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The Brussels Post, 1889-5-3, Page 1Volume 16. eoxvtxez-croexceo textmoxam. A emir Elclel 111111 ;'Q Waver, To the aeitor of Tun Peso. Sin, --I am glad you mentioned the fast in your'laRt Moue of It well signed eti. Mon being sent to the railway company requesting to allow J. A. Creighton to remain here, signed by between t0 and 00 of onr butane men, manufRnturers, toad citizens, ovary one heartily si ni -g it to whom it wao pre'entod. Knowing, R8 we do, Mr. Creighton has been the victim of a conspiracy connoted over ib beer glasses" by two or three vedette parties anti the subjects of espionage from very elan quarters and (roan supposed friends, his mord confidential remarks were convoyo;lby a ready all to ]hie tra- ducers and magnified a hundred fold and things that never occurred about the Motion at all, not a shadow of truth in them were published for t- every eurpneq of hie annoyance, and even hie awn pri- vate affairs in the office have been tamp. prod with and foots miereprosentod to those opposed to him by his supposed friends. Such has been ]lir. Or ighten'a surroundings for monthe past. The Grand Trunk is math to blame for list- ening •tosueh stuff. tlr. Creighton did all he could to supply cane. Ho could not ship to points which the conpmy Strictly forbad. Tiro Company should stand by him and retain him here, even against his wish, and show to the com- munity that they will not be dictated to by outsiders and sustain their agent amid such surroundings, instead of milt- ing him to vacate his office anal his cam• Portable hoose. He has been one of the beet agents, if not the best, Brussels over had and one who so faithfully looked af- ter the road here for nearly six years, the company should d ublo hie salary and retain him. If a change takes place promote him to a larger place to whioh he is justly entitled at their bands. Yours, Fein PLAT. April 80th, 1880. .iN 0torei tenor Or'eOXOL' . To the Baiter or Tnn Poor. Doth Sln,—Note that the behool Trustee oleution is past and over, t he smoke of combat rolls away and loaves the air olear for reflection, two points Maitre mo that I trust you will consider worthy t,f space in yam draper. I have lived in this village over since and before it was a village and have nevi:., mail the lest two years, soon any evidence of politics obtruding themselves into a school Trustee electi0u, We.inesday was a rolitieal fight of the most vicious charaoter. A prominent Conservative from Goderiah 'MS openly abused on the streets Wednesday by every Tory big nud little for daring to tomo and "give a Grit vote," whilst another respectable Conservative, himself a member of the Sohool Board, was spoken of by those saano gentry fn language the most in- sulting and I may almost say obscene, inasmuch as hu was suspected of being guilty of tue same dire offence. Why then this tegretablo change from tho peaceful and orderly elections of former days ? I believe, solely to the fact that th88 elections are now held under the anepicos of the Municipal Couuoil and usually on the same day as their own eleatiens, thus introcluoing a political feature which it lacked before. Two of the+ old Board, Wade and Scott, opposed the passage of that law on the ground Oath would work meetly as it has worked, the former losing his sent there- by, 1, aniouig't others, was opposed to and voted against then for that enle rescan, bait I now sea that .l. was mis- taken enol wonld gladly go book to the old state of affairs. Will y.11, li. Editor, or afloat your lawyer friends, toll un whether that law onto passel can be abrogated or not ? Now the next matter that strikes mo is that notwithstanding ail this ferment al late our sohool must aaou bo in a pretty g pe. Mr, Scott was not an strong candidate. Hie religious belief it not acceptable to some ; his political tenets, ditto ; he beide too many offices already ; ho is iu the 'Ting" (whatever that may be,) These, with other and more malicious arguments, were freely used against him and the whole Conservative hose turned on him, assisted by soma Reformers who acted as Drat and second Branohmen, Mr. Gilpin was and is a moat respectable oitiren against whom I do not think hie opponents or hie supporters