The Sentinel, 1882-03-03, Page 2• : The anevr-Fillied Nest.
It swinge upon the leafiest tree, .' .
_By sternly: winds blown to, aml-,frP ; .
Deserted; lonely, sad to see,
• , And full of cruel Snow.
• i
In summer's noon the leaves above
- Made dewy shelter from the heat; ,.
The nest was full of life and love-
, Alt, life and love are sweet! :
-4 The tender brooding Of the: day,
The silent, peaceful dreams of night, '
Thejoys that patience. overpay,
,• The: cry of young-sielight. -. •
.The song thatllirough the braneheerihge
The-trestlingerowd with- eahrern-yeer
The flutter soft of untried Wings,
. The flight of glad surprise: -
, .
All„ all are gone! I know not where;
And still upon the cold gray tree,
-ponely,aud, : tossed by every air,-
. • -That snow-Wled nest r ace.
•
•
I, too, had Ca& place of rest.
. ' C. Where. light, end love„ and peace weremine-.
Even as the Wild: birds build their nest, .
. -When &lee and Silninier Shine. • • , t
'11am-4n:ter cline theleaves were dead;
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The mother -bird Was first to go,. ... ..
The nestlings from, toy sight have fled,
- ' The nest is full of snow.
-St: .Nicho/as-foi. gate&
TWO SittlaitAsiDs NIL rotaugEEN. .
• : ik lletiriland Girt manic* Her 'stepfather
_end then ipier-True Lover. •
- _,,, A Baltimore telegtaroSaya :. Aviedding
• has just taken place in Dames QuarterDis-
- trict, Somerset County, Md., under circum-
stances which have probably -never. been
paralleled in this country. H. E. Whyte, a
boy eget 17 and of excellent Character, mar-
rieda pretty little brunette named Ella
Shores, aged 14,- thus giving to the girl a
second husband within a ' period of two
years. On Febrile* 5t13.,1880,preciseIktwO
years froth the 'ate -of this ' marriage, the
residents a D roe's Quarter were greatly
excited, by lear • ing that Sydney Shores, a
fanner aged, _ 65 years, had married Ella
Shores,. the 12,year-old daughter of his
deceased wife by ac former husband: The
ceremony was performedby Rev. Zacharias
Bowen, a Methodist Ephicopalclergyman,
who, as shown afterwards, was deceived by
-Shores as to the child's age and did not
know that sillit was his stepdaughter. At
• that time therit---: were threats of lynching
the bridegroom,. and as• mob visited his
house one night , to hang him. Shores,
however, who of an old soldier, showed
- fight and beat oft the mob: After the man
.
bad lived with the -child as his Wife for
four days the county authorities took cog-
nizance of the a' fatir andariestedhim. Shores
. Was committed to jail in default ot bail,.
andthegirl was taken charge of by friends
• . and removed from ',Shore's house. The
feeling against Shores was further aggro, -
'is*" by the faetthat his wife; who was the
.
widow of uncle, had milk been. dead a
•- month when he Married the girl. Some
.months tater Shores Was tried at the
County Court, convicted of misdemeanor
and sentenced to ; pay a fine of 4500, and
-stand committed:4o jail until -it was paid.
The clergyman wasi acquitted on the ground
thatliehat notiniewn_thafaotaefithecase-
, Shores, being a_ poor matt, could _ not pay
hie fine and would, doubtless, havebeenin
jail to -day hedhe not suceeeded in escaping
last Year, since_which time helms net been
heard ' of.. Meanwhile the girl -wife,- by
friends, applied for a divorce, which appli-
cation was .heittd last fall and granted;
Throughout her traubles„Whyte,her second
hUshand,.displayed the most 'Quixotic Mai.'
• citude_for her, and finally induced her to
- marry him. last. Week - as stated.- -Mrs':
Whyte is an unusually pretty ' girl,„,..well
educated and intelligent_ Several pronii=.,
xtentresidents. of thecountY have taken- an
interest in the welfare of the young couple'
- and will helpto establish the bridegroom
- : - - . _ . _
in blisinise,
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MAGNETIC WATER.
The Wonderful :Fluid which Winni.
