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BEST STYLE OF THE ART 0ST APPROVED KINDS Job Department. NEW PRESSES Typg T HE Large Circulation "DUNDALK GUIDE," DD}undalk Guide Possesses Great Facilities The STATION, Medium for Advertisers. 28 COLUMN PAPER JOB WORK Promptitude The =â€"DDundalk CGGuide » READING MATTER, AMILY NEWSPAPER ="POSTAGE FREE LOCAL XEWS i should OF THE Latest Price $1.00 rer Asyox SV OTE I¢ CO)pposite All who waut a go makes it an excellent N AND TOWNXSEXD & CO. MARKET REPORTS, IN ADVANXCE. being satiafied 1 meir orders. is GREATEST 1 the very turnished AND vast amount NDA LK T HE OF THE INTING OFFICE, NEARLY cribe" for the THE EDITORIARBSY. ng with best style, and ‘y leaving At the Office, Froton Street, nearly opâ€" posite the Railway Passenger Station, Dundalk, â€" â€".Ont TERMS:â€"$1 per year in Advance, 2. $1.50 if not paid within two months. "@a RATES OF ADVERTISING. Protessional and business cards, per year, $ 4 Quarter column, per year.............. 15 Half column, Et Ex s nte n en ie 9 M One column, _ o es sR Lh 20A Do. three months.............. 15 Casual advertisements charged 8 cts. per Yine for the first insertion, and 2 cts. per lg::a for each snbsequent insertionâ€"brevier measâ€" Every 'J.‘hursdny, free of charge. STRAY ANIMALS, 4e., advertised three weeks for $1, the advertisement not to exâ€" ceed 8 lines. Advertisements, except when accompanied by written instructions to the contrary, are inserted until forbidden, and charged at regâ€" ular rates, Attorne;-fl-hw, Solicitor in _ Chancery, Notary Public, Conveyancer, &c. Office and residenceâ€"Dundalk Carpenter and Framer. Repairing done at his shop, Sash aud panel doors made to orâ€" der. #a. Remember the standâ€"two doors below the Post Office, Builder‘s and Contractor‘s NOTICEHS. All kinds, of timber for building purposes constantly on hand at the lowest prices. T. B. GRADY, D. C. w. Dundalk, March, 15th 1877. yâ€"7 ROBERT K. MARSHALL, Owex Soux» Streer, Builder, Contractor, «c., &c. Contracts taken for carpentering and buildâ€" ing of all kinds. My facilities for building enable me t> do work promptly and in a satisâ€" factory manner. Orders from a distance prowmptly attended to. Sashes and doors made to order. University Silver Medalist, Trinity College, Toronto, and _ Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons cf Ontario. Office â€" [”umlsll, Ont. Firstâ€"class accommodation for the public. The best viands on hand. Has much pleasure in informing his friends aud the public generally, that he is prepared to do all kinds of General Blncksmi'.fiing. at the above works at his usual low rates. Horseshoeing a speciality. Provincial Land Surveyor, Civil Engineer, Draughtsman, Land Agent, Conveyancer, Late of Guelph, MILLINER AND DRESSMAKER Opposite the Post Offiice, Mars Street, â€" â€" DUNDALK. February 8, 1877. The undersigned, while thanking his numerous eastomers and the public generâ€" ally for the very liberal patronage bestowed upon him since commencing bl}uiness in Correct Time! l)rund;fk: wishes to intimate to the inhabiâ€" tants of Dundalk and surrounding country that he has removed from his old stand to YIOLINS, his new building on Main Street, where he has a carefully selected stock of Watches, Clocks, BUSINESS DIRECTORY. OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE, RENMNEMBER THE STAND: OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE, and call and secure good reliable time MUSICAL All work warranted, and satisfaction guarâ€" THE VULCAN WORKS, February 1, 1877. Marx Dundalk ,Februay 8, 1877 OwWEN soUND Sr., DUNDALK. Miss Gokey, AND JEWELRY, all of which will be sold cheap for cash. Also, dealer in Srectar Atrextion Parp to Reprateixc. JOHN NICKLE. Dundalk, Jan. 29, 1877. ANGLO AMERICAN DUXDALK. which will be got when ordered. ;fl«l all kinds of Jocal l'lew-, inse CONCERTINAS, RICHARD CLARE, JAMES HANNA ISAAC TRAYNOR, DR. MeWILLIAM, JAMES LA MON, NORTH SIDE OF INSTRUMENTS, J. TOWNSEND & CO Samuze McCurroc#, Prop "GUIDE " ante