The Brussels Post, 1890-8-15, Page 1roz
Volume 18.
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 ,
1890.
AnorrenVele-
Number k.
On Board a Man -of -War.
To the eiditor of TUB PORT.
D1A1 Stn, --A letter which I wrote to
a friend happened to find its way into
the columns of thin paper. I wee in-
formed that it took the peoples' eye, and
such stuff. In order to preveut any
more from going the same way I will
write for the paper personally. Well, as
yon all know as muoh about Hong Hoeg
ae I do there is no use in repeating what
I wrote then. Our ship left Hong Bong
for Nagasaki on Nov. 27th, 1889, and as
the weather wee not settled, and in
danger of falling in with a typhoon, our
captain coasted along, dropping anchor
several times to avoid being out too late
at night. Arrived in Nagasaki Deo. 7th
and weut into dry dock for repairs, A
German gunboat had bean towed in a
few days previous having encountered a
typhoon outside. Maeasakd le one of the
treaty ports of Japan, and is situated on
the inland of Kinehin, the most souther-
ly oEtbe Japanese empire. The entrance
to the harbor, which is Land -looked, is
very pretty, especially in Summer, the
rocks sticking up in the most unexpeot.
ed places. Snell rustic bridges connect
some of the small islands which dot the
entraunce, and all clothed with the glos.
aiest grt en. It is a oily of about 850,000
inhabitants and is built on the sides of
the hill which enclose the harbor. Some
line views can be obtained from any
point almost and the public schools, con -
cheated on the most approved modern
plan, occupy 1central position in the
centre of the oily, ou le bluff about 100
feet above the level. English studies are
taught in those schools and many of the
pupils learn English, some. indeed, can
put native born English speaking people
to shame du the English language. On
the opposite side of the harbor from the
city are the works of the Mitse Bishi
company, fonndry, ship yard, coal docks,
dry docks, dc. Al the upper and eaetorn
end of the harbor is Ruseiawa'a or
Russian town, where everything is ho the
style of Johnnie lines, Leaving Nagasaki
for Kobe you pass through the Inland Sea
of Japan, where some of the most piotnr-
esgas ecennry that can be imagined, can
be seen fete u£ charge. At Siuevnisaki
is a dangerous place from rho meeting of
the tides, causing whirl -
porde in which n ship is almost as bad as
if rudderless. Lighthouses dot the hill.
sides here and there and ornament the
landecepa as well as afford aid for navi-
gation. Kobe, or IIioga is the Liverpool
of Jul an, Its harbor will contain the
largest a sal that floats and room for
hundreds at the sane time. It is eitnat.
ed on the West side of Nokia gulf and is
conneot,•d with Kiolo, the ancient
ecclesiastical capital, Osaka, where there
is a great foot, Yokohama, of which
.mo'e anon and Tokio, the capital, by a
railway. These railways are on the
Jfnglbb plan, controlled and operated
entirely by Jape. The fares are lower
than in America but the speed is not so
great. Kobe has quite a large American
population and is nicely laid out, at least
the European part which is of later date
than the native oity. Its cemetery has
a large part set aside for Americans and
In it are the graves of Admiral Bell and
his barge's crew, who were drowned go•
ing into Osaka. None of the ship's com•
pang wet a allowed on shore any of the
thre times we visited the port so I can
say nothing of it. While we were there
in March the Mikado came down from
Yokohama in a man•of-war and every
man•of=war in the harbor dressed ship,
manned yards and fired a national salute
(21 guns) in his honor. There were 22
Japanese, 2 American, 1 Russian and 1
•German men-of-war in port at the time
and the noise of their batteries saluting
was as bad as a bombardment, lacking
the soreeohing of tbell. I'll say no more
at present but will continue my narrative
in some future iesue.
Yours do.,
OLivnit Steam
'Chem ulpho, Koora. July 1,'90.
•
Washington Letter.
(Prom ourRegular Correepondeat.)
WAen1NOTol. Aug. 1,'00.
There seems to be motion to believe
that both parties in the Senate are jugg•
ling on the question of the national oleo.
tions bill. The Democrats are under-
stood to have determined on a course of
obstruction within the bounds of present
parliamentary freedom in ease the bill
is called up, and even to have deoidod it
advisable to go a little leisurely with the
tariff debate until some manifestation of
the real Republican purpose with regard
tothe elections bill has been made. As
yet, however, they are wholly in the
dark, or with only that light that pro.