did or could say an ill word, bub not withstanding all this, Soott's majority of 18 talks out loud and it'says that the people of Brus. cele will tolerate no rings on their Sohool Board, whether they be led by hypooriti. cal cranks for ever probing of their own virtues and pointing out the faults of others or egotistical oolong who think they carry the wor'd's brain power under their own hat, and that whilst they want proper and judicious economy exercised, it must not he at the cost of efficiency. Trusting yon will find room for these rouarks, I remain Yours sinoorely, Ate On 11A•rl;r{e011. Bennis, May 2, '80. RetettOraI Nevelt. Oklahoma is now troubled with M., moons and smallpox. Opposition to railway befitting in China name to have boon ovoroome. The now license law ants off 1,600 ea. looniste ht Boston, ani] still leaves 780 drinking places. As ;Mo. A. Harris and Jas. O'Connor wore carrying a 25 -pound package of dynamite into a field in the eastern pare of Homer township this morning, the dynamite, by some uuaeeoautable moans, wag exploded, tearing the mon into Moms. Wednesday Harry Street, au athaclto of a Wild West shoal, attempted an aseonslon in a balloon and a parachute, When the balloon reached ani eltrtndo of 300 feet it suddenly burst and made a rapid dosoont to tie earth. The naronaat landed upon the edge of a woof and was mortally injured, This happened at 130000r/0lc. te- .z ERRI BLE i BRUSSELS, ONTARIO Raitway Accident Near the City of Hampton. •hwcety wee pie tei tied cul Twrlvo Wounded. The limited express on the Grand Trunk beltway duo at Hamilton at 0.60 a. In., met with en accident on Stundny morning whoa about two miles weat of that city, the re -tui of which tune fa al to the lives of mauy people. The train wan compos• d of nu engine, too bavgage cern. te smoking car, n Chicago and Grand Trnnk through passenger comb, a Wabash coach, a \Vaguer first-ala•s conch, a Pullman ear ,and two Wagner eluopiug oars, in the order named, (Me- ditator Poole cyan in a ergo of aha train, with J, %Vttsnn, of Lmuinn, engine driver, and E. Chapman, of Loudon, fireman. .fee ONOINo Ju uuon mom 0011 TRACE, and plunged headlong int. to water tank, smashing the intuit lute atome, and turn. ing the engine almost upside down. The baggage oars camp direotly after the en. gine, and the first of these was pitched over the engine and thrown on bhp main trade, leaving its wheels behind its The other baggage oars caught fire from the engin., and the two were soon in flames. Tho coaches following, with the exception of the two Wagner ares in rear of the train, were huddled together by the shook, and 5000 CA0011T 0000 from the baggage car. Tho passengers on the train, who numbered over 160, many of whom were asleep an the time, had a ter'ible expe,ienee. The majority of those award the train, were enabled to get out of the poaches before the fire cad reached them, but in the confusion which reigned it is not known how many victims were left to the mercy of the flames; pinned in by the material of the wreck and enable to ex,rictate themselves. A man named L. S. Gurney, of Brooklyn, N. X., had els MAD cabtPLerorr 80V0ntD 01011 1115 BODY by a piece of flying debris, and another named Rudolph Ederor, whose address is unknown, wee also instantly killed. As soon as the engine rolled over, after striking the w ter bunk, Engineer Wat- snn and Firemen Cheeman trawled out from underneath it, neither of them being much Hurt. An auxiliary train was net out from liaruitton immediately on re- ceipt of the news of the accident, and the wrecked passengers, together with the injured who had been rescued and two killed, vireo brought to Hamilton. The two Wagner cars an the roar of the train were uncoupled from the rest and were saved from the Demos. A, largo gang of employees, under the direction of John Hall, L000motivo Foreman, worked nn orasingly at the wreck, ding their ut. moot to quench the firo. Tho diffienity of securing water was made very great, owing to the tank being emasited, nue the fire held sway fur many hours before an thorough searnh could be made through the debris, Up to five o'clock the MAIMED AND ntili00D nMatt :SS Or I:ImITnex VICTIt1* had been exhumed from the wreck. In no case was there sufficient