The Huron Expositor, 1880-02-06, Page 44
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
NEW ADVIARTISEMENTS. slight a manner as to consent to, the
granting of a charter. In this connec-
' Farmers'. Bank—M. P. Hayes. I
Manitoba Parties—Thomas Green vtay:'
- 1 bon we may express our gratification
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Tenders Wanted—Wm. McCounell. : at the position the Legislature seems to
----Great Stocktaking Sale—Thomas Kiddassume towards all railway schemes.
Farm to Rent—F. Clegg. - ! Hitherto almost any scheme, whether
To Pig Breeders --Robert G(nrenlock. ! '
Pure Drugs—Lumsden & Wilson. - rightfully entitled. to aid or not, could
Tenders Wanted—Andrew W. Sloan. ' i obtain a hoaxing, and was too frequent -
Apprentices Wanted—Miss Sleeth. I ly successful in badgering the Govern -
Coal Oil—Johnson Brothers;I
, ; ment and Legislature into granting aid.
British Exchange Hotel—Win. Cox.
Spring Seed Show—Gordon McAdam. 1 It is gratifying therefore to notice a
Stock for SaIe--james Dickson. i growing disposition on the part of our
: locat rulers, to pull the purse strings
tion, but his emarks fell extremely
flat. The Opposition appear at last to
'have learned that such a course does
not increase their nopularity with the
farming community, who have come to
recognize the Agricultural College as
especially their institution. -The bill
continnee the name of the, "Ontario
Agricultural College and Experimental
Farm;" defines the nature of the stu-
dies and experiments; places the in-
stitution under the control of the
Lieutenant -Governor in Council, whence
the professors, assistants and. servants
derive their appointments; provides that
the college may be affiliated with the
• appliedto for aid by railway
tight when University of Toronto, so as to enab
K. 6A11001, 01Y projectors and speculat
It 4 . students to obtain
le
• honors, scholarships
o s. Ontario
. • and degrees in agriculture, and provides
_ has as many railways now as it can for the establishment of a museum the
-- support, and to encourage more, a pointment of . an advisory board of
SEAFORTH, FEBRUARY 6, 1880. ; unless for colonization purposes,' won
i
. , only be an injury to the Province. Th
The Irish Distress. ; Government should turn a deaf ear
all appeals for aid. In fact they will
The distress in Ireland on account of '
the utter failure of the potato erop last i be forced to do so, as the resources at
,. their eaminand will not permit of ad -
season, is becominr, wide spread and is
of a most serious eharacter, notwith. l ,ditional subsidies to those already prom -
standing the laudable efforts being put ! ised, unless ouf surplus is to be frittered
forth at home as well aain this country ' away for sueh purposes. If private
to alleviate it. An urgent cry ts now ; capital or municipal aid can be got to
being put forth for more aid. This . construct new roads or 'branches, all
cry should not he made in vain, ,bfit I well and good, but in the way ofl aiding
- should be liberally and speedily respond- i railways the Ontario Legislature has
ed to by the nations of the civilized done its . whole duty, and should now
world. We in Canada, and. in, Hurou t,hold off.
attatasmaamsmeattat
should clo our part to relieve the suffer-
ings of our unfortunate brethren across
the sea.,A-V. ghave this year been -.bless-
ed with au abundant harvest, and we
do not want for anything, and conse-
quently we should be all the more will-
ing, its we are able to give liberally to
ld a ricultnriats in connection with the in-
stitution, &c. It is intended hereafter
e tefurnish accommodation in the college
to
connective tissues between the skin and
flesh, supposed to be caused by prevert-
ed nutrition. This is the 35th case
discovered, but no instance is heretofore
known where the entire body: was
affected. Tbe child must die, as i com-
plete petrifaction will ensue.
THE CZARINA GGNE Theerh. --- The
Czarina has left Paris for St. Peters-
burg, her health being re-established.
her departureehome is a great loss to
Cannes, wher4 she spent during her stay
the large sum of :E500,000.
DAMAGES RECOVE RED . --Joh n Loftus,
of Brooklyn, N. Y., has been -awarded
02,300 damages agtinst the Union Fer-
ry (Jompany, for the death of a six
year old son,. who fell into a slip which
had no rail guard.
EXASPERATED STUDENTS.— The stu-
dents of the High School in St. Peters-
burg have issued a revolutionary
proclamation, in which they draw a
terrible pictine of their condition under
r j the new Government regulations, and.
declare they Will fight the Government
to the end..
DEATLIS.—Sir Dominick John Com-
gan, an eininent physician of Dublin,
memberiof Parliament for that city
from 1870 to 1874, and Vice -Chancellor
of Queen's University is dead. The
death is also 'announced of M. Gravier
Cassagnae, author and journalist, at the
age of 72 years. =
HUGGED TO Dearm—During the late
cold snap a Michigan bear was brought
down from a tree top by the crack of an
Indian's rifle, on the latter going with
scalping knife in hand to cut the 'Wars
threat, he was taken into the arms of
train and. hugged to death,before dying,
however, lleEtabbed the animal thirty
times. .NpXt day they each holding
firm gras lay together dead.
