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DOMMTION PARIUMEN
Mr. Ainyot introduced a Bill to anfillnd
•the Dothinion Controverted Elections Act.
• The Bill ptovidee that the time for filing
pleediegeagainst electioniOnstead of being
30 days after wetting the return, !ball be
as follows Thirty days after nomination,
where the, eleptien 18 by exclamation, and
thirty days after the election where there
• is a contest, The Bill was read a. first
time. ' •
• Mr. McMullen introduced a Bill to regu-
latf3 proceedingsin the collection ot first
and second mortgages, . and alsoto regulate
• payment of the same, ' The Bill provides
k thee -a --first • reertgagee before, milling tho.
property shalt give notice to thesecond
mortgagee, who shall have an opportunity
of paying off the mortgage. The Bill. was
reed a first time. .
Hon, Mr. Thompson, replying to
'Wieitzion, said the Government did not in-
• tend to appoint Jerez:hiah Travis a Judge of
•. the new court 'forlhe Northwest.
- Hon. Mr. Costige,n, replying to, • Mr.
Barron said that M. F. O'Donoghue,
JerotheLgAbsi-lateW,B„,abonegiii‘ha_
been employed by • the Dominion ;Govern-
ment temporarily at various times: Within
• the pest year.
Hortalhfra Owtigena replying to Mr' 31°' its provisions received the approve.1 of the
distillers- are net•-ielloveed Ade -I* but rairea-iime•-fienate;•-e-rwarto
.1 • ',fei import corn in bond , for manufacturing
make the Temperance. Act as ,•perfect as
possible: • • '
Mr. Mille -I think this is a: favorable
opportunity to call attention to the reopen-
silnlity resting npon the House inthis
question .• If „there is a question on which
it is the duty of the Government to have a
policyanci undertaketo • direct the House
along the line they intend .to travel, it is
thie. When anotherAdininistration eceupied
the Treasury benches, , an honorable mem-
ber for the. Province of Manitoba, who ie
now in the Senate, introduced resolution
declaring that it was the duty of the Gov,
ernreent totitke Urethe question of prohibi,
the ciniaidertition which were)Preanifee.al:'• 4ktith.-4•10: *A3'41., iMOLEW'a••
The motion Waieearriea, • • !tie Quizeit** 47nittlee Navale Reirlew the
them.
•A AtiMber•of ,PriVate Pills Were MA a . ltjg.gees Thing ont. .
seeena time. . • . •••A London cable says: At the banquet
111r. Hickey asked if it was the Govern- of the Royal Academyto the colonial de-
ment'e intention to, increase the (ItttY On gates on Saturday- Lord George Hamilton,
butter and if butter imported for Oonsump- replying for the navy, referred t� the naval
tion Was linbjected to scientific tests. , re'VleW to be held at Spithead on July 23rd,
Sir Charles Tupper said it was not cora., where a fleet 9f superior strength and
petent for the Government to:Make a com- Power to any fleet ever seen by any
munication in advance of its intention on Sovereign at any time or in any phke,
Web a point. If a renort. was Made that would be assembled', numbering npwards
butter of an unwholesotae character was of one hundred , pennons and. including
being imported a scientific inspection every variety of the most modern war
e pa, from e torpedo boat, with its gOe-
would be made. • •
Sir johkhIacdonald, on moving thetirst earner shin three-eighths of an inch thick,to
teadinget tlierAct relating to•the'Pepart• the- greet .-"marrimoth,-Ironelad, with • its
ment Of Customs and Inland Revenue, ex- Pachydermatous hide of two feet of iron;
cused himself !rem explaining at length and every variety of ordnance from the11.0
the object the Bill because of a 'severe ton gun, capable of projecting a missile
bold. Briefly, however, the object was to Iweighing 1,800' pounds, to distance of sair
make these two departments subsidiary 'rr-tileea the the rapid firing machine'gu°14
parts of the new Department of Trade and capable -of diseharging many hundred
Commerce, under secretaries, as it were. rounds Of ammunition in Shingle minute,
He would ask..'ter have this Bill considered A scheme had been brought before the
with that to Provide for the eiltablishment Colonial COnference for the 'strengthening
of the Department of Wade and Commerce. of the navy by the employment of mer-
-1E-Tannesour-orfneaviliga- •Billte-amend. -oharitreissersr-which-would.,4place.,,enef,-,-:
the Canada, Temperance AO, exp1ain:6d fourth of Her Majesty's colonies and the
,that it was 'somewhat dinner to the one Mother Country in a different position to
by him last session Many of that•hitherte occupied for naval defenees
introduced
If this scheme were realized it would be
brought-te-maturity-mainlythrough-the
statesmanlike attitude adopted' by the
representatives of- the colonies, with whom
the members of Her Majesty's Gektnnicrit;
had come in contact: They,: have met us,
said Lord George Hamilton, in no haggling,
parsimOrtiousspiiit, for they had confidence
in the idea of. Imperial unity and. solidity;
and he alluded to. this. scheme because Her
Majesty's present Government:in cominon
with all preceding Governments, attach
the 'utmost importance to its realization.