to identify the persona or toll whether they were of male or female sex. Tan 1011100 OT Teo WOUNDED note in the !teemed aro : —Jon. Morris, Clark's Island, M_, , S. 11 Young, Chic- ago, 111, ; Au.ir,w Carpenter, Yankton, 1) :k• Geo. White, Union 11111, N T, ; ,1 ; A. Palmer, Ilion, N. Y. ; IIauniltou Clarke, Chica;o ; Anthony Wass, an Italian from Wisconsin ; Edwin Chtp- men, London, Ont. ; 0, 0. Azboll, Ed. wa:deport, Mc1. ; Enooh Kenyon, Lon. don, Ont. ; Wm. Lipsey, Chicago ; A. L. Dovey, West Adams, Mass. ; Goo. Weise, Hudson, N, J. Tile accident wag the result of no negli- gence or breach of orders, but purely an accident. wnAT TIM O. T. U. 10001011 SAX. Joseph Hicksou, General Manager, G. T. It., kindly permitted an Associated Prose representative to peruse the ofti: Mal dispatches received during the day' from ofhcere of the road at the soone of the terrible accident at Hamilton. Ao. cording to these the train, whioh was composedof ten oars, including four sleepers, with 100 through and four local passengers, had passed the switch before leaving the track in the angle of the "Y." It then struck a water tank and owuug round at right angles, the tender passing over the engine which was smashed and burned- The rails and track oast and west of the debris were in esoellent order, and as the switch was set all right and the engine is destroyed, it is impossible at present to account for the accident. There were 118 passengers in all -65 in the combos nud 48111 the sleepers. MUSTS= -SA5810=11e witn0 KILLED --sixteen mon and three women ; bivalve injured and in tho hospital—ane with a leg broken, one with ribs broken and others with ante and bruises. A few others are slightly injured. The rugine and tender aro badly damaged, one bag. page oar is slightly damaged, one hag. gage, one molter, two coaches and two sleepers were deetroyod, Judge Degas, of Montreal, has Laken action for libel, 028,000 demagog, ngatnst Le Monde newspaper, Tho yacht Coronet. winner ofgtho ocean race with tlto Demoting, made a voyage of over 41,000 mile», consuming 243 days, during which time the eiteuit of the globe Was made, Tho yachting party oonlst. ed of Mr. and Mrs, Muftis T. Bush and son Irving, Jelin Martin, of Grand Rapids, Mieh., and Mr. and Mee. P. Detislow, of Brooklyn. Nearly every city of importance in every coantey was visited, alit the party wee bauquettec and cordially remind everywhere, The trip toot 14tr. 3311811, the °Wrier of the yacht, 820,000. Fourth 1)iviei'in Court. The regular sittings of the Fourth Divi inn (bi.I't of ilnrrn, was held int the Town hall ou 'Pubmstley of last week, Hie ltumor Judge Doyle on the bench. Thedo nkat included the, following MIM : Rose ve. Alexander --.4 garnish. 0 ease, being a remauet from hast Court. Ad - pawned to noxi Court. Itosaea Evans vs. Stratton Bros.—Ao- ti n for wage alleg •d 1 10 duo, which def 1„lout, disputer]. A Ij mimed to next Court at defendant's r vino Long (priinttry erection) vs. Tho'nson (primary debtor) --Pe Kelly garnishee. -- Adjourned to next Comte Dark re. Chambreek Phu. 1201 Co.'y-- Autiuu foe wfgeo. Judgment for de. fen dant. Sulalldo'n vs. Cranb talc Plax 0I1!! Go. Mann vs. Cr,tnbtonit Flax Mill Co. Mo. Fay vs, Crunbruuk Flax 11111 Cu. Theao ofiee, were all similar in '+utnre and re• suite l iu jul,nnort1 being given for tho defendeet. Brookourhlge vs• Jackson —reit for in. tercet 00 0 mortgage. Judgment for pl,iitrtiff with costs. Pugh vs. Farrow—Ration on note. Judgment, by consent, for plaintiff for claim and costs. Hall vs. Grunt and Scott —This was an action by plaintiff, a landlord, claiming rent and pleading a seizure of the tenant's goods previous to a seizure made by de- fendant Grant, who subsequently sold the goods under his power of rule in a obattel tnortgage. The 008a was long and ably argued by the counsel on either aide, and resulted in a verdict for plaintiff against defendant Grant only, to be paid in 15 dais, and judgment for defendant Boott, Allan ve. O'Neil—Disputed account. No nue appearing for plaintiff, a nonsuit was ordered. Watson vs. Anderson—Action on d'e. tinted note, defendant pleading non -lie. bilite on veri005 grounds. Judgment for plaintiff for full amount with costs. Smith vs. O'Neil—Disputed account. Judgment for plaintiff. lions vs. Blake—Disputed account. Judgment for plaintiff. Broadfoot ve. Walker—Disputed a0 - count. Seamen') for plaintiff for amount paid into Court, muter plea of tender be. fore aotion, and without caste. Hayden vs. Blake—Plaintiff claimed balance of a promi-nary nota, long over nue. Defendant disputed, and claimed benefit of Statute of limitations, &a. Judgment for plaintiff for full amount claimed with tests, Buyers vs. White --A garnishee neat - ter from Co. Court Huron. Order made. Alexander vs. Nightingale di Co.