The Sentinel, 1884-05-09, Page 6•
Pill
Over tie Orld.
It is rumored that Mr. lams, of Chits
& Williams, of Belleville, be appointed
, County Attorney of Itself tttit,
• The Inipeeial Hotel, W dsor,was broken
- open on Saturday iilight l burglars, and'a
<gold watqh and 010 'pleura as booty. The
perpetrators escaped.
•sJudgzetent was dervere in the Supreme
• Citurt at -Halifax on Satte.day confirming
.,the sentence recently p ed on the two
dynamiters Holmeiaod I -aeken.
On Saturday mornitig
happened to Mr. Hill,
• Wroxeter. While oiling
ing he fell, and a al.*trp pi
timed one of his hums.'
• considered doubtful
ericius''acsoident
aw millet of
_e of -the shaft
e of . iron pant-
ie 'recovery is
•
: . John • Forbes, -a ihohatan employed on -
the GoVerement teteerevr Newfield; at
lialife#,' was so severely t, tiured- On Thurs.
-day byan. accident • :to. E,e ship's 'hoisting
. gear while - workiqg . at he buoys at the
' sleuth, of the barb�r that4e died from the
effects _yesterday morninLn the 'hospital. ,
, .
•
'Diphtheria is reported be on the in-,
crease in Montteal.1, •Two:4 ttinilieseito- of •
eight_phildren and the ott t of five—have
- lately sustained the loss 4 three - and two
members respective y... k- eral ether farm-
. - lies are afflicted,. and theflialenee :of the
soottrgets attributed to be drainage !and
slaughtering by but:Thers.i- —
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. A ship: catpent i na • 4 James Perry,
an old readout of Port 1lbousie, junipect
.off the 'Welland traintas itt as nearing the
: station at port Dieliio-useYesterday after-
noon, - and:. was : thrown4under the oars,
if
which _pissed over hi ti,cutting 90 his
•: right arm and badly...ern tting bisieg'near
the thigh. His initiri *ill prove fatal• .
. . Another -man narrowly caped the Caine
• gate from ' the seine- a - being theown.
•
.--quite a disa• it*: •.1 -
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On Saturday afternoo
• mined Pay'
lne while _goi
the London Bast licitelief
-• Zvetet, and the pair w•t
Sometime efter.wa Wis, Pi
•
;ay down Under a tree;
titteret; butwhen he avtott , his companion
. and hismoney; amountin -tt e he isays,to 130,
were gone. Everet was arc ted at -the Grand.
Trunk depot *In the act o uyingi a ticket
: . . •
•• :for the West. - --
. „. . Bum . .
/Lord IL:Chute-hill will- sit the Stites.
tRnakin - oats Mrt. Gletttstonet.," an old
t Windbag." . -. - - ..
- A --Paris: 4f:if-vetch sa
--ernment is preparing to
„ t :squadron in Chinese wa
.. Priming Elizabeth, et tSexcatitItenburg,
book -binder -
t e rounds of
in with Angus
off together.
e feeling.eleepy
°coal -tamed; by
•••.I
a Frenobov-
uoa
the Freneh
'• was married yesterday a
the Grand Duke Opiate
. mony was 'performed at
. with great pomp.
_ A Berlin despite
'Uwe made'a conte
the plot to blow up
. at Niederwald. Th
of dynamite was
underneath the m
tura alone preventel the-
-
t. Petersburg to
Mei The oere-
tot Winter- Pela0e
ea .two anarohists
ion g ng the.cletails of
he stt-tud Of. Germania
y. sett thet a • quantity
num t,- ttnd the Il1O18.
18,08titaptpe
-a dramn '-pleeiont ;
By the breaking of a b ge near Cuidadt-
-. _zeal, Spain, yesterday ' rniog a train of
•. ruotenger oars was -pre° itated into ; the
• MU.. Several persons a 4 repotted killed:
' Twenty received severe . juries: One of
the -supports of the brid was after*arda.
found to have been !ant t oug,h. It ist be.
lieved the disaster was eesult..of neali.
tam week.,
--. . A Paris despatch says e, Yoltitiit. eve
- that the Government hastoteoted -.General
_Millet, commander Of -th9Frenoh forces in-
Tonquin, to report what etrther operations
Would be necessary to sere Op conquests
• in Tonquin. He 'hail zepged that it will be
_quite sufficient to sttenget n he paititiOns
naval coal depot depot at Oboe I wilt* will be
already gained. gone° mit established a
- - very useful . in theeventof ii war with
- r .
