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• S ,.*.-rft-^ ^ â- '*K^»T_.*Ki •Mn>jM4»^*. THE LONDON BTEIKE. The Oonferenoe Leaves Matters Mnoh as They Were. WflABrUia£&B AND DOOK GOMPANIES. A last Xbureday night's London cable â- â€¢ye : The London and India docks Joint fJommittee, after being in consultation the Kreater part ol the afternoon, declined to oonoedo the one remainiDg point at issue with regard to the strikers' pay, Cd. instead of 5d. per bonr, and issued the following manifesto, which was immediately posted up on each aide of the dock-boaee entrance and despatched to the strikers' heaciiiaar- ters, and also to the general managers of railroadK, shipping companies and others •peoially interested : " Ihe Joint Commit- tee have decided to adopt the following conditions for extra labor Ht the docks nnder their control, the 5d. rate per hour, with Cd. per hour OTertime. to apply to all labor not piecework, bat men taken on be- fore noon, if discharged by the Dock Gompauy, to receive not less than 28. The present contract work to be converted into Eeoework aa far and as soon as practioa- e, under which the men will be paid not leee than Od. per hour, with Hd. an hour overtime, and divide the surplus, if any, iMtween them all, the payments being made to the men under supervision of the dock cfiicials. The hours of overtime shall be kt the docks and uptown warehoascs from 8 p.m. to H a.m. The committee will use their best endeavors to obtain from the Government a prolongation of the Cuiitoms boors, which, if granted, will have the effect of extending the time during which pay- ment may be earned." The large crowd of strikers, shippers and others who were congregated in front of the dock-house made a grand rush to read this manifesto the instant the copiea were poatrd, and for a while griat confasioii occurred. It was evident that the general expectation was that the notice was an announcement that the directors had oapitulated, and great disappointment was expressed af< soon as it was discovered that â- acb was not the case. Une striker was so angry that he reached out and with an oath tore down the notice hi had just read. Hot words followed, and a free light seemed imminent. As the crowd learned the oontentu of the mauifosto, many expressions of dis- gust and indignation were uttered. One striker voiced the general sentiment when he said : " That is not as good as we had before. It means fourpcnce less per John Barns, bead of the strikers, said : " Those are not concessions. Tbey are nominal. It the men accepted they would find themselves in Ihe old liole." The dock companies and wharfingers do not pull together. The representatives of the wharfingen who attended the confer. once did not endorse the issuing of the manifesto. On the contrary, they opposed its terms. Mr. Lafore and unother wharf- inger withdrew from the conference be- cause of the action taken. The wharfingers, •I has been stated, have practically en- dorsed the strikers iu their demands, and to-day tbey brought pressure to bear on the dock directors to induce them to settle the strike as quickly as possible. Tbey represented that tliuir business and thut of the entile shipping interests of London were being paraly/ed and i>orinanently in- jured, and immense losses were being m&ered. They further made it known that anlesa the strike was ended at once they would attempt to operate their wharves inde|)endcntly of the dock com- panies, and, aa far as posHible. would handle ship cargoes from the river. The wharfing< rs, at a largely attended meeting, decided upon a compromise which was â- abmitted to the dock committee. It was rejected. The di0erencc between the dock companies and the wharfingers is as ful lows ; The latter load and unload vessels in mid-stream or at the wharves. The former unload ships at the docks and place return cargoes on the docks, but do not load. The ships' strikers have intimated their willingness to agree to the terms pro- poaed by the wharfingers, but are appar- ently determine'd not to knuckle under to the dock companies. A last night's London cable says : The dock strikers played what they consider their trump card today. They isuucd an >pp< al for a general strike in London on llonday, unless the dock directors end the â- trike at noon tomorrow by yielding all