The Brussels Post, 1892-7-22, Page 1Volume 20.
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1892
Number 2,
A V1sIt To Enghfnd.
What is milled a toured tiolcet mutat
be got on bhe Berwickshire branch of the
North British Railway, a single traolc
line connecting the Mob ooaet and Car-
lisle or West Coast lines of that railway.
I went from Greenlaw to St. Boswells,
a station at the junction with the main
lino, where for 50 shillings I got a tioket
of that description for London. A tioket
like this was good for I think throe
menthe, with etoppinge off ab important
plane named thereon, but I found in
praotioe that wherever the train stopped
I could gee off and take the next one
without being Called in question.
The distance would be somewhere about
370 miles, posting a little over a cent
per mile bravelled. Return tickets have
little or no abatement and are seldom
Called for. The third olaee aocommoda•
tion is greatly improved since 1858 ; seats
are cushioned the whole width of the oar,
a compartment holding ten eomforbably,
five on a seat facing each other, with a
door on each side and a sliding window
let down or up with a strong leather
strap. It ie very rarely yon ace all the
eeate taken up and as a rule eaoh com-
partment is completely isolated. A few
of the North British oars are boarded
only half way up but such is an exuep•
tion. St. Boswells is quite Close to the
Bilden Hills, a hill with three peaks,
perhaps 1,000 feet above bhe sea. Itis
said that on one of them there is bhe re.
mains of a Roman encampment, part of
an altar erected by Curiae Domitanius of
the 20th legion has been found near by
and gives Color to the idea. For 20 miles
from St. Boswells the route is in a general
way Close to that taken by Deloreino in
his ride from Branxholm to Melrose
Abbey which is about four miles further
up the Tweed. At Hawick I changed
into a fast train which did not atop until
Carlisle was reached. From Hewlett
the country is hilly and chiefly in pas.
tare with not much heather. We pass.
ed ab a short distance from Hermitage
Castle and the Nineeban0e Rig both
famous 10 story, where it ie said Lord
Soulis was burned in a sheet of lead,
We also passed the small towns of
Oastlehon and Gretna where the rannwey
marriages were performed. The Country
es Carlisle is approached gets tamer and
more under cultivation. I went to a
temperanoe hotel to whioh I had been
recommended by a friend. These hotels
are more patronized Chau with ur. Oar.
lisle for centuries barred the western
entranoe into England and may possibly
have been a Roman station as the wall,
which stretches across the island to New-
oaetle,terminates in the neighborhood.
There seems to be renewed interest taken
in exploring the remains of that remark-
able building. A gentleman in the vi.
oinity has made extensive excavations,
some of them in his pleasure grounds
whioh ho opens two days a week to the
public. King William II built the
Castle whioh now lies no military im•
portanee except as a barracks for the
soldiers. It stands upon an eminence, a
gentle asoent leading up to it. Having
examined it I went into the Cathedral
whioh is not far from it but it did not
strike me as being as interesting as
Glasgow Cathedral and was certainly
plainer than St. Giles at Edinburgh.
William's brother Henry I built the
Cathedral and no doubt both of them,
partioularly the Citable, will be consider-
ably changed since they were erected
over seven centuries ago. Carlisle, for
its size, is a busy city ; the County of
Cumberland does its business there.
The gaol and Court House are in oloee
proximity to each other both of them of
a peouliar rounded form of architecture.
One of the tallest chimneys in the king.
dom, said to be 470 feet high, deme duty
for a large cotton mill. I left the next
morning by the Midland keeping oloee to
the Eden river until it becomes little
more than a sheep drain. After leaving
Carlisle the grade is steep and long
through a hilly, pastoral Country fancied
in with stone dykes going from the val.
ley up bhe hills till lost to view and, see.
Mg the land is nearly all in pasture, far
more of them than is neoeseary unless
the land is owned or rented by small
holders. The railway is also fenced with
the same material instead of hedges as on
the North British or as further south.
There are many heavy Cuttings but the
slopes are not so well kept nor trimmed
as on the Northern Line. After getting
to the summit we went very fast, making
few stops and passing even a large plane
palled Skipton, from where it seemed al.
moot a oontinuoue town until Notting-
ham is reeohed. We Stopped at Leeds
for an hour and a half. It is a busy
plane principally ill the manufaoburing
of woollen goods of all desoripbions.
