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Flesherton Advance, 8 Jan 1891, p. 2

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DEAD JAMESON'S DIARY. H Led in SUM Light on the Cotdoet of the FIMOI Expeditin. OHA&GE8 AGAINST STANLEY. A Loodoo cable says : Jameson's diary will be published to-morrow Mrt. Jameton od the deed mac's brother in a preface to the work bitterly attack Stanley for making Jameton the icaix, n for all the trouble! which occurred and claiming they Mil doc to Slaaley'i own bad judgment nd neglect. They alao suggest that Stan- ley and Bonoey aro not tell in* the irnlh The cannibal episode at it appear* in the diary ia substantially identical with the account of it contained in the letter to the Emin Committee, Jameton add* to bit statement of the fact*, " I would never havt been taoh a beat t ai to neva witneeted the Ml of cannibalism, bat was ooable until the bat moment to bring myielt to believe that it WM anything save a rate to get money oat of me." In hit diary under date of April 10th, 1887, Jameton complaint thit Stanley rcjectt hit adviot to give the tick a period of rctt, and oompeli them to continue the march, with th- remit," be addt, that the camp regard* me at a brute, and Stanley at a tort of guardian angel." The diary it a record of the daily progress and adventures of the eipedition, intenperted with ditputet between Stanley and hit follower!. For inttance, be tayt: "While marching to Nkalama, after ordering a hundred latbet to be given a man for losing aboi of ammunition, Stanley aoouted me of losing three boxes, and laid, If thit hap- pent again we mutt part.' If thit oontinnti and Btanley reproaches me before the men I thall not be torry when we do part." The diary records that Btanley degraded three cbitft, the bell men Jameeon bad vtr teen etrong the nativei, and only released them from their chain on the interoetiion of Tippoo Tib. In letter to bit wift Jamtton com- plaint that be hat no time for the partoili of a naturalist. He deolarei hit whole time it employed ' in beating and loading niggert." While at Leopoidiville, be writet, they all bad ditegrecable momenta with Stanley, bat they think they are ended for the present. " I cannot held admiring him tmmentely," be aayt, " for the great trength of will power in overcoming difficulties, bat there are tome pointt in bit character which it impottible to admire. Again, when Stanley ditcardt bit reterve he it moit agreeable and fall of inlormMior." LUr be d-toribei " the moat disgraceful row I tver htard between Stanley, Jtphton, and Stairt in reference to the complaint of the Zanzibar!!, whoee word Stanley lakn in preference, to tliat of bit officer!." Jameion alao tayt : " On June 6ih, having by hit own mittake lott thecflixrt while steaming to Arawbimi, Btanley laid if be had failed to find the teamen be would have treated at all ai deserters. He used hard and unfair wordi. and appeared to dittrntt ui if a yard from him. Yet, except myaelf, who wat seedy, tbeoffioeri havn worked the bardett in the moit horrible twampi to procure wood. Thii dittrntt sickens at, aud it frightfully disheartening " Being "ncamped at Yambnya Jameton again writet to bit wife : " I cannot get over the diiappointment of being 10ft alone with Baudot. Stanley left ui 76 of the very worit men under one worthing chief. The oamp it pitched ia a frightfully damp place." In numerous entriei Jumeion expressed diilike to the necessary Hoiking of eenlriet oaurfht aaleep, and lett forth the difficulty of suppressing mutiny among the nativei, who wtre weary cf watting for Stanley. He deaoribri nirring adventure! on the journey to Kanonve. On May 8th, 18H8, he record! the canni- bal tnoidrnt ai already published. In the final chapter ha expresses deep lorrow at the death of Barltulol, and layt, ' The oloeeit friendship eziited between ai He wat a straightf jrward, honeit gentleman, bit only fanlt being a batty temper. He loved plain, straightforward dealing far too muoh ever to g*t on well with the Arabi. He hated their crafty, round- about manner, and ibowed it, and wai diiliked in tun. He wai far too good a man to lote hi* life in thii miserable way. Ood knowt what I will do without him." Ia a subse'i'i'-nt letter Jameion tayi : "Little did I think when I tpokt to you of my feeling! of duty that I ihould ever be placed in inch a notition ai now, whi-re all I feel for you and oar little onet oriel oat egtinst what I toil do ai an officer of this eipedition. With one word, or even aihowof weakneii on my part, I ooald Hop the whole < xpedi- tion, which teemi fated to meet nothing bnt revereee, and return to you, bat Goo knowt mob a thought hat never entered my heart, although I could eaiily defend inch a courts." Later he writes : "Assad's ttoriet are a tiaiae of faltehoodt. It it awful that inch a aooandrel it allowed to traduoa one be bind one't back when there it no obanoe of defending onetelf." Ward, in detortbing Jameion'i death, amyi : "Tht drnmt were toanding to aeaie the day'! work. He opened hit e>ei, wtarted, and olutchnd my handt, laying baikily, 'Ward, Ward , they are coming 1 Listen ! Now, left itand together.' " Ward explain* that Jameion wai thinking of thi drumi calling the tavagil to fight while they wire drifting on the river. Dlsffrarefal. Proctor (determined to be aevire) What I l>o yon mean to deny that yon have been playing poker 7 Here are the obipt, three colon, and there ii the baiket to hold them. What do you claim to be playing? '94 (in chorni) -Tlddledy Winki. A Willing Parent. Wool What did your father-in-law lay when be gave your bride away? Van Pell -Be quoted from the Bible, bat I oan't remember it exactly. Wool -Tnat'i funny. Van Pelt Ob, yei ; be aaid aornething about It being " more bleited to give than t* receive." De Matout Shall von go Booth for the winter T Kt. Agedore No; I can gsjt all the winter I want right here. A HORRIBLE CHILD MDBDER. Partioulart of the rimdith Crime of the Indian Bhtrbot. THE MOTHER THREATENED. A Kingston du patch tayi : Thii morn- ing two constable! brought to the city from Knarbol Lake an Indian priioner, Pttir Bharbott, who wai committed by Justice! of the Peace Shibltyand Averyon a charge of having murdered a child. It appeari from the information at band that the ptuoner only recently married the woman who boretbe child that- wai killed, and that the hid before being married to the Indian been living with another man. Oo the 24th of September Bbarbott got on a ipree, and in bit drunken frenzy tramped on the obild and then ttrnck it itt death- blow with a pair of tongi. A ibort lime afterwardi the Indian, in the company of hit wife, buried the child in a iwamp near Shaibot Lake. The priioner partly admitted hit crime thii moruing and laid hi wai to drunk he did not know what he wai doing. The name of the child wai Mai. Jaco. The priioner U about 30 yean of age and a eon of the late Chief Sbarbotl, after whom Sherbet Lake wai called. A Kingiton despatch layi : The full detailt of the child murder at Bharbot Lake have been tucured by the reporters. It appeart that on the iOlh September lail a young woman named Barah, of the While Dock tribe, Calabogie, married Peter Sharbot. The oouple were both Roman Catholici, bat were united according to the Mtthoditt ritual. Previooj to thii time it terni that the virtue of the White Duck woman had not been altogether untarnished, and the had with her when married an illegitimate child, which, however, the pro- vided for by making it a condition of the marriage tbat the infint, then* year and four montbi ef age, ihoald be provided and cared for by Peter. Bharbol, in order to win bit ipousj, agreed, hot after the maniage he began to diilike the youngster, 10 much to thai on the 22nd of September it became Decenary for bil wife to beg of aim not to ill BUD it, at he wai ilapping it on the face and beating it very badly. Qe deeiited at the time, but hate for the helpleai infant rankled in hit heart, and bit quick temper wat teveral limet vented on il during next day or 10. Then on Ihe fourth day after bit marriage (Sept. .'lit i, about the middle cf Ihe afternoon, the climax came. Something pat Sbarbot in a terrible panion, and he proceeded to pat in end to the life of Ihe child. No one wai pretent exoepl hit wife. IDE DIABOLICAL DEED Walking up to thi obild playing on the floor of tbi ibanty kitchen he graiped it by tbe throat and choked il into unoon- iciouincei, till Ihe blood ran from tti mouth and note. Tbe helpleu itrngglingi