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GEOBOIAN BAY BOMANOE. An Old-Time Whiakey Schooner Tragedy aod Its Seqael. BIB OAPT. WADCELL OOim TO LIF£ AOilB 7 A deepatcb from Owen Bound saya : What promteea to be »n intereating case will come Dp before the Police Magistrate in a few days. The ciroomstauces are these : About eighteen yearn agu a •chooner, the Explorer, with a cargo con- listing of mill machinery and 200 barrels of whiskey, ran on a rock near Tobermory, and was reported lost. There was a crew of four ou board -thu captain, bis son and two men. The captain and his son escaped, the other two went down with the boat. The story of the wreck told by the captain, whose name \i Waddell, was that when atriking the rock the vessel riii hard ou and shifted her cargo forward. Bending the two men down to shift it aft, the boat swung off the rock and went down bow fore- moat, carrying the two men with it. Ueach- ing this plac<', the talo was related and the insurance c<jllected on the vessel and cargo. Ugly rumnra began to tkat about. Shortly after Waddell and his son were out on a small boat on Lake liuron, and it was told by the boy that the boat capsi/ed and his father was drowned. lie, in his drip- ping clothes, to.k the farmer at whose house on the shore be first appeared, and ihowud him the upturned boat on the shore. The story was received as fact and nothing more thought of the matter till about C years ago, when tno crew of a small coast- ing vessel going around picking up wreck- age were informed of the sinking of the â- ohooner, with mill machinery and whiskey •board. The thonght of securing two hun- dred barrels of " 12. year old" wassufhcient inducement to raiau the lioat, so they went to work, and for their trouble found that th« Kxp\otor had a full cargo of rocks and the two bodied of the crew among them. The bottom had been bored through in sev. eral places, and the whole surroundings in. dicatod a case of cold-bloo<led murder. These circumstances called up the re- membrance of Waddell to some of his former acjuaiulances, and, to their great â- urprise, tbey recogni/.ed the captain in Cbicagu. Ihey reported the fact to a friend of theirs, Mr. Horace Lymburner, of ttia town, who was also acjuainted with Waddell, having shipped a cargo of lum- ber in the Kxplorer. Imagine Mr. Lym- burner's surprise when a few days ago who should turn up on our streets but Waddell. Greeting him as Captain Wad- dell the man replied, with a startled glare D his eyes : " I am not Captain Waddell." And shot past him. lie was also rocog. nized by a Captain Morrow, who informed i*. C. McAuley. This constable has the case in hand and is working it up with good proapects of bringing the guilty man to justice. In the meantime Waddell is serving a fifteen-days' term in jail for being drunk. It is supposed that the whiskey waa sold and the proceeds pocketed, and the mill machinery is reported to bo now in nse in a â- awmiU on the uorih shore lomowhere, being run by a ton of Waddell. Hhould the caHc be proven, it will be one of the mbst sensational ever brought up here. The appearance of the innn who is now in jail, and reported to bo Waddell, is that of a moat <lt<s|ieratu character ; so much so u) to uanao tlio magistrate to re mark that he was the most villainous- looking individual who had ever appeared befcjre him. There is a peculiarity in his walk which is identical with that of Wad- dell. 'J'lie Crown Attorney has taken up the case and is making iii<|uiries of the iaaurance companies intcrented. KII.LKO IIV A OOLI.INION. Au Kiifliir Itiiiin Into m Nlre«<t Car In l>etro)l -Toil I'ernuiiM ]t,Jiirn<l, HulU(« KatMlly. A last (Wednesday) night's Detroit despatch says : This afternoon the Iiake Hhore ,V Mi>:higan Kouthern switching engine, on its way to the •liinotion, collided with ft street ' tr of the i'ort and Croghan street line fit ( Iroghan stn^et c-roasing, de- niolixhuii^ iliM (;i\r and injuring ten pitrsons, live of whom will probably die. Oa the approach of the street (;ar to the (grossing the conductor, in complianc.o with the rules of the Ktreut iUilway Company, ran ahead to as(»Mtain it the way was clear of traiiiu, and seeing the engine, he turned to signal the cur, which had kept on and waH close