•. nonzero Drinl` L. -Where. Dies. it Come
• Prom, •-
A Winnipeg correspondent writes: The
.river water is not so 'bad in . winter, and is
peddled around town by half breeds for 25
cents .a barrel, but it is Nik stuff in sum-
mer. -Artedian wells, however, are being
- put downin variousparts of the city, and
excellent water is found at 70 to 80 feet
without fail in every cede. The strangest
• thing about it id that the farther from the
river the deeper they have to .go to fuid
•• water, -and different theories are given as
to the source froth which it comae. They
are mostly flowing, wells. here, and lathe
rest the water rises within a few feet of
• the surface. One would naturally suppose
it came from, the Minnesota lakes, as they
are . so - much -higher than the Red
River Valley, but in Minneapolis they have
to go down trona two to four, hundred feet,
and they get theverysame water there. It
mist Come -from the N orth Pole apparently,
for it is highly magnetic, and a penknife
dipped in it stew minutes will lift a nail
*rpm and retain its attlacttre Rower for a
month or more. They also claim that/ it
• will mire the gravel; but, will not physic like
the river water; after the surface drillings
arewashedout, and it is clear, -Pure .and
palatable—when you get used telt. Ihave
watched a welt being put down with more
than ordinary interest. Below the black
mould,lor which the. Northwest is noted,
„ there is a stratum of peculiar clay, about
forty feet thick, then about thirty.feet of
boulders and white moat, like lime, mixed
together, and between this and 'a, ledgeof
rook as hard ss granite that underlies this
whole country at the depth of about 1.00
'feet the water cts" always found. -- •
DellicuteComplimeni.
He happened to preset the blot of la
young lady; who was sitting:next the dobr,
in- getting. out. of a street- Oar. The -damsel,.
compressing how brows into an awe-inspir-
ing frown, ejaculated : •
"You clumsy wretch-" •
Most men would have looked foolieh and
apolosized, but our; hero was equal to the
occasion. • •
"My dear young lady," he exclaimed,
- " you. should have feet large enough to be
seen,and then they wouldn't. ba. trodden
upon." -
'tor brow' relaxed,her eyes sparkled,
her lips smiled,-, and the injury was for.
: gotten. .
• Mrs. Taylor, proprietress of it Witilipeg-
hagnio hat! died, leaving acimmulated
property and riohee to. a well-known
citizen.
LATEST • .SCOTTlitai NEWS.
An outbreak of small -pox has taken place
in Leith. .
Mr.: David 'Shearer; heelless& victualler;
Dumfries, died suddenly. on January 29th
.from the buisting.of bload vest*. •
" Elizabeth Gunn, an oldwoman, aged -85,
has mysteriously disappeared. from her
home in the parish'of Latheron, Caithness.
. The death is announced of Captain Rob-
ertson Aikman, of Ross and Broomelton, a
representative of an old Lanarkshire family,
in his-63r&Year.- - • - :
The -monument, to the memory ofthe
late Dr. Unless Simpson has just been
finished by Mr.. Jellies liutcheon, King.
Street Road, Aberdeen.
• There died recently Mr. Robert Millen
One of the most 'widely -known teachers in
Glasgow, and :headmaster of _Overnewton
Public Selma one of the largest under the
_Glasgow:School Board': -
The otike of Ethiburgh, while on his
northern viait,'Wentio the IsIand of Bras -
say, and purchased a pair of pure bred
Shetland ponies from the Marquis of Lon-
donderry's farm. • .
' Disease among the salmon in the Tweed
in the : neighborhood of Kelsois not
decreasing Dne Whit, and every day largo
numbers. of . leopard -like fish are to be seen
near the banks of the river in a dea,d'or
dying state. '
-The alleged irregularities Of Dr. Walter
'Smith in connection With the Ordination of
elders and - deacons in his church- were
brought before the Editiburgh.Free.Pres-
h, ytery at its' last:meeting, when resolutions
Mcendenination were adopted.
Li the garden of r.Wm. Beange, Car-
neywhing, New Pitsligo, a tea rose bush,
growing against- a 'wall, with southern
exposure, bears flowers coming into
and others that had fully blossomed newly:
withered.- • . ' • ' -
At 6:meeting in .'Tragnair it has been
agreed in accordance with the prevailing
wish of the subscribers to erect a mont-
meat in the churchyard of Traquair in
metiory otLady Louisa! Stewart -the last
of the noble House Of Stuart. •
„
Hon. Charter*, eldest surviving son
Of Lord Eltho,- is -at present -suffering- in.
Naples:from an attack of typhoid fever._
Lord Eieho, immediately on receipt of the
intelligenck left for Italy, and is now with
the .invalid. - ' .
