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/ \t m '* I ! .â- '^ rilE FlClir OVER IREUNI). riolure anil the Fii^t Readinif ol the Crimes Bill larricd. FAKNEI.I/S GREAT SPEECH. The Irish Will Do Nothing to Hamper Mr. Gladstone in His Glorious Work. A last (Thiirniiay) ninht'H I.omlon ii*»|«tih Bttvs; Lord llartin^ton at a mw-tirin toilay of the Liberal I' Dion members of both IIoURes of I'arliami'iit oxiiliiiiie<l tliat the (lovern mciit hail made the Iriah Crimes Act Amendment Hill a 4iiestion of confidence, and if the I,il>eral rnionistH 'ailed to Hup- (K.rt the Hill, and in that way brought about Its defeat, the reBult wouhl be tlie advent of Gladstone to i)Ower. It waH the imi)era»ive duty of the Liberal I'nioniHts to prevent thw. The mwtinn decided to Kupport the Hill. Several members were ahwut. The meeting hall waa crowded. Amonn the prominent |)erson8 present were the Karl of Derby, Mr. Chamberlain and Harori Uothschild. The meeting, with the exception of two dinHentients, unani- moualy adopted Lord llartin^ton's pro|>OHal that the Liberal I'nioniata support the «e<ond reading of the Crimes Hill on condi- tion that members be allowed to trituise the measure in cotnniittec. Mr. Chaml)cr- lain approveil the pro|msal. In the House of Lords to nit;ht Karl Cado){an (Con.) preH«iiite<l u Hill providing for the purchase of Irish holuin);s, or in other words for the aljolition of the Kystem of dual HWiiersliip created by the .\ct of |M>»I. It was prii|Hise<l, he saiil, to admit teaaeholders to the In iietits of the .\ct of IKHL ((Jheers. I The leaseholders whose l«*HeB expiri-d prior to IXMl, numlx>rin(,' H'pO,(KIO, were to l»e adnutted to the U'Milits of the Act of iHHl in the same manner as th(«e whose h'ases expired in that year. It was also pro|)<)s«xI that a lan<llord must issue notice in the form scheduled In the Hi!', when he obtains an eje<-tment writ from the Court ; that he l>e reajuired to iterve the tenant with that notice in the manner pre»cril)e<i by the Courts, uither by service or by ]H)Htin^: that when the tenant reoeives this notice he shall b<'coniei/«ii/'iii'f» caretaker of his holding for the |)eriod of SIX months, and that the re<)eniption thai! run as from that date. Karl Cado|{an said the Covernment found It impossible to adopt the Land Coiiimis sioners' recimmendatinn that a ix'rioil of tive years for the fixing nf judii-ial rents Ix- snbetitiited fur that of lifte«Mi years, accord- irn! to the i)res<>nt law. The (iovernment agreed with Lord Hartin^ton that it was an open ij".; iition whether the Irish rents were excest ve or not, or whether excessive rents were i xarted. Therefore it would be nnreasonable to deal anew with the settle ment of rents (ixed by the .Vet of IhmL If tho«e settlements should bo disturlx'd the landlords and tenants would Im' led to believe that there was no finality to such a •M-ttlement. The (iovernment ba'lievcil the lime ha<l arrivi'<l to formtilHte a further measure denlinij with t<'nants' purchase of hoJdint;s. and hsikid to thiit mainly for a M'ttlement of the <|nestioiiswhich unhappily a^'itated the country. In that alone ihey b<-lievc<l would Im* found the solution of ihoHo i|iieHtlons. (Cheers | The Clo\cni ment pro|x>s<Nl to <leal with the i|uestiiiii in two iiarts. ThetlrMt was the Hill whi< li liail jnst tx-en descrilx'd, dealing; with cjuestions of iir»;eniy ami ^reat dilhculty arisint' from t)ie Lanil Act of 1HH|. This Hill, which it was ho|Mxl woulil rednie the mimlx'rof eviitions one half, would Im< followed by n Hill le latin|{ to the piiri'luise of holilin^s. This latter Hill the (iovernment hoix'd would |xTinaiiently settle the ditliculty. The (iovernment asked thrir Lordships who were landlords in Ireland and those con. nmjKxl with them to make heavy sacrilii^es. The measure strii-lly renanled llie rights of pniperty and was, throni;h an earnest drsi re to remisly complaints arising from the