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LEGAL so. MARHS a norkixs, é Psumsrsas. sometroas, he. uo-Y J no] to Loan at 6 per cent. Otbccp Kent atreet,Liud3:ry, :21. ' l’. Mutts. r, o. moons, V AnlllSTHlL. ATTOIIXSY, & SOLICITR : and Notary Public. loot-y t: Lanai Office, Kent street, Lindsay. ’ a ._______..__.__._.___._.._â€"_ i nunsrnru a JACKSON, l i l G. 3.110er33. AitltIS'l‘EPd, SOLICITORS, kc. Of- fice, \‘u'tlliutn street, Lindsay. A. llcosrsrn. ,.._... A. Jscxsox. â€" â€"§â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" O'LEARY 5:. O'LEARY, Altlllli ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, . Solicitors in Chancery, kc. Office, Doheny block, Kentstrcet, Lindsay. .‘mrncn O’Lzmy. licou O'Luar. r'. . “In , MelNTYRI-l a; STEWART, .mmsrsas, ATTOllSlIYS-AT-LAW, ) Sulltituri in Chancery. Ara, Lindsay. Office over Ontario Bunk, Kent street. Slo- my to Luau at 8 per cent. on real estate securities. D. J. Mclsrvnn. Tues. Srzwsn'r. WM. )IcDONNELL, 11., (Late Ketchum k McDonnell,) p ARIIISTKR, ATTORNEY, SOLICITOR, J Notary kc. Money to Loan. Office on cut street. Lindsay, Ont. J. ll. DICKSUN, B. A., Bantust‘na, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chancery, Conveyancer, kc. Utlice. Doheny block, Kent street, Lindsay. Money to lend at 8 per cent. ALEX. A. MCDONALD, TTtlltSlC‘t'â€"AT-L.UV, Solicitorin Chan- cery, llnm‘eyancer, M3,, die. Strict at- tention given to applications for Patents of Lands from (,‘ruivn Land's Department. Money to Loan on Mortgage Security on terms to suit borrowers. Office, Colbornc street, l‘erielon Falls. was A. BARRON, i _ ARlllS'l‘Elt-AT-lutll’, Lindsay. Office l ) on Kent Street, next door west of Keith's I Agricultural and Implement Store. I mason. A. w. J. DEGRASSI, M. 1)., (VORUN'ER, Physician, Surgeon, he, «kc. J Residence, llrick Cottage, Wellington street, Lindsay. MN I... . WM. Klfilll’T. \1. D., C. \I., 'lIlAINIATB of lchill University, Mon 1' treul, and Provincial Licentiate, Physi- cian, Surgeon and Obstetrician, Medical Referee to the Standard, l’htenix, Connecti- cut ltlntual, and Equitable [Insurance Com- panies. Office and residence. in the house lately occupied by ltcv. Father Stafford, at the cornerof Lindsay and [his streets, Lindsay. Du. A. WILSON, BI ll.l'.\'1\'~1‘lltSlTY of Trinity College. . .\l.ll.Uuivi-rsity of Toronto. Mcmb. Col. l'hys. and Surg, Ont. Physician, Surgeon nudAccouchcr. Otlice,Culboruc street, l"enelon Falls. 1)a. J. II. LOWE, )ll‘t’SlClAN k SURGEON. Coroner fur the l‘rovisioufil County of llalibnrton. :21)” Office next door to the .\lc.~\rlhnr House. tesidcucc on Francis Street East, Fenelon Falls. 3â€",...- ._.. -.. ..-.,.m SURVEYORS. JAMES DICKSON, L. Surveyor, Commissioner in the Q. It, P. ()nnveyancer, .icc. ltcsideucc,and ud- dre‘ss, l-‘cuelun lv‘ulls. SSUl‘Ill OF MARRIAGE LICEJSES for the. County of ‘v’ictorii‘. incidence on Murray St, Fenclon Falls. 133" .\1. ll. Cochrane, Deputy. scoxn DlVISION couar IN S THE COUNTY OF VICTORIA. he next sittings of this Court will he held on Friday, February 2tth, 1592. CEO. (.‘UNSlNG “All, Ilerk. yâ€"__.__â€"....__.. -_._.. J .\ M ES J. POWER, ICIINSIID Auctioneer, Accountant and! 1 General Commission Agent. Collect-l in; accounts a. specialty. Office, l‘cnclon 3 Falls, Out. 6. "FfiiiIEfiiv-fi' MONEY TO LENI) at G, G} and 'l' per cent, according to secu- rity, on Real Estate mortgages. Apply to JOHN A. BARRON, Solicitor, Lindsay MONEY TO LOAN On Real Estate at Bight percent. Private Funds. Interest payable at Lindsay. No lotuuiisxion charged nor Deposit required. Expenses very small. Apply to l). D. (lllDE.i .‘chonnell's lllock, Kentl, 99)” (Mice, street, Lindsay: $1.1)(H) l”()lll"1‘31'l‘. Nix t‘aucer Cure Depot, Coaticook, I‘. (2., Canada. ‘ G A N C I: R (l 'U R E D 0 without the use of the knife. The Only Permanent t‘urr In the World. , l-‘o: particularscnclose two 3 cent slntnps 5 to S. C. Smith. (‘natieook I‘. Q.,l‘aunda. -â€"â€"llighcst “Hermanâ€"- Wt'w‘” SWIFT ARI) L‘ERTAINfiBfl; \ “oi . [Any paper can publish the above for $5 , a year. with this note and paper regularly.) . DIXON k NEVILLE, BARNSTSRS. Solicitors. Notaries Public. ‘- Convrynncvrr, kc, Kent St., Lindsay. Money to loan in large or null amounts. [3‘ Hr. Dickson may be consulted at; Kiumoeul on Tuesdays and Fridays. § 1.1:. DIXON, B. A. R. S. NEVILLE. $50,000 TO LEND at 8 run emu, l with the privilege or paying ct! in full or l by instalments at any time. Hartman-cl bought. J. B. DIIOX, l Barrister. kc, f 33" Office Doheny Block, Kent street, : Lindsay. sou PBBH‘HIG. : lfyou wont Job Printing neatly executed trvo from errors. and at reasonable prion; order it at the Fender: Falls Gauss 082:. f a I i l l l i i “itiIt‘Ifi‘oN, WATCHMAKER. ' lilillllll it llllilllllli, denle r in Clocks, All Kinds, 30 day, 8 day and 30 hour, Alarm