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ana ea.— I send you a few
tins part of the North
they 1113y interest some of
many readers. Our spring opened
lays later than usual, but the
.nonud .i.3 in ex..:elleut order for seed-
ing, Au that branch of work was rush -
(el t About the end of seed-
ing \ ern nigh winds prevailed which
lit erett damage by uncovering and
ear-rye:1s: away the seed, necessitating
hencirees of ares to be sown over
again. 1"p to tne tirst week in June,
we.tner was cold and raw, with
litt:iesev,-in. About that time the
weather got warmer, and heavy rains
',et in, eentintiing up to the 20th of
A ugust. Owiug to so much moisture,
vegetate ,n of al, kinds grew rapidly and
ery caek. So niuh rain fell that the
neasicet !Jay lands eould not be cut in
Lion fee wator lying on them, and had
eo -at after harvest. About the
.2.0trt of ccops of all kinds were
looking well, and where not hurt by
spring winds gave promise of being ex-
tra good both in bulk and yield. Short-
y after that date a rust struck the
wheat hlades and rapidly spread over
their, foiluwed a week or so aflterwards
by hot wands between the rains which
scorched the wheat plants and blighted
the whole crop. Seven -eighths of the
wileat trop here was in no way hurt by
the severe finest on the night between
the 1 (ith and lith of August. About one-
eighth of the very late sown was in
places partially, and in other places,
ruined by that frost. Had the weather
been favorable for harvesting the bulk
of the wheat crop here would have been
in shock. Even with the unfavorable
weather, thousands of acres were cut.
We had over 50 acres in shock before
the night of that frost. But here -
bouts, tnat frost ruined corn, beans,
and all garden vegetables, and greatly
lessened the yield of the potato crop.
Frons the threshing machine, wheat
ranged from 4 to 14 bushels per acre.
Few hall the latter figure, the general
yield being from 7 to 10 bushels. In
quality, the berry was the worst I ever
iAw grown here, it was so shrivelled and
shrunk up. The great bulk of this sea-
son's wheat sold from No. 2 northern,
downwards ; only a small portion of it
reached the upper grades. The wheat
crop of this season was & very short
one, but the high prices paid for it
helped the shortage wonderfully, and
although most wheat raisers here will
not make anything of this year's opera-
ations, they are in a mach better state
financially than they would have been
had wheat been as low priced this fall
as it was last. Oats were of good qual-
ity and yielded from 30 to 40 bushels
per acre. Barley and rye were fair
crops. After the '20th of August, the
weather changed from wet to dry ; all
the rain that has fallen from that date,
up to now, had it fallen at once would
not have penetrated two inches below
the earth's surface, and as for snow we
have only had two light falls, each
about one inch in depth. For lack of
moisture, grass, and all vegetation,
dried up early, but stock has kept in
tine condition, feeding on the self cured
grasses, and are in good heart to carry
themselves through the winter. All
through the fall, prairie fires were num-
erous, and in many places doing great
damage, but no damage was done by
them hereabouts. Frost stopped the
plough about the 15th of November,
but a large acreage has been harrowed
ever sinee that date. In the beginning
of this month many farmers in this
eourity sowed spring wheat in patches
ranging from ten to hundreds of acres.
Our fall was the most delightful I ever
saw or ,,..xperienced : it was a beauty,
one continuous Indian Summer. So
far, our winter has been r---arkably
quiet and mild. Often in the after-
noons the mercury marks from 40 to 50
degrees in the shade. At our Novem-
ber election of county officers, a vote on
local Otion was taken. Cass county
went for the sale and Ransom county
against the sale. Times here are not as
brisk as we could wish, the short wheat
crop is the cause. Respectfully yours,
HIGHLAND.
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\Veet len ;
FROM MONTREAL TO
CHEFOO, CHINA.
The nelow in e niteresting letter. k%
rittl•:1 lir. \V. \1. -Curt, Nt
Inisisionary, \vie, \Vent troll the Provimse
of tue•bec to China
I ;eft 1„tehute en _u -'t Intl], and
fertanatels, on the same train WAS tile
1)1". Farnham on his s.VV to ''lin
iti,sviiere he has been a missionary et.
the Anieri,•an Preshvterian Church ler
years, eff and on. 1 had the pleas-
ure of his cempany all the way to
Stiarighai. nail a very pleasant trip
aeross the continent, everything \ ery
,romfortahle except the dust, Ns hich was
rather disagreeable. We only staid a
few hour: in Winnipeg. Atter p tsetse
Winnipeg we fell in ss ith Res.. I 1.
