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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1891-05-29, Page 1a, /891. OBS. IIVALs [ECT FROM. I'S, and SAILORS_ RCITLARS. and 1 ES and SS GOODS-. eFaul, temmataameattan tnble is erect. ng his tette- eet painted.-.__ lWagling ,the e sate of fruit fin of Stone & and reports nd othera in add give him knderaon, of vest winter in ✓ home last aid his sister, lends in this ie and Mrs. • London.— Chicago, is e. —Miss L. guest of her -The remains; le, were 'hi - 011 the I4th e community ed family.— ed work on barn on the The barn, e of the fin - totes in in this ck on Mon - lays. On the y are open aa is now the t Grey was in Lang friend Debson left in, where he ving.—Seven trian church eit three of tor and Eyre,. 3ing Messrs. and Daniel the election. his man, J. ace one day s holding the inding on a, ith a large tale had not &ea engaged e stake, and head ;slipped on the fore eye, inflict - aid wound. two inches, libtedly have: t dogs and a poimoned by 03 name we es to secure ,onviction it • iffair before ns, to be a- roperty and. andas the person who likely that mated very It -of -lice In - through here - mixed official, a number rk with the - It; here last a vieit to therrnen are narket with unfavorable d a bee haml- hir his new purchasecl a Ir. .R,. Mc- rbett and V. e and Step- aat Monday 7 have ar- Carmel on et contracts, 3.—The Bos- ery Wed n es- er June let; clock, says ; The to have six nmer. ReNr. rainst the in - `f of himself nen in town. ;ainat the as portion of Coleman, in >any, has ap- rything that impel a gen- TWENTY-THIRD TEAR. WHOLE NUMBER 1,224. SEA.FORTH F 1DAY, MAY 29, 1891. McIJEAN BROS. Publisher0- 461-50 a Year, in Advaaacei. BOY'S CLOTHING. You should look through .Assortment of our Fine BOYS' and YOUTHS CLOTH I NG, Almost all styles are there and nearly every price as well. Suits from $1 up. You can save money with uit. Cal. and, see for yourselves. Edward M:Fa 1 SEA FORTH. Perth Itepis. The census report s ows the to n of Listowel to have a pop lation of ,600. —Diphtheria is at pre ent very pre- valent in Stratford, and se+eral deaths have occurred from the iseitse. 1 —Application to com it br. Ahrens, Stratford, for refusing t &hewer ues- tions in connection with /he Magwood protest, was refused. —Kirkby Rabertson, of Ande son, disposed of a valuabfe steer, lately, which turned the scales at 1,760 poinds. The animal was only ; two years and nine months old. —The auditors for the town of Mit- chell value the building and real estate I owned by that corporat on at $26,775, and the electric light a d water -works plant! at $24,587. I —While performing oin a trapeze in the Young Men's Chris ran Association gymnasium in Stratfor4 the other day Frank Grant fell off, J1e was severely shaken up, but no evil ffects are antici- pated. —Mr. George Davis, a Sebringville, recently sold a fine driver to Mr. Port- ions, of Carlingford,forhe .sum of $150. f This is the fourth high riced horse Mr. Davis haft sold within a short time. It always pays to keep go' d horses. —Afew of the farmets of Ellice had an exciting chase the other morning after a wild cat, and after they succeed- ed in ending its life; it was found to measure about five feet in length, and stood about two and ne half feet in height. —Mr. Alex. McCaul, of Simcoe, has erty in Mitchell y, for the sum in all probabil- a to the rear of eeidence for the purchased the bank pro from Mr. Thomas McC1 of $5,000. An addition ity, will be at once add the main building as a bank manager, —Burglars tried to e on Thuraday merning, the residence of Hon. tyne, in Stratfotd, but ful they hurried away, against the buffding an open. The noise they Mrs. and Miss Ballan James Ballantyne, of L was in the house. —The Mitchell Advo says : About two wee man, who gave his nam ect an entrance lest week, into Thomas Ballan- ming nnsuccess- eaving a ladder the barn doors made aroused yne, and Rev. ndon South,who ate of last week s ago a young as Percy Gra- ham, dropped in our office and asked for employment. He came from Parkhill, but worked in several other places: He was dressed well, and ippeared respect- able. Being busy we `ten daya work. Satin left for parts unknown running up it bill ave him eight or ay evening he but not before f $3.50 at Mr. Coppin's livery stable' and getting a small loan from the foreman of this office. Such 'scamps should be passed around. —A case of ocal lute ed of at the Chancery on Monday, of last w was between Selves vs of whom live in Ful Mrs.Selves separated f who gave her 60 ac short tirne she incumbe to the amount of $1,1 ber she deeded the land to Wa horn, who was to board and her life. Action was b the agreement, it being influence was used by the property. The j favor of the plaintiff, who is to pay for the improveme,nts made, idefendant to pay all costs. I est was dispos- ourt in Stratford ek. The action Waghorn, both arton township. om her husband, es of land. In a ed the property • Lset Decem- lothe her during ought to break held that undue aghorn to get dge decided in The Right Place To Get Suited, Where you cn. get the best Goods for the Leat Noney. New Prints, New Sateen' s, New Shirting., New Dres doods, ; New Flan el ettes, New Mantle Cloths, Also large Stick of Coreets, Frillings, Laces, &e. Our Millinery Goods nary latest stylps. Live Ribbons, re all of the tion Solicited. Hoffman & Co., CHEAP! CASH STORE, SEAFORTH, ONT. A SEC ETORIIkL TOUR. I (written tor THE rOSITOR.) I LETTER NO; /I.