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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1891-04-17, Page 1[o, 1891 KING. ;as announced ea. tents that more. Ten later in ref. Mantle Making, srs ; a Rooms are now. - one who under. all it details, a thoroughly- perrion a Minh present busy in, in. costumes and I Summer wear, 441 has Jong ere aer decisiana aa trrect styles for it of prominence lity of their own, , lag brought into rge. Sometimee tde ideas " 'which se -loped in their - is' in the effort be designers," Lo produce gar - becoming and arst-class dress-. ',-y as an artist, t in introducing' idles of Seaforth eg so feel satis- .ted ia her charge i is professional r Dress Gbode el several new new comprises othe, Cheviots, •es. Greys and naost astractive seldom• has the which to select and striking as egonalss Stripes,. eures and small along the latest, our selections. Leased with the will he pleased. 4cFaul, slauseseameessait both success ire -No fewer than vn on Tuesday ipring.—Messrs. of St. Marys, store in Jarnee. hey did a rush- -day laat, their tre four millinery aturclay last. — Trade met on The Rev. S. F. Trivitt Merwer- St. "Thomas in L Sunday last.— in left for St. ening, where he- n the tailoring. Broderick.—A lager& attended est week.—Mr. tencla leaving for w days, held au lure at the tawn 11.1r. A. J. Rol - very sad duty (if Mr. Thomas. eke& at his late flay, near this t the age of 65 days. The de for some months waa one of the He leaves be - 'own up eons and demise. They' the- vicinity in e funeral took to the Exeter eled by a large elatives, show- n which the g� of regret we the death of d and neighbor,. Roved wife of- ich took place denee, Andrew ruing last, the 6 years and 6. had only been ur weeks with a- a, when' death f her _sufferings.- ci lived in the. ✓ many years, about ten yeara. enduring many The funeral e residence on• to the Exeter A. L. Russell, treet Methodist. burial services.. ii husband and to mourn her sympathy of hour of afliic- argely attended, ateem in which dd. sawing contest 'Victoria Oper& ay evening next the receipts of Isaac Wallace, • ch a inpion ship• Westcatt, whi' ion- for Huron as to have taken y, the 1st inst., te put in his ap- tch at Sarnia. will be able to as a wood.sawer reship, as its a or something- habeen Wen- d post office for is position. -ho killed hie e, in a quarrel, weeks ago, was ddlesex Assizes, laughter. He years in the VIT310LE NUMBER 1,218. TWENTY-THIRD YEAR. / • • ,SEAFORTH FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1891. °LEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. NEW PRINTS. Great activity at our Print counter. The very choicest deigns, lovely tints, fast colorings and good qualities are all there, and plenty of them. Those very things yen have been looking for are likely among the lot, If you want the pat- terns large or email, gay or retired, they are there. If you want what no one else has, you are quite likely to get it there. lf you want Ginghams, Flannelettes or any other kind of washieg fabrics, call and look through our select stock. It will pay you three fold, viz.: choice, quality and price. Edward M'Faul, SEA FORTH. New York Letter. (Regular Correspondence.) • Nsw Yosa, April 13th, 1891. The Florists' Association of this city Jas at last succeeded in establishing a flower market in Union Square. There were two other flower markets in opera- tion previously, but they were situated in out-of-the-way places, and their sur- roundings were anythiug but attractive. The ides, of the new market, which is to be modelled after those of London and Paris, is to give the consumers an oppor- tunity to purchaae flowers direct from the growers. With the market thus established in Union Square, ladies can combine business with pleasure by at- tending there in person and selecting their flowers from an almost endless variety. The market will no doubt be- come a great resort for lavers of flowers, as it is said that New York can make a better display .of cut dowers than can any city in Eurqpe. Early morning visite will be fashionable, and the scene will be beautiful and attractive. The market was opened for the first time on last Saturday. For the present it will close at 7 o'clock each morning. A STATUTE TO SHERMAN. From present indications New York will have a statue of Gen. Sherman with- in a very short time. The money for the purpose has been subseribed, and a committee composed of. prominent men has taken hold of the eeterprise with vigor. Augustus St. Gauciens, the emi- nent artist, has been selected to make the designs for the statute, as the com- mittee found that he was especially qualified for the task and was the choice of Gen. Sherman's family. Mr. St. Gaudens prepared a bust of the general last year, and also took a mask of his features after death. The model before its execution will be submitted to %jury of experts for their approval. This is a commendable showing of progress for a New York statute enterprise, and should go a long way to . make up for our short -comings in previous affairs of a similar kind. THE CREDULOUS CROWD. An alleged ghost has made Its appear- ance in this city, and sa a result thous- ands of curious people crowd around et the still hour of midnight to catch a glimpse of it. The scene of the ghostly apparition is the ruins of " Cohn.: field's folly," the immense ten story building which was burned down a few weeks ago on the corner of Green and Bleacker streets. The ghost is said t� be the spirit of a beautiful young Span- ish lady who,years agonnysteriously met her death on the spot where the building used to stand. Thera are now left only a few tottering walls, on the very sum- mit of which the alleged ghost ia said to appear. The people in the crowd keep their eyes fixed on this spot for hours at a time until the police ere compelled to drive them away. Each night the mul- titude increases in film', all eager to see the white -robed figure which never ap- pears. Eaverit ARLINGTON. The Right PlaOe To Get Suited. Where you can get the best Goods for the Least Money. New Prints, New Sateens, New Sh irti ngs, New Dress Goods, New Flanelettes, New Mantle Cloths, Also large Steele of Corsets, Ribbons, Frillings, Lacey, &c. Our Millinery Goode are all of the Vary latest styles. Inspection Solicited. Hoffman 8c Co., OREAP ,CASH STORE, SEAFORTH, - ONT. The Canadian Pacific Railway. WHO OwNST.—CANAD ANS OR ARI . ECANS. 4 (From the Woodstock SentinsI•Review.), An old su.bscriber writes to the Sen- tinel -Review in referenceto a recent contention; in these colum a that the Canadian Pacific Rahway a becoming more of an American than a Canadian road, and asking proof of o r statement that Americans are shareholders in it and exert an influence in its manage- ment. We are pot able t say what amount of Canedian Pacific Railway stock is now held by Atneri ans. When the original Syndicate was formed in 1880, the Americans in it were J. G. Kennedy, of Neik York, a d R. B. An- gus and J. J. ±11 1, of Sc. aul, the two latter at least being forme Cenadians. The only return, las far as eve know, to show weer° the tock of the railway is -located was bro ght doivn during the session of the Uou,e of Commons in 1885. From the it appe re' that the stock was held by 1,517 hireholders, most of whom reOded in E gland, but a large number in olland ant the United States. Only 36 reeiden s of Canada are in the Heti ; but the(1 held one- eighth of the stobk, a larg 11 amount of capital than their number 'would sug- gest. (Here followsl a list of tie names of the Americans whothen he d one thus - and shares or over.) From the list Of eharehol ere we learn that the firms of;Morton, o e & Co., of London, and Ivorton, Blic & Co. of New York, (pra tically th same firm) hold over $10,000,000 of stack, or more than one-tenth of the entire' amount, and far more than a3, Canadii or Canad- ian firm. The had of the9 two firms is Mr. Morton, the Vice resident of the United States, and at present a di- rector of the Canadian Pac fic Reilway. Of the holders of 1,000 s ares or over, 42 are English, 40 America 0, 11 Canad- ians, 4 Dutch, 1 Austrian a d 2 French. As we have_said, it is not p risible to say where the stock is held n , but it is more than probable that th proportion held by Americans has inc ased. The American connections an business of the road have ivastly in eased since 1885, and an Ainerican s tesman has been made a director; w le that for- mer American, Mr. Van Horne, has been raised t� thchief posi ionU . nder these circumstances it is a fe Ito assume that the Americ! na have in reseed their holdings rather than the rejverse. As to the connections 4nd policy of the road, a peesdespatch ifrom Wash- ington in reference to th recent deal for an entrance: into Ne York says: "The Canadian .Pacitic now enters many of the gr at comme cial cities of the United State. By a traffic agree- ment with the . Boston an Maine, and with a voice in the manag ment of that road, it gets an entranc bete Boston and a strong hOld .on N' w1 England. The Wabash letit into (Jlijcago, and by means of the "Soo" and. the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic, it taps Du- luth, Minneapolis andl St. Paul, while arrangements wit, other roade let it into Sionx City ' in a con- nection with the tr necontinental roads. Thus His in a p , ition to com- pete with all the roads 1 between the Missouri river and th seaboard." Omission is here made of i s connection on the Pacific coast. By ea it secures the trade of San Francisco for which it caters with much more act %Fay than for the trade of the Canadi n ' province— where there is no cempeti ion. s,And it has now direct' connectioii by rail with the vast territories of --W shington and Oregon, on whose great ci lee, Portland, Tacoma and Seattle, it seil confer great- er benefits than on Vrict ria and Van- couver. The history of t e struggle in the Canadian Northwest a ainet the rail- way monopoly is fresh i the , public mind. While it lasted 1_this railway, which was