and mutlled itaips of tbe Iiltl-j one appeared only to excite him more, and to make hii work tare and certain he kicked it around Ihe floor. Oil cyei lighting upon a heavy pair cf piooberi (of the kind nied by black imitbi for palling off horteehoei), he picked them op, ind with a few blowi of the dreadful weapon effectually completed one of the moil cowardly and brutal murders known in tbe annalt of crime. Throwing the dead body on tho flior with an exclam- ation of hate, hei coolly walked out of tho home. Hii wifo, who bad pleaded op to the lam to pre tbe child, fell to tbe floor in a death-like faint, canted by the dread- ful loene ibe bad witneue'd, and did tiot recover for some time. Hhnrbjl re turned, and after rritoring hit wife picked up the body of the child and told her to follow him. Ue led her to a iwamp tome ehort ditiano from the hoaae, and taking a spade he wai carrying, dag a hole in the ground, threw hit victim in, filled Ihe cavity up, and returned to the home. Bharbot then told hit wife that if anybody aiked her where the child wai the wai to ay that it had been given to a man and taken away, and alto that the did not know where it had been taken to or any thing about it, and moreover that if the ever i old an > one ibe true fact! of the oaie he would make an end of her too. THE Win WVCU3I8 TUB ISCUT. The frightened woman could do no more than content to thii, and laid no word to Anyone about il for tome time. Hal Ihe rime haunted her, and ihe availed hertelf af an opportunity in the abtence of her huiband to ooninlt relative*, with Ihe retail of the arrett of Sharbot. lie wai brouxhl to Kingiton jil. He took matters after the arreit in tbe inllon indifferent way uinal with lodiant, and laid no word to anyone einept thai he would "die like a man if he had to." Visiting tbe home of Bharbot, bis mother wai met. She taid, " I don'l think he killed the baby ; ho told me he gave it away, I hope they won't hang my boy. I would rather be went to the penitentiary than that. Then I would kno* where be wai." The toni alio affirmed that Peter had given thi ohild away, and elated tbat they did not think be would harm anyone. Mrs. Peter Bharbot, in giving her evl- denae, Hated that the would know Ihe burial placa again, and alio that the wai of opinion that an arm wai broken by the blowi from tbe iron plnohert. Il it likely that Ihe auihontiei, acting on the lail statement, will have tbe body ixhnmed and an examination made. Peler Bharbot is one of five ions of the late Franooii Hharbot or " Chief Bharbot." lie il about 80 yean of age, 5 feel 7 inobei tall, ilrongly built, and ai wiry and agile at a deer. He usually worked in the lum- ber in tilt in tummer, In the woods in winter, and in ipring wai known at one of tbe moit nervy and active river driven to be found anywhere. He wai at a role quiel and reipeclf ul, except when he ooald gel liijaor, which he lometimet did through a third party, ai it would be refontd him at the boteli. When under it! influence he wai rioloui and dangerous. Dr. Mnndell, coroner, hat gone to bhar- bol Lake to hold an inqneet, it being UN dentood tbat the body hat been found. The Pope yttterday received Ihe con- gratulationi of the Cardinal! apon tbe fitly third aoniveriary of hit liril celebra- tion of Man. Ht hat (ally recovered from hii reient oM. A cow hat two horni ; many men can diiconnt a cow in thit reipiot every day of their live!. TBE;PARNELLITE ROUT. Ireland's Uncrowned King Loses His Kingdonii KILEKHNY WARTS NONL OF HIM. Healy's Tantalising Tongue Gets Him Into Trouble farncll to Continue th Fllht- The Jtlectloa to ! Protested Davltt Ulvee the Leader Another Scoring. A last <Tmida\) oight'i Kilkenny cable tayi : If North Kilkenny ia to decide who shall be tbe leader of the Nationalist party, Mr. Parntll it out of the running. A more deciiive defeat than bit nominee, Mr. Scully, received, It would be difficult to imtgine. Out of 3,892 votet, Sir John Pope U-nncny received a majority of 1,162. Up to Monday mornicg Mr. Par- nell't follower! ridiculed Hennetiy'i candidature, put Scnlly't mijority from a tho utand to flftetn hundred, laughed at the idea of the elector! keeping their promiiei to tbe prints, tbe latter would find to their cent bow dangeroni il wai to