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*P‘uut. ( in 1,58 éwmoh a .. I kgfiho 2620. w ‘Mflafld 3335?? ' The political condition of Europe is iomewhat anomalous just now. Ex- féopt in Russia, the general enemies of Mal (Julianâ€"those who properly de~ fserve the name of nebulaâ€"have been inrotty well quieted down. Internal ”iii-3 in Gemmny and France, to the g; lual observer, at least, show no signs 1' imminent irmption ; and even in It- ly and Spain, immediate violence seems _ 0t to be apprehended lrom the extreme it imls; but whatever may be thought the actual condition of that phase of imlitical life, in another and equally portunt one, the foreign relations of be great EIIIopenn powers hmmoil nd strile mo plainly discei nible. The "llogations of that portion of the GeI-u nu press regarded as inspired. iII refer- "noe totho position in lbreign IIEniI-s arbitrarily assigned to France by the mat GeInIzuI IIIItucr,at the extreme ensitivenesa of Russm In Iagand to the :AustIo-Pulssinn alliance, coupled \\ ith Blussm’s anxiety to distract the thoughts Eof‘ber people from her internal disor~ den, and the Well-known ambition of :Prince Bismarck, in regard to the sen filled German provinces of Russia on the B-iltic,â€"-ull these circumstances in~ clients how thin is the Veil with which diplomacy at present conceals the true ’purpose of these enonnons armaments. The dangerous illness of Prince Bisn fmarcl: may, while it. lasts, keep mattels in a state of suspens“, but should his death occur soon, it will assnrredl'y be ileum]. that the ideas he has {on all these re so caiel‘nlly nuitlned in the Ger- ar. people will find a capable exprm. nt. Altogether the yenr 1880 (lawns 7 pon tronhlone times among our Enro- an friends. 356, Iii». v-iu- vuiuu‘ mm Ad‘vwate. hi9, going South «9:05, E Tm: Montreal Herald gives some in- ?oroobing fwots about the tremendous Mafia on the inland seas of this contin- émc. Our own lake marine is estimated he 1,587 vessels, and 22,138 tons, of iwhinln Ontario has 958 vessels with an I :egnle registered tonnage of 135,440. lgg‘tho "vessels registered at Montmal ‘320. with u tonnage of 76,969, are as- : mew-to be lake craft. The United $"toumlfiwo‘ nflb‘ap'ou [the great lakes 3. 82" vessels, lonnsko 597,376. The mtnl value being put at 850,000,000 md 860,000,000. L THE County Council of Simcoe voted B500 to blah Duchess of Mm-lborough's Irish Relief Fund. MIDLAND RAILWAY OF CANADA. wâ€"w, ‘7‘, vâ€"_ magmas Northâ€"11:05, 3.11).; 3:|6 1:26 p.m. Trains going Ninthâ€"12:30. p. m. Trains going Southâ€"1:15, pm. Rmx'r rumours of war between the United Stntee and one or more Euro- »enn. powers over the Inter-ocemic anal ham milled attention to the de- gencelime condition of the seaboard cities it the United States. The New York ‘ Entnmber 01 Commerce in a memorial to 1 linemen represent that the soioulled defences of that port are utterly inade~ “MA: to repel nn invader. " A single iron-clad ship of the modem type,” they lay, "might enter the port with im- punity, do inculculnblo injury to the pity, nnd paralyze the rexonrces of the notion." They nppenl for a large ap-o proprietion to provide heavy ordnance, Hm appropriation of 3950-,0001-ccom- pended. by the House of Representu» .iVee fol; the purpose, being regarded as blwgether inadequate. They went live fr six hundred rifled cnmzon for the ixieting fortifications, which they are ot likely to get from n Democratic llongreee, nethnt party lune little love. [or the army, and cut down Inllltnry tpproprintions to the larvae} notch. Ibo Qt'unuulcu condition of the American whom: it a strong argument against ha likelihood of tlwir engaging nt1n-co mt in a fut-emu tut, PEACE OR WAR? WOODI'ILLE, FEB. 13, 1830. “ 1” r0 Bouo Publicn” ,p.m.; FIVE PERSONS MURDERED BY MASKED MEN. THE HOUSE FIRED AND THE REMAINS CONSUMED. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY On Thursday morning last, the coun- try was shocked with intelligence of the blackest crime ever committed in the Dominion. The crime consisted of the murder, or rather butchery, of a family of tireâ€"lather, mother, two brothers, and a girl. The victims were named Donnelly,n family that had lived in the neighborhood for anards of thirty years. They resided on tot 18, 6th concession of Biddulph Township, Co. of Middlesex, about five miles from the village of Luca“, and twenty miles from the city of London. The farm consists of fifty acres. They bore the unenvin able reputation of being THE TERROR 01" THE TOWNSHIP. For years past this section has been the scene of troubles that have-made it infamous throughout the Province.