THORNS I THE CROWNS.—The Social-
ists, Intern tioualists, and Nihilists of
Europe area source of keen anxiety to
the crowned beads, and Bismarck is
credited with the furthering of a scheme
to stampf them out by a joint action of
the Powers. France, it is said will be
invited te join in this movement, and
her failing to do so will be considered a
sufficient cause for the declaration of
war by Germany and Austria.
A WOLF IV. SHEEP'S CLOTHING.—A
New York grand jury has found twenty-
five indictments against Rev. Edward
Cowley, manager of the Shepherd's
Fold, charging him with starving and
ccrnellv ill-treating the children under
his cal'e. The extreme penalty for each
'offence charged against this cruel shep-
herd, is a year's imprisonment and $250
fine. The 25 indietments thus make
him liable to 25 years' imprisonment
and a fine of 36,250. The proceedings
against him give general satisfaction.
The Ontario Legislature—Notes
From the Gallery.
(From Oar' Special Correspondent.)
THE WORK OF THE SESSION, -
Whatever may prove to be the special
characteristic of the present session, it
will apparently not lr remarkable for
assist those whom Providence, in His spirited debates or I exciting scenes—
wisdom has seeu fit to afflict, such as keep people's interest on the
" 'tension set all the newspapers hum-
in as 'Treat a degree as He 1,1ase'l
multiplied. our blessings and comforts. rung, and have in past years led some
At a meeting hold in London a few persons to facetiously and cynically
evenings ago, Bishop Walsh in an apply to the House of Assem ly the
ocimplimentary title of a "bear g rdpn."
This session there has been less talk
earnest and eloquent appeal in behalf of
his countrymen, read a couplet of ex-
traPts from letters received from prom-
inent gentlemen in Ireland. The first
was fiom Mr. Mitchell Henry, a large
landed proprietor and a Protestant
gentleman. He says;
iLie people have neither food nor
clothes, nor credit to buy them, nor
worito earn them. Blank despair ia
settling down upon the distriet, and the
. effortalof the few in this locality who
can find a little employment are as but
droptin the ocean of misery around.
Fuel is more plentiful than it was, for
the unprecedented spell of dry weather
has enabled turf to be saved that seem-
ed to be lost, and, except in particular
_spots, there are fires in the houses which
some weeks ago appeared destined to be
without. This is the Only redeeming
- feature in the picture, and it is partial.
It is useless to minimize the matter or
to suppose that things will right them:
selves. Crime, the offspring of despair,
is showing itself it this part of the
country, which hitherto, without ex-
c.option, supplied fewer criminals than
any other part of Her Majesty's domin-
ions.
The second was frorn a letter which
the Bishop had hir4elf received last
week from the Caphblic Bishop of
Sligo. He says:
"At the 'present noment the people
have neither money or- credit, nor tI4
coarsest food to sup ort life. • The few and the expenditure 1$2 2_85,282, showing
wet, unwholesome otatoes, saved from - a deficiency of something like 025,000.
the blighted crop o last year are now This, as Mr. Wood expl ined, was ow-
consumedFor w eks past very maning to over -expenditures of the general
,. y-.
of the poor have sold or pawned their election, for maintaini g immigrants,
last article of clothing, ev their beds, whom the absurd reg lations of the
in order to buy a, little 'diaat meal Dominion Government force into the
which they could not get 0 credit. In , Province to be a burden on public
\ fact famine is rapidly overspreading the charity, a;udt for other- purposes. The
!
province, and the debility- brodght stiraatedexcess of revenue over ex:
by anwholesonae and insufficient feted
pendituire for 1880 will likely, however,-
more thanrestore the balance in our
, -
. during the past mouths, will render its
work of death rapid and irresistible." finances, so that there will be no ne-
cessity of drawing on capital. The es-
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The above Atxtracts set forth plainly timated receipts for 1880 are $2,316,719,
enough, the terrible position of a large and the estimated expenditure $2,288,-
portioneof We Irish people, and nothing 632; and if the supplementary esti-
further should be required to induce mates do not , materially increase the
latter, is no at the
every sympathetic heart to do its diity. end of the there presreasonwhy,eut year, Mere should
Ell,FINIMmmumm....... . not be a satisfactorY surplus in the cur -
Some folks are terribly grieved at the rent account.
action of the Ontario Legislature, or DTITE SURPLUS.
