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The Brussels Post, 1891-7-10, Page 11 Volume 18. weracrg..asuninasemmonrsavasopes BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY., JULY 10, 1891. Number 82. Washington Letter. mom ourROgIllar Oorreepoudenet Wandneeen, Juno it, On the first day of Peet month the weather bureau will oease to be an at. taehment of the signal service of the artny and will be transferred alined in Ito entirety to the entering care of the Department of Agrinteure. This trans. for is in noorilanoe with the act of Con. greee approved Oct. 1st, 1890, enbitled "An aot to increase the efficiency and re. duce the expenses of the signal corps of the army, and to transfer the weather service to the Department of A.grioul. tura." This Aot provides that the civili- an duties now perfornoed by the signal corps of the army shall hereafter devolve upon a bureau to be known as the wean'. er bureau, which, on and after July 1, 1891, shall be established in and attaoh- ed to the Department of Agriculture, and the signal corps of the army shall remain a part of the military establishment tin. der the direation of the Secretary of War, and all estimates for its Ruppert shall be included with other estimeees for the support of the military establish- ment. The chief signal officer, Gen. A. W. Grady, is to continue to have charge of all military signal duties, the open, tions of his corps being confined to strict- ly military matters, and he is to be re- lieved of ell responsibility so Inc as the changes in the weather are concerned unless tha President may Bee fit, as he is authorized bo do, to detail him to take charge of the weather bureau. In nee a II8W chief is to be appointed he will be a oivilian, but it id in bhe dieeretion of the President to detail not more than four officers of the army, export in weather forecast, to do duty with the weather bureau. The President has not yet in. timated to the officials et the A.grieul- tun/A Department what notion be intends to take in the matter nor has the ques- tion been eeriouely dieoussed at the De - Penmen, for the transfer hits not yet nen made and the whole matter is be. ing kept in abeyance there until after the let of July. No appointments of eny sort hove yet been made nor have any been considered ae yet, and in poine of feet there are not many to make. It is authoritatively stated that the only finanoial question to be considered by the Cabinet at its regular meeting to- day is whether the coinage of standard silver dollars shall be continued after July lst. Data on that subject, and on no other, has been prepared at the Treasury Department for the informa- tion and guidance of the President and his advisers. Many oommunications on this subject have been received at the Department since it became known that the Pinancial Secretary was seriously considering such a policy. While there is considerable diversity of opinion as to the advisability of such a course, the pre- vailing sentiment with leading Treasury officials is that it will be adopted. One of these said yesterday that while it was necessary that this question should be disposed of before the first pros., there is no other question affecting the national finances that requires immediate conoid. oration. The question of the extension of the 4e per cent. loan of 550,000,000, be mid, would probably be disposed of some time next month, although there is no particular necenity for action so soon as that. The offers so far received in response to Secretary Foster's suggestion for nob extension have been few in num. bor and represent less than 83,000,000 of the bonds. The holders of about an- ima this amount agree to a 2 per cent. extension, and the others say they will accept the rate finaely determined upon. This year is memorable for the num- ber of important conventions already held and yet to be hold at the national (who'. Besides the National Academy of Solomon and the great mediceleonven- ventione that met here last Spring, the other notable assemblages are three, all to be held in &went. Foremost in the list is the American Andemy for the ad- vancement of scienoe, whioh meets on the 19th of that monch. About the same time will be the meeting of the Geological Society