—Claim for damages for non -fulfilment of au aat- leged contract of hiring. Juigment for plaintiff. Ronald vs. Donghorby—•Claim en prom issory notes. Defendant pleaded Statute of limitations. Case was adjourned until next Court. A number of judgment summons wore heard and tete usual orders nude. WIt:iTONNt:tl, el ibinnli.a.TiOY (85' WA810- ssnru oA .4 EiArfingninTuo x. The centennial celebration in mon. numeration of the inauguratiou of the inauguration of the first president of the United Status may be Raid to havo coum- meuoed at Elizabeth, N.J., on Monday with the arrival of President Harrison. Go- at crowds thronged the street loading to Gov. Green's residenoo, where Presi- dent Iiarrieoll was to take breakfast, The line of niarah followed as near ae possible the hietori° route• taken by Gon. Washington It.O years ago. 'Pito parade and pets •essien wee the mon imposing over wifeless d here. Noarly 5,000 mon were hi Ime. For nearly au hour an iu. forma reception was held at the (lover- nnr•'t, (loon •, and all the prominent oilice has and people of Elizabeth and wooly State officials besieged the Governor's mansion and shookhan,ls with the Presi. dent anti Mee. lgarristcm. The President's journey from Gov. Greeu's mansion to Elizabethport was One continued ovation. A1! along the route flags worn waved and handkerchiefs fluttered, and chewing voices fairly dcowned the dinand music of drums and fifes and brass instruments. Arriving at the Alcyone boathouse the President and Viee.President were taken oat to the Dispatch in small boats. The President boarded the Dispatch at 10:40 and a few moments later she steamed up the Kill Von Rull. New York Monday began the joyous oolebratiou of her centennial festivibies. Tho crowds which had thronged the prtooipal thoroughfares of the city all day to such an extent that travol was difficult and uncomfortable, began to showthemselvesMonday before morning had fainly broken. Hour by hour throngs increased as the time for the formal opening of .x5001005 of tbo day drew near until the lowor parte of the city benne a veritable sea of humanity. Adjutant -General Warner, represent- ing the veteran of 1812, at sunrise hoist- ed the national Dag at the old fort in Central Path. Never before in the his. tory ot the country has there boon such a display of flags and bunting as that whioh greeted the cilieel as 110 loft his home on Monday to view the first of centennial displays. Tho city is literally clothed in the red, white and blue of the national emblem. The ronte of tho Dispatch on quit- ting Kill Von Krill was between tho nier- chauts' marine colutnn cant of and paral- le1 to the naval, roveme and yacht col- umns until the head wee reached, The avenue through which the President's venni panned was lined with the largest fleet of ships ever soon 11 this oountrye Tito grand military parade started at tbo conoinsion of the literary oxernisns at the sub -treasury. There wore 00,000 soldiers in line. Tho line of tnaroli wag up Broadway from Pine street to Waver. ly Phaco, to Fifth 1400)1110, to Poarbaohth street, to 'Inion square, around the egnarc to 'Fifteenth street, to PURI avenue vein and tip that thoronglafaro to Central Park. The puede 40108 led by Major -Gen. S, iii. Behr field, who was acei. Ipanied by ]tie staff anti corns of aldol. FRIDAY, MAY 3, Wtleillingtolt IL+:tt•'r. (From ear Ite{;ul tr 'urruspeLdiat.) \VAtniti,T,N, Ar'att, act •re. Thq British legation in thio oily fa no longer tmtantle+se lir Julian Pounce. foto, the representetivo in the United States of her British efajesty, Queen Victoria, and enprees of India, Roto arrived and is comfortably located on the premises lately vacated by the author of the reply to the