The New Era, 1881-12-15, Page 9Dec. 15, 1881.
Liking and imeilking•
who know the reeson,tellmo
. How it is that instinct still
Prompts the thart to like -or like 1100—
Llt its own capriciouawili?
Toli ioni by what hidden magio
Our impressions first are led .
Into liking -or disliking -
Oft before a word be said?
Why should smnee sometiraes repel ;
Bright eYee turn Der feelings cold?
What is that which comes to tell ue
An that glitters is not gold?
Oh, no feature, 'gain or striking,
But a power we cannot shun,
Prompts our isksee or disliking,
Era acquaintance hath begun!
Is it instinct -or some Beirit-
Whichprotects us, and controls
Every impulscf we inherit
By some sympathy of stalls?
Is it instinct? 15 it nature?
Or some freak or fault of chance,
Whioh (maiming or dipiiking,
Limits to a sin& glance?
Like presentiment of danger,
Though the sky no shadow lungs,
Or that inner seine, gnu stranger,
Of unseen-tinutter'd thinge!
Is it-qh, can no one ten me, •
No one show sufficient cause
Why our likings and dienkinge
Have their own thetinctive laws?
glaturday Night Reflections.
Nothing ages like laziness.
The world is .a masked ball.
Team are the strength of woman.
Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
Avoid. a slanderer as you would a
scorpion.
The art of 'praising caused the art of
speaking.
Wrinkles disfigure a woman less than
ill -nature.
No man is more miserable than be that
hath no adversity:
An effort made for the happiness of others
lifts us above oureelyes
Experienee is the name men give to their
follies or their Borrows.
Halt the ills we hoard inour hearts are
ills because we hoard them.
There are people who are ahnost in love,
almost famous and almost happy. .
The sphere of Christian duty is not there
nor yonder, but here, pleb where you are.
The two powers which constitute a wise
man are those of bearing and forbearing.
'When our fortunes are at the lowest our
wits and minds are commonly at the best.
Language is not an instrument into
which if a fool breathe it will make melody.
Kindness is the only charm, permitted to
the aged; it is the coquetry of white hair.
Love is a compound of honey and gall,
mixed in • various .proportions for •cus-
tomers.
Religion is good for nothing one day in
the week unless it is also good for all the
seven days.
Whoever entertains you with thefaulte
of others, designs to entertain others with
your faults. • •
Seeking and blundering are so far good
that it is by seeking aud blundering that
we obtain knowledge. .
Thiainsteetis thine,..thenext i. in the
womb of futurity, and thou knowest not
what it may bring forth. "
The science of life may be thus ephoinized
-to know -well the priee of time,thevalne
of things, and the worth of people. '
Life does not count by years. Some
suffer a lifetime in a day, and so grow old
between the rising and setting of the Hun..
Our incomes are like our shoes; if too
small, they gall and pinch us ;• •but if too
large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.
fel all human frailties there are,none .so
Incerieringrititudisoznirstrinfamour as to
-
return evil -for good -to debase the purest
friendship extol:041d 'to us .by ,
friends.
Good teloper is like a sunny day; ' it
sheds its brightness over everything ; i is
the sweetener of toil and the soother of
disquietude. '
The man whose thoughts, motives and
aspirations and feelings are all devoted to
himself, is the poorest of judges as to. the
effect of his own action on others.
If man, or woman either, wishes to
realize the full power of personelbeauty,
it must be by cherishing 'noble hopes and
purposes, by having something to do and
something to live for.
A certain amount of opposition is a great
help to is man. kites rise against and not
with the wind. Even a heed windis better
than none. No man ever worked his pas-
sage anywhere in a dead calm.
When God would educate aMan Pie
compels him to learn bitter lessons. He
sends him to school to the Neceisities
rather than to the Graceme that by knowing
all suffering he may know, also, the
eternal consolation.
Canadian Royalty in 'England.
The day following the arrival of the
Governor-General in England His Excel-
lency drove fromEaton Hall, with the
Princess Louise, to Chester on a visit to
the Deanery. Dean Howson afterwards
accompapied the Marquis through the
renovated cathedral. On leaving, the Mar-
quis and Princess Louise drove to Hewer -
den Coale, where they lunched with Mr.
and Mrs. Gladstone. At 3 o'clock they left
She castle and returnedto Eaton Zell. The
Marquis and Princess were there joined by
the .Duke of Westminster, the Earl and
Countess Grosvenor, Captain and Lady
Beatrice Compton Cavendish, and left for
Chester general station, es route for Lon-
don. The streets of Chester were thronged
to witness the departare of the Marquis
and the Princess. At the station a large
crowd gathered, who cheered the visitors.
