The Sentinel, 1884-03-21, Page 6t••
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THE SOUDAN REBELLION.,
Itefinition of
the Imperial Government's
olicy in Egypt. 7
WILL THERE - .EE ANOTHER ..BATTLE?
A -last (Sunday) night's - London -cable-
gram-- itays.:. - An informal 'meeting Of the-
. Gebinet was held on Friday. As a result tit
'.. the deliberations de -finite inettuOtiope have.
• - been sent to Sir Evelyn :Evelyn BerinO, !British
Minister -at Claire, aed_Geneial Stephenson;
. the. commander- of the -British .' 'forcer in
Egtpt,iii regard totheGoVernment"s pot*-
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in -Egypt *- - ' ..'. - - . - -' • .„ '. .:.
. Sir Evelyn Baring'i scheme_for financial
•: reform is .vi 'wally _rejected, 'though :. the
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.: Government aye it is held for the present
' fit stispensio , .. 'The :French GOVernMent
boa . intimated, through 'If, :Wadslirigton,,
•---,French Minister to England, its deterin , :
'-tion to opposethe proposition to levy a -tax-
• .upon foreigners, as was -contemplated in
• the Baring scheme.. It Will stoutly •resist
- -also any attempt to interfere with the !law
of liquidation-pUthe -Egyptian. debt. - The
,Italian and-- germen-Governments,,..which
are also patter to the liquidation nontrAtt,;-
give their support to the position - gemmed
-•-by. Fiance. TowetfuloPPOldti n: to the.: -htii.g
.7 -echeme is further given liy4the Rothschilds, -oft
' .• who would : he to see a conyerstete of :the :head
•- Ash gtiariate- into bands bearing -.4 per tain
p
. „Daria*Tanieh reference loathe tinder -Bilk; - eel
Cent-. interest. i : ;-:-. . . . ,' 1 - . , and
- Earl,- Granville, Foreign - Secretary. of tots
•. State,- has wrttten to I:lir:Evelyn.' Baring, Fin
.. first, that . the Egyptian - 'frontlet as inner.- .anci
- taiiied. by Eekheli, force shall net extend deceit.
beyond • the - -first - bataradt ; 'oectitid,- that dogs
Zobehr. Paella or some other -ally of the sett '
_ -Mehdi shall be appointed "Viceroy at ith
ter.- nerd
touin, * With the :understanding lthat . he. With
* shall maintain the trade :routesbetweel? eve
:- Abadan/pi, Berber,' Korosite.aud .Suakith 1; of.- b
- ihird,.the.Mahdi -Shell be appointed Sultan ding
of Kordofan, with: sovereignty - Over the old 1
.
regions Of the White - Nile, ..Datfour, and both
33abiGazelle , fourth,:: that . the Red Sea cares
•- littoral, tiomICasseir to Ansley -poly,.. south
-of Massowah, shall- be.. a . dependency of
:• England .; - fifth, -- England :. Willlcede - t
- Abyssinia two . harborage ports upon the
Red Sea, with aband of territory in South
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- ern Soudan. - '_,- .. .- : I -' ••• ' '
• Admiral Hewitt will -go.to Massowalt to
arrange _ a: treaty with King:- John, Who
agrees through his agent to piece A.byesinie
. under an English protecterete. - • : .
-. -The latest .advices --received from Gen.
Graham at Suakiea report that the forces eated
' under OsmareDigme are breaking up. The y yeste
sheikhs after last ' eight's coefetence-Vdth out t
Osman, advised - him- to go to Sualtita and tads
* meet Admiral HeWitt, and Baker:Tashi, It
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is -.probable that there.willibe. a Conference
. te.inorrovr: .. -.: - • : -
• - It geeing well assured 'now that there will
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belle birth(); battles, as the tribes. are dis.
.-persing. - -, . . : . - -•
Gen-. Gordon has telegraphed to the Gov-
•_ ornmenf asking for a:detachment of Indian.
Moslem troops, to serve as a nucleus for a.
Soudaties.e army, with not: more than 500'
plea from the -..Indian serviceas.a; kernel.
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He says_ he Oen rally a'Soudeneseleece-ef
10,000 men:, .1 ' *- • _, .., . i, • -
._'Report. detionhes the. Mahcli. as:bne -day
advancing to Khartoum, and as being so de.
