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THE CLINTON NEW ,E13,A."
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NEW A.DVE,11111$E5xENTs.
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Card -•--Livingston.
ceed-4, Ottrtwright,
-.Voters' liet•—j, A., Nelle.
Exhibttion -J. •11,,
Reuse to let—W. Sniart.
7;77-4-G. K. Wright
• card of t1anles-.7j, Belmore.
Property for sale-- A. jamiesen".
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oFFIEIAL PAPER or THE.COUNTY.
THURSDAY, A.T.TG1JST 8, 1878.
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tendet.'' Non the fine: running' oyes:- a
prairie:instead of a wneded country, as
was the ease, . .
2. That upon ":4-r, Fuller's declining
the conteapt Mv. Dwight's: tender,- for •
$56;250, whs.:incepted ; but he as de-
clined, giving ;le kreason that ho had'
omitted ioehie tender the itemeof
3. ing. • .
Thet. ,the tender •of Waddell st,
Smith, for $100,259, was the next *lowesthot the. Chief Engineer reproseented
that in his opinion •they would rowdy°
all their eeeeteles to• complete sectioreNee.
5, already awarded them. This view of
the CUSS :WAS. 'coOuired in, and their
tender's was acceedingly poised- o'er,
Siebsequent events :proved thet correct-
ness, of. he eouise. pnestiedeethe • firm
having failed to: find the security to proe
peed wieli.Section'No. 5. " •
4. Thet• the:tender of Sifton,
and Flom intng, for $107,800, Wee then
Accepted, 4 centraet enteyed into, And
the work pie:needed with end completed.
From tinsstatentent of 'facts- in con-
nection with the matter hoW' cart it 'bo
shbwri that Mr. 'Glass. 'bite been, re -Ward.
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ityroam4 new14 THE .t,!ow,tregy,
:Were one enacqUattited with the erne
state Of • affairs...to- belleVe that is
written and speken•byt. Conservative's in
the advecaay of the eoetei•med.,:" Nation-.
al Policy," they would -look upon. Cana,'
da as a place literellyr going to. the,
dogs,'14and,wonder 'bow people: '09qld :be
induced to •reutain. in..sitelt i ,coantry..
That the reeklese ktna u ruthfi :state-
ments of' Sir John have
had an injurious offeet:on Cenede,:. •out'
side of its own deviate,' we do not 'doubts
for a lie welt Stite:k to often passee fop
truth," and we cannot see hote any layer
of his country can suppose,: a ..1S 6,11 who.
indulges .in 'statements se contraryto
fact, and so derogeting • to thd country.
That wo may net he charged with, pie.:
repeesenting Sir John, we, make an exe
trent from his speech at Toronto las't
week, delivered on, the 'opening of the
Nation -al Amphitheatre; which t.s•ee fol-
lows :— • . .• • '
It is said, "-make thisa cheep notinirY
to -live-in," Gentlemen, this will be. te
Cheap cot -entry to live in when property
becomes valueless,- when you• can. boyland
'for next to nothing, when. :man find's
himself poorer every year in censequence
of tbe:shritikage in the value of.his nro-
ports-, • . • ' • e
Now etheipteneisan. of Sir Jelin WO
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to convey the -ideas -that- Otte•.' weer.. yeally
the ease in Canesla, but 'Any.. opc with
the leaSt grain of sense knOWS.thitt it is
.not. Property p.Fi rule,
than ever. before. p (tying. '0,!* • liko.
years faming lands have increased in
value from 25 to.30:per Cent, therefore
the shrinkage in such 'doesn't. amentst, to
much, neither doeS'ethe, sinielca'ge
other properties,', male.% those, who gra.
yet willing. to follow the Opposition
'leader in his nntriitliful •statereetie of
Canadian prosperity; Must be: elessed
:Among those who love perty• above.
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country. ,
,or that Mr. 'Mack.enSie hes squan-
dered 064,100 of the nubile. moue);
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• NM? 0.000 AT ILLUSintATIQN.
