_____r_..___.- ` pmv1W-Rm: MY NOVELS. The Late Oonred Sllle. On Wedneedny, Jen. 2, John C. (Joni-ed Sills. South Frederichburgh, died at the ego of 75 yeere. 8 months and 22 deye. De- ceased wee e eon of Conred Sills, one of the bend of U. E. loyalist: who settled in thet townehip. Hie tether settled on the term edjoining the one on which the subject of this sketch e In the ectlve day: of hie life, and the original horneeteed in etill in poe- eeesion of the felnil . Deceeeed we: of e quiet and retiring ispoeitiun. end never aspired to poeitione of public reeponeihility or honour. yet be we: held in the higheet esteem in the community. He we: on user neet member of the Church of Euglnnd. De- ceued hand been ailing eime lest spring. He lenvee three eons end as wi.'e. The Late Dire. Werrlck. Another old reeident. of thin city peued (way yeeberdey. in the non of Mn N. J. Werrick. widow of e lebe C. J. \\'er~ rich. The death occurred et the reei- dence of her eon-in-lew. Mr. W. H. Aeeel- etine. Deceeeed vu89 yeere olee.end had lived in the city for fortv yeere. She wee e kind ledy end oh sritebly diepoeed. Her friende ere nutneroue and deeply lament her deeth. `Consuls : 0ii'nul)rator on Deok-lle lllnlres _ Two Remarkable Speech:-s-A_ Doyntcd Medlenl student.-A successful Event Any/gi.)leunoruble1`rlp. _ , Under the su frintendenee of Mr. Henry Folger the firs excursion of }he'sesson, on event likely to bacome"historicsl in the ,snnsls of this winter-wooed nd, csme oil` on Bsturduy the 5th inst.. wi _ s flourish of trumpets." At 2:45 the etesmer Mend, with its living freight of shout `J00 souls. lel't.,Folg'er s whorl for Co Vincent vis the head of Long lslsnd.- sisted by the grain`: ecetstic juice, prevsileul throughout. A deploroblecontreet. how- ever, was observable between this and the excursion: of last eenson. the letter being composed of about threeiourths ludies while in the excursion of Saturday tninzs ~*were reversed in this respect. Having rocked in the rsdle of the fresh-waved see for about an hour A Women's Rights" meeting we: convened, chsirinon. Mr. Nelson Raymond, _epenker. Mr. Charles Counter. C.0.0. Hl\'~ iug diluted with much pathos upon the genius and superiority of women the orator. in proof of `his sincerity, declared himself s bachelor. Subsequently he delive:ed s poli- tical sddress in favor of Mayor Thompson, a man whom he declared to be of hig-h-hred talent and high-bred modesty." He liked Jim Redden, sud would not hurt e heir nf his hand `nr 1 fhnnlnntd tlnllnrg h spirits, unes- . noreau mast. , Devotional exercises at the shrine of Eros were conspicuoug by therenbeence. How ever uneA,u1i_`\g_g branch of Hippocrates acorn- ing the maddening crowd," kept aloof but not alone. There, far away from the dining- room, where reaouuded the annoroun bellows of Counter ; far away from the warm cur- rent of applause that greeted the inspired orator. out as it were in the cold, out the fascinated reaurreclioniat. He sipped no mp. and he craved no crumb, as he Iighed for the love of n laulye." Tim lmmn nnrf wan mmln than: R ninlm-L5 [Or lne l0\'0 UK I Iuuye. The home port was made thou: S cfclock, and, as far as we could iscernin. all seemed contented with the dAy'a -experience." There may have been grumblere. If no to such we would utter the following mono- tory dislich : "Now if to grumble you are inclined. Take our advice and hold ` yer" [on no `lest round your cal\`t`e may wind. '1` ocane of Henry I-`olm.-r." (Tum. TI-ii-: I-f,()>l..(A3EFIS NEEID no spun. on UEE;$ GREAT mznsv. 3110 were VIIIUIG [T0111 E313! III 0U llllll. The student element, which WuA:.lBl`gel_\' represented especially by the wiolderu of the scape]. did much to contribute townrds the amusement of the Adventurous com- pany. Among the principal dnncen were ob- served Messrs. Neiah. Stewart, Hillier, Eliott. Douglas, J. Neish, Sand: and Holdcroft. who entertained the company by perform in a let of luncers. the music l`>eing pro~ vided. by Mr. Rankin. the world renowned tooth "comb performer. The spirit: of tho medicals, however, were to a ceruin extent dumped by the refusal of 3 popular member. of the confraternity toaccompauy them, but us the gentleman referred to in u nre exotic ` no wonder that he should refuse to fnce our boreul blast. I\.......:,......l .... ..:-... .9 cl... .|.-:-m at I-`em. dlm" -GU00, `nu Wolllll IIOI3 HUT` I III of his `head for 3 thousand dollnra. However the money was not otfured. On arrival at the Cope n Iittle before five o'clock. the excurnioniata took iytmnnp round for thirty minutes or an. nnd Strange it is but true that the electric lights of King-`_ ston were visible from that far otf lmd. `Pl... ..o...l....o .