of America, and fol. lowing that, on the 201h August, will come the Interna.tional Geological Con - gales. These gatherings of men devoted to purer science cannot fail to engage the attention of the whole scientifio world. &watery Foster seems to have a realizing acne° of what it means to re- coup atter au extravagant Congress has had a wheels at the areasury. GAMES ON THR 15111. -- Pot the purpose of adding interest to the oelebretion of the Boyne Anniversary in Brussels next Monday, a series of games have been arranged to come off on Victoria Park, commencing at 10:80 a. m., open to Orangemen ond the members of them respective families. Is entrance fee charged. Program will be as fol. lows :- 100 yard race, men—lab, felt het, choice of stook, A. Strachan donator ; 2nd, large cabinet album, el. T. Pepper ; 8rd, gine water pitoher, Geo. Thomson ; 4th, box Pepper's pills. Running hop, step and jump—lst, dens shirt, A.B. Smith; 2nd, pair cabi. not photo. frames, R. Leatherrhle ; 8rd, searf pin, 'T. Pletcher ; 4th, box Popper's pills, Reno for boys under 12 ream—lee, pair of boots, Geo. Good ; 2ed, magio lantern, Tim pose Booketere ; Sed, Pound of candy, W. 11. MoOveakeu ; 41311, box Pepper's pills. Ran for boys over 12 and under H— ist, 4 cabinet photos., L. Hunter ; end, silk necktie, °hone of stook, Forgustm its Holliday ; 3rd, pair of ouff buttons, .Jas. Jones, 4th, box Pepper's pills. Giro's race under 12-19e, Ladies' sat - ewe J. G. Skone ; 2n1, pair cabinet phOto. frames, Smith, Malcolm de Gibson; 8rd, pair a flower vans, Mrs. Kiek ; 4th, box Pepper's pills. Girl's race over 12 and under 10 -1st, leather hand satobel, J. T. Pepper ; silk handkerchief, D. Bose, jr. ; Ord, pair of kid glovee, Venetian er Halliday ; hox Pepper's Ville. Race for Whim -1st, pair of iliot celery glasses, Geo. Baker ; end, lernP, Mauer .e Co. ; 2rd, bleak bugle colter, Mrs, Rogers; 4th, box Pepper's pills. Running long jornp—Ist, cloth for pants, Howe Be. Co. ; 2tul, buggy whip, H. Donnie ; 3rd, lemon squeezer, Behan- tyne do Wilton; 4th, box Pepper's pills, Old man's race, over 60—let, leather halter, I. C. Richarcle ; 2tid, 8 pounds Japan tea, W. a McCracken ; 11rd, one pound allowing tobacco, J. Grewar ; 4th, box Pepper's pine. Old ladies' raoe—lst, est glass dishes, Geo. Baehr ; 2nd, one dozen silver spoons, 13. Gerry ; 8ra, Puilde fork, II. L. Jackson 4th, box Pepper's polls, itelneni �IL AslEfticAN. To the Editor of Tim Posy. Dean SIlt,--To settle a dieputed point would you kindly lee me know through your columns the birthplace and shire In Scotland (and year if possible) of John Omar, the Chicago millionaire. Yours truly, Winnipeg, July 2, '91 Armee (Mr. Crerar was born in New York city and was about 64 yeavs of age at the time of hie decease. His father was a mein of Perthshire, Scotland, going to Englaud and then to New York where he amassed wealth in the mercantile line. His son John succeeded him in businesee iftErAki)'s cAPITA L. To the Editor of Ting POST, DroLR EDIT011,—I promised in my last notes to send you a few niore remerks from Dublin which I intend doing now. I landed in Dublin on June 8zel at tbe North Wall, on a nice, fine rnoroing and after being all night on the boat I felt nattore's keen demands for a good break- fast, which I found in ham and eggs with good coffee and the other fixings. After breakfast I went to view the city which I found very beaubiful indeed. The flnot object that attracted my abtention was the Liffey river which runs through the city aud divides it into two parte. The river on both sides is walled in 'with cut stone to the height of about 25 feet with about 4 feet above the level of the streeb. It is °reseed by nine very old looking and substantially built bridges which connect with the streote on both sides. The walled in river with its nine bridges give that part of the city a nice appear. ants but it also has its disadvantages for when the tide is out and the water drown to the river level the slimy mud on both sides has a very unsightly appearance and does not add to the healthfulness of the city. There is coasiderable traffic on the river when the tide is in. Arocord. ing to tho last census the population of Dublin is about 429,111. Saokville street is very wide and is