—ST. JOE AND KANSAS CITY. ' I I think I ended my last,just as we ar- rived at St. Joseph. N tell, when we got off the train, we boarded the street cars for cloven town. There were seven- teen others in the car I 3s in, and the conductor, froni appe r3nce an old- timer, caheily, and coil ctedly salted down six out of the eig en fares. Ar- rived at our destination e found a large association ;building fitted up in the most modern Style wi h evening class rooms, reading room, p r or,correspond- ence room, lecture h 11, gymnasium, bath rooms, etc. I bel eve Sarn Jones, the evangelist, was mai ly instrumental in raising the money fo this building, and it is an instituti of which the citizens of St. Joe may 11 feel proud. As the sessions of the onference did not begin until 'evening e had nearly a Whole day to ourselve Some of the fellows went for a ri on horseback, some for a welkJothers s id in the build- ing and read the magaz es or chatted with friendethey had n met since the last conference.. Suppose we take a look at the town. St, J Seph is popular- ly stated to have been funded by "01(1 Joe Roubideux," and he streets are named after him and hi sons, " Roubi- deux," "Felix," " Ed und," " Ang- elique," " Miesseinie," et The city is situated onlie ;muddy issouri, and is n :, set on ot ne Ibut many hills. One could hardly throw &j atone without having it light on a beautiful site for a dwelling house, f and asi a consequence, when viewed from some high point the place presents a very pietureique ap- • pearance. One is. not So apt to notice the pictureequeuess though, when he has to climb!a king, steep hill On a hot afternoon, with I a heavw valise in one band and an overcoat and urrfbrella in the other. Probably the best claim to notoriety St. Joe has rthat it was there the outia,w Jesse J mes was killed, and hie heinee is atil pointed out, a small square cottage . o the top of a . cliff. Aside from this here is nothing very remarkable about the city, but still it is a prosperous lace in a quiet way, and does a trem ridous wholesale trade. It ptobsbly der es its name of " the electric city " fro the fact that it is covered witha net ork of electric railway line, or perhap it isibecause a stranger is at to be el trifled by the exceedingly large nu er of -pretty girls he inee s. 1 ; . The -first se ston of he Secretorial Conference, that is th Conference of the Secretaries of th Young Men's Christian Associations f the United States and Canada, was held in the As- sociation Hall Thursda vening. From that time unItil the foll wing Tuesday, there were three session every day, ex- cept Sunday n that day we had sale- vetional meeting in the orning, a men's mass meeting, al women el meeting and a boy's meeting, in the a ternoon, and all the pulpits in the city pre filled morn- ing and evening by d legates. About three hundred and fift men, nearly all paid agents of; the Association, were gathered together from all parts of the tes and 0 nada to discuss tter and more effectually the work in its various United St means of carrying o branches, phyeical, social, intellectual and spiritual ; to study the bible, and to study how best to teac it te ethers." I never realized Iuntil th it the power of this movement; for yo ig men. Here were three hundred and fifty ear- nest, wideiteveke, en retic Christian men, many ;of wh m might to- n the very front professional life, only about one - we might say of this move - Canada. The onda,y evening, card of Trade a carriage ride ieon of the city. h delegate with . Joseph. Wed - e left for n after the fastest t road, arrived in etropolis of the centre of the plained in my sion to Kansas the Internation- ng Men's Chris - United States ada. The COn- hen we reached anaged to do a und, principally nine o'clock at on opened. Ran- i what the West years. Within grown up a fine dred thousand, icultural imple- second largest 0 in the world. er of fine build - e of the largest n Atnericaea very rilding, in which ry cordial recep- ening sessions by city; a magifi- ned by the New Company, and a t House not yet , are well paved as good. as can d they have a able cars. At e very depth of al estate boom, think there is s City will yet metropolis of ite was at one they have pa- y cut down the llows, till now it ding our party, day, if they c ranks of bud and yet they r third of the le the commiSsio merit in thi c ose, be ees and present ders, 0 ed offic :8 untry a Conference closed on and on Tnesdity the treated the; de egates ; • about the reel ence po They also pre ented e an album of views of nesday moening early E1ANSAS ( By a especial train an trip ever m de over th F the much t Iked of West, the geOgraphic United States.