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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1880-09-17, Page 6.; 'The- New Arrival. (From Fano t harming little tiddy iddy bit of in oth bliss,- • . in toddles, sweet as flow•ra of spring; ,-..-t•tous popsy Wopsy-give its mammy, den - hiss, L)retty daVing itsy witsy ling. hal's the little fellow! Irtu!- A hoalt looking chap.. A .•other mouth to feed, as sure as fafe ! 1. watt,1 Ton't consider that his coming's iu ishap, • 1-iit atm 1 could have done with less.than nig t :11nornmt. ' ! Is that the baby? What a jolly lit • t 1. say, fun, wherever Is its nose? A I say,father, bY-and-by, when .he gets mo 3irOW/1 Up, ..._!•11 Wear tuy-tOru-out jackets, ksupposa. ? Well, thuuk. tOoduess, I am not married man.i - • . • !tat 1)on`t1 riga: him pretty?. No, I dort' . • t-op_iiim the workhouse you must : the best you eint -- • -- 1 cifv thiu. that_lal assist you --,for won't ! , • • - • '1Docaree.: - • _ are- we getting en to 1 titiSt .1%-e so slittli /Penn_ t • ' , • . think v.Vre-strimg, jiist.yet, yo 1;etter tako arSoniething which- this uft noon rli, semi,: , - • ..d let so. • • -1n cly that lie is, inauv: Bee thewstm'd little legs? ...,%.44 -Nr ; •:.- _ tWieli tlie sizejor-Ladv Smither's third.; . X... When he- comes la.-'eutting hiklit.tie tu9sey -II be aman, heiwill,npon my Word.' • looks healthy,. but 13-ou rautre trusr to thatz- -} Rot wish, of course, your ilepea to dash. ..yhen 1-sde a tendei. babe, so ruddy, strun and fat,' - - - look, dear, on his -face!Is that a rasli.,`I - - - M:(d, little ri4f13, itldk bitof ra°ther'- . • ; : ttiddles, sweet as liow'rs oispr;n01 jop g; wbilsy-give its ivannny,'Llen, a ,:rptty darling it‘jy- witsy firug!" !utirnk crowd; - ,eit af Per dinner yesterday aeven or eight - zicians • Were ;smoking and chatting a_fr the.Woodward avenue portico of the nail, wheu they- ere joined by a icing- -1 d mild-lociking, long waisted stranger seemed just dead with consumptiem --- leaned. against One of the stOneeolunnis, listened to the talk -for a -few Minutes, -.exhibited no great intereit Until one Of ,pztrty asserted his. belief that -Garfield kc • • . id Carry:Ohio. i• • -1 how much. d---d•-do von want to ...h -het j• inquired the -stranger, as • tiatightenedsup:.: • . - 'I *odan't mind a bet.of ten- -dol- 11 h -bet ).-on one t.-theusand cl-dollars ,!.11 -St .tW 0 h-huildredP continued 'the as Went.down iptehis coat-tail !;.i.it,„: and' fished 1.113 an _enormous wad of : toy. - • te politician.crawshed ontliegronnds he never bet, and the stranger loakdcl. kt, kad and asked : • '= ,s thereanybodyhr-here who w -Wants to b rt that Hanceekwill be '1-lected ; I'll b het him a t-thouSand to five h-hundied ' here- - no takers; . Then he - waved -ws..d of bills on high and Said :- • . - • -111 na-make .the s.-Saniella,:bet that Gar- field will be defeated!' - - • ••• The crowd looked at each Other and then ,aeress• the street', each man as "climb as -a clam. The: silence lagted for a minute, and then one of the group remarked : Weil, it will probably be a eh:6e sting - b -bet you. a , t -thousand to live: h -hundred ha1 it won't b -be !.." - promptly.- replied the stranger: - - No one spoke again for thirty seconds, • and then th,e remarkwasMade that _both. pa:rties Were preparing fel: a great- strnggle. I 'Struggle 13 -he darned! I'll b-betyou five li-hundred to three h -hundred that there- .wou't be any struggle I ' -=- • ' • • ' One er .6-v6 men shoved their hands into, their pockets and jingled their keys, but it elided right there. When the silenCer had grown painful the consumptive asked • - Do any Of yoti g -gentlemen notice an ita-impediinent in Mi s-sPeech?' ' • Yes,'- they alereplied together:: 'P put up your di-nioney--:onet,thousand to ttio- h -hundred. that I don't- sjs:itntter- ally more than any, of y -you! 