• _lighted' with GorciOn'sprocianiatimi of him
. as Sultan of Darfour as to have re.seived on
at oncemaking his peace,
•- One day the-- future of KbettenM . Is.
described as the indefinite contimiance of
•• Gordon's rule, 'and thenett- a . fierce con,•,
. trovetsy". rages over Gordon's siippoeed.
'lntention to make Zobebt Pasha; the king
: - . of zthe slave. dealers, his successor, ' 'Simi-
-• larly, at-SuitkitalGeneral Graham bas not
- yet .heen. definitely instructed whether he
. shall make ,pesiet--„er.:- war -trithlasman
• Digma and either- course will .expose Mr.
.ftlatistone to fierce attack. - ..-
. Gen: Gordon'sl operations in - z !,artotirct
-.still perplex the pUblic. and embarrass the
Ministry, who _bawl:to .meet almost; daily a
liailsitorm- of queetionean. -points on whiall
they themselVee are imperfectly intotmed.
• It is believed that Gen. Gordon is .bent on
pursuing his oWn-ptilicy at. all Hake, proba-
bly involving the i permanent retention of
•- Khartoum. - - .. . ti . - .• i . --
- eENERAL.`onarAm„ THE. SOUDAH RN
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A Montreal despatch says: General
Graham; who is distingeishing.btelselfby
- . hie victories in the.Soudan,- Was a resident
' In this. City from 1064 to 1869, having. had
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charge - of the dieted from - this city. to
. Kingston as head- p1 the . the - Royal Engineer
stiff. . He wee'. then looked upon as an able
and:rising officerinthe 'atray„ and as very
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Popular 'here, - : Several .veterans, *of the
British army who re retired on
-here fought an. the Crimean war n der the.
• general.' Mr: James -0"tdealey; who is In
the - fruit business,', ancil- -who_ wears+ the
/Crimean._ and other -medals,. fought Under
Graham,. who weethee Lieut. -Colonel, at
- the Redan, as well as at the -taking :of.
• Sebastopol._ He - describes - the general as
, being a fearless. soldier, who. was always-
oonspiCtinus for getting tcethe front. The
generatis Scotch by,birth, and watp-knoWn
by his comrades falba like G-inetalGotclin,.
. .a religions men:: 1.• ' .: - . . : - 1 - '
f'-
ItlestAsHIED-011t Witt XtlEIP.iiLs.
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-A College ieroresisoes. Most -Beaten:1n Itti
. , own school. ' • . ' - - -:,-
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-- An Oberlin (Ohio. telegram says: -Geo.
Need; a graduate Of.- the class of "83, eon of
the tate Professor Mead; has been 'unsuc..
oessfidly trying to teach the High -School at:
Berlin Heights: -,Thescholate did not seem
. to love him.very'ralicitt, and -during a little
debate with ' some :01 :theni - he told them
that he presumed that if three or four boys
should attack him!together they could not
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whip him. Three or _fofir boys at °Tice-
• acted on his . suggestion,,- and-prodeedet:to
business. -The yin* teacher Was WillieEei!_.
fully trounced. - He is now at home laid Up.
for repairs., and the. -School is looking. for
.1 another' teacher. George is.an, exquisite.
' His attempts to introduce dandified :die.
oiPline, intothe-- Betlin.Heights School Was
What -caused the trouble. .- His heating
, repeiVed at - the hands of. his pupile was a
!wirers one, and Will confine. -himIto:. his
. Nartments -for*, days.. . : -. -•..,i.•• .
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•\Ntlin deepateli says the'. Lasker int&
, , . , ,
- ,..greetly .excited Bismarck, every
of the dispute quickening his
e is Much emaniatek having
0 forty pounds in weight in . a short
This is regarded as a bad sign. The
, _j: -diet has been coM&
pletely- Nigel line nor
,.._ t
, - d, ftion canoeist itineh. anxiety. . . ' - -I for
61 IP4
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trAi
surekeist curietzet.
yt awes Atineyances at the Itordinatotin
„Estate.;
Ir,sides, the seaftte .of ifes. Delia,Par-
neUt smother of Charles Stewart Parnell,
the stinguihed Irish agitator, is one of
the 'net pictiiresce* and Valuable in the-
envi. ns of Bordentown, N. 3., overlooking,
as i oat, the Delaware Over, which at
tha Obit makes. a .majestic sweep. Mts.
