' kossing, a passing train Went over his leg and smashed it te) a jelly be. , tween the ankle and knee joints. Am- putation of the limbbelow the knee joint was found necesSary. -Mr. e s, a cattle dealer of Hinge ston has ai1ed. His liabilities are said' to be grea -Mr. Ja▪ r4ies Maidment, near Forest,' owns a cow / hat gave birth to a call which weglaed 921 pounds when drop- ped. -During the trip of the last Grand Trunk party from Ontario to Mani- toba, there were two births and on marriage On the cars. -It is 'stated that the Government on Friday handed over th[e Pembina branch and the completed portions of the Paci- fic Railway to the Syndicate. -TwentyLfive contractors have ten -I dered for ithe 3,000,600 brick in thei Central Pritn, Tomato. The tendere range from 5 to $6.75 per thousand. -Rev.Colwell, Grand Rangeof Watford (Testers, trensmitted a thous.' r. r and dollars to the widow of Paul Cam -1 eron, late of that place, who died' ia Manitoba -Mr. Zaiies McMahon has lately sold his 100 lacres on the 16th crewel Edon of Lqn on, adjoining Biddulph, foe $8,500. he purchaser is Mr. Findla McLean, of Tennesee. -The v ngelist ministers of Hamill ton met t consider what action the should take on the Scott Act. The dii versity of opinion was so great that thesi dispersed without a decision.. -The sp cial jury appointed to tr the Waubu o case have failed to agree and were charged en Saturday. It i di understood that nine jurymen were i favor of a verdict for the plaintiff. i -Judge Miller pai his first judicial visit to Emerson a few days ago, when he found 61 judication. and the doc cages on the docket for adf He arrived at 11 o'cloc ket was cleared by 3 p. m.1 -The Farmers' Club of Oshawa hae resolved to grow the ember sugar cane! and over a hundred acres have already been gu ranteed. A factory will erected i readiness for next seas work. -Five on Thurs 1,250 em for Dako number States. -It is savings' lish syst poorer 1 well as a upwards -Prof students Ithaca, the Ont the 17th a few da -In t townshi with its vine, of prietor o years ol refused, cash. -Dr. University College, has given up th use of i he regar of wine sake of example -Ho'. Alexander Mrs. Dif ckenzie will sail for Europ, early in Delay, where they will stay Rome months. 1lvery one will hope that rest and change of Scene may brin about r. Mackenzie's complete r covery. There is every reason to be- lieve th t they will. , -A renchman living in Kingston cut a pi ce off his tongue, because he believed that it wagged too much and often go him into trouble. The find result • this rigorous remedy remaine to be se n, but if all tongues that wag- ged too ueh were t� be treated in this same w y, there would be a considerablr amount of blood lost. -Th e of the guests at the Walker House, ithesses from the north in th Wanba o ease being tried in Toront last wee , 1ad a narrow escape frouti being a hyxiated by gas. They ha adopted time honored custom of blowing the light,lbut that does not answer h the light in a citfehotet. The me ere reported as suffering se- verely fr -A c cry, occ at Welli in Bra Ryckm eloquen his text, denly cl ished co darkene down. relief, g prayer, hie ser b,t trains passed through London aY of last week containiqg grants and their effects, boand a end Manitoba. The great° will settle , in the Unite l prPposed to establish a penis 'auk in Lon on, after the Eng iL m. This wil I be a boon to th boring clas , as children ea tilts may deposit from a penu BBOT Roberts and over twent of the Cornell Lrniversit . Y., have arranged to visi rio Agricultu al College abou of May. Th • s. e inatter of of West Zorra is keeping pace neighbors. Mr. Robert Melt he 9th concession, is the prot a span of colts rising thre0 , for which he was offered, and the handsome sum of $456 I ' I y will remain fo good stools th IPS ilson, President of Toront‘ tolcicating liquors, not becans s his former ssabit of a glass at dinner as sinful, but for this etas:lents who look to him fok A most worthy act of sett. Mackenzie ani- -Th tains a 6,250 larged, the Pro extende Mention aril TOM western still re The Hu peg, is p dollars glass w window -A in Port, forty-fiv dred bo man tw night's