ed. ACCORDEONS, DUspaLK TAILORING. Wnm. Chittick, Prepared to Receive Orders DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS & SHOES, CROCKERY, Eitc. D U N D A L K. Most Fashionable STYLES. Cash Store! All those indebted, either by Note or Book Account, are requested to settle up immediately. Goods for Cash as Cheap as can be had West of Orangeville. The undersigned, in returning thanks to the imhabitants of Dunda‘k and surrounding country for the very liberal patronage given in the past, would also call their attention to the face that he is determine to sell at greatly reduced prices to suit the times, and as none but firstâ€"class workmen are em:â€" ployed, and with his own ex‘)‘eneuce in the busicess for the past 15 years, he feels confidâ€" ent in saying that entire satisfaction will be given. Save Your Health Special attention given to making ladies and gents sewed boots. Terms strictly cash or good mercantile produce taken in exchange for boots and shoes. Reparrine ProwptLy Arrexoe» To. N. B. All accounts unpaid by the 15th of March will be placed in Uourt for collection without reserve. A. G. HUNTER, Commissioner Queen‘s Bench, BBoots and Shoes after you "pay up, pay up!" â€"~I am a citizen of Dundalk :mr:mdenmn and have no trouble with my customers. ~It so hapâ€" nens that when they become ¢ustomers â€"of Pay up is a nostrum got delude their ereditors and to Cure for ‘Pay Up.‘ from home and the poogz know ~you â€" are from Dundalk, the children will be crying no trouble with my customers. ~It so hapâ€" pens that when they become customers of mine they soon get wellâ€"toâ€"do. â€" The exâ€" periment is worth trying. CLOTHING, Family Flour Wishes to inform all those who require his services, that he is Make up the same on short notice. January, 29, 1877. . IHHlaney. Dundalk, Jan. 29, 1877. Dundalk. March 2nd. Remember the stand, Main Street, JOHN NXORVAL. Dundalk, March, 9th, 1877. a~6. Vol. I. No. 13. KEEPING YOUR FEET DRY! ESTABLISHMENT. J. W, MORROW, Corner of Main & Queen St. up is a nostrum got up by ACALL SOLIICITED ! A SUPPLY OZ GOOD MAIN STREET, ALWAYS ON HAND. DUNDALK. DUNDALK. AND IN THE AND TO FOR . If a distance THE FIELDS BEDECKED WITH FLOWERS. The fields bedecked with flowers, The stars that gem the night, The sunbeams and the showers, God made them in His might. The Mysteries of Crime ; onR Expsriences of an Edinburgh Deâ€" toctive. SELLING A LIFE.â€"CONCLUDED. * As a matter of opinion, now, who would you think was about the flyest and sharpâ€" est man among you p‘leecemen? he cautiousily enquired, after feeling his counâ€" sel with a lump of sailor‘s plug. ‘Do you mean among the police or the detectives ?" asked the man. ‘Detectives?â€"detectives? That‘s them chaps that detect villins, isn‘t it? reflecâ€" tively put in Tom Flint. Yes.‘ ‘Ayâ€"its them I mean. ‘Which is the flyest among ‘em ?" ‘Write away then; ‘cos I may need him toâ€"morrer. T‘ll give the villin another chance yet, thoughâ€"that‘s fair. â€" Thank ye â€"I‘m much obliged to ye,‘ and carefully pocketing the seribbled address, he now made for the home of Mrs. Lochrie in the Kirkgate. On his way thither and while passing along a wide street near the docks he came full upon Mr. Ferguson‘s place of business, and thinking it too good a chance to throw away, he first peered in â€"through the gause blinded windows at the busy clerks and then walked straight in. *Master in ? *No.‘ ‘When will he be in ? ‘Was it any thing particular ? © *Yes, very partic‘lar.‘ ‘Then he‘ll be in in half an hourâ€"it‘s always about six when he comes back from dinner.‘ ‘His addressâ€"oh, I can write it out for you ; but you could see him just as well at the head office.‘ â€"*Vell there‘s one M‘Govan, up in Edinâ€" burgh, gets a great name.