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i. A IlLASPHKiilEK'S WISH. A Mau l'uni«a His I'rputor Hud Hopes that Oud Will I'uruljze Uiui, AVhen Hig Deaire Is at Ouce Oratitirtl. A Doufjlas, Ga., despatch eays : " I hope that God iijay pai'aly/.e me," were the words spoken by William Burklett. At ouce his hands dropped to his side, his legs refused to move, and his eyes rolled wildly around. His prayer was answered, and he stood paralyzed oil the spot wlicre, but a few moments before, ho.was a magnificent type of physical manHbdi He tried to speak, but "his tongue w^ld not move. Half a dozen men who were present were rendered niotionlesa bv the evident visita- tion of the hand of God. When they recovered self-possession tliey tenderly moved the attlicted man to his residence, a lialf mile distant. When Miss Uhody Burklett saw the plight in which her father was brought home she screamed and fainted, and died a few days after. For many years Mr. Burklett had been the ferry- man at the llankinsville road crossing of the Ocmulgee river. Ho was of giant physiipie, with long gray locks, and became especially noted because of the brace of revolvers which he kept strapi)ed to his waist. Ho was a great hunter and, the ferry being in the midst of a swamn, he was convenient to au abundance of game. From those who lived around him it is learned that he was very profane whenever ho sightetl game and was called away from it by alarm from the ferry. He would pour out such a volley of oaths as would make the flesh of ordinary men crawl. It was in one of these profane spells '.hat he cursed hia Creator and wound up w.tli the expres- sion above quoted. The n(;ws soon spread through the county, and scores of people called to see the victim. 'le wpr< at first completely prostrated, bui suVsequently was enabled to take a few steps, when ho would fall. Wien spoken to he replies in an inarticulate mumble, and nets in a most idiotic manner. The physiciai a can ascrbe no natural cause for his i>dliction, but admit it is a visita;.iiyn of God. The preachers in the neighborhood have used the incident in their sermons with great effect. DID HE "DIE-FOR THE IN.SUKANCE? An of Intfrestiiii; Case for Meuibt-rs Friendly Societies. (Torouto World.) Probably the most interesting case to be tried at the forthcoming York Assizes is that of the heirs-at-law of Samuel Dun- seath against the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Dunseath was a member of tbo Order, living in the neighborhood of Orangevillo. Early in January, 1880, ho left homo, ostensibly for Dakota, having previously insured his life for 820,000, dis- tributed among several companies. On January 1.5th Dunseath, with two com- panions, boarded the ferry steamer Victoria at Windsor and crossed to Detroit. When tlio boot reached its dock the men did not land with the other passengers, and a minute after the crowd was ashore Dun- Roatb's ccmpauions raised the alarm that he had fallen overboard. They say that he was sick and while retching fell over the rail. Dunseath's friends gave their names as James Carson and Gallagher. They did not soem to bo very anxious aix>ut recovering the body, and after crossing to Windsor the two disappeared. The Detroit police and ferry authorities looke<l the case â- p and satisfied themselves that it was a hoax. Nothing has since been seen of Dunseath's body, although diligent search was made for it. The A.O.U.W. Order now resist payment of the 82,000 due to the heirs of deceased members on the grotmd that Dunseath is not really dead, but that his disappearance is part of a scheme to obtain the money under false pretences. The insurance companies will also contest the claims of the heirs-at-law. Witnesses will be brought from Windsor and Detroit. A DltEADFt'E CONFESSION. How One Youngr Man Murdered and Chopped up the llody of Another Vouug Mau. A last (Thursday) night's Boston des- patch says : Edward Newlin, arrested in Boston in connection with the Lexington murder, yesterday morning made a full confession. Newlin killed young Codumu at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning by stabbing him in the back of the neck with a carving knife. The deed was done in Codman's own stable. Later in the day he cut the clothes otT the body, chopping off the left leg and right arm, and started with the corpse in his puiig for the country. At the spot in Lexington where the head and aipi were found he dropped the head in the middle of the road and throw the arm out. He returned to Somerville at 5 o'clock Tuesday morning. Newlin states that after driving a while he began to realize the enormity of his crime and became friglit- ened. His fears worked so much upon liiui that when he came to a lonely part of the road and was free from observation he took the body out of the pung, and, half frenzied by fear, seized his axe, chopped the head off, and mashed the face of the dead man until he thought it was unrecog- nizable. He then threw the head and arm over the wall, returned to the road, lifted the body into the pung and started again. After driving about a mile and a half he again alighted, and taking the iKDdy threw it in the shrubbery where it was found. Evidences of the crime were found when the police searched the stable. Behind a closet was found a bo-x containing a bloody mass of flesh and gore. The murderer, James Edward Newlin, is a handsome young fellow, a little over 17 years old, and is very iiiteUigent looking. He is one of four brothers who reside in Somerville. While nothing really bad is known of the boys, they have the reputation of being hot-blooded and wild, the father of the family, it is stated, being himself in a penitentiary in the provinces. DEATH WA.