The Brussels Post, 1888-11-2, Page 1e,4
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Volume 16.
COMM U N ICATIONS.
Fostoffiee Grievance.
ro Me Bettor Of Tina Poini.
Sin. --.I think it will be in the interests
of the public to expose the manner the
conspirators of Mr. Grant are following
in reference to the ponoffico and then
endeavor to had hire from tho position,
and to do so I will moution the latest
grievance and when your readers under-
stand it they will tbink, as I do, that it
is either a ease of stealing, lying or parse-
oution, or all three. Ono day last week
a letter was put in lithetton Bros. box
addressed, as the clerk eupposecl, to them
and as Jas. Stretton, jr., also supposed
as ho opened it, but on opening it ho dis-
covered it was for Strachan Bros. Ho
showed the envelope to some partiea, ono
being the inoutheneoe of the enepirators,
Mr. Jenkins, who asked Stratton to give
it to him, knowing that he was asking
him to do wrong when he asked hint.
Stretton refused, saying he dare not as
he must return it to the office, but evi-
dently after some of the parties present
left he changed hie mind, knowing, aa.
cording to his own confession, be was
doing wrong as he knew B did not be-
long to him but to Stream' Bros. He
put the contents of tho letter in another
envelop° and banded it to Geo. Halliday,
A dark in the store of Strachan Bros.,
tolling him the original envelope got lost
Or denroyed, while he either had it or
had given it to Jenkins. On Salntday
last the envelope bo said was lost came
to Mr. Grant from the Inspector, poking
for an explanation. On it Wee written
"Opened by me but not for mo, (signea)
Zee. Stretton Bros." Now, I have no
doubt your readers would like to know
why ho signed the firm name me Jas.
Stratton Bros, whoa he knew it was
Stretton Bros. Who suggested it to
him 2 I think your readers can easily
imagine who rlid. When he signed it an
ho did he know he was Mating Meat was
false, and must have done it for an ob-
ject, and I can think of no other than to
mislead the Tweeter, as there is more
differenoe betweea Straohau lame. and
Jas. Stretton Bros. than Stretton Bras.,
and it would lead the Iuspsator to think
it was very careless on tho part of the
postoffiee, while the envelope was so ad-
dressed, es anyone eon see, more like
Stratton Bros, that Strachan Bros., hence
the mistake, as it wee one any person
would be liable to make. Now, when it
becomes a necessity to resort to such
trioks to trump up 5 grievance where none
existed tillage are coming to a pretty
pass, If anyone suffered it was Strachan
Bros., not Stratton Bros., but they have
no complaint to make only /.bout the
way their Formate was used and the
purpose. This is it sample of the perse-
°titian ever sine the instructions were
given to Mr. Jenkins to write Mr. Grant
Up end not to. praise him, aa he did in
the previous issue of the Budget, and it
ought to be enough to make all fair.
minded mon, notwithstanding their creed
or politica, to see it is nothing but a
persecution and that Grant is the perse-
cuted, not Jenkins, as he would have -
people believe. When fair-minded men
will examine, closely, the movements of
the conspirators in reference to Mr,
Grout said other citizens and diecounten.
nee Mr, Jenkins and hi backers in
every way then, and not till then, will
the scurrilous articles that have appeared
weekly in the Budget cease. Anyone
wishing to know the particulars more
fully than I have given them should see
Strachan Broe. and the envelope and
they must be satisfied that it is 5 perse-
cution and that Jenkins end his co-
operators are what he so flippantly calls
others—"oads," for if you will closely
examine his articles and compare tie=
with the man Senking you will gee that
he is only pioturing his own true char.
eater and not the poor elegem.
Oa. 29, '88. A Loam Or Pas PLAY.
FROM Oltlt MLIJASELITs.
To the Batter of Trim Pam
P.leitseSimite, W.V. Oet. 15, '88.
Doan Sm, --Long, long ago, I promised
to write you, but have thus far tailed to
fulfill my promise, however, 1 will write
you now to advise you of my change of
address. In the month of June last
left Hamilton, Ohio, for this place.
