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VOL. XIi• BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1885.
W A R PAINT
koitomont still Continuos in the Wo
Canadian contingent o
the March.
edvanee upnu Prince Albert when
• ul 1 ll Batteries end the Queen,s Ow
reach Qn,Appolle.
gt, .lack Bitten° arrived at Qit'Ap
elle frons Prince Albert last avenin
Ila MR110 the trip in four clays end
half, Ile met porsonR present at th
A iding in companies. IIe expects to
n lasso three thonsaui] teens,
eur.L's hied.
P" last Tuesday afternoon the 7th
g• Battalion ]eft Loudon for the West,
0 They numbered 252 Wren.
Iiad the troops been sent through
the States, in civilian dress, they
world have ranched Winnipeg in a-
bout 8 cllaye, whereas they now take
10 er 18 and run all Held of frost
13ATi'LEFOBl) AND 1'1t1NIli AMIE
IS A 1)Al\(x31t(i'N POSITION.
fight who told him that 14 whites
had been killed and eixtoen wonndeil.
1U He knows positively four rebels were
lolled. The latent he heard was diet
Page, the photographer, who wet
shot in the stomach, had died fro
rtt the effects of the wound. He wa
else informed that another of th
to wounded, Afor1;10y, had died. llittnnn
to reports only two pelice at Ilurnbolt,
n. olid it rases is expected at any time,
it, but when he left nothing bad occured.
27 Reported here that white men and
to three breeds had been shot at Touch -
e.] I weed. There 14 plenty of snow nortl
ti of Tencllweed, and made are /opener
11 ns bad,
wri A. messenger brings official de
e. spatebes to Oen. Middleton with an
to account of the fight near Duck Lithecontaining further pnrtienlara of the
e] encounter. (i-.)7.d0r'e and lroole'e
forces, numbering eighty wren, met
o the rebels andIndians en an open
to plain three miles north ofDuck Lake.
1t The rebels who wore well -armed and
- lint plied with anmunitiou, were
a drawn up in battle array about 200
u strong, the infantry being supported
on both silos by cavalry.
Ir . They de -
TRIM INDIANS ON 'ma III%7
1;0Ic'ti.
Winnipeg, April .—News fro
the north is moot conflicting and co
fusing. but sufficient is known
elude the grentest nnoneineee aR
the foto of the men In charge at al
tions aid pt ots north of llurnbok
The latter teat le 120‘014e/done/ 1
rebel fuer•, who Lave advanced
hdor
lti'. utiles -meet, end lel)
\idol les lou ret n i %'cl:y dot' Heel
arsenal (1000aoy. The policeman 1
ddargo of Humboldt, bas wired do
ilea eta will 811 112on the rust if a d
tlte'111111 et is net scut lip at (rice
tum 11 the dace!.
the nes lei. el 11008 from Colon
1rthie at l'riece Albert last eveein
dosed ntuel' rxcitemeet about th
city, and every ono was roger to line
the commits of the despatches set
tin teeth to the Demi/lion Govern
horst. s=ir 3/ lin illacdonnld, iu
tei1grent to a friend here, gave a
idea If what the tteopatcb contained
TLt (Mot of the telcgrtlm was tient
Irvit,e and Crozier were waiting aux.
inusly et Prince Albert for reinforce•
nlcl,ts. Teton $ion ( Indiluls were
committing depredations in the eat-
11(meat, and settlers were much
Alarmed. Col. Irvin/. urged the nn•
111ec11a10 sending of troops. It would
upper from that information that
the sitnaticn is by no moanspleas/int.
`l t:( absence of details and of infor-
mation rcgordiug any outrages 1e re.
