The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-07-16

side of the river below the falls and
three hundred rods above the can
tilever bridge. A policeman arrested
Graham on suspicion that he was
Tonawanda horse-thief, but his Buffa-
10 friends secured his release on bail.
When everything was ready Graham
got into the barrel and closed the man.
hole at the top. AT this point OF the
river the current Is very slight. "A
small boat towed the cask out into the
river to point where the current
would catchit. After towing the cask
a few minutes the stream caught the
cask and started it towards the whirl-
pool. At first it moved slowly down,
then faster ard faster. until the mad
current dashed it on with its full force.
The cask bounded up and down over
the great waves, and several times
turned complete somersault, but the
wider portion remained uppermOst,
although it turned around like top.
The cask kept pretty well in the center
of the river until it reached the whirl-
pool, when it struck strong side cur
rent and was carried swiftly through,
reaching the waters beyond in safety.
From this point the journey was
comparatively quiet. The cask was
picked up at Lewiston, about five miles
UtlOW LILO oodl oihS PVAho' CIV.
crawled out of the barrel with only a
slight bruise on his arm. Heremarked:
"When struck the eddies it was one
continued round of jerks, but L am not
hurt bit" Graham is a native or
Philadelphia, SO years old, and coop
er by trade. He is poor man and did
this thing for glory.
The cask in which Graham shot the
rapids is seven feet long, thirty-three
inches in diameter at the widest por-
ton, twenty-three inches at the top,
and eighteen inches at the bottom. 1T
is bound aroundwith iron hoops which
weigh $50 pounds. The ballast which
was attached to the cask to keep 1T In
position weighs 240 pounds. Graham
will probably repeat the trip. He says
he will yet go over Horseshoe Falls.
LONDON, July 12-The returns re-
ceived up to midnight show that the
conservatives have elected 2S9 candl-
dates, unionists So, the Gladstonlans
149, and the Parnellites ". The con-
sentative gain has been reduced by
two.
Sir George Otto Trevelyan, who,
with Mr.. Chamberlain, resigned from
the cabinet to oppose Mr.. Gladstone's
Irish policy, has been defeated as the
unionist candidate in Hawick for par
lament. At the last election Mr..
Trevelyan was returned as liberal
from Hawick without opposition. This
year Mr.. John Dillon stumped the dis
trict against him. The result has been
that out of the total of 5,016 votes poll
ed in Hawick borough Mr.. A. l..
Brown, the Gladstonian candidate, re-
ceived a majority of 30, obtaining 1888
to the 2,493 secured by Mr.. Trevelyan.
The announcement of the result has
produced sensation throughout the
country.
The total vote polled up to Saturday
night was: Unionist, 1,2O9, S74; Glad
stonian, 1,118,973.
Of the 95 seats remaining to be con-
tested, 81 were formerly held by Glad
stonians, 10 by conservatives, II by
unionists, and 13 by Parnellites.
Lord Salisbury has proposed to Lord
| Harrington the formation of coali-
ton ministry, with platform of local
government for Ireland, Scotland, En-
gland, and the empowering of rural
laborers to acquire small holdings OF
land. Such ministry would include
Mr.. Goschen, Sir Henry James, and
the duke of Argyll.
LONDON, July 13.-Five hundred and
eighty-two elections have been heard
from, and the tories still maintain a
clear majority of two. The returns
stand Tories, 292; liberal-unionists
GA; Gladstonians, 152; nationalist, %,
Speaker Peel counts as neutral on the
Irish question. The conservatives
have plurality of seventy-five over
the liberals of every pattern, and, a!
stated above, a clear lead of two over
all the other par ties and subdivisions
combined. lightweight constituencies
have still to report.