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' â€"â€"'l‘oronto WI" put down fifty miles of cedar block pavement. It in proposed to honor the memory of Garibaldi by changing the name of his old homo from Inola di (Iaprora to Isola di Garibaldi. and by building: thorn a hospital for inmlid soldiers. who shall be tho guardians ofhla tomb. and a. lofty light- house, which all mariners on tho Mediterra- nean will know forever as tho Garibaldi beacon. Miss Mary Anderson will play in none of the smaller cities this sermon. and will play 1:0"rnlnrn onungcnmntx.“ " Mary Stuart." will be her principal rule. this year, In the Superior Court for Kennebec county on Monday the breech of promise case of Elizabeth Pt‘rkum against Curtis Higgins came to [Hit]. Both parties reside in Belgrade. The plaintiff is n blushing widow of 68, with children ‘10 years old, while the defendant's hair is silvered by the frosts of 72 winters, and his youngest son is a. sturdy young man of 24. Mrs. Pelklun cluiined that her feelings \vere luccrntcd to the extent of 81,000 by the faithleasiiese of the gay widower. in September, 1851, the tender passion was kindled in the susceptible breast of Mr. llnggmu, and he approached the fair Elizabeth \Htli proposals of matri- mony. it is claimed. A: first i-he rejected his suit. but the nwull \‘v’ilH not easily discouraged, and continued his attentions until she iinully cemented to name the blissful day. All wont smoothly for a while with the lovu's, and their engage- ment was announced in the grocery stores, and discussed ovor the ten-tables in the goodly town of Belgrade. His time for the nuptials approached, and, in anticipa- tion of u serenndc, Mr. Higgins pur- chased a peek of prenuts, and instructed his intended to lay in ll. supply of Porter apples with which to “ treat" the young men who should mslte the air of night vocal With their roundelny. But, else! for men‘s inconstnncy Elizabeth begun to notice it growing cool-‘ acne in her lover's attentions. IIis afiecu tion gradually became estranged from her. i and centered upon another tender widow named Metric Brown, and Mrs. Perkins. in part compensation for this havoc with her afiectious, brought suit nguiust the trillcr. Mr. Higgins claimed in rebuttal that the children of his intended bride objected to the match : that he didn't want to marry into a. family quarrel ; and that lately hav- ing come into possession 0' some $1,000 or $1,100 pension money, Elimbeth wan uni- mated not so much by uil‘ection for him as by mercenary motives. Able counsel argued the case on both sides, and the jury, after due deliberation, brought in it verdict of $25 dsiiingcs for ivlztintii'i'.»â€" Augusta { .11ch Journal Gen. Garibaldi in In lmvo tlmpostlmluous honor of n. boulevard named after him in Paris. W0 were much more appreciative. and characteristically an, in l'lnglmul. oftho Italian hero. Wu named n. biscuit after him whilst he was! alive! ~~ Figaro. arty tried to get him to relinquish the lace toa tanner driver, who had driven the party to Santa Cruz (Ill a hay waggon, which had beoou-etlisnlilt-«l, and (or which the coach was sub-lttutul. Between tun- nels N08. 5 and 6 on (in: narrow gauge railroad. and at about 12.30 o'clock. a point 2001eet from the truck wen reached, when the stage suddenly went over the grade and rolled over and over until it struck the track below. u. complete wreck. Three out of the company were killed in the descent. and one died in an hour after. Two others were seriously wounded. and the rest escaped With bruises and scratches. One oung lady who was killed was badly bruised. out about the face, and had severe injuries on other isarts of the body. Her body, after striking the cliff above the rail- road track, must have struck with terrible force. or been carried thither by the coach, as it was found on the other side of the track. At that point the blulf ia about 50 feet in height and 200 fiet on an incline from the scene of tin: accident. A boy of 17 years had a terrible fate, as his skull was crushed in and mm of lllfi legs broken in three place», and his spinal cord broken. The lll‘lVel‘, when he not free from the wreck, exclaimed: “ Oh, God, forgive me! I run the only one to blame, as I did Hut know the road, and had no business to time