considered to be ono of the oncost beautiful of any city in the world. Wellington's and O'Connell's monuments are on that street. It is a very busy thoroughfare with street oars and almost every kind of carriage, but principally the bwo-wheeled ones. Dame street, I think, is the next in importance and is a beautiful street also. Grattan's statue and on -e or two more are on it. Now as regards public buildings. I will mention a few of the moat famed and no viaitor should leave without seeing them, viz. :—The Four Courts of Dublin ; the Bank of Ireland ; the Custom House; and the general post office. It is a nice little walk to go around any one of them. Then 001:6813 Trinity College; Chapel Royal; St. Patriok's Cathedral; Christ's Church and Synod Hall. As for re- creation grounds Stephen's Green and Phenix Park should not be omitted by any visitor. They will find both these places of popular resort very interesting. They are very beautifully laid out with walks, flower beds, fountains and statues of different prominent men. Dublin is not noted for its manufaoturies, still there are a few and one in portioular has a world wide zeputation-Guinness' liquor manufacturing estehlishment. Very few liquor dealers or hotel keepers in Ameri- ca, are without 'Guinness' Stout' or other kinds of his liquors. I was told in Dublin to try and see tho establishment before I would leave the city for that it was well worth seeing. I went to the °leek's almond asked him if I could hove a look through the building. He answered "no," in a gruff voice. I said I had often heard of their far-famed liquors, bad often seen their brands in America and was sorry it was against the rules to admit strangers. He said "are you from Americo& 7" I said "yes." Ile then said to oome in the morning about 9 o'clook and I would be ehown all through tbe works as there was a man kept for that purpose, but it was too late in the afternoon then. He said that last week a gentleman and hie daughter from Boston were shown through the works and they were very mtooh eurprieed at the extent of the business that was done. It would take a good half day to go all tlirottgli end I had not that time to spare as I Intended leaving lor Liverpool that evening. He said if I ribald not wait till morning he would not let me go without some information. He then noted down some partionlars which I 11008 make use of:- -Guinn:se' establiehment covers 45 fines ; the ehipment to town and coun- try 7,000 barrels por day in the busy see, son ; they employ about 2,000 hands all told ; locomotives about the works, from 12 to 14 ; coopers, 800 ; carpenters, 50 ; tinsmiths, 8 ; painters, 6 ; horses, 250. It hi a Very busy place and they send liosuors ell over the wand, The people on no silents appeared respectably knee. ed. I saw no drenlienness endue begging, with one exception. At the North Wall I saw one woman with a baby in her nine, at the same place eaolo day beg, ging from people as they passed. Next time I ottn give some partionlors of my trip through the nuntry. Yonts J. B. It a barn nosing on the farm of ThoMag MoKeith, leth con., Aehfield, an overlayFilippa and nenek McLean on the nook, inuring his spine, The lower part of MoLoan's body from the waist down is powerless aed donne give no hope of his refinery. Miss 0. E. Davie in away visiting Mende in Poodstock. Station master S. Gillis, wife and ohild are away on their holiday trip. Min L. Sherlock and bliss Melinda Milne are writing on the Third 010.88 8X. atnination at Listowel this week. Wm. eloAllieter, wife and son are away for a two month's visit to Minne• apolie, Ste Paul and other places in Min - neon. Mrs. Wm. Spence and Miss Spence have been visiting friends in Flamilton Inc the past few weeks. Mrs. Spence re- turned home lad Saturday. The Orangemen of Ethel and sur - minding country are going to Beanies to celebrate this year. A special passenger train rune np on Monday morning. The annual pio.nic of the Presbyierian Sunday school will be held in Mr. Slemmonet grove on Friday, the 101h inst, A good time may be expeoted if the weather is favoreble. Now that we ban about seven weeks of holidays would it not be advisable to have our sehool house and yard repaired. The welt is in very bad shape, in fact the children have not been able to drink the water for the lase two years and a little white -wash on the ceiling and a thorough cleaning of floor and seats would be very desirable and add very materially to the health of the pupils. We trust our trustees will attend to this mabber. I. 0. F.