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s '*....,.¢... . . eptgnAmmemmenmatummemm. | MONDAY,* MARCH --19,. e 'r"mfip CTHE ILIESH FPLAG. _ Green Hunner Displayed at the Par-- liament Buildings--Mr. Foy's BilH --Provincial Appointments. The Irish Nag flew from the flagstaff at the _ Legislative buiidings . in Queen's Park on Saturday morn-- ing, and flaunted bravely in k company _ with the _.Union Jack.' Messenger James Roberton had the honor of hoisting the ijirst Irish flagl displayed on the buildings. All thei eivil servants PAd employees wore a ; sprig of shamrock on their lapel. | Mr. Foy has a bill to amend the Di--| lvislon Courts act. 1t provides :hut; where it is desired to appeal from & | 'Dl\ ision Court judgment the applica-- tion for a new trial shall be maue to !u separate Judge. At present it fre-- | quently happens that litigants have to| |apply for leave to appeal from the | \ Judge who gave the verdict against | them. * | Ralph Piper of Pelee Island nas been Imade bailiff of the second, third and | lifth Division Courts of the County of| Essex. Ernest A. Dickson of the Vil-- lage of Parkhill has been appolmf:dl |Clerk of the second Division Court of | the Courtty of Middlesex, vice William Dickson, resigned. The development of the enormous de-- posits of corundum in eastern Ontario is now in a fair way to be entered upon.' Mr. A. Biue, Director of the Bureau of Mines, ~Saturday received a -- let--| ter stating that the Canadian t,'orun-' dum Company had let contracts for thol erection of a mill, and for its equip-- ment with machinery to treat corun-, dum ores on properties acquired in the Counties of Hastings and Renfre\\'.l and the company hopes soon to be ready dJor business. The m'ganizatinn| of the company -- was begun _ last| year, but, some delay ensuing, the' above contracts were not made until | recently. t had at first a capital of| 8$250,000, which was subsequently in-i | creased to a million and a half. 'I'he' |agreement with the Government pro-- vides for the expenditure of $50,000| before January 1, 1901. They have also | | to provide machinery capable of treat-- ing 100 tons of corundum rock per day. One of the largest mr.nufactur-| ing establishments in the United States has offered to take over the whole out~-- put of the works up to 3,000 tons of corundum per year. 'The works will) likely be established in the Township] o1 Raglan, Renfrew County. | Mr. Campbell, good roads instructror.. has received word that the Townshlm of Sydney, County of Hastings, has de-- eclded to commute statute labor at TL cents per day. This is the thirty-- fourth towrship in the Province to take this step. , umnnmmmemnememeemmnmmemmmmanamen