Niagara County News, 1885-02-20

              NIAGARA COUNTY NEWS. No. 5?. YOUNGSTOWN, N.Y., FEBRUARY 20, 1885. Vol. 4. THE WEEK'S RECORD. _—*♦*■ - CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. A Mi? llakl- Ijmdkn, Tβ* Feb. 15.—Mankod burglars entered the residence of the County Treagurcr on Friday iu«ht, knocked Treaewer Kinkead mwlMMtola 11,000 in money and $22,1X10 i" Stall M-curitit h und escaped. Tin- ChbWM Must No. Aik:ata, Cal., Fob. lfi.—Clttsens, aftor compelling tbo (J hi new to reroovo outsido the citx. huld a ulietllg and adopted « resolutiou pi' .-dgine ItHBIMITSJ to uho all legal means to prevent the nottlomont of Chinese In Areata. a Puptraflp Shot. tlHllifirnnTl Mo., Feb. 15.—Joseph Hrann«n, a Toms d< tperado, wnnt'"i let **n* and stage robberies, was shot dead on (Saturday while resisting arrest. Remains round. taUHUBi, Fob. Iβ.—TiM charred remains of Thuiniw Hush welt' found among the ruins of the liloekloy Alinshoinio to -day. All the bodies havo been Identified except one. nfktlßff Attorneys. FousvTii, Mo., Fob. 15.- Nn Friday nftornoou.duritiK an ultorciition in court between T. C. Spelling! and B*H I'rico, opposing ut- j torn»ys, Trice ibot end mortally wounded Hpi'lliugi. The parties ure promlment,Bpel linga being editor of the Fartyth BnUrpriu and I'rico u son of Judge I,rice of Springfluld, Mo. The lutter has edited two or thrco papers. CniziMl by a Revival. Matamuiiah, ()., Feb. Iβ.—OhtMUa Dobgel, a wealthy inlidel, attended church Mday night, and at Hμ conclusion of tho services went to tbo allur. About midnight Dongol professed couvorsimi, and spang up suddenly, knocking tho minister Violently agulnet the jiulpit, cutting bil head and face Bovoroly. Qraat excitement anil shouting followed. Dosgel has niuce boconio insuno. Boiler Hit plosion. ■mranSLDi HI., Fob. INI.—An ongino loiler ac the Kii»t Shaft coal inino exploded thin morning, killing tho engineer and fireman and wrecking Ihu building. Train Wtteken Killed. LuMlfU, Tex., Feb. 10.—Olrleors yesterday dtocoveroi' two Notions obstructing the (ialvent >n, Harrioburg, & San Antonio Hailroad, and killed both whon they resisted arrest.Tho r'lito of Two Chicken Thieves. UXDDUBTOWir, Del., Feb. 16. Two Negroes Tlsited Kniior'a farm on Friday night to steal ebiekene. Eerier woeaded one so badly that he died tho next day, and tho other, in ht« hurry to oscapo, foil over a fence and broke hit nock. Truiu Collision. CONKMAIOIJ, I'a., Kob. 10.- Two stock train* collided hero thiH morning. Wllliiirn ICeoler and Joseph Krb, drovers, wore killed. A It amp was badly hurt. Daring Robbery. BaBWOOD, Tex., Fab. 10. -Two men at tho point of pistols lust night robbed Mm passmi gars on tho Uulvcston, Harrisburg, & Ben Antonio Railroad of 9MO. A Kentucky Tragedy. SiiKi.iiYviu.K, F..b. 15.-Will JLdama.eged twenty six, und hH sweetheart, TinleWOinontii, |H. wore found dead this morning on the railroad Bear here. The bodice, bespattered with blood, lay within a few feet of each other. Adams hud evidently murdered the girl and thun killed himself. Both were shot in the head. Adam*' pistol was found near him. Tho OOHple were on their way to the gfarl'l home. A IoVOTS, (pianet probably cuusud the tragedy. Talmagc Called A LUr. Taamoßi X. J., Fob. 17.—1n the houee this iifturnoon a quotation from ono of Tul mage's lermoni on high licence wu rend, In which the speaker of tho New-Jersey Leg. lelaturewai mentioned as tho wont Was phomorin tho country, and it WM Stated the speaker,! address, when elected, was bo full of oaths that tho printers used a number of blanks to indicate where oathl eainu in Speaker Armstrong "aid lie never Died an oath in hie life. Ho churactoriiod Tal. us a wilful liar. Thi< PriW KHiy. Utica, N.Y., Feb. IC—A loft-glovo sparring match, three rouuds, between J. <>. Meiers of Syracuse and J. F. Beat of I'ticn, took plaee hart to night. Tho contest wns for 1100 a sido, (or points under the (Jneenebury rules. Moiore mud* two points and Bewoaa. New Y.iiw, Fob. lfi.-Alf. Oreonflold and Jaok Hurl;.' t >diy signed articles to box four round-!. Karqal! of Queonsbury niloe, in Chicago, Muvh 'Jnd. PirwnUßOa, Feb. 15.