—At a special meeting held on Thursday evening last in connection with Court Ethel, No. 175, the following officers were elected :-0. D., H. 0. R., 3. M. Davin ; O. R., David Milne ; V. 0. R., R. McDonald; R. S., Geo. Dobson; P. S., J. A. Young,; Treas., H. Wanner; Chap., Rev. W. J. Hooleston ; S. W., Eph. Cober ; 3 W., Geo. Brewster; S. B., A. W. Milne ; J. 13., Jno. Robertson; Phy., Wm. Cale, M. D. CI rat etb resole. Rev. D. 13. McRae arrived home last week. Harold Stewart, of Toronto, is visit- ing at Mrs. Slemmon's. Most of our citizens attended the spode io Brussels on Dominion Day. A. C. Damn shipped a car load of cattle last Friday from Brussels sbation. john Leokie and wife peed our village a flying visit on Wednesday of last week. Mies Etta McNair is away at Listowel this week writing on the 3r1 010.88 de- partmental examination. We wish her SUCCOSEI. John McIntosh sr. returned from the west last Friday. He reports that no- where between Manitoba and here did h find the orops looking so well as they do in the township of Grey. Onre—Last Friday morning Crae. brook and surrounding community were siartleel by the sad and unexpected word that the sold messenger, death, bad again entered the household of Peter Sinclair jr., 141311 eon., Grey, and marked for its own his beloved wife. It is not yet a year sine Gol in His provi- dence visited that home in this way by taking away Maggie, his mach esteemed daughter. These are things over which we have no control, thus the Dennehy of each and every one of us making due preparation to meet our God and to wel- come the foaming of the "pale horse" whose rider is death. May not only the bereaved ones but the entire community receive this as 0 warning to each one of us to get our house in order for the com- ing of this event which must be an epoch in the history of the life of each one of us. May the visitations of the Giver and Taker of life be for our moral and spiritual improvement. Mrs. Sinclair WAS 49 years and 10 months old and left five children. The entire coin • triunity deeply sympathize with Mr. Sin- clair and family in the loss of an Men- tionate wife and loving mother, and may God sustain them in their heavy bereave- ment and sanctify this affliotion to them. The burial took plaoo on Saturday, the interment being made at Oranbrook cemetery. Rev. D. B. McRae, pastor of the deceased, took charge of the service. canticuan News+. Berlin voted $25,000 for constructing sewers. Hamilton has now over 50,006 in- habitant°. It is proposed tobnild an electric street railway in 'Ventres'. The Brantford hotelkeepere hen all signed a ten cent drink schedule. Grey County Council voted 20 to 20 against building a county poor house. A number of circus posters at London, Ont., have been objected to by the police. An immense coal field is said bo have been discovered near Nathan), British Columbia. Joiseph Milton, Ridgetown, expeote to have 1,000 bushels of peaohee. The crop will be betwy. Ian said that an Ottawa oontractor has bought all the slabs from the mills nod will front a corner in wood. The piano factories of Kingaton have amalgareeted and formed a joint stook company with s capital of 550,000. The bills to incorporate bone oiroles and septennial soroieties were thrown out in committee at Ottawto on Sitturaay. .7. L. Coleman, Dominion °sprees agent at Smith's Falls, is charged with embezzling 5600 of the company's moneys. A meeting was held Tuesday night to organize a Highland regiment in To. ronto. John I. Davidson was unani- mously chosen toe commander. The Brantford eexpositor glories that the reeent suburban annexations brims biis populotion of tho oily up to 15,500 people, The Expositor did =oh to auhieve the result shaded to. A. sad accident mourred at 230 Onthor. inc street, Hoiroilton, last week. A ohild 18 months old, belonging to Jas. Martin, fell into a tub of rain weter in mar of the }Muse end was dead When found. Dr. Grethen', of Dorchester, is having a now barn