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WHOLE NIIMBBR 1,263. COLORADO SKETCHES. [Written for the Exrosrros.1 LEITER NO. VI. "EL POLITICO BAIILE." The Mexican political ball is an institu- tion that occupies a very prominent position in the politics of this country, and a still more prominent one in the hearts of the merry, lighthearted Mexicans themselves. No man would think of running for an office in this country without ssteing aside something to the campaign fund for giving political (lances. Very often the candidates attend these dances and make speeches. If they are not present themselves they are sure to have a representative there. During the elections this fall we had two candidates stay with us at the ranch oyer night, one, Mexieaulandiclate for the office of County Asaessor, on the Democratic ticket, !lamed Louis Gonzdes who was running for the first time and was so thoroughly excited and enthusiastic that he would have been refreshing if he had not got just a wee bit tireseme. The night Louis wu.s at the rauch there was to be a Republican daece down below at JuenGercia's hall, so a num- ber of us maie up our minds, to go. Louis was intensely amused io thiuk of the sur- prise it, would give the Republicans, and his opponent in particular, to see him at the aance. The hall is a long, adobe building, with tho usual mud roof, differing from a Mexican house only in that it hae a boerd floor. Old Juan makes hie livit!g, a rather meagre one, principelly by giving dances in this hall. His revenue is detested from a stand in one corner where cendies, appl cider, pap, etc., are seId at the eud of every dariceethe muchachos (beys) are suppased -to take their partners to this staud and treat them, whereby Don Juan makes a profit of about seven or eight cents. The political dances are, however, given free by one or other party and if there is a stand it is sinspIy a, private enterprise. When we ar- rived, there was a great crowd and the speaking had alreaey begun, Of course it was in Spenish and I could understand oply a word here and there, The speaker was a brother of the candidate for Diatrict At• torney. After him came the canclidete foe Assessor. Then some one in the RAO ienee, apparently of some palitical weight in his party, tiptoed very oetentatiously up to where the speakers and their friends were standing and whiepered eornething, then tiptoed back and Louis' opponent invited him to speak. Without any hesitation Louis, who was standing back in the crowd, slipped off his ulster, came forward, took two minutes to fix his collar and blow his nose and then made a three minute speech in which he made everone laugh. I may just say here, parenthetically, that Louie was one of the few Democrats elected. Then the politicans coneulted a moment or two, the result of which was that a table was moved into a corner, a couple of chairs placed on it and the musicians seated on these, one with a violin and the other with a guitar. Straightway followed that heart rending performance, known as " tuning up." Presently they started up a. tune on trial, stopped short, shuffled their feet a little., tightened up a string or two, then started up another tune and there was a general movement for partners. Mexican dances held the floor moat of the time but there was an American quadrille or a round waltz occasionally. The American quadrilles were cal ed off in Enolish and the Mexicans frequently get pretty badly mixed up, bat on the whole it was wonderful how quickly they " caught on." The Mexican quadrille and the slow waltz, so called to distinguish it from the round or American w,altz, seemed to be the favorites. The end of the Mexi- can quadrille is its most remarkable feature. All the sets join hands and circle around, then the gentlemen swing, passing from one to the other till they reach the partner they started from. Then they start back the other way and go around again. It is very dizzy work and by the time the second round of swinging is half over scarcely any one knows where he or she stands. It is very funoy to see a senora or senorite look all around for her partner for about a second and then dis- cover that he is right in front of her. The Mexican waltz is always danced to slow music. They begin as in Sir Roger de Coverley by ranging themselvee in two long lines. Then each four join hands and circle around, keeping time with their feet and swinging their clasped hands also in time to the music. Suddenly the rnusic changes,the four break into couples who waltz off by themaelves and filially join another couple to repeat the first part of the dance. Thus it goes on, and the Mexicans are so fond of this dance that they will keep it up as long as they can get the musicians to play. In the real ald Mexican waltz the partners simply place their hands lightly on each other's shoulders, bat most of the younger people have adopted the American style. The Mexican Schottische,' think it is a schot- tische, is also very picturesque. It is a sort of step dance, as the partners pass under each other's arms, circle around each other, and perform various other evolutions. When a dance breaks up the men and women do not mingle and converse as Americans would do, but the women retire to the benches along the walla to nurse their babies smoke their cigarettes and gossip, while tiae men launge around and smoke or go outside to test somebody's w hisky. At the particular dance I am deacribing the floor manager passed whisky around soon after the danc- ing began. He was a first-rate floor mana- ger this one, for he made the men keep their hats off all the time, whereas at most balls they seldom remove them except when they go to dance, and not always then. I wish I were an artist so that I could sketch this Mexican ball room between two dances, the whitewashed mud walls, . the factory -cotton ceiling, the rough benches along the walls, the musicians' platform in one corner, the little candy and apple stand in another, the mujers (pronounced mohair - les) ranged along the walls with babies in arms and little yellow cigarettes in their mouths, the