built by Ca adian money was discriminating againe _ Canada and in favor of St. Paul an the Western States. The efforts and t1 policy of the Canadian Pacific Railway are illus- trated by the fact that it ,now carries, we are told, about one-third of the vast flour oiit-put of St. Paul and Minne- apolis, and a very satisfactory share of Chicago freight to the seaboard. In doing so_it confera greater' benefits on the 'hipper. and produceis Of the West- ern and North Western States than it has ever done,on Canadian territory. United States freight is carried past our own door i at rates that Canadian shippers would be glad to get. And the latest deal of the Canadian Pacific Rail- way illustrate' more cleerly than ever the tendencies! of Um 'policy and the in- evitable effectaktf geograp y. A Canad- ian terminus fly a natio al and purely Canadian line May now oe forgotten as a patriotic dream, as sorn,thing that the politicians can no longe conjure with. The real Atlaatic tenni& of the Canad- ian Pacific wili now be 13 ston and New York ; and its chief Bowies of traffic the Western, No thwestern and Pacific slope states. C&nadiau territory • will be of secondary impor nee to it, and the Canadian porta of Montreal, St. John and Ha ifax will e side tracked through the 1 eal which lets it reach New York by way of 1 rockville. No wonder the Canadian P cific Railway has powerful friends in the States who are able to shi;ld it from the effects of the Inter.Stat Commer e Act, and to prevent the abolition of the bonding privilege, while Mr. an Horne_ in- dulges, for paety effect ere, in tirades against the conntry he s rires so well, to delude the people who e' interests are now of secondery impo tance to him. We are not solinuch com laining of the policy of the ganadian P cific—of whose enterprise and able n anageinent all Canadians ar proud— s stating facts. Mr. Van Horne ii doing vhat other men might do under simi1a-1 circumstances. He is looking after th interests of a railway, witheut regard to those of the country. His policy is perhaps neces- sary. It seenis inevitable. But it dis- pels some attrective visions with which we have been beguiled. A Canadian road built by; Canadians, in Canadian territory, with Canadian termini, to be owned and controlled' by Canadians, no more describes the Canadian Pacific Railway than it does the Union Pacific. Canadians may regret but they cannot check Mr. 'Vat Horne's movement. 1 A railway, no more than a people, can fight geography. The Canadian people have tried it and failed. The Canadian Pacific is going with geography and suc- ceeds. Both supply a leason for the future. • Notes from the Queen City. TORONTO, April 13th, 1891. Citizens cry for parks and public squares, and .the cry is almost in vain. A while since we were dazzled with the highly -colored plans submitted to the City Council which showed a beautiful vision of a public park on the bay front. The aldermen did not suffer us to pass the dazzle period, as experts declared the land too valuable for such a luxury. Hopes also were held out to us that the City would purchase certain lands in the •gift of the University Senate, but the negotiations have miscarried, and the whole ground is covered with surveyors' pegs. After these and other failures to secure for the tired a bower of ease and for the youthful a place of recreation, Ald. Hewitt's ides for locating a 6quare in front of the new City H1l, now under construction, seems a nail in the right place, and support for his echeme should be forthcoming from the plublic-spirited. The ground in question is leasehold, and , covered for the most part with inferior wooden buildings. ARCHBISHOP DE CHARBONNEL. On Sunday the Rev. Father Teefy preached in S. Michael's Cathedral upon the life and labors of Archbishop de Charbonnel, who died last week in France at a ripe age. For Torontonians and thorte in the Province generally, the sermon had a great interest. IThe dead archbishop was the predecessor of the lite Archbishop Lynch inicharge of the Toronto diocese,- His death makes an- other break in the chain joining the present to the past. Old; folks in the city remember his figure as it appeared on the streets years ago. They remem- ber him for his liberal views, and cite his friendship with dead -and -gone Dr. Strachan, the Anglican bishop," whose name is so interwoven with the history. of Toronto's early days. Roman Catho lies will look back with love on the bat- tles which Archbishop de Charbonnel fought in their behalf, for he secured the. present separate -school system for them. Lo his purse they were indebted for the completion of the cathedral itself. LANDMARRS VS. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. Everyone who goes along Queen street, west, has remarked the little,low brick cottage which sta.n'cle at the juno- tion of the Queen street avenue. In days long gone this cottage was the lodge of the University property, and here 'from 1830 to 1855 lived the keeper of the gates, Mr. Fitepatriok. After his deatii Widow Fitzpatrick was pensioned by the University and allowed to keep peasession of the. lodge, although the gates had been removed. Many times has the City tried to make the authori- ties of the University tear down thie cot- tage, but the widow held the fort till Saturday last, when at the age of 84 she succumbed to the weakness that had been gathering fast of late. And people wonder whether the old lodge will dis- appear now that the tenant is dead. It will probably not be a landmark - many months more. "ALL THINGS COME," ETC. poses to ather in any little perquisitee which may felloW the adoption of the Ashbridg' hem bay reclamation pchee. The Ma or - an.1 Solicitor might go further 4nd not incur any displeasure from the itizens. Eastendere by this time had hoped to see thefirst pile n driven. es , Canada. The Tern to public library issued 40,908 voiu ea during the month. —Roberrt Sintir, M. A. of Carleton Place, i goin as a Mistiionary to China. ' —Sir Charles Tupper sailed from New York Io' England on Wedhesday of last wee . —The deposis in the Government savings b nks fo March totalled $235,- 108, and he withdrawals $362,116h — The 1overnment has decided to ex- pend $15, 00 in strengthening the Rideau Canal da4x at Ilegsback, abbut four miles from Otra. 1 —A ve diet of murder has been re- turned against Charles Hodges for kill- ing Benjamin Hibbard in London town. ship lastweek. ; - —The Maniteba Government has agreed tell give a bonus of $1,500,000 cash to the Hildson Bay Railway when the road is completed. —The meeting of the Orange Grand Lodge at Kingston has been postponed from My to the week beginning Aug- ust 27th. —The hardware store of Mr. A. J. eFitzgeraid, at Norwood, was burglarized on FridaY night of $150 worth of jeck- knives revolvers, watches, etc. There is no clue as to who the burglars are. — The Kingston city council has de- cided to publiah a list of those who will not pay taxers, on notice of 20 days be- ing ignored. Over $15,000 of last year's taxes are uncollected. —The St. Clair river was packed with ice between PortHuron and Sarnia, last Friday arid people were crossing the river on it, Fills is unprecedented at this time of the year.1 , — Bradley's nitro-glycerine works at Petrolea i were blown up Wednesday evening of last Week, three mea being killed. They were James Chambers, Albert Eradley and D. McDermott. -ii/ —The i London city council has de- cided to apply for power from the Lo- cal Legislature to borrow $2,000,000, thus proividing for the consolidation of the city 'debt. The scheme will effect a saving of $35,000 to the city. — The voting on the Preston by-law granting permission to bend the Galt and Preeton Street Railway through Preston took place on Monday last, the by-law being defeated by a majority of -64. —Albert Chatwin, married,aged about 45, employed at the saw works in Galt, died on Wednesdey night last week,and from the symptoms, and the presence near at band of a package of rough on rate, it , s believed to be a case of sui- cide. —Mrd Harvey Crosswaite, uncle of Dr. Cro' eswaite formerly superintend- ent of , the Hamilton Hospital, and a farmer living near !Stoney Creek, drop- ped dead in Hamilton Wednesday last week. Deceased was about 70 years of age, well known and highly reepeceted. Mr. W. R. Meredith has been sitting on the Opposition benches in the Ontario Legislature so long that people wonder at his patience. On the present line of action he can never hope to be Premier. All concede that. But ilea the same Mr, Meredith has steadily declined to make a break from the lines which Re- formers,hint are laid down for him by the master mind at Earnecliffe, Ottawa. He seems to have decided to accept the inevitahle and spend each succeeding session in pyrotechnic 'displays of ora- tory enlivened by occaeional spurts of aggressive action directed against Mr, Mowat. Everyone in the House respects him. He is eloquent, handsome, and a gentlemen. It is pleasing to dote that he is not always doomed to walk the earth in disappointment. On Wednes- day the Ontario Law Society elected benchera and the lawyer -politician headed the list with 133 votes. He can pat his own head now and call himself "the most popular . lawyer in the Province." , ALD. HALL'S IDEA. Ald. Hall rises to express his opinion of the 15 -cent -an -hour by-law which passed the City Council in the , fall of last year. This minienum rate of re- munerating day labOr, the alderman says, has attracted outside laborers in scot°e to the city, and, to it, in a great measure, must be chatigedethe state of affairs which terminated in the black - flag demonstrations in the spring. A CELEBRATED CASE. It was decided on Wednesday that the case of Baldwin vs. Kingstone is to be heard in England before the Privy Coun- cil. This ease is a most famous one,, being brought by the heirs against the_ executors of the will df the late Admiral Baldwin. A judgment lately given by the Court of Appeals of Ontario has proved satisfactory to neither party _ in the