n urine the late election contest our
rather the Railway Committee, for re- Provincial surplus waS the great bug -
fusing to grant a, charter to the "Grand bear of the Opposition. Sometef them
Ontario Central Railway." It is indeed Wanted the Government to devise some
ma,gnificent scheme for using it all up,
a pity that a project with such a high
. ._ While others were trying to alaxm the
sounding - appellation should. be thus people into the belief that it was in
unceremoniously nipped in . the bud by imminent i danger of extinguishment
altogether. Whatever they. might db,
our wise and prudent lawtmakers. For
the Government were hopeless of pleas -
the information of our readers we may ing people of such divertfied tastes; so
say that it is proposed to construct this they have not attempted that impos-
'iota from Ottawa to Goderich. Of the sible task, simply satisfying themselves
many wild railway schemeSWhicit with doing the -best they could. While
not hesitatino to draw upon the surplus
e
- - • hate been projected within, the- past twlighten the burdens of the munici-
few years this is, perhaps, the wildest palities, to aid in the construction of
of them all, and the most of the country railways, to enlarge the public accom-
through which it would run, is about naodation for the insa,ne, the blind, the
_
deaf and dumb; and other classes of
as much ha need of additional railway unfortunates, and generally to keep
faciiitiee as the metaphorical cart would pace With the rapid. development of the
be advantaged by a third wheel. It Province, they have ' not failed to
was, no doubt, a sense of the utter practise the most rigid economy in the
and correspondingly more work than in
previous sessions; the debates have all
been short and comparatively free from
party acrimonies, and legislation has
been proceeding rapidly and agreeably.
The .principal Government measures
promised in the Speech from the
Throne have been presented. to the
House, and some of theui are now in'
their fined stages. The budget speech
has been delivered, and a portion of the
estimates have passed through the
Committee of 'Supply. The private
bill legislation is well forward. Al-
ready, therefore, conjectures are flying
about as to the probable period of the
close of the session. As the Dominion
House meets next week, much of the
public interest surrounding this House
willbe diverted to -its- bigger brother,
and that circumstance will probably
have a rather stimnlating effect upon
the business of the Ontario Assembly.
At all events, it is thought unlikely
that this session willextend much be-
yond the first of Mareth.
THE PUBLIC CCOUNTS.
_ The principal event of the pas* week
was the presentation by Mr. Wood of
his budget. His speech, though not so
comprehensive as that delivered last
-year, - was clear, senslible, practical, and
_in one or two points __suggestive of im-
portant reflections. Mr. Wood first
dealt with the accounts for 1879. For
that year the receipts were $2,250,000,
public service. In whatever portion of
absurdity of the scheme that induced the Province we go, we can see evidences
the Railway Committee to refuse it of the liberal policy of the. Reform
. even the encouragement of a charter. Government of Ontario. The people
don't require to be convinced of this
But, absurd as it is, it might perhaps, fact, for they acknowledge it. And
have beeu just as well had. the Com- what is the result? Have these great
reittee sanctioned the charter. This expenditures extinguished the surplps ?
1110 ; ou the'Oontrary Mr. Wood horiifi-
much could have scarcely done harm.
ed the Opposition the other day by
If individuals and municipalities wish to announcing that the surplus still
build roadseao matter though they could stood at the 9/ munificent figure of
never run them, we see no reason why $4,309,027, being' but a very slight
variation from :hat it has been for
they should not be allowed to do so.
several years past. This . must con -
But the encouragement of wild cat
vince all nu eud• d
peoplea
schenaes of this character, by granting economy is a feature of the Reform
or pronating them aid from the public party which is in vain looked for in
chest, is quite a different thing. The their opponents, especially if they con
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trast it with the condition of the
only reason we can see why the Legit - I Province of Quebec, where the bless:
lature should refuse the charter is, that ings of -Tory rule for many years past
by granting it they would,in a measure, have produced a Provincial debt of
be committing themselves to the utility over twelve millions of dollars.
TILE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. _
of the scheme and the necessity for Mr. Wood's bill to make permanent
such Et roa9.. Taking this view of the provision for the maintenance of the
case we are not surprised that a body Agrieultural College at Guelph, has pass -
of sensible men, such as those who ed its second reading without even any
nominal opposition. One of the new
compose the Legislature, should hest- members attempted to play the role
tate te•e-ororait themselves even in so once so popular of decrying the institu-
for 150 boys. Over 100 applicants fo
admission had to be refased last year.
THE PRESERVATION OF FORESTS.
Another extremely useful measure
was that introduced by Mr. Pardee, to
amend the Free Grants Act. Its in-
tentnin is to save the timber limits of
the Province from absolute destruction,
with which they have been threatened
under the operations ot the old law.
We must_remember that they are the
source of at least half a million of our
annual revenue, and, therefore, it is of
the utmost importance that that source
should notibe cut off. The Act at
present limits -lumbermen to five years
in removing timber from the districts
over which they have licenses. In prac-
tice this time proved altogether too
short, and the consequence was that
the lumbermen, in their attempts to
comply with the law, destroyed much
of the timber, or else *entered into a
compact with the settlers on the land
to buy the remaining timber after the
five years had elapsed. Thus the pub-
lic revenue constantly suffered; Mr.
