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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1878-09-26, Page 44 1 • TAB CLINTON NEW\ aft, INTE7 ADVERTISEMENTS. Fall—Thos., JoeksOn. To Let—J. Copeland. To coOtraetors—F. Bravo. , Fall—Fisher, Crab & Co, •777.---G, II., Wright & Co'. Mum). Lost —NEW ERA Office. Grand Steck—Hodns et, Pay. Town Hall —Hareliten Corbett, The Cash I-lei-Ise—J, O Gilroy. Votes' List Oieurt—J, N'elles. • To Consumptives—O. P. Marshall, -e •Eaton's Arcade—Seines' Eaton & CO, Everything ready --R. Callandee& 00: Ceplee o o,day's Nee meats). be non ZIM :OWE StOr0 a Messrs. J. A..Yuill and X. A. blellee Albert Street. Pelee coots per copy. Canton Jw OFFICIAL PAPER 011'• 001.7NtY: THURSDAY, SEPT, 26, 1878. • TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS. 'baring the paetyear 11E4'03 WOrkqd very hard in the endeavorto make the Nnw 1t4 a paper worthy. the support of all, and believe that • we have succeeded in making it wend to DOM!. But to do thieve have.boon put to considerable expenae, and:thus far tho returns' have not beef, hi iwoportion to the (oft*. We as est like to be continually asking our sobscribers to pay up, •und. would much rather not do it, but as we Yory nineh need money to 'enable us to perry on ourbosiraesR, we must.' We have many he:tarot' aollere of enbeoriptlont On our books, and as we ooly.ask for that which is pro- ' perly our own, wo true -Vow subscrinSrs will at 0.Uce see the urgeney-of our WM% sea pay up. The harvest, beteg over, and &mars ,beth now in a- position to sell their grain, we hono these who are indebted to us wiU leavo a portion of their proceeds with us. , • ' • as • e. PROTESI, if;ItOTEW.V.1.1 PR.OTEt0 Y. • , . " Tile elections are mi.sooner.over than, Conservative papers, •dissatisfied with the way they have resulted -in a few in, stances, ..at .once •reise a :hobbub about them having beii "..oe'rtied by the Most ..open and unbluShing bribery hyllo.iforty!- eq," and declines ehateprotepts will at once be entered: ‘, NOv we de not believe that Money has becos usedeie the last c.onteet in the; way pt. bribery, aneleivhat . , is :more,. we cloube if those parties raising a Cry .about ete -use, believe it, for, the • reason.that the Election law is now. so : strict and inipartialethet,any candidate '''s`knows very well. he would be reueinda great risk to atteMpt bribery*, and it • lOOks sornewhat suspicious' for the.Con- servative party ?.;o be the first to start this cry; cooside,ringthe great changes •-that have eaten. place in' manyco-petit: neneies. Ineour own Riding.. Vnt hear that a pretest is .goieg to. 'be:entered" against Mr. Cameron, .for persona' bribery; hut • if thc. grounds' on which the protest is Ito rest are no hotter .then the joe Ilia-• - gins story, then there i lit•tla fear of hhn heing• inesoittect . One thing is al - meet certain, Mr,. Porter will not, claim the seat. • •• Where there is ppsitive and conclusive evidence. that •ineney has 'been, illegally • _used, sv.o . say protest, we ele ,not care whether the .candidetk be Deform or Coliservetiveefor sve•believe there should :riot be the,slighteSt favor shown either party, but where there is -only the -state - meet ectinreliable ,persons'•to rest upon, a protest is not, only useless btie voa Mous. OWfl reMarke on the Matter, he.eheuld not be allowed to beck down fioto the Kin- 'ciple, and we are convinced that if pro, : teetion duties ere ireposed, the people of 'this Province will see, in less then ' five yeers, that they have made ae+ery setious blunder ie restoring to power a e protectioniet like Sir John. 11--11-.7-AirirE77 '11:3 111011 1`., NoW fleet it is beyond a doubt thti Sir john A,. Macdonald has been restOrei .ed to • power, and with the probability ,of his remaining there for five years, if', not longer, we may be, allowed to dismiss his 'restoration without ',env, -Coosiierei selfish iA,7eeeeci 'king, During' the past flVe.yea s greAr progress has been made hi the Donde* inth� Way of temper- ance, and in .the COW'S° Of • that time, temperence 'workers consoled themselves with the then& that -ere long,. legisla- tiou; whieh dem so imieh in tient behalf, Would be still turther enacted that Would tend to diminiA the &ink- ing customs;;ef_the country e and Mine theie effoeti. tueleous, 'the thought eonsolecl them end lightened their labors.