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A Brute Gets a Life Sentence at Cllatham (or an Atroclous Crime. A last (Wednesday) night’s Chatham despatch says : At the Assizes here to-day George Hewell (colored) was tried on the charge of criminal assault on Mrs. McLean. The evidence on the part of the Crown showed that a most atrocious crime had been committed. Mrs. McLean is a very ,delieate young woman, the wife of a re- ‘sfiptable farmer, and had been recently confined at the time of the oflence. The perpetrator of the outrage called at her house, she being alone, and asked her for a drink and a piece of soap. She complied with his request, and as she took the cup from him he rushed upon her, choked her and threw her upon the floor, where a desperate struggle ensued. He flourished a knife and threatened to kill her if she screamed. After a lengthy struggle, her, clothes being torn, her breasts bleeding and her eyes blackened, the villain acoom- plished his purpose, she being then in a semi-unconscious condition. He took her by the shoulders and placed her in a chair, threatening her life if she gave the alarm. She identified the prisoner as being the person. Other witnesses proved that he was in the neighborhood of Mo- Lean’s house. The prisoner was unde- fended, and his defence was that he was not the person who committed the offence. The jury after retiring ten minutes returned with a verdict of guilty. His Lordship, in sentencing the prisoner, dwelt upon the heinous character of the crime. He senâ€" tenced him to imprisonment for life in the Kingston Penitentiary. The prisoner is a hard-looking character, and it is said hails from Alabama, where he claims he was connected with some travelling show. The prisoner did not evmce much emotion when being sentenced, though it was seen he was much sur rised at the summary way in which Cans. ians get rid of monsters whose conduct renders them unit to be at large. The sentence was a just one. and it was with difficulty the constables kept the large audience in court from expressing their approval of it in a decided manner. Mr. Lister acted for the Crown. Founders in Lake Erie in Tuesday’s Gale â€" All on Board Lost. A Detroit despatch says: Another dis- tressing marine disaster took place on Lake Erie in the great blow of Tuesday. The ill-fated craft was the tug ,Orient, which went down with all hands near Point au Pelee about 2 o'clock that day. The Orient left Toledo Monday night for Sandusky, expecting to pick up a tow. but retraced her course as far as Dummy Light. On the following morning she was seen by the crew of the tug Oswego making bad weather and fly ing a signal of distress. The OsWego herself, although a much larger tug than the Orient, was in great danger of founder- ing, and any thought of attempting to ren- der assistance in the fearful sea running wail not be entertained. The violence of thegstorm increased, and the anes broke over and almost submerged the little craft. The schooner Gleniffer,0aplain Robertson, lay behind the Point, and her crew were witnesses of the disaster. Shortly before the tug went down the crew could be dis- cerned baling her out with pails, but their feeble efforts did not count for much against the great mountains of water breaking over and filling her cabin. Her fires had evidently been extinguished, and having no steerage way she wallowed help- lessly in the seas. Finally, to the horror 01 the helpless spectators, she took a header and disappeared from sight, carrying with her the lives of six brave men. They were, D. Lyons, master; John Davis, first en- gineer ; Wm. Panghorn, second engineer ', Edward Kane, mate ; P. Dillock, fireman ; Joseph Sharkey, steward. The crew all belonged to Marine City, where the boat _, was owned. . Captain Lyons and Engineer ‘ Davis Were both part owners. The crew was composed of young men, all well known and experienced tug men. Advertises his Business by Insulting his Wife and .she Sues Him. A St. Thomas despatuh says: Asingular lawsuit is now * pending between John D. Alton and his wife, of West Lorne. Alton, who is a tailor by trade, Opened 8. shop in a house deeded to his wife by her father. His niother-in-lsw came to live with them. and domestic infelioity ensued, resulting in the husband being imprisoned. in default of payment of 81,200 sureties to keep the peace. During his confinement his wife and her mother removed his fixtures, and rented the building to a dressmaker. The husband, on returning, ejected the dress- maker and turned out his mother-in-law, but his wife accompanied her, whereupon the husband opened out business, posting up all over the village the notice, “ M) emiable, adorable and most abominable wife having left, and my domestic expense» having been thereby reduced. I am now able to make suits much cheaper than here- tofore,” etc. He now claims he did not know the meaning of “ abominable." Mrs. Alton now brings suit to eject her husband fxom what she claims are her premises, and Alton enters a. counter suit, claiming that whereas be expended $1,100 on the pi operty 11.9 has a lien thereon, A Young Man Instantly Killed by an Eight-Yearvom Boy. A Mattawa despatch says : Ernest Aspect dit Desairne, a resident of Bucking- ham, Quebec, was shot dead here about halfâ€" ast 7 o'clock on Tuesday evening The eoeased, who was about 20 years old. was in the employ of Mrs. N. Timmins, ‘ and was sitting in the kitchen in conversa- tion with Mrs. Sutclifie, a fellow-servant. when an 8-year‘old son of the latter picked up a double-barrelled gun which was standing in the corner of the room, one barrel of which unfortunately proved to be loaded. Pointing the weapon towards the deceased and his own mother, the child ooched both locks, pulling first one and than $11.9 other trigger. the eecgnd of which caused the discharge oi the piece, lodging the whole of the heavy charge