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The Trenton Advocate says that two men crossing Devil Lake the other day with a horse and cutter were pursued by awolf, the horse became frightened, made a. sudden spring, and threw one of them out. He had 3 Heeling stick in his hand, struck the wolf ever the head with it, stunned it, and then dispatched it with a. penknife. . _ v _ Chief Justice Ardour was presented with the traditinnai pair of gloves on opening the Assizu at Kingston there being no prison- ers in guol. Sir. Arthur Haliburton, recently appoint. ed to an under secretaryship of the British War Office, was born in Nova Scotia in 1832, and is a. son of the famous " Sam Slick.” He has filled many important positions in the British military and Civil Services, and. is, we believe, the only Uanadian who has ever reached a position so high in the British service. CANADIAN. The Kingato hg-law for $140,000 to im prove the city my works system was car ried yesterday ‘ y a‘vote of 452 to 43. Colonel John Kilborn, who served as an ensign in the hassle of Luudy’s Lane in 18 4, and was taken prisoner, died in Newboruugh on Sunday, aged 94 years. A memorial from the Winnipeg Icelandic Society, praying for a. public rucogniuon of Lief Erisson us the first discoverer of America. was presented in the United States Sena-be on Saturday. A Ulitford merchant received an anony- mous letter recently, enclosing postage stamps and stating than the writer, a woman, had sold him a quantity of rotten eggs last summer, and we stamps were to pay for them. A party of Japanese gentlemen interested in mmutnczuring enterprises in Yokohama passed through Winnipeg on Friday, bound on a. tour of inspection of the large faclzory establishments In Canada and the New Eng- land Snnbes. The editors of The Add Victoriarwb. the paper published by me snudnets of Victoria Universicy, have been euspenjed bv the faculty on account of criuiciama oi the curriculum which appeared in that paper, and there is a. oonmdernble commotion in eonsaqnence. A Vigorous immigration policy will b e augurnoed by the Manitoba Government, and a. scheme for placing portions of railway and land compenies‘ lands under govern- ment control for settlement is being prepar- ed for submission to the Provincial Legis- lnture. A young boy named Paetorius, living near Colchester, Essex County, was nearly strangled in a curious way the other day. He had fastened one end or a rope round a cell’s neck and the other and round a dog’s while the centre of it he wound about his own. He was being dragged along so rapid 1y when discovered that. If a brother had not cut the rope in time he would have paid dearly for his fun. The Rev. T. Downs walker, and thinks no morning spin of eight or suburbs, topped off with a mile. The Custom-s Callector at Butfalo has been instrucnea by the Treasury Deparnmeut than cloLbi 1g and other duhable goods purchased in Canada by residence on the frontier cau- noc be admuted free on their return to the Uni (and S antes. Our Saskatoon correspondent writes :â€" Mr. David Blackley, who came from Scot- land in 1884, and whose farm is seven miles from Saskatoon, has cleaned 116 bushels of excellent oats, the produce of three bushels sown last spring, which had only ordinary cultivation. The oats are of the black Tar tarian variety, of superior quality, being well filled and hard. All the crops in the neighborhood are turning out; Well. Mr. Blackley started with two cows and in less than four years has twenty head of cattle besides working oxen. He intends putting in over 100 acres of crop this year. His faith in the country is such that, by his ad. vice,u son and sou-in-law with their families came out from Sc )tland last summer and have settled near him. He says if he had money enough he would bring out all the friends he has. At Saskatoon prices for farm produce range as follows :â€"â€"\\'heat 60¢ per bushel, oats and barley