Robertson, stiperintendent of missions
in the North \Vest, who aecompanied
us as far as Donald, and later we met
him in Vancouver. At Moosehtsv we
met Rev. Mr. -raN,lor, whose face Was
quite familiar to me. The trip through
the Rocky Monutains is simply incle
seribable by pen or pencil, and must he
experienced to be appreciated rightly.
Having spent the summer of 's4 there,
the mountains had an additional interest
to me, as I recognized the familiar
scenes. But it is a pity that tires have
been at work along the line, spoiling the
beauty of many places. The l'aev. Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson, of Vaneouver,
were very kind to us, and what would
otherwise have been a very lonesome
week was rendered very pleasant
through their kiudness. The " Abys-
sinia" was delayed at San Francieco
whole week and so we did nut get away
from Vancouver until the 2Sth of
August at dark. As we pass the nar-
rows the light: of Vancouver are lost to
sight and we soon turn in for the night.
Next morning we are up early to see
the shores of Vancouver Island, but
alas there is something stronger than
patriotism, a.nd many care not whether
the land fading in the distance is Can-
ada or Kanischatka. So our dear old
Canada is disappearing fast astern and
soon the last faint line sinks beneath
the horizon, and then we realize that we
are on the great lonely Pacific. It is,
indeed, very lonely, this route, not a
ship did we see until within sight of
Japan, fifteen days out. We sail along
the tifty-first parallel as far as possible,
then turn south west and sail parallel
to the Kurile and ,Japan Islands. We
see quite distinctly the Aleutian Islands
with their snow clad peaks. The voy-
age was pleasant enough, we had no
storms, but it was foggy and wet oc-
casionally whenever the wind blew
from the south. We had fourteen
missionaries aboard besides the father of
a lady missionary iu Japan going to sec
his daughter. They Were representa-
tives of American Presbyterian, Dutch
Reformed, Lutheran, Episaopal, Society
of Friends, Cansaliau Methodist, Meth-
odist Episcopal of the United States,
Baptist and Canadian Presbyterian.
Notwithstanding we represented so
many denominations " brotherly love
did abound In every one, I think, and
we had a very enjoyable time iudeed.
\Ve had Bible reading (at which every
one was given an oppotunity to speak
about any particular passage), singing
and prayers, the gentlemen taking turns
at leading in the devotional exercises. Ten
of these missionaries were for Japan, five
or six as teachers of English in the
schools, for whic.ii they are paid by the
Japanese Government, I believe, and so
are self-supporting. Their spare time
is devoted to evangelical work. One of
these is a German, a Mr. Purfurst ; he
had been a merchant in San Francisco,
but bad felt so drawn 'to the mission
field that he had sold out and was on
his way to Japan, to put himself under
the Presbyterian Church there, to be
used as they saw fit. He was going at
his own charges. We had a Rev. Mr.
and Mrs. Robinson, sent out by Wy-
cliffe College, Toronto ; Rev. Mr. and
Mrs. Wright, of Pickering, sent out by
the Society of Friends. During the
voyage we had a lecture from a native
Methodist minister of Japan, who has
been on a lecturing tour through Can-
ada for about a year. I understand he
gave up a chair in the university in or-
der to enter the Christian ministry. His
comments at our Biblereadings were
much admired for their common sense
and clearness. We also had An inform-
al talk about China by the Rev. Dr.
Farnham.
Oe dat fom V,' ,.ani. wenyourdis-
1 covered what the captain thought was a
sunken rock quite near our ship and not
down on the charts. Of course it was
reported to the proper authorities im-
mediately on arrival at Yokohama. We
arrived at Yokohama on the morning of
the 15th of September, sixteen and a
half days from Vancouver, or seventeen
and a half days if we count by the dates,
hut as you know when we cross the
180th meridian there is no day all that
day and we go into the next day, thus
we jumped from Wednesday to Friday.
By so doing we get from being twelve
hours behind Greenwich time to being
twelve hours ahead of it. Here in Che -
foo our time is about thirteen hours
ahead of Montreal time, so that when.we
are in churlh on Sunday morning you
Montreal folks are just going to bed
Saturday night.