the demands of the strikers. The com. mittees of the strikers have placed copies of the appeal in pi^ssession of the employees of all large establishments. The dock directors have also bun furnished with a copy. Une of the duck directors, who. had read the copy, said there was nothing for the directors to do. They would not pay â- ixiivnoe an hour, and if a general strike were inaugurated that was the lookout of the strikers. Doth sides were surprised to-day by the action of Cardinal Manning, lie called npon the dock diroctore when they were in aossion. Ue said afterwardn he supposed the subject of conver- sation would be made public, but if the dock directors refused to state what was said ho could not dono. lie gave the impression that he was on the side of the strikers, and it seems reasonable that the dock directors would ijiiiokly make Snbliu his remarks if he were on their side, "here is also an impression that he may oauso an appeal tor peaceful methods to be made to the strikers from the Catholic pulpits en Kunday. A prominent shii>ownor said : " 1 nmler- atand that Cardinal Manning addressed the directorate at some length, representing how greatly the conimeroe of London was being interfered with, and how much the peace of the metropolis was being throat ened, and ended by urging them to submit to the strikers' demands, which he believed were not extravagant," Meanwhile the shipping interests are saf- fering greatly. The Uoaman's and Wharf Laborers' Union at Brisbane, Australia, sent a cable despatch here to-day, saying employment woold be furniuheu there to 2r>0 of the Striking London dookmen. HUNQKR AMD DI8KA8E In thu IllluoU Mlnlug UUlrict Amu>e the Strikem. A Chicago despatch saya : The Rev. Jofl. Huntington arrived here to-day en rente from the Illinois mining district to his home in New York, lie said : The situa- tion in the mining district is unspeakably distressing, liunger and disease areabroad, and death is desolating the homes of tlie hopeless victims of this unnatural Btruggle. it would be hard to exaggerate the horrors which I have witnessed daring my week's trip through the coal region. It is bad enough everywhere I went, but it is worse at BpriD(; Valley than elsewhere. But even there the poverty-stricken inhabitants are not like the poor I am used to seeing in New York. There is no whining. People show intelligence and pride. Even hunger has not debased their feelings as one might expect. I am used to scenes of want, but what I saw at Spring Valley was more piti- ful than anything I ever witnessed before. The cottages are nice and lire surrounded by pretty lawns and gardens, but the awful poverty within was shocking. Bickness is increasing and the doctor told me the people were so enfeebled by long privation and anxiety that an epidem- ic might break out at any moment. Busi- ness is utterlydead. Merchants are giving their goods away. The people go to the drug atorea for medicines and the clraggiets sup- ply them as far as may be, but take no account of the purcbasen on their books. Despair is written everywhere, but there is determination also in the faces of the hun- gry men and they will not yield. The award of the Arbitration Committee was a clean endorsement of the strikers' refusal to accept the terms of the operators. The outlook is black enough. The mine owners pro tit whether the mines are operated or not. When prodaotiou is lively and values rise, they tell lots at a handsome advance. The miners bnild bouses, and then hard times come, wages are cut, a strike or lock- out results, the operiitcrs reposstxa them- solvea of the miners' homes, and in due time another wave of prosperity rolls up, and again the operators reap a rich reward in advancing land values." A HUKBIULK DEATU. A Filmier Flr«-A HIa Hnrn and Ttien L«apii Into the Barnluff Mass. A New Vork despatch saya : The town of I'aradise, near the Blue Mountain, iu New Jersey, has been the scene of a dread- ful tragedy which has excited the horror of the oountry people for many miles around. The town is a remote one and the news travelled slowly. Philip Ueinickle, a well- to do Oerman farmer, has for some time past made threats that he would bura the town, but little heed was paid to him, as it was not believed he would carry out his threat. The other day he went to his large