After starting we made a short stop ab
Sheffield, a smoky plane famed for its
cutlery, getting to Nottingham, one of
the large towns of the Midland counties,
early in the afternoon. When enquiring
for the tioket for London a gentleman in
the station asked me if I was on business
or for eight -Boeing. I told him the latter
chiefly, PIe said to by all means 08138 iu
Nottingham ; he had jest been south and
had seen nothing which interested him
so math as the Castle there. It did not
matter to me where I stayed eo I found
quarters at a hotel called "The Commer-
cial," the chargee being as near as pos•
bible two dollars a day. Following the
directions given me I started for the
Castle and struck the Corner of a largo,
open space (it wag hardly a square) filled
with elands and tents containing artioles
too numerous to mention. I =melted a
argon who seeped to bo going in my
direotion and he said he was going right
past the Castle. On asideg him what
was going on in the square he was great.
ly surprised and doubtless pitied my
ignorance in net knowing that it was the
Goose Fair. Tim Castle gates were be,
ing Closed as it Was 4 o'clock and would
not be opened hill 10 next morning so I
had to retrace my stops and took In the
Fair, which seemed in an embryo state
snaking ready for the next day. On
getting bank to the inn I examined the
eailwayy time table, a pamphlet folio
size, of 125 pagoe, prime one penny, but
Could stake nothing et 11, 'There were
several gentlemen in the roost, mostly
oomrnereial bravellere, I appealed to ono
of thein and be said ho could make nobh•
ing out of it either ; it was Greek to him.
Another one said to tie, "Wait till I ane
through with my tea arid I will explain
it to you." 7 thought it took him oon•
siderablo time bo do so. He said that I
would have to take a brain which left
abnub eleven and whioh was going bo give
me very little time to see the Cache. I
got up early in the morning and wont to
the station. A porter, of whom ab a sta.
Con like Nottingham there are perhaps
twenty, slid there was a train not only
ab eleven but at twelve and a fast one
twenty minutes later. Knowing the way
I went round by the Fair whioh was in
full swing, all kinds of poultry, dead and
alive, plinked and unpluoked wore ehotvu.
Getting round to one corner it Could be
seen that there was something unusual
going to make ire appearance as bhe
crowd was all moving in one direction.
A van, drawn by six or eight horses in
which was a fine band, soon passed by
aocompanied by a large crowd of people
and followed by vane. One was drawn
by an elephant, another by an elephant
and camel, some by three horses tandem,
othere three abreast, some by horses
double, others single ; as the street was
steep it was with considerable difficulty
some of them got up. I Counted over
twenty till it got monotonous and they
were still passing when I left. It was a
joint Circus and menagerie—Bailey (an
American) and Wombwell's. I got to
the Castle gate ten minutes Iwo soon bub
the polioeman said I could go in and
look over the grounds whioh are nicely
laid out and kept, Covering about six
aores inside the walls. He asked me if 1
noticed the hospital as I came along and
whioh would be aeon from where we were
standing. IIe said that was the spot
where Charles I raised the standard
and which was the oommenoemenb of the
Civil war. The Castle was held by
Cel mel Hutoh'nion for the parliament.
He was well versed in English history
and with none of the parrot like chatter
of the average oicerone about him, The
Castle and grounds belong to the corpora-
tion on a lease for 500 years at a rent of
:8300 a year from the Duke of Newcastle
to whom it belonged at the
passing of the Reform Bill when it was
burned down in a riot. It remained a
ruin for 25 years till the above agreement
was made. He was a Tory of the old
school, finding Mr. Gladstone with his
first seat in the neighboring rocket
borough of Newark. The Castle etande
upon a soft sandstone rook 130 feet high
and almost perpendicular for a large
part of its circumference, the approach
doubtless being largely artificial. The
origin of the town and Castle, like the
most of those old places, is loot in anti-
quity. The rook being soft is easy of
exoavabion. There is a subterranean
entranoe Called "Mortimer's Hole." In
the beginning of the reign of Edward III
the Castle was held by the Earl of that
name and the followers of the King effect.
ed an entrance by that way and Mortimer
was taken and shortly after executed at
Iyburn. The Castle, which has been re-
built in a modern, residential etyle,is sub.
divided into 12 rooms whioh are kept as
an art gallery and museum. The au•
num' exhibition of works of art was going
on and a groat many paintings both in
water colors and oil were shown either
for sale or sold, one called "Pygmalion,"
by W. H. Margebeon, had £400 marked
on it. Of the many thab I saw there are
two that I rsoallect, one lent by the cor-
poration of Birmingham "A martyr of
the 10th Century Johanna de Senthova
led out to be burned alive," by Wm.