Murohiouu let). r. The now minister has had large legie- Jetiv° and judicial exporimtoe in tee s-rviae of his government, having at various times and in verions impor-ant places been both judge and attorney general, be ides holding along connection with the foreign ince. Ile is a man of affairs, aaongtotned to hard world and business methods, and the houtr now conferred upon him may bo a•nnidered a- in the nature of a promotion for inertt, though others tf greater ere,miuence and pre,eusious may nave ben overlooked in hie appointment. Air Julian Panneefoto has shown his uiplomatio quality at the outset of his career in the United States by his treat- ment of the press. 11 must seem odd to the Englishman of auv note, who at home le lett undistu'•bed by the rop•,rters, exoepb when he chooses to plane himself at the public disposal, that the instant he reaches American shores he is pouno ed upon by a grout) of young meu with pads and pencils in hand, who want hien to state hie impressions of the country, the people, and every thing else. Very often the young men meet with a rebuff, finding their victim a most unsociable creature. At other times they are as- tonished to hear odd criticisms upon the crudities of our civilization, the nemeses and veneer which strike him unfavorably at every turn. They faithfully set down all that is told them and all that is re- fused as well, and their readers form an opinion as to the newcomer as without ideas because be is taciturn or eoer- minded because he has molted his dis- agreeable conclusions so promptly. Tho first interviews aro, therefore, a rather trying ordeal to the visitor. The new British Minister lies run the gauntlet successfully. Every morning new the gates in the high Mune that encloses the big square of gromtd in which the new oongressieual library is to be erected East of the capi- tol swing opeu cull a largo force of men enter. The high fence effectually screens from the public view what le going on inside, but gangs of men are at work ebont the four -acre excav tion iu which tho foundations of the now library build ing are being laid. Last Fall some stork was dos on the foundations under the direction of B.•rnnrd It. Graeae when he took supervision of the work. Than op lationn wore suspended while Con. gress was oonsidoring whether to go on undor the old plata or a new. As a result, as is known, General Casey, chief or engineers, was planed in charge of the work and instructed to have now plans drawn for the buidiug to cost 0.1,000,000, much less than the net ordinarily pro- posed. The plane drawn fes this build. log m•0essarify provided for a inmate building. Geu Casey nnbmiltncl sub. sequently another plan of a building, to. cost 80,000,000, ha,ing the same area as the building originally planned and pro- viding for the growth of the library for a century or two, the plan being go arranged that the courts can from tine to time bo built up so as to provide for additional alcoves and storage room, Under thin plan, :+pprnve l by Congress, the work is now pro„ re nag. By the adopt ion of the w4000,1100 plan • tho work eh nay done nn aha sight can bo etilized. Thune t.: ill he no change in ilea pnsitio0 of .he baildieg fit the grounds as ordinarily planned. A recent tlrtawving of aha propo-toot building, repre- sents the front toward the capitol. Thole is a broad flight of steps and i roadway indium up to the entrance ands doorway holow, pissing through a porta coailer° beneath the steps. The oflioial reports state that the now building will bo com- pleted in eight years. If there is no delay on account of appropriations it is thought thio time may bo reduced. A naval officer of aoneiderable recent celebrity has been in the city for the past ten days. It is Commander R. P. Leary of the Adams, whish was for some time stationed at Samoa during the recent troubles. Ho is a man of medium height, about thirty-five years of age, with a long reddish brown muntaahe, and a fog bank of Minn. Ho will talk for three-quarters of au hour without telling a thing about Samoa you want to know. Cue thing, however, he denounces all the alleged interviews with him since his vessel arrived at San Francine as fakes, NoAttila. 