Par except in the summer -, months;
spe but a small -peel= of - her time at
the 1 imestead; and lestves. its management
prai',Oally to _.a head farmer. . The direie-
tionti the estate prior to the begineitig of
Nov ...Oar last was net satisfactoryto her,
and ere- -*ere _frequent changes -4'n the
peel n of • oiereeer:. Finally Charles"
Ste Parnell sent eut to his .mother
fre a Ireland George O'Toole to as
sum • .charge of iffairo. Mr. O'Toole. 'is
an i 3lligeut and agreeable preen; stet -
war his buili and mild in his manner -8.
He i moreover; a practical farmer, and it
.did ttake him long iieltsr he bed settled.
do* o his new business, to see that Mrs.
ParnI Was being „rabbeid by the petty
tint IA the -hands entployed.- on the faint
and. o- by their *wilful acts of • negligence.
He his bearings quietly, and becoming
aatis± 3d that he had hit- on theculprits,
some disohargeein the working force
plantation. The importation of a
• r.mer, and his' ...faithfulness- to bis
• er,' appeared to raise the ire Of cer-• .
ople in the vieinity -of 13ordentown,
• ey began to display their spleen_ by
annoyance towards Mr. _O'Toole.
their jealousy I or vengeance took'
• r burn. NiSS Fanny.- Parnell, whose
Occurred some time since, had two
r pets. One was a genuine Irish red
nd the other an imputed' St.- Ber-
These animalwere great favorites
e visitors to" Ironsides," and were
lys'dear to Mg. Parnell on account
ir association witb Iier. deceased
• er*. A few *take ago, durieg .the
• y's vielitto 'the hoznestead, the -.does
awled into the house, received her
4, and died- at her feet. It was
eubseAiently ascertained that -.they had
been
ens
twis
duck
"loaned. 'Soon 'after this ,the secret
•is raided upon the hennery. They
• off the heads ef valuable Muscovy
•'jchickens and geese, and, --throwing
themaypon-the doorsteps,earried away the
bodiek - A night or two ago -- a fine %ninth
ociw.vros -found dead_ in her 'stall. A post -
meet 1 was made upon the carcass,when
it w • , ound that -death was due to smith -
cal p . ion. . Mrs. -Parnell ,• was communi.
1
4, ith, and her answer . 'was received
ay. She has determined to - point
author of . the mischief, .and the
11 also be laid before the Prosecutor
of th 4 leas- of Alrlitigton County.. - . Mr.'.
O'TobtA said yesterday that he was -pretty.
well 4.118fied in his own mind from . the.
.evider.'
the g
for fe
of pr
e he had obtained himself regarding
y party: He Will be hunted down,
he might attempt the destruction
rty on a large sage. .
• THE Piriaign peritti.
Rem kable Statement by a 'Salvation
Army Captain. - •
A ,ligaton . despeteh says: Last night
Capt. T. Steacy, of ;the London Salvation
Army -stated in the. meeting here that
while Orillia he heardthatawanian who
had b sick for fifteen year, during the
latter two of which she was confined to her
bed; Aeon:Ling to that town, to see the
Army $, He Went . to the state* to meet!'
her 'lie was -earned- into :the waiting -
room, there he held A conversation with
her, a 3 asked her if she believed that God
had er to.eure her. ' She eaid she did:
The said he, let us kneel and atilt
Him aut the Matter. They knelt toge-
ther ai1i prayed earnestly fot some time,
and .• a they arose to their. feet he told
her th 4 she would be well in_a month. :He
was p mpted to make :that stateinent to
• her, i ;set, it was forced out of him. The
woma *snow hale and hearty, and has
every cispeotof remaining so: He has a
letter m the woman -which will bear tes,
timon o the truth of his remarks. The
captiiithprayed in the Same manner with a
sick but has not 'yet heard of the re-
sult.' tiring the. day Stacy created a
'sense. a bydancing a few steps. on the
stage; •
. A
mpted elnielde by Starvallon.
. A •treal despatch says: & strange
case o •tterapted suicide by three women
throug i:starvation was discovered here by
a date kqee just in time. to save theirlives.
Some -24-enths ago Mrs., C. M. Ftttee, -Mies
Ellen nes; sisters, . and 'Alm°. ..Fittee,
daugh of the, first ,named,.. came here
from _ ronto with about. $100 in their
possesi i n. . They took .a-smalltouse'and
Welt tree eiriployment as :dressmakers,
but fel,'rd an account of the -high prices
asked itwork Theiemoney ran. out, and
they b tee' destitute 1- of , means: . They
were tc proud to beg, and resolved to end
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their 1 Its by not taking any nourishment.