over it.” He said that the bank caVcd away. but witnesses deny this. and say that he drove near the outer edge when he had 5 feet inside room, and continued to do so though remonstrated with about it. Where the coach went over the road was 12 feet wide. Marks show that for 75 feet before that the coach had been driven on the outer edge of the road An exam- ination of the road showed that two heavy pine boards, 2 feet apart. projected over and beyond the road on the outside for a distance of 3 feet. The front wheels of the omnibus running upon this, passed in safety, but the hind wheels broke the boards off short. while at the same time, while the leadera were on the road, the wheel horses were plunging and rearing at the edge of the precipice. and, with the coach rolled over and over to the bottom. Two of the horses were killed by the descent and one died afterward. The search in the wreck, the bushes and the rocks for the dead and wounded is described as most agonizing. Mr. Cowdery arrived from Fulton before the body of his daughter was found. and was the fil'l‘h to discover it. She had been (luv-ilk?! tm-r a second preci- pice to a creek 300 feet further down. FO UR 01" '1‘} 1 EM KILLED. (Sacramento, CaL. Union.) On Saturday morning, on the road from Bsnta Cruz to Fulmu. and about three miles from the latter place, u heavily laden coach and {our homes were thrown from the mountain road with fatal consequences to several of the pvople un t‘v‘e vehicle. The party were returning from Santa. Cruz to Csmp Felwu, uud wnc wmdeuls of San Francisco. The moon was shining brightly and the purl.) was a. gay and 'oyoua one, but. its pleasure was marred y a nervous faring occasioned by the ureleaauem of the driver. Some of the A Pleasure Party Carried Down Two Hundred Foot. A .lllu-ul “'hluw Hun-s u :‘len ol 72. OVER A PRECIPICE. Alexander Dumas recently toaiilled bo- ioro a commission of authors. to which an infuriated scribblor had summoned him. that. hin advormry lmd handed him (I mnmIscI-Ipt to revise. and that ho had accordingly revised it to the best of hIs ability. leaning; in it only forty lines of the original lmuiol Do Foo was tho mu of James Foo, a butcher of St. (“103‘ London. Tho um} prolixpd t_l_no “ Do “ to the name. A few days ago at singular circumstance occurred on n. farm belonging to Mr. S. 11. l'otit, in Windham. At noon Mr. Thomas Bin-nee, who has the farm rented. noticed that smoke wna issuing from the side of tho woodshed. and on proceeding to inves- tignte the cause found the boards charred and just bursting into llmne. lIe hur- riedly dashed aquuntity of water on the lire and put it out. He then found the cause. which was singular. A large tin milk con had been placed beside the build- ing to air; the reflection of the rays of the sun was thrown from the can on the boards and had time set them on fire. And Mr. S. helped himself to a. plate of beefatenk, and lot. the food stop his mouth. "Nomiâ€"coins it did'u't hurt. I'm just dancing to keep warm, just trying to work ofl’_mx apigits, you know.” Ana “hob a; 'mrriblo grin he grabbed the saw and started to file it. Just. as tin: family was sitting down to breakfuab Mr. S. walked in with a. basket of charcoal and his saw. “Come into breakfast," said his wife; ” I have started the fire." “ Why, have you, my dear ? Where d‘rl you get, the kindling '2" “ I split a. board I found in the barn.” “ The deuce you did; you‘ll ruin me yet. Did you know that was black walnut. and I paid a. dollar for it? Oh. you ought. to have been a. business maul All it would take to make 1; Jay Gould of you would be a lmtl‘ul of U. S. bonds and u few mil- made." " Oh, I dug a. hole in tho garden and buried it. then I planted to. cabbage over its grave. Don’t think I swallowed 1t. do you ‘2 Oh, you've got it. have you? Where did you find it? Here, give it to me,” and he grabbed it and sawed his fingers ucroas the teeth to see how sharp in was. Every tooth left its mark. He dropped "2 on his toes with a. yell of despair, and howled and danced around the room 8.8 If he had a. small dog at his heels. “Did you hurt yourself, dear?” asked Mrs‘uSq sympathefiicquy. had it 1:153 1’ ” Mrs. S. went downstairs to get. the kindling. Presently Mr. S. came down and stalked to the woodshed. A few minutes after