It appear's. difficult- for the ;Vail to
upheld the. prineipli, of•preteetien, forit
riirely ever takeftrillustretion in op -
pert of its. theoeysbee whet that Mug-
traaon•tells: swore stroegly . against i_es
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eygunient:thaie...for it; , Recently:it said
"The fitrniee iti EriglandLeit may
eeem para owl "to thetight1es4. people
—ought. tnand now does encom•age free,
it -epos, of. grain, pieeporley
botaid•up'with.proeperity• of 't he ceitue
try ;: and. as he Cannot: Peoditee as. muck
grain as. Englandmieds it in foe his in
tempt that grain .should' eorre in abun-
dantly from abroad." . ••••,, •
.Thts 'doesseem prodigiously peracioxi.
If. the English farmer .eannot :pre -
duce as netteh grain as England i•equires;
what * is "the'' obviotesconsequenee.1.
Stirely•it is that grain • will unduly ad -
"al -Mein irriteeeless it isecheeked • by,
.abundant -.-ImOoArttione- from. abroad.
Before the abolition Of the Corn •ISeWs.
the Price Of' bread , adtAnced to
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such a fignise ti dor people tepre•cone-
• pelled•te 'live: on: theecor.i:sest kinds of
food ; but the lend'Owners:and frtrinprs
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Were, for d slim time., getting ;rich :by
the snfleringeof Others. •
The same illastratteii. will apply to
reenefactorees, • Their:interest' is, isou nd
tip intim prospeeitYof -the country, and
es:they are not .eble. to make evei:ything
'as cheap. antlegeed as it eine be made
somewhere ase, it iS theie intei•est that
such aetielee plineld come in abtindently.
It in,selfetvicient that if Iess capitol
And. labor would •lse expled in•the
di-
•ioct Predudeion of ti.r:v 'article thee le :in
•dencand in the eeuntry, than eveuld, be
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expended in 'the. peoduCtion Of, ssotne
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other ayticlesto. exchange for it, it° wOuld
:be :direetly' proditced, The% reason the're
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ale manufticturers' of shoes, elotheS, liar.
.1.tess, Waggeoe, forniture,•,&;e„ tCre„ Heat-
tered ail over the dountey, is 'beet -test: It
coattileee to pt•oduct and sepply then
eetp the consumer,. -than, if they weire. etitt-
enittetOred at Sr distance And the eon-
s unier hid to fetch them... The detnand
creates the Supply, which will always be
the ease Wlien.petuyal ittWS-fogil not. in-
tern -n:01 with.. ' The Moat:says; • • s
e leis well known that, in Order to
di•ive the Eltiglieli watches ,ottt' of the
Cituadirm nuirkels the Waltham-. watch
factory lets a certain limn in Toronto
hese 'watches 10 per' emit lessthan the
eanneensztieles are solei in the ate,ems.
TheyeeeyeljtesiefOre, 27i per cent, and
yet make :t profit. Suppose eve had it
young wateli friettoi•e! herehow eolikl• ii
.stand a piece of War like this?" •
The above IS an illustration of the
way•in which manitfeettiroes treat...their
bonne etistoineees when they have seetired
the home' inerket 14 a high. Witt Al-
though therAlthain watch .IS made in the
Statcs, it can be botight in Canada, ao.
cording, to the Meta, cheaper than there;
so that in reality the whore of the p6
polation Of. the United States must' pay
ten Per,' cent.' more far Iliete watches
than outsiders, *merely to support tkvb
or thee manufac eSteblishments.
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Is not 21, per dent. high enough tariff
• foe watches 7. • If a: evatelr factory °odd
not •thrive. with thal (meant of, pratec-
tion, 01: leas, it not'wented
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Washington, as Umpire, •Tlie eOtemie-
sten sat. at Ottawe on Fiticlay hist and
concluded their labors on. Sattirday, but
it is most illtelythe feet that the matter
bed been thoroughly looked. into . each
of the commission before *they net;
the". ctic ..fot; Ontario -wa,uzred by
'Hon, 'Mr, tiJ1 before 'he beeientis
member Of 04 Dominion, Government,
anti, the 1»ade seer. :strongly
banked byes longearray of treaties and
weer& beariug upon the teinly history
of' Am. country, Mneeree .1Nlinyat. aud
Hodgins:looked efter.the Interest of On,
feria, and neerriteined that the:time wes-
tern boundary was at least -as far west
tis a lino draWn .nbethWited .1Voni the
bead wnters. of the llisSissiPpi • 'river,
and claimed the :Whole ' conntry its far,
:we'ie as the Rocky Metinteins.- .