Deeds from current gossip, which changes
its character every twendyfour hours.
The only wise thing left the Democrats
to do, therefore, is to move slowly and
cautiously along, and take their oue of
procedure from day to day 'as they can
gat it. They have consolation and ad•
vantage in the fact that it is 'now the
Drat of August and the whole of this
month will not be onsidered too mnnh
time to give to so important a measure
as the tariff bill, and with the first of
,September at hand and a hot national
congressional campaign about to be in.
augnratod the Democratic idea is that
the Republicans will not at so late a day
be likely to prom the matter whicjp0
would promise either an indefinite length
of the session or the necessity 05 a com
ploto revolution in the order of the bust.
MEWS procedure in the Senate.
A very interesting story is current to
the effect Mutt the dietetic) Lodge bill was
really drawn for trading purposes and
with no idea of its becoming m law as
passed by the house. The bill was ob•
jectionablo to many Ropnblicane in the
House, Who insiettd thee a more cum
serviettve measure would be bettor. In
the enol, however, they voted for it with
the understanding, it is claimed, that
when the sense of rho country land boon
taken on it the notion of the 800,11e
should le governed by tenet criticism.
And so the story now goes that the
Senate will present It bill drawn in coo-
cordaneo with the criticism that has been
offered as to the extreme points of the
Lodge bill, and that the bowie will ac-
cept the compromise, Tlie story is all
the more readily accepted for the feet
that this has been a Congresa of corn -
premien on important measures, The
ailvor bill waa a compromise, the pension
bill was o compromise. The tariff bill
necessarily will be a compromise, and so
why not also the national elootions bill.
The indignation of the Republican
loaders of Congress over Mr. Blaine's in-
terference in the tariff discussion has
reached a belligerent state. It is pro-
posed since the publication of his last
letter to Senator Frye that he shall be
forced out of the cabinet and, if possible,
out of the party. This may be extreme
and startling, but it is what is at this
moment being seriously discussed by
those persons in Congress who might be
expected to bear a feeling of angry re-
sentment against the man who has done
more than any other to injure the re-
putation of the bill upon which they are
dependent for campaign capital. Com
foremen; hare been held by them since
the appearance of this last letter to Mr.
Frye to determine what they can best
do under the circumstances. The opinion
is strangely unanimous that he has done
an irreparable injury to the party by his
criticism. As one of the party remark-
ed, it will be extremely embarrassing
when they are on the stump defending
tho McKinley bill to have Mr. Bleine's
letters quoted at them. In talking the
matter over it was said that Mr. Blaine
had embarrassed the administration and
the party in Congress, and something
must be done to destroy his influence
aid relieve the party of any responsi-
bility for his utterance. It was under-
stood also that the President entertained
similar sentiments. A Congreesman of
unquestioned reliability, who knows
fully what is going on in this matter and
sympathizes with it, said to our Dor•
respondent that Mr. Harrison had tried
to put Mr. Blaine down, but had failed,
and now they would see what could be
done. Ho said further that they would
force him out of rho cabinet and then
out of the party ; that they would exer-
cise all their power to crush him.
The Finance Committee of the Senate
have discussed at length the probabilities
connected with the present tariff debate.
The conclusion reached is that an um
interrupted dispassion of the amend-
ments would dispose of the bill about
Sept. 1. 1a is, however, impossible to
keep the bill before the Senate contan-
uonsly, as there ere conference reports on
appropriation bills that will occupy
more than a week in the aggregate. The
calculation, therefore, is that the tariff
bill will not be disposed of in the Senate
at an earlier day than September 10th.
SUCCESSFUL I:.INDlttf,TES.
The following persons successfully
passed the recent Teachers' examination
and wore awarced standing as follows :—
s0.tvonTn (District 24.)
Sri Class—E. Cash, G. Gloss, W. Hog-
garth, J. Kelley, L. Kinney, J. Lerner,
R. Muldrow, J, McKinley, 117. Robinson,
L. Straoban.
Ind Claes--J. Bethune, F. Clarkson,
D. Dallas, E. Downey, T. Forsyth, L.
Hilton, W. Kerr, M Leslie, E. MaLaoh-
lan, J, Pendergast (passed in Latin,) I.
Stewart. V. Whiteside.
oonznuon (No.83.)