he called to his wife to know where aha kept her Raw. " 011, has in?” yelled Mr. S. and laid his nose against the cold wall. “ \Vnat has n. gone oufi for~to take n walk? ’Spose I'm going to get up and start it. at; this time of night ?" “ But it’s 6 o‘clock, and I've been up an hour." ML- Spoopeudyke bounced out. of bed. caught up his com and tried to get his feet into the sleevea. ‘7 The file in the furnace has 33116 63$." said Mrs. S. - “ Did hear you. too. but I thought it. was a. fishhorn. All is would take to make a. steam whistle of you would be a locomonve to pat on you. I_)o you waot anythxug? " " Why. no, my dear, but I thought you might be asleep. You know I called you twice before you answered. I didn’t. think you 11¢}de me." “ Mr. Spoopendyke I " called Mrs. Spoop- endyko from the head of the stairs the other morning after the sardines had been disposed of. “Mr. Spoopendyke ! " she called in n. shrill faleetto. The only answer from the bed was a loud snore. “ Mr. Spooâ€"" “ Well, holler again ! " yelled Spoopen- dyke, springing up in bed. " \tht ails you ‘I Think I’m deaf out of one ear and can’t. hear out of the other ? Think I-" A telegram lrom Philadelphia (Pa.) says: Quite a flutter has been caused in the circles of high society by the postponement of the wedding of Miss Allie Bouvier and the Prince Valleri. The lady is well known,and comes from an old Philadel- phia family. Her sister is the wife of the banker, Frank Drexel. As the story goes. while Miss Bouvier was travelling abroad a short time ago she met the Prince, who was engaging in his manners. and is said to be of the Italian branch of the Legitimists. his mother being a Bourbon. The Prince and Miss Bouvier met each other frequently. and finally it was decided they should get married. Then the trouble began. The Prince did not desire to get married in France because of the troubles with the law, but was willing to come to America for the wedding. 80 it was decided that the ceremony should take lace in this city. The fact that the wed- ing was to occur in this city caused con- siderable talk in society circles. and the \ young lady was congratulated upon all hands for her good fortune in having captured ai real. live Prince. The most elaborate‘ preparations were made for the event. and the invitations were prepared. The Prince promised when he left his inamorata in Paris to follow her to the United States as soon as he settled up some small business matters. As the day for his arrival approached there was considerable of asensation in high society because of the anxiety of the young ladies to catch a glimpse of the Prince. A relative went to New York, but the Prince failed to arrive on the steamer.letters and telegrams failed to reach him. and nothing has been learned of the whereabouts of the Bourbon since. The wedding has been consequently post- poned until the Prince is found, and Mr. Dickson. a relative of the young lady. has been dispatched to Paris to clear up the mystery, and, if possible. find the Prince. The family and friends of the lady believe that some accident has happened to the fiancee, and, until apprised otherwise. they will be loth to believe anything else. AND HAS NOT BEEN HEARD 0F SINCE. "Why, \vhére did you put 1!: when you J:.I ,‘nn A REAL, LIVE PRINCE He Promised to Marry a Phiiadelphia Girl, but Failed. Spoopemhlm Slams a Fire. SN on Fine by the Hun. “Rheumatism." says Mr. A. Manul, proprietor of the City Hotel, Kingston. " used to hold im own pretty well, but ' the days of that hero are o‘er.’ St. Jacobs Oil. the Great. (lormnn Remedy, has completely conquered the rheumatism. and no man need aufl‘er from it longer. I had it badly until 0. short time ago, but I used Sb. Jacobs Oil and was cured. and so can any one be cured in a similar manner." We are in receipt of the first copy of a now monthly journal called Mun. It is devoted to “progress and reform." The journal in valuablo in one respect: it. obvi- atca the necessity of leaving the office in order to " see a man." Peaches are easily preserved thus. end are nearly perfect. as are peers, especially the Bartlett apples and quinces. One who has put up the quince in this manner will never preserve it according to the 0H pound to pound method." All the highly flavored apples, preserved