land laws, drawn in a spirit of fairness ami justice. They pro|K)se<l to relievo tenants who were insolvent through no fault of their own, but through misfortune. For extravat(ant and iinprnvident tenants the (iovernment pro|««Hed a county court, the jndKO of which, while urantliiK the landlord jii<lf{ment shall 1m* empowered to a n>ason able stay of execution for a |Hirio<l to Iwi dfH:ide<l by the jiid^e, the tenant meanwhile not to Ixi removed from his holdiiifi. The (iovernment woiihl const itiito the i:oiinty cxiurt jiidKe a jiidKn >» liankriiptcy within the area of his ordinary jurisdiction. A last (I'ridayl ihkIiI's London cable says: In the Iloin-o of Commons to ninht Mr. W. II. Hniitli siitinested that if the Irish CriincH Hill bo read a lirst time to niljht, th« sonond reading' coiilil Ix; taken up tJn Tuesday, and then there would be an interval of a week txitweon the second read. inM and Hnin|{ Into nommittee. tin said it was the ini|H'ratlve duty of the (loverii niont to iuslst that the House cor.e to an •arly decision on the iiniicipl)! of the Hill. Ileferrin^ to the Land Hill, he said It was of vital itni>ortance that the (Iovernment ilsa every elTort to make the measure law. Mr. I'ariiell, upon risiii)^ to resume the (fehate on the ( 'rimes Hill, was loudly e.hnereil. He said that with the production n( tho Land Hill yesterday I'arllament had boAli put ill |N)ss<-HHioM of the complete plan of the (lovnninieiit in all its iiakeilness and dishonesty. The Land Hill had revealed the extent of the plot and the gravity of tho conspiracy tliroii^li which the ('oiiser vatives and Liberal UiiionistH intended In try and <o<^rce tenants in Irelniul into the payiiK'Ht of impoHsibte renls and ('onipel them to piircliase their luiidlords' Inti'i'ests at exorbitant niti'S. If the Mouse should ever ^ive the (iiiveniment power thus to (VMinxi the |H'ople, the result would most c<trtaiiily Ixi wliolesali' re|iiidiatloii, iiivulv in^ immense loss to the Hritish taxpayer. The (Iovernment were iiiessiii^ on coercMon with indecent haste, 'i'hi>y had rifiised to carry out the rei'onimeiiilations of the Land Commission. If the Cis'rcioi Hill wore passed, the hist defence of the tenants aKAinst wholesale rohlx'ry would Imi re movixl. In just land mircliaHo lay the only hope of settlim; the land tpiestion. If It was ilnne at fair prices and in the absence of r/xircioii, Irish tenants would fiillil their obligations to the last (xuiny. I'rtxviediiig to iliscnss the provlHinns of the Hill, Mr. I'arnell contende<l that the powers given to the magistrates would enable them to send |>olitical opponents to prison for six months to a plank bed and prison diet. No part of previous ('oercion Acts had ever excited so much distrust of Kn>;lish justice aa .he pro(x>sal to change the venue of trial and bring the Irish Ix-foro sjwcial Knglish juries. The pro- posal meant a reign of judicial murders. Secret societies would spring up, fostered by the hiWTerings of an oppressed nation, and those who had l*en persistent in counselling the people to observe patience and nuxlcration might counsel in vain. Hut he would still counsel them to submit to injustice rather than retaliate or do any- thing that might drive Mr. tiladstone from their side or increase his dithcnlties or place them in a false position with the l..ilx'rals. Their battle was now won in Irelanil. (Cheers.) The party which alone could gain by violence, by the jx-ople of Ireland going beyond the law, was the present (iovernment. Thit was tie reason this Hill had been brought for- ward. Its object was to strengthen the (iovernment's own miserable position. Let not the [X'Ople of Ireland fall into the toils thusset for them. Ho greatly feared the results of the Hill, but he would not cease to tell them that thesituation was entirely diflcrent from that of five years ago, and that for them victory was certain. 