• At a ./recent meeting of the Glasgow
Presbytery of the Free Church Of Scotland,
ifwas replied to ask the General Aesembly
to grant congregationstheliberty of employ-
ing instrumental Music in public at their
diserition. , .
The Town Councilof Cromarty presented
an address to the Dad of Edinburgh,
assuring hitn that in no part of Her
Majesty's dominions : do loyalty to. the
Throne and attachment to the • person and
Government of our beloved Queen. More
deeply prevail than in the burgh of Cro-
marty. • • .
_
A. somewhat serious outbreak took Place_
on January 24th r and 25th in . Dalbeth
Roman Catholic Reformatory,- Glasgow,
the boys breaking thewindowsand other-
wise. damaging the property., Several of
„the ringleaders were agged, .and the dis-
order was thus promptly put to an end.
January' 26th the gardener at Craig -
mount, _Wait- Ferry, cut a fuliblowii scarlet
rhododendron -grown in - the open ;
Several other buds on the same -bash are
just at the blowing,- In one of the gardens
at the west end of the Magdalen Green' a
bush_maybe seon in full blossom.'
The deathisannounced with nincli
regret ofMr. John Hall, B.A., H.M., Senior
InspectorrotSchoolifor the. morthem,--dis-
trict of adotland: His death took place at
histresidence, Belloone; _Irvine, where he
had beenresidingon leave of absence-If-Mil-
dhtyfor there-Mtew menthe. lieVaCenty
44 years of age.-..-
Theminister at Quiietsierry'(iir.Whyte.
formeily of Arthur, Ont.) has sued a -num-
ber of heritors for payment of hisstipend;-
_ancloa Jen. 00th the effects 'done of them
-whuhad obstinately ramie& to pay the
full amount demanded Were eel& by public
roup to pay the amount of stipend and
. expenses, the stipend being 41 6s.
The funeral Of , the. late Sheriff_ Home.
Iota place on :"January 25th. The -HOMe-:
family were owners of the estate of Ctitf=
denknowes; in • Berwickshire, for Mere
than sit centuries.: The -fandly
buniai-
plaoe is in Earlston; and there, -the. Sheriff
was interred. In Linlithgowand other
places business was suspended. Mr. George
B. Melville, advocate,has been appointed •
Sheriff -Substitute of the county in room of
thelate Sheriff. Mr. Melville was called to
the bat; in 1865. -- - - z
- mathematical tripoli. for 1381 'at
the 'Cambridge University, the -senior
wrangler is Mr. Talbert Alfred EiprOttn,...of"
Beth, and along. the other- wranglers is
Mr. Henry CRIXIMUlg Robson/ Sydney Col-
lege, son of the late. Mr. -Robson,
Holm -
burn, Dumfriesshire: According to the new
regulations, Mr, Herman is to bathe last
of the students who will enjoy the titte of
senior wrangler,
•The havoc made in the Bremner . forests
by the crushing tornado that swept over the
district -last month is beginning to be real-
ised. Throughout Mar forest, bah On Vie
north and south sides of the Dee, the /de-
struction of heavy forest timber is some.
thing incredible, and to effect Men %partial'
clearanceOf the wreekage will take Many
Months. In many places' On. the north site
of the Dee the leviathans .of the forest are
lying in hundreds; and scores can be
counted even in small areas on the south
aide, whereon the damage- is much less.'
'The, new buildings, erected at a cost of
about 1100,000, and &merited to the people
orPaidey by -the members of the Clark
faMily,, of the Anchor Thread Works,
were _formally handed- over to the Town.
Council on January SOth. The -buildings;
will be known as the George A. Clark Town
Rail, and were originated by the. late, Mr,'
George Clark, and completed b3rhis brotheris
on plats prepared by W. H. Lynn;
architect -Belfast The daywasobserved
as a. holiday in Paisley, and: an imposing
tram' procession paraded the Weds. • In
the eveningthe hal/ was lug:I:iterated. by:
s Oonversazione; and the town was illu-
minated,
MILL.s. AND- ,.FAcTOR
,
i
Ttle Ceraznissi.oners Make -all- In
teresting Report,- _ -
wp IIKSIPPS.: DANGEROUS AND, UNFIEA(TWIT.--
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Loin-. Hours ior.:Ifroung und i.. neduca, led:-
. . , _., - .