Japan is a beautiful country. To see
it is to fall in love with it, with its lovely
green hills and cosy valleys, studded
with quiet, peaceful villages; the peo-
ple, too, seem so happy and contented
and clean. Fusi Varna, or the " One
mountain. a snow capped cone over 14,-
000 feet high and the pride of every
Jap, we did not see on account of the
overcast day. Nor did we see the vol-
canic mountain which is usually visible
sailing up the bay to Yokohama. Yo-
kohama seems quite a busy place ; many
foreign houses have warehouses here
and agents; many American tea dealers
have representatives here. Most of the
Japan tea goes to America, I believe.
There ,..re a great many very fine native
shop, tee, selling Japanese tea sets,
, i here Ns ere, I euppeee,
(.:- steam -hips at an. itt it the liar-
loor
.e 11 kV(' cre there, ter there ale
, et Yekeliaina, and e irgeee are
loaded and discharged by email heats
csolier unpins, usually manned hy a
1111-11 a!)-1 St.' are
111 a:: 1‘u Is (Jf th.' Nvur-1,1 ; tee termi-
nus co the English , P. & t).mail (team-
ers ,01,1 the French marl Stutter -4 is
here. \I Lily et the -e are wider
the .1ap0eese 11 tg. e s*r» ()HIV :21
111 Yokohama, awl ilitriiig that
time na-I ee procerre our tickets for
Snarighai ioid have haggaee tratieferred
t1) tne Fr, rich mail steamer, ee had net
much time to take in the eights. I)r.
Etrirli tin and 1 \vela, to the I -v.
Aestinn, , in; the Scaineus M1551ltt, for
ttIhn lunch) and dinner. Nil.. iwi N!
‘‘ ere \ cry kiln' to us. :11 the
everting before getting 'dermal our
site Liner b)OkjiitrikIttsand had a
rale areniel Yekeham 1, hut it being
after dark 001.1111 not see very .1111..11.
During the day 1 had all ittr luetien
te 11r. Hepburn, who has don,. so mich
in the language, and Dr. Coehratie,
the 1 triadi 111 Nlethoclist NI Sion. The
Seani1..11', Nlk,ion seems a very descry
ing institution. There is 11 large reading
room furnished a ith ever 80 many Peri-
edicals direct from the publisla•rs, not
.Me 01111 hand ; then there are rooms for
tat sailers to sleep in who care to stay
ashrore, and meals are also furnished
them at cost price ; thus they have no
excl.1,e fel- frequenting houses of quee-
tionahle repute.
\verity tour hours from Yokohama
we conic to Kobe, where we lay -to for
24 hours and hati au opportunity to see
a little of the place. We, Dr. Farn-
ham and 1, called on some of the !His-
sienaries. From Mr. Atkinson, of the
American Beard, we had some account
of the effort now being made, and which
is likely soon to he successful, to unite
the Presbyterian and Congregational
churches into one body, to be called
" The Church of Christ in ;Japan." This
is a step in the right direction, and I
am glad there is a movement on feet to
unite all the Presbyterian churches in
China., and it is hoped that something
definite in this direction vill he arrived
at befere or at the General li-sionary
Conference of all China., to be held at
Shaneliai in 1 :10. A cottttt'ittce of the
Anieric-an Presbyterian Mi".Si(111 been
appeinted lately to correspeiol with
representatives of the other Presbyter-
ian leiclies. Some one, I believe, eng-
g,ested at the American Preebyterian
Synod that the Congregationalists be
also invited to join, but it was decided
to defer this invitation until all the
Preshyterians were united. We had
dinner in Kobe at Mrs. Lainbuth's. Dr.
Isamburit had been a iniseionary in Foo -
chew, China, for many years before he
was transferred to 'Japan. We went to
see a train leave the station. at Kobe ;
the engine and ears were quite English,
but the trainmen were natives, dressed
in foreign clothes. Foreign dress is
very 00111111On among the men in .Japan ;
all who go abroad seem to adopt the
European dress. The transformation
that has taken place in ,Japan iu thirty
years is truly wonderful : I do not sup-
pose there is a case at all approaching
it in history. Thirty years ago Japan
was hermetically sealed against all for-
eigners, be they merchants or mission-
aries, and the people were taught to be-
lieve that they were " the people," and
that there was nothing outside of Japan
worth knowing or worth having. To-
day the doors are wide open ; every for-
eigner who can tell them some new
thing is welcomed. Their best men are
sent abroad to study and observe, and
what they think best in any country
they adopt. To illustrate some of their
work abroad, I have been told that a
Jap, while studying at John Hopkins
University, wrote up a " History of Land
Tenure in Canada,' which was of such
value that it was pointed out and pub-
lished at the expense of the University
But their teachers were not always of
the right kind : some of them were infi-
dels, who diligently sowed their seed,
and infidel books are translated and
widely circulated and read throughout
Japan. Their educated men are no
longer idolaters, and, although they
acknowledge the superiority of Christi-
anity over all other religious and see the
good it has done for Japan, still they
are not prepared to accept it for them-
selves. There is great danger from
atheism and infidelity in Japan now ;
there is great danger, lest the house,
empty and swept of the unclean spirit,
be taken possession of by other spirits
worse than the first. China has not
reached that stage yet, although it must
soon come; the old, unclean spirit of
idolatry and vice is here yet.
