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LEGAL. 8w. MARTIN J; HOI’KIXS. ARRISTERS. soucxrons, kc. 310- . ney to Lana at 7 per cent. Office. Kent street, Lindsay, Out. 1’. Mum. 0. 1'1. Damn. F. D. .‘lOORrI, PARl’KISTER, aTTOItNEY, k SOLICITR "and Notary Public. Money to Loan. 05cc, Kent etreet, Lindsay. lll.'IJSI’l~lTIl-, BARRON 6; JACK- SUN, )ARItISTERS. SULItlTORS, kc. Ofâ€" ) fice, thliAm street, Lindsay. .t libePZTtl. J. A.E:.u:eo.v. A.Jacu,ox. _ o't.t:.u:v n; owsnv, .\ItP.t.~i'fI1it.’~‘, ATTUItNEYS-AT-LAW Solicitors in Chancery, dc. Leny Block, Kent szreet. Lindsay. Astute 01.211". Ilc-zu U’Lmur. t l; l) Office, by .‘I. SHEPPARD, AltitISTt-Itt. ATTORNEYJ: Conveyan- ) err, )leArthnr's Block, Colliorne street. ['"'ti'lult Falls. Money to lead on real estate. I). J. )IclSTYRI'Z, )ARRIS'I‘I‘ZR, ATT'PRNEYâ€"at-LAW'. SO- ..--i'-.r lfl Chancery. 6:42., Lindsav.‘ Of- it -~. on-r Hdlufttl hunk, Kent street...\loney t. Infant-.1 8 per cent. on real estate Be- Gill’lltt’fl. KE'I‘CII If.“ S; .‘chONXHLL, I).tt:uts'rnt:s, somct'rons, NOTAP- ) ":4, Ice. szice. Kentstreet,southside, Ind ti-tarly opposite Mr. John Chisholm‘s Lindsay, ’ Jar Knrcnt'u. WM. )chosxett, Ja. â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"~ â€"-â€".â€" Hâ€" J. B. DICKSUN. B. A, Pantusrnu, ATTOItNIfiYâ€"AT-LAW, ) Solicitor in Chancerv, er. Office, ' Lindsay. Money to lend at 8 per cent. ALEX. A. McDCL‘i'ALt), , T'I‘UItNI'ZY-AT-LAW, Solicitorin Chan- Strict at- I , eery. (‘onveynnccn 3:42., kc. tention given to applications for Patents of I.und+ t'rom Crown Land’s Department. Money '0 Loan on Mortgage Security on terms to suit borrowers. Oflice, Colborne street, l-‘enelon Falls. JOHN A. BARRON, PAItIt'IS'I'IiIt-A'IKLAW, Lindsay. Office ) on heat Street, next door west of Keith's Agrmiltural and Implement Store. MEDICAL. r . W. J. DEGRASSI, .‘I. 1)., ,ftllf).\'l‘iR, Physician, Surgeon, kc, kc. 1 Residence, llrick Cottage, Wellington a reel, Lindsay. ... .._. _..._ ___.__,.__.-_._~ Wit. l\'l'l.\ll"l‘, M. D., C. M., (“LUHYATE of .\Ic(lill University, Mon _ ! trt al. and Provincial Licentiate, l’hysi- rTa-i, Surgeon and Obstetrician. Medical ltt-t'er e to the Standard, I’hmnix, Connecti- cut Mutual, and Equitable Insurance Com- panics. Office and residence, in the house lately occupied by Rev. Father Stafford, at the cornerof Lindsay and Rus streets Lindsay. I - -._.__._ Dtt. A. WILSON, ‘. Ii. l'Xll’l‘IIlSITY of Trinity College. 1 . .\I. ll. University ,of Toronto. )Iemb. Col. l’hys. and Surgf, Ont. Physician, Surgeon and A ccoucher. Office, Colborne street, t'enelon Falls. Ilus. BltYSON s; LOWE, ss U 13.0} Ii] 0 N S, 5313‘“ Office, upstairs in BICArthur's block, Fcuelon Falls. ‘ Hornis.‘ Tlll'l GLOBE llO'I‘l'lL, 3' I'3.\"l‘ street, Lindsay, II. O'Leary, Pr.)- I prirtor. This well known hotel(lately I-t riiarge of Mr. John Young) has been rvmodelled and newly firuishrd, and guests mu depend upon getting excellent accom- modation and first class board. The sheds and staliling are all that can be desired. “Sittit'ritun HOUSE. FEM-II.th FA LLS. .-,_Rohert Rutherford, ‘ pro; r‘ietor. This well known first class lttvlvl has every appliance necessary for the new.uunodation and comfort of guests, and is largely patronized by the travelling pub- lic. xvii" ('IlsltlitZ-t ItimsoNAutJL‘Bfi A free omnibus to and from the railway station. MISCELLANEOUS. Vii-:efisiii 15Msavanna it.) ‘l‘Ill‘. (‘UL'N'I'Y Uh‘ VICTORIA. The uvxtsittings of this Court will he 2rl'l t"l Monday, lb-c'r 6th, lfi‘dtl' ‘ CEO. CUNNINGHAM. Clerk. .l .\ .‘l l'lS J. l’OW RR, " Il‘iINSIII) Auctioneer, Accountant and J General Commission Agent. Collect- ing accounts a specialty. Falls. Out. JOHNSON. Ut‘TIHNEICR. Village Property and ; i‘nrm Sales a specialty. Notes, Ac- counts. Rents .tc. collected. Ollie”! and residence on lloud street. I-‘enclon Falls. ' '3 i 0 N33: Y. Money can he had at 'I per cent. on the security of mortgages or promissory notes. Apply to Jon}: A. BARRON, Solicitor, Lindsay Nblhll.;\.\'l)5 & l"..\l.\l0.\'S, both experienced Dentists. Office Established in Lindsay 14 Years. Uni: of the above Dentists will be at the )(t-.»\XC'I‘IIITII II 0 I7 :45 1‘3, Feuelon Falls. Oti the third Monday oft;qu month. tltlicu in Lindsay. next. door to t faces, the glaring of twice as many eyes, , _ and the almost involuntary clenching; bass was mistaken, po Bowel.” store. $50,000 TO LEND .u' 5 run cuxr, with the privilege ot‘ paying 0:! in full or by instalment: at any time Mortgages bought. J. I». DIXOX, Barrister, .tc. . a. 05“ N"! 3‘0“! 5“" "m" emu the slighest breach of the peace and t Ibo earned it cleaning the boiler in one Lindsay. MONEY TO 1.03 .