The nCverd gives 011E1140 .a.lerge tract
of country northward 'and westward—,
the Weeterly•beeridary beipg tt meridion-
ni line
dyaWil. through the blest north-
westerly angle of :the Lake of tin; Weeds
fi•oin the ieteynatienal hoendery liAe ."to
,Epteltsk Whith ort1'5 jntO *the
Winnipeg and.the northerly boundary'
,being the: •Englielie• and Albany rivers,
tunitheSsoteth toast of james'e•hay: freed
:the untuth Of Albany' river to the Point'
,where a line draivieduenceeth'femet Lake.
•"rethiseaniinguee,would strike the said
:Bay. Thie gives :to °Marie nearly the
!vitae: Of EnewaYdin, territory (teating
aestri)pf Piety- te few .initee: wide to, the
ettetward.•,Of Manitoba), arid •inClucling.
•'the Wholeof the ';'.aftiable xniiiing reginif*
•of take Snperioe,
. • Although Ontario :obtatns a Inrger
'areeethen it Was etippesed by some : she
wessentitled to; we. see, :no .teeson for
•any,greet degree of exultetiOn, M. On,
tetio.inid nobebeen eaccertled soexteii-
sive a territory •the' country:. would . hot
have, -been turned oyee to forejenera :•"' it
Wotild have, eeitl been a part!of the
minion; 'and as We believe in locale goy -
eminent; we aro not inclined teadvecate
large territorial ones, , The cost .of gov
erneeent, in keeptng. with adyirittagee,
rather .inclines :to sinall ,,CommunitieS
then large enee, eSpetially in Con -redeye;
tienise •
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•Noli•ALL coNE MD
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• . ANOTillift stiniv:DAL,PLPLODEp.
We hove repeatedly said that it was
scarcely any USQ ktockingsever the men.
of straw in the• shape of ecandals aiid
false charges made by Qppesition paperse
for so soon aseene false bubble is exPlod-
ed by the.breath of truth, another is on
its reunds. The libtl is seen by: many
that never see .its refullitien, and to
fully clear up and explain e: flee elneeges
requires time and a grease deal of
and to understandthe explanation when
enusele_sornetimee 4!(tfUiiitl&J1)flixJ,IJIIQ,
and the hpplication of more thought
than a great. many. Of the eomintenity
are willing to bestew, „
• *Ouite" recently tho Ottawa Ciazen,
the Toronto Mail, and thn-Londen Fro
Fres q lave been laboring to manufacture
a scandal againet: the Government • otte
of the contract for 'Constructing Section
1 on the Cantidiart pacific Telegraph
Line, let to MOS•ars. Sifton, Glass
FlOrtitilitt for $107,950. OT Courkthe
• main,objectof the jOurnals iiamcd is. to.
damage the proepe.elit of 'Me. David
Glass, the Liberal eitudidate in ilast
Middlesex, but' they also hope • to make
some capital against the government*:
Mr. Glass Jets alreadyanswered the
charge in so far as he iS personally Con-
cerned, aud apart:from eneee no ''orte,
has ventured te'question the correctness
- of his explanation. The real facts in
connection with this centred are :
1. That fifteen tendon were received,
Mr. R. ruller's for $38,780 being the
. lowest. Mr. Vuller'S tender as 'ac-
cepted, upon the adeice of MY. Sand-
ford Flemming.; *but he declined to en-
ter into a contract, giving as a reason
• *that he had based the atheunt of his
, 110VMM1ags ors71,,s1tX0.
For genie time the bonndary questien
of Ontario has been' in dispute, end,
therefore, eto havet.it settled a commis-
sion was appointed, 'composed of Chief
justice Harrison for Ontario, Sir Fran-
eii (lineks for the Dominion., and $ir
Edward l'hOraton, British Miniater itt
-EPU011,1414 NOTS•
4.. Li434xtio Reform igen:Pal states
that no definite time has yet been fixed'
for the elections. '
The cause which 15 1)550(1 on lies per-
sistently adhered to has a sandy . founda-
tion indeed; —Mit.
Is not this prottysevere thrust :at
itself. „ • •
Accounts:et to the protectionist doe -
trine, one of the virine*a of that party is
that 'it will prevent %totes, but the
United, States, the most, highly .protect, -
ed country in• the, World, seems to have
fully:its share. The latesit. is that of
-the Union. Iron. Works', Clevelende by.