case. Toronto r al estate to the valueof $1,500,000 is involved in the de- cision. " VIGILANT cIT14 OFFICIALS. SOrne enterprising people, headed by Mr. Neil McCrimmon, made a great effort to get a bill through the local house for the construction of a railroad from the Don, along the Ashbridge's- bay front, to Victoria Park. But, as the City Solicitor and the Mayor were on hand, the scheme was quickly sat upon. The City itself evidently pro - ' —Last Saturday evening Roderick McDoneld, a Sarnia sailor, was present- ed with es gold medal on behalf of the President of the United States for hav- ing on the night a August 6th last saved from drowning a yoang lady who is a citiZen of Michigan. —On J ThursdaY, 9th inst., the Liberal ,Fidarried three out of four l secant 'seats in the Prince Edward ir j Island egielature, thus leaving the Tory GOvernment .in a minority. The GovernMent's resignation and a general election are likelyto follow. —Me srs. Hemet & Smith, of Ottawa, signed their contr ct with the Govern- ment for the coiietruction of a Howe truss b idge 'bermes the Old Man river at Fort cLeod, Northwest Territory. The estimated cost of the bridge is $30„ and the construction is expect- ed to o cupy six months. —Fo some thne past tobacco has been m tieing from the Davis's factory on Dalhousie s reet Montreal. Last Saturd y night Sergt. Lafontaine ar- rested man named Duroeher and two others t No. 11, Chenneuill street. The goods vere found in their possession. The st.a1ings amount to $2,000. —TIe young On of Mr. Eloi Mar- tel, o St. Augustin, near Quebec, fell into hilo _father's Imull on Thursday of last w ek, and was crushed to death. It seers he was after a bucket of wat- er wh n the accident occurred, and while near •a large revolving wheel he was et uck by it and literally out into three ' iecee. —T- ere is only one hotel in Binbrook township, Wentworth county, and re. cently ; hetemperance people there car- ried a local cption vote, closing the place. As the majOrity was only one vote t e proprietor of the hotel has ap- plied f r a re-oount. Now the temper- ance p ople offer to rent his hotel if he will dr p the matter. —H rbert Lake, an unmarried man about 1 'years of age, was found dead in a hair Sunday afternoon at his brothe 's residence, London. Deceased had be n working in Galt all winter, and had been in London only a week or. two. A small bottle was found in his pocket and it is ;supposed that he had poison d himself! —M ..Cheater J. Weir, night train - mute of the Michigan Central Railway in St.1 Thomas,1 committed suicide at his resldence, Wellington street, at an early Ibour Monday morning, using a revolv r as the weapon of destruction. He was ill for three weeks and resumed duty .Eiturday night. Monday morn- ing about five o'clock he came home and was hard by his wife, who asked him what rought him home so early, and he re lied that he intended working that day. 1 Immediately afterwards a pistol shot r ng out, and going downstairs she discovered her:husband lying face down- ward on the kitchen floor, the revolver lying near his head. He came to St. Thomas from Manchester Michigan, where his father resides, and was gen- erally popular in that city. He was a member of several benevolent societies. Besides his wife he leaves one child. The reason for:his rash act is unknown. —An old man named Toussaint 13rell Met with an accident in Montreal last Saturday which has resulted fatally. Heiattempted to alight from a mpving !street car and fell under the wheels'. He was badly crushed and was taken to the Montreal General Hospital, where he has since :died. The accident was solely due to hie own carelessness. the oldest working mo lder in Canada, ----Mr. W. Gee, whot's suppoeed to be was Friday last made the recipient of a pair of gole spectacles, a silver mounted pipe and a well filled purse on behalf of his fellow employees in A. Harris, Son k Co's establishment, Brantford. The occasion was the celebration of Mr. Gee's 70th birthday. ---On Tuesday afternoon of last week two tramps entered the residence of Z. Pittman, on the llth cencession of Dere- ham, Elgin county, in the absence of the family, and took quite a lot of ar- ticles. Among the art-cles stolenavere a long gold chain and 1 cket, worth $25, over $5 in money, to knives, razor, hirts and eatables. . _. i—Richard Ratcliffe, of Ratcliffe -& arnell, stove manufecturers, of St. atharines, committed 'suicide last Fri - ay by harging himself. ' Melancholia, brouOt on by la grippe, is supposed to havelbeen the cause. He was past grand terlerOf the Grand Lodge of Canada, A. F. and A. M., and the most prominent Mason in Niagara District. ' He was be- tween 60 and 70 years old.' . —An accident happened ' last Friday. afternoon at Hutchinson & Co.'s works n the Cornwall Canal enlargement at ille Rochee, by whichOne man was illed and another injure . ' They were (i orking in an excavatoki when the bank gave way, burying one man named Nitrite and breaking the arm of John Pumrninge. The body of Poitras