\' it t 72.4! Saute at Eight per cent. Private " ‘-' Hum". unable at Lindsay. No " ': f Dominik requith \ . Li a' ... Conveyancer, Doheny Block, Kent street, ttfiiuc, Font-Ion t J BRITTON, [I l WATCHMAKER, ' lllllillill & lttfllllll, ‘ dealer in tClcicks,A11 Kinds, l 30 day, 8 day and 30 hour, Alarm strike,&c- AMERICAN WATCHES, the Best and Cheapest, IN SILVER AND 00L!) CASES in the newest styles and at lowest. prices. 56' Persons sending watches from a dis- tance for repairs, can have the amount of work and price reported on for their consid- eration, and as I do the work myself, can. depend on having it. done satisfactorily. , Britton’s Block. foot of Kent St., Lindsay. l JAMES DICKSON, L. Surveyor, Com :nissioner in the Q. 11., l . Conveyancer. kc. Residence, and ad- ,dress, I-‘enelon Falls. 1 l Encfcnrlou falls Qfiagcttr Saturday, January 81h, 1881. Trent Valley Canal and Grand Junction Railway. In last week‘s Gazette we published a letter from our occasional correspondent, “ A Farmer," of Verulam, on the Trent Valley Canal and the Grand Junction Extension schemes. Our correspondent writes as if we could get. the one, or the other, but only one, and therefore it would be our interest and duty to make a wise selection. I'Ic prefers the rail- way, which cannot be built without large bonuses which we are sure will not. be given, at least. at present, in the depressed condition of municipal finan- ces. On the other hand, the canal, which in a great: measure is already built by nature, though it would only be open six months in the year, would do more of the heavy carrying in that time than the railway would do in the same number of years, and will be built. without any bonus. We recollect what the farmers were promised from the building of the Victoria Railway, in order to induce them to grant. bonuses, and we know what they have got. They can indeed sell their produce at several stations along the line at several cents less per bushel than they can obtain for it. in Lindsay; but many of the farmers prefer taking it. to Lindsay rather than employ the road. It is true that those in the back country can reach the coun- ty town for the transaction of business much easier by rail titan they did be- fore the road was built. But wheat, barley and cats are not the only things the farmer has to dispose of, if he could get them to a market where he could realize reasonable prices. He has valu- able timber. It. is the interest. of the road to discourage the traffic in fire- wood, ties, telegraph poles, and what- ever else they require for their own use. This they do by putting on rates of carriage that. are prohibitory. There is something suspicious in the Victoria Railway having its agent. buying up ties at. 14 cents apiece, when they are worth 20 cents where they are out. It is the general belief that. the railway company have more interest in the ties than what they receive for the carriage of them. The farmer, then, in this case. has no redress. He must sell his tim- ber at what he can get. for it, to enrich the railway company, burn it, or leave it lying useIGSsly in his way. Even if the farincrs in the back country were able to form a grunge and purchase a locomotive and cars, they would be no better off, as they would have no run- ning powers over the Victoria Railway, not. being a railway company. On the other hand, if the canal were built every farmer could raft. his own timber, es- pecially his valuable cedar, and bring it down the Gull and Burnt: rivers to the canal, thence by canal, without transhipment, to Trenton, where a mar- ket. for such produce would be estab- lished, and where he would be met by the American buyer, and would be paid for his timber as well as fbr taking it. out and bringing it to market. It. is not too much to assert that no timber is paid for that is taken out along the Victoria Railway. The prices given barely pay for taking out and hauling; the timber is given away. This is a state. ofthingsthat should not exist, and l would not exist if we had the canal. We go for the canal; but we are not ' against the road, but against being tax- , ed for it. The Municipal Elections. , The great day has come and gone; the agony is over; and the ratepayers of the different municipalities now know who are to have the control of their affairs for the next twelve months. One of the advantages of the ballot is that it tends to preserve peace and order on election day by keeping enthusiasts in ignorance as to how the voting is going; for, although we are a law-abid- ing and order-loving people here in lt‘enelon Falls, it is hardly possible that, had it been known how exceedingly close the contest for the rcevcship was, the display of zeal by the supporters of the rival candidates Would have been iconfinetl to a fewâ€"a rer fewâ€".loud lwords, tho reddening of tulf adoreu of the some number of lists“. The can- vassing was conducted with a good deal of vigour on both sides, and it is greatly to the credit of our peOplo that, when the state ofthc p0 {jarity of we, the oppmite emotions of 'thc victors and vanquished led to not incarcer of civility or decorum. 