tamper with the tobjcctt of tbe uncrowned king well, the bubble ii bunt. Tbe power of Ibe prieiti hat not been broken, the people have kept their promises, Mr. IJavitl will not be obliged to shun Irish politics on the Kround that tho Irish people are liari ; Mr. Ilealy will have a further opportunity of ttriking tbat dagger he carries in hit month into hit enemies, and Mr. Dillon and hit oomradea in America will take heart of graot. Mr. Parnell ii not anoon qaereble. Nay, mere, becnti a torry figure, and whatever stroke of fortune or misfor tune he may be able to withstand, once let him appear rilicoloai and bis power it gone. In inch gniie be has appeared several times lately, but bit admirert are purblind and Fanatical. Parnell bat enemiei who never Forgive, ac.l they appear to bemorenamer oaj than bis frienat. Kilkenny wore a military air Ibis morn- Ing. Hundred! of oonitabalary marched hither and thither in small hosier Later in tbe day Ihe coaming of the volet look place at Ihe Court Hoaae It wat terribly slow work. Il began at 9 and ended jutt before 3. Ai Ihe houri patted Mr. Par- icll'i supporters grew more gloomy. In ihe room where the counting was done tat Mr. Parnell and hit immediate followers. On Ibe other side tat Messrs. Davitl, Healy and otbert. There were alto a few priests, while in the corridors of Ihe building! there were prieiti by the dczeu. Gradually a crowd gathered in front of tbe Court House, competed mostly of young men, boys and girls. It numbered five hundred when Ihe largest. Oroani went up from tbe crowd when it wn announced tbat Sir John Pope Uenneiiy wai elected. Tbe announcement wai made by ihe thxriff. At fifteen minutes to three Ibe sbfnff proclaimed that Uennessy wai duly elected member for North Kilkenny. Sir John moved a vote of thanki to Ihe ihenff and tbe election offioen, seconded by Mr. Scully. There were oheeri for Hennessy from hii lapporteri and groane from hii oppcnenti. 'I hen everybody turned and waiku t out. At hi made a move, Mr. Parnell taid : " I suppose Ibe flgnr.ii are all right ?" Mr. William Red- mood nodded. Kir John Pops Usnnessy shook hands with Mr Parnell and left the room. Sir Jonu drove to his hotel at once, and left the town toon afterwards on a viiii to ArubbiihopCroke. The rumor that a petition would be presented againtt the return of Hrnneisy is unfounded. When Mr. Parnell appeared on the bal- cony of the cjurl home there wai tremen- dous cheering. O.i the balcony and throughout the oonrt bouse many police were scattered. The crowd wat boiiterooi. Mr. Parnell faced the crowd bareheaded, but in the white silk bandage which has done snob great tervice. When he gol a bearing ho taid : Though we have Ion the first of MI; contriti, we aae undaunted." There were sbontt, yells and cheers. He continued : " We will go to tbe people of Ireland." At thii point a voice called out : " You have gone to the people of Ireland and have been whipped." The voice belonged to Mr. Ilealy. The wordi created a volcanic eruption of rage. Tbe people on the balcony were ipppoied to represent the belt element! of the society of the city and vioinlly. I Hood in front of Mr. Ilealy, lemoning him. The faces of those who glowered at him were convulsed with rage. Sllokt and arms were raited on all tides. I begged him to get oul of tight. He refuted. Nobody need lay Ilcaly wai nol plucky. He faoed Ihe pack of marling wolvet with smiles, bnt if the polioe had not surrounded him be would have been greatly injured, if not killed. The prietts who supported Mr. Parnell tuKgcsled that Ilealy ihould be thrown over the balcony. He wai taken away by a private roate and went to Dab- lin later. 1 he windowi of the railway car- riage were broken. At Carlow hi received rough reception. Mr. Parnell left Kilkenny for Dublin at 7 o'clock. He marie several speeuhet on the way The people either adore or hate 1'arnill. He apparently makee tbe mistake of thinking because hit adoren make more noise they are more numerous. He ac- counted for his defeat by clerical diolation, though he did nol put II in 10 many wnrdi. Ue arrived in Dublin at 11.30. There wat a great crowd to give him the usual hurrah at tbe nation, but the men who were nol received with hurrahs, bnt with hoots, are far happier to-night. Mr. Parnell goet to A vondalo 10 morrow. It it hit pretent intention to go to Parit on Thursday. Tbe far here among the anil- Parnellilei it that Mr. O'Brien may com- promise them in hii deiire to patch up a trace. Trace reeraed oal of tbe question a few dayi ago, North Kilkenny hai made il 10. To the viotori belong tbe spoils in Ire- land as well as in Canada. A ivi i 1 1 H I . .1 " I'm going to have Nevenleep read tlio manuscript of my new novel to *e if he can discover tbe plot." " Is he a critic?' 