A red carpet had been laid froth the station'
entrance to the royal saloon attached to
the express to Euston. Ropes had also
been put np to forth a barricade andp, body
of the city police was present to maintain
order. After a abort delay the tiaiti drew
out of the station amid loud cheers, the
Governor-General and the Prineess acknow-
ledging the compliment by repeatedly bow-
ing. •
Berlina and Iladdoefis.
• Speaking of misplacing the "h," the
most ludicrous instance we ever heard of
wap that of a philanthropic, English
friend of ours. Ile laughingly tells the
story:
Speaking at it public meeting; and wish•
ing to enforce his remarks with itpoetical
quolation, he commenced:
" Speak gently to the herring,"
Of course the audienee laughed, a,nd
while he steed astonished at their levity a
friend who was • sitting behind him whis-
pered:
"15 would be useless to do that ; they
are as deaf as haddocks."
He saw the point -Cambridge Trilopte.
Edwin Booth varies from the arbitrary rul
of fashion in the matter Of bereavement
The "rule would reqUire his retirement
from the stage for a year after the death of
his wife. So far from this; however, he
will proceed to finish all his appeintMents.
Were he to yield to fashion he would break
up an impottant combination andthrow all
ite members out of employment. When
Lincoln was assassinated tooth retired for
a year. Ile felt that hig brother's crime
was of go public a eharader that it Called
for a pUblio acknowledgment.
•
HAYVERN HAkCIED
-Exesation• of the Penitentiary Eiirderer at
• BloatreaL
AND OF A CRIMINAL cAUilE'rt,
Young Girls Anxious to Witness the
. . Last Scene.
THE CONDEMNED MAN PENITENT:
Nonianii, Deo. 9. -At four minutes past
8 o'clock We morning Hugh llayVern
expiated his crime of Murdering William
Salter, a fellow convict in St. Vincent do
Paul Penitentiary on the 28th of May last,
within the precincts of the common jail
here: The pawner had been . constantly
attended for some time past by the Rev.
Father Lavelle, chaplain of the prison, but
yesterday evening that gentleman was
relieved from his incessant labors by Rev.
Father Knox and Rev. Father Ce,zeau, who
sat up with the unfortunate man all night,
and celebrated the offielie of the Church at
an early hour this morning in the con-
demned cell, where an altar had been
erected by the Slaters of Charity' for the
benefit of the culprit.
•znx connernme poi Petunia.
Bishop Febre visited Hayvern yesterday
for the second tinie,,end exhorted the con-
demned man to look to the .Ahriighty for
strength to enable him to pass through the
dreadful ordeal that was before him.
Before His Lordship took his departure
theprisoner gave the good bishop
assurances . of „ full preparation for
,the future"state and hie determination to
meet his doom withbut fear. During the
night lie slept but little,. being apparently'
Muck disturbed in Mind and body. He.
conversed. freely • during • his waking
momenta with the guards and others hi
attendance. ' He admitted his guilt of the
horrible murder for which he was to suffer,
expressed • his deepeet contrition for
Committing the dreadful deed, and
said be • did not know what
impelled him to the aot. He denied
havingany cause for revenge againet his
victim and hoped that poor Salter's soul
was in heaven, seeing that he bed given
him no time .to prepare for death. He
iniknowledged.the justice .of his sentence,
and remarked tbat if any Man 'deserved to
be hanged he . did. ' With respect :Co his
alleged; aberration of Mind, . he said be
thought he' was sane, but at times he
thought he must have been insane.: .
• ' "ITS 1,It.E.rer :Blue TO Dirt
geeing that Weis sweet," he said ; "but if
it were not for the disgrace entailed upon
iny family r,WOuld as Boon be deed as
•• ,
At an early hour a • light :breakfast was
furnished•which he parttiok of sparingly.
Before daylight the officials began tciassona.
ble inthe jail. Mr. Deputy-SheriffSanborn
was the °Wain the absence of High Sheriff
.„Chaveau,
Quebee. The telt.. Chaplain, Father •La.••
• voile,. whose Ministrations have . evidently.
. had a most tranquilizing and edifying effect
„upon, theephit...ef. the_ ,reiirdergrs was pre-
sent; with the ether' reverend gentlemlif
already mentioned,. The ip,st 'rites of the.
Church'were administered and the moist
affectionate exhortation - given to the'
doonied man on the ...brink Of the
grave to be ready. .A • procession
was then formed, the Sheriff in a 'black.
gown leading the may.' • The , prisoner was
7.:spppbrtedhy-two-wai sleets, and he appeaL ed
physically :weak and as paleas, death.
-The scalifOld.hed- been •erected in. an ,angle
.outside the. prison, but . within the •outer
wage; on the northeast side; . It. Was of
rough pine boards, and: the' platform was
about ten feet high. ' • • '•
acnag ON THE Sothom,
On from the door fa'ding' the
stepsascending to the. seaffold,- Elayvern
gave a•frightened glance at the spectators,
who were collected Outside a. fence about
one hundred feet off. The executioner
was &repay 'behind; clothed 10 .9... black
'mask, no part Of his features being isiblc.