‘ ‘Thank yeâ€"I‘m much obliged to ye,‘ juyfully answered Ton®# Flint, fumbling in his pocket fora lump of ‘sailor‘s plug,‘ which he held out to the scented dandy at the desk. â€" ‘There, mister, have a bit? ‘That‘s the man for meâ€"where does he anchor 2 f The clerk stared and shuddered and looked so like he was becoming sick or going to frint that Tom had to take back the proffered gift rather hurriedly. *Well, you‘ll shake hands wi‘ me? I must shake hands wi‘ somebody,‘ continuâ€" ed Tom, offering his brown and horny paw. ‘Dear ms, what a peculiar man,‘ said the clerk, with some impatience. ‘Well, there,‘ and he put forth his lily white hand, anxiâ€" ous to get rid of the troublesome stranger. Tom Flint‘s fingers closed on the soft hand like a vice, and in an instant the clerk was squirming about, yelling himself{ hoarse with the agony of the pressure, and then while ho was feeling the bruised joints and gingerly pulling them to restore the cireuâ€" lation the sailorlaughingly made his escape. He found Mrs. Lochrie still bowed with grief, but able to listen more calmly to his relation of the peculiar incidents, and when he had finished he had little diffiâ€" culty in persuading her to put on her bonâ€" net and shawl and walk with him as far as the premises of the commission agent. The same dandy clerk received them. ‘Master in now ?" said Tom. Yes. â€" Who shall I say ? 3 ‘Oh, never .nind any nameâ€"just say it‘s a gentleman called about a very valy‘ble commission. The clerk disappeared into a back room â€"there was a dead silence for some minâ€" utesâ€"and then he reappeared looking very grave indeed. ‘I am sorry to sayâ€"ahemâ€"that I wasâ€" that isâ€"mistaken. Mr. Fergusoa is not in his room.‘ ‘What! are you as good a liar as the gal at the house? blurted out Tom Flint, ‘Look,here, I‘m goin‘ in there Phe slowly added, pointing in towards the private room with his brown finger, and if any one wants to be knocked down they‘d better try to stop me !‘ He walked straight in as ho spoke, with Mrs. Lochrie following close at his heels, and the terrified clerk gaping at him with stupified amazement. With a thundering knock at the door of the room, the sailor turned the handle and walked in. A gontleman sonted at a table desk covered with books and papers, started up angrily as they entered, and he recognised at n glance the manâ€"who had .bought the place in the boat. Mr. Ferguson turned white, as much with anger as fear and chagrin, and boldly snapped outâ€"‘Well, whatis the meaning of this intrusion! What do you want? ‘Oh, me? I don‘t want nothing,‘ coolly | _ We left the office, and were slowly makâ€" answered Tom Flint, as innocent of gramâ€" | ing our way past the docks, when a sudden mar as of guile, respectfully placing & | exclamation from my compsnion attracted chair for Mrs. Lochrie. my attention; and, turning in surprise, I ‘Then get out again as fast as you lika:wujugtin time to see him flop down on Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, He made their glowing colors, He made their tiny wings. The purpleâ€"headed mountain, The river running by, The sunset, and the morning That brightens up the sky. The cold wind in the winter, The pleasant summer sun, The rich fruits in the garden, He made them every one. POETRY. DUNDALK, APRIL 26, 1877. The merchant bit his lip and sullenly resumed his seat. ‘This is Mrs. Lochrie, the poor mother of the young chap that gave up his place in the boat for a consideration to you, You‘ll maybe remember on it? Twelve hundred pounds it was to be, and Tom calmly seated himself on another of the before I call for the police, cried the merchant, with a thundering blow at the table. Oh no; you won‘t. I don‘t think you‘ll call for them,© seein‘ that I‘m â€"goin‘ to emâ€" ploy on my own hook the very cloverest and flyest of detective nmenâ€"M‘Govanâ€" if you don‘t fork out.‘ office chairs and helped himself to a good cut of the sailor‘s plug. ‘I don‘t understand : what you‘re raving about,‘ cried the guilty merchant, blushâ€" ing painfully. ‘; got the place in the boat because I had the best right to it having paid my passage, while the man you speak of was only working his.‘ ‘But ye was to give his mother twelve hundred pounds,‘ persisted Tom Flint, stopping his hard chewing in amazement. ‘Fair sailing nowâ€"ye remember that.