of shot in lthe throat of the unfortunate young man. whose death was instantaneous. Judge Doran, stipendiary magistrate and coroner for the district of Nipissing, was imme- diately notified, and decided that an in- quest "was unnecessary‘ Detroit’s l .itrtle Tragedy of Love. A Detroit despatch says: Hiram Cor- liss, foreman of the trimmers who look after the street lamps, sustained a fatal shock while working on the crosatrees of an electric-light pole in front 9f the opera. bouge last nightY The network of wires caught him as he fell, and for nearly ten minutes he hung suspended in the air while j’ A (mum's FATAL SHOT. a. great crovi'do gafhered below. When finally he was rescued there was a. faint Qpaxlkof life, but five minutes later he was “ Who is it ?” asked a. girl, as the body was being removed to the uudertaker’a. A bystander told her. The girl broke into a fit of hysterical weeping and fell to the sidewalk. It was Emma. Cook, who was (Tend â€"â€"The life of Dr. Morley Punshon. whi ‘h is to be published shortly in Ergland, will be brought out at so high a. price (123. 6d. sterling) that it is probable no special Canadian edition will be issued. The de- tails u to Dr. Punshon’s life in Canada. were supplied by Dr. Rayner, his son-in- law. Efforts were made by several Cana- dian publishing houses to arrange for 9. cheaper special edition for Canada, but without Iuooesa, rariias’ fiancee. JAILED FOR LIFE. THE TUG ORIENT A .MARRIED MAN THE The Moonlight Traitor Tells How Policeman Whelehan Was Murdered. A last (Thursday) night’s London cable says : The Irish situation remains practi- cally unchanged. The Government and the League are in deadly grapple, but as yet it is uncertain which will Win. Although Lord Salisbury, Mr. Balfour, Lord Salsbury and Lord Ashbourne are ready to go to the utmost extremities, they cannot possibly forget the restraint of public opinion. Conservatives are consoled with the reflection that hitherto the Gov- ernment have done all they attempted, while the Nationalist resistance is abortive. The disappearance of Mr. Davitt and Mr. O‘Brien’s escape produced a bad moral effect on their followers. Dramatic Scene at the Trial of the Lord Alast('l‘hursda3) night’s Dublin cable says: The trial of Lord Ma) or Sullivan and Mr. O’Brien, for publishing in the papers respectively controlled by them re- ports of meetings of suppressed branches of the National League, was opened this afternoon at the Mansion House Court. At 2 30 the Lord Mayor was driven to the court, followed by Mr. John Dillon, ex- Lord Mayors Gray and Dawson and ex- Sheriff McDonald and others. The city marshal ltd the civic dignitaries, who Were all arrayed in the full robes of office. Mr. O’Brien joined the procession soon alter it started. The streets through which it passed were thronged, and the Lord May or and Mr. O’Brien were the recipients of a great ovation. Policemen wandered singly through the crowds. A cordon of police surrounded the Mansion House, and prevented the crowd from approaching the court-room. There‘were fifty municipal officers in court. After the case had been called a warm dispute occurred between the police attendants in the court and Mr. Sexton, M. P., and High Sheriff of Dublin, arising from the desire of the latter to place the city sword and mace before the magistrate. The police attempted to pre- vent the placing of the city emblems on the table, whereupon Mr. Sexton and the other municipal oflicers seiZed the sword and attempted to place it there by force. The police and municipal officers struggled for possession of the sword, while the spec- tators in the gallery cheered Mr. Sexton and exhorted him to “ Hold on.” After a few minutes, both sides desisted, acomâ€" promise was effected and the sword was placed on the magistrate‘s bench. ,,,L as HOT TIMES IN IRELAND. Mr. O‘Brien did not enter the court to answer the summons against him. The (use of MrvSullivan was proceeded with. Mr. Careen appeared as counsel for the Crown and Mr. Timothy Healy appeared for the defence. After hearir g the evidence the Court dismissed the case on the ground that the Crown had not proved that the meeting reported in the Nation was a meet- ing of a. suppressed branch of the National League. The spectators and the crowd outside were wildly enthusiastic over the decision. Mr. O’Brien’s case will be called to-morrow. 1 he (1)1111 sel for the Crownhas given notice of an appeal against? the decision of the Court. v “I: Ehe trial of moonlighters at Ennis for the murder of Constable-Whelehan, Calli- uan, who turned State’s evidence, testified as follows: On Sunday night, about dusk, we met in a quarry. Two guns and two revolvers were brought by the Learys and were loaded in the quarry, A council was then held. Thomas Leary said that Sexton should be shot dead. He did not believe in scratches. One man shot had more effect than twenty wounded. On leaving the quarry we went through the bogs to Sex- ton’s house. Most of the party were hand- kerchiefs or white cloths over their faces. When we got to the bog near to the public road at Sexton’s house, Thomas Leary told the parties to stand. He then said: “ If vie meet any police let nobody run away. Walk on as if we were on business, and if the police stop us let us all turn on them and mob them and kill them.” Several spoke at the time. Thomas Leary and Mlchael Murphy were the chief spokesmen. We then got on the road. Peter Murphy was left in the field near the road, so that in case any police passed he could give the alarm. We then proceeded up the back yard to Sexton’s house. I put my hand on the latch and found it bolted. I then knocked, and some one from the inside asked who was there. I said “ Police,” as had been previously arranged. The door was then opened. I was the first that stepped in. Thos. Leary, Daniel Leary and Murty Curtis were abreast behind me, coming