After leaving Kobe we soon enter the
beautiful Inland Sea, the scenery of
which has been compared to that of the
Scottish lakes. Leaving the Inland Sea
we sail across the water lying between
the Eastern and Yellow Seas. As is
usually the case when sailing between
two seas, most of the passengers do not
put in au appearance for reasons best
known to themselves, so crossing this
water some ot us were very uncomfort-
able, if not downright sick, although
the sea was not rough but only " chop-
py." For a long distance out to sea we
notice the water tinged with that from
the great Yang tsi River. This mighty
river brings down great quantities of
earth suspended in its waters, which be-
come gradually deposited in the sea or
the estuary of the river, and in this way
a large island has been formed within
the memory df those living, I am told.
In fact, the whole country about the
mouth of the river on which Shanghai
is built has evidently been formed in
this way. The land all around is low
and perfectly level • there is no hill for
many miles from the city. The_ foreign
settlement of Shanghai is well built, and
the streets are kept beautifully clean.
There are about 4,000 foreign residents
here. Shanghai is, I suppose, one of
the largest shipping ports in- the far
Ea.st.hi 1SS5, 3,Siti9 steamships enter- '
ed and cleared, besides 941 sailing ves-
sels. The exports and imports for that
year were eetimated at :":41(i.V00,000. Ibe
native city, which is separate trent the
fereien settlement, is surrounde1 by an
1)111 fli.',111,/ilt!li wail of brick about 20 nr
25 feet high, with towersat intervals for
little ))11-10.shiened 011111)1). The aetll
is eurreundecl by a moat tilled with
dirty, stiekieg water. This moat is
very lawful and allbWerS seVoral pur-
poses, it is 1 reeeptacle for refuse of all
kinds, dirty people in oirty boats live
on its dirty watcrs, ;mil it also supp!ies
the neigliberlicael with water for drink-
ing and cooking. If ail that is said
shout filth and disease germs were true
then I do not ece why these people do
net all (lie bedde of six months.
flie city, Cliefee,is entered Ify several
gates, svhich reminds me of pictures of
gates at Jeruealem. 1. here are many
things here that remind one ef the Bible
steries. They thresh their grLin on a
levelled piece of ground, and I believe
they tread it out with cattle, although I
hay'. not liven them at it, yet. I went
through the gate twice into the city.
The emell 18 imt very inviting, I assure
you. I do not know whether a China-
man 1148 an olfactory nerve or not. I
think the first time I have an opportu-
nity I try to find out ; if he has
000 it must de worse than useless. Hu-
man flesh seems cheaper than horseflesh
here, all tit carrying cd freight is done
hy men ; cie-s of goods are carried slung
from the centre it it bamboo pole carried
by two men , there are no cabs here,
but jinidelsehas, Which means man-
strength-eari iages little two -wheeled
carriages, data ii by nem for ten cents
an hour. They are very comfortable,
and it is serprieing how long a man will
draw one, keeping up a run all the
time. A matt can be hired in Chefoo
for twelve cents a day, and board him-
self. There seem to be so many men
about, one will see half a dozen men do-
ing the work that one or two men
would be doing in the west.
Mr. Stevenson, 'manager of the China
Inland Mission in China, was very kind
to me white in Shanghai, inviting me to
titlin and dinner, and to their prayer
meetings. They have prayer meetings
pray for the three moat northern prov-
ieLeerys;daya
mlfter tilliu. On Monday they
Tuesday the three next,
among which comes Henan. In this
way alley go over the eighteen
provinces in six days ; then on
Saturday evening they have a general
prayer meeting at which letters from
missionaries in the interior are read.
These prayer meetings are held at every
station in the mission throughout China,
so that on the same day all in the mis-
sion are praying for the eagle provinces.