‘ ‘I remember nothing of the kindâ€"when did you hear me say it ?" sharply returned the merchant, begining to get more courâ€" ageous. ‘Wellâ€"well‘â€"and Tom took off his hat to scratch his head in a puzzled way. ‘I didn‘t exactly hear :ye say it; but he said â€"he cried it over the sideâ€"the poor young chap didâ€"and we all heard himâ€"he said it was all for his mother.‘ ‘I‘ve nothing to do with what he said/ rejoined the man of business. ‘There must always be two at a bargain, you know.‘ Tom looked at him for a full minute without answering, and then his words burst outâ€" ‘Well, if this don‘t beat the lawyers! You‘d almost make â€"me beliove I‘m standâ€" in‘ on my head and chewin‘ a bit of oakum instead o‘ the best sailor‘s plug. Well, ain‘t you an unprincipled old pirate arter all? I‘ll need to get the flyest of pegs to you, that‘s straight.‘ ‘It is nothing to me what you do,‘ haughtily returned the merchant. ‘Being safe, I am perfectly indifferent.‘ ‘But my laddie, whose life ye stale by a trick, dae ye think that was nacthing to me ?" cried the bereaved mother, starting to her feet with the tears in her eyes. Ye‘ve robbit a widow, an‘ ye‘ll never prosper in this warld. My bitterest" curse decend on yer headâ€"I pray that ye may die in yer bed before three days are come and gone! She tottered from the room as she ‘ spoke, and the sailor slowly followed, though not before he had time to note on the pallid face of the merchant how deepâ€" ly the words had sunk into his craven soul. The sweat had started from his browâ€"his eyes appeared to be protruding from their sockets, and a letter he had been writing was clutched convulsively into a erampled mass in his hand. He even appeared haif inclined to call them back; but the sailor only nodded his head significantly, and left him to his thoughts. Next day I was rather surprised by a visit, at my own house, from ‘Tom Flint whom I, of course, had never seen nor heard of before. After giving his name, he pulled out a canvas bag, from which he took four shillings, a sixpence, and sixâ€" pence in coppers, all of which he carefully ranged on the table before mo, ‘There,‘ he said, ‘I‘ll staad you that out of my own pocket for pulling up a villin, and making him fork out,‘ and then he in his own way‘ related to me everything I have put down. When he had finished, I first made him put back the five shillings in his canvas bag, and then explained that though I was willing to help him in any way in my power the case was scarcely one for the police. ‘You will have to sue the man in the Court of Sessionâ€"an expensive job at all timesâ€"and even then I searcely think you will make any thing of it. You can put him on his oath, to be sure ; but the man who could deny such a solemn obligation would seruple little at a false oath. But I‘ll tell you what I‘ll do for you. Give me the names and addresses of all the crew who heard the compact, and, with their evidence to back me, I have no objection to go down to this man and reason with himâ€"say the day after toâ€"morow.‘ Tom Flint was in ccstasies at the last mentioned plan, and immediately pressed on me about half a pound ofsailor‘s plug. Two days after, with about half a dozen letters in my pocket, most of them dated from Shields, and speaking most emphatâ€" ically as to the agreement, I met Tom Flint by appointment at the foot of Leith Walk, and went with him to the office of Mr. Ferguson. Iasked for the master of the establishment, but the clerk, with a hushed awe that I knew could not be similated, repliedâ€" ‘I am sorry to say that Mr. Ferguson is illâ€"very illâ€"indeed, we have just 50t word from the house that he is not expected to recover.