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THE BOILER BLEW DP. 1 Quebec factory Wrecked and Employees Boned Alive- Many THIRTY BOUISU ALREADY FOUND. QCBBBC, Feb. About u 15 tbis morn- tnf the boiler in the Quebec Worsted Com- paniea factory at Hare Point exploded, completely demolishing the engine house and about half the factory. A large num- ber of the hands were buried in the ruins. A number are doubtless killed. Mr. Styles the engineer, is the only name cf those killed aa far aa known. 'I he work of re- moving bodiea from the deoris is now svrtively going on. Later Thirty bodies have been removed p to the present. A rri.Lf.ll ACCOUNT. Ths worki cf the yoebeo Wonted Com- pat) , when tbii morning's fatal explosion oocorred. an aitaated at Ilare Point, on the Dorlheaitcro outskirts of the city, and cover a large area and employ more handi than any other manufacturing establish- ment in tbe city. They had been closed for two weeks while the boilers and machinery were being overhauled and refitted. Operations were to have been rearmed tbia moruing and about 300 of tbe operatives were on band, bat owing to some cause the machinery wa not started and they were diemUsed. Most of them fortunately went baok to their homes, bat many remsined about tbe building, a number keeping in the vicinity ot tbe engine room (or the sake ot the warmth. About 9 45 there was a sadden explosion, which completely wrecked the engine and dye bouses and damaged a large part of tbe JACK THE HIPPER, More About the Woman Found Murdered in Whitechapel. The II.,. i) Found In Swallows Garden* Tlif Head Almont Severed From the Body |T be Victim - Oood-Lirakluc VIIUUST WOBIUI of 'Hi Yean of ' Carroty Kll" the Victim An Arreat Made. LONIIOM, Feb. Farther particalari in regard to tbe woman who was found dead in the Whitechapel district this morning, and who U supposed to have been murdered by " Jack the Ripper," show that she is about 25 years of age and quite good-look- ing, BliJ wag foand lying on her baok with ber head nearly severed from her body. There was also a severe wound on the back of her bead, caused, ia is thought, by the fsll she experienced when her assailant knocked ber down. The scene of this, possibly latest of tbe aeries of " Jack as Maud Millett, 16 yean of age ; (3) Jons 4lb, 1889, and subsequent days, mutilated remains of a woman foand it. the Thames, afterwards identified as) the body of Eliza- bath Jackson. i he Kipper" crimes, ii narrow archway, known ai a dark Swallows i building. A great crowd gathered immediately and tbe work of rescue com neooed. The fire brigade wai called oat, bat fortunately the horrors of fire were not added to tbe calamity. I UK I>KAJ> AXD IJUaiD. B Battery has been ordered down to assist the police to keep order and control the enormous crowd of exoited men and women who block up every avenoe of approach. In the great confusion it is not possible to ret at a reliable list of killed and injured notil tbe ruins are thoroughly examined. It is impossible to give tbe number ot dead and injured. Several parsons reported among the dead have turned up, having left tbe mill before the explosion. About twenty . dead have already been taken out, besides M many badly ii.jired. Among those identified sre : Wm. Forest, dead ; Amelia Cole, badly scalded ; Alex. Mart im-tu, d)iug; Miss Uossean, broken thigh and fraotnrud skull , John Morrison, fractured aknll ; Timothy KntUht, Injuries about tbe bead , Pierre 1'traon, scalded and bruised ; P. Blonin, scalded : Kmelia Baale, dying ; HIM Mercier, doad; Joseph Dofresne, dead ; Henri Laliberte, dead ; Jos. Miosnd, dead , J. Styles, badly injured; II Styles, badly seal -led ; John Lamontsgne, dead ; Arthur Tweedle, dead. There is a good force of doctors and surgeons on hand and the wounded are receiving prompt attention. On account of tbe large number of persons who left their bomea to work in the building tbis noroing tbe number missing is probably much exaggerated, for .i already stated, tbe greater proportion bad left the building before the explosion occurred. The class of tbe aooldtmt is not at present known. It is thought som of the pipes may have been frozen while the tires were out, and so