They it up the dwelling and went to bed,
-and w1 the authorities were netified by
the ne'' bore they were only human skele-
tons. - he elder two Women were so weak
they c , d not speak. They were removed
to the spital, but it. is doubtful if -Mrs.
Fittee her sister will survive.. They
are nao.t 4es of Barbadoes, W. I., and have
been off, but lost• their money ',front
ecoenti iiity and religious fanaticism.
-
es a‘ „Dejected, for -..Blasplieraf.
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reat despatch says: The Recorder
here y 'Asirdayfrejected the evidence - of . a
garter ed Charette in an assault case,
.on the :round thatseveral witnesses :tes-
tified- trt t he was notoriously profane. .The
Court, giving judgment, severelyleetured
Charett'0 , on the enormity of the sin . of
blasph y,„and said that :neither • he nor
• any Ot Magistrate ociiild accept- contra.
i aVidence from flf.witness who was
proved rti . have been a persistent
bias-
phemez ,:tts alum Who is in the habit of
making'41igbt use of the name of our
Savioui and, couples 'it with disgusting
baths it not the person 10 be irnpretetift
with tO's•:!..isatsredness and binding charadter
Of an op, an Oath taken on the gospelof tonlvaitioalste
our .Sa :Mir. He therefOre. aiicepted 2 the -Conn., despatch says:
evidelict4Of the Complainant and the other Captain-- Annie. Dickson, Annie Mather,
evidendaaken. to sustain this. .. Be bitted Addis Richards, yricie ReedMme.
the pri er-gtiilty and to -A Neilson, members of the.. salvation Army,
flneof. or fifteett-daYs. : -arrested yesterday for violating the city
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ordnance by parading the stride, were to-
- T. J. rrie, of Brampton has sold hie, day each -fined -117 and.Costs-tor fifteen days-
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Pirate to G. Se_agelrOweliSound, in jail. They refused to pay- the fine: and
- Were committed.' • -
_O$Ti• ITU$L.
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" The 1911004 - Billelwere read er-third
tittle :',IteepeOting the Genalioque dk.itideau
Railway COitipitny.,,Mestelills. TO conso-
lidate the deblcof the toWit Of Palmerston,
•--Mr. MoKizn. To alitlioriae- the.00rpora-
teen of-ihe town of: Stratitroy to -purchase
certain landelheirein for,tiQpublia cemetery.
-Mr. Boss (Middleeex..,P' Resit/Sing. the
Yorkville Loott'Lintt- ClompanY--7"
Reepecting a certain by-law et,
the town of Trenton. -Mr. Sills, ...To in-
corporate: _file Silver Brook Tramwa tenis
paziyiMr Gibson
:
The Iliitisti4;in Committee reportedothe
following Bills: To amend the Acts respect-
ing the Napanee River Improvement Com-
:pany.Mr. Wilmot. Respecting the 1St;
Catharines & Niagara' .Central Bailway
Company. -Mr, Neelen. To -amend the
Act to transfer the securities of • the Anglo.
Canadian Mortgage CoMpany to, the Om,
nium Securities.-,. Company, --41r, _ Gibson
(Hamilton). Respecting the Hamilton (e
Dundee :Street. Railway Company.' --Mr.
Awrey. To incorporate - the. .TOrOntb,
Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Company. --
Mr. Gould.. • !
• ..The Bill t0 amend the SYnOd and Rectory
Sales -Act, Affecting the Diocese of Toronto,
Was teed the second time.
The 'Hones- went - into committee
reported the:following-Pm*: • .
• To amend . 'the -Act to inipose a tax on
dogs, and for the protection of sheep -Mr.
Chishelni. :To amend the !Ontario Tree
Planting Act, I883 -Mr: Monk. To amend
-the Mechanics, Lien Act-Mr..Erreatinger.
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To amend the. Oonits:
Lees. Tbamend the Ontario - :Drainage
Act-rMr.• Balfour. .• • :
Mr, Meredith introduced it Bill to amend
the County Courts Act: .- .•
• - ' Mr. _Ross (Middlesex) -Bill to Make fur-
ther Provisions affecting- publie health.
- :NOTtOES OF HOTIO114.. -
. Mr. • Pardee -Oa •ThiitedeY next-Befie--
.
L That. by . the British North
Ametice Act theLeglidature Of each Pro -
fined has exclusive power - to intake laws in
relation: to local. -winks and undertakings
other than such railways and other works
*auduedettakinge as ecnnectthe Province
with any other Provinces, or extend -beyond
the limits of Province, or as are "de.