~ A gIOW Bghl for a pane of 9*ool between Oaarles afoUoyaad Adam \Ve!d,.n, was fought in n private room lust night. Weldou knocked hie opponent anmh— in th,, sixtn ro"IU,- Bred of 1 .ivim?. IIuVAN. Tox., Fob. 1.'..- Maj. Clarke, senior partner of the banking tlnn of Clarke, Bryan, & Howell, coiuinitted suicide this ovoning by sl'oi'tiuK- Cause unknown. The bank is in * prosperous condition. ■ataapv. i'»-. Kob- ".-Ex Ki.eritt Bptnglec blew hie brains out tins morning. Financial embarrassment was the cause. CiN.'iNNATTi, Fob. 15.-Ada Armstrong, aged forty four, daughter of ex -State Sena tor Vrmstrong. committed suicide to day by ehootiog. She feared she wae going to lo*t her oyeeight. Uinohahton. Feb. 15,-Jamef O'Loary, twonty-six years old. a efejMMhaff from Mt- Morris, employed iu UiuKhiiuiptou.tUrow I himself before a Delaware & Hudson loco- j I motire last night, and was BO honil.ly ■angled that he rannot recoTer. Diasipati .n woe the causo. At Marathon last night Will J. Miller, a well known young man, who was to have been married to-day, blew out his brains. Diaslpatlon was iho cause. OUR EXPOSITION LETTER. ■ ~.,-,:,) correspondent niaoaba Cd. Bfawa.] New Orlkan*. Feb. 14th 1885, I The reception of the old Liberty Bell from Philadelphia has been tho leading topic tho pact few weeks. A committee of commissioner* from Dakota. Kansas, Wisconsin, Maryland and Louisiana invited Jefferson Davit to join iu the ceremonies at Imposition Music Hull which he accepted. A most pleasant eooaejoa resulted from the speech ■a, and applause aftor applause r- sounded ! through the. Main building from 95,000 souls representing oTtry Ktnto and Territory In the United States and Mexico nnd other I countrius. Tho old relic is now located so ; ' everybody Ban seo it. A (Juitrd of throe po- ; Itoemefl from tbo city of " Brotherly Love" j came along Bide the Hell. With the continued arrival of crowds, tempted by the ilno weather everybody is ! busy and tho etreots aro lively day and night. Nearly all who visit tho Exposition | i nro nnxious to take in the exclusions to I Vleksbnrg up tho Ulsaisesippi, r r the juttios j down tho river, or Florida either by rail or j wnter, which aro of ovoryday occurrence, I and they can do bo at vury reasonable cost. | One can hardly realize tho Improvementi made within tbo Fair (Jrounds tho past week, which now leaves tho Exposition completed. The public now express, them-; selvos aseatislied of the success of the enterprise, not only ne on exhibit, which all concede, even In a Iliiuiniul way, as ovidonod by tho rocent increase of receipts. A LAHAMA: " 1 lore wo rest." B. Spencer Pratt, commisßioner, in having one of the handsomest offlees fitted op In hia department that will be at the Exposition, li is mads out of native carved wood patterni d at tor the etitraneed to the "Hall <»f Justice of Alhnmbra, at Crennda, Spain." It is in four section*, one private, another ladies dressing room, a third for gentlemen, und still another for gonornl reception and read- Ing room. They lire to bo furnished with Ilno furniture, with Fersian nnd Turkish rutf. Qeotogieal Rpocimeiiß, fonsils, stones, soils and the like, this state doos well. A pint of blue grass growing, and displays of grasses and huya aro attractive. Oil cuke made from cotton nood is a grout business as Innumerable uses nro found for this article, Rob at food, fuel and buildiiiß; and cotton | itself with corn, sugar cuno and rice are tho i main agrieultural products. As a mineral stato sho has some gold, largo iron and cool Interest*, fino building stono from Dlckson. Tho Pratt mine sends ono of the l«ix"st blocks of. ooal in the exhibit. One iron ore specimen welgbe 6,000 pounds. Some elognnl sandstone, and specimens of charcoal for working fine ii""s is shown. Mobile manufaothrt qnantitiea of fine leather. At-1 tentlon Itepecially called to oypren plank j ' .W inches wide und 17 feet long, which tho ber if in common nee for manufacturing. ' Fruits und wines roceivo attention, but a limited lot is shown. Iα wine, cider nnd , grape aro tho specialties, both rod and white . I boaiinß standard brands. Commissioner I • Pratt is eoinplinieutod