1’09 reibly the disappointment of Mr. Dick- lathfied. took ill-m aside and searched sons supporters was lemme-d by the’ him. and found In one of his pockets uratilvin: fact that a good strong lnti- 5 the bag produced, with 85 25 there-In. i I‘m-ad...» I'nnvzcil lipl b-«n cl ~c! ‘tl, which The prisoner. who declined to question ~~ ' -- 2 n rev of the witnesses and had nothing to; l i i .1." .._... . .. .. ...- v . "v... aunt tin: envious. to those ‘ his firm; but it t. \ . i l l l s l i no thing for a private citizen to get ll.he can out. of the Council, and quite nother for the bead ofthe municipality use his position to benefit himself, ad we think Mr. Greene has too much .policy to do any such thing. )Ics~rs. Campbell and Deyrnan, the only mem- bers of last year's council nominated, were reelected; the others, Messrs. E. Fitzgerald and W. L. Robson, are on- tirely new men, having never yet held office. The following are the figures at the close of the poll : Foo Rznvz. Div. I. Div. 2. rout. Greene 45 25 70 Dickson 57 12 69 Majority for Greene 1 FOR COUNCILLORS. Fitzgerald 74 21 95 Robson 69 17 86 Deymau 59 22 81 Campbell 59 16 7 5 Swautou 53 12 65 Thomson 40 18 58 In the adjoining municipalities the results of the contest were as follows: FBNELox.â€"Reeve, John Daniel. Dep- uty Reeve, Thomas Smithson. Counâ€" cillors, I. G. Haynes, James Mofi'at and James P. Palmer. VERDLasLâ€"Chas. Fairbairn, reeve, and John Junkiu, Jr. deputy reeve, were rc-elected by ucclamatiou. . There were numerous candidates for the office of councillor, but the three old ones, Messrs. Bredin, Kelly and Thurston, retain their seats. BOBCAYGEON.â€"As stated in our is- sue after nomination day, last year's reevc and councillors were all re-electcd by acclamntiont SOMERVILLE.â€"Rcevc, Thomas How- ie. Councillors, T. Robson, Jr., Ben- jamin Smith, George Romney and Hen- ry Graham. LINDSAY.â€"-Muypr, F. C. Taylor, re- elected by acclamation. Reeve, Col. Deacon. First. Deputy Reeve, Wm. Wallace. Second Deputy Reeve, John Diament. OPs.â€"Reeve, David Walker. Dep- uty Reeve, W. N. Ray. Councillors, Patrick Duck, A. Robertson and P.~ Gillogly. Frozen to Death. SAD END OF A COUNTY VICTORIA MAN. The following paragraph from the Winnipeg Times no doubt relates to Mr. Thomas Sarsficld LeHaue, who, ifwe are not mistaken, was a native of this county. At any vote be lived in it the greater part of his life, at one time keep- ing hotel in Ennismore, rind at: a anot- her owniug a store in Lindsay, many of the old inhabitants of which town will remember him well. He was a worthv member of a very respectable family,l and we are heartily sorry to hear thln' sud fate. The mistake in his name was probably caused by the partial oblit- eration of some Of the letters on his key check. When last heard of he was in Dakota, and his personal appear- once was just what. is described. The Times says : “A correspondent of the Free Press writes that about; a month ago a man, apparently crazy, passed St. Andrew’s, l’cmbina County, Dakota, on the post- road. Nothing more was heard of him until the 18th inst., when the body of an unknown man was found about two miles from St. Andrew, just outside an unoccupied cabin. The body was frozen stiff, and lay in a. very peculiar position under a log that. lay overu hole about. a foot. deep. His feet were bent. under him, as though he had been on his knees in prayer, and he had slipped down under the log, but. the log did not in any way prevent him from rising. An inquest was about to be held, when an effort. will be made to ascertain the circumstances that led to his death. The deceased is 5 feet 8 inches high, rather stout, round face, and full whis- kers ofa. medium dark shade. His age is apparently about 38 or 40 years, and from indications it was thought he was a Roman Catholic. On his person were no valuables, but in his pocket was found a bunch of keys with a check marked “ Thomas S. Schauo, Ennis- more, Ontario. " The correspondent adds that if the deceased has any friends in Manitoba, they can obtain full particulars by communicating with the postmaster of St. Andrew's, l’embi- at County, Dakota." Magistrates’ Court. On Saturday morning last a. boy a- bout. 13 years of age named David Stuart was brought before Messrs. Dick- son, Lockhart. and Power, J. P.'s, charged with having, on the previous evening, stolen about six dollars in sil- vcr out ofthc till of the Montreal Tole- graph Company's office in this village. The evidence against the prisoner was very clear and leaves no doubt as to his guilt. Robert Dcwurt, the operator, deposed that he had occasion to go up stairs on Friday evening, and that while coming dovn again