-.I...-.}...o nghinh u-..n.H-ulnnlu uh uuwnom no nu- goudundfo dud. Thodaul IOI wu L4 lllllllg room. un nb II -441 nu, `ma An` an plan-`(I - "om uni ||vI lawn: a ll go. to Itself. III not thnuu no... but `drama all that Inns {[1 yet t. u e u Wontnnlly :5; VKOIO. cad trim the bruit-vudalh up an voldul ulght thnoorlour oh - an In cash! for the nut morning `'` {'.`'o.. n. watt Imu. min: In. mun. THE `FIRST; Exotakslox; We Want You I l\.__.J -gI-.- DROPPED DEAD IN OSWEGO. `INN Memomm.` Cum ...`:' "'.'3'..:.:.'.?r.'.' r..*.. :..'.;m 3.` Int. and londod my this _.,.... .. g no qbodo that It oolhhod. up um.-u -one goquo-It-Iqkodothn'u:'.u:'h-ou'I'.{ ' enougn. But just in the beginning it was not so :simple.\ Alas I for that rst story` of mine ~-the raven I sent out of my urk and nave? aw again. Unlike the proverbial curse, i `d not come home to roost; it stayed where I had sent it. The only thing I ever heard of it again was a polite letter from the editor in whpse office it lay, telling me I could have it back ifl enclosed stamps to the amount of twopenue halfpenny, other- wise he should feel it his unpleasant duty to consign it to the waste-paper basket. I was only sixteen then. and it is a very long time ago; but I have always hated the words waste paper ever since. I don t remember that I was either angry or indig nant,' hut] do remember that I was both sad and sorry. At all events, I never sent that miserable twopence half enny, so I conclude my first Ms. went to ight the fire of that heartless editor. g.. ... .-L ..h..J`,....o I "H." knun Iuant-nuvn.` nn all men will-have uIt.n.1n you. = But as for me, I have to lie sweke 0' nights longing and. hoping for inspirations that oft-ti-mes are slow to come. But when they do come, what a delight 3 All at once, in a esh, as it were. the whole story lies open` before. me-n delicate .dioru.mn. vague here and there, but with a. beginning and en :end-cfea.r as crystal. I ` can never tell when these inspirations may be "coming; sometimes in the dark watches of the night; emnetiznes when driving through the crisp. sweet sir 5 sometimes is word in is crowded drawing-room, A thought rising from the book in hand. sends them with I rush to the surface, where they are seized and brought to kind and carried home in triumph. After that the dressing of them is simple enough, Rut. inst in beainnimr THE oucusss" TELLS HOW HER STORIES ARE wmrreu. !._\ln Awake Night: For Tnrdyjlnplrnn Mun: -- The Famous Author : Flrlt .~nory_-|:le|" Second Eunlon Wu tho Boxlunlnxullow Character: Are Con- ceived And Stories -I-`on-mod `- yovoln Thnt Arc Worked Out at _Don.d ol Nlzln. ' / ,A , 1 To sit down in cold blood and dellberstely set to, to cudqel one : brain: with I View to dragging from them I plot wherewith to make A book in (I hnv_e been told) the habit of some writers; nud-t~hoae of no small repu- tation. Happy peopla! What powers of concentration must be their: E \\`ha.t. a be- lief in themsplves, that most lltilfttble of All belief, that sweet. propeller to vnml the tem- pl of fame. Hnvo faith in _wnrself, und all will-have fnithin you. Rut nu for mu I lmvn to lie Awake 0' rork. A,g..guw-ark hull, In. pu- "9-!e3'_'..."':`.;l".;'."'...... *3 '..:':" nnn amour me mm mu. M rs. Rsttery, eldest dnughteryof the late Allen (lawn. Newburgh, bu been nppointed matron of the new Grace hoIpital,Detroit.at 81,000 5 year. Before leaving Grayling. Mich., she was relented with $200 in cash and I gold wntc And chain. Mr, (Inn!-an M4 ~Mnhnn. whom I number Attreotlng crowd: to the selvetlon Ar: Burl-note Yeetordey. General Bootlfe breee bend, from London, Englend, drew [ergo crowd: to the meetinge in the Selvetion erm berreche yeetordey. The mueioiene errlve `on Seturdey evening from Nepenoe end will rcmein in the city until tomorrow. The bend wee orgenhod in Englend over twenty moat ego. lo enewer to e cell for volunteere 60 young men oored to join the orgenleetlon. From thee: epplloente the bendemen wen eelectod end rleoed under the control 0! Stel t. App eby. ooee e member of the bend ol er Me)eety'a Mth Eeeex regiment. He wee In the queen'e eervlce for meny yeere, end le e ret-oleee ueslolen. He pleye e oornet le e meeterly Inenner. Neither he _nor the twenty-eight le oonprleleg the bend. re- oelvouelerlu. meuy at then gave up good eltnetlene It Join ll. Since their ar- genleetlon they heve trevelled over 15.000 mllee, of which they heve welhed 2.600 mllee. Three monthe they `leaded