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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1887-11-18, Page 2• trejand-rtle fitluirged Into 01,„."'..-fti040!Aid 1,12.130Speeeh, tO be Sap Bede ; •• OkAtiOltritEtt W114.2,14041*.' .A last/Friday), nighe'w liondon, gable to day and attended the,lind anutiatitieet- ' kg of the Midland Conseeitative Union. • Me wait astoompanieet by a deteetive, and the chief of the. Leamington; police. At Biemingnam.armed deteetivee were pone,' • St the dePet to Watch40r enspioienta.,:ebar- teeters: •Mr. Balfour received during she ' day A hundred ad reeeeetfront,contieteretwe ossomations, and in thitintitig,the dePuta-, ' tone when krnaeht theta tte gate ati!atitetnee • that, the Govermiteht, was Msolved to pro -- teed boldly and firmly -with the wok ,they had teltenelaliend in leeltuidatid bring" u a good ponolusion. admitted the task W,118 a diffteelt. one, lint held that •it was Peifecitly possible and'•cetpable cif 8110' • , 0988/111 aoemephsheipitt, Certain inoie,lents in Ireland had ' Painted 'some. of ,their, friends- sonie misgivtugii, but those nici.. • dents were dueEncie tolaolt of Xesolittion 071 , the part et the GeorernMent.„ hite to defeete in the law, whiettliad never Contemplated • thmeeenteetietreni 'et ',`• esigettred poptilar • Mr. Baifente addressed a taego and smithu. • Sittatie andiencesetibetettnlieli tiia 'ten - session of "Parliitinent' Eg1abd and Seet"I' lend .wouldgelet fair, where of -.16githation. Still, the Irielt flneetten ivendd remain: th,e •' foitemoat .pectelein khe ;mind ef . every gee Who took an interebe• the fortmies ef his 05untry: •.'-• Ile hal:Maitted that ' Me. Ghia - •stone --(hooting„ i•orien of. .4t 43hipti,"••••• and •• laughtia)=elthengh, had InlmtKoned has • .p.tograinine of , difiesn°C MPPS, • 80 take a very ',lively :interest in • it him. eielf. • • Recent 'Mt.:n*6We -*the offer' of the ..,plendering of the A: Socket' and, Welsh • Chtirehee,.ed *bribe, for the ',dieMezriter, • 4 ,.iment Of, .the., empty". Gledetenee dis •••• -played' little intermit in anything . ()meet *he. queitiete,' and no inahlutd done' • , *ea to .it to ignore she • Irish question, ' Aherefextte Ireland iwould ••• • 66' 00 0140.1f119.'±9,2,10 :0;00c was not. watlier Irelineetivite Lebo; - .koverned'ai.xdoi her Vint Or an -English Par- • .litintene,ttit Whether ishe wits to be governed' at all in. accordant:0' with anyof••those principles Which had hitherto regulated the seinen of every civilized State in the world. • „•Iteferling the.ereiltie..O1 the .•, TotiffzktivIge.;eZliterteltred Wie 10E%* ale 614°815SVICI*En's'Priatiketttgo Met" telt' pied Tbeizausey . king embraced •'Cluestianity.• • 'One morning Gladstone • announced hieiself•• Ruler; abet - forthwith; alai* section of the .Liberain • &dared $1010801V81* HOMO A11181'8, Seme• • •eie -them esphtined to a aceffing, public • the . • teastin.for their conversion, ,while like Harceeirt;tevitletitirltieleived-tiret "Least said Moneettininded " and that: •it. ' was possible for men to uttertheir Opithons Regarding 'Ireland and .yet retain thetredi. • *elm. hitherto goirernies, their party. ;They. •,• ,Itnight have tlitiinseltree with the Par-•• nellite pert,. ecefar as question Pt Heine • Mule*as concerned And rejected.fusitin:hut • they had untetead eeteeted, an • alliance ,ezid , Sauer -ea fusion, and their principal 'ohjeut now, as eteideneed by. every paragraph of •Gladidone3/401iliatneftil speeches, was to. ‘. sender . -diffients • the :.•governnient of, • • Ireland. % condemning Mee Glad - Steno's inconsistency and his • pre-' • . •sent Mr., • • Balfour . declared ' that not etitecif the evictions ncier occurring . .Could, hare been prevented, .