„which. 2,000 men are thrown out of ems
ployment. ' . • -
• A eatalesecexenseer of the Stratford
Becton watea as follows ;-,
The Mitchell A dvocatd of last week says
that Mr, Farrow thee—Conservative candi-
date for North Huron, is ,the most apriglit
and honorable manin the riding. Indeed t
,During the last eletion, when he was. op-
posed by Mr, Leckie, he sent • it iettes to
Mr. Mackenzie stating that if he was net
opposed be would vote with . The
letter' was made public at the times and
Mr. Farrow was, compelled to swallow it
•hotas balm. Is there anything. -upright
or:honorable abont that"? •lf there . we
fail to-eletect it. Mr. Farrow's chanees at
the ii0Xt election are elim.indeed. •
TEII talk abent proteCtion making. a
c0untry,71r0spet0us is :all "stuffy'. Wegee
the:itt-17-nited States • used.. tn; be; con-
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sidered sornethinghigher than in ain't::
'do., hilt are .they en now. 1 :• Lieten'What:
nieehanie 'seys in a lettereto • the- Now
Sr. Oat.. • To rit!
• "I knew plenty of men go ingyou lid and
Asking bosses for work, saying; ", Give 'Me
work .and. fix. your 9wn price" Th'ese
01 01) woUld be 'glad tework fox: Wit 'cley.:
Andall"ofthem• are skifled incelianics—,
men who have serVed'their time and: de-
voted yeare ofeeetient toil to 'acquire :the
requisite skill m their .businees," •• " •
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TPA:seed; sot -heti -me „ago,: .eiedertoele.it
ctuSade"in the Western States. againat
the use of 'agricaltural • machinery, itiul„
several. Of thein were detected the
• net of firing oy destroy:hie,' reaping. or
Other field'emehines, The alleged rea-
..son•for this. dastardly. C.Sidi2LC-5, 1Viitl.t1146
tbooxtcitsive Of. machinery-. yonder-
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ed it•imeossible for thent to -obtaiii.work.
hoireyee's•thetninennitinietaleabld
,demand forejaern laborers to • helpliar;
vest the crop *ill, :the
State's; mid while residents senseighbor-
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•ing. toWns are giving Apsistance itt the
fieldS, .the .tramp :fails to • respond.
north-weatern • contemporary * s.uggeets•
thetir pemelty in the shape of enforced
labor should be attached by the Sbatete.
vagrancy; that the fraternity:should; in
fact, be 6011)6116d .:to. work. Were,.it
not. fOr '.the. very great' progress made .Of
late years in field. machinery -huridreds
of'. bushels -Of grain would 'he deptryed
for lack of emanate. gather it. .• • •
'.,SPEAkiNG' of Centre Huron, • the Lis-
towell Standard, (Conservative) hee the
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"We 'Would advise.our friend's in Ocritre
Thiron to select their Strehgek local man
and make a bold stand against incompe-
tence,' and extravagance, and 'not on any
accoant allow the Riding to go hydefault.
Conservatives of Centro Huron, takeout -
age ; and -the vietory maybe yours, even
though the' odds Jiro at present against
yen," . •• • • • •
'.11t iS (luite •evident the editor .of the
,S'tioidard doesn't know imythingwhet-
ever ribout this Rtding, Or he would
never (testi/no:such, t_bensve-aireee Wskt
the strongest mint in the whole Ceases.-
serVative citinp :would ltob stand the
ghost of rechance.",orbeing ereettii,' ;MT
the fact that 1.1.6 10011 Jinni bas yot been
found: willing to accept the. nomination,
although it has, been tendered qiiitield
, number, is evidence tlyat there Poo pos-
sibility of a Conservative being success-
ful in it. Were every Ridtng iu the
Dominioit as sure Of returning. a Re-
former as this one, -the party .would not
need to Put forth any exertion teo seenre
cootinitation of the lease: of power.
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ie•encoureking to :P.:pd, one 'Conser-
vative paper, •et least, that hag- the in-
dependence. to refuse to accept the'
elonal policy" of itd petty, and to give
expression' to itsvieves st� that:effect.