In Cenede. end ere ..u':. Goeunleeloner. Coombetorelee CMIX) to pey oedebtln connection with the Reeooe end Hour at Reet." en eeylum In Toronto for oloere who AI-A rllglelnd `I In I M my nanaa. Al for my characters 2 you aek how I conceive them. Once the plot in reecued trom the miety do the of the mind. the characters come am ranze themselvee readi- ly enough. A scene. we will eay, suggeete itself, a garden, a ower show, a ball-room, what you will. and two people in it. A young man and woman for choice. They are always young with me, for that matter, for wimt, under the heaven we are promieed, in so altogether perfect ae youth 1 Oh. that we could all be young forever and forever ; that Time. ' Thea!!!-ends more soft than o'er did midnight I e .' ooull he abruptly alein by eome great eon- `: ueror. and we poor human thing: let looee, oi lte thralie 2 But no such conquer- or comee, and time fliee ewiitly an of yore, and drag: ua headlong, whether we will or not. to the unattractive grave. I6 um mm M van. dear madam. in an hall ms lull recoveryx-~.. I Rufus C. Strong, usiatsnt city ngineer, Syracuse, N.Y., son of Col. Strong, U.S. Consul, Belleville, died suddenly lut week from consumption. Min Hnnnnh, fnrmerlv of Kinmntan. livimr N. W .M.r.. nu nnnounceu. George Williums, the new secretary of the Y. M. C; A., sailed from London, Eng., on Saturdny and expects to strive in King- nhn about the lth inst. u-- D-u...... ..l.|...o .l......|.o-. AC oh. Inn Ana gain wucn mu cnlnn. Mr. George Midnhon, whom of prominent citizens made a presentntion on Thuruday night. hu left for l ort.lnnd, Oregon. there to noume on important poni- tioo in the oice of the Western Union telegraph company. Mr. McMahon in an expert and experienced electricinu, and in nure to Iuocoed. Our best winhen go with him. ll. unllnnn Dnnnnr In Ohn r-Nu nn I?`-irhv hlm. Mr. Horece Rayner left the city on Friday for Montreel,snd played in Emmnnuel (Con- gregetionel) church, of which he bocomee the orgeniet. Hi: engagement in I very etteriu one, end such as hie abilities merit. Vhile orgmiet of the Queen street church here he made I name for himself u I mulicinn, end in a larger city he will have renter scope for the exercise of his talents. he Queen In-eat peo lo ere sorry to lose him. but they will be gud to hear of his Iucceee in Montreal. Hie future in: pro -mi-hen AIIA Toronto for omoon who are dlnblod In the Csudhn eld, ad the reformation ol Mlon women. All the mono the noun In Cuuds will be left In It. `M. y ntaod v#:tlng cl! tiho Anny prion In vlnoo. v 0 Eapk 3 Elana I 0y Inn votod noolvod on wit [Inc on- tlmolum. Tho] no not on] he phyon. but good talkers. Sous than spunk In pmviuohl dloloot that loud: mu :9 Guudhu, Mt which lntoruh thou It on oonarnoountoludtonotlnlngbnnhonulct lnuolpnrolingllsl. Iloysnsnoblohsod 0! you man, ud holoug to II lnntutlan amt: II; I good worth rucnhgtlu rrlohlg. It In mood that Balpdlulhr nnlobvoonld command I ulcrydlttll) rrom concumpuon. Min Hannah, Iormerly of Kingutoq` living at Renfrew for some time, has bidden good- bye to her many ocquaintangel there who regret her removal. Than nnnrunchinxr mnrrinaa of Mina Isabel WKV UIITII II Ell with Sal nil hr luodbyl donuts Who! (`nndliluu lot to tho ouch; oh-on At the Buluu oollop. Tu-In low. Ame rule, too, Lnover give more` time to my writing than two hours out of every day. Byrl write quickly and -have my notes befofe me. and .I can do is great deal in 3 horr time. Not thetl give these two- houre aystmutlcally.....ml\'hen the idle vein ` is in full flow I (ling Aa_ide t.he{,pen and rush glatdly intolhe open air, seeking high and low Jot` the chlldiren. who (delightful '-thought) will be lure! to helpfme towards `that cute ofifrivbllty` to which the Iunbhine outside bu -tempted me.to upire. To man.-limmrv work A mechodioel thing regret uer removu. - The approaching mnrringe of Miss White, daughter of the late Hon. Thomu White. to Superintendent Cotton, of the N. W.M.l .. is announced. 11-.-.-m. w:n:..... Oh. nun! IQI`\l'QfAl`V nf rorme-I. with closed doors I wrote at atolen Inn menta. I had not forgotten the quip: und crank: uttered at my ex ense by my brother and eixrter on the re ueul of the last first rumnuncript. To them it had been a fund of joy. In four and trembling I wrote this second effusion, finished it, we t over it (it was the most lochrymoee o tales), and tinelly, under cover of night. induced the houeemuid to carry it to the poet. To that first unsympathetic editor I sent it (which argues is dhtinot kick of rmlice in my dispo- sition.) Ind oh, joy I it I'll ectunlly accept- ed. I hive written mnny I thing nince but I doubt if I have known spin the unulu|- t nted delight that we: mine when my ti:\ineigniticnnt cheque was laid within hands. A. far mv nhnrncterlz vou elk -ll CDT-' I II mixing on. ` perumng. II: II III!!! In nllulnulwr A lob could olI8.m0 on-Tl. maul! In England I! no not an-mud um. Hdvnm nnnv. The nus. Rev. J. W. Burke. rector of St. Thomas` church, Belleville, starts shortly on a. lectur- ing tour for the benet. of the diocesan min- ! sion fund. 11-- u- (`l......I...... I... l......... on .....