• mien .if. the: anionsintent•Which Mr. Glittistone wanted •ad been insetted :in 'the • Latta:Bill. Mr. .Gliide:tone's.oriticisani on land legislition were strange indeed, denting from •,0' man . • • who for., Sixteen or .seventeen• years had • iruithittslYtinketed with the-qnestion, In • Regard inthe unhappy affair At Mitehelle.' town .111i. Gladstone • had attiniked him . •gielfitur) personally . for not listening in •Silencti to Letter attacks' made On men who Spent theit•lieee in defeent Of the'lew:'. That • •denitia •of •inaccuracy had pineeedi. Mr. Gladstone even. to Ids Cesettione on this ' subject: • But it was minetetisety-,tifeentet into• details in justifying the ,police.' • If; as • the; Nationalists "'and • Mr. Gladstone ,de- .1ighted•te,itay; the Police were defeated and Mutedicionlieany Oneblaine&hem-iCthey •• fired ••(i,1riett'ef "Oh.") ' The truth was, • theNationelietti, iechading Gleciiitettie,/ . nout choose upon horse .U14. Will they choose to triumph in the -":▪ " defeat. •Of 4the police, 1 let., them not blame ▪ the. police' kik firing in Belf-defence.• If• . they ,oheope, • to bay , , that. the 'pollee " were brutal 'bntohere • and they fired without Cause; lee.' us • hear - More of this indirect' trinatph or their, -defeat, (Cheers.) Mi. glailetone'e attack on the character Of Constable Whelehati, who .wee •• •initirdereil by: moonlighters, •was the • most • inonstroue of all' his 7assertions and ought; to .eause 'shame to his foLlolvere Ili's' 'state- ment that the police had paid an left:tinter previous to plauning-the outrage was totally •.•,eintrue. In comparison the. ntinibee..of ineetinge proclaimed by :coneerve;tivis -was nitich less than during Mr. Gladstone'e .adniinistration, • • . • . • ••. biel.Balfotir •ettidhe intended, •;to. stop; ritienkets 'who .direotly advocated. •• •Orinte, bete to.tolere.te thee° Who only talked •tionsenie. 'Earl Spencer, he said; moved • -uneasily in the Peritellite 'livery, • but Me. • Gladstone ad if" to the nialther born." 'He concluded by,. predicting that , ete'ecly. • application of. the 'present policy • of ' the • Governinent would in the Irieh be. • Coming enthusiastic and loyal supporters of empire Which'they by their virtues Were • . 'fitted to& adorn. . . • •• Me. Johnston, menther •• of Par. • lianient for Sonth Belfaet,* Conservative, Wade' a •OpeeCh 'to -night G-10.8gow. In the „ ' on tirse Of his remerlet he 'said, •that every •• -Orangeinen in treland Was deterinined to • take up' and nee Otte before he Woulet allow the Enepite to be tern . .Eatl Spencer, in a speech SaitrbOreugh- . this eeen,ing,esid it ill became Lord 'Hat- ,.• tingiOn t� make tosinnatione against Mr. Gladstone; that they were as undereetved end AllOgiO61 they were unfair: The treatment Ofiteland; without' tegard to her • matiOnet aspiratiOns„ Was bonnet to fail.: • . -e-Washingtbee, Irvieg Bishop, whose mind•reading tricks were exposed • kit , aspen heal in,Iteetrin and E0eLYork, he.s. turned tin ire Siiii-•:'Prienciseo. -I/e le at 'present eieWlY retOvering from an attack • ;•• of epilepsy, • • ,4 An„ert•Terontonlan's Deparinve, 60311 NOW A. Dispiptued Gambier. entirdere pup wire • Fork-lete Deficits. Child and Brother -On -Law and Com- e - A New Yeledes says : David Beett, heitamintin tho city, the , ktradie,-; Yeekerdaterekerning Mrs. Mary Bruner, the pet443•T in theela arm of VernenAretthene', reOtiteri Mrs; Olathe' Brownfield, who Co., and Prtendent tif the It/althea Paw ,,, lis at 1,922. West Chestnut street,called COMpattykhaa---Myeteriouely,dieeppeax4e at themeidence• of her daughter. As no Ate paysteey is pertly solved bithe des: 'One, Answered her ring she - raised -the covery, since Scot's disappeara.nce, Window of thei little olle-story frame Cot- thaV-ho has withdrawn considenibly over tage. The bight that met her eyes was a 840,000 in cash front. the firm of Vernon horrible one. • In the middle' of the deer Brothers & Co., and that he hes involved opening between the room Occupied by her the tiem With the Ivanhoe -Paper Company daughter and husband and their little