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.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. • • •
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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:
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