canned a stoppage when steam was got np. Tbe body of the engineer (Krenooonr) of the works was found crashed oat of all ahtpe by the DIMS of debris which covered him. Mr. 8lo>lec, reported injured, has since died. His eon is thought to be dying, Mrs. l)i< -i, foreman of the spinning department baa a broken arm and It*, Emmanuel Filteauli, broken arm, Caroline Morrisette, braised and scalded, C. Vel- Isneuve, dying, Ed. Morrison dying, Ons- lave Hlouin dead, Arthur K >< ti dead, 1'eter Clement dead, I'ierre Uiroux dying, T. Lemelin slight injuries. Lee dead. QIKIIIO, Fsb - Tbe tearohun were osrried on till \-i o'clock last niyht for tin body of 1'ierre Clement, who is still buried onder the ruins of the Quebec worsted mills. At 11 o'clock one of his legs was found, but there are yet no traoes of his body. Gbas. Villanenve, jiiner, died last night from tbe severe injo.ru s received by the explosion. Another of thu victims reported in our list of the wonnded yesterday, Alfred Pearson, aged 10, died at the Marine Hospital at :i o'clock this mornlrg. his brother I'ierre Pearson Is lying in a enlioal oondition at Hotel Dieu. Wa visited ths wonndi-d victims' ward. Tbe first on the right aide of the entrants ii John Morrison. 1 1 in head is terribly cut and he it onoontcions, may not live till to niitht. Next to him is Klz Couture, nf Halifax, lie is badly bruised about the head and has broken legs, is doing pretty (air. Next to him Is Franoia Blonin, of Le-via, fair oondition. Young Qeorge Morrison, is the worst of them all ; he Is terribly disfigured by outs and and soalds and will die. He is the son of John Morri- son. Alex. Maruman is the next in order. He is the father of seven ohildren. He suffers tortures with much fortitnde, and may recover. Kmelie Baale. 14 years of age, baa compound fractures of both legs and a deep gash in the right groin. I >rs Ahren and (latellier dressed hsr Injuries this morning. Bhe may recover. The poor child is suffering intense pain. Tbe other injured have bsen carried home, and are doing well. BquadHof men have been working all the gaorning to get at the remains of Pierre Okment, but unsuccessfully. Heavy machinery and piles of stone and briok are lying over them. Coroner Belleau swore in a jary at 9 p. m Immediately after the jury visited the scene of the disaster. A meeting of the directors will be held to-morrow, when Coroner Belleau will have given orders that ths rains may be tared by the proprietors. An estimate of the damage will be given. It is thought, however, that it will reach 178,000 It U doubtful if ths oompany will continue operations in this eity. They contemplated transferring their plant to dherbrooke, where the business oould be carried on more efficiently on account of better situation. Tbe mill employed daily 300 men. Gardens" and leading from Little Mint street to Chamber street. The arohway referred to ii during the boay hours a well-frequented thoroughfare, especially oscd by railway employees and stable- men in passing to and from their residences in and about that neighborhood to their work. At all times of the night Ibeie are people awake in the houses and pedestrians passing about and through " Swallows Gardens," bat nobody seems to have heard any cries cf an alarming nature during tbe t arly bonra this morning, when the crime was committed. Tbe murdered woman, judging from her sppf aranoe, belonged to tbe abandoned class of females, and was fairly well drcsied. 1 bough her hair was untidy, br clothing had not been disarranged. The police theory is that the woman was mur- dered wbilu in a standing position, that the crime was probably the work of " Jack the Ripper," and that the murderer was frightened away by the approich of some pedestrian before he had time to mutilate tbe body in the manner already described in the crimes attributed to " Jack tbe Kipper." Tbe blood was still warm when the body was found. There u no definite oloe to tbe murderer and no arrests have been made. A railroad em- ployee says he saw the murdered woman talking to a man, apparently a foreign seaman, just previous to the time tbe murder is supposed to have bsen com- mitted, and tbe police are now engaged in learching all