, 1880-12-11

ias proyitied n farm Of X00 acres for these |
uxlles Mt 0kn, md they will 60 Into farming |
tllero next spring.
GENERAL NEWS.
speetat Dtsrateh to Th< Ch.ea7o Tttbans.
MONTREAL, Dcc. l0.-Ata conference he
tween representatives of thu Suut,,-SlIorc
md thu Rome & WAtertown Railways II
wns arranged tllat the Montreal IL 1'0tstlatn
Junction Hallway should be carried out with
rs little delay as possible. Mr. 1lineB, MI
engineer, l,as since been appointed to deter-
l'lno which Ut tho two projected routes Is
tic most feasible. One Is an airline Of thirty
miles. tic OTHER Is longer, but 1t Is thought Mt
present 10 bu tho moro practicable md less
expensive To bMsd. It's said that both Amer
lean and Canadian capitalists hayn tho enter
prise In hand. and that money will be FORTH
coming to carry It out Tho completion Ut
the new lIno will bring st. Cathcrines nearer
to Montreal by tho South than tho North
Shore, mid will give this port another great
feeder In freight
Further d[scredttable revelations, which
aro said to put n now face on the matter, nro
reported TO have been made in tho case Of
Keltnr, tho al,sc0ndtng Montreal lawyer, who
accused Of malyersat}on OF property hold
In trust.
Mr.. Thomas Workman, cx-M. r., has been
appointed Dlrectar Of tho Franco-Canadiatl
Crcttlt Foncier. This Is n concession to pub.
ic opinion. 1t being deemed only right that
tho English section OF tho community should
be represented on the Board.
Mr.. George Stephen, President Of THO
Bank 0f Montreal, Is reported to bo IN
Amsterdam, arranging with the Iutcl! stock
WHO fs.ye tnken suit against tile company.
in order to stop the eX0!ln8, tho Halifax
difficulties which D.ielloses have in obtalr-
i!indfcds Of them crowtllna lie Young Men's
Association raoinst en1pt0yh!elt-bHrcans, ntld
| Hewspaler-oftlces, looklrt. for something TO
do; but no situations offer, % except MI
At ladies' nlcstlngs itcld In seyeral Catholic
churches In tl!ts city, those present wero re-
questel to refrain IRON witnessing tho per-
Stsis q e. Ssaa neF!.a5at e n. Gh[s, tribune
OTTAWA, Dec. 10. -SGyenty-tlye per centof
the Horses IN tho ottawa District arc affected
with eplzootY. Many fine animals lave died
it Is fearod that this viii interiors with
numbering operations. ..---,
The Fimaico Minister and the Government
do nut fayorabIy incline to a reduction Of t!lc
| rate 0f interest on post-otllce deposits. Stncu
the coEfnpse OF the Consolidated Dank, and
the scare among siuafl tlep0stors Respecting
chartered banks, tbs v0fuina Of deposits III
tte ostf@lSe @ say;inEs'banks 1as ss ~, T,Hly s
poslts exceeded tho Withdrawals BY over
100000. The Government experiences Mt
the present moment some difficulty IN N
Ing aild b per cent Interest per annu,l. 1t
p p9s9iblc that an effort TO provide . larger
field Of Investment will be made when tho
fun.llng scheme fur Dominion bonds falling
g s nsxs sadss y ass e.esIs 2eS ss
QuEHEc, Dec. f0.-A,l evening paper, In
publishing interviews with leading Hler-
relasye ns1ah to a Mn ~ 'ninr GS
port Of It's steamers, refers tu TITO fact that
s135 000 is annaaiiy pnit' as snbstdy to the
ltno by the Dominion Government; snt Pc
!on Govsrnment to hks away tits subsidy
American pf,rts, and transfer IT to nnotllcr
eonlpany which viii llnvo the, interests OF
chant said to Ills interviewer or this
account for 1t is, TINT slr. Hugh Allan wa, lll
l,oston lust sumner, and WIS dined BY tho
awake. American, tud tha freedo'l. Of l,e
port offered tU the company II It would run
from Liverpool to Boston; md TINT Sir Hugh
cepte,l cl % Tia ofof, i a1 Is now aking advantage
q What Is detrimental to canadtun Inter
~ soeeta, ptpasea to Ths cnteeso 1sseanA
TonoHTu, Dec. l0.-Thu Null, iGatsi,E Gov
ernt,leils organ, Iii an editorial on that pnrt
OF. tho Presidents message relating to tile
aha 'a,.s s"5s q Newfoundland forbid fishing oe
its coasta on Sunday. Tho ialandrrs aro fnrb!a-
den rndar penalties to ongage In tto'r orfatry
bo5 @ G fhas % Thoy wec ~. 50 ,,5o MSs
su6seqaently S,i lie % whom ths Ifaiita1 GominIssl4a
mot rhero Is no question involved Of tho right
Htroaty. Ht Ths privileges sa.ilted to Anierlvau
saieysd SSfs g. ssss a
~ Ard ;vo yct Mr.. Hayes ,ssturcs Congress that Mr..
Gladstone al,d Earl Granville hAsu colsontad to
ssa to acccpt aosnc on no non. natural intctprstatioa
of tho TRULY More than that, ho hopes ttAt
Unto statys 10 dctaa1!ti what thoy IKE. at.l Fut
i 5n9T ys whYs YsrsSS4 SUI, ava2 0Sr 6r
n's;ssFy 1a;sS yo '4xs nsta sse @ s2
Foreigners aro buund by no Inv but such as thpy
obey from choices Or conyonlonce. 4 Colonit! ,a
%Ss boka Y aS a oe e Es 81 fass i
Ysafss '!shs5e 1 q'sot,:,o sss sty,oS + ~ T.
Tie ora of mixing aii.l:.ni,dd!ns wlli to br!gf.
arrivsd. s Thero was 10 uusd Or bullying p tns
Mr 0as,ons :n of ,.sS hs owR tS 4ef1r rS
Moloeh. i:vor since Tug cy|l w.r, yno1 ! TIC e
} 10 was nude sware that Die Colonies n llstlst'
M15s Ame,ss w ss w. It'll n'nsTs .r,, ~ a. n
jntraeys to tha l.teral Cnnossa On tho posol,ae
r. e. tas pS"Se sM aSS Gas
II oaeo asatast any e:!of hs:nK F!ysM q ~
fn la trntmotud iIlon Gccallsp English stltostuel