8rd Class—W. Andrew,'C. Austin, F.
Ball, el. Campbell, A. Denomy, S. Dal.
ton, C. Fisher, L. Hussey, M. Ingles, A.
Johnston, W. Hiokley, A. Keefe, S. Mc-
Leod, M. McConnell, J. Moran, M. Potts,
A. Robertson, B. Rusk, B. Sillers, E.
Vallance.
2nd Olose—S. Boyd, A. Hutton, E.
Halle, H. Hennings, T. MoKey, T. Mor-
rison, 15. Parsons, M. Robertson, A.
Rose, M. Sherman, J. Bellows, A. Tiffin.
LISTOWNL (No. 39.)
3rd Class—W. Anderson, J. Arm.
strong, G. Braden, IL Boyd, G. Camp-
bell, P. Code, L. Ohamney, A. Fallis, A.
Gordon, T. Later, I. MoBsein, G. McKee,
C. Niobol, B. Rothwell, O. Straoban, M.
Stevenson, 0. Stevenson, G. Terhune, E.
Turnbull, F. Turnbull.
2nd Class—V. Clayton, O. Engler, D.
Hume, M. Harvey, J. Kirkwood, B. Mor-
rison, J, MoCormiok, J. Simpson.
OLINTON (No. 98).
8rd Olase—E. Coulter. E. Campbell,
R. Ferguson, C. Fortune, J. Grant, T.
Jarrett, W. McDonald, H. McGee, L.
Morton, J. Raid, T. Snell, J. Thomson,
F. Townsend.
2nd Olass—H. Homes, I. McFarlane,
D. McCallum, J. Magee.
Why in the Warne of common manna is
the name of the High School or Collegiate
Institute not given instead of the
District number 7 It would be more
satisfactory to everybody. Even the,
friends of candidates aro on the dark
ander the proaent unsatisfactory order of
affairs unless they chance to know the
number of the Dietriot.
Four hundred goldfish have been re.
oeived at Windsor from Washington, and
will be put in the new artificial lake at
the Tower end of Belle Isle Park.
A curious freak of agriculture happen.
ed this summit on lot 15, eon. 3, Sullivan
township, which completely eclipses any-
thing yet seen. A year ago last spring
Win, Cram sowed a field with lined wheat
and seeded it down, from which henoap-
ed en exoellonb Drop of fine grain last
summer. The grace seed matte ,s good
catch and the grilse looked well last
spring, bub what surprised him was the
manner in which it appeared to sprout
from the roots of last ya o 'e whetub etocke.
While the blade did not look like timothy
that was necounted for by the amppoet.
lien Unit the grass seed had not been
pure timothy, and it was nob until it be.
gam to shoot out with heacle that it woe
seen the crop was fall wheat grown from
the roots of last year's spring whoa,
crop), It turned out a splendid cop of
1011 whoa[ of the bearded varioty—al.
tltoogli the crop thee grow from the
same roots the monomer before sag of the
bald variety, The hay was also good,
end the combined Drops wore so heavy
that they had to be ant with a mower.
Canadian Nee wra.
St. Thomae is to have a public hospital.
Winnipeg has a population of 25,000.
There are 71 Hodgins voters in Bid.
dulph.
The population of Ottawa and suburbs
is 51,378,
A now driving parkin Luton hes been
oompleted.
Joseph Agnew, Paramount, sold 550
muerte of cherries this year.
Canning beans will begin at the Wall•
aeoburg factory next week.
The Sandwioh West Council has dee.
ided to ply the councillors 340 a year.
An Ottawa press says it is currently
reported that Parliament will meet Nov.
15.
There have been received 68 Applica-
tions for three vaeanoies in the Windsor
schools.
Seventy.five acres of Fort William land
have just been sold by the C. P. R for
$20,000.
A new post•offiice is about to' be built
at Walkerton, coebiog between $14,000
and 315,000.
It is eeti,nated that the pack of salmon
the Fraser river, B. C., last week was
100,000 cases.
Pumpkin and squash vines can be
found in the neighborhood of Lucian as
long ae 14 or 10 feet.
It is expected that the firot train will
pave through the St. Clair tunnel about
the middle of October.
The President of the South Essex
Fruit Growers' Association reports all
fruit crops nearly a failure.
A few (bye ago W. J. Douglas ce Co.,
of Milton, sawed out of ono log 1,482 feet
of timbor of various kinds.