, • . INSANE *Thirst tieiRROitte
. • purposes, but that if distillers import corn
. • and pay duty on it, manufacture whiskey
,out of it and export, they Will he entitled
tea rebate Of duty..
• Hon. Mr: ' Thompson; replying • to Mr.
"Nilsen (Elgin), said the Government ;had
received a request teappoint a junior judge
tr. of glen,. and was considering the: matter.
Hon. Mr. Costigan, replying to Mr.
'Laurier, said the Government was consid-
ering the question ' of amending .the 14w
, respecting the insinctionrif Beier in accord-
ance with the reconimendatien.of the Mon,
.,;•._ treal Beard of Trade--- • .. , .
.. • Mr. Charlton moved his resqlutions in ton and guidethe•House upon that subject.
• favor .of giving- the information_ in the That resolution, I believe, Was supported
' public/ documents to 'the • public before, .by every gentleman now, on the Treasery•
being presented_ to the. House. In this benches who had,then a place -in -the -House.
• matter Parliament should not treated The 'Governnient of that day admitted' the
• .. . .. .. • •
. as a privileged class.- information emiadaeas. of 030 principle laid down and
'collected was really the property , of •theintroduced the Bill now , known "as, the,
4. public; . and Should be given te the. public.
- as soon ,aaposaible. The system: of • hold.' Canada. Temperance Act, whigh is. still on,
the statute book, -and- *hit* %these gentle.*
-....'ing tick 1°16•Tmat162 '''ec)ieetimes lead to Men, who tire-notrnembere Of 'the Govern.
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• real aed. • serious injury' to ' the public •meat,'• are emeaverieg .te. , amend, ,. why
. interekt.'.. For , instance; last. electionWas shOrild this ". qUeatien; • whichaffect* the
fought largely ' ea the dark because- Of lack peace; order and •good government Of ' the
.of -information later thin. the reports last country, which affects -the morals of .,„the
presented to Parliament, covering the facts peepie;,whieh affects the, pone.. oyez:kites,
,' only up- to June, . 1805: ' He had
' •• He had asked for a statement up to the Id e because debt On April 30th 1886. W6,611205 569 000.'
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informed last session that the . , net public • the hands
ernment, And transferred to bee° be. eliminated from the policy thewGov-
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large isaareply ' : portion . of • th.comnienity
of. private •' niembere.l. : 'Why, ' sir, a
. ,the
June, butin the burry of _prorogation the are. . ..eatiefiig.
:
Finance Minister 'forgot to give it' •With OPPesition, who are in a niinority, a.o not
., greateourtesy, howeverT he sent hini state- thoertoe. ..ta directAle: itffarke of the
: mentashOwing a net •debt of $206,000,000 country in this respect--H9W: Much less
in round figures, but ..the Public Accounts. . caii those Who' are in the -majority; and who
• bringing the statements down to the 30tn seinime the responsibility. Of the :general'
June, sheeved the net debt to be 5223;159;,, 'policy of the country, escape responsibility
- • •000.' • During, the last eleotion.. the people -inthiamoStireportarit matter- 7..-Thetime
hasgone by when they " could shirk that
responsibility, and. I trust the House :and
the country willinsist upon .these.gentle,
Men showirig• the, courage,of their convic-
tions whatever these convictions May be.
