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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1887-06-17, Page 2MOTION% , . • igatklueTanalits Fighting Tor Theirlgoinei Pepper, itellinte' Water, • Bees, *tee Vied as Wenlcris ofWar4le• A DANIA oaNe sari: The evictions at RodIk9 Continue, - The tenantii are offering tal the opposition in their ,power to the abeilff and his Pelee! 'Pellet& and troops, • and find various meansto serinuelY annoY. , the °Moore In sie.eae of 4bit ,houueu from Which the ocemPante were to be evicted • cayenne pepper was burned, the filmes of , whit:linearly ehoked the bailiff; Boiling vat" walla's° thrown from the windows upon the evicting Ora). At two home where evictions, were .effected • collisions 00eurred between the peliee andthe • .Ple and a number of arrests were made. " en . the Sheriff's force arrived at the house of tenant IaatlY and ordered the family to leave, se:daughter of Mr. Liddy threw an hen hoopat the bailiff who attempted to • force the door. Thehoep miesedtke bailiff, but ettitoVelinliceinipector:-.Thtgiri was ,tarrested.' A brother c•f • the girl was also arrested for inciting the crowd to violence. Another daughter of the tenant, who de- nounced the treatment her family were receiving, was struck by a 'policeman .and felled to the ground. Th:is, maddened the crowd, and they advanced for thelimPose of atteaking the officers. Michael' Devitt, who was present at the eviction, pleaded • with the people net to use Violence and befearinatieged te) itert-a collision.. After • , the Liddy family had been evicted, the police made an attack 'upon the Mese of a man named Molkirtmars,,,whii3I Was, strongly fortified. Crowbars. were need, and a hole was made through the wall... Moblainare'ri wife and children were. in the how* and cried piteously until Mr. 1)avitt shouted words of comfort to them. . MONamara was •, arrested for‘ peltfig the beg.iffs,With dung, ' The bailiffs inhUshed,the,fu.rnittire,* , the house out. ofipetie malioo. Thefettoetafter„ leaving the, hot*, proceeded to that moue • pied by tenant Hussey, for the purpose of evicting him. It is thought the police have. extremely warm work beforethem.' When the evicting fOrce reached -Thuseey's house they were received with a alienver .of boiling watet, stones and, bottles and a swarth of bees were let loose upon theta. • The tenants ' desisted hoin Pelting 'the bailiffs only when t,he -troops threatened to fire. The bailiffs deincilisheda wall and entered the bonne, but 'were repulsed bleed. •-lugt.;-•-pie-evietionWas-effected-onlynfterte • struggle of two hours and a half. The male 'defenders of the heulie 'were arrested:, A meeting of tenants was afterwards held, att _which MiehttelDa:eitt ,kepeeted the. sia- wicP hfi.ftwo thP134,YeatortiPty. *mint 05,49,!. 9.7iorY *cam, and 'detkna the Go., iiiiintentiOarrest him. , ;. 4,- • .. BodYkii is in county Clam and the, evic-: nil are on the estateof Col. O'Callaghan. • • • • . • CASTLES IN THE AIR. York Magnates to Build a ,Grand Crahedant- " New Yorkleepatok says: New .York attestoidelied to -day, to learnethat a pro- ;*•miniunoth Protestant :BOBO° Cathed tject •was on footto bnild in the Erta:iire pity, sfSiond Weetminiter Ah Or St: Cathedral, infaot. Bishop Potter :etie-efficio,President of the Trustees end all . the committees. The Board now eludes , among its. trominent ineMbers se Di. Morgan- Dix, Dr. Wililam R. • untington, Rev: E. W. Donald,' Hamilton Pisb,StepbenP. Nash, George llaoCulloch Miller; '• Samuel I): Babcock, William W. Astor, J. Fierpontelfergan Cornenes Tan,' derbilt end Richard .