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Au'nrit F$rtrolote (o 9inrrts.
Shocked to Death,
Carlisle Harris, the wife murderer,
was eleotruoutod tut 1203 p, m„ Monday,
et Bing Sing, N, Y. The official time of
the first oontaet was 12:406, aurrout on
,55iic seconds, The electrooution was a
perfect Memos.
Monday for the first time wan a nen
of a higher order of intelligence to under.
go tho ordeul of death by eleettdolty, Hs
was a man of oduoatiou, aooustotnod to
the refinements of goad society, educated.
n medinalstudent even, and oapable of
understanding to an unusual degree what
wan to happou to him, Harris rested
well Sunday night. He did nut sleep
much, His self-control was marvelous,
His only sign of agitation wan the con-
stant smoking of eigarettee. He was up
early Monday morning. He looked over
the manu00ript whioll he had prepared
to be given out to the press by his rola.
Eves after bile final scene in his dramatic)
life had been noted and the ourtain rung
down.
At 8 o'clock Harris ate a light break -
feet. He was cool and collected and ap.
peered to be aft -liable of going through the
ordeal. At 8:20 Warden Duretiui and
hire. Dunstan arrived from the hotel
where they bad breakfasted. firs. Duns-
tan and her sou went away from the
prison Tater on and did not return till all
was over, Mrs. Ilarris,having made her
final farewell to her sen on Saturday, yi-
n -mined at the Amber 1Iouse, shut in from
all visitors, Her youngest surf, Allan,
was with her. She was palm and loss
nervone than usual, and waited with
fearful silence, the signs which would
inform her her eon Carlisle had passed
out from this world. The flag announc-
ing the suooesaful conclusion of the ex•
mutton, which was raised from the- roof
of the Warden's house, could be seen
Mini the wiodowe of the room which
Mrs. Barris occupied in the Amber
house, and she and her son Allan watch.
ed and waited with straining oyes and
subdued grief for the fatal signal.
The execution chamber is a small, one
story brink building attached to what is
nailed, the '`death house" in which only
annulment condemned to death are son•
fined. In the first electrocutions the
Intl strength at the current was turned
and kept on until the steam arose from
the electrodes and the odor of burning
flesh permeated the room and sickened
the spectators, Electrician Davis deviaed
an apparatus which obviated this and
made the electrocution of today an on.
Lively different mother from the first
elnmay attempts at electrocution. There
is no longer any necessity for repeated
shooks, with signs of life betweeu each,
and the subject in the chair, after the
first contact, is not made limp and rigid
in turn a0 the powerful current is turned
on and off. The device permits the full
force of contact to be diminished by the
turn of a small lover, until only a slight
current is passing, and there is no steam-
ing, burning or relaxing of muscles.
Harris was the tenth man to die by elec.
tricity at Sing Sing. The death warrant
was formally read to Harris at 8:30 o'.
clook. He displayed indifference, and
its reading did not noticeably affect him.
When Warden Dureban finished Harris
showed no signs of breaking down, and
appeared ohaerful after the reading of
the death warrant. Tho prison chaplain
went in to see Harris shortly after nine
Monday morning and remained for au
hour. After he name out Dr. Irvine
went in, and found Barrie showing some
signs of nervonsness, but otherwise all
right. He said afterwards that Harris
did not ask for morphine or other stimu.
lint. His only request was for two
oranges. They were taken in to him.
He was shaved and had his hair ant at
10:30. He then put oar a new suit of
clothes furnished by the State.
When Harris entered the death chain.
ber he looked alightly pale. He paused
an instant on the threshold and looped
calmly over the assembled witnesses.
After Harris was seated in the chair he
said in a weak voice, as if each word
cost him a powerful effort :—"I have no
further reservation to make. I desire to
say that I am absolutely innocent."
These were hie last words. After utter-
ing them be seemed relieved, and settled
back into the &hair to which he was
stropped. When the current was turn-
ed on the form in the chair straightened
ap until the straps creaked. It was jest
12:44 by the atop watoh held by Dr.
Merrit, A current of 1,700 volts passed
through the body of Carlisle Harris. In
two seoonds Davis threw the swiboh bank
8° 01100 only 150 volts were on, Dr. Daniels
still held his hand aloft, and one finger
pointed as though to indicate that the
soul of the man nn the ohair had passed
upwards. Then his arm fell, and in just
fl5i1 seconds the current was shut off.