• ' lisTow, however, they heveeeeceived Sadden and ; unexpected check, nearly ' ai that- ilea been done for yinnerance in the. Way Of legislatiop• has' becti by the Reform'eparty, and now that the Conservative party are in theascendan- cy they "see that , further. legislation in. that directiorineed not bo expeeted; for thn.Conservatives, as a party,are ep- poeed:to tediperance principles. .Many may &mitt' the tro of 'this roesoning,:, bat if they .will carefully look into the Mattei\for• themselves, they ...will find it Only tee true. It is well known that the leader of 'the Coneervatives. is Inn- ettif 'OppoSed to this -matter, and his rank and file -are almost molly ' 'Freni• • this it U1 be eeen, that little cmeotirage-: 'Meet is held ;forth .to those who have been engaged in the huntdithle week of promoting tenipeettneeetmong the people, ' to Col -Orem in the geed work, and this • fade is one that 'will • prOVe injurioeSio the morals ofe Or people, Sine Iney, pay that little 'geed Is eeer. eesulted trete 6610p -re of. so-called " tempeeince enthusiasts," hilt if •eveli a little- good . • • NOTOING BUT MGM', Since the " National l'olicy" cry has resulted SO favorably to tho Coneeree- tires, there is already a noticeable dis- position on theie paeb`tO Say veYy little about it, and the leading papaya that were .so Fiore° in their, deminciation of Mr. Mackonzio's policy, 'are now actual- ly adopting. tho utterances of Deform papers in sulhort of his policy: Ono would 11441111y suppose that snail a freed as this would: be so epreteent to alltheir readers as to act as a -check, against their so doing, but iPdoes not. The only ieferenee that can be drawn, from their very incetnsistent coerse, is that now, having eecnred a restoration to power of Sir John, they will cest overboard all their previoefirpeefessions, and accept the eircutnstanees as they are, end let 'there remain without material • change. Against this, we protest, and, we are glad to sty that Iteform journals are going to hold the Conservative party *to all its utterances on the subjeCt d pro- tettion, told as the people have declared in favor of a retaliatory tariff' against the United States, it is nothing but eight that they Should have a erial of W.hikt we are fit:11)1y ,of the opinion thee Sir John does not bitnself believe "in hie • Pitovinewou has been dealier, harshly with us. As it' the afflictiCiii4Thesehly were not suffieient, we have had rain. ind high winds almost evoey day since. Weelearn thet the cause of Dr. Sloaa's defeat in Werth kurcat was.the elniegie a day en' two previous to the election, of the Catholic vote in A.elifields Up to that time a numbey of the Cathelics promised him support, hut, at a meeting of that lmdy, -it was decided, to vote al- together,' and which over eaedidete bee the most supportera the'minoriby phould. of) with them, ' hes, been done, then wn maintain- :that to chock the .oneemel ePerse .6f that -geed. is an evil to elle cennetini y. • sittie ete-noteAtc., 1'OIA11136. It Will 8005b0 founl whether the Ns- tional Policy was a•ery intended only for election purpeses, designed to subeerve, the samo ends 'SA the. Piscine Scandal cry did that of the Grits in 1874, and to he east aside as ueeless when it has clone its work. • Nothing of the kind is to be dreaded: The country requires .protection, a home mar- ket must be bed, manufactures twist be 'encotfraged; our young men must he