by cunning. make u. finer apple sauce than can be pro- duced in any other manner. The usual process 15, to cook the fruit. of whatever kind. in a. syrup made with four ounces of sugar, to a. pint of water. When the fruit is cooked tender, transfer it at once to the get. and add the syrup to fill up crevices, if there are bubbles of air, aid them to escape by the use of a. spoon ; see that the jet is solid full of fruit and syrup, and up to the top before the cup is screwed on. While fruits are easily preserved in the family, vege- tables are more difficult. We have many inquiries about preserving green pens, green corn and tomatoes. Those who make a business of canning, find green peas and green corn among the most difficult things to preserve. They can only be put up in tin cans by long bailing processes. not practicable in families. If any of our readers have found a. method by which either corn or peas can be preserved by any process practicable in the family. we ask them to communicate it, for the benefit of others. Lnsteutumn we made nnexperi- ment with tomatoes. Thoroughly ripo‘ fruit was cooked on for the table, omitting1 butter and all oil or seasoning. and put up in ordinary fruit jars. About 3 out of 12 failed, but these which succeeded were vastly better than the tomatoes pur- chased in tin cans. flow to (-‘N Ind oi nn l‘uwclt‘omr \‘ldtor Having the cane. or jars, the operation is simple. The fruit. whatever it may be, in it. syrup just strong enough to properly sweeten it. is brought to the boiling point. and when the air has been all expelled from it, it is at once placed in the jars, previously warmed with hot water. and when these are well tilled. the cover In screwed down tight. Good jars, Well filled with boiling fruit, and promptly covered by screwing down the cups, will insure euc- ceas. Many years ago. when cunning was not no general as it is now, we showed how any common wide mouthed bottle could be used. but at present. jute made up for the purpose are so cheap, that it ie not neces- eery to resort to any makeoahifls. Among the first things to be put up in this manner is rhubarb. This. as shown in April last, can be readily canned, and green gooseberries may be treated in the same manner. Strawberries and raspberries come next, and are better prcz-erved in the same manner than by any other. but these. especially the atmw. berry. while vastly better when preserved {hue than in any other manner, come fer shortef retaining their original flavorJ “ An yet, my irons, whar will weibring up in de eand ? When Waydown Bebee axes me fur de loan of a dollar till Saturday. he lies. He knows he can't pay§it back under {0' weeks. I know he knows it, an’ I lie. I tell him I jist paid out do last shillin‘ fur a wash-bo’d an’ can’t possibly raise no mo'. If I ax Judge Hostettor Jackson to sign a bank note wid me he lies when he says he promised his dyin’ gran'mudder nebber to do so. We lie when we w'ar better cloze dan We kin affordâ€"when we put on airs : above usâ€"when we put on our backs what orter to be fodder fur our stomachs. We has become a red hot. go-ahead, dust- around' nashun, but we hasalso become a nashun of liars, cheats and false pretenders. We adulterate our goods, cheat in Weight, swindle in measure and put on obroadcloth coats to hide the absence of dollar shirts. Our society am full of false pretenders, our religion furnishes a cloak for hynocrites, an' our charity am but a high 'souudin’ name for makiu’ a dollar bring back ten shillings. I doantknow what do principal wickedness: of Sodom consisted of, nor wheder de folks ‘ in Gomorrow tole lies or pitched pennies, , but if either one could beat an American town of de same size fur lyin' an’ decep- shun dey mus’ have got up worry airly in the mawnin’, an' stayed awake all night long. \Ve lie an’ we know we lie. \Ve play (is hypocrite, we cheat an' deceive. au’ yit we want do world to pick us out as shinin‘ examples of virtue, an' we expect our tombstones to bear eulogies georgious ’nuff for angels. Gentlemen, let us kick each adder into doin’ better! Let de hickin’ begin just whar’ it happens, fur we can't hit anybody who doan need it! " “ An' what shall we do wid himâ€"wid de liar an' de liars? De liar am wid us an’ of us an' among us. He puts up