he heard the outer door clarc. but did not see any one; and sometime afterwards he missed the money, part. of which was in a cotton bag, which had also disappeared. The bag was produced in Court and sworn to by witness. Jas. Atcheson depuscd that. on Friday night he was in Mr. Newman’s store, when prisoner came in to buy some candy and took the money to pay for it from a bag. Witness jest- ingly remarked that he supposed the bag was full of coppers, vvhercupou the l boy, for the purpose of proving that. wit- ’ tired its contents, 1 quantity of silver, upon the counter. , George Gntchell, county constable, dc-l posed that on Saturday manning he saw l l the prisoner at the railway station pur- 3 i l l public interests silt». II was declared and it ; chasing a ticket for Lindsay; and, hnv-i was known beyond a pet-adventure that int; heard of the theft and knowing the , .\lr. Greene had been elected by a ma. 5 buy bore a bad character, he asked him where he got his money. Prisoner said l it had been given to him by his father, of the mills; but witness, not being l ,E- 13.x}: as: ~cat in charge‘ *.t'- .‘ et‘ consume 'u‘atcizcit to the county jail, , John D. Smith for the pains she took in thrre to suit his trial, after which he 3 l on the 29th ult. will probably go to the Reformatory for a term of years and be taught some trade by which he can earn an honest living. He belongs to a family which came to this village last spring from Lindsay, where they bore a bad name; and a good deal of sympathy was felt for him on account of the evil influences to which he is believed to have been constantly subjected. After the above was in type we learnt that. the boy had confessed his guilt be fore the Lindsay Police Magistrate, who acct. him to Pcuetanguisheue for five years. g Forbes’s Lecture. The lecture delivered in the Opera House, Lindsay, On Wednesday even- ing last, by Mr. Archibald Forbes, on , “ The Inner Life ofa War Correspond- ent," was exceedingly well attended, the fame of the speaker having drawn together an audience from miles around, and we noticed that both Fenelon Falls and Bobcaygeon were well represented. The chair was ably filled by Colonel Deacon, who in a few well chosen rc- marks introduced the lecturer to his audience. Mr. Forbes, as he took care to inform his hearers, does not claim to be an orator; but his lecture, neverthe- less, is exceedingly interesting, abound- iug with thrilling incidents, hairbreadth escapes and humorous anecdotes from first to last. It. was listened to with what may be called breathless attention, and when at the expiration of an hour and a half it was somewhat abruptly brought. to a close, a feeling of disap- pointment was expressed by many in the audience, who would have liked a good deal more for their money. La- ter in the evening Mr. Forbes was en- tertained at a complimentary supper in the dining-room of the Benson House, and about thirty persons sat down at the tables, which were loaded with lux- uries of all descriptions. Mr. Hud- speth officiated as chairman, and Mr. F. C. Taylor, mayor of the town, filled the vice-chair, A very pleasant time was spent by all who had the good fortune to be present, and the usual toasts were drunk and responded to. Mr. Forbes, who, of course, was the “ observed of all observers "â€"appeared to enjoy himself heartily, and made two or three. brief speeches during the evening, and Wes rewarded after each with enthusiastic applause. The proprietors bf ihe Post, Warrior, Independent and Gazette had been invited and were all present, and Colonel Deacon expressed a hope that the representatives of the village papers would convey his tliauks‘to such as had gone all the way to Lindsay to swell Mr. Forbes's audience. llarris‘s fa- mous band had been engaged for the occasion, and played numerous choice selections in a masterly manner, m Kiumount. 'rttr. SYNDICATE CONTRACT. A public meeting was held in Gra- ham's Hall on the evening of Dec’r 29th to discuss the terms of the pro- posed contract with the Pacific Rail- way Syndicate. Mr. II. Graham was voted to the chair, and in his Opening address called on them all to deal with the question that. would be placed be- fore them by the speakers irrespective of all party politics and feeling. Mr. Jones, proprietor of the Shuttle- worth iron mines, in a. brief and lucid speech pointed out the evils of monopo- lies, especially this huge monopoly. [Ie denounced the Syndicate terms as ruin- ous to the country. Mr. C. Wilson, of Port Perry, was called on to speak. In ashort speech he pointed out. the impossibility of form- ing a correct conception of the amount of money and land to be handed over to the Syndicate. Mr. John Harvey, a mechanic from Toronto, who was spending a short. time in Kiumouut, in an energetic speech laid the facts and figures