Geste ; and "Barnby Budge meeting Mr.
Chester et the Maypole Inn," by Fred.
Roe. There was a double gate of tam.
merod iron made by one Shaw,a Notting-
ham hlaolcsmith for Hampton Court in,
the time of William III, upon whioh
there mush have been a great amount of
work but when closely examined it did
not seem to be so aoourately fitted as
work of bhe same description would be
now. Some of the articles shown were
lent from the South Kensington bfueenm.
I had to hurry through the rooms which
as I left were being Crowded with visitors
evidently from the Fair, In going bank
to the station I took a differeub street
and passed a long double row of one
storied houses tenanted by seemingly
middle aged women. An inscription at
one end of the rote stated that they were
erected out of the surplus fonds devoted
for the erection of the hospital previous.
ly mentioned. There must be a vast
amount of money devoted in this and
other ways to obarttable uses in the old
land. I gob on a fast train going over the
Trent river scene miles out of the City
and stopped at Leicester for a few min.
Utes. The country, which is largely in
grace, gots more beautiful, the towns
fewer and smaller with their ohuroh
towers or epires pointing np among the
trees and as the porter Calle out the name
of the pity one is reminded that Riohard
III met his fate at Bosworth in the
immediate vicinity. Having dome about
30 milee another 40 brings us to Bedford,
Where, for John Bunyan'o sake, I purr
posed to stop. Excepting that alma I
never sate a train draw np but aloogeide
of a platform level with the coach floor.
You. rarely she the guard so as to get in.
formation, hesitatiug whether to got out
amid perhaps a snore of tracks, the
train started and never drew breath 110.
til we got to 11 :Miele town a toile or two
into London where our tinkets were col.
looted. The run wee about 70 miles.
For a oonsiderable way north of Notting•
ham the Midland has four tracks so that
wo could pees slower trains. In a fete
minutes we lauded at Sb. Panoral, one of
the largest sbations in Londou and right
in the heart of the city. It was just
dusk and raining a5 we would say in
Canada "like sixty."
Tilos. Gm ON,
On the evening of July 481, burglars
entered the store of Messrs. Doupe ce Co.,
Kiekton, and stole watches and jewelry
to the amount of about $100. The miss-
ing artielee Consist of five new watohes,
two old ones, eight watch chains, e• box
Of angor tinge and about 51,60 in change.
UltU31BLEII'$ CORNER.
To the >;dtter of '!'ens Po5T,
DEAR Sin,—I With to express the
opinion that the railways do nob do bhe
fair thing to the Orangemen on the 12th
of July. Lt the first place the rates are
altogebher too high and secondly there is
hardly over a000mmodation for the ex.
eursioniets. This year $1,00 was charged
adults for a return biokeb bo Kincardine
when I'm sure I've knowu a rate of 70
conte to have beau granted. The Orange.
men are to blame for not attending to
this matter in clue time. We'll know
bebter next year. Dear pity this noun.
try if a few more monopolies coma to
the front. Yours, etc.,
Knxc Weraea c.
Morrie, July 10, '92.
Mn. Enreoe,—My horse was so badly
frightened by flying papers on the street,
the other day, that a runaway nearly re-
sulted. Why merchants will oontinne
to make the street a receptacle for refuse
is more than I can understand. It looks
more like laziness on their part than
anything else and I hope this note will
do good to again reminding them of bhe
nuisance.
CLEANLINESS.
Mr Dean Sin,—I have been struck
again and again as I travel on the W. G.
ee B. at tate dilapidated passenger oars
that are often run on this line. Why
should we pay 1st class rates to ride in
3rd class ears is what I dont understand.