'exclaimed. the. man, as -he began: to Untie the string around his roll of billNet a -hand -moved; and after a minute -the stranger waved his money and said 'Or fill b,bet you Hire h-hutidred eVen up that I d. do s-s-S-stitter like b-b-blaies backed softly uito the hall fnllowed • by a second and a third, and in . :minutekr the -stranger was left alOne. -then he lo untied the string,- peeled; twe_dollar bills ch off the roll and put them in his pocket, and ly threw away the -'core' Which was -simply a, at wad of blank paper, Ife:110 bluffed the -crowd -carer and over j'again -oii exactly two dollars.Detroit Fre o Press, • - • ' '. • 'Itailwar-Notes. , t • ' The eastern cm:Medians of the Detroit, • Mackinaw ift_MarqUette railroad will be via the extension - of the tJackson,- Lansing & Saginaw road to the Straits of Mackinaw. • Tins extension will be completed next -season: It- la probable, also, that the Grand the Btble-4.-Tnain!na, road will be 'extended manuscripts, not erty 4lay. The Straits of Tina now before us- creased by..ferraga of comparison of ove-r No trouble is antici- eight being ancient-- Work. was begun at , ten'th CC1 tur3 Iii adlpa---- 1st of June. The - tiOns by the pa.tristie sInleted by September into Syriac, Latin, GotMiles on the eastern Arabic, and •Slavonic._ !Tifta:By the terms the trar.slaters: of King J'ainekti.,-. comp.:es and little Material for the Work.- .,...thoge of Victoria have the accuinulateil treasure of 'ten thous:andable workers, an1 storehobseg filled with material. I -Astonishment must' -b egpressed that they have found se little of vital irn-portance to ;11ristfanity to con- demn in.the work of. lheir predeeeSsOrs-.- tot' that they haVe. Made tez thou-sand- trivial- and one thousand important changes' in the New-il'estarnent... ."'„` • ' The ne-vi. reviglon of the New Te,itainent issued from the -University press wril at Rik shoek ilia Proteatant world. It is 110t• recognizable as a Bible. The-ehapters and- verses- are the -.Arr the Tin • fro pie 1113s ace is tl cbaAged, rarkil ; familiar texta OHIO LAWLESSNESS: ROBERT VICTORY. A Mau'. Face Kicked to a Jelly and Ills Complete Boat of Ayoob Khen-BrOillsnt Eye Punched Out -The -Vieth= Finally • flung. Conduct of the British Troops. UP - In Circleville county, 0., the other day, .- LONDON, Sept.. -The followinkdespatch Thomas McDonald, a noted desperado and from General Roberts gives details of his the terror of this district, was first brutally- victory over Ayoob Khan : - ill-treated and then lynched. He had gone CADAIIAR, Sept. 2.--A reconnaissance on to Commercial Point; which is but a mile- the 31st ult. afforded me the necessary in-. or two from his house, and got on a regular formation regarding the enemy's pcisition. spree, flourishing an -open .knife inhis hand; I -found itquite practicable to turn his ttd ithreatened to kill -John P. Bolin, the right, and thus plae,e myself to the rear Of eniocratic candidate for sheriff,and one or :, the Baba Wali range, where Ayoob Khan's wo others. ' :About 1 o'clock in the after- •main carrip.was.- We commenced the at- oon he went lute a grocery, kept by M. V. tack at 9 yesierday.morning. To cover my eavers;-Withwhom•he had a light several design' I made- preparations for it direct aeeks ago, and came out second best.. He . attack upon Baba Wali. . This feint was -emarked to Beavers that he was glad:that entrusted to the troops :of the Candahar • e (BeaverS). 