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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; - 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, • - ._-.._- __,-;_.....s.______-__.-...-- • 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.-- .. : . i - 7 ', - 1.- , . _ • -:: ---_____ 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. - - •••*t•• -",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 " " ••••• ,• 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:.