The London, Huron t2 Bruce has been
treated to an improvement in this re-
spect and itis time the G. T. R. woke
up and gat a ripple on as regards this
branch. The towns and villages along
the route give liberal support and are
justly entitled to both comfort and ao-
oommodabion. Side traok the old vans
G. T. R. I am, Respectfully,
8 CENTS A Men,
Brussels, July 20, '92.
DEAR POBT,—Whose place is it to see
that the wholesale use of profanity
and obscenity i5 Curtailed on Victoria
Park during the evenings ? I would sue•
gest that Oonsbable Broadfoot call round
and ascertain who the transgressors are
so that they may be taught a useful les-
son. I say shame on some of the young
fellows who pollute the air. disgrace
themselves and annoy the residents of
the locality by the language used.
TRIED CorIDcasDMeNT.
ttrussels school hoard.
A speoial meeting of the School Board
was held Thursday evening, July 14th.
All members pi esent except R, L. Tay
for.
Moved by A. Gunter, seconded by T.
Fletoher that the Secretary request the
Municipal Counoil to provide the sum of
$1,550 to defray current expenses of
school for 1892. Carried.
Moved by T. Farrow, seconded by Dr.
MoKelvey that the offer of G. A. Dead.
man be accepted to seemly Webster's in.
te1•national dictionary, latest edition with
Dennison's patent leather index in best
sheep binding. Carried.
Moved by T. Fletcher, seconded by A.
Hunter that the Secretary prepare apeoi-
fications of necessary repairing of school
property as suggested by this Board and
advertise for tenders for the same. Car-
ried.
The meeting then adjourned.
Presbytery of Maitland.
The Presbytery of Maitland met at
Wingham on July the 12th.
Elder's commission from the season of
Teeswater congregation was presented in
favor of John Gordon, session records
were examined and attested.
Intimation was reoeived from the
Clerk of the Gereral Assembly that the
Presbybery's application in behalf of
Rev. Duncan Davidson for leave to re-
tire from the active work of the ministry
and to have hie name planed on the list
of annuitants on the aged and infirm
ministers' fund had been granted.
The Olerlc reported that he bad given
a Presbyterial certificate to Rev. G. B.
Harvie, Ph. D., at his requesb.
The Clerk reported that Langeide con•
grogabion ie supplied by E. A. McKen-
zie, 73. A. The Presbytery resolved to
apply to the H. M. O. for a grant of
$2.00 per Sabbath for Langeide•
A call from the congregation of Ash•
field in favor of Rev. John Rose, of
Whyc000mah, Cape Breton, N. S., was
sustained. The call is unanimous a.3d
Cordially signed by 314. Stipend prom•
ised is $800.00 annually with free use
of manes and glebe of, ten agree of land.
The Rev. A. Sntherlaud, of Ripley, was
appointed to proseoulo the oafl before the
Preebybsry of Victoria and Richmond.
Provisional arrangemetbe were made
for the induction of Mr. Rose in the
event of his accepting the call.
Me. MacQueen was appointed to pre.
side, Mr, Millar to preach, Mr. Murray
to address the minister, Mr. Andereon to
address the oongrsgnetion in English and
Mr. Sutherland inGaelic.
The date of meeting is to be fixed by
the Clerk.
An adjourned meeting of Presbytery ie
bo be hold ab Lecknow on Tuesday 26th
ineb. at 1 p. m.
Standing Committees for the year were
appointed as follows :—
Sabbath Observance—IVVIeeere. Murray,
MacKay and MacFarlane with their
Presbytery olden.
State of Religion—Messrs. Anderson,
Fairbairn, MacQueen and Sutherland
with their Presbytery elders.
Finance-1bteesrs. MoLennan and Mo.
Kay with their Presbytery elders and
McNabb,
Sabbath Sehoele—Messrs. Geddse,
Law and Malcolm with their Presbytery
elders.
Tomporanoe—Messrs. Hartley, David.
8011, Stevenson and Millar with their
Preebytery elders.
Home Mission—Mestere. Rose, MaQuar.
ria, Monne tend Forrest with their
Petebytory elders.
Superintendence of Stndenbs—Mossro.