It is reported that the ranchmen in
the McLeod district, N. W.'1'„ hove not
done as well thiqyear as last.
The Caledonian Society of Charlotte-
town, P. E. I., presented an address to
Sir John Macdonald on Saturday.
Rev. Ilir Harrison, Of Regina, has a
citron vice which grew seven and a half
belles in forty -live hours bet week.
Robbins' circus was seized for debt at
Madoo, Ont., last week. They have left
Canada on account of poor patronage.
Lord Braesey intends to visit Canada
in his famous yacht, the Sunbeam. He
will °noise up the lakes to Port Arthur.
John McParland, of Leamington, who
was injured so severely two weeks ago by
being gored by an ox, la slowly recover-
ing.
Twentytwo parties in Minto, Arthur
and Maryboro' have loot their entire
orop through the terrific hail storms
lately.
J. D. McColl, proprietor of the Royal
Hotel, of Lunn, has issued a challenge,
open to America, to throw the 56 -pound
weight.
Jacques Desjardinos, for throwing a
pail of water on Ida Belmont, at Windsor,
was lined $4.76 by Magistrate Bartlett
on Monday.
Several flowing wells have been struck
at Aylmer, and it is expeoted that the
question of waterworks will be the next
agitation there.
Mae. Joseph Wilson, of Wallacebarg,
loos a fuobsia bearing over 400 flowers.
'the plant stands seven feet high and is
six years old.
Sarnia citizens are showing a great
deal of interest in booming a hospital.
Chas. McKenzie, M. P. P., heads the
subsoription list with $5,000.
The hauling of water from the rivers
in Sombre township has been resorted to
by many of the farmers as a consequence
of the dry weather of late.
Bain Bros., wagon manufacturers, for-
merly of Woodetook, have commenced
preprratione for manufacturing in the
old Harris building, Brantford.
There aro 150 hands employed in the
Strathroy knitting factory, and the
$10,000 bonne given to it some twelve
years ago was a good investment for the
town.
Telegrams have been Bent from Winne,
peg by persons interested in bulling
wheat, stating that frost had visited Man-
itoba on Friday night. The statement is
untrue.
Lieut. Stairs, le. E., who was Stanley's
right hand man during his march into
Africa, has arrived at Halifax on a visit
to his soother. He was given a great re-
oeption.
There is at present grazing on the
Shaw farm, in Bast Zorra, 450 head of
cattle. They are owned by a Toronto
gentleman who ie waiting for a raise in
tine market.
At e3Melph within the past few days
three of the children tit Geo. Hudson have
died with diphtheria. Mrs. Hudson also
aucoumbee to the AMMO malady at the
Gpneral Hospital.
Fred. G. Goff, G. T. R. engineer, met
with an accident at Brenta, last week, by
the steam gauge bursting, the gimes strik•
ing him in the face, cutting him badly
and destroying the sight of one eye.
The big storm signal pole in rear of
Fleming's banking oflioe, Sarnia, had to
be liaken down last wank, as it was found
that the base of the pole had been so rid.
died by ante that it was liable to snap off
with the first heavy gale, About six feet
of the bottom was cut off, and the pole
wee then replanted.
While plowing neer the lake in the
vicinity of Leamington on Saturday, et.
Brown turned up an old sword. The
blade is about 18 inches long and the
handle is solid iron, corrugated some-
what in the same style as the swords
now in use. 11 bad no guard, or else its
long burial hoe destroyed it.
The defeat of the by-law to granb
$200,000 to mid in rebuilding Toronto
'University is m subject of considerable
discussion. lfany other oountiee con-
tribnted aid to the rebuilding of the
University, while Toronto city, that
should naturally be the most interested
in the ittetitution, refuses to contribute
a tett.
A. few clays ago a yonl.li of Chatham,
named harry Mahler, who wee footing
with flre•craulcore injured tits eye of a
little boy named Chants so that the sight
was (betrayed, and the other eye hag
01000 gone blind cwt of sympathy,. Mak-
ler was arrestee] ou a charge of Mali.
Molls assault, but cog there wag no cwt.
chance of malleo he was allowed l.e go,
Sir Fred Middleton will leave for Eng-
land at an early date,
A doeeaso which some believe to be
anthrax has appeared among cattle at
Cartwright Manitoba.