by. lint tint signal came too late to Driver Thos. Kvniis, and despite his ofTorts the car glideil down the sharp grade in time for the locomotive to uoine up anil crash into it hroadsiile. The stnuit car wah coiiipara- tivnly lUleil wiUi paSHengers, about four- teen ill all. When the locomotive crashed into it, the shrieks of the women and the cries of the men were hranl a distance of several blocks. The siilo of the car wrh oriiHluxi in ami the i^ar overturned and pnglied along a few feet, hut a ijiiick re versal of the locomotive prevented further damage. ()|jinion is divided as lo whom to blame, whether ( !oiidiiotiir Uohh, of the street car, or Watchiiian Hurley, who did not have the block ariiiH down to stop the passage of teams along the street. An Kiiihu/jilnr l>yluii In Toronto. A Wapakonela. i >., ilespatcli says: Israel Iiiicas, ex Treasurer of Aiiglai/ii County, who MtmI to Criimda about two years ago with 8:iO,(l0li of the coiiiity'ii money, is dying with conHuniption. (loorge l)rr, while ill 'I iironto, met I.iiuas and had a long CDiiversiitioii with liiiii. Mr. I,iicaa inlimatud that In- liad pnipared a complete history of the ilernlnalion, and left the im prossion that all of the story of the steal was never tnld. A llrlile or III hikI <lr»oni of r>o. A Itoi Isville, N.C., despatch says: Hamuel Warsduii, aged ,^>0 and Uertriide ililiHon, aged 1(1, eloped from Amelia county, V«., came hero and wsrn married last night. I lie liride, who is pretty, said she had plenty nlfers frimi younger men, but thev were nil <)ri)tikards. I hill tt elllil ll« Nll'fl. A Mrs. Hinith, of Crand Kapids, Mich., was caiii^ht in a patent (ohiing bed which shut lip with her, and slin could not get out until tiin inaniifaeturer of the b>id had Iwen sent for to op>'n the eoinhinatiuii. The inaniifaeturer of every foliliiig bed should go with the hud, to be handy in case of •murgenoy. â€" Ptek'i Sun A BLACKMAILING gOHKMV. Tlie Men Wbo Tried to Entrap Phil Daly â€"A ll«luark»ble CuDreHlon. A New York despatch says: On top of the aenaational developments in the now celebrated " badger " game played on Phil Daly comes a remarkable confession of one of the four conspirators, Uerman, as made to Inspector Byrnes to-day. The confession lays bare a schome of whole- some blackmail on prominent men and forcible extortion of money. The story puts yellow. covered literature to shame. Uenry Harmun was the green member of the gang, lie was pressed early into the service, and weakened easily when Inspector Byrnes (in bis presence) made the titanton woman talk just enough to show that she was willing lo turn Btatcs evidence. The man Uerman is about 'iO, and is of German birth, and has a wife and children, though he spent moat of his time with the Uammond woman. He is a butcher by trade. His last job waa at the Grand Union Uotel, Saratoga. lie met Meredith, the arch-conepirator, a couple of weeks before the election Berman saya that he introduced Meredith to the Btanlon woman, and the ijuartette went to live at the 4th avenue flat, where the badger game was played upon Daly. Meredith waa much pleased with the Blanton womun. She would make a good " crook," he said, because she had the " nerve," and he could make a lot of money out of her. The ootcomeof the matter waa that about Nov. 'J8ih Meredith told Her man that he had fixed it all with Addie Btanton for a big strike, and ho would give Uerman 815,000 to take a hand. The scheme was to write letters to men of wealth and prominence, to entrap them into the tlat. The first who fell in and waa "any good," that is, had any reputation or money to lose, was to be chloroformed and robbed. They calculated to get about 8:I0.0U0 out of their victim by threats and blackmail. Uerman waa assigned to the taak of tying and torturing the priaouer. Daly, one of the chosen victims, came once and the chance was allowed tu pass. Meredith was angry with Uerman for it. The Hammond woman, who was a sort of a silent partner in the scheme, was out of the ilat when Daly passed through his ordeal. Bhe did not wish to bo present at the time. The two men played cards in the kitchen, while the >-tanton woman watched for the gamUer. At 2 p. m. came the knock at the (loor. The woman played her part as agreed upon. When the