McLennan, McQuade and loose. The
first named is convener in every case,
The Presbytery then adjourned to
meet at Luoknow on Thursday, 26th
inst., at 1 o'oloolc p. m.
Joint MoNenn,
Clerk.
JIANITOIIA NOMINATIONS.
Nominabion for the Manitoba general
eleotions took plane on Saturday and
polling will take place next Saturday,
!'here were four aoulamations, as fol-
lows :—West Bourne, T. L. Morton,
Government ; Woodland, H. Armstrong,
Opposition ; fermi, R. G. O'Malley, Op-
position, and Russell, James Fisher, In-
dependent Liberal. The candidates
nominated in each division were as fol.
lows, first mentioned being Government
and emend Opposition.
Avondale—W. Herriott, S. M. Hart-
e Beautiful Plains—J. Crawford, J.
Davidson.
Birtle-0. J. Miekle, H. M. Power.
Brandon City—Bon. Jas. Smart, W.
A. Macdonald.
Cypress—•A. Doig, E. J. Wood.
Dennis -11°n. D. McLean, J, F.
Frame.
Deloraine—J. Renton, T. H. Kellet.
Dauphin—D. T. Burrows, Glen Camp-
bell,
Emerson—J. Thomson, Dr. McFadden.
Killarney—F. M. Young, George Law.
renoe.
Kildonan—J. J. laird, N. P. Hazel.
Lakeside—Dr. Rutherford, W. Wal.
lace.
Lansdowne --E. Diokeon, W. J. Helli.
well.
Manitou—R. Ironsicle, J'. Huston.
Minnedosa—R. H. Myers, Dr. Roche.
Morden—T. Duncan, R. P. Roblin.
Morris—Major Mulvey, A. 10. Martin.
Mountain—Hon. T, Greeuway, R.
Rogers.
Norfolk—S, 1. Tbompeou, R. P. Lyons.
North Brandon—Hon. G. Sifton, T.
E. Greenwood.
Portage la Prairie—Hon. R. Watson,
W. J. Cooper.
Rockwood—Hon. S. J. Jackson, J. 13.
Rutherford.
Rosenfeld—E. Winkler, E. Penner.
Rhineland—V. Winkler, N• Bowman.
Souris—A. M. Campbell, W. H. Strat-
ton.
South Brandou—H. 0. Graham. A.
Reid.
Springfield—T. Smith, R. S. Conklin,
Turtle Mountain—John Hattie, Dr.
Schaffner.
Winnipeg 0.—Hon. D. H. McMillan,
John Winram,
Winnipeg N. —P. C. Malntyre, G. H.
Campbell.
Winnipeg S.—J. D. Cameron, D. E.
Sprague.
Saskatchewan—D. MoNaughb, A.
Cares.
St. Andrew's—F. W. Cololongh, A.
Baldwinsoo.
La Verandrye—W. Lagimadier, T.
Pare.
Carillon—M. Joyce, T. Bernier and
M. Barrill.
St. Boniface—J. Pendergast, Roger
Narion,
All candidates in the last three con-
stituencies are supporters of Opposition.
Grey.
Miss Nellie Smith has gone to Toronto
on a visit.
Miss Agnes Rose has gone to Oypreel
River, Man.
Miss Bertha Haight, of Toronto, is
visiting Miss Bertha Ball.
Jas. 11111 and family, of Toronto, are
the guests of John Hill, 10th con.
Miss Bertha Ball arrived home from
Toronto this week for a holiday vieit.
Grey voters' list for 1892 was first
posted np on Wednesday of this week.
N. Bricker, 161h oon., has common
pea vines that measure 0 feet, 4 inches.
Who can beat that ?
Tuesday Wm. Taylor pulled samples
of Fall wheat from one of his fields that
measured over 0 feet in length.
S. Y. Taylor, Principal of Paris publio
school, is spending a portion of bis vaca-
tion at his fatber•in-larva—Geo. Crooks'.
Rumor says that there will be a wed-
ding ,or perhaps two before very long.
Coming eventa oast their shadows before.