in. Lalor and Hehir were behind them, and Michael Murphy was to stay in the back yard to give the alarm. Michael Murphy had a stick. The moment I entered l'wheeled to the right into a bedâ€"room. The visit of our party that night was not to be confined to the Sextons. We were to visit the house of one Callaghan. who did not live far away from Sexton’s. The reason for the visit was his taking or grabbing Kelly’s land. The particular reason for visiting Callaghan’s was that Thomas Leary said if he was not visited that night it could not be done for a long time, as the police would be very busy in the ndghborhood afier Sexton was shot. Thomas Leary was inside the threshold of the door, and in the scuffle that followed I saw him let go his rifle and force his way out of the back door. I saw the police run down and several arrests were made. Peter Murphy was dOWn in the field the last time 1 saw him. I had previously asked Thomas Leary to get me a stick to help me to walk through the bog. When we got to the bog where the council was held Michael Murphy said, “- Give me the stick, as I have no arms and I must stay in the back yard.” I then gave it to him. I would know the stick. _â€" .- I ‘I , ____- L' .- 1,1”,4 r: 410‘s: r20 .. ‘ ~..~..â€"i_a.1a papâ€"m a we: 0H met-awâ€"wvâ€"â€"A, HIS WORSHIP ACQUITTED. 0 Mr. Lynch, for the defence, gave him a. most searching cross-examination, but Cellinen displayed the greatest coolness and composure and proved himself a capi- tal witness by the clear and succinct manner in which he answered every question. The Rev. P. D. O’Reagan, Dean of the Catholic Church at Mitchellstown. has obtained a. summons against Cept.Plunkett for trespass for entering the Dean’s grounds at the head of a. force of police and hussare and diepersinga. crowd assembled there on the occasion of the conviction of Mr. William O’Brien. A lash (Friday) night’s London cable says: In a speech at Abeerystwith this VOL XXIX Mayor of Dublin. evening Lord Spencer said he Wis satis- l fied that the League had nothing to do with the crime in Ireland. Referring to the trial of Lord Mayor Sullivan, he said 3 he would not advocate a Breach of the law, but in the present state of affairs he could not expect anything different on the part of the Irish people. He was convinced more ‘ strongly than ever that Ireland needed ; Home Rule. 7 _ | A last (Friday) night’s Dublin cable says: The hearing in the ease of William O’Brien, who was summoned for publish- ing accounts of meetings of suppressed branches of the National League in United Ireland, has been adjourned pending a decision of the appeal to the Superior Court by the Crown in the case against Lord Mayor Sullivan. Mr. Healey, Mr. O’Brien’s counsel, applauded the Magis- trate’s decision. and said the court had shown itself fair-minded in its disposition of the case. Mr. O‘Brien was not present. A London cable says : The collapse of the Government’s prosecution of Lord Mayor Sullivan and Mr. O’Brien involves a great deal more than mere delay in the enforcement of a single clause of the Coer- cion Act. Since the Dublin magistrate’s decision and free construction of the clause of the Act forbidding the publication of reports of the proceedings of suppressed branches of the National League. the mat- ter has been submitted to the Crown law- yers in England and Ireland, and their opinion thus far given supports Magistrate O’Donnell’s finding, making it extremely improbable that the Government will pro- ceed with its appeal from his decision. The discussion of the case in the Dublin court disclosed a road by which the League may drive a coach and six through the Crimes Bill. Judge O’Donnell dis- missed the case against Mr. Sullivan on the ground that proof was wanting that the reports published were those of branches that had been suppressed by proclamation. The Crown Counsel pointed to the fact that this decision implied that the Govern- ment, in the event of subsequent charges of illegal publication, must prove that the meetings whose proceedings were published were really meetings of suppressed branches of the League, and that the persons present at such meetings were really members of those branches. This construction, he contended, was tantamount to permanently disabling the prosecution, unless the charges could be supported by the admis- sion of incriminated parties, and further than this it would be impossible undersuch interpretation of the Act to obtain the evidence required to conv1ct. The position, therefore, is that if the decision of the court holds good, not only will press prose- cutions be futile, but the Government will have great difficulty in proving that meet- ings of suppressed branches are illegal. . -- L_ The work of eviction at Gweedére was ‘ finished today. There was no resistance I or disorder. 7 , i‘h‘é Sizmland Yard officials prafess to have received information to the effect that a number of American Fenians are contem- plating a. series of dynamite outrages in Ireland and England. Returning ships at both Queenstown and Liverpool are closely watched, and a. shsrp watch is kept upon the American Fenians by trusted agents in New York. All the special police pressu- t-ions that were in use during the troublous times of 1881 and 1882 have been revived for Mr. Balfour’s protection. <‘. n n- bushifléut. 9.;Lord Mayor Sullivan in his paper continues to publish reports of the m‘oceedings of suppressed branches of the Lesgug. 1 u - ,,,A.._ Nun-.. “D”. An Ennis yesterday the prisoners under examination for complicity in the murder of C’stable Whelihan were, on the testiâ€" mony of Callinan, the approver, committed for trial. Bail was refused. The populace cheered the prisoners as they were led to jail The summons obtained by the Rev. P. D. O’Reagsn, Dean of the CatholicChurch st Mitchellstown, against Csptaih Plunkett for trespass for entering the Dean’s grounds and dispersing a. crowd which had assem- bled there on the occasion of the trial of William O’Brien, has been dismissed by the magistrate on the ground of irregularity. L,I.1 -4. u...b.