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For the t tow dsy 3 tires havo been dong the line of the 0mm Southern Rulwgy m thinoounty. but not till this week wu my serious dam edone. On Wodneohy night, notwiiha duo pmutioml Mr. _8i_okloswon’ a mill¢1m wu [IVE HlllllBEll [IVES [081 ll IIBIIIEII tokfiy destroyed. end Thomas Ouellette'e lute flock of hudwood lumber at Me. Gregor wu burned end bully damned. When the fire brpke gut the yateymel} werebullly ong ed on the north side of the mill. where e fire has been aging in Hiram Walker 5: Bone’ woods. which caught fire {rem e Connie Southern engine shout nweok ago. At one time it was thought. the} the whole village would be burned. Mr. Biokleeteen’e loep_on the gill {1526.000 ; The editor of the Woodstock Sentinel. Review telegraphed to a. friend at Port Emilee. Michigan, in order to ascertain modern concerning how settlers from ord Ooun fared in recent fires at Forrester end 'chmondville. The num- ber of Oxford families located in that .vicinityis large and includes, besides others whose names are not given. the follow- ing : Family of AndrowBurgess, and Wm. B ens; of the late Alex. Pattullo; three of t e_8pier_e'_ families; of James Moo ‘ AII2_-__ __J h....'.‘ insurance. ”.600. Mr. Oualletto’s loss on lumber. on. is 88,000; insurance, 85.000. of which $2,000 is in the Bo a], and 03,000 inthe Mercantile. Mt. Bio estoen’s mill was onl completed last year. and was the bout u: mogt qomplpto in. jibe County or Essex. Its destruction will be a great loss. not only to Mr. Sicklesteen. but to the V e o! MoGregor and the neighborhood, as 0 number of men depended on smalfiyment therein sud shout for their liv ' ood. Between MoGregor and Essex Centre the bush is full of fire, and in many been the fences along the track are Burned. In the neighborhood of Cottsm considerable damage has been done to fences. eto. Word was received here yes- terdsy ofternoon thst s sawmill st Geeto hsd been burned. but it is hoped the report is incorrect. of the Spiers’ families; or James moo Cormiok; ‘0‘! Joqegh Alligon_ and Daniel cody. West Oxford. {m Lee. and devoted others. These have all more or less an!- KKK-35"; BIFLIBSE'ZiEnhmt; J a‘mes Miller, And Jacob Bastedq. al]_oi Elenheiq: ; of A: mevnm. Sept. 8.â€"The bush fires are ngnin raging in the country hereaboum, and great dam is being caused. Several people in ' erent localities hsve been obliged to flee for their lives. The loss in the township of Kingsford is estimated at $8.000. Mr. John Graham’s loss is about 91.000. and Mr. Thomas Graham's 8800. whilst Chas. Ruth loses $900 worth of rsils valued at $35 per 1,000. In Prince Edward three horses were suffocated by the smoke. Senna Bnmon, Sept. 8.-â€"A very large fire is raging in the Township of Morrison, on the east side of the Muekoka road, one in the neighborhood of Leithbridge, another on the Third and Fourth concessions. A Large fire in North 01:i}lie._neu; the Severn - __3 Biver, is doin éoxiaiderible damage and plucing the_' ‘ at Severn Bridge' m dan- 1 m_____l__-lhj_ ‘wâ€"v __ - _-_- ger. A resident in the Township of Ryde states that the following attics are burned out, losing everything: bert W. Brass, gouty Igousehore. Charles ngey, Welter ._ .. Q‘pn fiEyféifiha Ffiliaon and M. Gréivaether; John Miller. house and hm; John Look- holp, house; 119‘?“ BefinnyinJougg‘. barn and crop; é'iifis." Rnltsn. sswmili and house burnt. Also. many of the slides and improvements on the streams. The fires matill raging Dnmn‘, Sept. 8.â€"In Michigan whole counties have been swept by the bush fires. and it is impossible at this writin to estimate the enormous loss in arm pro rty. craps. houses. factories and live stoc . But. unfortunately. the worst remains to be told, for there is only too much reason to fear that a large number of familieswere burned to death. Thus far one hundred persons are certainly known to have perished, and it is almost certain that later intelligence will ely increase the number of victims. he fury__ol the flames _ is described .as Hundred-:0! Isl-on Lou Then- All. â€"â€"p|llmg' " . ‘Owing to the prevailing hi I: finds. the inflammable ohuuoeor of $9 raids. the inflammable character of the country and the almost unparallelled drought, the fires found abundant material to feed upon. and it was idle to attempt to arrest their progress. No resource was left the unfortunate farmers but to flee for their lives, leaving all they possessed behind them. But many of them escaped from fiery graves at one point only to meet the same terrible fate in another. The calamity is the most awful that has fallen upon the West in many years, and the unhappy sufferers will have the sympathy and, it is to he hoped. the practical assist- ance of the ghcle country. Viifinnon. Se is. 9.