^ HEK lIKIDEf'BOOM. \ CHEAP WIFE. InqnlneH Into a Murder Case Disclose a liusiness Transaction. A Hartford, Conn., despatch says: Let- ters written by Mrs. Julia Lynch to Wil- liam Warner, who shot her in cold blood at her mother's house in Newton on Thurs- day, Decemljcr 23rd, have been made public. They show that Warner and Mrs. Lynch used to meet at Mrs. Fred. Lovejoy's in Bridgeport, where the plan for separating from her husband so as to marry Warner was matured. She seems to have been very jealous of his attentions to other women and reproves him for his conduct in this particular. She also dwells on the alms she received from her husband, and says his ill-usage caused her to hate him. This was found among Warner's paiiers : " Dec. 30, 188.-.. " This is to certify that I sell my wife, Ella Lynch, with my free will to Wm. H. Kowcll, jnn., for ;he sum of 10 cents. " Jajiks Ltnch. " Witr .,a^, Goori.e W. Peet, Stepheny, Conn." Lynch is the husband of the woman whom Warner m ardered. Sudden Demise of a Bride Elect who Saw Her Dead liody In a Dream. A Pittsburgh, Pa., despatch says: The sudden death of Mins Fannie Barckley, of Bedford avenue, after a brief illness, and while preparations were going rapidly for- ward for her approaching marriage to a well known young bufiness man of this city, presents a case in which death was foreshadowed or caused by a dream. About six weeks ago Miss Barckley had a dream, !n which she saw her dead body laid out in a beautiful casket, amid flowers, and surrounded by her sorrowing friends. This dream she solemnly narrated to her father and mother, and said that it was a warn- ing that she would soon die. At the time she was in tlte best of health and looking forward with happy anticipations to her wedding day, which was not far distant. The belief inspired by the droam seemed to grow upon her, and, notwithstanding the effoi Is of friends, she seemed unable to shake it off. About a week ago she was taken ill, and then declared that it was her last sickness, although it was not known that her illness was of a serious character. Whether it was brain fever or typhoid fever which caused her death soomn to be a question of doubt, but during all her illness she refused to bo encouraged and said that she would surely die. She died on Tues- day, and to-day her remains were laid away in Allegheny Cemetery. ANOINTING WITH OILf Public Kaitli IlealinK Convention Giving I'ructlcal Uenionstrationsofthe Work A Heading, Pa., despatch says : Very odd and novel scenes were witnessed here to- night at a public healing meeting held by the Union Cliristian Convention in Faith Chapel of t!ie Mennonite Brethren. Rev. Dr. Thomas Anderson, during the day, publicly announced that all the sick in Heading, who could possibly venture out through the snow storm, should come and be publicly healed by faith. In answer to this a large number of believers filled the chapel. Dr. .Anderson emphatically pro- claimed that wlien the Lord said anything Ho meant it, and ho quoted the Scripturu! passage : " Is any sick among you ? Lot him call for the elders of the Churoli and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up." Rev. 1'. L. Haas, of Philadelphia, con- ducted the faith cure meeting. He said : " We place the hand on the head in this way and anoint the person with oil in the name oCthe Lord and pray over him. We can quote many passages of Scripture to show faith cures, and we can also point to living examples. Last week a person in Wilmington was cured ( f an abscess of the heart, A woman in Philaielphia who had complication of diseases nine years, and was treated by nine doctors without auy benefit, was cured instantaneously four years ago, and she is now as stout and hearty as any woman living. We prayed over her an hour and ten minutes, when the power came down and struck her on the head, and passed through her body and all her limbs and healed her immediately." Quito a number were publicly anointed with oil to-night and were prayed over, and the clergymen say the meeting was very successful. A rERIEOCS CRUISE Twenty-Three Miles Down the Ohio on a Cuke of Ice. A Louisville, Ky., telegram says : John Grigsby^ the l',l-year-old son of K. 11. Grigsby, went skating last evening with a party of