the vessels lying in ths Thames or in tho many docks about tbe port of London. The policeman who found the woman mast have reached the spot while the murderer was only a few yards away, (or tho victim's lips were still twitch- ing nervously and ht>r eyes were atili rolling when the ofliaer bent over ber. LONDON, Feb. It has been learnt I that tbe viotim of to-day's murder was a woman of tbe pavementa known as " Carrotty Nell." A man has been arreatcd on suspicion of having murdered her. IIs is miterably clad, but of refined appear- ance. No blood stains were found en him. He is held for examination. A London cable says : A woman his identified the remains of the viotim as those of a womtn named Frances, who was one of the many unfortunates who haunted Whiteohapel district. The witneaa says ahe left the Frances woman early in the morning in the company of a man who had the appearanoe ot a sailor. This man had struck and insulted the witness on her re fusing to accept his cfler of a half orown to ar.xmipany him. Hhe did not like bis looks, and advised tbe Frances woman to have nothing to da with him. Tbe man arrested venter. lay on suspicion of having murdered "Carrot Nell" is a aaddli r. lie has beon absent from England for eighteen months, or about tbe perioi which has elapsed since the last Whiteohapts! murder. A woman detained as a witness asserts she saw the prisoner quarrelling with the murdered woman early in tbe evening before the crime wai committed, A policeman who was on duty on the streets in the vicinity of tbe crime has identified tho prisoner as a man he met about a quarter of an hour after the murder. The policeman, noticing the man had blocd on his clothes, stopped him and asked several questions regarding tbe bloodstains. The man replied that he had been assaulted while passing through a street in tbe neighborhood of the docks. The poliouman not being aware that a mnrdur had been committed was satisfied that the man was telling the truth and so allowed him to pass. The prisoner's face is badly aoratohed as it by a woman's finger nails. When questioned the man aid he was scratched when he was assaulted near the docks. The prisoner tontly dunies having at any time met th-j murdered woman. 1 lit PBEVIOOS UCBHIBH. The following is a list of "Jack- the- Kipper's " previous murders : 1. April 8. lM.-Kuuna Klizatath Hmltli.U. bad a stake or Iron iuitruiuont thrust through iirr body HUM Oeborn (tree!, Wlilteona|>l a. Aug. 1. lN*i klKrlha Tithram, 38. itattwd In :i |> aces Ueorsn Yard liuildmg, Commercial street, HpitalnAida. :i. Aug. 81, 1BHN Mary Ann Ntcholls, 47 throat out and body uiultlavetl, In Hook's Row, While- oharwl. 4. Hunt, h. l(t*t. Annie Chapman, 47. throat cut and bn<ljr mutilated, llanhury Btruet. Hrlttl Belrti 0. Hi>t :n. UM. BUsabetb Htride, luroatcut, Unmet street. Whlloohapl. 6. Bpt. U>. IWK Catharine Eddowes. 45, throat out and body mutilated. Mitre iiiuiro. AMsgta, 7. Nov. 9, IN* Mary Jane Kelly, throat out and body uutnated, in ilillur s Court, Dorset tssjst, 8. July 7, IHRB.-Woman, supposed to be Alice alohimu. limn I 'terborui<b, throat cut ami in Caitle alley. Wliitochap*! THE IJUl'K torloiu Interference With Traffic & Bhlp- | >!' I IM I, i,i turn. A London cable lays: Tbe labor situa tion in England id most unsettled. No sooner ia the Scotch striko ended than the smouldering discontent of the dockers has broken out afresh in Cardiff and London. The ttrn.iot of tbe great dock strike has never wholly ceased. Troubles have been of weekly occurrence. 'Jbe situation on Thursday assumed unexpected and important proportions, which forced recog- nition of the strikers' arrangements. Both here and at Cardiff an organized attempt is being made by the new unions to control the shipping interests. Over 4,000 men are oat in Cardiff alone. Should the strike extend to the Dockers' Union and tbe minor unions controlled by it, half a million men wiil be thrown out. A factor etrengtheningthe men is the 111 concealed impatience with which many firms maintain contention with the shipping federation. Ship-owners areobliged to pay thirty shillings weekly to board and lodge non-union men, and many are tired of pa> ing 3j. (i 1. per ton for