strike,&c, AMERICAN W ATCIIES, l the Best and Cheapest, L\' SILVER AND GOLD CASES in the newest styles and at lowest prices. ’ d' l r ' on W Iersons sen mgwntcies romn i- i mace for repairs, can have the amount otl work and price reported On for their consid- eration, and as 1 do the work myself, can depend on having it done satisfactorily. Britton’s Block. foot of Kent St. , Lindsay. GETABIO BAH K. Capital - - - - - - $3,000,000. President. .. . . . . .. . . ..Sir. w. P. Ilowland. Vice-President. . . . . . . . .C. S. Gzowski, Esq. General Manager . . . . . . . . .. D. Fisher, Esq. LINDSAY BRANCH. Drafts bought and sold on all points in Canada, United States and Great Britain, and general banking business transacted. Savings Departzncnt tmâ€"orsxsn. Interest allowed on deposits of five (lol- lars and upwards. S. A. MCMURTRY, .llunuge r. 50-Lf. William 8. co, IZJXNIKERS, FEXELCN FALLS - - 031581210. General Banking Business Done. Collec- tions Made at Usual Bank Rates. Interest Allowed on Deposits. Lindsay, Feb. 16th,1881. 11. T. Dsutsos,_Lute oflloyal Canadian Bank and Cousolidatcd Bank. F. Wusrcorr, Late of Canadian Bank of Commerce. E. J. L. Gauss, Late of Consolidated Bank. Clicfracloafalls @agtttc Saturday, Feb’y_ 25th, 1882. The Manitoba Craze. : The Manitoba craze has struck Feu- clon Falls as hard as it has any other place in the Dominion, and this village is likely to contribute more than its fair proportion of the immigrants ex- pected to flock into the prairie province within the next. few weeks. Exacty how many are going we do not. know, but about twenty persons are freely men- tioned as entertaining migratory inten- tions, though possibly rumour may be mistaken as to some of them. Mr. Thos. Lockhart, who left here on the 3rd of January and is now in Brandon, sends such glowing accounts of the place and the country around it that. all who read his letters wish they were there also ; and Mr. J. W. Kennedy, who paid a flying visit to Winnipeg, was so well satisfied with what he saw that he re- turucd for good as soon as he could wind up his business here, and his fam- ily, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Satu- uel Newman, are soon to follow him. On Monday morning next, if nothing occur in the meantime to prevent it, Mr. Noble Ingram and Mr. John Bran- don will lcavo in company for a. few weeks’ trip through the North-West, and if on their return they give an en- couraging report, no doubt several oth- ers who are now in a state of dubicty will make the modern “grand tour” also. Of course all who go hope, and the great majority of them confidently expect, to make money; and when we hear of tho fabulous profits that have been made on small investments by lucky speculators, it is no wonder that an impresriou is abroad that whoever gets possession of a corner lot. in one of the cities of the future or a few acres in its immediate vicinity is on the high road to fortune. We hardly know what to think about. it. There can be no doubt at all that. a very large number of persons have bought property for a few hundreds of dollars and sold it a- gain for as many thousands; but how the giver of the thousands prospered we have yet to learn. Probably, when the excitement of the craze is over the list of killed and wounded will be found 'nppallingly large; but. for all that. we are inclined to think that for those who are not liable to go crazy, but can spec- ulate coolly and calmlyâ€"who are will- ing to wait and do not expect too much â€".\lanitoba and the North-West. afford numerous and safe chances for invest- ment. The territory is enormously large, and as it is bound to be settled in the course of time, and villages, towns and cities by the hundred must neces- sarily be built. it follows as a matter of; course that. property is sure to rise, and l I that those who buy it while it is cheap can hardly full to reap, sooner or later, a satisfactory profit on their inve:tmeuts. But by all means let intending purchas- ers “ look before they leap "--lct them be certain. either from personal inspec- tiou or from reliable testimony, that they are not sinking their money in a swamp or pond hole; for there be hawks abroad ready to pluck luckiess pigeons who may fall into their clutches, and one of the ways in which they accom- plish their end is explained in an urti- cle to be found in another column. Village sagas Proceedings. Fencion Falls, Feb. 14, 1882. . A special meeting of the council was held in the council chamber. Present, councillor: Fitzgerald, Smith and Timur son, and the rceve in the chair. That whereas a deficiency has been found in the moneys of tho municipali- t of Feueiou Falls. held in keeping by amen Cameron, late treasurer of the municipality and whereas the said J15. Cameron cannot payovcr the amount in default, it is Moved by Mr. Fitzgerald, seconded by .