'had Whipped : him recently, .garison under General Primrose, Who also at that he would yet get even with him krranged to occupy my advanced position's nd _ threatened to kill him, exhibiting -an of the .previous day. At' the same Itinde . a pen knife. ; Beavers, Who isa: powerful cavalry- brigade: tinder . Gough- advanced t Ian, im:mediately_ assailed him, :knocking -npOn-1 the - left,- and- , Without -difficulty. :c.lionaldtC- the floor and stamping is roadbed theArgandab„ 'where it . was Well ce to a: jelly, crus.hizig •Iiigonly_reraaining . Piacedifer Pursuit should the.enenay break.. e.otyrof ita- BO:diet until it hung down on- The attack waarnadaby. the first.' and see, iS--eheek.1: Beavers then -got -hold of a dial), Ond:brigadeS.thader :GeneralgXaerkerson nd WaS 041y persuaded -frorn-,.ending his and -Baker :. respectively,- With-. the third istepea by... -the bystanders- --McDonald's brigade, tinde.;-ivreareger, in:. sivroo, . the • dy. Was relied. into the gutter, and. rei whole infantry :being, under. comMand • of ained there.for:thieeliiitirsi, as no ono was Reps..... An elevated' . village 'within 1)200 lowed-to.•,roz000. him. - About A o'clock .Yards Of our position wag-strOngiY ' held .by.. 1._eX.Pressa:waa'don iVarS Preenred and ale_ ,* the en.4tiV -and had first to he taken;. . This !Dead was taken to :his honie.,-On Tuesday' • .Was-dOne in the most 'gallant . nianner. by • ght, abetit:11-o"eloCk- tWelve_maek.ed Men . the -:•.- .92nd: a.' gigli1ttp4ors- .rand thp ;-211d _ pared at the lieu* anctrUshed-linand .Glioorkits, covered by -artillery, - _. The- two agged McDonald-. from hia.bed, he beine; brigades then advanced - through .oreharda ere - dead.-tanalive, - and-Jotally blimf,.. and erielosures; fighting -steadily;. the left 11.d.- when in the -yard a rope *VMS -fastened Of .- the - second Ibrigade being. .bronght ound his neek and- his body was dragged •gradually round 'until tho villago oft 'Tire, - er-;•7i00-yartig and hang to a tree.. ,J.E4- painialiwas reached, ..:At- this point_ the -le tint1-13,V0 - children . ran-te•ft Irieiglil?oes enemy-lWagin great force, and fought! most ..safety. :* The bedY was. Cut cleWn- in tilt resoluyy,- but nothing :could.':iies jttt0:0- tiit.e thing. :Mrs.:McDonald recognized `one deterniined -advance, of the Briti the Maskers as one. Satterfield, a, owl- - Sliertikafteatliis reverse the -slope OD Baba: ble 7 of = tha:t. toWtiShi.p.. A: mask was -Wall was reached, and the standing-; ea:inn Mil.an•:.tlie.greind. wherethe execution- of .-:-Arcioli. •Khan- ' became visible. • • .A11 k place, ''• Two:arrepts weremade..- - - •, -:- . the- enepiy7S attenapts. to stem the :torrent „„; - : , ..- swerepfrnitless. Bp noon the camp NMAB iti. . .. . . .•. . .. po - . - . ; • ist:olliti.N4Iiteti. • :.. '': . „. our - -- Sses. Sion, .. , with - .twentriaeven: reakfast caps grow idfavor... :1 '--:. - pieces-. of Ordnance, . i.vhich ..includ --„ - our All ontdobidieases are inade slier:L. own guna_--. lost .on the 27(11 of J -ply. , , .. .... . ; • :- : . . . - •-- - The 92nd 'Highlanders had 51 wouinded, he Pilgrim suit' originated Engla,nd. three of Whom have since dica.. Th 72nd hiffy -Crimps and bangs' are out'of date: had 17 wounded,. of whom cite haalsince erbys-never go entirely gut of:fashion:. : died._ Among the natives II -were killed erse3r costurn es will be worn next month. ,Nvoundea viras -210. . The killed include ol..Brownlow, c aptain Frome and Stratton. Among the woundOcrare ol. Batty(); Male; Slater 'Captain' I ' • " - • and .721- 'wounded- The . total- number • ke earlY repadoiir silks are .growing in. popular Lietit.- or. . - Murray and Limits. -Menzies, Monroe and latly_ narrow ruffles- --appear on early fall P. onald Stewart. .Ayoob Khan's •Oardp se - the body of Lieutenant Maclaine was found.. -s*. • : . :a • A.ppearances. indicated that he hadireCently eadoci silk jerseys will - worn la: the been Murdered: A -despatch froin 'Ganda - Y fall* .-- • - • 'liar of the 21st ult. mentioned that -Mac- -he nightgoWn With: Shirred wiust 15 - a lainer who had been :m" issindsince the battle . . . , of h.hus; k-i-Nalthud, was a prisone in. hie combs of, shell; jet,lookal and: ivory •Ayoob: hands and, was 'Well treated. A used again. - - • -.