-Aiichinuty-ntimes 'which themrselvesnre a guarantee that a 'building done under their, 'direction will be worthy Of the city they represent.. The .pIan is to erect the grandest church build.' • Mg in America, and olie of the greatest eitliedrale in the ,eicirld. It is only set,' tled-that the- Cathedral Of St. John the . Divine -as the edifice is to be' knottet.--will be situated On Manhattan Islarid„ and,•if possible), on I lofty and conspienous tient Where its monumental character mill dominate the entire. island: For this.pnr• - pose a plcit at least four times the size of that.en Which St. Patrick's is built will be needed: 'Bishop POtter,will issue a circular letterin afew days giving. the' plan Of his •official sanction, and subscriptions will be -called-fer-te-carrY-forward--the-Work."--'The. ,preporsed • oitthedral, itis eStiniatekWili .ceist about 66,000;000. righting,in South America. Pantinue despatch •says A veritable,. di funeral party" recently took place near 'Meriden, Yucatan llexico....A general row •beeke'ont among the guests who had 'ae- • sembled to celebrt a marriage. ceremony, f And during the t seven persons were •'tilled, the groom being among the number. The following cable message addressed to the Coned' of • Eoundoe at Etantuna from • Guaquegml.,:under date of Pitay 24th, his been received : ." A fight took place in Ee- nieraldas on the 18th instbetween fifty re*ular soldiers and tivo hundred moun- taineers under Sandoval. The latter were defeated. They Iceit twenty...men, had -several:of-their number , captured and lost ,thirty rifles and a number of carbines." , PersOnal Points. Roe. Dr, McCo h, ?rest entof Pnneoton ;college, is ill with bronchitip. . liaggerd's hest novel has , had a euriette „ix enence in an English public library. ,�'King Solomon'e Mines" is Plated among it works en mineralogy. • • -"„, • qCalvin S. 'Brice, who was it poor school- • cher at Lima O.; a few, years ago, has ned •jarnee Lima, Bennett's gorgeous at •Newport for the summer. Mr. rice has made his: fortune as a railroad iikilidatot.„ and hie traneactions have the ' 'ref being legitiMat,e. , • • • 'amusing incident occurred reeently Mimi. at Beffale Bill's show. Mr. ,:Lopen, was, strolling sheet. th9•. " e and fell „in with a papoose, • ti Aimed him • gentleman was admittedah g kiwy9r to the bar 'of New Yoric 'Value of the produce ef the fitheries Dominion for 1886 was.418,679,283; eine in the video of•the - A 18.14AMIST'S BOKA.N'OE. . . . _ deee . Theuitlitter A• caaadian Railway • Enineg:Driver, , . . Hitlilax, N. S.,. despatch. says: The , reoent. deeth of an -engine driver on the Interco/Mad- BanwAYe known joseph McLellan, haa ied to the diseovery -of a rOmAnee oontieetk4 rith hia lile. He ottnie to Truitt= from Ealborgbr Boot - lend, thirty -live year agoHiB - 1 'nem& Was^ 44gePli” Moqill. 'Re deserted hls "wife and seven children there. On his arrival herehe assumed the name -of Joseph. McLellan. Shortly lifter, wards he obtained a potation =the •iilt11. colonial RO driver, and was engaged on the rod for. the third. of a century; Hie deeterted Wife' never heard: any traceof him., Twenty- five ' year ago , he was married again, to it Halifax gir' I named Sarah Tobin, by whom he had four chi'ldren, who survive. Last year the aged bigamist, ap- ;parentlystruclelyeremorse in his old age, revisited. Edinburgh and •Cought ent hie first wife and children. They were all dead ex- cept two, a deughter,nowlfre. jane Fraser, and her sister Sarah. These he told the story of his shame and crime, and promised to make provision for them out of property he had accumulated. He returnedagain to ?algal, but never revealed his .romance •to his second wife and family. Recently, while oiling his engine, he fell off the step of -the lottomotive- and !Arndt the-.sharp spent of his oil can, which entered hie head, above the ear and killed him instantly. A few- -days-ago his daughter, - Mrs.