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“ Insane throngh smoking cigarehtea,” was tha verdict reached by Justice Duffy, of Murderous assault, highway robberies and burglaries have kept the citizens of Engla- wood. & Chicago suburb. in a state of terror for some weeks. The town has been put under military discipline. Andy Williams, of Rusley City, Ala., went home Monday night: and found Wm. McCutcheon in hisroom with his wife. He killed them both with a revolver and left. At Kansas Ciby, M0,, on Sunday, Frank Martin. an employs of the Kansas City Re- fining Company, fell inho 5:. vat: of boiling grease at the company’s works and was boiled to death. It is proposed to form a company in San Francisco to distill the over~plus wine pro-- duction of California into a. good uniform quality of brandy. The petrified arm of a prehistoric giant was recently unearthed near Kearney, Neb. The clasped hand held nine diamonds of the purest water, as large as Lima beans. Ben Davis, colored, was taken from an oflicer who had him in custody, at La Plata, M0,, on Smut-day and lynched. He had attempted to outrage the wife of a young farmer. Five thousand Italian laborers on the Pittsburg, Lake Erie & Western Railway struck work and engaged in rioting, with fatal resulta. Secretary Windom has instructed the Detroit: Collecbor of Customs that foreign- built oars going into the States for purposes of international traffic are not: dutiable. Senator Hale, in an interview. said he saw no reason Why the Behring sea matter should not be settled without causing strained relations between the two Governments. J. C. Hobbs, overseer of the Sn. Cloud sugar farm, at Kiaeimee, Florida, was shot; and killed by Lewis Ward, a negro, on Saturday night. TheNew York “ World " says the Standard Oil Co. has bought up all the white lead companies in the United States for about. $60,000,000. Samuel Oakley Crawford, who has made himself prominent in Christian Science circles in New York, has been exposed as a clever awindler. It is proposed to hold a world’s fair in the City of Mexico in 1892, to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America. A youth named Frank Adamson tried f0 burglarize the Bridgeport, 1a., post-(flice on Tuesday night: and was shot by the post- master. Spokane Falls, Washington Territory, was almost totally sweph away by fire on Sunday night. Loss from ten to fifteen millions. The average Wheat yield in Illinois this season is seventeen bushels per acre, and the aggregate is 34,000,000 bushels. A Chloe.ng dispatch says that: all the biz]. let girls in the West will soon be under the control of& wealthy English syndicate. The Sullivan county, N. Y., wild lands are passing into the hands of a. New York syndicate. Ten Dakota. dalfbreeds have been arrested on the charge of smuggling in the Turtle Mountain region. The new postal regulations for greater safety in transmitting registered letter»: went into force throughout the Dominion this week The system of taking receipts from all the clerks handling registered mail matter will necessarily delay the delivery of the letters. AMERICAN. There is still available $11602. 801 of the Johnstown relief fund. Twin children belonging to one of the locked-out miners of Springfield, 111., died on Friday of starvation. Sb. Louis, Mo., will shortly have an ele- vated railway seventeen miles long,snd costing seven millions of dollars. Frosb did some damage on Thursday night in the vicinity of Galena, II]. It is estimated that upwards of 100,000, 0000nbic feet of white pine will be shipped from the port of Quebec this year, which is far above the quantity set the last: four years. AbGore‘a Landing, 0nt;., 'on Tuesday, Vincent, the six-year‘old son of Mrs. Mc- Mahon, of Penn Yan, N. Y., Was drowned by falling from the hurricane deck of a steam yacht, on which his mother and party were enjoying a. trip. Mrs. MacMurahy, wife of Mr. A Mac- Mnrchv, princi al of Toronto Collegiate In- stitute, was rowned while bathing at Yougha], near SD. John, N. B.. on Monday. Mrs Adams, aged 75, of Jerseyville, Ont, was burned to death on Wednesday. The old lady ignited her clothes while lighting a lamp. The aflmimatmtors of the estate of Rudolph J. Ederer, killed in the Grand Trunk accident; at Hamilton, have entered. suit for $30,000 against the comprny. A family in Quebec were recenbly poisoned by eating cannedbcef. A family in London, Ont, attain a. dangerous condition from hav- ing partake): of canned peaches. Washington and Ottawa authorities proâ€" fess dense ignorance regarding the. seizure and release of the schooner Black Diamond. CANADIAN. The coal dealers of Hamilton have reduc ed prices 50 cents per ton. Edward Haulan returned home Monday after an absence of nearly two years. Sir Charles Tuppsr has become a member of the Executive Council of the Imperial Federation League. A Many of the employea of the Napanee, Tamworth and Quebec railway extension are suing the company for overdue wagey. An afitempt was made to wreck the Man' tom. & Northwestern express train on