dangle. to.'the'ertent, Of '•080,000,' and Visit- the ..ter a a or 10 Years, andthe one occupied by Lawrenceville Cement, Company, of 115 Wm. Bruner, a brother of Mrs. Charlie', one of.the 01:t est end. out ege,seful busi. Ouievi* deispatoh serf At 10 o'cleek Broadway, for 010,000 more. Brown.aeld, who resided with the family, • ' Mr, ,floott disappeared on .0otober was .the body of Charles B. Brownfield, her after helead hod a Jong and. expiting inter. ,•daughter'e husband, suspended by a strap, view With Mr. Thomas :Vernon, the ocelot elead. At the suicide's back' and on a bed petper of Vermin Brothers & Coginwhich in a dark cerner repotted the body of Wm. r, Vernon obtained .frem Mr. Scott scot A Bruner with his throat: !Mt keel ear to pertial. explanation -of :his business en. • ear. Facieg the self-natirderer in the other tanglements. While Mr. Vernon then and remit was another bed upon whickstiffened since Mr. Scott'd jilizeppearancei -bee been in their bleed; were the form e -of hie nits able te, • learn thr *mount in 'which Mr. and child. Their heads were almost. lectott haninvolved. the, arm, ‘het: has not I severed from their bodies. HeneethBeown- been able to find out where the Money went. field's'feet lay the razor With which'. the Re Themes Vernon said in an interview awful deeds had been ;:committed. The yesterday:• "yelr.'elitott has been •Wielt the bed clothing was drenched with bleed And atea for thirty years:10i- came to New t the faces of the vietinie .beenteaired so that. York frotu TOrouto,:ctinaila, with letter they were almost beyond recognition. On of introducautn, and was given a clerkship, at 06 e week. Be was bright and; intelli.• genCAnd he rose rapidlx,ineon4esteem.... After fire Yettre be was admitted to An in. tenet in the OM," - /, - • - • Mt.- Scott was also President of the ketwilho8Yille CeMent Company. The directors Met in the company's office, in the, Berge' building yeiderday., Mr., Alvah • one,ot, the etookheldene, said that -the: company held $10,000 in Mr. 'Scott's•notes, .betithey 'vvere fully1Moured and the' com- pany Xvoidd •lose nothing. ' i`• Mr. Hill added that he. believedile:ficott to be temporarily ar. 'Soo' it "is A lion Of 'Mr.'Scott, fektnerly SThiy,or of Ctuitonts Tine:onto, .110 18 'abet:it' 48 year's old, and had been with the 'firm of, Vemen,Bros. 4,q0. fen twenty-tve vent. The Istevv, York Run has the folloylE, lkil:71Corethisgaildm Yes:An teedainy tiOdttc'e private charities, will never be ;Woven! ,•• He was generous, charitablennd epenhanded. Theger are three • tonibetOnes in Greenwood' that he hie had eitioted' over young Men who haddied friendless,' Cep of these was the son of 'William' 'Lyon Mackenzie, the Canadianintriot of 1837. Many menitam, • eieth ekarez-44.4_legreaYeralf evihrcle Eatitte•-• Erkaerie-afOkeh-errt:--'-akeLfeeebbesnEa' Changed man for a ` yeer ptastinuldrank 00ine 'spa been to races; but I can't tinder- atond What he haii done with his tucney." • WOMEN IPIGHT WITH WOLVES. , , • • Keeping the Desperate Brutes 'at Bay With eLanterar-Till-Hrolp-Cornes. , A Houghton, Muth., despatch says : Dolphie Bruitelle,;* tinnier near here, was celled from his honie on Wednesday. and left his Wife and -daughter, the latter aged 17aIone. Mrs: Brunelle heard a noise in the aelf-pen late in !the evening; and she and her daughter went tont with * lantern to See what was the matter.: . They found the barn purrounded by Wolves, and befOre the women had time to retreat .the fere- ,cions animals euriounded .'•.them. The brinee-were afraid Of the lantern; and •ete••• treated Whenever it Was swung toward them, but Mrs. 'Brunelle dared not swing the:lantern violently -for feme• it wohld ' go one. With remarkable couritgaehe worked her. way steplby step 'toward ethe,. iriten, keeping the wolves at bay with „the light. After ten minutes • Of the greatest ordeal she lirianaged lb reach a' pitehfork,'Ond While the daughter swung the: lantern she attacked the wolves with the ferk, ftnall3r Succeeding in setting, into the barn and 'elosed the doer.