Pardee declared that if this state of
things continued for three years longer,
the revenue from woods and forests
would certainly be reduced from half a
million to not more than 0100,000. His
bill meets the difficulty by repealing
the five years clause, ,and providing
that the timber shall always remain
the property of the Crown, so that
whatever time is necessary may be oc-
cupied in its removal, and the induce-
ment to waste or bargain with the set-
tler will be removed. The Opposition
tried to Make some capital by alleging
that this bill was conceived' in the in-
terests of the lumbermen as against
those of the settlers, and the Mail went
so far as to expressly charge Mr. Pardee
himself with being a speculator in tim-
ber limits,—a charge which that gentle-
man met with a flat denial. Every
man who knows anything of the sub-
ject supported the bill as just the thing
the settlers wanted, and it is worthy of
note that a large meeting of. settlers at
Haliburton recently proposed. a unani-
mous resolution in favor of some such
measure. There is really no such
thing as conflicting interests between
lumbermen ancl settlers; what benefits
one benefits the other; for it is well
known that- the lumbermen furnish
many of the settlers not only with em-
ployment, but with markets for their
oats, hay, pork, flour, and other pro -
dace.
31INOR NOTES.
• The first division which took place a
few evenings ago,- indicates the position
of parties to be as follows: Ministerial,
58; Opposition, 30. No wonder Mr.
Meredith shows a despondent and com-
plaining mood.
A bill to reduce the siimmer vacation
in rural school sections from 'tsix to
three weeks, introduced by Mr. Waters,
passed its second reading on Monday.
Mr. Crooks approved of the measure, as
well as that of Mr. Ross, to give non-
resident ratepayers :the same privilege
in school sections is residents, and will
introduce a general bill, embodying both
provisions. There is no doubt, there-
fore, that these reforms; in which the
people of your section feel so deeply in-
terested, will become part of the law.
Mr. Hardy yesterday introduced a
bill to ektjid the jurisdiction of the
Division Courts, and Mr. Mowat, One to
abolish priority of execution creditors.
The latter measure is to make provi-
sion for the equal division of insolvent
estates, in view of the probable aboli-
tion by the Dominion Parliament next
sesElion of ithe Insolvent Act. The bill
relating to exemptions has not yet been
brought dawn.
News of the Week.
FROZEN.—The Lake of Zurich,- in
Switzerland, is frozen over this winter
for the fourth time this Century.
•
• CZAR OF RUSSIA.•—GrPat preparations
are being made for the celebration of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the Czar's
accession to the throne.
SUFFERING IN NAPLES.—Terrible ac-
counts of sdffering from fever and
famine continne to come from Some
sections of Naples. • Thousands of
deaths have occurred,
RECEIVED THEIR REWARD. — Four
Pennsylvania men found guilty of mak-
ing fradulent election returns, were on
Saturday fined $400 each, and sentenc-
ed to a year's imprisonment.
ARRIVED IN NEW ;Yee E.—Among-the
prominent arrivals in New York is
Algernon Sartoris, of England, who
married a daughter _of ex -President
Grant. Mrs. Sartoris remains' in Eng-
land.
ILLNESS OF THE POPE. — A Rome
dispatch sap the condition of the Pope's
health is causing anxiety. He suffers
from fits of shivering and great prOstra-
tfon, but persists in his usual oc-
cupation.
A Famous ARCHITECT GONE—Edward
Middletep Barry. Royal Academician,
architect of the House of Parliament,
the new National Gallery and other
important structuresin London, is dead,
agedfifty.
DISSATISFIED OPERATIVES. Wages
disputes are threatening among the
oaten operatives of England. A rise in
wagele is promised ie most of the mills
but net enough to satisfy the demands
of the men.
A PETRIFIED CHILD.—A most extraor-
dinary case was examinedbyphysicians
at Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday last,
being that of a child whose body is be-
coming literally petrified. Its flesh is
cold and hard almost as marble, While
the child which is nearly three years
old, continues to live, it can only feebly
move -its lips and eyes. It sleeps with
its eyes open, presenting a ghastly
spectacle. Until sixmonths ago it was
in perfect health. The disease is one of
The Lost 'Nation Spring Wheat.
Mn. EDITOR,—Dear Sir: Having late-
ly taken the first favorable opportunity
for testing the milling and baking quali-
ties of the above wheat, we desire,
through the columns of- your valuable
paper, to place before the farming com-
munity thi3 highly favorable opinion
such test has enabled us to form in re-
gard to it, hoping thereby to induce the
farmers in our neighboring townships
to increase the sowing of it this next
spring to a much larger. extent. Mir-
ing pound. a quantity of it separately
we find it an excellent article for reill-
ing purposes, as the high price we have
paid for it on the market this year Will
convince. It is easy of manufacture,
and being less harsh and flinty in na-
ture than other hard spring wheats, such
as red chaff, red fern, dtp-., it admits of
keeping the flour nauch better in color,
which is,greatly tO the advantage of
millers, ,while it contains the same
strength so much desired among bakers.
We were unable to test the amount of
flour it made per bushel, but believe it
willtyield equal to other kinds. Far-
mers wile raised it last season, a num-.
ber_of whom we have endeavored to
consult with, all epeak very favorably
itt regard to the yield per acre, and
think that in good seasons for spring
wheat growing it will fully meet their
expectations. We look with pleasure
for this wheat to take the place of red
chaff and other inferior kinds, which
have done so much towards placing
Huron spring wheat at a discount in
the rgarkets. It can well be remem-
bered, before the introduction of these
latter kinds, that spring wheat from
this section was in great favor and de-
mand. among millers throughout the
country.
