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1 V. HOT TIMES IN IRELAND. Brmalic Scene at the Trial of Ihc Mavor of Dublin. Lord HIS WOBBHIP AOQUITTED. The Moonlight Traitor TeUs How Policeman Whelehan Was Murdered. A Udt (Tliursday) night's Loudon cable Wya : The Irish aituatiou remains practi- cally unchanged. The Government and the League are in deadly (grapple, but as Jet it is uncertain which will win. Jthough Lord Balisbury, Mr. UaUour, Lord BaUbury and Lord Ashbourne are ready to go to the utmost extremities, they oanuot possibly forget the restraint of public opinion. Conservatives are consoled with the reflection that hitherto the Gov- wnmont have done all they attempted, while the Nationalist resistance is abortive. The disappearance of Mr. Oavitt and Mr. O'Brien's escape praduced a bad moral affect on their followers. A last (Thursday) night's Dublin cable says: The trial o( Lord Mayor HuUivan and Mr. U'Brion, 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 IIousc Court. At '1 .'iO the Lord Mayor was driven to the court, followed by Mr. John Dillon, ex- Lord Mayors Gray and Dawson and ex- BherifT McDonald and others. The city marshal led the civic dignitaries, who were all arrayed in the full robes of otlice. Sir. O'Brien joined the procession soon after it started. The streets through which it passed were thronged, and the Lord Mayor and Mr. O'Brien wero the recipients of a ^reat ovation. Policemen wandered singly through the crowds. A cordon of police surrounded the Mansion House, and prevented the crowd from a])proaohiog the courtroom. There were lifty municipal oSiuers in court. After the case had been called a warm dispute occurred between the {lolice attendants in the court and Mr. Sexton, M. 1'., and High Sheriff of Dublin, arising from the desire of the latter to place the city sword and mace before the magistrate. The [>olice attempted to pre- vent the placing of the city emblems on the table, whereupon Mr. Sexton and the other municipal otliccrs seized the sword and attempted to place it there by force. The police and municipal otiicers struggled Xor possession of the sword, while the Kpec- tators in the gallery cheered Mr. Hexton and exhorted him to " Hold on." After a few minates, both sides desisted, a com- promise was effected and the sword was placed on the magistrate's bench. Mr. U'lirien did not enter the court to answer the summons against him. The case of Mr. Sullivan was proceeded with. | Mr. Carsen ap{M>Hred as counsel for the Catholic Church at Mitchellstown, has obtained a Bommons against Oapt.Plaukett for trespass for entering the Dean's grounds at the head of a force of police and hassars and dispersing a crowd assembled there on the occasion of the conviction of Mr. William O'Brien. A last (Friday) night's London cable says: In a speech at Abeerystwith this evening Lord Spencer said he was satis- fied that the League had nothing to do with the crime in Ireland. Heferring to the trial of Lord Mayor Sullivan, he said he would not advocate a breach of the law, bat in the present state of affairs ho could not expect anything different on the part of the Irish people. He was convinced more strongly than ever that Ireland needed Home liule. A last (Friday) night's Dublin cable says: The hearing in the case of William O'Brien, who was summoned for publish- ing accounts of meetings of suppressed branches of the National League in United Irrland, has been adjourned pending a decision of the api>eal to the Superior Court by the Crown in the case against Lord Mayor Sullivan. Mr. Uealey, 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. The work of eviction at Gweedore was finished to-day. There was no resistance or disorder. A London cable says : The cellapso of the Government's prosecution of Lord Mayor Sullivan and Mr. O'Brien involves a great deal morp than mere delay in the enforcement of a single clause of the Coer- cion Act. Since the J.>ublin magistrate's decision and free construction of the clause of the .