men standing about in pictur- esque groups, with broad -brimmed hats, some with long boots, some with blue over- alls, some with no coats ; tbe Americans prominent by reason of their superior sta- ture and pais faces, vrhile the whole is lighted up lay two huge brass coal oil lamps suspended from the ceiling, After about every second dance a small boy goes around with a pail of water and sprinkles the floor to keep down the dust. All Mexicans are fond of dancing. It seem to be born in them. I have seen a little girl not more than seven or eight years of age on the floor, and I have seen men, who must have been sixty or seventy;:hoeing it down with rapt faces, indicating intense en- joyment. The majority of the fair sex who attend are married women, some of them grandmothers. Those who have babies with them, when asked to dance, hand them to some one not dancing, generally a man or boy, and finish the dance even amid the howls_ of the precious infants. One of say friends had a very funny adventure one night .*`,,,,,,,..pi,' -,,,.....t....c...., -.00.,,,s, 1. ...... :'_ t Ittil 11 at a Mexican ball. He was just about to sit down when a mujer rushed up to him, threw her arms around his neck, yanked him to a standing position, and then diving under a heap of shawls and coats brought out, with a reproachful look at hire, a sleep- ing baby. Of course everybody howled with laughter and " the boy " blushed. The Mexican women are not prepossessing in appearance as a rule. To begin with, they are generally five or six years behind the fashion when they have any regard at all for it, and then Lhey are nearly all pock- marked . They nearly all smoke, and it certainly does look funny to wee a woman pull out a tobacco rack and bundle of cigar- ette papers, roll a cigarette, strike a match and proceed to the enjoyment of the weed. The Mexicans are very jealous of their wo- men and watch them incessantly. All mar- riages are arranged for by the parents of the contracting parties. We boys considered ourselves very much honored _when a Mexi- can neighbor one night invited us to ride home in his wagon along with his wife and daughter. The " bellies " are nearly al ways held on a Saturday or Sunday night. If on Saturday, they are frequently kept up till three o'clock a. m., but on Sunday nights they generally break up very early, for ev- erybody has to work next day. This one was on Saturday night, but was not kept up as late as usual, as it was neer the close of the eatnpaign, and people were tired, I sup- pose. After it did -break ep, a number of young Mexicans gathered artnind a table,one of them produced /speck of cards and some money, and they tiepin to play Monte. Old Juan Garcie carne and made eome objection; probably because he was reaping no profit while it was his coal oil that was being con- sumed. They over -ruled his objection, how- , ever, by getting a lantern belonging to one of their number, and letting Juan blow out his light. Then they Went on gambling and kept it up, I am- tolci, until daylight next morning. I didn't stay to see. THE WANDERER. WASHINGTON TERRITORY. STA NS% 00D, Snohomish County, /.. 'ebruary 9th, 1892. 3 . DEAR EXPOSITOR,—In conning over your widely circulated peper and seeing descrip- ' tions of other plalces in the world, with • your perinienion I thought I would like to state some things of what I know about 1 - • IN ashington Territory. Washington com- prises an area of abo t 81,480 square miles and may be divided into two divisions, viz : Western Washingt 13, or, as it is sometimes ' called, Puget Sound country, and that part lying east of the C ocade mountains. The : first section contains the great timber belt : extending south into Oregon and north into ' British Columbia, while the eastern is noted i for its rich mines, grazing and cereal lands. Puget Sound, " a laud locked sea," with islands, archipelagoes and indentations, pre- sents a shore line nf over 2,000 miles, and although in the same latitude as Duluth there has not been a day since the first navi- gator entered his ship in her waters that ice has hindered a veesel or wind endangered one in its harbors. t is estimated by com- petent persons that there are 21,000,000 acres of timber lapds of great commercial value, and- what g ants some of these firs and cedars are! Many trees are found stand- ing as straight as a' ship's mast without a limb, knot or flaw oil any kind to a height of 160 feet, and yield ng from 2,500 to 3,000 feet of lumber, A ield of 100,00 feet has been verified from one single acre, but the average yielci is abo t 25,000 feet of aimed lumber per acre,. wing to the length, strength, durability nd freedom from flaw this timber it shippe to different parts of the world, being use for spars, pilings, etc. The tide, flat lan , dyked in from the Sound and its many rivers is very rich and yields immense cro s of hay, oats, veget- ables, etc,,, and camp t be bought at present for less than $200 t $300 per acre. An average crop of h y is three to five tons ; oats 100 to 125 bush Is, and potatoes 500 to 600 bushels per a re, and as high as 100 bushels of wheat have been produced from an acre. Plowing oes on the year round, and many have alrea y sowed their spring grain, but only one rop can be obtained each season as in any other country, al- though black berries have been plucked in the middle of winter I think every kind of fruit will thrive here but oranges and a good orchard pays ig interest. Washing- ton has inexhaustibl stores of coal, iron, gold and silver, whic are only beginning to be developed, and th usands of prospectors are in the field e ery summer, some of whom strike it rich, ut net all. I recall to mind one old man who had a pretty hard tramp in search of g Id in the mountains, having worn his shoe out, had to " hoof " it home barefooted, but struck it deli, and called himaelf " the arefooted millionnire." , The largest city n this state is Seattle, . with Tacoma a goo second, but any place with 400 or 500 inhabitants is termed a city here and if every pla e that is being laid out for a city could only become so, Washington