Drs. Irvine and Habershaw immediately
stepped forward and examined the body,
which hod settled beck limp in the chair.
Dr, Irvine opened the coat and vest and
tore away his shirt over his heart. He
applied the stethoscope, and after listen.
ing for heartbeats, turned and shook his
beat. This was two minutes after the
forst contact, and Dr. Daniels then in.
vited the other physicians to step for.
ward and examine the body. All the
phyeieians expressed tbemselvee are sat.'
laked that death had been instantaneous.
Mrs, Harris viewed the raising of the
blaek flag from the window o£ her room
at Amber's boarding house. When the
ominous signal floated on the 'soft breeze
she turned quietly away, resigned and
Halm.
Ohae, H. Knight, a student at the
Chatham Collegiate Institute, was let off
on suspended centenoo Monday, after be-
ing oonvioted of stabbing Walter Thome
during a stress fight Saturday night,
R. Matheson, Superintendent of the
93elleville Deaf and Dumb, has had the
honorary degree of M. A. conferred on
him by the National Deaf Mute College
at Washington, D. 0.
Ineurau00 rates on live stock are going
to be (ower Chia Spring than over. On
tumors' cattle they are going around 1
per cont„ and distillate' at 14 per Dont.
The ootlipanf08 ars nutting for business.
The donisien of the Arbitrators over
the mansion of maintaiutog bridge's of
1110 lent and upwards has been rendered
and in substance is es follows :—The
Award dlrecte that the County shall eon.
tribute forty per out. of the met of
maintenance of all the bridge's in Morrie
township exeopt ]!arrow's and Olarlt'3,
1111011 are entirely excluded. 'Che
Award Is to extend for two years, in.
eluding the Inroeant year and the contri-
bution is to be paid from time to tins are
the work ie clone and material provided.
The mni,tooanoe includes re -construe.
tion. The County is also directed to
pay 70 per Dente of the arbitrators' fens,
and the township 30 per pont. of those
fens. The county also pays 40 per cent.
or the Township's costs, to be taxed, the
Township bearing the balance of their
own costs. Tho County pays its own
costs.
Judge Toms, the arbitrator appointor)
by the County, dissents from the Award,
mainly on the ground that road expendi-
ture should be talion into consideration.
131115.11 MN PURIM) SCR QUI),
A".OXISII,1 ItS.9Y9➢N.t'I•ata:Y RIEI'•OT'P.
The fallowing ie the standing of the
pupils of ltrusnols Public School as de-
temined by the April Examination.
The names of the pupils are arranged in
Ousels as follows :—Class 1, those who
have obtained 0881 (111%; Class 2, those
between 00 tu1 (i5^;, ; Class 3, those be.
0288(2110 andnil Y. ; Class 4, those be-
tween 313 and 15 ; Class 6, those below
33. ,. The eam00 in the various classes
aro arranged in order of merit.
noon 1.
FIFTH Coss: —Clens 3—Wm. Arm.
stroug, Wm. Stewart, Geo. Irwin, Dora
Smith,
0111.00 4—las. Duncan, Doman
Stewart, Janie Howe.
Olass 6 --Sarah MoLauohiiu, Dora
Nott, Martha Maxwell.
Snxroa Founrn.—Claes 2—Mand Cliffe,
D. Strealnan,
Class 3—Fred. Wilson, Myrtle Nott,
Reggio Flatchee, frank Smith.
Claes 4—Keuuedy Coseley, Theresa
Gary, W. Leatherdale, Edith MoLauoh-
liu, Emma Webster.
Class 5—Poroy Cliffe, Frances
Purdy, May Shaw,
Abeeut—Clara Hunter, Leon Tack -
0011.
Jusiml FouaTu.—Class 2 — Georgie
Howe.
Clens 3—Chas. Kendall, Lorne Dun-
forcl, Lizzie McLennan, Geo. Watt, D.
Stewart, Elsie Jackson.
Olass 1—Ira Gerry, L. crooks, F.
Gilpin, W. Ainley, Tena Smith, Lizzie
Leatherdale•
Class 5—Fanny Boger(, M. Broker,
Clara McCracken, Reuben Thuds, Aggie
McAlpine, I111a Ainley.