\('t forbidding the publication of reports of the i>roceedings 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'Donneli 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 iharges of illegal publication, must prove that the meetings whose proceedings were published were really meetingsof sujiprcsscd branches of the League, and that the persons present at such meetings were really members of those branches. This construction, ho contended, was tantamount to permanently disablitig the proseiution, unless the charges could bo supported by the admis- sion of incriminat4!a parties, and further than this it would bo impossible undersuch interpretation of the Act to obtain the evidence required to convict. The [wsition, therefore, is that if the decision of the IT REAU.S MKB A FAIKY TALB. .1 Georgia Fariner'H llenevolence Re- warded by a file of Money, An Atlanta despatch says : A pretty little romance has just reached an interest- ing culmination in Kaban county. At the base of the Tiger Mountain, half a mile off the main road leading to Clayton, resides a sober old farmer named Geo. W. Dillard, who has a wife and two eons. Early last summer Mr. Dillard received a letter from his wife's brother, whom be had not seen since 1H4'J. At that time James McCurrie was a young man, as was also George W. Dillard. The news had reached Georgia of the wonderful gold discoveries in California. Among those who were full of the excitement were McCurrie and Dillard. They had perfected all arrangements for goini,; thither, and were bidding the family good. bye when Dillard faltered. The tearful eyes of McCurrie'a young sister touched his heart, especially as sh>! 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 ciieerfully 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 olil 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, fe»!ble 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 continent. Several weeks' time brought another letter, in which the old man expressed his grateful- ness for the kindness done him, but be 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 ho wished to test the fidelity of his Bister's family ; that their prompt response to his apfieal had moved him, and that by his will his property in California, valued at 81,(iUO,000, was willed in equal parts to his sister, her husband and their two sons. Thetwo young men passed through Atlanta to night fu ruutf for (Jalifornia to take pos- ' session of the property, which they hope to shrtly convert into cash, when they will return. HOW 8IIK HIU UKR HOBPHINB VICE. A School Girl with a Deceptive Pen and an Ink liottle that Held the Drug. A Philadelphia despatch says : The in- genuity of morphine victims to hide their vice has never been better illustrated than in the case of a young girl at a fashionable young ladies' boarding-school near this city, who has just been taken, away by her parents. She said she learned to use mor- phine from a young married woman, well known in society in New York, whom she met at a watering place last summer. 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 a hospital. There she would lie for a day at a time, only rousingherself when any one approached the table, on which stood au ink bottle and a stylographic pen. The nurse having occasion to send a message to the doctor attempted to write with this 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 thesuspicion 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. NOTEL CUBE FOB â-² CANCER. A CHILD'S FATAL SHOT. by an Crown and Mr. Timothy Healy appeared ' court holds good, not only will press prose for the defence. After liearii g the evidence . - the Court dismissed the case o:i the ground that the Oown had not proved that the meeting rojiortod in the Satifii wsh a meet- ing of a suppreHsed branch of the National League, 'rne speitators and the crowd outside were wihlly enthu-iiastic over the decision. Mr. O'Brien'rt caso will be called to. morrow. Thotlouiisel for the Crown has given notice of an api>eal against the dtcisiou of the Court. In the trial of moonlighters at iOnnis for the murder of (^'ouHtabl-j Whelehan, Calli. nan, 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 Lenrya and were loaded in the ijuarry. A council was then held. Thomas Leary anid that Sexton nhould be shot dead. He diil not believe in Boratobes. One man shot had more effect than twenty wounded. On leaving the qaarry we went through the bogs to Bex- ton's house. Most of the party wore hand- kerchiefs or white cloths over their faces. When we got to the bog near to the public road at Sexton's bousu, Thomas Leary told the parties to stand. He then said: " If we meet any police let nob >dy run away. Walk on as if we were on business, and if the police stop us let us nil turn on them and mob them and kill them." Several spoke at the time. Tlioinas Leary and Michael Murphy were the chief spokesmen. We then got on the road. I'uter Murphy was loft in the held near the road, so that in case any police passed he could give the alarm. Wc then proceeded up the back yard to Sexton's house. I put my hand ou 'ho latch and found it bolted. I