emoted, and the men while at work Fridge, tomoving the old ono mine upon a. ;hinter of MI6 thirty four in number, The men succeeded in extiu. guishing thirty-two of the large ones, The G. T. rt. will likely establish v. stook yard at Othantqui. Potence and hay promise to yield abundantly In New Brunewiolt. The corner -stone of St. James' A.ngli- oan oheroh, Guelph, was laid Tuesday. The Canadian Paoifio Railway have secured direct entry into the heart of Chicago. Two thousand Patrons of Industry visited the Ontario Agrioulturee College en Tuesday. The Presbyterian are thinking of building a Sunday wheel building in Walkerville. The Britiph commiseionere in the Behrtng Sea diffioulty left Ottawa for Alaska Wednesday. F. Ritobie, C. P. IL cashier at Portage Is Prairie, is 5700 short in hie accounts, and hits disappeared. It is propssed to tender Ur. Mender a monster demonetrittion upon his return to Montreal from Europe. Well.to-do residents of Thousand Is- land Park are alleged to be implicated in smuggling meat from Canada. The citizens of Tilsonburg propose holding a baseball tournament early in August for prizes of 5120, 580, $60 and $40, Emanointion Dae, will be observed in Chatleam this year by a grand demon. aeration on Aug. let, under the auspices of the league. The Presbytery of Kingston has accept- ed the resignations of Nev. Dr. George of Belleville and Rev. Alex. Young of Napanee. There is now in the bonded warehouses in Walkerville nearly 4,250,000 gallons of proof spirits, which will bring a duty of over $6,000,000. Jake Diekert, of Woodstock, has re. ceived 5100 from Dr. Clegg, of Cleveland, for a St. Bernard puppy, which the Dr. saw a couple of weeks ago, and greatly fancied. Windsor, Ont., is the heppy possessor of a cow that has a penchant for goslings, having eaten 17 in one day recently. She hi making sure of her Christmas goose in good time. Last week Conrad Stirtzsiner, of Mid. dletou, sold Leemen Wilson, of Delhi, a yoke of oxen, seven years old, which weighed 5720 pounds, and were just in ordinary working order. The St. Clair Tunnel will in all proba- bility .be ready for the fall travel. Good work is now being done on the trouble at the approaches, and the other work is also being pushed ahead. Bush fires have destroyed a large amount of timber and many buildings in the northern townehips of Hastings of late. McLaughlin'e depot, near Aylen's Lake'was burned. Loss, 510,000. At the investigation into the McGreevy scandal Wednesday Witness Murphy swore time the wife of Chief Engineer Parley was given $1,385 worth of jewel. lery from the Larkin, Connolly di Co. funds. The management of the Brant Review newspaper of Paris, lute undergone a obange. Talbot Torrance, the one time editor of the paper, has been engaged to run it by the proprietors, Messrs. G. II. Wilkes di Company, of Brantford, in place of C. R. Fitoh. A fine specimen of the blaok eagle WWI shot in Puslinch by J. W. Gilchrist a few days ago. The bird,though a young one, measured 2 feet 7 inches in lengeb and 6 feet 2 inches from tip to tip of its wings. It was brought down with a Snider rifle at a distance of 150 yards. It has been sent to Jas. McGinnis, of Hespeler, to be set up. Mrs. Hugh Johnston's pet hen hatched out forty chickens in one sitting, viz., 10 leghorns, 10 shanghais, 10 buff oochins, 8 black spanish,1 bantam and a game cook, which Hugh will have on enhibition at the Clarksburg Pall Fair, and will ohal- lenge the county for a prize fighter.— Thornbury Standard. The Hernilton Speotator says :—A. large dog mime to the city treasurer's office to day to buy his own tag. He had so envelope in his mouth containing the money and a letter stating that his name was Oakey Fly, that he lived at Derby cottage'Wellington street south, and bad earned the money himeelf carrying messages. He got his tag and departed. Geo. Alexander Drew, county judge for Wellington, died suddenly about mid: night on Saturday night from heart failure, He returned to Toronto about 8 o'clock on Saturday evening in his usual health, and read with his family until 11 when he retired. Shortly after - weeds he was seized with an anomie simi- lar to ono be experieneed sores time ago, ond in a short space of time passed away. The toiloressos of