The PrestOtt. Plaindeoler, the Censer-
vaiivn •oegan in Smith Grenville; can
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chides' an able article on , Protection
with the following word
• "Though the iorests of thepeople
orodueers must eve • be at variance,: those
Of each claee .heinge. posed . to those of
• cot:Tether, yet viewed in their capacity
:of Consumerse there amidst all, this di-
versity, n tinixersal harmony... 'All desire
ah -abundance of eommoditiee, oren other
words that everythipg 'shall be Cheap,
Thistis'of ell things What *the:protection-.
ists especially abhors. He desires:high:
.Prices, or in other words that conunodities
shell be seareet, Ho :Wishesto establish
scarcity while the general interest require
ithendance.. • For him to thrive, the coin-
nitteity must suffer, He een accomplish
his object only by prOducing this scarcity.
Either he produces it or he does not -pen- •
produce it, if he does, then, he is injuring
the people; if :he does not, :then his ef-
forts- are abortive: The Protective scheme
is, 'therefore, either injurious or useless, .
"Protection-. cannot •in . any' tense bo
styled a 'national' pplicy. Its lienefite
being'Ihnited to classes, it denationalizes
industry and confines' it within the bounds
o.tbe narrowcst s ection al le m It .creates.
no wealth and simply' brings' about a•fidge
listrilrittieneoftlie-ftuitgeof- industry -see -A.
natioeal' policy eonsists in leaving things
in their natural •condition and allowing
the laws of trade to replete without • in-
terruption the affkiii a1iumni:11a ia ail
the varied phases of it ceaseless ttetivity,v
To be able to retteon as logically And
forcibly an the.above extract shoWs that
the editor of the Paindealo eate and
does, proves that, he has thoroughly die-
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sected the •Sithject,, and • knows whereof
he affirms, but prcitectionists ere entirely
ignorant • of tho .question; .not.. 1i:eying
stadied it, and agsert that the principle
of:protection is right just beniuSe they
think eo. ,this way of arriving at
coneinsions everybody, nth say that they
Axerigid, no matter how absurd their
ideas maybe, aid,, therefore, it is of n�
use investigating, for truth, according to
their assertione, is indely personal ap
Prehension. of any abatittet idea, whethei
capable of proof or not is of no 'Cello-
(pence.UTI
TCense *dives were lit eestacies
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over the defeat of Hon. Afro Laurier in
Drummond and A.rehabaska. Tho elec-
tion orMr. Bourbectu, his opponent, hats
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been annulled by the eourts for bribery
Ond corruption, *
Coqaadian News Iteni$,
, Mr, Rich. Mills, townehin of40.9.11sty,.
etatesthat a- felv days ago ite.save .4 fielder
rye AU that :dietriet which, stood over eight
feet high, -
Notwithstanding the result of the boat
moo .on Wedensday„ Roes' backers aro in.
'no weer discouraged, antlAiropose lomat:dr
hsm-ence more ageinst ITanlan next year.
AM M. CheisionhOrSon; of Mitcliefl••
has been confined to 14 by a severe ill,-
nese,for the past two weeks; and it ie. fears
ed ho will have to - give up •the workeof
the minietry, et least for some time"
travelling • party • from-• Woreester,
1.1111Ss.i passed' through Montreal. Tho
car evas.like a hotel in Ate .appointments..
Its-eecepants living on board and being.
brought' from orto •station to ;Mother :le
they dealie: This,is a riew ,,departure in
trM-clIing. ''4''
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John, eon of Mr, Samuel Fisher; a
Hungerford, in eight hours cut three acres
and it halfof' wheat with a cradle, making
1,3821 erge 'sit eaves of Wheat. These were
all 'emend by. hie finher, and _the whole
field of wheat *Was standing in shack at
sundown. Big work. .
, 'Another large party of Merneonites have
started West for Manitoba, by the Col-
lingwodd lino of stearperes. They state
that now the Easterirwar is over,'a steady
tide of emigration will eet in from South,
ern Russia as the iNfennonites there can
now sell their farms to advantage.
At Leelieyille on Thursday. afternoon,
doring it thunder storm,- it young MSS
nathed Peeray, abrickenaker, wa.
sheltering, some bricks. from -tie rain, when
he was etruck by lightuipg end instantly
killed, • He had been married about a
year, and had Net returned from burying.
his child. . ,
'A Shocking caSe Of, par ntal depravity.