J. II. OA1mnost, Prinoipnl.
ROOM 2.
JUNIOR FOIInTn.— Class 1 — Herbert
Dennis.
elms 2—Emma Varc0e, Ida Frain.
Class 3—Nettie Smith, Garfield Van.
stone, Dalby Kendall.
Class 4—Fred. Hunter, Harry Cliffs',
Carrie Ilingeton.
Olass 5—Fred. Hayoroft.
Absent—Lizzie Elliott.
Senna TnesD.—Olass 1—None,
Class 2—Edna. Dennis.
Glass 3—Lorne Pringle, Jennie 17c1•
wards, Mary Friendship.
Class 4—Lena Broker, Lizzie Down•
ing.
Claes 5—Eddie Grewerancl Goo. J.
MoOullough equal, Lewis Reid.
armee TIIIIm.—Class 1—Ella Scott,
May Deadman.
Olase 2—Sarah Beam, Oralone Mil.
loy, Katie Smith.
Claes 3— Robt. Crozier, Charlie
Haiat, Henry Smith, Ivan Crooks, Jennie
Grieve, Ida Blaahill and Willie Grieve
equal.
Glass 4—Hilton Hunter, Annie Col-
vin, Eddie Hembly, Walter Broadfoot.
Class 5-0. MOLauohlin, Thos.
Crozier, Willie Murr, Hugh McMartin,
Harry Downing, Mabel Finn, Ino. Driver.
Absent—Albert Putland,
Miss BRAnEN, Teacher.
moots 3.
,IuNeon THIRD,—Glass 1—Janie Kelly,
Hattie Downing, Lyna Modullough,
Emma LeBon, Percy Watt, Edith Mc-
Cullough, Ethel Kendall and Leo Curry
equal, Alfred Lowry, T. MaLauohlin.
Class 2—B. Edwards, 0. Milloy, S.
Forsythe.
Class 3-0. McKay, J. McMartin,
0. Vanetone.
Clue 4—T. Agar, J. Ward, J. Smith.
Class 5—None.
SENIOR SECOND.—CIa99 1—Fred. Fling
Sarah Driver.
Clare 2—None.
Class 3—Edwin Webster, Willie
Shine, Walter Frain.
Claes 4 -James Forbes, Bertha Hun-
ter.
Claes 5—None,
:team SEaoND.—class 1-0, Ziiliax
and E. Walker equal, I. 151118.x, A. Ken.
bail, F. Thomson, M. McGuire, A. Mo.
Kay, L. Hinds.
Class 2—W. Good, L. Kerr, N.
Smith, M. Hunter, 0. Edwards.
Class 8-13. "trembly, C. lti&harde,
0. Bluksr, C. Train,
Classes 4 and 5—None.
Mise Demme, Tannin)).
R00114,
Seems PART 2ND.—C1asa 1—Ilarold
Perry, Pater Smith, David Watt, Robbin
Burgese.
()lase 2—Ellie Kerr, Mary Frahm,
Florence Armstrong, Brine Scott.
Glass 8—Maggio Soott, Peroy Rich-
ards, Annis Lowry,
Claes 4—Eddie Lowry, Stella For. Over two hundred women waited on
sytlh, May Kennedy. bhe Ontario Government on Friday of
J1NIo10 PAIIT INH,—Claes 1—Hazel lest week and demanded the ballot for
Johnston, Artie Irwin, all women in parlianentary oleotone and
Glass 2—Georgie Rosa, Maggie Beam for mauled women, as well 05 spinsters
and' R. MoLauolllin equal, Lulu White. and widows, in Inuuioipal cleating,
Claes 8—ltobbie Willem, Eva Mo-
Craoknn,
Claes 4—Alex, McKelvey, Jahn
(lonely, Annie Sinatair, Arthur Crozier,
Sadie Maxwell, Jennie Walker.
Class 5—Myrtle Wilson, Frankie
Dennis, Normals Meanire, Barry Fina
see Merton Howe, equal.
Mess CoorER, Tauber.
EDUCATION NOTES.
The number of applications received
for Entrance and Public) School Leaving
Examinations is as follows :—
ENTRANCE POR, Sp13oor.
ExAit, LnAVINu.