then knocked, and some one from the inside asked who was there. I said " Police," iis had l.ceii previously arranged. The door wns iheii opened. I was the first that stepped in. Thos. Leary Daniel Leary abreast behind Hehir were behind them, and Michael Murphy was to stay in the back yard to f{ive the alarm. Michael Murphy hail a stick. The moment I entered 1 wheeled to the right into a bed- room. The visit of our party that night was not to be confined to the Sextons. Wo were to visit the house of one (^allagliau, who did not live far away from Sexton's. The reason for the visit was his takuig or grabbing Kelly's land. The particular reason for visiting Gallaghan's waH that 'J'iiomas Leary said if ho was not visited that night it could not be done for a long time, as the police would ' cutions bo futile, but the (jovernment will have great difficulty in jiroving that meet- ings of suppressed branches are illegal. The Scotland Yard officials profess to have received information to tho effect that a number of American reiiiansarecontom plating a series of dynamite outrages in Ireland and England. Keturning ships at both Queenstown and Liver|MHjl are closely watched, and a sharp watch is kept upon the American Fenians by trusted agents in New Vork. All tho special police precau- tions that were in use during the troublous tin:iH of iHsl and \HH'l have been revived for Mr. Balfour's protection. At Ennis yesterday tho prisoners undt r examination for complicity in tho murd< r of ('onstable Whelihaii were, on tho testi- mony of Callinan, the approver, committed for triiil. Kail was refused. I'he populace cheered tho prisoners as they wero led to jail The summons obtained by tho Uev. P. D. O'lieagan, Dean of thiv (!atholic Chnr(^h at MitchellKtown, against (.'aptain Pliiiikett for treHjiasH for entering tho Dean's grounils and dispersing a crowd which had asseni bled there on the occasion of the trial of William O'Brien, has been dismissed by tho magistrate on the ground of irregularity. A Loague mass meeting was held at Longford today. During tlie proceedings tho platform collapsed and a (iovernment reporter was injured. Mr. T. M. Healy, M. P., chaffed the reporter on his first trial of a plank bed. Continuing, Mr. Healy said that there would soon he no landlords left 111 Ireland. Ho would deal with the landlords in securing their rights as he would in driving rats from a haystack. The landlords wero ninro bothered by tho Plan of Campaign than they wero by the killing of bailiffs. Tho deadliest place to hit them was their pockets. He hoix^d that the mortgages of Lord Granard would not leave him a brass farthing to bless himself with. The Irish were strong enough to and 'Murty Curtis wore subdue the paltry Loyalist crew. me, coming in. Lalor and | * Life In Toronto, After a night of debauchery Thomas Cuiiiiinglmni, a man about 40 years of age, was found dead in his beil, at It! Agnes street, Toronto, yesterday morning. His wife was lying beside him speechlessly drunk and could not bo made to understand what had taken place. The Canadian Northwmt, Messrs. Hugh Johnston and W. Gooder- ham, of Toronto, have addressed a letter to the Victoria, H. C., Colonift, with a view of explaining and defending the remarks made by them which gave so much umbrage to tho people of that city. Tho Home Land it Cattle Company, of Wood Mountain, a company composed of United States citi<«!ns, have driven the cattle they intended for this country into the Mills Uiver country in consei|uence of the refusal of the Dominion Government to give them concessions they desired with respect to duty. (ieorge Uutterworth, a waiter on the C. P. U. dining car Kensington, was dragged to lUath at Gleichon yesterday by a run- away horse. There is already a grain blockade on the Canadian i'acific Railway at Carberry. Only 10,000 bushels have been marketed out'of a yiild of liOO.UOO bushels in that district, and the CI'.U. are unable to trans, port it. 