Martin O'Melly, of Petcrboro, was bur-
ned while trying to recover some money
Irotn his burning house.
Judge O'Reilly, of Hamilton, died
Monday. He was the oldest living bar-
rister in Ontario, having been called to
the bar in 1880.
Owing to the difficulty In pumping a
sufiioiont supply of water just now the
Toronto authorities have decided to stop
the watering Darts. No serious results
are entioipoted, however -
Between 600 and 700• frogs legs says the
Pioton Timee, are shipped from King-
ston to New York every week. The re-
tail prion is 12e cents per pound and the
duty levied by the United States 23 cents.
At the raising of Michael Miller's
born, Chiselhurst, a somewhat serious ae-
aident happened to Justice Parish re-
cently. He was standing on one of the
sleepers looking up when the brace fell
and broke his nose,
A Warwick farmer had a gong of tramps
in his yard a few days age who refused to
obey his orders to 'move on.' He showed
remarkable presence of mind when he
overturned a hive of bees. The tramps
disappeared, but not mobil many hnd
suffered.
A young child of Edward Refuse, of
Lunenburg, N. S. covered itself over with
new mown hay in the field and event to
sleep. Later on Mr. Refuse, in turning
the hay, thrust a tine of the fork into the
child's head inflicting a somewhat aeriona
scalp wound.
Jesse Hanbury, died suddenly of heart
disease in the Benedict Billiard Hall on
Young street Toronto, at noon Tuesday.
He had been playing pool for about half
an hour when he suddenly fell forward
on his face. He recently returned from
British Columbia.
Thos. Woes, who has a rich farm near
Dresden, has in hie possepsion a stool of
wheat grown from one grain, containing
34 heads of wheat 80of which are perfect,
The heads will average 20 grains each,
whish makes 600 grains from one seed.
This bents the record by five heads not,
including the imperfect heads.
The children's fresh air fund is doing
good work tide summer for the poor
families of Toronto. Seventeen mcour-
sions have been held so far, and the
number will run up to 30 before Sept.
1st. The youngsters are given large
lunch bags and lots of milk, They are
gathered by the various mission workers
of the city.
Stewart Henderson, solicitor for Brom.
ner, the Battleford half-breed, saw Sir
Adolphe Caron, Minister of Militia, on
Saturday, regarding the claim for losses
on account of the looting of Bremner's
furs during the rebellion. Sir Adolphe
said he would officially acknowledge re.
ceipt of the letter, but would delay con-
sideration until the Cabinet reassembles
after the holidays.
Fred Fitzgerald, when at the 16 mile
oreek, near St. Catherine, on Monday
evening shot and winged a monster hawk
of what is known as the whistling owl
species. The bird was brought to the
city and W. Chalew undertook to place
him in a coop in the wine cellar of his
store. When decending by the elevator
the voracious bird grabbed his custodian
by the wrist and almost chewed it off,
nearly ruining his sword arm.
Woodstock Sentinel -Review says :—
Contrary to general custom, the list of
jurors for the Doming assizes will not be
selected until as near the time of trial ae
the law will allow. It is understood that
the Crown has given instructions that
the list, when balloted, shall not be
given to anyone, the object being doubt-
less to remove the posebility of any of
the jurors being tampered with.
The township of Colchester South is
excited over the bylaw granting $15,000
to pay off the claim of Hiram Walker d
Sons. The Walkers own the big marsh
farm, and last year the Council sued for
damages from the Walkers caused toy
some drain. The Walkers turned the
tables on the township and were awarded
316,000 damages. A bylaw was then in-
troduced to pay off the o(aim, and the
people of sloe south part orthe township
claim that the whole township should
not bear the expense, as the north re-
ceives the benefit. Meetings aro held
nightly.
Ottawa ems considerably stirred over
the announcement of a wedding which
took plane on Monday. The groom was
Dr.,Merkeim, the Hindoo oenlist, whose
extraordinary garb, bronzed countenance
and gold earrings are sights with which
Ottawa 10 getting familiar. The bride
was Mies Bella Law, of the Aylmer road,
Miss Lew was one of his petiente and she
and the Physician fell promptly in love
with each other. The most remarkable
thing in the show watt [los groom's cos-
tume, He wore a brilliant red plush
goat trimmed with ermine, velvet breech.
es and plush cap.
Monday morning Coroner McGarry, of
Niagara' Falls, load the body of Mrs.