:Children, . --
:.- AL despatch T -1.froni- _OttaWa says: e'_:_The:::
rei 'art CO:the:Minister Of Fimince-of-_,Messri,
W . Lukes- and - A. H. Bleckey;:,the,.0,6*--
int 'signers -"appointed _te inipiiminto4he
-Wo lking ef =Want factories and the labor
em *Yet therein, sets out that they began
by ?isiting Mille • silt.lactories-infWestetn
On larto, and - went theme throngh-Prinde-
Ea. iard. Wend, -„Neiv.- ' Briiiiiiivielt; -"NOVA.
BC :tia.: and: rettitned-thretigh:,Qhelle% fin-
ish ng with Terente.'-..Theyzlount= Mileh-
Me TriehiellOS -aiiil,--difOulty _intehtaiiiiai
inf rinatiOn. :' -:_Prelterietora . were busy,
Ole ks did.-- : riot:. know, : --aTiUlii::-sCiiiii
ins ancea - Abe. Coramismenels-,f --Wire
me -: With --tbe- ' . reply - ii,..:--thal.371-iflier
kn, their own business, ,7and that the
Go 'ernment elionld not diotate*Ilehtttlier
sho ' ld etnploy or interfere 3ii,.:_i-Matter-kelf
tra e."- -in Severel-litatenees..,_ they were
ref sed adinittamele:feetoties1,±itt-iPline
of t ' esietheyafterwaida:heard-of ;_etiriiitni-:
00 ent to :a:female employee,=retailting
.fro the iinprotectedstate - ef-tife-:-.1raschit,
ner ...- They report' that: : the eniilley-i-nerit
of hildripi in- .factorieli.-11,-,,extensi-Ve-1-4it
rnai y iustancesiebiltretilied7nosedneatien:
wh ever,- and -could-140k tell their it -gel
So had no fathers, and had sto-work_to
hel . slipped- their Anetheti- atid-Lthem-I,
mil* S. Others ,were voluntarily • in. - the
fac ries-,-because they had _" lather work
the 'go' to -,soheol:'"- The . . children'.
invariably work as many „.hoars as the
..adir ts. Female . labor .isc-extei-iiiiiely_ent
ploy ad, not only in millsi-Tand- UM -64W
but often in. the; - attics.,-1.-Eftior,storey__.
bnil. ''ngs or in damp basements, Where ' ar-.
tific al light is ttentinuouslyreqiiirek-sonie
who esale clothing eitabliihniente-employ-
ing Om 100 to 1,000 in:till-64_47J .:2he_re;1
port - 'sets out - that .dangeroue-inacinnery-
whi h is not prOte cited is - common in.
Mill - and, factories. -- Getiritigi----flee.-16;
pull ys; belts; and. skarn ;engines . are left
-.quit - unprotected, ' and while mikiit qaccw=
dea a 'result, the wonder is that they arenot
m& numerous. numerous. Open hoists and
are prolific-. of . accidents:Initancisa--:_wet -
;bre Ott to noticeet the COnimideionete
.whe e --men . exposed to greet -danger asked
the employers to take proper precautions.
for afety,. and Were told,. ".11 you _don't
like .yoUr situation you may leave."?' •• The;
Co..inissioners . call attention to the neCes,-
sity of Means of ' instant - communication
bet 'eon- all parte of 'a factory and the per-
son in charge a .the -engine; so that in caie.
of i ,cident -Machinery may.be immediately
_Ste' pad. They found Steam- engines and:
boil Es often entrusted to boys •and incoint
pet t persons. . : They call attention to the
pub 'e being adthittodlobfreelYIUfactbries
Sie-a stile of frequent accidents. The means
Of e oape in 6 se of fire Sae' in•riiany vases
lai_lasufacient that the only. chance Would'
-be' o leap from the- -windowk---,=-Many
*fact !ries ate fairly :preVitied with means of
bad iguishing fires, but there iii yet wide'
roo : for improvement.. . They ' foundthe-
gen al health of the adiilt operativoi-gdok:
'Wit „very -few °Mee . of.. epidemic Or infee-..
tieu I die -eases,' but admit that inforrnatian.
'wits very imperfect on this head. Very
littl • attention is . paid to ventilation, and
. - • -' • . . '
9Ve ingOVitlaing:MkStB-sorpe_osses... Atten-
tion - is called .generally ._'• to I the ---very
ins ffiefent, - cleeet. accommodation. . .Two
or hree .. cases came . ander., observation.