'wart,•t Notes. The season about Nowdala is about throe weeks ahead of other years. Maple trues aro out in almost full loaf. This is the earliest for some years. Throe hundred Crofters passed through Birtlo on the express one slight last week to settle neat Saltcoats. Thera is a great booth in land at Cypress Ilion just now. Ontario pooplo aro bony. ing up all the vacant lots. b'orty odd Gorman families have located at Seven Persons, 18 miles from Dun. more, on the Galt Railway, and more are coming. A oarlaad of choice cattle was shlppad from Newdele one day recently by J. Wake, of Mintnedoea. Theymetro a fine looking lot. There has not bon a single /on of lifo on the Galt Road daring the 010n and a half yeas it has boon in operation. What other railway running an equal number of train eau ssy toe mach? A.B°issovaio ecaTespondeusaye r There is Halite an stir in land hero this spring. Several improved farms have t 00ontly changed hands, at priors ranging from (&2,000 to 41,000 per half notion. Mr. Et11b'ree, C. P. R. agent, sates ata is ]rept quite betty tome days closing fader and town lot Woo. Tmplelnaut dealers have been doing a milling bohde in hag. glee and read•carte. 1889. A very large bneitc-ss is being trans. acted in the land oftleti at tti•,oedosa, chiefly on account of the melt for Mime. ste,ule h1 Lake Dauphie and Chen Wit. liam. Eleven entries were ma•li 11, one day lust week. Wavies and wild goose are so plentiful in the vicinity of Portage {,reek thee farmers complain of thorn las having be,. 00m0 a groat nuisance and nurse of to , by alighting on the newly sown fields in thoun:eude and ticking 110 the grate, A tliunedOsa trareet/pendent wrib••a Very little of the grain wee frozen in Ode locality last year, and the people 010 ell happy and prospers e. Many new settleern havo nreivud, lane] in inerolaeing in :)ries- . and a veru Mega erne 1 being sown. The remains of Henry Constantine; sou of Inspector Constantine, of the N.W.M.Y. Mb, was nceideutaliy allot et floe omin few days toga, wore brought to Wi,t diem, and interred at St. John comae y. A number of promineet eiti;nun 1te-n$,1 the fn»e'al ant von veru bac tel floral olferinge worn pl.o,ca ea the m,un:1. Blue geese having been found a pre ventive of prairie fires, Supt. Whyte has offered to supply the seed to farmers on the main line or breaches of the 0.1'. R. on the following conditions: The seed mast, in every ca -e, be sown not more than 110 foot from the track and ulose up to it ; among grain or other grass seeds, and on plowed land that shall not for some years be broken up again is best. 015 oaautin 05 ; 4 (0 vv tut, Halifax has decide,] to bays a summer carnival from August 5 to 10. The new steamship 111anitooa, 805 feet over all, and with a opacity of 73,000 bushels and 400 passengers -225 first. class—aonstruotod of plate steel, for the C.P.R., will be launched here on Satur- day afternoon. Tho new vessel is the largest ever constructed in Canada. Robe, Maokonzie, Secretary and Treas- urer of the Hoath Wellington Agricultur' al Society, has disappeared. Rumor says he has gone to the States. The books of the Soaloty show a shortage of 81,200. A full investigation !s to be in- stituted immediately, shalt more partic- ulars will bo made known. Sincethe Scott Aot came in force in Chatham $10,05. was the amount of fines imposed. There were commitments for nonpayment of some $050 of this nmoart. Abort $300 is still in nracese of collection, 00,703,05 has beim handed Into the town tr005nry, of whieh 31,4011.04 was paid into the License Feud annttnt, leaving a met balance of $3,23f1.11. A terrible explosion took pine tut the Acadia Powder Company'e tvnrks at Waverly, N.•l , at half -past two o'clock Tuesday morning. lam. tone of powder in the drying ]louse blew up, wrecking all the mills and employees houses, com• pletely overturning one and imprisoning an man and his wife until help came. No one wee hurt, but had it nattered in the day time 11 must have resulted in serious loss of life. The loss amounts to Mout 85000. A man Wanted Munro, who died re. cantly in England, has will 32.0.043 people in Manitoba and an institution. in Winnipeg as fnllowe:—Wardnu lle,lson, of Stony ltlonntain Poniteutiary, 3100,. 