of the proposâ€" ed contract before the meeting, denounc- ing in vigorous terms the iniquitous bargain. The proposal to admit, duty free, all materials for the road was deâ€" nouuced as injurious to the home mun- nfacturers and the working men of the Dominion. He called on them for their own sakes and their childrens’ to de- mand the withdrawal of the contract and consign the outrageous bargain to limbo, and demand that: the Govern- ment. extend the railway to the great North-West as the fertile regions get. settled. This, he said, would tend to make our Dominion great, glorious, and free. Mr. Barron, of Lindsay, next. ud- dresscd the meeting. He dwelt on the lodseuess of the contract. as drawn up, and went over in detail the arguments of previous speakers and clearly showed the Syndicate bargain to be one wholly against the country's interest. Resolutions condemning the contract for various reasons were then carried unanimously by a show of hands, and their representative, Mr. Cameron, urg- ed in the following terms to oppose it, viz: "' and this meeting, begs its repre- sentativc to Oppose the said agreement. with all his ability and power." A vote of thanks to the chairman and three cheers for the Queen terminated a successful meeting.â€"Cnmmun£wtctl. The Jenner: Smacksâ€"The con- ccrt given by the “Coloured Jubilee Singers ” on Thursday evening, in the Methodist church, proved so decided a success that. it was resolved to have an- other on Monday evening next, when the price of admission will be reduced i to 15 cents for adults and 10 for chil- dren. The spacious church was well fill- ed at the first concert, and it is expected to b.: crowded at the second. .‘I. I. Exrrnratsxzsr.â€"We are requested to announce that the third entertainment in aid of the Mechanics' Institute will be given in Ingram) Hall on Thursday, the 20th lost. We much regret our inability to give a. more ex- l tended notico than that contained in our hut isue of the entertainment given It must suficc to say that great credit is due to all concernedâ€" to the children, for their really excellent performance; to their parents for pm vidiug suitable dresses; and to Mrs. dri...r.g ties) in their It‘l‘l'f'lfi't" parts. l 51-. Jam's CHCBCE.-In the hurry. of getting out the Gan“: last. week, we omitted to notice the Christmas decoru- tions of St. James's church. They are not nearly so elaborate as last your, 8%}- iug that only four evenings? were devot- ed to making preparations. They are, however, very chaste and beautiful. Much of the credit is due to Mr. John Austin, cburchwardeu, who, being now free from the close confinement and cares of business, gave up his whole time to the object while the work was in progress. ‘ â€"'___â€"â€"â€".=.â€"â€"_ Credit Question. A Wire's arm-mourn no .1 ucsuaxn‘s LEGAL Luntmrvpmtmnv purist-u). The question of a wife's credit has recently been before the Courts in Eng- land, and an important judgment has been rendered. liu~binds and wives are equally interested in'the decision, and we commend the short. extract we take from the London Economist of the 4th to all concerned: “ We called attention at the time to a decision Of_the Court of Appeal to the effect. that when a husband has with- drawn his wife’s authority to pledge his credit he is not liable for goods supplied to her while she is living with him, although he has given no public notice of such withdrawal. This judgment has now been affirmed by the House of Lords. Their lordships have held that the mere fact ofmarriage does not, imply a mandate by the husband to the wife to enable her to pledge his credit and bind him, nor is Such a mandate to be implied from the fact. of co-hab‘itution. When the husband has. supplied the wife with sufficient means to provide herself with suitable necessaries he will not be liable for any debts she may in- cur, even although he may not have distinctly forbidden her to pledge his credit. It. will not. be necessary, there- fore, for all retail tradesmen dealing with married women, if they wish to protect themselves, to see that. their cus. tumors are acting with proper authority In many cases this may be difficult, if not. possible, and it cannot be denied that. the law as now finally laid down may be productive of Considerable hard- ship alike to innocent wives and inno- cent shopkeepers. Yet, on the whole, it is difficult to feel assured that an altera- tion of the law would be likely to prove of much benefit. There can be. no doubt that. much mischief has been done by the too great readiness with which cred- it has been given by tradesmen, and. even an incidental restraint upon a vicious practice may be of service in checking it." 6.