China.
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A sensation has been cs sedan Berlin -by:
the statement made by Err Richter to the
committee of the Bei -deg having 11n
charge the resolution tel ng to the anti-.
.Socialists law, that t ana his had placed'
....sateen pounds of dyn ito under : the
•
- ' statue of Germania :at derviald shoitlY'
• before the unveiling of t rnentiment, and
• that a: terrible catastro was only. 'pre-
• vented by the fortunate ucestance that
•-.vain had rendered the e loetie hate:dean
• forth -e -time. Theiclynsoite' fatted in its
• 1311011i014 . and was ' disfeered after - the
immense assentblage. hattdeparted. . The
-fact had been kept. ' tiorerintil this time. •
- - Viseoant-Torting n dL On Sundae: . --4 -
The Spent* Minietet Washingtoneaye
• Itriin will never part wit, Ohs. ' --•
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- ThePope has accepted/ herhsignation by
Cardinal Ledochowaki of.ie Archbishopric
of Greisen resent, t - 13.-
The steamer Assyl ;lent for Ifildagaso' ar
With provisions for. ;the eivenclv forcepe has
• : been -wrecked at PrOvidettettIsland, in the.
•' Indian Ocean. - - '.- -.
- A Madrid despatch siV4 the elections in
• _ .
' forty-six districts for -Inernberi. Of ' the,
•- Chamber of Deputies reathed in the selec-
tion of Ministerialiste. - ' -•' •
t
Advices from Berber it
• Pasha - has proolainied-
• .the twit. The inhibits
•thatroOps have niatehed
1
- . The Rwislan Minister
butes the gloomy isonditi
trade in Russia' to cbri
• . United Stable Canada
"ors of wheat. • .• .-1
Adyiees from . Pape
- ' -strike and Onions disotd
' Mb. : The Mame ilofti
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men being searched' on.
•'• the-daies work- tp-- .
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Major' Fielden *kite -i to the London
• Standard protestingagaieeit that jetliners.:
• giving- currency: to ' the nutor :that! -the
ittreely parttthad mutinttl- and had Mitt-• .
dared their commander. -,-`. •. —
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- The °elope Gazett 4141 M. Ferry will
• -demand- binding, iiieogek*,.0.--,EngleniVto
renounce the Reit of: anti' Tem.*, or etitabliohie
• :. Ing.e. prOtectirate over-- - .pt, and that if
-- i •England refugee to give Re, dgei France will
• Abstain from the Egypti tt conference • '
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- .The acting agent of th OW part'', Which
. . . - . ,
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•
• e that Huisein
e eves:midden of
litieiftedt and
join the rebels.
Finance
of fmanoe and
Ltetition with the
-tti India as export -
own mention a
inthediamond
difficulty is the
he conclusion Of
ttimito-'itnite'all--.ietrkitie--- Web wit:: Ciiie
thotiittaittYdra alreadycomederable lands
wit tWhi the . campaign with
endears provided with torpedoes. Retiolv-
ing-gpie will ptoteett the ortiwilf attacked.,
These veaselewill bet employed against
British men-of-war in various harbors.
As a freight Wain on .thet Flint & Pere-
-Maiquette:roadtWaretittessingtet pceterid?
-bridge over Case River,. SiX miles east
-East 'flagintiWt• on -Batumi:8Y evening, - the
bridge. gave way, carrying tWebtp oars into
the river fifteen feet below. - The locomo-
tive and tender, .oretifsed in safety. The
loss is heavy, as the oars- were leaded: • No.
one -vies injured.. • •• -
-Feank Erdman, Who. committed a fitter
-assault on John Hager at East Buffalo on
Saturday, --is a Canadian and fernier resi-
dent of London; Oat-, where it is believed
be has gad, to -avoid arrest: Three yeare
ago be. was arrested in Erie for a similar
assault, but 'ashis vietim recovered he was
let off With a. short teem in the peniten-
tiary.
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Wilhelmina Gotliett. Naddlity, living at
No. 147 Central avenuetIluffelce gave birth
to -a female abild. on Thursday night and
strangled it to death soon after its birth.
She made it- full confession of her - crime.