friends on the OhioRiverat West- l)ort, a town about twenty-flve miles up the river from here. Ho ventured too near the outer edge of the ice, when a great cracking was heard, and the i)ortion ufwn which he was standing broke loose and floated away. It was imjiossible for a • kiff to be pushed into the great, grinding cakes. His com- panions ran and informed Mr. Grigsby of his perilous position. The latter imme- diately aoddled a horse and overtook the young man about three miles down the river. The cake was only aboa'. one hundred vards from the shore. Mr. Grigsby fol- lowed it down to within two miles of this city, a distance of twenty-three miles, when he gave two fisliermen 810 each to go out in a skiff and rescue the boy. With much difficulty they did so and brought the young man safe to shore. Ho was almost frozen and nearly scared to death. TEKKIULE MUTILATION OF A IIODT. Discovery of the Keinulns of a Murdered Man Scattered on u Farm. A Boston, Mass., despatch says : A bundle of bloody clothing was found on Tuesday in Lexington. Yesterday farmer Brooks discovered near the place the head of a man which had been severed from the body, and near it other portions of a bojy covered by snow. The head was gashed and distorted by terrible wounds. It had evidently been chopped from the body with a dull axe. About a mile from where the head and arm were found the investigators discovered in a deep gully a mutilated trunk. It was naked, and deep cuts on the hip and leg indicated the intention of ti o murderers to sever the left limb as they had the right, which had been rudely chopped off at the thigh. The features were those of a hard-working man. The Somer- ville Police have received information which indicates that the disfigured remains are those of George A. Codraan. Codman was a young unmarried man, and carried on a milk business in Somerville. Thero is little doubt that the victim was killed by a ter- rible blow on the back of the neck with an axe and then chopped to pieces as found. The right leg, which was hacked off, has not vet been discovered. Death of the I.ivinR Skeleton. A Chicago despatch says : Isaac Spraguc, the " Living Skeleton," died here yester- day. He was born in Bridgewater, Mass., and was quite healthy until his twelfth year, when ho caught a oramp while swim- ming, fell sick, and lost flesh, until he weighed only forty-six pounds. Barnum took him all over the United States, Can- ada and England. He was married and the father of three robust children. I'rayini; for Her Recovery. A Chicago, 111., telegram says : Farwell Hall was crowded to-day by the Women's Christian Temperance tJnion, who, led by Miss Frances E. Willord, prayed earnestly for the recovery of Mrs. Car8e,the President of the Union ,who is lying dangerously ill at her home on the West Side. One of the leading questions in New York city now is whether people who reside in rented houses should bo considered as " of society." Abigail C. Garrett, who has just been granted a divorce from her husband in Cincinnati, is hut 21 years old now, yet she has four children, and Iins been married seven years. Her liusban<l was.S.'i when he indaoed the child to marry him. The Winnipeg Mayoralty. A Winnipeg telegram tays : The official declaration of the mayoralty re-count was made to-day, giving Jones the seat with a majority of five. 'Phere is a goml deal of trouble here over the settlement of disputes arising out of bets on the contest. Many bets were paid on the returning-oflicer's decision, which was in favor of Mr. Pear- son, but now that the County Judge has counted Mr. Jones in the supporters of the latter are demanding the money. The Pearson men say that so far as bets i ro concerned the declaration of the ret'.rnirg- offlcer is final. l.at4-st from the Northwest, Since the winter set in there hos not been one hour'^i^elay on the Western Division of thc^lCanadian Pacific Itailway ctiuscd by snow. Splendid warm weather is rejiorted from the C. P. H. west to the Rockies. It is rumored that Mr. Hughes, of Brandon, will l)c appointed Chief of the Pro- <uc>il Police, ricr Constantino. The Half-breed Commission will hold sittings ot several points in Westbourne County this month. The mayoralty rc-(!ount was commenced to-day before Judge Ardagli, but was not finished. Mr. Pearson's majority of six has been reduced to three so far. The r?count of the votes oast in the Mayoralty contest closed this morning. The result converts .