Joseph Knight, 10th oon., has barley
ready for the sickle and James Ferguson
has a fine field of Manchester wheat that
will fall before the binder in a fete days,
The Trustees of S. S. No. 8 have en-
gaged a young man named Oliver as
teacher for the balanoe of this year at a
salary of $160. Ile Domes from Hilton,
Ont.
A fine, new bank barn has been put np
on Thos. Smitb'e farm, let con„ this
season. T. Newsome had the Contract
and did a first.olase job, ae he always
does.
Owing to the tenders for ditching be-
ing too high the Connell has extended
the time to August let when fresh ten.
dere will be received and dealt with.
The advb. appears in another eolutnn,
J. E. Coombee has disposed of his 100
acre farm, lot 9, con. 1, to Wm. Holt, of
Howick township. Mr. taoombes will
likely give up farming and turn to some
other line, Mr, Holt Mime possession
on January 1st, 1898.
Oliver, second son of Alex, Stewart,
8th con., had the misfortune to fall front
the soaffolding in the barn to the floor, a
distance of abonb 12 feet, on Thursday of
last week. He injured hie right arm
quite seriously albbougb no bones were
broken.
A box imolai, in connection with
Sbraoban's Sunday 8011001, will be
hold ab the reddens of John
Sbraohan on Thursday evening of next
week (28th inst., Commencing at 7:30
o'clock. A. good time is antioipabed. All
aro cordially invited.
Who Can beat it ? We were shown
some stalks of Date grown on the farm of
Mrs, John Robertson and sons, 13th oon.,
that measured 5 foot, 8 inches fu length,
This was a fair sample of a large field
Met was town on the 12th and 18th
of April, The oafs are of the White
Egyptian variety.
Mrs. David Grant returned home last
week after a five weeks visit with Mende
in Sb. lelarys, Hamilton and Toronto.
On Tuesday of this week Dunoan Mo.
Lauohlin disposed of 25 head of cattle to
W. Scott, of Soafortb. 19 of the number
were three years old and the remaining 6
were two years old. The neat own of
$1,470 was realized from bhe sale. Not
bad medioiue to take these hard times.
Did you see it ? Last Saturday even.
ing the Northern lights (Aurora Borealie)
made ouch a display, the like of whioh is
perhaps not seen more than once in a life
time. Between the hours of 11 and 12
o'clock they extended over the whole
armament and a look toward the sky at
that time would make the strongest nerve
shudder. This unusual phenomenon
seemed to be very close to the earth.
To look towards the East seemed as if
you were standing at the outskirts of a
very large pity all on fire ; dark red
Columns were oontinually shooting up,
mountains high, as if from the ground.
Some say they heard a rumbling noise
and began to think the end had come.
We cannot say we experienced anything
in that parbioular although we stood for
hours watching the phenomenon, ready
to bow to the inevitable.
Huron County.
A Seatorth gentleman talks of starting
a hothouse at Blyth.
140 lambs averaging 174 pounds per
head were shipped from Hensall station
to Liverpool.
Howick Orangemen went to Arbour on
the 12th. A special train ran from
Teeswater. Gerrie Band went too.
Aug. 16th is named for Mitchell's town
holiday when excursions will be run to
Goderioh, London, Toronto and Hamil-
ton.
Hon. J. 0. Patterson sent a cheque for
$100 to Goderioh toward the celebration
on July 1st. The Committee returned
$75 bo him.
"The Hensen Jr. Leaders" is the name
of a newly organized foot ball team.
They have donned the regular sporting
regalia, snob as knee pants, blue caps,
badges, etc.
Mrs. J. Whitehead, of Clinton, is the
proud possessor of a fuschia that stands
about ten feet high, with a spread of
about three feet, and literally oovered
with dowers.
A man from Seafortb was fined $5.00
and posts, $5.90, by Mayor Butler, for
poaching on M. 0. Cameron's trout
stream, Colborne. He will not try trout
fishing again in Sharpes' Creek,
Jas. McCaig, of Ashfield, has an apple
graft ono year old in hie orchard wbich
some time ago had on it a large bunch of
blossoms. Now it is the admiration of
all who see it, as it is bearing 6 large
well formed apples.