In regard to the Arnetka or Russian
Siberian, the writer has known the -
wheat for some time past. Milling itt
another part of the country where it
was introduced some six or eight years
ago, he ground considerable of it at that
time, and found then, as now, that tit
contained lao qualities at all favorable
for milling! purpose's. It met with a
natural death in that part of the coun-
try in two years, and we sincerely hope
it may do the same here, if not ,sooner.
In order to aid in the disposal far that
purpose of what Lost Nation wheat is
cd in this locality, if those
will notify us of what quan-
old, and send us a sample
), with their address and. sell -
e will do what we can to
fore the notice of farmers
held for s
holding it
tity they
(one quer
ing price,
place it b
and induce them to sow of it. With -
sing further, you will greatly
ndly inserting this. Yours,
A. W. OGILVIE & CO.,
Per T, 0. Kemp, Manager.
Seaforth, 28, 1880.
out trespa
oblige by
BIG MILLS
—Hon. Joseph Edward Cauchon,
Lientena,n -Governor of Manitoba, and
Miss Em a De S. Denis Lemoine,
daughter f the Clerk of the Canadia,n
Senate, w re married in a very quiet
and. informal manner at the cathedral,
Chicago, last Sunday, the Hon. Mr.
Cauchon having arrived the previous
day from ' Winnipeg. The bride, ac-
companied by her brother, reached
Chicago about the same time -from Ot-
tawa. AbOut 300 persons were assem-
bled to witness the ceremony. The
party entered the church, walked up
the aisle to the front, and took their
seats near the chancel, and waited the
arrival of the clergyman When he
came, they walked. up to the altar with-
out order or ceremony, but pretty much
as they happened to be, knelt at the
altar, and the bride and groom were
united. Governor Cauchon wore an
ordinary black suit and a buffalo coat.
The bride was attired in a travelling
suit of black. _After the ceremony, the
party went immediately to their car-
riage, and drove to the hotel. Gover-
nor Cauchon and his bride left the fol-
lowing morning for Manitoba. The
groom is 63 and the bride 25 years of
age.
• A HORRIBLE CRIME.
FIVE rgnsoNs BRUTALLY MURDERED.
One of the mot daring and revolting
crimes that has ever disgraced. the an-
nals of modern History was perpetrated
in the township of Biddulph, within a
short distance of the village of Lucan,
on Tuesday night last, or early Wed-
nesday morning. About midnight 20
persons went to the house of James
Donnelly, Sr., and. knocked at the door.
The inmates of the house 'were James
Donnelly, Sr., about 70 years of age;
his wife Judy, aged 60; Thos. Donnelly,
about 21 years of age; Bridget Don-
nelly, aged 25 years (niece), and James
Connors, aged 12 years, in the employ
of Donnelly. The son John, aged. 28,
usually resides at home with- his father,
but this evening he had gone to his
brother William's, about threo. miles
away on the 8th concession. As before
stated, about midnight a gang of men
with
BLACKENED FACES,
many of them dressed in women's
clothing, knocked at the door of attme:
Donnelly's house; a one and a half story
log building, and demanded admit
tance. Thomas Dennehy, the somwent
to the door and. was immediately ar-
rested bythe crowd. An altercatiou
ensued, Thomas being outside the door,
when the cry of
"HIT HIM ON THE HELD WITH THE SPADE',
was raised, and one of the men who
carried a spade appearsqto have Arnok
him on the head with that instrument,
and another man also -used a, pica. He
fell down, probably dead, and.was then
thrown inside the door. The other in-
mates of the house, with the exception
of James Conners, the boy,j were then
clubbed and beaten to death .1 The boy
first hid underneath the bed ilia a clothes
basket and afterwards escped. The
murderers -after
POURING OIL ON THE BED CLOTHES
set fire to the building, whicli was con-
sumed down to the _very foundations.
The charred remains, burnt to a cinder,
were found in the position where they
fell—Thomas' remains just inside the
front door, Mr. Donelly on the floor of
the kitchen°, and Judith Donnelly and
Bridget Donnelly behind the stove,
where they had crouched and were
killed. The spade with which the
murder of Thomas was committed was
found among the debris._ It was
COVERED WITH BLOOD
but the handle had been burnt out, and
all possible means of indentification
were thus destroyed. There are three
farm house .e within a_hundred yards of
the house, but strange to say, the glare
of the fire did not awaken any of the
inmates of these houses. The watch
dogs also gave no alarm, which leads
to belief that they were. enticed away
or kept quiet by the murderers. The
awful tragedy, which is without rival in
the annals of the country, and would.
rival Texas borders for its attrocity,
was not discovered until 9 o'clock Wed-
nesday morning, when Patrick Whalen,
who lives opposite, upon getting up saw
the .