â€"It 'is utimstod that 500 lives were out by fires in this State and 5.000 people are homeless. People in Forrester Township ere burying deed honee end come fearing the eflluvin will brad penile“. Bus-son, Sept. 0.â€"At latest seoounte the Min {ores fires are on the decline. The detsis become more end more hor- rible as the pertionlsrs come in. A thon- Isnd squsre miles of settled land have been swept by 3 hurricane of fire. snd the inhsbitsnts mined or killed. The conse- uent distress is something leuiul. Food. nothing. seed.lnlnber. money, everything is wanted. A peels for sid us being nohly reepond __to by the yhoje State. iomé of the hull-oonsfimed districts evoli helpin those which have been entirely burn out. The oonflagntion in the huokleberry mmp of Dunwioh wu started byahuokle- bony picker who carelessly knocked the ”has ous of his pipe into the dry grass. ~Greooe bu § fine ontnnt cropâ€"s very momentous mute: to her. BUSH FIRES one» I'm mam OUT. Raging Throughout. mos. HUBKOKA. moment's A 30;th Bov. Money Punnhon in in Neutral. Rev. whim Tsylor. D. D.. in roportod by P. E. Inlnnd p.90}! “lying very ill there. mosh e Whitlnen, of Round mu, Annepolie ty. hee been eppointed e member of the Legieletive Council of Non Bootie. Rev. Geo. B. Teylor, of Welleoeburg. bee been appointed to the inoumbenoly oi Lietowel, made veeent by the deeth o the lete Rev. E. Bertiett. Anton Rubinstein heile iron) Beeeerebie. He is 51. His mother wee e musical genius. end Liszt reueded his tether to ellow Anton to to ow hie bent. Dehn end Mendelssohn minted in his eduoetion. Mr. John 1. Wood. ublio oohool trustee for Foster Wud. Be evillo, is reported to be dying. Princess Louise hes urived at the hunt. ins so“ 01 Wollsgerton. on e visit to the Greud Duos! Family 0! Reese. A Victoria dessstoh says Dr. Tu per is at Ksmloops.sn will return to iotoris n L.__J-.. I-.. vvru' â€"â€" .. t1;- -morrow, and sail on Saturday for Ottawa. His reoep tion has evergwhere been most enthusiagtio. teYel e rode eight miles m the first railway train. â€". The present Princess of Egy t, the Kho- dive’s only wife, is a cultivat and liberal- minded woman. She received a European education, and her children are brought up by English governassesand in English ways. Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt has given .500 to‘ the Railroad Men's Association of Troy, and the money is to be applied to the erec- tion of a building containing a , chapel, eading room, etc. There is a spot in Battersea Park. Lon- don, rendered memorable as the scene of a duel between the Duke of Wellington and Lord Winchelsea. more than 50 years ago. It is intended to place a stone there with a commemorative inscription. Archbishop Lynch has arrived at Winni- geg, and is the guest of the Archbishop of t. Boniface. He will preach the dedica- tion services at the opening of the new St. Mary’s Church on Sunday. Miss Maud Harrison, 3 young St. Cath- nrines lady, who has been for some time in the Union Square Theatre Company, is rapidly coming to the front as an actress. She is at present playing to large business in Chicago. Rev. Dr. Henry M. Scudder, of the Central Congregational Church, New York, has received a call from a Chicago church to become its pastor at 812,000 a year, which is 83,000 more than his present salary. Mr. Parnell. in talking with a Parlia- mentary acquaintance the other day, hap. pened to say that as soon asthe session was over he was going to Ireland to do a little shooting. “What’s your game?" asked the faoetious member; " landlords? ” This gentle joke failed to hit Mr. Parnell’s sense of humor and.,there was even some talk of the intervention of the Speaker. Olive Logan says that Queen Victoria will not sleep in aroom withacarpet on the floor and Her Majesty’s bed-rooms at all the palaces are covered with matting. In