__Then both fainted, . . rIrric -Fa urr1 * . . - Apple Trees of 1812 stm in FulI'bearing. • At Dr. Springer's barium Bee Hamilton fit* sight really worth seeing..• -In one heap alone' is a thousand bushels of apples (Rhode Island Greenings) end here and there are piles containing 100or 150 buehele of other varieties. The fruit is all good atideound and was raised .by the dootor in his splendid malteds. It may 'not be, generally known that there are on Dr. Springer lremises apple trees whieh were the bureau in the parlor tho following let- ter, dated 6.30, a. m., and written by the murderer in-aritinusuallylegible_hand,..was_ found: • -" To all • whom • it \maY Concern, --i, Charles B. Brownfield, murdered my dear wife and baby, also W. F. Bruner, my brother-in-law. , I killed my wife and baby beoause I was tired of life and did not Want them left pennidees in the world and no one to care for them. My cense of being tiled of life iitgairiblieg. 'New let my brothers and friends take warning. killed W. P. Benner beeatise -I did not -think lue was -fit - to live, and now I will make an attempt ,on An •Ensairemeet- Art 'Which IL 0. C arab"' rut the Itkdskies, to Elight7Five In. • Mans andettne white Ettlede ' . A dro4Indian Agency., Mont., despatch iainte"4reYteelle!weel.deellsennit ordering the chiefs to om& to Gen. Anger ae,heitaquartere; 'fiftefthe .chief beater: aligned the camp•a number of theni rode before, Gee. Ruger's quarteite where ' a parley took place, at the end of which the, .ohiefs returned to their cemp. The cavalr were down in full field prderen the emin ence fronting the Indian position. The Indians soon began, riding ithontand singing war songs.. At the end of the time @Bowed the Indiene to come,• in with the badyoung men, whose suriender the Gen - eta' had demanded, the cavalry advanced, ehe infantry took position and the Indians opened fire,. At the first volley Corp. Chas. •Simpecin,of Troop ..;491;" lst 'Cavalry, was, shot dead.. What°. Euguene Moller,of' Troop K, Was wounded four times. The Indianstook a positionin the rifle pits and in the bush. The Hotohkise rine planted the fleet e.hot •heyend the Little Horn. The next fell in the tndien oarnp, and one In- dian and a horse were killed.. 'The cavalry •now advanced ,twent' the Indians, 'driving them into the busb, •Sword Bearer was killed, being'shot twice in the skirmish by G Troop, lee Cavalry, commanded by Capt. Uphint and .Lient, Aylesacee. The Crow-scout,-,-Firebugetalso--claima-to- have flied the fatal shot. Nearly all of them - Game into the agency, only about twenty eticapieg to the hdlg. •The latter are now. being pursued by cavalry. The above nerees cover all the eatitialties, ex- cept one, who was . Blight!" disabled by a fall. •4Five Indians are, reported dead. There is no danger to theeettlements. ' : • SOLD DAconvente • ' A. sot who Bartered. A.wey Ms Flesh and Sensation, at in. touts Over the Biceps* • A St. Louis despatch Oa Ma • Xielista front a Orme • Most ere/Oleg scenes thee evee'occurred this city took' place at the- Unicin depot for a time meted not only '24:x3=P:ions between and,4 otolotk this efternoon, and ' • exoltement„ lint the Wildest kind 'ef'a amoug the people present. During the deep a special; train •of passenger and Alit care bearing John Robemaitt menagerie and-• y dicue people and their animils from; Fort Scott, Habeas, came into the Union depot en mute to Cincinnati, where •they are to winter, About half -past 0 the.trainpulled out to cross the bridge, end while. pe,ssing over the "Puzzle switch"' in the depot. yard a fiat car flew the Week, followed by 'others, and tan into frtight train on the - side • track, deritolishing two, or three 'care and ,killing George Squires, a cane vas Man; • and badly injuring 4wo • other, circus teen' named Fuller' and We.. In on the flat cars were broken, and A Bengal the emeeb-uP seine of the min:Italie cages tiger, two hone, a leeward, an ibex and a vulture • escaped. The wildest kind of a • commotion follwed. The • depot officials and policemen reit •frantically -about shouting tvareings, • And there was a • general and quick stampede from the yards to the streets. beyond. The circus .