-hum. anon tuna. Hon. Mr. Chspleau has be un to undergo treatment at the handtoi is physician in Paris, who entertains the strongest hopes of his full Ruin: l`. Rn-nna, nlninhnnt citv naineer. tner m namax. Rev. J. M. Duclon, B.A.. a graduate of Queen a, will be married tomorrow. to Miss Nella l ur\'ia, of Portage du Fort. Min R...t.hhnn, Dr-nnrnnt.n_ has returned menu rurua, ox rorwgge uu run. Miss Ruthbun, Deseronto. has returned to Boston to continue her studies at the New Emzln.nd.conaervatory of music. John Newlnnds has been gazetted n secom icntemnt. in the 14th P. W.0. ries vice` sue Newlimds, jr., who has left the limits. D-.. `I `U Dnunlrn -antnn 1-.` Qt 1`hnnnun' vmt. ' Hon. T. `Y. Anglia will probably be ` chairmam of the Toronto separate school board this yedr. \V J F`nrnn.ut.nll_ whn in well known here. O0&l'(l [HIE yll`. W. J. Forreatull, who is well here, ` has entered the grocery lgusjneas Wltl ) I bro~ ther in Halifax. D-.. `I ll l'\....l..- H A n nu-sulnnfn nf People Whose Movement-. Saylnp. and Donna Attract An:-nnm?. ._.. George Y. Chown and Mrs. Chown leave to-morrow for Winnipeg on a two weeks visit. ` II... 'I` `V An:v`:n will nrnhnlulu ho outside bu -tempted memo aspire. To, mekerliterary work t methodical thing` ill. I think a mistake. To compel the brain to a task ' m which it may at the moment revolt is surely a. attaining of the mental powers both ugh and druel. -vMr. Anthony Trolloneuin hie delightful memoir: telln us that he did so many words at such an hour ` every morning without fail ; and one onnnot help admiring the obatinacy of the mind thut could drive itself to getthrough eov arduoue a tuk without any noticeable ag- ging of the genius anywhere. Mum` nbher Authors. "I faucv. would find to unnttrnctivn If any one of you, door renders. it on bed a nleoor no I Am, you will understood how thong In nwnrm at midnight. Busy, bustling. stinging hen. they forbid tho needed root. end. thnonging the idle brain. compel ntteution. `Hon in the uncut hour- iho ghost: cilipd ohernctero walk n`lB`\y, mulling. bowing, nodding. piroueitlng, going like mnrionettel than in nil their` nun. At ninht I hove h In Invent ging of the genius anywhere. Many ooher authors, "I fancy, it impossible so-to og the literary spirit into shape. "As I have said even the two hours in the du.,y.`1:ha`.t I feel it my du t`y" to give up to n's.nd paper are not -always accorded. ` inweheen momenta when, having tried vainly to round" my sentences to my satisfaction I have risen invquiuk wrath and ung my uuo'enrling pen into 1 fsr'oo'rner, and turned my back resolutely for that day upon the` virgin page that should hwe beerfcovered with my screw- ling letters. ` I`n fm-ma tlm mind is. in mv oninion. bad ling letters. To force the mind is. in my opinion, business. Whst comes spontaneously is of "untold vnlue. It is always fresh, always the best of which the writer mav be capable. These unsolicited outbursts of the mind are `as the wild sprays sent hesvenwarxist times by s calm and slumbering ocenn-n promise of the power that _reigns in the now quiet breast. r 'l`hns dreams are of value and to dreams quiet breast. ` Thus dreams are of value, (those most spontaneous and unsought of all ' gs) I owe much. V 3 Tm: l)n'Hxss. HOUSEHSLD TROOPS BAND. PERSONAL MENTION. ::'*}iTHAE Bgrrin w1G.M0NDAY .12 Tm: 1)L'<'uxss. D$I oooorumom. Rain and dleooter! The growth of yoon ruined in 5 night. Thlo no the remark of A former who come In from Piutlohurg Ihie morning. OI-nomenhl ehruhe. elude trooo end loreoe Iroee hove onlered from tho t weight ol loo clhgllg to their In-onohee. herry sud poor non hove hoen donegod thomoel; nothinglolellol them but here polee. Amongfoteot treee the Ineplo Tu: The U. N. W. and C. I . R. hlogrnph oioee were unable to-any trrhendle euy meeengee. Their wires are In hopoloee ruin. Yeetor- doy afternoon the G.N.W. company had one wire working . but it eneppod It 5 o'clock `net Be me [set word: 0! the doepetch of the klngeton corretpondent of the Mail were sent. The Ice of the company ere down elon the rulweye while neerly eve ete on ehrecapi bridge hue gone over rd. The C.P. company bod emuhee, but on their wlree on not nnmoroue they hopod to go: communication or en oerly hour. It would eeom thew. the etorm wee lergely heel. for Bollevillo reported chet ovcfythlng woe Info thorn that no rip of eleet wee parent. [low for eeet the norm extended not L..