, 1870-06-04

Tho Gorthwick peerage, Just now restored
in the person OF Cunninghame Dorthwick,
rccond and only surviving son Of the late Mr..
Patrick BorthHick, Of Edinburg, is one Of the
nldeat Scotch baronies, having been created in
the middle Of tho fifteenth century, in the
reign OF James II. OF Scotland.
The Oldest Southern editor. Mr.. Dennis
Hart, has died in Hillsboro', N. G. He WAS
rative OF Connecticut, but went to North Car
.,lira in early Gfe. In the year 1920 he began
the publication Of the Hillsboro' Recorder,
which paper he conducted until about one ycsr
ago.
Wilson, Of Massachusetts, died at Natick OIL
saturday. st the age Of 46. Mrs. Wilson has
long suffered from very painful mslaa y
cancer-and her death was not unexpected.
She returned from Washington to her holne
only few days before her death.
Tho Figaro publishes the following: "a
duel has lust taken place ns Athens between
tho French Minister, Baron BAude, and u.
Demct1ius Soutzo, e1-militasy commander OF
tho city and brother OF tho late chief Of tho
Department Of War The diplomatic body at
iiah Secretary, murdered at Marathon, when
Baron Eaude, on seeing the lste Minister, who
IS accused Of having acted with doplorablo
weakness in tho affair, remarked that his pres-
cnce was a poeitiye scandal. A. Demetrius
Soutzo overheard the observation and darel
The French Representative to repeat it; this
tho other did, and Included tho Commander
himself in his cenBnIc. A hostile meeting on
sued, but did not lead to any serious resuit."
Tho St. Paul Pioneer Of June says: "A
private letter from Pembina 70 well known
gentleman Of this city. received last evening,
states that Riel went to the Post Office, seized
the recent mails, rifled all the money-letters
Of their contents, and realized no inconsldeEa-
ble sum from The operation. 1t is also be-
lieved that he has distracted money from let
te1s directed 10 parties in this city, Canads,
aud other places. The pretence for this aeiz-
Y,.e Of mail matter was to intercept treasona-
| l,Ie correspondence, and to guard against the
1nachinations Of his enemies but it il be-
! loved that it WAS for the purpose Of raising
money to escape from the country. There
was great excitement in Winnipeg in regard to
I the matter; and at Pembina tho opinion was
:enerai that Itel would soon DO over thebor-
der and far away"
| The London AIisoiou Hospital at Hankow,
China, il doing good work in curing lcp-
| rosy OF u1alarious origin, which ia nat tare in
fh5t country. The principal medicament used
| is arsenic. But tho most useful part OF the
work is the reformation 81 opium smokers,
Which is most successfully accomplished.
! though the mania has heretofore been looked
m "a iDcurable T"elve Of these patients
have been cured mainly by moral persuA6ionB
md such medicinal adjnvants as pill o1
kroecyamus, campnor, capsicum, and qainine
which a1lays the morbid craving and give:
.ono TO the stomach In majority Of in,
stances month is sufficient to adapt the sys
TEN to the discontinusnce OF the drug.
Cyrus Reddipg, prominent, English
journalist, died On the let inst, aged IS years
Ills firrt paper WAS the Plymouth Chronicle
Of which he was publisher for several years
lie took charge OF Ga1ignanfs Messenger
in Paris, a short time after 1ts establishment
in 1914, ard was connected with it until 1918
His next venture was in company with the poe
Campbell, in the editing. Of Colburn'a 4Se1
MoniaAy Magazine. He also aided Campbell
in the publication Of the Metropolitan which
was short-llved Later in life he established
two provincial journals-tho Bath GuarIia,
and tho StaHorlshire Examiner. 11r. lied
ding's writings were yoluminous. Among tn
bcEt known Of his works nro History o
Wines !" "vclascoe: a Novel;" " Keeping VI
Appearances . Novel" Fifty Years. Recol
leciions, Literary and poEeonal;" and "L't
erarr "Reminiscences and Memoirs Of Thoma
Campbell" He published volume OF poem
in 1929, entitled, "Gabr;elle.