would have more cit es than any other two States in the Unio . There are several other places of impo to.nce such as Spokane, also Walla Walla, in which is situated the State penitentiary, Ellensburg, etc. The Pacific coast is fag taking the lead in the hop raising industr , Washington standing next to New York i this production with Oregon coming next. To give an idea of the amount of wheat grown this year I may say that besides the mount shipped to San Francisco, over 7,00 ,000 bushels have been shipped to foreign porta, and statistics show that the average y eld per acre east of the mountains has been bout 44 bushels for the last ten years, Irrig tion is largely resorted to in some localiti s with good success. Wages for a laboring man on a ranch run from $20 to $30 per month with board, etc., the year round, but 'in camps they are paid somewhat better, teamsters receiving $4.75 per day, bIacksinit s $2.50 to $.3, cooks $3.50, etc., includi g board. One word about the climate. o anyone troubled with asthma, consumption etc., I would say keep shy, but for most co stitutions it will agree with them to perfec ion. As for ourselves we have never enjoy d better health in our lives. I have never had an overcoat on nor a pair of mitts since lending here. No need of such inconveniences, and there is no pert of the year that a couple of blankets are not comfortable over you at night. The rainy season generally begins in leovember and continues two or theee months off and on, thunder and lightning being strangers in this part of the world. The biggest draw- back in this country that I know of at present is the extremely bad roads for one• half of the year ; they get worked up to such a pitsh that traffic on some of them is entirely out of the question ; bat efforts are being made by bonding the different coun- ties, to improve them and I think the money will be profitably spent. I will not attempt to describe the beauti- ful sunsets on Puget Sound, as that requires a more artistic pen th&n mine. Not only is Washington riots in agriculture and miner- als, but immense schools of salmon find spawning grounds in her fresh water streams, millions of pounds of this beeutifel fish be - SE FORTH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY Z6 1892. ing packed and exported every year. To those desirous of coming to this o untry for the purpose of taking up land I mild say that there are thousands of acres o surveyed and unsurveyed timber and a ricultural land awaking squatters, alth ugh the choioest has already been nabbed, and that principally by Norwegians who are a thrifty and hard-working class of people. It is noticeable hero as elsewhere that Canadians climb to the top wherever they go, ihe school superintendent of this co 'nty being from Ontario, and the sheriff, who is held in high esteem, is well known to ma y of your readers, being a son of Mr. Joh Hagan, Parr Line, Stanley, and there re meny others that I could mention, b t which would take up too much time and space. Thanking you, Mr: Editor, for y ur valu- able space, I remain, yours truly, GEORGE HART, formerly cf S anley. A Strange Funeral. BY R. J. DUNMORE. IN CAMP AT IRIONLi, SPAN'S/1110ND CENTRAL AMERICA. December lOth, The advent of King Death is eve ed by the elements of mystery, pai renderings, and sufferings, in all circumstances end localities, and retpondent, heving witnessed th scene and attendant ceremonies i climes and among many peoples, to recbrd one of the saddest and m etic, surrounded by the most pec stences,presenting the most incredib of the human character, that find his memory. Among the party of Americans and have been for the past month, ed beneath the palm trees in the little Carib village of Irionia, on beaten coast of the Carribbean family of Danish-Americaus, bea not uncommon name of Smith. It of a boy and girl, aged respectivel 14 years, and their parents. They mon with many others of the pa disposed of -their property and ear sessions in Chicago and elsewhere, barked in our enterprise, known al Land Company of Honduras, and as did the others, that meny of the representations of that Compa fradulent and false. The Smith f lieved devoutly in the theory of Science, which religion numbere ranks several others of the encamp sides the Smith's. Irionia is built upon low greued upon a level with the Bea, elop gradually from a considerable mountains on the south-west, hen fevers and chills are almost certai RA8, t sm. ) attend- , heart- oun tries, our cor- death various has new st peth- liar in - e pintoes place in ho are, encamp- curioue he surf - ea, is a ing the onsisted 11 and in com- ty, had hly poe- and em• he Perry finding, glowing were mily be- hristian d its ent be - almost ng very auge of e, coast to at - 11 tack the new -comer, especially, if e be un- used to warm climes and unde certain physical conditions. One after an tiler in the encampment was taken down ley chills and fever, with severe headaches, a more or less severe form, and raryin in ee- verity with different constitution . Per - who, like TRH EXPOSITOR co respond - 130118 ent, had within recent years sp nt some time in tropical countries, were enerally exempt. Among the first to fall ill with the fever was little Willie Smith. here are two lady doctors with the encamp ent, and two other doctors, American gentl men, at Port Burchard, a place within easy reach of here, and these physicians did all that united skill could devise for the eu e of the sick ones, the main remedy being quinine, an invaluable necessity in this clim . But upon offering their services to t e Smith household, they were declined ecidedly with thanks. The parents depen ed upon their belief in Christian Science t restore their son to health, and insisted t eir son was not siok, that it was simply imagin- ation. On Friday morning, Deem er llth, Mies Nera Smith fell suddenly ill ith the fever. Too much bathing in the urf had probably hastened the attack. Shortly afterward, the girl became unconsci us, and though the doctors repeatedly vis ted the tent in which the two little suffe ers lay upon the camp cot, the misguided