kept at home, our skilled. workmen' must be mrt "a a source of wealth to ourselves in - steed 'of to Onr neighbors, the farmer must • receive a lair prieeeferLthe products ef the eoil—efiff all this cen• only bo effected by giving effect to the National policy. In a few weeks,:more.or less; thew ca.Villers _basilencedon this, point as they have been silenced. on ...every other, and the people. will be gladened"with the introdection. of such niodificationsi of •the tariff as shall place oar people on a footing a greater equality with their neighbors.. %he above ie from the London I'm Prss of the 4t1 inst., and Wt3 merely quote it to show what is the platfar of the. Omiservativek nom The country has certainly tommitted iteelf to it policy of peotectien through the ageiley of, the Conservative's, and they are, in honor, bound to carry out tit* scheme. it is, to be hoped ell the -flattering promises of good things:to eetne through, ib will be xotnetnbercd, and the proinoteee re - weeded eecOrdingly, . • Of course,' we need nob expeet any chattel he the. tariff till the Meeting of paeliconent, whiclowill not likely.be till' next February, and then months may 'elapse before any change will come into operation. • Itt is very 'probable that the Dottie:, atlas la the United States will be in „power very' soon,. tout as they cire op- posed to the principle of protection, or anyOther kind of monopoly, ie is possible that some scheme of reciprocity may.les' inaugurated which wouldput an end to • any intended vetaliatory tariff,- so far as they are concerned, and to raise the tariff against English owls is out of the e' question, Dome, like truth, crushed to the earth, ehall else again. • , SEVEItAt of our Conservative ex- changes last week peblished an engrav- ing of $ir jelm A. Maedenald. 16 was, a very good pictuee of hinee-fifieezi years ago: der the revolving wheel of popular °pin. ion, anci we are )rood to be Able at such a time to awe how much the ootiutry owes4limand to claim for him the un- perchasable esteem of. true and wise men everywheee.e-iliontrecti 1Vitness. One-half of the new Reuse of Cone, mons will be composed of men who were not.members of the late Paella - went. In other words, there are over one hundred new membere. The people of Canada have. taken Sir Sohn Macdonald and made liiin king. Otie forms of government ImifilY diS^ guise the matter a little end giye us a respectable figurehead undefiled by party °feat clove to ap i a i4op etta thor sase m. e,trn'w-eruler,ha%.eboubt :set): Sir John Macdonald AO rule ne accord- ing to We Mean to speak to • evil of dignities' that we can possibly aveid, but we seethe' ellowedie •--Montreal Witness, • - • . Political Notes. and Comments.. , The Detroit News says that '.the fail- inc of thcellleGregor Bank . did yaost to defeat AteGregee- in; Essex. itt Windsor, the home of both citederates, McGregor (mt'A`emajorite of 32.. Lennox appears to !Aye been lost through sheer eoglecte :Hon.. Mr. CartWeight was in Ringstent the greater • pert of the polling. day, looking after Sir John instead of,after hintself, ' so 'confi- dent 'did he.feel that all was safe. •. • • The Chicago Times soya e' Lilco a crab, -the Duminion, 6f Canada goes •hackwSed. She has forgotten Raeific Deilreadscandale and tidies to her bosom the sone enee toeureeff.' liplike the Beer - bone, Canada though she learnemeleig forgets much." '• •• , • It is'infinitely better Otte the flee- Onnieut shoeld have fallen while hoie, espy advocating •e "of 'Policy they • firmly helloed to he in the true inter- tets et the people. than that they should hold •their places 'by' pandering to p'opu- lar prejedices,•or by adOptieg. a course thee could not hcmorably• defeed.--No, ',alto Ex. press. • The ithinediate resignation of the pre- sent' Ca.nadiau ministry eepecteff, as•tt •cousequenee of the decisive defeat of ite supporters hi the parliamentary ,election. Maedenald will gnieto office With ma- jority of aboet seventy in the House Of Commons. The political 11es-elution thus accomplished has' resulted from an. ie.