Sat: urdny. Archbishop Fabre has authorized'the clergy throughout the archdiocese to ofl'er up pubâ€" lic prayers for fine weather. A compromise has been reached betweI-u the Canadian Pacific and. Southern Pacific railroads in regal-(i to differentials. Thomas Moore, one of the Kingston post office clerks suspended for tampering with letters was fined $725 for the cfl‘ence. Five Chinamen passed through Montreal in bond, on their way to China. NEWS OF THE DAY. There was a recent case to confirm the rule of the English law that persons getting their hands crushed by the slamming of railway carriage doors cannot recover dum- ages. The doors are meant: to be shut, and passengers must look one for them. Several. Berlin families have been thrown into mourning by domestic tragedies in which love figured as the motive cause of all the mi’chief. One Sunday morning the sound of shots was heard froma compart- ment of a carriage on the Metropolitan Rail- way. When the train was brought to a standstill the lifeless corpses of a young man and a sweetly pretty girl under 20, whose parents reside in a suburb oi the city, were found in the compartment, each shot through the temple. It was clear from the contents of letters in their pockets that they had met with the express purpose of dying together. Another suicide was comitted near the Lake of Como. in Italy. Nineteen years of age and of preposseseing appearance, the young Berlin girl who shuffled off this mortal coil by her own act had been engaged against her will by her parent: to a cousin whom she disliked, in order to free her from the ties and conscquences of a love affair she had had with a retired officer. The inclinations of her heart, however, had more weight with her than the couvenances of society, and the new state of afiairs had such an effect upon‘ her nerves and her health that her parents sent her to Italy for change of air. There the faithful heart could no more submit to the thought of the union imposed upon her. A correspondence with her parents on the; subject seems not to have resulted as she desired, and at length she wrote one last letter to her mother, and one to the lover to whom she clung faithfully, and disappear- ed from the house in which she was residing with a relation. A few days afterward her corpse was found in a secluded olive wood near the lake. Private advices received from the March- ionesn of Duiferin and Ava state that: her eldest daughter, Lady Ellen Blackwood, is engaged to be married to Mr. Fergusaon, M. P. Leith, Soofland. This gentleman is reported to be very wealthy. It: is stated that: M. Waddiugton, the French ambassador at London. has been di- rected to ascertzain what chances the English law sfl‘orda for the extradiotion of General Boulanger. It is rumored that the Princess Victoria, daughter of the Prince of “Tales, is betroth- ed to Viscount Chelsea, son of the Earl of Uadogan. The Princess is twenty-oneyeats of age. At the annual Ministerial banquet on Wednesday night Lord Salisbury said be regarded the vast military preparation made in Europe as a great; security for peace. Twelve Crown witnesses refused to be sworn at the trial of Canon Dayle at Dublin on the charge of holding illegal meetings, and the case was consequently dropped. Emperor William arrived at Portsmouth yesterday, and was welcomed by the Prince of Wales, who conducted him to Osborne, where he was received by the Queen. The tide in Huybi seems to have turned in Hippolyte’s favor and latest advices were to the efl'ect that he would capture the capitan and a massacre was likely to follow. Mr. Balfour, addressing an east end Lon- don delegation, said that an ad€quate sup- port of the dignity of the throne was agree- able to the masses of the people. General Grenfell with the Egyptia“ y" attacked the Dervishes on Saturday 11 Toski and defeated them with great alau ter, some 1530 being killed. The Swiss Government has adopted a new rifle for the army, also a. new kind of powder, which causes neither smoke nor noise when discharged. Negotiations are going on between Eng- land and J apan for a treaty thab will give up the whole interior of the latter country to foreign trade. A special cable states that the Queen wishes to visit Ireland next spring, being incited thereto by the Parnellibas’ support of the Royal grants. Eighty Nihi‘iste htxve been arrested at Kharkofl‘,and the police are raiding the houses of members of a new Socialist Society at Odessa. The Shah has conferred the highest; Par- sian order upon President: Cameo. He also presented him with his portrait: set i n bril~ lianta. The rcquiaition for vehicles and horsae, which accompanies the muster of the Servian reserves, increases the war alarm. Thirty persons were killed and eighty in jured by the recent earthquake on the island of Kiou Siou, in Japan water:. A semi-official denial is given in St, t’eters- burg to the statement] that an alliance has: been formed by France and Russia. Love's Wrctchedness Abroad. Cardinal Manning warmly approves the Irish Sunday Closing bill, and