The woman is Married, but her husband
hatenot lived with her for three years. The
fatherofthdchildis unknown. - - •
At the assembly -of the Jewish ,Alliance
in Vienna yesterday.- the. President an-
nounced that the emigration to -America of
the victims- .9f , Russian -persecution- had
resulted in great success. Some _money
was voted to be forwarded to the Montefiore
Agricultural and Aid- Society of New York
in aid of Jewish colonies in America.
A- Cairo despattih says the recent report
of the surrender of gerber was .premature.
The British agent there telegraphed to -day
that the -position of the town wasdesperate,
but be . did • net , mentiOniher' surrender.
Subsegu-ently, however, bei-annonneed that
, the eieepe were; testing the -town, and:
that the *els' were entering houses in the
outskirts. _ The agent has left Berber for
Roroliko,.. tt •
' Before issuing the recent encyolioal on
the Freemasons,. the Pope had :elaborate
reports furnished him by Cardinal
Dean -of the .Steeted College, - and`b374 the
renegade Mattel). The Pope stated, in the
Weenie) of several Cardinals: "1 haverea-
son to believe that the Freemasons, and
various eocieties-svhialt are affiliated to or
result from them, are stiongonineeribelly
&MoogCatholics in both hemispheres."
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e can,-•
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Cattle ate perishing by Wholesale in
Western Texaa from drought and famine.
• The . daughter, of 'Rear -Admirer Nicholls
his been robbed •of $1,000 worth Of:jewel-
lery in the Ebbett _House, Washingten:
The United States House of Representa-
tives has passed the -Bill for the relief of
the Atherican merchant marine. . -
_ Reoently-convicted prisoners in Citoill-
nati have been sentenced to 'abnormally
heavy terms of imprisonment. - - • .
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SA,‘
-SoluokArs
ceueoi War --The .Goteemattte -Re
ease to send.. etnoteet Expe-plin—
War ! .cerrespendent Aires 'litter
-motet. '
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A Sat -tatty night's London oahtvgta' m
says : A bOunoirwas held at the;.Wett Matte
this morning. It is rtiotiid that tito4uke
ot Cambridge, toid Wadley, the tt-ttrquis
Of Heetingtou and :others advise: spat** the
- _ . ;-
expedition t� Berber, or any advancttttittat-
ever until alai force is equipped Uzi **eve
Khartoum in the entuntn-. The ErttOttati
Premier is. pressing the. Governetto to
oome to immediate decisionThe
Egyptian trobPs at Atisouati CLIO ie0er
stations in Upper Egypt dealer° 000 in-
tention -of: joining El Mahdt. NumttteCare
deserting?". • -. • •
The Ring Of Abyssinia has agitt4 to
AdiatrallHewett's. proposals totinvOthe
-Poudan for the relief of. the.Egyptetatger-
iiions, and 'whilst them to Withdraw thebugh
- The Dablin. Express gays Seines
M.P., who went to the: Soudan .as '
pendent '9f .the London Witte; h
arrested. by the Egyptian authoritie
pitteuitdocuments were - found in.
session, among them letters from
men to the Mahdi, • „
A . Cairo. despetbli -says troop.
havetarrived at liortatie. _
55 minion the journeyThd troops at Berber have fret.:tized
with the !rehele.. The condition _Oftegairs.
excited the deepeet.0:Meerut, The "Aebi-
Iapts-46fileeittg from the place, an :;wil1
be deserted in a few days. A deepateh
from Berber reports that four .brigtal.te of
Bashi BaZQUIP3 and 500 soldiers hat-tothed
the. rebels. - : •
• :The . Government's refuaal to an
etpeditien to relieve Berber, bans t teat
excitement in political clubs.. A no rty
coalition is being formed for the puttiette of
attacking the Government's policy. t
t- It is stated that atthe Egyptian. otehieten pe
Fiance will urge the- revival of gapuaL
control, and that •Earl Granville wilt: ,take
a -conntertpropoeitien Mt -plebe Ettep,tian
finances tinder the control of the Epteitean
. • -
powers generally:-• - •.
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Teirtyttwo pays -veneer a emote.