- As former • former letter our m City was aft delegates t al Convent on Of the Y tian Assochtti his of t union of C I session and the Do vention wa the city, hut iffill we i, e' good deal f looking a in the 3 mo nine befor which time t hiConven sae City is an example can produce in a fe fifteen years there ha city of nearly two hu having the largest ag ment bueiness, and t meat packing l busine They have a large num ings'among which is O and finest retail stores fine Board of Trade b we were tendered a v tion after one of the e the business men of th cent office building o York Life Insurance fine City Hell and Cou finished. The streets and clean, the sidewalk be found anywhere, a very fine System of present they are in t the reaction from the r but in spite cifi this little doubt th t Kan be what it Iclaims, th the ' Southwnsal The time very ieregelar, b tiently and persevering hills and filled- tip the h is moderately level. We found that incl there were about six hundred delegates. They came from pretty much all over. We,had delegates from Manitoba on the north; California on the west; Alabama on the South, Massachusetts on the east, and one representative each from even Oklahoma and Utah. There was also orie red end at least two black dele- gates. The sessions were held in the Calvary Baptist church, and as they were open to the public the church was al- ways crowded. I cannot give a detailed accourit of the Convention, but to my mind the most important resolution passed, was one authorizing the Inter- national Committee to appoint and send Out to Mission lands Secretaries to organ' e in those countries, native as- sociat ons in every way similar to those in A4ierica. This step was taken be- cause f the urgent, unanimouti calls re- ceive from the missionaries in Chine, India, Ceylon and other countries. So is for ally inaugurated a new era in Amer can work. • On Sunday evening the fa ewell 'meeting was held, at the close f which all the delegates joined hands around by the walls and down throu h the aisles, and the grand old associ tion hymn. "Blest be the tie that •ieds," was sung with such feeling that many a head was bowed on the seat nd tears might be seen trickling. betwe n the fingers. It thrills me throu h and through when I think of that onderful five minutes. Then the °hair in declared the meeting adjourned " eine die," and the twenty-ninth Inter - natio al Convention of the Young Men' Christian Associations of the Unite States and British Provinces was over. • WANDERER. Wh t the Municipalities Want. BUT HAT THEY ARE NOT LIKELY TO GET. A arge deputation, made up of repre- sents ives of twenty-two counties -in Onto, io, which granted bonuses to local railway companies before the Dominion Gove nment adopted ite present policy of gr ntiog aid to railways, visited Ot- tawa ast week and presented their tease to t e Government as represented by Sir J hn Macdonald and Hon, Mr. Fos- ter. The gravamen of the grievances of the deputation will be readily gathered from the statement of the case by the princ pal spokesman, which is as fol- lows I STATEMENT OF THE CASE. ' Mea Thos. Walsh, Mayor of Orange- villeowas the first s.peaker. He said that the delegation was there in response to aninvitation extended to them by the Premier about a year ago. Last session Mr. McMullen had drawn the atten ion of the Government to the mat- ter. Sir John Macdonald had replied that here might have been representa- tions on the subject scime years ago, but no de egations had appeared before the Gove nment of late years. Therefore the d putatione was before the Govern- ment to -day. The matter referred to by Mr. McMullen related !nor° particu- larly to the claims of municipalities in his o n neighborhood, but the delega- tion resent was drawn from every part of 0 tario, embracing representatives from upwards of 150 municipalities in. t e province. There were present repr sentatives of fiva cities and munici, petit es which were embraded within 22 coun ies. The object of the visit to Ot- tawa was to press on the Government the c aim that the municipalities, which in d ys gone by had constructed 'rail- way at their own expense, considered they Iliad on the funds of the Dominion, by reason of the inauguration of the pollen of Dominion assistance to rail- waye adopted some time ago. The cipalities had in days gone by den- ted largely to the zonstructiorf of eye, which at the time were neces- to the prosperity