- dustrious agitation of the tariff queetion, the Macclonaldeparty -being pledged to introduce the principle of protection. When. the new; administration come's to adjust the details' of that • principle's saectical application,it willeprobably find eome difficulty in reconciling the Con- flicting inteeests involved and holding together its largo majoritf in the house. —6114eago. Tildes. • • • - • It is not often that a country ie bles- sed 'With a ruler so steadfast and so true as the inan whom Canada has just ca, priciously rejected. His' wee -the pa, • triotisra that watched over' tho nation'e interests with nuflagging 'and painstak- leg •solicitude end that labored with an assiduity and:endurance that tew cottlel equal, if they would, in fulfilment of the onerons. task of 61nd-filler. He was a Man of the people—a workingman by traiiiing and eeinpathy—who knew the interests of that class AS thoroughly, and sought them as faithfully, as over a eider 'did. Yet it is the workingmen of Ca- nada who. have fiellidliirie; rind .set up a flatterer: who has not the first link of commie. interest ov feeling with therm • The time will come when the crept, honest term' and character of • Me. MAC, kenzie will be bad in remornbr'ince cis worthy of honor far above the brilliant and pliant party managers whom the "topple seem to prefer, and when his firm adherence, whist ale' (Ade 16 what he knew to be right and good will be worth inore to hie remote*: than the proudest In his administration he has been honest, le his policy he hes been right, and in. both he wilt yet be vindi- cated. 1Vleantitne honest Mee love him, and now that he is hie hopeless niftier, Ay, apparently for a long time we may be permitted to utter his praises with- out awaking the enspicion OV0/1 of the. Sordid that We lia.ve• anything to hope for in doing so. A, good arid' true and great Men has been rushed down un, :Ttis not too mechto say that the eonduct attemperence Men in .tho let° election •contestluts rolled the catese back ward one deCade.. " The Government took its peliticaI Wein ite hands to give there the legislation for whioh tliey cla-; mored, and they showed Weir sense* of •kratitude by, snpportitig Sir John A., Macdonald—or by folding their arms Micrdoieg nothing.. Tier are few acts in politioel annals. that- for .:deep-dyed bareness and teeacilevy, .campere with. this .Thoutee.,Jouredie .„Nowt1itte eye are preinisia a return Of'good: time21,•most people are beginning to feel well, .end possibly to have - of futnro,' itt no even, eari WO expect to be Wbrse •theu the times through ..which we have ca.nadian News items.. t It je expeeted- the sugar retinories wUl be opened at Montreal, 16 expectation ef the Gokernment adeuating the taritf, Alex. Sheriffs,,the first settler in the township of Fttzroy, died at his residence at Fitzroy harbor on Tueaday night. Re -v. Mr, Phriatopherson,; of Mitchell, Inie so far reeovered front hie late illnees that he was able to discharge hie pulpit duties on Sunday, • A man in Drumbe threw emu° brine into the swill, thinking it, would beneht his pigs. He had the experience of losing fear out of hitt drove. It is the, intentiou of the Hon, G'eorge 13rewn seed to the Western Fair for ex- hibition, .seven Olydesdales, tweety-five ehortehorns and ten Berkshires. • • • Venner's latest prophecy is ;—After an early fall of seow we shell pi:obably have a beautiful !