.- A • Highland,- Coi., • despatch' tteeyst
Doripg the terrible storm of Pdttottay,
March lObh, a monster anew -elide detteettid
and buried under. tweptyfeet of sum413he
cebinin Which - Joseph- . and Sane tSteelet
Geo. Motels, J. F. Thorne and J. Tate
Were living. :The size. of the Ambit • eix
miles-- above ;hist place, up pontitaenne
Gulch..- The bodieteof-tee five nnfottettate,
fter II:inch-herd work, as. tht tow'
miners 4itere -taken out the • knotting
was packed- solloliekihat it had. tcel,oe`otit
out in .bleeks.wtth an. axe. - One of the' Men
was foundwith' his. pipe 'in 14ie :naoy.p.,,• 4nd
his <pi:Mutt-knife: dapped in his hand, the
.others in position* showing - conottettely
that they werealtinetantly killed, itttebene
had a dog that he prized very highlyt t bat
always- - Made his quetters under the tetutk
• e,
ally,
14 2
tes-
en
e-
Os-
Lich-
om
ir1ost
The agitation New .York -against the "where the men -slept, and of course very -
trade in:dressed beef from Mow ia meet-, body- supposed the. dogwas kil1e6t iltOn
ing with considerable success; andti move.. April 041 Mx. Ileveke and Ohas;Jotiteon,
mentis iti-piogress to boycott all btitohars -of Aspen -tierdt tunnelling in the Slide
,
who waist dealing in . looking for ,trunk vatible
. .
- Dr, Newman, tif.New York,' - been, PSPersevehen they: heard the dog teline,
-
served with an .injiinCticin -.restraining him and finally dug him out from - iniktrt-t, he
from fulfilling his pastoral functions until bunk .artve- and Well,- but thin atter his
thirty-t*ti days! teeprlsonment with T.4otligng
May let, when the motion will be heard
- to eat but snow. . -
before the•coHirt.• e . -
•The elide sttuoktlie cabin on tilt,. tt. gide
_A terrible eyelet:id struck Jamestown, O.,
yesterdaywhere the bunk was, but left three ootinds
. afternoon. • Twotthirds 9f the <
of logs standing, which protected We nk
town were completely ruined, six persons
killed and .many wounded, whilst hundreds and saved it from being crushedttt, -4,bhe
MEM of snow, leaving 4 space of 36 ii for
of people are rendered hOnlele$S.•
• M. S. Robinson, a . grain commission, -
merchant. of Chieego, was arrested on
Saturday -charged with selling- 40,000
bushels of flax seed bought for a firm in
Logansport, for which they hold his ware-
house receipts.
. the dog.
- Charles Dull a. miner,' was found.on. the
roadside near Bradford, Pat: yesterday
morning, unconscious, his skull crushed,
and by his side -a baseball bat covered with
blood. He was last seen with a party Of
minerie and it is supposed in a drunken
quarrel he received the fatal wounds -
The Thetis will sail on Thursday and the
Alert on May 10th. -
During March 38,600 immigrants arrived
111.the -United +hates: - stitte,
Jack Cole, one of the sailors of the 'lint
steamer Jeannette; died at an whim
in Washington yestekdaymornipg. His in-
sanity was the result of hardships and ex-
citement of the retreat- to the Siberian
ooast after the loss of the vessel.
- The Seritialtobia deispiteh readied from
Paris regarding Tynan, the Mysterious
" No. -1 " of the Invincibles; is stated from
a Buffalo source to be entirely without
foundation; ,the real -Simon Pre being
stilLin the -United States..
• Simon Motititaged 25'yearet a mute, of
Dublin, Ont., was struok by -a Chicago &
Grand Trunk engine while walking en the
track at Cheboygan, Miolt., on Sunday, and
.
instantly, killed. After the inquest the
remains Will be taken to Canada.
Philip4Iildebreobt, a bartender at Tren-
ten, N.Act, became insane on Sunday night.
He was7eleciping with Lewis Pfleget, a
Jeweller, and tattacked him, inflicting a
frightful:- wound itt hia /head.. Pfleger
etrisggled for life, and finny threw the
Mall* and escaped. • Hildebreoht WAS
looked in," The officers found him bleeding
from terrible e...Wounds on his neck and
arms, inflicted. with broken_peces of toilet
artielee :.His recoverv is doubtful.
• Thetneweboys and bootblacke, of Chicago
paraded last night with torches, drums, and
mottcfes signifying their approval of e
proposition before- the City -Cotutoil to .
bring them under police regulation; by
requiring them to pay a small license feel
anctwear badges. One or two -newspapers
object to the move; and the boys threaten
to bciyoott.them; ,
• .ploalle411{easOns- Why Bread is
Bread -baking appears to be moo the.
lines of businetie litwhich-ovee4sOmpetition
increee,ei the price - of the citrate-4AV.