‘lr. Smith, That the move be in~ :tmrtcd to pemuully notify 312mm. i l l l l l t E l i l l l i the Victoria Ilailny, to come into force engaged. All ties, culvert, cattle-guard ; i on the lst of March. All that we have i and bridge timber will be got out this William Jordan and George Martin, securities for said treasurer, that this council will hold them jointly and sev- erally liable for the amount. of the dc~ the new arrangement people from Fcuc- l complete the line ready for trafic early lon Falls will have more time to spend in Lindsay than they have at present. A Suewzs or SAWDUST.â€"Lust Sua- fwl‘. find. to Value“ we Payment 0‘ day morning about daybreak a. shower the said money in default at once.â€" Carried. Moved by Mr. Smith, seconded by .‘Ir. Thomson, That R. C. Smith's due bill and Greene & Ellis' cheque for tax- es for the year 1881 becollccted forth- with in cashâ€"Carried. The council then adjourned. Fenelon Falls, Feb. 20, 1882. The council met pursuant to adjourn- ment. The rceve in the chair. Mem- bers present, Messrs. Fitzgerald, Thom- son and Sandford. Minutes of last two meetings read and approved. Mr. Smith entered and took his seat. Moved by Mr. Thomson. seconded by Mr. Saudford, That we lay over the matter of the late treasurer's default un- til uext Monday evening, the 27th inst. â€"â€"Cnrried. Moved by Mr. Fitzgerald, seconded by Mr. Thomson, That the auditors' report of the school board be laid over for one weekâ€"Carried. ‘ Moved by Mr. Saudford, seconded by Mr. Smith, That the auditors be in- structed to make a provisional audit of the school accounts up to date.â€"Car’d. Moved by Mr. Fitzgerald, seconded by Mr. Smith, That. By-lnw No. â€" be now introduced and read a first time.â€" Carried. By-law read a second time in com- mittee of the whole, Mr. Fitzgerald in the chair, and without amendment. By- law read a third time and passed in the usual way. Moved by Mr. Thomson, seconded by Mr. Sandford, That M. H. Cochranc be paid the sum of four dollars for serving personal notice on George Mar- tin and Wm. Jordan, securities for the late treasurer, also that the sum of sev- enty-five cents be paid the reeve for search in registry office, and that. the rcevc give his orders for the same.â€" Carried. Moved by Mr. Smith, seconded by Mr. Saudiord, That the council do now adjourn, to meet at the call of the rceve. â€"Carricd. Green. (Correspondence of the Gazelle.) LYNX.â€"An abominable lynx keeps up a hideous din through the woods here at. night. Several threats have been made, but as yet. the killing has not been accomplished. EARLY Lamasâ€"On going to attend to his horses one night. last week Mr. Win. Dobson was joyfully surprised to find in the sheep pen a fine young lamb. This is the second lamb this season in this place. Exrnnr-atsn.â€"Thosc prairie horses owned by Messrs Dobson & Newbouse, and which Were the pride of the settle- ment, were ‘sold to Mr. Samuel Grundy, of Bethany, for the handsome sum of $400. Farming does pay after all. RECOVERY.-â€"The numerous friends of Mr. John Dobson will be pleased to learn that under the skilful treatment of Dr. Wilson he is again able to be a- bout. Dr. Wilson is also attending sev- eral patients here, from which favoura- ble reports are heard. We wish them good health again. PLEASANT Houus. â€"-Miss Mattie Moore, who, although young, has for a number of years been gathering pieces for a quilt, which was brought. to its proper size last~ week. To celebrate this event; Miss Muttic's friends were requested to come and aid in the quilt- ing, which was "lone on Saturday alter- noon. A very pleasant party Was thcn organized for the evening hours, during which a number of innocent games and plays were performed. The members of the party dispersed for their several homes about. 10 o’clock, all exceedingly well pleased. NOTES.-â€"â€"-Snnw all gone...Sickness on the inereasc...S. S. No. 7 closed during the weekâ€"caused by sickness..._-\ pock- et book containing: 802 in Toronto Bank bills lost...Mr. James Thompson has been visiting his father, who is ill... Miss Ellie and Libbie Dunseath serious- ly ill....Thrcc robins were seen on Tues- day last...1ndicutions of a snow storm. m Powles’s Corners. 'C'orreslmndeucc of the Gazette. Sntrrtxo.â€"â€"Severztl of the Grangcrs are shipping their grain from Hull's Crossing to Port. Hope. Rncovuatxo.â€"Wc are glad to see Mr. R. C. Webster recovering so as to be able to move about the house. It will be some time before Mr. Webster will be able to work. DEMAND rot: llousrs.â€"â€"Not a week passes but. thcre is one or more persons looking for horses to buy. One farmer near here has fourteen head. He is a- ware of the future demand. FARMING Parsâ€"Mr. S. .