There are over 260 missionaries in the
field connected with the China Inland
mission, about forty being home on
leave—over 300 in all. Any special dif-
ficulty is prayed over, and those con-
cerned are named by name in these
prayers. The ladies pray as well as the
men ; it is, indeed, very good to be
with them, and they prey in simple ev-
ery day language, and it seems to come
right from their hearts, And in truth
there is much here to pray for. There is
no Sabbath here, there is no knowledge
of God, the mites of the people do not
know what God means; they have no
word for God ; not knowing God, they
do not know that they are sinners.
These things have to be taught to them ;
in most cases this %sill be a matter of
time and patience and perseverance.
Compare the mere handful of ns to the
many millions among whom we are go-
ing, and you see the need there is to
pray for strength andierace. The peo-
ple here, with few exceptions, are given
to vice. Stealing aud lying are
not regarded as sins. Bribery and
corruption are the rule in those
in authority. The higher extort from
the lower officials, and the lower
officials from the common people. Each
magistrate has a retinue of under offi-
cials who are supposed to make their
living by extorting money from the ac
cused, for they have no other salary as
a rule. Woe betide the unfortunate
who falls into their clutches ; he fares
about as badly as the man who went
from Jerusalem to Jericho, and there
are few good Samaritans here. There is
a proverb among the Chinese which the
poor people can appreciate only too
well. It is very expressive :
" The big fish eat the little fish,
The little fish eat shrimps,
The shrimps eat mud."
Still, there is material in China for a
great nation. The people are brave, in-
dustrious and persevering. They are
called the Scotch of the East. They
possess a good farming country,
and one that is rich in minerals also.
When China adopts Christianity she is
destined to become, I believe, a leader
among the nations. The Chinaman then
will not be treated like a dog or a bale
of merchandise when he visite the shores
of America. There are some exceptions,
I believe, to the people leading lives of
vice. There are a few,men in China, I
am told, who aro trying to live up to
the light:they have, who do not worship
idols, and try to live hOnest lives. These
usually hear the Gospel gladly, and
make good Christians.. When I arrived
in Chefoo on the 4th of this month I was
invited by Dr. Dotxthwaite to go and
stay with him as he was living alone ;
his wife died a year and a half ago. I
accepted his kind invitation and remain-
ed with him a week and a half, when
Dr. Henderson, the port physician, who
has been ill for the last three months,
asked me to come over to the settlement
and attend his patients, so now I am
being feasted at the Sea 'Vi€w Hotel,
where at present I amthe only boarder.
The .practice does not interfere with my
studying the languagaas there is very
little sickness here in winter. Dr.
Douthwaite, of the China Island Mis-
sion, was doing Dr. Henderson's work
previous to my coming here, but; it was
too much for him with his other' duties,
and, besides, he lives about a mile from
the settlement. The foreign residents
here are not many, being made up of
the China customs officials, the eensuls
ot several countries, and a few foreign
merchants.
On my arrival Mr. Geforth and Dr.
Smith had gone inland te Honan to
" spy out the land." They have not
yet returned but we expect them almost
any hour now. As 1 r, t;oforth has tele-
graphed Mrs. Goforth to pack up, we
expect he hail got a house and is going
to move inland at once, probably to
eome station near Ronan. where there
are other missionaries, whence he can
make journeys to Ilonan more frequent-
ly, and thus get the people accustomed
to us, for 1 lonan is considered t Ile prov-
ince the most hostile to foreigners. The
Smith's will be staying here all winter,
I think, studying the language, for they
will not listen to one who cannot speak
their language fluently, they simply de
spise such and look on them as an in-
ferior race of animals. However, 1,
shall be able to tellayou more about our
plans when Mr. G. and Dr. 5, return.
Mrs. Smith was ill for 501110 time, but is
able to be about again. Mrs. Goforth
and the baby are very well. Mre.Smith
and I\liss Sutherland will insist 00 call-
ing the baby " Ronan." Miss Suther-
land is well. She is very cheerful and
and keeps things bright around. She
has done good work here already. Not
long after she arrived, she was called to
nurse Mrs. Corbett, the wife of Rev.
I)r. Corbett, of the American Presby-
terian mission. Dr. C. is considered
the model missionary of China, a most
earnest, devoted and conscientious man,
and very plain and unassuming, too.
\Vhen Dr. C. left for the interior to visit
his stations Mrs. Corbett was not very
well, but he thought it his duty to go.