Brussels, 78 .. 9
Seaforth, 125 .. 2
Clinton, 110 „ 4
Wingham, 90 .. 14
Wxoxotor, 56 .. 0
Total 488 .. 85
The number that wrote last year :—
ENTn,INCE Pun, Swoop
Exna, Leevrva.
Bruasolo, 37 .. 0
Seaforth, 87 .. 0
Clinton, 99 .. 12
Winghan, 911 .. 18
Wroxeter, 24 ,. 0
Total 313 .. 80
The great attraction to Brussels this
year is TRE Bennis Pon medal.
CUT Tues 00T.
The literature selections for 1891 and
1865 (Entrance Examination) aro as fol-
lows :-
1894.
Lesson III. Loss of the Birkenhead.
Lesson X.I. The Evening Cloud.
Lesson XII. The Truant.
Lesson XVI. The Humble Bee.
Leeson XXIV. Tho Face against the
Pane.
Leeson XXVII. The Battle of Bannock-
burn.
Lessen XXXIII. The Skylark.
Lesson XXX1V. Death of Little Nell.
Lesson XXXIX, A Psalm of Life.
Lesson LI. The Herons of the Long
Sault.
Lesson LVI. The Honest Man.
Lesson LIX. Yarrow Unvisited.
Lesson LXIII. The Exile of Erin.
Leaeou LXIV. Ye Mariners of England.
Lesson LXIX. The Ohangoling.
Lesson LXXIX. The Capture of Quebec
Leeson LXXXVII, The Song of the Shirt.
Leeson XCV. A Forced Recruit at Sol-
i mince
ol•iminc.
1805.
Lesson 1. Tom Brown.
Lesson V. Pictures of Memory.
Lesson X. The Barefoot Boy.
Lesson XVIII. The Vision of Mirza—
First Reading.
Lesson XX. The Vision of Mirza—Seo-
ond Reading.
Lesson XXIII. On His Own Blindness.
Lesson XXVI. From 'The Deserted Vit.
Inge.'
Lesson XXXII. Flow Gently, Sweet Af-
ton.
Lesson XX XVII. Tho Bell of Atri.
Lesson XLVII. Lady , Clare.
Lesson LXVHI. The Heroine of Ver.
chores.
Lesson LXXVh Landing of the Pilgrims.
Lesson LXXXIX. After Death in Ar-
abia.
Leeson X01. Robert Burns.
Lesson XOIV. The Ride from Ghent to
Aix,
Lesson XOVI. Canada and the United
States.
Lessou XOVITI. National Morality.
Lesson CI. Scene from ',King John."
SELECTIONS 80R AIEMO0I'LATION,
FOURTH READER.
1. The Bells of Shandon, pp. 51.52 ;
2. To Mary in Heaven, pp. 97.98; 3.
Ring Out, Wild Bells, pp. 121.122 ; 4.
Lady Clare, pp. 128.180 ; 5. Lead Kindly
Light, p. 145 ; 0. Before Sedan, p. 190 ;
7. The Three Fishers, p. 220 ; 8. The
Forsaken Merman, pp, 298.802 ; 9. To a
Skylark, p. 317.820 ; 10. Elegy, written
in a country churchyard, pp. 381.886.
The Arbitrators appointed by the town-
ship Councils of Morrie and East Waw.
anosh, with the view of forming a Union
School Section between parts of the town-
ships of Morris and East Wawanosh,
will meet atBelgrave on May 19th ab 11
a. m.
I80pe0tor Robb has been staying in
Brussels during the past two weeks in-
epeoting schools in Grey and Morrie. He
expects to finish in these two townships
next week.
There are eighty pupils in the lowest
room of the Brussels Public Sohool, Is
the teacher of this department busy ?
TO THE SAND Ob` -TIRO KANGAROO.
If further proof is required that the
Canadian Pacific Railway Company has
the interest of its patrons as well as the
progress of Canada at heart, it will be
found in the foot that they have inangur.
abed a new steamship service between
Vancouver, B. 0., and Sydney, New
South Wales, with arrangements for
stopover at the intermediate ports of
Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, Brisbane,
Queensland. The passage will tante
twenty -ono days oath way in the steam.
ships Miowera and Warrimoo, which are
of 5000 tons bnrden, and oteam at 011
average of fifteen knots an hour, with a
capacity of 125 cabin passengers each.