was 'recovered in about half an hour, but life was extinct. —E. R. C. Clarkson, assignee of the estate of John Carroll, of SaCatharines, contractor, has commenced peoceedinge against the Quebec Bank with a view to recovering $50,000 for the alleged illegal seizure of Carroll's big farm in Dakota. It is claimed the seizure was made on a judgment held by the bank against Carroll, after he had assigned to Clark- son. — A serious accident Wednesday even- ing of last week befell Ezra Waterman; an elderly man, who collects mail in .Elandlton. He uses a wagon in his rounds, and when at the corner Of Vic- toria avenue and King William street hie horse ran away. To escape from the waggon Waterman jumped out and struck his head on the wagon -wheel breaking his jewborie, besides bruising himself on the body. — Mr. Dewdney, superintendent of Indian affairs for the Dominion, in hie annnal report, refers with rekret to the shosking immorality than exists arming British Columbia and Northwest In- dians. He says la grippe was particu- larly severe on the Indian tribes from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and hun- dreds died from its effects. The total Indian population is given as 122,585, of which 17,776 reside in Ontario. —The voters' lists used in the recent general elections contained 1,090,000 names, divided as follows: Ontario, 546,000; Quebee,, 305,000; Prince Ed - word Island, 24,000; Nova Scotia, 85,- 000; New Brunswick,7 ,poo ; Manitoba, 46,000.; British Coln bia, 14,000. It will be seen that Onta io, Quebec and Prince Edward Island, which the Gov- ernment failed to carry, furnished 875,000 of the votes, while the Govern. ment Provinces only furnished 215,000 votes. —Blytheswood, Essex county, has a emallpox' scare. A few days ago a Young man named Chileon arrived there from Comber and stopped at Mr; Charles Minim's. The next day he went to his father's house and was taken sick. Dr. Chamberlain was called in, and pronounced it to be smallpox of a virulent type. The houses are quaran- tined, but there is every probability that the disease will spread, as while in Comber Chilson had the rash on his face and was shaved by the village barber. --John Crofton'city traveler for John Macdonald & Co., Toronto, met with a terrible accident Thursday morn- ing of last week. He was turning on to Sherbourne street, in that city, going at a rapid speed, when the front wheel struck a small stone, precipitating Mm violently to the pavement. He fell violently headforemost against the curb- stones, and when picked up was in an unconscions condition. His face and head were frightfully cut and bruised, while a long cut in the neck exposed the windpipe. —About three years ago an Italian named Joseph Locia was tried at Cayugs for arson and murder. It was charged against him that he set fire to a house in Cayuga, and several occupents were burned to death. His trial was not concluded at the time, and the case was traversed to the next ; Aseizes. In the meantime Locia wentinsane, and was pliseed in the asylum at Hamilton. The excellent treatment brought back the Italian's reason, and On lhursday last week a county constable came to the city and took Locia to stand his trial on the serious charges ; preferred against him. . —Wm. Duncan, of St. Thomas, a Michigan Oeutral Railroad brakeman, lost his life 'by the collision of two sections of ' a freight train, a mile east of Bolton, about 12.30 Thursday morn- ing last week. The train, when near 10etcher, broke into three sections, but the trainmen thmight it had only broken into two. The front section, consisting 1 of fifteen cars, .ran about three mike before stopping, and was being run 'back to pick up the other portion of the train, when the middle section, cop8isting of sixteen cars, col- lided with it. '13rakeman Duncan was hurled int() the ditch, which was half full of mad and water, and was cov- ered over by the roof of a car and other wreckage. When lifted out of the eaditch it Was found that he was d —Mr. W. J. Scarfe, Sheriff of Brant County, died at his residence in Brant- ford on Saturday afternoon last. He was born in Ireland in 1844. He was appointed Sheriff in 1885. He has taken a prominent position in comiber- cial, political and municipal circles. Mr. Searle was a man of magnificent physique, and when he contracted Is grippe a year ago it was impossible to convince Mm that he was e sick man. The decease, however, took la firm hold on him. In September last!he was con- fined to the bed, which he never left. He leaves a wife and family of seven children. —Alderman George E. Gillespie, head of the firm of Gillespie, Ansley & Mar- tin, of: Toionto, died in Loa Angeles, California, on Saturday last, from la grippe. The deceased alderman was born in the county of Wicklow,lreland, about 56 years ago,and came to America in 1854. He lived in New York for a long time, where he received a thorough business training. Ten yeers ago Mr. Gillespie came to Toronto, having pur- chased the bueinese of his brother. He was a