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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 09, 1893
Page
7
The clumsy text fragment mentions a death, legal matters, and various unrelated notes with scattered numbers and names. It hints at a prominent post 19th century setting, with references to a death case and regulatory concerns amid a jumble of dates, sums, and phrases.
The weekly Canadian note mentions Rev. M Decelles being named a bishop in Sorel Quebec and Wesley College Winnipeg raising nearly seven thousand dollars for its building fund. It reports Montreal building value in 1892 at 2 598 825 dollars, a train spill at Wabigoon, and several political and regional updates across Canada and Britain.
The Cairo cabinet turmoil sees Khedive Abbas dismiss ministers and appoint Fakhri Pasha. Lord Cromer and London issue an ultimatum for the ministerial dismissal within 24 hours. The event underscores tensions between English evacuation aims and Gladstone's stance on retaining Nile control.
In a luncheon tale, Mr Bowser scolds a goat purchase as the epitome of foolish spending. Mrs Bowser counters with a string of past buys including a horse, cow, pig, chickens, and a dog, each dismissed as costly misjudgments. The goat’s antics finally amuse the neighbors as the couple debates prudence and memory.
The piece argues Gladstone may have faced censure over Nile evacuation and notes a London Foreign Office view that Abbas Pasha rules in name while ministers answer to British protectors. It asserts continued English action despite French opposition and Labouchere’s doubts, with the slogan J y suis, jure.
Cores W Roberts known as the Cowboy Evangelist was flogged at Central Prison Toronto for gross indecency after conviction on December 24. About 11:30 yesterday a small party observed the punishment as nine lashes were delivered with a new apparatus preventing turning, leaving Roberts with 11 months remaining.
London despatches describe a No Crinoline League pledging to prevent crinoline wear. Princess of Wales opposition noted. observers say current draperies are superior. Movement signals growing female independence and may curb hoop skirts, potentially guiding fashion at the Chicago Fair.
Four armed men entered the Home Savings and Loan office on Church Street near police headquarters. Clerk Wallace barred the cashier’s cage with a chair as Mason and Street fought the intruders, who fled after a scuffle leaving a loaded revolver behind. Detectives searched for clues as one suspect, described as 23 or 24, 5 feet 9, wore a light overcoat and christie hat. Four men from Buffalo lodging at Palmer House are suspected. Cholera worsens at Halle asylum with 64 cases and 38 deaths.
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