Wiarton are on strike not for higher wages but against store pay. The strikers say : "We have been neuetomed to take in exchange for labor ill.bred orders on the stores and houses for which the master tailors work, whether they be to our advantage or nob; to be paid in email is something almost unknown. We therefore determine at all oosts to leave our several occupation until mph tirne as the inerehante and tailors together egree to pay ue oath irb full." Orangeville Adveniser six.year. old girl, hilariously drunk, and gemming telephone post for support, woe the sad sight the eyes of tloo Ent 13roadway pea. °strains one day last week. The little one had been sent by one ef her mother's neighbors to purchase 10 cents worth of of gin for a sick man, and, With childish inquisitivetess had cpened the bottle containing the liquor and drank some of it. The effect was soh as to neconitate the ottendanoe of a phyrdelan to counter - ad the effects of the eleohol consumed. A. painful ond serious aocident rm. ourred near Armow a few mornings ago. An old and reepootee gentlemen, Steph- en Wilson, while droving a Mowing machine, noticed a stick in the guards and stood in front of the knife to retnove the obstruotion. The horses stoned and the knife Mangled the fest of the old gentleman before Ile could stop the borne. He was Oarried into the house and moditial aid sent for. Dootors am. putated one foot alone the ankle ; the other is badly lacerated, but arepntetion WAS Wit ',necessary, The Deriver line steamship Lake Super- ior, which arrived in Montreal Tuesday, had a tremendously rough time the Ian few days of her peonage, Thos. Kidd, one of the olden residente end the beet known writer on old times in Goderioh, died on Saturday at the ad- vanced age of 87, and was interred in lIdaitland monetary on Monday afternoon. A Ge T. R. brakeman, J0.8101$ Tuit, was killed while switching Monday night near Thamesford by falling between the cars on the Toronto freight. He has been only about a year on the road but was very popular, end was a seeady, reliable man. lie was only nineteen years of age. His mother and brother reside at 'Windsor. Hem Free Press says :—Tho two headed calf has been ont-done by a three - eyed, two billed chicken. Such a one made its appearence ae Chas. Roberts' lately. It hal two bills with an eye be- tween them. There was shoo an eye on each side of the head. It would have been valuable as a freak of nature had it not died. The authorities at Ottawa ere deter. mined that ghouls shall not have the re. mains of Sir John Macdonald, if robbery can be prevented by workmanship and skill. Geo. Newlands, contraotor, has ben authorized to excavate two feet aronncl the vault and 011 10 with cement mixed with cut wire. Two detectives are still living in the vicinity of the grave. Lovers of the grotesque and horrible in nature can satiate their desires by taking a glimpse at a freak which lies come to light at Queensville. The mon- strosity takes the from of a colt, having only three legs, no eyes or no nostrils. It breathes through in mouth, and at the time of writing is still alive. It bag been viewed bya large number of people, and i all unite n deolaring it to be champiou freak of the seasom—Sutton Herald. The dam syndicate has been trans. formed into a joint stock company at Stratford, to be called the Victoria Lake Oompany, Stratford (limited,) with a capital of $50,000 in 1,000 shares at 550 each. The first directors of the company are Malcolm MoFarlane, Andrew Jackson Bailey, John Gerrie, Domed M. Fraser, Samuel Rollin Pinson'James Peter eVoods, George Gordon MaPherson and Thomas Holliday. The letters patent were issued on June 26. A most marvellous escape took place near Tilbury on Wednesday of lase week. Just as the C. P. R. approaches that village there is a curve, and as the ex- press train turned it the engineer was horror stricken to see a, little child on the track about 50 yards ahead. He whistled and put on the air brakes, and when the engine was a few yards from the child it stumbled and fell. The whole train passed over it and, strange to say, it was not injured in the least. Its name is Brosseau, and its age 3 yeses. When a G. T. R. train was about a mile east of Belle River, the engineer saw