‘ , ' ‘A kind of a fever, I believe, Indeced, he has never been well since this man came here a few daysago,‘ and the clerk indicatâ€" ed my companion, who nodded with some _ +Indeed ? I am sorry to hear it. What is the trouble, do you know ?" the pavement with his eyes wildly fixed on a young man, rather shabbily dressed, who was approaching from the opposite directâ€" ion, ‘It‘s his goast? he hoarsely muttered, ‘comed up from the bottom of the sea to haunt the cheatin‘ villin on his deathâ€"bed. But he might ha‘ gone round some other road, so as not to meet me. He has no ‘casion to. haunt me, arter me stickin‘ up for his old motherâ€"ah !‘ The young man had come closer, and with a ery of joy had bounded forward and seized his hand. ‘What! it‘s the mateâ€"it‘s Mr. Flint after all !‘ he cried, saking the limp handui{i he would never tire. ‘I am glad to see} you! You see, I didn‘t go down after slli A French sloop hailed me just as I had given up ali hope, and I was carried off to Boulogne, where I had some difficulty in getting a passage home. But I‘ve manâ€"| aged it at last, and now I‘m going straight ! to my old mother‘s; she‘ll be glad to see | me, though, as usual, I‘ve come back withâ€" out a penny in my pocket.‘ ‘ At the touch of the warm hand, Tom: Flint had seized it and shaken it with a force that almost made Lochrie dance with agony; and then, after about a hundred explanations, wo took our way in a body to the home in the Kirkgate. The door, however, was closed and locked; but a neighbor running out at the sound exâ€" } plained that ‘Mrs. Lochrie had been called oot unexpectedly by the man that had cheated her, who was deein,‘ and was wantin‘ to gie her the money to ease his mind.‘ We left very: quickly, and, guided by } Tom Flint, took our way to the outskirts: of the town to Mr. Ferguson‘s villa. â€" It was with great difficulty we got permission to: see the sick man, but we managed it at last ; and then occurred a scene which it is useless for me even to attempt to describe. He was propped up in bed, supported on either side, signing a paper, which with some difficu‘ty he handed to Mrs. Lochrie, who was now in tears, and thoroughly sorry for having uttered the hasty words at the office, which in her simplicityshe blamed as the sole cause of the merchant‘s illness. But the moment the paper which made over to the old woman the twelve hundred pounds had changed hands, the eves of the sick man fell on our strange figures and beos@e ehained in horror to the face | of Lochrie. t "There! Thore! see it ! ho has come!‘ he gasped out, and then he dropped away in a swoon, while the poor mother, turning with a start, gavea sharp scream of joy, and â€"flew at her son with a wild swoop ; which only a mother can make, and claspâ€" ed him tight in her arms, while she kissed him as if she would never be satiated. Some commotion ensued, for Mr. Fesguâ€" son was in such a weak and precarious condition that at first it was feared that he would never recover consciousness, but when he at last opened his eyos, and found Lochrie,a living, breathing man, supporting him, and heard the poor mother, saying tearfully, ‘Weel, I‘ll never again wish evil to befall a fellow creature, for it wad be sure to come true,‘ he smiled faintly and saidâ€" ‘I feel much better now. Give him the paperâ€"it‘s his by rights. Perhaps I‘ll not die after all.‘ The cheque was placed in Lochrie‘s hands, but he only tore it into shreds ; and thus I had to leave them. But they settled it in their own way after. Mr. Ferguson recovered eventually ; and his first order was that Lochrie should be taken into his office at a liberal salary. The ‘nc‘erâ€"daeâ€" weel‘ prospered in his new post ; and showâ€" ed surprising quickness and energy Ultiâ€" mately, I believe, David Lochrie was awarded a share in the business ; and thus it was that the man who had failed at everything, in the end made a position by selling his life. Burcrary.â€"On Thursday â€" night last Mackie & Watt‘ store, Woodbridge, was entered by burglars and about $100 worth of clothing was stolen. The theives gained an entrance by breaking in a window at the rear of the store. No clue has been discovered as to their whereabouts. Fims at St. Gzorox.