‘chce made eleven hundred dollars off of his farm ast year. His farm contains 100 acres and is divided into 15 acre fields by stone fences. )lr. McGee has over a mile. and aquartcr of stone fence on his farm. Large quantities of ties, posts and telegraph poles have been delivered at llsli's Crossing. CORRECTION.â€"In our account last week of the concert in Berks! Church It was stated that the receipts were 850 58. It should have been 853 50. Ionâ€"The ice harvest is in full blast, and sleigbs laden with large blocks a. bout twenty inch: thick pass our ofice almost hourly on their way from Cum- eroa lake to the various ice houses in the village. Bcsnnzss Cnaxon.-â€"-â€".\lr. Samuel Newman, of this village, jun sold out his grocery business to Mr. Samuel Johnson, of Verulnm, who will no doubt figure in our advertising columns as soon as be has made the contemplated addition to his stock of goods. New Tutu TAMILâ€"There is, we understand, to be a new time table on of what appeared to be sawdust, mixed with basswood bark ground up fine and the bulls of outs and other grain, fell in some parts of this villge and the sur- rounding country. Where it came from no one knows, and everybody is trying to conjecture. It. appears that there was a whirlwind passed over Buffalo on Saturday, and some think the stud may have been brought from there, but this is a rather "‘ far fetched " supposition. SOCIAL. ~â€"Ou the evening of Friday, the 17th inst., a social was given by Mrs. A. Knox, of the Bethel Church congregation, and at the hour appointed her house was well filled, although the roads were in such a condition as to be lit» for ocitber sleigbs nor waggons. Ev- erything passed off very pleasantly, and the total receipts were $16 45, of which 83 25 was contributed by friends who were unable to attend. This is consid. cred pretty good for the first social in that. neighbourhood. The next. is to be held at Mr. Wm. Martin's on Friday, March 3rd. Admission, 15 cents. A SECOND “Myrnaâ€"This time last week the weather was as spring-like as it generally is two months later, but early on Sunday morning there was a heavy fall of sleet, and as there has been more or less snow every day since, the sleighing is quite good again. The old saying that a bright and clear Cunâ€" dlcmas Day’ indicates a second winter in the same year appears to hold good in this instance. Occasionally, howev- er, tlic air is so mild and the sun shines out. with such power that a thaw may set in at any moment, though it is much to be desired that the snow may last. for at least a couple of weeks. STILL Ammanâ€"Mr. II. W. Greene, ex-reevc of Fenelon Falls, has followed the example of Mr. W in. Jordan, school trustee, and discontinued his subscrip~ tiou to the Gazette. Incidents of this kind are truly encouraging, showing that our little paper, instead of being a miserable noneutity, like so many vil- lage publications, is capable of making an impression on the highest. intellects and the toughest sensibilities. Ordinary individuals may subscribe for the Ga- zettc or discontinue it without. touching our emotions; but. when we have con- vincing proof that; august personages think enough of it. to get “ mad ” at. it we feel grateful indeed. It. will be pub- lished every Friday, as usual, just. the samc'as if the names of Messrs. Jordan and Greene were still on the subscrip- tion list. A Goon Arromrunxr.-â€"-Mr. Wm. Fielding, of this village, has been ap- pointed Crown Lands Agent. at Minder), in place of Mr. J. W. Fitzgerald, ro- sigued. We hear that there were no less than sixteen applicants for the of- fice, and, without. knowing who more than five or six of them were, we vcn- turn the assertion that no one of them is better qualified to give satisfaction to the Government and to the public than Mr. Fielding is, as he possesses all the qualifications necessary to enable him to perform to perfection the duties that will devolve upon him. It will perhaps be satisfactory to the disappointed cau- didates to learn that. no disparagement of their claims or merits is to be infer- red from the appointment of Mr. Field- ing, as he was long ago virtually prom- ised the office in the eventof its becom- ing vacant. ;.__-- _ ..._.._-,,, .... District News. S\t'nnr.+l'estei-day we were favored by the sight of an old-fashioned bridal procession, consisting of five couples, headed by the groom and bride, gorge- ously arrayed in bridal attire, parading the streets. They looked sweet.â€"0ril- h'a. Times. I)l.\[lOllATlON.