Tho Miowera is booked to leave Van-
couver, June 14th, As a guarantee that
the voyage will bo made as oomfortablo
and attractive as possible, it is only
naoossary to look at their other ramie iu
the providing of 80eautehip a000mmo.
dation both on the Pacific Ocean and the
Great Lakes, which stand oat foremost
in the world. An agent of the Company
is ably to give full particulars.
J. T. Perrhn,
Agent, Brueaels.
Local Legislature.
The following is a synopsis of the bill
introduced in the Logletaturo by Mr.
Gibson, the objaot of which is the pre.
venfieh Of enmity to and better protection
of children :-01 than important measure.
It provides that any person over sdsteon
years of age, having the care of a boy un-
der fourteen years of age, or of a girl un-
der sixteen years of ago, who wilfully
treats or negloats 00011 child, shall be
guilty of an offence, the penalty for whish
shall bo a fine not exceeding $100:00, in
default of sublets a term of Imprisonment
not exceeding throe months may be fin.
posed. Any person pausing a child to
beg on the streets, or slug on the streets,
or on premises housed for the sale of in.
toxivating liquors, or to perform for pro.
fit at public amusements, is made liable
to line or imprisonment But the olauses
for the public Dare of the children are the
more important ones. Power is given to
bake the child out of the custody of any
person committed for neglect or for other
cause specified in the Act, and to place it
in charge of a relative or person willing
to undertake such obargo. For the work-
ing out of this it is proposed to appoint
a superintendent, whose duties are thus
defined :—To encourage and assist in the
organization and establishment in var-
ious parts of the province of 011ildre0'8
aid smithies for the protection of child-
ren from cruelty, and for the due care of
neglected and depeudent children in tem-
porary homes or shelters and the placing
of children in properly selected foster
home ; to visit and inspect industrial
sohools and temporary homes or shelters
as often as occasion may require, and not
lues often than may be dirooted by order -
in -Council or departmental regulation in
that behalf ; when specially directed, to
visit any home Or plane where any child
is boarded out or placed purenant to the
provisions of this Act ; to advise child-
ren's visiting oommittees and to instruct
111001 as to the manner fn. which their
duties are to be performed ; to see that a
record of all committals is kept by the
various children's aid societies and of all
children placed out in foster homes im-
am this Act, and of all particulars eon -
fleeted with each oase ; to inspect houses
registered for the reception of children
under the Act for the protection of child-
ren and to instruct local children's ofd
societies and visiting committees as to
the proper supervision of such houses.
Mr. O'Connor has introduced a bill to
empower the trustees in rural school sec-
tions, by a unanimous vote at a meeting
called for the purpose, to reduce the
term of Summer holidays by two weeks.
In many school sections it is impossible
for children to attend sobool regularly
during the Winter, and bhe object of the
bill is to make good the loss of time.
Hon. G. W. Ross explained the bill
providing for the taking of a plebiscite on
the prohibition issue 'at the next m pal election. election. The vote will mean a
declaration for or against the prohibition
of the importation, manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquor as a beverage,
both by provincial and Dominion legis-
lation, according to jurisdiction. The
right to vote is extended to men and
women entitled to vote at munioipal
elections, and also to men entitled to vote
in the election of members of the legisla-
ture under the manhood franchise law.
Necessary safeguards regarding the ap•
pointment of scrutineers are also
established. As all technical questions
of jurisdiction are eliminated the vote
will be a reliable indication of the state
of public opinion on the prohibition
question.
Csa,utaciian 1NTews.
Toronto's share of the street railway
earnings for April amounts to $5,433.
'Daniel Doreen, of Marlbank, has stolen
$080 of his wife's money and fled to the
States.
The Galt Board of Trade have asked
Iron. Messrs, Foster and Bowed) to visit
that town.
Toronto has more brass bands then
guy other city of the sane size in
America. They number 17.
The Liboral•Conservatives of West
Hastings will banquet Mr. Corby, M. P.,
their representative in the commons.
The old Methodist church at 011
Springs is being torn down—a landmark
of 27 years standing. It was built in
1880.
In Toronto there are 40 Anglican
churches, 39 Methodist, 39 Presbyterian,
12 congregational and 12 Roman
Catholio.
There is a potato famine in British
Columbia and "Murpbies" are selling
wholesale at'$45 per ton. Several care
were shipped from Manitoba.