1'he people of Ireland would again bear the strain with patience. Mr. Gladstone would not find his action hampered or his hands sullied in the great and ylorious work he had undertaken. (Ch(x.>rs.) He concluded by moving that the House resolve itstdf into committee to consider the state of Ireland. Mr. Harrington, amid groat laughter, read letters from the Knight of Kerry, Lord Moiick and others, applying on behalf of friends and relatives for stipendiary magistrateships in Ireland. When asked where he ha<l obtaine<l the letters, ho re. plied that he had bought them at an auc- tion. This answer was received with shouts of laughter. Mr. Harrington pro- i^eded to explain that the principal quali- fications urged in Iwhalf of the applicants were poverty and large families. On being interriipte<l by iries of " Divide," he said he was not surprised at the impatience shown by the gentlemen op|x>site uix>n the e.\|Misiire of these unpalatable facts, but he had a right, he said, to show the characters of the men at whose mercy it was projMJHcd to plac* the liberties of Irishmen. Labouchere, said thedisorders In Ireland were due to the execrable laws and the (iovernment's defiance of the wishes of the |M'ople. The Conservatives st<emed unalile to iiiiderstanil that they are dealing with a nation entithsl to make its own laws, notwithstanilingindividuals. The t«-rrorisiii and outrages which flourished in the Soiitliern States during .\nilrew .lohnson's time ceasnl in lM7l> when Home Kule was caucus king, is setting his machinery in motion, and meetings are to be held indoors and out. Demonstrations on a great scale all over the country are planned. S4VKU BY fEi>PKK. Courageous and HiieeeAsfal Combat of a Yoiinj; Latly With a tVayside AHsailaiit. .\ Heller's Creek, I'a., despatch says Miss Netts Kink, a I.') year-old girl, had a thrilling ex|)erience while returning home from a neighhoriug store last evening. The store where she had visitecl is about a mile from her home, and the road, like all country highways, is desolate and lonely. .Miss Kink, whose appearance was that of a woman of 20 rather than a girl of 1"), started homeward shortly after (i o'clock, having no fear of being molested, as she fre<|uently travelled over the same road at a later hour. She amused herself by sing- ing sentimental songs in alow tone of voice. When she reached a part where the road is thiikly lined on both sides with tall pines she saw the forms of two men some dis- tance ahead cross the road and enter the brush. .\s it was customary to see farm hands take byways and short cuts home, which branch off from the main road, she was not alarmed, but continued her jour- ney until she |)assetl the spot where the men crossed over, when suddenly a burly- looking fellow, with slouch hat drawn down over his face, jumped out from the brush and seized her by the throat, at the same time trying to force a big red hand- kerchief into her mouth. Failing in this he kept his hand tightly clasix-d over her mouth, and tk«D tried to carry or drag her off the road into the brush. Miss Kink is a robust girl and battled with her assailant with wonderful strength. .\ de8|xrate struggle followed, during which the girl's clothing wasalmoet torn from her bo<iy. She had dropped all the articles she had purchased at the store with the exception of a small package of pepper, which she held in her hand. She ipiickly dashed it into the brute's face, and by a suprem'e effort broke from his grasp and ran for her life. At the same time tho two men who a short time before had croBseil the roa<l sprang out of the brush as if to assist the man who made the attack. The young lady reached home very much exhausteij and was scarcely able to tell her story. Somewhat retoveriiig from her shock she related her encounter with the men, whereujxjn her father, brothers and several neighbors, armed to the teeth, starteil in pursuit of the trio, while the mother took care of the girl, whose face was terribly bruised and swollen from the rough treatment she had riH-eive<l. The whole neighlxirhood was arousetl and many recruits soon started out to join the pursuing party, who kept the search up until midnight without success. Deter- minetl to capture the gang if possible, they 1 â-  ,. resiimiHl the search this morning, but un to granted. I he s,x*ker taunt.Hl^ ','"',"'.'