Theta are more master bikers than ti,here is
btisineits tier, more ovens than battliett to
bake, , more bones , and carts and ettiers
than would Cover a 'city.thtee tie:teethe
size, andmere bad debts than in any Other
busineest. As long as this continuett *be
the easel beker's • bread must be dtettand
light, and, thrifty: housekeepers will -take
for themselves. A lady in the kOrthern
part of the -city, who has a large tatteily,
• .says ' she just sates $e)atablith bYtt-k#Ing
her own 'breed. No S4 .a MOlitkiqust
848-a year, the tenth pert ofmany6tettn'e
• iiilary.--tTorento
He that .would not . when ' he migCt laha
not when he weeds
• Aka recent bali in.NeW Orleans, ::i the
most conspitittotts box, the' centre l'or. all
eyesBettlefferson Davis, the daughtete of
Gen. Lee, and the wife of Stonewall Week.'
He who . eedulonaly attends, e peMeillY
asks, ()aptly Speaks, coolly •answqseand
ceases when , he has no InOrelost.3,„ it in
poisessicat of come -of the besii redutt.ttes
- • -
of.rnan.-L-Laeter. . -
Housewife:
"But, Eliza, youttlever
'have your housework' dote 1" tittench
Oirvant No • madam need not ',evader
it that. If medal* is alwaysIscoldsng-Ane,
I must listen, and SO I lose so much ti0e."
Leaving home this morning for the dfAce
we kissedour little 4-year-ohl gefe4ye,
saying to him, " Be, a good boy ta.44y."
He somewhat erirprieed Ms by saytag, " I
will. Be a good Man, papa." Sure eee9pgh,
We thought, we need -this exhortation more
than he.—Bayard '(Iwe) Net,*.
=
Chin Chen Secretary of the Cese.
Legation at Washington, pinnies .teineself
upon Speaking -good English, an *hen.
asked whether he would have eggs; or
Orearli in his tea at Mrs. Frelitighlyeen's
receplionthe othee'evenlianswere&I thiis :
&traveller who had just read On the
guide-post-4'0)01*th two -males,", thought
:tce makegame of a passing Iriehman by
askiogteltlf Ws two -miles to -Dublin; Pat,
hew -10ng: wily it take to get . there p"
"Faith," returned Pat," and if yer heels
881010w- valet: witityttllegiOtieretabotit
„
• &lever writing to his sweetheart says:
Deleotable dear1 - You are so sweet,
that lieney would latish ill your preemie,
and treacle stand appalled." •
. ' • .• .;-'
" fie epais• cream; ' iniJake& stife4 me
takeelea -het addr Eitrinikiirdebliii1,- please:"
_
Wait not- for your diffieulties tettettee-e
there is to ;soldier:I:Very: to -be...,ett,t", on
peaceful' fields, no -sailor'As daring t t4. be
..sito,N14:441 stripy seat ne4 :pr4a-t thip
tettliettitoVect when allttemetwelEt
patience:, hetoialove, devout emir* egen-
tlenesee are not to be formed twhett ere,
are no, deubts, no irritations, no dig tai
• •.
Theitthti was brimful, but it stoto
take on. a lady. She had soarcely-sctuctezed
her teatylin itehettatmait squeezed k- way
PUtt *410 Itiktreaelige thei2iiiiiiffrt07 he
growled: "Here's a fair sample •tott, the
hoggishness of the .men 'of Ott -401"
How t!' "Why the selfish wretOet sat
theee and made .MO give up my seat/ .my
OVIII wife l"—Detroit Free FTE88.
A
sientenced t.
ed
A NOW joeriksPatch eats: • George
Jeffrey and °,h. wife, indicted for
murder in, the gret degree of an
mate child at Sautthtown,- L. 14 came up
for trial to -day It. River Head. Jeffrey
rethdrewitisforin r plea oftiot guilty, and
leaded minty. Ate murder in .the second
gree. He was stittteneed_to State Prison
at Sing Sing for h e: His wife was dis-
charged on'the groind‘of ooeroion..
The murder flee. child was -preceded
by a long list o ' brutalities and was
most deliberate., tt was born out of wed-
lock,- its mother being Dolly Pollard,
colored, and it a white man residing
in BrOoklym jelftey Married Dolly, Pol.
lard and made her work to support him.