by being entrusted 'with tbe management of the Inter Ooean . I Panama Canal company, which hus space in . Uain building; this enterprlss will bo ex-1 ' plained by oliarts, drawing! nnd lectures that will not fall to e lify and entertain. li.unoih: T. H. CHenn is commissioner. [ and a (toe methodical arrangement, has been madebytheassleitaoeeof Mr*. O. Thepablie schooln aro v. ell represented by spociinpiie \ of scionco and skill exeOOted by a system of ! pen and ink iketCbee; while tho school of j - i art iind design mnUe splendid exhibits; and j I I the llUooil [adnetrla] university show Oaets, • i mouldings of cm ions ingenuity. ..il and crayon work wbloh will bear oloeo inspection: n specialty from this school i* a model suspen- I ' sion stair-way, a nupentioa railroad bridge, ■ ] otc. ' ' Tho Sfato CJoological survey makes n line ex-1 hibit of stones petrefactious, soils. Ottawa - li represented witt intereiMng Indian relics from her schools. Mechanical find ngricnlturalniodelsofpatuntsn.ro seen. Oil paint I inns vt Stephen A. DOOghlae, Abraham • I Lincoln, with photograph! of other person. I ages of the state, and public buildings, net» ural scenery tnd bloodod stobk nro artistic■ I ally displayed; nnd specially tho ohromoi 1 of Iho "starting" Of the Derby and tho " einl of the race" at Chicago last year, 1 beiiiK the tlrst of the kind in the United t States. A display of the old nnd new lights i, for railroad men, showing tho improvement iu Jumps, etc., by Adams & Wertlake, % Chicago, is interesting. 1 -j- On Time. Tho sun dial was the first time measurer. The ltomaus used water clocks in 160 It. C. i, The hardest clock to keep wound ie an i, eight day one. si Charles Harris, of London, invented tho e I pendulum in 1141. Clocks which keep excellent time may be ,r bought for *1.25 at B. D. l>avis Co's. Iu IMS the first striking clock wae iuvonted by a Clsterioan monk. The style of modern fashionable clocks is " ; that i>f our grandfathers. ■ The first wooden clock made in this couu5" try was by .Inmen Harrison in 1790. 0 In 1361 Henri de W'yck buiit a clock iu the palaco of King Charloe V. of France: Fi Tho highest priced parlor clock in Ameriu ca is owned by a Wall street man. It wu w made in New Vol k and cost $34,000. From the Icy Shores of the Northland to the Sunny South. New Orleans, Lα., Feb 9th, 1885. Tho thermometer registered 4= below «e--! ro on the morning of February '2nd, at Yrmngatown; occasional flurries of snow_ ' aooompaaled by couti»itjl thrusts from Jack ! Frost's spier, pierced through the thickest wraps of pedestrians who were bold enough to venture fur from tho coal flro of home, i (or O'iuis'-, bowevw, being determined up-! on, ami tho thought of soon reachfug a mild- j er clime, encouraged us to multte up ami make a start. Tho rido to Lewistou, and the team enveloped in frost, was proof positiv-. that this was no b'llmy drive. The rid<3 through Cannda and Michigan I presented about tho same climate, snow a j plenty and ico tho same, ns at home. The | river at Detroit il well tilled with a heavy ! body of ico, but the powerful ferry boats i which take our train from Windsor, plow' through it with vory little trouble-this brings to our minds the easy possibility of j tho samo conveniences between Yuungß; town and Niagara, shouM wo be fortunate . enough to secure our railroad. Ono night and a day, and we find our- ' solves in Chicago. Taking a sleepor here at j B r. M., wo begin our journey South. Morning comes before we aro awaro of it, and we look out as usual upon tho snow-bank, j Snow? no—why it has nearly all disappear- i ed—a littlo Ice hero and thoro is all we soe. i j We pass Centralla, 111., and In a drowsy, i half-a\vake,-tt-rostin|;-don't-caro sort of a 1 mind, which frequently accompanies one when ho has all day beforo him with nothing to do but kill time, wo roroaiu in our I berth—whatl here we are at Ashley, and there, just across tho street, wo catch siuht of our old friend "El." Meslor, standine in | ! his oflico door—a wavo of tho hand—a rec- j ognition, and ortr train speed! i>ast without I a obanoe to shako hands; but wo carry with , ue u bird's-eyo