When I loft Canada I moved to Hamil-
ton Obio, whet° I Worked for a short
time, then wont to Central America on a
business trip for the firm. I again work.
al Inc a short time and was unfortunate
enough to break my leg and dislocate my
ankle joint, was under tho dootor's care
for over three months when I again went
to work for a time until I engaged in
thle city, not only as superintendamt but
as partner itt well iu the largest maohine
shop in tho city as well as the almond
-
into country., Tile city of Parkersburg is
somewhat picturesquely situated on the
boulte of the Ohio lliver, tvhioh is liter.
ally studded with barges and packets of
all kinds in ordinary high water, and
the Little Kanawha, tohiole is not only
navigable but more than twice the depth
Of the Ohio, into which it empties how.
The "Little IConawha" is navigable for
some 'ranched miles with three looks,
about fifty miles from hero. The fam-
ous summer resort, "The Burning
Springs," aro sixty miles distant from
this pined up this river, a daily steamer
plying between the two places, Moo reg.
War deem= Mere= Lotiisvillo Ken-
tucky, Oincinnabti and this port and
steamers from the Gulf run up as fat as
bios feequeotly. fleet finished the ma.
Shinty for the dune "O. C. Martio"
last week and expeot to finish tho ma.
thinory for the eteitenoe "Monteith" this
week to go lo New Orionis with preclude
and fruit, witiesh, by tho way, is vory
plentiful hate. Tho famous Diann-
heogrett leland is in sight of my hourte and
a tell view hp and down tho Obi° and
Ertnetwho Riven, tho steamboat landing
being.right in faint of my re:Odor:co, but
I have now moved to the elty for the
Whites: for 001We/tie/Me, Wo pay $1,75
per tem for and, we eon lteop Wean at
that rate. The longest railwayWage
M the U.S. is right horo, bringing the
Clitoinnetti, Wothing= di Baltimore
tains into the eity. The Baltimere ete
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOV. '1888.
Ohio, and Ohio Myer railroads add to
tho enlivenmenbof the eity's commerce.
Tho city has a population of aver 13,000,
hes vory lino bueldingo and they are now
paving the streets with brit*, which
makes a, splendid pavement, Tho con•
try surrounding the city is mountainous
and the :scenery is bettatiful. Through.
the summer I lived outside of the fifty
at the foot of a mountain known as
"Fort Boremon," General 'Boren:Ian'
making a bit on the top of the moun-
tain daring tbo American rebellion, The
Presidental campaign is beginning now
as wallas that for Governor of the States
whish makes people lively, even if busi-
ness is somewhat doll, however, the
words, "business dull" is very soldom
heard hero ; on the contrary it is lively.
It is mousing to 1110 10 hear the people
speak of the Retaliation Bill, spoken of
by Cleveland. This State being strongly
Democratic will give a large majority Inc
°Becloud, however, the betting on the
election itt livoly, thousands of dollen
are being put up daily, however, Cleve-
land is favored in the main. No more
this time. Mateo address your valuable
paper to 316 11, 7th streot, Parkersburg,
W.Va. Hoping I have not tired yen, if
not, you may hear from me again, I re-
main, Yoors
D. D. Sonoma,
IIRADT
1080 vuoMJS otA WAR.
To tits Editor of 'Imo PoBT.
Sao—By the last oopy of the Budget
roe:lived, 1 see the editor has assumed a
new and more traotoble role, and I most
confess it gives me much pleasure to
bear testimony to the fact. As is well
known, the differonoe between him. and
me was not of my seeking, but I am
Irish enough when "a castor is shed in-
to the ring," to kick it out at the first
opportunity. After a storm, are are told,
comes a °aim, and personally I have no
desire to again disturb the elements, but
although willing to have peace, I am
prepared for war.
About that action for criminal libel, I
might say I am well aware that a con.
spiracle, was entered into between certain
partial to have mo cemmitted, without
the option of bail—if it was only for one
honr—but conspiracies are penitentiary
offences, and the clanger involved in "put-
ting up the job" on me proved n deter-
rent. On Friday morning, Oct. 19, a
prominent lawyer need° me aoquaintod
with the details of the plot and van-
tarily offered to moke afildavib to the
particulars.
Conoerniag the witness feeo, my raft -
son for returning them to the deft. iu
the recent libel suit were two in number.