the new cottage on Dee Side, on the border of Ballochbnle forest, in Scotland, which has just been erected for the Queen's use, there are no carpets whatever, every floor being covered With Indian matting. Mr. Robertson. Steward at Ridean Hall, has received a letter from his son, who is with the Vice-Regal party in the North- west. It was posted at Fort Ellice on the 18th of August. The party were travelling at the rate of forty miles a day. One day theeg made sixty miles, but as three horses di from the efl’ects thereof, it was decided to go easier. The trip is described as being rather a rough one. With an earldom, $750,000 a year.youth. health, a pleasing wife. a taste for sport and four the choicest homes in the world, Lor Rosebery, to whom Mr. Glad- stone owes his ssat in Midlothian. put his nose to the grindstone in a subordinate office under that not particularly concilia- tory chief. Sir William Harcourt. England may be congratulated on her Bouberies. in England, recently. A deepeteh was received at the Meehsniee’ Institute saying the Eerl of Edinburgh was dead. As no such title was known. somebody in charge sltered “earl" to “duke," and the news spreed {or end wide that Her Majesty had lost her second eon. The dearth intended Telegraphic blundering and rash amends- tion_br9fl131_1t ubonfi _a gouge gt Aogrgngton. to be announced was that of the Earl of Gainsborough. Queen Victoria at Osborne. on the 17th of August, presented to six soldiers who :ngfiht in the late Afghan camp sign as for distinguished 8oonduet in the field. Five of the men belong to the late 66thBegiment,whiehwasnear yannihilafed at Maiwand. their names being Sergeant Williams. Corporal Lovell. Lanes Corporal Martin, Private Battle and Private Clay ton. A oolor- se eant of the 5th Fusiliersy was alsosimilar y honored. The Queen. who was accompanied by several members of the royal family. pinned each man 's medal tohis breast. Longfellow“ in hi- umo doolinodthm The current number of the London Graphic contains some sketches which will specially interest Canadians. The first, called "pQuebeoâ€"Boal dressing in the Northwest" ieby thesgecisl artist of the Graphic travelling wit the Marquis of Lorne on his present prairio' Journey; The astonishin aptitude of the Eu li four. nalistto m sp things Canadian is llus trated here b the artist's, or more robs. bly the sub itor’ s. location of Que in tbye Northwest. Among the sketches of scenes at Shoehuryness are " The Canadian Shift. ” Colonel Oswald's cup .and vignettes of Colonel Oswald and Captain Peters. Those indefetigeble and euooeeeful Christian workers. Moody and Senhey. expect to ea“ {or Englend during the present monthâ€"Mr. Senkey leeving by the steamer of September 10th end Mr. Moody on the 24th. The report which hue gained ‘ourfenoy in} 09min 'fhoy 'to Ore“ Britain by special invin- tion 0 Rev. Dr. Bonn and many otherwoll known devoted Christian workers In am century. pot-torn to the effect that Mr. Bankofiin not 30 ng in sing my longer in Mr. oody'a meetings is without any foundation in foot. The two are on fully in accord u ever and go firmly united _iu_ timig work. on. oyer. POI'I‘AI. 0031081113; The Ila-cu on the English ninthâ€"A- The British Postmaster-General in his recent report to Parliament as s: A letter containing a £1,000 cheque. w ch should have been posted in Lombard street on the 18th oi January. was found on the 24th in the Thames near Depttord among some snow dust which had evidently been carted from the city and thrown into the river. The letter.which had never passedthro h the Postooflice. was dul returned to e sender. During the Oh tmas week more than 11 millions of letters and packets. .over an above the ordinary correspon- dence. and four tons of extraregistered letters. representing a total gouge of jngiarly £68,000. passed through a central 0 cs. Over 5.300.000 letters were dealt with in l the Returned Letter Ofice. 475.000 of . which it was ionnd impossible to deliver or ‘ return. One contained a bank-note for £100, still unclaimed. and attached to the. seal of another was a sovere' . which was returnedto the owner. who ad forgOtten to remove it. In addition to the letters about 500,000 of t-cards. 4.000.000 of book packets and 4 .000 newspapers found their way to the same oflice. More than 27.000 letters. an increase of 8.000 over last year. were posted without any address whatever. 