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The Bill was readahrsttaine. • • :
Sir , Richard Cartwright asked' if the
Finance Minister could Bey when theesti-
mates would be brought down, or the budget,
-speech to•fcitlqw, would be made. , , . ,••
. Sit Charles Tupper -LI hope, early next
week to be able to intiimetethe probabletime.
Sir John ' Macdonald; moving the second
reading of the Bill reepecting•lhe Depart.
of Canada were in the dark •respectingthe
. fact that the net • public- debt had gone up
•about $17,590,000 in thirty days,and stood
at • one time at over 11223,000,000. He
found that in many countries public infer-
. niationeflhis kind was :placed before the
public muchearlier than in Canada. For
• instance, in England he found 'the Board
of Trade published monthly statements;
and statemente of trade' and navigation
were made quarterly. He thought a system
• as; good as •circumstances would .permit
should.he established in Parliament.
Sir John Macdonald agreed • in the
principle TO the . reform, proposeae-b ,ment of '`.12rade-ritiir"Commeecei seid that
thOught it Would require a change it the ,he would make his explanations when•they
-earile:--toreonsider4--the,-Bill-respecting.,tbe
Department of( estoms and IrilendRevenne.
Sir ,'Richard Cartwright • said he` had
always been of opinionthat it was •a mis-
take to have in this country a Cabinet com-
pqaedof thirteenor fourteen -Ministers of
the first rank, and that it would' be • better
to have a nnieli smaller number of Min-
isters and to. have . a number ,of 'tinder-
-Sreiretizeierof-Stste-appnintedirererarziong
statutes : establishing the •different depart,.
rimier which it was .provided . that
;the reports should be Beet to the:Governor-
General and by. him subtaitted, to. the
"•:HOuise: • . • •.• ••
. ••• ••Sir..Richited Cartwright expreseed.. grati-
fication at thePrineiple,of this -reform be-
ing conceded:, -..The. ',interest had
• ,suffered in the late electien hY• :leek: of
• in-
formation. Estimates had been :Made -in-
' relation to the plddebt by the'leader 4Of the . jumor: members •of the Rouse,a0 wee
• the' qaition- and, as'
'gentle an, :his (*dinette was well ...Within
• Mr: Blake expressed theopinien Oat it
requite' no change in the - Statutes;
-heettinie the- 'prevision:that these reports
shdula be gent tolheGoverript-,Crenetal and
•. then to the geese,: did net 'prevent ' an
• 7 earlier presentation of *the • facts to the'
public:. The efficient ;carrying out . af.the
„propoiled new, . eysterd Would invOlVe the
• earlycognminniation Witlithedepartnienta,
•for no doubt Men in Office were like ether
people, net apt to antioipate.,'Autk,•,. iria it
was fair tesuppoee the late Aline of
'eating the rep.piti Cense& lateneso in get!
tfg theinformatien in a'shepe. Id. be pre-
sented.' He thought enothet change should
he Made and Government railways:3 Should
publish Weekly return!of treXfiC liko other.
Aaagreeinent was ,reached that 'the' ,that
, ter should stand over far tire Present.
• MeCesey.moved for it; cOpy Of the eoni,
. •• rnisSiOnor other deeinnents appOintiiig Sir
Alexander• ,Campbelland Sanford Fleming
' representatives of Canada at the Colonial
' Conference in London. . It . was generally
tuidersthed, he, said, • that the Conference
WAS intended as a preliminary to Ihipetial:
...Federation., : Ile • triistea, the Government
had not 'authoriZed, its . representatives to
lepeak:fot :Ciiiip,aa on that subject 'Without
•'submitting the question to the people at a
•-•,,gehettil eleetion. :". • ,' • • '
Johe•Maedenield suggested 0614, the ,
• • rtagitftie sheidd Oen for all papers. , Ho. did'
•Ii et think the despatenere had, beer). brought •
Mt. Casey adopted ilia., suggestion; and
• thei motion so emended' was carried. , •
• • ,Mr. Perry, moving for a return relating
to the "steamboat serVice'betWeeri Prince
Edward Island and the_meiniand,"said that
.. during the recent "elecia , letter, signed
'. la John A. ,Macdeneld"•Weetitceisted,.. arid
..that it promised Subveily "voila' be • built
iflt'eest not mcire, than five miliion dollete,
expressed the hope that the Govern-
- went' weld& have another survoy.and would
come te the eencliisimi anciarinamce deti-
eitely; Whether or netthey weeld go oe
with tine imbeiay,If they Nveuld hot the
peonie Of Prince Edward Isteed,woold con.'