1 " No, bat he'i a detective, and if he can discover it everybody can." Badio Martinot paid 1116 for tbe doll dressed by Mn Cleveland for the New York Charity Dolli' Fair. MOKDBB OB aTJIOIUBT A OliMily Dl- .T7 In it Item near Un- wood, Michigan. A Bay City despatch says : The village of Linwood, in Frazer township, thit county, near which place Judt Smith wai murdered by hii brother a ihort time ago, wat thrown into a great Hate of excite ment yesterday by a ghastly discovery in a barn one mile from tbe railroad nation. Sheriff Cooklin, Prosecuting Attorney Pierce and Deputy Sheriff Tanney went to Linwood in reti/onie to a telegram to make an iuvMligation. Upon their arrival they were escorted through the woods to a deserted clearing a mile eait towardt Bagi- new Bay. Here is an old log shanty tbat hat nol been nted for yean, and near by it an old log barn eight feet high, the roof thatched with itraw. Upon opening Ibe broken door an awlnl tight met the eyes of the offioen. Hanging from a rafter by tbe neck wai the body cf a woodsman witb the throat cut nearly from ear to ear. The rope waa lunk deeply into the gash and the features were horribly distorted. Tbe body wai frozen stiff, and tbe blood on the face made a horrible tpeo- tacle. The rope wai covered with blood and there were frozen poolt in Ihe straw and hay here and then. At the lide of the body wai a bag commonly called a " tar- key," containing old clothes, needles, thread, etc. The knife with which the cutting wat done was lying upon the bag and wai covered by the man's cap. The blade it two and one- half inchei long. Hit coat had been t>ken off and placed over a beam in the barn. There wat nothing on tbe body by which to identify it. Th*re wai a memorandum book showing that deceased may have worked in McKeon, Glover <t Sage's camp No. 4. Deceased wai about 40 yean old. There are two throne* : One that the man wai a woods- man with hii winter't earning! in hii pocket, wai enticed to Ihe barn and robbed, hit throat out, and, to divert luipioion, the tady bung to the beam. The other it that ihe deceased Cr*t tried to ocmmit suicide by catting hit throat, but, failing, made a noosu with a rope, lied it to the beam, gat apon a box and kicked it from under hit feel. LVINU AH'JIT MBS. ItlKCHAI I The Yarn that Mi 1s to Marry Lewthain Contradicted. ' The highest sKithorily" U given by a recent cable detpatch from London for tbe innonnoemtnl that Mrs. Biroball will poon tie wedded privately to Mr. Arthur Letlbam, of Montreal, her late botband'i oollrge friend. The tame diipatob, which aat been published far and wide, ttatei that Mr. Hteventon, lira Birchall't father, who for many yean hai occupied a promi- nent position in the management of the London <! Northwuiern Railway, has been Forced to resign from tbe company'! ter- vice by the disagreeable notoriety the mur- der trial at Wocdslock hat given him. A gentleman in Toronto, who received ali-tter recently from Mri. Birchall, deuiei both itatemenli. He stales that Ibe rumor about Mu. Birchall s marriage ii met by an nnqualaed contradiction in the letter, In which the writei at tome length bout her plant for the future. IKfore her departure from thii country Mri. Birchall received many proposals of marriage by letter, all of which she disregarded. Her father's resignation wai not due in any way to tho unpleasant notoriety resulting from thi murder trial. Mr. Slevenson is almost 70 ytara old, and wai inperannnated a iLort time before Benwell't murder. He ii in reoeipt of a yearly allowance of 1COO till bii death from the London A Northwestern Kail way Company. A VICHY CLUMSY 8MLUULKK Hulk. BliuMlfDp With Volton aid Loan Many Valuable Diamonds. A New York despatch says : The ill proportioned