\ld. Pearson's supywsed majority of six into a minority of five. Judge Ardagh declared Aid. Jones e ected, and there is great rejoicing amo,>g the friends of the latter. The case m v still go to a higher court. A Pralrio Snow float. A Grand Forks, Dak., despatch says : A party of pleasure seekers left the city for a trip over the prairie in a snow boat, invented by Dr. H. W. Wheeler. The boat will accommodate twenty persons, and is com- fortably fitted out and wonderfully con- structed. They started out Worn North Third street, and in less tin.;, one hour had reached a village twenty-one miles out. They claim that in a good wind it will make thirty miles per hour. In New York city there ia said to bo 8,(;00 families who receive help from charitable associations and the city. The Rutland Herald tells of a young man that went into a drug store in that town, and asked for some rock and rye without any rock. Court B. Cunley ia one of the most popular tobacconista in Poughkcepaie, becauRo he displays this sign and lives by it : " No Cigarettes Sold to Boys." Turned Out of l>oors In Midwinter. A Westerly, R. I., despatch says : Many of the strikers at the Moss Manufacturing Company's works are being turned out of the tenements owned by the company. W. C. King, a weaver, who did not strike, has also been turned out of his tenement because, according to his story, he refused to turn hia boy, wlio ia a Knight of Labor, out of his home. Ho says he has spent much money and time beautifying the liouHo, and has always been faithful to the interests ot the company. There is a great deal of suffering among the evicted tenants. The Whipple family was turned out in the midst of a blinding snowstorm, and old Mr. Whipple, who is dying with consump tioii. was carried out to the waggon in a blanket. Public sentiment does not justify the company's treatment of its striking workmen. UATTLINO WITH THE WAVES. Twenty-Seven of a Crew and Their Would be Rescuers Engulpheil In the Angry Billowsâ€" Thrilling Scene at a Ship- wreck. A last Saturday night's Norfolk, Va., despatch says : A ship was driven on the Virginia coast at 2 o'clock this morning near the Little Islond Life-Saving Station, fourteen miles south of Cape Henry. Not less than twenty, and probably more, lives were lost, among them five life-saving men, who, in the discharge of their duty, were drowned. The morning was bitterly cold and a blinding snowstorm prevailed, with the wind blowing a gale from the northeast. During a lull in the storm the life-saving patrol from Little Island Lifo-Saving Sta- tion sighted a largo ship stranded on the bar about eight hundred yards from the shore. In a little while crews from the Little Island and Dam Neck Stations, with life-boats and apparatus, were abreast of the wreck, and the boom of a mortar on- nounced that a lino had beeu shot out to the ill-fated vessel. The shot was unsuccessful, and a second one fired with like results. After firing six unsuccessful shots the life-saving men determined to brave the furious sea and the death which seemed certain to await their venture. The men gave way with u will, and in a moment both boats were breasting the furious waves. They reached the ship in safety, and five of the ship's crew were taken in a lifeboat and ten in a ship's boat which was launched for the purpose. The boats were headed for the shore and not a word was spoken , for each man realized the awful peril which surrounded them. With a steady pull the two boats were making good headway for shore, when a wave of great power struck both boats, capsizing them instantly and pitching their twenty- two occupants into the boiling sea. Then began a desperate struggle for life, and with many of the men it was a prolonged one The horrified life-savers on the beach were powerless to assist their drowning com- rades or the unfortunate strangers. The drowning men were carried southward by the seas, and some of them were washed ashore. As they came within reach they were picked up, and endeavors were made to revive them, which in two instances were successful, althcugh one of the two is badly injured. I'he vessel is the German ship Elizabeth, Capt. Halberstadt, from Hamburg to Baltimor and not one of her crew survives her wreck. Her cargo is unknown, as the high seas have thus far prevented any attempt to reach her. It is thought she is leaking badly, and at sunset her masts were thought to be giving way. Of the life-saving crew the following were lost : Able Belanza, captain of No. 4, known as Little Island ; J. W. Land, same station ; Geo. W. Stone, same ; J. A. Belanza, of Dam Neck Station, and the brother of Abel ; Joseph Spartley, of Dam Nock. John Etheridge and Frank Bel- fore, of No. 1 Station, were washed ashore and resuscitated, but FUheridge is so badly injured that it is thought he cannot sur- vive. NonFOLK, Va., Jan. â€" Latest particu- lars from the wreck of the ship Elizabeth put the number of the crew at 22 instead of \r>, not a man of whom was saved. This fact is learned from the two men of the life- saviQg crew who survive, and who recovered consciousness to-day. The bodfes of the five men of the life-saving crew and foiir of the ship's crew, which were recovered yesterday, were in life-preservers, and three more of the ship's crew without life- preservers wore picked up lower down the coast this morning. .