ef
ani themselves free, froin. Confederation,
Nif Ho (lidnot sayl•hoid Wa'Sa 'feeling ifi favor
'4 of aecessionin Prince 'Edward* island, but
Ine. aid say there •Wae a feeling.. of diasatis-
.faction,„a teeling that they had to pay the
hue dollar of taxes ancyttien: Were. notgiVen. Weer and tette•ef the Mecluhery:
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The Itufhtio InVestigatioh-Inhunian'Treat-,
meut of Patients by 'Attendants.
Bliffale despatch says: Charlei
Brandi; a fernier patient of the Limitic
Asylum,came' here finna Welland, Ont.,
kistercle—y,leteitify be -fere the Grand jury:
Concerning ex -Assemblyman Frank Sinn,
•who is now under treatment, Brandt tes-
tified"One day I' sew an , attendant
nentea Poulson get terribly angry because
Mr. Sipp Wes awkward' in : sweeping the
He Sipp'inte:•!the extension
'and.. I looked through an open door and
saw Poulson and Winspeareatch Sipp by
both arme and throw him On the flocr on
his back. Paulson jumped On Sipes chest
and then; knelt ' on his lege abovethe knee
While he choked him. Bipp had lucid. mo,
menteand in one Of these he complained of
his breast being- sere and said: a If they,
'whela only let me alone! But when.a•man
is • once . inthis place God knows he never
will get out.'" •
AbriunWhite, of 'Perry, said that Some of
the attendants used to , -shake the patients •
violently. When he firstcame one grabbed
him, by the shoulders, and after shaking
him shoved his knee into White's abdomen:
TETAPIWW1Q. sum44AT,
Blood Plaj4111 *redo," sparty of goontod
rouoo pear M.4w,ine Hat.. •
A despatch from Ceektoven, Australia,
announces that the steamer Benton, of
Singitipore,•vvae sunk in a collision with a
bargee off .the Island of Formosa, and that
150 persons were drowned. No geropeees
were lost, '
The Pope has aent *telegram to Emperor
William and Prince Dismarck,., thanking
them for their support of the new Prussian
Ecclesiastical Bill; The despatch adds
that Imo Holiness desires the prosperity of
Germany end the Catholic Church.
- It • is • senii-ofecially. stated that -• if the
Afghan insurgents succeed in overthrowing
the Ameer the latter's downfall would not
lead t� complication betWeeri Englited. and
Russia; that, on the contrary, projects are
under consideration to. enable the two
powers jointly to arrange for the suppres-
sion of' the tribal war .and the subsequent
administration of the whole country under
a protected ruler. .. • • • '
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The National Fair Trade League gave a
:banquet -in , London -last nightetO thecolonial
representatives •attending, the conference
and the members of the recent Royal Com-
mission on the Depression of Trade and
•Industry. The speeches' were all. in, the
direction "cif"-entotlieging--trade -Witirthe-
colonies and consolidating the union be-
tween the • Mother Country and her
children.. '340t. of the epeakers favored a
preferential importation, of colonial pro-
ducts into Great Britain. The toast of the
colonial visitors' was enthusiastically
received. The, Canadian , representatives
were unable4o ttend. :
Dr 'W. J. Nottbrup,a prominent nivei:.
den at Haverhill, 0„' was murdered on
Wednesday by Thos. McC6y, • a saloon-
keeper. Dr. Northrup had inquired the -
displeasure of the McCoy party by being
.active in favor of local option: •
i/A romantic dine:Very-of tiiddenlidaWee
ip the cellar of a house on the'eouth side of
Milwaukee came to, light yesterday. Honey
J. Peters, an old resident cif the 'eity, died
nearly. iv year age.- -He had horne therepti.
teflon; of being poniseri• and. on his deatle•
bed he declined to .make: a Will or give his
wife inforniation as to hisaffairs.' Reeently
the sewer under the house became ologged,
and workmen were engaged to remedy the
itronble. -On Rooting' Of the
cellar theniencame setess a heavy box
securelly.locked. .It was found be -filled
With gold coin, donors, me& foreign
money, to the aggregate of n,ear1y-'520,000.