• and depot Men then made search: for the animals. Theleoparkwas fo_undereletzhed _ -underet-freight-carrand-an-attempt-was made to lasso him, but it failed, and the animal joshed from eover, ° bit A Man • severely in the legen his way out, bounded into the ticket office, and then jumPed, •through a transom into the sueedinext- dent's office. He was , besieged by the circus men, and after several attempts to , • fired at ' hire he. was \ covered with a toaarpptusurlei':iii:dgids:vu°reodr. three Oue si?hycitosii be eting, he -either animals were foetid, and after more or,less neuble were captured and returned.... to theiroages; but it was not until nearly dark that the work was • over and. the ezwitentene wits ellayed. . • •' • my life, 80,g0od-bye my father, brother and! Blood to Suva,kes for WhiSkeY• iidc.blimgmYe. BRovaa,:nuay.• °Um", GAL, .eat's While a Victoria •• echooner w lying at the whad at Baroley Sound, en the west coast of Vancouver Island, recently, theoaritain Eind crew were surprised to see two white • girls running towards the vessel, closely pursued by three or four Indians. The girls sprang on board and begged the captain to protect them from their pursuers. The ,Indians dentanded the girls as their propert•but theme, sister, an ,wrning 4 friends and rel,tions. All take . • A special to the New York Wield from Charles B. Bro,wedlelel wasabout 80 years of Age and very dominated. He caused' his &thee, Squire Brownfield; &magistrate and highly respected Old gentleman, • much tirotible. He wail a' ineehemid and -Worked in the shops *of the & Nashville Railroad in thie city, ' •: . pRpNic AND opAzit. refused to gure the • gee alp - ' 04,14vidascismomowiteskait,-xgpziraW 4V-1",91 ILUOLA.400 Jz aLw ay n a -eraturneck eithelfausee-eminafteildrenesuniiiii aft,T-arehtforeettrl'Itt-,rittleaihatten ,geue. to beau,., ren erthe girls for fear of his life. They . A but , (Wednesday). night's Hebron , p says : ohn o e,a s weaver, shot his wife last night and then set fire to the house.. Two. children were burned to death., ,..11odel 4fled, but waseap- tured. ' The murderer sags he told his wife, Iinighthe was going to kill:himself. She'. said sho wanted to die, too. An agreement was then xnade that the whole family should die together. There were two small children Comr. des etch H d 1 -boys, aged 8 and 6 -and the mother pecited to be confined again in a month: During the night, Harlot eays he brought the children from an adjoining roomand plaCed them in the bed with their mother arka set fire tO th13e he''d btit the emothering process was too 10W 80 he got a shotgun and fired both barrels into his wife's breast,- The flames then spread and smothered both children. Withnothing on but a nightshirt, Model ran down the road toevards the depot crying 1' Fire !"- The neighbors gathered and put the fire out. • Model wandered around awhile and then returned to the house, where he was arrested. Be was a silk weaver, earning good wages and had a half a dozen barrels \ of home-made wine and ciderin his cellar. Drinking this made him crazy and prompted the crime. He is Swiee and canie from Lucerne eighteen montheago. He is 31 years old. , CANADA AND AMERICA. New York Chainbernf omenteree on Inter- ' • ". national Reietionii, . . A New York despatch Gaye: The Chain- ber of Commerce yesterday adopted reso- lutions' favoring the attempt now:being made by ' British menibent of Parliament aridothers to hew --urged-•- upon Congress the importance of baying all disptites or differences between the :united States and Great Britain settled by arbitration When planted in the year 1812.. This Mason. two not accomplished by diplomatic, proceed of these bore fruit in ablindance. The •ResehitiOns. were adopted favoring produca, of one was thirty bushels and of ; the peaceful settleinent of the Canadian the other thirty-three bushels.