-Whe re girls and women were employed, and
- _ .
:no • nimedaticio of thie kind at all existed:,
-TAO her oases the. arrangements were very!
ins i. cient_and unsatisfactory, - being . too
Pilb "cily--_-_16-casted, . : kept in . a - filthy:
OOn- ithiti,ri::.-0-•::iised by - both sexes in
cO _Otr,7--.7-1-ie-yrepert-that there is much
-r0-6 ii for imprev'0404:44--the .._ matter- of
-Me nlinests in ineal.--_Olizing;:hipat 'canning,
frni And vegetable:--eiiiiiiiigizbakeriei , and:
con eetionery establishments. Instances
ca.' e under thanoti*Otth&-Commission-
ers 'phich-- were nauseating inthe :Textreme.
In oaoludiag their report the Commission-
ers tate_ that Many of the larger nlillearit
Inc l'iraip_o_sllirolt:TenaOpthpli:*.P...01'17rialtriteiStore -thheoiiiiiog..:cet„
lail'• ed i in theTattory.Bill. and with Most'
be rfficiel--reaults..- 'I.ici, each :missed the
ope i alive s are of inutieriet class and :geed_
ord kJ -efficient .-,thiciPlinei ;:- and - marked -
:Mt ritien to work were exhibited... Their
inq nries leadtheto believe
-tha7-:-:- the -.if-OA-tory laws of Ageina .0,tia
M._sio*tiettff *bilk= atho6thly. -arid- satis-
len --tily--3-andloOnfer - routuaVbeuefits - on
em loyereatitt eel-ph/ye/L. Time : 'statistics'
_ire apperidattetherepert ,-,The Commis-
sio- er-s -visited 46.5„Ifieterimi,--', employing
43; 11-.handri;`OtWhich 104 were Male ,• chil---
dr -;mia 69 Wale children Under 10 Years.
-.Re /- een Ill ibas-14,yeata:the nuniber was
1,2 'a-nialts and 823 leinitlea. - -The adult
.in ' ass, - 26,308; adult females,. 1.2,735 ;
. married females, i'; $-2-i ; unclassified, .1,88-0,
.. .,. . .
• . CIALSSIFICATION., OF FACTORIES.
-_ . ..
The employees of different chissestif triple
andifietaritts visited nambersefollowii;
- - _ _ - _ • . • • .
Bo ts sitid.shoes • 5,690
Oo fectionery and bisouit. . 989
Co h. - . 4,921
.Kii611 sttwijar,ge-atid po.lte..4iies... zr:,:.,,,_:. si.:,.___,, .L341 .11 72 8 oa 4: 491
C1 Ring
.F.b 'ndries :
Fu niture
Pianos and organs * :, _ ---- -. -_ - -592
Paper mills • --•-• . - - ----; -534
.Re De, ilex andbrushes 631
Su iv reflustieii„fenr--Vitited:...71.. , ---:=9:95
Tobacco and (Ague -- , ---3;205
W ellen . 2;171
Paper boxes ,,b- agsi.etc . : - 1,224
II •cellaneou-s-'fron ----- - . 4,541
- .2,992
The morning sun shines brightly for
that man cured of that relentless tyrant—
Dyspepsia. Brigg's Botanic Bitters were
never known to fail whenfaithfully used.
" - Wood -
he power Used in. the _465 factories
*I :led was: Steam, 15;807 horse; water,
7, 199 horse; total, 23,506 horse. They
fa and eleven factories working clay and night,
16 working 60 hours per week, 112 work-
in 59 hours per week,: one working 48
h urs, the __remainder :being between
tremes. Nearly one-half the total num-
of work by the piece-, and
by the day's or week's work. '
he
revised Dominican =constitution, has
en promulgated. It provides that
e to be free from the moment they enter
t e republic; all nude citizens of theage of
1 and upwards to havetheright to vote;
t e presidentialierni.lo be two years; the
P resident not to eligible for re-election
lees a term has intervened. - -
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-",ftStt.:7-77-ArT-
TRIO LEGISLAT
-.--.:11forlOit-:.Feb.-20.-The Speaker took the
chair at -
Tihea'n-fdelp106Wisiena:_
g Bills were ...r_rea third
time.