â€"â€"â€"At an informal meet ing held in Messrs. Poussctte & Roger’s office, on Thursday morning, called at the invitation of the Rev. W lll. Bennett, to consider the question of assisting em- igrants to the settlement of improved farms in this country, it was considered advisable to calla more general meeting, with the viewof forming some organi- zation for this purpose, and Mr. Ben- net was requested to take the necessary steps to have such meeting calledâ€"Pc- terborotlgh Review. Nsw BANKâ€"Mr. Stanley Paterson has organized a local banking institu- tion with a capital of $100,000, and has accepted the position of President. We have often wondered how it was that such an institution had not been estab- lished here before, as nearly every town of an equal size has one successfully working. They supply a want some- times very severely felt, as they can make advances on securities that a biuk issuing paper by its charter is not allow ed to do. Mr. Paterson's wcll pronounc- ed ability is a guarantee of its success: --I"orl 1/:ch Guide. Midland and Grand Junction lines of railway are to be taken to the Midland shops in Port. Hope to be rc-paiuted. ‘ Two have already been turned out, and are vastly improved in appearance; and three more, a Grand Junction and two Midland coaches, are at present. under- going renovation, and will be out in a few days. The work is under the su- perintcudcnce of Mr. ll. Fognrty. who has tvvelvc painters engaged, and has instructions to push the work as rapidly as possible. It will take a month or more with the preseutd'orce to complete the job. The colour of the cars is a bright yellow, relieved by the usual or- namental scrollwork.-I’ort Hope ’I'i'ma. Pitsmxo Annaâ€"M r. George Who ler, .‘l. P., contractor for the Wick and Merrill: section of the Tomato and Ot- tawa railway, in pushing the work ahead rapidly. A large number of men are getting out ties and fencing material, ,nud about twenty men are chopping iout the five miles of bush on the line. 3 Forty men are at work grading on the lheav, cuts near Blnuilla and at the l Wick end. In all over 100 men are Car. P.\l.\‘Tl.\‘O.-â€"â€"All the coaches of l i l l i heard so for is that a train will leave l Winter. Mid Ll"? bit-‘3“! finblork Will be 5 i l leibunou in the morning and run right through to Whitby, and that. by immplctcd by spriiigr, when additional eru mail arrived on the 17th an as follows :â€" There is a large camp of same rauchc. can side. able to walk. in the coming summer.â€"â€" li'oou’cillc Ad matte. Imon‘run (rerunsâ€"On Thursday lash'four splendid Clydesdale mares were loaded at. Whitby for Messrs. Jeffrey brothers. They are part. of the. purâ€" chase made last fall by Mr. H. Jeffrey during his last visit (0 Scotland, and all arrived in first rate condition. Such splendid specimens of the true Clyde, and arriving in such fair condition at this season of the year, have been rarely imported. They are just the kind of mares now in request, and in fact much needed in this section. where extcustve purchases of our neighbours across the lines have depleted the country ol‘the best animals. We are pleased to be in a. condition to chronicle this further in- stance of the enterprise of the Messrs. Jeffrey, who cannot fail to find them- selves recon ring such splendid specimens of just. what was wanted. pod for their outlay in secu- Tbe ages of the mares are three and four yearsâ€"two of eachâ€"Ultra): icle. - Indian Depredations. TRADERS MUBDBRED & CATTLE KILLED. BATTLEFORD, Feb. 21.â€"T south- reports Blackfeet at the forks of the Red Deer and South Branch. They have killed fourteen cattle, supposed to belong to the Cochranc cattle ranclie, and five be-. longing to Pierre Lavullc and his bro- ther. The latter are settlers of that place. It further reports that Bloods have killed over a hundred head of the In Bow lliver County an American whisky truder‘ was shot while trading with the Blackfeet. Muxime I’atrls and his brother were found dead with two Americans close beside their wageous, supposed to have been killed by Indians. At Crow Creek Reserve the Sioux stole two hundred head of horses. They were followed across the line, and the horses taken back. The. American authorities interfered, mak- ing prisoners of the owners of the ani- mals. They have been set. free, but their horses still remain on the Ameri- The reports say that. the Blackfeet took Inspector Dickens a pris- oner, and after a few days he was re- leased by Superintendent Crosicr and his party. Fatal Fire at Ameliasburg. THREE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. Last Monday morning thedwelling- house of Joseph Moody, farm labourer, was destroyed by fire, and his three lit- tle children, all girls, aged respectively four years, two years, and nine months perished, sad to relate, in the flames. Mrs. Moody, having occasion to go to the house of a neighbour named Cun~ ninghatn, distant about twenty rods, to try on a coat. she had been making for one of the family, left lzcr children by themselves, thinking nothing could hap- pen to them during her bricl‘abscnce, as the eldest was remarkably bright. and intelligent and neither