~.._.- v.â€" -___ 0,- ,, ‘ A League mass meeting was held at Longford to-day. During the “proceedings the platform collapsed and a Government reporter was injured. Mr. T. M. Healy, M. F, chaffed the reporter on his first trial of a. plank bed. Continuing, Mr. Healy said that there would soon be no landlords left in Ireland. He would deal with the landlords in securing their rights as he would in driving rats from a haystack. The landlords were more bothered by the Plan of Campaign than they were by the killing of bailiffs. The deadliest place to hit them was their pockets. He hoped that the mortgages of Lord Granard would not leave him a brass farthing to bless himself with. The Irish were strong enough to ‘ subdue the paltry Loyalist crew. Life in Toronto. . After a. night of debauchery Thomas Cunningham, a. man about 40 years of age, was found dead in his bed, at 16 Agnes street, Toronto, yesterday morning. His wife was lying beside him speechlessly drunk and could not be made to understand what had taken place, Heâ€"Now that we are married, we are one, and I shall insist that this be the last time you appear in a lowmecked dress. W A .0 -..1.. "€135;W;;;§ one, but you are only half of us, and I shall dress my half as I please. The New York custom house employs twenty-three women. Their duties are to examine the baggage of ladies arriving from foreign parts. and to search the persons of women who are suspected of attempting to defraud the revenue. Their pay is $3 a. day A complete orchestra. of Japanese instru- ments has lately been presented to the con- I rvatory at Paris by a. Dutch government official. IN THE FRIGID Newmfifl‘hey have a cold time of in in Arthur, according to the Enter- prise, which this Week has the following : “ Perhaps somebody will call us an able- bodied prevarioator when we assert that the frost on Sunday night last was severe enough to burst iron pipes. It is a. fact, however, that the pipes of two threshing L engines were burst by the water in them Ibeooming congealed." A large dog in a. neighboring town, says the Boston Journal, has a great pleasure in ‘ chewing gum. When he sees any one engaged in gum-chewing, he will tease forla. 1 piece until he is satisfied. Then he will be quiet for half an hour masticating the gum with an expression of deep satisfaction. An apple tree on the farm of Capt. T J. Williamson, in Pleasants county, Va.., which has borne fruit for a. number of years, has never been known to blossom. This year the tree is again full of fine large apples, the strangest thing about which is that the fruit has neither core nor seed. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, Woman’s Rights. A Georgia. Farmer‘s Benevulence Re- warded by a file of Money. 3 An Atlanta despatch says: A pretty little romance has just reached an interest- ing culmination in Rabun county. At the base of the Tiger Mountain, half a 1 mile off the main road leading to Clayton, = resides a sober old farmer named Geo. W. lDillard, who has a wife and two sons. Early last summer Mr. Dillard received a ‘letter from his wife’s brother, whom he {had not seen since 1849. At that time 1 James McCurrie was a young man, as was lalso George W. Dillard. The news had reached Georgia of the wonderful gold idiscoveries in California. Among those ; who were full of the excitement were I McCurrie and Dillard. They had perfected {all arrangements for going thither, and ,were bidding the family good-bye when {Dillard faltered. The tearful eyes of ' McUurrie‘s young sister touched his heart, ‘I especially as she was weeping for him and not for her brother. Throwing down his ; bundle, he declared that he would stay if the girl would marry him. To this she [cheerfully agreed, so Dillard remained a {Georgia farmer, while McCurrie jumped ; into the stage coach and was borne away. Since that time he has never been heard of. It was with mingled feelings, therefore, that Dillard read the letter from his old comrade. McCurrie stated that he had worked against adverse fortune, declining to write to the folks at home until he could strike it rich, but every year found him growing poorer, and now old, feeble and poor, his great wish was to look once more upon his native hills. That he could not do so unless he was sent money enough upon which to return. Mr. Dillard read the letter to his wife and sons. “We must send him the money,” said the old man. So a cow and a mule were sacrificed and the money went on its mission across the eontinent. Several Weeks’ time brought another letter, in which the old man expressed his grateful- ness for the kindness done him, but he was too ill to undertake the journey. After that no more was heard from him. On Monday Dillard received a letter which recited that James McCurrie was dead ; that he wished to test the fidelity of his sister’s family ; that their prompt response to his appeal had moved him, and that by his will his property in California, Valued at $1,600,000, was willed in equal parts to his sister, her husband and their two sons. The two young men passed through Atlanta. to-night en route for California. to take pos- session of the property, which they hope to sh rtly convert into cash, when they will return. HOW SHE HID HER MORPHINE VICE. A School Girl with a Deceptive Pen and an Ink Bottle tliat Held the Drug. A Philadelphia despatch says : The in- genuity of morphine victims.to hide their vice has never been better illustrited than in the case of a. young girl fashionable young ladies’ boarding-echo!) lear’mis city, who has just been taken away by her parents. She said she learned to use mor- phine from ayoung married woman, well known in society in New York, whom she ‘ met at a. Watering place last summer. 