barn, in which waa stored all bis summer harvest, so that it was filled to bursting, and kindled a tire at the four corners. The barn was scon blazing and roaring, while Ihe (lames and smoke shot high in the air, showing for milsa arouud. Home of bis neighbors wanted to put out the tire, but with a gesture he refused their aid and tbey exiuld do nothing but stand idly ga/.ing at a distance, for the tlsmeswere so intense that a close view of the fire wau anoomfort- able. Suddenly they were horrified at nee ing Ueinickle deliberately throw himself into the llanies when they were at their height. Nothing could be done to prevent his terrible act as no one was near enough. When the Uames went down and the em- bers iiad cooled, so that a search among the rains wan possible, hiH charred and half consumed body waa found among the em here several honrH later. JIM McDMBMOTT. Ziie Irish luforHierSitid to Have Been In London. A London cable says : Jim McDermott, who made his home in Brooklyn for many years, who has been denounced as an in- former by Irishmen all over the world, whose death in various shapes has been announced nearly a dozen times, and for Ihe information of whose whereabouts Mr. Henry Labouohere offered £60 daring the sitting of the Farnell Commission, left London to-day on an early morning train, lie had been in London a week. lie took no pains to seclude himself, and last night informed your correspondent that he was afraid of no one, and that the heaviest weapon he carried was a latch key. This he carried in his trousers pocket attached to a silver chain, after the Engliali fashion. McDermott never looked more prosper- ous nor more contented than last night, while be sat at one of the small tables with which the smoking room of one of Lon- don's principal hotels is lavishly furnished. He was one of a party of six, live of whom were Americans. The sixth might have been a native of Scotland or the North of Ireland, but he had very little brogue. Excepting his npper hp, bis face waa smoothly shaven. lie wore a small sandy mustache. HIb hair, also eandy, waa cat reasonably close and was plentiful. His face was fresh- colored rather than florid. His attire smacked of the world of sport. It was of Scotch goods, a rather biggish check, and was fashionably made. In hia scarf he wore a large cameo pin ; on hia head a brown Derby. His age would be gaessed at from 40 to 4.0. Uia movements were ijuickand his air yoathful rather than middle-aged, though hia manner was per- fectly composed. Tbiu is Jim McDermott. lie was perfectly at home, though he had known only one of the party for more than thirty minates, and to only one was be known aa Jim McDermott ; for his single acquaintance, a New Yorker, had intro- duced him to the others of the party ander an assumed name. This, it should be said, was done without McDermott's connivance, and Red Jim informed me afterwards that it would not have bothered him at all had be been introduced as McDermott, as be thought many had forgotten him, while many more believed him dead. AKOTHKB BACK BIOT. Fifteen HIb- of Fersocia Five Hundred fihota Fired Iu utesâ€" A Larse Number 'Woauded, A New Orleans despatch says : Between 2 and 3 o'clock yesterday morning a train carrying a colored excursion arrived atthe Gouldsboro depot from Baton liouge. A large number of colored men and women were near the depot waiting for the train. Aa the train neared the depot one of the excarsionists atteimpted to get off and fell to the ground. Some tmknown person said " Look at the black ," when the negro drew a pistol and fired four or five shots in rapid succession, one of which struck a white man, William Mills, a brother of one of the Gretna police, in the nose and lodged in the back of the neck. Then the shooting became general, some foar or five hundred shots being fired in less than fifteen minates. The above ac- count of the troable is from the police of Gretna. A terrible panic occurred. Women and children ran in all directions, shouting and screaming, leaving dishes, baskets, hats, and shoes, etc. £d. Levy, a colorea man, living in Algiers, waa shot in the left arm and a colored woman named Fleming waa fatally shot in the back. John Rainy, the eaperintendent of the Algiers ^v Gretna Railroad , who was about two squares away with two cars waiting