surprise emigre good ro I want the eve sleep• th it m the effects of the gas. riot's instance of loss of memt rred on Sunday night recently Wain street Methodist church, tfOrd. rhe pastor, Rev. D. n, pne of the ablest end most mMisters iu, tbe city, gave one and began hie sermon, but Bud - sed the book and told the aston- gregation that a cloud had his memory. He then sat M. Wilkinaon went to hie ve out a hYmn and offered e fter which the Doctor finished on. new territory of Manitoba con - out 8,389 Indians, and about bites. Manitoba, as now en - ill be eleveu times the B17.0 of e boundaries wer ndred families of ed from the east a nce before t . Three b tes have mo ves across the Red River to th ttlement. About 400 familie ain on the east side of the rive son Bay Company, at Winn tting on style. Eight hundre ach is the price of the panes el id,h these peeple put in thei [ in• nipeg man writing to a frien Hope says: "Winnipeg ha hotels anal some three hnnl ding houses', and I defy an ce'ont of five times to strike odging; but you need not when yoti see the way title re pouring in. I got a very atua pretty good hotel, but if o o up to it at 10 o'clock i • I have get to step over th f7ms of some 70 emigrants in snoring in the hall and on the stairs. In the wood -box, under the billiard tables, everywhere you will fini them; and yet there are forty-five ho els here. -Eighteen persons who recently at- tended a cock -fight- at Victoria Park, Toronto, were fined $10 and costa each, or in default 30 days imprisonment. All ther names were altered on the cal- ender so as to shield the offenders. -It has been discovered that a saus- age manufacturer in Toronto has been in the habit of using horseflesh and oth- er carrion meat in the manufacture of sausages. The smell that arose from hie place led to the discovery of the fact. It is likely he will be arrested. --=-A young Danish emigrant found himself in rather a bad fix the other day in Toronto. He could speak only in his own language, and no interpreter could be found in the city. It was sup- posed he was trying to make his way either to Manitoba or Muskoka. -In the neighborhood of $2,000 have been subscribed towards defreying the expenses of the Biddulph ex -prisoners. It is stated that only two men in Lu - can refnaed to subscribe, and one of them said he could not conscientiously assist in defeating the ends of Justice. -Several cases of country postmas- ters using cancelled stamps have been reported in the Ottawa district, and their resignations demanded. The In- spector is paying considerable attention to this mode of defrauding the revenue, which has already assumed great pro- portioas. -Patrick Sullivan, who wal3 injured on St. Patrick's day in Montreal by a blow upon the head, it is thought, was strtick with a sand bag. While ehere was scarcely any external mark, the victim 'was insensible for two days, and blood flowed from his right ear for a much longer period. 1 -A farm laborer named Wen. lidAs was instantly killed on Monday after- noon while engaged, in company with his wife in gathering firewopd in the woods'adjacent to his cottage, about two miles from Norwood. He was struck on the head by a falling branch, and expired instantly. -The attention- of the condector of a train reaching Halifax receptly, was attracted by the suspicions na Mier of a gentleman passenger. Enqui y reveal- ed that his name was Woodward, and that he was wanted at 1 Boston for em- bezzling $80,000. He -will be, arrested on his arrival at Moville, wheace he has [ sailed. Tlere is a great deal of disss.tisfao- tion existing with „regard to the wheat market in London. Farmers in the surrounding country accuse the market buyers of a combination to keep down prices, and have for some time sold their wheat at other markets, preferring to drive longer distances where they can get fair play. -Mr. J. P. Wiser, M. P. for Prescott, has gone to Kansas to eetablieh a cattle ranche there and also to bay two or three thousand head of cattle for a ranche in the Northwest. It will take nearly a year to get the cattlie through from Kansas, as they will be driven in a drove and will not be made to travel more than eight