of the country and e people. They said that these cipalities that had so contributed e railways, at the time when such ays, were matters of necessity, had t to go before the Government and mun trib rail sary of t mun to t rail a rig say bat since the policy of the Govern - men 1 was .now to assist in the construc- tion f railways by 'granting $3,200 a mile to them, they were entitled to be plac d in the eame position as the muni- cipal ties which were now being aide'. The funds •which construct- ed the railways to which he had referred had been contributed by t e people of the municipalities, and they said that the grants which it was the olicy of the Dominion Government to in ke to railways in course of con- stru tion through the payment of sub- sidie , should be made in common to all mun cipalities which had found railway com unicatiou a necessity. Having cons ructed their own railways at their own expense, the municipalities repre- aent d considered that they were en• title to the same consideration as the mun cipalities which were now receiving aid. The report of railway statistics, publ shed by the railway department in 1889 established the fact that Ontario had ontributed by municipal aid to a far 1 rger extent than any other Pro- vinci in the Dominion in the construc- tion if railways. The municipelities of Onta io had .contributed aid for railways to the amount of $S,957,000; Manitoba camej next with $579,000. The muni- cipalities which were now having rail- ways constructed through them were at a great advantage over those municipali- ties represented. The claim made was that the Dominion Government should gran to the railways which had been const3nucted, as he had described, so large y out of the funds of the rnunici- palit es, the same subsidy as was being gran ed to the railways in Ontario, 83,2q0 per mile, that amount to be divi ed amongst the municipalities which had 4ssisted in the construction of these road, in proportion to the amount con- tributed by each. It might be said that the other provinces of the Dominion would regard this as unfair. He did not thi-nk that such an objection could be reasonably urged. The total Domin- ion subsidies, exclusive of the amounts expendedn the Canadian Pacific and the Interc lonial Was something over $20,000,00�, of hich Ontario only re- ceived $2,8p3,000 No injustice would be done to the other provinces, and receiving what was handed to Sir John Hale on the subject unicipalities through - Ontario wo due to her Macdonald prepared b out the Pro Brief adciresses Mr. Walsh had Messrs. S. ;J. Par County of Grey ville; Ma Warden Si TI scarcely sa; as i Sir Joh77Macd that Mr. hooter with great pleasu ential delegation, respectabitity, nu representative Government to gi the varlet* argu used by thre gen dressed th but they could n now.. They had before them, and formed Of the a they were asked uld b He men] the Vince. in support of what id were delivered by er, treasurer of the Mayor Porter, Belle- yor T ylor, London; and aeons, if Sitncoe county. E PRE IER'S REPLY. nald said that he need went without saying, nd himself received e the large and influ- and that their great bers, and position as en callee upon the e full consideration to ente which had been tlemen who -had ad - hat was easy to say, t say much more just not had this matter they had not been in- unt of obligation that to go to Parliament for. They did not know how many hundred thousand it might amount to. They did not knew whether it would amount id mints or not. All they could say was th, t they would give the subject AEI the consideration that the represecitation imperatively demanded. The epeakers inferred that it rested with the Government to grant or refuse the aid required. That was not the case. It rested with Parliament. The Ministry were the servants of Parlia- ment, and all th t they could do would be to lay the m tter before Parliament and put it in th most favorable light possible. lie w uld be wanting in can- dour if he did n t call the deputation's attention to the reat difficulties in the way. This req est came from Ontario alone, but they must remember that Ontario, 41thou h the chief province of the Dornioion, as outnumbered in Par- liament by the r presentatives of the re- maining provin es. There were 215 members in P rliament, only 92 of whoin wee fro Ontario, 123 represent- ed the r st of this great Dominion. Did they eliev that of 123 representa- tives of the peo le from every province of the Domini° any one man would vote for the gra t to the railways of On- tario alone ? T ey would refuse it alto- gether un ees it was accompanied by the same gra ta to all the other railway enterpris s in e ery one of these pro- vinces. It wo Id require some time to ascertain he extent of the claims in all the Dominion, and it would probably require such a sum to satisfy them as would abSolutely swamp the