Daily evening mercury, 17 septembre 1880, vendredi 17 septembre 1880

[" PS a G: .a\".ot + TOTE \u2018 YEAR\u2014NO.2:0 = QUEBEC, FRIDAY.SEPTEMBER 17, 1880.« MORES ET STUDIA ET POPULOS ET PRALIA DICAM\u2014 Tirg.Georg.FF 5 : Me ILY EVENING MERCURY SIX O'CLOCK EDITION \u2018 PRICE ONE CENT pp pe re \u2014\u2014\u2014ao _ \u2014 ANOTHER OOLLIERY ACCIDBNL, A Nova Beetia Mins Floodsd\u2014 Narrow Kacape of a Gang of Miners.Now Glasgow, N 8, Sopt.15.This town war startled pabout 8 o'clock this morning by the rt that the Ford Pit, st Kitollartop.work: od by the Halifax Mining Compuny, was fluodod, snd that thirteen mon wore atisdhg.The misuors go into the pit fcr the day shift, betweun 8 and 7 Bhortly Wer they entered this moring, ad before some of them hud got to work, two men whoso bore la beur the ald Dalhousie Pit, strur their picks through the partition, botweun Lhe 01d works und the new, and the water which had acosmainted fn the \u2018former rushed \u2018oul with gruat force, soon breaking a larger holo than the pick bad made.The Lien, seeing the danger, hurried to the foot of the slupe, giving the alarm as they went along.There were about 250 met in the pi mest ehwliom were made'aware 0 week dent, and were immedistoly brought to the surface.Some thirteen men were Missing ; a rescuing party went to their relief.The grest danger consisted in crossing the main passage, which communicates with the several bores, and: through which the wsior was running like a sluice abolit two feet doop.IL was certain death to cross this stream without iutance, and ropes were throws by restulag party, which they ti.d round their bodies, und thus escaped unbart, except one man, wbo Wus crushed by the debris, and had to bo extricuted by his comrades, sustain: ing some alight injuries to his ribs.Que man, Alexander awley, still re._wafred in the pip about, {1 o'clock, and some two hours after the others had beon brought up, this inst man was found by the explorers and res cued.| Prom: the firel wharm! uatil the last man had been secured the bosses with » gang of mon remained iu the pit.A great deal of dumago bas ben caused to the works by: the action uf the water.Some nine horses bave been lost.The \u201csouth * working has not bebn affected at all dnd operations will probably be resumed in that portivn immediately nr \u2014\u2014\u2014 Miss NRILBON'S WILL.(From the London Truth) 1 alluded last week tos will that Miss Neilson hwd made some years ago.Bho signed a secowd one just previous to her trip to America last ptember.She leaves to hur mother the interest of £3,000 during hor life, A her: dpa en \"capital to be \u201cdjritedamong ocber Sldices ; to Me.Jou Knight, wellknowi dramatig oritic and an old friend, £1,000; to Mr.Compton, who had beeh acting with her in Ameriga, » sitritlar sum ; se Lady Sinolair-6-Malaiible-\u2018dimond necklace; to a few friends and dep n- dep smaller legacion, the remaie- d a.sn old fill =a residusry legates\u2019 \u2018 Her \u201ctortune amounted to £30,000, of which £15,000 was made during hor last visit to Amorica.Mr.Gourge Lowis, who had been her solicitor since she went on the stage, is the sole Executor\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 À terrifio bailstorm\u2019 visited Ruon, France, and the neighborhood to day.For twenty minutes hailstonvs folt as large as boss\u2019 cuge and some larger than men's fists.Branches of trees were cut off by them, birds killed, and nearly all the windows broken.bs Puna correspondance London Times, August 20.Vennor, the bad weather prophet.might be invladed among the cand; dates for Chief of the Signal Servi Buroau, \u2018although he is » Canadian.We have not had senueriable weaghor - aktos be sommended: bis.unpleasant predictions, but if he were installod in, RI pe ov dele \u2018 Vi Courtnoy's now rowing sent Dives onfedr wheels fitted to aulid axles.Thoeso wheels are of hard wood, three Mnthes in ' diameter.Toy azide ply in loose slots four inches long, au each stroke (be -whucle revoive suk - ficwently 1osliow to ren just she leigh of the slots * In the common way of riggin ur the on bo such .» stroke is thixl uk by this \u2018aontyivance a friasion le aid 44 be \u2018reduced to three ponads., ny en tte | Let a re ten BRIE.