gelded favorably by those who under-
stand Ifo situation. Private de-
epateliee from Ottawa based on
rumours, state that Colonel Irvine's
deseatchea indicate the Colonel is
hiu1se11 Maimed over the situation
and intimated dost he would not be
able to hold out long if relief did not
come. The Colonel wired that mat-
ters at Prince Albert were so critical
that immediate steps ehonld bo taken
to scud reinforccmcute. He deemed
Lift( 111 hnedred troops n sufficient
forgo to be sent to his aid, but he ad-
ded 11:0pu,ylse, "if they 211'0 sent at
once." And he added :—"The 0002)
try people, owing to treats from the
rebels, ate lensing their places, and
the Teton Sioux are swarming 1110
county and eummil2iug depredations
while supplies hero are becoming
short," A junction with the half-
breeds from 012011on is prectictod,
adieu an attack may he made upon
Pliuco Albert. The police and set
ilc•rs Are banded together for defence
in a felt soul to lie anything bub iet-
pregrnble nglliuetsneh an attack as
that feared. To add to the discom-
fort, the supplies are insufficient for
lucre/teed population for a siege of
tiny lenf;lh. Tho Hudson Bay an
dimities last night received a de
apalcli frau Prince Albert 0111011
corroborates the above state of affairs,
The despatches appeariug in to-
day's papers indicate a probable re-
petition of the Duck Lake disaster at
Plaice Albert. The news causes in.
tenseauxiely both in civic and mili-
tary susses.
ll r. Ottult, of Nucleon's Bey Com-
pany, was spoken to in reference to
Tetou Sioux, lie says there cannot.
-be over ono hundred Iudiaue in the
tribe, but they Are it restless lot.
They are under the leadership eif
chief White Cap, whose reserve is
situated at hoose Weed, neer Prince
Albert.
The fact of 1a Provisioned Govern•
hent haviug been established by Riel
wonld seem to be true, as the Hudson
,Day authoitiee have received from
ono of their officers a telegram con•
firming the report that the half.
breeds have formed a Provisional
Government, just as was done by
Riot during tho Rod Rive- rebellion.
This officer telegrt,phs that he has
new in his possession he receipts,
one signed by a person styling him-
self, "Assisntut Commissioner," and
another with the title of "Assistant
Governor for the Provincial Govern-
ment of Sael(atcl.lewan'� is added.
Owing t0 the rather alarming 11014
from Col, Irvine' and the compos.
atively eritacarposition of the people
at Prince Albert, Gon, Middleton will
4 is understood, matte an immediate
s bit, -o, catching cold 111 crossing the
In sections where the railway 13 not
s built, &d.
s General Middleton started on the
advance from Qe'Apple last .Monday.
He only made 15 miler„ the first day.
It we- very stormy, "A" Battery
started on the marsh on Monday ev-
ening.
The Queen's Own, from 'Toronto,
1 got to Winnipeg all right last Tues
1 day nloruiug. Colds and sore eyes
are about all they complained of.
They go to Swift Currant whore they
will take the river route. '1'hn Gren-
adiers are in Winnipeg before title is
in type.
A rumor soya that the Indians at
Biddeford expect 8,000 Sioux tai help
them froin liontaua.
George E. Applega:ttl, (2.111-10 2n.
st1'lictor from Battleford, who was re-
ported to have been slaughtered by
the Indians on Red Pheasaut'a re-
serve near Battleford, brought itis
wife and sister with him to Winnipeg.
Ile had not the first intimation of the
trouble until the Indians raided his
house at 3 a in. on Tuesday, Blst ult.
They disarmed him, and two bucks
rifled his pockets, taking every cent
mended tin tlnconditioual amender
of 1111118. Crozier refused, and a par-
ley w118 11811, that officer and au 10.
terpreter McKay, advancing to near
the rebel line. While the parley was
going on the rebels treacherously
opened fire, iv1iell w'as immedia
returned. Idycryuuo throw him
on the ground, and brisk firing en
ed. Tho rebels then retreated, t
while Crozier was picking up
wounded they returned and ops
fire again, It was at (bio time 1
the great destruction of life oscura
the troops having exhausted th
ammunition. Each man had fi
Lis sixty rounds, end their revolt'
were empty. Crozier at once retro
leaving his dead 011 the grow
twelve in number. There were
teen wounded, two of whom, Markt
earl Page have 01n0e diet. The re
1 es is not Oscertniued, but is believed
to have been heavy. The troops eon.
chided themselves gallantly, but were
over powered by numbers end lack o
ammunition. The rebels did not fol•
low the troops, and Crozier reached
Carleton in safety, arriving there
sinniltline00sly with Cul, Irvine.