000; Rev. Canon Matheson, 350,000 ; Mr. Vivian, lawyer, $50,000; St, John's Col- lege, 850,000. Munro was well-known in his country, being quite an old settler. While employed in Winnipeg 'Maori) w 19 -ant down for theft, having goon through. a cash box. Shortly after iris release from gaoi hs w,e sent to tha penitentiary at Stony Mountain tO serve a tertil for ,orrery. llo wee oelatae•. abort a year tgcand renew -el t„ lar^land. them will endeavor to set tt.ide the wilt, 011 'Mira] l y f ].tit week the Milia [ 7.oeawet 1 Was gee.:tly orated or the n.nnunoement flea .lits. Thos. t ,n,ie, wife of a farmer living three miles from the village, while in a tit tf insanity hied killed ono of her husband's best horses tied then attempted to kill her children, but was provonted by some neighbors, who ahanaod to be needing at the time. Tho case is n vary sad one, and is con. siderod to be almost hopelees. Mrs, Cronin is n young woman of rather p s possessing appearanor, and is very Highly thought of in the vicinity of bar home. She was brought before J. K. McLean, 3. P„ to obtain an order of commitment to tho county jail at Walkerton, and .will be taken there. We have remarkable reports this year from the seal fisheries of Newfoundland. The season for oatobing Reale there runs through the months of Marob, April and May, and the oateh of the past two months is reported to be unprecedented. One nese! entered the harbor of St. Johns with 88,000 seals aboard that had boon captured within nineteen days; another took in 82,000, another 81,000, and several others almost as runty. Judging from the oargoes already delivered, it is esti- mated that the spring catch will number over 500,000, worth t$1,126,000. Tile seals are taken on the ice off tha oast and north coasts of the Island of Newfoundland, and the principal species takers are tie harp and hooded seals, whioh outnumber the square flipper and the dotard. A very remarkable freak of nature ex. ists on the farm of J. H. Carter, eon. S. lot 20, townohip of Toonmseh, County at Lincoln, Bold (load P.O. On Sunday, April 14th, a cow belonging to Mr. Curt- er gave birth to two lambs and a calf. Hole a respectable farmer who Ivould not under any oi0Onmstances be guilty of all attompt to pa1111 off a fraud on the public'', nett tbo Mane late boon soon by saoroe of his eoighbore. The attendant CirCmiiatateee were eneh as t0 Move no shadow of doubt m1 his mind as to tor- tocknesa of the abatement, The lambs aro to all eppearanaa ported, bet larger than ordinary. The calf, a male, is also perfeol. The expression is the fan of the lanbe has a poaularity, while amlald- ornble hair is mixed among the wool, both le tho Dooce and on the ego. Mr. Carter has alroatly rnfueotl an offer of 3000 for the dam and family. Ed. jog, leetnroe on agrioaltnre 101' Ontario, aril many other gentlemen havo been visit. ors. So fat its known there ie no poral. lel ease on ro°ord. Number a'?, 'rimless i velli ,:! ..•,. 1•l ., ,,-t1Un e with the ratilrond to•idmltt near A 11•wnil. ten will be nearly $00,004. The eleepsrs cat $10. 00 o0 h, til 0 coo 5 ;•000 end ,an engine 3:1,030. by Lies the injury to the tank and road. J.400a1 iV awd B1uset.L8 Council melting next Mon. da evoutoe. Nxx'r Sabbath 1i»v. Samuel .Ione, will preach as Duff's church, Walt hies. Clink= and dunghter, of Strat- feJrd, were visiting at G. A. Dundrnan's thio week. Leman O'Clo' u a lt, , tnk .0 a rituat on in reroute an etenngr cher ,,,.i type writer. ]ilei Ise Sweet; .trriver-1 ha:n, last Setordsy born a visit if to) 11 :.; with her Meter at 'I'et'swater• Shoo toll of the t p.n: lo: nertit of A. 1 ,1L;Iiee S; (la's mere t , , . h int ripen tit , :Meitner. It is VI 00_nlent cite. :Pius. ALsxesnge wisher' to ittfe.to her cuntorners that she has rewound her mil - Beery mud residence to ragas Moo the pos office, Bru.sele. Maas Una Tanssorn, who hag been Mid up with typhoid fever for some months, is able to got about again al- though still weak. AN interesting letter, descriptive of a jeurueY from Clinton Vancouver, B. C., by Thos. P, Calbick, formerly at Brus- sels, may be read on page 3 of this issue. Tun funeral of the late Mrs. Elisha Lelnrnnx, of East Wawanosh, pmesed though town to the rrussols cemetery on Saturday of laet week. Sbe died on April 20:h. ARMY McLsirotui, of London, was in town last week. Eris avoirdupois is com- ing Clown somewhat since he took to the oad. This has not interfered with his genialtty, however. tiuetLAR Quarterly meeting service will be held in the Methodist church next Sabbath. Saornment at the close of the morning service, fellowship meeting after p sacking in the evening. D. D. i1 :I. Pxrrottsno, of Seafortn, is expected to pay hos annual official visit to the Brusss s Lodg., A.O.U.W. on Monday evening next A large attendance of members desired. Petrcttu.