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table, will become "A substitute for wheat.
GEoLoGY OF CANADA-Iudrpendent Of
splendid formation of slate found in Upper Can.
ada, near Lake Huron, the Kingston Chronicle
says We have also been shown some beau
lilul specimens Of white marble, nearly as white
as statuarv, and also of the "Verde Antique"
as it is called and which exists in lneXhaustl-
bic quantities upon the cliff nf the Gananoque
Laae, a few miles U11--yT teow Kingston.
I he correct dimensions of the new mill which
the Lowell Manufacturing Company arc about
to erecr, at Lowell are as follDN s-335 feet
long ON two sides, pos feet wide in front, run.
ming III triangular form, down 10 IS feet, being
= stories in height on the lower level, and /
story upon the upper ; the Whole covering
10000 feet OF lind. Another building connect
ed with the same, D stories in height, 81 feet
vide and 2l0 feet long the whole to be occu-
pied for weaving Ingram and Brussels carpet
Ing by Power Looms.
A CHANGE OF TIMrs.-Lcgis'a'ors in the
present aye set a little more value upon them.
} selves and their dignity than they did in print
tive ages. About the year lG5L the l.e-ish.
tlre Of Pennsylvania, passed resolution tha,
sac member thereof should come to the House
barefoot or eat his bread and cheese on The
steps"
Cool Daring The recent trip Of the Cler.
: mont. down the Ohio her cool and quiet cons
,, mauder. not being able to get hold of a rifle
ready loaded ca'Vly -ga' iniH--.-h-1i, With a
'aand," pulled a short distance, caught a deel
bv Tho '.iaI rg, du~Kea him tw ce, Gu, his throat
as he came up for the Nhird time, and had hIm
safe on board all in three minutes and half.
, The UNITED STATES SERVICE AND BEAMS
/ IA
; in Texas, having received but little TO eat eX
o cept beans. A witty wag, a correspondent o
e the Pcavnne, tells the following auecd1te.--
s "One Of the volunteers, after being discharged
aud preparing to start home, was asked by
solder, II he would not Ike to enlist in hls com
pany in The regular service. Ills reply WAS We
ry expressive No. sir, not another d-t
" bean ="
p PIoJECrEp lMPRovEMENTs.- Notice
q have been published of the intention to ap
n ply to the next legislature for the incorpora
ton of Companies 10 construct Railroad
70 from Schenectady 10 Utica on the Sout
Il Bank of the Mohawk; to construct IA Rail
N road from Schenectady to CatskilI; and Il
iee make such improvements in the Mohaw
n, river by means Of locks and dams, as shall
u i the same for s,tar5boat navigation. TIL
II capital Of this last named company TO b.
s. SIS 600 with the privilege of increasing
ut the same to $500, OOO.-AD. Zee. jour.
re FIsE AT OxoNpAcA HoLLow.--Th
!. douriug mill, owned by Messrs Gibbs &
Redway, took fire, as is supposed, by lricto
ID in the smut machine, on Monday forenoon
0, and was entirely destroyed. The loss 1
n. the community will be severely felt, as
in was the only mill in the vicinity. The ow n
y. ers lose heavily also. They gave, within
of wear or two, Sc 800, and were only insure
Or for 81 5OO-SI 800 in the Cnondaga L,
;, "n,qal Insurance Company, and sl'ooJ
:. s., 90 was Likewise burnt, lncIiu,"s 20
bushels of wheat. All the flour packed wi
saved. This makes tao valuable tlourir
establishments destroyed by fire in this V
ar cinity this Fall.-Syracuse Journal.
Ia We take grea, pleasure, says the last II
cd ledo Blade, IN ANNOUNCING Is o.. ,vr,lo,s a
We extension of the Wabasl, and Erie Can
as forty nine miles further West. The ne
to work between Lafayette and Covnglon
so far completed that water has been let in
~, ~, through its entire length.
in During the late gale at Quebec two y
'se lots, by name Hubert I orlin and F. Y. d.
,rs gal, were drowned off the Ririere Oued
,nh In noticing the fact, The Montreal Tim
hey states that, since 1881, the number of plo
we tom ST. Jean who have persisted in the e
ext errise of their dangerous calling is no lie
the tmn As
80 FATALIrY.-We learn from the Hon
Spings (Mis) Gazette, that Joseph Jac"'
of b. Soto county, while riding to HERNIA
do l. get bnrying clothes for his sister, ~
YES res Ind bst died, was crushed by fall from
'm horse, and also died in few hours.
era The Governor General Of Canada, Lo
tate Me,calfe, having received permission to !
n "o,' tire from his present pos, n consequence
bich Ill health, is expected to sail for England
snf. the next steamer from Boston to L"e'Po
,rm. which leaves on Monday, Dec ls''
Gus The Picker-House attached to the " OF
, ,he len Factory at Great Falls, sOme'swo'
OBJ. n. II. was destroyed by fire on uesu' w.,
era geiher with the greater portion oil '"' '''
HON ing Mill.
par Mr. james Adams, of Townsend wa,N'
rive through Franklin Avenue, Boston, 0" ~
not day nigh, was robbed Of SIlo by TWO NV"
L. who, feignine inioxicallon, ia" 's ''"'' y
Overthrcw him