▪ To incorporate' . the Manitoulin ,Island
ritailwey Company,
-Reapecting.By-law: No417 of the County
of Wellington.• -
-Mr:Harcourt inquired - of the Minister of
Ethication.whether the - reeeniniendationsi
containedin biaspeeial-report..pointing to
-a--reduction in the number of -of fermis in
-Upper Canadit-College, an eatianeeetami.
spaigptiz:.eqlio4 to that -of the Kigh-Schools
and Government , inspection; have as -yet
beencitried into effect; - -
-.-:-.=:-1fr.-:CrOOks, stated that everything which
had transpired relating to Upper Canada
_C011ega.inneelast seskon was set out in
Educational,ifew
aReryto.t,-,hioh. be
1in a
,
• Mr. -_Creighton reoVed. That in the Opinion
of thia:liense-it is desirable that the. forms'
Of -•ballotinsedst election of members to
.:tha"Tiegislatiya. ASsetablY-- and at municipal •
'rejleetiens :should he: assimtlatedto, these -
used at eleotions of *embers to the House:
of Commons of...Canada, so as to avoid the
COnfintien: caused by -having threeseparate
torinaaLballot in use. -
Mr. Mowat did
:not concur with the aug-
gesticsit of . the hon, member. • The ..syMeni
in-npe in Ontario was inipOrtent in that it
:,-proVidetvaltiablesafegnaids against wrong,
while the chances of identifYing•Votereweia
redheet ins& -MiliiMUM and so Shight- that it
would be %Mistake to forego the advantages
nf- the Ontario system. If- there was to be
inT.Stslinilittiou of .-the'. systeina -then the
Dominion systera should he assimilated .to
the". form -:in Use. in *- this .Province. The
'objectionp now raised were discussed at the
time of passing of :the A.ct and frilly
-considered: at thetinie.-
_--_-:-_---._mt-liattder said that if the .system in
Ontario: iw-TWilloh_that- any voter's- vote_
could be found out, the laW should be;
,amendet.---Ife--..:_d_id.-•tiot see hovAthe
ing of the baliot was a, check upon bribery,
and --Aidfuit:Aginet,-itt_sthe investigation of
chargesz_ef,'---cerruption.J.,11. a person voted.
Sgainst a.-friendlift-poweri-aat it was aftet-
wardsibiantentAie-raight-not be-toldef it
butcht---Wii-ffit-suffer,-•-•..Theauggeetion of the
nieniberfor Nortb Grey (Mr. CreiitriebY
was, he thought, a good one, and should
receive tbe consideration of a c,orornittee
-
laids.thrown:safegnii-drinuid-everyysater„
ralidiA161*Operlr'tlikt=t7c1613_ in the
-.intereste-ot-goodoVernif-l---mt--antrity
of elections, be
--,---.'.--.M-4.Creighton.clo.sot the andeon.--
senterl-.trhave tfie inetiOni_fdeoliret--leist on
a divisioxi, which was done..
Mr. Waters -movedthe i.seeend-reading
_of the Bill to amend the 'Municipal Act
repealing the amending Act of the session of
.4880, which-proVideithat a person mast
own. property of the least 1$400
without incurnbrance iri teWhshipa,:. and
$1,500 in Cities andtew.ns, before they Can
qualify as candidates for Municipal coun-
cils. - The mover
. referred to the injustice
of ease Wherean.ownet.Of property Vahlea
at but mortgaged- for $10,000 Was
sTattesiled-__Tror-7:-$19;0410 as its r:full vein%
-thereb_y_Aipiiiiklifying-the (*oar- for 'mink
Opal honors. He believed it Was; the, duty
of assessors to assess up to thereal value of
property, but a•ceftain latitude was allowed
the assessors in this respect.. I He thought -
the Act Of 1080 should be • .
Mr. Hardy saidthat this -matter Was
considered by the .Miiiiirstpal Corfitnittee of
last sesion, .-and they thought it.
inexpedient to Change -the mw, Which, was
still in force. : •
Mr. Mowat, 'in I:sieving: the adjournment
of the House, said -intend to -move
to -morrow, Mn- Speaker, that thielienie
adjourn .:on -Wedxsailay th allow of the
-members attending the funeral : Of the late
Rev. 'Di, .Ryetsion,.. I. would suggest that,
not merely out of the reaped which we all
-entertain for his Memory: and the esteem
with Which - so many of us regarded
him—
not only because he. Was* prOminentraanin:
this country; a distinguished _Cap adian for
over hitif a Century, Or 'beeatnie of nis
eminent - ., or. the Id& honor
wtih which he was regarded : by the.