â-  ' » '•'" hour nothing further was heard from them with Ignorance of the condition of Ireland and said that Halfoiir harilly i:ared what measure he projHised. He ilenouncol the pnrtiHan Irish judges for making exciting |K>liti('al harangues. .\s regarded the pro |K>sat to make the Crimes Hill a ix>rinanent lone the Hill would majority of the iiise of Lords were Kalis- nieasrire, if that wen never Ix- abrogated, as memlHTs of the Jl biiry's subservient |H)litii'al slaves. The Speaker iiiter|K)"ie<l and l.alxiuchere iiKKiifieil his ex|>ressioii to " the majority is entirely in Lord Salisbury's hands." Coiitiniiiiig, he said the Irish conspira. tors were a class of privileged landlords who wi-re lli<' (Hrpetiial enemies of the |M'ople and who ilesired til ileprive them of their rivil rights. He taiintwl ChamlxT lam with having made an offer ti the Lils'rals to opiKise ox'rcnni if they would ai'<'ept his Irisli plans. When this offer was refused Chamberlain took his gixsis to the other siile. Cliamlx'rlain only " wanted his miserable vanity satistted. " The Itadi- cals would not forgive ('hamlx'rlain if he voted for cixircion. The door of ro|M)iit ancu was idosing against the Radicals who were affording tho Tories an unnatural, hollow and discreditable support. This was the last effort of the classes against the masses. It was a struggle betwtH<n pliitiH'rats Irish and Knglish landlords and the men who occii|iied the land and askeil a fair shari! of its fruits. The struggle was Ix-twee'ii a system of govern ment by the |H-ople and a system based n|x)n thei-ixircion of the (x-ople. The Kiig lisli DemiH-rats would stand shoulder to shoulder with the Irish Demwrats. Apart from the justice of the cause it was to their interest to do so, bisrause they knew when the (iovernment had linislie<i with Ireland the turn of the Ihiglish Democrals wiiiilil come. Hedid not fear a is'rmanent i on servative siici^ess. The llowing tiile was with the |)e!rin<:rats and the ebbing with the Coiiservatives. The Hill would do more than anything else to advance Home Hide. Mr. Conybears cnntinneil the diHciission Itmid cries of " Divide." Mr. T. I'. O't.'oimor moved to adjourn the dohat(>. Mr. (Jladslono, in snpjxirting the motion, saiil there were strong reasons for it. Ho defendi'd Mr. rariieH'H ilelay in moving his amendment, and said this was a grave and serious case, ilemanding another night for ilisciisMion. With reference to Mr. I'arnell's aisiech, Mr. (iladstone said he had never known of an instance in which the case made for siiidl a Hill had been so <()ni plelely lorn tn rags. (Loud lOieers.) Mr. W. H. Smith coniplaineil Ix.caiise the I'ariielliticH had not risen sooner, and salil he was unable to accede to Mr, O'Connor's re<|uesl. Mr. rarnell supported Mr. O'Connor's motion. Mr. O'Connor's motion was rejected by o vote of :itll to •2,'il. Tpon Mr. Smith putting the <|iiestioii Mr. (iladstone rose and walkeil down the lliHir into the Opposition loliby, all the meip'H'rs of llie Op|uisition standing and cheering him as he did so. (hi reliirniiig to the House lie was agiiiii loudly chiwreil. rile niotloii for cloture was iMirried by a vote of ilCpl to 'J.'i.'l, and the first reailliig of the Hill wiiH agrceil to without a division. The announcement of the ri^siilt of the cloture derision was received with cheers and counter cheers, and crieafrom the I'ar nellites of " Tyranny ! " "Down with the S|siaker." All the members on the front Opposition heiiidi, with Mr. (Iladstone leading, left tin; House followed by a large Issly of Lilxirals Mr. Morley's s|ieech is but the preliidi to orgBni,ieil action SNAKKM IX THK RACK I,0«. Thrilling .