• Thedoctor fishery question between Great Britain'and has given greet attention to: Smite eulture, and has been generally .subeessful. ' The Latest Craze in England. A London cablegram • says : We are threatened with a new craze, which, pro- perly worked, deserves to become as, popu- lar as walking round the Agricultural Hall tins country, • and. a committee was ap. pointed to investigate' the possibility of a material, expitnsion of our commerce in this direction by inviting. arguments for endegainst COmnieroial,Union With Can- ada, and documentary evidence as to the extent and prospects of the trade between the two countnee, and t� report to the Chembee bud recommendation for its used to he. Napoleon Bird is astonishing action as woulo enable it to contribute its the North of England with long-distance, influence, not ly tci the early adjustment pianoforte petformatices. Last .week this, Of the fishery question, but to • aid in pro- artiat played at Stockinet • for thirty-six outing the extension ' Of the commerop of and a quartet holies without , stopping, action be deemed thceuntry, should eno is 'lt thereby beating his own beet previous • record by eleven • and a quarter bouts.; desirable, •• • Although muoh troubled by eleepinees dur- ing the lest hour or twci, he seems to have flashed very fit,,p.nd wound up by singing Rule Britannia" teltie ewe accompani- ment. At present there seems to be no rival in the field. But when we get our two or three Men ptaying:. against one another on different pianos ' the ••sport will become exciting as well as intellectual. It is stated in Ottawa, that Dr. Mo. Michael, Q. C..; of Toronto, has been offered a position 'the beneh of the Queen's Bench Division, and thet Judge Armour will be made justice, of that division.• Mr Robert J. 'Burdett ° has vkitten as followe to a comedian who: desired' the humorist to *rite a play for, him : Thought of it Mice or twice, but never got quite so far as the title. If ever! do corn- niit the deed, however, 1"1" tell you the first one. But, Eieriously, I couldn't do it, It isn't in me. Pley.weiting deinands a peed. her genius, for Which I have searched all through My baggage a hundred times, but 'it isn't there. I think it must have been seized iri the eustonishouse." ' Asa iesult of the recent investigation •• The Heroine of a Romance 'Dying, • ' A Baltimore despatch saye : The report that the,beartiful Mies Williams, of this city, winent one time engaged. toMr.,Her- beet, the owner of the Muckross estate, in Killarneyris slowly. dying at her homehere, retails tornance. As is welt.known the wedding -day was dot, but the ceremonywag forbidden by Mr. Williems becate-e Mr. Herbert was adivoreed Man and hieeritittee were heavily encumbered. • Subeequently the young lady fell ,from her horse, thid 'since then she hits been an invalid. She obeyed.her father and gave tip the man she loired,,but the struggle was too winch, She pined away giaclual:ys, and now they say is, Blowly dying, surrounded by all the core. fott3 of luxurious home and the atten; tions �f a devoted, family circle. •Saithe, the St. Louis cook who •threw the iteneake at Mrs. Cleteland, is now on exhibition in a dime museum. From feeding stonritche, she bas• descended to feeding Morbid Curiosity.' ' -A. przve.telettee front Lee Angeles Cale, -ifito- the foundhng question an Montreilt-fortute% announce*the' presence in ••that the Grey nuns hair() -decided to aboodoothe city one day last week of BenjamieCr$tyn, farming outsystem and keep all foimd.. the Missing solicit& of the Ontario' Investe in their tern eittahlishmeep .e. • Mont Asteidatioe of London, Ont.