hopes that the Parnelliues will support: it. The Spsmiah Government support: Austria in advising the Pope to take up his residence in Portugal if he leaves Rome. The: Argentine Republic paid $1,000,000 for fates of immigrants in March last. England is negotiating a. treaty with Japan which will open tyre whole interior of that country to foreign trade. Snrraa has been occupied by the British and Egyptians. and 2,000 of Nud'eI-Jumi’n followers submitted. The insurrection in Crete is spreading. The authorities are demoralizsd and cannot control the iniurgentg. Sir Charles Tupper yesterday presented oarsman 0.00nnor with a flag on behalf of the Canadians in London. FOREIGN. Inankase the Czar approves of Count Tolutoi’s reform projects. EmQueen Natalie is to be ailowed to see her son only outsideof Sex-via. Military activity is r(ported from Russia. Turkey, Servia. and Bulgaria. John Gibbs and David Erwin rented a farm near Verdigris, 12111., B- yenr ago. On Saturday they quarrellad ovu‘ the division of crops: and Erwin shot Gibbs dead. Charles Gibbs, a. gen of the murdered man, then shot and killed Erwin. Tapper: Beck, the African cxploxer, has dim! of fever 1.1 Cameroons. New York, on Saturday, in the case of Ma.1i Caasterly, a palefaced young man, who Wu. found wandering along Grand street. WALKING STEALTIIILY for perhaps fifteen minutes,’ he reached the banks of a. small brook, and began followina it; down to where it empvied into Fourmile Greek. Cautioualy he tip-toad his Way along on the aand~bms or flu?) stones, and seemiugiy did not make even the slightest diaturbnnce that: could be noticeable. Just before reach- ing the mouth of the libble brook he thought; he discovered signs! indicating the direction which his boy had taken. Indeed, he grew very confident, and being an old hunter and The father returned to the house, procured his gun and concluded to made a more ex- tended aanrch. It: was early in the fall, and the woods were unusually thick and heavy with foliage, and Mr. Green crept; along, silently noting every sound, looking for signs, and listening intently. After Adventure of an Elght-yeahold Boy Who Rompcd “1th a “ Big Cat." I once listened with great pleasure to a. story of an old pioneer’s adventure with a. ‘ panther, when he was but a. small boy. It I happened at Four Mile Creek, only 9. few miles distant from the month of Hooking River. A family by the name of Green had moved into the wilderness and built a. rude log-cabin structure from a quarter to 8. half mile distant from the stream, and on quite an elevation of land. At that time the woods around them were full of deer, beers, and panthers, and often the nights were render. ed hideous by the near proximity of that terror, the timber wolf. The head! of the family were kept very busy during the day and did not always notice the absence of the ‘ oldest child, a mere boy of 8 years, and he sometimes wondered much farther from the house than was safe. So one morning this ‘ boy (Owen was his name) wandered off as l usual until he finally found his way down to the creek bottom. The mother, being quite busily employed about her washing, suppos- ed that the boy had gone with his father, who was out chopping. and hence she felt no uneasiness about his absence, believing that father and son would both come home together. But about noon the father came in and began looking around and asking for his son. The mother was astonished and became perfectly Wild with fear when told by the father that he hsd not seen any- thing of the led since leaving in the morning. Both parents now began to describe a. circle of the premises and called loudly for the boy, but received no answer, and the mother became almost distracted with grief. creased in like proportion, and with the efforts bhab are now being made by the Asso- ciation and Manager Hill. ib goes without saying that: the coming Exhibition of this year, to beheld from the 95b to the 213:: of September, will be still greater and better than ever. The buildings in the Toronto Fair Grounds cover a large area of ground, unequalled anywhere else in Canada. and the Association is expending over $20,000 now in providing additional accommodation to meet: the constantly growing wants of the Exhi- bition. New stables on the most improved plan will be erected to accommodate 150 additional horses, 3 new and splendid poultry building and many other additions which are considered necessary. The entire “Zoo” property has been acquired by the Associa- tion, and will give much needed space for the new buildings. The view given Above is There is, perhaps, not a. city on this conti- nent that has made more rapid progress during the pest ten years than the city of Toronto. During that period it has advanc- ed in population from eighty thousand in 1879, to one hundred and eighty thousand in 1889, showing an average increase of ten thousand a year, and the Queen City still continues the forward march. Phenomenal as this progress has been, the success which has attended the great Agricultural and In- dustrial