5.000 furnished no clue to the name of the sender. and 1.340 contained articles of value to the amount of nearly £5,000. The use of two fragile ‘covers occasioned the escape of some 80,000 articles. and no doubt entailed much disappointment. The habit of transmitting animal and perishable matter. such as fish. sausages. birds to be stuffed. clotted cream. fruit. yeast. salads. jellies. live kittens and dead rats still pre. vails. The return of a letter. posted With- out an address. to a firm whose direction appeared within. led to the discovery of a systematic robbery of goods and the apprehension of the offenders. At Hull an incident occurred proving the elasticity of the postal organization under heavy ._L_‘__ -8 nan-pin "LID www- v. â€"â€"-__v-__, I â€" pressure. The distribution of nearly 300,000 circulars. weighing twenty tone. issued by a single company and represent- ing £2,380 worth of postage, was effected without confusion or delay in forty~eight hours. The dispatch necessitated the employment of seven extra railway vans, and itiebelieved that all the documents duly reached their destination. ..- a .. thus Th6 gross revenue collected within the gear was a little over £8,250,000, arrived at Postage qn letters. poet-cards, newspa- o'uw ..................... ng‘mission on mono orders.... Commission on pasta. orders... Value of unclaimed money or- Revenue from telegraph: Tote] ............................ The expenditure was: For postal service, including money order and postal or- der business ........................ Packet service ........................ Telegraph service. includin , L- _AL__.I-....-4 The net revenue was therefore ............ £2,926,646 â€"being an increase of 888,017 on the pre- vions year: . . . a 1... AL- _.-_.I.....- 'AVun VI“ . The capital sum raised for the purchase of the telegraphe since 1869 exceeded ten millions sterling and hitherto the results of the undertakinghave exhibited an annual deficiency of interest amounting in the aggregate to not less than £1,216,000. For the first time, however, the net telegraph revenue for the yearâ€"viz. £328,878â€"has been sufficient to pay the inllinterest, 3 per cent., on the capital and leave a real sur- plus of £2,462 towards the cancelling of debt. . me'nts‘ (Inner Iron Cotton-seed on. (From the New Orleans Democrat) Two gentlemen of this city, after experi- menting for several months. have at last diswvered or invented a method of making excellent butter out of cotton-seed oil. A sample was sent to this office yesterdayand was tested by several ex rts.who lavmhed high encomiums upon t e new discovery. Being of a purely vegetable nature, it will not have the enemies to combat that so vig- orously and ranooronsly assail the oleomar- garine.which is manniactnred from animal oils. The inventors repose to make two grades of this vegetab e butter. which they claim to be far superior to all other kinds of artificial butter et made. and at the same time profess at they will be able to sell it at a much less price. After a series at trying and vexatiqns experiments ,,___,3 AL-L s. coloring matter was discovered that gives the article a most exg’uisite yellow tint, ualtothat assumed y the finest New ork butters. We have not learned what the inventors intend doing with the discovery. or whether they will menulac~ ture the article here or elsewhere. They seemtobe sanguine of ‘its success as a substitute for thedifl‘erent kinds of artificial butter now in use. but refuse to give any detailed account of the process employed in its manufacture. where spoken again-t. end hitter'l smitten on the right oheek end the eit. Mr. Pieton (Congregetionel) moat oourteouely conducted the Conference through the noble lihrnr and artfullery 0! Liverpool. The Preei ent an several representative ministers hnve lunehed with the Biehop and dined with the J udgee. and the Mayor invited the Conference to on ' at home’ to meet the Lord Mayor of London." A London Methodiatp 3 tasks: "What in 00min over society 'Ip ntho old duya the Met odinu were thpn peogle ev_e_ry- A hereiootod redmen with e dels idetod stovepipe hst jammed down over in s ears. sud his shirt hen ‘ng outside his psnte. loons. is s iotnre w ioh the representative of the Lou on Gra hic should hove gathered in whilst in Winn peg. This picture would show that the noble redmsn in making rspid strides towsrds oiviiizetion.