It would seem, rafter all, that there
s some truth in the charge preferr
against Conville, recently arrested by
Capt. Wastie and afterwards discharg-
ed, for attempted train wrecking, incl
being 11u emissary of Biel to incite
the half-breeds of the Northwest to
rebel. He was bolding it meeting
half-breeds in the valley of the As
rniboino at Griswold, weer, of Bra
don, when he eves arrested. He r
silted arrest and called on hairline(
present to protect him, Wastie threw
01104 to shoot if they did, sed finals
Glenville was get into the almhll. I
his boots were found a large numb
of lettere to various persons, eau
of them at Oalt Lake, from whence
a number of young half-breeds went
few years ago to settle at Oarleta
anis are now ill the rebel /sulks.
There were also letter's to a number
of prominent half -broods in the .lied
River valley, relit ono to Archbishop
Tach°, Gouvifle is uow being shad-
owed by the police, who have no
doubt that he i8 au emissary of Risl's
and 22111 carry Indic the news of the
preparations being mode to suppress
the rebellion. and aleo try to milletthe sympathy of the Manitoba half.
breeds.
The citizens of Battleford and
Prince Albert, for weeks', have not
dared to leave their homes.
Genera] Middleton has established
a cordon of police along the internac-
ional boundary. Much depends upon
the good intent of the troops at FMAesinaboiue and contiguous poste.
Kiel's previsioonl government con.
mete of himself its president ; Alex.
Fisher, Lieutelant-General ; Gabriel
Dumont Conimandor.in•Ohief of Fore -
00, and the following eouneiltors ;—
Jean Caron, Maximo Lopino, Patrice
Mende, Alex, Fisher and another,
whose dales has not bean ascertained.
It is reported that Riel is entrsneh-
0(101] the 8asltatohewan River bauk,
and be will make a determined re.
sistonoe there. Biel has organized
his forces and appointed officer?, div
of motley he had. The chief advised
lily him to leave as soou as possible, and
self not go to Baltleford, or hie men
stir would kill him. Battleford, lie said,
lad was guarded by Indians, and if he
his dared go near the place he would
Wed certainly be Billed. Ho was pursued
11111 by Indians two days but, o'ortalcing
ei1' Judge Roseau and party, tve0 loft
rod Battleford a few days before, the red-
skins gave up the chase. He 00u -
ere firms the reported pillage of the town
at' of Battleford. Ho heard before lefty-
", ing that Indians in Biddeford district
fif- ware about six miles north -post from
bel Biddeford,
CanadianI" em's.
Jamas Riddle, of Ekfricl, comes to
If
f the front with s first large hen's
eggs of the season, They are 8x6+
and 8x6; in circumference.
Arrangements are being Made fur
a monster temperance demonstration
to be held at Chatham during the 1st
od week of June. It is intended to be a
celebration of Scott Act victertes, and
is to embrace Beni, Elgin, Essex,
Lambton, and Middlesex. It is ox•
peered that Hon, G. \Y, hose, Ilan.
J. B. Finch, Prof. Foster, and other
of prominent temperance worker's will
s' bo among the speakers to be enured
n' for the 00021810n. 01 the counties
O- mentioned, Essex and Middlesex have
s not yet adopted the Soott Aot, but it
t- is believed they only legnire an op-
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NO. 40,
J. Stewart, .les. lleDannld, R.
1 ■ World and the Mothball boys loft
Brussels for Dakota last Tem./day.They took several oar leads of /took
' &c, with thele. They w'ili put n crop
1n tiny spring,
t tha= Lo 6O0
l.;o l wool Tithed
111,1 \Vm. Sulfhe
" I left for Australia where they enter the
Declaration of War senna/ hooka. 1'11ey do not 11110w
I
Imminent. how 1011(1 they will be away but do
— not exl)rct to return fora 12-w years.
Their families accompanied teem.
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employment of a firm in (luelph iu
CONSOLS ne131OItALIZEI).
-By ,Special Telegram.
London, April 9:—'Phe Stand-
ard's report of battle between theBLISSIaIIS and Afghans has b
confirmed. liussfa)1' secin'ities f
len 8 per cent. to -day and cons
falling rapidly. St. 1.'eterele
official messenger publishes f
following ;
General Kouleroll reports t1
in consequence of hostile lust
festations by Afghans he was rt1
polled to- attack them on BOtb
March. Afghalis were posted
both bank8 of river Kish in for
fled positions. Afghan forces con-
sisted of 4,000 leen, with 8 guns.