- Jane Fraser, arrived here from Scotland, made affidavit of the facts- of the case' to judge • Shannon and has obtained administration of the estate of her late father. Thus she and her sister will secure his life insurance andall his property, and the second' wife 'end her -family are left out, in the cold. • •• • 'Fi.p.,A***Tor .DIViDED. • Plaint'. Story of an Aged Couple ' wise Ohose to:Die .Together. , Jersey City; NZ.; despatch says: Pro- fessor Charles Sieilhorf and his wife aged 21 and 92 reire.respectively, tired of a' long end futile struggle , with. destitu- tion, committed suited° this afternoon at Union Hill. Siedhorf, itissaid,. was a professor, of, chemistry at : One, time at Heidelberg University.. He tame to Union .Hillal3oitt_thiety,ilie _years: ago._,Heesup-, norted hireself by writing fer the newspe: pers, making translations and occasionally- lecturitig upon chemistry and '131ectrioity,. In 1872 he onened's hoarding echool„whiph prospered forseveral yeitrallint his Vatroils ' gradually deserted hien and the echool*.,was desed shout eight years ago. An invest.' ment in a Patent cooking utensil Cost him several thousand dollars and he gradually beottme despondent. The colipirS had been living in poverty for some time; and the Mithoritiee had decided to remove Siedhorf to the county hospital. He was :gra,nted a week to arrange his 'affairs, and to -day When the ppermaster called at the apart ments occupied- by the , couple Siedhorf asked for an hour longer.When the officer -rilturned he found the couple lying ' on the floor: The woman:Was. dead and the man. died befoie medical sidarrived. They had taken cyanide of potatisinte" . • Siedhorf left'anu,mberd rainblingletters bbnioaning his circumstances. Heletties his scientific hooka to Columbia College; •, Wearing Apparel, in a Bottle. •„ , PrettyAnnie • Pixley, •New ,',Yrerk ' i favorite s quite as delightful and dfoll iii private: life 'ate-elii3-1a. on „the • stage. I remember crossing the Canadian border once in cot:tipsily with her and her philoso- pher husband, to wit, Bob Fulford, whese presence at my elbow reminds meof it. _ SoniebodY '; had Presented Bob with a ',nettle of Choice 'brandy in liaise of sielden sickness On the train. With 'Woman's characteristic thoughtfulness,: +she little Pixley stored the bottle in her handker. In colirie an officer of the customs Caine • alongand spying the hind -hag asked the mischievous owner what it ' eon- tained. : ' • . Withimit an insitint'e hesitation or coe- fusion die replied: ” Wearing apparel." • " Vila you open it, please wasthe ready response, and givipgit at-fiip,-the---bottle -of-brandy:jos •brought tO view. : ' '" Call that Wearing apparel? " asked the istoniehed Official': 1 • ' • " Yes sir," deinniely answeredthe little woman. It'emy husband's "night-cap." • No,, My son, the, bottle was not con - *cited. „ . • 'Northwest Food Produets. , • At Senator Schultz'a Committee CI Ertquir' y into the iqorthweet natural food products, 111,a evidence of Mr. Forget ,•wati concluded yesterday.He stated that the Indian tan eat threetiems as_nutch as whiteman. • Bacon wee unhealthy foodfor • the Lidians, and in time Of ecareity the Goirerninept, phould, supply 'fresh • beef, potatoe9', " • wild' •and barley, • The Indians should be encouraged to grow barley, for which a market might beigund.: Hops might also be Cultivated, as they • etre easily picked by children and sqgaws: :the rivera runninginto the 13-askettehewan- from the Rocky Miiiuttaihe nthan' , with a pan and a shovel could uteke11.50 per day washing for gold, with occasional nelt Free the Second,Iiii d were Too Dear.. • "1 reckat we'll hey to give lip the . idee, of ptittintrpicturea in ourparlor, Miranda," remarked jereninth Turtairrneed, &She threw the bridle tinder the table. , "Why?" inked Miranda. "Teo dear. , Why, I priced one t thebity tO:day; and the ,dealer 13Eili.,, Be..Z he, •' That's, an, Old , master ; --its price, is 85,0002 Why,' sez. I; 'looks like.a eecoxid- hand pietur'.' • '' Yes, it is," nen he. • Thee,, in thinks I, ' a seeond-handpectue wets that mucli, it's o tete to price a ,iitel en. Po, Mirtindy,, reckon well have to hang .up a few mottoes, 'God Bless' Our Home,' aid ' -1,1te end let the picture . go."