A. 0, Parker, of "Canadian Queen"
fame, of Toronto, bas issued a writ
against A. 0. Anderson Rt Co„ claiming
$10,000 for false prosecution in oonneo•
tion with the prize fakes.
Justine Rose quashed the Looal Op•
tion By.law passed by the village of
Stouffvilleon the ground that the major-
ity (four) in favor of the by-law was not
anmaient to sustain it. The applicant
was Hotolkosper Martin of that village.
McCabe, who i0 serving five years in
the Penitentiary on is obargs of arson,
has been transferred to the Kingston
•Asylum. The notorious Oxford criminal
has not beeomu insane but in the words
of the Warden was a "nuisance" in the
Penitentiary.
A very lamentable ooeirronoe took
plaoo in Kincardine township ou Mon.
day, when Bertha Milne, a haudeomo
young girl of 18, a general favorite and
daughter of Wm. Milne, took her Own
life by means of strychnine. No reason
had been assigned, bub it is presumed
Dome very great disappointment is to be
attributed the rash act.
Steamships arriving at Montreal ea -
port very heavy weather on the Atlantic,
The ltydalhohns, from Barrow, with
rails for the Canadian Papino Railway,
had two of her boats stove in and part of
the bridge and sem0 of the deck fittings
Wept away. There is still a great dual
of floating fop in the gulf below, and some
stoners have hal to put 11100 leydney to
mope.
The mete of F. W. Long d; Co„ dry -
goods, St. Marys, aro planed at $20,1100,
and the liabilities have gone up to nearly
$20,000.
1"au a'Oluolt p. m• will be the olasing
hour for all bare in West Middlesex here-
after—a0 the license commissioners have
dsorecd.
The handling of freight et the Grand
Trunk shecle, Montreal, is in full swing
again, the company hewing tt good supply
of hands at work.
Frodsriak Kooh, a milkman, wa6
thrown from his wagon at Toronto
Sunday morning. His than was fractur-
ed and he lived but a few hours.
Miss Bessie Ii, Steele, daughter of Rev.
II. D. Steele, of Kirkton, 11110 boon re-
ceived act a student for graduation as
hospital nurse in the General Iloapital
in Toronto.
The body of Wm, Ramshaw, who left
his house at Aoton 0n the night of April
250i last, was found Monday morning in
J. Harvey's mill dam. It was found in
a standing position.
A registered letter containing $00 and
some email change were stole)) from
Smithfield, Ont„ post -office on Tueeclay
night. The door was broken open with a
chisel. No arrests yet.
Congratulations are due P. P. W.
Moyer, editor of the Burlin Daily Nem,
and Mrs. Moyer on the celebration last
week of their silver wedding. Nearly 100
relatives and friouds assisted in the ab.
faiISr.
euy Davis, of Westminster Town-
ship, Ilan a horse that regularly kicks the
floor of the loft over his head, a distance
of 0 feet 10 inches from the atoll floor,
1Tr. Davia thinks this feat cannot be
equalle
Iu Sitod.
uffvillo, York&suety, ayear ago,
a local option by-law was paused by a
majority of four, Saturday • in a single
court it was quashed by Judge Bose, at
the inetanoe of Lawyer DlVernel, in be•
half of Mr. Martin, whose village license
is abort 0o expire.
A partially anooeesful attempt was
made last Monday night to blow up the
village grist mill at Lyoburst by dyua-
mite. It will cost about $2,000 to repair
the damage. The mill is owned by :lir.
Green, of Lynburst, but he ]les had it
rented to other parties. No else to the
dynamiters has been found.
A man named Phillips, living about a
mile north of London pity limits, had
some dispute with his wile last Monday.
The wife has been living apart from him.
She matte a friendly call upon Phillips,
and, it is alleged, that as an ontooms of
the oonferenoe, which was lively, the
woman threw some corroding stuff in her
husband's face, which was badly burned.
While some Woodstook boys were tak-
ing a stroll north of the town ea Sunday
they made a strange discovery. Lying
on the ground near the G. T. R. track
was a large bottle containing an arm and
part of the shoulder of a ohild• The
member was that of a well developed in-
fant. The coroner was notified of the
discovery, and now, has the bottle in his
office. Where the arm came from is a
mystery, but some one has evidently
made an attempt to preserve the contents
of the bottle for some time. The coroner
has handed the case over to the con-
stable.