:hasnome to light at F. T ionutee Nathan
RPM, a- colored Men, lea leg' been de -
tented by his Wife in the act ofincest with
h 14 yeer old dangliter, who Stated that:
-.the' intimiter.b.SS existed during the .'hist
three years.. He tliicateneet to kill her If.
ehe told. : - ' '' . •
•" The firemen's. celebration itt Woodstock
on Thineday; 'was attended by immense
crowds. from all parts . p f Western Ontario.
The rain, somewhat interfered with, the
afteenoon's enjoyment, end tlineirith plays •
ed havoc' with two or three' of the.tris
unwindarches, but otherwise the celebra--
Mon t'119 a suecees. • •' ' . '
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The Orangemen of Montreal 'are coining
to Toronto on the lOth inst,, to join in
celebrating the opening of' the gittes of
Derry on the 121b.
A. farmer named Anguki AreDonaw, liv-
ing near Kingsv.ille while helping it tweigh-
bor.threshing on Tuesday, tell suddenly
.dead. Supposed Cause—Heart disease:
Joseph,Niebol, an employe at Dilessrs.-•
John I isher & Sona paper Mill Dundee,
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whilst adjusting. a btealitlyioidriamirliln,eyanoin
-11Io n d ay weeamien t
11sltY:ll* -;irsl‘las18 i1EastriIan
A.ieieoaal l)Love cradled seycti
acreS of oats in six hours, The* fiela, was-
rough and the crop heavy, twisted and.
-c()Anhet.7.fb:Itri;i11:1,11fiendci j. A nclielrs%t bhoolitiari
nine acres Of spring wheat
The week:was performed" before witneseee
last Saturday, 3rd hist, There were 203
ediocks or stooks.eaph shock :containing
twelve elietivee.
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An old, man naM
'log at . Ottawa, • on Wednesday lait lost
m
hiself tlin vicinity of Itichmo
ed AleX,
wee not found until Saturday, Ile wee
then in such it bad condition that he Wa,s
utterly helpless. He died seven houni
after being takeinehorneeee- •
Shipments of live stockr
* rom eMentroal'
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to Great Britain during the present week,.
,are, by ship St, Patrick, for Glasgow, 46
cattle; by ship Glenfinart for Glasgow, 40
„nettle; by 'steamship Waldeneian, for Gine-
gow, 206 cattle ;;by steamship Texas, for
Liverpool, 203 cattle and 1,500 sheep,
The' Moravian of the Allan line, on her
way over from Liverpool, taught ,fire on
the thirdday Ont. A thorough panic ex'iSted •among the Passengers.•• The . first.
officer, Mr, Thompson, acted with inuch
coolness, however, and by the use of*hose
destruction was averted. The fire
Dated in woollen good's on board.
SAYS .11, Toronto . papen-.4 number of
gentlemen proininently interested in tile
promotion of the cattle expert trade,. Will
:int.et representatives: • from the seVeral,
.connties.of the Province, during the. prd-
sent month., with a viewof oneerting
Measures favorable to the growt i. et' stock
raisingehtterstehich consult:Olin tlie Gov-
erment Will be asked to :yid t1l. several
niunieiptdities of the•Province to ,proeure
good hrgeding cattle, .for- the putposo of
improyieg the various -classes. - . ee, • •
' • •—'••-•-..*SH,
The Edinburgh Scotsman's: London cot. -
respondent saysit is reported that Lord
Dufferin will probably be requested to go
to Asia Miner as British Commissioner.
The Loncloti Daily Arews says the :Mar -
Attie of Lorne.will riot leave for Canada
till after, the Dominion elections, and that
lie will probably arrive here in Noveirther.
In the event of' Lord Dufferin's departure
before that time, the Commander of the
fames will act qs Administrator.
American live cattle are arriving -in
London in great numbers, One thou.
sand reached there on one day, and the
London Graphic ay that some of them
were so mountainous that they might
be made fit subjects of d,econt itinerant
shoWe
Mk. Y. A. Scott, late of Stratford, tvti
front' Centarl City.tinthe Blank Hills 411.
triet).under dateeTuly 13, as follows :—" I
inn supeeintendent of re mill at $200 per
month z I- have' done sorne 'prospecting
but'did not tome aernss .anything that was.
good, although .1 ani setisfied that.:thera
• are many valuable mines yet remaining.'