--Pittoburg wNit , to introduce you -fir.Vtinit plant' Coeossetti, of the old regim,,„ e., . Travelling Yankee.: Glad to iiiest yOu, Connt. I haven't got any omParedrazors to hone • c.with 1681- P" remeniber, yOu.-tid,.13,itai • lice of, p , u you 11 give me your card t • r'••• •LTIgt` . TELEGI-11.4PJ310 SUMMARIt. T'hgegtoinc.661')' enda*T"wpbtPrtial4.0untatthe 11Q3ufie:0300n(Kinr: excroaive o Ntr,a, CarrOicee, 610,000. • , Thoinau, th Z year4ad son. of jentkes KaVeentgli, ef Kingaton, e wiari there On Pitturds7 night and was drowned. rAioedelutotatioolittafroweintoth,e2ayothotrevrgal Be oaur wiU liter, of Justice thenecessity fee an in- crease in the !shales of judge!. The sPeoifieations for the Pilling tothe boundary hove peen, prepared, andtenders for its constructiall are being ,called fer by the Manitoba Government,• ' The wife of 4', W. Belli M. P., has received a letter from him at the Toronto A.syluM„ and it speaks of hilt recover of health and probable early return to his home- • • • ° The body of Mr- Gillespie, ,a young mar. lied man who disappeared from his home at Clpton about a month' age; Was found in the Niagara River at ,YouUgstOwn On Friday afternoon. St Jettn.Raptiste Society Of Ottawa has adopted an address td the Queen and ' in the name of the Freneh popnletion Ottewa-congratulates Her Majesty on at taming to the fiftieth year of her reign, meraOrial from Quebec and Montreal ehippingagents and leading captains of the St Lawrence urging the desirability of Previdingterber.„ a...refuge at .Eathee, Point will shortly.be forwarded to Ottsets. On Stiturds,taftenioon a farmer named -Vfm. Kirkpatnell„while-drivingacrose-the Grand Trunk teadeten miles east Of King- ston, was struck by an engine and killed. His body was carried several Miles On the cowcatcher. A biwglar went through four of the boarders' clothes in lifilik•Grabam's'•board- ing'hense on Park avenue, London, yester- day morning, and secured three watches and, chains, one gold and twosilver. -The back- door was left unfastened. No clue. . • In reply to an inquiry whether Lord Lansdowne could en_cept an invitation_to visit Montreal on the occamonof the jubilee 'celebration, His Excellency states that owing •to previoue engagements for the sante even.t he is unable to leave Ottawa. • On Saturday afternoon the body of a female' infant was - found buried in the gravel On the river bed near Kensington .Rridge_Lendon......Aninquestwashelcland a post mortem made, but owing to the de. composed condition of'the body it was dif- ficult to determine whether the child was horet,o,lise or tTlieriestrpoma (tAioprned for :Efforts tweet 'ecaccdet-ty.theNeiteeor Hull to compel the new Eddy Manufactur- ing Company to pay the 'Romen.Catholic Public School tax. Previous to incorpora,, t ' ion :Mr. Eddy,, who is et Protestant, paid the Separate or: Protestant school • rate, amounting to 0809 a year, the Catholic school .rate amounting to 94,000. • The company will contest the payment. • • William Enibledoe, aged 21, a resident of Harvey; York 'County, N B.,Was •instantly killed on Saturday afterncion' -On the New Brunswick Railway, near Mega- guadavic Statimi., He Was coupling oars loaded with fogs; Standing between the oars: The doupling link :missed hold And the cars came ,together, jamming Emble- don's