__-_.. Bismarck’s Remorse. ' Prince Bismarck ‘ls reported one day, in an access of melancholy, to have said, “ But for me, three great; wars would not. have taken place, 80,000 men would not have perished on the fitld of battle, and their children, their brothers, their relatith would not have been reduced to despair." M. de Foville insists that Bismarek's computation could only have taken account. of the German losses, for instead of 80,000. the victims of the three wars of 1864. 1806, and 1870 must be put. down at least at: 250,000 men. To take the last war alone. he quotes the official work of Colonel Peir- ron to show that. the losses of the Ger- man army in 1870-71 were 18,675 kill- ed, 11,516 who died from the effects of wounds, 12,301 who succumbed to dis- ease, 4,000 disappearanccs unaccounted for, while 127,867 were wounded, but survived. The French armies, in the same period, had altogether 138,871 killed, and 143,000 wounded by the fire of the enemy, raising the total of French killed and wounded to the sum of 281,937; or, adding the total of the two armies together, we have the awful total of four and a half million men killed and wounded in the campaign. But the disastrous effects of war are not. limited to the armies engaged. Disease and famine follow in its wake, and, comparing the general death rate in France during 1870-71, with that of the years 1869 and 1872, M. de Fovillc calculates that. the deaths in the former period were 660,535 in excess of the general rate in the two other years. Then there are the ravages of the Com- munists and the second siege to be tak- en into consideration. The careful writer estimates that. he is not. far front the truth in fixing at 150,000 the num- ber of Frenchmen carrying arms killed between July, 1870, and June, 1874, and at. 100,000 more the number of those who were left maimed or perma- nently disabled as the result of wounds. â€"â€"~â€"â€"â€"o---...._.-..__ Manitoba and the North-West. W. H. llodnett, who writes from somewhere in the neighbourhood of Fort. Ellice, N. W. T., in a letter to the Port llope Guide, says: One thing people in the cast will do well to 'I'CXDCID- bar is, that. hswcver great fuss is made about, Manitoba, that it is not the North- West, and butjust a mere patch to the North-West. In fact, it would be well for the people in the North~Wust and. those coming here if there was no )Ian- itoba to pass through. These noble, rolling prairie stretches are almost. In- finitely superior to the long-wet, muddy, sticky marshes of Manitoba. lInn- dreds of settlers have, I doubt not, I been disheartened in theirjourney hith- l or by the sloughs and mud-holes of the Prairie Province. People often proper- ly think that the house whose front door is badly kept has but a very indif- ferent interior, and so are repelled ra- ther than attracted, but as far as .‘luni~ tabs and the North-West. are concerned this is very far from being the case. Every man who has enough heart and pluck to push his way over the Prov- fiod it. much “ better on before." We have an average number of all trades and calliugs here, with a slight dearth l of ministers, and a total absence of doc, torn. There is not a doctor within 100 t miles of where I write, and Ium thank- ful to my I have not seen nor heard of I a death among our settlers since I came. here. . .,.-- Lord Beaconsficld's “Endymion” ' fail Iain) about fifty cents a word. . i t I incc to these territories will certainly, I l l I l l l Sugar Gmifiiperiments. The Welland To! mph sayszâ€"Mr Hiram Goodwillie, of horold township has been experimenting with sugarcane this t season. He planted an acre of ground, the soil being partly heavy clay, part chestnut. or bear loam, and part black Vegetable muc‘ . As to the growth and yield them was no per- ceptible difference, it being equal on each kind of soil. As to raising the cane, Mr. Goodwillie says there is no difference between it. and corn as to the care required. In fact, Mr. Goodwillie says it is less trouble than to plant. clean, out, and husk an equal are: of corn. He reduced the syrup 13; lbs. to the. gallon, and of this consistency he had 186 gallons to the acre. He boiled down some to 16 lbs. to the gallon, but found that too thick. The syrup made is fairly clear and pleasant to the taste. and apparently abouuding in :1 large proportion ofsaccharine matter. Besides the syrup obtained he got from portions of the cane such as the leaves, etc., a good load of fodder equal to the best buy. the stock eating it urcedily. The question of the practicability of raising the cane hch is settled pretty confus- ively. A Startling Episode- Tnu MID-WINTER aovuxrunu or .5 nova scorn REPTILE. ..._..... HALIFAX. Jan. 3.