or ten bailee a day. -Among the old pensioner applying at Ottawa last week for their annual allowance was a Waterioo veteran named Short, who is 101 years of age. He resides in the suburb of Janeville, and is still quite active. J rvis Mul- len, another pensioner in thej same trict, is 93 years of age, Of the other eighty pensioners' thirty-six 4re over 65 years of age. -Much regret is expressed by the officers and men,. of the Northwest Mounted Police at the retirement of Major Walker from the Position of commander of E Troop. I=ss ist truly an honorable man and perfect gentle- man in all reepects, and wae a great favorite among the men, who[never fail to recognize and appreciate each quali- ties in their officers. -Working men in Toronto are not paid overly high wages, as will be seen by the following list: Painters get from $1.75 to $2 per day, but pnly vault about eight or eine months in the year. Brewers get from $7 to $8 per week; bricklayers and stonemasone get from $2 to $2,25 per day, and their assist- ants from $1.40 to 51.50; blacksmiths get from $1.75 to $2 per day; carpen- ters, 52; silver gilders, 51.50; bakers, $7 to $10 per week; whiteners, $10 to $15 per week; Moulders, $2 to $3 per day; lathe and vise hands, from i $1.50 to 52; 'brass finishers, $1.75 I to 52.25; saw makers, $2.50 to 53.; mill hands, $1 i:, per day; tinsmiths, $10 tr$14 per week; from $12 t $15 per engravers, week; wood carvers, from 51 2 to 516; The wages for saw mill hand e is $1 per day, the foreman or sawyer getting $1.50. 1 Carriage makers get from el.75 to $2 per day, and wagon mekers about the same. The wages for conemon day laborers is from'$1 to $1.25 per day. -The Globe of Saturday publishes the following sad case: An ' old man named Lehman, from Ringwood, came into the city on Thursday with a span of horses and wagon containiog market- able produce. He left r for home Fri- day morning about ten o'clqek, seated on the top of his wagon, aad whilst driving along King street east, near St. Lawrence street, a gentlemalobserved the reins drop out of his hand. Think- ing something was wrong, ea Lehman appeared to remain motionleas, thegen- tleman jumped into the Wagon and. took hold. of Lehman's hand. Dr. Wright happened to come or thescene at that moment, end he also jumped into the wagon, and at once pkonounced the old man dead. The bod of the de- ceased was carried into the Kingsberry House, at the corner of St. Lawrence street, and a telegram despatched to Ringwood. The decee.eed's slten arrived in the city shortly before sevlen o'clock at night, and seemed greatly distress- ed at his father's sudden death. The body was put in a shell and about ten o'clock it was placed in the wagon, and the son left for home with it. The cause of death is supposed to be heart disease, as the deceased was heard. to complaia several times on Thursday of pains in his side. He was well known to frequenters of the market. -Mr. A. Thompson, one of Logan's oldest residents, died on the 26th tilt. Deceased was a native of !Ireland. He first settled in North Easthope, whence he removed to Logan about 25 years ago, when i it was almost [a wilderness. He Was 75 years of age, and leaves a widow andfive sons. „ I -The slum of 513,50041 was paid oat by Ole Treasurer of T_Jogan during 1880. $1,544 were spent in public im- provements ; $4,664 on education; re- lief tespoor, 595.25; law, $24.50; print- ing and stationery, 8153.69; salaries, $459„54; Councillors' services, 8349.82; town line ;improvements, $529.67. -Mies A. E. Barbour, for nine or tea years a 'most suecessful teacher in St. Marys Public School, closed her career as a teaCher on Monday of last week, and on the Thursday following was married; to Mr. J. G. Donald, of Rapid City, Manitoba. Miss Barbour's pupils presented her with a valuable present and a kindly worded address. - Mrs Wm. Crerar, along with his two 801118 John and Dan, and Mr. Tho. Steedsraan, left Shakespeare last week by the Grand Trunk excursion for Da- kota. Ori reaching Glyiadon they in- tend to staike west on the Northern Pacific tin they come across a suitable location, Settle down, and then send for their fanailies during the