There is to be a change in the Comber
poetofinoe. Great dissatisfaction has
existed on amount of the post office be-
ing situated so far away from the busi-
ness portion of the town, which has
finally culminated in the presentation of
a p501010nn for the establishment of two
postoffioes—one at the north end. Post
office Inspector Barker, of London, was
there the other day and reports strongly
against the establishment of another
postoffioe, but recommends the removal
of the present office to the north. In
order to de so, be is not anxious to re-
move Postmaster McAlister but is willing
to retain him provided he moves the
present oface as far north as Watson's
Bank. It is thought he will do that.
The following changes in the Volunteer
Militia ars gazetted :-28th "Perth" Bat-
talion of Infantry, Q.—No. 6 Company,
Stratford,—To be 2nd Lieutenant, pro.
visionally, Color Sergeant Robert Mo -
F arlane Eason, vioo D. P. MoNeil. 29th
"Waterloo" Battalion of Infantry, 0.—
No. 1 Company, Berlin,—To be 2nd
Lieutenant, provisionally, Sergeant Nor-
val Tisdale Bowman, vice Louis B. Al-
brecht, left limits. No, 6 Co., Berlin.—
To be 2nd Lieutenant, provisionally, Ser-
geant James Osborn, vice J. McQuillan.
83rd "Huron" Battalion of Infantry, 0.
—No. 8 Company, Seaforth,—To be
Captain, Lieutenant Alexander Wilson.
vice John Sidney Roberts, who is per.
mitted to retire, retaining rank,
An important judgment wasgiven by
the Court of Appeal for Ontario in the
oase of Beaver vs. The Grand Trunk
Railway. A000rding to this judgment a
conductor has no right to put a passen-
ger off the train for failing to show his
ticket. The plaintiff, Beaver, is a
merchant at Six Nabions poetoffioe, in
bhe county of Haldimaud, and purchased
a return ticket over the defendants'
railway from Caledonia to Detroit. On
the return trip he was ejected from the
train in which he was travelling, having
mislaid his ticket ; and in this action be
claimed derringers to the amount of $1,000
for the trespass. The trial judge held
that the conductor of the train was
justified in sjeratieg the plaintiff, having
that demanded the ticket or the amount
of the fare and having allowed the plain-
tiff a reasonable time to pay his way.
On appeal, the Divisional Court rovsrssd
this decision end held that, iu the
absence) of express conditions requiring a
h
passenger t
1 g who had pard his fare and
receivod the ticket to display the latter
en demand, the company have no right
to ejeob him for failing to do s&. The
oompany tools the case to the Court of
Apporl and the majority of this court
agreed with the judgmenb of the mart
below, Justice Osier dissented, holding
that the very purpose of giving a pas•
Banger n Helsel, is that he may prove to
the oonduelor thab he )las paid itis fare,
and that be talion it with the oondition
annexed to it, that ha shall produce it
when called upon, Tho appeal was
dtonisaed with coats.
W. H. KERR, Prop.
lu>frtuIYY SI.60. Yna1,6tlYYYa10o,YamomY/
Prof. Robertson, Dominion hairy
Commissioner, has received from the
English ten merchant who purohasod
Canada's mammoth eheoee a pound of
tea valued at 22 guineas, The tea will
be distributer) among the Cabinet Minis-
ters.
Mr. Craig, of the Elora road, near
Burgoyne, met with a serious loss. He
was ill in beet and the men were out in
the field nt work, when the large build.
ing used as a pig pen was dioouvered to
be on fire. There were in it 54 pigs ; 30
of them were fat and already sold and
were to have been delivered the next
week. Seeing the fire Mr. Craig jumped
out sf bed and broke in the door with an
axe, but was not by the flames. Noth-
ing was saved and the loss will be heavy.
The building was constructed on the
lateet improved plan. The fire originated
from the furnace, the wind having blown
the smoke -stack down, hence the build.
ing naught lire. Fifty-four porkers at
the present price is a ]Heavy loss.
At the assizes hold at London Thurs.
day, before Hon. Justice Street the trial
opened of John Burke and Thomas
Wilson, charged with murdering Henry
Phair, one of London's best detectives.