• uudiscOvered. • The 'Dlack Hills country
is but insits infaney and it will take 50
year to :fully develop • its resources.
There is ooe mine beetelearing.$100,000
per month. *Laborers obtein 4,50 per
day and noNteady work at that. Steady
work in Canada at 75o a day is better than
$2.50 here when the.rolative cost of living
is takenlnto 'Consideration.. '1 know -frilly
500 1)100 .who have. spent menthe ,in •the
Hills, proepecting for the 1)recio6 'Metal
and who 'have returned home penniless
and disgiiSted, •• In brief, this country. af-
fords good opportunities to the capitalist
or speculator \vial a little capitol, but ites
no place for.a poor man. There are en-
ough of the latter here not. • Thie is the
-truth and I do not want any of. my peer
friends to be deceived by thellighly-,color-
•ed stories that are eiren,lating through the
press. There are lots of good men. here;
without money or grub, and they:eu vie the
day that fed thein en this (to them) very
black country." . •
'The severest storm T.oronto,has everk-
perienced, set in about 8 o'clock on Sunday
afternoon and lasted till after ' 6.. A ter-
•rible fall of hail, took place, numbers' of
the storm descending, as:large as: hen's
eggs measuring five inthee, in circumfor.
we,. and weighing over an ounce. It
lasted for fifteen Or twentF minutes, stones
its large as marbles comin); down in clouds
and completely 'covering . the grow
Nearly every skylight in the city w s
entirely demolished, photographic stiu nes
comi eeineforetheeheavicatealeare—e, ' the -
I
OA Monday avery painful aeCident 00: -
.carred to: it yeti ng ehiki. aged abont onEl.
year and .six meths, the ' daughter of • ••
Henry Mathews, Jr., Of the.Internetional
Hotel. •• The mother was busily engaged
pouring tea when the child reached ttp•
to the tableAnd opeet a cupful of boiling.
tea over its:face and .arniSi and scalding
the child Ina fearful- Manner.
,
• A dastetelly and cruel aetwas perpetrat-
ed .ore Thuredaynsorning • at .
Some party•or parties, supposed by meny
to be One "of the leading men of the place, •
Paris green and salt as bait fot cattle *
Whieli had destroyed eonie three or four.
Shade ;Jose -171m trap: restated:. in the . •
(leather three. animals, and -others Were
badly affected, The.iess bille On parties
unabietohearit.
At the Bible Oise ineetiee in .Shaftes- •
bury 1-Ia14, Tomato, • on Saturday, Rev.
Dr Potts took for his -subject the great
dra,tight of fishes, Before. closing • the
ineetine'-'e • • ;Inca the .audiance,. that: •
he wonld ni Pleast, to answer -any ques-
tion tiler Might ly is to ask.. A person, in
the,gathering asked i hat Peter did
the fish • after th.ev . Were ,canght.' Thle
Pesti,* the Rev. Dr. Wag obilgeel; to. Say:
h 'could not enswee.. •The, peeson then
asket . 'f he tlxonght Peter's' wife her
mother., o14 them:. aiedienee seemed •• • •
greatly aninee but -of course the question
Ivarunanswerec , • • • .. ,. • .
• QnStuid0 afternoen ..t-jierSe Was dis-
covered floating in .01e
abont half a, mile west of the v et
.York. Upon inspection'a buggy andliar,
liess were •found attached to the hbree.
Deecriptionds follows : Marc, cream co -
ler, black legs:arid black •mane and, tail, -
with nigh hind white foot; buggyhas pa- •
tent hubs, With piano bex painted black •• .
and hiewn,with a, 'leather' clash;:rail'ol!
sent and dash Silver-plated; harness becele, •
en; the bitis phitetbyellow; the • shoe ea
the nigh. 10 ndfoot has the 'nate of 5. •
Graves stamped on it. to a ea. wils found in
the buggy it soldering iron With handle
bileneff, also' seine bread. It is -supposed.
that whoever eine in cherge of the horse •
gedy (accented in Deck- ..
drill's Opera Hall, St. John; on Satnrday. • -
The California minstrels, have been per -
terming therc,. during the weekV`Lew
Davis, sang and dapne man, being athongst ,
the company. just before the perform-
ance was, to con -faience, Davis was in the
dressing-ronni • with :Atkinson, another
membet or the company. Ile borrowed
Atkinsmi'i pip,c, then obtained tobacee .
frorn,the property man, and next got 'the '
loft fof Atkinson!s pocket knife.' Turn- .
