The Militia Department has decided to withhold $10 for a period of six months from pay of men enlisted after March 1st, to provide for civilian clothing if a man is discharged.

All the married men of C. Battery, Kingston, are asked to hand in their marriage certificates, also the birth certificates of children (if any), for the purpose of having the name registered.

Mr. “Sam” Collier, one of the owners of the steamer “Lamonde,” with Capt. Bongard and a staff of men have been busy for a couple of weeks in Deseronto getting the boat ready for service. The engine and boiler have been thoroughly overhauled and a new propeller put on, which is expected to increase the “Lamonde’s” speed very materially.

The 25th and 26th overseas batteries, ammunition column and about 800 infantry recruits will go in camp at Barriefield on May 15th.

The Deseronto Iron Works will be reopened in the near future. Between fifteen and twenty workmen are engaged in refitting the plant.

The fine rain of Saturday last followed by unusually warm weather for the season, has hastened vegetation. The trees are leafing out and the grass is showing rapid growth.

The U. S. Postmaster-General has been recommended by the Senate to consider the advisability of establishing an electric mail service. This simply means that every post office be made a telegraph office and that ten word messages be transmitted for 10 cents, with a half-cent rate for 50 word messages.

On Monday evening about 10 o’clock there arrived in Belleville a man who had walked all the way from Picton. His home is in Toronto and he had been down in Picton on some deal in property. He had promised to be home in Toronto during the night, but missed the afternoon train, so he walked to Belleville to catch an early morning train westward. The walk took him about five hours, he stated, rather fast walking. He had to stay around Belleville until an early hour in the morning before a train left.