- -......e.l--l Will XIV K10 BIIU N boon uoumsinod. uD-l- _-.I Al.-. dam Q?! HICI (U ml! IIIII. omlglnluull. Horo. ylogln tho duh. with noyot no gllmnnor 0! tho coming downgwnololnooot I ht to ohow whoro tho clpood curtolno j II, too lndololt to rioo and light tho loin . mo oloo to put ono o (do! out of tho wo - won-mod . proylng frultloooly tor thou oloop Ihot will not oomo. It to uonoh momonh no thooo that my mind loyl hold of tho novol now in hand. and worko any It It with o vigor. oploot which tho notucl doom for sloop hopoloooly nokoo hon Jnotborn thlo novol mo ho. or holf oom- pluod 3 howovor it Is, o gooo ano'o huh go o tongont. Soouo followo ooono. coo tooohhg thmnthor; tho choroooon uncoo- dgi-f-In Into ohopo ; tho vllloln lohoo I ...A4Iu 2 (ho hum dun: A thin loin I ll AIHDIIKIIIICIBIUC UIIIIII I `o)Ioul1`hnvo (and worn Ohm other-Pu`. '1`-`I: crackling and breath; at bruohu through tho night In the woods VII dmplypppsllng. :-.-- BU $UllC lUI' I lip] `PI -00 "I have noon hundreds of Itonno," odd lungs: Smith, ol the Iolcphono ouhcnao. this morning. "but this In the moat dlnr tron: I Ion our uporlonod. We huh ! I win from our olu. and It may In av- onl dun bdouwo can In slap to work. rwiuuuudown nnlldlnnllou. Idol ! thllklt wlllooot aoulltlallnll Cull) an put up In ordot In the city." Mann-nnhi annnnnrl hi nnklnnnnnln. I IIJAN W [III III III oruor III (III any. I nb' ppdhnmnkh npsln. Hun:-odu:ol vntdowltogoooh norolonurlosndclsnlautnohbuo thowuokthotznoxs. Hont.I.odw|nnoon- pgnptuooo r uhgnph ulophou ooou. Thohlaphonooonpnnybuonpolu Dear Sir,--I have but recently arrived in Canada from the old country and am naturally anxious to see and learn all that is good and beautiful in this. I have just essayed the `beautiful and "got left. A friend informed me today that the effect of the electric light on the ice laden treea was weirdly picturesque and worth risking a wetting to see, so, in pursuance of the good and beautiful idea above mentioned, I sal- lied forth to see and learn. I eallied back half an hour ago a winner and a sadder man. I have had enough wetting to satisfy any reasonable man. but unfortunately I had to take my `weirdness unadultrated, as there was no electric light. Intent on the pic tureeque I took the broadway crossing the centre of the park. I don t know the name of the road, and don't wan t to, as I am anxi- ous to bury forever in oblivion the recollec- tion of this nwful night. Before I had gone an hundred paces in the darkness I ado : enough `good. beautiful and pictur- esque notions left to go into an act of parliament. Pelted with an avalanche of icicles, tripped up by scattered branches. knocked down by falling boughs. I struggled through this `road to ruin and came out on the other side, witba battered hat, a(nearly) broken heart. and my innocent faith in the `wierdlv picturesque, gone forever. and all because there was `no electric light. `Fools rush in where angels fear to tread,'but surely on such nighte as these, the `powers that be.` mi ht give the fools a show for their livee,"i)e magnicently extravagant, and spend a few cent `lighting up. Yours faithfully. H. R." The Outlook Very End. This morning the citizens awoke (at least those whose rest was not disturbed by tlii cracking noises outside) to find the city in a state of great disaster. During the night great trees in various parts of the city, trees that were prized for their beauty and shadi- ness, were broken down by the weight of ice and snow resting on them. The side- walks were strewn with branches that had been torn oil". It would be impossible to enumerate the streets upon which the se veresc eiiects of the storm are shown. Ever avenue, where trees abound, was aifecte . The damage dune in this way cannot be estimated in a monetary sense. Fine old trees, the pride of owners, were torn down, while fresh saplings bowed their heads and died from the weight that fell upon them. The city park has the a pearance of a forest waiting to be underbrusied. Trees are down in all directions. and huge branches are oil` many of the tineat that are yet standing. Altogether the ex perieucee of yesterday were most disastrous