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Fatal Fire ' and Heroism of a. Boy at » Underwood. Uunsnwoon, Jan. 10.â€"The house of Mrs. McLean of this place was discovered to he on fire about three o’clock yesterday morning. The alarm was first given by her: father. an infirm old man, who roused the inmates. Mrs. McLean’s eldest son, after first swaking his mother, sister and brother, escaped by the front door, getting badly burned about the head and hands. He then succeeded in rescuing his sister and brotherby the bedroom window. The mother became overpowered by the heat and smoke and perished in the flames. The children gave the alarm to the neighbors, who turned out and succeeded in preventing the fire catching in the stables attached to Bruce’s hotel, which were only a few feet distant. The man is badly burned about the head. The fire is supposed to have originated from a defective stove pipe. Pom Hops, Jun.14.â€"â€"The community.in and around Canton were startled this morn- ing when a rumor got about that Mr. H. _Grist, a well known farmer, living on let 18, in the 5th concession of Hope, hurl termin eted his enstence by stzangling himself. The deceased had been in Port Hope with a load of wood, and, on his return home, ate his dinner, changed his clothes and nursed his youngest child for an hour two, then he went out and fed his stock. 5 usual, one of his little girls accompanyin him. After feeding everything he went into the cow stable, put one of the ropes, used to tie the cow with around his neck and must have deliberet'ely- strangled himself. He was found by his eldest son lying down in the stall quite dead. The deceased was a. men of extra good character, and was supposed to be in comfortable circumstances. He leaves awife and six children. No cause can be 'assigned for the rash act. NEW York, Jan. 17.â€"A special from Wolfe Point, M. T.I Jan. 12 says : Two white men arrived at Wolfe Point on the night of the 11th from the steamer Batohelor, which is laid up near the mouth of Milk River. They report pthat Long Day. a chief of Sittmg Bull’s camp! and a white man named Thompson. who is living in Sitting Bull’s camp, and about twenty of Sitting Bull's bucks exopped over night on the steamer Batchelor on the 10th. They report Sitting Bull camp ed twelve miles from the mouth of Milk river. They say Allison, the‘ Government Scout promised to return in fourteen or fifteen days with three wagon loads of provisions. He has not returned according to promise, and Sitting Bull thinks he is trying to draw him into a trap, and has ordered his men to reload their cartridge shells and prepare for Of 3 Well Known and Respected Farmer. â€"“Is the young man safe ?” asks a Paris, Ontario, preacher. Well, if it‘s a three hand game, and he has six balls in the rack, he may consider himself tolerably safe. ~There are movements in Cincinnati and San Francisco against the married female teachers in the public schools. In both cases the city newspapers impute improper motives to members of the Boards of Education. The Cincinnatz Commerciw charges directly that the object is to make places for truatees’ fa.- Writes. Battle between the Crees and Siouxâ€"Sit- ting Bull. Wmmrno, Jen. 17.â€"-A Cree Indian who arrived at Abrams. Bimle Rivet, last week from the Gypreu Hills reports that two weeks before six half breeds and thirty Crees were killed in an engagement with the Sioux. The police did all they could to prevent blood-shed. but could not. Forty lodges of half-breeds who had pitched across the Missouri river had all their horses stolen. PERISHED IN THE FLAMES. â€"Tha automatic brakes on the fornicular railroad leading up to the top of Mount Venuâ€" viua work admirably. They were invented by a Neapolitan engineer. The train can be stopped instantly by means of the brakes on an inclined plane of 50 degrees. Now remove the late. and you have every delicate and beautiful figure raised upon the glass. In this way beautiful figures of all kinds are cut in glass at a small expense. The Workmen can hold their hands under the blast without harm. even when it is rapidly cutting sway the hardest glass. iron or stone. but they must look out for finger nails. tor they will be whittled 03 right hastily. If they put on steel thimhles to protect the nails it will do little good. for the sand will soon Whittle them away; but it they wrap a piece of soft cotton around them they are safe. You will at once see the philosophy of it. The sand whittles away and destroys any hard substanceâ€"even giass~eud does not sfiect substances that are soft and yielding, like wax. cotton or fine lace, or even the human hand. Among the wonderful and useful inventions of the times is the common send blast. Sup- pose you desire a piece of marble for a grave- stone. Yeu cover the stone with a sheet of wax no thicker than a wafer; then you out in the wax the .name, date, ete., leaving the marble exposed. Now pass it under the blast. and the sand will out it away. Remove the wax and you have the raised letters. Take a piece)! French plate glass, any two feet by six, ooveri t with fine lace and pass it under the blast, and not a thread of the lace Will be injured, but the send will out deep into the glsss wherever it is_n_ot covered by‘the lsoe. was decided by the magistrate to fine the prisoners twenty pounds each, which they gaid, and were discharged with s reprimand. hey took the cars and started for Detroit. While on the ferry host crossing over the river from Windsor. Billy’s oempanion went up tothe captain and said : “Captain, are we in the United States yot ?" "Yes.” said the captain. “All right.” said the recent prisoner. “â€"-â€"â€" â€" the Queen, Bill. any how." Mr. Maxwell has never seen his com- panion of that incident from that day to this, and thinks there; is no doubt that he soon died from his exéesses." The Elmira (N. Y.) Advertiser tells the (ol- lowing story: “ Wm. Maxwell, who has started for England, tells an amusing inci dent that once betel himself and chum with whom he was on an extended spree when he was along in the twenties. He does not know how they got there or where they were going, but the two were waiting at the Great Western depot at Hamilton, Canada, for strain to take them somewhere. The day was the 24th of May, which, as we all know, is Queen Vio- ‘ toria’s birthday. A great many red-coated‘ soldiers were on the streets, getting ready for a grand celebration ; bands were playing ‘God Save the Queen,’ and men were yelling them- selves hoarse with the same sentiment. The two Yankee pilgrims watched the proceedings silently for a while, and then one of themâ€" history has forgotten whichâ€"~yelled out in a very indiscreet voice, ‘-â€" â€"â€" the Queen.’ Instantly there was great uproar among the’ soldiery and populace. who looked at the two 1 men as if what they heard them utter was he- ' yond belief ; for the Canadians loved their Queen, and it seemed to them simply like putting a rope around one's neck to utter such a remarkable sentiment as that. The tour- ists were immediately surrounded by an ex- cited orowd, and such pleasant exclamations as “Treason,” “Hang them." “Shoot them," etc., greeted the now thoroughly aflrighted blasphemers oi the Queen. They were 1( cked up for the night, and strongly guarded. It was finally decided next morning to take them before a magistrate to be tried for utter- ing seditious language calculated to bring scandal upon the peace and dignity of the Crown. _ Liter much grave consultation it And was Arrested and Fided in Hamil- ONiTHE WEEPTI‘H. CURSED THE QUEEN. 1‘ THE BAND BLAST. SUICIDE â€"-The Boston School Committee has re- solved that corporal punishment in the schools ought to be greatly diminished. It is here- after to he inflicted only by a principal, or by his express authority, and only at a session subsequent to that at which the ofl'ense was committed. The pupil must be told what this is. and the principal must keep a record of all cases. Corporal punishment is absolutely forbidden in the high schools and with girls in the grammar school. â€"The Portuguese Government has deter- mined upon founding agricultural colonies of Europeans in Angola, and the customs duties levied upon wines and spirits are to be set aside for that purpose. A loan of 85,000,000, to be repaid by the African colonies, is to be raised for the construction of roads and pub- lic works ; and. in order to still further show the interest which the home 'Government takes in the project. Don Carlos, the Crown Prince. will pay the colonists a. visit, attended by the Minister of Marine. â€"â€"The gamblers of St. Louis are to find security in the spring in a keno host which is to be started upon the river. The boat will have a large main cabin for keno, and smaller rooms forward for taro, roulette, and hazard. Each passenger is to pay 81 fare, and three- fourths of the fares are to constitute three “ pots” for the game. the. bank deducting the usual commission. Once fairly out in the river, State laws against gambling will not avail, and the United States statutes do not recognize such an ofience. â€"A measure is now being considered in the Swiss Assembly which makes the}owner of a. factory in whose establishment any employee is killed or injured liable for damages, pro- vided the accident is not caused by a. superior power or by the unauthorized proceedings of a third person who is not an agent, represen- tativa ot the employemz foreman or overlooker, or by the carelessness of the person injured. â€"Lord Herries, the newly appointed Lord Lieutenant of East Yorkshire, in succession to Lord Wenlock. is of a very old Roman Catholic family, and is the first of the faith who has been created a Lord Lieutenant in England. Lord Herries is a brother-in-law to the Marquis of Bute. Members of both Lord and Lady Herries‘s families are nuns and priests. â€"A comic London paper, Moonshine. has a sketch of the Dublin trials, with Judge May " invisible " behind an iron barricade and the jurors and witnesses all fortified by bullet proof breastworks, While the police, with rifles cocked, look out anxiously for danger, and the only comfortable individual in the neighborhood is the man in the dock. who, with a comical leer. is contentedly smoking a dhudeen. -â€"-A watchmaker of Copenhagen has con‘ structed a clock that needs no winding up. It is kept going constantly by means of an electric current that operates on the spring and maintains an unvarying and permanent state of tension. Attention to the electric battery once or twice a. year is all that is necessary to keep the clock in motion for an indefinite time. â€"-The farmers of Austria are organizing in great numbers and agitating for a. tariff to protect them against the large and increasing importations of grain and cattle from the United States and Russia. that are being made at prices with which it would be ruinous to try to compete. The farmer’s unions also seek a reduction of the rate of interest on the part of the banks to 4 per cent. It is a. kind of granger movement. â€"-A London paper says that Charles Stuart. who styles himself Count d‘Albany, and claims to be a descendant of the young Pre- tender. being driven by bad health to Biarritz, has arranged and sorted 8.11 his papers relat- ing to the Stuarts. and placed them in the hands of an eminent Roman Catholic. For nearly twenty years the Count has been em- pleved in the British Museum, and many other libraries, in collecting material relating to his family, and is believed to have got to- gether much interesting matter. -â€"Meohi. the celebrated English agricul- tural experimentelist. whose failure has been recently announced, followed speedily him-elf his farm’s failure. He was of an Italian fam- ily and may be justly styled the London “razor strap men." having acquired a large fortune ‘hy cunning in the construction of razors. â€"â€"In Cork County alone the sum expended by masters of fox hounds exceeds $100,000 a year. exclusive of that spent by those taking part in the sport ; but it is feared that Land League obstruction may lead to packs being given up. Mr. Stecpoole’s barriers are ad- vertised for sale “in consequence of mobs be- ing sent to the meets to prevent hunting." â€"Sheik Mograbin. an Egyptian dignitary, has been condemned to death for murdering and plundering rich ladies, whom be enticed by pretending to cure the most difficult dis- eases. Poor patients he sent away unharmed with some specific, while those wearing jew- elry and costly dresses he made away with. He confessed to eighteen of such crimes. â€"â€"The amount won in racing stakes in England, including added money,in 1877,was neatly £195,000, and during the three fol- lowing yenrs this amount never ceased to grow, until 1880 it reached nearly £247,000. Despite this there were but 2,026 horses strip- ped in 1880, which is less by 500 than the number raced in 1868, 1869 and 1870. â€"â€"A clever literary