summer. -Forty-seven years ago on Wednes- day, March 30th, Mr. McCarthy, of Stratford, started from the place where Stratford [now stands, for Toronto. The journey!on foot to Hamilton took two days, aad from there to Toronto by stage, p.t hours more. Travelling wasn't veey 'speedy in those days, said the weather was the coldest he ever felt in Canada. - At the sale of Mr. Wm. Challen- ger, Logan, on Monday Of last week, fully fonrhundred people l were present. The cattle and sheep were very thin, nevertheless the prices Paid were re- markably good. Cows l twelve and thitteeri Years of age sold as high as $38.50; yearlings, per pair, 536.50; steer calf, 815.25; and three small heifer calves brought $2&25; to suck- ing colte Were knocked down at $81. -Dvilelling houses are at a premium in Winnipeg. Although a number of familiee ere moving out of the city to their farres, there is no house -room to spare. 1New arrivals take their places, and mend' have to "double -up" with friends l until houses are erected for them. A hundred dwellings at least are no irl process of building, the con- tracts stipulating that they must be completed by the 1st of May. Car- penters arrive with every excursion party te ba,ve a share in the summer's businese. [ Stores and dwellings let very readily, and rents bid fair to be higher than ever they were. Nothing pays in this city like real estate. - Mei [James White has sold his farm, lot 16, base line, Blanshard, con- sisting af 100 acres, to a gentleman from Idewmanville, for 56,500. The farm is geed, but only fairly improved. .Having sold his own farna, Mr. White purch ed that of Mr. John Boreland, consisti g of 150 acres, or $9,500, in. eluding fill wheat. Thi e farm is fairly improv d. Messrs. Bradley and Cath- cart, ex Outors, have sold the farm of the lat par. Hopkinson, consisting of 10 ac es, and situated. three miles south of St. Marys, to Mr. Henderson of B attshard, for $4,800. This farm is in a very poor state of cultiva- tion, with only very old log buildings. [. -In a 1 confectioner's store in Peter- borough, the other evening, a young Newfoundland, dog suddenly realizing that hifi master had gone out, made a start for the door. Finding that dosed, he next made for the plate glass win- dow, eVidently thinking, he would get out that way. The attempt was a failure, but in making the failure he also scsered a big success as a destroyer of goods. Candies and cakes of all kinds ere strewn about in profusion, and wo se than all, a large wedding la cake w toppled over and broken. It is to be,hoped, however, that this fact will not prevent the proposed marriage being coisurnrnated. The text ques- tion is, Who is responsible, the owner of the dog or the confectioner, because he did not let him out. - A curious case came up in Chancery last Fr1day before Vice Chancellor Blake, at Toronto, being an application by Mrs. l John Albaugh, a handsome womanof Garafraxa, conety of Wel- lington, for a commission of lunacy for her httaband, who is a wealthy man. Mrs. Allbaugh testified that they were marrie4 thirty years ago, and that he had been insane for 18 years. One of his hallucinations was that his family were all devils, and it would be no . crime tO kill them. For 10 years he i had lived in a room by himself, which I he Istept locked. when .4.e occupied it, and Idid his 1 own cooking.; Re had raved , about calling meeting t of the people to ! get up 4 raid on the banks, tn order to get gol4 and silver to pave the streets of New Jerusalem, which was to be locat- ed on hisiarm, and had threatened her 1 life frequently. He had been in -the Asylum; twice, and had told her that he had fasted 40 days because no one that hjeadruasaddienatysto . Hma e hchaacooufteldn n enter New ' to roast the house and, all the devils in it. He labored under the hallucination that she Was to be Queen of the New City and ride on 0. scarlet horse and marry the Pope, which was to be the last wedding in the world. He had given het $1,500, which , she spent in raising laer family. The case -has at- tracted a great deal of attention, as an application for a commission in lunacy has been of rare occurrence here. weineaftemanteminwitsw,, . _