First, 1 didn't think the amount of evi-
deuce I gave was suffieiently valaable to
the deft.; and in the second place, I saw
a tired -looking, careworn woman sitting
in the Court -room wbo, I was informed,
had some little ones at home, and 1 Mit
that every dollar taken from the husband
and father's pooket would be felt most
by her and the little ohildren. My rea-
son for using my legal right in the mat-
ter of fate Wes to enter a protest in open
Court against the irregular manner in
which deft. was conducting his ease.
I also observe that the editor of the
Budget is not desirous of continuing the
aontroversy, and is anxious that I should
make any future explanation& in my own
paper, instead of through the columns
of Too Poen I regret to bays to state
that I do not intend to carry out bis re-
quest in this regard, I have no over-
whelming ambition to keep up the dis-
cussion, but, if occasion demands it, I
want to put my yiews on record in the
looality where the editor of the Budget
and I are personally known, and where
practically the same constituency oan
see both sides of the one. Isn't that
fair
There is but ono other point to which
I need allude at the present writing, and
that to with regard to the schoolboy ef-
fusion signed, ".A. Citizen," which ap-
pears Oil the first page of the Budget of
last week. It is not good form to try
atud kiok every nameless yellow dog that
barks at you from the other side of the
fence. Men don't do it in their every-
day walk, and newspaper men, who
know their business, apply the same
rule to anonymous aorrespondents. 15
is auffieMnt for me and the people of
your section to know that he ie ashame5
to sign his production and I want am
better testimonial in my favor than tho
elf -evident Etta that alter a. long real.
demo in your thriving town no one can
come forward over hie own signature
gainer me. Only the "yellow dog"
arks, and as he hides behind the fenee,
hers is no need to bother with him. I
ave beard of puppies baying the moon,
ut the moon neither pulled down tho
liod nor barked beak. That's about
ho size of the communication from "A
itizon," If ho over ameba to bo a skulk -
ng coward, and wants to appear in the
pen arena, I will be most homy to at -
end to him, as ho deserves. But the
eople of Brussels will never hear from
irn except from the other side of t110
edge. Men such as be love darkness
other than light, for their deeds ore
al.
And now, Ur. rditor, allow me to
thank you for your courtesy M allowing
o M present any side of the onto to your
°adore. I don't think there tall be any
ceasion for me to again appear in the
iecussioh of your /mead questions. The
owls of dissention in your midst aro
apparently fast calming from the horio-
aud tho whitominged and star -eyed
oddoes of Poitoo bids fair to once) =al
eb hot benign effulgence over all and
undry who erstwhile wore in the tomtit
bitterneee and them of enmity. My
dvice now itt, shako hamlet all around.;
russets is too small and life too short
centime° the interneeine atrifo which
ag of late &tempted the treotion and de,
eted the fintatoial Oesourees of doin0 Of
refilderitei Turn your aworde into
unoung imoke let amity take the please
strife; forgA the individual &Binge of
00 falowe, if blisy tilloW on ettriMot det.
re to atone Mt Hot poet, and direa
ur bolt efferts Oft upbuilding of your
ibito intdente, In the inguago of the
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Fourth Division Court.
The sittings of thrs Oh Division Court
of Huron hold: on the 25th ulto,,
andge Doyle presiding. The following
was the list Of easel; dealt with
&token v. 13rookeriridge.—Action of
disputed note and agreement, before a
jury. Hold that the Court had no juris.
dietion, Counsel foo of 10.0 allowed de.
fondant.
Ross v. AlexenOer. — Garnishee ease,
Adjourned for service in primary debtor.
Dunford v, Holland. Judgmeat for
Rogers ed al v. Timmins, interpleader
ISSIV0.—Judgrnent against claimaint with
costs and counsel fee of OW allowed
plaititiff.
Ifarbottle v. Ethel Obeeee Factory,
garnisbee.—Judgroent Inc primary ored-
itor.
Harbottle v. Taylor, Corporation of
Grey garnieheas.—judgment for plaintiff
against primary debtor and garnishee:a.
McGuire v, Wells. — Judgment for
plaintiff with oosts.
Wade v. Kelly, Corporation of Bros.
sets garnishees. — Adjourned. till next
Court as to garnishee.