wid us in de mawnin’ an’ he lies down and us at night. guo to de grocery. an' do grocer smiles an' nods an' lies. Go to do dry goods man. an' he has a welcome an' a lie. De tailor promiseaasuit when he knows he can't finish it. Do shoemaker promises apair of butes for Saturday when he has three days‘ work en de nex' week. De ioe man charges us wid twenty-fiva pounds an’ delivers sixteen. Our oarpets am war- ranted, an’ yet they fade. De plumber plumbs an' lies. De painter paints uu' hes. De carpenter planes an’ saws an’ cheats. De dressmaker not only lies but steals de cloth. We all lie like tmopers fifty times a day. and de man who won’t lie doan’ stan’ any show. Pickles Smitb.Truetee Fullback. Samuel Shin and Evergreen Jones started and turned pale. and there was a death-like silence as Brother Gardner continued : In. Gardner's [DI-tonne In Illa Lille lulu l‘luln. (Detroit Free Press.) “ Who am a. liar ?" asked the old man us he rose up in his usual place and glared around him. \VIIA’I‘ To no “'ID DIS LIAB. (running Fruit and "(gt-tabla. ‘Vodd (Classical Master), Jamea Brown (Mathematical Master) and Tl‘lxmnps'on are to be retired and auperanmmted. The old commercial department will be revived. Mr. Richard Mecchmn. the veteran (i. W. R. conductor. has resigned his position on the line. and removed to Dakota. to assume a more lucrative position. -â€"“ Show mo a man eating lettuce." mid Lord Beaconsfiold, ” and I will tell you what manner of man he is." The highest epicurcuu authorities all agree that. to cut. lettuce is to ruin it. â€"â€"Cermiu changes are to be nmdo in Upp or Cgmagln (_}ollo"c. Messrs. Wm. ‘ In an assault and battery case before a Wayne County J ustico the other day, the prosecution introduced a blind man, who had to be led to the witness-box. " In this a legal trial or a farce ‘2" demanded the lawyer for the defonce.e.s he sprang up. “ This is a. legal trial." replied the other lawyer. " And you want a blind man sworn to tell what he saw, do you ‘2" " I don't claim that I muv the fight," replied the witneau as he turned around. “ Then what do you lmow about it?“ ” Well, air, [‘11) going on the stand to smear to what I heard. I’ve been blind and lame and had come and boils for the lust fourteen years, 1 but when I hear the splinters fly from in rail fence I don‘t want any eyes to tell me‘ whether the plaintiff hit the top mil with 1 his head or feet. I heard the ‘ kerchug‘ of l the blow, and when the plaintiff came down and hollered. ‘ Oh. lends. but I’m a licked men 2‘ I knew by the way he hung to his Wards tlrit he‘d lost half his front teeth. I‘m ready. your Honor.“â€"l)v!mit l"m‘ A city physicmn, says the Scientific .‘illlt’l'il'tlll, attributes u. large part of the BXCOFSIVU mortality of children in hot weather to the failure of nurses and mothers to give them water; indeed. more children are said to the (directly and indi- rectly) from deprivation of water than from any other cause. Iniante, he trays, are always too much wrapped up, and in any case would perspirc very freely. The water lost by perspiration must be supplied. As Dr. ' Murdoch stated in his paper on cholera. ininntnm : " The child is thirsty, not hungry; but not getting the water, which it tines want, it drinks the milk. which it‘- does not want." The conse- quence is that the stomach is over-loaded with {no.1 which it cannot digest, and which soon ierments and becomes a. source of severe irritation. Then follow vomiting, purging and cholera. iniuntum. To prevent this, the principal scourge of infancy, the doctor says: “ Have “'tltflr without iceâ€" nccessihle to the child. who will then refuse sour milk rind will eat only when hungry. “later is the great indispensable article for the preventive treatment of children in hot weather. Itis important enough to nursing children. but is life itself to those retired on the bottle." rkuvuuvAu uuuvuu an UC~AUAIJ an tut! ULUK8Uu And now that my stock of provisions was exhausted, I thought I had seen enough for once, and proceeded to make my way out of the vile den. As 1 was moving 011’ one of the officials blandly asked for backshish, in reply to which I used all the few Arabic indignant expletives I knew, and failing that, French, and when that also came too slowly for my indignation, I found relief