for the excur- sion, states the panic caused by the rapid discharge of firearms was dreadful. He did not know what caused the troable, but the cars on their way down to Algiers were fired into, and one of the ballets passed through a dashboard. Mr. Kainy stated that several times he and his drivers ^ere in imminent danger of losing their lives. Ben Watkins, colored, aged 70, residing in Goaldsboro, was shot while lying in his bed at his home this morning by some sn- known party, who fired through the win. dow. The ball strnck him on the right arm, hand and breast, and left hand, in- llicting severe wounds. Watkina says he knows nothing of the trouble. The Algiers fire department was called out at 4.30 a.m. by an alarm of fire. Tbey found a large number of men armed with muskets, etc., and a negro church on fire. There was no water at hand and the church was consumed. BALFOUB'S CODP. A BOMAMTIU MATCH. One of Ilarnum's Amba Kail* n Vlctliu tu Gharini »l the Niiitke Cliariiirr, An Ottawa daapatch of Thursday night says : Ali Bin Debe, the volatile Arab who twirls the riOe with such vim and dexterity in Barnam'sshow besides showing an apti. tnde for other entertaining feats of skill, has fallen a victim to the magnetism of Miss Nellie Hamilton, the snake charmer, in the same aggregation. Ali knows as much about Englipli as the I'resoott county school children 30| and Miss Uamiltoo's knowledge of Arabic is eijually slender, but love has an universal language, and the two try its agency to understand each other. The result was that Rev. :^Ir. Wing, field, of this city, had two singularly mated callers yesterday. The dress of one was ohiofiy noticeable for a showy turban and baggy trousers, while hia fair companion was attired in a sweet Broadway hat and tailor-made gown. The rev. gentleman knew no obstacle why the ceremony should not bo performed. Nobody forbade the banns, and the rite was accordingh pro- cocdcd with. An interpreter was present to explain to the love-stricken Moor the important parts of the ceremony. Ali pro tossed to be a (Christian. A UBIUKOKOOM AGED 83. Isaac Ainaden, of Cabu, Who Is a Oreat- arundfutlKT and wu* Beceutly HarrlMl ftir the Fourth Tliu<*. A Friendship, N. V., despatch says : Matrimony has apparently no terrors for Isaac Amsden, who lives near Cuba, Alle- gany county, this State. He is an octo- genarian bridegroom. He is nearly H3 years of age and has recently married for the fourth time. Mr. Amsden is a fine- looking, well-preserved old gentleman. His bride ia Miss Victoria Renwiok, who is barely half his age and becomes by mar- riage at one step a great-grandmother. Mr. Amsden was born at Corning, Mass., on September 20th, ISOi'i. lie was one of the pioneers of Allegany county, having settled near Cuba while yet a young man. Industry brought wealth, and his bride will rank among the rioheet women in the coantry. He is a Republican, and all bis sons and grandsons belong to the aaiue party. While yet a young man Mr, Amaden was married to Cynthia Webster, by whom be had four children. After her death he was married to Mary Ann Mcintosh, and two children were the fruit of their union. Ilia third wife was Louisa Bishop, by whom he had three children, making nine children in allâ€" five sons and four daagb- tern. He has thirteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. One of his daughterB was murdered some years ago and the family name became much more widely known in consequence. To each one of his sons Mr. Amsden gave $1,000 to start them in busineBs for themselves, and all are living and doing well. Miss lien wick, the bride, was born in Cuba, this State. She ia a fine-looking woman and baa many friends. to A BELIO OF UABK UAI8. Eiifurcliic the Lriillirr UutclKra un 8trili<'. A last AYedncHday night's North Adama, MaaH., despatch aaya : The cutters in tbe shoe shops of W. D. Cady .V Co., the Sampson Manufacturing Co., Whitman, Caiiody .V Co., and N. L. Millard are on strike, claiming the prices are not uniform. The strikers have oausod much trouble Iji the shops during the last six months. Aa all the other help are supplied with stock from the cutters' rooms the result of this strike will he disastrous unless soon set- tled. There are 1,500 hands employed in the shoe industry hero. â€" Lord Salisbury's growing oboaity ia bl- ooming