each 50c per bushel, potatoes 50c per bushel, butter 25¢ per pound, eggs 30, per dozen, beef, whole- sale, 37 to $9 per 100 pounds. UNITED STATES. Minneapolis reports 116 days of sleighiug so far this winter. Oskaloosa, Ksnsas, has elected a. woman as Mayor and a City Council composed en- sirely of women. Only twelve Indians are left of the tribe of l,(00 who inhabited the Yosemite Valley a few yem‘s ago. Losses on the western cattle ranches this winter have been very slight, and are not expected to exceed one per cent. '1‘he Buffalo Bankers’ Association has dev cided to charge 2 per cent. discount on all Canadian money receiVed on deposit. Abill for the celebration at Washington next spring of the centennial of the Consti- tution of the United States was pissed in the Senate on Seturday. A sword fish weighing 500 pounds was caught from the wharf at Punta. Gorda, F la. It took the combined efforts of three men to draw it from the water. California. farmers display much energy in ridding their fields of the rabbit pest. Ate. big rabbit drive about 2,000 men were in line and over 4,000 rabbits were slaughtered. The Rev. T. DeWitt Talmuge is a. green A Clay county. Dakota, farmer has a five. yearold cow which is 16% hands high and weighs 1,888 pounds. A circus man is try. ing so buy her. beven conductors on the Canadian Pacific railway between Kalmar, a. station 110 miles east 01 Winnipeg, and the Pacific ansn are to be dismissed for assisting an operator who was travelling to the coast on a. stolen ticket to escape from a. detective who was on the same train, and who finally captured him in Vancouver. A man in New Yurk in paid $20,000 a year for sampling tea. Twenty-four deaths were caused by the mine explosion at Rich Hill, Missouri. Clans Spreck-ela has decided to build a, sugar refinery in Priladelpbia, with 8. ca. psuity of seven thousand barrels a day. A resolution in favor of organic union of the Methodist; Episcopal Church and the NEWS OF THE DAY. hing ‘of an Early nine miles into the a. brisk run of half Two cases are reported in Germany of fatal results following the operation of laryngotomy, which the German doctors wanted to perform on Emperor Frederick. The population of France is decreasing notwithstanding considerable immigration. The Belgians are coming in in considerable numbers, and Italians next. The Moscow Gazelle attributes to Sir Henry Drummond W013. the English Minis- ter to Persia, a scheme for the commercial conquest of that kingdom for the benefit of England. Emperor Frederick and Empress Victoria. drove in a half open carriage from Chm-lot- tenburg to Berlin and greatly enjoyed the drive. They received enthusiastic greetings along the road. Dr. Gatling has made important improve- mentslin his machine gun within the past two years. It is now a terrible arm. It can be pointed down upon a torpedo boat from a ship’s deck, or upon a launch when it is very near to the vessel. The English naval offi- cers are loud in the praises of his gun. it throws a shower of bullets with terrible force, as thick as hail stones in a hail storm. A vessel's deck is swept by this great force, and assaults upon harbor detences, by scal- ing parties, can be overcome at once by a few of these guns properly placed in a fort. It is not a cannon, but a gun throwing ounce bullets in showers. Its force is fatal fora mile, and for this class of Projectiles it is the most formidable arm ever invented. It is reported that an English syndicate desires to purchase Dr. Gatling's patent and plant. FOREIGN. Another piece of cartilage was extracted from Emperor Frederick’s throat on Satur- day. Despite the semblance of health and the Emperor’s increased power, German expert; opinion that the disease will have an early and fatal termination is still unaltered. It is officially Announced that King John, of Abysslnia, has sued fox peace, and Gen. San Max-zano has been instructed to accede to his requests