'hedi whose service he :spent - so - many
:years, but I. :.thihk such an action gab:M. 8507
:chilly appropriate on - our part- because
for thirtyyears he tias ab the head of one
of the mast lint/Mt:int -.Departments in the
Government Of this country. . During that
long .period it was by Dr: Ryerson that the
edudationathrvis:Were 'framed:, eita ao ably
a-dinitiistered. He had Many difficulties to
contend with, which disappeared
through the • energy and labil:Lty he mani-
fested in the responSible position he occu-
pied. The pehools Under. :his. superintend-.
Moe were pOsseesect of a character infetirit
to nem in the world. In view of the.poiii!.
tion he °adapted,- of the 'high -:respect with
which:he was regarded, and . of his faithful
*Ages to the State, it was thought proper,
that the menibers of: this Anise. Should,
attend the. funeral.( - -
- .
f amendment:Wad lost, and the committee
,I reported progress.. .. 1.• •- ' ' . _ .• ,
.
TheBillfor the removal of cer Jain defeats
in the law of evidence _was reported with -
some Verbal alterations in the. ohitise
respecting evidence in cases of a ultery, .
When the Hone went into committee on -
:the measure amending the law of libel '
Mi. Creighton -renewed : his objection to
the phrase"lawfully convened,' is applied "
to the meetings in - respect :'.to ;which ,
impunity-vrae granted; He was sustained -
in , this view by . Mems. .Maieclith,-. And "
MOTHS. . -- - ' . -- .- - -
• Mn. Fraser explained that the phrase . -
simply meant to. designatemeetings of :a .
lawful chataeter. The committee rose At 0.
After mese the Market- gees -Bill - came
up for a second -reading, and a long debate-
ensued,_during which the various details of
the Bill were thoroughly canvassed. ' .„
Mr. Wood explained its -proVisionSZ--
was followed by Mr. Meredith, Who accuse
the: Ministry of unduly favoring the . the far-
m/ire. He thought that the question of .,
tollsshould have been ' settled •sintultine
oualY.
• .
Mr. Bell indulged in Mme rather ponder. -..
ous sarcasm directed _it the Government, ,
but the laughter his remarks tateitet' was
initinY at his own expense.
'.
Mr Young -did not. think that therewas
-any.rieceisary connection between between:Market
fees and tells. 1 A.nuinber of other speakers
followed, those representing rural constitu-
encies ...generally - favoring thel toastre.
while the city nienibeta Were opposed to it.
. Mr-.: Wood closed the debate by replying
to -some of the Objections broudlit. against .
the Bill, which reetsivecl its second reading. --.4,
• On -Motion- of Mr.- Crooks, the ' liouSe
adjourned -*Ail.. half -past 7 oh; Wednes -
day, in -order to give - the Members- in
opportunity of -attending the funeral Of the
late Dr. Ryerson.
. li:Oglotened; to Deata.
A report from -Minneapolis (Mino.).says : -
Lest Wednesday evening Eda Bowen, ..
daughter of tames .Bevfen, foreman of the. '.
hOrticultural-departmentrof the ,IIniVersity;
who lives in the giirdner's cottage on .-the
campus, was returning with a pail of milk
from la „neighbor'e house, accompanied ' by
a r- younger brother. As they /ere going
through the campus -a -Couple of young -
Men met them, and after -walking for sonic
distance- one of the youths suddenly seized
the 'little boy . by the . boiler; and the
ether Made : a : spring . at i the- girl,
_et the 'same time uttering a low - cry; - The
girl- Was terribly frightened and rah home
as fast as she could. Soon =gig - she was
-taken with a' fit of ' vomiting, f!.cl, after a
night of suffering, on Sunday Mbrning. was .
seized with convulsions. - These-, continued -
to rack her little body until Monday noon -
.When ...death brought' her relie Doctors
were in Constant attendance bust. all their
•
efforts proved Unavailing. It: is thought '
that. the convulsions affected- her brain;
:thuit. bringing on death:. The.:girl was 11
years, of age and a bright, promising child.
1 a i 'Piz:1341e immigration society has been ..
farmed- at Winnipeg in connection with
treeentlyiermed in -England-td-receiya-artd-.
look after female : clornestica -sett to this;
country. . '• , ' c : .
, . . .