Joseph Molihargey, Wandeboye, has
shamrocks growing in bis garden. Some
years ago a box of shamrocks were sent
from Ireland. The arab year they were
planted they did not seem to grow but
now there is an abundance,
In order to oelebrate our national holi•
day a large number of the young ladies
of Dungannon engaged the popular and
suave teamster to convey them to the
circular Capital of Huron county to assiet,
in gammon with others, to celebrate the
,eoufederation of the Dominion of Oao•
ado.
A gun in the hands of Sani Curran, of
Goderioh, a boy of about 14 years of age,
was aeoidentally dieobarged the other day.
A great part of the shot took effect under
Curran's arm, and a pe-" -i of it hit
another lad, William Sproule, on the
neolc. Both will recover.
Mrs. Clara Wilson, who, creme time
ago, pleaded guilty to being too intimate
with Alexander Boesenberry, both par.
ties being from Zurich, and who has
been in bhe St. Clair county (Minh.) jail
canoe, awaiting sentence, was taken be-
fore Judge Vance at Port Huron Satter.
day morning, when he suspended sen.
tense, providing she would return home
with her husband. She gladly accepted
the alternative.
The following is a financial statement
of the repent Damp meeting held at Kip.
pen, as provided by the treasurer, Wil.
Liam Ondmore : Receipts—collections,
etc., $155, Disbursements : To freight-
age on tents, eta, $20.17 ; Conductor
Snider, Misses Hall, Miss Williams, 526 ;
railroad fares for ministers, 1116.75 ; rent
of tents and Camp beds, $59.70 ; gate
keeper,114 ; hay, $6 ; printing, $1,75 ;
nails, ropes, lumber and repairs, $5,45 ;
postage and post office orders, $2.18 ;
balance given to treasurer of parsonage
trustee board, 1116 ; total expenditure,
$155.
Luoknow council has received a letter
from a legal firm in Wingham asking
damages, on behalf of Mr. Roe, owner of
the stallion "Garfield" who ran away in
the village a short time ago. It is Claim•
ed the florae took fright at the steam
whistle on the waterworks and that he
has been damaged to the extent of $100,
which amount le claimed from the vile
lege. The oouuoil while regretting the
accident do not Consider themselves in
any way responsible in the matter and
have instructed their solicitor to mot ao•
oordiegly,
Albert Trate, of Chatham, has the
job of building the now stage and paint.
ing the s0enery in the Luoknow town
hall. He will have the work completed
in five or six weeks. The now stage will
be placed in the wont end of the hall and
the flooriug of it will be about three feet
six inches in height 80 that it can be
distinotly seen front all parts of the hall.
The soeuery will include seven different
painted views beside the drop curtain.
Mr. Trate also has the Contract of put.
ting in the new 50enery in the Opera
House in Goderioh and the town hall,
Kinoardine.
At the recent entrance examination iu
Stratford 165 candidates wrote. Of these
something over fifty per cent, have
passed.
The late John Slack, of Blanshard, who
died on Juno 24, had his life insured in
the Mutual Life of NSW York for 517,000,
beaidee smaller amounts fu other cont.
patios,
Ca,51u11ual Tale—wee.
Sir John Abbott, the Canadian Pre-
mier, will visit England this fall.
Forty delegates from Maine and Mae.
sachusetts are now on their way t0 the
Canadian Northwest "to spy out the
land,"
Potato bugs and turnip flies are devas•
bating the crops iu Priuoe Edward
Island, The farmers are solving turnips
over agai n.
The Montreal fond for the St. John's
destitute now amounts to nearly $30,000.
Lord Mountstephen cabled #500 from
England,
Praf. Saunders, director of Dominion
experimental farms, telegraphing from
Brandon, Man., says the orop prospeots
are excellent.
N. Boyd, Conservative, has been else.
bed by acclamation to represent Mar-
quette, Man., in the House of Commons,
vice Mr. Watson resigned.
The prisoners Chambers and Field,
whose trial for stealing s watch and
chain from Nellie Atkinson ea an hotel
in Palmerston will take place at Guelph
in the fall, have been liberated on bail.
In the Northwestern regatta at Hills-
dale, Miob„ last Friday, the Argonaut
Rowing Club, of Toronto, carried off the
two races it was entered in, E. A. Thomp-
osn capturing the junior single, and the
junior four, stroked by F. H. Moes,
winning in a good field.