‘ Indian Summer" in the month of October, ,and winter will set in „early in lloyember, with ,an abundance of snow from. Ole ou tset. •The trial'of lefr, Ford, St. Marys; wbo is oharged*ith the murder of young Guest, came up, at Stratford, last week, was post- poned to the neat Assizes, at the request of the Crown prosecutor, who . declined to proceed, 'owing to the acsenee of a material --witneffs. •• . Apainfil I Sadden t happened at Parkhill, on Thursday, to a .c.slored man named Howard, (piployed with it gang in alibiing wood at the Grand Trunk depot. He was feeding the machine, when a pile Of wood' falling, throw bin) on the saw, cutting Off Isis right arrn •abOve the elbow. Ile ie a min of aboot sixtjefive and comes from Detroit. • One night recently while • Rev. Father MoDeriag,h; of Napaneer,in corripagr with some ladies, ,was protieecling after the •elese of the R. 0.'.bazaar; • they *era attacked and stoned by some parties un - come and 'are still. passing. Of ,c,oerse0 'el5flut)17,11c,' es2f.y ant:t9h7ftor:tc, ic.040611,0i 00g16,tri awal adpain.te On the night following' some rough :lads pelted the building where the -bazaar was held' with rotten eggs. • Suclea frightful stench was raised that the builtlinghadto. 'be deserted,. Aserious aceident 'occurred nes.releingse vale- the ether day to a lady ',mined Mrs.• Cloutier. • She4asedrieilig:out of a neigh- bor's farm yard when the Waggon. happen- -4:to uptet e bee -hive, the rsselt being that the •hoes • 'attecked. both herse•atid At:uteri' stinging them. furiously.. Mr. F. M.ontrose coming to their asSistonce became entangled in the harness and had his leg fractured. Mrs. Cleutier was badly steng 'about the head and face, and thee horse died the satrieMight from the effects 'of the stinging., , • ' • the Conservatives borne into power at a time when eveeything. Wes beginning to improve, and may obtain more credit then they itt e legitinettely entitled' to, but,in any event, no matter to whom the credit is awarded, ive shall; till of us, be thankfut for the, good thingsen store, end shall do just, as little grumbling as possible„—Montreal Star, independent. • • The Ingersoll Citronide says :---Our epiniene 6f the badness ofprotection. have not been changed' ono ieta heause this people have subscribed to it; ' The e oreat "bulk of ;the. eleetorate'ele .eot ne- , derPtand it 3 their eyes have been Mimi--; ed to its defects by -tho ;glittering pr�- tnhues (Mt to thorn of • work •And' plenty of money. The people have •been earried away by it cry. •We are, therefere,content; to witit awitile1, until some of:the certain results"et the new :polieyeif it is carried • out, which We rather dotibt—cropup here and there and slow; Canaditow the rottenness .at the core of the party that has , traded upon ite ” Theelefeat Of the Canadian Govern - tent -is complete: Mie-Mete.keiseie of' couree, retire promptly feom the Pre- miership and be succeeded by the Con- servative leader, Sir John -A. Macdonald, who was defeated at Kingston, but may readily eeenre it seat elsewhere. lie is a strdng, Prietectionist, and placing Cae. nada first, he of course; disposed to• dee •fend her induetriee from Ainerictin as .well:as British computitioe. But in hie esire to expend and diversify Canadian industries, he is on the eoad which leads' to it Customs fUnioe, if not to adual an- neention. . Meanwhile Odnacia, rendered prosperous by Protection, will be a bet- ter customer of ours then she over could be ender Free Trade" --Neto -Yor4) -2W- 1?nne, Protectionist. ' . „ * The • Conservatives have made eoesiderahle gains and laim the, House. Hard. titnes- have told: against the Government. in Canada, as in 1873 and sine° they have told against the Government here. Mr. Caiewright's de, feat was unexpected, and Sir John A. Haeklenald's is absolutely bewildering. For ever thirty years the constituency has clung to him after the " catteelysei of 1873, and in spite of the Pacific dis- closures, it returned him over a 'strong opponent, Mad now, when there was a .prospeet of his party'a seems it has discarded him for a weak man. As the Worki has 'already old, the Conserve.