rush came, Uerman says he was so nirvous that the, pistol went off accidentally. Then they ran. What fol lowed has already been told. TMK COMINU ll.tTTLK. Arrlvalof lirltUh Troops alNuaklm â€" Itattle Kiiiertvd Next W««k. A Bnakim cable says : The llrst detach ment of British troops arrived hero yester- day on the steamship Ilodeida, which entered the harbor, bringing from Sue/ 21 otlicers, lH5inen of the Boottiah Horderers, and 100 mounted infantry with horses. Ho soon aa the troops assenihlcd the Arabs ol>ened a hot artillery tire from the trenches, -nainly concentrated cii the Twelfth I'.Ik.I' Ilattalion, but they were ipiickly Hileiu,. i'. by a reply from the foriS and the Kauer. I'he probaliility is that a light betwein the Arabs aiul the troops under General Grenfell, sirdar of the ICgyptiun army, will take place next week. Keporls put the Hlreiigth of the Arabs in the trendies at from TOO lo 1.000 men. There are, however, many more lying in the bush, within a short distance of the earthworks, and about l,.'iOO reserves ula tioned at Haniioul) wells, eight milt-H away. Many "n merely IribeBmin and slavi-H, but there are among them nearly l.OCO dervishes anil ei Kgyptian snidiers. The fono under General Orenfoll will coiiBist of two brigades of Kgyptian and black troops, supported by the seioiid battalion of the King's Own Scottish Itorderers, one company of mounted infantry, and a small force of l')g)ptiaii cavalry and artil lery, altogether about I't UOO under arms. Hen Grenfell has infornieil the Govern ment that he rcnsiders this force ample to raiue the siege. He expects to be able to mass his entire force by the end of this week. A IkKHrKKATR (IIKL. MliiHitH iltirKeir ilfiHil lt«i(-itiiiie Hnr Muthrr Neolilvil llxr. A Watertowii, N. Y., despatch ....>i â-  Miss Anna M. Moore, the pretty and ac complishnd daughter of II. W. Moure, a well known hardware mt-rchantuf Antwerp, this cimnty, committed Biiicide in a lit of anger, after having been scolded hy her mother for remaining out until 10 o'clock at ni»;lit. 'I'lie ^irl was IH years of age and idoli/.ed by her parents. TiieHilay evening, about 7 u'elook, she expressed ti desire to go out for the piirposH of viaiting a young lady friend in the village. ller mother asked her to remain nt home, hut she dressed and went When nhe retiirneil at 10 o'clock the family hiul retired. The mother arose, however, and, going In Anna's rodiii, iipbraiiled her Heverely for remaining out so late, .\fler Mrs Mmire had turned to leave the room Anna nrone in a passion, went acrOHx the hall to a iliiset, got a re- volver, 11 22 lalibro, ami, placing tlio inn/ â- le to her right temple, llroil. I'lie report of the pistol aroutic-il Mr. Mooro, who riieheil upstairs, hut fell fainting to the floor when hi) found what had taken place. Anna lived nliout three hours after the shooting, but did not regain iMinsciousiuHS. Khe had threatened lo kill herself b.'foro when repr.ned bs her parentH. The revolver with which â-  lio took liiir life was taken from her father's store. A Mini to bo Arrnlil (>l. Ilrnwn (to friend from nut of town) Let iiH cross over, Jack, therm's a tailor on the next block whom I don't want to seo. l''riend Like all you Now YorkerM â€" afraid to meet your tailor. Itrown Great Hcott, man ! 1 don't wear a hundred dollars worth of iilotlua n year. It's my wife's tailor; he's the only man in New Vork I'm afraid of. A BCTTOM'S ODD BI8TOBY. I'ird to Coarsal a Mole from a Frlioncr of War to Ills Wire. A Columbua, Ind., deapatoh aaya: A moat unique nlio of the lata war ia poa- seaeed by George Clutch, Commander of the laham Keith (G.A R ) Post in thia city. It ia a button oS of a private aoldier'a uni- form. During the latter part of the war Mr. Clutch's brother-in-law, J. F. Gal- laber, whose home ia in Ohio, bad the mia- fortune to be captured by the rebela and couiioed in Libby Prison. The story of hew the prisoners in that hell-bole suffered and died from starvation, exposure and ill-treat- ment is a part of history. After Mr. Gal- laher had been there some time he began to feel the need of money, which would enhance bia proapecta cf reaching the Union lines should he succeed in making hia eacape. A surgeon of his regiment, who w b in the prison, was about to be exch anged. He cut off one of the large brass buttons from his uniform, and, separating the two parta of it, made a cavity by taking out the tilliiig. He then wrote on a slip of blank paper, in a small but distinct hand, the following note to hia wife, which be enclosed in the cavity and again sealed the button together : Liiinv I'mbON.