Afghrns were defeated with loss of
500. All artillery, two standards,
entire camp outfit, and all provis-
ions were captured. Russians lost
one Officer, three subalterns and
10 soldiers killed, 29 wounded.
'When fighting ended Komeroff re-
turned across the river to posi-
tions ho had formerly occupied.
Komeroff reports soma British offi-
cers who had' been eye witnesses
but not participants in the engage-
inont appealed to Russians for
protection when they saw Afghans
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C112.01.. Rltrerrr,—The following is
a report of S. S. No. 8 :-4th class—
\Vu1. Smith, Neil Ii10L11001111n, Bella
McLanchlin, Win. homey. Senior
eon 1 8rd--Jas, Oliver, Alex, McKay, glary
al- I McLanchlin, Andrew Lamont. sun.
els ; Brd—Hargis Lynn, Allan Lane ,lit,
leg 1 Allan Grant, J. (hooses. 2nd clown --
110 Jrtun Slnith. Katie Lamont, Belot
tiwith, Katie Smith. J. Moiled,
tat I leacher.
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]ll• ' 020 edi'"r of T081'0,1'5,
6i11.--011 Friday lust George L .vt-,
In- i the IOable and energetic agent of
01 farwir:g implements, of Brussels, r
x-
011 11lihited his Hay Fork and Sheaf Lift-
ti- 01 10 the presence of a number of
farmers at my place, lot 8, con, 8,
laud tae were egreeabJy surprised that
it should perform eta work so ptrf, ta-
le., and doing all the agent claimed so
completely that all present cordially
aclolowledged. the excellency of its
performance, unmistakably taking
away the hardest work en the farm.
13y inserting the above you will oblige.
Your obedient servant,
THOS. STRAcrsAx,
were beaten unfortunately. H
immediately despatched a convo
to the relief of these officers, In
was tillable to overtake Afgha
cavalry, who carried British awa
with them.
London, 12:80 p. m.—Russia
securities falling rapidly, despatc
from Outran, April 8, states Ile
slates while making pretex 0
changing position of their ou
posts on Afghan frontier attacks:
Penjdell, March 30111, and drov
Afghans out of their position
Afghans stubbornly resisted. Th
weather Was wet and renders
muzzle loading guns of Afghan
useless. Two companies held on
position against Russians until it
defendevs 0'0113 killed. Afghan
retreated to 1lanaus11a0 in perfect
order, Russians made no pursuit
The Sarakhs remain neutral bu
plundered Afghan's camp. Bus
sign losses said to be great. Brit
ish officers remained until Afghans
effected a retreat when they joined
Sir Peter Lumsden's camp.
London.—There is great. excite -
mat on London Stock Exchange,
most a panic prevails. Fight iu
fghanistan is regai'cled,equivelent
declaration of war. Foreign
feels are demoralized, Russian
ands, of issue 1878, which closed
st evening 90-i, now quoted at 80.
m
p01111ni1y to vote to (i0 R0. a'1
Louie Riel is a illetis of the llebis A
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IIis grenditther, Jean Baptiste Riel,
was a .French-Canaclin11 from Beath -
ler, who came to the Northwest in
1810. He married a Freugh lletisse,
and was known fu 1110 Saskatelldwan
country, where be worked for the
North-west Company, as a man of
considerable ability. Jean had one
son, Lotus, sr., who, though born in
1817 et Ile a la Crosse, a few miles
from where the present Louis is now
exploiting, was taken to Lower Gana•
da, and kept there among his father's
people until 1888, when he entered
the Hudson Bay Company's 001•v100
se ohne( at the post at Rainy Lake.