• SMOKING RUINS
and imipediately raised an alarm. At
about the time of the murder of the
elder Donnelly, two men knocked at
the door of the residence of Williarn
Dennelly, his son, about three miles
aWity on' the 8th .concession, Biddulph,
and called for William Donnelly.) John,
his brother, who, as before stated, was •
that night staying there, got out of bed,
and without dressing he opened the
door, and immediately two. shots were
fired % apparently one from each side of
oor. He immediately fell back
xclaimed,
"BILL, I A3I SHOT."
wo men then went away. William
and took the body in, and it was
at he had been shot in the right
nd also lower down in the
stomach. The wound in the breast
contained seven or eight slugs, and. the
wound in the stomach was made by a
ballet. As the mon were going away
they fired several revolver shots, and
this scared William, who was afraid to
go for assistance.
No clue has yet been obtained. as to
the perpetrators of the murder, and
from _the complete manner in which
the buildings were destroyed. and all
traces of the murder covered, it will be
difficult to obtain any direct evidence
against the murderers.
THE FAMILY HISTORY.
The Donnelly family consisted of Jas.
Donnelly, senior, 70 years of age ; his
wife 54 years of age; Thomas Donnelly,
their -Son, 21 years of age; Bridget
Donnelly their niece; John Donnelly,
single, 24 years; Wm. Donnelly, •mar-
ried, about 30 years. Robert. Eviller at
Glennee, and Patrick, a blacksmith, at
St. Catharines. The first four named
were in the house of the old man at
the time of the occurrence, tvlailst John
wae at the house of his brother William,
with whom he had gone to stay that
night. The father owned fifty acres of
and. on which he lived and, farrcted it.
T
bhe family have for a long time past
een engaged in broils with some of the
neighbors. The quarrel originally be-
tween the Donnellys and fami-
ly spread. until the whole of that sec -
ion became either friends or foes of the
D
connellys, who, with the_usual readi-
ess and spirit of the Celt, resented any
nsults or slurs, either real or 'imagin-
ary, by blows. This manner of re-
rimin.aton worked. up a bitter hatred
etween the two parties, who, when -
ver they met,never lost an opportunity
f making their opinions known. And
reqhent fights were the result. Both
arties would have recourse to the
Magistrates' Court, summonses and
toss -summonses were issuedil and as a
atural consequence, in them state of
eeling towards each other, the losing
ide would. only become more embitter -
d than ever against the other. Fre-
uent robberies occurred. in that vicin-
ty, and their opponents loudly de-
laimed the Donnellys as the culprits.
ires, which were without doubt in-
endiEtry, also ocourred, and for these,
s well as for all other offences, the
nger of suspicion was pointed. to /the
onnellys. It will be remembered that
he barns, etc., of Patrick Ryder were
urnt recently, together with their con -
cuts, and suspicion pointing to the
onnellys, the father and mother were
the
and
The
got n
found
breast
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ARRESTED 'UPON THE CHARGE OF ARSON.
Several adjournments were haditeirld
yesterday afternoon they were- to have
again appeared and. surrendered to their
bail upon the charge.
Some months ago, a munber of the
opponents of the Donnellys, believing
that some means were necessary to de-
tect offenders, held a meeting, when it
was decided to establish a vigilance
•
-committee, which rapidly swelled in
numbers, so that at the present time it
is thought that it had about 150 mem-
bers. As the meetings were held in
secret, the discussions were not made
public, but a general feeling pervaded.
that the delieerations of the committee
boded no good to the Donnellys. The
feeling betwen the parties, and which
undoubtedly led to the commission
of these diabolical crimes, will. thus be
seeu.
THE INQUEST. -
An inquest was opened at Lucan on
Wednesday, but NWIS adjourned until
the 11th inst., in order to afford. the ale-
tectives art opportunity to work up the
case. The movements of the assassins
and the exact manner of the assa,ssma-
tion of the people will probably remain'
veiled in the deepest obscurity, the
only survivor, James Connors, being a
boy, can only give a rambling state- ;
ment of the harrowing scenes which he
witnessed.
FEBRUARY 6,
ii ttoia:exrbmwrerris. j inducements to buyers. -
twelve years, has
rLho... 8,11Gplabyeesle:nnt'wf:eisrmeteihreveea
1daa;t1y0Cstou..e.TIphhe onnumTbueersdoafy„etnotrierseh:17
Tj
hie farna, on the outskirts of the
of maple sugar—this year's realm.
2'°!-)-03;0: )Sfecelatul, atilz,ofofwhthiceh. )wralltrbi'eel
Tile across firtath etrainrive re crossed
stehde oinc esaattt )1 Irfaloto,
bed immediately.
v i nc eA—Mr, i s. railwayJames
aaboutmes t oi i3aa,t esa g gk take been u pef hiseconst net se 48 t;
in Ottawa. L.-
liams, is to the fore with the fieet.
sales so far reported amount to
—Mr. John Watson, of Ayr,
—The Ontario Poultry Show
1•`waa4y6'41:taA'tiolenx-.mattisbtseorn,aotf 11Gethsosp:r
aKoillunetayr,thitlitee.luraber king of New B
f wick, has cabled $5,000 to the
rel—ielftfulads
- proposed. to establish
Association in connection with
i University, at Montreal., to be
i University Association for the S
:111"Bil.. partyfrom the Penabii
—ia
. tains has arrived in Emerson, ana
ports the diScoveret pi. Geld
quartz. The parties keep -thel-'
a secret.