, Eight thousand dollars Worth. of goods:
attempted to be smuggled - in by a Chinese
firmwereseized at New Westalinster, B.C.-,-
And confiscated. - • • '
RETURNS; :'
- MT; Hardy presented to the . Hones
further correspondence with reference to
the Boundary Award; adding that the
tett of itiritrd "was jnoluded for the first
time; also a return of the wheat experi-
minted- with at the Agricultural College;
eorrespondence between the Governments
of Canada and of the Provinces of Quebec
and Ontario relating tdunsettled.accountri;.
also statement of bursar of U. C. College
also a return ot the trial of:felonies in the
County Courts. • -
- The House adjourned at6 o'clock.
. 'Tonoare, Feb- Sneaker took the
-chair at 3 o'clock. •
number of Bills were Std a third
time.
time. -fag .-
. A discussion on the question Of Wei:nein-
- tenance Of the Provincial Exhibitiontook
place when the abuse went into Committee
on the Billemending the Agrtoultifral and
-Arts Y9to. thought that - the P
Mr. Provincial
Exhibition might be advantageously.held in
the Estiftlar and -Modern sections, of 0*
Province in alternate years. - • .
Mr. Merrick Moved that theninth clause;
which gave power to the Counoir of the
Association -to- dispense ;with holding the
.Exhibition, should be struekont.
Wood opposed the motion on the
ground that it was not desirable that an
exhibition -should- be: held annually:, _The
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No Ilesitotioo.
Bishop Gilmour; of Cleveland, Ohio, has
used the Great German Remedy., St Jacobs
Oil;and endorses it highly. He writes about
it as followd am pleased to say that the
use Of St Jacobs: Oil . has benefitted me
greatly, and lrhave no hesitation to remint-
mend it to all as an excellent curative.
-:-The train had :run .410;0 a silmr-drifti .
and -the engine was batting its head in vain
against *a six . foot , bank. "'Por once . the
iron horse appears to be beaten," remarked
a fat woman in a _second-cles ' _ carriage,
"You shouldn't" •oall it an iron horse,"
.
mildly - ?reproved , a solemn -faced - man.
"Why net r".- asked the . fat woman in some
surprise.- . "Because it is -block tin,'
softly murmured the solemn -faced Mani ,as
he gazed out of the window and across the
Wintry -waste with e. far -away look in his eye.
FAIRY:MU-4T.
: 'The following description o the fairy
vessel represented on. this: page • irom the
Cincinnati Commerdal : The hull is orthe
finest select,ed white oak, braced-, bate
antrivetedin the Most .skillfull and ifork-
inanli'ke manner,. and is -64 .feet in length ,
14 feet breadth of beani, 21 feetdepth ol
Itold,'and draws twenty inehea of water.
She carries a tubular boil or, -ant two beauti.-1
,ftil little engines; made expressly for,: her : '
by the Ohio Machine ..00., Igiddleport; Oi
The dining-rooni is situated between tha
boiler and engine rooms, atutis artistitaliy _
grained, with frescoed ceiling. - It is fuiL •
. nished in. the Queen Anne pty e, and, tht
silver, china and table linen are Of thofines
, character. The -pilot-house,%Cabin'rriAiii
- i alort arid Captain's office are on thesalboli
deck and. are luxurious in theirl-ferniShing.
, .
' -24-.'-:
and decorations.. The saloon proper is
frescoed and gilded in - Eastlake style, and
the -flooring is _covered' with TuirkiSli cid
Theftuniture in raw- silk and[ walnut, if
the Queen Anne pattern; like that if the. :.
dictog-hall, and rieh curtains A of clailia:sk,:
complete the impression 'of a ie 'ts:hle'llo t..-
ing palace. The four state -rooms, . contain
ing two berths each; are Also e4peted=witli-..,,
Brussels and handsomely furnished: tie
'loaf belongs to and WAS Wit ;ander the
'direct -Lona . of . Messrs A:.• . Vogller & .
Ba1tintoie;.-61d.; for their Own exClusive iso
upon -the -Ohio, Mississippi and3ther W t-
ern-riters; and -is runby a - picked crew Of -
officers and men in their employ. The
-object.ofithis, little' Meatier ' - to carry
"neither- freight nor pamengers.' : She vas . .
'Slain for the Erin Cleve named, -to be.used:
exclusively by them for distributing their
- printed' matter in the river towns for ST.. .
:-JAboilS 044 the Great -German Remedy :
• for rheumatism and painfulailm liter:.