After he had gone she became worse and
died. The body was kept for burial ten
days waiting for Dr. Corbett's return,
Pour of the brightest children I have
ever seen are left motherless. The eld-
est is only ten years old.
\V. McCeuite.:.
clime, China, oetoner 17. 1
Canada.
The next Provincial Exhibition will
he held at London, Ontario.
—The borers for natural gas at St.
Catherines have reached a depth of 1,300
feet.
—Diphtheria is said to be on the in-
crease among the wealthier classes of
English speaking people in Montreal.
--Four cases of wife -beating were
tried before the police magistrate in
Ilamilton in one day last week.
—Simeon Thompson, for many years a
resident of London is dead aged 99 years.
He was a member of the Masonic order
for 79 years.
—Mr. Thomas Henning, brother-in-
law of the !ate Hon. George Brown, has
just died at Florence, Italy, Mrs. Hen-
ning died only fifteen days previously.
—Over twenty seizures of illicit to-
bacco have been made by Inland Rev-
enue officers recently in Prescott and
Russell counties.
—The Salvation A, my authorities in
Montreal dined a the isand poor people
at the barracks on the evening after
Christmas day.
—Mr. S. It, Brown, who has just re-
signed the head mastership of London
separate school, has been presented with
a valuable silver tea service and water
set.
—Mr. Daniel Weber, one of the ear-
liest settlers in the district about New
Hamburg, died a few days ago on the
same farm where he had settled in 1834.
—A Puslinch farmer brought to Galt
for the Christmas market two mammoth
geese which weighed 19i -pounds each
and were last June's goslings at that.
— Angus Matheson, contractor and
lumber dealer, of Ingersoll, has sold out
his business and removed to Denver,
Colorado, for the benefit of hitl health.
— On Christmas eve a sneak thief got
away with a two -gallon jug of sherry
wine, -Valued at $6, from a grocer's de-
livery wagon standing on the street in
— A serious fire occured at Deloraine,
Manitoba, early last Friday morning.
A large part of the town was destroyed
and little or no insurance.
—The New Glasgow Enterprise an-
nounces that Miss McCready, daughter
of Editor McCready, of the St. John
Telegraph, has entered the journalistic
profession.
— There were three very heavy snow -
slides on the Canadian Pacific Railway
in the mountains during last week.
There were some narrow escapes but
no loss of life.
— Dr. G. S. Wright, head master of
the Belleville High school, was the other
night presented by his Bible class and
his co-workers in the Tabernacle Sunday
school, with a handsome easy chair.
—While Wm. K. Robinson, of Rom•
ney township, was hunting near Wheat-
ley, on Christmas day, a large limb fell,
striki.ag him on, the head. He has since
died.
— A company is about being formed
at Gaspe, with a capital of $500,000, to
carry on the fishery trade at Labrador.
It intends to construct special steam
vessels for the work.
—D. J. Freeman, of Middleton, Nova
Scotia, has been fined $75 for violating
the Scott Act, $76 for tampering with
witnesses, and his wife was fined $50
for retailing liquor.
—Mr. F. A. Tetu, civil engineer, who
is seeking a charter for a Labrador fish-
ing company, proposes, if a subsidy of
850,000 a year is assured him for
three years, to demonstrate the
practicability of winter navigation
in the gulf of St. Lawrence along
the north shore, where, in consequence
of the north winds which constantly
blow from the shore, the river is always
clear of ice. The voyage to Liverpool
by Tadousac and Cape -Bay, and there
to Newfoundland, is said to be 36 hours
shorter than the route from Halifax.
Mr. Tetu claims that the project to
make Rimouski a winter port is imprac•
ticable, in consequence of the immense
nettle at ice to ere /end 0.0?1,14 tt.e brutal
shore. The distance fr aciousa, to
Cape I lay is -1'35 miles, and it the ,ii8-
trance can he atlet:.CSEflliiy traversed the
problem of the winter rt a insane: of the
St. Law:a:nee wil/ be a es eo.
--Judge Weatherly is t-ettiing Eaglisa
gentle -hien tanners an ar)IIL1 tier meat
orchard in the Gaspercaux Ne\ 0.
eral terms have telL
sold ltitc:y, and more are waeted.
—NV. I 1. Webh, ss n murdered
wife at Brandon, Ma.nitena, on septe
ber 1st, by shooting her tet ugh t c
head, \\ a, flanged at Brandon laet bri
(lay.