view of the homo of our for- , mer friends. Soon Cairo is at hand—tho ! first roally Southern city wo have yet seen; quito a business plaoe, covering considerable territory. Here our traiu is run onto a lingo ferry boat, which carries OS ucross tho Ohio Kiver to "Tho Old Kentucky Shore." Now wo are "South;" the surroundingronnj try i> low and swampy, the buildings are all on stilts or posts In the ground, from 8 I to 12 feet high, and a stairway leading up to the door; our curiosity beiiiK aroused, we asked a native if they are fond of plenty ventilation, or is it for the convenience of tho hog population, which wo see gathered beneath the parlor and drawing-room. His | reply Is, that they prefer sleeping above tho water rather than below it. Daring tho rainy season, (which is just past,) this is all ! Inundated—lf a lady wishes to call upon a I neighbor to talk over the latest jjossip-a it is impossible to resist— nho has to ewim for it, or climb upon a friendly log and paddle to her neighbor's door. Tho scenery is weird and wild nlon;.; tho route; great forests rise upon either side, with underbrush that a bullet couid not pierce it but a short distanco; nearly all is low and swampy— tho land can bo boaght in any i I quantities for lees than a dollar an acre, and j i while fomo of tho timber is of gicantic ' growth, ami straight as an arrow, wo would not take a thousand a< re farm as n gift. The further South we go, the more strange j and plotareeqne is the scenery to our North" era mind—trow, shrubbery nnd plants which I we nro unacquainted with, moot our eye on i I all sides. The grand and fitntoly Livo Oakn ! by tho thousands, with their wonderful dra- i I pery reaching from thoir topmost branches j J a hundred foot high, to the ground in a (lowing, ever moving mass of dark brown moss. (Thin moss is used largely for Btuff- I ing cushions, &c.) Tho visitor who first boi boldi toll panorama is lost in wonderment, which increases as the great bods of palms i go sweeping past, acres upon acret, growing luxuriantly without a moment's thought OT care, from huniau hands; a tfood thrifty plant of this kind at home would be'nureed and pi lied very highly. Here they aro as plenty ■ as Canada thistles and burdocks in a certain I village wo could name. j When wo havo reached Jackson, Tenn., all let hus disappeared, our company alight for supper, or exercise—not desiring the former—we walk about tho city, look at tho huge piles of cotton piled every where -each j ] bale weighing from 450 n.s. to (iOO Ihs. The average crop is WW fee. to 000 »•». per acre, j for which they got 10 oonts per pound; two j bales, of 000 pound*, is a year's income for . I many of the natives. We entered into con. i vernation with an intelligent-looking Negro. who was working among tho bules of cot, l ton at tho freight depot. ■•Havo you had it very cold here, tide , winter I'1 we asked him. I " Well, yes, sab, wo had two or three days I pretty cold, eah.'' t " Kd you havo any enowt" " Well, no, I didn't nee any snow, sab." " Did you Rco any ice?" " yos, sah, day was quito a lot of ice, one mohnin' ?ah." "l>id tho thormometor got down to zerol" . wo nsk again. "Will, I dont know how'tis bout dat, ' sah; I don't know much 'bout dat Nero, but ' ! it was pooty mighty cold." We then asked him if ho enjoyod himself ' I taking nil girt forasleifjh ride during the winter, We reply was, that ho did not, but 3 j that ho bad " Been a sleigh once, further up Noth." Tbo next morning, Thursday, wo etop at a small place oallod Hammond, about sixty 8 I mile* from New Orleans, to breakfast; hero ! osrly vogotation is in a good stato of advaneoment; the grass and plants a» green ■ad freak, the treeelook bright, as in Juno 8 I at borne, tbo air balmy and refreshing; wo j feel like new creature*, just emerged from ~ j a snow-bank into wonderland. All tho natives soetn glad to seo us; all arc ready to give any information in their power. Ono pleasing feature of our stop at Hammond, wns the soime of a mocking bird, which took its station upon a telegraph pole, soon aftxr our arrival, where it remained dwing our star, pouring out its melodious notes of praise, as it turned itp head and exaininwl our company, first with one eye and then with tho other. At nine o'clock wo draw into tho depot at New Orleans, and alight with our budgets and trapping! to take in tho " Crescent City." On . very side wo meet agents and teamsters, sad runners, who nr.