(dthaca Journal, Sept.8.) Yootesdaÿ morning, us passenger train No.8, coming west on the Erie Load, was running down the step de elivity of Shawsogunk Mountain, just u few miles east of Port Jervis, au so cident huppeuod that might easily have killed or wounded hundreds of passengers, We lumsn the following particulars from en [thacan who was Ou tbe train: The ain had.just lett Guymard Station, st the summit of tbe mouniuin, and was flying at light ning rule down thy henvy grade, in order to make up lost time, when suddenly a short, sharp whistle, as « signal of danger, raug ous from the engine, sud the next instant the grating and grinding of the brakes was felt on the wheels us the full force of the wteum went surging back through the pipes.The train camo to» stand almusl inslantançous- ly, having run only about one longti after the whistle sounded.The tor- ward driver of the ls ft side lay oa the track, the axle having brokou off clone to the wheel, and au examination revealed the fact that tur a long time it had beun severed, only the mervst segment bolding the wheel fast.The massive steel counecting bars had boen wrenched loose, and swung around by the reiaining driver, tearing the side of the cab, in which the fireman was, in a fearful msoner, and coming around to tbe ground had in ita Lurn bron bent double, and wronched loves.As Lbe passengers luoked over the steep aide of the mountpin slong which they Lad been renning they shuddered ba think bow close their esyupe und B.SOLDIER\" STATUE AT ANTIBTAU.Baltimore, Sept.13.The encampment of the Grund Army of tho Republic of the Department of Maryland will take pluvo ut Hagorstown on Wednesday and Thursday.On Friday the ovremony of unveiling the statue at the National Cemetery at Anticiam will take place under tie direction of the Graud Army.The oration will be delivered by Mr.Brosius, of Penngylvunia.The monument has been erected at a cost of 830,000, and was designed by Jumus B.Patterson.Iv is made ot Rhode isiand granite, and the statue is that of a private soldier at parade vest.It in 21 fool 6 inches bigh and b feet 6 inches browd across the bromst, and weighs 20 tons.The stone in tho \u201cdic course,\u201d bas thy a6.uiromouteuf Lbusliferaus branches vf the service in relief, and tho following motto cut in i \u201cNot for themselves, dut for their Conmry, September 17, 1862.\u201d The untire monument is 41 Îfeet 8 inches high \u2014 \u2018ASTOUNDING CALCULATION BY A HY 810AN \u2014A curious und sstoutding cal culation hus been made by an Ameri van phyeican.Le.Farrar.He enti- mated that not less theo half a ton uf pure gold, worth half a million dollars to\u2019 annualy packed into poopfo\u2019s teeth in the United Siatos, At this rate all the gold in eirculation will be buried in thu oarth in three hundied years, Ho alo nuiculates that tree millions of artiticial teeth are unnuslly supplied and that only one person in eight han sound toeth.\u2014Landon Medical Record.The.September moon, now in 1s second quarior, is the Harvest Moon of the farmors.AL the end of this week it will be nearly ful, will rise for severs! nights in\u2019 bucodwion very noarly at the time of sunset.Thus its light appears to lengthen out the day, and so it favors the late Liletigrors in Lhe Bulfs.Ase rvests in this country fall in July dnd August, the full moon in thos: monthe à sometimes orronevasly called she Harwcgs Moon ; but the only true Harvest Moon is thut of Septembor.Near the Autumusl equinex the plane of the muon's crbit makes so slight an angle with the eustern hovigen thes bey daily advance eastward in her path causes comparatively little diffuremmw.in the time of ber rising.This ocours on both vides of the equinax,! and $0.there are every year two full moons that for several nights djether! Mee\u2019 at nearly the same, time.The second of thes, which comes à oath lutér khan the Harvest Moon, je called, the Hunter's Moos.| A NARROW ESCAPE ON THE DEATH OF 4 VETEBAN FRON A WABP'S STING.