-â€"Winni~ peg} Sun. A man. who gave himself out as a British army omoermulled a San Fran- cisco woman 3 Hot at a West Point hotel, and aha promptly gave him a thrashing The spirit of the 49911 is not dead yet. â€"The nilrond conductor who called on tho uqnim'a dun tor without the father‘a consent. remu- od that the old mu: furnished terminul facilities as well u I has put through the gnrden gate. elegmph service, Incluamg equnditnre by other depart- "nu...- nu...” n. 423419355 1.305,“ 31750 £6,478.63 £8,367,311 £5,440,655 Bundled. of Amer-lu- Glrl- Ctr-“ling t.- Italy. From on interview with Mini Kellogg in the New York Herold.) “ I preeume you found Iteiy overrun with young American girls who ware provided with slender puree. and diephonous voices, but who expect to astoninh the world with their_oper_otio hriliienoy ? " A,_ ALhL I‘ I-.._J â€"V.. v vuâ€"wv â€"-.~____ “ Yes. I am sorry to say that I found hundreds and hundreds there, and among that number were many, very, many, in the direct distress. My attention was attracted to them by their piteous letters asking for assistance, pecuniary and influential, and I sought them out to see what could be done for them. The state of afiairs I discovered was somethin terrible. I cannot go into all the details. at I will tell you so much as I can of the true stateoi affairs in musi- cal circles in Itally into which American girls penetrate. I made it my business to talk with them, to investigate the truth of: what they said, and then made an investi- gation of the musical schools and theatrical agencies of Italy to enlighten myselffurther on certain points. The average American girl goes to Italy with a small sum of money, being under the impression that she can live on a mere ittanoe. that the best masters teach for ittle or nothing, and that she will breathe in a musical nius . and dramatic talent by merely thing! in the balmy air of Italy. She fin when she goes there that it costs much money and more time to get even a decent musical education than her purse will allow, but she studies and practices and battles and starves along, writing cheerful and encouraging letters 1 home for fear friends and family will recall her, and struggling for very life all the while in Milan or some other city. Injudi- cious friends have told her that she will be another Patti or Nilsson, and she hugs and cherishes this mistaken idea with a loud delusion and ambition at first, and with a dull dread of the reality and a tenacity of despairing purpose under pinching starva~ tion, as funds run low at the last, that is piteous to witness. Years have come and gone, and she has been the usual round of the masters. each of whom has taught her for a while, and _then _ kindly bade her to go home, that she will never do anything great! But Mary is under a fascinating delusion. and she seeks those who will buo up her hopes. She falls into the hands of ess scrupulous masters. So she goes on, from bad to worse. till she finds herself penniless in Milan. Now comes the worst phase of the whole affair; and, yhat} am about to say, I say as truth. after the most careful 1n- veetigation of facts. As a rule. the poor girl finds in the end thetehe has little hopes of obtaining pnblio snooess ; end I eayrt‘het Eié'iaWEVIEéE feet upoti' by a o'ertain unhempulous set of men infesting these cities who will do all in their power, ginger a promise of engagement-s, to lead her away where her associations willbe such that. she willbe morally destroyed. Even if she has a good, but not great voiee, she can probably gain no public ap- pearance, except. nnder two .oonditions _ h‘ -L- r"'-"-'-v I ~ ,, , â€"she must buy her way in or she must submit to the demands of those influ. ential friends of the management whose word is law at the theatres. This is plain geaking; but I tell you my investigations, _ e stories and tears of poor girlswhocame to me in Italy and told me their sad tales. made me vow that I would open my mouth and speak of this through the land when I came home. I would say to mothers whose ‘ oung daughters are leaving home with de- usive dreams of sunny days in Italy and