- tive policy has been eci different in dif- ferent sections of the country tliatt the restele luta no special significanee as an expressiOti of opinion upon the, abstract issue of Veteotion versus free 17.1Vorld; ' * •' ' There is one thing in cofinection with the eleeticms throughout the country which ie worthy of nark.- teen of the Pacific Scandal, from Sir Sohn Mao. denaid atiCitector Thingevin down. to Peter Mitchell have been etnphatioally repudiated by the: people of Canada, and • that blot upon the fair fame of the Omni - try has been again removed. The ids. Belt has a double meaning—that, while In the most, unqualified manner con - &inning the Pacific Scandal, the people at the same time declare themselees favor of aeprotective tariff, Such a tar- iff they will 'clotibtlesi ere long enjoy— and when the Intake is thus brought hotiM to the pockets of the people, it evil take a very short tirae to convinee tli of the sagtmity and wisdom of Mrle ac- kenzie, in his politer' of making Canada " eheap epuntry to live ire 1—Citatea- Free Nese. A. young Winnipegger travelling in Wis, consin, Med to got a ten dellar-Catiaian bill changed, and wee arrested for uttering counterfeit money. Itivestigation Weed that the bill was genuine', and the yeang man was discharged. • The child of -an Italian •named. Gleofina living in Toronto; died on Wedneaday, ancrwas given astrange funeral. . The cot fin was'placed in the' heareet and the pro. cession was node up itt fqur fiddlers 'and two harpists; who rode in e Van preceding the hearteeeindefiVe. •cabs"-eonteining the relatives of the deceased. The pit -wagon paseed along Agnes street into YOnge street to. St. Michael's cemetery, ,the Musicians plaindlively airs, ..the reaching theliiiry- ing;place the coffin was placed, hi a ateve,,. in a handful of earth, was covered in. tile procession attracted:a' good deal of atten- tion as it passed threugh blie streets. . • We are informed by Mr: Geo. . tkinson. living near Marden, Guelph township, that this. year; since the 20th of May, one of the plum, trees in his orchard has grown over eight feet in length, and that if.aity Conservative can show any greater growth than this, the SeeietY would .be glad to hear from him. If any one—be he Grit or Tory—can do better than this, then Mr. Atkinson will be glad to tear from f him. At the same time Mr. Atkinson is willing tn stake his Plum trees against all others Mr. Athineen backs his: clear Grit plum tree against' any other. Ceneereative tree of the -same age and growth.---Gite/ph ring the sterm of Thusr:SdaY 'evening, farmer.named George Brown, of lot 7, con, .1a, London township, was hist:talk' killed by lightning. He had just returned home on horseback, and while. proceeding from the house to the barn, was struck by the fluid, and, along with the horse, Was killed, His bay was frightfully .disfigur- ed, face blanketed, eyes protruding, and, with tho exception of one boot; his clothes werecompletely tore off. The horse. ex- hibited no external marks otinjury. 'Un- fortunately, he leaveset wife and four ehfl. dren to -mount ,his untimely demise, and idliarvciing inis(t)ailillyces"acruPioreiit ndeln r.aedthnclfarm, iorepatheir inful, SEPTEMBER. f26, 1878. ;. Toronto pollee wort hie sixty one eeses On relay. . • The lefant eon of W. B. Riggs, oi Wood -- stock,' was drowned in a tub of iyeter, on Monday efterniem. , ' ' It is understood that the Govereor.Geee. ral will leave 9neliec, for EIglaild, by tho- Allan eteamer whieli sails on the 12th prox. The Grand Central hotel at Listowel has • chained hands, Messrs. Hodgins & IVIcin- • twit; of Winghein, having taken hold of it, A Diphtheria of a malignant type is raging . at Fugwash aud Wallace, Cumberland Ole., . Nova Scotia, Old andgime alike failing , victims to its ravages. . A. twelve -Tear -old gir named Bradford was attacked by a bull-dog,,in Toronto, en : Thursdannorning, an eo bedly torn that her recovery is -doubtful.