1 l n,‘ “luv new all "an.--" rhw, , , The disclosure came about accidentally. When the young student returned to the school this fall she had periods of deep despondency, and often asked the privillege of going to the room in the seminary set apart as ahospital. There she would lie for a day at a time, only rousingherself when any one approached the table, on which stood an ink bottle and a stylographic pen. The nurse having occasion to send a message to the doctor attempted to Write with this j pen, the young girl at that .time being asleep. The pen not only refused to write, but the practised eye of the nurse instantly recognized in the point the puncturing needle of a hypodermic syringe. This led to an examination of the ink bottle. It was a four-ounce bottle, but there was no ink in it. It was painted black on the outside, and contained Magendie’s solution of morphia, enough for 128 one-half grain doses, or sufficient to last until the Christ- mas holidays. ‘The principal of the school was summoned immediately and the sleep- ing girl’s arm bared. It was punctured \ from the shoulder almost to the hand, and the livid blue marks confirmed the suspicion which was changed to absolute certainty by the small abscess which had begun to form in the forearm Just above the wrist. The habit had been formed about two months only, and there is a possibility that a cure can be effected. “You never drink or smoke, do you, George, dear ‘2” she said. “You knowI could never marry a man who drinks and Smokes.” George, in s broken-hearted tone of voice, admitted that he did smoke and drink a. lit'tle and turned to go. But a. pair of white 27-year-old arms were about his neck in a. moment. “ Never mind, George,” said the girl; “perhaps my wifely influence will induée you to give them up.” “ Where did you go this summer ?" asked one business man of another. “ We boarded in the country.” “ Expensive ?” “ Not very. We got a good deal for our money. My Wife got the malaria and I got the rheumatism. My boy Jimmy got his leg broke and little Mamie got poisoned with ivy. And all we paid was $10 a week apiece." IT READS LIKE A FAIRY TALE. Only four cruisers will continue the fish- eries protection service after the 10th inst., the rest being withdrawn from commission for the remainder of the seasonmow nearly closed. So far little or no complaint of the manner in which the service has been performed has been made by the United States authorities. â€"Mrs. B. B. Keefer, Wife of the clergy- man of that name, is lecturing in various places on “ The Ruined Temple.” -â€"A most remarkable imitation of blackl walnut has lately been manufactured from poor pine, the quality and appearance of the article being such as to defy detection except upon very close examination. _To accomplish this one part of walnut peel ex- tract is mixed with six parts of water, and with this soluticn the wood is coated. When the material is half dry a solution of bichromate of polish with water is rubbed on it, and the 23818 walnut ls ready for use. A despatch from Cooktown, Australia, says that the German gunboat Adler, con- veying King Malietoa, arrived there and transferred the King aboard the Albatross, which sailed, it is supposed, for German New Guinea. The last of the British’cavalry are about to be withdrawn from Egypt. Got His Money’s Worth. He Didn’t Get Away. OBER 20, 1887. The Captain of the C lifo rnia Traduced by Cow, rdly an en. A Detroit despatch says : The Free Press has the following despateh from Mackinac: The opinion is expressed that if Capt. Trowell had been supported by his first officers and the rest of theorew there would have been no loss of life. It has been stated that only one boat could be lowered, but such was not the case. There were two boats lowered. The first, which should have taken the worms. u,was taken possession of by eight of the crew. Two more of the crew jumped into the water and caught hold of the boat, but they were not taken in, and, after hanging on as long as possible, were forced to let go, and were drowned. It is claimed by the men that were in this boat that they could not lift their compan- ions into the boat, but this is a flimsy excuse. It is probable that the reason they were not taken into the boat was because it was feared they would overload it. The second heat that was launched was taken possession of by the first mate and two of the crew, while the captain was in the cabin after the passengers. When he returned to the deck they were gone and the passen- gers and remainder of the crew were left to their fate. It has been charged by one of the crew that the captain deserted his post. The man who makes the charge was one of those that rushed into the boat' and left the poor Women passengers. Captain Trowell remained on the deck of his steamer until it sunk from under him, and even then he, with the assistance of his brave engineers who had manfully stood by him, succeeded in clearing a boat from the wreck and rescued the lady passenger that was saved and alt-o the stewards. Mrs. Connerton, the lady passenger, and also Mrs. Blood, the stewardess, are loud in their praise of the captain and engineers. From all the facts learned it is evident that Captain Trowell stood at his post like a hero and did all in his power to save his passengers and crew. Messrs. Hugh Johnston and W. Gooder- hum, of Toronto, have addressed a. letter to the Victoria, B. 0., Colonist, with a. View of explaining and defending the remarks made by them which gave so much umbrage to the people of that city. A , p The Home Land & Cattle Company, of Wood Mountain, a company composed of United States citizens, have driven the cattle they intended for this country into the Mills River country in consequence of the refusal of the Dominion Government to give them concessions they desired with respect toiiuty. .. ~. n n George Butterworth, a. waiter on the C. P. R. dining out Kensington, was dragged to death at Gleichen yesterday by a run- away horse. - - .