- more than willing to sh.iw us When we can bo '• taken in " at any price, from 25 rents por day, for lodging, and ten cents a meal, to *6.00 a a .y. Including both. Of this woadetfol Olty, ire i\ill»uy more in our next letter. COUNTY AND VICINITY. —Tho President has nominated Wm. Carr to be poetmaetef at Suspension Bridge. —Lockport letter carrier force iindor the | now free mail service system is divided half j and hulf politically. —The family of the Hon. Richard Crowloy, has removed from Lookport to their futuro hdmo in New York. —The Chentor Wilson Electric Light Com- j party expect to have their lights in opera- | tioß »t Lockport this week. -There aro at tho Home of the Friendless in Lookport a number of boys and y,W\», f"r , which tho managers deoire to find homos in good families in city or county. On several occasions John T. Bird, of Wright's Corners, has appeared on K:ist Avenue, Loekport, with nil trotler end I thrown the enow In the eyes of the fastest bones In Lockport. —The fiftieth anniversary of tho marri.'igo of Abraham Witiner mid Catharine Strick ler whs celebrated last, Thursday the Kb (net, at their old homo in the town of Niagara, now the residence of their only child, Mr. J. S. Witiner. —A few days ago Mrs. Henry Lovi, who has continued to manufacture cigars sinoe the death of her husband, recived 8,000 pounds of leaf tobacco, being One i >f tbe lerg eat invoices of the raw material e»er brought to Lookport.—Union. —Loekport complains that cock-fight.is raise their birds there and have their " mains" elsewhere, and adds that the reason Tonawanda i* selected so often for tho sport is that there it is possible to rent the pit of an officer of tho law, and thus tho participants are coroparitively socuro against molestation, It Is reported that at the next Kitting of] tho grand jury in Loekport sovend proprio- j tors of roller skating rinks in tho county around about are to bo indicted for maintaining places of amusement which on ac- i count of low transactions carried on in rooms in connection with the rink, render them daneerous nuHuucos. —The wilt of Augustas Prate ngninst the Street Uailroad Company of Suspension j Bridge was tried In Loekport lust week and i I resulted in a verdict of WOO for plaintiff, j I Mr. Pratt ulalmed 11,000 damage* In conse-, quence of being thrown out of h sleigh lad winter that was run by tho company durlug the deep snow. — A woman picking over rags at Neal Bro*. & llrooks paper-mill, Bast Loekport, a few days no, found a draft on New-York for ?4, 000. Taking it to ;i lawyer, a correspondence i was held with the party who had drawn tho draft,and a reply wns received stating that payment bad been stopped, and I >sinK a liberal amount ol money for her honesty. —A meerschaum ciK«>' holder WM preaWlt jed to Chiof-of police Clmiles MolyneUX, of Lookport, by a friend reemtly, which em braeps a very finely band cut design, reprosentlng a large rattlo snake attacking a no«t ! of eggs of tin eagle. The bird is perched upon the aide of the neet defending it with '■ outstretched wing! and tiilnns extended. The holder is valued at 130. Another inventor comes forward with an apparatus for utilising tho curront of j Niagara river by a cylinder of metal, in , whieh Iβ a mtoometer eerew with a pinion and spur wheel at the end. The cylinder is fasteno.l nt a considerable distance below ! tho surface of Iho stream, and the current ' passing through the cylinder is expected to I furnish the power. B. B. Kelly, of the I Academy of l>osign,4s:s Mainstroet, liuffalo, is tho inventor. Sometime during Saturday night the gas main in front of Cheebroagh,! block on Main St. burst in such a manner ns to let the gas into tho cellar of the block and filling tho bonding. The block in occupied by Mr. L. 11. Gregory as n jewelry stor«, nnd C. ICracht as a barber shop. Mr. Orog.