credit of the Dominion. In Nova Scotia and New llrunswic they had no such com- plete municipa system as in Ontario. In portions of hese provinces they had no municipal a stem at all, but the peo- ple had been t xed all the same to build the railways. Railways had not been built by bonus s and the bonuses repaid out of the cou try rates, but the works or by the people. Rail - not been assisted should would claim, and that ot be reeisted. If the ttempted to resist and nt to Ontario railways, ignominiously defeated in e would have been more deputation had come to the meetiog of Perlis - heir representations could consideration before the e House were called to - matter would receive the onsideration of the Gover- IL 1111 had been aid ways tha1 had - be assiste1 the claim co 131 Government confine the gr they would be Parliameot. satisfied ff the Ottawa before ment, so that have had full members of t gether. The most earnest ment. MR. }OSTER'S REMARKS. Mr. Fo ter said that he could not do anything bu subscribe his assent to what had bee stated by Sir john. If the muni ipalities had not established railway cemenunication when they had and waited u til the present time, they would not ha e been as prosperous or populouslas hey were now. It would be itnposeibl to acce le to the request of this large. an important delegation upon the simple e elusive principal of apply- ing the rrrte y to the municipalities of i Ontario Ion . It must be, if applied at all, appl!ed o all the municipalities, and they mut g even further than that, and applY it to the Provincipal Gover- ments as well. Taking the mileage of the railways in Ontario concerned as 2,000 miles, it would require $6,400,000 to satisfy th,e claims, This was a very large a bunt of money, which intro- duced i to the queetion an element of great di culty as to how the money supplement d by equal claims from other parts ef the Dominion, could be realized. fie was prepared to give the matter the fullest consideration, which, however, would not apply simply to the municipal- ities of Ontario, but take a wider scope and apply it to the municipalities under similar eircumstances in the whole Do- minion. tario lawyers will be more liberal than the Montreal -doctors, who refuse to al- low young women to walk dig General Hospital. Give the girls a fair show, gentle Jen. —T e hand of a baby, probably four month old, was found in the stomach of a fi h caught in the Red river at Win- nipeg few days ago, —J mes Scully, of Windsor, has fal- len h ir to $250,000 in Ireland. Mr. Scully of his . Canada. Black leg has broken out among the catfle in Menitoba. pulation of Belleville is mese of 433 during the de- -The p 9,949, an in cade. —The Government fishery inspector, Mr. Kerr, ijas deposited 200,000 salmon trout in Lae Ontario, near Hamilton. —It st ted that Count Mercier will shortly e of Leop —The Society Hon. E applica Clara B. lege for at -law. the kind society, plused nd special corn will go at once to take possession ortune. d bush fires were raging last week in Ma itobe. Many finmers have, been burne out and- much other damage was done. —Mr. P. Imrie of Halifax wishes the D minion Government to place an exper duty of about $500 a ton on nickel to prevent it being taken from Cana a. —T difficulty between the Toronto street Railway Company and the scyitayte as been settled and the city has as utned control of the sereet railway — t a meeting of shipping agents held n Wednesday of last week at Mont eal it was decided to raise the cattle rates 10 shillings after the lst of July. • a party of 300 Swedes, Norwegians, and inns arrived in Montreal last week on th ir way west. They were bound for 0 tario, British Columbia, and the West rn States. three-year-old child of Mr. Isaac Fon, f London, partook of currants and raisins so heartily on Thursday that he was eized with convulsions and died during the night. — 'he Montreal Parnell Committee has f rwarded a cheque. for. $1,000 to Mr. arnell, the proceeds of a collection take at the reception given recently to the arnellite delegates. he general store of Mr. Wm. Toug , of Ida, Ontario, was burglarized on onday night, last week, and jewe ery, silk handkerchiefs and other artic es to the value of $100 were car- ried if. No clue. Villiam Wright was working at a ehap ng machine in Fletcher's planing mill, Yonge street, Toronto, on Wed - needy of last week, when his left hand got e tangled in the machine and was take' off. ary Lally, 5th concession Tyen- dine a, Hastings county, was struck by light ing on Wednesday -night of last week whilst going from her father's hous to the barn and was instantly kii—le`l'he total rainfall for April and this mon h to date is only 2.65 inches as agai et an average of 5.29 inches during the •est 50 years, or little more than one alf of the average of the past half cent ry. hile playing with a young colt on Wed