exhibition, that is held annually in Toronto, has been (qually so, during the same period, having Iexched a point in mag- nitude and importance far beyond the most sanguine nntieipations of its promoters. The ottendan ce of visitors at this Exhibition, which in 1879 was about ninety thousand, has steadily increased each year, and last year it reached over two hundred and fifty thousand. The number of visitors has in- PLAYED WIII A PANTHER. Section 0! New Stables. View 01 the Grounds and Buildings of ihe Toronto Industrial Exhibition. and as he brought his gun to his shoulder to fire, his curiosity caused, him to heaitate, and with him weapon in readiness he waited. The animal seemed to gambol around em a. kitten, dropping down and rolling over and over, and would then jump and spring over some object) and Whirl ugAin and come back, and seemedpgrfectly delighted. It: was a. huge panther, and ibs antics were the quearesu he He lowered his body carefully to take a. glance and just: as his eyes reached a level with the opening be discerned an animal a. few rods beyond him, and, at: once recognlz ed it as the one whose tracks he had noble- ed in the creek bottom. It; appeared to be Every few seeps he stopped and listened, but could hear nothing. Then he got down and crawled along on his hands to some thick brush close beside the mouth of the small stream, and soon after began to peer all around him and through the thick foliage. As yet he could flee nothing, for the thick foliage screened everything in front of him from view. But somethln , either instinct; or affection for his child, seemed toficrnly convinced him that; his lost son was very near, and he realized that he must; ateel inside the foliage, and he did so with extreme caution. ‘ When once in- side he examined his gun to see that it: was ready for action. Then he began to hunt a. space between the leaves so as to look out;- ward. There was but one place where he could see out, and that: was slightly beneabh the foliage and next to the ground. remarkable for his sagacity and keenness of sight, ranked the rqual of the most: expert: savage of thab day in tracking. Occasionally 1 he would find a few leaves or pebbles misplacâ€" ed but a short: time before, and though there was but; little water in the brook, yet he soon diveovered what his boy had gone in that direction. But: what startled him with sud- den fear and sent thrills of terror to his heart was to observe, near the boy’s tracks, the printe made by the feeb of some very large animal and which had certainly parsed along after the boy and was doubtless einher still following or, perhaps, the fanher thought; had already killed one led. {the father did not know what course to pursue, but finally decided to move onmore caucioualythan ever, for he mneluded if the boy was already dead ‘ he could noc possibly save him; but if still alive he mighb find him and kill the beast. Every minute the eigns grew more fresh, and ‘ Mr. Green felt; certain that either the animal 1 orthe boy or both, were very near, and bhnb l he mighn at any moment discover bbam. (xml any (xposition on the American Con- tinent. The Directors fully realize that they cannot stand still, that their patrons want something greater and batter every year, with all that is new and interesting to be found on the globe, and this is what they appear determined to give them. The newest ideas are readily adopted and util- ized by the management. The greatest novelties human skill can devise are engaged every year, while within the immense range of exhibits, animate and inanimate, the In- dustrial Fair of Toronto may be said to repre- sent the best products, natural and manufac- tured, in the Dominion. The Association has certainly very much to be proud of, with no cause to fear comparison anywhere. The Exhibition is not, as many suppose, control- led by a joint stock company. but by gentle- man, who give their time and services for nothing, and their charter provides that every dollar which is made out of the show must be expended in adding to and improv- ing the grounds and buildings, so that the public at large enjoy the full benefitof what- ever assistance they may give the institution by their annual patronage. In addition to the great exposition of live stock, agricul- tural, dairy and horticultural products, manufactures of all kinds, fine arts, ladies’ work, etc., there will be many special ieatures of the most interesting character, full particulars of which will be given in the official programme to be issued shortly. A spectacle of thrilling interest will be Paine’s great historical scenic production, the “Burning of Moscow,” with grand pyro- technic displays every evening. During the second week the International Dog Show will also add a new and interesting feature, and in fact, every day there will be plenty to see at this great exposition that will be instruc- tive, amusing and entertaining. The agri~ cultural and horticultural exhibits will be fully up to the mark, with many additions. There will be about 600 head