• cavalry brigade marches to -morrow to Ko - 'bite eVening bonnets will be'agfashion- Reran, where it will be well•plaeed, an this as ever. , - • . will facilitate supplies being brought into the oity. r.The.19th Boinbay inf.antry, -with ia admisSable to io• anyWhere rtoW - '1- • " . the 3rd -Bonabay cavalry,:• -will march: to- trich tipsaiul plumes lie in high --General i'hayre, to whom I _am writing,' r this fall: • . requeStiit hirn • not to push on too naanY ush will take the place- of velvet, in troops, b t to utilize his transport EtS Much . - • nery next winter. . - as possible in. the Conveyance. of stgregancl a short dress.' - - . ' - ;morrow to open up cominunieatibA With any ruffles or flounces on skirts will be supplies. t ,3 - 'General Roberts'-- Splendid victOry has tare Of fall fa,slifolist- • . quieted public ,an-xiety - and relievedl the imegeCerah silks in floWerecl gesigns nerveusness: caused by • his -rashriesea It form parts of fall tOilets._ • . was' even- doubted - that- -he oOuld citish d. pleatings :a:raratild and tinder the' • .Ayoob effectually without the aid of PhaSare, . . in of dresses increase in ruitnber. - . latit the eneniv was really' dispersed With . - . - . ide 'canvas belts, are more fashionable little lossi-and theBritishguns were recap - either leather or ribbon ones: -7- a• - - ' .tureci, I is 'believed that Ayoob is - eikin- ld lace, gold ribbon. and geld - braid guiihed, but the _GO-Vertu/lent is not rid of , . fall milli be used to excese in early the difficulties attending the settlement:of ' - _ .. - ,-- .. Afghanistan. . A-1a,rge party nrae 'th -• - Governmentlto reta-iu Candahar; but it is e fashionable evening color takes the even- unwilling to favor the erectioaof of :Ophelia ; it is a -dark shade. -of . , rguprite sleeves,puffet n the armhole at the elbow, appear on some of • the - imporied-Patisian costumes. - AIDetecilve Story. . . is a story tolflof a lady and gentle._ together on.. ari -. English railroad werestrangers to each" other: -:Sud ; the gentleman Said: _ • : . • adamei.I Will trouble You to look out windefr for a few•minutes ; Iam going ke soniechande in nir.weatind -ap- itainly., sir, ' she :replied, 'pith great 'ess, i andturning her hack upon Ina short. time he said;:• - w, madame, -my change iScoMpleted U may resume:your. seat.' : p. the lady turned she beheld her omPsnien transformed into a dashing -th a heavy veil over.her.face. w sir, or Madame, -whichever. you id the lady, '1 rou.St trouble you to t•of the Window, for I : have some n g to make it my apparel Certain,, m „dame, and the gentleman in, ladies' re hannediately Complied.' - r. sir, yennaay -resume your seat.' is great surprise on resuming his seat, tlenian in female attire . found his empanion transformed into a man.: ghed and:said ' a. ppears that we are both anxious to recognition; What have, you done? robbed. a bank.' - said the whilora lady, as he-dex-. fettered. his coinpaniOn'S -Wrists pair of ',handcuffs; I -am Detective of S.94'1414: Yard, and in shadowed you for two days--7- rawing a- revolver, keep Still.' little time agra, new enthusiasm. tic study took the form ota promise nual-suitable, for Highland,scheels, v tourists during the corning Mitunin -be:provided with a hand-boOR.- of phrases, with • pronunciation, 'from of Mrs. Mary-Mackellar.. brother- of the Baroness Burdett- . . died a, few Weeks age at his " chain, Albany, London, leaving behind. iy record of his property. thern writeinid£250,090 in £1,000 raland farrneotes... He.poesessed fact that-, hest- place :and Kendriek..cornmitttionden, Ont., ecau-Se he had dreame& the Cuban him of murdering two maoubtedly st summer )resort for a SP2ad of tering place's., The dog .slio _ • outfourfeet under water.'- of a - • Candahar into a,protecteditate. ,There is a.. suspicitan that England will dame to ternas with Russia On all auestions. A. KNOWING 'KNOWING: ANIMAL... The Most, Cunning Dog in Canada Ow ;ell - • - ' .1n,Illansilton. -- .