esday afternoon of last week the 5 -ye r -old son of Duncan Purcell, of the 3rd oncession of Aldboro', Middlesex Con ty, was kicked in the stomach and died in fifteen minutes afterwards, re. Wm. Thompson who lives near Phillipsville, gave birth to a child som time ago, and in three weeks from the • ay of her accouchement gave birth to a other. The first child died,but the last ne is still living. ne of the results of ,Mr. Mercier's visit to Belgium will probably be the erec ion of a large Melting establish - men and bridgeworks at St. Hyacinthe, Que ec, in connection with a Ghent firm which will employ between 500 and 00 men. Hespeler lady advertises in a Buff lo Sunday paper for a husband. She ays she has $10,000, is middle•aged, swe t tempered and a fair looker. Ref rences required. It seems to bad that the lady must look to the United Ste e for the article required. On the 17th inst, the house and barn of , ernes Reeves, in Mayo township, nes Belleville,were destroyed by a bush 6re. Reeves lost all his effects, includ- ing stock, and he and his wife were seve ely burned in saving their lives and thos of their children, • Alex. Clarke, a young farmer resid- ing ear Drumbo, went into the woods on aturday morning and shot himself in t e side with a rifle. The doctors pro ounce the wound a fatal one. The Buie de was subject to despondency re- sult ng from financial troubles. Carrick Bros'. shingle mills at Fawkhain, near ()riffle, were burned Tue day night of last week, together wit a million and a quarter feet of lum- ber. Total loss over $12,000, with no insu awe. The origin of the fire is a m" On Tuesday afternoon, last week, Jos ph Pelletier, an employee of the Sta dard Electric Light Company, 0L - taw., while working on the top of a fifty -foot pole at the corner of Wilbrod and and bein was held of the burden of entertaining the delegates.- Any church, members thought, which could not'afford to pay the expenses of a delegate did not de- serve to have representation. —A fireman named James Burns, em- ployed on the Grand Trunk railway, was crushed in the door of the round- house, Hamilton, between the door jamb and the tender of an engine on Tuesday of last week. The unfortunate man was fearfully crushed, four ribs being broken and other internal injuries sustained. —Mr. Thomas Cockburn, foreman in Greening & Company's, wire works, Hamilton, died very suddenly on Mon- day, last week, in the factory while speaking to one of the men. Deceased had gone through the Crimea with the Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade, from which he purchased his discharge when the regiment was in Hamilton. —A Rat Portage despatch says a strange case of suicide occurred there lest week. A labouring man named Francis Garneau, becoming despondent through excessive drink, jumped into the water near the falls but before do- ing so carefully removed his clothing. A letter was found in one of the pockets explaining the reasons for c,ornmitting the rest act. —Wednesday afternoon of last ,week, during a thunderstorm the barn and stables belonging to Charles A. Chase, who lives about two miles from Cense- eon, were struck by lightning, and, with their contents, which_ conaisted of one horse, several cattle, bay, grain and farming implements, were ;totally con- sumed. Mr. Chase's lose will be heavy. The amount of insurance is unknown. —An exciting runaway took place in Lucan one day last week. Harry Penny was driving a team owned by G, Hodgins. The horses ran away, and the driver fell from a load of straw to the wagon tongue, on which be rode through the town wlaile the horses ran at break- neck speed. Fortunately they did not kick, and were stopped before the wagon upset. —Some evil -disposed persons cut the tendons in the right foreleg of Angus Sinclair's valuable trotting stallion Dictator,on Tuesday night. The animal was on his owner's farm near Chatham, and the deed was undoubtedly done with a sharp knife. Dictator had a low record, secured in his eight heat contest with Buck Morgan at Cleveland last season. He was valued at $3,500. He will now probably be killed. —A boy named Arthur Perras, aged ten, who claims to reside in Montreal, was found by his second cousin, a Mani- toba farmer, wandering in the suburbs of the city of Winnipeg on Saturday. The tneeting was purely accidental The boy says that some one put him on a train in Montreal and brought him to Winnipeg, but he does not know who it was or where the person went to. He came to Winnipeg with a party of immi- grants, who supplied him with food. —Commissioner Herchmer, of the Northwest Mounted Police, in recom- mending certain increases of pay in his report for last year, says: "The influx of settlement, daily melte, newspapers, and lawyers have vastly increased the business, and the increased responsibili- ties are enormous." The meaning of the reference to lawyers