English member of Par- liament is making arrangements to write the lite of the late Isaac Butt, Mr. Pamell‘s pre- decessor as leader of the Irish people, and many valuable documents have been placed in his hands for that purpose. These papers were left to the custody of a wealthy Dublin friend. â€"Mr. Moody was followed to his lodgings a fortnight ago by'a convert who wished to ask him whether it would be right. now that he had professed to be a Christain, to pay his whiskey bills. The evangelist told him to pay all his debts, no matter how bad they might be, and then to make a new start. â€"â€"Many remarkable incidents took place at the last English election. but probably no more extraordinary item occurred in any elecv tion agent’s accounts that in one furnished when Sir Francis Burdett stood for Middlesex : “To extraordinary mental anxiety on your account, $2,500." â€"A Jury recently decided that John Dick of VVaralw. N. 37., had a right to sit in his pew in the German Lutheran church with his feet elevated upon the back of the seat 111 front 0! him. â€"â€"With an increased production of spirits from 15,052,960 gallons in 1879 to 18,519,388 gallons in 1880, Peoria, 111.. claims to be the largest spirit producing city in the world. The internal revenue for last year amounted to $10,694,421. â€"Agram continues to have violent shocks of earthquakes; toppling down houses; but nobody pays it much attention now. because the story is an old one. Such is the world. â€"-Twenty American cities to-day contain over 100,000 people each ; twenty' American States contpiu over 1 000,000 people each. éPatsy Devine, an Illinois murderer under sentence of death, whiles away the time in prison by practicing jig dancing. â€"-British military officers are greatly an- noyed at. having to wear unifoxm when (at! duty. «The College of Cardinals in Rome have VOL. XXIII. AROUND THE WORLD. -â€"The following letter was lately addressed to the wife of a French Prefect who had taken 3. part in carrying out decrees against the re- ligious orders : “Madame la Prefecte, for the past six years we have washed the linen of the prefecture; we were glad of it ; we had need of the money it brought us. Today we thank you. After what took place at the monastery of the Marist fathers last Friday we can no longer render you the same service. If the reverend Man'st fathers would do as the honor of intrnsting their linen to us. we should be happy to look after it for nothing. The sisters Pinoemin. washerwonien‘.” â€"Brignoli, the tenor, in company with a. number of gentlemen was recently entertained at Lexington, Ky.. by H. Price McGrath. After dinner some one asked Brignolito favor the party with a. song. He replied that sing- ing was his profession, and he only practiced it upon the stage. A short time afterward he expressed a desire to see Mr. McGrath's horses. The latter told him that racing horses was his profession, and that if he would come to the next spring meeting an opportunity to see his horses would be aflor- ded. Brignoli returned to his hotel without getting a. glimpse of Tom Bowling or his stable mates. â€"According to a correspondent of the Troy Times, charges are trumped up. or grossly exaggerated, ageinsi colored men of fine physique, and they are then sentenced to very long periods, in the interest of the en- terprising firm to whom at Atlanta, Ga.. eon- vict labor is famed out. One splendij look- ing negro got ten years on the chain gang for stealing a. mackerel. â€"-The rule that Whenever a school teacher marries she must resign her position in the schools is based, says the Sacramento Record- Um‘on. upon the theory that the public schools are to be regarded as asylums or refuges for the destitute ; that the positions of teachers are given to them in order that they may be enabled to support themselves ; and that as when a. female teacher marries it is presumable that her husband will thence- forth maintain her, it is no longer necessary that she should draw pay from the public treasury. â€"With reference to teaching morals in school Bar-nes' Educational Monthly says: The ten commandments, the precepts of Christ. and the doctrines of the Apostles he- lonsz to no branch of the church. Catholics and Protestants alike agree in the duties of honesty, virtue and love. All Christians alike believe m an overruling Providence, a conscience and a final day of reckoning. With the special dogmas of the sects we should have nothing to do in the public school. but all that which relates to the full development of all our powersâ€"moral. spiritual, mental and physicalâ€"should carefully be attended to. â€"Fanny Davenport and Anna Dickinson have had their final falling out. The actress insisted on making alterations in Miss Dick- inson’s play. “ An American Girl," claiming that they were calculated to improve it. while Miss Dickinson held that they damaged it. But the piece did not draw, and in New 01'- leans the receipts fell one night to 880, of which 850 went to the author as royalty. Miss Davenport then telegraphed as follows to Miss Dickinson. ” The party of the second part decides, as per contract, your play is a pecuniary failure, and accordmgly ceases to perform the same.” â€"A very curious and interesting letter has just been found among the papers of the late Cardinal Antonelli. written by Victor Emanuel to Pius IX..at the time of the ooou- pation of Home by the Italian troops. The King says in it that he thought he was ren- dering a service to the Church by occupying the city in a regular manner, instead of leav- ing it a prey to the revolution. On this pas- sage there is a marginal note in the hand of Pius IX. to the efiect that be quite compre- hends this reasoning, and is grateful to the King. but that before the world it is necessary for him to protest. â€"Urugua.y and the Argentine Republic do not seem inclined to let the Pacific coast States have all the glory of fighting. The relations of these two La Plata powers are now becoming attained in consequence of the impression of Argentines into the Uru- guayan army. The Argentine Republic, hev~ ing lately added to her navy what is probably the most powerful ironclad possessed by â€"In the trial of Mrs. Brown, who has twice been convicted of murdering her hus- band, at Indianapolis, the prosecutor dealt with great severity on her love for Wade, her accomplice in the crime. The prisoner inter. rupted him by screaming. “You are killing me 1 Oh. don’t 1 don’t !" and swooned away. Several other momen also fainted, and the court had difiiculty in restoring order. Mrs. Brown’s fainting spell was followed by m hysterical attack, during which she cried that the lawyer was hunting her to death, and she begged for mercy in the most piteous terms. â€"-If Miss Burdett Coutts marries Mr. Bart. lett they will be e Bartlett Pear. This joke was invented by a promising young man, and is printed in the hope that the public exeora- tion will deter him from any attempts of the same kind for the future. -â€"The nineteenth centenary of Virgil is to be commemorated by erecting a monument to him in Mantua. his birthplace â€"The influence of the persecution to which the Jews have been subjected in Germany is visible in the attempt that has just been made by persons unknown upon the lives of promi- nent Jewxsh residents of Trieste, to whom letters have been sent, through the post of- fice of the city that exploded upon being opened. No serious injuries have been re- ported as the result of these attempts, but that fact is hardly to be attributed to the be- nevolent intentions of the persons by whom the missives were mailed. No clue to them has been obtained. â€"-They had a ohurivari festival near Sam Deige in Southern California, at which the Mexicans and hall-breed Spaniards of that region had a. high time. After imbibing largely of meson], a favorite and rather an- livening beverage, that brought out a long unused Spanish cannon, dubbed El Jupiter loaded it with giant powder, stones, and other ammunition of a miscellaneous character, and fired it ofl. It burst and nearly every one in the crowd was more or less injured. One is reported to have been killed out- right. â€"â€"Miss Johnson and young Mr. Clark were to be married at Boswell, Ind. The wedding was to be held at Clark’s house, because the Johnson family objected to the match. The guests assembled, but the bride did not come. After waiting a long time. the bridegroom’s mother went out to capture the girl, who had been locked up by her father. Mrs. Clark presentedn pistol at the head of Mr. Johnson when he opened the door in response to her rap, and demanded his daughter or his life. He procured a gun, and drove her 03. undertaken to erect a. statue to the memory of the late Pope Pio None, the model of which has just been finished by the sculptor Jaeo. metti. The reigning Pope and the more in- timate members of his court have given|it their unanimous approval. Pic Nono is represented in his stole. kneeling at a low prie Dieu. The statue is to be executed in white marble and will be placed in one of the churches of Rome, probably in the basiliea'of Santa Maria. Maggiore. RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, JAN. 27, 1881 â€"It would be well if theater-goers generally possessed the cool head of Gen. Gaurobert. A play was once being acted in a temporary theater, constructed of wood, in the camp of Ohslons. The house was crammed to sufio- estion. when a cry of fire made itself heard‘ Instantly story one rose and a stampede more dangerous than fire would have com- menced, when Canrobert, who was in one of the boxes with his wife, cried out in a ringing voice, “ Let every one stay in his place.” The soldiers immediately became motienless, and the Marshal resumed : “ Let every one" go out quietly in order. the younger soldiers first, then the older, after them the non-com- missioned officers, then the ofiicers. the high- est to go last." In a few minutes, though it was no false alarm of fire, the theater was empty without a single man’s toe being trod- den on. The Marshal sndIhis wife went last. â€"The importation of American salmon into Europe is causing trouble among the fishermen in some districts of Germany. They have been accustomed to supply Metz. Stras‘ burg, Brussels and other cities both within and beyond the borders of the German em- pire With all the salmon (home-caught) needed by them, and upon this trade they have been dependent for a meagre living. The Ameri- can fish, caught in enormous quantities and put up with all the hestappfiances, now comes into the European market at a much lower price, and seriously disturbs the business of the German fishermen. The competition has already reduced the price of the German salmon nearly one‘half. At the same time American grain is troubling the farmers of Austria. and American lard, beef and cheese are causing more or less disturbance ‘else- where. ]t is more than probable that pro- tective tarifls will be resorted to for the pur- pose ot making competition in these various lines of production possible at living prices. â€"-Edwin Booth says that the most genuine compliment he ever received was on the occa- sion of the playing Iago for the first time at Grass Valley. then a new mining camp. The audience, who had not seen a play for years, were so much incensed at this apparent vil- lainy that they pulled out their “ shooters” in the middle of the third act, and began blazing away at the stage. Othello had the tip of his nose shot off at the first volley, and Mr. Booth only escaped by rolling over and over up the stage and disappearing through a trap door. A speech .irom the manager calmed the house; but even then Mr. Booth thought it best to pass the night in the theatre, as a. number of the most elevated spectators were making strenuous efiorts to induce the Vigilance Committee to lynch “ the internal sneaking cuss." â€"A “ preliminary prospectus, for private circulation only.” which- has been largely distributed through England has excited some sensation, The 'ptifile is, 1‘ Proposed Land Company for lreland." The capital is ten millions sterling, and is being formed by a powerful syndicate oi capitalists of London, Paris and New York. for the purpose of ac- quiring property in the south. and west of Ireland. to he worked on a gigantic scale which is declared to have “ succeeded so well on the enormous estates of the railway mono- polists in western America." The managers are to be colonial, the machinisti-flcotchmen, and the laborers Welshman, as they are “ cheap, industrious and sober.” The pro- duce is to be taken to English markets. A dividend of from ten to twenty per cent. is looked for. ' â€"We read in Land and Water: “ I have now in my hand the dried tongue of a. lion ; it is covered with sharp pointed, horny pap- illaa. set very thickly upon its surface, The papilla) on the front portion of the tongue are much larger than those on