'dared by the. Parliament • of Canada to 'be -
for the geeettil advantage of Canada,;:or for
the advantage of two or more .of the 'Pro.
vinCes." 2. That exclusive authority .in
the Legislature ef each Provinee in relation
to Provincial railways end other Joliet
•Werkspr. undertakings is an eelientiai part
of our .federal system - of goverenient, 3.
That ever Wince Confederation the .Legis..
iature of this Province has granted ohartera.
for the construction of a large number Of'
railways within the Province, and has dealt
with the said railways and made -Bitch pro-
vision for their regulation and control as
the 'Public -interest diemended.4. That
the Legielatiire, in the eeeeton. of 1882,
asserted by the. unanimous voice Of its-
naemberS that the -beet interests Of . the
people Of Ontario required and demanded
that the .Provincial Legislature shouldtnot
without absolute necessity, be deprived deprived of
his. eutliOrity* and ootatrol over these rail-
ways, and further insisted that where
company Sought to isiteapei Pro- inpial con-
trolit should be compelled to prootire•freni
the Legislature by which- it -. was incotpe-
eated an assent to .its railway being de;
dared to ,be. for. advantage .of
Canada, or should be required to thew that
suoli assent had been applied for and re-
fused. On improper Orineuffidient rounds;-.t
and these views... of :the Legislature were
laid before -the ParliamentofCanada. '5.
That in disregard of this jest assertion of
PrOvinoial eights, and :..N.v.ithouti any com-
munication: on the Subject to the --Govetn-
ment or Legislature of the*.Previnee'the
.Fedetaii Parliament in the session of.1883
passedanAdt.deolarieg all the main lines
of railwayinthe Province, and . each. and
-every branch line or lailway now or here
after connecting -with orerossitig ' the said
line of railway, or any one of them, to be
works for the . "general .: advantage of
Canada," and enitotiegthat"hereafter the
same . be subject to the legislative
authority of the Parliament of et 'Canada"
6. That the practical t.effeet cOhis whole-.
sate -essuaiption is, if legal,: to withdraw
the whole Subjebt of railways from Pro-
• vincial juriediction • and transfer it to the
:Federal Parliament. 7, That aid -has been .
granted out of -the.Publio fundeOf the Pro-
vince to the railways so seized and assumed
bylhe Federal Parliament, 01 the extent
of over aix mullions of -dollar's; end .by
various of the municipalities tif the Pio-
*Mee- to the extent of over eightmullions
of deflate, by, means of whiehgrants the.
construction of such railways Was secured,
and.. Without which they would not have
been built!, 8, That • inch aid -waifOnly
granted to those railways on the faith and
Understanding that they would r.continue to
be Provincial railways, ' under the .contra
•of ' the Province-.; and that the -assiixiip-
tiOn: thereof by the Federal -parliament
gives the Province and the said muni,
dipelities . a ..just-.claiin . to have the
moneys se .granted by • then!' - refunded
-by -the, Dominion, ' 9.. That i the rail.
Wayego -seized and assiinied .by th.e.Federsil
Parliament were and are laced and pro,
vindial in their characterand as. such were
intended by,the.British North AtneriaaAct,
to be:subject-to the exclusive control Of the
Provineial. House
submits that there is nothing in'the-circum.
stances:Of the oatie to Warrant the declaring
• of the said railways to be works for the
.general advantage of Canada;.- that such
deelaration it inconsistent with thefaots, -
-and 'that- the action: 01 the Federal •• Par -
tnent is ayiolaticita of the B&W. and.a.per...
version of of..therptirpOse.a,nd-langii: age of the.
British North North Aineriea Acit.•Thtil this
House deems. -it -.a duty to. firmly.protest
againtitthis enaroachment Of. the Federal -
Parliament on the rights of the.Province,-
andto eased.: the tight of the people •of
_ .
'every , Province to -exercise .througli their
:Legislatures- exclusive.. :jtitiedititien over
tailwayeandworles of a local and provincial
eharaiiter„,- and - supervise and regulate
ehe .:arenidipit of , all .,companieslowning or
operating imehiVrotke.. •• • . • - •
sellIRATE PATHft. LATE SPORTING NEWS.
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Ex"64""p 11114).,"1113,1111,' hte°' r,tmhoecjni171..11 is- doing steady work on the Thames
Me
- tis nob with tamer on filonday Ilex%
sad ' Coachman..