„ his back, he suddenly eat threat
am ear to ear'and fell on his face arid
hands on the, floor. The spectacle ieres •
kented by the dyieg man as the blood
flowed in streams from the gash in his
throat was sickening. Davis expired in
fteen.minntesovithout-uttcring foroid;--- --
The money was returned to the andienee
who lout gathered and the lights tented
slow .sieeese-eAs 4Y2
genera destruction. Couservatorie. and
gardens in all directions ruined,. th .
stones phtying havoc with plan s aud
'sliel.tbs, 'The ehmelmeeatiffered severely
St, Mielutel'S Cathedral, thesMettopoliten
Church, Reformed Episcopal (Aura,
Grace Church, St, Stephen's, St: Paul's,
and nearly every other had all their north-
erly windows riddled; some oft.•those'
destroyedhaving been illuminated end: „ „
QA
veiy eostly, 'Home:Hee tan bo•formed of •—•'" • • 4
the Manner in which the .glass came to. SCOTZ11 -4tne -27th ult., the
grief' from.the fact•that the Do La Salle f „wife of Mr, W. P. Scott, de sone* •
Institute littd a hundred and eieventeen 7iI00.1).--tri Stanley., on July 20,- the. wife
large panes destroyed, and Adams' kiln- of Nr, ilood, of a son.
dry, eituated itt the corner of Queen and Ieelssoel,--In-Settlfirth, jut tl
Church, Streets,. had (Inc hundred and *wife of if. Benson, of
eight. Many a building. had every win- ' • -
(low entirely shattered. St, Mary's blittrole MapseIn•Settforth, on july 20,1he
•
ig 011N. .
. A,
Steirsoer.—In Clinton on the titli .inst.
1
. the wife of Mr..R.. Simpson,o fa daygnter,
krentreox.—In Beet liraWanosii on . tho
' 27th wife of ".'Sfr:V. Atchiesone
'4n1 4'0/14 etruck by lightning the fluid entering wiro Ar. Alerdea11) of a :f5011. • '
by the belfry passing through the front,. MoEsv1.—In MeEillop, on July 29, the
roafrth
itel 1;11 ugisier4Wrig titilriceltialTnntritannede lee.‘111ficert°.•:11.1rOIrl'ciel‘lciedErsImviitlit,ceinaticil:'tilsgthitnesri,,
doors, which were locked and bolted. A. the wife of Mr. 3. Barber, of atlaughter.
man, standing by was stunned, but speedily, m A RR1ED
Cathedral clock was also strtiek, and sliat-. .111ExA,nEY—Oitits.x.n.v.--At the rCsidente
tered to pieces. The rain WW1 terrific, (ILO° bride's father, on July 20, by Rev.
coming down in-terreats for nearly three T. G. Thomson, ':‘,.1r, T. S. Menareye to
home, Many cellars and basements were: Isabella, second daughter Of Mr, bine s
lerge quantitities of geotivdesttoyed. The ' Chesney, of Tuckeremith.
flooded to the depth of three feet, an d
recovered, The northerly dialofSt. James '
• DIED4
earth caved irt itt matlY Places,. and sewers resurtelet.—in Clintoe; on • the 5th inst.,- „
became stopped up, and in sive instanees Mabel Linwood, intent daughter of W,
burst, catesin,g iminense &image" to the W. Fara ,n aged 9 Months, 13 days,
surrouriding houses, On Stanley and DATes...-11 Triekeremith, on the 2nd• inst.'
other street, whore the buildings' are of a the infant ton of Mr. NV, Dale, aged 3
poor description and below the surface of • mentIrs and 17 flaye, • •
J
the ground, the inhabitants were nearly ItIcrAneeetele.—In • Stanley, Jon :Lay '
drowned out, and chairs and tables and Uhristinit tliga, daughter of .Mr, SVnt.
beds might be seen afloat. McFarlane, aged 4 years and 11 Months'.