\u2014 Among tbe smaller misorivs of summer, even in our temperate latitudes, are the formidable aspect avd offonsive demeanor of certain inscous, provided by nature with threatening vuicos and vonomuue wWaspons, which put is an appearance as soon as the hol weather begin, chilling the boldest heart with parle, and carrying with thew discomfiture to mankind whithersoover they fly.Not the lost aggresive of theso winged warriors is the wasp, whose poisonous sting inflicts injurios that, under exceptional gircumstanew, have boen known to ve fatal to human life, A distressing ease of Lhis kind oveurred last wcek at Goldberg, upon the eatato of à weulthy German landowner, une of whose farm servants, while harves:ing in the telds, sal down (o eat his mid-oay meal, consisting of bread, cheese and milk, which had beon sent out to him from bis master's kitchen.With his first sup of milk he wk 8 wasp into his mouth, and although be promptly spat it out, Lbe angry cronture found time w plant ite stingin the back of bis thruut before be could got rid of it.The inturior of the unfortunate man's larynx swelled so rapidly tbat in ten minutes later he died of suffocation, after enduring terrible agonies in the vain endeavor Ww breathe aod to force open the air passages in bis throat, A surgeon, who had been vent fur witbout loss of time, arrived within a uarter of an hour from the time at which the stiug had been inflicted, only to find a corpse, surrounded by borror- stricken poasants.The deceased, an oi] soldier attached to the reserve of the King's Grenadier Regiment, leaves a wife and family to lament his tragi- cal and untimely end, He hal braved with impunity the thousand perils ot battle in two campaigns, to perish miserably at last by the sting of « wusp.A Famanx Miasa's Deara.\u2014 Dayton, Oüio, Sept 13.\u2014An old Irisbwoman named Kato Eitzgerald was run over on the atrest in thin city on Saturday, Cllgef Physicians & Smgnns, PuovLRcH oF QUEBEC, | Provincial Medical Board.| SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING.| The Semi-Annual! Meeting of the Board of Governors (Previnesal Nodiod Board) of the Cel.; loge of Ph ond Surgeons of the Praviaes of Quebes will be held on | Wednesday .the 20th September uext, at 10 A.1., | \u2014t TRE LAVAL UNIVERSITY, QUEBEC.| Candidates for examination or for License must send their papers (Inttuding eertificate of admission w the study of {oie}, also the (es for the license ($2) at least ten days previous to the meeting.to either of the undersigned Secretaries.The Board of Examioars for tae diplems of Midwife (Ci'y of Quebes) will meed at the ally, date and hour above mentioned.+ A.G.BELLEAU, M.D., Quebes, FP.W.CAMPERLL, M.D., Mogtresl, {seanstari | August ; im i Lollege of Physicians & Surgeons, PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, | Provincial Medical Board.| Examination for Admission to | the Studv of Modic'ne.! The Examtnation tor adæission to the Study of Medicine will be beld on Thursday, the 23rd Neptember next, at 10 o\u2019clock À.1E., inthe CETY OF QUEBEC, at the LAVAL UNI- VHRSITY.be remitted ati exst ten days previousiy te ous cf the uudorsigned -cccetaries.A.@.BELLBAU, M D., Quebec, P.W.AMPUELL, M.D., Montresi.and was taken to the hospital where sho died during the night from the injuries she bad received.She lived as a sort of ruoluse ulone in au old house, and vn searching ber rooms yes terday about $1,500 wax found belonging to her.Shoe had been living in Duyton 25 years, but had no friends here.She had two brothers, however, living somewhere in the country.À special correspondent af the London Times tmentious the Chilinme ue \u201ca sober-miuded, practical, laborious, weil ordered, aud ably governed community,\u201d and ssoribes their position of superiority sbove other South American peoples lo the nearly entire ab.wonos from Chili \u201cof those sceidental sources of wealth\u2014 gold, guano, and nisente, no lavislly bestowed by Providenoe on voue of her neighbors.