-ry with his wife nnd child occupy tho second story over the Jewelry store an a residence. Mrs. Gregory was first awakened enrly Sunday morninp by a feeling of suffocation and a strong smell of gns. Hho hurriedly opened a window nnd then awakened her husband, who wn< fast becoming unconscious from the effects of tho gta. But for the fortunnto awakening of Mrs. Gregory the matter might have terminated fntally. Supt. Boon) v.as busy most of tho day Sunday j making tho necessary repaira.--.Via{^«ro ■ JfeOi Oaeerfi —Tho sorrow which appears to us noth, ' ing but a yawning chasm or hidiou* preci! pico may turn out to be but the joining or c.iiKtil which binds together tbe fragments of our existence into a solid whole. That i • dark an,, crooked path in which we have to I grope our way in doubt or fear may be but i tho curve which in the fol( daylight of a i brighter world will appear to be tbo necessary finish of some choice ornament, the inl ovitable span of our majestic arch NIAGARA. Ont. Rev. Chae. Campbell preached on Sunday ' last, in St. Andrews cburch. Rev. Stewart Jones dolivcred an excel lent sermon in St. Mai'Vs church Sundoy, ! morning last. Revival Service* are being held in the .Methodist chureh. Wo have beta informed that the Her. Mr. Beater will tata fmt, Her. Stewait Jones hnlls a «boit et-rrioe at th.- reatieaee of Rev. B. N. Phillrpe, Miseissaugua street, every Friday evenink'. W» me very sorry to hoar that Mr«. McClelland, mother of Mr. Wm. Model land, Sr., is very ill at (Jrand llapids, Mich. The roller skating rink ii oloeo 1 for tho present, owing to a dJeagllSlMt b.-tween tho leseeeaßd Mr. Blnke, the owner of the bulldlag. We ar-s very sorry to hear that Mr. Jumps Campbell is very much ntllictrd with rheumatism, and is confined to his riddsßOl M Prideauz street. A curling match between the Be, Catlmr iiiPK and Niagara clubs took place at the ' City of the Saints one dny Inst week, remit ing in the defeat of the Niagara club. The choir of St. Mark's church lms beM enlarged by the addition of two now mombom. A great Improvement wae netteabto in the staging Sunday morning last. TbeyoUße;lady who executes the feat of "oraekiug tho whip" on Uμ Iβ* h by no menus Green in her her movement! being both graeeful nnd elegant. ! " Chanco " was represented at the rink ; hist Friday, under the impression of n..t b ing knows. We would ndvise tho party when next In costuino to " Center " l">'r- There N a young girl kbey cull Mary, Who glides around like n young fairy She's u sweet Uttle pet, And don't you forget She adores the young man they cnll Horry. T. iteCoorab, of Welland, soppjieda great number of costumes for the e u-nival I'ri lay evening Inst, lie hnl ■ very fino aeaoli ment, and we are informed that. bjeteroM were moderate _ Thoro is a young lady. Oh, my! Who is a young fellows' great joy. Last Sunday ho mot her, Anil of course liad to pet her, Wbtls at him the boys cried Stiboy! Monday evening Of last week a surprise party left this place for Mr. Frank West's, nt St. David's, wheiro ill enjoyed themsolvua to their heart's content, (jotting homo nt six o'clock next morning. On Thursday evmiing last Rev. Rtowart .lones j;ave a very interesting lecture on the life of Whitfiuld of (llorester, » preacher of great renown, giving a fal detail of all his trials nnd persecutions, etc. Mr. Wm. Qiiinn will shortly bo prepared to take pho'ograpbe ie connection with his present ambrotypo bntiinogß. Mr. hus mndo a good reputation for himself since taking up hih resldenci hero, nnd wo are euro our people will K>vo him nil thy putronngn poscible, »o us to keep him among un. A sleigh load of about twenty people corao from Baerriton on Monday evening last, to visit tlio Niagara s-ms of Temperance, but being quite a while on the road, the Ix.dg» was dosod on their arrival hero. Tlio wholo party then iidjourned to tho rosidenoe of Rov. S. Clearer, nnd hud » good social tiniP. The Knglish Jockey presented such a appearence oa the Curling Rink Friday evening last, by his frantic gestures, as to mako tho young ladles fit eubjec-ts for thoir Graves, as they wero in momentary danger of twisting thoir heads from