an easy path in success: Keep your daughters at home unless you can give her protection in watchful friends and an independent income. I say to 011. mothers, that you are sendingyour dang ters into temptation that you do not appreciate. They will be tried and tempted as you cannot imagine. My investigations in Italy have led me to believe your daughters need not go abroad; that we have good masters here. I think it entirely unnecessary for their ordinary musical education. When that is finished then send them to Italy for a short period to receive the finishing touches and to learn certain role: and then to return. Before they go you will have discovered whether ‘ their voices will warrant that Italian trip. Generally you can see for yourself that it Is a useless undertaking. But do not think that average merit will open the stage doors of Its ian opera houses. It will not. And I say this to you on the word of ‘more than one, more than fifty, American girls whom I saw there. as many of whom as I could I sent to their homes in America." llow Queen Victoria Travelled to Ben- land. (London Tunes.) The Queen. wodmponied by the Princess Beatrice! gm! gtmndpd_ by Ifady. 899$}- sin ton. left Osborne last evening for Boot- lsn. The spam s1 train left Gosport st 7. 45. The utmoetgereoeutions were tsken for the safety of or M 'est durin the journey. gory detailed instructions in; m_2-I_ I-.. The saying is tbnt the golden call in not ‘worshi ped on German soil. while learning ’nnd fl oinl. military and professions] posi- tions have court paid to them. Small menus and a modest style of living are not loo ed upon as degradin . The man is eatootmd snide from any 0 his surround- ings. issued to the various rsilwsy oflioisls for the purpose. and it was distinctly stated that on the ooossion none of the public were to be admitted under any circum- sttnces to the ststions between Ben- bury and Edinburgh ; that the company's servants were to perform the neoesssry work on the pletforms with- out noise; sud thst no cheering or other demonstration were to be permitted. the object being thst the neon might be undisturbed during the nig t journey. The royal trsin wss provided with e comple- ment of fltters,_lsmpme_n and growers and 'â€"- -__ ,,,,,,,,,, was preceded by 3 pilot an no; it wee furnished with continuous relies and electric communicators. A " lookout men " was placed on the tender of the engine with instructions to kee his face turned to the rear of the tre. n for the purpose of observing signals, and similar orders were given to the guard in the front van. it is stated that Turnenoff. the great Russian novelist. hm tried his hand at writing some children‘s simian, which may be expected to appear by Christmas. CRAZY TO SING. Novel and lac-Ilia Nola. The German have invented morocco pupa. â€" wZinc.) will etend exposure to the weather better then unable. 1H: chimed the electric lights can be epplied in bleaching textiles. The belt black ink. mixed with the white of en egg, will give lediea’ fiuo shoes 0010: end shine withoue rubbing off. Common photo: 0! Paris figures may be mode to look like alabaster by simply dipping them into I. strong aolutiou of alum wow. In Vienna meat is reputed on the Inge scale for the Paris an London markets by exposure to cold and treatment with pow. dared born. Sir Bails From lately atated that in 3 sin lo you more than £3,500,000 817,600 . 000% worth of diamonds have pass throng the Ospo Town Poet-office. . ' The Bodie (051.) Free Press claims that u. resident of $110.15 place named Cameron is the strongest man in the State, and asserts thet_eingle-hended he plunged 55 700-pound casting (in a wagon the' other day. The kauri trees of New Zealand, known as producing the valuable gum kauri, will be exterminated in about fifty years unless special measures are taken for their protec- tion and propagation. News from the Willem Barents shows that the past winter has been very severe in Northern latitudes. The vessel could not reach Spitsbergen. and the commander, although he will make another attempt, believes that Novaya Zemlia is entirely enclosed in ice. Alittle girl in Brown’s Valley, Yuba County. California. lately found ablue jey'e nest with four young ones in it. Three of the young ones were in orthodox blue feathere‘ but the