coaling when they could have tbe work done by nnion men for la. 6d. per ton. Tbe Shipping Federation las issued an ultimatum, which declares tbe dictation of tbe unions is unbearable, and that the federation will refuse to employ any man nnless he pledges himself to embark en any vessel with which be ei^cj articles, whether tbe r<-niaii,d"r of the crew be unionists or not. The federalicn dieavows any intention to interfere with tbe unions or to reduce wage*. DEVOURED BY WILD BEASTS- Horrible Treatment of Brazil. Immigrant* to A CRIMINAL AT LAROK. Th \Vln -I., v ' rn-T Dynamiter Jump* BU 11*11 and Kaoapcs. A Peoria, III., despatch says : It is the general belief here (hat George J. Gibson, Secretary of tbe whiakey trust, is on bis way to Europe, and aided by plenty of money would esonpa. Tbe only trust man found who would talk said Gibson bad been gone sine* > hursday night, and would not return, adding that tbe bail bond of 120.000 was a bagatelle. It was found to-day that Gibiou eight months aga pur- chaaed flity pounds of dyramite. About a month ago he b3Ugbt a quantity of bisul- phide of oarbcn ar-d phospborua at a drug store. He had learned the secret of the compound from a ohemial, and it is sup- poerd heoompcuoded the mixlnre intruded for Dewar. Two special detectives arrived here on Thursday, ncl have been shadow- ing tbe trust tmcera and distillers ever since. It ia inspected they are looking for tbe machinist who made the machine sent to 1 1 -war They Arc Scattered In the Foreata and Ule of Hunger, Fever and Snake BlUs and Many are >atn by Wild Animal* LONDON, Feb. M. Dyceiinski a cor- respondent of the Warsaw Courier baa just returned from Brazil where he made a tour of the Provioof a of San Paolo. Parana and Santa Catharina. He declares the Brazilian Government threw every obstacle in the way of his eliciting the truth concerning tbe Emigration question. He lays tbe Brazilian Government decided some time sgo to import ten million emigrants and that tbe North German Lloyd Steamships Company had already landed 140,000 emigrants, receiving 300 marks each for them. Tbe e-migrants were not allowed to found colonies, but were scattered in the forests in tbe interior snd left to their fate to die ot hanger, fever or snake bitte, or to be devoured by wild beasts. Doable to communicate with their friends, a few who survived retraced their ttrps to Bio Janeiro, tu giving sustenance of the planters, who treated them like slaves and txacUd from them exorbitant services in rtturc f.r scanty meais. At Rio Grande the correspondent found 700 emigrants in a dying atate huddled in a wooden chapel, while thousands werv camping in the streets ot tbe chin through which he passed or in tbe primeval forests. Dygas inski haji testified on oath to the truth of bis statements before tbe Bremen judges inquiring into the wrandal. Still tbe emi- gration effioes are doing a roanng bnainess , embarking emigre nta even at night. The editor of the Warsaw Courier has opened a repatriation fund. A BAD POST OFFICE CI.F.K H. Arrested for Bobbins; th* sfatla. He Will Confront Mure Morlou < A Hl-dl A* Al'KOCITf. Jawlah Hoy. Wurd , lin-f -- Hrandrd Vltl. ih in, -)iiip*ihlirr ST. PiTca-nrau, Feb. - The Rabbi Marcus ami a Juwtah physician named Chassanovitoh, living in Grodno, have been arreated and exiled from that Province for two y ears fir sending to the Government, in bclialf ot the Jewish com- munity, a petition d> rnanding redress for an outrage committed by a Uussiau doctor named Granvotki, *ho was charged wilb having brained the word " Thief " in three languages on the forehead of a Jewish boy wfao was accused of having stolon a small ijoautity of fruil. The pan lion set forth that the caw would excite the indignation of the oiviliud world. pro- The MK. ULAIMC EXfLAIMB. Ho 11 Talk Canadian Reciprocity After the Settling; *quaDble U leaded. A Washington despatch says : Tbe British Miuitter bad a protracted con- ference with Secretary Blaire to-day. It is nndristccd that it related to some very important matters, including tbe Bay ward case, now before thu Supreme Court, and the Bebring Sea controversy. Ibere was also some ditcnssicn concerning the posed Canadian reciprocity schemes. Secretary explained to tho Minister what be meant by bis letter to Representative Baker, in whi.h he denied that any nego- tiations were pending lockirg to reciprocal trade with the Canadian provinces. It appears that at that time uothtug bad been aoi.e in that direction. Tbe Secretary, however, is aware that some cf the Cana- dian authorities are arxioae to enter into trade relations, but from some cause or other tbe Secretary is uot disposed to entrlin any proposition* of that sort until ome 'finite settlement u made of tbe Behring B.