Jeeeriali Day, who Mrs. Quigley claims
woe shoved over the precipice near the
Whirlpool Rapids Park, on Sunday,
July 27t11, by hon husband, placed in a
coffin, whish was lowered over the preci.
pion by a derrick for the purpose. When
the oneu at the top of the cliff began to
raise the coffin a young roan named
Rudd, who had been assisting to plane
the body in the cortin, got his hand
naught in the rope around the coffin and
twee drawn to the top of the cliff', 0 height
of 70 foot. The eoronm"s Eery, from tho
evidence of Mee. Quigley, returned a von.
dict "that Mrs.Deseriah Day mot lour
death by the hands of her hugband by
shoving her /over rho bnnkt" Day was
arrested in Rochester for bigamy and on
reaching this ;side was arrested by the
Canadian pollee on the charge of =veer.
llrs. Qnlgloy gave her evidence, which
was in subatanee the sante as that already
published, The Magistrate opmmittad
Day to Welland jail to atantl his trial
there at the Fall Assizes to bo held in
Oetobsr, lefts. Quigley was remanded
for eight days, While her ease Its an am
casso•y before and after the urian is
being looked into.
Corn in Romney promises to bo an
extra crop,
The Petrolea fire brigade want a team
of their own.
It is said that Aldboroagh will Dome
oat $3,500 in debt this year.
Hoodlums are said to make night
"bideous" at Lawrence Station.
The London Advertiser Boys :—Ninety
"widows" in Clinton have votes.
A pipe organ has boon put in the
Presbyterian church at Mount Forest.
The aeseeeed value of Toronto is one
hundred and thirty•six million dollars.
It is stated that the Toronto Street
Raihvay Compauy has 1,860 horses in its
service,
Tbo Southampton furniture factory
will be offered for sale under mortgage
on Friday, Aug. 15111.
Peaoheo are being shipped in camber -
able quantities from Foothill, mostly to
the Toronto markets.
The "gold" watch fakir visited Park-
hill recently and victimized the people
there to the extent of about $80.
It is going the rounds that Calmachfe
has a poet and that in consequence prop-
erty there has declined 40 per cent.
Patrick Ryan, aged 14 years, who waa
gored by an inforieted heifer in Yare
mouth, has succumbed to his injuries.
At Port Stanley a little girl named
Huff, 2 years old, drank oomn coal oil.
The attending phyaioian has no hopes of
her reoovery.
Jas. MoCredie, of Orwell, while reap.
ing on bis hdlleid° a day or two ago, was
thrown from the binder and had his
wrist disjointed.
The Toronto Industrial Exbibition
Association has decided to invite Lord
Stanley and Prince George to visit the
show during the week after it opens in
September.
Just ae a balloon was ready to ascend
at Kingston on Thursday a farmer poked
his land through the tightened commute
and the bag collapsed. There was an
angry time thereafter.
Joseph Lang, the live editor and pub.
lisher for many years of the Kincardine
Review is about to commence the publi-
cation of a tri -weekly and weekly news-
paper in Owen Sound.
The bank of ex -Premier Harrison, at
Neepawa, Man., was tapped by burglars
recently and $1,500 carried off. Mr.
Harrison is a brother-in-law to Mrs. J.
E. Harding,of Stratford.
Miss Thomson, the lady custom house
officer at Sarnia, is away on a vacation,
and n Lambton paper unkindly says
"some of the Sarnia ladies won't lose any
sleep if she never comes beck.'
An entire new train, built at the St.
Thomas shops has been placed on the
Niagara branch of the Michigan Central
and Conduotor Miles is as proud and
happy as a boy with his first pair of
boots.
Wm. Sootb, of Plympton township, near
Petrolea, owns a horse that carries a
mane nearly five feet long and very heavy.
He keeps its constantly out beck. Some-
times, When let run, it reaches six feet
in length.
The first instalment of the Wild West
Show, which will be a prominent feature
of the Exhibition, arrived in Toronto on
Monday morning, when a dozen of fiery
mustangs from Montana were passed
through the customs.
A daughter of Mrs. Hallbrook, of
Sarnia, made her appearance a day or
two ago after an absence of 11 years.
Her mother had supposed her dead. Sho
is Mrs. Whitlock, of Chicago, and came
on a visit with her husband.