very troublesome to himself and a â- oouroe of anxiety to his frlanda. II is nnderstood that he intends to conanlt Prince Bismarck's physician immediately after the rising of i>arlianient. R. A. (ii.NN, M.D., Dean, and I'rofessor of Surgery of the United States Medical College; IMitorot "Medical Tribune"; Author of " Gunn's New Improved Hand Book of Hygiene and Domeatio Modioine," in referring to the use of Warner'e Safe Cure in a case of Brighl's disease, said over hia own signature : " I was greatly eur prises to observe a decided improvemoni within a month. Within four months, no tube casta could bo found, and only a trace of albumen ; and, aa ho expressed it, he fell perfectly well. After this demon- stration of its power, I prescribod it in full doaea in both acute and ohronio Brlght'a diaeaao, with tbe most satisfactory resulta." â€" I'rincoBs \'iotoria ia Ihe most original and Ihoughtful of tho Trince of Wales' ilanghtera. I'rinoess Maude acts ns her mother's amanusnsia. Princess Louiao hti been her father's favorite. ao Old Stutntf Agalnat Jrwiah Kellelon. A Thursday's Montreal despatch says A rather ouriona point has arisen before the Montreal courts over the refusal of Jadgo I'agnuelo, a Superior Court judge, to grant a petition from Louis Aronsun, a JowiHh citi/.ec, for leave to establish a new Jewish ayoagogiie in this oily. It appears that under a statute of King George III., distinguishing between the Jews and Gentiles, which baa never been repealeil, Jews are required, in order to have a legally rocognize-d corporation, to secure authority from the courts on tho applica- tion of ten Jewish British aubjeots. 1 bore ia, however, another muduj optrandi, which is to obtain a special charter from tho Provincial Logialatnre. Uf the two waya the latter is the more expensive. The congregation which baa askeil for legal authority ia a branch of a Jewish order known as the " Sons of Benjamin," and has been in existence about four years. II numbers about 76 members. It has a burying lot for deceased members, and as rogistrution booka cannot be issued to them until it is a legally constituted cori>oration it labors nnder oertain disadvantages. There are three other Jewish congrega- tions iu the city recognized by law, tho I'ortnguoeo, the German, and " Temple Kmanuel." Tho first two are under tbe old British statute, tho last named under a Provincial charter. The VnlTvmlty Scheme Intended Weaken Furnell. A Dablin cable says: Inileii Ireland in a leading editorial informs the Radicals that the position of the Irish party regard- ing the project for the endowment of a Caibolic College ia the same aa when it squelched the scheme for an underhand treaty with Rome aoaght to be negotiated by Lord Saliabary and the Irish Cnion Bishops, who now stood ready to sell Ire- land to Balfour for a mesa of pottage if tbey only hail the country to sell. Tbe Nation, alists would welcome any genuine effort to settle the Irish (juestion made by I'arlia- mont above board, and would try to make it geutune. There their position enda. They do not ask, nor do they expect, assist, ance from the Radicals. Tbey fight for a great principle which Ihe Radicals also endorse. The question ia one which should be settled by an Irish rarliameni, but wanting that, the Nationalists must be content in tho meantime to take what re- forms an English Parliament offers. A London cable says : It is understood that the Govermneul and the Catholic Hierarchy were in negotiation for some time with reference to the TTniversity scheme. Mr. I'arnell was oogni/^ant of the project, but the Ulster members of Parlia- ment were completely surprised by the announcement of tbe scheme. The latter assert that tbe Government intended to ignore them. Mr. Chamberlain aays there is nothing between the I'nionists and tho Government beyond a general feeling that the qnestion of higher education in Ireland ought to be dealt with. He is not aware that any de. tails of the scheme have been settled. VMUEB TBE GUILLOTINK. â- zeeotlou of a Hnrderer at St. Pl«rr*> MlqueloD. A private despatch was received in tbe oity yesterday from St. Pierre de Miqaelon giving an aexxiunt of the exeootion of one Noel, a French fisherman, who was con- demned to death some uiontha ago for the atrocious murder of an elderly man named Coupart, whom be