if the terms accord with the honour of .ltaly. A federation of clubs and similar societies in Paris have been formed with the object: of cheapening medical attendance. Adult members of the association pay 4’) cents a year for medical attendance and children 20 cents. Says the foreign itemizer of the New York Sun: Fully 30,000 German residents in Engâ€" land who evaded conscription on the break- ing out; of the Franco-Prusflan war can now resurn tof their fatherland Without risk, as their offence terminated with the hate En paror’s rnign. The latest advices from China say that the crisis in Ho-Nan is past, but that the distress of the people is appalling, two mil- lion persons being utterly destitute. The nearest towns are invaded by hordes of nak- ed and starving refugees from the flooied districts, who, like swarms of locusts, are devouring everything. The floods in Germany and Hungary are causing great loss of life and destruction of property, and as the snow lies on an average four feet deep in the iorestlande it is feared that the worst of the inundasions have yet to come A correspondent, residing in the North of London, challenges the statementgsttributed to Mr. Moody that cancer is unknown to the Hebrews, who suggested as the reason their abstinence from pork. He states that the testimony of medical men who have made this disease a study is that the Jews are not more exempt than others from this dire af~ fliction. Methodist Episcopal Church South was adopted at the meeting of Method?“ minia- bera in Chicago on Monday. A weekly church publication in Youngs- town, 0., is edited by the Rav. S. R. Frazier, and is issued on Sundays. It is probably the only Sunday newspaper in ex- istence that is edited by a. clergyman. Mr. Osgoodby, of Albiuy, and his four boys foot up pretty well in the aggregate. He is 6 feet 6 inches in height, the oldest son is 2 inches shorter, the next is 6 feet 3, the next 6 feet 2, and the youngest, 3. 13d of ten years, is 6 feet 1 inch tall. The Emperor of Japan, who recently granted liberty to the press all over his do- minions, now finds that the papers have taken advantage of his kindness to hold up the Government to hatred, ridicule and con- tempt, thereby endangering the throne. So his Majesty has issued a ukase authorizing the Minister of the Interior to suspend or suppress any journals professing objection- able sentiments. The paint shops of the Chicago, Burling- ton and Quincy railway at Aurora, 111., which were being used as & hobvl for the new man, were burned on Thursday night, over one hundred of thy men who were in the building losing all they possessed. The fire is attributed m incendiarism, and caused a loss of $175 000. Mr. Ross \Vinnns, the noted American sportsman, intends to give up his deer forests in Rosshire and Invernesshire, which ex- tend over 260,0L0 acres. Half cf \Vinans‘ game preserves is on the Chisholm estate, and Mrs. Chisholm, of Chisholm, is negoni- sting with her tenant in order to obtain a. surrender of ,his leases. The lease of the great forest of Glenstrathfarrar, which is on the Lovat estate and lets at £5,750 a year, expired last November and was not renew- ed to Winans, the new tenant being Mr. “'. K. Vanderbilt, of New York, who has taken BeaufortCestle for five years. Mr. Winans did not visit Scotland last season. if suffering from pain, but go at once to the nearest drug store and buy a sample bottie of Polson’s N ERVILINE, the great pain cure. Never fails to give immediate relief. Nervi- line is endorsed by medical men everywhere. Don't Wait a single hour without trying Ilerviline. The best medicine in the world to keep in the house in an emergency. Ten and 25 cents a. bottle. The latest “cattle queen " of the west is Miss Kitty W'llkius, of Idaho, 8. tall blonde, twenty-three years of aie, a. fine horse~ woman and a. deed shot. hnugh called the cattle queen, as a matter at fact horses are her specialty, and she owns no less than 800, besides thausands of cattle. Macev VVArner, who was banged the other day at Jefferscn, Ind., for murder, made the following gollows speech2â€"“Il any of you ever take a. glzss of whisky, be- fore you put it to your lips think of Macey Warner and look into the bottom of the glass and see if you can't see a. rope there.” pqn'Q do it. Do not wait, CHARLES ROBINSON $00.?" '12 (‘lllllfl‘ll 815. TORONTO. Are having. during March. a Special Chafing Sale 0 Fruit N U is if? §§k3“;"§5Ԥf‘aa‘3.