\u201d The Cnilinus do not share with the Times correspondent tho opiniom that the articles of ecommerce above mentioned ure curses in disguise, dor they have just finished giving Peru a band.somo beatiag in a quarrel ariring (rom u disputu about the possession of oer tain gwuno beds.- Chili has gained every point for which sho fought, and « great deal more.As the little Btate hus always puid her dobus, and was wantonly attacked in the late war by insolwont but mach more werlul neighbours, tho world will join in hope thint hor people may no be demoralized by their victory.Tbe Times\u2019 writer says: \u201cJf Pera only tarnod into ou recs those gifls which nature bad given her for blessings, how will Chili employ to better purposes those same gifts which come to her by Tight of conquest at the close of a of vivlonce and bloudshed ?If a prolonged sarser ot aucoves do not turn the heads of the Chitiane and annerve Lhuir bodies ; if; } in spite of all the guano and nitrate ui Tara and Antofagasta, they do not forsake their fivids, sad will .obuy the \u2018necussity of strenuous labour, repaid by a bountiful soil; if the leieure and luxary ariding from the sudden building up of large fortunes do not undermine the * patient endwe ance and capacity for toil of their hardy populstion\u2014why, it will be well fir dear Chili, and there will be an ond of the crodking \u2018of hor envious enemies, and alec of the ansioes fore August 23, 1830.Grand Dominion Exhibition, | 10 38 KELD UE TER Provincial Exhibition G-ounés, Mount Royal Avenne, Montreal, | Opens Tuenlay, Sept.14tA.Closes Friday, Sept.34, at 3 p.m.| \u2014 820,080 OFFERED IN PREMIUMS.Entries must be masde with the Be:rotaries fu Moutn ai, ou or b dore the underrmentionsd dates, wis.:\u2014liorses, Oat le, Shoop, ~wi e, Poultry, Agiicultural implants and Deiry | Prod.te, to BATORUAY, September 4th; Pine Arts, Mensfactu:es, Imp'emeuts, Ma chinery, Stoves, &0, tu BATURDAY,: AUG MT 28th Prise late and blank forme vf entry cn be ubiaiuud of the Hrcretaries, Fur further particalars apply to 8.U, STRVENHON, Ses.Council of Arts and M.Octo G£U.LECLEUE, Bec.Council vf Agriculture, Aug nt 16, 1880, SHIRTS ! Oxon.es .' WHITE, : WITH O2 WITHOUT COLLARS, wp Pela Ranged \u201cPrices.000 Soar.| vi RACES and a LARGE STOCK OP GOLL ARS, Aud.der à Busbeeb Suing |dhist, dade to Quder, go jo .pli ita: ill bodings of her mast coidisl well.wWishers.\u201d ! | Fe t.9, 1800.Osrtifiestes and the examination fee ($10) mast | - Mr.Fred.A.Selt, { Seuretariee | 1800.> \"ROYAL MAIL LINE 0 pe, STEAMERS TO THE SAGUGHAT, Tadoussac, Cacouna, Riviere du Loup and Murray Bay.((OMMHNCING on the 10th lsstankons of the of this line will leaye se Andrew's wharf on TUESUAYS and PRI.DAYS, a1 7.30 am, fo.Chisontimi snd Ha! Hal Bay, caltingat Baie St, Paul, Les lements, -Mur:ay Bay, Riviers du up, Tadousac and L\u2019Anse 81, Jean.TICKETS for mle, and State.Borms secure } ed, at the flemeral Ticket Utice, 1pposite the Hotel, sud st ths Conpiny's Office Bt.Louis {Por further information eaq ire at the O+ee wi the Be.Lawasson Syaau Narssation te, Bt Androw\u2019s Wharf, A, GABOURY, sept.1080.: St.tamrence Steam daviza'ior Ca.find { = + \u2018 \u2018The steamer + CLYDE, >?Capt.Eve, Hamonp, \u2014or\u2014 Berthier, Crave Island.L'[slet, and St, Jean Port-Jok, In fetare will leav~ the 8t Andrew's Whar! at 10 A.M, on WEDNESDAYS aod SATURDAYS tor Rerthier, Crans iskand, L'ialet amt St Juan Port J li.Returning, the boat will } av« St, Jenna Port Joil on THURSDAYS and MONDAY\" at7A.M.For lurther infor uation enquire at thee Company's U tice, St.Aodrew's wharf.A.GABOURY, secretary.(Organist ef M.Matthews, Quebre,) Beys to ansouuce to his papils that he will again risume teaching on WED VESDAY, the \u2018st of Septemter, He also hoje the muro! public will bestow on b:m a portion of thut patronage, which, unfortunat:ly last year, owing to hie long illuess, he Was una bles | to attend to, This bein: giveu, he wi ! ends vour by steady appiiostion tu the parkruler wants of the pupils sntruste | to him, to repay.Special attention given so beghiners, he needles to mention that a ewiid foun istien in indispensible to good , lag'n.!x