• The young Wonten of Newton, N. j.,„.
have formed an ga anti -vice " society,. bay •
ing for its object the regeneration of young
men. All • mernhersbind themselves to
refuse any attentions from gentlemen Using
:alcoholic liquors or ttobacce in any form,
and over 50 marriageable young, Wqraen
have signed. suCh.a pledge. The men refuse
to submit to What they, consider an arbi,
tritry..rule, and ere seeking eecial*,.enjoy-
inent in the neighberieg villages.: The
action of-th-e7yecimeiFiethe iesult of agita-
tion. of • the 'temperance question, and is
treating .e, ,, social furore never before
equalled in the place. ? •
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. done in 'Er/gland,' ' • . •
Mr, White (Cardwell) moved • the second'
reeding of, ,the Bill respecting the Banff,
Nationar•Park. s. • •
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Sir Richard said he had been
informed that some ' portions- Of the land
incieded within the limits of the park were
already owned by- 'gentlemen :who were.
formerlymembers-of thie House.The
GoVernmerit should own everything
that was included Within the limits of the
park: Then he .nnderatood that Some large
hotels had beee'eeected, and leases given to
persons who Were fOrmerly raernbers,Of this
*Renee. On the whole he thought there
'should be considerable,: diacission 'Baia in-
quiry before:the Bill Wail Paissed.
Mr. White (Cardwell) said that the park
Naas.twenty-shr miles long by ten broad, but
;that a veg"Coneiderable gelation Of it was
COveredby a sheet Of water; called Devil's
Lake, which is. fifteen miles long. ' ' .
*r. Mills said the Bill actually gave the
Minister, of the Interior a little Province of
hisownand allowedhim to rule itas lie
pleased. The regulations should be subject
to the control of Parliament. • • '
Unclo gse10„310.sdoin.
. We stand n our ewe:dune oftener than
others .
It is the little things that are OS -twist
Wonderful : and difficult; it is possible for
human enterprise to, make a .nacuntain, but
impossible fOr it to Mike, tin eyeter.
,,Theroianothing so rtecessarv he -neces-
sity without it mankind Waeldhaveceased
to exist ages, ago;, . • ,
The heart gete weary, but never .gets
• If a mail is tight he can't be tooradical;:
if wrong he can't be too conservative. •
• The silent man imity be overlooked now,
but he will get:a hearing by and by: •
Matlida.end despatch govere the world.
You ca*mitlive a slander in half the thne
yeti ettn. out, argue ICI -Century.
White nearly feinted and :suffered intense
agony for hours. .. : •
Ella Cumniines, .Of ;Fredonia, kept a
journal during' her stay at the asylum. She
told the jury of a female patient who was
forced- int a bathtub' and -then nioPped off
with a kitchen mop. Then the attendant'
threw seine) soft. seep in her: eyes and
laughed at her pain and, . fright:
testimony is in, and a report is expiated on
Monday.
one-sixth of the capital Lancashire has to . .
raise to be taken. • This secured, fresh.•
_ort will be made to float the scheme! in
London, where itis supposed the remain;
der of the capital will then be subscribed, ;
A new'sort of pressureis being tried in k
behalf of the Imperial Institute in Eng..
land. It is now givenout that knight,
heeds will be withheld from Mayors who
have-not raised subscriptions for the Insti-
tute in their own towns. Maly of th,e0o
functionaries _have preferred to promote
local objects hi connection with the Xubi. • •
lee. This is to be their Punishment. The
papers publish • brief accounts of the in-
tended procession, but the programme is
not yet ferally settled. . , '
' Abe Littlejohn, a well-to-do termer, and
his wife, living near Clinton, Ala.,were-
burned in their dwelling on Wednesday
night. It is supposed the couple•viere mare
dered.
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The Vatican has` notified France that •
General Boulanger's military, law, which
refusesto exeMpt clerical students from
service, : is , an infringement of the •
cciticerdat, • andhas demandedd its with,. ,
. FAMILY TROUBLES
Cisme ,a litati: to Cut liI tereat arid set-.