- I . , --Mr. Tiloroa,S. Edwardkjanitor.of ng- Williana ;street police station, is the owner of _one of the: Most letinniiag :dogs,in, the Popliniein , In addition to'beinka-gooddog in the fieldihUritinii, and -fishing, :and per. formingalnumber of tricks Of the Moatgi.- tereating character, -the animal will playlall the different games: .in -which- .. children- en- -gage, and Which develop and improve t4ii muscles - and : . constitutions. ' ',To . see 7- the animal play • hide-rind-go:Seek.-with . kr, gdWardsybairns.-is treatwhicheven . 'he greatest misanthrope- rhust :., admire. a, 1 .akilatni.::f The animal will. hide- behind- a tree .or dodge. -round a corner . in.- „rear of .." :11.., box - .-.or: barrel far. in re adroitly than any of his bipedal:0*MM s, and•wilFreniairt 'hidden Until.- the noaSt is. clear,: wlien he will run for the, goal at his fastest gait; and in reaching it will raise as Pinch noise as any two Of the bus. ,• When itcomes his tuen'te watch ' hoind 'lie will lie down, shut his eyes, and' remaltt:p4r- fectly Inotonleis until the. signal, . 'Peep, ho,' is given,when hp Will: start out, and catch eachof,, the youngsters iii : turia, : It sometimes happens. ihat oneof the children Manages to - each (home' while -the dog is Out after his playinatei, and then -Sancho looks as,_f he had.been slightly sold Thr e other day t.° youngsters got the bul - a . -.' • 1 .• . , on,him fen a time- by jumping into a *a -. . - . gon and larding under some old quilts, etc., which were in it. . The- dog- Was bothered most completely for 'about- ten minliteii,.. anillatidlogked into every place Where he probably iniaginedtheY could hide, but .at last took alPeepirito the Waggon,. and when he found' his playmates' there' was - as the modern young lady would say, animmemie .time.• It Would take up toci inucli space to relateallthe-evidences this .dog: -gives df possessing "'ilittraordinary: intelligence.- t is enough to say that-hie:mister considers. him the "iimartsst," dog in America.-=-11am'- Mon Tinie.. - -. I - ••• • -- ' .- - . .The CroWn Princess, daughter --of : -Qtaien' Victoria, is now the most popular :lady in -0erniany. She .-would have. gaina4 -the goo will of .the Berlin population Pienty years age had She not held with invincible A. SIPAIVISII 1101ERCR. Collapse oir a Pontoon Bridge srith a liminsent of Soldiers-Seventy.nine of ,the Troops Browned. LONDON, Sept: 2.-A Madrid correspond ent telegraphs the particulars of a frightfu catastrophe at Logrono, a beautiful tow built on.the right bank of the Ebro, wher the riverisdeep; and opposite a bank .pic turesque with vineyards and mountains with Navarre rising in the distance. regiment of the line was crossing, on pontoon bridge, the bind playing Oily when an awful crash was heard.. Th bridge gave way, cairying into the rive more than One hundred _men and Officers The scene that followed was of indescri bable . horror. The-. panic-stricken sol diers on -Shore •were unable to assist --their drowning • comrades, -Who were clinging tio. the debris. of the bridge. Tlie result was that rrtost cf theni sank to -rise lib more, all being in marehing attire, and maned with R.emingto'rifles and a- supply of- cartridges: The :inhabit- ants of Longrono crowded in thousands to tile bank. of _the! river. 'Many of them having relatiVes .ainong the victims *re frantic with grief; - The authoritieS pro- cured boats and had river dragged.with nets and-In:Oka. The search was prolonged by the -aid of torches until late in the night. The bodies of fie officers and. seventy Men have been recovered thiel,vay, and others have been found villa -gets -lower own the river, where they were P4x-ried b the stream.