tin ir bodiee as they endeavored to get a glimpse of him. The wonkly school for the purpose of teafihing little ones how to sew, Inaugurated by Miss Deavea, Mrs. Dr. atorsoa aad other in ii. ,UproTing rery eaeoeaafut Ateerioa is bei i Iβ the kfavonid balldltig every Baturday. More thin forty eblMren were pw sentßatordaj li-' Tlie ladles;dej rve t!',, thanks of the wluilo r< nimmtit.y for thn philiintlunpic spiritshoWβ by th-m. Many and load ooiaplalß#s \n eelnc made of boys skating and drawing sled! upend down tbe main thoroughfares of tbe town, tM iy to ,ho annoyance and ittacomflttm of pedeetrtaDii. This Bui«ence sbould be abated, at elderl) people are rnitely jostled, i and snmetiuei evpn thrown down, by these ; aknters. If the authorities will at oxtee at tend to this matter, they may perhaps provent gome Mill ill! injury being done. Chiof Reid would confer a favor oft the public in general, were be to disperse the crowd of street corner rowdies that every Sunday oougrogato In front of T. M. Itow| land's stare and nriko insulting coinnente when people are passing by. There aro four roll.eis that have of lato become eregoleT ! nuisance,viz; I'.iir-rii's, Clement's, Wooding- I ton's and Rowland's. One gentleman, wo : are informed, was insulted Stindity after[ noon. Tbe youth's aro known nnd should there be a repetition of the siun • tljing.tJ.elr names shall bt* raidu i üblic as an <-xampl« to othore. Tho Musical ami Literary i-ut'-rtainment In Music Hall, Monday evening Iβ**, for the benefit of St. Andrew's Church, was a docid. Ed euccoiß. Thore was a largo Kudionee, and ' tho talent was e*CPptiot:aMy t;o'.!. Thobeau tiful siogiuK of Miss F. Ball wn« fully Ml*** ' iat<-d, as also wait that of Mies Wake and C'ipt. DMbMO, all receiving encm-ea. A very i comic reading ««« icivon by Rev. Mr. Jone#| 1 taken from l'ickwiuk l'apers. Mr. F. f> Mai ! gavo a recitation from Whittier, "an ii.dian Lcßeml," in his usual brilliant style, arid fb« I Rev. S. C'lcavor Rave a very fino reading, : entitled, " Throe Warning*." Altogether! ' tho entertainment was firat-claw in evorj ; particular. FAN'CY DRESS CARNIVAL. A fancy drem carnival tf>ok p'ace on Frl day eveniug la»t, Feb. 13tb,nr the .Niagara Curling Rink, which wns very well attend e<l, both by ebaten- bb4 HnaUfcwi. The tea, ■• n-iri,. v»i in excellent condttlufl, nmdtho rink appeutvd one beautiful Klaro of li|f?>t quite an improvement on the Hrst ocoosioi, ,f th" rink being thrown opon tn the public The rules »«t down by the Committoo of Management werp faithfully MMM out. |0 lliO gift BOnTWtIMII And pMaMN Ol alt WUUailwl All pnrtkn in ostnme wen* el : tho full u«f< of the rink until nine o'clock, ami nftor that the pnblic in mineral Wtm uiloweil to sWuto to their luwt'i contout. Wt wore very MJNOatty surprised a* DM aMfajßM of some of the costume*, which ibuwi thnt tn<l Niagara »rie« to bo second to noli.' in miy entorpri*o fv>r MM Hinueeiuenl of the |.iio|ilo. The MagM RNM HainJ was pn>«>nt, the member* beini; dreneed In Uμ iiuifurin of the IMh llattulion, " march inn ordar," nnit vara by wearing wig«ianil liuviriu' tlierr (MM lOackwnoil, wo to repronont the I.iiuo ICiln Club. llicv I poked ■■' '-I'li-h Ml.-o pMMtel MOM that linJ a straußc-r met the Mack lookinß net without IMr instrmnciits, he would naturnll> thin!: thnt not u hen lvost in tlio oiitire iH'i(jhhorhrcrd could be OMMOV •rod siife. There wa» aome very fine and Krucofiil nUnl.li!' doM by MMM of the partietptUlt*, mul i» great amount of oimisemont wan cvonti'd by 11 g>'iit in the cnntitme ct nn ': Enßlish down, ami his friend of tho erenintf, Omtir I'ttnha, ooUirrd K«nt, nppi>arlriK |U U>t WIMIIWH nf ■ free born American i<t j,t bluk n«ront«Re. One tiling we couhl not but. notice: tbo Uand did not «m«'mi t.. know thnt they were nt the carnival for the ' purpose nf phiyinß v.