a man walking on the track, He pulled the whistle a number of times but the man paid no attention, and before the train could be stopped the pilot of the engine had struck him throwing him in- to an adjoining field. The train Was stopped and a number of passengers hurried to whore the man wee struck, ex- peoting to find him dead, but instead lie was lying down laughing at what he thought a good joke. He was not injured in the slightest. He said that his name was Baptiste and that he lived near Morristown. While drawing gravel from the pit on J. Brown's farm, lot 10, con. B, Plymp- ton, for road work, the men unearthed four Indian skeletons. They were found in every caee in a eitting posture ; stioks of wood were placed over their heads crosswise to prevent the earth from fall- ing in, which afterwards becoming de °eyed, fell in,causing a depresston of the earth, which plainly marks the loca• tion of each grave, eight of which remain intact. A few of the bones found were in a state of preservation, while others were crumbled to dust. te few pines of pottery were also found. The locnion is a high gravel hill, admirably adapted to die use to which the aborigines ap- plied it. T. B. Millar, milk inspector, appoint- ed by the Weetern Ontario Dairymen's Association. discovered two oases of milk watering among patrons of Pomeroy'e factory in Logan. The defendants, Jas. Keelan and Thos. Jordan, were brought before Mr. Flagg, J. P. at Mitchell, and fined 55 and code eade The inspeotor tested the milk and found 15% of rvater in one sample and 21% in the other. The inspector says the guilty parties are fortunate in getting off with such small fines. The officers of the associetion are bound to put a stop to the praotioe of milk adulteration and in future nen tbe lines will be much heavier. Justice Street has handed out judg. men on the petition of Mrs. Jen Be:te- nd, of Stratford, for the custody of • 11 -year-old child Barbara But end. This little girl he at present living with her parental grandfather, Alexan Burnard, a farmer in the suburbs Stratford,who is woetlo some 550,000. The mother of the ohild is nob p05585 '1 of great moans and hag several oilier Andean. Sho and her husband are living together. The judge refuses the application end nacre that little Barba. e shall remain in the custody of her gra, i. mother to hove moon to ban at rue ee. able intervals, and steted at intervals .5 child is to be allowed to stay with ie. mother foe a short time if elle desires. e The Queen Cley Homing Cirtb lied is race fixon St. Marys, diseance 100 miles, Saturday, for a pair of bird e presented by P. F. Belay, of Germentowo'Pa, The MO was an excellent one, the birds making the best speed ever aocompliehei for 100 miles in Cando. The bitos e ere sent tip to the Canadiem Heinen reent at Se. Mary on Friday evening, with inetntobions to liberate them at noon on Saturday. The fleet bird was reported In Toronto at 1:85e, the ascend bio 1 froon F. Parkie at 1:37e, and the third bled frorn le. Batiokbeen's loft, at 1:88e. All the others followed in rapid aeons. Mon. The Whining bitd flew ab the rate of over a Mile per ininthe. (4011CYS1,1 INTONVF4a The eruption of Vesuvius is bonen- ing. The number of Roman Catholics over 15 years of age in the LT. S. is said to be 6,35000. An uoiltnown man was murdered by north eide toughs in Milton, s Chicago suburb, of Sunday night. In 1880 there were 9,951,008 pupils' names registered in the United States ; in 1890 the number was 12,592,721. The Government of PaSill, has pro. hibited the exportation of corn from that country. The crops in the southern provinoes have been doseroyed by:Innate. Four men were executed by electrioity et Sing Sing Tuesday after justioe had been delayed for two years by the efforts of attorneys who, a000rding to the Phila- delphia Reeord, were in the pay of elec• Inc companies. While a party of soldiers were pea°. tieing the construction of a ponton bridge across the Aar river near Soleure, Switzerland, Saturday the structure upon which they were at work capsized, and 18 of the party were drowned. Bev, 0. H. Spurgeon's condition is pro. nounoed dangerous. Constant prayer is being offered on his behalf in his tab- ernacle. Mr. Spureon has experienced a sudden increase