%ilvrntiire by the Flre»l4le in « CaUklll Home. .\ I'ine Hill, N.V., despatch says: l'|i here in the Catskills, where two or three thousand New Yorkers while away the summer, is an old homestead in which a farmer resideit with his family. The honse is ipiaint and old-fashioned, not the least of the attractions Ix'ing great yawning tire- places, III whi(!h immense "back logs " crackle and blaw, while the ketti- sings merrily on the hob. It is.-ttill winter ot I'ine Hill ainl vicinity, so " back logs " continue tf \m' i i great demand. When the snow and hail were coining ilown lively last Sunday night, and the wind was blowing no " small guns," the farmer, Matthews, replenishetl the fire around which his wife ainl rosy chei'ked Isiys and girls were cosily gathered. As the farmer place<l an Immense knotty piece of wiMsl, in which there was a deep hole, on tho Hre one of the children remarked : " Ho|ie tliere'i no little moDaies in there. .Ud." " That I here was something in the pin* knot was sihiii made evident by the unusual cra<'kliiig and hissing, and five pairs of dilated eyes watched the hole in the wood intently, as the blaze crept idoser and closer to II. rresently there was a jump- ing auil skurrying of the farmer ami his family as a snake slowly but surely issued forth freni the wixxl. It s<piirmed and jiimiN'd, and at last, by a violent effort, fri'ed Itself from the fireplace. I'lie farmer and eldest son kille<l the reptile, which was fiMind to Ihi a young rattlesnake. Two other small snakes ol the same s|x'iies also crawled out of the wihmI and were <|uickly di'spatched. During the entire |x'rforin aiue the farmer's wife st(xxl on a chair with her skirts gathered heroically about her and shrieked lustily. The next morning, how- ever, according to the fanner's story, his wife pomte<l proudly to the snakes and saiil : " We killixltlum) all within a half hour ; didn't we, William T' The llolienilan Oat Swimlle, .\ I'lymouth, Mich., despatch says : .Vbraham (lorslin was examineil here to ilay on the charge of obtaining Mayor (iates' signature to a note on false pre teiii^es, and was bound over for trial in the Circuit Court with bail fixed at S.".(H). (iorsllii, in Novemlx'r, iHHa, being then I'resident of the Hohemian Oat Company, indiiceil (latos to buy thirty bushels of oats at SKI |ier bushel on promise that the com pany next year would s<'ll twice that ainoinit for him at the same price. Gates giving lus note for J:i(Hl. The latter brings and swears witnesses in corroboration that (iorsliii tolil him the company hail $11). (KM) on deposit with the State Treasurer to insure the fulfilment of its bonds, .\fter wards, when the company colliipseil, hav lug dellveied only part of the thirty liiishels of oals. (iorslin told (iaten he was glad to get out of it as he had known all along it was a fraud. Kvidence was produced showing the company never had any money deposilc^d with the State rreasiirer. (iorslin mill his agent Lawrence denied that II stiitenient that such money was on deposit was made, PERISHIN'Ci l> THK TKEE-TOPt». Terrible Kxperleare of Twelve *fen In Oakuta'n Flood Lions (or Neighbor*, A St. Paul, Minn., telegram says : F. H. Thayer, a Pullman car conductor on the Northern Pacific road, gives a graphic account of a perilous trip of a party of twelve, made across the river at Bismarck Thursday night, daring the ice gorge there. His orders were imperative to cross the river, and he managed to hire riveimen to take him and six passengers acrosK in a yawl. The flcKxi was at its height, the Missouri River was full of fioating ice and it seemed almost impossi- ble for a boat to live in the augry torrent. Mr. Thayer says : " We left the landing about H o'cloi'k. It IcKiked as though we would make the trip to Bismarck