A Netrk4ven telegrani The late
ex.Gove7:7:7 th,ree, daughters. In his
will, justkrilelished, he makeeprovision for
two.-onlY t'Allie Hubbard, the disinherited
deoghtert.a.,belle in Hertford. She
Was beauF.3/44, well educated and a great
favorite She was young and
-sueceptilkel 'of flattery. could not
resist Via l'Alent pleadings which daily
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sointillat61 ffom the bright eyeg of a young
man em 'ed. by her fatherascoachman.
Ile fell with -Nellie. He improved
every optio unity offered for being alone
with her. s,Nellie pitied him becalm -
he was pc She soon became ardently
attached fie :him. At lest he confessed his
love. Tb' were married. The people
whe kiwi' ellie Hubbard best were
etre& duWe'Wtth astonishment. It was the
talk of. the; months.. The blow fell
witherustlii foroe On theex-Governor. He
was a proiitijnan and very. jealous of his
family hen.Or. He determined- to retire
from acitttzAfe. The Governor remained
steadfast: !is resolve for ayear or more,
'but at last - He died with.honors
-thick . even in. death he
could not .:forget the comproraising,
loved 'daughter had taken.
meetion of her in the end -
happy with- her .husband, left
he made her home here. Her,
for- - ' B -
Mae:sit-10th. Re has had John Clever'
build Itim a shell fitted with all the latest
Ainerioan devioes,..and it is .not yet certain ,.
whether ha will row the rocs in this boater
-the Ruddock .craft, -which he :took with '
him to England. -' -
,- We are Waiting with ataxia* expeetau0
for tbe arrival' of Haitian, who, it is
reported, is now on his way from n'
with. the phenbnienal Canadian, Wil - in
ia
Francisco. In anticipation of a teh
Beach ispriatiting aesidnously on the
Paramatta, and Elias Ls cock is progres -
sing so rapidly that he ism* 'able to take 1
a.qMet-spin-every-day." The .gallant "bush-
man') is confident that he hap lost none of -
his power, and he is very hopeful of wrest- .
ing the 'championship of the world from
Haulm., but I am not, though I think that
in timerwe shall have . the • honor of doing
so, as there are some very - rising smilers • ,
in New South Wales, *hose aquatic sup-
porters will never rest Satitsfi(d Until they
have an .Australien.cliampion eculler of the.
Wcirld;•-• Me/bourne -Correspondence Loydat,
Spertentan:
Mortice -3i, whose. death was letely re-
ported, was in his time unsitipasesd as a
long -stop... In one season, for Surrey, he
long -stopped in -all their 'matt:hes -without
giving a bye; and in two seasons he-4.ng-
stopped to 12,000 balls for Only 3 byes.",
. Lord Bessboreugh'seproposition for cycle-
oiding the throwing question, on.which the
Marylebone Club ..will take action, is as
follows: "The ball shill be bowled with
-unchecked swing of the ,artn, and without
downward action in the elbow; if thrown
erjerked, or otherwise unfairly delivered,
the umpire ehail call 4 n� ball.' ". .
• - Eon. Ivo Bligh, who sailed from England
for Australia on the - 20th December, as
married to Miss Florence Morphy at M1
bourne on 'Saturday, February 16th. ' The
captaittof the last English erieket team to
visit the Antipodes madti the -acquaintance
of MiseMorpity at a party in Melbourne
and it was understood before he returned
home teat he was engaged to the young
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The Australian creek, W. L. Murdock, is
said to be in better batting forni than ever
before in his life. In the -six. innings he
had played this season in Australia up to
the beginning_ of .Fsbruaiy hie Boons were -
MI, -140 Ina out) , 20, 158, 22 end '279 not
out). The last -eontribetion was for the ,
Australian eleven intended for England
this year against a combined - colonial
eleven,. and is described as having been a
feultless exhibition of cricket. •
, ELpney making is not au object of amateur
sport in America, The 'cuittvation of the
muscles and the deVeloprnent of the physi.,
Cal -Man is the direct_ object. An opponent
Might as well argue that church jaervices
are held. for .pecuniary purposes simply
because they are expected' to be self -Bus.
taining. .
The English athletic journal,' .Pastime,
which has for its motto, i.4 Play not.for gain,
but 'Tort," is devoting considerable space
to the discussion of the .aniateur.
