The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-10-25
Dominion Notes.

A very serious rain storm and gale visited
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Saturday
night, Oct. lot h. Much damage was done.
There has been great falling off in the
ship building business all through the Domin-
ion.
The st. John News says that Robert Kirk of
Milkish, who had been blind for nearly thirty
years, recovered his sight the other day.
The Dominion Commissioner of Emigration
reports that he has induced over 1900 English
farm laborers, including their families, to emf
CRATE to Canada the past year.
The Halifax Herald has discovered that the
political leaders of both parties ia the Domin-
ion advocate free trade, but in Parliament pass
bills giving Incidental protection"
The st. John people do not give up the pro-
ject of a canal across the Nova Scotian penin-
sular which separates the head of the Bay of
Fundy from the Gulf of st. Lawrence A
government commission is taking testimony.
The st. John Globle says that in deal
freights there is a downward tendency. The
market is not as firm as it was. The chip.
ments of deals for the remainder of the season
will be comparatively small.
The following produce quotations were given
by st. John papers of last week: Potatoes
from so to 60 cents per bushel; lamb, to
cents per pound; pork, s cents; beef, IL
cents; fresh butter, from % to 25 cents; irkin
butter, 20 cents; eggs, Is to 20 cents per dozen.
The Premier of Canada thinks that the Cana
dian Pacific railroad can be built without in
creasing the taxation of that country Taxa
ton has been so increased of late for public
vorLS that tho Domi niop can hardIv ho oalla5
a cheap country to live in.
1t is said that the fool Sergeant Bates of flag
carrying propensities is now stranded in Lon
don, Ontario, for want of funds. He is not ap-
precated there, and was deferred from his pur-
pose of carrying the Stars and Stripes into the
town by threat that his flag would be taken
from him and torn'up.
The moving of the crops from the West con-
tinue very brisk. Every day large freight trains
are arriving at Montreal, laden with grain and
-four. On the 18th seven barges came down
the canal laHen with 100000 bushels of wheat,
and the freight trains delivered between 5000
aud 10000 b irrels OF -four at the Moutreai
Warehousing Compauy's stores.
Noticing the closing OF Halifax fouudry,
the Herald OF that city asks: rs there not
sufficient enterprise in two or three of oar large
hardware firms, or in ten or twenty o. our citi
to lay hold OF this Cbebucto Foyndry or
Nova ScotiaD Iron Works and set it agoipg 10
produce those articles which are daily imported
from Britain and the United States, and even
from enterprising, wide awake S.. John
Without employment, having failed iu bust
uess by the faithlessuess of his partner. Mr.
McFaden of st. John, hadn't the courage to
live in poverty, but took prussic acid and died
in tho<oom next to that IN which his wife aud
four chit iren were sleeping, eayiug a letter
from which the following is taken: al die by
poison taken by my own hand. do not want
TO live anv longer and see you suffer SO. My
NE has become failure, aud dare take the
leap iu the dark, for do not believe IA dying
thousand deaths in fearing one. The Great
Judge will not Judge me too harshly. Daring
Abby, you have been a trne, loving aud faith
ful wife to me these ten long years, aud IL you
ouly knew the agony OF MIND that my smiling
ljLs concealed these last three months, you
wound nave pitied me- | did not confde in
Won as ought, on account of the delicate state
of your health; but do not think that L commit
this rash act without having foretaste of
death in leaving you and my darling children
to the cold charity of pitiess world. have
hoped against hope, in expectation of getting
something to do, but IN vain, as there are hum
dreds walking about as bad off as myself
should like to be buried in Bear River by NV
mothers side, if they will only let me, for it Is
the spot love dearest on earth, and where 1
have played many happy hour in childhoods
happy days; and when L knels on her grave a
few weeks ago little thought it would end in
this M amer The watch presented to me by
Royal Sussex Lodge of Free masons (as Past
MASTERY you may sell to pay my funeral ex-
penses; the picture of the Royal Alfreds
crew. sent to me from Halifax. L should Ike
Peach Blossom to get / should like
to kiss the rosy lips of my darlings who are
now asleep, but that ieel it would be sscri-
lege Now comes the hardest word ever PEN
ned by mortal mau-go0d By forecer