â€" Dfah %Vhk,â€" If we are not exchaiigi-d by lit ul Deceiubt-r setd ni« :IJO in ftreeiiLiackB. rutin a vial caoDt-d up in a can uf Icniatuea or blackberries, tii-iid it lu a box uf provisions. J. K. Oallaubu. This note is well preaerved and waa atill resting ancgly in ita place in the button when shown to-day by Mr. Clutch. To continue the story, the button waa made to take the place of another on the uniform of the exchanged surgeon, who reached home and delivered it to Mra. Gallagher in due time. It could not have eacsped the cloae Borutiny of the officera bad it been conveyed out of the prison in any other manner, as the officers were particular to search all of the exchanged prisoners, in- cluding the surgeon, most minutely. Mr. Gallaber did not have mach hope that his scheme would succeed, even should the note roach Ida wife, but he waa surprised, for the fruit arrived in a short time, and although closely insjiected by the prison officials, they failed to discover the vial containing the money concealed in one of the jars of thick preserves. Boon after re- ceiving the money Mr. Gallaber aocoeeded in making hia eacape from the priaon, being one of the chief participanta in the great tunnel expedition. He found the 1)30 obtained in so novel a manner to be of great service to him in reaching the Union lines When Mr. Clutch was in Ohio a abort time ago he was given the battonand its contents to keep aa a memento, and it ia greatly prized as such. A DOMINIE'S WOES. Persecuted into UatrimoDy by a Designing Widow. CONFES8KU UI8CKIMIS. How m Frnitlan \'lllHKt> wha llurncil to thelirouucl Many Years Ago, A Kalania/oo, Mich., despatch says : A most sensational confession was made by a Chicago German named Hei rich Hchancc, aged 70, to Wm Itadiger, of Kala- mazoo, last May, in Chicago. It was the dying confession of Bcbauce, who waa a well to do bnitge builder. He caid : " It was in 18-11 the crime of my life waa com- mitted. It has canseil me untold sufFering ever since. One dark night my partner, ' Bugar ' Schull,: and myself, robbed a barn in a suburb of Colverto, Pruscis, of lOO bushels of rye. lo throw off all suspicion of robbery, we returned to the barn and sol it on tire. A strong wind was blowing, and soon, to our horror, iOO hiMiscN and stores were in llames. The village was burned lo the ground. The aiilfering that night was horriMe. Many mothers and children perished in the llanios. Large rewards were .ffered for the arrest ot the jierpetrators of the deed ; but we were never caught As Iho people gathered at the lire we stole awity through the woods. 1 immediately took a steamer for America, came to Chicago, and have been here over since. My partner was a braver criminal than I. Ue remained, nd is still living in ('olverte, Prussia, where he is a wealthy merchant. Now I feel better, but be sure and not communi- cate this confession to the German offi- cials." The confession was sworn to by Kadiger before a justice and has been sent to the (iorman Consul at Cincinnati. Dug. Crotliors, who dtmiamled J:!."!!! per month to play in IlufTalo, ia now willing to Iilay ill Toroiilo for 8200 per month. Hall pUyers are getting sonae. Mr. Gladstone Ima begun classify iag his letters and papers. He lias a little batch of liO.OOU lellera that hu thinks worth prererving. I.AHHKI) TO TIIK PUMPH. Feat fill SlilTerlng KiKlureil by the Crew or H Miikltin Mrhoiiner. .\ Ilallimore, Md., despatch says : Thia morning the schooner James .\. Garffeld arrived from Navassa with the ahip wrecked crow cf seven of the schooner /Mbert II. (!rosa, of Philadelphia and Nowburyport, Mass. Capt. Henderson, of the <!ro8H, lells a harrowing tale of ahipwreok. The (^roas left Charleston Nov. l.'ilh, bound to retersburg, Va., with 4',i,'i tons of phosphate ro;k. On November ITili thiy encountered a heavy gale, which lasted for several d' vs. ( iii the 2lal»he Hpvang a leak. The men got to the pumps, but the waves were rushing over the decks, which they swept dean. Thn men were lashed to the pumps, and were in that pool lion until Nnvember ;(Oth, when they were reacued by the (iartield. 