The rev. fathers Were also in attendance:
with :cibothing`wOrds of comfort up :to the
last. ' Outside these • gentlemen and the
officiels; the only notable pereenen the
stepewas Mre•Prechette„the poet laureate,
It was expected that Wayvern would say
Soinething on theeV° of 'being launched
into eternity, but thosepresent were
dis-
appointcdas he enlybidadien to those who
had been so kind. to him during his con-
finement. Inside the jail' his' arms • had
been strapped' t9 "hia side; so the only
'further prepaiation.mas to tighten the strain;
upon his legs. , Everything being adjusted,
but without a cap or coveseing'of any kind
being:thrown over the face, the lever was
touched With his foot by the executioner,
the belt sprung Out and withe. sickening
thud, the body. Of Hugh • Playvern was
dangling down below. With the exception
of stretching out . his legs to their' fullest
length there weie.ne convulsive mevem'entil
.of the body„beyond some vory.slight nervous
twinges ot the Muscles of the neck and
shoulders. The physician of the jail, Dr.
R • lard, pronounced him dead in eleven
niiitee after the bolt was drawn..
A IUD :
Etayvern was 28, years of age, and was
brought " up to no business.. His parents
are WA; but he was born in Montreal.
.:11is Mother stated in the witness -box -that
he liad, never earned a' dollar by honest
labor. He was convicted twenty-three
times for all the offences in the criminal
calendar in our local courts. During
the brief Intervale he was out of
prison his mother stated in court that
he was never sober. At the, time of the
murder for :which he has paid the laiit
penalty of the criminal law he was serving'
his time for highway robbery with violenco.
upon a man who had previously treated
him generously. One of his most frequent
offences was brutal assaults upon the police.
His family reside here, and it was said
that one of his brothers was present and
Witnessed the execution. .
•
gfl,NSATIOS LOVSItg.
There were ittout 160 persons admitted
within the jail endoehre, the large majority
having no business Present bat to gratif),
an odious reorbid curiosity,. Singular to
say there was it number of fair young girls
of apparent respectability admitted to the
jail who lookeddown upon the scaffold with
wondering eyes from the windewe above.
They had at least the good Mete to with.,
drew while the execution was taking plade.,
After the body hadbeen suspended about
• half an hour It was cut down and an inquest
held by Coroner jones. A formal verdict
was returned by the jury, after bearing pr,
Robillard's testimony.
Outside the jail walls a large crowd had
collected, but they could see nothing of the
proceedings within. -
la..010A11711 THAJP.141O.
IMO,* OftPleln KllIed in all Attack
Upon u Dhow.
Zanzibar despatch to London pays on
the 3rd inst. Captain Broalirigg, ot the
British man-of-war London withten men
in a steam pimutoe, etteMptedto capture
a dhow flying French colors and loaded
with slaves. The Arab crew resisted
fiercely. Captain Brownrigg, a seaman,
the stoker; and a supernumerary Were
killed, One Man Severely and two slightly
wounded. The dhow escaped.
LONDON, Dcc. 6. -The Standard says the
Admiralty Office has sent orders to Zanzi-
bar for the man•of-war Philomel to -block-
ade Pemba Island, near which Capt.
Brownrigg, of the man-of-war London, was
killed on the 3rd inst. in attempting to
capture a dhow loaded with slaves.
A nrtaAii.x...rox
Mae Disease Rapidly Spreading Over the
Continent.
A despatish from Chicago says the
Med:cul.j4e iew for December says:
" Satell•pox seems to be sweeping over the
country'from the Atlantis) coast westward
to an extent not before observed during the
present decade. The health reports indi-
cate that almoet every city and country
village throughout New England and the
Middle States is infected, while from
Chimp the alarm is quite general. The
mild weather so far has been favorable, but
with the coming month there is reason to
apprehend serious trouble.. It is estimated
that 30 per gent. of the . 400,000 emigrants
who landed here in 1881 are suseeptible. to
the infection ef small -pox. The 2,000
cases in Chicago this year vvero .almost
entirely confined to this incoming elites."
, _
A Woman norribly Treated..
despatch from Allegan, Mich. soya
The Hilliard'' family, living at Hopkins,
this, county, have long had dissensions
about property. Cfn Friday Eugene went
to William's, where their mother lives, and
began quarreling over family 'affairs.
Williana'a wife interfered in the mether'13
behalf, when Eugene assaulted her, broke
her jaw, fractured three of her ribs, and
then threw a pot of boiling water at her,
severely. scalding her breast and arms.
.She is in a critical condition now because
of these wounds. Eugene was jailed here
Saturday night, and is not yet bailed.
One sold nage lIoPpy.:
"Yee, I always make a 'nal:nicks of send-.