-hiln those in costume w«r* Mating; Mm iMmi would Mtanly 1 have likod in sknto to the strains of tbo ! UMBie; when tho ineinbrrd of the band : shonl.l Imvo BMO playing they w.roskHtiiiK, much I" the ili*plenimr« of ipnt« a iminlwr; conipUiinti are slao'Mdl thnt. tho miinio mleitfil, when tho luind di<l play, wiin not <m<h nn the nkater« could keep time with. We nri> very Sony to bo compelled to cen mire tfie band boys, but if they wllltnkeii hint from it it will probably do them more good thnii Imrni. We undeiftnnd the liink CommittM intond holdint; thojo enrni vals us oftj'ii n« tho weather will permit, and from what wo can leiun tho ontortiiin meiit of F>idny oveniiiß laHt win a flnruioial ttootm Thy followiiiß I" i» Hot of the prin i tpsl wMhuneii Win. KowUnd, ( hinanian ; (Jordon Me l':iil:in,l, Int ICinn'H Uffbt DraMOM; Albert Mclliillimd, Hliu'kfoot Indian I'hlef; Whit 1.-ilier I'liiliM, r.lhio|iinn; Jolinnii' Mnrtlejr, Mephlttopblaa; Chat. Brown, lAlnaaa Lady. Colin Milloy, ChafMl 11. court coKtuino, Ktobord tlreen, (irundmother; Mlwi (Hrrrie Rowland, hittlo lied HiiliiiK Hood; Kred Kowhini!, Romeo: Arthur llowland. King .liiincH l>l ; Mlih .leiinie KoMutt, Mih. I'art Ington: ""'.I Poltott, Mih. I'lirtiUKton'M ion Ike- Willie t'urtin, anonof th.> Kmeiald IhIo; >'ori-y Bert, BntttUb Country (Jontlenian. Muck McKarland, Northwest Cow Hoy; ChaB <lii en, Lacrosse I'layor; Harry (Iruen, KinK Übarlei II.; H. J. Wilncin, EnirUtli Clown; •). 11. Davoa, Cornice] Negro; Wai Ml llrown, I'lnk Domino; W. Cryxlor, Kina 1 of thu Cnnilial l«lnti<ls: T. V. Kent, Hpaninh Bull PtKbtar; I'd. Urevon, lOn|,'li«h Jockov; John Nosblt, Monk Iα Id HI. Jacob* Oil); Miss Paflarcl, Ijindmlowiin Htiownlioe Club; Miss li Hecord, I'he l'ress; Mi«« Miiinln i Hull, "Niagara County Ma«a"; Mine m> , ' Hecord, a Nun; Mi»s Kent, (,)ueen of llwutu, MiM Millio Manoing, fJttle Hheph«rd»Mj 1 Miss tlreen, J'eiiKiiut Hill; Mit;s A. (Imen, ' (iyp'iy (,)iietn; MiatOOMaTi haine l'orliine ' Micsli. Socord, roprosontlnß "Thu I'ress," ' whs excell=-ill, and Mish Minnie Hall will i plenso accept, our thunks for hor exinllont l repreoonliition of the Niaoaha County : i Nkwm. In fuct nil tho chaructera wore well npnMnUd, aad the OontuilUa may well • fool proud of the Bllccose of the entertain ■ mont. VIRGIL, Ont. Virgil l«'ol>. 9tu, ISBS. Tln> Kh'lgliiiiK »«» iinprov.xl by a fall of 1 nleiit ftf ic Im.-lim <>r mow on tfaturilny nvt>n Ing lust. 1 It Is runini'ocl that. tlio Hnott Ant will lie Hibnitted I" ii vntn of th» intopnyi>r» of llilh county on the Mb of March ■ fXi rWi f iiiiii'." furnlihtd ■ ni'»- pupil for tlio 1 Nlngiun lu'l'T rink Inut wcok; Im doutt not ■earn to |m "hy of ri)llor"kfito«, if ho ii of the i fulmi'X. I W« ato vpry Kind to lirnr tlmt Mr».tlob#'rt Nltoii in fill I >Ui mi It from iMf rm-ent 111- I MM , T)i.> r-irin tm of tlii< Township »hould l>o I Up ami lining, to m«ist tlioio Rotitluiiivii tlmt j nre takingsnnh a lively intumitin thoCatup . «r-Mini.l ■ at Niagara, by tnkiiin «tofk li! tlie Company, or llberallylrlerotlng ii f»w tlinui ami ilmHhis towanl fut!iHilii|{ thu Khuine. The toinpiTHiicu hall biiilitiiig i. \iw\:>rn<>- lng repair*, whioh are miiob nce>lod.-I*ca . Cov. Eli Perkins Meets His Match. a r Away up In New llainpriiire, where th» r mountnioß titick tliolr hi'adii above the tlm!■ ber Hup, Kli l''il ini uuce ran ocroH* »n old 0 man, et'tttiid in frout of a c»Un, nml opened "" uji f» c'imv i itkM W Ith lilm. '1 " (iood itiornliiK," »«>d >'"U. w"h c°n_ * fidenes. " You lm> hero, I preturne ? Tlii« e i* your plnro of ro«i lenee f* " It s my shanty." it ■• T'.i»nk». My name in IVrkin*, Kli I'er-0 kicm, and IVM tolJ f*u v«ro the oldoit in- I. habitant in tlie*iptrt«, end coiiUl %\r» me a K,'.tr v'l'.ii'l" pamU fir a nnwtpapw luttor." •»!'' Kii, witli idUhUm f/Trontery '" »nd an i-vilint il to gut »oli<l with tbe !- old mm. d •• Are yon tho gr'»»t-Amerioen liar P«r--_ kin*'', •• l'h" mm"." nfM*4 tho tlo!l({htfe'l Bt ', " And V'l'i wiltt'> know how Inog i'T* M bf, :• in t'l'■••) [niTter, n " Yo«." "Well, Mr. Klier I'wkln*, you teo then ' mo'int.iiiiii, Mtetrin, tbuir head* up and raak t. in' tmt» out of ths clouds, don't you f r. _ " Well, Mr. I-3i»r I'erkiim, when I flr»t conw to these fmrtu the b»lr wn« growing oi» thorn boadii MM hundred and mxteen feet •ii in<:h«! \<mg, ond we hud to comb it with 1 aaw I"K* "<;t on ""''." Ho looked up Innocently at Mr. Perki/ja ■ and that K"'itleinan borcitimn and  1 the duet at hid feet