'I'ho men were completely exhausti'il and covered with salt water sores. The (^ross sank in lati liiilo .'i:i. !,">. long. 7:t 10, two hours after her crew had been taken off. TAIIIKF rllANOKH. (^anaillan Onuloina Uiillnuii Oiirliig the Last Two Moiilhii. The following decisions worn rendered hy tho Hoard of (UiBtoms at Uttawa during October and November : I'littun Hee.l hrAli, 'JO per cent, I'tti'i. limit, iillciiki'. ijo per Clint l>alvi>iil/i-ilwr'iU|{litlniiitiiliiiiKOVertwolnclieii lime . ;iil per cut l.cticr Clip* iiii; lioiik^, ;ii per rent. Parian tiiiHtH >>i- Hiai iiet'im. :tc per cent. I'liper lni\e« eliil iIUhMimI with chronirs, ef , but wllhoiit any pituied luattur, ai.\ eeutji per lb. aiiil ^) per (rent. Pencil caHCH el all kinds, Inclllillng Riild, Kiiver nr plated. '.iS per ceiii. .SiiHpeiiMory tiAiiituKeii. ft» trusHcH. 'iii per cent. Scripture wall Icmh, net illiiHlralisl, ,Vi per cent, ; do.. illiiBlriiliiil, ec per Hi. and 'Al per cent, \ iiHc.H. lilttSH. iilaiii III- fancy, 'Jii per cent.; do. cliliift. :ill per cchi . dii. earthenwaru, Xi per cent. Wmil (no ellHl, dyed, 20 per cent Niirr Tho ilBins " vaaes" are not in tended to iiu^ludo articles that should b« classed aa " table ware." LEAP YEAE PRIVILEGE EMBEAOE, The Qrocm RssoaneeB the Bride at the Altar, bst Ehe Eefnsen to Gire Him Up- The New York ICor/d saya the Rev.H.F. Auld, a young Episcopal clergyman of Morrisania, two years ago betrothed him- self to Mrs. Helen Christie, a buxom widow. The clergyman's friends aay she com- pletely bewitched him, and he became her abject slave. The attachment lasted a year, when, on March 14th, 1887, accord- ing to Mr. Auld's friends, the widow, taking leap year by the forelock, proposed marriage. This was ijuite a shock to Mr. Auld, wbo had loved her only as a mother. She took him to St. Paul's Church, corner of One Hundred and Fortieth street and Third avenue, however, requesting the clergyman there to marry them. The reverend gentleman refused, on the gonnd that it was Lent. Mrs. Christie then proposed a solemn betrothal, which waa willingly entered into by Mr. Auld, and a formal agreement waa Signed. Fioally Mr. Auld, who waa inffuenced by his mother, told Mra. Christie he could never love her, or even reapect her as a wife, but if ehe ioeidted be would marry her. He retigned bis parinh, made arrangements to go to another, and told her that on bis departure the ceremony would be performed. Vrs. Christie felt that bhe waa comprom. 1 and threatened legal proceedings if the marriage did not take place immediately. Mr. Auld atill hevitatiog, Mra. Christie appealed to Bishop Potter, who anmmoned the parliea before him. After hearing the evidence the bishop wrote a letter to Mr. Auld, sympatbiiiing with him, but telhug him be was bound to keep hia word and marry Mra. Christie. Laat Wednesday Mr. Auld, accompanied by a friend, repaired to the residenoe of the Kev. H. 6. Smith, and the ceremony waa performed. It waa a moat dramatic affair. Before the witneaaea Mr. Auld aolemnly renounced Mrs. Christie, saying : " I will let you be my wife only in name. I will never live with yon. I will try and provide for you, but you muat never darken my threahold." Mra. Chriatie was just aa emphatic. " I love him atill," abe cried, " and I marry him simply for the love I bear him." The ceremony was performed and Mra. Chriatie went back to her home and Mr. Auld re- joined hia mother. They have never laid eyes on each other since their wedding day. Last night a repoiter called on Mr. Auld. He is a young man, very delicate, and ia afflicted with a constant twitching of the head. Ue was extremely nervous, and whan the reporter stated his mission broke down completely. " I have tried so hard to do right," he' almost crici. "There haa been nothing wrong between Mrs. Chriatie and myself, and now I am ruined forever be- cause I was weak and foolish. I will only make this statement : I engaged myaelf aolemnly to Mrs. C'hristie and, according to my promise, I have married her. That ia all I have to say about il." Mrs. Auld, the mother of the reverend gentleman, also declined to make a statement except tc th etTect that her son had been persecuted. " He baa been followed by that designing woman until she married him. My poor boy. He thought every woman like hia mother, bhe said she loved him, and now she makes public the engagement which she had promised to keep ei>cret." Mr. Auld, in listening, was so much affected by the turn matters had taken that he began to weep. " 1 hero is nothing more for me to do but to die," he aaid. " My career ia ruined. 