from s lot-estrlc aspect. might have been sacnnceu. p lhe reason we didnot liuht up. said an ` employee of the electric light company, ` `was to save the public. Our circuits were all right, though the weight of the ice on some of the wires had torn them from the arms (in the poles, but cons ltation with the ci\'i developed the fact that it would be dangerous to set the lemps ageing. Why 1` "The telephone wires. which run over much the same ground as ours, were broken in many places and, had fallen across our wires. Now had we started the current through our wires and, as would have undoubtedly occurred, had anyone came In contact with the broken telephone wires the result would have been a shock that would have been inevitable death. You can easily see the need of the precau- tion talnen." .2`. Y I- 'm... :..n.....:..... 1...... ...... .......:.m.t "ta. J`. W The following letter was received .tiii`s morning, but from the explanation given above it would seem that H. R s. com- i plain! in quite untimely: l up the dams e they nave luatuneu. : On Sazur ny afternoon the wind blew coldly, but alon lwtownrds midnight rain ; began falling, an as it fell upon trees and wires and all cold surfaces it congealed. , All day yeaterday the rain fell, turned to i ice and thus increased the weight upon the- thinga to which it tenucioualy clung. . m but. night the rain clmmled to snow. and ` many overloaueu wires Bnappcu Ill uwulu. Lest nigh]; the sidewalks. became so dangernus, because of the overhanging brancheq bending low over them, t.hat= pedeetrian: had to march about in the` middle of the street. Added to the dia- comtitnre was the fact that all was dark- 1 ....-- Mao an nlnnr.-in nnnrlr illnmlnnrn thn -I`ho_E|cotrlc Llxhlu coum not no 12:: For Four of Killing l eopIQ-l`h_o Talo- phone l'ooAple_ are the Hohvlut. Loner: -Nu Communlcntlon by Telegraph. Tran 'l'orn`I)own Ii: nln Pnru-tn of the Cltri There was a. swelling time yesterday. . -f,':"l'eleph6ne and telegraph wires enlarged ini cables of in inch "thickness, ,while_.l:reeI herided low with `the weiglit of ice thet ooirered them. , I`l... inirlnnynllrn unnrn vnrnnxl intn lltlllin IOTKO. Yet the inevitable hour came round once more. Once again an idea can ht me, held me, persuaded me that I coulg put it into words. I atruaglecl with it this time, but it was too strong for me. That. eorly oxhilarat-' ing certainty that there was lomething in me," as people say, was once more mine, and seizing nmy pen I sat down und wrote. wrote, wrote, until the i'.len was an olijact. formed. \\':ol. "In-ml rltunrn In-rnfn at nfnlnn win things to WDIOII ll. ceuuciouaiy Clllllg. ` Last night he min changed snow, am ` whiz mightily increued the mnupge, so that Large trees fell under thqpresaure and overloaded wires snapped in twain. Lani . night um nidewnlks . `THE I1;ENT STORM OE YESTER- DAY DOES `MUCH DAMAGE. F. covrea them. ' . The `sidewalk: were turned into skating. = rinks, _,,_4 Tnzdh than nrnnnrtv hnhlarl are coimtiml nuts. _4,_. , Tcrdk the property holders are counting the am: they hav sustained. On Shzur av Afternoon l ski * sky. l And it was a. good thing the electric lights i were not lit, for had this occurred lives might have been sacriced. "1 he reason we didnot liaht nu. Eyr;RYTHW_`1%N-V RVUIN-S ; No Communication Ouuldo, ..v.:v -11-.-..n -_- NOIOIIOIUIIDQYOIIQ ._--- _-... I..__.l__J- .1 -A..:.l sure the Incl: man an was uu.rx- N Not an electric spark illuminated the ` gdoll II" "I50 III." I (III VIIICII `III I "day 3 the hero don: I white lobe 3 on for tho btolno who shall any what dye: gmmolynph n not ban? Anointin- lhnll lab 3'31: -.`l'..."...."'}.1"'.'.."`1'.'.`."'....." ."'.. COIIIKG, VIII DU Ippuluucu. At the Methodist Chrietmee tree enter- tainment et Odelltown, P. Q.. on Dec. 28th, the Rev. G. C. Poyeer, (formerly of Syden- hem), end family were generouely remem- b-rel by the onngregetion. They ere de- eervedly populer there, en they were in Kingston district. Thin Odelltown church hes e history. It wee occupied by the loyel volunteer: in the rebellion of l837 8 end et the bottle of Odelltoern eeverel of them were shot through the window! end fell deed emon the we. The people celebret- ed the jnb` ee 0 the bettle eome time ego_ by` e public dinner. pletfoim mee . end gemee. About twenty veterene of the tle were present. The eix pounder oeptured from the rebele. wee pieced in the ition it occupied fty yeen ego. end round efter round, proving thet it in etlll reedy for eervlce it neoeeeity ehould ever erlee. `u Voluno 0! Customs nIul|u|-A Inn Hooking Whlu cop Honors. Wntermwn Times. The tots] amount of the duck: col- lected in tho district 0! Vincent dndng Dooembor, I888. wu . 