Mg some poor family a Thanksgiving
turkey," he was saying to the grocer, "an
hall want an extra one this week. "Yee,
must make at least one seal happy." '
" Heaven bleas yen," called out it
man who had been asking .the price of
'onions; "you are the num who sent .me
that tokey last year !"
" Is that so-? You were living on
street?" • •.
• " Lwas, and i wee laid up with a. lame
foot and my wife was pearly dead with the
Well, I'm glad to meet you. I told the
ootudinian to give the bird to some' deserv-
ing pereen,and glad you were Made
"•••-•""-- ,lid-Tehall never forget you -sir. --1 put
that turkey up et a raffle; raked' in 133 on
him, and, outside of a pint of whiskey • for
••my wife, 1 leld in enough Wham tolast me
six weeks1 • May you nosier know what it
is to be poor r -Detroit Free .Press.
Lord Ellonhorough once said to a barris-
ter upon hie asking in the midstof it boring
harangue " Is 15 the pleasure of the Court
that I ehould proceed with:my statement?".
Pleasure, Mr. —, hag been ottt of the
question for a long time, tett yea May pro.
Curious
•
oioneneX.--61 discofere 0110 IMr1011tr
g1.15tOM 10 your countree, madame!"
Madame-" What is thet;.pionsieni?"
X.-4 It ees.zis Ven a 'young ladee she
get -vat yen call it -.-married, she. bag her
game, I tink I hear you Bey ?". • •.: '
M. -"We sometimes so remark, mon-
sieur," .
X.-" And yen a young ladee sh0 tell a
young man she no bid heem, you say she
geef heeni de sack?" '
Quite true, monsieur."
• X.-" Now,:liiadame, when I read in se
ze dioshun•-•-se vat you call eet
'ficid ie sack and ze bag are ze. sameeting.
BO, madame, X find me dat it is Zergustom
in zis ceuntree von a young ladee she will.
.marry she put ze young num in .20 bag;
end ven. ze young lady she:Will not merry
he make, of ze bag a present to ze Young
man. Zia is one curious gustom I find in.
3iotir cguntree, made* ,• and it mooch
interests me." -,0i/ City Derrick. ",.
'LOVE'S YOUNG" DREAM.
' An Extraordinary quit for Breach of
Promise to Marry. .
AN EXHIBITION OF TROPICAL LOVE LETTERS.
A deppatoh from .New York City says:
Miss Ida Ullman, of this oity, recently
brought suit for 625000 damages for breach
' of promise of marriage against Henry A.
'Dfewer,,,. a member of the firm of Julius
Mayer Sons, dry goods dealers, of Rich,
mond Va. In opening the MB% her counsel
' amid that in August of Iastyear Ms client
and Mayer went out driving in Central
Park, and on their return Mayer proposed
marriage. She referred him to her father.
Some days after this young Mayer eaffie
to the house with a friend and chided
her for not kissing him' on his arrival. She
, replied that this was not proper, as they
were not engaged: Her father consented
to their marriage, and Mayor's parents
offered no objection. They became engaged
on the 16th of Noven3ber following. Mr.
Mayer's sister came :to this city about the
middle of January last to visit the Wilmans.
Shortly after she had a quarrel with the
; family and left the house. Mr. Mayer
05..Me back to this city, • and for two days
did not' go .pear Miss Ullman. He then
called and demanded an interview with
,her, when he charged her with receiving
presents from other men and allowing
them to kiss her. Hirsaid that he would
not and oould not marry her, and added
that his sister had toldhim these stories.
TIM rIutflalri''S Mgr. . • .
Mia Ullman, the plaintiff, was theta
called to the stand, and repeated substan-
tially the narrative given by her counsel.
Inyeferring to the 'ride at -Central Park
she said that the party stopped at Mount
• St. Vincent and Judge Smith's, On that
occasion, as they were riding. home, the
defendant asked her to allow bim to make
amish on her ring. She Asked him what
this wish was, and he said that it was that
lie wished her not to take the ring off until
he returned. They then exolaa,nged vows
of love, and he promised to make •her his
wife. On the llth of September she
received three letters frore him. In a letter
dated September 12th be says: "1
received your letter, and would
like to devour it, stamp, envelope
and all.? He ci
omplained n his letter
of feeling sick, but in one dated the 15th he
said, "It is the past of Yom Kippur, but
shall be able to get through my fast all
right, for, being sick, the doctor has allowed
me to eat." On the '19t1i of September,
referring to a visit of his cousin's to New.
York, he said : " My young 'cousin Meyer.
came book with anexcellent report of you.