1 can see the heading in the paper to morrow, ' Another Minister Gone Wrong,' and I have been ao innocent and tried lo do ho much to suppress the scandal." " How did th a woman come to have such an inlluenco ever you ?" asked the reporter. Mr. Auld and his mother both groaned in answer. A family con sultation was then held and a friend was called in, but they would say no more. NOW Jl'ST DON'T. A Hliort ami Concise Ca^ecliUni of What Not to Do. Don't put U. H. V. P. on your preaent to your rich uncle. Don't miiispell Ihe word " presence" in tho invitiitious to your Christmas party. Don't hang up more than three pairs of stockings if you are visiting friends in the country. Don't eat two mince pies, a plum pud din^, lobster salad and ice cream, and then complain that the climate does not agree with yon. Don't impersonate Hantn (Uaua in a seal skin Baci|ue, rubber boots and auburn side whiskers. Don't give your gneat whohasoveratayed his welcome a travelling bag. Don't send the unreceipted bill for her present to your tiancee in mistake for a Christmas card. Don't decline a present aimply becanae the expressagu or postage has not been pre- paid. Don't attribute your bonbon headache to the drum your enemy sent your son. Don't borrow money from your friend to pay for hia present. I'on't present your wife with a handsome mahogany cigar box ; and Don't expect your husband to bo pleased if yon give him an ivory. backed hand- mirror. The defaulting clerk of tho London Fair Association is in Now York attending a J inedioal ooUego. f A Popular Song Wrller. Mr. Milton Welliuga, author of " At the Kerry," " Boine Day " and other popular gongs, says ho has no dottnite time for writ- ing. Ho works when tho steam is up, and this often in the evenings. But inusio dixis not nearly absorb his whole energy. He writes musical oriticisms, dabbles in tlotion and is a bit ot i. painter. Ho ia also an athlete and bates the alTeotation of art. " I hat kind of hypocrisy covers a multi- tude of faults," ho said. " I dislike verse, too," Wellings added vigorously. " Do you ask why '.'" He drew from a drawer a huge heap of manuacript, with which he explained ho waa every day inundated. i\ special proverbâ€" Man propoaea, but woman muatn't. OI.D WOBLD NEW8 BT MAIL, fjtteatrram Ireland. Beporta received from Ireland record the partial failure of the potato crop. Mra. Malone, atated to be 105 yeara ot h^e, died at Ennistymon, Clare, the other day. The Land Commiasion baa reduced the renta on the Keumare estatea at Eillaniey 50 per cent. The conatraction of the Mitchelatown & Fermoy Hallway ia to be commenced im- mediately. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws baa been conferred upon Rev. Hugh Hanna, D.D., of Belfast, by Galeaville University, Wisconsin. Mr. Uathbone, a Dublin gentleman, and a large number of merchanta were cruelly hoa.\ed the other day. From early morn- ing tons of coal were brought in rapid suc- cession to the house of Mr. Ratbboner nearly all the coal merchants in the city having received orders. After these came funeral carriagea, a bearee, furniture lloata and vana. The thorooghfare waa crowded. The victima of thia stupid fooling are naturally greatly incenaed. LAtest from Scotland. Mr. Graham Murray baa been appointed senior advocate-depute of Scotland. Six hundred pounda haa been subacribed to the fund for the erection ol a Burns Btatue ia Ayr. Profa. Smith and Bmeaton, of the New College, Edinburgh, complete thia year the jubilee of their ministry. On November lijth themembera of Edin- burgh Town Council presented Lady Clark, the wife of ex Provcal Clark, with a dia- mond pendant. Jeasie King, one of the peraona in custody in connection with the alleged child mur- ders in Stockbridge, Edinburgh, baa