fourth was pure white in plumage. She carried the wonder home and brought it up by hand. It in new full grown and is still as white as snow. Engineering says that the Cunard steam. ship Servie isbeing fitted with ninety-eight electric lamps. The contract is being exe- cuted by Swan’s Electric Light Company. The ninety-eight incandescent lamps are to be disposed in the following manner: Engineqoom, 20; propeller-shaft tunnels, 10; grand saloon, 50; music-room, 8; ladies' boudoir, 6; smoking-room, 4. The requisite current will be obtained from a No. 7 Brush dynamo-electric machine. The experiment of using an electric lamp in place of the head-light of a loco- motive has been made on a. railway in Australia, and the results are said to have been satisfactory. The difficulty encoun- tered in previous experiments was that, on account of the sensitive nature of the lamp. it could not stand the constant jarring of the locomotive. The lamp successfully employed was devised specially for the purpose and gave a steady light. illuminat- ing the track for a distance of five hundred vards, and bringing out the color of signals? with great clearnees. The greatest discovery in surgery. thus far in the year 1881, is that of Dr. Willism MaoEwen. He has successfully trans- planted boneâ€" fragments of wedges of bone taken from patients for curved tibia) -â€"into the arm of a child whose limb was useless by reason of extensive necrosis; twothirds of the humerus had been den. troyed and no repair of bone had taken place. A good newhumerus was the result, ess than an inch shorter than its fellow. A most important discovery is reported to have been made in Spain. While engaged in working the lead mines in the ‘Province of Segoyia._ seventy miles north west of Muirid, the miners found on entrance into an immense cavern.in which they found upon an ergillaceoua deposit and in the midst of etelagmitee five hun- dred skeleton: of men and women. Ten wellahaped and perfect skulls of a. pre- historic type have been obtained. besides chipped etone and quartz implements end fragments of rude pottery. McKee Rankin has returned from his stock farm on the Detroit River. looking as brown as a berry, and with all the appear- ance of a prosperous farmer rather than an actor. He will have two new plays during the coming season, one by Joaquin Miller. entitled the "49ers," and a new dramatic version of “Black-Eyed Susan," slumhased by him from Wills. the English amatist, and entitled “Susan and William." “ The Danites" will not. how- ever. disappear entirely from the Bankins' repertoire. It has strong drawing powers yet. and the talented couple do not like to part with it. Mr. Rankin speaks in the most enthusiastic terms of his reception in England. and of the cordial appreciation of l the English people. Our Ottawa correspondent telegraphs: The followin new poat-oflioea were 0 nod on the lat of epbombor : Brandon, orth- weat Temtory; Dunboyne. El in, 0:18.; Glandano. Victoria. Ont; urtamere, Hutin ,Ont.; Hull‘s Stream. Compton, Que. ; noel] Ottawa, Que. ; Lily 051:, Grey. Ont. ; or Washnbuok. Victoria. N. 8.; Overbon, Yarmouth. N. 8.; Pictou Islund,Pictou. N. 8.; Biverview. Grey. 011%.; St. Damien do Buckland. Belle- ohasso. Que. : Thwaite, Hastings. Ont. The Chinese Government. for some reason not stated, recently issued a decree commanding its subjects to abstain from shaving the head for a period of 100 da Detected in the act of disobey‘ 3 t is arbitraryr lation.betweenfiity an sixty none in eoity cf Fooohow alone were on the 11th of Jae sentenced to receive castigation with mboo rods and to pa each a fine of 3,000 oaeh (about 86). It stated by the local journals that before liberation the heads of the offenders were. an a wholesome warning toothers,carefully painted and varnished. ' rrn_$ It is stated that the late lamented Spotted Tail was mixed ufiin one hundred and fifty love affairs wit other Indiens’ wives. Spotted Teil's tribe, at some time or another. must have been visited by Brooklyn missionaries. . .. ,..,_._ a-.. u-vvu. l- 7â€", , A London tsilor udvermed the other do, that, “ Having witnessed the a o in which Mr. Brndlanglen‘n cost was un om- nately tom. I will glad to ropl we the some. if the gentleman will honor me with a call. " llcliee Bankln’l New Plays. New Poul-one“.