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[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.
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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
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;
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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.
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