7.47. Inc Do- oomber, 1887. the ton: in 86.23189. For tho yur ending In! July. tic cost 0! collecting one dollu Iru twonty-nix out. but ll the above incngnu hop: n It will In much has for the you udmg -111 y next. In In I-nnnnlnd HIAIQHA R W- & 0. much Ion lot Inc you IIGIII. duly uuxs. It In nmond than! R. W. to. RR. will once I new 1- depot in this` will . Tho onrznton n Already N - rlv ,sndIholnm rhantlnwo. .-,. Tho and Hum! Bound & U: 11] bu round the old post omen building lot in ooo. Mr. John Buckley und Mr. Inna Ct-on II`! osndldslu for tho pouuuhnhlp. Both nu nnnnI'|nAnl_ , II`! Bllulult urn urn upnblloun. Than Iunom rcpunuouu. Thou in some hit of [analog 5 "White C "lod lnthhvll . domino .2 m .t... m._..:_::..;1'_... ...,`::.- and: or at Ipposruoo sad in was no won --u3.a..r' that It WI: thou In he would fotpt the pun word and no 1 o muting loaned without Join my work. The Inllod from Klug- nan. Having made our and spring unap- monb with tho hoe ouhln munfunun no will humble for tholuldxwoohioull luooonrhluotnhonlouhlhl tho who which VI}! in Add an Ma]. No both! 2L".....' "` "';.."`;'.".'.";,..` """"......:':n M on DI wllhr good. to be Inleodua. |lol`aul'I. n ltl|)nB '10 [I15 IIlJI'II'y HIVU lK3UI.I TUUUIVUIL At a meeting of the forelgn mieeion com- mittee of the Presbyterian church 1 resolu- tion wu peeled inetructnng the executive of the committee to bring the Formosa mie- eion troublee to I conclueion not later` then the tire: week in Fehruery. The intention is to recall the Rev. J. Jemieeon, who wee eent out. e few years to ueiet Dr. Mec- key. The otfer of Devi Yuille, of Montreal, to mnintain e miuionar in China for ve years at an expense of 1.0m eyur. Wnl m-nnnnnl, Aml it ll nrobable tlltl. Ml`. MIC- at an expense on .l,UUU Iyur. wu accepted, and it in robable thnt. Mr. kenzie, I nudento Montreal Presbyterian college, will be Appointed. At. um Methodist (Zhrintmu tree OI Jun. .;u', whim John Ray. Rant uh. 0 ad I: oudaunurh mm In tho the and I.I_. _.n An Inig- as they say upon me Bilge 1 "meant wen. For in long twelvemonth after tint I never dreamed of putting pen to paper. I had given myself up. as it were. I was the moat modest of children. and (ally decided with in myself that I man so clever as l real live editor must needs be, could not have been mistaken. He had seen and judged. snd practically told me that writing was not my forte. \'..a -L- 8..--yhmlxlp lunnr nnmn rnnn nnnn `at thle polni from Seventy to I20 , [hey hang"hlgh enough not to come in con- tact with the many telegraph wires that converge underneath to run into the tele~ llraph uflicea. But there `was-a great smash last night. and all communication is now ` cut off. The guy wire that held the pole at the corner gave way,~pu!ling with it a chim- Vney and part of a wall from the'L:Stan!cy house around whielrit was wrapped. The ' falling bricks smashed in s ahe_< in rear of Kavanagh u store and did other dam e. A ...u cider barrel was speedily transform into a receptacle for brick beta. The wires were also broken and came tumbling down upon. those beneath, and the result waaashock- ' ing entanglement. The poles along Clarence and Ontario streets `are all sprung` from the weight of the wires, whllethe strands them- selves are doubled down. and at oneyiooks up the street: he `Ieee grestrloops of cable: hanging as if they were so much bunting set for a festive occasion. I`hia morning one of the repairers qlimbed a pole, but the" arm on which he rented-snapped and the youth was thrown upenrtlfwires and left in a danger- ous position. He was speedily rescued. The various polee were braced up and the wires about the corners cut so that the different 1 companies could make repairs. uenux. The Rev J. K. Mcldorine wee pteeented et New Year`: with e hendeome bible by his bible clue, who highly A preciaw his inatruction. The Chriatmu o eriug of his congregation wee 894. Yesterday the young men : meeting at the Y. M. C. A. room: wad led by Mr. J. Strechun. The subject. "What shall I do in 1889," we: well discueeed. Severn] do- nntione to the librnry heve been received. A! ; mnntina nf the fnl-A1011 minninn oom- IHQ IIIDIO D0 DTCIK Bl lily ll'I0lllC(. \J 1 It is entimntei that from 250 [.0 300 lbs. weight his to be carried by each teleqraph and telephone wire stretched between the poles. At this rate the 120 telephone wires on Ontario street-had to sustain About I3 tons between the poles. No wonder they succumbed. Should n.wind come at the present time the damage would be increased ten-fold. ~ The mild weather of today was most for-. tuitoua, for it thawed the ice about tho.