in native English. I heard subsequently that “ the Khedive" ~22 e., I suppose the Governmentâ€"sends daily supplies to the prisons to the extent of three of those small round cakesfor each person in confinement, but they only got one, and some who had tasted the sweets of this same prison-house assured me that they often get none. \Vhere do the rest go ‘2 What man who knows Egypt knows not this too? wlilac”::‘Ilan's Magazine. on my ears. loud cries and howls came from the gratings. and the faces at the apertures multiplied threefold. I could see the poor wretches struggling with one another for a place in front. the Weakest, of course, going to the wall, the grcediest and strongest crushing forward. And such laces! Most of them were revolting enough in themselves, and could Well have spared the loathsome environment that made them worse. On some, indeed, the scourge of the East. leprosy, had left its mark; some were merely ill and hungry-looking; the better- favored seemed to stay with their chains behind, {or shame perhaps. All the fore- most cried out for the bread they saw, and scrambled and fought like wild beasts for such of the round cakes as escaped through the bars without being torn piece- meal in their passage. One or two of the ‘ofiicials volunteered to help us to distri- bute our doles; and, of course, inviolablc Eastern custom demanded that a little of the sorry staff should disappear by he way into their own capa.‘ cious pockets. I tried to get one of the fellowsâ€"Juliet, as I had heard some of the prisoners call himâ€"to deal out the bread in something like order, but order seemed impossible ; oflicisl authority stop- ped short outside the bars of the prison- honse, while inside I could see some sturdy ruflians dealing blows to their fellows with rude whips and sticks. and even with their chains. driving them from the raised step that led to the door, cursing loudly. And while this din was in our ears, and we were feeding the wretches inside the 'bars, the unfortunates outside, who had followed us closely to this very holy of holies. were pilfering as fast as hands, big or little, could help them. Yes, big or little. One tiny cuild,about5 years old. stole three cakes before my eyes, was ended, hustled away. and returned in a minute to steal a fourth from my left hand, while her mother was snatching from my right.¢ The cigarettes produced almost equal ex- citement, and were hugged by the happy pcssessors almost as eagerly as the bread. We were in a. sort of ill-paved. ill-looking. ill-smelling square. on each side of which was a large door, now thrown open. dis- playing an inner door of cross-barred. wooden grating. and behind row upon row of miserable. hopeless faces. Already the old folk and children who had followed as had begun to piller from the bread panniers. and as soon as the prisoners osught eight of the food the horrid clanking otchsine grated The luaron- Uccnn Encountered In a llruevolcnl Bumhhmln a: ('alro. G if c'llm Bub) unrlnh ol “‘nlor. A “'Imess with liars. EGYPTIAN PRISON. We ndmtm the philosophy of the unfortunate man, who, when everything lnnl been sun-pt, away. said, “ Well, thcrc‘ll l'c weather and taxvs left. at. any rate." Alas! Weather is the " Yellow dog" of all subjects; cwryono thinks it hix‘ spwlnl right. to try to lu-ttcr the weather. and hurts his nnmhmnas against “Old I‘robahilitlvs.” and all who endeavor to assist, him in regulating the Weather. The following communication is from l'rot‘. 'l‘lco, of St. Louis. 110.. the renowned motoorologlstaml wmthcr prophet of the West. Itdocs not. (lisctm the weather but something surely of more hupormnw to those who sutl‘ur with that painful maladv he speaks of: "Tim day after Concluding my lectures at. Burlington, Iowa. on the 219m! Number last. [was seized withnsuthlonnttm'k ot‘ twurnlqln ht the chest. giving'mc excruciating pain mu] utmost row-m» tmzhrcmhlng. My pulsv. usnnlly 80. fol to 25: Intense nntteen. of the stumm-h snow-«Inlnnxd 0. MM. vlmnmy sweat pawn-«l my entire body. 'l‘hvnttmtdingx xhysivinu muhl (lotmthihgturo- lim'n me. .\ t'r sutt‘vrlng fur three hours. 1 ”Numb-Ml hm] boon mhuz $12.1.