‘ ‘ 1 n “'I-‘Vhereiis already a. grain blockade on the Canadian Pacific Railway at Csrberry. Only 10,000 bushels have been marketed out of a. yield of 600.000 bushels in that district, and the C.P.R. are unable to transâ€" port it. They only supplied one car in the last three days for the four elevators, which are now blocked. There was a. de- mand yesterday throughout the Province for 300 cars and it could not be met. "The Dominion injunction case against the Red River Valley Railway was begun to-day 1:;9f_0r_e Judge Killam. - 1,. The Chief Justice yesterday gave judg- ment in the application which was made some days ago for an extension of time in which to proceed with the election petition against Mr. Scarth. He refused the appli- cation. This, until reversed, insures Scerth the seat. The judgment will be eppealed against. Ten more cars of rails for the R. R.Va.lley have arrived. The first shipment of stock from the Cal- gary ranches, consisting of fourteen cars, passed through the city to-night. Some thirty-six cars are on the way. '] hey are billed to Montreal. An animal suffering from chronic rheuma- tism always keeps, as fair as possible, in the sun. ' mi’SfI‘I-e; an animal has a. wounded leg or arm hanging on it completes the amputa- tion with its teeth. If Idighimpanzee is wounded it stops the bleeding by placing its hand on the wound and dressing it with leaveg or grass. A sporting dog was run over by a. car- riage. During three weeks in winter it remained lying in a brook, Where its food was taken to it. The animalmecovered. A dog, on being stung on 'the muzzle by a viper, was observed to plunge its head repeatedly for several days in running water. The animal eventually recovered. When a dog has lost: his appetite he eats that species of grass known as dog’s grass, which acts as an emetic mnd‘purgative. Cats also eat grass. Sheep and cows, when ill, also seek out certain herbs. u, "um, VVV.‘ V‘, Animals suffering from rheumatic fever treat themselves by the continued applica- tion of cold water, which M. Dulauney con- siders to be more certain than any of the other methods. Animals get rid of their parasites by using dust, mud, clay, etc. Those suflering from fever restrict their diet, keep quiet, seek dark, airy places, drink water, and sometimes plunge into it. v 1,A ........... r__.io, The warrior ants have regularly organ- ized ambulances. Latrelle cut the antennae of an ant, and other ants came and covered the wounded part with a. transparent fluid secreted in their little mouths. p BUULUIIV‘A u. u Many physicians have been observers of animals, their diseases, and the methods adopted by them in their instinct to cure themselves, and have appropriated the knowledge so brought under their observa- tion in theilg praotice. YA ,,,,,A:._-J uxvu u: uuuu r ........ A terrier hurt its right eye. It remained under a. counter, avoided heat and light, although habitually kept close to the fire ; it adopted a. general treatment, rest and abstinence from food. The local treatment consisted in licking the upper surface of the pew, which it applied to the wounded , 71.-.- :A. uhnnmn eye, dry. who tel's the story of their discovery says that they must have belonged to some animal that Was at least “ six times as large as the modern elephant," and that ate timber ass. steady diet. Maybe the exis- tence of such an animal accounts for the vast prairies of the west, and that he starved to death when the supply of timber gave out. A- .a Miss Olive Barr, a. wealthy young lady of Odin, 11L, fell in love with W. E. Arrow- smith, 8. poverty-stricken youth. Her parents chased the young man out of the country, but Miss Barr followed him, and a. wedding was the result. The young women is worth $150,000 in her own right. In a. sandpit near Omaha. two enormous , L,_. I...L th‘e‘ paw when it became The Canadian Northwest. STOOD TO HIS POST. Animals as Doctors. wenlthyfiygaung lady WHOLE NO 1,523 NO. 16. um: LUUIILIUL a qun- . » There was reason why she should be sad-eyed and pallid. Not alone item the fearful death struggle she had with the‘ waves, but from' the chapter of afflictions which was in her life. , Thie rough box was only the last of a series of bereave- ments. The strangest feature of them has yet remained untold. It was the first blow which came to the Connerton home, which has stood for 30.yeare on Sixth street. First it was a. rude shanty, but ‘it had a dozen around its table and prosperity followed the thrifty occupants. A Pet Son’s Absence For Twenty-five Yearsâ€"A Fond Mother’s Vain Searchâ€"â€" A Fortune Awaiting the Missing Heirâ€" Another Sad Chapter of the California Wreck. A woman with sad, frightened face, and eyes reddened and swollen by ‘Weeping, hurried off the Michigan Central train from the north this noon, says the Detroit News of Thursday. An undertaker was with her. As they passed forward men were unloading a. long pine hex from the baggage car. The woman was Mrs. Cor- nelius Connerton, seved..from the Wreck of the propelleeralifdi‘nia. The_rough box contained the remains of poor “ Con." Connerton, the son who went dow‘ri 'before the mother’s eyes. .. w ‘ . ‘ 1,"11, Among the brightest members of this family group was little Johnnie Connerton. He was an apt youngster at school, getting along so well that his proud father sent him to the Academy of St. Roohea, near Montreal, and then to Toronto. Of course he was the pet of the household when he came home for the summer 'vacetion. Although but 14 years old he wa‘s unusu- ally intelligent, and particularly quiet and obedient at home. ’ The Strange Mystery of Little John Oonnerton. One day Johnnie came home in company with another youngster named Cahill. “ May I go‘down to'wnia little while?” he asked. . . v ’ ‘ ‘ The question was addressed to his older sister, now Mrs; Sanpier. She did not readily assent to the request, for the Cahill boy was considered wild. . “ 0h, let me go; I’ll come right back.” J 3hnnie was so earnest in his promise and so trusty that his sister finally con- sented to his going. He ran off chatting and laughing. But he did. not come right back. He was not back in an hour. The next day he was still gone. A week passed by and he was still missing. That was twenty-five years ago. He has never been heard of since. Is he dead or alive? That is the question .which daily loomesvto the bereft mother. u“; ‘25-: .mul... Search was made for, the lost. pet.