bead ton jelly between the ends ,of two logs. • ' •The Greek Government intend. negotiat7 ing foe a pia loan of $30,000,000. „ • The final estimate of the victim& of the Paris Opera Cornique places the number at 180, : • Prince Bismarck is anxi.ous for a renewal .of• the TripleAllianee on e firiner basis than the last. ' The Hessian. Givernment; are following the Prussian Government in abandoning thetonfliot with the Vatican. Two °Moore said to have belonged t� the United States ciemy and navy respectively, have cOmmitted etucideat Monte Carlo: • Dr: Morell Mackenzie, of London; Will perform a econc14 operation on Crown Prince Frederick Willi/till's-1 throat on Gen. Perron, the flair French Minister of War, has offered Gen. Boulanger the com- mand of an army cerps, but Gen. Bonlan, ger has asked 'for fevernonthie"rest. Vref..Steln, the eminentpolitical econo- mist, of %Berlin, has issued a pamphlet showing the military inaportanca to Greet Britain of the Canadian Pacific Railway.' • TheE mpress of G ermany is greatly en- feebled. She does net venture to walk 'in the grounds Of the palace any mote; her dally exercise being limited -to that derived from being wheeled about in a chair.• , King Christian IX; of Denmark has Paid a visit to hie: daughter; the -Duchess of Cumberland, at the asylum • at Penzing. The condition of the Ducheseis nnchanged., The ging, passing thieingli. Vienna incog, rate; eiiitedthe Emperor. ' • • . , , •The AineerOf Bokhara,has dismissed all the Officials of his Government tonna in- triguing against Russia. He his informed the Governor, of Teiheetan that he and his subject e are, impatiently waiting for the great link .which wffi conned theircountry with ' Russia, and • diffuse 'civilization throughout Central Asia. • considerable . amount of Centred Asia produce, especially cottim, is heing Bent to Russiaover the extension Of the Trans. Caspian Railway to Samarkand, in Asiatic Resent. Russia has forbidden that Qhinese shall acquire land in towns on the 'Pacific • coast, They will only be allowed to lease estates entside, of tovree. The No*. Zealand Government; • •Sir Robert Stout; Premier, was defeated . in a tat vete taken in the•Colonial Parliament .on Wednesday. The Ministrymnoe. resigned, .Parliament was dissolved and an appeal -to the, country: taken. 1. The regular electiohe have been set for Septem- ber next, There has been general die- satisfactien in the colony for some time past ever -Sit Julius Vogel's land nationali- C a keine r z a ttusi ofrz ?s Frarisam' and hni generalpintntne)n 1, at an:g em or aiftnihnt: es IleilleeteirtwitilhighLtYrdReRv:IdllphtrtkiCIII:elhi71 apecch atWelverhatapton Fide ' 8 end.ea b, Y tooth* john Bull.seYrfoittgahlyt'.11coanve- .-1,...0,4•1(.4...71•44.••••••*1.1•4, • 3 itsoaor halt mond a victory on tte • • + • rniPg sitTry 1:424ntsiabr..1.0 )214.4! :inetlo'inowlea$0 acquired. broad, agOrio in the moat positiVe term e that any Vet between one Of the treat KnroPea° 26wars 'and England would. Involve a foreign sion of the 'latter, On the either hand RandOlpli,"speaking from knowledge auir' ed,sta Cabinet Minieter,•esserts that ta, one Of the 'principal stronghold's if ClreettBritain irtEuropetni not peoirided With proynnons or ammunition •fer more -than the weskit.' ' „ • !3/4 , Mr. ;W. -Reid editcir 'of 00 'New Tod( Tribune, has been dangerimily ill for the last fete weeks of typhoid teed. • Re will , 'ec°veelv—ennttal* eetiee. • Thof the, American Medical Association will be held in Chicago on TtieSday, June -7th, and will continue in sessien until the Pride" following. From 1,090 to 1.