before dark, as the current was running so swiftly that it was only necessary to steer the boat and keep her head down stream. Suddenly and without warning a siiuall struck us, the boat almost upset, so violent was the shock, and we shipped a sea that completely tilled the bottom of our barque and gave us a duck- ing. The wind seemed to have starte<l the ice, and we were continually b<-ing caught in eddies that would turn the boat around and make it unmanageable even with four strong men at the oars. Once we came in collision with an ice-Hoe with such force that it seeme<l as if we should go to the bottom. " We gradually worke<i the boat into the tree-tops that were a few feet above water and secared anchorage. The wind had in- creased in violence and soon after dark, it began to rain, then hail and finally snow. Our clothing was wet through and finally froze stiff. One of the party had got bis feet wet and changed his stockings, but his shoes froze and he was so benumbed that he could not get them on again. He then took a coat from his satchel, cut the sleeves oat and wrapixxl his feet in the sleeves. We stood up in the boat, stamped, swung our arms to keep our blood in circulation and resorted to every form of exercise that our cramped position would permit. (Jne of the party finally gave up and declared he did not care if he (lid freeze to death, and sank down in the boat. I arousetl him by a smart slap in the face that angered him, and he got up and wanted to tight. The same thing o<-cnrred several times during that awful night. " The roaring of the river and the crack- ing of the ice were simply awful. At tiiues we could not make ourselves heard, and to add to our discomtiture we could hear quite near us the screams of two mountain lions, I'robably in some tree top, imprisoned by the f1oo<l. .\t last it grew lighter, the tide suddenly went down, and the muddy waves diminished in size. There was less ice in the river, too, and with benumbe<l hands we iinfastenetl our moorings and drifted with tho tlood down the river and finally managed to get ashore." THK l>ONAHI'K CtSK. I Clutch" Ksrape* the riut«-hfiH of the Law «»liee More. A last (Thursday I night's Wclland despatch says; The case of the I'nitetl States Kxpress Co. vs. Donahue was con- clmled at the Assi/.es today. The defence relie<l principally a(x7n an alibi, the evi- dence for which is as follows : .Wm. Ruchner, the captain of a cavalry troop, swore that within a few days before going into camp at Niagara, on the 'i'iiid June, IHH.i, he Ixirrowed a sum of money from Donahue at Kort Krie, with which to |)ay exjxMises. He was not ixisitive as to how long Ix'fore going to camp he borrowe*! the money, but fixed the date of tho departure of his com|>aiiy a* the 'i'Jiid .June, and three members of the troop testified to b<<ing present at the interview between their captain and Donahue, and all throe stattnl that it was ab<iut H o'clmk in the evening, two days before tlx! camp o|K>iiod, making it June "iOtli. James Spoiii swore to taking a drink with Donahuu in Kort Krie on tho 'i'Jnd June, after tho volunteers had left. It would Ix^ im|xissible to leave Kort Erie ofter the time sworn to by the volunteers and go to Susi|iiehanna in time for tho roblwry, much less get back by the time sworn to by Spain. Mr. Osier, in a (siwer. ful address to tho jury, claimed that a verdict for the plaintilT would be believing the questionable testimony of thieves ana dotiwtives against that of the reputable citizens who had sworn to the alibi. ,Mr. Kerr, on the other hand, pointed out that tho ovidoiico against Donahue was of the strongest kind, and tlist the alibi witnesses might easily tw mistaken as to dates of events so long past. The jury, after about an hour's delilx<ratioii, retiiriuHl a verdict for tho defendant. His Lordship remarked that if he were tho jury ho would have found differently. TUK HUOM CONTIMiKK. f Booinem .ImuII .Sle. >larlp in Ihe Hand Hiiil .Sprciilaloni. A Marquptte, Mich., despatch says: The army of bixniiers, sharks and s|XH'ulatorH which is in possession of everything at Sanit Ste. Marie continues to increase with every train. Not only town projwrty, but land anywhere within two to five miles la gobbled up like hot cakes. For tho present the boomers hold the fort and are ix>rfeotly wild with excitement. The most extrava gaiit stories are afloat regarding deals and a great deal of gambling is said to Ixi in progress. The excitement is increasing iiourly, and it is claimed ?l,-',"iO,()(H) have actually changed hands or are tiptl up in short time optionB. Mrs. Lemuel ('lute, of Ionia, ^lich., is I'onliiii d to the house with injuries iiiMictcd by a big rooster, which tlew at herfheother ilay, kiioiketl her down, and f<illowed up his aiKiiiitage with Ixiak and claws until , Mrs. (lute's scrtMims brought the hired Mr Hchnadborst, Ihe girl with a pail of water and a stove hook Itenlntanee ofHnow to lliillrls. .\ii Ottawa despatch says: Colonel White s reiHirt of his exiH-rini.nts on the resistance of snow to bullets, in (iiiinection with the recent Niirdenfeldt gun ex|x-ri- iiieiits before the Gov. (ieiicral am'. Lord .Me.xander UiishcII, has just been made public, lie says that the Martini bullets tired into a bank of well packed snow were ciiinplctcly si«'iit after traversing a distance of not more than four feet from the point of compact. Snider bullets, m hard packed snow mixed with ice, but not hard enough to prevent digging into it with a sheet-iron shovel, did not penetrate more than about four feet . in ^x^rfcctly dry snow, packed by natural drift, but capable of being easily crushed in tho hand, a bullet jxMietrated alxnit four fix(t, and in Uxise ilrifttsl dry snow loss than seven feet, though fired from i>oints only twenty or thirty yardn distant. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMAYR On Friday, April Ist, two Ingersoll hotel keepers named Marsden and McHurry were each fined $50 for violation of the Hcott Act. Wm. Keene, a young immigrant who came out on the Parisian, while on his way to London, Ont., fell off the train near Pointe Claire and sustained a compound fracture of the skull. David Pike, well known as an hoetler at the hotels around Zurich, attempte<l to commit suicide by jutting his throat with a razor in bed yesterday morning at the Commercial Hotel. Dr. Buchanan was called and sewed np thegash. He will likely die. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Geo. Weir, a wealthy farmer living on the I'ith conces- sion of ?^ast Nissouri, about four miles from Thamesford, hanged himself in the bam with a leather line. He was dis- covered and cut down, but the doctor says his case is hopeless. The cause is believed to be the loss of some money and family trouble. Mr. J.L. Northrup, a breeder of thorongh- bred cattle, of Westtield. N.Y., was caken to the General Hospital, Montreal, on Saturday, having been badly burned through the burning of a railway car. Mr. Northrup bought a thoroughbred bull from the Pope Farm, at Compton, Que., for t5,(X)0, and was on his way home .vith it when the accident occuirtd. It is supposed that the car took fire while gome one was smoking. The car was totally destroyed and the bull roasted to death. A painful accident happened at St. Fran- cois, Que., on the Temiscouata Uailway. The foreman had taken out a short piece of fuse for a blast, when a man named Caron took a match and set fire to it. The fore- man shouted to him to throw it away in the snow, but he would not do it, thinking he could hold it. His boasting was soon punished, for the fuse exploding, carried off one of his hands, which could not be found, and mutilated the other as well as his face. Amputation of both arms was performed. Hoj)es arc entertained that one eye will be left to the poor cripple. The Queen received the local officials