shrewd business man, and his up- right character and honorable dealings soon placed him in the front ranks of the mercantile circles of Toronto. —About 1 o'clock Tuesday morning, 7th inst., flames were seen bursting from the rear of Kitchen's hardware store, Schomber-g, In a few minutes the building Was completely enveloped. The efforts of the villagers tp confine the fire to this building were ine ectual, and in less than half an hour the frame buildings owned by A. W1w1dLfieid and Frank Whitlock were denioliehed. Here the townspeople, after desperate efforts'succeeded in checking the spread of the flames southward, although for some time Lloyd's grocery store was in imminent danger. Total lose about $7,000, partly covered by insurance. —The eastbound express from Win. nipeg, on the Canadian Pacific Railway, met with a nerious accident bear Dexter abider' Sunday. The Bleeper loft the track, and after runnirg some distance OD the ties landed in the woode some 50 or 60 feet away on ita aide. One passenger, Mrs. Morton, of Windsor, had two ribs broken. The other six escaped uninjured. Another start was made, and near Buda the whole train, excepting some deadhead cars which were next the engine, landed in the ditch bottom up. Although the passen- gers were pretty badly. frightened, none were injured, and the whole party were landed at Fort William some ten hours late* —Rafting logs from Canada to Michi- gan will be conducted this season upon a larger scale than ever before. Thirty million feet will be taken over for N. Holland, the Saginaw Lurnber and Salt Company. J. W. Hory & Sons, of Saginaw, will take over 26,000,000, and Sibley St Bearinger as many more. About 35,000,000 feet will be taken from Lake Superior to Saginaw during the season. A few years ago the project of rafting loge acmes the lake ,would have been scoffed at. In addition to logs to be rafted from lake points, Alger Smith & Co. will raft about so,000,o6o feet from Alcona County to Detroit and Lake Erish.Plarinnttsoith —Mrs. s , wife of Mr. James McIntosh, Mechanical Superintendent of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, and sister of Mr. James Innes, M. P., -met with a serioue accident on Saturday afternoon last. She had just completed making some purchases at Mr. P. Anderson's store in that city, when the wagonette frotn the college came along. She got into the rig and sat down, but on noticing there were five others on the same side of the con- veyance decided to remove to the other side in order to more evenly balance the load. As she stood up the horses start- ed off, throwing her to the ground. She alighted on her head and shoulders, and when picked up was found to be in a r oAs, tl Milton,dition* Friday, 3rd inst., Mr. and Mrs. James A. Frazer left their house locked up and went to a neigh- bor's to spend a few hours. Mies Gil- lespie, of Toronto, who was paying a visit at Mr. Frazer's, had gone down town, and when she returned saw a light In Mr. Frazer's house and rang the front door belle:but got no response and found that the door was bolted on the 'inside. She notified the neighbors, and on further investigation it was found the house had been entered and a pair of old bracelets, a gold brooch and a card case belonging to Miss Gillespie, some jewelry belonging to Mn.. Frazer, a gold -mounted hair watch guard with a old Masonic keystone belonging to Mr. Frazer and $12 in cash had been carried off. The burglars escaped in the mean - murderous fight, the result of a long standing feud between two Italian women. Mrs. Jessie Gallio and Mrs. Congetto Vellone, occurred Sunday. night, 5th inst., iu a State street tene- ment house, Chicago. Mrs. Gallio sent a message to Mrs. Vallone inviting ber to make a call and settle matters amic- ably. Mrs. Vallone on arriving was cordially greeted, but while she was taking off her shawl and hat, Mrs. Gal- lio locked the door and, placing the key In her pocket, went to a closet and seemed a large butcher knife. She then informed Mr.. Vallone that she had invited her for the purpose of settling the trouble in true Italian fashion, and proceeded to carve her a la Mafia. Mrs. Vallone shrieked for help and in vain at- tempted to make her escape. Fourteen times the frenzied, woman plunged the ken blade into her victim's face, neck aid body, and only desisted from sheer exhaustion. The police at this juncture broke open the door. In one corner lay the unconscious body of Mrs. Vallone, the blood pouring in streams from her wounds. Furniture was overturned and broken, and the walls and ceiling were spattered with blood. In another corner crouched Mrs. Genie; the bloody knife tightly clinched in her hand and a wild look in her eyes. As the officers ap- proached she rushed upon them. A. fierce struggle ensued for possession of the knife, but the woman was overpow- ered and her victim taken to an hospital. Mrs. Vallone cannot recover. —The tirst locomotive to pass through the Grand Trunk Railway tunnel wader the St. Clair river at Sarnia, did so