appearance of Albert Nieder- mann at he walked down Ibe xanu-plank From the Bremen steamer Lahn in Uoboken attracted the attention of Ibe customs sfnoers, and he wai watched. Inspectors Uonohue and Brown followed him up to River street, and when they taw nim removing something from bii pocket they arreited him. Ho wai taken back to tbe pier and searched. Sewed in the teal and legi of bit tromers between layeri of cotton were found two pairt of diamond earrings, a diamond brooch, two diamond finger ringi, a watch with diamondi let in thi oaae, a diamond bracelet, a dozen jewelled garters, 31 gold walohet, and other jewel TV. valued in all at teveral thontand dollars. He cried bitterly while he wai being searched. United Statet Com mistinner Muirheid committed him for examination in default of t-2,500 bail. The priioner layi he livee in Philadelphia, and it ii Kuipeoted that he is an agent for a jewelry firm there. He refusei to make my ttatement. I.O8T i I-.N i.i-. AND l v I.M But He Was Probably Mot a Harrison and Hlalue Hupporter. A Milwaukee detpatch tayi: In April, 1888, Joseph La Lone, Dodge County, who served through Ihe civil war, was granted a pension with 15,268 back pay. La Lone was a sufferer from axne when be returned in 18C5, and a few years later was itrioken with paralysis. After tbn pention wai granted the Oovernment ofHoiali learned that before La Lone wai paralysed he had met with a severe accident. When the man received hii pension money he trans- ferred it to hit wife. Afterwardi all but 91,600 wai drawn out of tbe bank to pur- ohaae a farm in Dodge County. The Gov- ernment brought suit against La Lone and hit wife to recover the money and made the bank a party to the mil. The teitl- mony showed paralysis followed the acci- dent. Now the Government is $1,600 and a farm ahead. Killed Whll* fouling. An Ann Arbor, Mich., despatch sayi : H. A. Maoey, a senior medical student, died yesterday afternoon from Ihe retalt of injuries received while waiting Friday night. He wat all ready to leave for home, started for the train, and accepted an invi-, tation to ride down the hill. Tbe tied became unmanageable and be fell off. In tome way Ihe tied itrnok him in tbe abdomen. He wai taken to the University IlospiUI, where b died in the eftrrnocn of peritonitii retnlting from hit injuriee. THB SCOTCH K UI.W*Y tTBIKB. Attempts to Wrack lni-Frok*blllilee- of 111. KMD.lt. A Glasgow cable sa>s : A railway chair wai found fattened to the traokt ou tbn line between thii city and Kilbrido, bnt tbe obstruction wat discovered jut! in time to prevent an accident. The parp^ia wat to derail tbe night train, aud striker* are accused of the fienrfiah act. Nomberi of Ihe Aberdeen striken are renaming work. There are prospect! that tho striken in Glasgow acd Edinburgh wiil content to arbitration. Tbe Caledonian Company claims an im- provement in tbe working of lb road, and givet out that it it more dBlermited than ever not to yield to .ha ttriken. Il it now estimated thai about y.OOO men are out on itrike on the variont rail- ways in Scotland. Traffic on the North British Railway hat almoit ceased. The company will suspend tbe operalioni of iti iteamert on Loch Lomond and the Clyde in order to obtain employees to work on the railway. Two engineeri wbo refuted to quit work were pelted with stones by a number of striken near Glas- gow and were serionsiy injured. Many minor atianlti by strikers are reported. The employees of the Caledonian Railway Co. are gradually joining the striken The Gltsgow docks are closed. Tbe gas supply at Perth n threatened with txhanstion owing to the inability of the ccmpeuiei to obtain coal. Tbe Eogliih and Irish railaay societies 1 have inned a joint mar if en to askirg rail- way bandi generally to abstain fr<m help- ing Ihe Scotch railway companies at thi! juncture. They are asked to remain neutral, and if tbe employ en bring prei- tare to bear on them to asm*! the crip- pled companies they ate told they mutt strike. One thousand railway men at Hall have ttruck for an iccrease in wagei aud .barter honn. Owing to the railroad itrike several ongar reflneriet in Greenook have been compelled to impend operationi. The Canadian tattle Irudr with In Italn Threatened with tztlnt-tlua. An Ottawa