\ body, which has Ixicn identified as that of the captain, is among those recoveroil. This evening the masts of the ship wore still standing, though the sea was breaking over her violently. =\ AN EXTRAORDINARY SECT. How Many Persons Were Duped into Supporting a Couple of Adventurers. A London cablegram says : A serious dispute took place this week among a remarkable sect of religious fanatics who have their headquarters ut Rochester, a city midway between Canterbury and Lon- don, which is famed for its cathedral and ruined castle. It was at Rochester, by the bye, where Henry ^â- III., of polygamous memory, met his fourth bride, the unloved Ann of Cleves, and it was at Hochester, also, that the immortal Mr. Pickwick fought his memorable duel. The sect above mentioiifd call themselves the new and latter "House of Israel," and they claim to be the remnant of the people of Israel, the 14,400 spoken of in the book of Revelation. The doctrine which they teach is that the members of the sect never die in the ordinary sense of the term, but that the body is preserved alive, and after bein^ ultimately clear '.'d of blood, passes into the enjoyment of u firpt resurrection. They have had largo additions to their membership, and have organized a consid- erable fund for the building of an immense temple on Chatham Hill. The final coat of this was to amount to 8'250,0OO, and 880,000 of this has already been raised and sixint on the building. Contributions to the fund have been coming in at the rate of 850,000 per annum, and the congregation was in a highly prosperous condition. The leader was one Jezreel, who, strange to relate, died the other day in the ordinary fashion. This naturally upset a good many of his followers, and though his wife, upon whom the mantle of her husbimd fell, attempted various explanations of his sudden and un- expected departure for another world, there was a large contingent who could not be convinced that there was a mistake some- where. Mme. Jezreel then proceeded to ex- pel these heretics from the sect on the ground that they were not i)illars of the Church. The quarrel thus made public has revealed much misery in many families at Rochester, where fathers, mothers and children had been mis', 'd and led astray by this most ridiculous of absurdities. One man of some prominence in the community deserted his wife and children and threw up a good position to join the atst, in con- nection with which he submitted himself to all sorts of humiliating oflices. Jezreel ap- pears to have boen a sort of Brigham Young, except in the matter of marriage, ond as he had the handling of all the moneys i)aid in, he and his wife looked upon it as a lucky venture. It is almost beyond belief that such a considerable num- ber of men and women could be found in England, outside of lunatic asyl'-.ms, to be thus duped. Competition In Wheat. .\ Paris cable says : M. Lockroy, Minis- ter of Commerce, announces that wheat of excellent quality and superior weight has been exported for the first time by Russia from the Caucusus. Large cargoes of this wheat, M. Lockroy says, have been sent to Odessa across the Black Sea from the ports of Potia and Batoum, destined for the Adriatic and the English Channel. A Melbourne cable says: The wheat harvest in Victoria is 12,000,000 bushels, an average of 12 buahela per acre. The exportable excess is 1,50,000 tons, or fiO.OOO tons over that of the preceding year. all Afraid of Her Pastor. " However did you get the heels scraped off your shoes ?" asked Cora. " I was at a tobogganing party last night," replied Mamie " And ('idn't you know what to do with your feet?" " Why, of course I did," was the scornful A Great Nlf(ht at Sandrlngliani, A King's Lynn, Norfolk, cablegram says : The Prince of Wales' great dramatic fete has just ended. It presented a fair turn of the tables. His Royal Higlmess often visited the Criterion Theatre to see Charles Wyndham. Now Charles Wynd- ham has visited Sandringham with his whole company, working staff and scenery and performed in the play of "David Garrick" The great hall of the Prince's country seat, which has been so often described as overlooking three hundred acres of park, had been transformed by Mr. Wyndham into a theatre, with stall chairs and a stage throe feet high. The Criterion orchestra was in an adjoining corridor. In an extemporized private box sat the royalties. The Prince had been entertaining a large company of celebritiea for the whole week. Many had been specially invited for the evening, the auditors numbering about two hundred. When the curtain rose at the appointed time â€" two hours before midnight â€" the scene of magnificent toilets in the audience of celebrities must have to the performers outdazzled the brilliancy of the scenery sur- rounding them. The royal box was dis- tinguished by crimson velvet chairs. •I'lien came rows of chairs upholstered in blue. Next were long rows of f auteuils. The audience was generally seated when General Sir Dighton Probyn,' Comp- troller of the Household, entered as herald, followed by members of the royal family. Tho Princesa of Wales walked in in "a stately manner, dressed in