This is a proof that you will always be mild,
with the Meyers. Hciw sad the moonlight
nights make Inc feel They remind me of
the evenings *5 went to Central Park. Oh,
that pleasure drive, that sparkling
champagne I I think you • are perfectly
right in accepting all invitations for driving
out on such beautiful nights," •
• On the 7th oi October, in replying to
mine expressions of the plaintiff as to the
pleasure she felt in reading a novel balled
" The: Count's Secret," he says: "1,,have
-nb:-tinie for,..movel,rearling4....if_the.
'Count's Secret' will tell me how to make
the largest possible amount of wealth .in
the Shortest possible spite° of time; I would
read it. Thope you will takelke Cohen in
hand and make him atood boy; he eannot
find a better. guardian than .you. As for .
ab pest redemption. Kim Katrina
-fert••mer-fer4-love-her-like.:-Limburger-
.cheefie.' On'thel4th of October the • wit-
ness said he arrived in this,. city,. and her
father, as their engagement Wandonipleted„,
asked. • him • • to • rercicrie4N" valise;
from the ' Astor 'House to ',her parent's
house, and he continued to ligthe guest of
-her father fromthattinie until the engage,
remit. was:broken Off. On the Ttli of. No-
vember' he wrote to plaintiff and • said:
I am getting very impatient. •If do net
iee my darling soon I do not know whet
i3hall do." Referring to •• the elections he
says: " I'don't care who is eleotedoe long
as,I get my darling. Lam a candidate for
her heart; .and l'Itnew I shall get the most
Votes. must say -by •. Send. me
some mere kisses. • •I will pay :you -back
when I see'yout." In a letter dated Nevelt-
ber 30th ha said: will give me great:
pleasure to introduce you:th.ioitie of My
friends se.niy intended. I know you will:
be true to me; .and want you to enjoy
'yeiirdelf. 'old girl gets married
te-clay.-. I cannot' take • your advice and go
and see her Married, for it takes plebe. EMS
orclook in the day, •liast when I am the
busiest, and with me it fa silwaye business
before pleasure. I would rather be with
you and give you it kiss.' I'll say now,
Goodnight and happy' dreams.' . I hope
'Nellie and the Cigarette man are all right.
• By the way, have you had your teeth flied?'
You sly puss, You don't mention that in
your letter." On December 8th he wrote,
" I de believe I've get the nicest, sweetest
little goosie inthis country." On the 29th
of December he *rote, "I am ;going to a
lean Year hop, and 1 shall hug all the gigl
that I can, but nothing will do ma somuth
good as you. It is only the realgirl that
will do for : •• • • •
In further examinationVaintiff said she
had received it letter from the defendant;
dated January 41hl 1881. - It was produced
and read. In it-thedefendant said: "Your
letter carae to me to -day like a' draught of
water to a thirsty traveller, I aim going to
it mssicaie • this evening with, a tharming
little girl, and if it is possible t get
•mashed on two girls at one time she would
there the honors with you, but at present
she has only onoquarter of my heart and
you have the other threp.quarters. I am
now going to. bed .to dream -of my darling.
I was going to ask you 50 do likewise; but
stay, don't do it,: stay Up and write me a
good long letter." " •
The siiikhas been on trial for a week,
and the jury have just given a'verdiet for
.plaintiff, -with $1,500 damages. The costs
will foot up a sum over that amount, and
defendant will have to pay them, bsit he is
rich.
; Revolting Scene, in n: Sisioon.
• •
A telegram from New York says August
Gilsge entered e, saloon and asked for a
drink. It was refused him, as he was
shivering under the effect of a recent pro-
longed debauch, and a cup of coffee was
given him instead. ' While drinking it he
fell upon the floor and died. • A reporter
Who visited the saloon Pound the . dead
man Where he had fallen between two
:tables at which Men were drinking. Along-
side three men were playing pool. One• of
the players preyed to be a polieemen-who
had,been sent from the ;Mercer street sta-
tion to watch over the body until the
arrival cif the coroner.. Gilsoe, because of
drunken habits, had been 'discarded by his
'family; respectabla. and wealthy, of Bra-
bant, Belgium. • •
, A Strange Disguise.
The leading sensation in the town of
Pullman, near Chicago, ig the discovery in
man's attire of an interesting female with
dark hair and eyes, a comely form and
pleasing manners. The Indy has been at
• workin the town for the pest three months
as pp roofer, and has done work on the
highest buildings with asonuoli skill as the
best workman. 'Upon the discovery of her
sex she donned female dress, •anti secured
• employment usa doniestie. A sensational
story about her is that she is a female safe-
blower, and is recognized by Bomb as the
• most expert burglar in the °wintry.
Mons remarkable in some respects than
any, of the proposed canals -Maryland,
Florida, Fundy, Kraw, Kiel, Corinth or
Copt! Cod -is the one now in coutempla,-
tion aeross southern France, to bonne:it
She Atlatitio Ocean •with the Mediter-
roman. By its very terms this project
takes rank among oanals of the first or
interoceanic order, with the Suez arid
Panama undertakings. It must also rank
with them in the vast expense of conetruc-
Um But leen& a canal likely to pay for
• itself? That is the real question ; and an
affirmative auswer will turn even the
Iberian peninsula into an'artificial island,
ike other tempting peninsulas of the day.