-a dispute. The proposed arbitration of Lord Balis bury, and the propositions mentioned in Mr. Blaine's letter, which are to bo sub- mitted for consideration, will, it is under- stood, not be taken np until the pending suit iu tbe Supreme Gcarl is act ot the way. .B|>t lu,IW9-Klliahtlirflrlde, found under a railway aroh In lane, wwaatslpel lay, ' j rttrl rinchiu ntnet, Hack Uhurd " Fifteen before I surrender," was what the Individual known as "Jack the Hip- per " ohalked on a shutter naar the spot of one of his murders." In addition to the above-mentioned crimes other murders of women have taken place, the perpetrators of which have not been brought to jnstioe. Among them are : (1) Uot. 'Jnd, iMtw, mutilated remains of woman found iu new police buildings at the Westminster end of the Victoria Embank- mentunidentified , (2) l)ac. list woman found strangled in Clarke'i 1888, yard, High street, Poplar, afterwards reoognizad Industrial Note*. Boston barbers want Sunday closing. Cincinnati painters won their demands. A Vienna dwelling house has 1,600 rooms. Kiigland eats 300,000 of our cattle annually. C'olombns, Miss., has a girls' industrial sahool, Ban Praucirco Association. has a Wotuci.'s Press Washington lisa made Labor Day a legal boli-lay. New York's baker*' Union runs a class in language*. Next month telephonic oommunioation will be open-ill between London and Paris, at a charge ut one dollar per minute. After a while, pcrli a|s, we will Is able to tele- phone f r <in Montreal to London. In 1888 some 1,770.000 valentines passed through the post in London, bat in the year 1K5UI the number waa uot more than 320,- 000. Airs. Huugerfonl, the "Uuohess" of current notion, Is a brown haired woman merry eyes and a youthful disposi- with tion, though ibn ia the mother oi six children. Hlu> has written twenty-seven novels, besides oouutless magazine articles. ThcGoffera to the Hank. The Bank of England is the onstodian of a large number of boxes deposited by customers for safety during the past 200 years, and in not a few instances forgotten. Many of these consignments are not only of rare intrinsic and historical value, but of great romantio interest. For instance, some years ago the servants of the bank discovered in its vaults a oheat, wbioh on being moved literally fell to pieoes. On examining the ooctints, a quantity of massive plate of the period of Charles II. was discovered, along with a handle of lovs letters, indited during ths period of the Res- toration. The directors of tbe bank caused search to be made in their books, and ths representative of the original depositor of the box was diiooverod, and the plate and love letters handed over. Chambers' Jonrnul. ItlKMBD TO DKAtH. A Terrible CmUmltr WbU-h Happened In Ku**ll t ,.,ii,i t OTTAWA, Feb. A terrible calamity occurred last night near tbe village o( Si. Albert, Cambridge township, Kassell county, which resulted in the lose ol three lives. A family named Lafrance lived in a small hcu*o about a mile from the village. Tbe family cunmatcd of old Mr and Mis. Lafranov, their daughter, her hunbaod, trib Chartrand, and two ohildren. Ohartrand and his wife left ytatentay to visit Keevo Louis Cenior, ot Cambridge, and were away over uight. During the night in fcoute look lire, Mr. Lafranoe awakening to find himself surrounded by flames and smoke. He struggled to a win- do* and jutrutd cu>, itjuring himself Mvtrtly. Mrs. Lafrauoe and ibe two children were burnt ii to diathinlbe house. The neighbor* could do nothing to t xtingniah the fire, which burned itself out, only tbe rt mains being fouuii. Mr. Lafrancu was found in a sbrd alinoal frozen to death. He has not