of the others was About: ten o’clock Mr. Cunninguam, who was working outside, saw smoke arising near Moody’s house and set off in that direction, followed almost immediately by Mrs. Moody, who ran with such speed that she passed him and reached the house first. She opened the door, but. as she did so a volume of smoke and flame burst forth and drove her back. The whole interior of the little house was filled with flames. Mr. Cunningham then arrived, and the ngonized mother, with white face and wild eyes. turned to him with the cry, “ Oh, for God's sake save my children, my three little ones.” He got down on his hands and knees and attempted to crawl into the house, but. he might as well have trier] to enter a furnace when in full glow. His belief is that. the chil- dren were all dead before he arrived, as he heard no noise. During the conflu- grution Mrs. Moody was utterly beside herself, and it. was only by sheer force that she was prevented from rushing into the midst of the fire. As the body of the eldest child was found where the bed stood, the supposition is that her clotbcs caught. fire, and that in her fright and bewilderment she got iuto" the bed. a- Terrible Explosion. SOME I‘ll-TEEN LIVES LOST. Cnssrsa, Pa., Feb. 17,â€"An explo- sion occurred at the pyrotechnic works of Prof. Jackson (formerly the Admiral Porter homestead) here this morning. The firemen were exhausted by last night's labours at the Military Academy fire, but responded quickly to the alarm. A large crowd gathered near the scene. The coloured people and their effects were removed from the old mansions, and the firemen after, it is asserted, be- ing assured there was no powder in the place, began to flood the house. After about half an hour a terrific explosion suddenly Occurred, and the bodies of men were thrown several feet high. The air was filled with rubbish, and the ground covered with victims. The ‘ shock was keenly felt throughout. the ‘ city. The scene was one of intense ex- citement. and distress. Dead bodies lay coiled on the ground. Others laboured in the agonics of death ; a number were writhing in blood, and moaned and groaned pitconsly for help; many were inscusiblc, and others, scratched and bruised, with their eyes filled with dust and smoke, groped their way from the scene. The calamity was the greatest that ever befcl Chester. The scene beggars description. The l loud report brought hundreds of citiâ€"l zeal to the place'. People prayed in' the open streets, and the shrinks of the dying were appalling. The fire was :- bandoned, and everybody in n position ‘ to do so turned their attention to nllo- , rioting the distress. All the physicians l in the city were sent for, and the lions es in the vicinity converted into hospi- tals Fifteen persons were killed on g the spot and about seventy-five wound- ; cd, of whom some have since died. The coroner is holding an inquest. Cuzsrna, 1%.. Fol). ISL-19. is nixed , l l tag the war as n mauulactory for Greek fire. The manufacturer died suddenly, and it is thought. some of this com- pound may have been stored in the an» no: attic. Not a stone of this building is left. Even the foundations are dis- placed. Jackson himself seems ignor- ant of the cause of the explosion. é Speculation Run Mad. The Tomato World's disclosure of the modus openth of some of tho n~ gents and speculators is quite interest- ing. Among other particularly bold statements are the following: To the land superiors, Manitoba furnishes the land, but Ontario furnishes the “ suck~ ers," and they are caught in this way : Four or five sharks go to work and get a tract of land of 500 acres. Smith, Brown, Jones, Robinson and Dickson are the proprietors, and they have it. all in can name, say Smith. Along comes Brown, and he offers Smith $5 an acre for the 500 acres. The sale is made and duly registered. Jones now steps up to Brown and offers him 81-1 an acre. They finally close at. $16. It. is new Robinson's turn to go to Jones and offer him $5,000 for 100 acres. Dick- son buys another 100 acres for $6,000. All these transactions, but. not a dollar passes hands. Now the time has arriv- ed to look out. for Ontario suckers. Ac- cordingly Robinson and Dickson hie themselves off to Ontario to exhibit their scheme. By this time it is knocked in- to town lots on paper. The open mouth- ed Outariau is shown the plans. [In is told of how that land bought for 82 has changed hands repeatedly at. $5, $10, $20, $30 and 850. lie is shown the registered transfersâ€"and the boom has now commenced. The Ontario dupe beâ€" lieves what. he is told, buys the land, and then the big five go home and di- vide. People cannot be too careful as to the titles of the land they are buying. Once a man has the land lbver he’ll tell you anything or gitc you any assurance in order to