Thursday evening, 9th islet., making the runl through the tunnel from the Can- adian to the United States side and the,n returning, having a flat car at- tached to it. The run back from the United States was at the Cate of 15 miles an hour. The track was in first- class shape, and everything worked smoothly and satisfactorily. There was a large crowd on hand to see the first engine commence the tfip through the tuunel, and whistles blew from all quarters on the United States side. The cheering from an enormous erowd and the screaming from the whistles welcomed the passage of the first loco- motive under the St. Clair river. —Andrew J. WOodard, who lived near the Norwich road:a short diatance from Woodstock, and who was well known in that town as a butcher,was found Friday morning in his slaughter house hangiug by the neck quite dead. It was evident- ly ea case of suicide. The unfortunate man had cut a thin rope that was hang- ing in one part of the building, had tied one end to a meat hook and had knotted the other end round his neck. Immediately behind him was an enipty barrel, turned bottom up, which he had utsed in tying up the rope. Deceased left ho -me early Thursday morning, say- ittg he was going feur miles below East - Wood for a beet. His wife and daugh- ter remained up for him during the greeter portion of the night, and be- tween 5 and 6 o'clock Friday morning Miss. Woodard proceeded to the' slaughter house and there found him as described. Elie mother and sister say that of late he has been very de- spondent, and has been failing rapidly physically and mentally. —A gentleman from Sorel,who arrived in Toronto on Monday last, related the details of a very sad affair which tool place Saturday morning in the outskirts of that town. Major Edward Nut, one of the leadirg citizens of the place,was awakened at 2 o'clock by the glare of re brisk glare of a brisk fire which had al- ready got under way throughout the residence of the gentleman in question. Mrs. Pant was removed from her apart- ments with the utmost difficulty, as the blinding smoke and flame precluded easy communication with the neighbor- ing rooms where Mr. and Mrs.Paul had two girls and two boys asleep. How- ever, at the risk of his own life the major succeeded in getting three of the little ones to a place of safety, but in spite of every effort that the distracted mother and father could exert their youngest daughter, a bright and beauti- ful girl, 6 years of age, perished in the flamer!. Madame Paul and her three rescued children are very much burned about the body and arms, and the poor mother'. distress in learning the terrible fate of her child can be more easily imagined than described. it is also said that one, if not two, of the child- ren may succumb to the effects of the fire. The loss of property will reach several thousand dollars. —A couple of young lade were up be- fore police magistrate Flagg, of Mit- chell, the other day, charged with steal- ing some eggs from the barn of Mr. Alexander Murray, in that town. They were allowed to go by paying $2.65 each. Another young lad entered the butcher shop of MrsGeorge Lark.worthy, in Mitchell, one day last week, and was carrying off a roast -of beef when Mr. Lark worthy met him at the doer. The young rascal asked Mr. Larkwortby to. put a paper on the meat, stating that he had bought it at Mr. Dougherty's shop and the paper had blown away. Mr. Lark worthy went inside the shop to get a piece of paper and discovered that the meat belonged to himself. He let the young scrimp go with a caution. Mit- chell youths evidently need looking after. —On Sunday night, fith inst., between eleven and twelve o'clock the barn of Mr. -Joseph Agar, on the 2nd concession of Fullerton, was discovered to be on fire. Mr. Agar had only returned from church at Mitchell about anhour before, and was preparing to retirie for the night when his sister, happening to glance through the window, law the barn all ablaze. Mr. Agar hastily redressed and succeeded in getting his live stock out of the building, but all his implements a large quantity of hay, straw and other fodder together with the bareecow stable and driving house were burnt to the ground in a very short time. In getting one of the horses out Mr. Agar had rather a rough experience. After he had cut the halter, the animal rushed on him three or four times and knocked him down in the stable, striking him in the chest with his fore feet. It was only by a superhuman effort that he got the horse and himself out of the learn- ing barn at last alive. Mr. Agar only had an insurance of $950 on the build- ings and contents, and his net loss will %mount to between $1,500 and $2,000. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary, as Mr. Agar noticed the barn door open when he went home, but assumed' his /dater had left it open, and thought no more about it until the fire occurred. Mr. Agar feels satisfied that if he had gone to the barn before going into the house he would have caught the incendiary at his work