and the chief Knglish colonists at her villa at Cannes on Saturday. Lord Hindlip, formerly Sir Henry .All- sopp, a member of the brewing finii. is dead. He was Tt! years of age. The Russian Government has placet! at the disposal of the police £37,000 to be used in unravelling the Nihilist conspiracy. It is reported that Kmperor Krancis Joseph will go to Kngland during the Queen's Jubilee if political .ffairs permit of his leaving Austria. The fine Roman amphitheatre at Poll, in Austria, on the Adriatic, suddenly col- lapsed yesterday and fell into an immense chasm which opened on the site. From this chasm vapors are emitted. The Pope has sent a confidential com- munication to the Prussian bishops, invit ing suggestions as to the feasibility of establishing a nunciature at Berlin for Prussia, or one nunciature for the whole of CSermany. Saturday brought forth three ghastly reminders of the Richmond Hotel disaster at I'.nffalo, in the shape of three charred bodies dug out of the ruins, one, that of Lizzie Welch, a s«'rvant girl, the other without much doubt that of Robert S. Boyd, of Boston, and the third thought to be that of Katio Kent, a servant. The b<xlies are so badly charred and disfigure<I that identification can only be partial. A most shocking tragedy took place at Conshatta, La., on Saturday afternoon, resulting in tho death of J. H. Schocn and A. ('. Brown. Brown had be<-ome incensed against M. A. Cocketham, a son in law of Sche«n, on account of some business trouble, and had been seen on the streets Saturday afternoon inquiring for Cocker ham. Kmding him at Schecn's store, pistols were drawn and they began firing upon each other. Schcen receiveil a shot in tho mouth, which passed through and broke his neck, causing instant death. Brown received a shot in each arm, and after promiscuous firing on both sides the men left the store. Young John Scheen soizwl a double barrelled gun and flrp«i ujxm tho retreating form of Brown, who ran to a store about 100 yards distant and expirwl ♦ .Il'BILEK THANKSOIVINO. Tho l.onis anil Comiiionn In Attend tVar- Rlilp 111 S4>|»arute Cliiirehes. ,\ London cablegram says: On May •J'Jnd, tho Sunday after Ascension Day. the Sixiaker and the House of Common's will attend at St. Margaret's, Westminster, their recognized church, at a Jubilee thanks- giving service. The preacher will be the Bishop of Ripon. The last oi'casion on which tho House of Commons attende<l a church service in State waa on the 4th of May, IH.'ii;, on the occasion of the national thanksgiving for tho restoration of ix>aco after the close of tho Criiiioan war. But IX'rhaps the most memorable o»'oa8ion was tho s|XH'ial service on the 'ilst of March, lH.">i-i, when a fast day waa ap)Hiinteil by Royal proi'lamation, and sfxvial prayer was made for a blessing on " the just and nwessary war ithe Crimean) in which we areengsgod." The a«<rmoii on that occa- sion was preached with marvellous elo- quence by Canon Melville. It will b<> observed that only the House of Commons attend tho service at St. Margaret's, which is their pariah church. The House of Lords are supix>sed to attend Divine wor- ship at the more aristooratii- Abbey of Westminster, close by. ('aiiiftdiaii Cheese In KiivlMltd. .\ IaiiuIom (Out.) despatch says : Prof Robertson, of the Ontario .Vgrionlttiral College, who had charge of the Canadian clieese uxhibit at the recent Indian and Colonisl Kxixiait ion, left London to-day for Kiiglaiiil. Ill an interview ho expressed the opinion that Canadian ehiwso will rule considerably higher this season than for two or thro«' years past and that tho ropu fafioii earned by tho Canadian dairies at tho Indian ami Colonial Kxhibition will atimulato n much larger trade in that pro- duct than horotofore. He als.i believes tnal ('aiiadian butter will bo in groat demand in Great Kritain next year. < Mr J. B. Lippmoott, of Philadelphia, left an estate worth nearly »S,0OO,0<H).