is somewhat ob- scure, and it is to be hoped that the commiasioner does not wish to be under- stood that the lawyers of the Territories have increased the labors of the police in any way. —The rumor that the Hon. John Car- ling, of London, is to be the next Lieu tenant -Governor of Ontario is revived, and there seems little doubt but that it is to be the future of the present Mini- ster of Agriculture,- There is little hope of his being able to carry London, even though Mr. Hyman should be unseated, and -his fealty to Sir John Maconald de- serves some such recognition. At the same time it disposes of the gentleman, and that is precisely what the Premier is anxious to do in cases where he has no further use for staunch but not partieu- 'ally brilliant ministers. —James Kane was on Thursday morning, 21st int,, executed at Belle- ville for the murder of his wife Eliza- beth. The prisoner took breakfast, eating a good meal, and engaged in his last preparations for eternity. At 8.16 -the procession for the scaffold left the condemned man's cell. Two minutes later the rope was adjusted around Kane's neck, and at 8,19 the drop fell. The prisoner died without speaking. He was pale and composed, but seemed to die bard, his groans being painful to hear. —A horrible scene was enacted late Sunday night in the wretched home of one John Allard and his wife, St. Phil- lipe street, Montreal. Allard is a drunkard, so is his wife. It apppears that the husband came home completely under the influence of liquor and went to bed and was soon asleep. Then Mrs. Allard came in even more intoxicated a Nicholas streets, missed his hold fell to the sidewalk. He died while conveyed to the hospital. Mr. W. G. Baldwin, of Colchester h, Essex county, is going quite ex- vely into fruit. He has planted raspberry roots this spring, besides ge number of currents and peach . He claims there is more money, ruit than anything a farmer can ohn McD. Campbell, who has been fficer in the inland revenue at ph for 20 years, died on Tueseilay of • eek of congestion of the lungs. as a son of the late eminent Dr. Sou tens 4, a la tree in gro an Gue last He , Campbell, of Niagara and Toronto, and nephew of the late Principal Campbell, of Aberdeen University. I I I ded are of different religions. The young man, who is a. Roman Catholic, did not inform his family of the engage- ment he had entered into until a few days ago. He was told, it is said, that if he married a Protestant he need never think of being made welcome in his home again. —One by one tbe old settlers who left European homes for the unbroken wilds of America are passing away. On Saturday 16th inst. one of these, Jere- miah Bell, of Culrose, Bruce county, died at his home after a short illness cf two days. Heart failure was the im- mediate cause of death. Mr. Bell on first coming to Bruce county settled in Kincardine township from whence be removed over 20 years ago to entrees township. He was an earnest c)aristian and a member of the Methodist church.. In politics he was a life-long Reformer and at the last election, though 84 - years of age, he cast his ballot in levier of the party he had so long sup- ported. —Another miracle is reported from Quebec. A boy six years of age fell re- cently from a great height, and, when picked up, was in convulsions, with blood rushing from his mouth, nose and ears. The doctor declared that his skull was fractured and that he had only a few hours to live. Extreme unc- tion had been administered when a relic of St. Jean Baptiste was applied, and there was an immediate change for the better. The convulsions subsided, and the patient fell into a doze which lasted several hours. A day or so after be rose out of bed and told his mother that a priest had come to him during his sleep and had cured him. The recovery, was so complete, we are told, that neither the boy's memory nor his intelliigence was affected, The case is certainly a most remarkable one; the only %vender is that relics are not more frequently used in this way. —The marriage of Mr. Edward T. Blake, second son of Hon. , Edward - Blake, Q. C., of Toronto, to Miss Ethel Mary Benson, daughter of hie Honor, Judge Benson, was solemnised in St. John's Church, Port Hope, on, Tuesday morning, 19th inst. The seeded edifice was crowded to the doors with friends of the bridal couple to witneas the cere- mony. Rev. Professor James, �f Trinity College, Toronto, performed the • cere- mony, assiated by Rev. le'dwin Daniel, Rector of St. John's Chureh. After the ceremony was over a. short reception wee held at the residence of Judge Benson, and the bridal couple left on th.ti fast express for Montreal, where they i em- barked on the Parisian for a three months' trip in Europe. The cer tawny was witnessed by many distin uised guests from different parts of the Pro- vince. Hon. Edward Blake was liable to attend his son's marriage