Referring to the reoent re -organization
of the Rodney Braise Band a correspon•
dent writes :—"We expeot soon to bear
such 'sweet strains as will oompel our
citizens to dance like the rooks and trees
did when Orpheus of old played lois harp."
That settles it.
A pupil of the Ontario Institution for
the blind at Brentford was among the
successful candidates for matrioulation
at the Trinity University examinations.
He had entered the institute at ten years
of age and had received all his educa-
tion from the institute's patient and ace
complished teachers.
Fell sixty feet over Major's pork oliff
and dashed to death on the jagged rooks.
Such was the terrible fate that befell
Henry Bolin, of Church street, Ottawa, a
lad of sixteen, who anal employed in
Nolin's dry good store. The young man
foolishly ventured outside the fence en-
closing the park, and attempted to walk
along the edge of the precipice. His
skull was smashed.
Andrew Wilson, of Glencoe, has an old
dooument in his possession, being a state-
ment of the Mesa township accounts for
the year 1852. The total amount of taxes
levied in the township in that year wag
B730 lis and 6d, of which over £269
was taxes on non-resident lands. The
only payments shown are £8 salary to
collector and £396 13s county rata. The
balance of the roll was partly uncollected
and partly canceled by the magistrates
and council.
Midland Free Press :—A weok or two
ago it was stated in our columns dont the
throats of two pigs belonging to Mr. Buell
were out and the pigs found dead ; also
that footprints were found in the sand
loading to the pen. Mr. Bush and hie
son Hilbert purchased molt at:other pig
and kept a close watch. Sunday night
about 1:30 they heard rho pigs making a
noise, and they called on their dogs to
Moist in capturing the intruder, but on
going out they found that it was their
own dog that out the pigs' throats, and
ho did it so that one [would suppose that
it was clone with a knife. Tho dog wag
shot.
A brutal light tools place on Wallies.
(ley of last week in the towusbip o£ 111.
lioe, about seven miles from Stratford,
between a couple of farmers panned
Whaling enol Culloden. The men, who
are brothors•in-lnw and own adjoining
fawns, had a dieing* about pigs. Cul-
loden bit Whaling about the face, which
so enraged the latter Met he seized a
largo atoms and pounded his antagonist
over tho hoed until the entire eotlp was
a mass of outs and bruises. Both mel
are now penitent, aria whits Culloden is
lying in bed with hie pigs shut up, his
brother-in-law is malting preparation to
harvest his late antngouist's grain.
Stratford laorosee club is endeavoring
to arrange a game with the Winnipeg
team now making a tour of Ontario.
The Stratford Musical Society's band
gave their tenth series of summer con-
certs on Thursday evening of last week.
A joint stook company is being formed
in Mitchell for the purpose of carrying
on the undertaking business en a very
largo scale.
The St. Marys Argus says. Joseph
Pearn threshed1280 bushels of wheat from
the growth on 6 acre of land being over
38 to the acre.
The Oddiellowo building at Stratford
was very taetefally decorated on Web
holiday with evergreens, Chinese lanterns
and colored globes.
The record of train accidents in the U.
S. during the month of June, 1890, in-
cludes 64 collisions, 67 derailments, and
6 miscellaneous accidents, a total of 137
accidents, in which 58 persons were kill.
ed and 158 injured.
Last Friday was the sixth anniversary
of the Salvation Army in Stratford and
services in honor of the occasion were
held at night. Mrs, Major Philpott con-
ducted the services. The Woodstock
Solvation Army band was present at the
evening servioe.
H. Thomsoie, of Mitchell, employed as
book-keeper of the Dominion oatmeal
mill London, was recently made the re-
cipient of a handsome gold -headed cane
by the employees of the above named
firm on the occasion of the closing up of
the season's work.
Dr. Gillrie, of St. Marys, mounted his
bicycle at his office the other day et 5:05
a. no. and made a non to London, par-
taking of his breakfast at the Grigg
house at 8:10 a. m. The Dr. retornedto
town the same morning, the round trip
of 54 miles being covered in six hours
and a few seconds.
A little boy, about 8 years of ago, son
of John A. Morrison, of the 9th con.,
Elmo, underwent a painful operation last
week. About live weeks ago one of hie
legs became very painful and medical
skill was called in to examine it. Upon
a thorough examination it was found
that the bone had become decayed and
that the only remedy was to open the
flesh and serape the putrefaction away
from the bone.