—It is announced tjlitt A11
badie, of Sandwich, the -eels'
draught player, has been pr -ono
insane and will be taken to the
at Londen in a few -days.
—Last Sunday morning in Mo
the thermometer registered '26 el
above zero, and at anidiaight abon
ad be gr -0 nAete ssi isttdei bloweegrae ea. usg-Thi ntheter*r oet jweeahhsno liar sh i n.
Norwich, let a, couple of zentsslip
her throat. It wae deemed betitiL
introuble force.e...7or iTv--Twelve
Ehelievemthisne eyewed. years
aws ra,a(1g 00 an nae 11. n us: i:;:ere s
ej o f
ticks were stolen from the Ro
Catholic Church, St. Catharines.
few days ago they were found by
workmen who were tearing down
embankment, buried some feet a
the ground. They are valued at '
—Mr., and Mrs. McMahon, k
and matron of the Waterloo Rouse ef
dustry, have tendered their ref*
tions. They have managed this int
tution in such an admirable m
during the many years they have
connected with it that their resign
will be a public loss, and efforts will
made to get them to re -consider
111—atteri
Atatement appeared. in the ifeet
tawa, Free Press the other day to
effect that Mr. Whellams, of .
City, ha.d cleared out to England
$580 belonging to a widow of that p
He denies it iii the Citizen over his
Ci_ty
signature nd. holds the pub s
chargeable to an action for libel.
in Ottawa n business for :the
An iN4nsa7.
ne bank clerk named
man walked up the aisle of St..1
Episcopal -.Church at St. John,
Brunswick, during service on S
night, and halting before the ptil
the voluntary was being played s
"G-od. save Victoria." The
caused a sensation, until it was I
he was not of sound mind. He i
senthome
—Astatetmo ellnotnpturebal.
lis
hed shows .
out of sixty Protestant churehes
-Montreal; only fourteen are clear
. debt. The debt on the remainder
gregates U77,500, as follows : Epi
pal, - $155,500; Methodist, $100-
. -.Congregational, $91,700, Presb
ytcr
$89,3004 Reformed Episcopal, $20,
Baptist12,000 ; Church of Sep
t(Ses_tiaTnAtwn,od$r2we,w500:0k11 .43 :g6:: :r
zGecrnan
aiNeord
Alvinston, removed a cancerous ta
from the mouth of Mr. Alex.. Li --
stone, of Mosta The tumor was n
as large..8n, a hen's egg, and grew at .
root of the patient's tongue, inter
hag, materially with his - Swan°
During the last four weeks
could eat no solid food, milk and got
being the only substance he -could twi
kw. He is now perfectly wellti
operation was aecomplete success.
Grangers' Meeting.
Mn. Eerron,---Sir : The Prince Albert
Division Grange held its last session at
Henson There was a very good at=
tendance, nearly all the Granges in con-
nection with the division being repre-
sented. The chair was oconpied by the
master, -Samtid Sinilliet. After the
usual tontine of business, the election of
officers for the current -year took place,
which resulted as follows: gaster,
Samuel Smillie ; overseer, Robert Mc-
Mordie; lecturer, Michael McQuade;
steward, S. G. Plummer; assistant
steward, Duncan McLean chaplain,
Brother Pollard; treasurer, John Hun-
ter; secretary, jaraes Gillespie ; gate-
keeper, John Ketchen ; ceres, Miss
Margaret McLean; pomona, Mrs.
Burns ; lady assistant steward, Mrs. J.
McLean. Executive Committee --
Brothers McMordie, Ketchen and Halls.
Grange agent—Wm. Murray. - It was
thought advisable to have a lecture or
lectures during the winter for the bene-
fit,of the farming community and the
public in general. It was moved, sec-
onded. and resolvedathat the sum of $20
of Grange hinds be get -apart to pay the
expenses of said lectures, such funds to
be subject to the order of the executive
committee. The-- committee appointed
to investigate, and, if possible, find. out
what kind. of spring wheat would be
most advisable to sow next spring, re-
ported that they bad. made considerable
enquiry and examined a great variety of
different kinds of wheat. The kind
they chiefly recommend for next spring's
sowing is the Lost Nation; It yields
well, makes good. flour, and is suitable
for the wit in this part of the country.
The Arnatka wheat they were told.,
would not make flour, but they found
that flour ofean inferior kind could be
made from it. It yields well to the
acre, the berry is large and looks well,
but they had no faith in it, but thought
it might improve by further cultiva-
tion. Mr. McMordie gave a report of
the proceedings of the last session _of
the Dominion Grange. He also gave a
very excellent address on farming,
which was listened. to with marked. at-
tention throughout. A hearty vote of
thanks was given to Mr. McMordie for
bis able and edifying address. The
ineeting was then closed. Next meet-
ing pn last Saturday in Mareh next.