- - The., -pontoon bridge had' pen erected to enable, .passengers -Le cress the: river While the stone bridge was b ing .repaired; and had been pr,onoupecd sal engineers.4 - • I Muni Sept. C. -Further aecourit thn ogreno z catastrophe ahow that one. -captain, six lieutenants and •font ensigns of the retiiinent from Valencia, One lieutenant of thee,Engineers and ninety-eight privates Perished.„ The battalion wakerossir...g. the fiver on a large raft, contructed on pon- toons in the Middle of the stream, which is - deep and rapid. . The raft began to sized. Only, half the -battalion esea ed. When? the Men -get alarrried, and it Ty•-• The: scenes -at-.night in recognizing the bodies were heartrending. " Next day, in preSence of an immense -.concourse,- 110 bodies were , in two graves. ring Alfonso, the spleen and the royal family headed the .subseriptionlist'with 156,090. CO/ JASION WITH AN ICBBERO. The ‘amer "Iliarwarth Injured and One -7,-- of Iler Crew Lost. , MoNrnEkr,, Sept. 5. -Vessels coming up - the St-,aits of Belle Isle recently °mom' - I tered heavy ice, and the steamer Hur-. n wurthi from Barrow -on -Furness, laden e with iieel rails, JOE Anderson, master, . had a ry narrow escape of being a total ,. , wreck by coming in contact with a large A iceberg some sixty or seventy feet above a the wt{.4er and ' probably three times as i many f.et below. The event took place e about L quarter to. 10 on Sunday night, ✓ the.p9ti-ult. The night was clear, and the : watch ioolr the mountain • of ice to be - a porton of . the clouds.. The • col- -- lision 1:!qrst in the bow, making a hole some • twent3qet square, and snapping the iron -: stem, a!aliece of wrought 'iron "about ten ' incheal:fY four, intd a pcbre,of pieces; -while the iron plates were as nothing. - The -ves- selat .1he time- was steaming ten knots, . One ma4 in the -fore -bunks ,1114*.Ji-is..shirt .: -torn, °Wails back and held . Iart 'broken •!.iron, wlille he himself was Pitched Clear of s; - e debris, bruised but safe. ' On deck there, 14,.. seveit or eight feet of ice that had fallen . from. ab4:Ve by the force of the. colliiion and; thelOwe: decks were also filled with ice: The gre4test- alarro, prevailed amongst -the ere*. )1.11 thought 'the vessel would, go down at .Inice,:aint se viiiidli did this idea. impress iletu that three of the boats were dwered Aid, two inen put in each in order to be readyjteleave the ship. :An examination -- as madi and. it Was seen .foinid. that.there t as - ndlinamediate, danger. The. - boats: 'were again .hatiled up but in doing so the taekle:oftMe gaveway.;- and two men were , ' Precipitated into the:water. One of them, t-. a, man nained J:ehri Ilandall, .of -Newport, .11onmout4shire, was carried .away,and was.:. never sail again. : His J. companion. , was Pieked-uritabout - half lanniour afterwards, hailing sii :.:ed •-biniself by • clinging to an . .- mpty ivIr!er-. barrel. Working if ' to -their aft of the ,.)-rettir•lield good. Thus daniaged - Rege OhoulderSfrin water the crew pathn up the breakage in about a eouple of days y using ‘ planka Snit caulkage, and the conapartment and cripptt.d, slio Steamed very slowly up the gulf tO;l1fOntreal, where she arriVed on, Saturday. -: She. was built : on the Clyde .in 878.- and .. classed A:1 at LlOYd's. She , Will be, repairedhere if, possible.. • - .. i; .- •-; • - .-SCANDA.L'IN IIIIVII LIMB. . . -L. The statireyors Wife and the .colonei. • • Tonosr6 . Sept. 4. -Some three: years i -,, . - ago a.:Mn-.4. Franois wife •-of - a land surveyor - ;near London; Came to ; re- side.. with her mother - in .` Weston.. .She .14ad left __lie/. . husband. beeatise, as she a.Peged, OVNS bad- -treatment of her. and his; dissipailion. : She had returned once to - .herliOnie- ;Out Ilia been: forced again to leave it ofi account of the trcatiment she received. IStich - was. the story .of Mrs. Francis, 'sib() belongs ,to. -the - Church of Englandand has during iher stay in Wes- t9n takezi-A good deal of interest. in MIA - Uri'. ceneee:t9d with the Anglica,n.. ,congre- gation therei - In this way she : beemfie ' i+uainted.f,With Col:-' GT -8.4y; '.one. of the churchwardens,. whoSe attentions to her, especially ',iiii the. way. 