: , • i•deate•,ttis Child. • . -
I Sunday's Pittsburg despatch says:
"ThieireareinglehVi
:Yeets of age, cattle from her bedroom into
thdiningroomot her honie in Shaker
toWnship, near Etnabero', jtistheyend the
limitsof the • city, she found her •father,
Chas. Oswald, sitting in • a 'Chair with
his threat cut and her younger'
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sister, , Bessie, lying on a lounge dead. It
Was a case of inicideOn the partefOewald,
and all the signs indicatethat he murdered
his daughter befere,euttinglis own throat:
Since last Christi:mei:1p had lived With his
wife without changing a worduntil Sitter%
aoy
farm in Armstrong County, ,in which
they, were interested. e Yesterdayafternoon
he sent his Wife hp to pee it Bessiewanted
to go up •with her, but the; hither 'refused
to permit it. ,At supper last night he gave
the children maplq.. syrup, • saying it "wars
good for colds and coughs. The children
sold it was bitter and refused to take it.
Bessie had . been ill, and aftee.reipper she
ley,' down -on a lounge ..andfell
Jennie, about , 9 o'clock ;went id bed,. e.nd
before going . started to waken, her sister.
Oswald ordered the child to. let: her atone.
Thegirt obeyed and went' to bed. When she.
came down in the morning, Omit 7 o'clock,
she found her father and Sister as above
Stated , ' The child . had: evidently, been
•sinothered, as a •piece ofcloth was found
stiffed in her.mouth. • It is supposed con-
stant breeding deer hia'aeinestip and finan-
cial troubles had turned his brain, and
when he sent his Wife away he had in con-
templation the, death of his daughters and
himizelf. . ' .
King Humbert and Queen Margaret ,of
Italy arrived at Venice .yesterday to epee
the exhibitiOne They Were conveyed to
the royal palitee gdedeles; accompanied
by a long proeessioe heats• maimed' by
gondoliers attired in' antVitie costume.
Geergia. boests of thtee stingy men. Ono
ortiliom Will net dririk -a6,•s intielrftter-usi
; mute eniessit he front another rearl!s will f•
the second recruited his •family.to write d
small. hand"' to SBA/O .and tho third
thick at night -in -order to Savo the
. rersenal and Literary.,
Prince Napoleon, Who is now living in
Switzerlapd, is occupied with his long,mediL
tated work on Napoleon 1, which is to be a At an influential meeting of • Montreal
.refetation of • the damaging • attack of citizens, held on Saturday, it. committee of
Larifrey and •: citizens and the Council of the Board of
A biography of the late EartItuseell is to Trade Were appointed to accompany the
.be written, by )51r. Silencer "VV,a1Pole, who is City Council deputation to Ottawa aria
to have the Use of Lewd Buesell's papers; Of Inge on the Geverierient .the necessity
which' a very large nember are the taking prompt steps to prevent the' recur -
possession of Of his family. • ' rence Of, floods.. •
Lord Lyons Will eentieee to bold
the A statistical publication, just reseed tt
Paris gmhassy for another two years. The Perie calculates that there -ate about
Queen has been most anxious that he should peislo:roto.0 onetime, n in. the, 1.V,
retain the irePortent po ' belies
rendered such val e vices ...to the An Athens court-martial hail sentenced
todeath three eflicera for treachery ,in hav-
ing sertelidered•to the Turks during frontier
fighting. Five others eharged with the Same
•Offence. Were' acopitted. •
Advices from Crete report a fight boa'
tiveeu heed of Turks and 11, number. of
'Christians, which , resulted in several
deaths. The,Turics Itidnspped a:Chris-66n
gie and were attaelt6d, by het friends,
BectIanarhaitne*--teeelied:-•tlio Islandz.of. ,ManOliestet people, are °nee more at.