A handsome memorial to Thomas Clark-
son, the philanthropist, was unveiled the
other day itt WisbethiEngland, on the spot
where Clarkson once dismounted to rest
and, while meditating Upon the Seen° about
him, resolved to dedicate himself to the
liberation of the slave. The memorial is
in.the form of a Statue, beautifully carved
in white Ancestor stone,
Tho finest railroad station in the *United
States is said to be the now the of the POnil.
sylvanite Cortipany in Philadelphia. It
stands in the heart of the eity, and is
deseribed as a " Magnificent Opeeirden of
Gothic architecture,"
A 1142.121111111WE 0EE0. •
A 3-Med.n4sa1f.year old Boy POlitilkeeve
•gene on en bis Roby Brother, 1.1to is
'•'Movably Burned and Dies.
Moog/All, Deo. 3. -Yesterday during a
brief absenee of his mother, Willie Blake,
aged 8-and-a.half, poured keroseneroil, oVer
a baby brother in a cradle and r set it on
file with a match. The infant Was horribly
burned sta. soon died.
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-1515110P10/A 1251121I11 SALE.
Over 1,200 Square 1111deo Disposed of
Yesterday.
The Ontario Legislative Chamber was in
a lively state onTueaday. The occasion was
the sale, under an Order -in -Council, of
timber berths in the Muskoka, and Parry
Sound Districts. Such a sale had net
taken !place since the year 1872, when the
Hon. E. W. Scott was Commissioner of
Crown Lands, and the leading lumbermen
of Ontario were gathered together in active
competition. Among these were such well-
known loperators as Moss= Boyd, of Peter-
boro'; David Moore, Ottawa; Charles
Cameron Collingwoocl; McArthur Bros.,
Toronto M. Brandon, Toronto; Richard
Nagle, Ottawa; F. Murray, Arthur Hill,
Rusk Harris, J. C.Mi1Inr, P Cockburn, J.
B. Booth' and others equally imminent.
There were present too Americans from
Bay City, Saginaw and Tonawanda.
The Speaker's place was occupied
by Mr. Couper, Chief Clerk in the
woods • and forest branch of the Crown
Lands Department, who acted,. as auc-
tioneer. The sale commenced promptly a,t
noon, continuing till 4 o'clock, when
seventy•twe " berths'," containing 1,281
square miles, had been sold at prices which
averaged about 8600 per square mile,
including ground rent and dues., •The
groins proceeds et thelliale will reach the large
Bum of 8717,176. The decidedsuccess of this
sale and the unprecedentedly high
prices realized may be learned by a com-
parison of the sale of 1872, when the
average price reached a little lese than
8200 per square mile, as against
0600 per square. mile yesterday.
It was undoubtedly the largest and most
suticessful sale of the kind ever held in
Canada. Commissioner Pardee was pre-
sent during .the whole .of the time and
watched the proceedings • closely. The
bidding was exceedingly lively and very
keen. Berths which were started at $100
per square mile went up to $1,000 in a' very
few minutes. One berth with an area of
sixteen square miles was run up to $2,525,
at which price, or a total of over .$40,000,
it was knocked down to Mr. J. M. Martin.
This is a most remarkable showing, and
tloe significance of the figures will be
realized when it is stated that at the last
sale, which was held by the Quebec Govern.
ment; the average was only $08.
11113.011.11.TRENDING ACC1DENY. •
Threelloys Killed by the Wall of a llitined
. •Biailding. .
Sr. Seria,'N.I34 Dec. 0. -Between 4 and
5 o'clock this afternoon a shocking accident
occurred at the ruins of St. Mary's Church
Sunday School building, east end of Water-
loo street, by which three boys were killed.
The building was recently damaged by fire.
The boys, whose names were Blies Marten,
Charles Doig and Harris Farrell, .were
playing on the basement when the main
floor fell and crushed them to death. One
little boy.who was with them escaped and
-gave the -alarm. Hughoyes, with,two
:iTiociff Wirer tlf,irWeson ' got ma; - An
other men, ,went to the so e akence,,and
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'alarm cf &awes struclarom loox,21, and
the firemen were called •to the ' scene to
assist in clearing away, the debris.. , The
•third body..waa •foinul soon after their
atrival.....Xemtert...mas_the lon.ofiLyvideyy,.
It was sometime before the parents of the
children became ayvare of„ the terrible awl -
dent, and when they arrived the scene was
heartrending. Great excitement prevails
in the vicinity.- The coroner:will holdan
• inquest to -night.