The case is one exciting great public in-
terest. The crown was represented by
William Leant, Q. 0., and the prisoners
were defended by Patrick McPhillips. At
8.50 a. m. the prisoners were brought
from the cells and placed in the dock.
They were both neatly dressed, and ap-
parently had put themselves in the best
form possible to go through their ordeal
of a trial for life or death. After the de-
tails of the crime had been given in evi-
dence, the judge instructed the jury that
the verdict must be either for manslaugh-
ter or acquittal. A vediot of manslaugh-
ter was returned ; and the prisoners were
sentenced to 12 years imprisonment.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
George Rogers is home from London
this week.
George Howe and Merton were in To-
ronto Inst week.
T. A. McLaughlin, of Brumfield, was
home for Sunday.
Rev. W. Norton, of Mount Forest, was
in town this week.
Miss Ford, of Guelph, 10 visiting re-
latives in Brussels.
Frank Stretton has purchased a jew-
elry store in Schrieber,
Mrs. J. A. Creighton is visiting rela-
tives at Guelph and Hamilton.
J. F. McCrea, of Montreal, is holiday.
ing for a few days in this locality.
J. Carter, wife and children, of Blyth,
were visiting at R. Burns' last Sunday,
Robb. Russell, of Snnahiue, is taking
up the drug business with G. A. Dead.
man.
Rev. R. Paul was at Auburn last Sun-
day assisting Rev. P. Swann in the
quarterly services.
A. Somers and wile have gone to
Owen Sound where they purpose making
their home for a while.
W. U. Little and wife, of Milverton,
were the guests of T. Fletcher and wife
for a few days last week.
Miss Watt, who has been a resident of
Brussels for a number of years, returned
to her home in Elora last weak.
Bert, Hodgins, a leading dry goods
merchant of Clinton, was visiting at the
Methodist parsonage here for a few days.
J. T. Pepper is away at Toronto this
week attending to his duties as examiner
at the examination of students at the
School of Pharmacy.
We were pleased to see Robt. Riohard-
son ou the street last Wednesday after
his long neige of illness. We hope he
will continue to improve.
Mrs. Coulter, teaoher in the public
school, Seaforth, formerly of Brussels, on
account of poor health has given up
teaohiuguntil after the summer vena-
tion.
Mrs. Stitt, of Britton, Perth 0o., a
former resident of Brussels, was in town
or
fa few days this week. She leaves for
Grindstone Oily, Mich„ in the course of
a month or so.
W. Edgar and wife were away last
week on e. pleasure trip to relatives at
Gorrie, Tara and other planes. They
have moved from Brussels to Walton for
the Summer season. Mr. Edgar is the
cheese maker at Walton factory.
Will. Stewart, of Durham, was visit•
ing his sister, Mrs. N. F. Gerry, last
week, while en route to Chatham where
he goes into a large roller flouring mill
to learn the labset and best mode of flour
making. He left Brussels on Monday
afternoon.
The following refers to a former resi-
dent of Brussels :—At a vestry meeting
held in St, John's church, Tilsonburg,
a committee was appointed to confer
with the vestry of St. Charles, Dereham,
with a view to extending a gall to the
Rev. Mr. Ryan, of Florence.
Last Tuesday Miss Braden received
the sad intalligenoe of the death of her
brother. He was a bridge contractor,
working West of Calgary, N. W. T. He
was injured on Thursday and died the
following day, Miss Braden has gone to
her home near Peterboro'. Miee Joan
Ross is teaching in her department dur-
ing het absentia.
W. R. Stratton, C. P. B. engineer, i0
here on a brief holiday visit to relatives
and old friends while hie engine is un-
dergoing an overhauling. Mr, Stratton
has been on the C. P. R. for the (nest 10
y0a11e and lilies the work well. His run
Is East and West of Schrieber, geneeally
the latter, hating passenger trains.
Willie, as his old friends gall him, le a
general favorite,
The Herald, published at Whitewood,
Asst„ N. W. T„ says of a former resi-
dent of Brussels t—On April 17th the
school at )forest Farm was mamma
under the able and officiont management
of Miss Il, A. Young. Mae Young was
our teacher last year and the Sohool
trustoes have ebown their good sense in
again ongnging the services of this esti-
mable yonog lady, In this appointment
there ie ,just one item of regret and that
is one inability to keep the school open
the year round, honce our rogrob when
Mies Young bids us adieu in the Fall,