the rear part of the tongue, but the smaller ones are set much closer together than those in front. Each papilla consists of a horny spine, the point of which is curved and set directly backward, reminding me much of the spines on the tail of the thornbaok ray. On applying this lion’s tongue to the cheek. I find that the roughness is so great that with a little pressure a. wound might easily be made in the human skin. The use of this is to scrape off the meat from the bones of the animals, for the lien is not a great bone eaterâ€"he leaves the bones for the hyenss to crack. these animals having teeth especially constructed for the cracking of bones. This peculiar roughness o! the tongue â€"-An association of physicians in Hamburg have been studying the case of Kobelkow, a Russian. who was born without legs or arms. or anything to supply their place except a. very short stump attached to the right shoulder, yet who can drink, eat, fire off pistols, thread needles, and even write ; in- deed, can write so well that for a year and a hell he noted as a copyist in Russian employ. All this he acquired the ability to do with his mouth, aided by the stump dependent from his right shoulder. Although by birth such a monstrosity. Kobelkow does not present a repulsive spectacle. He has always been in good health, cheerful. rather pleased to see the interest that he awakens. and is. besides, happily married and the father of two' sturdy children. â€"A correspondent at the London Daily News, writing from Can s says : “ I want you to give a word again t that hell of this neighborhood, ‘ Monte Oarlo.’ It is no credit to the French republic, and is a. disgraee to the civilized world. I should doubt if there was a place in Europe around which more degrading immorality is gathered than that beautiful spot on the Biviers. This gambling establishment is athing of beauty outside, while within all is corruption. I hear that ere long an influential committee will be formed in London to publieh to the world the doings at Monte Carlo, and to make an ap- peal to the French Republican Government for its early suppression. --Bruno Hidelgo andJuan Payes, wood- ohoppers near San Antonio, Texas. had a vio- lent quarrel in the forest, while at work, and Hidalgo struck Payee with an axe. The wound was serious, but probably would not have proved latal. An argument of an hour's duration ensued between the two» men, the question being whether Hidalgo should help Payes to the city.where surgical help could be procured,or complete the work of killing him. Payee offered to take an oath that he would never reveal the facts it the former course was taken ; but Hidalgo wouldnot trust him and shot him through the head, leaving him for dead. He did die, but not before he had told the story. â€"The republic of Andorra has been gov- erned from time immemorial by two “ Viqui- era" or Presidents, one elected by France, the other by the Spanish Bishop of Urxell. Being, however, on the southern slopes of the Pyrenees, the French nominee has long be=n held of small account. At length the revolu~ tionary party has mustered up eumcient strength to drive away altogether this French- man. Napoleon I. condescended to display Wonderful clemency once when passing by Andorra. “ I recall," said he. “ a minia- ture republic, lost in a corner of the Pyre- nees. whichIrespected as a political curi- osity." Andorra has at last repaid this con- decenaion. South American powers, is naturally not dis- posed to be slighted by small powers like Uruguay. Uruguay would in fact be only a mouthful for her powerful neighbor on the western shore of the Rio de la Plata ; still, she has Brazil at her back, geographically, and might have her there politically. â€"Eastport Me., exported 65 000 cases of sardines last year, worth $650. 000, against 26 000 in 1879. Seven new factories were erected, making thirteen now in operation. â€"Sir E. Wallace, who has done so much for the poor of Paris, wishes to get up a col- lossal ball in their aid. at which every nation is to be represented by its most picturesque costumes. â€"-Two old soldiers. one of whom fought under Napoleon at Waterloo, while the other {ought under Wellington at the same battle. partake of . the sacrament at the communion table infihe Marcy avenue Baptist Church in Brooklyn once a month, side by sxde. â€"-A memorial presented to the Home See. retary by various London parish vestries pro- tests against further operations under the Artisans’ Dwellings act; and states that the Metropolitan Board of Works has lost 02,810,000 [by its purchase of property under that act. â€"â€"An enterprising burglar has been caught in flagrante delicto by the Warrington police, in England. summoned in hot haste to arrest the offender by the alarmed occupants of a provision shop. The burglar awoke the sleep- ing inmates by the noise with which he carried on his depredations, smashing the glass and knocking about the jam pots in a manner for- eign to the professional housebreaker. The master of the premises, armed with the fire- irons. accompanied by his wife, determined to cut 03 all means of escape, pending the ar- rival of the police. The surprise of all present may be imagined when, on a. light being procured, the burglar. in the shape of u. mou- key, was discovered gorging himself with sweetmeats and cakes amid the ruins of broken glass and crockery. Newmnxnr, Jan.18.â€"About four o’clock Sunday morning. the farm house and pro- perty of Mr. W. Stoddard, one mile west of Bradford, occupied by Mrs. Anson, was burned to the ground. The eldest son was aroused from his sleep by a feeling of suffocation, and dis- covered the room full of smoke. He imme- diutely awoke his brother. and rushing into their mother’s room, found her standing on the floor enveloped in flames. When they succeeded in dragging her to the open air the flesh was literally roasted on her. Bare-footed and hareheeded the sons carried their dying mother to the residence of Mr. Stoddard, a distance of 300 yards. She lingered for 16 hours in great agony, when death terminated her sufferings. The two sons were terribly burnt and frost bitten. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a trump, who, after lighting his pipe, threw the match among some shavings. ~Acoording to the Oil City Derrick, Sarah Bernhardt hung up her stocking on Christmas Eve, and the only thing Santa Claus put in it was a lightning rod. The othe night as the Buffalo express was whirling along the Erie, a queer looking old man, who might have escaped from the curi- osity department of the Historical Society, got up from his seat in the sleeping car and shouted: "Is there a doctor in the car?" Commotion and excitement immediately en- sued, and as there was no medical man in that particular car, several passengers hurried through the train, and finally found one. “\Vhat‘s the matter?” he said to the little old man. "Nothing," said he, “but in case I'm sick and yell out like thunder in my sleep, my bunk's No.20 ; now. don't forget it i" --The abolition of gambling has not done Weissbaden the harm expected ; indeed, the contrary has been the case. Its season be- gins earlier and lasts later than that of any other of the Taunus baths. â€"What with murders, hangings. lynchiugs. shipwricks. railroad disasters. life-destroying fires, horrible explosions and other like oc- currences, 1881 starts off in rather a ghastly and ill-omened fashion. The Boston Globe of“ 1981 " says: “ While the motor race was going on the wonderful progress made during the past ten years was exemplified 1n the contest for air- ship ps, of which some fourteen entered, of all shapes and builds. The start was made from the dome of the rink the course being to Wash- ington, D." .. and return, the craft failing to return to the starting point within ten hours to be ruled out. Some twentv ships, convey- ing representatives of the leading dailies, ac- companied the race. The start was in good style. and the crafts kept' 1n 9. bunch as far as New Haven, above which two colided, ow- ing to'careless steering, and one was obliged to descend for repairs. With the aid of glasses the race could be seen as far as Philadelphia, where the George Francis Train appeared to be leading, with the Conkling ahclose second, hard pushed by the Canon 0 et â€"A brave boy who kept twenty Indians at bay died of his wounds, a few days ago, at Denver. 001. Three days after the battle of White River, in which the gallant Thomburgh lost his lite, Freeman Z. Wray. who was in charge of cattle forty-five miles north of White River Agency. was attacked by a band of savages. He con- trived to get his rifle and to make so good a defence that they betook themselves to a ravine and besieged him at their leisure. After a while he got out of ammunition, and was forced to climb into a wagon to get a new supply. While he was executing this movements. bullet struck him in the calf of the leg. passing directly through. In another 3instant another ball caught him at the hip I and knocked him down. With a whoop and a yell the savages ran toward the spot. expect- ing to take their plucky foe prisoner. But they were again foiled, for Wray was only down temporarily, and, getting to his feet again, scrambled into the wagon. where lay his ammunition. He pulled a sack of flour in front of him and piled a bag of beans on top of that, and took hold of such other arti- cles within reach as made for him ‘a barn- cade against the shower of balls that was ‘ promised. Rapidly cutting a hole in the can- vass wagon cover he saw the lIndians |ap- preaching. Leveling his rifle he fired at the foremost of his pursuers, without the ball taking efiect. This threw the Indians into confusion. and they retreated to the walls of the ravine. They threw a hailstorm of bul- lets into the side of the wagon, where the plucky boy lay intrenched. One of these leaden messengers caught young Wray in the right eye, crashing through his brain. The Indians finally retreated. After protracted delay the boy’s wounds were dressed and the balls extracted. Iand after five month’s nurs- ing he aeemed to be entirely well, although he had lost the use of one eye. One of his wounds broke out afresh eighteen months after the fight, and caused his death. is also present, but in a less degree, in the common cat, and it can be seen when the cat is lapping milk, but still better if the tongue of a defunct specimen be taken ant, put for a while in spirits, and then pinned out tight on a board. This rough tongue is of great im- portance to the health of the lion." A TERRIBLE DEATH. AERIAL NAVIGATION A CAUTIOUS MAN. The voyage was drawing rapidly to a close. Measures must be adopted and schemes con- trived whereby she would not be a loser on the transaction. Before leaving China Ah Leen had laid in a stock of handsome gar- ments for the Delilah that was to captivate the Chinese Samsons of San Francisco. The Pekin' arrived at this city an 1 Chin Qui upon landing was the admiration not only of a numerous crowd of gaping Celestials, but also of the foreign devils who were assembled on the whara‘. Chin Qui and Ah Leen entered a coupe and were driven off to Chinatown. Safely installed in her house. Ah Leen gave a supper to a few chosen female friends. The presence of Ohio Qui added grace to the vi- vands, but although the guests one and all were lavish in their praise and extolled her beauty, they could not imagine why she was so silent. Each one was building a cartle in her mind as to the amount of the commission likely to be obtained should their endeavors to procure a husband, or really a purchaser, for the unfortunate girl be successful. Some days elapsed, during which time the charms of Chin Qui were discussed at the fashion- able H’sin H'wa Sow restaurant and other resorts of the longstail heathens. One day last June a wealthy merchant residing on Sacramento street, whose heart had become inflamed at the description of Chin Qui’s beauty, came to visit Ah Leen. Negotiations and preliminaries were entered into and con- sumed nearly ten days and the sum of 51.- 500 was agreed upon as the price to be paid. The contract was signed. and Chin Qui was brought from an adjoining chamber. 