'X'hey only supplied one car in the last three days for the four elevators, which are now blocked. There was a de- mand yesterday throughout tho Province for ilUO cars and it could not be mot. Tho Dominion injunction case against tho lied Hiver Valley liailway was begun to-day before <Tudge Killaiii. Tho 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. Bcarth. He refused the appli- cation. This, until reversed, insures Scartli the seat. The judgment will be ap^waled against. Ten more cars of rails for the K.R.Valley have arrived. The first shipment of stock from the Cal- gary ranches, consisting of fourteen cars, passed through tho city to-night. Some thirty-six cars are on tho way. I hey are billed to Montreal. A Young Man InstaDtly Killed Klght-Year-UId Ituy. A Mattawa despatch says : Ernest Aspect dit Desairne, a resident of Bucking- ham, Quebec, was shot dead hero about half-past 7 o'clock on Tuesday evening. The deceased, 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. Sutcliffe, 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 unfortnuately proved to be loaded. Pointing the weapon towards the deceased and his own mother, the child cocked both locks, pulling first one and then the other trigger, the second of which caused the discharge of the piece, lodging the whole of the heavy charge of shot iu the throat of the unfortunate young man, whose death was instantaneoas. Judge Doran, stipendiary magistrate and coroner for the district of Nipissing, was imme- diately notified, and decided that an in- quest was unnecessary. Woman's Rlglits. Ho Now that we are married, wo are one, and I shall insist that this be tho last time yon appear in a low-necked dress. She â€" Wo may bo one, but you are only half of us, and I shall dress my half as I bo very busy in tlie neigliborhood after Sexton was shot. Thomas Leary was inside pleaso the threshold of the door, and in the sculllo , , ♦ that followed 1 saw him let go his rifle and ^"" ^^'ew York custom house employs force his way out of tho back door, twenty-three women. Their duties arc to I saw tho police run down and several examine tho baggage of ladies arriving from arrests wero ma.le. Peter Murphy was foreign parts, and to search tho persons of down in tho field the last time I saw him I had previously asked Thomas Leary to tjet me a stiitk to help mo to walk through tho bog. When wo got to the bog wliero tho council was held Michael Murphy said, "Give me the stick, as 1 have no arms and I must stay in tho back yard." I then gave it to him. I would know the stick. Mr. Lynch, for the defence, gave him a most searching cross-examination, but Callinan displayed tho greatest coolness and compoHuro and proved himself a capi- tal witness by the clear and succinct women who are suspected of attempting to defraud the revenue. Thoir pay is 83 day. A complete orchestra of Japanese instru- ments has lately been presented to the con- sirvatory at Paris by a Dutch government oflicial. Miss Olive Barr, n wealthy young lady of Odin, 111., fell in lovo with W. E. Arrow- smith, a poverty-stricken youth. Her parents chased tho young man out of the country, but Miss Barr followed him, and wedding was tho result. Tho young manner in which ho' answered every woman is worth «ir.O,000 in her own right. onestion The last of J.ho British cavalry aro about The Rev. P. D. O'Reagan. Dean of the '" ^^ withdrawn from Egypt. Detroit's IlttleTraKoily ut i.iivo. A Detroit despatch says ; Hiram V.ot- liss, foreman of the trimmers who look after the street lamps, sustained a fatal shock while working on the crosstrees of an electric light polo in front of the opera house last night. '1 he network of wires caught him as he fell, and for nearly ten minutes ho hung suspended in tho air while a great crowd gathered below. When finally ho was rescued there was a faint sparkof life, but five minutes later he was ead. â- â-  Who is it ?" asked a girl, as the body was being removed to the nudertaker's. A bystander told her. The girl broke into a lit of hysterical weeping and fell to the sidewalk. It was Emma Cook, who was Corliss' liaiioes. In a sandpit near Omaha two enormous teeth have been dug up. The naturalist who tells the story of their discovery says that they must have belonged to some animal that was at least " six times as large as tho modern elephant, " and that ate timber as a steady diet. Maybe the exis- tence of such an animal accounts for the vast prairies of tho west, and that he starved to death when the supply of timber gave out. In thk FiiKiii) NoiiTii. â€" They have a cold time of it in Arthur, according to the 7','n(fr- prhc, which this week has the following : Perhaps somebody will call us an able- bodied prevaricator when we assert that the irost on Sunday night last was severe enough to burst iron pipes. It is a fact, however, that the pipes of two threshing engines wero burst by the water in them becoming congealed." .