'of. . seeing . her home on several occasions, gave rise to a. good dettl:Of .4illagegossip In consequence, of this -lie iS, said to have ceased -visiting . her house, not having been in it for the last .tWelve Months. .About six weeks ago Mrs. •FranCiS 11-.6-1* tii:"Niiit same friends in Pennsylvania, and her ' husband hearing of - -hertrip asked her to go back and live with .hita.: This•Pie ,dedlinedte do and he then puttinglhe itilariunt at -§10,000, . The writ 48 -ca :e to Weston'and took possessionofher - ---e. . At the same, tirae he entered an . action tfor, Aimiages against .Col. Gravy, .• was.served'iM lairnsothe three -days ago and - accepted, :hilt-. professing to ,.be afraid of a moonlight flitting, on • the part of , tha de-- fer...dant;: -the- plaintiff had him arrested . .ye4terday. on, a capias. ,Col. Gracy was - propaptly bailed. Out, howeveromenow the cat, after Creating a flutter of ecitereent . an , a buz'sot scandal,. will .probably 'drop into the backaround until it is thoroughly •: - investigated, 't the assizes. - - . . . LY -of • . . The Flak Crop. :- : -.We gather froni the reports made to the Monetary -Times- that the present years. crop f flax is • an. excellent one, .and that the yield in the catintieS Of Waterlec and Perth has been brought into the mills at Listowel, Linwood, Baden, Brussels, il- yerten and. Millhank at the .rate or:400 to '00- tons per day; during part, of August. The prospect for the mills is . a Very fir one; -.more• than could haveheen Said in some preyious seaspas; • the • mops .of 1:-77 8-41(1.1878 were Poor, but that, of 1E1714, 1-' though thin -Was in imProveMent,. and we shall_ be glad- to learn.that the manufaCture has been as-great'a.success as the gro- h 1 of . the ' dep. - , . Messrs. -• LiVingsto e Brothers have.- in . the . teWnships - cif Elnia and Wallace • over .. fiOl. - acres sewn. in flax, and for. thigcroP"they .pay. the producer $12 per ton delivered at their -pits in , town,' They expect to reillie- frern-• the 600 -.acres between . 12,0W - and 15)000 tons of flax, which represent an outlay for thisequantitY of $180,000 f 1 the raw -material alone. At the. ListeWel Mill they have 50 hands employed, who ate paid from 29 cents to $1. per „day, the daily pay roll reaching $80. - At, the other lye mills :similar wages prevail, and jtlie aggregate disbursed in wages . is -very r speeta,ble;- -I The. soli:tolling oS the flax is -coneidera'ble ..industry, -Which i has' had Varying success :amongst -us, - aeCording iii, the U. S:: markets were favorable or- the reverse. . It will be agreeable to learn tb t not only the •scutching but the rnnnu:ac. ture into twines, eth., iS prospering.- - - The TIamlibrd Scandal. Ho*' much longer the Scandal is to con- tain° (remarks the New York. Woil depends on those who lend. theinselves supporters Ofike new organization which Meets - Albert Hall. That - organizatioa began to take shape about the first of las month.: Since that time information ha been laid before its Managers which Shmil have been investi.gated at once :The infor- niatiOn cOntaindil the most damaging statements against Handfora: Two yoimg women; of the Bond street-church,rnet hira and one of the females already. in the cap- on Jarviestreek:ona Sunday night three weeks ago-, followed' them up!. Jaryisj .a,cross the -Rosedale bridge, up a hill, an saw them disappearinthe ravine- •Siroet then he has yisited the same woman at] en house. Jarvis street' end it letter fronal het to Handford,: congratulating him -On the narrow escape he had on his last trait; from the membersof his.