owing to his absence in British Columbia. —On Monday afternoon as Alfred Wood, an employe in the Toronto Paper Company's works at Cornwall was clean- ing the calendars used for finishing paper, his hand was caught between the rollers, which were making 400 revolu- tions per minute, and instantly hie arm was drawn in to the shoulder. Al- though the machine was immediately stopped every particle of the flesh was torn from the bone, and the sinews were split and forced out of position. Iie remained thus with his arm fast be- tween the rollers for fifteen minutes, un- til the calendars were taken apart. Doctors were telephoned for, and were on hand to dress the wound. They de- clared that the bones were broken, and sewed up the arm as best they could. The unfortunate man was then removed to his father's residence, where, after twenty-four hours of excruciating agony, he died on Tuesday. —A Canadian Pacific railway freight train, while slowly approaching Chats- worth shout eight o'clock Tuesday of last week ran over.a cow and was de- railed. It fell over the einbanktnent, and a smash-up occurred. Robert Johnson, the engineer, and James; Fer- guson, the fireman, were instantly killed. William Little, aged 21, and W. D. White, aged 25, brakemen, were seriously injured. Little was seated on a flat car that WAS loaded with atones, and he was thrown with great violence against one stone while another fell on his foot and crushed it to a jelly. The fingers of his right hand were also injured. White was in the box car and was thrown between the engine and the tender, but he extricated himself from this dangerous position before suffering much from the escaping steam. There is a large wound in his left leg, however, besides a number of cuts and bruises around his body. Both men were taken to the General Hospital, Toronto. It was found necessary to am- petate Little's leg, but White is getting along all right. —Mr. Henry J. Lawrey, whose house is on the mountain at Efarnilton, met than her better half, and,seizing an axe, with'a most serious accident early last she aimed a blow at the husband's head. The woman's unsteady hands probably prevented murder from being committed on the spot, although it will be a miracle if Allard recovere. One side of the face is split open, and the poor man presents a frightful appearance generally. —There has been a great deal of gas - sip in Ottawa over an incident which happened last Thursday evening in the Basilica, when a bride waited for more than an hour after the appointed time ed uarraoduanYdtevening..hefarm, r mI,n h eceneePp t to t h e aneYin;loityll- slaughter, house with a revolver to kill cats. Mr. Lawrey fired twice at the annoying felines. Then he drew the trigger a third time, but the revolver missed fire. He then began to examine it and was warned by Passmore who left soon after to go to the hous'e. A few minutes later Passmore herd a shot and running back to the ;slaughter house' rd Blake as president. An the poorer congregations were frequent,- thing was made ready for the wedding, King of the Belgians.i ade a Knipht of the Order chers of the Ontario Law pay ent of the expenses of delegates at- market, and the eldest daughter of W. last week and elected the tending church courts, contending that R. Dunning, of New Edinburg. Eve was received from Miss ly unrepresented and that the rich even the wedding dinner being spread at ing st week advocated a fund for the father keeps a butcher shop in Bytowgn, —The Hamilton Presbytery at a meet The parties were Edward Robert, whoryse. for the groom, who failed to escape from instant death. The bullet a in bt r luec ak n do n ht a lh ef ra:ho zt e nt e to the wounded man. It was a narrow m"plet:rasndat:anedeseeld appear. 3 ahebufolluentdwIoeauwndreiynthyiisngfourenhceoands,cilomuse,dwiietahl : assistance was called as quickly al pos- rtin, B. A., of Trinity Col- churches controlled these courts. The the house of the brides father. Many fission to a course as student- idea is a good one though it is in the of the friends of the bride's family were was the first application of wake of a move in that direction made assembled in the Basilica at the hour by the Methodist Conference a couple of appeinted for the marriage cereinonY, years ago. Conference urged the and the groom's beat man iwas dul change, though, chiefly to relieve the .punctual, but all were disappointed. George Passmore, a youngman - Id, be ne wa on It since the organization of the and the benchers were non - referred the matter to a mittee, his hoped the On - out at the top, of the diefid, fortuttetely °without touching the brain or its mem- brane. The injured man did not re- cover consciousness until next merning, when the physicians would not ; allow him to speak. They hope for las ult" people of the town where the meeting The couple who were to have been wed- mate recovery. =