â€"A fire occurred at St. George on Friday morning about four ‘ o‘clock, completly destroying the foundry, machine shop, office and storerooms of Messrs. Bell & Son. â€" Loss between $830,000 and $35,000. Insured in the Manufacturâ€" A Happy Prace.â€"Acton has five lodges of secrct societies, and it is difficult to find an ableâ€"bodiecd man in town who is not a member of one or more of then.. What a place for married men; that can be out five nights in the week, and always have the ready and truthful excuse for their wives, that "it was lodge night." Sap OccurRExcE.â€"On Saturday mornâ€" ers. Nobody was near him at the time, but it is surmised that he had just finished loading the gun, and was standing with his hand over the muzzle, when it went off. ~Medical aid was procured and the wound dressed. The man has been unable up to the present to give any account of the accident, and, though he is living, faint hopes are held out of his recovery.â€" Beavorton Bee.. The population of Maine has decsrease d 16,000 since the cénsus of 1870. ing last, a farmer named Bloomfield, living near Gamebridge, accidentally shot himself, the ball going through the fleshy part of his hand, entering his breast just above the heart and coming out between his shouldâ€" ers‘ and Merchants‘ Mutual of Canada for $2,000. Cause of fire unknown. TORONTO $1 per year in Advance THEEE OF JUNG BAHADOOR‘S WIVES IMMOLATE THEMSELVES. The news of the suttee performed by three Ranees, wives of the late Sir Jung Babadoor, comes with something of a shock to people who thought that suttee was extinct. A native paper gives the following account of the ceremony:â€"The 25th of February being Holee day he went to bathe at Bagonuttee ; he entered the river before sunrise for that purpose in the highest spirits, and after performing his ablutions he sat on the bank to perform poojah. Soon after he was noticed to be motionless. On his followers approaching him they found that life was extinet. An express was sent to the capital, and orders arrived to postpone the funeral rites to March 1. The three principal Rances, his brother, and son, arrived, and the Rances expressed their desire to sacrifice themâ€" selves, The brother tried to dissuade them, but he failed, and the funeral pyre was prepared with sandalâ€"wood, resin, and a large quantity of ghee. When the arrangeâ€" ments had been made the ladies bathed, peformed poojah, and made presents to the: Brahmins. The next step was thoy took measures for the Government of the lconnt,ry and to maintain peace; then ‘ general directions were given to the brotherâ€" inâ€"law. Their last act was to relieve some prisoners. They then entered the funeral l pyre quite unconcernedly, muttering lpmyera. The corpse was then laid on its |bn.ck. and the eldest Ranee took its head | in her lap, and the two others took the feet. They were then surrounded by odorous combustibles, and the Ranees gazed upon ‘ the features of their husband, as ifforgetful of every other consideration. The fire was then applied by his son, and all was over | in a few minutes. & The Daily Telegraph says:â€"The death of Sir Jung Bahadoor, it has been said, will lead to & crisis in Nepaul. Any "crisis" in an independent State on the frontier of British possessions offers an opportunity of approaching the subject of suttee. This story of the sacrifice of the widows of Sir Jung Bahadoor has the air of a revival of a practice which was falling into disuse. English influence in Nepaul is surely strong enough to destroy all lingering attachment to one of the most wicked rites that human fanaticism has ever devised. It may be hoped that this striking instance will prove the last, or nearly the last, in Nepaul. From an essay furnished to the Cobden Club of England, by David A. Wells, we find that the whole cost of the war of the American Rebellion, north and South, was $8,195,237,000. The annual cost of intoxiâ€" cating drinks in the United States, aecording to Dr. Young‘s estimate, is $600,000,000. In ten years this would equal the total war expenses to the loyal states and the Naâ€" tional