JA3EES GILLESPIE, Secretary.
Canada.
Rev. Mr. Hammond, the revivalist,
is laboring at Clifton.
—It is proposed to establish a broom
anufactory in Walkerton.
—By the death of a cousin in Michi-
an Mr. D. S. Perrin, of London, has
alien beir to a large fortune.
—Mr. M. McKay, for Bornc.. years a
• uch respected resident of Clifford,has
emoved to Tiverton, where he proposes
•pening a hardware store.
—A magnificent Catholic church was
edicated last Sunday in Sarnia by the
ight Rev. John Walsh, D. D., Bishop
•f London.
--The steamer Erie Belie made two
rips between Leamington and Wind -
or, last week, taking loads of freight
nd passengers.
---Mr. IL M. Anderson, of Guelph,
as sold his racehorse Little Frank for
300 to parties in Toronto. From
hence it will be shipped for England.
e -Mr. R. Foster, who resides near
ngsville in Essex County, killed. 25
-ogs the other day, weighing 7,133 lbs.,
nd realized the handsonae Sum of
428.
Woodyat, M. D., of the
laicago Homoeopathic College, died on
unday morning. He was a native of
rantford, where he had resided. until
e went to Chicago in 1872.
- anHumphreys,Humphreys, of Torotto,
ballenge in.y.two brothers in Ontario
o shoot a pigeon match at 25 birds
ach (50 birds a .side., for from $50 to
100 a side, subject to agreement, 21
ards rise.
— At a Wedding in West William
ately, there were one hundred and
eventy couples, three bagpipes and five
ddlers. If anybody knows of a bigger
hing in that line we would like to heai
rom them.
—Dr. Alex. Martin, of Ottawa, boasts
f having the smallest poodle pup iii
e universe. It is two and a half inches
I ng and weighs something like half a
ound. Its mother turns the scales at
pounds. ;
—Professor Kingston, director of the
oronto Observatory, and superintend-
nt of the Meteorological Department,
as been superannuated, and. will be
ceeeded by Mr. Carpmael, at present
his deputy.
—About the middle of January Mrs.
*damson, of Walkerton, had sPine ripe
strawberries. The strawberry . vines
had blossomed. in. the _open air, and
being put into pots and taken into .the
house, there rdatured.
—The Presbyterians of Port Elgin
recently voted. on the introduction of an
organ into the Sunday School. Fifty-
six stood out yea and twenty-one nay.
Notice of appeal has been given. The
majority should rule.
—David Brady, a pensioner 95years
cf age, and. one of the British soldiers
ho bore Napoleon's coffin to the grave
t St. Helena, was. a prisoner at No. 3
tation, Toronto,- the other night,
c arged with drunkenness.
—Mr. V. L. Brown- a confectioner, of
mcardine, formerly traveller for
assie, Weir & Bryce, of Guelph, died
s ddeniy on Saturday morning about
eight o'clock. Death is supposed to
laave been caused by heart disease.
i —A number of American lumber
dealers have been in Ottawa during the
past week, with a view to making pur-
chases. Owing to the recent heavy rise
in the Michigan market, Ottawa offers
—A gentleman from the Portage*
siring to send a message from Wiwi
Tea to his friends in Germany,
spached a -cablegram to Frankforter:,
Maine at about 9 o'clock in the elf;
ing, and the following morning 1:
awaking found an answer to his at
quiries.- The total distance of 13,0t -
miles having been traversed, togetl$:'
with the necessary time occupied in
livering and replying, taking only!
hours. This is one of the blessings n, -
the telegraph.
—The attention of the' Excise
partment having been called by
press to the fact that coal oil of a
grade was being sold throughout
Province, and tBat several lamp
plosions had oceurred, an excise effiei
visited all the shops in the ,eity of 01-
tawa where coal oil was sold. and 4
taima samples. He found that vtt
few of the samples stood the fire tat
report has been sent to the Gotta
ment, and the matter will be enquitt
into.
—Henry Patterson, musician, Is
the 7th Battalion Band, London,
of the Artillery Brigade Bawl, Gu
attempted suicide on Saturday eve
by striking himself on the head wall
hatchet. He had inflicted six d
ous wounds when his wife, attracte
the noise, found him and took
hatchet from him. He is in the
eral Hospital in a precarious email
He says he was provoked to the
tempt by seeing nothing but pov
and starvation for his wife and t
small children.
—Her Royal Highness the Prin
Louise arrived at Halifax on Mondst
His Excellency the Governor-Genea
had steamed down to the mouth of *
harbor to meet his Royal Wife.
Princess on landing was received
His Honor the Lieutenant-Gaverne,
Lady Macdougall, Col. Drayson,Ilis tat
Worship the Mayor. She worel
fur eap and silk jacket lined with fa;
Her face was covered by a white va -
She looked in good health, bat a litg -
pale, doubtless the result of sea-sist
nes, caused by the rough weather*
perienced off the coast The we
experience was most boiste
throughout the whole passage, and
vessel was delayed by incessant
of head winds. The Princess 8