-cicbgregation Sent to watchhirn,accidentally fell into' theiliand s of two reliable men, and then WasdeliVerad to the min to whew .i.tol*as -addressed, as Ire at :in the HorticnItural Gardena - The' Fashioimble Girl. - . . The thoroughlyiashionablegirl lookS. A if she had stepped out of a Picture paint(id fz, in the iniddl of last century , She droops her _should s,:repressee her bosom, mid humps her: ack MAU' she ig interestiney shaped like a, consumptive in the 'stages next preceeding - death. - Her . shoulder blades Showhke rudimentaryWinds through - the thin muslin of her white dress, and her hair is arrangedwithankelic simplicity. ()Alders and chest is -a fichu_ rchief familiar in the standard artful -Washington. - Her Skirt at the waist, and- hangs --.-as Over her. s like- the ilea portrait is gathere straight and plain as an old-fashionedpetti- edat to within six inches of the . ground. The _only sug estion'of modern earthlinesS • is the glimpsedf gay stockings Underneath. -Cincinnati Enquirer.- '• ' - - - _ . . .. • .. Grand. Trunk engineers were. in PiihaWa on 1.i.tonday looking over the - line of tha proposed switch with the mayor, :estimated tile cost otora,aimal.-- •6-ne..se tenacity tolthe idea Of an English establish.' t 0,000.. -Con raoa,•-cointention :of being inent at Potsdam. - She wished to retain fer less than t.. he brides have agreed to her servants and to introduce• the 'English style of household management. But only a feVir English• sailors, with an ;Offieer, • Whg.; forthe-cre* of.the- nainiatare onthe Hip.01, are left to -represent Service. ' „f'.` . r••• : t p 'hp°taken :their berths in •fi,' teamei sail about" the same time as their 3 bridegrooms leave England,: and join thcrit in India. , - - • _ciati,D. COFFIN, Th1e i1ccthihiit Put an Vackpcte d ' la Divorce Malt. - E 0 w Yonxept. 3. --The suit foriinaited . divorce ;-insti4uted by Mts. Mary IL Earl' against Chas. li_E: Earl, a well-to.do mider--__, tali r;•Who is ;Sexton of the ClassOn avenue ' Pre byterian'ii church • in Brooklyn, has reached- ,aii!, unexpected . ending. The - couple werei4 members . of the church -° .na Re wh suit bitt feat chil ed, andi, were married .1.iy the Dr; J'a,h. T. 1?uryea, its Pastor, at the lIst heitring.in -the divorce , was ba witiless or the plaintiff. Much rness between the parties was mani-. d in court. Recently one 'of their two dren fell sick, and tho ph5sician recommendecPits removal to Its lather's house, where,..it died. When the Mother welto e.tteed :the funeral She met her . husband face- fiM face at the coffin, and in • . their commoil!grief she fell into his aiinzif. weeping. ThlY pledged forgiveness to ea,.. -'i other; rettirtiet,1 to their, old home, where they are now ,iving together, and yester- day the wifef-i. lawyer 'applied to judge Reynolds for f brnms,sion to discontinue the divorce suit. • , T e cuirasstexiis- likely to very shortly .- disappear altAigether• from the armies of, Eur pe. ..,At p :esent it , is retained only in Praire,- _ Germ my, Russia, and England; and m tclatter theregiments he twd'of cul - 1 A " . rassed horsemen, although they might, doubtless be eit ployed in case of emergency, are not generiilly considered. available as. field Itroops. .`Ithe Horse guards and- Life Guards,:lor'Ung :aped, have never been. on a. -field ,of battle aline° the day of Waterloo. , When; atit eriticomement in the late 'Russo Turkisl.: campaign, the Russian , Guard was hlig:ied tothe theatre .of war," the'ffifir-regiments of cuirassiers., forming OlifinkEtlitiY ,SW16114:1-Citioal 1 et:lc:ed.:. ny Englisho su; youth and.ana if° °f ' Cin;. Oioniment to V, parti..3opf,oltwo.lie. ra,en.1;:llf,t behind at St- .14Ptst;org- ng Postlin 1814* quoted as indtii.• Tlikof rrArlod : _`Wanti ds as tutor_ and . tes alia the' :Willi set 'upon soholarshiplaf inutitt- At advertise memi in the Lend -01014m? Canal .8" l'ted :1;citice:e-mischolar, e _ti: 3 , 'Ipined, andj - 131 .411-tler to f a cost of - '"eiturer• raeaerrreided9i..