made a full confeaaiou of her guilt. Dr. Ritchie, of Dana, Mr. Hogarth, of Stranraer, and Principal Morison are the only three remaining in service in Scotland of thoae who began their studies in the Secession Hall in 1^34. Kev. Dr. Gloag, of Galashiels, is to be nominated as Moderator of the Established Church Aaaembly of Scotland next year, and Rev. John Laird, Cupar- Fife, aa Moderator of the Free Church. Rev. Robert Thomaon, Ladywell, Glas- gow, is threatened with eviction from the Island of Inchcolm, of which he has been sub tenant aince the beginning of the present year. The Earl of Moray objects to him as a tenant. Over 100 luembera of Stonehaven Free Church congregation have petitioned the Presbytery to establish a preaching atation there, as they wish to sever their connec- tion with the Bev. J. Robertson, wboae preaching they consider "borders upon profanity and blasphemy, and fitted to bring the pulpit and ita miuistraticns into contempt." The ceremony of handing over the Wal- lace sword, which has lain in Dumbarton Castle for aearly six centuries, lo tha authorities of the National Wallace Monu- ment on Abbey Craig took place in Stirling on Ihe 17ih ult. Ou bthalf of the War Office, Colonel Nightingale, the command- ing officer of the aistrict, formally conveyed Ihe weapon to the cusiodians of the monu- ment, and afterwards Provost Vellowleea gave a public reception, at which Dr. Rogers gave a brief historical sketch of the sword, dealing particularly with the proofs of its genuineness. •• GOOD OLD VICTOK I" How a Parrut'sSatiitallon Leil ton Mwinil- ler's Arrest. Detectives obtain their hints and clues from many sources, but it ia not often that they receive them through the instrumen- tality of parrots ; yet this is just what baa happened during tho researches of M. Goron, the head of the Pans criminal department. This officer has been lately- looking for tho chief accountant of the " Catusse Band," a fellow named Victor (hevalier, and, going the other day into the rooms of a notorioua receiver of stolen goods in Paris, ho heard himself addressed in harsh tones as " Good old Victor ; there you are !" This was enough for the detec- tive, who, having silently satisfied himself that the loiiuaoious bird was the property of the man for whom he was looking, pro- ceeded lo aearch the receiver's den for in- dications of a more substantial character. After a lon^; and minute investigation of the promises he found a lelter from \ ictor to the receiver, in which epistle Ihe robber announced that he was in Angers under the name of Felix Cro/et. M. Goron im- mediately set out for that town, and ar- rested the owner of the too voluble parrot in tho railway station.â€" Pans ;<-»^r in Lon- don Tttegram. Myaterlous PayeholoKiral Perep|>tluoii. Prof. Edward Payson Thwing, M. D., Ph. 1)., for four years President of the .\cademy of Anthropology, New Vork, re- ports tho four following": "The wife of Dr. W., a physician near Hoslon, had a dream or vision one night in which she distinctly saw her aunt. Thin lady resided several hundred miles away in a distant city. She appeared to be walking in the city, descending a hill toward a railway track. The dreamer saw tho movenunt of her aunt as she approached Iho rails, and also Ihtit of a passing train, by which she was killed. A few davM after a letter was received which narrated Ihe death of the lady at tho very place and under the very circumatarces described. The BHiuo jHirson, at another lime, woke ill tho morning with Ihe convijiion that a certain nughbor was dead, and so remarked lo her husband, tho physician. Nt ither of them had had any personal ac- iiuaiulance with the iudividual. As they dreaaed and lottked out of tho window the first object seen waa a crape on thur neixhbor's dix)r. The lady had just passed away. •' The night that President Lincoln waa murdered a nt lijhbor of mine, writes a physician, declared that the President wivs killed by an assasnn. It was "-veralhours before the news reached tho town. "Tho wife of a New Vork clergyman made a ciinilar statement just before the news arrived of the murder of Presi.ient Oartiold, and suit that aho saw him lu a rallwav staiioii surrounded by ladioa and others."â€" /if ;i(/iD PAi/cjipp/jiciiJ ^oiirmif. 1 f •