Arthur L. Richardson,of Hiitalton, Ont,
whole to play short-stop fur • the 'Detroit '
League Club the coming seasoe, has been
in practice in a hall in Eaniilten for some • -
'weekti, Fred, L. Wood, whe is to be change
catcher, ,praotices with him. They are said
to have Indian clubs, trapeze, running and
ballexercise four hours each afternoon, and
are getting in 'fine trim. Richardson is a
fest base rUnner, and says be was never
running so fast before inhis life. Reardon
who is signed to splay with the -Obeeter,(Pa.(
Club, also practices with them. • •
•The international (Rugby) match between
representative fitteetis from; SeOtland and
Ireland came off in Edinburgh on Saturday,
Feb: 16th. - There _were 8,000 spectators.
- The ,Scotehineit won a capital match by two
goals and two tries to one try.
A -wrestling Match between a woman and.
a man is described by the San Francisco
journals. The woman was les than 19.
The encounter, which lasted five or six
minutes, was .a ..c6nfused struggle the
wrestlers hugging, grappling and tun:bib:1g
-about in 'every 'conceivable posture, and ,
this WaS varied ,ocoasionally• by the .girl
being thrown to the .ground _and almost
literally biting -the dust. It is admitted
that the male -wrestler did his besttnot to
hurthis 1 air antagonist, and iri the end she
ceme•off victorious, aelia4 no doubt been
arranged beforehand. ° Yet; in order to
keep up the delusion, the wemen got .con-
sidekiibly bort. - -
. The National LaCrosse Association lof .
Canada will hold their annual meetit'Whit.
Toronto on April 10th and lith. The
Montreal Club have given notice that they
will move to havethe chanipionshiprules sit
amended that the result of one mateh will
not decide the championship, but, instead,
the club winning the majority of a series of •
naatobesto be entitled to the cha;mplon-
ship pennant for the following season.
Body -checking will also COMO up forditi-
0118SiOn.
steps his: -
He mader
ing. Neltio
Hartford:
husband 4ei saved a little money. With
this he stg.ailed a livery. stable. He pros-
pered.. the influx of dollars he
endeavoreil ameliorate the condition of
his wife.
reared, a
be delimit
le, knew she had been delicately
was his wish that she should
sustained.. He bought her a
dog cart. ;c five- day she could have been
seen ridimiT;trough the 'shady, streets :of
the -E1m41&,,Ritlered City. 'Theirs was a
hippy life,-eVerybody said, and everybody
sympathi&nvith the pair that had defied
the Scorn tig f:finety... A short year, however,
ended thE mani. A child was born
Domestic i1lioivy followed. The husband
Obtained 'force, The -Nyife, lived in the
city for. " ial months --'-no one knows
how. Bur had it that themother, who
did -net slt4i1- the father's feelings in the
matter; her an allowance. , A short
time bef0.111 '.he Governor's death Mrs.
• Nellie re/46'nd to Meriden. There she
lived whett,:. :death. .turned the State into
mburningNi. • her illustrious father. In
the eimpleAtOeuroent by Which lie disposed
of all his 00,1th1t'possessions, there was not
onenvOrd filer.: By her hasty and ill
considereet Oda she lbst 4)75,000. ..
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The DOlz‘I of. a New York . Blackguard
)Cr; Lady Nearly - @allocated.
-The '4in-use Ransacked.
:A last AtIndali) - New . :York
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despatch .84:Sr; MSS -Maggie Harvey, aged
18, sister ar,-:,*s. George Sloane, litres with
herr in*tut ztcpartment bowie here. . On.
Saturday ening Mr. and Mrs: Sloane want
out to mak § ea: -$9,11, leaving Miss Harvey at
herne in titiV4e of her niece, aged 2i years.
At 10.30 Mos Harvey retired with the
little childf-;:;4 her bed -room is a large
closet, in she thought she heard a
strange notie The closet door opened and
Jesse WillkOne, a negro coachnian; sprang
out and sef4ed her by the throat and
threatenedht6 kill her if she - made
--outcry. The child Was aroused and
began to C7;: hen the negro threatened to
kill it if Mikiliarvey didn't quiet it. He
demanded 2.rnow where the money was,
and ordereft -tier to give up all the keys Of
the roonasiL,LT Otte' said she did not know
wherethe ney was. He dragged her
from the. • threw her violently on the
floor; stuffe a handkerchief in ber mouth
and tied - band s and feet. He then
ransacked 40:4 house; and went out by the
window lefetiag -to the fire escape. Mrs.