A number of judgment summons were
heard and the usual orders made.
oweIon. Snorts.
All -Hallow Eve, or Efallovve'en to USO
the Scotch contraction, is the name pop•
ularly given to the eve of All Hallows or
All Saints : therefore 0 came on the
31st of October, Wednesday night. The
eve is said to celebrate festival of the
Druids, but whether thio is true or not
it was long customary in England to
roast nuts', duok for apples in a pail of
water, and perforin other harmless fire.
side revelries in honor a the evening.
The same customs existed in Scotland,
but the Hallowe'en ceremonies of that
oouutry savored more of a superstitious
character, and among the runlets the
charms worked upon this eve were firm-
ly believed to disclose their life
partners. Robert Burns says that it was
the nights
When Fairies light
On Cassilies Downans dance.
Or owre the lays lu splendid blaze
On sprightly cieurses.prenoe.
Ib Was supposed to be night of ravel-
ry for witches, devils and other mischief
making people, and upon this night the
fairies held a grand anniversary.
PERTH CollniTT ASSDIRS.
Eocetallinn ri1011 MIST mum)
The following report dates from Oc-
tober 24.
Haffner vs. W. H. White, et al — Ac-
tion to set aside an agreement and to re-
oover a sum of money paid od a farm in
the township of Moto,
The ease of Pat. Morrisaey, for assault.
ing and feloniously wounding a GOLD.
ear tapper, on the 19511 of Sept etnber, oc-
cupied the attention of the Court for
three hours.
A true bill was found against W. Steele
veterinary surgeon, for perjury, and
Frank Ennis for rape.
anon ailitt's Deena:macre.
In their presentment the Greed jury
geld they had inspected the jail and
found only 18 prisoners.
The young lads Merkine and Connolly,
will appear for sentence when called
upon. His Lordship administered a
good lecture to the lads before they were
allowed to go.
The naso of W. Steele for alleged pew.
jury, well postponed at the solicitation
of the Crown A.ttorney, until the Spring
Assizes,
VIEBAI. v. Sown= et al.—Thia 50os F‘n
action to recover damages for the des-
truobion by fire of the plaintiff's sew illm
and machinery in the township of Eirea,
the plaintiff claiming that the fire was
started by a clearing blaze on the adjoin-
ing farm of the defendant, Sabre:far. Tlle
defendant claims that it was some c3ther
cause than what plaintiff charges that
started the fire, and that the 02ill
have been saved had an effort bean made.
The assize court hoe just got an elephalit
off its hands in the ease of Conrad Nisbet
v. Woofer et at. The case was begun on
Wednesday about 4:80 o'oloelf and the
jury retired to their rooms shortly itfter
1 p.m., Friday, to °volute verdiot out
of the masa of evidence and the °anneals'
and the judge's summing up. The wort
also eat Otte Thursday night, There were
eleven witnesses examined for the pus°.
oution and nine for the defence, Tho
Claim Wee handled by Irlington es Palmer
Inc plaintiff, and by Mobee GearinO for
clefenclante. The addregges bo the jury
and the judge's charge oocupied all the
morning and more. The whole ono
hinged on the alleged negligence of Al-
bert Sthrefer, wbo was engaged by lois
mother to °low by fire the brush front
half tax acre of her land adjoining the
plaintifre sow mill. The plaintiff claim.
ed bloat the awing blaze spread to hie
mill and caused its dostruotion. The de
fence denims and showed by wit-
neseos that the wind Was blowing &way
from tho mill at the time of the fire, The
jury wets required among others to an.
ewer Ong question : "Was the fire that
burned /glebes mill fildi by defendant,
Saltmfer." After being out nearly tom
and athalf Imre the twelve good row
and true &flavored : "No ; to the best of
000 knowledge it was not," The jury
were polled by the plaintiff'et solicitor
end on tho finding of the jury his Lord-
ship entered o vet:diet for the defendant.
ligi
The women of Alneriert eXpend .98,000,-
0 annually for paint and powder for
it fang.
Advioes from the Bonny River, Africa,
o revolting story of memo atrocitiee
onniboliem, The Malian teibo, mn
ettgo for same Minty, invited 11, party
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"Washington Letter.
(Prom our Be:lulu (lei:respondent.)