parents refused to allow medicine in any hape or form to be given to their suffering hildren. On Saturday the girl became unc luscious, and still the tenets of a monstro s creed stood between her and a chance of r covery. Sunday, atilt unconscious, lying w th oyes distended and breath coming in painful gasps with limbs cold and lips puede, the Aanadcal parents still refused, almost angrily, to allow her to be given a y relief whatever, protesting that she was ot sick, that it was just the expression of her thoughts—though even then the s adow of death hovered about her. The oy also was very low. The parents were to d plain- ly that unless medicines were adm nistered at once, their daughter would our ly die, but with no effect. This was the condition of things when the encampment retired to r st Sun- day night, the last light disappeari g from the tents about 10 p. m. As to th Cariba of the town, they retire with the un, and arise at first break of day. Everyt ing was still in our tent, when about midn ght the flap was raised, and the voice ef o r Sen- tinel for the night broke in upoe o r slum- ber in a strange, hoarse tone, which sounded like a voice pronouncing doom : - Gentle- men, arise ; there is death in our camp!" How ghastly weird it seemed, mingled with our feverish, interrupted dreams. Every man in camp arose and dressed qui kly. It was too true. The poor girl, just ntering on the grand possibilities of wo anhood, who, but three short days since ha frolick- ed about beneath the prams enjo ing the unaccustomed tropical out door I fe, was without doubt, no more, the victirn f a fan- aticism unequalledeey heathen and o ly find- ing room for excuse by the evident incerity and honest conviction of the bel evers in the theory of Christian Science. As the ladies of the camp were p eparing the remains for burial, fir_ exalting s ene was taking place a few paces distant tent of death. A group of white m beneath a cocoanut tree discussing e the advisability of removing boy of the Smith's from the mista negligent methods of healing parents, and compelling them t aside and allow their son to ta icine, for even though his sister la side a corpse, still was their faith no in their belief. To what lengths th om the n stood citedly he sick en and of his stand e med- by his shaken indig- nation of the assembled men would -have carried them it is imposaible to eay, had not Dr. Aiken,who has. resided in this co ntry for some yeare,interfered,and calmed th feeling against the Smiths with words o sound logic and wise judgment. He begg d them to remember that they were now in foreign country, and tha4 even though we b d stood on United States Boil, such action as they proposed would be illegal,as the con titution of the United States gives to ever citizen the right to exercise his own pecul r form of religion. Such being the case, t ey had no legal right to interfere in the cm e. The force of sound logic prevailed, and be men quietly dispersed to the tents. Monday,several carpenters in the ncansp- ment began the sad task of makin as de- cent a coffin as possible. There w s some rough lumber in oamp that had been rought from New Orleans for the purpose bald- .11•01•Ii.= ing boats. Alas, for what a different pur- pose it wag fated to be used. It was planed, made into a box, lined with white muslin. Finally, all was ready, the colony, dreesed in their best, assembled before the Smith tent, with uncovered heads, to do honor to the remains of their countrywoman. A chapter from the Bible was read, and all present repeated aloue the Lord's Prayer. Six Carib» had been engaged to carry the coffin to the grave, which had been dug on the beach at the highest point available, a mile and a half from camp. A river had to be forded, and the Caribe, being half -naked and at home in the water, were selected for the duty, Crotvds of natives stood' around gazing ceriously upon the scene, the first burial of a white person they had ever wit- nessed. Several had got gloriously drunk in honor of the occasion, aud made them- selves considerable of a nuisance. One noisy Carib pushed his way to the front, when an American seized him, snatched his hat from his bead, and says " You black heathen, take off your hae among white people," and a fight between the drunken blacks and angry whites seem- ed imminent. The display of drawn revol- vers awed them, and the Commandante, Costa Guarda and Alcalde, were sent for, and placed several of the most objectionable under arrest. The proceesion started ; a motley crowd of Americans, Indians and Spaniarde, the coffin -bearers, half-intoxi- oated,staggering along, jabbering noisily and laughing loudly at each other across the cola°, Once they stumbled, and the casket fell to the ground. An indignant protest arose from the Americans, and as 8000 as the river was safely forded six young wh4e men carried the coffin, the Caribs were forded to the rear, and a guard surrounded the bearers. It was a noisy; jeering, shock- ing proceetion, and one American knocked down a Cerib and pounded him into insensi- bility to stop his eacreligious noise. When the grave Wa13 reached, and the coffin low- ered, it Wa9 di830VeTed that there was no shovel there to fill in the grave, and hands, feet and sticks were used for the purpose. A messenger was dispatched for a shovel, and the grave was fivally properly rounded up, a huge cross placed at the head of the grave, and a Esort of enclosure built to pro- tect it from wied beasts. The parents had stipulated that no manner of service should be held at the grave, and none was accord- ingly held. And so the little Nora was left to her long; solitary rest upon the surf -beaten sands of the Carribean Sea, beeeath a for- eign flag, where no white person, or kindred blood will ever come to shed a tear over her neglected grave. In this wild, lonely, beau- tiful spot, shaded by waving palms, lulled by the songs of handsome unknown bir s, and the drowsy murmur of the evererestl ss sea, we hied the remains of one who was ; doubtedly the victim of terrible religious fanaticiem, and actually handed over to the terrors