make a sale. -n_.... o 0 Canadian Competition. The London Farmer and Cflilmbcr of Agricultural Journal in an article on “ Canadian competition " says :â€" “ Only a very small portion of the vast. and rich wheat. land has yet been brought under cultivation, but it, will be developed with increasing rapidity during the next four years. The grain carrying trade which Montreal has been competing for with other Atlantic ports will, therefore, in all probability be vastly greater and more profitable in the future than it. is at present, and as the wheat centre moves north the great- er is the Canadian advantage in the race. Nor has Montreal alone to be reckon- cd with. There appears, with the re- cent development of Manitoba, to be some serious chance of Hudson's Bay being opcued up and a regular port. es- tablished at the S. W. corner of that vast occaa inlet. The sea voyage straight to England would be very cheapâ€"fur cheaper than any existing tariffâ€"and it. is asserted that. the whole course of the vessel would be safe and unimpeded by ice eight. months out. of the twelve. The present. season is mere- ly a lull; there is no real abatement of competition, but, on the contrary, a largely developed trade from the Amerâ€" ican North-West. must be faced as one of the leading contingencies of the im- mediate future. -v~vâ€"-.â€".__.â€". A Horrible Story. The following horrible story, from the township of Carrick is given by the Walkerton Ilcruld .'â€"â€"About two miles from Mildniay in the township of Carâ€" rick on Thursday, 26th ult., a man by the name of Whitlovcr flagged his wife, and she fled somewhere for safety. A short: while after he sent. his little daughter to a neighbouring house, where he thought his wife was, but she was not. there. The child being afraid to return, he flew into a fit. of rage. He then placed straw around the stove-pipe upstairs, pouring coal oil on the straw, also on a pile of colnbustiblcs in the, cellar below, then he set. fire to the ma- terials, locked the door, leaving two children inside, one two years of age and an infant in the cradle; then went. to the stable and chopped the backs of two cows asunder with an axe, and then tank the morning train south- wards. The house did not burn owing to the green lumber the fire was kin- dled on, In the morning the neigh- bours became alarmed, went and broke into the house, and found the eldest child standing by the cradle crying, with his feet and legs frozen to the 'necs, hands frozen and arms partly, and the infant numb and cell. but not frozen. The mother up to this date has not turned up. ' ._._..._..- A Fraud. About the beginning of the year a very polite and fascinating agent. visit’ ed Port Hope canvassing for the Lady'x Bazaar, a paper published at I”! Chambers street, New York, not the Frank Leslie Publishing Co. The sub scription price is 83 per ammm ; a large chrome for an extra 50 cents was given, and a December number of the maga- zine. No January number appearing, one of the young ladies wrote to the publisher. the letter in reply : New York, Jun. 23, 1882. 311seâ€"â€"â€". We regret to say that. you have been, defrauded. We have no agents, and this fact we advertised conspicuously on the face of our papers. Yours is now The fourth case from Part Hope money has been fraudulently procured. Ilcspcctf ally yours, Lustre d: Co. The following in a copy of where - l "a .v. Female On Friday eveniugthdfgmales in the Montreal gnel broke into op'o‘a revolt n4 gainst the authorities} and the Sisters of Charity being unable to quell them with their three keepers were obliged to send for reinforcements to the gnol guard. The latter sent over a posse of men, and those found that the women bud armed themselves for the fray. Af- ter a short. sharp fight, in which one of the male guardians was knocked down with a chain in the bands of u virngo, the women werefiuch imprisoned separ- ately. ‘4 -Qâ€" A Lieutenantreovernor’s Fortune: OTTAWA, Fab. 22.â€"chtorduy Hon. Mr. Cnucbou, Liouteunnt-Govcruor of Manitoba, who is at present in the city,- received a telegram from his agent at. Winnipeg to the effect. that he had sold 470 acres of his land at St. Boniface,- opposite Point Douglas, for the hands some sum of $283,000. This is but one of a number of good 5 eculutions made by Mr. Cauchon, an be is still tho‘ holder of many other parcels of land which are daily increasing in value. It. is said he has cleared a million dollunr so faroutofhis North-West speculations; ‘ A Farmer’s Will. An old farmer living about. twelve“ miles west of Guelph died recently, says the \t'lllc‘l't’llly, leaving a will, of which the substance is as follows :â€"Tho son works the farm until his stepmothor’e death, at the end of which time he has to commence paying instalments on $33,000 to the rest. of the