The daily witness, 20 août 1885, jeudi 20 août 1885

[" XXVI.No.108.MONTREAL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1886.HAM Of Mr DU.mmrriaou \u2022«f the High Court of Ontario of the Ancient Order \"f For-«\u2022sters, will lx» held in tho City Hall bore on Tueaday.The ineiubentlup of thi» Order ho# increased during the |«ist year more than Lfty percent, there wing nt the present timo 2,.r»DO moniliers against 1.000 a year ago.There have tieen thirteen deaths during the year ami the claims arising fn>ni these were each i>.nil within a week after the occurrence.The High .Standing Committee will meet at the Grand Onion Hotel, which will be the head quarters of the staff while in the city, on Monday rfi 'rning next, and on the evening «»f that day will visit Court Ottawa at its regular meeting in the- \u2022d»i* fellows'Hall.Tim auditors, M «»rs.Htlley, of Chatham, and Ma\u2019heson, 8up*'rint«*n b-it of the Belleville Deaf ami Dumb Institute, will hold a meeting on Hatunlay next.Prof.Tanneh, of Ijondon, the Government examiner of agricultural classe» in England, is in the city, on busine»» with the De|utrtnient of Agncultun*.Prof.Tanni«r is taking an activ»» iubTest in immigration matters, ami In* a scheme on foot, which, if adopted by the Gov* enum-nt, will likely prove advantageoii# to tho Dominion.In Great Britain th'* lnip«*rial (lov-ermi'ent give a regular course of instruction to ftl>out nim\u2019 thousand agricultural young im n »nd women anuually ; f these alxnit si, th«>u*and fo U fore a board of examiners, ««f which tho 'roRtisor I» a member.A laige pr«>i«>rfK u of thes»- are the sons ami daughter# \"t fanners.Tho Professor's visit to Canaila on this ikcc-tsion is to endeavor to increase the facilities f.«r | «-«s-ing these people over to some of the older ; ro-virices as well as to the North Wi-st.Ina'ldi tion to the dais of young jieople above u\u201cti«J«'d to, tliere are many others who hsvo a e odoptet) whereby they can settle in -mall villages instead of la-utg isolated.The m « sit y for such an associated system of r*,««i'ionce is for the ptir|Nises of mutual bem-til, and lliev «»n Riel.The Cl STORM AutHOHITIIs at this p-rt have made a seizure of a large ipiautity of indecent ami obscene pictures ami literature, which waa consigned to a number of fashionable loung men in the city.No action has li« « n taken in the matter, pending the return of the Minister of the Department.Now that he lu» n-tnim*!, it is probable that the usual course will be follow'd, It is more than likt ly that | r«*»« eu'mna will be instituted «gain'd those to whom they are Consigned, w ho are in the higher tank» of society here.The discovery has created quito a sensation among many.Viceregal.\u2014The Governor-General returned at eight o'clock this morning and will remain ten days.The Licenhk Act.- The question of the constitutionality of the Dominion Li«|ii«>r Licvnso Act will beconsideml by the Privy Council on the first of November next.Mr.Burbrnlge, Deputy Minister of .lustico, will leave fectmg the General in thia city.The stories »l#»ut looting the fur# anil other |»er-si'iial {Tolierty of the half-breed# are confirmed by the volunteers here.Tint Principal Evidence given yesterday U-fore the Central Prison Cotiuoi-Mon wa# that of the warden, Mr.Mass in.lf«- provetl conclusively that the fare of the prisoners wa* in general very good and substantial, and ««n this point hia testimony was amply tonne out by the evidence of the storekeeper.The l#-*-f tiM-d is from animals purchased by an expert butcher nnd killed on the premise*.Altogether in the matter of l**ef, bread and vegetable* the convict* are far better of! than the great majority of honest workingmen in Toronto.Tss City Council let the contract, las*, night, for block paving College street and ad journed for a month.Mr.Gm>.Dickson, M.A., Principal of the Hamilton Collegiate Institute, has be n appointed to succeed tb«) late Mr.J.M.Buchan sa Principal of Upper Canada College.THE ANCIENT CAPITAL.(Spttial to tke Witness.J (Quebec, Augimt 20th.SCBir BL'YKBH.It is stated that an agent of a Montreal broker is here buying up the acnp belon ring to rnem-Isra of the 7th Battalion, paying $20 for what will mature in October, being then worth 170 to \u202276.The grocers of Lower Town have unanimously signed an agreement to clo»c their establish* | mi nt» at N p.m. O THE MONTREAL DAILY WITNESS, Thursday, August 20, 1885.NEWS.transatlantic.CM.ÜI »1 .T«cnbini, Pai*! fWr^tary of StAl.*, dim.Hi.*c»triurnt that the P.>|hi confrrr»! v it I.\\r«Awnt»tive nt thr Vn'i.wi,\tthe npjiotntinent «I Arciil iBhop \\N't»l«Tu It i.utnli ret.hiI tl.at tho report»of i*n nlli.tnw.oft.I 'll, and (it{entire, between Kuglena *nan have nrrivod *t * i«U*fiict.»ry uiuler-«taMiing a* the connut to bo purtuM by oAch pown in tliO event of a war between hnglnna and Ku»*ia.M.IS Freycinet ban instructed the Fn\u2019nch Conmilatr, at Cairo, to renew the enquiry re-^'aiding Olivier 1\u2019ain\u2019a ditath.The I'ruuuer l»a» prom reed that if it i* proved that the Englt*!» otfrrrd » reward for Pam, the French tavern-ii,tut «ill demand that England indemnify ram\u2019» family.Germany lia» oonaontad to the resumption of the importation f swine fr-.m Austria-1uim gary.Thi» action haa pMdnoed an exrrllent impresrion in Vienna and Poeth, and is re-gardixl as the first step on thw|*art of l.rrm vtiy t a clear understanding of the Customs uttn-cnity which has been prevalent for *> long.The li nùort Ejyptin^ of Cairo, says the Egyptian Cabinet has deci lo.1 to place 1'KVP* under the regular protection of England, i he Foreign OttiwO has received no iufonuatioa of such action n the part of Egypt, and the re-i>ort is not believed.THE CHOLERA.London, Aiig.19.\u2014There aree ght cases of cholera in the Toulon garrison.Ketnrns from Granada for Tuesday show 822 m-w c«es an.l.V) deaths in the city and SH new c.v.w and 12ft deaths in the province.Two doctors who went fr.in Ma