Skye, and 'hi into the erofter gees- }tempting to raise money for a:Matcliester
tion thoroughly,. • Mr. Cluterberlein's welh ship canal- The largo meeting yesterday
known opinions concerning hind. -make' it Was sanguineiu tone. • 1.0*Oal anbScriptiOns,
pertain that he Will, return aa champion according to ; Maneliester Mere., reach
leittly three Millions sterling,lerivreg Only
Of the erofters. • •
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The will of the late Mr. Alex. Mitchell,
of 'Milwaukee, the .Scotch:millienaire; has
been read in private to ,his family. It has
not yet been .filed for probate,: The follow-
ing
,:beinests have, however, been made
public: •Protestant Orphan Asylnin,
140,0001 Catholic Orphan Asylum, 85,000;
Milwaukee 'Mown, as ' the Nip.
Yeet Hospital, 010,900; , St, Mary's Catho-
lic HOspits,l, ,000; Young Menai Christian
Associate:in ,;510,000 'Neshoteri - House
(Episcopal) Seminary at Nasho-
tan, 5e,000; Racine College $5,000. • The
iipinion prevails that there ,az-le ether public
bequests which, cannot noWbe Made public,
owing .. to the native of the provisions for
their adMinistratien.. . . • .
The Italian acieernment his received
atirmingadvices front MassoWelf, and has
ordered three battalions to reinforce the
garrison there y ,
.Lord Salisbury's eldest ' son Will be met:
tied in the palish church of the House of.
Commons on May 17th to the' second
daughter of the Earl of Arran, .•
A....colesseal-system-ef robberyby-
of prepared. packs of Cards has just been
'discovered at the Casino' at -Mcinte Carle.
,The proprietors of the tables have lost
•1190;000:- • .
The 'widow of , the late Mr.. Frank ,Foi,
nia.n, of London, Who, died twoweeks since,
succumbed to the shock yesterday, leaving
two daughters to Mourn .her
- Captain. George- P. Calder, ' of • the Hose
Carripeny,,Brantford; was presented with a
valuable gold watch' on Saturday smiling at
the parlors of the company in appreciation
of his faithful and efficient services. - ' •
:•N-otice is, given in last week's Gazeite of
the incoxppistion,of Charles Riordon,
Barbet, J. G4 Riordon Themes Reynolde
and W. J. •Douglas ;under the mine of
'Tho Atlantic Pulp and Paper Company,"
for the r.aarerfactire wood pulp and
paper, „ 9 '
Chid Engineer Jennings, of the Western
°Merle Peal's, • Railroad, . said that the
tracklayers wereeightand a -half miler!
from Rielimorid street, London, on Sunday
and would ley one and ehalf miles before
night. They Will possibly : bo within the
corporation limits on Friatty next.
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Tho Italian Government denies there-
ports received • at %Cairo from Massowith .
that a battle had, been fought between' a,
large body of Abyssinians and a force of •
Italianiry.'ilioh-was--adianciegenICeren. An
official denial is also given to the fitatement
that. the Government, owing to the receipt
of alarming intelligence from Maseowah,
had ordered three -battalions , to reinforce •
the garrison there. •
• It is estimated at the Tree:Seri, Depart-
ment that the debt decrease for April
amounts to1112,50Q,000. '
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E. Lavin, a Manufacturer of leather .
for pockitoks, committed redaide • in
Central Park; Now York, on Saturday after-
noon, because he had failed to keep &pro-
mise made to his affiance to stop drinking.
Two sharp shooks of 'earthquakewere
felt at Spokane Bells, Washington Terri-
tory; at 4 o'clock on Saturday morning..
The vibrations were from 'north to smith. '
Man', of the Pigeon* were _aveakeniel. • . •
There was only e MomenVizinterim betWeen.
the sh7ocks. • •
During a heavy show
noon& waterspout -bur
West'Peterboro', N.H.
dameging.washonteev
on Friday after.
Fairbankap hill,
caused the most • •
own in the town,
Rocks Weighing two tons Wer.eitioVed-froni---7
their bed • and .left in the:•middle of the '
Saturday night at 12 o'clock every Senor
license in Fall' River, 'Mass., expired', e,na
prohibition under the license law took effect:
There were 0(44 three hundred'. licensed
licitiOr -dealers in the city; which will lose •
$60;000 in revenue annually derived from:
licensee. • • • ••
•'"I'leurcepzieunaonia is reported to be more
-prevalent among cattle in Chicago and, its . ,
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vicinity •• than , ever before. a' Stringent
measures for stamping 'outthe plague. have
been adopted, as Many as .200 diseased :
aniinaleteing'slaughteredirinne day.