'lhe gay Lotbario became so enraptured' at the sight of the new purchase that, in the gen- eroaity of his heart. he presented Ah Leen with $100 as a present. The day for the performance of the mar- riage ceremonies drew nigh. Every detail was arranged. and the guests invited. The marriage rejoicings took place, and the man took his brand new No. 2 wife home. But to quote from the Chinese classics, “ Favor is de- ceitful and beauty is vain.” A vacant stare was all the reply vouchsafed to him by the girl. She broke into a senseless laugh, and the man saw she was mad. Not wishing to be exposed to the ridicule of his friends, as there is nothing Chinese dislike so much as to “ lose face," he resolved to keep Chin Qui at his house for a few days. After two weeks had elapsed her vagaries become so startling as . to cause alarm. She would rise in the middle of the night, and Wander around the house, inspiring dread amongst all the in- mates. Strange and incoherent mutterings were to be heard proceeding from her lips. Wearied by this incubus, the merchant sent for Ah Leon and told her to keep the dollars, but take the girl away. Nothing loth, the old marriage broker took Chin Qui home. Not the least scrap of news as to the true state of Chin Qui’s mind had leaked out in China- town. One morning. bright and early, Ah Leen and her victim hied themselves to the Oakland ferry and took the ears for Sacra- mento. Arriving there, they resided at the house of a friend of Ah Leen’s, and once more suitors began to arrive. Within three days the highest bidder became the possessor of Chin Qui’s charms for 8600. Chin Qui went to her new home, the occupant of which car- ried on the business of an opium dealer. Here again the antics of Chin Qui had full play. The opium pipes were hid away; the imple- ments used for cleansing the pipes and trim ming the lamps were not to be found until after considerable search. The husband was confounded. “What sort of a woman is this that I bought ? She must have a devil inside of her!” said he. Sending for some priests. the ceremony of exorcising the devil was gone through over Chin Qai, but with no avail. Similar events were of daily occurrence. Worn out, he came to San Francisco and de- manded a return of his money from Ah Leen, which was refused. After several stormy de- bates, he, finally tired out, agreed to accept $100 and send the girlback to Ah Leen. Back she came, the old hag chuckling over the gain she had made out of Chin Qui. Another trip was made into the country, this time to Vir- ginia, Nev. No less than three suitors ap- peared at this juncture. One of them offered $500, the second $700 and paid $20 as bargain money. but a higher bidder came along and secured Chin Qui for $800. The man who had paid the bargain money felt aggrieved at being jilted. and would listen to no attempt at a compromise ; a wife he had bought and a wife he would have, and this particular beauty was just to his taste. “Wait a little while and you shall have her back,” said the old crone, as her eyes twinkled with glee. Events justified the assertion. Before four days elapsed the disgusted mine owner, (or such the victim was, sent for Ah Leen and besought her by all the gods of Chinese here- About two years ago an old hag named Ah Leen lived in one of the cuLde-sacs leading ofi' Washington street. Her business, which was of,the most disreputable nature, increased, until she accumulated wealth sufficient to re- tire. Longing once more to see her native land, she embarked during November, last year, on the steamship City of Peking to re- turn to the “ City of Rains." The wind and water influence, “ feug shui," was favorable to the voyage, and Mrs. Ah Leeu found her- self at home about the end of December. Upon her arrival in China she was in posses- sion of some 82,000. Desirous of turning her money to account, she invested a portion by loaning it to her putative sister. Casting her 1 eyes around as to the ultimate disposal of the ‘ balance of her resources, she was one day ap- proached by an individual whose business was that of a trafficker in young girls. or “ white ant," as he is called in China. After a num- ber of interviews, held at various tea shops in the city of Canton, Ah Leen was induced to purchase a damsel whose charms had been jextolled to the utmost by the " white ant.” The sum agreed upon was 8800,1131“ 01 which was paid upon the signing of the contract and the balance upon delivery of the damsel on board the steamer in Hong Kong harb‘or. At length the time approached for departure. Ah Leon proceeded to Hong Kong the daypre‘ vious to the sailing of the steamer. Punctu- ally to day and hour the damsel was delivered by the contractors and taken on board the Peking. Ah Leon addressed the girl several times while they were being conveyed on board the vessel, but received no reply to her queries. The girl was fair to look upon, ac- cording to Chinese taste, and in every way calculated to attract admirers. Her feet were small, her eyes of the narrowest almond shape. and her graceful form when she walked swayed to and fro like the waving of the lily. “'Ah I” said old Ah Leon, “ I’ve got a good bargain. I can get $3,000 for her in “Sin Cum San.” and attributed her silence to their short acquaintanceship. During the voyage Ah Leen again attempted to resume conversa- tional intercourse with Chin Qui, for such was the name of the young lady, but all she obtained in reply was monosyllables and nods of the head. Ah Leen swore by the manes of her ancestors, stormed and fumed, prayed and besought Chin Qui to tell her what was the matter. but all she received in return was an idiotic stare and a vacant laugh. Gradually light broke upon the mind of old Ah Leen. She had been duped. A Chinese Broker Engaged in a. Nefarious Trafficâ€"How the Mongolian Acquires the Habits and Customs of the Lower Classes-~A Woman Married to Four Men in Six Months. MARRYING A WILD MANIAC. WHOLE NO. 1,174.-â€"â€"NO. 84. (From the San Francisco Chronicle.) A preliminary trial was given the new Mid- land elevator at Port Hope on Saturday y. It was set in operation, unloading grain from two cars at once, and worked satisfactorily. Newberry has introduced a bill in the House providing for ejoint commission by United States and Great Britain, to investi- gate the alleged fraudulent statistics before the Halifax fishery commission. The new commission is to consist of three persons. one appointed by the United States, one by Great Britain, and one by the two eonjointly. The bill also provides for a joint committee of the Senate and the House to investigate the subject. The second annual meeting of the Hotel. men’s Mutual Benefit association of the United States was held yesterday at New York. The recipte {or the year were $3,900. and the expenditures $2,000. George S. Adams, of the Metropolitan Hotel, New York. was elected President. In response to e requisition, S. G. Burgess. Reeve of East Zone, county of Oxford, has called a public meeting of the electors of the township, at Strathellen, on Wednesday even- ing next, 19th, to discuss the syndicate bar- gain. The Bank of New Brunswick stock sold at auction at St. John, realized 40 