§’$am. TREES. Also'can offer a few cars Red nnd YPHOWGYnhaUnirna one. Illustrated Catalogue free. \VEBSTEB Baos., FLORISTS, HAMILTON. ANADA SHIPPING (:0. â€" Beaver Line of Steamfihips, lavlinz weekly between Montreal and Liverpool. Salon) tickets, Montreal to Liverpool, $40, $50, and $60. Return tickets. $50, $90, and 8110, according to shimmer and accommodation. Intern mediate. 830; Round trip tickecs. $60, Steernge, 820, Round trip tickets, :40. For further partlculars and to secure binhs, apply to H. E. MURRAY,'Genernl Manager, I Custom House Square, Montreal, or to;the Local Azents in the uifierenb Twons and Cities. New and Second Hand,t0 muke room [or new semn'l atriuls. send for glentlyireduced SPECIAL MAM | _ PEG-Ile WOOLEN T0 'MlLLS, NEWMAR- KET. Stone and Brick Building, steam and water powerA Very easy terms. G.od location for custom work. Apply to E. JACKSON, 1‘0 LOAN on Farms. Lowest Rama. ho dehyn Correspondence solidi; d, EJV. I). BUTLER. Financial mm, Establia‘hed 1860. 72 King st E . Toronto. ROSES Water FOR THE Allan Line Royal Mail Steamship Sailing during winter from Portland every Thurs- day and Halifax every Saturday to Liverpool, and in summer from Quebec every Saturday to Liverpool, calling at Lnnuonderry to land mails and passengers for Scotland and Ireland; also from Baltimore. via Halifax and St John's, N. F , to Liverpool fortnightly during rummer months. The steamers oi the Glas- gow lines sail during winter to and from Halifax, Portland, Boston and Pbiladalphll; and durlng sum mer lzetween Glisgow and Montreal weekly; Glasgow and Boston weekly, and Glisgow and Philadelphia fortnightly. That's taking the lead, new or second hand, apply to ALEX. DDIG. 6| Neslon st" Toronw. URES Love 8: Alden. NinYmk: Allans. Rae &. 00., Quebec: phin; H. A. Allen, Portland, RENNIE'S Seed Catalogue, containing descrip- tions and prices of all the best vuietiea of WM. RENNIE, - - TORONTO. ONTARIO. Manhoo. SoldbyDruubu WELLS. RICHARDSON & co.. Proprietors Montreal, Que. now ready and will be mailed free to all who apply by letter. W Send (or in. Hundreds of testimonials have been reoaived from persons who have used this remedy with remarkable benefit. Send {or circular. VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS For two years {ms-t1 have been 3 eat sufl'erel' from kidney and ivortmublm atton ed with dys. pays“ and constipation Before I begun to take CELEBY Conrouwn it seemed as though everything sued me. Now I on say nothing ails me. 0 Anson. SIOUX Cm. Iowa. says: _ ...¢e been using Puxz‘s CELER! Coupons!) and it has done me more good for kidney: and lame back than any other medicine I have ever taken. "For two years I was a sufferer from nervous de. billty, and I thank God and the discoverer of the valuable remedy that PAINE‘S CELmn' Couromm cured me. [I is a valuable remedy. Long may it live. Let my one write to me for ndvice." “I believe Puma's CELERY COMPOUND saved my life. Mytroublo seemed to bean internal humor. Beforel used it I was on (cred with an eruption from "head to heel." The eruption is rapidly healing. and I am five hundred per cent. better every my." A LAXATIVE. A DIURETIC. AN ALTERATIVE. Axgxrzq Annoy. Wnngson. V11, says A._‘C. 15mm.an Rm}: Juxp’now. V12. _nsys_ Gggmpw. Bourqx. Snurqpn. 