, 1879-08-23

IN Canadian tctrltnry, few miles arso.s tho
boundary inet In tho vicinity NJ Arrow Lake,
s' T. due n n s q os - s,n
tirand htnrsfs Il to hare stnAb0 smns
u i. tod miles north Of nnluto.
Eight miles Of track arc laid Oh f!Ic new con-
nrs calculated On this fall. Mrn arc rsotesl At
sl50 per day. $3.50 t,oInE pad per week for
boar] II IL expected that tie Old contraet 10
EnQ''sh l!iver will be autshei 10 sl1 weeks
IN ti,e saiIt ship- Cnnal i going ahead briaky,
as well as Tho survey Of the SwamD River, with
vscw to obtaining channc :aN feet wlfte nMl
s11tcen feet ie%p. 4 lighthouse is III course Of
erection Two miles out OF Goge Bay
spectaf N.tosea e 1at 7tsunt; .-
IL Ii learned tn tcltnblu authority that tho lion
Mr. i,auusyin will harc hts vanity Satisfied in ~
fow days by receiving tho dccosath'n Of tic rib"
bon Of '1st. George anu 81. MictIaal."
Thrrc arc a nulnbtr OF ftisnors N circulation
affecting certain changes IN tue distribution of
portfolios in the Cabinct, the Hlluic VI which,
acceptance by sir JOHN Macdonald Of the POSI-
ton Of President Of the Council, aud hie rctiro.
tncnt iron, that Ut Mfnistur OF tho 1nteri1r. It
ts said that he hss found that the POSITIONS OF
Minister Ut The Interior and tho Premiership aro
Mr. WoiT. the Customs Inspector who waa
seut 10 utc Northwest so,ne time ago to oexamine
into and report on the opuraston Of tho taFfI
there, 50 far Al Il affected the customs, haa rc"
turned to the Capital. Whilst 10 ManItoba he
visited thc fcw ports Of outry there. and inade
extensive inquiries along The frontier. Not
wIthstantlng the statements nlnde by tile Gov
ernn,ent press, he did not 20 beyond tte pro-
ga vc an..t alno.,sS err IT. p1eva
1ence Or non-oscyaenco Of snuggling on
The American frontier OF the Northwest Terri
tories. 1t Ia understood TINT hs hras 1or long
time In conference With Ar Johnston, tlle Com,
report on his mission in rhfch 1t IL admitted
that somo sn,naglng exists, and hs reco1nfnendl
tie aduptinn Ut certain regulations to prevent
The continuance Of tho same.
Riley row at Ottawa during Exhibition week
for purse Of $1,000. One Of tho finest
stretches Of still water Ia America Il to be
found about three miles ahovs the city.
| Desshcncs Lake. Tic Quebec, Montreal, occl
dental 4 ottana Railway and The Canada Cen
trnl Railways run ou citlcr side Q. IT,.
| i few {lays ago iitty American boats Tcrt
await!nE cargocs at tho Chaulters lumber locks
Now there arc ouly fifteen, sudden tfnprure
ucss. 1t Is said that lie Chsu0iere u,ubrf.y srt1t
| have not been 10 we'll cleared Of old lumber fol
years past. ami therc is Ut excellent detnand al
prescut for tic new cut. Thc trade Will proba
| Sutt,ai 0islafch Ia Tbs Tribune.
TORONTO, Aug. 1,.-During tho last few
| weeks immense nutitbess Of dead herring haVt
been floating on tho aurfase of i.akr Ontario
It Ens been supposed that Their destruction wa!
due to thc presence In tho Wuter of slth from
the cities aiong tho lake shore. but that theor!
does not explait, tho appearance of dead iist il
every part Of the lase, nor the fact that onl,
herring seem to have suffered. II has ateo beet
supposed that the fish are entEcrn. from, I'll
epidemic, anA solnu assert that their custoIuar,
| food has failed them this year BY reason Vi