A St. Marys correspondent says : Thos.
Anderson, a one time resident of Bien -
shard, who has spent nearly thirty years
in British Columbia and other places
along the Pacific coast, has returned to
town. The family of boys and girls that
he left domiciled on the old homestead
are all married and scattered in every
direction, while the wife was living alone
in the West ward. The truant was re-
ceived with open arms, and will most
likely spend his few declining years in
St. Marys.
A young man of Hibbert, while stroll-
ing tbrough the bush one Sunday after-
noon lately, had a large wild-oagpounoe
upon his head from the over -hanging
branch of a tree. The youth shook his
assailant off, when it again pdnnced upon
him tearing his clothes and Mao inflicting
a fete slight scratches. After dislodging
it the second time the oat (oat -like) com-
menced purring and spitting and show-
ing others signs of life when the youth.
thinking that discretion was the better
part of valor, made the best of bis way
home, inwardly resolving that the next
time he crossed the bush he would either
carry a "shooter" or go round the road.
Sporting News.
R. McKay, of Toronto, won the
junior single scull race at Detroit on
Tuesday. The Wolverines, of Detroit.
won the junior fours.
The Australian oricketere now visiting
England had at last advices played 22
matches, winning 7 and losing 9, with 6
draws. Over 30,000 persons paid ad-
mission to the recent Australia -England
match at Lord's during the three days of
its progress.
J. D. MoColl, of Lunen, writes :—"I
hereby challenge any man in America
for an all-round 66.1b. competition, put-
ting the 564b. from the shoulder, throw-
ing for distance, throwing for height.
The match to be from $50 to $200 a side,
and to come off any place agreed on.
This oballenge to remain open."
The following are the events in the
Grand Western Ontario Circuit :—Clin-
ton
Clin-
ton August 26th, 4180 in purses ; 2:60
class, 2:81 class and free.for-all Mase ;
open to trotters and pacers ; entries close
August 23rd ; horses eligible from June
15th. Seafortb, August 28th, $550 in
purses, 2:50 class, 2:34 olass aid free-for-
all class ; open to trotters and paoers ;
horses eligible from June 15th ; entries
close August 20%. Mitchell,, September
let, $600 in purses ; 2:32 trot, puree $176 ;,
lot, $100 ; 2nd, 350 ; 8rd, $25 ; 3 -minute
trot, purse $150 ; let, $90 ; 2nd, 440 ; 3rd,
$20 : froo•for-all, purse $175 ; 1st, 100
2nd, $50 ; 8rd, 426 ; open running race,
pores $100 ; let, 460 ; Ind, $85 ; 8rd, 15.
Hamburg, September 3rd and 4th, 696,
in purses ; named race, 2;5 olass ; Asso.
elation trot and pane, 3 -minute class
2.10 olass running race, free.for•all olass,
open to trotters and pacers ; horses sligi•
ble from July lab ; entries close August
90th.
A letter from Duncan C. Ross, the
athlete, who is now in Australia, con.
tattle some interesting facts about a con-
test for the ohampionship of Australia
between himself. Donald Dinnie and 1,V.
Kneebone. This is a summary of the
contest : Throwing 66 -pound weighe-'
Roes, 83 feet ti:} inohos ; Kneenouq, 1313 t
feet 8:G inches ; Dinme, 82 feet 8 lychee,
a
Throwing 16 -pound hemmer—Rosa, 111e,
1,,
feet 4 itches ; Dinnie,105 feet 10 inches ;
Kneebone, 138 foot. Putting 22.pound
stout'—R 15obene, 1111 feet ; hoes, 85 feet
11nob ; Dinnie, 131 feet 10 inches. Put.
ting 15.pouncl stone—Knoebonc, 43 feet ;
Ross, 4.1 foot 63 inches ; Dinnie, 42 foot
113 inohos Throwing 8 -pound hemmer •
Mimic, 162 feet ; Ross, 160 feet 1(113
incites ; lennobone, 115 feet 5 inohos.
Tossing the caber--Dinnie, 20 foot 10
110110s ; Kneebone, 20 feet 9 inches
Roes, 19 bet 11 boohoo. The matohos
wore decided by points, and in tion end
Ross 000 belated the whiner with the
aggregate of 585 points, Knoobnnefellow-
ing With 577 and Nettie with 5613.