â- \n apple tree on the farm of Capt. T J. Williamson, in I'leasants 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 largo apples, the strangest thing about which is i that tho fruit has neither core nor seed. AnInialM ai Doctora, An animal suffering from chronio rheuma- tism always keeps, as far as possible, in tho sun. When an animal has a wounded leg or arm hanging on it completes tho amputa- tion with its teeth. If a chimpanzee is wounded it stops the bleeding by placing its hand ou the wound and dressing it with leaves 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. Tho animal recovered. A dog, on being stung on the muzzle by a viper, was observed to plunge its head repeatoiUy for several days in running water. Tho animal eventually recovered. When a dog has lost his appetite ho eats that species of grass known as dog's grass, which acts as an emetic and purgative. Cats also eat grass. Sheep and cows, when ill, also seek out certain herbs. Animals suffering from rheumatic fever treat themselves by the continued applica- tion of cold water, which M. Dulauney con- siders to bo more certain than any of the other methods. Animals get rid of their parasites by using dust, mud, clay, etc. Those suffering from fever restrict thoir diet, keep quiet, seek dark, airy places, drink water, and sometimes plunge into it. The warrior ants have regularly organ- ized ambulances. I^atrelle cut tho antcnnii! of an ant, anil other ants camo and covered the wounded part with a transparent fluid secreted in their little mouths. Many physicians have been observers of animals, their diseases, anil the methods aiiopted by them in their instinct to cure themselves, and have appropriated the knowledge so brought under their observa- tion iu their practice. A terrier hurt its right eye. It remained under a counter, avoided heat and light, although habitually kept close to tho tire ; it adopted a general treatment, rest and abstinence from food. The local treatment consisted in licking the upper surface of the paw, which it applied to tho wounded eye, again licking the paw when it became dry. » \ despatch from Cooktown, Australia, says that the German gunboat Adler, con- voying King Malietoa, arrived there and transferred the King aboard tho Albatross, which sailed, it is sup^msed, for German New Guinea. Mr. J. J. MoArthur, of Aylmer, who is making a topographical survey of the Rocky Mountains, this summer ascended to tho summit of Mount Stephen, thoaecond highest peak in tho Rockies, 10,523 feet above the sea level. Mr. MoArthur was accompanied by an assistant. Within the past 40 years numerous at- tempts have been made to introduce the English skylark into this country. Largo numbers of tho 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, e.vcept oc- oasionally, after intervals of years, reports come of ono being heard in some parts of the country. Abroad they flourish from the south of England to Scandinavia. Why they die in this country no ono knows. A Connecticut Man's Life Saved by Liv* Toads. The nsefulnesB of toads has been » debated questi'^::. While the gardener has contended that the batrachian had its place as a destroyer of insects, even this has been pooh-poohed by doabtinc humanity, and as a medical remedyâ€" why they have not even been dreamed of. It has remained for a Connecticut man t* discover a new field of usefulness for the toad as a remedy for what has been hitherto considered incurable â€" the cancer. Thomas Gladden, a resident of New Britain, Conn., tells the remarkable story of his experience. Mr. Gladden is a vender of tin, who has followed the occupation of selling from house to house for many years, and is one of the ftw specimens of Y'ankea peddler still following his profession. Ha is knovn in many towns within a radius of 25 miles from his home, where he had beea a regular visitor from time to time. About five years ago a small pimple on the left cheek of Mr. Gladden developed into a cancer. So he was informed by various reputable physicians whom be con- sulted. He tried various remedies without success, although some of them succeeded iu staying the progress of the deadly scourge, which had increased meanwhile to a great sore which covered a good part of his face. But while the disgusting malady did not increase it did not get much better, and indeed Mr. Gladden was told that ha might eventually lose his life. It was very painful at times. Finally, a neighbor sug- gested a new remedy â€" live toads. W. B. Campbell was the neighbor. Campbell looks like a man who might suggest a remedy of that nature. Ue gives the idea of being a man wiiose ablutions are not of ever-recurring fre<iuency. Nevertheless, it is said that there are a good many things in his head that other mortals have not dreamed of in their philosophy I Ha studied medicine years ago, but has