„600 physicians and ,surgeons are expected to be present. A New York despatch says thoreport that Walter P. Phillips, • general manager of the United'.PreBs, has been drowned in the Eit.Lawrenoe, is an error. -Mr. Phillips is atpreesent in New YOrle and in his usual health. A Texas & Pacific express train was robbed by four masked men, eight miles west of Fort Worth,, 'Peas, , on Saturday •night, and81,360 wee token from the, ex - probe oar and three •registered letters from the mail ear. The passengers were not molested. ' .• ' • • Alittiite10 18 10 be given at Rideau Hall on June 21st in honor of the Qmpen'S Ju.- • The. License Inspector at Kingston is prosecuting the -keeper -of a -militia :canteen for selling liquor on Sunday., -Bishop Walsh on Sunday blessed the tomer stoneatei foundation e of St. Philip's (R. C.) Church; at Petrone. The huilcling 'Will cost &bent 08,000. • •• , •',The GOvernor-Genered and Lady Lane- downewillg� on a fishingtriptciMetapedis at the close of the session, afterwards visit - big the citadel. at Quebec'. •I ,.....Tine..entutal....meeting of -the ',Bank' of Montreal was held ie Montreal 'yesterday, the, reporte being unanimously adoptedand , the Old Board of Directors re-eleeted. • The London Beard. Of:Aldermen' last night voted 08,000 toward B the expense of the -railway; demonstration and, _Queen's Jubilee celebration on the 201h.• and 2let Inst. • The .sChooner 'Alfred,-- Capt. Longniere, has been 'seized' at Annapolis, U. S.,. for rsniuggl'ingoil from the United. States, It is follow. ' oitated,45.thatetatherqselaurerp4Smlitely4 ' ..41q3ebetlyotanquaileioven Ohildivastound yesterder morning at the end of Peroy Street, neer.Stewart's bush; Ottawa. Death had been recent, and evidences 01 hid play were evident: • • y statortaly•-tbe-linualoaa.A0440pii^ unau;Ot the'Aernia Offoroa-breiw,tertauigi',71. Boom of *how have ,beert evidecr,mithin the, past fortnight. Oniinouely enoughoha--,- • tenantry on the Ponsonby estate)! were the, fliet to adopt the Plan of Campaign. It . was the priest. the Rev. ?tither YoUng O'Hanlan was killed. T . Tor the; Plan ie regarded' As one off the' . great ' est imPortanee because this landlord Me been supported by the Landlords' De, fence Union, and the Orange Clubs ft re, siding the tenantry. • - • • The French and Russian ambassadors:, have lodged the objections of their Govern- ments to the ratification -by Turkey of the Anglo-Taddsh Convention relative te Egypt. M. blended, the Russian Ambit]. Bader, in communicating his Government'$. objection», hinted'that if the Sultan rati- fied -the Convention such action might cost him his throne. He also indirectly charged] England with bribing the Grand Vizier with £600,000 sterling and other palace officiate, with large amounts; to securetheir approval of the Convention. The Sultan after his interview •with M. Nelicloff immediately. • summoned Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, • 'epeciaUlritnth envoy, and questioned him, as to the truth of the charges. Sir Remy , indignantly denied that he or his Govern- ment had been:. guilty 9f bribery. The Turkish officials who were said to have re- ceived bribes also warmly protested their • innocence. ' • • It is rumored in Montreal p�litical air - dee that -Mr. Cowed, M. P. has been offered a seat in the ,Dominion Cabinet • in. view of the reported resignation • of' Mr. • Chapleau, and that Mr. Girouard,' M. P., will be asked to &wept it if Mr. Cowie,' . . A daring robbery was perpetrated yes- terdaymorning' hi the Montreal Post -office, a package containing from twenty-five to thirty registered letters being--abstraoted through the wicket of' the registry office while the clerks' backs 'were momentarily turned. The thief got safely away with his booty, and so far no clue has been ob- tained. • The Department of • Marine at Ottawa has received advices . that five Newfonnd, land. fishermen, picked im'at sea in a Small boat by the