The dead bodies of three negro brothers
'named Sylvester Were found; hanging to a .
tree sik miles -east - of Procter; W. Va., on
Friday, each beak -bearing. the following
placard:: :“ Nigger thieving • • iWilst be
broken 'Up," • • '
• Jay and Lee Moore; aged 14 and 12 years, •
(ilia Ira and Bettie. Hotchkiss, aged 11 and. : •
Q, :sons of well-to-do farmers of , South
Valley, Cattaraqui County, N.Y., on Satur-
day went fishing along the Allegheny River.
They found and entered. the skiff and '
Pushed out. The Swift current immediately
-
caught and capsized .the. boat and all four •
were drownecl. t• '
On Friday.EdivirdA_Semuels, a promi-
nent Srloms merchant,. jumped bone the. '
bridge in Nashville,',Tenn., into the river. • •
Ile Was'. rescued and . Minoved - to • the.'
hospital; where he died yesterday morning. •
He said his reason for attempting suicide
was because. ho had broken a promise made:, .
to his wife that he would-,arink no Mora
intoxicating :
•
,sTE.A.N.GE ATAL ACCIpEpit. •
A Laey.DiOwniiiiby Fairing into
. „
•A sad and fatal accident happened :early •
Thursday ,Morningto a Mks, Rafferty,,ak, ,
widow,of advanced years, *hose •son teens
ii,„-grocerY store Onthe cornetof Murray and.
Ottawa streets, Montreal, in what was the. •
inundated district. '• Mrs. Rafferty had.",
!veiled' thestore before , a.m., when a. •
woman came in for Beanie „goods, and;- going •
to the"hack. of the shop, Where it was dark,...,
to serve her, deceased stepped upon a trap'
doer; which gave way beneath, her weight,
and ehefell:intO the, water Which filled the.
celler. Her screams brought tlieereitoiner
to the edge of the ttep door, and •
to•catchMrs.Rafferty'a hand and called for, •
help, but While a young men wastrying to
i.make his weytothe hole the -woman was
forced to relax her holden Mrs: Raffeity's
hand; and the' latter, fell; back and.disap-
peared under five feet of muddy "Water.
Her eon; who heard the screams, rwitied ,
from hie bedand jumped into the hole mid:
rescued hie mother, but life was extinct.
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The- State Lottery, 'of ,Ansttia-Hungary .„
Ameng ,the new ' novel e Whieh were
published this Week is one named "My Own,
Love .Storyl" the author °Li:Ali:eh is H. M.
Trollope, the eldest see of thalate Anthony
Trollope., This is Mr. Trollope's first
attempt ,fiction. • , ' •
Mr. Chamberlain, with -)ais eVcr faithful
'Mr. 3'eZse Collings;:continning:his tour ,of
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'hist ,year nettedicprofit of, 6;000,000 florins. .
.Ast Osnal, the fleece Was cut from t
We,,a'ktine6te pockets
to carry .with you no there," portable innp.• • .
erty, as Dickens calls' it, than is absolutel
:tei-"c'etet4hNsiaenw`rgY• cit -h e°°backs; 11n:th'verebe,rrtawCieli?-iiiiiiii' -i.Cf46101:"
ctritrasting or 'harmonizing With that .cif
the glove. 4. ' • • •
1
-Tho fresh importation of 'French white
toilets, embroidered anti lace-trimnied,
ractrVels.ef Parisian skill, art and reetehe
i'fashien§ble:a. ettee is ' that':
staWberrica must, be eaten With a forkand
never with a spoor. How about ' eating
thorn With e, .renuth,. •
advice to: hOnadwives, Yrinu
Riffe00: To preventeasting meat from
burning, place in the 'Avon a basin. full of -
Water. n.‘ho steam will alSo ,preveet the "-
'Meat' getting dry." . '
Oma ia, lrihztti " ntraTeTo-r a4e not
taxed in this Country as they are in Switz-
- 1111 here t1v 11ne ti stipportlalt
tho‘ thcatrek livery rnen 1-ke :cream Li •-•
scdoons, so things are itteut eVeil.'? •