“an ()u. with 5: WI ufl'ct‘t fur rht-mnnth' putnswl Would try it. lsntumtml n pin-o, nt‘ flnmtvl. lame otmugh tn mvor mycht-st. with tho nil. tmd alfplhwlit. The rcht‘ was nlmnst ltwtnntnnmus. u nno hmtrl m“ entirely free from path, and would have taken the train to fill an up mintttwttt. that, hIL'ht. Innltolcrhlmrinz tmvn lm‘ my friend: Natl"!- Hlfl‘lt‘ll Inc. Asit. um. I tout; the nlqht tmtn t‘nrmy hummm 5t.Luuts,nnd luu'u not been troublcd Iluce. A snapping turtle was caught. in the Pausaic River at Paterson (N. J.) (118.6 weighed a. little over thirty pounds. A man weighing 160 pounds Mood on my book wlnle it crawled rapidly over the floor. apoarently Without trouble. In the body were found 19‘.) eggs. with shclia as hard as heus' eggs. They were about an inch and a. half in diameter. nearly circular, and as white and translucent as porcelain. â€"McGill University museum (Montreal) has received from Licut.-Cul Grunt. Ham- ilton, 0116., u. collection of beSiIB from Niagara. formations. The steamboat Princess. of the North- west Navigation Co.‘s line, left Winnipeg on Friday, June ‘Jth, for the tirst trip of the season to Grand Rapids. with through freight and passengers for the Saskatche- wan district and Edmonton. The Princess isa snug. wellbnilt craft. and is consid- ered to be well adapted to the waters of Lake Winnipeg. She was built last summer. and made one trip to Grand Rapids towards the close of last season. The weather continued beautifully calm and mild, with refreshing breezes from the south, and about noon we arrived oft" George Island. Lake Winnipeg (writes a correspondent of the Winnipeg Frw Press). where a supply of wood was taken on board. At this point traces 0! winter still remained, quantities of ice and snow being visible along the shore. At ti o‘clock in the evening we again started northward. and expected to arrive at Grand Rapids early the following morning. But the fates willed it otherwise, and we were destined to witness a spectacle which would be to most of us a new and novel sight. At about 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning the passengers were awakened by the stopping of the engines, the noise of dropping the anchor, and making fast the barge. On looking out there appeared to our astonished gaze a vast field of ice, stretching away farther than the eye could reach. Everybody hurried out, but a moment's contact with the wind sent them back for overcoats and mufllers, and even the protection thus afforded was not suflioicnt to withstand the chilling eilect of the stiff breeze blow- ing oil" the ice. In an hour' or two it became evident that the ice was slowly and surely closing in upon the vessel, and the necessity of escaping from its threatening grasp grew every moment more important. In front and on either side no opening in the ice could be discerned. and our only chance was to put back. and run for the clear water to the south. We had hardly escaped immediate danger from the ice when a dense fog surrounded us. and rendered further progress dangerous. Soundings of the depth of the water showed that we were shoaling fast. the depth decreasing in shalt adozen boat lengths from ten and a half to live fathoms. Orders were given to cast anchor, and we lay to all day. About noon the fog lifted enough to show us land about two miles ahead. This proved to be ,Long Point. and we were within twenty miles of Grand Rapids. The fog again settled down on us, and in the middleof the lafternoon a heavy rain came on, lasting about an hour. The captain sent ontasmall boat to explore our surroundings. It re- turned with the information thatahuge iceberg, thirty feet in height and about three acres in area, was drifting within a quarter of a mile of the best. A dead calm prevailed at the time. and no trouble was anticipated from that quarter. It was exceedingly fortunate that the weather during the whole voyage had remained fair and calm, as a heavy wind during the time we were in the ice or while surrounded by the fog would have proved disastrous to the boat. The passengers accepted the situa- tion very philosophically, and not a sign of concern or distress was observed. Early on Wednesday morning the sky cleared, and at 9 o'clock we steamed up the mouth of the Saskatchewan and landed at Grand Rapids. Exciting rjnuuuutex'onu Canadian Inland Sou. 0n n Snapping; Tuth-‘s Huck. WEATHER-“GR NOT. A LAKE ICEBERG. ;|N IDY Jl'NE 'I‘flll'.