per cent. above par, an upwud jump of 4 per cent. since the last sale. John Purtell, one of the Biddulph prison ere, states that he had quarrelled with James Carroll, the alleged ringleader of the vigilante. and they have not been on speaking terms for a. month. He says Carroll has been put- ting on “ side” over the rest of the boy s and wanted to boss the word on all occasions. He (Purtell) resented this, and an angry dispute arose. They once were going tofight, but the trouble was prevented by Carroll being removed to an upstairs ward. Pnrtell says that Miss Blake, who was killed in the late unfortunate railway accident, nem- Olandeboy, was the witness on whom he relied at the coming trial. It is understood that 90 subpoenas have been served by the Crown in these cases. The London bachelors give a. grand ball there shortly. About 500 invitations have been issued to people in all sections of the Province. Seven Montreal men, charged with cook‘ fighting, have been arrested at the instance of the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Jas. Shoebottom, postmaster at Ballymote, London Township, and an old and well known resident, was frozen to death on Monday night by the wayside. 7 Wm. Whyte, Grand Trunk station agent at London, has been presented with a cheque for $407 by the merchants of that city, to- gether with a complimentary address. An action for libel is now proceeding against the Montreal Star, at the suit of Adolph Leo clere. The paper some time since stated that the plaintiff was in the habit of blackmailing men who came to his establishment. The defense produced evidence that Leolere is a refugee from justice in his native land of Belgium. G. R. Pattnllo has filed a bill contentin the election of Mr. Sutherland in North Oxford. A long standing suit for $10, 000, by Peter Higgins, of Montreal, against P. Bowes, was commenced there yesterday. The damages are claimed for seducing plaintifi’a wife. The Lebigh and Schuylkil coal exchanges announce to operators in the anthracite regions that it has been agreed to work full time. A suspension will take place during the last three days of next week. Work will be resumed on the 31M, and continued until further notice. The Hanover cattle fair, held yesterday, was poorly attended. Yokes of oxen were sold at from $70 to $30. The argument in the matter 0! the injunc- tion of the Western Union Telegraph Com- pany against the Pennsylvania Railroad, re- straining the latter from interfering with the business of telegraph lines along its route, haiheen pestponed for a week. ' The Rochester brsizch of the Irish Land League has gassed a. resolution protesting against the persecution of the Jews in Ger- ma_ny. Coroner O. T. Scott, of Wingham. by special request, held an inquest on the body of Allen Caldwell, farmer. found dead in his barn on Sunday. A verdict of suicide was returned. â€"Compressed peat in London, and, in- deed, in almost all that owns of considerable size throughout; Great Britain, is rapidly com- ing into use. On one of the mos: important railroad lines, too, compressed peat has for sometime past been used, and with entire satisfaction, the fact appearing, from the en- gineer’s report, ihst twenty-one pounds of peat will raise steam for a. mile of transit, while the number of pounds of coal required to do the same work is twenty-six. Its cost is less than one-half that of coal. General Grantvhas ordered' hi5 cottage at Long Branch to be put in complete order for ocgupancy during the coming summer. The New York Cotton Exchange on Satur. day discussed the resolutions for the appoint- ment of a. committee to confer with other Exchanges throughout the country with a View to establishing a new telegraph company so constituted as to prevent its being con- solidated with any other company. Ifis i‘eporteé that sevéi‘al bills for the establishment of postal telegraph: will be prggentgd immedigtely i_n the £1011th Dr. Clare Besmer, of New York, reports that while residing at Pamrapo, N. 5., a few months after the lost steamer City of Boston was missing, his servant found a email bottle on the sea shore containing a scrap of paper, on which was written with pencil “steamship City of Boston burned June 29, 1870. A. Herrick Ireque." Beamer said he did not allude to the matter at the time, because so many rumors prevailed. He put the bottle away and when it came to light recently he degided to make the matter public. American. The Pennsylvania coal companies are con- sidering the question of resuming work on full bime this week. It is stated that all the» companies, with one exception, have agreed to this proposal, but it has been determined t) take no action for February until the latter part of this month. sitar to rid him -of-his bad bargagin. The man who had paid the bargain money was s wealthy storekeeper‘et Virginia. He already rejoiced in the possession of a number one wiie, but she was childless. During the time Chin Qui was living with the mine owner he paid a visit to San Francisco to pre- sent his devotion to the God of Fortune in or- der to obtain success in his- matrimonial schemes. The rejection oi our heroine oc- curred during his absence. The news came to the ears oi wife No. 1. who, fearful that he might bring back a rival from thiscity sought out Ah Leen, clinched the bargain lor $860, and brought Chin Qui home. But she might as well have purchased awildcat. The mani- acal developments became stonger in Chin Qui- She flew at the wife, tore her hair and the house became aperfect beer garden. The husband returned and found out the state oi affairs. His regs knew no bounds at the manner in which he had been duped. What ‘ could he do ? Here were two women in his house, one mad and the other on the verge of madness. Packing Chin Qui‘s clothes. he brought her to San Francisco in November, and delivered her to Ah Deen, who thus re- gained possession of her profitable purchase. Hy this time the news of the msdwomen and her adventures became known all over China- town, and All Leen saw that her little game was played out. She had received 83,600, thus making a profit of no less than 82,800 in six months. Last week when the Belgin left for China, a carriage drove on the wharf,from which Ah Leon and her victim emerged. The plank was drawn and the poor wretch leit these shores, to probably find herself. on ar- rival in China. resold as an inmate of some Chinese begnio. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.