of death by her rnisguided parents, as the phYsicians are unanimous in saying that had a few grains of quinine been ed• ministered in time in all probability Nera Smith n-Ould have recovered to enjoy a longer period of human existence than th:t which, net Providence, but a fanatic I, heathenish theory, allowed her. And this in the boasted intelligence of the groat Nineteenth century ! Canada. —The total debt of the city of Montreal amounts to $19,000,000. —Captain Aro hie Kerr, well known at every lake port from Kingston to Midlaed, died last week at Orillia. — Grip carried off in Welland and vicinity during -last week 11 persons whose added ages make a total of 758 years. — George Sleeman bas been elected by ac- clamation to succeed the late Thos. Goldie as mayor of Guelph. —Rev. W. P. Crombio, evangelist, has been presented with a purse of 860 at Kings- ville, Essex county. —Celax Bechard, Chatham, has been fined $50 and costs for selling liquor witholut a license. —A farmer named Bush, while driviipg between Beamsville and Smithville on Fri- day night, was frozen to death. —The Episcopal congregation, Southamp- ton, has presented E. W. Hunt with a fiee dog skin overcoat. — The village of Dutton has agreed to tee, $300 to a St. Thomas man who fell off the eidewalk there and sustained some injuries.1 — In the Metcalfe -Gunn election in Fron- tenac a polling booth was changed from the place on the proclamation. It is thought this may void the election. — The Ontario cotton mills at Hamilten pass into the hands of a syndicate on the 1st of April. They are estimated to be worth $600,000 or $700,000. — While Israel Gotland was' working in Terryberry's mill in Mersea on Saturday; a whiifietree broke, bitting him on the jaev, completely sinaehing that bone. — Mr. Jaines Griffin, seed merchant of London, committed suicide the other moro- ing by swallowing a quantity of strychnine. Business troubles prompted the act. —Archbishop Cleary, of Kingston, has donated $3,000 towards the new Romen Catholic church at Portsmouth, which. ;is to oost $10,000. —Henry McMillen, near Sowerby, Algo- ma, says that he raised last year 110 bush- els of white oats from one acre of his land. What's the matter with Algoma. — S. Frenk Smith, auctioneer, St. Geortie, has sold his farm to H. Sutton, Beverly, fel- about $e,000. The farm is an exceptionally good one. —The new Salvation Army barracks at Napanee are fast approaching completioe, and the formal opening services will be held in coniaection with them on the 28th. 1 —It is understood that the late C. H. Waterous, Beantford, left an estate valued at $250,000—$200,000 being represented in the engine works. 1 —The Casselman Lumber Company,on the Canadian Atlantic, twenty miles from Ot- tawa, has gone into liquidation. ties are said to be large, Assets abo t $60,000. —George M. Fox, of Leamington, has gene to Richmond, Virginia, to look up a fortune running. up to the niillions, which is alleged to rightfully belong to the Stewart family of Rutbven and Olinda. —The late James McLaren, millionaire lumberman of Buckingham, has left by will $29,000 te Knox college, Toronto, and the same amount to the Presbyterian college in Winnipeg, —Mrs. R. J. Doyle, known as the founder of the Women's Christian Temperance Un- ion in Canada, died on Wednesday, the 17th inst., at the age of 63 years, at her home, Judeonville, about three miles from Owen Sound, in the township of Sarawak. Mrs. Doyle was born in the township of Eggnog- ing, on January 23rd, 1829, and went to Owen Sound about 40 years ago as a shoot teacher. Shortly 'after she married IL J. Doyle. She was a great laborer in the tem- perance cause, and in 1874 founded in Owen Sound the first Women's Christian Temper anee Union organized in Canada. ligroin that time forward she has been the foremost LoI; {lidcLEAN BROS. Publishers. 1,1.50 a Year, in Advance. worker in the union, For some mouths de - ceased had not enjoyed good health, and for about twO months had been confined to her room. The trouble seemed to be simply a failure of the life forces. —Reve Mr. MacMillan, of Guelph, while leaving the Presbyterian meeting in Mount Forest on Monday of last week, Blipped on the sidevralk and !sustained a fraoture of one of the bones of the leg. —The battle of Gettysburg cyclorama at Toronto was sold by auction on ITuesday, last week, for $825 for taxes. The texts were $819, and there were $1,000 due. for ground rent. —A Kingston clergyman says, that two elections and a majority contest in one win- ter has had, certainly, a depressing effect upon religion. Zeal among the men for Christian work was sadly lacking. —Mr. IticEachern, Government Inspector, is authority for the statement that there is 110 pleurp-pneumonia existing among the cattle in Peace River, as cabled to England. —Petitions are being circulated in the village of Embro, Oxford county, one in fa- vor of doing away with one hotel and the other to make the closing hour 10 instead of 11 o'clock. A petition of the opposite na- ture is also being circulated. —Wm. Renwick, farmer, of Hespeler, has been fired $3.50 and oosts, in all $8.50, for teking [neat unfit for food on to Berlin mar- ket. The accused man brought a number of witnesees to testify that the Ox had been healthy before it was butchered., Rev., Wm. Savage, who for some years has been the missionary to the Indians: in the locelity of Soutbampton, hap retired from those onerous duties and moyed with his fainily to Elora, where her purposes ppendieg his remaining days. —John Scott, of Galt, has set out 500 walnut trees on the Moyer farm, Waterloo, and intends setting out another 1,000. He believee growing walnuts will pay better at the mid of twenty years than raising fruit. —Aroarsa Wood, of St, Thomas, has re- , ceived from the Indian women of Muncey a beautiful autogragh quilt for one of the beds in the pew Amasa Wood Hospital. Among the names are Mrs. S. Miskokomon and Mrs John Orovv. —NO ttace! has been discovered of the missing $1,000 debenture supposed to have been sole!' at the time of the Heelop _ murder. The Bank of Hamilton authori- ties have