barguentine Maria, were landed at Little Glace Bay; Cape Breton; yester- day morning. They werealmoit famished and hadheen adrifton-therocemi for seven days. ; Their sufferings Were terrible. One of them had his • toes frozen', which will .hatie„to be amputated. The: Germania, admits the: - truth.. of the report that"Dcille Panl, of ',Meeklenbutg- Schiverin has . returned to the. Roman Catholic Church. . ' ' • Entperor Witham' caught a gold during his visit to -Kiel list Week, and is ceniPelled to remain in his apartments. There are no serious Symptoms. • . The. London Times • Flirt :Gladstone itudadonely trieraphs in his own Wrong. His apology. in his speech at Swansea for the'obsteuction Methods in Parliament of the opponents of the Goverment Irish Bill„ it admits, gives the Government a grave .difficulty to confront . •• .A. deenateh, from Lagoa says'. that a rather serious:disptite has arisen between Ole English and the grenek With reference to the ownership Of a portion of territory rthiretilliceh• coils:C. near. ' P4.3rte„ Novo. The Eng. lieh and ' the natives had hauled. down the • • • • The King and Queen of Italy Yesterday; atti3nde1 ' the Ceremony Of unveiling menunient to the 'Italian soldiers who fell in the recent :battle at Denison with the Abyssinians; ,number of • survivors of the bettlereceived dernoestrations,of -sym- pathy from. the, people, • . • , A collision , occurred in the St. George's Channel ' yesterday between the British baiqueHamburg, fret* Near,. York' ' for Liverpora,, and the steamer Tern; The steamer was sunk, sea her captain and emir seamen • drowned: The Tern was 609 tone bertlien; and was frcart Mediterranean ports. , . ' • The House of Commons re -assembled yenterday---4110 anniversary of the 'defeat ef Mr. Gladstone's Governmeht last • year on the:budget 4'proporsa1s.Business is so much ;behind, that a . dritetio etep must soon be adopted. -The House Wont into committee em.• th• post -office estimates, 'and Mr. Raikes'annowaced a new system of pettertie poet which Met with pmeral approval. • , • . • • A Caloutte cablegram says: It hag been proved beyond doubt, by the picking up .of the captaM's &est, that the dean:ter :Sir Vohn "liawrenee was. lora in the recent cyclone eff this Oast: The steamier eerried ole 47 :se: ix Lye an s:see:nus gr6enrriesnnatiVe , et lila; veeteolhoi:eoVh;tilwiht number were lost, 'The largestnpfrwaieertrtjaisgfvvnintlhitige and g f�r eonimenaty,here, te-Jee•-•,e,cireg or gfiiefitl-t.tMs,"„sblsat° the were among the passengers; • . "• :4•Queerrstown de, e4pabbh.,, says:: -The Plan • .„ • wile warm' careerated,. and on %te victoryie estate 7 Half e. million 'has already beenrained' for the purposes of the new Protestant' „ Episcopal -Cathedral it Nevr-York. - A Chicago despatch aye: Just one ward declared yesterday in favor of boodle and. anarchy. Except m Chicago's Sixth ward: the vote throughout the minty averaged d to 1 itgainat tbe twill evils. . •'• Mr. -W. W. Corcoran, the aged million- aire; 'of Washington, philatithro.piet, Was. euddenly stricken With pctralysism the left • arm and left leg yesterday afternoon While at the dining 'table. His, condition is not considered seeiotte;" • . , flirtatious 0Seu,. •Courteay to fellowpensengers at sea is imperative. Nevertheless, it lamest unwise to form-intiiitacies with ship acquairttaneee. Adventerern of. both -sexes aboend ,cm -the ocean vessels and unfortunate indeed have- - been prime Of the complications I have' known to arise from anindiscreet disole- . • sure of family affairs to -these -persons -Be spading the flirtatiOns which are so preva- lent on shipboard', I wish I could " meet the eye" of every decent girl. whe is about tO4hu-srsolthelaPPuuetthd•zwernehereas (she • 7,;:ti„,;;;I:-.7zett?... Migholatr,,,:10._aaelftitiria.btare. WintAW, many • faseuravnag., trams roreigners Wtiom business or pleasure Calle on shipboard, and who 'are ever Wont to teguile the'tediturrof the trip by indulging in any anteunt' per, ' witted of flirtatioe, intrigue, or whatever " you ChOoil'e to call it, with .any nice -looking, woman who Will lend herself to their wiles:, . I recently made the trip on a. vessel with's very' respectable family from one of our • large Western cities, an niyalicl mother, n grown daughter and some , small children„-. A very, hansisome young British officer; gq- ing out tO join has regiment in Canada, was 'among the passengers,andtheiirl'sinfatua. tien for.him :was so Marked as .to be at first _ ludicroine'thennffensive to all the '• rest Of ... the passeegeremi the eessel.: With diffi- culty she was prevented froth acceptingbis invitation tojenrhitain his propesed toNiegara- The purger of the as lionent a soul as ever lived; took the mat : ter in his own -hands, and never, lost sight Of the,girl until he had pet her on beard . the far west train: tuid 'peen her start, home with her • Mother , and sisters; and brothers. -Olive Logan: • sacrifiee to the Dovil When the writer, of this article wss Orson in Yorkshire he had in hislparish a- blackeinith blessed or afflicted -which - 'shall we say seven daughtersand.„,•:. not a sOn.: Now theparisle.was a newly constituted one, and -it • had. a , temporary ' licensed service -room; but in the weele • before ,the newly -erected church was to be • cOnseerated the blicksinith's ••:,ivife. pre- sentCd her husband with a boy -hie first boy. • Then the blackemith ante tosthe • parson ' and • the ,folioWing conversation • • Blacksmith -Please, sir: I've got a little iadatlain; praised be, and.I want to have. him baptized on Sunday. • Parson -Why, Joseph, put it off' to .Thursday,,when the. new;. chtirdi Will be tonsecrated ; then yOur little . man will be .. the first Child christened in the new fent in the new oherch, - • :•• • Blacksmith (shuffling With hie feet, hitch- ieg his shoulders, :looking down) -Please, . • sir, folks say that the t' hist child as is haptised.i" it nevi church -is boundto dee • (die.) • ., The old un .(the devilyclaimsit: , I've seven lessee and but one lad. •;.*# is Were a lass agin "1 wouldn't 'a met but .meit!sii, led --Well, sir, I Won't rink it. •,7COrriiiill Magazine. • • Deceived by a Crow. Metter from Tescolte Ill., Seri A few' days since, while john Vali Dyke, well.: knowri.ntirseryinan of this city, together • with a friend, were riding 'along in a buggy neer Newman, they heard, as they pegged • Martin Epley'e barn, whet they took to be • the pitiful cry of,e, 'child proceeding frore that bending. "Oh, pa !" "Oh, pa 1"' the child , seetned to say, ,arid Mr. Van,,, Dyke, thinking it in distress, gave the lines to his friend,•leaPed out of the buggy, and went to its assistance. On opening the barn -door no child was to he Seen, but instead a pet crow which the family had confined during their absence., He wee/ t' l• satisfied there was e child' around until t e crow, with 11., peetiliar twist ef 'the head and neck, wotild bring out the cry, plain and dietinct, Oh; „pa," several times, 'It is ettid•to haveleertieci the words from hear- • ing the, children repeat them, It is also asserted that, by splitting a crow's tongue, he can be taught to to.lk Plainer than a parrot. „ • Just rive altbautei; Too tate; , , It lei related that upon one occasion,'when dommOdore. .13dkins was in command of., as oil hot 804:hiSit tem:: ttlin.81 1%3 xi:sotorfenupssesh8ni lYttah;iel shteei:gn in, c Inea. tri 1,.1 8:8 8k1 was leaving.: a ttai:e4rpg 000ulti aliEni 1: e.h41 thought. the • arriVe in 'New York upon a • 1e ",I sir„ we shall,beYVIU flee 'minutes iQ0, late -