Wasuiturron, Oct, 37,15811.
however confident politicians of either
party greatest anxiety and uncertainty is
felt, Every possible effort is being made
to got money and workers into the field,
and in private eoeferenee the same rota.
Mimeo to not manifested that is giveu
expression to for publication,
Every nerve is being strained and every
resoeree tooted. to nay on the ffght. It
is very generally understood that as
=oh money au can bo raised for that
purpose will be put into Nene York state.
Both potties will do as much in thio way
as they can afford. It is sail that a
strong pressure is being brought to bear
on the Clovermnont employees in this
city, and that the intimations that the
money ie needed very badly are made
more pronounced as tho day of the elec-
tion approaches. Roluotamee on tho part
of employees cello for renewed apposite,
and it is probable thet the money collect-
ed here will round up M a pretty good
sum. Notwithstanding the failure of
the extra month's pay, the employtee of
tho Howse have generally found it possible
to contribute.
All Of the higher officials in the De-
partments are expected to feel enough hi.
tenet tho result to contribute, and
many in the lower grades are doing so,
Applicant® Aro being made, by both part-
ies, but, of course, the money is going
chiefly one way. A. number of officials
are out taking part in the campaign.
Secretary Whitney, Secretary Fairchild
and Assistant Secretary Maynard, the
Postmaster General and n large number
of the subordinate officiate of his Depart.
meant are in the canvass aotivoly.
The sundry civil bill provides 34,000,-
000 for the new Congressional Library
building, and places General Oasey,
Ohief of Engineers, in there° of the pre-
paration of the necessary plans and the
conetruotion of the building. In accord -
nee with the provisions of the law Gen-
eral Clany has a force at work preparing
the plans, and expects them to be soon•
plotted before Conran meets io Decem-
ber, and if they are approved he will
have everything in readiness to begin
building in the Spring, The 18,w requir-
es that these plans shall be subject to the
inspection and approval of the Secretor -
les of War and Iuterior, bot they will
doubtless be considered by Congress be-
fore work is commenced. The matter
will be brought to the attention of Con-
gress in the annual report of the Cleief
of Engineers, if not as a epoch& measure
before tbo report is submitted. Congress
will undoubtedly therefore have ample
opportuntity to pass upon the revised
project.
A. meeting of the Washington mon:there
of the Board of Promotion of the Con.
etitutional Centennial and World's Ex-
position was held this week. The pur-
pose of the meeting was to make ar-
rangements for the national board—
governore of states, presidents and sec-
retaries of boards of trade and mayors of
leading oities—to hold a convention at
'Washington during the first weak of
December.
The Constitutional Oentennial bill has
been passed by the Senate arid unanim-
ously reported by the House Committee.
The Throe Americas' Commercial Con-
gress bill has beootne mw and the
President has sent cub invitations to all
the nations of the Western Hemisphere
to meet in this city October 2, 1889.
The Permanent Exposition bill has been
reported unanimously by the House
foreign affairs committee.
It Is prooticially certain that the two
exposition bills will become law before
the Christmas holidays. The leaisla.
tures of thirty states will *hold their bi.
manual session in Jonuory. The purpose
of getting the national board of governors,
OM. here in December is to be ready to
get right to work as soon toe the bills are
passed, so ElS to give these legistotures an
opportunity to provide for the part to be
token by the various stens end terri-
toriee in themelebratiou, and also to be
ready to prooeed at once with all the
other work necessary in preparation of
the expositions. It is expooted that
nearly every one of thogovernors, duty=
and presidents and sooretaries of the
boards of trade will bo in attendance at
the convention.
The annual report of the Commissioner
of Labor, col. Carroll D. Wright, will be
sent to Congress when that body meets
in December. It is devoted mainly to
statistics in rogord to tho oonditiou for
working women in this country. The
Mote colla,ted have refuel= to the sooiel,
sanitary and economic affairs of women 4.4exeroe-tol eree.vet.
employed in shops and faotories. An
interesting incident of those statistics is Mr. Spurgeon is ill mad unable to
that they wore collected by women who preaoh.
ware employed as special agents of tho The victims of the Poroma landslide
Department for that purpose. Over now number 24.