-â€" A farmer named Wm. Wilson, living at Kingston, was aroused during the night. by a great tumult amongr his cattle in the barn. Dressing, he went. out. but found every. thing apparently all right, with the ex- ecption of one cow, which Was acting as ifmuch frightened,- but. nothing could be found to account for it. In the morning, however, he found a snake lying stretched out. on the window sill llc grasped a stick and killed the reptile. The blow broke throuin the skin, out of which came a pint of milk, thus ex. plainingr the cause of the. cow's terror. The snake is said to be four feet. loan. and one of the-largest ever seen in this country. . Mob Law in Ireland. Says the London World :â€"For the land of real liberty go to a country un- dcr mob rule. When captain Boyctitt passed through Dublin on his way to England ten days ago the proprietor of the Haumun Hotel, in which he had taken rooms for himself and family, gave him peremptory notice. to quit. having himself received a threatening note, ifhe allowed him to sleep or eat in his house. And worse still, the nmn- ager of the once respectable Shel-born llotel, one of the finest and largest: in Dublin, refused to send up a dinner ordered by Colonel S met-set. Maxwell. , to which Captain Boycott was invited asa guest, giving as his reason that Rory of the Hills had written to say lll‘ would smash all the windows if he al~ lowed Captain Boycott to cutest his premises. Lord Kenmore writes to tip) Lond‘ou Timeszâ€" “ I have been forced to leave home (Killarnv-y) solely in consethnce L Of‘the. action of'the Laud League, which has compelled me to discontinue the entire labour expenditure upon my estates, and has made my residence in Ireland impossible. ” w..â€" A Ponderous Load. A team of horses belonging to R. Cockburn, Esq. ,Of this village, driven by Mr. Thos Evans, one (lay last, week . drew one hundred and sixty bushels and some pounds of wheat. in one load. This is a trifle over four and four fifth tons, or less than four hundred pounds of being five tons ? The horses are kindly treated by their keeper, Mr. Evans, and their gentleness and willing- ness gave evidence of what good care and kindness will do to these noble specimens of the animal creation. " Be kind to the dumb animals." is a motto in glaring characters used by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals. â€"-0umpbcllfnrtl Ill'l'tlltl. -0 Parnell Threatened. Mr. Parnell says he is constantly in r receipt of threatening letters. The following is one he received recently: â€""15th December, 1880. Charles Stuart Parnell, are you prepared to meet. your God‘? If not make your peace with him before it is too late. During the State prosecutions, at fur- thest, you will receive your quictus from the hand of one upon whom the lot of hurrying you into the presence of’ an avenging God has fallen, steeped. as you are in wickedness and communism. Then, and only then, will this distracted country, which you, by your vile machi- nations, huve reduced to her present hopelesscondition. be at peace. IIâ€" itsclf and the devil, whose emissary you are, will not, protect you from the bullet ofone who trill undergo the extreme pcnaltiesof the law, which you have that he would disco '3 y‘ ' in the meantime bud‘hbi?‘pickl:ldz with Serious inter-nil injuries: He earned 1-way for dead. On the uni of the priest, young Guy he‘d rulap into unconsciousness. and van Curr to. the General Hospital. He me serous this afternoon, and mu recur though the chuuoes are mun tgai bts doing so. This is the second .i on: accident on Enchant Hill withit fortnight, and only a few seasons air a_ young man named And killed on the same spot, emu ‘ .â€" Russian ihilists. The order of the Rumian Gore; meat, forbidding the publication - private advertisements in the journals . St. Pctersburg and Moscow for a mom: may seem p curious pmccedin" hi the explanation ofit is easy. Itabceu that the Nihilists, suppressed in cm other form of communication luv taken this Way of writing to eucli 0th: or at least of making their nunouuci meats. A person reads in the officir journal itself. perhaps, of a cure for th gout, which can be Obtained at. so am so, or of an offer for sale of an old bito furniture which may be Seen at thi shop or that ofa foreign price list V the thing strikes him as quite lurm less. But. tne Nihilist who reads tlu inoffensive lines finds in them a work of information, dug out by means of a dictionary ‘of' correspondent ciphers Even the most secret tunvcna-uts oftht Government agents are told in this way by pet-sous in office who belong to the conspiracy, and that under the very nose, of the police. This incident shows how nearly impossible it. is to suppress freedom of speech by merely despotit methods. As soon as it is put dawi. one way it finds nur-tlu-r in which to- slmw itself. You throw it out of the. .lpor and Jr. comes in by the window. )ou arrests its agents, you confiscate |!H.},~l't'tptl'l.