been able to speak, and there is lit- tle hope cf his recovery. A >( -l-.il rOKIDNB YKLLBK l:*TAU. Uriulir of Mr>. tUrnn, ihc Wlirn of I'lum Hollow. KIN-DUTCH, Feb. Mrs. Barnes, the witch of Plum Hollow, is dead. She lived in a little log cabin four or flvemilee north- went of the village of Atheus, and in the midst of a thickly populated farming com- munity. Though upwards ot 90 years of age and generally conceded to possess won- derful diviuing powers, she was a mild- mannered, pleasant-voiced, and exoeed- ingly intelligent woman, who when she had told your fortune from tbe cap, was not avers* to a quiet chat on snob com- monplace topics as society or the atate of the orops. Bhe was also the possessor cf a charitable disposition, and though actively engaged in fortune telling for upwards of SO years, daring wbioh lime abe has earned thousands and thousands of dollars, it ia currently reported that none of the wealth thua gained has been hoarded. She raised quite a large family, the eldest eon. Mr. Samuel Barnes, of Smith's Falls, being well known in that section. When William John McGirr was M. rested yesterday in Toronto on a telegram from Meaford charging him with post office robbery it was not ki.uwi. tbat the prisoner when taken back to Meaford would have to answer for a much more aerionj offence, tbat, namely, of atiempticg to procure an abortion upon a young gin whom he bad betrayed. Tbe fact ihat McGirr was re- lated by marriage to tbi young woman and her statement that alter accomplishing hex* ruin be took her into his confidence and told of systematic r -btery of registered letters, makes the sff.ir or. of senaationsj interest. McGirr waa employed as clerk in the Feversham post office, near Meaford, bis sister being the wife cf John McEUre, tbe postmaster. McElire's sister Mary, a young girl of 18, came to work in th* office and sure about a \ear and a half ago. In very short time McGirr became appar- ently desperately enamored of ber, snbae- juent events proving this, however, to be a deception in order to Kain bis end. Tbe story of the girl is lhat in July of last year, about six months after she bad fallen, aha told McGirr that she would soon be a mother and implored him to carry out his promise of marriage. He consented, but subsequently persuaded the >onng woman to come to Toronto and visit a mediosj friend of his in the < ast end of tbe city, who McGirr allegtd, would enable her to hide ber shame. Mia i McEiire aid as ber betrayer had instructed, bat learned, after being examined by the ph aioian, that if tbe necessary operation were performed tbe consequences mi*ht be fatal. Re- turning to Meaford, the wronged girl explained everything t<> her seducer and Crested for an immediate marriage. McGirr asked for a uhort time to con- sider the matter, which waa granted, but before tbe next morning be) waa nearing the Dnitwi States border. Miss McKlire a few days Uttr went to the Chief of Police and gave- information which led np to the charge of post office robbery against the absoondtr. She took tbe con- stable to a place whtre McGirr operated on tbe registered letters In this secret apart- ment were found scores of envelopes that bad been partially destroyed in McUirr's process. The rnbberu * in all amounted to about 1 1,000. Miea McKlire did not, bow- ever, reveal to the officer her own condition, and a few months after h gave birth to a still born child. The afftir was concealed from all save the iinnir .nate relative* of tbe young woman, rbuf of Police Peary instructed men at different points to be oa the lockout for McGirr, at d on Wednesday received the telegram announcing his pre- sence at the Wellington Hotel. Toronto. Chief Dealy arrived at the Albion Hotel laat evening, and will take tbe prisoner to Meaford at 11 o'clock tbis morning. The east end doctor referred to will be called upon to give evidenc- in tbe ra*e. 0. M. Btarke, manager of the Bank of Commeroe at Belleville, and Detective Uogers left Germany on Monday last with Yerex, tbe hull-less oat man. They expect to arrive in Belleville about March 1st. The official test of th* Bertie waterworks took place yesterday uuHur the supervision of Mr. Willis Chipruan, C. E. of