The child was an obstruction. It was left
alone in the house in the morning, and not
peen again until night, bread and water
being left for it On be floor. Jeffrey would
lift the child by he hair from the floor and
fling it at his wifeli head When he was
humored. It appearing to Jeffrey that
systematic- torture, would not hill the child;
he resorted' a harsher method. The
child's _mother • bait the • dreadful act com-
mitted, and did 6.11 she could to help Jef-
frey conceal the etitne.- He held the child's
body between his legs like a block in a
vice, and twisted NI head until itspeck was
broken. _
0,1441TBIL
op fir ..Liferisisaral.'
-
rittauty.
• EIBIBE.-86¶LQ $20.000,000.
The Colossal Ille 'istae , That loss F011ets
i
l
"11212.111140P,ti,aFlaysv!r Itel.idar.
A. rniladelphiat despatch Says : For
years there has . stud; at . the cornertof
t
Twelfth and Che titut streets' an old woman
who :801d -flower i t This Morning it was
discovered that s etts.one of the • heirs of
the vast -estate itft by "John Nicholas
Emeriek, who diedt .withoilt a 'Will. about
135 years ago. - kti
ben he died his estate
was.valued.at $5,00 , 000; Now it 18 worth
fully620,000,000„, p,rt of which is in Beg -
land, the rest being.i hi Germany and New
York. She says tieVliusband was a grand-
son Of Nicholas •Eintiriok. Seyetal heirs to
this estate havepleated .ip the pest, but
they failed to p? o4i.ice the requisite proof
of identity. tils.liEmeriek• has placed -a
bundle of papers • in the handeof her coun-
sel, which she .8E4 :Will fully 'establish her
claim. Since he nsbaudts death she
a bard struggle t 46ourea living.
ii.410, . --.••••—"7"' '
: Fatal BoOling Aceideaf.- .
- 1. I, •
A last (Sunday) night'sVidland despatch
says: To -day several yachts with pleasure
parties- left Midland for various .points:
The boatwhich tv,Ant . to Victoria Harbor
contained ten peisohl. -On-returning Ileey
were upset about Itilf a mile from Victoriat
Harbor, but they Were all reseued. Another
party of twelve whith:left here for Present
Island _when reeurhing were _uppet about
midway between 1 -tat Point and "Wait a
Bit" Point. They trete itethe water about
an hour and a half btfore assistance reached -
them. W. H. Davit and Joe Stewart were
returping from Muettkoeh- and . heard cries
for assistance, and immediately put to the:
-reecue. Before this, however, Richard
Smith wentout with a skiff and rescued G.
A. -Griffith and•Wm. Haetitigs. About fif-
teen . minuted befOte Davis. and Stewart.
reached them Charlie ' Hastings had died,
•and was lyingon the- boat abotit fdur feet
-under water. Smith returned ' with his
ekiff, and, with batris, conveyed the re-
mainder of the , p6rty to Davis' yacht,
Where Wm. Can, iagent - for the Great
Northwestern Taletreph . Company here,
and a commercial tieveller -named Frank
-Peak), Of E. Pease;- 4' Son,- Toronto, - died.
The remainder of th1
Party are doiug well.
Phe weather was tde. elly.
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• Allele& fiteildWitylii • -
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Whether in ancathit times- better roads
t
and pavements were- builtlhan at present
, , 9
or whether wily -tie best ones remain is
tuttierteln; but it ia cletain that some ofthe
remains of such .stiret butes found in Rome,
for instance, evince titgineering skill and
perfection of worktin a high degree. These
were laid out ceretuity, excavated to 'solid .
ground, or pi svfailip* places made solid by
piles. , Then the lowt et course was of small-.
four inches in diathe ,er ; over .these • was a
f
sized broken stonete ' one less tharethree or
coupe nine incheelhAoki of rubble orbrokeir
stones cemented *itigL lime, well rammed;
over this a course ficiinches thick of broken
bridle and Potteryie -So ceniiintedwith lime ;
t epavinzentunt, or pave-
r 'slabs of the hardest
upon this was ls.i
ment, composed
stone, joined and t ed together as closely
as possible. This, wttt costly—the -Appian
Way, about 130. Miles in length, having
almost exhausted gee Roman treasury—
but it was as •etedniring as Nature's own
work.
Wager. ;is A iootbing Syrup.