The city of St. John's, the capital and
chief Centre of population in the island
of Newfoundland, has been almost com-
pletely destroyed by fire. The city was
swept from end to end by the flames,
even the wharves and shipping being in.
vaded. All the public buildings, includ-
ing the houses of parliament, oity hall,
eabholio and Anglican cathedrals,
Masonic and Orange halls, 11lethodisl
church and college, bauke, hotels and
wholesale store were burned, 7 lives were
lost and the suffering among the victims
of the fire is very great. St. John's is a
oity of about 85,000 inhabitants and the
great centre of business in the colony.
A British war -ship has left Halifax for
St. John's with relief for the sufferers,
and a great deal of outside aid will be re-
quired owing to the poor condition of the
colony. The loss to property owners is
estimated at 56,000,000. The Methodist
college, lately erected at a cost of 540,-
000,
40;000, the headquarters of Methodist edu-
cation in the colony, was bhe first large
building to become prey for bhe flames.
Then the English Church cathedral, a
splendid specimen of Gothic architecture,
designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, and built
of stone imported from Europe, took
fire and was quickly ruined. Over a
quarter of a million of dollars has been
spent upon this church. The Catholic
cathedral, one of the largest places of
worship in America, and the pride of all
Newfoundland Catholics, has also been
destroyed. This Church was 237 feet
long and its twin towers 138 feeb high.
In 1846 St. John's was visited by fire
whioh destroyed about 2,000 houses and
involved a loss of about $4.000,000.
Since that time the houses and stores on
Water street, the principal street, are re.
quired by law to be of briok or stone.
General No—Wet.
The region about the Dead Sea is one
of the hottest planes on the globe, and
the sea is said to lose a million tons of
water a day by evaporation.
Speaking of statistics, some Curious
genius has figured it out that a gold coin
passes from band to hand 2,000,000,000
times beforotbe stamp upon it becomes
obliterated.
In the western part of South Dakota is
one of the most wonderful natural curi-
osities in the world. This is the cave
mountain. The mountain is literally
honeycombed with caverns, which run in
every direotion through it, and in some
places form tunnels whioh ran Clear
through the mountain. It is estimated
that there are fully 300 distinct eaves, not
counting those which connect with others
as separate ones.
A Deoabur Ili., young woman has re•
oently been operated upon euooesefully
in a manner that will excite surgeons.
The patient is a young woman, who,
when a Child, had her nose broken, and
as a result of the decay of the bones, the
bridge of the nasal organ bad been com-
pletely lost. The patient was etberized
and a transverse incision abonb three•
quarters of an inch long mode directly
between the eyee, extending denim the
bone. A small Chisel was then intro-
duced and all the soft parte separated
from the bones from the top of the nose
to bhe forehead and about one inch on
either side of the median line out on tiro
cheek. When this had been done a half
grown oat was quickly chloroformed and
pieces of four ribs, each two fishes he
length, were takeu from its side, rapidly
gleaned of all superfluous flesh and then
inserted into the wound so that they
raised up the skin, forming a good, solid
bridge. The wound healed in four or
five days, and the slight soar is almost
invisible.
Early Wednesday morning while the
schooner Madeline, on its way from 13uf.
fano to Toledo, was passing the Denning,
about 150 miles Saab of Toledo in Lelia
Erie, Captain P. Woods saw abonb half a
mile ahead the waters of the lake lasheel
into foam. Drawing near, to the sur•
prise of the captain and all on board, a
huge sea serpent, wrestling about in the
water as if fighting with an unseen
enemy, Wag 55011, It soon quieted down
and lay at full length on the surface of
the water. Capt. Woods' estimate is
tbab the serpent Was about 50 feet in
length and nob lees than four feet in sir.
oumference of body, Its head projsobed
from the water about four feet. He says
it was a terrible looking object. It had
VioiOtsly sparkling eyes end a large heed.
Fins were plainly seen, seemingly sufti•
oiettly large to assist tate analce in pro.
polling itself through the water. Its
body was dark brown in color. As the
vessel paused on its course the serpent
WAS soon disporting itself in the lake.
At the time the lake was calm and there
was no difi'ioulty in recognizing the ob-
ject.