a ruby volvi^t robe and wearing a diamond tiara. With her was the Princess Louise (Marchioness of Lome), who wore white satin and pearls. The two young Princesses, daughters of the host and hostess, followed, both wearing pale blue silk. At tho reor of the hall stood many of the servants, presenting a back- ground of littlo white muslin caps worn by tho women, alternating with tho scarlet livery of tho men retainers. All tho guests stood until the Prince was seated. He wore the usual evening dress, but sported decorations. After the close of tho play, the orchestra having given tho national anthem, Wynd- ham and tho principal performers mingled with the audience, receiving tho congratu THE INFANTA LANDS IN A DITCH, And all Spain Grows Hysterical Over the Erent. A Madrid cable says : For several hours on Saturday night tho city was excited over sensational reports that the Infanta Isabella, sister of the late King Alfonso, had been kidnapped and killed. The infanta kad gone out in a carriage to follow the royal huntsmen in tho Grade. She occu- pied her carriage alone, and was escorted by three aides. In a remote part of the great park tho carriage broke down, throwing the infanta into a ditch. She was not hurt, although it was feared she was. It was deemed prudent for her to remain at tho scene of tho accident until assistance could bo procured, and (Or this a lackey was despatched. Much time was lost. In the meantime the hunts- men had gone on a great distance before they missed their royal mistress, and v^-hen they discovered she was no longer with them they became greatly frightened and started a general alarm and began a noisy search. The pro- longed absence of tho infanta from the castle caused uneasiness there, and finally the police and troops were sent out in search of her. They hoard tho report which had been scattered by the frightened huntsmen and tho whole country was sub- jected to a scouring, alarming the people and producing the most sensational stories. The lackey sent for assistance was slow and it waa 10 o'clock at night before tho royal carriage was found and the truth heralded about town. What added to tho general consternation during tho search for the infanta was tho recollection of tho recent conspiracy attributed to stock gamblers for stealing the royal babe and leaving the throne without an heir. response ; " hut the gentleman in front of I Nations of the Prince and his guests. Then mo was u minister, aid I thought he might ' f"",^ "?,, u^"â„¢" "ir°"R'' ""^w a foot deep be offended if I put them in his lap." *? *'?° "'?'^ "°t«' "J *'"» villageâ€" Lynn- » Hegisâ€" where once Eugene Aram walked Richmond, Va., has sent a deputation to *° '"" ^'^'^ Baltimore, Md., to be taught how to execute m * ; a criminal. 1 wo young men were hunting in Shade . T.r . . , , . Township, Pa., when a deer iumned un in w"!"'l!^:\.£?r5'J..=!';':!:^-.:'!.'!° .TJP''- i^H i" ''â- Â«'JK° ot rocks. Here !t paS ;rab it other came When an American girl marries a Mexican, Jong enough for one of the boys to" grlhli The husband is u.. *u_ v:_j i i ., ,, â- ' . «'""' however, it ia different, then classed as furniture by the hind legs and then the up and killc<1 it. FOR THE GOVERNOR. AllcBed Negotiations to Provide Ills Ex- oollency AVitfi n Itlontreal Residence. A Montreal despatch says : At a meet- ing of the City Council this afternoon Aid. White moved thata committee bo appointed to consider tho advisability of procuring n permanent residence for the Governor- General and hoped that His Excellency would be induced to spend two or three months of the year here. The Chairman of tho Finance Committee said that all the city coiUd do would bo to give the site on tho moiuitain brow near the mansion of Sir H. Allan and let tho citizens ortho Govern- ment erect tho mansion. It was found that an offer had been made for tho residence of Mr. Alex. Buntin on Sherbrooko street. Upon that gentleman being questioned by a reporter he admitted that ho had been approached by parlies who ho believed represented the Government and who had made (<ii offer for hia house. They want it furnished, ho said, and they can get it, provided they give my price, which ia in tho vicinity of $80,000. It has been rumored that Ilia Excellency had been offered and accepted tho residence of H. M. Allan, hut Mr. Allan states there is no truth in the story. Lecturers consider Ohio to be the best State in the Union for their business. A Maltese cat in Cheyenne, W. T., drives the cows to and from tho pasture as good as a cowboy can. Ferdinand Chovosanborgonstein ia the name of a Now York anarchist who was fined 810 last week for riotous behavior. Maoaulay objected to dogs as a check to conversation, but some people wouldn't have anything loft to talk about if their dogs wore taken away. A MassachuBi^tts woman has just com- pleted a book entitled " How to Manage a Husband." But what concerns tho groat majority of Massachusetts women is how to get a husband. .#. ; -r "n^Sfi.