-trees so that considerable of it fell off, thus reduc~ ing by msny pounds the weight upon them. 3:. ram 5 acnool nouse Spdcic chnfgea of lrunkonnou, slander and lying hue been lodged sgninat. Rev. '1`. \V. Jgffrey, Toronto. Meanwhile. I testi- monial committee in st work on Mr. Jeffrey '1 behalf. 'm._ D-.. I I. \A..\A....:... _.. .....-..o..l n.n--uunuuuw mu . luwlllnu uur.....--.n vuu. -... \Vllh I \'m'y Remarkable History. ',"At the monthly meeting of St. J|mea' ` temperance society, on Wednenday evening, V R. V. Rogers will give a description of his l European tour. 'l`hp mmrtarlv maetina of the Church of u I';lll'0P6Ill DUUY. The quarterly meeting of the Church of ` England ladies miasionnry au'xiliary, for the city, will be held tomorrow evening at St. Paul : school house. u..a..:A.. ..t..."-.... 4.6 .lrIInlvnnnAn- nlnndnr Vl`0ly. A C0llple_(`l l WDGBII were IIIOII olfic The noise wes caused by the fell of. telegraph poles. , The street, from Brock to West streets, was strewn with wires nd broken poles. In` lockin down the street one would see the greet disaster that had been wrought. The wires were twisted and tangled in every conceivable form. and stretched all over the street. Some of the poles were pulled out of the ground. Others were broken in pieces. I`he wires, increased in weight by tons of ice and snow, proved too much for.the timber. It was expected that during the day some poles would be broken, and that the streets would be block- ed with wires. Some of the poles are bQ`t,/ and liable to break at any moment. It in nnfimnhvl flint `rnm `).'\l| r.n 200 Isl [lnndnonno Ch rlntunu On`:-:Lnxo-A Church u-n.n_ _. 1 ...... u.._..-_n._.|.|_ Il|..a..__. Cuno Down Ith a Crush. At 10:15 this morning Miles Sinnott wt in his cab in the front. of the City hall. He was studying how the msyornlty contest would likely result when n t._|_9rrihle noise disturbed his revsries. . His, horses wheeled shout immediately. sud before they could be stopped. his cab struck in carriage be- longing to Mr. Bureau, and dsnmqed it se- verely. A couple_of the wheels were taken nir. The nniin wnn nnnnnd lw than full of CIRCLE or THE cnzcn-Es. going nu mtrlouuwl Inmu I: III ulalr paces. At n In m{ [nut thoughts, at My 3 my saddest. Al t up cm 3 din to that glut, Imnginnllon. Ham. `lulu rink. nut EVENTS AT THE CAPE. IO IONIC` Oltlils ____ I -__I_ KCMIEIUII Ill. IIKIITI I WK About U) yAArA ul `Ad toll druud. lie VA: in Ouvogn, nvorlng to 0l'[|I|ilO A oompAIy for tho mAnu!AcuIrA ol A pAtAAI huvuhr. Daub pnh AAAAAd fun hurt hllnn. In one of I pocket: III (sound A mono:-Andun book which Ahtul MA lhblllcy to Alunllnr Athoh And which our tAlnAd the Addnnl at A Ana. Mr. [And Alno to the n|.|.l.l... .A n....LL.. I... 1.0.- 'VCII I03 X \D|lI`WT IIITK I III I'll Ion onihhutnot ndhlh viahl wan J. I. o'Noll. a stranger. ll: (I-on loan failure at tho tho Ilnglnud loan. 01: Friday. 1. K. o'x.n. at Pouqliotpie. nlkod Into the Rlnglnml bout, Onvogo, rad that drlnklng I 11- of mineral moor. walked up Quin up roan. A low Ino- monu lcur In line and tuned hr the dining room. 0: thnuhold in mg- n.nuIAn(II'nlI dnnd. Tlndmal mg: in On Sat: J. Dcuolly. jr.. punhuod nnnlobou uvoodotl-not Inn nnihhnlnnt Andlnlh vlilh Dun The Late Mr. John Wilson. Lut evening It nix o'clock. Mr. John \Vileon, of Howe Ialgnd. lied at hie rui- denee. Aged 56 yenre. He was A resident of Howe Island for some yecre, having moved there from Amherst lelmd. Thoee enpned in the marine bueineee in thin section were well acquainted with him. He eniled u e cnptein on the lake: for a lung time. In his dealings with men he was ulwxye Insight forward nnd honest, and conlequently h` h ly respected. He leave: I wife and ve children to mourn hie Ion. 01 ms: nearuess omror. So much comfort I may have bestowed on him, but he left me comfortless. and yet who can say whet good he `may not have lone me? Paths made too smooth leave the feet unprepared for rougher roads. To step mlways in the primrose way. is death to tl.o higher desires. Yet oh. for the hours I spent over that oor rejected story, beauti- fying it (as I fomlly. if erroneously. believed) milling A word here. a sentiment there ! So conscientiously minded wasl that even the headings of the chapters were scraps of poetry (so called) done all by myself. Well. never mind. I was very young then. and they the stage I meant well." Fnr n lnna twnlvemnnth nffnr tlnlt I never