Government. And in thirteen and a half years would amount to more than the aggregate war expense of both the ‘ North and the South. â€" The loss of property by destruction, waste, &c., during the war, was more than equal to themoney expense â€"$9,000,000,000â€"and in fifteen years the American people expend that amount for strong drink, an1 the amount grows larger year by year. When the North was spendâ€" ing $60,000,000 a month to suppress the rebellion, and the nation was next thing to bankrupt, the people were spending an equal amount for whiskey without a word of murmur. _ And if the money now wasted this way was to be applied to the liquidation of the national debt, the whole of it would be paid off in a few years. Thus, they are paying about 700,000,0000 annually to produce poverty, crime, degradation demorâ€" alization. financial depression and ruin. The tomperance revival is making remarkable progress in Central md{ Southern Ohio. Leaders in the movement are generally followers of Mr. Murphy, the ‘ cold water apostle of Pittsburg. They go from one town to another, originating public meetings, and organizing those interested into bands of active workers. By this means an intense interest has been created in a large number of cities and towns. The feeling at some points is as stromg as it was in the memorable woman‘s crusade of three years ago. Signers of the pledge wear a blue ribbon, and compose a sort of brotherhood numbering already many thousands. Numerous cases are reported of saloon keepers quitting business in consequence of loss of custom through this movement. In Mansfield, Urbana. Troy, and other cities of thatâ€"class meetings are held daily, and the proceedings are mazked with great enthusiasm. FirE.â€"An old frame barn, owned by Mr. Geo. A. Drew, and situated near the line of the T. G. & B. Railway, in the neighborhood of Martin‘s Mills, Mount Forest, was destroyed by fire onâ€" Monday: aftermoon, last week. It is supposed that the fire originated from a passing locomoâ€" tive. The building was one of the old landâ€". marks of the locality. No insurance. On Wednesday morning about two o‘clock the blacksmith shop on Main street, north, just outside of the corporation, was discovered to bo on fire, but the flames had made such progress that nothing could be saved, and the building and its contents were totally consumed. ‘The building was owned by Mr. Richard Doyle, who had an insurance of $800 on it, and. was occupied by Mr. J. Torongo, whose stock was notinsured. The origin of . the fir Forest Examincr: Cost of War and Drinks. Suttee in India. .â€"Mount Two inches of snow fell mt Quebsc on Friday night. â€" Snow also fell at Montreal Three thousand Chinese troops have risen in rebellion, owing to deprivation of their pay and rations. A revolt has broken out in Paraguay, followed by the assassination of the Presiâ€" dent and his brother. Eighty lodges of Cheyennes numbering over five hundred souls, surrendered to Gen. Crook on Saturday. A G. W. R. train was fired into at Woodâ€" had a very narrow escape. The Ocean Gem, loaded with Canadian goodlbr&oAmdhnEdfl:ifion.m at Melbourne on March 6th. A disastrous famine is reported in the Chinese Provinces of Chilhli and Shâ€"antune. Thousands are dying daily of starvation. Four empty Grand Trunk freight cars, waiting for repairs near Scarboro gravel pits, were totally destroyed by fire on The people of the Black Hills are about to memorialize Congress to form a new Territory of that district to be known as Lincoln Territory. Lord Belper, was killed on the 6th inst. in a cotton mill at Millford, Derbyshire, by getting entangled among the machinery. Out of 88 applications for tavern and shop licenses sent in to the Board of South Simcoe Comuissioners, at Bradford ten Simeoe Comunissioners, at Bradford ten tavern and two shop licenses were refused. The difficulty between Great Britain and Dahomey has been settled, the former reâ€" mitting a large portion of the fme of five hundred puncheons of palm oil imposed