, 1879-01-02
CANADA.

ters-Afrese OF tho Celebrated "Ptauo
Charley "-Recor.l or This Hurgtar-Rect-
nroclty rr.sty win, tho un,tsd ststes-
Gsnaa,aa ,. .se'no n ta.!Way-i"o a.r,ss n''' aAF'
Jo1s-Aacat'.uot' Letsn.et'
Special Dt,pefeh 10 Ins Tribune.
LONDON, Ont, JAN I'LL. u. Jarvis, OF tho
Post. Office Department, va. arrested to-day BY
Dctec,Ire phair. m a charge at rubbing reRjs-
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M'eu !etteis' tos so!.o t'..so p.ss ","'y ~"
neen mlssou, ana Tue prisoner sueree'eu' s ~ -
charged with opening q 1ctter posted Dec. 2, by
Messrs. Cronyn j. Greeutces, and containing IS.
!no .ns.osuss .,,..a a"a sIa.'k hn ~ ~. ~ 49,
Post.Oflics e'erks named Ward. Soon
uftcr Jarvis, wbilc sorting, remarked, rs
;f1t snrnrsct, hin. that the letter vns unscaled,
an, cor,o,nc5 nothing. nj. nrre,t FOLLOW ed
shortly afterwards. Tho prisoner ts married
man md the father Of family. This ID tho
first case Of rost-onlco robbery that has occur
red hero for seventeen or eighteen years.
Spectral fNspttich 10 1as Tribune
TORONTO, Jan. lat lato hour LAST nsQht
Charles ". Du1lard,a notorious buralar known
as "Piano Charley" aud C!arlcs Uurntd were
arrested for stealing two gold chains from Chap,
ts ono Of the most accomplished burglars In tho
world, and has becn concerned in large mum
Der of burRlar'es. both IN Canada and tho
States. On tho l3th 0! eeptcmoet last nc e.
::.pN~ -.
here. He was connected with tho famous Ocean
Bank robbery, when *5WUo wos carried M on.
He was aso coneerea r. ~ r. 1aa ts Merchants FL. H. Ih
berry he was arrested anu takGn 70 Whito tlatns
Jail, from which he escaped. Ue was next heard ~
ot IN connection with the stealing q $3ouuVo
from tho Boylstoh. Mass, Bank In 1s0a. After
that robbery ne went TO Paris and Kept gam
bltng-hell, which was broken up BY tie french
police. lie was then arrested anu sent to Bos-
ton. and sentenced e twenty years lmpIiaon. d.
here haa watched the movements Of these men
ever aince thay came to this eity.
sSteiaI ff'pqteh 70 ~, r. TT 1ssaas asar,a co
UF7ARA. Jan !.-lt IS eald that, shoald Con
grcss agree with tho prayer ofthc ExccutivcCouu-
ell Of the United etatcs National Boaru oi Trade,
md npoolnt Committee to confer With similar
Committee appointed oy thc Honss Of Com
tproclty Treaty with Canada, the Goyernment
Of tho latter, Ia order 70 relieve itssf from shc
danger Of directly olenltng its Professionals
tsIends xi caso ono os u suppG.ts.s to To-
TneGoyernmcnt Inns determined TO mako ar
rangemcntn fur I1ansartl report Of The prelimi-
nary a,eetinga Of tho House OF Commons, until
tile aonse ptt&In 1lousc Oh tho question shall
DR.. kiDg, late Superintendent OF the Bureau
Of Btst!stics at. Washington. has received an ap-
po,ntmcuk ID tho Customs Department here.
ns Is 10 o. sppnsS = vSS aSu5s s
Northwest.
There Ia not Tho sl!EhtcAt reason to doubt that
tho Qoycrnmunt will change tho route OF tho
Canada Pacific Railway froin H,1rrnnl Inlet to
Butte lnlct. Those WHO should be we'll informed
on tic muttes make 10 accret OF tho 1oVcrn-
ment's Intention. mud, In defense OF the pro.
rusea change, claim tint the cost of couaiTuc-
tim Will not be materially tnercnso rs 1t il not
&C present Intended to construct auy bridge
across tho Straits, but to adopt a system Of
transferruce by ean8 Of ferries, similar to that
adopted Of Sarnfa aud Windsor, aud ior many
years At black lioek. It Is rumorol thnt it Is
| proposed to change tho Thunder Bay terminus
| nf iho Canada Par1dc Hallway from Kamiuia-
tinria RfTcr to prlnrc Arthur's Landing,
sutctas DispatcA to TAs Ts1bun4
MONTREAL, Jat. david rayrus, Of Abbots-
ford, In thts Province, l1as been committed Tor
| trial for arson, 1t Is alleged that hn burned
| Ata premises to obtain tue Insurance, and
| charged the crime on Roman Catholics for
! vengeance, because ho had bceOH,o Protestant.
| n xartnut fere1na in lila ne!fEhfnfhool1,