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Jelgiat-tggatignismag4tAN_1tloanklaig
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.A.ttempt to Blow Alio' Bigh the city Kai
• sivith a 44 Kaelbeen.4 .
A Montreal despatch (dated Sunday) says
a 'most infamous attempt td blow up the
court house was made here yesterday even-
ing, and but for the attempt being fortu-
nately. discovered in time it would have
very likely effeeted. its . purpose.' An
infernal Machine madeof zinc, and contain-
ing about ten pounds of dynamite was
placed bloae to the south side of thebuild-
ing, and as the •mechanism seems to be
most perfect, it being wound up like a deck,
there is little doubt it would have exploded
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at the time it was eet for. The Machine is
now in- the ,poliee itition; and the most
active searchis going forward to Obtain a
clue t� the perpetrator of the fiendish act.
The machine is abant ten inches long;
eight inches wide and twelve. inches deep.
The regulating works ' Were Placed on a
layer of tarred felt on the top, and were
in operation when found: : The • Machine
was in a wooden box, and was discovered
by e French Canadian citizen, who brought
it to the station, where a veteran of the
army acquainted with such instruments of
death stopped it. T.his terrible. affair will
cause great ale,geoin the city when it
becomes known, . moreespecially. when
'taken inconnectitin within
' ni
the binning of a
local newspaper office and an attempt to
burn 'a hotel by the aid of ;benzine and
petroleum. . •
Mrs, Menzel, an English woman, has
lived four years in Portland, Oregon,and
in that time haemanaged to acquire
great deal Of knowledge about the private
lives of Portlandpeople. Lately it fortune
calling herself Madame Lourmande,
put out a sign in the city, and was goon
doing an Orterraensbusiness,beeause,though
professedly it stranger, she Was able to sur-
prise her callers With remarks about their
private affairs. This went on until some-
body diseovered that she was none other
than Mrs. Manzal, transforreed into an old
French hag ly moans of a wig, painted
Wrinkles, the rembVal of false teeth, and it
foreign accent.
' SAD ACCIDENT.
Choristers Killed and injured on their
Way to Singing Practice.
VIOTOWL..rAMO• JR, Deo. terrible
accident of Saturday last has oast a glooth
over ther neighborhood where it occurred.
The following are the particulars of the sad
affair: The young people belonging to the
families of Mr. George Widdess and Mr. T.
Robinson were on their way to singing
practice at Vasey, in preparation :for the
new Methodist Church .opening. The
wheels of the waggon, which was crowded,
passed over a root and Mt. W. J. Robinson,
who was driving, was thrown violently to
the ground. The horses becoming alarmed
at the confiusion which ensued, started off
on the run, dragging Xr. Robinson along
the goad. Min Margaret Widaess attempted
to recover the lines, when she also was
thrown out and dragged some distance' ' sus-
taining injuries which led to her death in
about half an hour after the occurrence'.
Miss Robincion was rendered insensible for
some time frombruises which were inflicted
do her bead and shoulders, but she will, it
'W behoved, recover.
Terrible Wife fflurder.
'FALL RIVER, Miitig. Dem 7.-Prank
reeently arrested on account of a
difficulty with his wife, last night entered
the room where . his wife was eleeping,
kissed her and fillet her dead. He was
arrested.
A ILEAL BORIAINC/14.
IMO Metres* of Six B111110100 Secret
Marriage.
A despatch from Old Point Comfort tiare
a romance has pat come to light here in
regard to the marriage of Miss Fargo, the
heiress of 66,000,000, made by her father
in Wella & Pargo's express. She becania
engaged during the past summer to Lieut.
H. G. Squires, of the army, stationed et
Fort Monroe. Her mother opposed tha
match,but the young lady having ts
spirit of her own determined to circum-
vent parental opposition, so on. the
llth of last Ootober ;she and Lieutenant
Squires went for a walk to the Hygeia
Hotel at Hampton. On poaching Hamp-
ton they went to the house of the Rey. Mr.
Gravatt and announced their intention Of
being married then and there. Mr. Gravatt
made no objection to tying the knot:but
owing to the serious illness of his wife the
party adjourned to the house of a neighbor,
Mr. Heffelfinger, where the ceremony waa
performed. Mr, and, Mrs. Squires then
returned to Old Point: Nobody suspected
they were married, ,as the cler-
gyman and witnesses had been
bound over to seoreCy. Toward
the last of October Miss Fargo, as the was
otill called,left with her Mother for, their
home in Buffalo, and a few days afterward
Mr. Squires followed her and claimed his
wife. Looking the stable door was no use
then, so Mr, and Mrs,'Squires returned to
Fort Monroe, and the marriage was pub-
lished as haying taken place on the llth
of October. So Well had they kept their
secret that not the least silk:mown was
awakened 10 regard to the true state of the
case, and the announcementwas a thunder-
clap to their Most intithate friends.
mourrieur (SOCIETIES.