17,000 women were Interviewed, and the The independence of Corea is likely to
results are being tabulated, and it is be- bo declared shortly.
/loved that the subject matter of the Kingitfilan has settled 1,000,000 francs
report will make it one of the most in• on his divorced wife.
toresting over issued by the Labor De. Wolves and coyotes 550 doing great
pea:Omen t. damage on the Montana rename.
Wa,terbury, Conn., has voted to furnish
free text books to tho Publio sohoolo.
Perth County Notes. The Lanoathite colliery °venom aro
yielding to the domande of the minere.
In one of tho Italian quarters in New
York a atm nil now be had for three
cents.
The Gorman Government will take no
official port in the Etnin Bay relief ex.,
pedition,
Since the war of '70 Faunae bas spout
7,710,000,000 franca besides the "ordiitory
mantes,"
At the banquet to Kaiaor William et
the Viennese eourt, tho Whoa all kept
their gloves on. orosa
Sootchtnen Ohio:too talk Of °rooting
tt statute of tho poot Burns ho Linooln
Perk in that oily,
St Lode hoe emoted monument to
Genorol Grant aimed of New York, The
snit loode the tottoise.
The daily Onetemption of neeffies in
America is Said to ba 4,200,000, most of
Whieh can hone Redditth, Eng.
Thitty thousand mon atmloyed ho the
Derbyshire (Alain he,Vo beat rtelneeded
ate OdVatioo Of 10 per net. itt waged.
-ooessese „
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Number 16.
The Stratford Witter Supply Company Tito champion jumper of Seals, Neb.,
hove decided to tired, a stand.pipo met- la 11, WOIDUIL In a oOlitlisi. last week she
ing between 916,000 mid 317,000. jumped 9 feet 2 incluse without weights.
There was a large amount of business A Ministerial crisis is expected in Atm -
transacted in the Stratford ost °fit tri a owing to the combined opposition of
Monday of last we ek. Them hundred the Carman °temente against Count von
and sixty five registered letters and 1,200 Tunic,
ordinary letters passed through the office. Winifred Frellek, a SohdOlIdistresa 50
Over OW/ in orders and dep tsits wore Anutdor comity, Col., is n Dian in hunt-
macle in the P. 0, twinge brink.
Wm. MaKay, am 010 lestoe in the iquugalairoawt oosus,,. 04.8the recently killed eight
cooper :Mop of K. Waring, St. Mart% 0 During the month of August 18,000
ono of the bit -bit barrel makers in the oinbrellas were loft in the re P•tety oar.
province, He math, over 400 barrels riages of the Coited Kingdom and 50,000
within regulation houra in five dem mei articles of oll so= wore to,o,
a half too week, he rnade over 100 on A Baotou merchant ie ss ardent a
Monday and intends to finish 1100 tide lover of the gun shot he give; three days
week before Satardey night. a week to field and forest. He even had
Tho young people of tit Attwool his pockets silted the other day.
Preebytorion church have formed a The authorities of Portstreeeth, Eng.,
Yong People& Christian Angoelotion. have built a owinimitot bath for peeper
Officers for Oho oreeent quarter MIT obildreu, who will all La required to
elected no fuliowe Preeirieut, Rev. A. learn to swim es a part of their regular
Henderson ; Ist vie-Pre:10 W. H. Knox ; schonling.
2nel vice-Pree„ Min Hamilton ; Secret- Daniel Hand, of Geilelferd, Coon, has
tary, Geo. Harvey ; Treeemor, 1'. W. given 61,000,000 in trust to the Aoterlean
Whiignchn4mber of Stratford eportsmou zpent which ie to be devoted to the 0 -location
Missionary Association, the interest of
a number of days hunting deer in the of colored p:ople in tho South.