â€" The Donnellys were supposed to be more or less connected with all these troubles, and consequently a strong feeling arose against them, which has intensified with time. \Vithin the last two or three years depredations of a very serious nature have been commit- ted 111 the township. Barns were burn- ed down, animals mutilated, thefts com- mitted, and in fact this sort of lawlessu ness seemed to run riot. The perpetra- tors of these outrages could never be traced, but it was generally supposed that the Dozi'ii‘elly family-â€"â€"-which, be- sides the parents. consisted of seven sons and u. daughterâ€"had a hand in all of them. At any rate they were blam- ed for them. Recent thefts and acts of incendiarism werelaid to their-charge, and the feeling against them grow Very intense, culminating in the horrible tra. gedy above mentioned. Very little can be ascertained as to the actual facts at~ tending THE BUTCHERY of the family. The house, which was a log one, was surrounded about 1.30 on Thursday morning by a gang of masked men [armed with guns, pistols, axes, shovels, and other weapons. The gang numbered about twenty..five. They burst in the trout door, the noise of which awakened the son Thomas, who arose and wedt to the door, where he was met with blows from shawls and axes. The murderers then proceeded to despatch the other members of the family, but by what means is not known and in all probability never will be, as immediately after they had committed their bloody work they fired the house, which was burned to the ground. A little boy named Connors who was stop- ping with the family managed to escape the clutches of the bloodythirsty visitors by crawling under a bed and remaining there till they had departed. It is from. him that the only particulars 05 the tragedy can be obtained; but being young and terribly excited, he hardly knows what happened. Patrick “The- ion, a neighbor, was the first he inform- ed of the tragedy. Whalen went over and saw the bodies in the flames, but stood terror-stricken and rooted to-t-he spot, and remained there alone till day- light, by which time the building and bodies were in ashes. ANOTHER MURDER. About the time that the aboveo‘men- tioned deeds - were being committed another band of masked men visited the house of Wm. Donnelly, on .the ninth conceSsion, about three miles from his father's farm. The men knocked at the door, which a minute or two afterwards Was opened by John Donnelly, a brother 0! W'illium. His appearance was greeted by a volley of thilty slugs, which took fatal eli'ect in. the chest. The wounded mun dropped on the threshold like n log, and when the gang imw thnt the object of their visit haul been accomplislmd. they lmstily In“ the place. \Vlllinm Donnelly who lnl been awakened by the report of the gum, found his lnother breathing his last, and no Words passed between them. It is tlmnglu that in the durk the «murderers mietook John for William, whom it is believed they ware after. The body of the (le(:c:\sedâ€"~Wh<), hv~(he- bye, WM ot un mniuhle and conciliatory 'diepositionâ€"-wue brought. to an.m vile- hge. When the news of the tragedy spread through the township and ad- jncent country the excitement became ‘ llltOlllHfl fact the feeling in iutleecri 1 liable. Peonle (locked into the village 1 from A radius of thirty miles to View ‘ the noeno of the Mandy and fiery work. l There (lees‘ not appear to be much tnymptthyfor the aim-«lewd family on account. of the strong feeling that. exist» ed «gdnst them Such expressions an “ It's lwtuvr they are clennétl out." were uttered by not. a few, while but little can but lwnnl in condemnation of the murderers, whom identity it will be hard lovalublish. The only liva lnnnun [wing wlmunw them was the boy Com nm-u, arm! as far as can be ascertained he is not curtain of being able to recugnize any OHM gang. QUEEN VICTORIA has ordered at quan- tity of decoraniivo furnimre in Dublin for \Viwlxor Castle and Osborne, to be made of Irish materials. THE beet-sugurcmp 01 Europe is this year estimated at 1,610,000 tous, being 110,000 tons more than last your, and the canesugm- crop of the United States is placed at 200,000 hogsheads this year, being double the quantity ever produced before, yet this aggregate amount is small compared with the world’s product. THE production of cider in France at tuine the very respectable annual value of $20,000,000. Much atress is being land upon the importance of improving the qua-lity an a substitute for the fail» ing supply of wine and also as an arti~ cle of export. Consignments of cider from France to South America have been made with profits, the u1ticle er- riving in good condition, and finding it 1endy sale. Does this not suggest an opportunity for our Canadian funnier“ Q..â€" Tua political war in Maine, which at one time seemed to threaten war of a different sort, seems to be nearly at an end. The decision of the Supreme Court, declining to recognize the Fu- nionists and declaring the Republican House and Senate the legal Legislature, has knocked the bottom out of the plot to usurp the governing power, and “ graceful eulnnission” is now the role of Governor Smith and his friends. For :1 parallel instance of political audacity it would be necessary to go to South America. ' THE goose borers of Kentucky are out with their new weather predictions. It is said that in many parts of the State the farmers consult this triangu- lar prophet and prepare for handling their crops in accordance with its con~ dition. They claim that it is infallible and that it never makes a mistake in its ln'edictions. They take the breat- bone of at last Swings gooseâ€"none other will (lo-for thegil-t of prophecy is only given to- the goose for one year ;-it must be divided into three per te which repre- sent the three divisions of Winter. The bone is translucent. but has cloudy blots. These are the indicators. For the preo- sent seamen they showed u spell of cold weather about the first of December, then clear weather until the middle of Jnnunrv, with warmer weather lollow- ing; 'llhe- darkest blots were at the end and indicate that Winter will make its greatest eflmts in its death struggle, and after the middle of F-elnunry we will get the coldest weather of the sonâ€"- eon. An old farmer, who says it has never failed in fifty yams, is authority for these weather prophecies. â€"â€"-.....' .â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€" A MINNESOTA foumer, who talks as though he had eXporience, assertII in an exchange that the heat iarmere of the State- ere beginning to renovate their land by plowing in (clover. They sow I the seed. in the Spring with springi wheat; the- next Spring it makes ai heavy growth, and is plowed in when: in blomom; the land. is followed the rest of the season, and. wheat is sown the next. Spring. Practice has shown that one crop ofclovor IIIIIrIIIIeII for three crops of wheat; thus, by growing It cIoI'IIr crop one your in four, the land can he kept. in good condition fin‘ glow. ing whom. The mono fIIrIIII-r IIlanstntes that. it is the custom of nIIIrlIIIt garden» on in the viciIIIty ofthe wesIeI-n cities to IIIIII huge quantities of manure, as it. Catll he had for tho carting; hut as it. is new III.v:III'y~-.-It.rnw being so IIhIIIIIhIIIt at the \thmthey druw it. homo, pile it, and let it rot l'III one season hefore using it ,lIIIt. one euterptising g.IrIlI-IIeI said that: he lI Id pIoIIId hy expcrionco that he could keep hievt- vegetable loud in good condition, lI,’ gIowiIIg clown and p. I‘I-I-iIIg it in, clIprI-r than he could by thawing and handling IIIIIIIIII-m which cost nothing In. the amide; A III-up of clover one your in three, followed lIy :fIIllnw tho Iest. of the Henson, which i l helps to clear the land from “691'“, in the moat IIoIInIIIIIicIII way he he: found to ferIilize I'III‘ IInd to cultivate IIIIIIket-I pmlen '.-got.IlIt.III.