Not an 'Unmixed Blessing in England.
English benefit societies are falling into
disfavor, and not without cause, if reliance
is to be placed in the' returns recentlys
rendered of paupers in English workhouses
who had belonged to members of these
organizations. The total number of indoor
adult male paupers who have ceased to be
members of •beneilt societies is 11,034, of
these 7,391 have -ceased to be members by
reason of non-payment of contributions,
withdrawal or dismissal, and 3,913 break-
ing ne of the society. Of the latter, there
were those who were members who had
been menoloers for less than ten years,
1;720 ; for ten years and less than twenty
years, 1,026; for twenty years and less than
thirty years, 612 ; for thirty years and op-
waids, 555. This indicates a scandalous
state of things. It is really painful to .
think that the law should be so loose that •
Men of a frugal turn of mind, alter paying
in contributions to a benefit society for
over thirty years should, by the collapse of
the institution, be driven by necessity to
the workhouse. •
A letter from a New York correspondent
ventures to question the right of nien to
gla.P.A.,W2Menler,e?ttravagance, and takes
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as a basis to figure. upon the outfit of "a'
man who comes this way with a gay. swing,
softly whistling an air from 41thocaceio.'"
This is the billof partioulars: Cane, $.5;,..
silk hat, 57; cellar, 25 emits; ace.rf,' 82;
undershirt, $2; coat and Vest, ON;
pantaloons. 515; accessories, 84. aloes 89;
seal ring, 840; 'Watch and chain,. 6250.
grand' total, in the neighborhood of $500.
Sing a sting !of hair oil,
Pocket minus chink,
Four and twenty editors
pil ing printers' ink: ,
Now the pen:goes faster,.
Wonder what they mean,
Gues6 they must be writing ads.
For the improved Carboline.
:MODE.L_.FARM
Campanini gerved in the army when a
more bey and was afterward apprenticed to
it blacksmith. Tho hard work at the forge
developed that robust health Whiell to -day
enables him to bid defiance to the perils of
wind, rain and over-exertion, which so often
Cause disappointment to a singer and to
the publics.
A German playwright hag completed a
draidatio version of the late Lord Ithacan:0i-
field's story, "The Wdndroug Tale df
Alrey," which will Shortly be prochiced in
Mr. John Bowman,one of the oldest
eettlers of the Township of Woolwieh, and
tether of Mr. J. E. Bowman, ex-M.P., died
at St. jaeObs on Saturday morning.
:one 'Von- (24000 lbs
Thorley's • ImproVer Horse and , Cattlo Food. • '
Was on Deo. 7t1, shipped to thh Model Farm.
whore it as been largely fed for the past three
yearb. •
The fact of. the free and continually.in-
creasing use of nut Food at an institution whore
things are never done atrandom, but where
experiment and investigation are always made
with tha utmost care, and on scientific principles.
we shall allow to speak for itself.
.fflanufnetery 48 Sohn Street Soatia,•
Ilamilton, Ont. "
i • ANTI•LIQUOR° POWDERS•.'
itetucE A TONIC MINX THAT REMOVES
the effect of bad liquor
aa
ndover.drinkhig.
,arllsochelthec*aviegfor
:Birueadheana nrvon
prove digestion and regulate tho 'action of the
liver. S Powders in packet, 23 cents. 2 for
sample, 10 cents• , m.aillneciatifotir:sptarnatigpgsist, Tozonto;
EXAMINEV:w
y(t)Ildhsof.trehing.t. ?et!:
• Investigate our claim gt:heAthe mOat thor
• ough and practical school in Canada, and before
spending your money, satisfy yourself that the
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BRITISH AMERICAN COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
gropouvro,
Is the. place to learn Unsindes.4 Noinatitution
offers equal advantages to young aunt. Studdotti
enter at any•titne. For circular, and specimens •
Of Peunmanship, •
•Address the Secretary.
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Nervous Waste, Re
Wang 51410110 • itivenates the hist
Intellect, Strengthens the Enfeebled Brain, and
Itestgros Surprising Tette and vigor to the '• •
hattROd Organa. The experieuee of teousaado
Pr°vas it eadilliNZILList
lItiet
Latirthtoinrilth.
T11dico taste, and in
no ease and under no oircumstanoed can it do
hum. Each box contalia suffieiont for two •
Week's medication, thus being mei% cheaper
than any other medieine sold -east while 15 18
the..elleapest,itisniv our chbpettadmr.
Tull particulars wilieh we
desirstcetimnino
to inyvagion
riest. e
mi10 sou kir
druggists at 50 ets. per be*, or 12 hoxeS for 05,
or will be mailed .free Of postage on reeelpt of
tba b1"1/1°Yltteblyt'4416 fidrlalnihwegtilne,45le
01ftetdomItafocCotthou et.
gold by all drugglets everywhere.
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