family at a yearly rate of $50 a your, and when he gets all paid off he will then got. tho‘ farm into his own possession. It. will be Seen that after the stepmotlicr's death it. will be ()0 years before the son gets the farm, and as the woman is yet. in the. prime of life and healthy, it is‘ calculated she may live another 40 years. The son is now 30 years of age, and when he can claim the farm, by this reckoning, he will be 130 years old. The old man must. either have thought life is much longer than it is, or also be this afraid his boy might turn a spcndr thrift if allowed to get the property sooner. ‘ we An Incident in Church. There was an mousing incident at a‘ Catholic Church fair in New York last week. When the fair opened a jolly butcher named Jack Shea stood up and said :â€"â€"-“ I've no idea. I hold in my hand a common leather medal shield, which says on its face: ‘ To be given to the most unpopular man in the twenty- second ward.’ By paying ten cents you‘ can vote for any man whom you consid.’ or a terrier, and elect him to the medal if he gets enough votes." The idea took at. once, but in a manner that a- mazed Mr. Shea, for somebody immo- dintcly plumpcd one hundred and three votes for him. lie and his friends at’ once began a desperate struggle to avert." the medal, but for a long time he lcdl the poll in spite of the best efforts. Fl: ually they concentrated on a rival butch-- er nutncd Mike Scnnlan, and made blur the favorite of the ominous medal. llu‘ won it in the end by a vote of 32,436. A little figuring will show that Mr. Shea's advice cost himself'and his friends precisely $3,243.60. --_~_..-_..-.______ A Shower of Glass. Burmm, Feb. 21.â€"-A sesious acciv dent occurred at the Central Depot this morning, that for a moment. promised to be a repetition of the calamity ofn year ago. At precisely 10:45 a whirlwind- struck the eastern end of the depot and‘ passed through the train shed, scattering ruin everywhere. The vulnerable point was the glass skylighting that. runs a- long the ridge of the roof. The buildr ith is 800 feet long and crowned with sixteen rows of thick glass in squares of 28 by 58 inches surface. A large num- ber of these panes, which are stated to- weigh twenty-five pounds each, were loosened in an instant and came crashâ€" ing down in every direction, some flying over the main depot and across Ex- change-street against, the buildings there. The panes broken will reach thousands, but no estimate can be had at this writing. Two trains vvcro due at this time, but. fortunately neither had arrived. The employees and oth- crs about the depot were badly fright- ened, and with good reason, for tho glass crashed through windows into the offices above and below and out great gushes through the iron roofing. No one was injured so far as learned. â€"â€"-â€". -â€"-â€"-o ‘ o~â€"-â€"â€"â€"~â€"â€" Therc has been serious damage by flood in the Mississippi valley. llev. ligcrton Iiycrson, formerly Sup- erintendent of Education, died in To- ronto on Sunday morning. Two coloured convicts escaped from the Central Prison at Toronto Inst. Sat- urday, but. were. captured by a guard who boarded a Great. Western train, got ahead of the runaways. and levelled a gun at them when they crept through a fence at l’arkdalc. During the services in a church in A small Spanish town near Madrid, on last Christmas era, the congregation was startled by the sudden entrance of a. pack of famiahed wolves. Before they were driven out the wolves had killed three persons outright and seriously wounded five others. It is said that a quick-wittod sacristnn, who ascended the pulpit while over . one also was dumb with terror, and ran to imitate the noiscol n loud-barking dog, had much to do with the flight of the wild beasts. The State of California bu purcha- cd of a tribe of Alaska Indians In wov lite of rare beauty. weighing 100 lbs. When any of our friends wish to pro- , The meteor was neon to full by one of cure to American paper they can {full the oldest Indians in Chilut, over a any one they mayybonee at this other: l l nt‘thc lowest ratcs.â€"I’orl Ilopc (ladle. . .. tr-.. , Coughs, Colds. Asthma, trout-bills, Point in the Throat and Chest, relieved and cured by the use of Dr. Canon‘s Pulmonary? if they had Congiizlkops. The most reliablr testimony has “been received as to their efficiency. In Boulez. an cents. John .‘v'ugent. Agent for men and teams will be added, so as to that the Porter Mansion was used dur- * Feuclon Falls. l i l t i l l i A century ago, and has been in Wion of his descendants until its purchase by an agent. of the State. It Ill described as being exceedingly irregular in shape, the projecting into being a! bright as n burnished. It has. been christened the Cltileut meteor. in honor of the locality from which it. no.5 procured.