When his term of service 0120 up, he
returned to Lower Canada and joined
the Oblat Fathers as a novice, re-
maining with them two ysare. Mis-
sionary life was not his vocation,
however, and so he went back to the
North-west, and after spending some
seasons with the hunters on the plain,
he settled down, first 0n neo banks of
the 000012 lcrwwn as the Seine, wheels
runs into the Tied river at St. NM -
face, and then at St. Vital. De thou
married Julio de Lagimodiere, daugh-
ter of the Lagnnodiore who took part
111 the fight at Kildonan 111 which
Governor Semple incl his party were
killed ; and the Louie Biel the elder
died many years ago, but the agitat•
or's nether still lives, a pious and
wrinkled old lady,ltt the family home-
stead at Bt. Vital, nine miles from
Winnipeg,
r3 rey:
Sugar making is in full blast this
weep,
Seed graiu for sale. See People's
column.
Everybody is anxious for the open -
lineup of spring, A great many were
plowing ab this tend last year.
Several persons who were intend.
ing to go to the Northwest have de.
layer their leave taking until the re
hellion is over in that wintry.
EORLx.—Jamas Turnbull, lot 5,
con. 4, hada mare foaled on Sarum
day. The colt is a "Prince of Wales."
This is about the earliest of the
season,
Misses Annie and Nellie Smith
colluded over $8, on eons, 5 & 6, for
the 13ible Society this year. This
was end of the three books not re-.
ter"od when the report wad published.
This week D. Parris left for Cobo-
oonk, oast of Toronto, where he will
take charge of a mission field in con-
nection with the Preehyterian church.
We wish him 0llecee8.
It. J. Whitfield, 12211 cone has been
engaged to lalte charge of the Lender.
bore' armee', for the coming season.
Rob. id well up to the business and
will turn out good butter,
The rebellion in the Northwest is
the all absorbing topic here just now.
Nearly everybody bas friends or ac•
quanta/noes in the west, and the lat-
e't news from that quarter is eagerly
sought after, and it is the wish of all
that peace will 80011 again be restored.
From what can bo learned, even in
did section, there is not the least
doubt but that the flow of emigration
to that 0001) try, of whatever magnitude
it might have been during the present
season, will be averted, to a large ex-
tent at least, to some other quarter
during the present season, on account
of this insurrection. Itis to be hop-
ed when the time comes that the
party who presisted in governing that
country, not in the iutorests of the
people at large, but in the iutorests
of peculators, laud sharks, and hordes
of officials, who u111y interested them-
selves in drawing their pay from the
government, until a rebellion has
Leel brought about with all its
ouulltging effects toil be, replace/1 by
a party who will govern the 00untly
with every poesible regard for the
advancement and upbuildin; of the
agtioulturral interests of the country
\vhoreiu lies the elements of peace
and contentment as well es the bulk
of the vast wealth of that part of 011^
fair D01111Ui0n.
LOCAL ITE. )i.
Henry Groff, manager of the Fed-
eral Bank at Sinews, died on _Friday
evening. 111. Groff had also been
treasurer of the County of Norfolk
for the past 85 years, and was ruf-
versally respected.
IT is said 15 or more telephones
will be placed in Brussels soon.
Seine arrangement should be made
to connect Oranbrool( with Brussels.
It would bo very convenient for the
people of that plans and often acme
in very handy for our residents too.
ARTHUR HAMILTON, 8011 Of i)r, Iiam-
ilton, *of Ithaca, Mi011,, formerly of
'Brussels, is in this vicinity visaing
old friends and relatives. Mr. 1:1a111-
ilton put in a year and a -half fu type
slinging in 'Tint Polo: Publishing
House before his removing to the
States.
Tas Stratford Herald says;—"At
the close of the reunion tea -meeting
in the Central church on Monday
evening, John Myers, seiner. the re.
tiring leader of the choir, was preseut-
ed with a handsome silver water
pitcher, Its a toltee of regard and
souvenir of the years he ooudllcted
the service of song in the above 0bareb.
The ptesentatien, 1w0ampanied by
un appropriate adds'ees, read by Miss
11. ll. Patterson, was mends by Miss
Lizzie Boll, on behalf of the choir mat
congregation. Mr. flyers, in a brief
reply, feelingly a11ud0(1 to the hundreds
of happy bonze he had spent while
l.elping to sing God's praises. He
thanked diem lleurtily for the beauti•
fill keepsake." Mir, 1Iye,s is father
to -airs, Powell, of Brussels,