â€"-I’III'III¢II'II Review. gate:- and ”gums. The 'l‘mnworth [do/w has bean enlarg- ed. The township councils in that. dis- trict publish their minute» as double- culuam mlvm‘tiaomuuw. LINDSAY Council spent $1,166 in clwity during 1879 Tub: Proshyteriann of Richmond Hill pmpome the building of a new $10,000 chm-ch whom thoir old one now ”land". Forty nine yuus ago the oid building \Vns put up. The [iconic of the district mmlu n " bee," and while they wave at work with the timbers tho Duke ol Richmond passed through the village, stopped, ndilreswd the men, and spent it few picnsmt hours with them, after this incident the pines came to ho cullutl Richmond Hill, which name it has con- tinued to hear. THE Peterhurongh Examiner says .â€" the Committe having the Trent Valley Canal enterprise in charge have decided to bring the matter before Parliament. by moving for a committee to examine into the scheme and report to the House. Some further examination is nlso to be made by an engineer. It is likely that either Mr. McCarthy or Mr. Hector Cameron will take charge of the scheme during the ensuing. session of Pan-lin- ment. THE next Provincial Fair Will he held in the city of Hamilton, commencing on Monday, the 20th of September, and continuing for two weeks. Atwo weeks’ show is a new departure, which expern ience alone can determine the propriety of One thing is certain, crowding the placing of articles on exhibitionâ€"giving the public opportunity to examine the same, and then pack up and remove, all in one week, makes a large amount of work, a good deal of trouble, and no end of confusion during the whole time. Tm: proposed new county of NottaWa is to contain the townships of _ King, Whitchurch, East Gwillimbury, North Gwillimbury and Georgina, with the villages of N ewmarket, Aurora, Holland Landing and Stoufi‘ville. The hill to be introduced to the House provides for a meeting of reeves and deputy-reeves being held at Newnmrket, wherein a vote will determine separation. These shall constitute a Provisional (Tonincil, and the Lientenant~Gorernor having, in the event of a. favorable vote, proclaims ed the county town, they shall provide means for erectiu g county oflices. These erected, the separation of the new county shall be proclaimed and a division of assets and liabilities shall-then take place with the County of York. Until the proclamation of the new County the County of York shall remain as at pre~ sent. Tun following is a synopsis of the Bill respecting the Division Court, in- troduced by Mr. Hardy :.~â€"-“ All claims for the recovevy of debt or money on demand, the amount-of which does not exceed $200; can be tried at the Divin eion Courts, but when tho-amount ox» ceeds 8200 there shall be an appeal, as luretofore. The clerk shall place all units in which the sum sought to be re.. covered exceed: $100 at the foot of the trial lint and the other business of the Court shall take precedence, unless the J udge for special reasons decides other. wine. The Judge 'ehnll [equine such additional security to be given by the clerks and builiflh nu shawl-l uiInrd sufli- cient security. There shall be paid to the Clerk in the Division Courtâ€"in addition to nil cents or jury fees now by law payableâ€"on every unit entered where the claim exceeds 840, two cents; does not exceed 8100, live cents; ex- ceeds $100, ten cents. Each juror shall be paid the sum of 81. Evmunomt in Canada is aware of the vent clifi‘erence between our treatment of the aborigines: who formerly owned the country and that meted ont‘hy the United States. But they are not aware that there are nowspupeis across the border which speak out “ ugin: the Gov- ernmiut" for treating the Indians no vilely. Here is n specimen of genuine out spokennres from the New York Tribune: “ We would respectfully sugâ€" gest that the mystery thrown about the investigation of Indian alfniis at Wash- ington is both unnecessary and impoli- tic. It is unnecessary, because in spite of the exalnsien of a few reporters it is a matter about which the conntry,eoon' er or later. is hound to known the truth in detail. If ()umy is shut up in hie hotel. as has been stated, that he may not. learn the legality of his claims for grievnnm‘n, and may thewfln-e he more easily imlucccl to give uptuelnml which his trihe owns in Colorado, the expedi- ent in nu intleeeut hit of juggling, uu~ worthy of the Executive of it great Uov erunlent. If these people- are to he awimlled out of their hunl. let in; twin. ‘clle them openly, nu we have alone lma ‘ fore, without the disguise of any Intel: |mm“ trick: «ml dramatic tawny." The Midland Railway Company am Mmub to build two new combined p03!» nflica and “making our», to be run on the main liun. Vennor a! 