cut to pieces after the style of Jack the Ripper. There was no gaillotine and no executioner m the place, and the authorities were much embarrassed aa to how the execution waa to be carried oat. The Privy Council had decided that justice must take its coarse as ao example was deemed necessary, bat the Governor was unable to find a contractor who woold undertake tbe erection of a gaillotine or a man to work it and waa obliged to tele- graph to the French Government. A gail. loline was sent out by way of New York, Baturday laet was fixed for the execation, and at 3 a.m. on that day Ncel was aroased and told to prepare for death. One boor afterwards the condemned man was carried cat, bound band and fcot, and driven in a carriage to Courbet square, where the execation was to take place. In spite of the early hour there were abort 2,000 people on the squsre besides the authorities whose duty it was to see the execution carried out. While tbe execo- tioner was making bis arrangement a Noel recognised him and said, " Ah! well, Jean Marie, yon are going to kill me. Yoa will have another to kill before locg. Y'oa ought to offer me a last drink before I die. I will be the first man to die in this way here; woold to God I were the last." The executioner was more nervous than the condemned man, and placed the latter too far forward en the block. "My neck is tcx> far forward," said Noel, "ycu will strike my shoulders. I beg of you don't be long, and above sll don't miss your stroke." The executioner was over a min- ute getting the man in the proper position, ^nd Noel was about to speak once more when the execationer touched the lever and the knife came down on Noel's neck. The bead waa severed from the neck but re- mained banging by a piece of ekio, which tbe executioner had to cut with his pocket knife. When the head fell in the basket convulsive contractions were noticed for a momeax.â€"ili'ncreal Gazette. Cliliieao Tyiilioona and Flooda. A Bhanghi cable says : North China and Japan have been visited by a aorioa of typhoons of almost unpreoedented violence. The. number of junks and lives that have been lost through inundations at Wengohow an J Ningpo is enormous. According to the latest intelligonoe from Japan too, tho number of poraone who have lost their lives by drowning in oonaiMiuonco of Hoods Is at the lowest estimate live thousand. Another MHiilfeatu, A Paris cable says: The Comte de Paris haa issued an electoral manifesto. Be declares his object to snatch the power from the hands of an oppressive faction. He counsels the union of the Conservatives and tolerance of the Boalangists, whose programme of revision, he says, will release Franco from servitude and restore religiona Feace. IIe> expresses the belief that the mperialists will not refuse to support a strong Republic, and appeals for assistance of all those who wish to found an honest Republic. m llnele Sum Coart« Their Aoi|imlntuiicr. A Friday night's Washington special aayu : In oon8e<|aence of frei|uenl armed attacks made by highway robbers upon the United States mail in the Weatern States and Territories, the Postmaster General has offered a reward of ? 1,000 for the arrest and oonviotion of any person found guilty of making an armed attack upon any stage coach or any railway train having the mail in transit. The Coal Oil Can Scores. A Thursday night's Denver despatch says : At Hopria Issl night Jas. Danochvs ttyearold daughter started to kindle a fire with oil. The can exploded, burning tbe girl to death and fatally burning the mother, who attempted to save her child, This makoa fifteen lives lost in this State daring Ihe past month by explosion of oil cans. A Berliiua Ciiae. Mrs. Briskeâ€" Johnny, d the doctor call while I was out 7 Little Johnuy (atopning his play)â€" Yes'ni. lie felt my pulao an' looked at my tongue, and shook bis head and said It was a very serious oasc, and ho left this preaoriptiou and said ho'd call again before night T. OiiANr.Eii Stkwaut, M. v.. F. R. 8. E. Ordinary Phvaioian to H. M., the Qaeeo, in Scotland. Profosaor of Practiceof Physio in the University of Kdinbnrgh, writes : •' Tho arteries aro sclerosed and atheroma- loua in the advance,! stages of theintlamma. tory and in tho cirrhotic but not so small in tho waxy disease. In that alTeolion tho small vessels in other parts arc