of cattle on exhibition, including the best herds in the country. About 800 head of horses will be The Agricultural and Industrial Exhibi- tion being promoted in the interests of the public generally. no effort is being spared to make it; thoroughly reprcmntabive and wor- thy of their unatinbed pabronage. The objectis not: only to mnko each succeed- ing fair superior to the preceding one, irrespective of what can be sen on the other side of the line, but to rq‘ml if nag to a correct representation of the grounds and buildings; and we alsu give a. View of the new poultry building and a section of the new stabling. PLAYING \VITH SOMETHING, “A SECONDS SEEMED AS HOURS to the anxious parent and he feared that even"yet he might not have an opportunity to resume his arm. At last, however, the boy turned his head aiightly. and it gave the father a. chance to discern the panther’e left eye, which was eageriy directed toward the boy. Still the father did not dare to shoot, as afeudden turn of the boy’s face or head might result in the iatter’e immediate death from the rifle bail. Finally the boy did turn aside, exposing the panther’a heed to full view. The father now, with his eyes riveted on the sights and on the panther, took steady aim at the panther’s eye and fired. The animal gave a frightful- scream, sprang straight in the air. and fell almost at the boy's feet, lifeless. The animal had been shot almost stone dead. But the boy was so terribly frightened that at first he ran as it to get away from his father, and screamed loudly. The latter, however, as noon as he saw that the panther wee deed, hurried quickly to the side of the boy almost over- joyed at the rescue. Snatching up his son the father ran home and presented the boy to his mother, and. again the family were happy. lihflo lad gave quite an interest- ing account of how the “ big one” bed come to him in the woods and what a. epiendid time they had mud playing together. That penthar’a akin was long kept in the famin and W828 regarded as a sacred relic. I r l had ever noticed. He suspected that: it might be playing with the dead body of his son and could rcercely restrain from sheet- ; ing, though he knew it was scarcely possible ‘ to kill the animal while it was moving about so friskly. So he decided to Wain 9. better opportunity. A moment later he saw what he at first: supposed to be another animal, but behind the creek bank. He now felt certain that there were two of the animals and his son must surely be dead. Suddenly, however, the first of the animals that he had seen sprang upon the end of 9. In rge hickory log that came down to Within a few feet of the creek bed. and there it: lay at full length, wagging its tail as if in the very act of mak- ing a. spring. Strenge to say, scarcely had it jumped on the log are the father saw the form of his own son step up close to the panther and seemingly boy with the animal’s head and whiskers. The boy, too, stood directly between the pentherand his father,so to that the latter dared not shoot. The father, with breathless anxiety, waited for him to move away from in from) of the ani- mal but strange to relate the boy seemed al- most entranced to the spot. 17th. Canadians have in this Exhibition an institution they may well feel proud of and take a. deep interest in, being one of the best on the Continent; as those who have visited many of the larger fairs on the other side of the border readily admit that it will be many years before they can attain to the position of, or begin to compare with the Toronto shew. Specially low rates will prevail on all the railways during the two Weeks of the exhibition. If our readers contemplate a holiday trip this season, they will be afforded a good opportunity of mak- ing it a most enjoyable one, if they reserve it for the time of Canada’s Great Fair. Those who have not yet seen the Industrial Fair can have no conception of the im- mense resources of this country, and no better evidence of the prosperitv of it’s people can be desired than the thousands of contented- looking, well-dressed people_who gather there each year from all parts of the Dominion to witness it. on view. embracing the finest breeds obtain- able. There will be a larger number of sheep this year than last, new and enlarged pens facing the sun having been erected. The total amount of prizes offered for the coming fair is $25000, and nearly the whole of that sum is offered for live stock, dairy, agricultural and horticultural products and ladies’ work. Many of the prizes in she horse department have been increased over thme of last year. and among the special prizes offered for sheep is $100 by the Ameri- can Shropshire Sheep Association for that breed of sheep. A large number of sweep- stake prizss are offered, especially in the horse department. The prizes in the oultry department have been increased y the addition of many new varieties, and by making all the sections for single birds instead of pairs. Entries for exhibits in all depsrtments must be made before August New Poultry Bulldh g.