't :1 am,“ PM.» in his latI-sl production, dated the itith IIlt .M'l'tm peculinr IIatIIrc and .‘tlt'H'l (“truth”) a! the “ dip " (In tluI night IIl'tlIe i0:h and morning of the 11th (lnyu. giws one II further insight into the III-othlu lIt'lHH'o ior of the weather for the I‘I‘uIIIiIIIlI-r ofthis month and for P‘eIII-nmy, and stIongthons my former itll|llehflluttfl rc~ spt-cting the ammo and wintry chain acter of the latteI month. I am tlII-II, Clt‘allv we am ynt to have some Ie- nnnkably mild and slushv, possibly IIIiIIy weather between now and the end of the month, over a great (extent of country. This, however, will probably be iIItI-I-I'III ted hy a cold term and ‘Ilip' on the 19th 20th, let, or 20. ‘31.“ and 22nd diys, the eeVeI-ity of which may he gleater or less, but decided enough to be noted; and that this term will tin-minute in a t'nir snowfall and Inildness again. [think that the end of the month will, with the («mention of no day’s ‘ dip,’ be mild again, and that February will enter in the same Inanu ner. A fter the entry of February I bid adieu to the wildness and slush for a season. Possibly the first week of this month may continue moderate, hot it is probable that either the 4th or 8th day will sue the mercury settling down to the uncomfortable points 1 have al- luded to, and for a second time this winter registering a series of “ very low readings." This dip will moderate in some heavy snow falls, and the month will give us more snow than we have yet lintl this winter. A second dip is probable further on in the same month, also severe, but this I cannot locate ptecisely from my present standpoint. March bids fair to give the heaviest snow-fall of the winterot‘ 1880, but these will not delay the eaIly arrival of spring. On the 5th inst. by Rev. J. A. Jewell, at the home of the bride’s father, Mariposa, George Real. Esq. ., of Muriposa, to Miss Josephine, second daughter of Phillip Smith. Fall Wheat... Spring \Vheab Barley .. Oats ... Butter Eggs Potatoes Hay Pew; Pork Beef Geese Turkeys Chickens Ducks ... \Vood Hard. \Vood 50“.. 1a‘rd Tallow WOODVILLE FARMERS‘ MARKETS. EN DEBS will be received by the under- signed, u to Wednesday, 18th inst, for supplying nion School Section No. l. \Voodvnlle, with FIFTEEN CORDS GREEN HARDWOOD.. SAWN. The lowest or any tended- not necouuily mcephd. JAS. STUART, . Sec. («0 Trunk-.05. Woodvillo, Feb. 10th, 1880. CAM E into the premises of the undenign. cd. Lot No. 20, 5th 0011., Eldon, about the 131: of November, 1879, one year old. Owner will gleam cell, prove property, pay expenses, en take it ewey. ' ARCH..D. CAMPBELL. Bram and Nerve road. The loss of memory. the nerve and ex. haunted feeling. the dissatisfawtion with the rumlt. uf onc'a labors, the dull, unrefresliod Iluup, the want. uf appetite, and neuralgia, are simply the brain and nuers calling for their nccunsmy food. Victoria llypnphos- phitce restore lost energy In all chknenev of miml or lvuviy, relieve deniliby and nor- vmuuuss, mull m'cvcnts consumption. Phy- sicinna lmvo prescribed and recommend it. For-sale by all dealers. Cnurt “ ll 40 of Victoria," No. 36. 0.0.“. meets in the Court Hall. Victoria Road. the third Wednesdnydfiuf every month. I". u. Millar, (3'. R.;J. W.|Shiclds, R. H. T( I OONS'U MPTIVVES. The mlvurtiser. having been pérnmnently cured of that dread disease, Consumption, by a simple remedy," in anxious to make known to his followsnfi'oreru the mean! of cure. To all who desire it, he will send A cupyol‘ the prescription used. “rec of charge) wiclnthu directions for preparing and min. the some. which they will find a sun can! hummuumxm, Anna.» Bnoxcmrm. to. " Panic: wishing the Pruncri tion. will dance address. Rev, E. A. WI ON, I“ an 8%,, “Influx-burg. N. Y. Eldon Station. Feb. 2. 188’). Estpay- Heifer. flew fiamtimmeuts. Tenders Wanted. .- A RED HEIFER, ‘n MARRIED. per dozen 15 per bushel 21'; to 30 per tau 7 01) 8 00‘ per bushel 50 to 60' per cwt. 5 0') to 5 50 per cwt. 4 00 to 5 0-! per pound 05 to 0 06 “ “ 0 07 to 0 00 “ "' 0 05 to 0 00 “ “ 0 06 to 0 00‘ par curd 2 50 to 8 00 “ " l 75 to 2 00 per pound 10 to 0 0 00 per pound 5 to 00‘ 165-3