deipatcb of last Light sayi : Tbe cattle trade betw . n Canada and Britain is now tort aimed with what may prove its exii ctioo if no speedy remedy ii brought toai. Thi! meant very much more than mutt (rople at first light imagine Frcu tbe Miuitwr of Agriculture your oorreijionrieDi earned that Ihe trade had grown aj.a.t and thi! year it will amount to nearly 1 10,000,000. One of Ihe pioneers in tbe tiaile wan Aid. Frankland, of Toronto. Ibe difficulty which now threatens it it the action of Mr. Plimsoll, of England, wbo iu the interetti of humanity pioi*tlt sgsiuct the cruelty to which the animals am tipceed on the tea voytge, and wbo has a bill before the British Parliau eiii 10 remedy the evil. Ue it backed by th, British ftrmeri to a man, ostensibly as humani- tarians, but really actoaud by it* sole motive of killing iff a trade which hai reduced the price of btrf in tbe old country. Already teveral veestls bavi< been debarred from carrj iug uattlo between Montreal and Liverpool, aud il is feared tbat thii may go on nail the whole craft hat been declared unfit for Ibii traffic. To-day a delegation will arrive from Mon- treal to interview the Mii:itt of Marine and Agriculture in regard to tb matter. The Minuter of Agriculture has chsrge of tbe health of Ihe animal*, while the Minis- ter of Marine is supposed to look after the housing and loading of the rattle on the boats. Ai far at the thipmenl of cattle having oonlagtooi dis-a-es, there am no real gronndi for complaint, although hip- pert bave been annoyed with onurcvasary detention to the shipments ou tbe other lide, casd by the veterinary Burgeon! there. When the cattle w r.' extoiitivd, it turned onl thai they were ptrt.otly free from pleura pneumonia. Ai to ibo voeeaU used for thii trade, I am inform> d 6y the Marine Department thai many of im in art) what may be called "tramp" summer*. All the senoui loisea have occurred on these boats, ai wai shown the oihur day that on one of them 100 bend of cattle were waihed overboard out of a total o: 600 By the regular lints the lot! ha! been leu than half of 1 per ojnt. It ii to the interest of the oatlle shipper! to have the best possible accommodation provided for their cattle, while Inn ship- owner! who have placed ail in.ir old boats and erected hurricane decks on them for thii traffic, will naturally objsot to any material change, and il it beru where Ibe trouble will arise when both psriiet) 01 in" before the Government. The. Gov- ernment, however, has tw<in adviauU by competent authorities that if they de-ire to continue this trade it i . bettor for i , u to take action on Ihe matter than purrail the Imperial Parliament, ai the latttr. not being coovertanl with the cejeaiiut-g of the trade, it sure to pat* legislation much more stringent on shippers aud shtp-owatrs. U would show a deiire on our pan to remedy an evil which exists to a ex-Main extent. I am informed on good authority that the Government will tuxnil that a pr<.pr in- e-ieotiou be made at to the tea-worthinett of the veetel, the amount of deck load the description of building, and the bout- ing of Ihe oattle. Temporary building and deck loads, they say, ouuht to be taken off after the lirsi of September, at ii.u-rienoe hat shown that after that date Ihe weather is loo severe for temporary boildingi. I may also say that the Government have ben in receipt of oommunioationi from the lead- ing importers of cattle from the Old Country, thai if the trade ii to be preierved speedy improvements ouxhl to be enroled. The United Slatet people were alive to thit and bnilding new and improved steamer* for the traffic. Her H.I In, Pierced n,. r Bruin. A New York despatch tays : An un- known woman, apparently about 60 yeara old, fell on the sidewalk at ibe corner of Ll-venth avenue and Fifty fourth street lo-day. Passers by hurried to assist her, and an ambulance was called. When U arrived the woman wai dead. The woman in falling had itrnok on the back of her head, and bar* drivenalong hat pin through the skull into her brain Wooden Slioki ii such a letiring fellow, isn't he? Sharp* Ye*. I have known him to retire from seven different hotel! in one summer, because they wanted him to pay kit bill.

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