found out that the chequers were on the Molsons' bank and Merchants' bank. —Mr. Henry Muma, Dominion arbitrator, Drumbo, has been dangerously ill during the pet two weeke at Drumbo, isuffering from ea grippe. A consultation ef phys- icians was recently held, and he in now be- lieved po be improving. — Mee. J. R. Stevens, widow of Nelson Stevene, of Hamilton, who served' in Com- pany 1" B," Twenty-fifth United States Colored Infantry, has been geented a pensioe of $8 a month, and $23,e.23 back pension. —1'31 thb action of the Courtright Salt Company, of Courtright, vs. the Producers' Oil Refining Company, of Petroleae for dam- ages for breach of contract in failiqg to sup- ply petreleum tar, Judge Robineon, of Sarnia, hes given judgment in favoe of the Salt ComPany for 1700 and costs. nember of Politica Unibnists of Essex,lheeded by F. P. 13outellier, of Belle River, etowarden of Easex, have decided to start a, daily organ to advocate their fad. A joirit stook company has been formed with a capital of $30,000, and the promoters evidenely mean business. —ebonies Kievell, a Grand Trunk Rail- way beakesman, who was seriously hurt -on October 2,nd while coupling cars at Water - down, hoes commenced an action againnt the company for $1,500 damages under the Workmen's Compensation Act. The oase will come on at the March Assizes. —Mr. Alexander Waddell, special im- migration agent for Manitoba, has been lec- turing en the vicinity of Belleville with good effect. ; As a result of his labors several hun- dred fermiers will leave that section in the vspinrcineg. take up land in the Prairie Pro- , — Rev, M. Edwards, until recenely assist- ant clergyman at Grace church, Toronto, (Episcopal), has left the city for parts un- known. He is a nephew of Baron Kensing- ton. Drink and family troubles ,took him out of t o church. He leaves debts that amount t about $200. — The other day at TavistockL Barbara Giseler w e carrying a pot of potatees from the stripy -nth a pail to pour off the boiling water, when her foot slipped and she fell, the scelding water splashing all over her. She was frightfully scalded about the face and neek,, but it is hoped she will recover. — Thomas Easton died at the Hamilton city hoapital, Friday. He came frbm Eng- land 12 years ago and had plenty of money. He folloveed no occupation, but lived high, and when the remittances stopped he be- came a weeck and lately eked out an ex- istence by peddling fish. He was burie4d by the St. George's] Society. —On Tuesday evening last week while a party wae in progress at the house of JosePh Meloche, a farmer residing about eight miles below Windsor, five rOughs from Amhersthurg entered the house and aesault- ed several of the occupante, fired revolvers, smashed everything in the house and cut one man quite seriously. Detectives are searching for the scoundrels. —The annual meeting of the Toronto In- dustrial Exhibition Association took place a few days ago. The annual report showed actual cash profits of $12,814.39 for the year, and assets over and above all liabili- ties amounting to $135,124.75. President Withrow said that what was still troubling the directors principally was lack of room. — A particularly Bad death was that of Mrs. R. A. Chatterson, at Brantford, which occurred on Wednesday of last week from la grippe. Only the previous Wednesday her husband was buried, and she attended the funeral. She was taken ill and sank rapidly until death relieved her sufferings. —A horrible story of private cremating , comes to light in St. Conegonde, a suburb Adolphe of Montreal, A spiksmaker, Lawn, recently lost three children, and burned their bodies in a cooking stove to save the funeral expenses. The magistrate who has been applied to holds that he mit- ; ed within hie rights. I —Among the many records of remarkable fecundity, large family descendants, etc. a story comes from the County of Bruce, which I is both interesting and remarkable. Mr. IRobert Ogden, an aged and respected resi- dent of Gresham, township of Bence, died on the 26th ult., leaving an unusuelly Large number of descendants, 236 in all, consisting of 13 children, 113 grandchildren, 100 great grandchildren and 10 great gresit grand- children. His family of 5 sons and 8 daughters were all living at his death. The aged partner of his joys and sorrowa passed sway &bent four years ago. Mr. Ogden was born lin Wickham, Queen's County, parish of Kars, New Brunswick, April 15th, 1804, and was descended from United limpire Le al t stook, whe considered it a glo foe , fig t der the British fig, Ile liv in I 1 the province in which he was born tilt the year 1835, when he settled in Oxford County, Ontario, and after living therefor a period of six years, Moved to the County of Bruce, where he lived with his youngest son, J. W. Ogden up to the time of hie decease at the advanced age of about 88 years. —The London Advertiser says : " There are some sad cases of destitution in this city to which the relief authorities are at- tending. One large family in the north end were found to be without a mouthful of food, and but for charity might have starved. The father is a useless drunkard, and the mother is at present helpless. —The executors of the estate of the late William Beattie have sold the farm a few miles north of Ayr, to Mr. King, of 'Crans- ton, Haldirnand_ county, the price being $9,000 cosh. The above farm is one of the finest in North Dumfries, well situated and in a good neighborhood and section of coun- try, and convenient in every respect. —One hundred and sixteen men in the Intercolonial Railway shops at Moncton, New Brunswick, received notice the other day that their services would not be re- quired after March 3rd. The list embraces some who have been in the railway service over 30 years. It is also said that over the whole Intercolonial 500 men will be dis- missed. —Thursday's Montreal Witness remarks : Hon. Mr. Blake, who was in town yester- day, left this morning for Richmond. Mr. Blake, wrapped in a short, rough, beaver coat, I his head crowned with a soft bat, scarcely visible above the enermous collar, looked wonderfully