freiiuently the seat of waxy degeneration." From this it will bo seen that in the three forms of kidney disease olasaed Bright'a disease, the arteries suflfor changes, and it matters not whether they undergo sclerotic, atheroma tons or waxy change, they are ao weakened as to endanger rupture under any increased pressnto. this explains the frequency of appoplexy and paralysis, and aa clearly demonstrates that the only preventive of those disastroua ruptures of the blood vessels is tho timely use of Warner's Safe Mrs. Briake Gracious mo I It wasn't I Cure to keep the kidn^j's Tu a' heVlthy con" you I sent him to see ; it was tbe baby. j dition. ueai.uy eon ScottUh News Motes. In the tournament for tbe Scottish chess ohampiocship Mr. James Marshall, a native of Crieff, haa proved tbe victor. The death is announced of Judge Gillies, of New Zealand. He was the eldest son of Mr. John Gillies, of Rotheaay. The Town Council of Linlithgow have resolved to present the freedom of the burgh to Lord Hopetoan prior to his departure for Victoria. Mr. George Kutherford. a prominent Ber- wickshire agriculturist, died at I'rintouan farm, Coldstream, on the 7tb inst., at tbe age of .'>1 years. It haa been decided at tbe British War Oflice that the 2nd Battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, which has been in Egypt a little more than a year, shall be sent on to India. Seven natives of Scotland are among the framers of the Constitution of the new State of Washington. They outnumber all the other foreign-born members of the Constitution Committee combined. The Duchess of I'ortland was on the btb inst. presented with her husband's portrait by the tenantry on the I'ortland estates in Ayrshire. About 500 persona were enter- tained at luncheon at Fulletton Hoaae. By an accident which occurred on the 'Jth inst, in the malt store of Robert Hutch- ison A Co., llour millers and maltsters, Kirkcaldy, Fifeshiro, two men, named Edward Kinsman and William Steel, were killed, and another, named George Ritchie, had a narrow escape. A tablet of white marble haa been erected in Bt. Mary's Cathedral, liuutly street, Aberdeen, to ths memory of the late Right Rev. John Macdonald, Bishop ol Aber- deen. The Very Rev. Dean Stopani, V. ti.. purposes placing a similar monument to the Right Rev. James Kyle, 1). D., the prede- cessor of Bishop Macdonald. The Loch Katrine works, which Lave supplied Glasgow with water for more than thirty years, are now found to be inade- qoate to tbe wants of the city, so tbey are being duplicated, at jv coat of about two millions sterling, and when the work is cciuplete one hundred millions of gallons will be drawn from the lake every day. Sir James Watson, ex-Provost of Glas- gow, died on the 14th inst., at Ihe advanced age of y.i. He was tho first to introduce siockbroking into Cilasgow, took an active pari in the railway movement, and was an energetic philanthropist. Ue entered the Town Council in It^i'i:*, was maile Frovost in 186ti, and was knighted lor his services to the oity in 1874. Ten Tom ot Molten Metal Kiplode. A last Friday night's Pittsburg deapatch says : An explosion of hot metal occurred in Ihe IIomeBtead steel works of Carnegie, I'hipps A Co. this afternnon. killing Andrew Kebbler and another workman, and serionsly injuring seven others, two, it is thought, fatally. The explosion was oaased by thoupaetting of a ladle contain- ing ten tons of hot metal. Drntli froin Nicotine. An inveterate tobacco smoker, of Kew- burgh. New Vork, died last week from Ihe efTecIs of nicotine poisoning, a post-mortem examination revealing tho fact that so thoronghly had his system become impreg- nated with tho poison that the stomach and other organs were unable to perform their funotious. m The Roman Catholic Bishop of Derry died yesterday. â€" Doctorâ€" How would you like some animal food .' Invalidâ€" Animal food ? Well, I don't oare for any bay or grass, but I guess if I could worry down a little rye I'd feel bettor. A postal telegraph scheme ia being dia- onssed by the President of the Weatern Union and roalmasler-General Wanna- maker. â€"Mrs. Brief (who has been readint; an article on sloop. In a health paper) John is it be-sl to lie on the right side or tbe loft ? John (a lawyer)-- If you are on the right side, it osaally isn't necessary to lie at nU, "V.*^