Ellice warn lately. They chased one n A novel contest that will take plaos
consider:title-distance and wore about se. shortly in New York is a wonting metal
curing the prize when a farmer shot it. betweeu two rapid money changers. One
He refused to let the sportsmen have it has bet the other 3200 that he oan beat
unless they paid him for it. The hat him counting, piece by piece. 310,000 in
was passed around and the dear par- silver coin of all denorainatieno
charted. Alex Monbeimer, a °bingo Herald
Tho chocolate fiend is still at work, it compositor, has broken the type -netting
seems. 111. George Bear, of Stratford, record. His string fOr SLY days, or 453
received a north box all the other even- hours, is 101,000 ems. He worked alto.
ing, addressed in De bold hand. The box gather on straight copy. The former
had two three -cent postage stamps on it ; records were: Duguid, Cincinnati Ho-
lt was done up in coarse, white paper and ouiror, 117,000 ems in seven days, inelud•
tied with an ordinary string. The drops ing 12,000 ems opick.up," and Milo,
are differently made from the ordinary Minneapolis Tribane, 105,000 erne in
oh000late drops, seven cloys.
5. pair of carrier pigeons but three
months old, and entirely untrained, were
sold by a man in New Limon to n oitizen
in Boston, who carried them home with
him. A. month afterward they appeared
at their old home in New Haven, and
were shortly followed by a postal oard
from Boston, saying that they were Min-
ing. The question is yet to be answered:
How did these young and untrained
birds know the way from Boston el New
Moen, a distance of 145 miles ?
Sultan Maley Hassan, of Morocco, is a
man about forty -Eve years of age, though
it is possible that he does not know his
meet age. As he bas 8,500 wives 15 10
probable that he looks older that he
really is. He is n handsome man, with
a calm, imposing manner whiell is most
becoming. His eyes are mors animated
and show more shrewdness than those of
roost of his eotintrynien. Re is fairly
well informed on European topics, but
his information is marred by frequent
exhibitions of startling ignorance. Alto.
gather he does not appear like a man
who is charged with deeds of the most
revolting cruelty.
Tice first train to pan throagh the
Wickes tunnel on the Montana Central
Railroad was the excursion to Boulder on
Friday. The passage occupied twelve
minutes. The tetanal is eighteen miles
from Helena on the branch to Butte, and
runs through a large mountain of the
Boulder divide. It is 6,200 feet long, be.
ing the largest in Montana. It runs
'through solid rock and its construction
cost about 31,500,000. 'Work was emu -
maned in Mao, 1887, and daylight was
let through 'it in September of this year,
Trains will henoeforth run throuati the
tunnel regularly. It is the intention of
tbo oompany to line the tunnel with mas-
onry, which will necessitate a further
outlay of a quarter million d011erS.
t..41.14 adia Ne -too tee.
Nova Scotia's cranberry crop for the
year foots up to 145,000 barrels.
Paisly has appointed Wm. Brown en-
gineer of the village waterworks at a eat-
ery of 3476.
A. toboggan slide is in course of nee -
Hon itt Strathroy. tho shute 'of which
will be 400 feet in length.
0. Coughlin, of Amlierstburg, is the
holder of ticket No, 97,429, winch drew
the capital prize of 37,500 in the Little
Louisiana State Lottery.
J. G. Mothers, son of Charles Mothers,
of Xining Township, has boon appoint.
ad aocountant and solicitor in the A.ttor-
ney-General'e office in Winnipoh.
John OfePhereom of Kinteal, Bruce
County, put the 10 lb, shot 45 feet 2
inches at Orillia, beating the world's
best amateur as well as professional re-
cord by 83 mohee.
.5. two year old child of Peter Welsh,
al Courtland, mot with a sod death a few
days ago. The child woe eating ohest.
mite, when n portion of one of the nuts
lodged in its throat. A. physician was
called as speedily as nossible, but arrived
too late to save the child's life,
The largest pike ever known to have
been ofiOtured in Canada now in the
city of Torooto. The pike is 4 foot 8
inches in length, measures 2 feet io girth
and weighs 36 pounds. 15 15 undoubtedly
the largest and heaviest fish of its specnes
Mt secured in Canada, It comes frott9
Sturgeon Falls.
Two old ladies named. McLeod, oe-
oupyiug the hind seat of a conveyancer
met with a serious mishap•Snuloy while
retuning Boni autrole 'Colon to
their homos. .A. couple of boys caught on
to the hind seat, in Attempting to got a
ride, pulled tho seat over, otereening the
old la,diee on the roadway. One was
quite seriously injured, if not Wally,
while tho °thee otionmed cornpOratively
uninjured.