and humorous].) like Horace Greely. He declared to eeveral friends that his visit had nothing to do with politica. —Kingston is moving again for a Home for Iucurables. It is a great place for chari- table institutions, having five establish- ments!. The General hospital alone has 31 eight patients, and another extension as large s last year's is proposed. The Hotel Dieu !Nana are to be moved to the large Rigiopolie4College. The House of Provi- dencehas just been doubled in size. —A. snug profit of $3,000 annually is cleared by the mounted police force in the Canadian Northwest from a canteen which is unpaged by- a committee" of the men. The n-ioney goes to provide amusement and recreation for the men. That canteen must get about all the weges of the force in order to make a profit of $3,000 on liquors that mulst be expensive by the time they reach Regina. —An interesting series of revival services is about drawing to a conclusion in the Wellington street Methodist church, Lon- don. They have been in progress for about six weeks. For nearly three weeks the pas- tor wed members were assisted by Evan- gelist, A. H. Renton, whose ministry has been ' bleesed in the conversion of souls, nearly 200 having signiiied their purpose to live al Christian life. —One would think that if Ontario suffered under] the present trade policy,the Maritime Provinces, which have been so loyal to it, must have prospered. Turning to the navi- gation tables, however, it is seen that the value !of vessels built- in Canada and sold to the other countries has fallen froth $2,189,000 in 1876, to $280,0001, in 1891, while the ton- nage lof vessels built fell from 188,000 in 1875 to 55,477 in 1891. —Of five , brothers named Shoemaker whose combined ages foot up to 437 years, the eleest, aged 92 years, is Jacob D. Shoe- maker, near Berlin. John Shoemaker, of Bresleu, is 91 ; George, of Natches,, 88 ; Joseph, of Iowa, 86 ; and Daniel, 80. Abra- ham eied a few years ago, aged over 80, and' several of the sisters reached the ages be tweed 80 and 90. —President J. J. Withrow of the Toronto Industrial Exhibition Associetion was in- terrogated at the annual meeting of the Association held recently as to the advis- ability of holding an exhibition in 1893 on accouht of the World's Fair. Mr. Withrow replied that, as Chicago was not the whole world, the Toronto Industrial would do besinees at the old stand as usual. —Harris & Co's ear works, of St. John, New Brunswick,which have been shut down for some time, have resumed operations nn - der the ten hour system. The firm very re- lucantly adopted the nine hour system over a year ago. A meeting of sixty-five of the firm's old employes was held on Wednesday, last week, and they decided they would starve rather than return to the ten heur system. —Thos. Wilson's barn in ' Dundee was burned to the ground on Thursday after- noon. A quantity of straw was stacked in it, and several youngsters experimented on it as to its suitability for a bon fire, with the result that the flames got beyond their control and destroyed the building. The fire brigade arrived on the icene and kept the fire from spreading to adjacent buildings. —The death is announced of Hon. Wm. Rhodes, aged 70 Years ex -Minister of Agriculturn, which took Place at his resi- dence, St. Louis road, Halifax; a few days ago. He came to Canada with his regiment in 1847, and settlee in Quebec. He repre- eentedIdegantic in the old Parliament of Canada and was afterwards called by Hon. Mr. Mercier as head of the Agricultural Department. —Mr. Robert Scott, a well-known farmer of the 4th concession of Blandford, Brant county, died last week frcm inflammation of the lunge. Deceased was about 40 years of age and was unmarried. He managed the farm of about 300 acres for his father, who is now quite feeble, and the lose of a son who thus remained on the farm will be a severe blow to the aged couple. —There are at present in the store of Mr. R. D. Kay, Galt, two old specimens of fire- arms which, if they could speak, could doubtless " a tale unfold." One is an old pistol, originally a flint -lock, which was used by a Prussian officer during the war with France, in 1803. The other is also a flint -lock pistol. It was dug out of the ground, on the site of a battle between the British and the Americans, dnring the war of 1812, • —The following are the salaries paid the different officials of Bruce: Treasurer, $1,500; clerk, $700 ; jailer, $650 ; turnkey, $375 ; matron, $250 ; caretaker, $375 ; chief constable, $100 ; auditore, $60 each and mileage ; criminal auditors, $4 per day each • school inspectors, $1,000 salary eacb, and $:300 to cover expenses ; warden, $140 ; jail surgeon, $100 ; Mr. Ezra Briggs was re- appointed chief conetable. —The Pilot Mound Sentinel (Manitoba) very sensibly takes exception to the display of pictures of large farms and farming oper- ations as means of inducing immigration. The amount of money that has been 4 drop- ped " in these large farmus will never be known. Our contemporary refers to the Bell, the Lester Kaye, the Dawson, the Wilkinson, the Power and the Lowe farms, none of which it claims were a success. In this matter Hon. Mr, Greenway has shown his knowledge of the country and its re- quirements. In every way he has dis- couraged farming on a large sable, and will allow the distributik of no literature con- taining glowing accounts of extensive farm- ing operations, The Premier says : " It ie the people we want," —The children, grandchildren and many old friends of Mr. and Mrs. Hezekiah Wil- Oox, Raleigh, Kent county, met at the old homestead the other evening to celebrate the 50th i anniversary of their wedding. The gathering numbered about SO, After congratulations and good wishes to the old folks, supper was partaken of, and Sheriff McKellar, of Hamilton, was called upon, and gave many compilimentary remarks as regardiug the host and hostess, —Robert Craig, the well-known live stook exporter and extensive landowner in the county of Peel, die -c1 at his residence in Brampton after a brief illness in the 82nd year of his age. Mr. Craig was