Sir Joseph F-5, r, President - of the
Medical Sooiety, in , the fine authority in
the world about nitke poison, has come
forward in a new apacity,withen infallible
recipe for soothingtfetful children to sleep,
In °nearly every Eimaleyan village the
native baby is plaoeit in a trough nito.which
there trickles a °dilatant stream of. water.
This falling upon 01 vertix of the. oranium,
induces •sleep. Ottildren - lie ' in their
troughs forhours!, asleep while their
mothers go about thbir veork. We fear Sir
Joseph's plan wothat be only too successful
in this country. . Atte; . a day or two's ex-
posure -la the water 'trough the bhild would
probably sleep. the sleep that knows no wak-
ing. The systemmy work in India-, but it
cannot be guarantee' as safe for home ap-
plications—Pall Lal Gazette.. •
We cannot rilth4. every wrong, but we -
can indeed, wrong tvary right:
Mr. John Mottotgor, Washington and
DeKalb avenues, BrtboklYn, has in his pos.
session a sword *hob be believes to have
belonged to Bob Roybit father, wheelie states,
was " Colonel Donald McGregor of Argyll."
It is a straight • bleted, double edged, two.
banded claymore, With an iron basket hilt.
The treasury. a -ate German Empire has
ittat undergofieits annual idepeotion. Every
year three important financial officials visit
and verify the impekial 'funds -kept in- the
Julius Tower at Spendau; and.divided into
fcittr -seotions—that intended for the ex
pongee of fortificetinns, the shire. for peg -
-
Monti 'and invalade, that set: apart for
building the Patlitment House, and the
war Portion, *Wk. now *Mounts to
600,000,000„ I
t't
BELIEF FOR .0.0EDOisli
Difficuityof Aiding the Callant.Cotetaantier
Now Besiegedjn Khartou
•
A CRITIO.AL STATE Olt AttFA.IliS.
The state of the Sotaart -andtitlie
'gerons, position of the garrieon -A Irehar,?
..tourn naturally aterect atteiltioct at the
present nitimeet. The probelilit of send-
ing relief acrose tlie detertte!conies. a
matter of importance, anti senif. 4:tenet of
the region will bet. of: interest w12,10 move:
mente on the part of tlip S or
General Gordon are eeeetted. fi" die=
tance from Mixesowith to ILhartilum in a
straight line i8 near to iourribundred
miles, while from Suakiro ieo Ber.
ber is only ' about two Ritindred.
Berber, again, is two" him& Id miles
north of Iihartonm, but alOng,ilhat line
there is the Nile, which. would eupf)ly water
for troops sod mieht be need forE boats to
carry -troops and. ettires to lata3Q011.1/2 for
its reliel,or to eta the eertisonive---Ithe other
-direction if an evaeuation ehould-ie deter-
mined •upon. The mete irom VaesetWah,
although the longie t, ha 'a eeme etbotatages.
It crosses the uarthere ef eAbys
ee
einian Mauntaine aleug eocel piirt of its
length, and water ia plentifnl, e`,sied oven
•rivers may be iouion titre hn uclf as
the Bezoce the Gash or Mareb„.11 and the
A.tbara. ,The Suekim-Derber rotpe, on the
contrary,is through the grew), Nubian
desert, where wells -are few and Vialwater
in them :thb ixeret doubtful •Its
being the shorter of the two :e it great
_merit if a suddert move has to be.
• ATTACK
A large force et the enemy, 341 4,000 -
in number, horses eee'd foot, eseetObled near
Reartoum last month, and ‘.w s on the
evening of the 13t3i ,ult. drawiljup under
arms with bannere waving, °Ili gee right
bank 6! the Nile, oppoaite • to tfies palliee.
At3 a. int theneet mernhei,t the:Primes cor-
respondent was awaketed.by A Ileauy rifle
fire. He could Ace the ilaeheeti,frore the
roof of the - palace. - The faingrt3812t111148d*
till -daybreak, when about 60 rebels
returned iraei the " direction dig! the river
and drew up in fear retake, .eaehlOaely two
miles long. Later in the day gley coin.
menced making huts and puttini3 up tents.
He subsequently discovered thatilthe 0841813
of the flrieg wee. en ateaok on fp., party -of
300 soldiets who had .betm 4.3exiti:Ao7n the
river for firewood, Tito fittownift aro Gen.
eral Gordonti .wottle on the fillbget: "My
arrangements 01 hal) night haili euifortu-
nately. been put " a etop te. by the
following eirearnetenee: i ppee,qe that by
80M8 unatbountable negligence tloo 01 the
blaoktroops had 'teen loft o the 41,ile raelove.