• ' are daughters of Wm. •Thompson, Of Sem Juan. , The father became dissipated, and all he earned went for the •purchase of liquor, When he could no longer obtain. moneyet liquor he sold his eldest daughter to's, wealthy Chinaman,to whom, it is said; ,tite was Married at the • tiohit of se revolver. His wife, dtia of a:broken heart, and in one of. his revelries at the Indian ciantp, it is alleged, he agreed tO barter two of his daughtere forwhiskey. The folio*. ing night the girls were carried away bya few of the tribe. Since their eitptiyitythey have been brutally 'treated. A younger sister, only 8'yeare old, was sold to another tribe. • Latest from the' Northriest. The total 'number of immigeantsarrived in'this city this season to date is upwards of 16,000. • • • • The weather' hail taken a very mild turn. The river is open again and ploughing has been resumed: • Thomas Newton, against, whom a true bill for the Murder of John Ingo has been founa, was, remanded this morning to the Spring Assizes, owing to the • illneseef a important witneed for the Crown. Marshalleay, •member of the North.. west Council for Broadview, is dying. ' A Victoria special says : •The English ship Duchess of Argyle has gone ashore on San Juan Ielend, opposite Nesh Bay, Niva, •-Constable Warren, who was sentenced at Lethbridge forreftising to clean an officer's boots, has been releinied ly order of Com- missioner Herettreek"' • •• • The nig Dryberry, which bas been mitt- singon the Lake of the Woods for the last ten days; was found ;yesterday. She was frozen induring the cold snap of last week. • Rev. D. M. Gordon 'leaves Knox Church for hienew field' in-Halifax-weekafter next. Negotiations .between • the. .citizens of Winnipeg and. the Manitoba Government for the construction of the Ited,RiverValley Railway have been ..resumed„ with reason- able hope of a successful result: The Manitobe, Methodist Mission Board has made the followizig. apPropriations: Winnipeg • district; for , hone° missions, 51,230; for Indian missions, 55,000. Moir - den district, for ' home • telethons, $1,000. Deloraine district, $1,166: , Portage In Prairie district; $600. Berrel district, $1,444. Brandon disteiet, $1,585.• ',Regina district, $2;989. • Saskatchewan district, $2',715. The grants to .Indian mithilons in the West amountsto $7,975. . A 'Sleeping Beauty: rn" Conrt: . A Detroit' deePatch says; The Coroner's inqueot in the ease of Mrs. Jane 'Hoag, of Adrian, who drowned herself on Saturday, was, merked by a peculiar episode. Gertrude King, the prineipal Witness, who is given to naps lasting from two, to font hours, during which she cannot be aroused,, fell asleep in Court:toile-it, and the able legal go/Weenie present, after ehaking her, were perforce compelled to await the pleasure of the Sleeping beanty.,. Finally the inquest was adjourned until to -morrow. • The girl is 18 yearEt old and the ablest slumberer in iieeteWee dounty. • • • . , A Missing Vessel. " A despatch from Winnipeg says : Wu; steam tug Drylierry is 'believed to have been on r.,alte of the Woods,acilibtrace of her esti be found.The DrYberry had sev- eral peeeengers on betarktnelheling George Heenan, the well-known' mining, expert. • • De.yesoh, of the Geological Survey, has returned to ()awe after an absence of six months in the Yukon country with,the eXplorieg, expedition. The other Members of the party Will winter in the country mull resent() their labors as early as poseiblit in the spring. Dr. Da*son has 'already securecl much valuable informetion re. gaiding the.district, -and will be -occupied.- allthe winter Preparing reports and mapp. The present' epidemic of diphthetiairi entree.' is ceasing sonic* alartn, 4it ' NOVEL ,com.t.T..