—Tile uuuorsigned ha, a largo quantity of pasturu rented and is pre- pared to take iu tutu, or It .re:.u. a sprieg creek runs ohrongh the ela0e. Apply et once to R. L etherdale, Bros - gels. Slit: :menet Diettlet \nut•till„ of the llrutholist church, \Vingham District, will be ]veld on Tuesday and 4Voduotday, Slst mud. 22nd leets., tai Wingham. 'ibis Guelph Coefereno conven to 51. ,.Mary's on the 1st Wednesday in Jen. Ow1No to the illness of Rev. Mr. Spa ling, of Toestvatur, ]lay. R. Paul took Lis work loot Sunday. The latter gertlemau will supply the Methodist ahureh pulpit at Atter° el next Sunday. Mr. Paul's field in evidently .the world.' Masses. Dmxso3 t0 ]files have remov- ed to their now quetrt•:rs in F. C. Rogers' building, south of the latter's store. They have the iutorior divided n.., two compartments, ono for each member of the firm. It will 10 0 very oouvenu:ut and comfortable place of bueinee. :t .s naTallo of abs Eaet Ilereo -raters' Iustitate will be held at Gerrie au Tues - lay, May 28th. lobe speakers tvill be Hon. Ilir. Drury, .]boaster of A;rieulture, Prof. Robertson, of the Outariu Agri- cultural College, mai .titers. There should be a large atteudanee. ' '.[Argy. A very j..l.y time was spent at tate ;ally social hal , tet Wm. Baa, ,a i 10 Tirareday evenitig 02 Met week. .after roue.., hall been tel.11' t i.tnid t n t ]. eat au enjoyable musical pr ate t o p vaant- Chos. Crib:olt )' ef 44roxatut t e.t- tti a,c:vd Veal 000oj;'-' i” nr this a gi'tit- :nut. Proceeds en :t.110.00. JAuss Joins' mother died at lflh tui on Weems -edgy afteruoou of Inst weak. She had expired before her eon reached, home. Tho funeral took place on Saterday It appears the deceased lady hal poisoned ler hand and it is thought the cause of her death was blood poisoning. Her husband died auuut two years ago. Am anti -cow 13y -haw petition has been airoulated and about 00 signatures ob- tained. Some of tbo persons, whose names appear on the paper, say aha question was misrepresented to them in that the By-law meant both day and night, whioh is not the ease. The By- law will Dome up for discussion next Monday evening. Da. Hoaxes and Miss Stella went to New York last Monday. They will be away about a week. The Washington Centennial took plane on Tuesday ee we Will expect to have a description of 11 on the Drs. return. Services were held in ail the charohes (at least the cities). aheoaghoat the United States, commem. orating the name of George Washington. A ogee simple yot indespousible polo sap is being patented by Wm. Ainlay. Wagon makers, blacksmiths, farmers and everybody else driving a team will bo in clover when they secure ore of them as in addition to preventing the possability of a runaway from the neck yoko slipping off the pole it will also du away with the trontie of the ]roes catch - on the end of the tongue. A New time table came into effect on Aprr128th on the G. T. R. There is no chaugo effecting !truants except that the morning accommodation is 10 iniuubos earlier, 0:20 instead of 11:50 o'eioek. The 101 time table ie a vt ry unW'icicly affair, measuring 2 feet, 1IO inches x $ feet 8 inches, and evr!n then ]soya out some of the Branch roads in Ontario, of more importance to us than tbo minor Roos in Quebec province. VAIN, HALLIDAY, of Lundell, hoe ex- changed his comfortable bride residence, Albert atreot, his store on Turnberry street, and pump than oto Mill sbroet, in Bruseols, with a format What Ripley for n 150 acre farm.. The latter intends visiting the Northwest, we are informed, and Ilia faintlywill, probably, baaome rasiclents of this pion. We are sorry to lase 1111'. Iialliday front town, Although he bas not melded here far scene years We had a claim on Mist its long 05 he owned proporty in the plan.