not practiced. " Toads will cure it," was the constant refrain of Mr. Campbell, who called often on his neighbor. Finally Mr. Gladden, who resented the theory at first, was pre- vailed upon to try it. Ho thought it would not kill him at any rate, and the cancer was sure to do that in time. So tho neighbor- hood was scoured for toads. The neighboia were called into service. They captured them by the dozen. Big fat fellows wera at a premium. When they had a iarga number of them penned up operations commenced. This is the way it was doae: The legs of the toads were secured to pre- vent scratching and he was laid on tha centre of the sore. The operation was pain- ful. The sufferer could feel every breath. The toad lived for several hours. The first first dozen who were applied lived perhaps for five. W hen they had absorbed a cer- tain (juantity of poison they would cease to breathe. This process went ou for several days until over twenty toads were used. Tho last one was not visibly affected. The neighbors watched tho case with great interest, and it was a constant thema of oouversation in t)i^ vicinity. Many will boar witness to the efficacy of the remedy and the truth of the facts above stated. As for Mr. Campbell, ho shuflles about in great glee, and will talk by the hour to any one who will hear him discant upon the case. Mr. Gladden was seen yesterday upon his waggon, looking apparently welL Ho is a man uO years of age, and, while ha has always been a hard worker, has been a man of good hibits. Tho first appearanca of tho cancer was 'li> yean ago, but it did not develop until within a few years. It now seems entirely cured, and Mr. Gladden bids fair to enjoy many years. For tha present, however, there is a scarcity of toads in the vicinity of South Main street. Mew Britain. SFOBTS AND A STEER. Duman C. Kuan and Other Sports Arr««t«d Ht St. Thouias. i\. St. Thomas despatch says : Duncan C. Koss, tho world. renowned athlete, together with Robert Wood, the famous cowboy, were arrested here yesterday after- noon. Ross, Wood, Prof. Reid and other noted sports were billed to appear in tha Roller Rink yesterday evening in a grand mounted sword contest, cowboy specialties, etc. Yesterday afternoon Ross and Wood procured a steer from Mr. D. Mcintosh, drover, for the purpose of advertising their show on the street. After running tha steer in a shameful manner and throwing it a number of times by means of a lasso, they finally allowed it to stray away. Mr. Mcintosh, on hearing the state of affairs, immediately swore out a warrant, on which they wero arrested about 4.30 p.m. They were subseijuently liberated on bail, bat Willi appear at the Police Court this morning. ^ I'enalty of tlio LoHh. A Montreal despatch says : For tka fourth time in the criminal record of this city the lash is to be administered at Mont- real jail next Thursday upon tho person of Damore Desormior, an alleged Catholio clergyman, who recently attempted to assault a young girl of St. Martin. Tha cat-o'. nine-tails has been applied on three convicts within the last twenty-flvo years. On the 25th of October, 1875, an Italian named Catabria received thirty-five lashes for indecent assault on a girl uuder the age of 12 years. The punishment took such an effect upon his physical and moral system that, when he died within a short time afterwards, his death was generally ascribed to tho lash. Tho next ono subjected to that punishment was J. Bto. Dubois, who re- ceived twenty lashes in August, 1883, with- out flinching, but when the last stroke had fallen sank to the ground insensible, and awoke to consciousness a maniac. On September 28th, 1883, F'erdinand Verron- neau received twenty lashes for rape. Ha was the only one who seemed able to bear the sovore punishment. Mr. John Hamilton, proprietor of the Kent Brewery, for thirty years a residont of London, died on Sunday at the age of 63 years. Mr. J. C. Quiggle, the newly-appointed United States Vice-Consnl for St. Thomaa and Port Stanley, arrived at St. Thomaa „ X. â-  1 .. ,, , - â€" 1 *" o'lter upon the duties of hia office yes- Some think that they do not die, but that \ terday. tho country is so big that thev scatter over i a "ni- u- <-. i i v . > it as soon is landedNnd ^toIZmuJ .A^^f^'^^l ^'"''•' ^''^""'u aT^ in its immensitv, as it were """"'*" "^ I Mel addon, who lives m London had three -Church choirs should be permitted to ""Kf'" of h.s right hand so badly crushed engage in games of chants. ^^ """''' while coupling cars at Essex Centre, on ^ Saturday, that amputation was nocessary. f^-^ I M*iilir Mmd