\', you burn its sheets, you. t'Xlit" us champion, and when run havo- dmie you find yourselves surroituded by the same instrumentalitics. No freo- press is allowed in Russia, and hero we see tl.cconspiruturs availing themselves of the official press to propagate their: schemes and sentiments. am a...” ».0 o........__ Sheep Farming. The Rt-chs in the rear township fun this and adjoining counties have been. supplied with petitions to tho Commie» sinner offlrowu Lands for the free grant: of all the waste luml~ in their districts to sheep farmers. The object. to. be kept in Vlth is the occupation of all land not under timber's lit-case or suitaâ€" ble for tillage. This Can only be attain» ed by the free grunt of such property: to :raziers. The mimicipalitiaen are ask- ed in case the Crown should grant the prayer of the petition to supplement it: by exempting such property from taxa- tion until craziers lilttlll have got. a title by complying with the conditions. After that period all thioluuxl, which ,could ‘nut now be Sllltl except for mining purâ€" poses at. SI an acre, mtloh of it not worth 50 cents an acre, will beheld uub~ ‘jcct to taxation- ‘ Should the hint given to the G'nvern» m'cut and to the people in the rear town~ ships win success, We trust it will be followed by the grant to agricultural! societies in these new districts of sums of money or stock from the Provincial. Model Farm for improviiig tho nativox breed of sheep. Such appropriatiohns are liable to abuse, speaking generally, but. the curl in view deserves special: favour and! encouragement at the risk‘ of some loss. If the wilds overrun by fire and overgrown with brambles can bc converted into sheep walks, tho ad.- dttton to the wealth of the Province- thereby is beyond any calciihuinn. The Government, howrvcr, mum ' bt-cotnet seized of the notion and do all in thui'n‘ power to foster it. Il'they do, tlu-v will win no sumll reward of praise flir any; lmealsurc calelulnted to make our wnitte‘ ll"! 6 “(ICC )lll Ill? "5 )DS "3 " 'i .â€"“‘ Kingston ll'lu'g. I lump! a, mu â€" -‘-.-o»-...._._. Trefllu Croule, a young French. Can-- adieu, has developed a singular love for raw chickens. He appeared in Court Montreal, when the detectives. gnaw evidence that he is seldom out of gaol,. ,and. steals nothing but poultrv, which box Seats raw; that his inltcrefit lovu for' poultry is a disease or mania, and thllé .he cannot help- stmiliog them. . Kangarms and wallnbics have been recently dm'utating the grant lands or Australia to such an extenth to compel: drover» to remove the greater number of then nheep to keep them fromntarh mg. Sheep owners were put. at. their ' wrta" end to resist the incursion. of these pestilcntial animals. midtemploycd gum"- of hunters constantly ilk killing: chum. paying so much for evnny, tail brought :in. On one run twenty thousand w‘crc‘ killed, and yet their numbers increased. 37 n In-zA'rTIIs: In Sydney, N. S. W., on-tlio 17th of 00.- tohcr, l880, in. the 59th ear of bin It I John. Itichud, eldest son )of' the late Joli": rendered owerlcse to accom lish your p I p n“ "NW: of: London, England. death." __.--...._._ . _ .. .__ _ F Serious Tobogganiug Accident. ’ MARKET Inapdnd‘is. PENELON FALLS MARKETS. Mos-ram 1., Jan. Zâ€"A terrible tnbngg- . . . . . amng acctdent occurred about 4 ocloclt B 0'11.» â€"â€"-.-.. Penelon Fulll, Friday, Jun, 7th,1881- yesterday afternoon on the spa When not .- - _ side the Western city limits known as Who-l: “tidbit batik} - .8“: ((1,2), 3g: Breliaut's llill. A large number of “Nehru bushel - - - 55 . '73, people were coasting and tobogganine, 33‘; ° - - - 2.6 28 and among the numbertwo young men Ry: ’ u ,, " ' ' ' 55 " 93‘ named Patrick Guy, son of a Wt‘ll- portion, u : : : : g: :2 known notary public, and Mr. Pruner. Mutter, perlb., - - - . - m m They were upon a very steep and dan- (""th Hogs, per too the , 5 50 a 00 gerous place. which required expert agmtIM‘lvufl. - - c - to II steering. Losing cantrol of their frail "36"???“ ' ' ' ’ ‘ 7 0° ‘0 5 W craft, it deviated from the intended AW“; Mrfagezuid.’ ' l ; $ course and hurled them males! at neigh. Cubbugyel, p" 1103'" - . : 4; m 5,) bearing fence like a shot from a cat- C-rrou, per bushel,’ - - - 25 so apult, smashing the toboggan to atoms 8"“: “ “ - - - 35 40 and crashing its ace-tipanta into the ~ A ~- .â€" . ..-_...-,_,...,,,s- debris of the fence. All was coaster. New Advertisemenw. nation among the counters, and a numberI ___~___ :. ._ of gentlemen came hurriedly to the ' rescue. Guy was terribly cut, bleed- l ms‘ and the Misses Logan in: from severe wounds in the head, will while his threat was barll ganhcd with - a splinter of the tobogt’g'an. No one Thelr could ascertain his name, and being ink- (I). V.,) on ed of what religion be was, Guy made the sign of the cross and a print was sent for, so certain were the bystanders Wednesday, Jan'y 12th, 1881. The Cottage, Penelon Pulls,