—Miss .\Iargery Campbell, claughtt r
of the Licutenant-GoNernor, serieusi
ill at Government house, er si,
bans, hey, ever, have a firm hope of 1.1-I
ultimate recovery.
-The town of Cornwall is infested at
present with a number et bad and des-
perate characters, A citizen was beld
up and robbed of his money and gIb
watch on his way home about 9 o.eleek
a few nights ago.
—Edward Kelly, of Winnipeg, has
forwarded a forfeit of $50 in support ef
his challenge to Win. Fleming, of Mark-
ham, for the checker championship ef
Canada, and wants the game to be play-
ed at Chicago.
--Old residents about St. Catherines
say they do net remember such continu-
ed mild weather at Christmas tirne einee
1a:17, the year of the Mackeuzie rebel-
lion, when military movements were
greatly impeded by muddy roads.
--The Toronto Police Magistrate has
committed Polly Bredin, alias Mary
Pattison Hill, for trial at the General
Assizes on the charge of bigamy prefer-
red against her. Bail was accepted, a
cash deposit of $1,000 being made.
—A virulent eczematic etruption pre-
vails in Quebec amongst horses, similar
to that of eight years ay. It attacks
the animals in the feet first. The cola
tagion of the disease is liable to humans
by having an open cut or sore coming in
contact with the animals.
—Hamilton has a tramp test, which
the Mayor declares to be very effective.
All able bodied applicants for relief are
sent to the quarries, where they can earn
$1 a day. if they refuse to work, they
are not given any relief,
--Mrs, Aussum, an old lady, one of
the early settlers of Dumfries, a as found
itt all unconseious state in her residence
in Galt the other day. She never re-
covered consciousness, dying in a short
time.
—The pulpit of the Presbyterian
church at Parkdale was occupied last
Sabbath evening by Mr. Malchaff, a
Macedonian student at Knox College,
who, when ordained, will return to his
native country to preacl.
—Rev. J. E. Irvine, a Methodist
clergyman, and his wife have opened a
home for divine healing through faith
in Christ, at Niagara Falls, Ontario. A
number of cases of remarkable healing of
severe diseases have been reported dur-
ing the past week.
—Inspector Moffat, of the Northwest
Mounted Police, the other night left for
Regina with Thomas Robinson, the de-
serter who was arrested in Paris, where
he was courting a young lady. Robinson
isnot only charged IN ith desertion but
forgery.
—J. Kindred, of Caradoc, who had
spent Friday in St. Thomas, about 12
o'clock midnight went into the Wilcox
house, and dropped to sleep in a chair
in the waiting -room. \Vhen he awoke
he found $47 which had been in his
pocket was missing.
— James Dingwall, an employee in
Walker & Marlatt's pork house, Ayl-
mer, was stru:k square in the face last
Friday by a barrel, which fell twenty
feet, terribly injuring him, hurting his
eyes and breaking his nose, aad knock-
ing him senseless for a time.
—Upwards of 20,000 sheep have been
shipped from Summerside, Prince Ed-
ward Island this season. There have
been exported from that place during
the season : Horses to the value of
$107,167 ; sheep, $40,789; eggs, $84,120;
oysters, $32,667.
—The Marquis of Lothian, Sir Charles
Tupper, Mr. King, M. P. for Hull, and
Thomas Skinner, of the Canadian Ga-
zette, have been appointed a commission
to carry out the Home Government's
scheme for the colonisation of crofters
in Canada.
—The Pacific coast sent Christmas
greetings to Lady Stanley of Preston
and to Lady Macdonald in the shape of
a fine assortment of Victoria grown
holly for each. The donor was Mr. J.
Davis, of Victoria, a gentleman who pre-
sented Lady Macdonald with a magnifi-
cent collection of roses on her first visit
to Victoria.
—Seven boys in Montreal whose ages
ranged from 10 to 14 years, were charg-
ed with stealing door knobs. Witnesses
testified that the youths, in order to
procure intoxicating liquor, had recourse
to the novel plan of selling •the knobs
after wrenching them from private resi-
dences, in which the young tellows lived.
—The firm of R. Park & Co., who for
inany years have been in the tanning
business in Newmarket, have lately
added a new wing to their tannery,
with 30 additional vats, coolers, and
new machinery. This will give them a
capacity for turning out some 500 sides
of harness and bridle leather weekly.
— Mr. John Miller, tax collector for
South Dumfries, Brant County, reports
his roll with some $13,000 on it, all col.
lected except the tax of $1.00 each on
five dogs, which will require to be struck
off by the Council, and $1.59 on real
estate, which will require to he returned
to the County for collection.