Toronto, upon whose plans and advice they have been oonatruoted, and in every way proved most satisfactory. A Widow - w, i ii.ai i . Credit Da-ld. NEW YOBK, Feb. - Polios messages vibrate over the wires from this city ask- ing : " Where is Harman Miller, wbo went to Nicholson Village, on the Laokawanna Railroad, wooed and won rich young Widow Randall, used her name to get credit on at the store, borrowed several hundred dollars more and her gold watch of her, and left without a wedding ?" There is no answer to the messages, except from the widow. She says : " I'm glad that snob a thief went away so soon." Will Oroaa th Coulloont on Foot William Krotherton is a young man who has been in Napa for aome time and pro- poses in a few weeks to ttart on a walk to New York. When aen by a reporter Mr. Brothertoo stated tbat two sporting men of New York have made a wager as to tbe time it would take to go from San Fran- cisco to New York, and have . ff-rcd a large sum to him if he will make the trip in less than six months. He is to wheel a wheel- barrow containing ninety five pounds' weight the whole distance, and ketp aa account and render a report of every bridge, trestle-work, tnunH, etc., on his way. He will go bv the Southern roots, through Kansas City, Chicago, Cincin- nati, Washington, Baltimore and Phila- delphia, thus making the length cf hie journey 4.000 mile* aa nearly as may be, the shortest distance between tbe two points being 3,127 mil.s. He ixpcots to cover tbe distance in fur montha if no accident befalls him. M -. B:o>herton is no novice at this work, having two jcars s^o made ths trip with a wheelbarrow from Los Angeles to Cincinnati, and ag*in from Washington to Cincinnati, a distance ot 700 miles, over a dirt road, "e is always accompanied by his do*, and say* b* would be unable to travel without him. Ho will go into training for hi* trip next Monday. Napa Krguter, Jan. Xinh. When the Lob*Ur Oct* Mad. What Maine men don't know about lobster* is not worth telling. Here is their latest information on the Dubj.-ct as given by the Ltwiston Journal: Wbo of our readers aver heard of a loblor ettiug mad and shooting cf! ode of his olaws ? If we may rely upon the veraoilv of the old lob- ster man, this popular orujtacean, like tbe members ol the human family. U capable ot ' biting hi* own nose to apite bis face.' He says that when a lobster guts excited ia any way h* sometime* shoots off one of bis big claws. It oonua out as clean as a whistle and leaves a bole clean out and with no jagged edges. In the course of a few days a new claw will grow, and bis lobstership can keep up th*t interesting operation as long a* be ohooies. Tbe lobster is the only creature tbat scientists have been able to discover having tbe power of doing snoh a thing. But, accord- ing to the old fiiherman, the fnnnie-t part of it ia if tbe lobster loses bis claw by any other force than his own it will not grow again. If yon pull the claw i ff the lobster will go around for the real of hi* life miaas one olaw." The Law and the Slot >!*< I, him II yon drop a nickel with a string at- tached, keeping the end of the string in your band, have you really dropped tbe coin t An Iowa judge baa decided in tbe amrmative. An ingenious youth in thai State tied a thread to a nickel, dropped the nickel in a slot machine, got wuat be wanted ; then, withdrawing the nickel by the thread, repeated the operation notil h* had made a clean sweep of tbe reonptaole's contents. He was arrested on a charge ol theft, bat the jadgs who tried him It ia understood that Sir Henry Tyler, President of the Grand Trunk Railway Company, will shortly pay a visit to Canada for the iiurpoao of establishing a Canadian board j( directors. that h* had committed neither burglary, larceny nor robbery, nor even obtained property under falie pretence*. He had merely done what tb* inscription on the machine told him to do drop a niokal in tbe slot and bad kept on doing it. Nothing was said about leaving the coin where it was dropped. Thi* itnoliian will probably abate a naisanoe. Chicogt Journal. The Prince Edward Island Petroleum has been struck in oue cl the i I^io'.lare walls now being bored at Uaspe. "eth On Taar * d v ' M Icb