on the latter. News has been received of the massacre at Lance Settlement, Labrador, of a Moraâ€" vian missionary and his family, by Eequiâ€" maux who had asked and been refused liâ€" quor at the mission. The Italian Minister of Marine purposes that Italy shall have by 1887 sixteen ironâ€" clads of the firstâ€"class, of the dimension of the Duilio, each carrying, like that vessel, a 200â€"ton cannon. Tweed‘s release is assured and is rnmorâ€" ed that he has made a suplementary stateâ€" ment explaining the details of some of the frauds. Denials still continue to come in from parties implicated. The treasurer of Fenelon was robbed of nearly a thousand dollars carly last week. A reward of $400 has been offered for the discovery of the robberâ€"half by the Council of Fenclon and half by Mr. Moflatt. At the Sandwich Assizes on Friday Austin Humphrey, tried for the murder of Frederick Appel. was sentenced to be hanged on the 22nd of May next. James Bethune, Q. C., for the defence, strongly urged the plea of insanity. There has been another robbery perpeâ€" trated on the Lefroy Grangers. 1t is just n year ago that their Hall at Lefroy was broken into and a quantity of goods abâ€" stracted, and now a second attempt was made the other night, and a quantity of tea, tobacco, soap, &e., carried off by the thieves. A discovery of gold in nuggets was made at Gravenburst on Friday by some men who were digging a well. The proprietors of the well are about to prosecute the searchr for the precious metal, and a general gold fever has sprung up in the village. Offérs of $2,000 have been made for lots in the vicinity of the well. The ficreest snowâ€"storm that Dakota Territory ever experienced ended April 5th. It began Saturday and never once ceased its fury during six days. ‘The thermomeâ€" ter fell to thirty degrees below zero, and remained there throughout the storm. The snow was about six feet on the level, Outs and ravines were filled by the driftâ€"snow. A terrible calamity befel a sugaring party near Sherbrooke, Que., a day or two agp. They were landing from a boat when a man, in getting out, pushed the boat off and one of the girls fell in the water. In trying to save hor the rest upset the boat, and the result was the loss of three livesâ€" two sisters named Farquhar and a young girl named McDonald. The Hon. Arthur Strutt, second son of A young man of the name of Michael Purcell, met with a frightful accident on Tuesday while bunting. In loading a doubleâ€"barrelled gun, he in mistake put both charges into one chamber, which consequently burst, mutilating hisleft hand in a horrible manner, The man was conveyed to Dr. Campbell‘s office, Seaforth, and had the hand dressed, but will be disâ€" able for the sumrzer. It seems that the Denlin Byâ€"law eannot come in force this year in the County. of York, although it was passed by a largo majprity. One of the seturning officers. has not sent in his returns, and keeps out of the way so that ho cannot be got at. He is connected with a brewery, and consequently opposed to the Dunkin Act, and by keeping bauck the returns till it is too late, the licenses must be issued for the present year. There resides in this town,says the Clinâ€" ton New Era,.a young girl who is afflicted in a peculiar and unusual manner, viz:â€" In not being able to see in the dusk of the evening. Her eyesight is apparently as good as any one‘s during the day, but when darkness sets in, the becomes stone blind, and requires to be led around the .unn‘n:.::hllyuind person,. She enjoys good and the cause of this singular phenomena is unknown. On the 6th instant the body of a man named R. McDonald, who had been missâ€" ing from Aurora since Decomber last was found in a field, only a short distance from been buried in the snow all winter. A bottle with sediments of poison in it was held an inquest, and a verdict was returnâ€" ed of "suicide while laboring under temâ€" porary insanity." When last seen by his fr.ends he appears to haze been puffering 1. . desvondancy.