- He was advertised for and traced. But all trails came to naught. The young. Cahill boy had also disappeared at the same time, but he finally- returned. He told an improbable story of how the two hadrmader their way to‘Ne‘W Ym, ' where they had finally got separated. They parted in one of the busy. streets of the metropolis; ‘ Young Cahill returned here and was the youth who burst a blood vessel with fatal results during a family quarrel in Spring- wells a short time since. ‘ _ H But the fond mother has never aban- doned hope. She had thought that her boy shipped on some man-of-war and she determined to go on a personal search for the lost one. Starting alone she went to New York, where the shipping offices and the wharves were scoured. “Have you seen my boy ‘2” That was the question which the rough Wharfers heard all one summer as she car- ried on her search. Then she turned to the navy yards and then to Washington. But it was _no use. A whole summer of searching was in vain. The years have gone by and hope has almost given way to despair. "7‘. L“... a... 1.... In. DETROIT CHARLEY ROSS. ” You don’t mean to any that you had to‘ pay just as much fox: your pew during the summer months when the church was ‘ closed as when it was open ?” i “ Certainly.” “ How ridiculous I” “ Oh, I don’t know; I don’t begrudge the moue . I» _enj9yed the pew uite as well a's thoug I was in it ; better, i anything.”â€" Ways“. If John Connerton came home to-day he would find himself a'rich man; When‘he left the modest little shanty 25 years ago there was little wealth about it. 'But the thrifty father soon added to his means, until the Connertons have become well off. They own houses and lots 'on Howard and Sixth streets, and only recently sold a farm for $17,000 cash. Of this Johnnie is in part an heir, his share being worth some- thing like a hundred thousand dollars. His absence ties up the estate, and the law for- bids a. division. Perhaps the lost heir may some day return to claim his thou- sands. ‘ - For '25 years this has hunglikea. pull over the Connerton home.. But auéther and a} younger son, Corneliqs, cheered fihe bereft mother, for his devotion was constant and warm. It'is this son who was dto‘wne'd' oh the propeller California. ‘ Bostdh Transcript. “ Are you familiar with the’ various causes which bring about so much drunkenness in this penigiitgti lagd ‘2” h? .asked. 5n. _A__A_ A; mm W. a ........ . _,. “ I am 5(hic) quite familiar with some of them, sir,” hiccoughed the young man politely: “ such as whisky, gin, brandy and beer for (hic) instance.” Motherâ€"Nursery dialogueâ€"Nellie, I have told yous. great many times not to romp with Tommy, and you must obey Nellieâ€"Could I play with him if he was a. girl ? Motherâ€"Perhaps. Nellieâ€"But I wouldn’t want to. The detrest object to a. man should be his Wife, but it is not unfrequently her clothes. Mrs. Ezra. S. Allen ascended alone in a balloon from the State fair grounds at Narragansett Park, Providence, Wednesday afternoon. She reached a height of three miles, and met with diverse currentsof air and a whirlwind. The situation grew so threatening that she pulled the explosion cord and fell with the balloon a mile and a. half. The force of the fall was broken by the balloon alighting in a. treetop. Mr. J. J. MoArthur, of Aylmer, who is making a topographical survey of the Rocky Mountains, this summer ascended to the summit of Mount Stephen, thesecond highest; peak in the Rockies, 10,523 feet above the sea. level. Mr. MoArthur was accompanied by an assistant. \Vhat Causes Intemp'erance ? She Lin ed Boys the Best. Very Well Satisfied. 'eeg, “ Ordinarily from $1,500 to $2,000. Mrs. J ayGould bought one recently that cost $2,500. It was an upright grand and just as fine an instrument in everything that goes to make a piano as ever left the fac- tory of one of the best known makers in the city. C. P. Huntington has recently purchased a piano. His cost $2,000, while Judge Hilton, another millionaire, got one not long ago for which he paid a little more than §2,200, I believe. Now, these instruments were the very best the workmen could produce. The builders knew, of course, that it would help them to sell fine pianos to other families if such people as these had their make of instru- ments, The choicest woods, seasoned to the exact dot, were used in the cases ; ex- tra quality cloth worth $18 a- yard, where the ordinary stuff used is worth from 85 to $10, went to the actions; the ivory was selected from perhaps a hundred different tusks, and so on from the casters under the legs to the varnish on top, everything was the best. .The monograms were worked out in gold or antique metal,-or some other expensive stuff, and when the instruments were set in the parlors of the purchasers there was a richness to the tones that would enchant"any one. And the tone was there to remain ; such an instrument will last wonderfully. But, after all, you can get just as good an instrument, one with precisely the same tones and one that will last just as well, . for less than half the money paid by Mr. Gould.”