—An interesting family gathering of
the Bishop family took place at Wood-
stock on Christmas Day. There are
nine children and all are married bat
two. Being s0 widely scattered it wal
quite an effort to meet the " old folk
at home." One Mite from New York,
one from Chicago, one from Winnipeg,
two from the " Soo," one from Tor-
onto, one frail. Last 2. r ra. 0.1. 1 ‘A
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acter, ho has 1, r leen, ',Jae ,l(ntel
the authorities t- arrest 1.e... eas isa
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uty sheriff of Preseett and I :ere. a '1 re
bury fur the purpose of def 1a_ al'. est.
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Was overpowered and ,iiearme
--Last Sunday morning -e .1. fbi-t ir
Psichmonci hall, Teroetce t,
and the euteast v, -ab att(
nieu and 44l,11100. In t}10 .4sereeg 25
came to seppe: . EN rns ere i ad a lee
ful supply f eunilkiehtS, ( arel
1,1itter, tea, .2( ti,te, At r ea 1.
meal :\lr. H.(. Ifixen (led ra .2 a -ef rt
but earnest nispel address. h itoge
choir sang a number ef pep L'itIT
— Messrs. J. Nib, 1 Iii.2ar
ney, Georgian Bav, -iiv teat ttie
catch of fish has been very fair tee. year
and prices likewise. Their L et, i,
little over the 500 tons fresh tars \ ear,
and there were ehipped altein fr( n.
Squaw Island and Killarra y et 1 -at alai
tous. Of this euantitv 1,1
tons went to Butlalo.
—The other day Mi. ( loge
samen one of New Hatehere-s
best known citizens met vs iti
accident. litine run iete
rig, he was try ing to cheek
team and was thrown \
hard ground and dreg):
distance. lie recei \ti
scalp wounds but he is
as can be expected.
—Mr. \V, T. Gia.nyi
Michigan Central Raila a
while riding on an erne,
morning fell oil near Montr,
striking his head en a tie.
terrible gash. Ile was pickte
conveyed to his home at a.
Bridge, but his recovery is deli,.
—Mr, Ed. Lyons, clerk ot
American flouse, Berlin. is a
charitable citizen. Last eek
presented to the Orphans. 11(1110, a
St. Agatha, about $300 w)rt:, of Pres
erste consisting of blankets, foe IP, COD"
fectioneries and toys. Ile has done this
kind act for about eight years, and hs.s'
been also assisted by several of the more
charitable citizens,
—The temperance convention held at
Cataraqui, neat Kingston, on Friday, ap-
pointed a comin,ftee for each tonship
to do battle in fa. or of the Scott Act in
the repeal contest which is to take
lace. Fines to the extent of $2,000
have been collected in the county-, and
the temperance people claim to be well
satisfied with the working of the Act.
—The Montreal Judges on Saturday
ordered the liberation of Adeline Trempe
from the Good Shepherd convent, to
which she had been committed in 1885
for five years on a charge of vagrancy
trumped up by her uncle, who wished
to remove the girl from her mother,
who was a Protestant. The court was
very severe on the Recorder for his ac-
tion in illegally depriving the girl of her
liberty.'
—An American " broker " last year
met the daughter of a French Canadian
wine merchant' in Montreal, married
her, and in a very short time went
through the thonsands of his wife.
Since she has no more money her hus-
band ill-treats her. The neighbors have
been called upon time and again during
the night to give her shelter. After
maltreating her on Friday he was ar-
rested. -
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e of the valuable pair of horses
recently bought by Professor Goldwin
Smith from the Messrs. Burgess, of
Drumbo, was accidentally killed a few
daye ago in Toronto. While entering
the stable he was frightened by a hawk,
which flew down from some of the large
elms that ornament the "Grange,"
and is supposed to have struck his head
fatally against thetop of the stable, door.
The loss is felt keenly by the professor
as he was exceptionally well pleased
with -the handsome team.
—Mrs. A. (.Foley, -of Peterboro, was
surprised the other day by receiving $41
from some unknown debtor. A letter
accompanying the money explained that
the writer bad borrowed a sum from
Mrs. Foley 32 years ago. Recently the
writer had joined the 'Salvation Army
and thought the money should be repaid
and it was enclosed with interest for the
32 years. The recipient of the con-
science money has no idea from whom it
came.
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