noted for his great activity and indomitable will. He teok an active part in the rebellion of 1837 on the side of the Government. He was actively engaged in business up to within a day or two of his last illness. —Gilbert Stuart, the Oil Springs burglar, had his examination on Monday. He pleaded guilty. He said he entered the 8tore by a side door and secured $151. He pprchased a oomplete uotfit for himself, in- cluding a handsome gold case Elgin watch. He spent the balance of his money buying teinkets for a frail female in Detroit. Run- ning short of funds he put the watch Eoak for $6, which went the way of the rea—tRecently Mrs. Walter Hodgins, Arn- prior, died from grippe, aged 23 years. She hed been married but a few menthe, Next dey Mrs, Thomas Price, married on De- cember 9th, suddenly expired. She ate her eupper, rose and went to her room, and fell tq the -floor and died. Failure of the heart's esi bridesmaid to Mrs. Walter Hodgins, and she survived her friend lees than two pf 7i—snondn.ei or ate cause of death. Last summer she acted Stratford, to take his young lady out for a since, took her watch and $35 in a hand bag along with her. On returning the rig to the lieery she forgot the bag. Her gentleman feund it in the cutter. The watch was all aetion is supposed to have .been the iinmedi- deys. drive. The young lady fearing that some teamp might visit the house during her ab - friend immediately went in search of it and. right, but no trace of the money could be horse and cutter from D. W. Burts' livery, —A few days ago a young than hired a hard Duckworth, an Ingersoll broke jail in Woodstock, but was recaptured in Blandford by Turnkey Forbes after a hot chase. Duckworth was serving a sentence of 50 days for vagrancy, and at the time he made a dash for liberty was employed in the jail yard carrying in wood. Mr. Forbes hid an information_ against Duckworth, charging him with stealing a suit of clothes belonging to the county. He was sentenced to six months in the Ce—ntitrarl., 11. 11 Tye, one of the old time residents of Waterloo county, died at his residence, Haysville, on the llth inst. in the 68th year of his age. Deceased waa for many years actively engaged in public life, being at one time, we understaud, warden df the county. He was largely engaged in forming and fruit growing, and proiemited terse professions with more than ordinary_ success. He was highly esteemed by all - who knew him for his many excellencies of character, and his death is very generally regretted. —About noon, on the lith inst., the resi- denoe of Mr. Edgeon, in Kirkwood town- ship, Algoma, was found to be on fire at one end of the roof, and as the only ones at home at the time were Mrs. Edison and two children aged 8 and 6 yeare, it was feared the residence was doomed. Mrs. Edgeon, however, with the gallant aseistance of the children, fought hard for nearly an hour and finally subdued the flames with eligbt Water had to be carried a considerable clio- tepee which waphrown from the upstaire window to the gable where the fire was, but with little effect. Seeing the fire was making headway, Mrs, Edgson climbed to the roof of the house with an axe and cut' away the burning timbers. It was with great difficulty this was done and with the application of a few more pails of water the fiery monster was finaely subdued. —Mr. Hamilton MacCarthy, the well- koown Toronto sculptor propose& to show an the Chicago Werlcl's 'Fair an allegorical stetute of Canada of colossal size. The figure will be that of a maiden standing in a dignified position and euggesting the ides - that she is gazing into the future with rapt pleasure. The features are full of confident strength. She contemplates her vast pos- sessione and the cross which she bares in her right hand is the symbol of the noble faith which eustains her. Her left hand rests upon an anchor emblematic of hope, and upon an oar suggestive of her com- mercial marine. There are also emblem's of products of the mine, forest, farm and workshop, and all her industrial develop- ments. Dispoeed in folds about this trophy is the British flag. The height of this statue will not be less than nine feet, and it will be constructed of adamantine. —The Rev. N. H. Martin, the curate of Christi Church, Chathain, is said to have ded the country and left three young women to mourn the day he came among them. He was to have been married to Miss Delmage, of North Chatham, oo Monday last, It ap- pears he was also engaged to Miss Kitchen mid the marriage fixed for Wednesday. Miss Sarah Bonet, a farmer's daughter, also holds the following document written and signed by Mr. Martin : " I de hereby promise to marry Sarah Bonet on Monday, the 15th 'day of February, 1892, anitI further give hee full possession and ownership of all the furniture and other contents of my house." All preparatione for the wedding were made at Misa Delrnage's home, also by Miss Kitchen's friends for her merriage, but the reverend gentleman did not arrive and has not since been seen in Chatham. Ur. Martin had been pastor of Christ Church for 15 , year& Friends of Mr. Martin think he must have become insane. —Never did wedding belle peal more merrily than on Tuesday, 16th inst., whea the auptial knot was tied between Miss Katie Moylan and Mr. Timothy Curtin, at St. Columbus church, Irishtown. After the ceremony, which was performed by Rev. Dean Murphy, the numerous friends who had assembled to witness the solemn- izetion of the marriage, drove to the residence of the bride's mother, where nearly a hundred well wishers were witing to oongratulate the happy coup. le. All then sat down te & wedding feast, the excellence of which it is needless to meatus*, The many degant and tasteful presents that the bride was the recipient isf sustaiaed the reputation she enjoys of being Me of the most popular ladies in the township. The bride was assiste,d by Miss Lacy ; tin Curtin, the groosn's brother, being best man, The stars were twinkliag else would think mere than their wont as many a happy merry couple departed in the growing hear fbeforleryhmeddamwrans. froibeilitedIVISISSOtiG