\ • A Mink and it Burk Eight in O Barrel , Water.. ' • A fight took place a few: da ye ago, enthe farm of G. Hanehaw, lot .6, con. 6, West • Nisseuri, the like of Which does not', often occur. Mr. Eanshaw-bad a sunken barrel ,m.aJzprig. ,nenbis.fannovbere the =area' tis• ry,searee..tellimizzlezthuretlittfreckneldie ailloittecliel&edrothea cewim„ tntt when in he found he could' not get out again. While: he, was struggling •4n she Water .0 large ben hawk echenced to 'fly, over, and it seems to have oceurred to him thet it wail a geed chance to. make a meal , of the mink. He w-.nt for barrel and • a terrible fight ensued- The hawk, how- - ever, snoceeded in_killing_tholaitink,-lin • during the combat ItiFfealliers hecame els • wet that he, too, was Unable to get out and• drowned. Bothvictor.•and vanquished' were found dead in the Werth afterward' A Father's Flans Frustrated. , The Ilinnedosa; Men., Tribune, had the following in a recent ' issue: A."• surprise awaited Mr. Campbell, of Merohistme the • week before list, that he little dreamed Of. He had made arrangements to .send hie daughter; Mitis • Campbell, well known in. Minhedosa, to Scotlanch"but tie her arrival: at Strathclair she and Mr. John Arch. McDonald, of the Hudson Bay Post, became- , One,: and the Wile to Scotland was indefi.: zanily postponed, though Mrs. McDonald. passed through Minneciosit tho. settle day •• on a visit to friends at ttst Creek; while her • husband went on it trip west. Although Mr. Campbellwas much disturbed at the; , miexPeoted turseof affeirs, yet he has made Want mind :that what cen't be mired must be endured," and forgiven, the boutile. Itranglite. , • William Strickland, of Leeds', champion blindfold player of the world, died recently ,at'Leecle. He was years .of age. There la no doubt that the strain of mental forps he brought ta beer on draughts shattered , his nervous System, and made him fell eerlY a Yictitato any disease which pre- sented itself. Vyltie, the" Herd Laddie," in discussing blindfold playing, expressed ' the • opinion • that blindfold , :playing was injurious to the brain, 'and should. never be' ineulged in. Besides, it , was useless test Of ingenuity.:,. Strickland was a splendidplayer and it genial Man. He hid many friends. . • A ssign meats. The following assignmetite are reported : Ontario -Chatham, W. H. Crow, grocer; Guelph, Chas, Humphries, tea; Napanee, P. S. Hicks, grocer; Oshawa, Smith & Adams, generaletore-i--Tororito, Walter R. Over, hotel ; Woodstock, 4, Gaut° Mason, stationery. , Roomy 'trousers. JOh," sai'd-Mre. Shuttle, '1 those trousers are alfogether too big for the boy.. They'll have to be changed. " NO, they ,wontt. • They're'al! tight. k :bought 'era • where they advertised clothing to play in.' They are just big enough for hint, to play in. 'without going out of doom They're so roomy." T • ' The Twenty.Fotir Hour System. Mr. Sandford Fleming, originator of the 24bour system, has received* hitter front the Japanese Minister in Lbednalitatin • that the 24 o'clock eystem will be adopted throughout the JApe.neee Empire on January 1st. • Mi. Fleming is also informed that it is giving eatisfadeoey testilte_in Sweden, and exprescies•theizelief • that it is only matter of it few years before the system Will be univereally adopted..' There' Et ziothing like being prepared. A rnandied in Boston the " Other day. Who; for over thirty yeata; greased hip hose 'every: time he went out• on• thestreet. • His' 'den was that some one might . want to tweak it, and having it greased their fingers Would slip off. ' But for his eautioe his nose Might have been a wrech. Parting With their triends,the Russians use a triple.kiss. The partiee to theOsentst..• tory not cress Mouths at about tho angle Of the letter X, then' reverse:The; angle fora, contact, and • for a trifial elitnat, vvith fae,es squarely vis-a-vis, they impart Et savory smack that bean; evidence of 'cordiality: , •••/-'