of kidney congestion, accompanied by nausea, drowsiness and prostration. There were two fatal balloon ascents in Ohio towns Saburday. At New Lis- bon Ohms. J. Jones, of Cleveland, was making an ascent. Won. Hennessey, an assistant, was caught in the ropes and carried 100 feet into the air. Both men then fell, Hennessey being instantly kill- ed and Jones fatally injured. At Elyria, Mlle. Zoettit Bentley, of Cleveland, at- tempted to make an ascent while a strong wind was blowing. She was dragged through several trees and fell when 60 feet from the ground. She was killed instantly. When tbe body was picked up it was found that every rib bad been broken. Milan has a curiostey 10 8 elook, which is made entirely of bread. The maker is a native of India, and he has devoted three sesare of his time to the construc- tion of this curiosity. He was very poor, and, being without means to pur- chase the necessary metal, deprived him- self regularly of his daily bread, which he devoted to the construction of his cur- iosity, eating the crust and saving the soft part for doing his work. He made use of a aertein salt to solidify his mater- ial, and when the various pieces were dry they were perfectly hard and insolu- ble in water. The clock is of respectable size, and goes well. The case, which is also hardened with bread, displays great talent in design and execution. PERSONAL PA RiORAPHS. Philip Ament has been on the sick list. John Wynn was on the siok list this week. Paul Milloy, of AIL Forest, spen6 Sun. day in town, Herbie Cook is away to Lakelet on a holiday outing. Min Jennie Wilson arrived home from Guelph last week. Mr. Kingswood, of Se Thomas, spent several days in town. Mrs Grills is visiting her daughter, Mrs. R. Leatherdale. MiBel M. Leavens of London, is visit- ing fnends in Brussels. Rev. A. 'Y. Hartley, of Bluevale, was in town on Wednesday. Thos. Moore and who are visiting with relativea in Holmesville. Miss Millie Grover was rusticating in Grey township this week. Mies Joan Ross ishotne tor her sum- mer vacation from Michigan. Principad Shaw was in Clinton visit- ing his son, Dr. J. W., this week. Mrs. T. G. Holmes mid Trudie are away at New York visiting relatives. S. Diokson, wife and daughter end Miss MoLertn, all of Seaforth, were visit- ing Robert Dickson and family on Mon. day. A. Morarlane,of Durham, is sapplying H. 3. Morden's place in the Standard Bank while the letter is away for his holidays. Charles Jackson, of Toronto, is home on a holiday visit. Ile is doing well in the Queen oity and is al- ways a welcome visitor to Brussels. Jae. Clark, finisher in Messrs. Smith, Malcolm et Gibson'a factory, has gone to Seaforth, He will be missed from the town Band as he is a good cornet player. 1.1. Gordon, of Goderich, was in town for several days assisting his brotherein- hew and sister, Rev. G. A. Salton and wife, in getting settled in the parsonage. Walter Burgess, who has been iu the photo gallery here for some time, has made an engagement with A. Bauslough, photographer, Sea,forth, arid will leave Brussels next week. Wo learn by letter front T. S. Hum- phries, formerly of Brussels, that his wife died last Monday end was buried on Wednesday, at lisstiugs, Ont. Particu- lars in next issue. D. A. Simile is not uoarly so well as his friends would wish him to be. It name the treabment he received in con- neotion vribh the Koch lymph, al Lon- don, has omb proven as beneficial as wee expected at first. Mrs,. Steven Drewo and Mishit Arm. strong, of London, ars on a visit to thole paints, Elisha has been lon the Mole list for eight or nine weeks, WEI are eorry to say, but hope the ehtenge of air and scene may peeve beneficial. Ati Will be soon by netice elsewhere in Vote paper, Avthor McGuire, let con., Morris, diol on Suerloy last, at the al - ',zoned age of 71. 'The deceased 779.8 the father of our townernen, Arthur MoGuire, tend was a highly respected old gentle. mat. The funeral was on Werineeday. Tan POST had a pleasant cell Rom P. D, Moleinnon, of Winnipeg, lest Satnr. day. Mr. klaohoe been in the wed for 8 or 10 years and ie 08011 pleaeed With the proffent orospoces and looks to the future fer wonderfel developments. He is ot proton the General egoist Of the Confederation Life Aseeranoe 00.