These were cut off by the adeaf!pe of the
Arabs, and they atteronted to getbto Khar
:tonin at night' by meatei boattl. When.
passing Helfi)-eh, they were sepn by the
rebele,who opened tire'on themil.ilillang 100.
In consequence of omo further tiograceful
negligence, the iteaeonre that eleini14 have
gone to their reecee did nothet-telider weigh
for eix hours after the event, I TVs Bad
loss, with the intei!igenee, eroeee th
later, that mome Chuggitts who s= aa been
blockaded at Fleetly en had gon Nver to the
rebels, poinbined with the vast j,:eocanitila.
tion of these later fei the feller Vt-seek of the
Nile, lame -decided me to reetrictyself to
the defeat:se of Khartoum and eut) to risk
any outside expedition further allesi maybe,
neeeaSary to keep the environs opar."
BEFORE THE RAI TJ;.
On the 13th the oorr espondenti ihad an in,
terview with General Gordoteeiwho an
nounced.. his intention of attt,Ti iSking thc.
rebels on the following day. , Tkie reasOus
he gave for this couree were is td, lows : 601.
have 800 men, to whom I have ge!fen arms,
and who have remaitled. faithttlil fo rne.-
shut up at Halilyeh, ROMO xne,ies t.,o the
north of Khartoum. The prestel?e of the
enemy round 'Half/yell blocks e'er Iine of
communication e by steamer. Fotlinetance,
the Steamer liouniain yesterday Dttempted.
to pass and the rel?els 01/81186, f114), wound.
ing three soldiers. The rebels .1,,aiitiot be
more than 4,000, and I will nial,le my at-
tack on three eides---ope frokre - tRiat of
Khartoum, one from that of the billeaguered
garrison - and 0118 from aereed,Lsteamers.
The rebels have entrenohed er!,,leeneselies
along the river beek, bing time iAnaeieled to
_ ._ e _
fire with impunity on passinglesteamerse
and I MUSt dislodge there. This eisenablage
of rebels has not apparently ltnterfered
with the forwarding of euppliPil tO • the
town market. One hundred caheels, carry.-
ing food, arrived her to:day') This is.
above the usual daily number, aild the -fact
shows that the people would not-ilise unless
they Were 'egged.1 op by soma_ine,illcoute ts. f
They would be quiet if they bEliere the.
Government had eely backbone.4 Pro led
that no influenoe be brought thieear from -
_without, the Was of an .11.CtIOE. .7111 not in-'
volve immediate danger to Iiharkeure. The
only justificittion for 11B811/11ing TO offensive.
against thisee poor unfortunate g'easents is.
derived from tho -law of selfeakflence, and
the duty of the extrication el the men
beleaguered in Halllyele. But or this, it
is ,questionable wlietb.er we ougct to shoot
down those whose teason for r,..:beilliele IS
fidelity to the only ;2erson` who:: they can.
see as their coming governor iieehe ineme--
diets futUre, with the wish to pre.erve their.
possessiotte, the ReourIty.of whicil cannotibte
guaranteed by the present provirlional gov--
ernment.” . The necoosity of rOcuing the
gerriscinai Halliyeh led to the poO,ponement
of the attaok on the -enemy unteiktle.„ .
The result of the'action is 3nowrtiMeenerE1-
.1?
Gordon Was forced to retire, anq bite stew
then been still more 'closelybesP
0,sged with
. .
10119 and less hope of relief.. i
A Wife to be Proud oil
Some people are proud of one tiehig, some
of another. " Dan Scott, " iii evidently
proud of his wife, as appears frol-el the fol.
lowing announcement from tlee) Glasgow
Herald ScoTT.--At 7 Burostie street,.
on the 29011 ult., the wife of Dane*ott was
safely delivered of . triplets, two Ittoye and ,
one girl—all doing well—this wetting seven
of a family in four years and seen months, -
having given birth twice to twi0e-L4ugusb-
29th, 1879, twins; October. Vet, • 1884
twins; March 29bh 1.884, triples. Other -
papers &sae copy."
,•
- George Augustus Sala tells abntaaacred '
Spanish white jackass for whict a epeeis1.
attendant was hired to play -0e guitar
when it was sad. In this counttit it is not
the person who plays the guit'Ar.--N.
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