Extraordinary yiold'of Ws, Tho De.
pertinent of Agrioulturo has reoeivect
report froot its ogeat at Chtlgary, who
states that the crops between MoLood
and leareonten, W, ewe ripenod
favorably, and will yield in many Neon
extraordinary acturns. On one form,
near Calgary, 970 bashole oroa woke
takon tont ton aorde, giVing avento
of 07 bushole to the Oro, with average
of 47 pounds to the Moiled. Anther
farm of 12 Wee gave /20 an
average of 473 poen& to the bileheir
while a measured aerie of Wheat Dream:Ma
24 busholo, A third faint gave an Mit.
age of 60 busltolo of *Mt to tile intro.
Iftwon County
W. Saunders, of the Exeter Advocate,
is putting in a power pan.
Hail stones as lave as pigeon's eggs
f ell On Saturday evening at Goderich.
The Clinton Victoria cricket club in-
tend holding a concert on Thanksgiving
day.
The poles for the electric lights are
being plancl around the town at Gods.
rich.
Oboe. Spooner delivered at the News.
Record office, Clinton, n mammoth pa -
tato, weighing by Fairbonit's scales, over
52 ounees.
Evangelists Crossley end Bates aro
exported in Clinton sbortly to open up
a series of meetings in the Methodist
churches.
Messre, Tambling Jones, of London,
have boon awarded the contract for the
new Prot Office at Godorieb, the figures
being 313,000.
Seven young men were arrested et
Clinton last Sabbath and incarcerated
for the night in the Tombs on snspicion
of having stolen some goods belongin to
a Jew peddler.
Rev. J. Livingston, of Clinton, received
the sad intelligence that a brother's -in -kw
son, residing in California, had been
killed by tho accidental discharge of a
gun. Ile was about 19 years of age.
The brickwork of the new Royal hotel,
Gorrie, is completed and the inside is
being pushed forward rapidly.
Ferguson Bros. of Teeswat4r, Bones/moo
to A. Welch, of Gerrie, Lave taken pos-
session, and apparently are doing rush-
ing business.
D. Floody, of Clinton, the other day
toeeived a couple of ortieles, sent him as
mementoes, that are dear to the heart of
every Orangeman. One is n bottle of
tatter from the river Boyne mud the
other a piece °Wi base of King Will-
iams' monument.
Thursday evening William), Brownlee,
about 65 years of age, was found dead iu
his house at Exeter, by Constable
Creech. 15 appears that he had been
sawing a stick of wood plaoed on two
choirs in the house and had fallen back
and died. Ho has been living alone in a
small house in the north end of the vill-
age for several emote.
The Blyth Standard says :—Our read-
ers will remember the aocident that oo.
ourred to Metiers. Webster and Robert-
son, of Hullett, as they were Orbiting
home from Blyth last Spring, by the tel.
ogra.ph wire on the boundary catching on
to the pale of a land roller they hed in
the wagon. They sued the tologroph
company for demagog, and at the mimes
held Goderich last weak the company
settled with them by giving Wobeter 31,-
000 and Robertson 3250.
The Hibbott plowing match was hold
at Sten, oti the 81st inst.
The Dr. jog Mediated troupo, led by
J. 13. Waboon, is doing this County.
A womata who keopo a hotel at Ros-
tock was fined 060 at the poliee court for
selling liquor in too large quantities.
BIos maolduery is being rapidly placed
into pogition in the now Maxwell bend -
logo St. Marys and tho work will non
bo atoning order,
At the minded mooting of the Ontario
S. 53, Association 'at Kingston, IL las
Goolding, of Stratfoyd, Man Hord, of
Mitoholl, oral the Bev. 11, lioneilton, of
MotherWell wore oMotod ethane and
rapped and MailEiaMIed them. A oart. inembere Of committette,
feast of the moat beanie ani in. The caretaker of St. joseph's church
at:Bobble ammeter follOwed, Then On Strotford, heard s, droop no= in the
sok was inado upon the uhdefonded choir left. Upon invoatigation, female
agog, and the moot barbarous eat. ohild throe walks did was foetid theme
at Wen 00111Mitted, It is astimatoci A woman heavily veiled WAS neon to enter
t come 160 Mena, inoluding wen= the choral in the attertmou carrying e,
bundle,