Sloane strati:red- home at 11.30 and found
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Mithi.H4rVg'Y. 4.4 anunconscious condition.
'She would tmti died from suffocation had
not assistantial4een rendered. • She lies now
in a criticitt-. itenditicin. The ladder of the
'fire . escap0-- (Ode up to the window of
Gertrude A: the colored .servant of Mrs..
Sloane., Wfilianis Was found under her bed.
She also we,5 41.rested. About $800 worth
of jewelleiY=. found in her room. • Wil-
liams is 21- 'Os of age, Gertrude 19.
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A Triple sitiy Still a Great 111. yetery
Nellis, WI VTaB said to hive. confessed to
knowing all: about the murder- of Lord
Leitrim, h.14_71'een sent to a med-house,and
the maeseatC4 remains its great a mystery
as -ever. triple tragedy of Cratlagh
Wood occeer.-4 on the '2ad of April,
4 1878. The:'.:k4r1. of: Leitrim .lefb his resi-
dence at Atlrerd shortly before 8 o'clook
fir the mornt4x.accompahied by his Clerk,
and was drtviO.g on an outside oar to Derry
to Meet his ;-,4olteiter. He ' always carried(
arms. It iie.:',1-otapposed that the assassins
concealed ttWeclves behind* low embank.,
riient betireen. the road and plantation,
and that hai414 firtit shot Ole Earl of Lei-
trim' they :AM the clerk and the driver,.
so that MitOe might be no witnesses.
The . &iv* was. Shot - in the mouth,
the ball rapOng upward, :and the clerk
behind theqe*, both probably at close
quarters. '.443•ordship's valet was driving
-abOut a mi.:, liehind, and on coining up
found his ni.,.,;:ter and the clerk lying dead
on the roe41,7 The driver was not yet
dead, but . algionsoions,.. and died soon:
after. The„: 'iar1 - was extremely • un.
popular wit.,. 1is tenantry; and the small
farmer elat,X.. enerally, • because of the
dippesition .manifested by him to
stretch the r given him by the law to
the utmest;f:, it. Numerous arrests of
persons sup04ed to have been concerned
in this criteo *vete made; but no one has
yet been do„ltea of it. One of those
arrested, Ma9E Hetaghty by dame, died
inthe i3ount iail itLiffted on.Ootober 12th
of the same
ME !Struck Mead by aSo e Crime.
. ; A San .Fee*iiico, Cal., spat& says :
During a we:6*1 at San Lea4ro Iasi night
Willtam_ScOltiatd drew a revolver and shot
Aleck DietetObgen, a saloon eper, dead.
When . Scolip-egirs- father was ld of his
son's act hottioelainied, "My Eiciti, can this
be i" and fellVead.
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Spring is coming. The lawn mower
elbows the base -burner in the hardware
-aorta . Tramps and beggarshirk about the
alleys and scare the kitchen girls. The k.
g.'s rather enjoyit. Strawberries are stay..
log in the market at 85 a quart. Theoal
bi.
nit‘i,
in the binislow. The winter's are
long. It is the sad transition time t rom .
French hots to cherry .9obblers. The wo-
man ,figures on the eastern bonnet. The
ice in'the lake is thick and solid. The
'wind is cold, and the lambs are shorn and
skimmed, too. The poker chips are tired.
There are cracks in this old overcoat. • The
cold -we paught in October takes a deeper
held in March. The, man - who said it
would be all right in -the spring can't prove
it. Hilied. Winter is a lap ahead of
spring,enaltae jest caught his second -wind. -
Spring is coming.
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Ells hiotheralit-Law Got Even.
An extraordinary action for libel was
ried reeently atLincoln, England. Captain
Charles Brook, lia•ving lost his young wife,
caused the foltowinglines to be inscribed on
black-edgedmerctorial card for circulation
among his triends: . •
Fezeitell, dear husband and bay dear
Uwe you faithful to the last; • -
. Cruel my mother has been to me,
Wail% caused my days so short with thee.
May the Lord have mercy -on her soul, *
The GOrd03aseball Club •4• ?L
ChiCage, And change her wicked heart! - . .
will be comi;geed entirely.4$nblored men, The captain was sentenced: by the court to -
who will estelii' -receive‘. 635 to 850 a ' pay 8100 and coats for promulgating *this
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week salitry. 4,,..,• opinioa of his mother-in-law
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