â€"â€"New York Sun. “ Had you arrived at the age of maturity before thewar of the rebellion began," said the dealer, “and had you been of a cynical disposition at that time, you would have been interested, not to say astounded, at the large sums of money paid as income taxes by men in this town. It gave one notoriety to pay a large income tax, and no one was debarred from paying as good a tax as he chose; Perhaps a. piano could be built with that sum, but it would have to be inlaid with gold and have the monogram set in die- =monds before the bill could honestly call for half as much as that.” j no hurry. OJVOI the work' ;, next log y the figures thus obtained, setting them dhwnâ€" in their order as obtainedâ€"as fast as a pen or pencil willstravel, noting the time taken in this easypart of the work. Than con- sider that a child 8 years old obtained the right result, without pen or pencil, in less time than had been taken to copy down the number itself, to which all the calculation thus written out had been applied. Asked what numbers will divide 36,083 exactly, Colburn at once answered : “ None.” Let the reader try how long it takes “with pen and paper to prove that this is really so; he will have to try the divisors 3, '7, 11, 13, 17. 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53 and many more, up to 187, before the proof will be complete. Once, and once only, did Colburn have to make any considerable efiort in dealing with a numberas he had dealt with 36,083. The number was somewhat famous in mathematical annalsâ€"viz; 2,294,967,297, of which the great arithmetioian, Format, had declared that it had no division. Format even gave what appeared to him a proof of this; but the celebrated mathematician, Euler,~showed that the proof was incom. plete. - Euler also, after long labor, found a number. 641,- which will divide Fer- mat’s “ indivisible.” Colburn was set the 'same task that had failed Fermat and had occupied Euler for months. The child could not answer that day, not the next, nor for a week or fortnight; but in the third week he gave the solution. During that time he had kept no record of his work save in that wonderfully retentive brain of his. It may interest the reader to know -' that the number over which Format and ,' Euler had contended is obtained b multi- plying two into itself 31 times an adding unit's. Colbufi} did the _work _ of thus “ What, tfiéfi, déthe eleganfi pianos of the 'menAof’greafi wgalth cost ? " Some Feats Performed by the Famous -Zerah Colburn. Zerah Colburn was asked to say what number multiplied into itself would give the number 568,336,125, writes Professor Proctor. The idea was to see how far he would get ahead of a practiced computer, who was set to work finding the cube root of the.numberâ€"â€"for that was what Colburn was asked forâ€"by the usual process. But before the practiced computer had written down the number Colburn gave the answer, 645. Golburn was at this time only 8 years old, and he had not even so much instruction in arithmetic as most boys of that age have received. He knew nothing of the rules of extracting roots. But even if he had known how to extract the cube root‘of a number, his feat would not be less marvellous. Let any one who would learn to appreciate Colburn's‘ calculating powers try the following experiment :- Set down the number just named, and obtain the cube root by the ordinary method, making . ,,_. LL- “ Wfiat do youvthink about such 3 piano ?” said a reporter to an uptown music dealer. An Alleged $50,000 Investmentâ€"Price- of Wealthy Men’s Instruments. The one subject of which piano dealers and piano manufacturers and workmen in piano factories have been talking for the past few days is the piano said to be for Mr. Henry G. Marquand, with five figures following the dollar mark in the invoice thus: $46,950. No such price as $46,950 was ever paid for a piano before, but no prophet will venture to say that no one will ever pay so much again. “Al-vu- v obtaining the fifim‘égr in a. few minutes. self yet ? Harrietâ€"No.1)ot yet; but I think he will soon. Last night he said he was look- ing around for a. wife, and asked me very particplln‘ly if I thought I could earn u..- A- T 4‘ I. r" ~~~~~~~~~ -â€" ~ u enough to éenture to marry OILâ€"Life. she Got J ust Punishment. Mr». Brown (after exceptionally fine din- ner)â€"I tell my husband that if he will bring gentlemen home unexpectedly, he mustn’t complain if every thing isn’t rigiht. ‘ ' . .\ ‘ ,,,A_A_A_ 7..--..M. â€"Money flies preity fast, considering it has no wings. L .5...” Dumleyâ€"Pray make no excuses, I wasn’t at all hungryâ€"Life r â€"Ghurch cvhoirs should be permitted to engage in games of chants. -â€"It is only when in love that the gambler is satisfied to hold a. small hand. â€"â€"Queen Anne pills are said to be the latest novelty offered by the druggists (or interior decorations. A vein of rock salt 40 feet thick has been struck at Ithaca, N.Y., at a depth of 2,230 feet. The salt is clear and pure. The well is to be put down another thousand feet in search of oil or gas. Within the past 40 years numerous at- tempts have been made to introduce the English skylark into this country. Large numbers of the birds have been brought over and liberated at various points from Delaware to New England, but without ex- ception the birds have disappeared at once and never been heard of again, except oo- casionally, after intervals of years, reports come of one being heard in some parts of the country. Abroad they flourish from u the south of England to Scandinavia. Why ‘_ they die in this country no' one knows. ? Some think that they do not die, but that X the country is so big that they scatter over , it as soon as landed, and are swallowed up I in its immensity, as it were. #Oscar Wilde regrets his son is not I daughter, because, as he says, “ girls drape so much better." A Bright Prospect. Motherâ€"HasAMr. Goslow offered him- LIGHTNING CALCULATION. THE COST OF FINE PIANOS. next '00 y “I; 12 them ownâ€"-