09W..says: .5: hour. Also Rock Drillsâ€"Hand, Horse. or {team Power. Sand for Catalogue. lmdlaw llannlacturlng Co" A NERVE TONIC. Brick Machine URES Nervous Prostration.Nrrvcus Head« ache,Ncuralgia. Nervouchakness, Stomach and Liver Diseases, and all affections of the Kidneys. BIOYCLES & TRICYCLES For The Nervous The Debilitated N The Aged. N mne’s eimy Wm- . Bicycles ! Second - Hand Bicycles and 'Irlcvcles. Send for list, New Catalogue 'eady in April. I‘nwi LII'I‘. @pfiund A- T- LANE, MONTREAL Specialtyâ€"PLUMS in law supply. Dealers billed out o liberal terms at the HALTON haley. Royce 80.00. rung LIVING 5;me Out-31.00 ‘- 1011-00- Cnllections will suit every and q“ othg Qedding and AUGEBS, bore 2‘ feet 23:53 Plants. BAND IRSTRUMENTS 283 Yougefilreet, Toronto. the Cheapest Place in Canada for EPAIRING or BAND N S T R U M E N T S a specialty. Send for Catalogue. B‘E‘SSON ” 1d HIGHAM" Hum/mu. 0m MUSK Newn'mrket ‘stra. 3D DR. GRAY’S Specific hue been need for the plat fifteen years with great success. in the treahneni o! Nervous Defiulty, and all diseases arising lrom ex cesses, over-worked brain, 1035 of vitality, ringing iv the ears, pal itation.etc. For sale by all druzgdete Price 81 per ox, or 6 boxes for 35. or will be sent in} mail on receipt of price. Pamphlet on application Will Sharpen the Knife without removing it from the Machine. No farmer should send his machine into the field wlghout o q. ngple b): mail, 800. llElJ’l’l Business College, Guelph, Ont. The Faculty bee been strengthened, the preta- lsee enlarged. And new appliances added. The Busi- hens Department aflorda one of the boat courses ob~ tainable while the Shorthand Department has accomplishzd results unequalled in the history 0! shorthand. Ladies admitted to all advantages oflered by the Institution. Students enter at any time. Cir- culars mulled tree. M. lIAcCORMICK. Principal. {TENTS procured. Patent Attorneys, and experts Est'd 1367. Donald C. Bldont a Co..ToI-oum. 'ears suflerlng ', Jew nle Blrrel. 66 Walrm Street, cured r Weakness and Lung Troubl . John W00 96 Oalle can 80., cured of Liver Com lain: and B Hinusnem used only 3 fiftyâ€"cent bottles; rs. J. Bea], 3 August an, troubled for years with Nervous Prostratlon aw small bottles gave her great relief. Sold M; 500. £1 3 F. F. DALLEY & 00.. Proprietors. MERCHANTS BUTCHER AND TRADERS GENERALLY. We want a 00013 “All in your locality to pick up CALE‘SKINS Interest 7 . . . . ‘ A . ‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . Collectim tea on deferred and other premiums and SALARIES : President and Dirnctoro' Fees and Mileage Manager, Secretary and Ass‘smnts . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claims under 7 We beg to rep’rt tha ending 315% Decembér, 1: Debentures and other Se as above‘ Municipal Debentures, Cost . Mortgages (Cash Valuition, $1 60' Loans on Poiicies (Reserves at, Cren Liens cl ll ( .I II Company's Otflce . , . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . Agents’ and other Ledger Balauo s Moisen’s Bank, Current Account. . Canadian Bmk of Commence... . Cash on hand . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . Short date Notes, am urea by Polioxes in true . 4 . . . . , . . . .. Premiums due and in course of transmmiiun . . . . . . . V . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delerred hall-yearly and quarterly premiums on existing policies. Interest due on vatg4gea . ‘ ‘ . . . . . . V . . . . . . . ‘ . . . . . . . . . . . “ accrued on Mortgages and Deheuuures, not due. , “ uua on Polxcy Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , " mowed on Policy Loans and Liens, not due“ Premiums paid adv GENERAL EXPENSES OTHER EXPENSES : including Postage, Printing, Taxes, etc Market value of Debentures over cost . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . , . . LKens on delernd Serlus Policies (Reserve at Cndx. Reserve computed on HM ~11; per cent. Institute TAbXe Less value or re-agsured poncies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXPENDITURES : Paid to Policy-holders, lot Death Claims undt r 48 Policies . . . . . . . . . . l Matured Endowments, unch 4 Policies... ‘ Purchased Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l . . ‘ Surplus . . l . . . . . . . . . . . . . Returned Premiums . .. flay 30m, 1888. l. E. BOWMAN, 15?, NET ASSETS, December 315%, 1886 . . , . . . . . . Lesa Balance 0! Prom and Loss Account INCOME: Premiums. Less le-assurauce Interest . . . . . . . . . . THE ONTARIO MUTUAL LIFE. (or us. Cash mmlahed on “summary gunnnhy. Address 0. S. PAGE. Hyde Park. Vermont, U.& THE GRAY MEDICINE 00.. Toronto Nervous Debility. Wnnnu Comlmssxulia and Superintendent's Sa'ary Medical Ex uniaaniona ‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Annual Meeting 01 the Company will be Th tents paid ('men a (0.. i'oron’oo. Total Net Assets, Dec. 3191:, PJIiu‘ies awaiting Cfaim papers " rceisted. . . in advanc with the Financial Report for the Year Ending Slst December, 1881. Total Assets, Dec. 3139, 1 Surp'us, Dec. 31%. 1 Preéldent. N0 $1 605,231 00) at Cremt, $192 " $124 the have caremlly examng the hooks :nd accounts of the Company {or the yes: nd lhn we find the same correct. We have also examined the M. Images. ins held by the Company, and we hereby cmâ€"tify that thev are correctly shown HENRY F. J. JACKSON, lAuditom 1 u envnrv b1 oovery of the p" ‘sent age for Begum ing the bowels, an ICm'lng all Blood LI‘ 131- and Kidney Gen ; 131nm. A pal-(rue 3 load Purifier. A n iin Hamilton wbnhm' been benlflted by it se ; Mrs.-M. Keenn 192 Robert St. cum of Eryslpelaa o! 2 yr. banding; 30M. 00! en, 24 south struts? aughner cured n IEleeptio_flt_s Mtg! rnHE grenfigfll d y ohnston’sFluid Beef )ec. 81st, 1887 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COMPRISING ms Fouowma Isvxsmzms 2 :BRAIN, BONE& MUSCLE MUT BUTCHERS Is not merely (stimulant, but it contains all the life-giving I elements of meat that nourish Eel] THE GREAT STRENGTH GIVER. ADDXTION AL ASSETS Lion of the time. years, the 0'06 31) WM. lll-JNDRY. Manager. LI amLI'l‘lEs‘ SlGolonists’ Trains. and every Tuesday thereafter during March and April A colonlst sleeper will be attached to than finial. Make early applicatlon to agent for what cu: m berths you will require. 33-leet oars supplld to! nolonists' movables. No Customs delay are No quarantine. No transfers. For turtherl ‘ - lion see agent, or write Leaving Toronto, N. & N -W. Station. Brock 8m“. at 9 p.m., hut none equal it in lubricating properties. FAMI- lms, Mum“, etc., find none equal to the 93mm Peerless made by SAMUEL mains & 00., TORONTU. Cold in the Head, Hay Fever. em. can positively be cured. A new method. A medicine gnar- anlecd to cure. No cure no pay. I! you have tried other remedies that failed to cure. you will 110% be disappointed in this. For full particulars address, D]. V. LUBON. 47 Welllnwon 8!. l1. Toronto, (hernia. Qe‘qd 199. in stamps for book, “Treads. on Diana 0! Man." owiz FILES Sold by dealers everywhere THE NORTH-WEST. British Columbia and the Pacific Coast, TUESDAY. FEB’Y 28TH. GANADIAN PAGIFIG MANITOBA, Catarrh, Will run settler-8' Trains to all poinhs tn COLONIZATION AGENT, 1857 has been in every way satisfactory, show- rogress which has gona on from the inception held at its "end Ollice, Waterloo. on II. V. LUBON, J. M. SCULLY ms in last year's account show up to good “0 King Street West. Toronto. MACHINE OIL, There are many min-nous of $1,012 033 90 11' IS‘ RAI LWAY $304 842 73 3,130 86 8301.661 87 51 262 07 $11,535 34849 17 596 68 41 Welllngton St. E. Toronto. Ont. w. n. mnmau. $1,004,705 64 14,600 00 1,000 0) 3 003 99 776 75 $114,147 47 $131,237 85 668,437 22 87,306 40 48,000 57 6,794 58 5.795 58 41220 75 7,711 41 5'26 10 3 39,107 25 3789‘ 491 80 3,901 64 $50,185 66 mam 2 4.1.. $11,635 20 7,796 40 $1,531,782 78 L050 01 $129,417 81 Send your mddnsn and 10c. in stamps for book. ‘Trems. on Diseases of Man.” Address. Secretary. 31.089.448 27 $1,147,614.10 $794,590 18 $60,030 46 $960,030 46 $52,923 94 8187.483 6‘ 1887 $57,666 49 $60. $0.156 $3.150