- , , • . .. Hon. le. Simpeon, Aptlitor-Genera14, died at Ottawa, on Friday night. • He wise 001, lector ofCustoms at Niagara for tome years, and sat for Niagara intim Cauda Assembly frern 185710 1864. ' Mr. Win. 13ullock, of the /ad ettn. of Lanark, recently shot it ohipmunk near his barn whichliad ie it mouth rel. grains of wheat, This species of-sqeirrel Is the most indefatigable class of thieves•aVaiest which farmers have to contend. • ,• .On Tuesday eyeninge young:man earned John lideEvrene While taking part in the precessitm in honer of- he sticeetsfn Re- form Candidate at Kingston, fell. and Was run over by a carriage eind • sustained se- e...M.0 iejeries; of Which -le died. . Wine ICilleres, living on the third °',n. of Vaughan, whileretn !nine home front Rich- mond hill.,..etn-Teesdayi fell from his wag- gon, the wheel passing over him, cainfing. (rattail') a, fewinieutes. He leaves it wife and a_large family of small children. • A' sac,' accident occurred near'St. Catha rifles 'a few days -ago. 1.Ialney lifaynesi who , was attending a •threshing machine,. had one' of his:heeds °Aught in the'rgearing, and a port -ion Of it was torn off. His .tigo. ny was dreadfol, it took three men to hold 'him,. the .pain was so:great._ The atm woe 'amputated et the Wrist, ' ' ; Oil Frichee night a row occurrenetween two young emit. in Dublin, one of ivhern... Was from McKillop.. • The 'aggroakot..liacd:.,,.: tizelepadti4e,".9gerrn:alitsio.teiaheatvilitnt:nbe6c°rtinPlaleittl!!tefooffre, the Mayor '.of Mitchell' far this act of can- oibaliem; the NA lew wesjined $5 and $4.44 . „ • . • • e ..• A•oorreeponclept saye that on Monday. • . eight' •two...restden to of. Carleton • named,. Penden • and •evene. . duck ; shooting on 'the7Missiseippi,. in a cenoe: Thofollowingrnorning the canoe wasfonnd. • : bottom tip; midthe.hodiesOf the men were recoveied • he the. Weeds near 'the.shere. - Penden had ;post of hiselothes.off and the , two were found "clasped • in• each other'e • •arnisethe ieference beingthat .Periden had - tried to save Gilliee, but that beth Were drowned: • , • A collision took ' place on the .Gtand- TrUnk,' Mete Sarnia, bet Saturday- night,- •• between: twe freight trains.. ' The .00nduet-•:` or received. lift: orderefroin .the dispatcher. . • at Point Ed werd,eilio also told himithat k • ' train from' the east would airive in a ,few : Minutes, When bevonld'start, t; thrmigh • scene' ' mieutderstanding, .the ;conductor • started. his train. and When abofit one mile • -of IPoin-b -Ectward-Hatred-whiier-rotnid-in--- curve, the incoining.train was seen. The ••• • engieuers reverted their en2in:8e and whist- led for. brakes, but too lateto avoid tho collision. Both% engines were badly dam-• • aged, . Twelve cars were thrown front the' teack into- 'the' ditch: The • weeti-bound trairt;was heavily loaded •with flodr, but- , the ether Was light. . •Thirty-twcrears-w.ere . demolished,. and the freight ruined • No . • lives were lost, fOrtunately.,.•the men- hilv; • :ing • jumped off the onginee before •they - struck. • The lossto the . Grand Trunk Conmatoi 'will .be y heavy. ..Both• cone debtor and .deop atelier have been arreeteC.: At 'Hamilton, on Wednesday, a terrible conflagration took place at the building known as the Buchanan warehouse, on the cereeiof Rine and Cathatifie streets, occte pied by G W, Iteid Co., Alex. Harvey &'Co., wholesale grocers,• and Galbraith oe Co., retail grocers. Before the alarni was given end the Ore brigade could be got out, the building :and its 'contents were a Masa of flames. Attentpta were made to save some pert of the stook, but the smokelwas so dense very little ounel be done. The loss "is estimated at $40,000 ; insured one half. Ono of the partners of Reid & Co, also Beeler member of Direly iet• Co.'s vinegar werics—Mr,'N..,,g. Birely—waae asleep on aesofct upstairs when the fire broke Out, and was burned to death. OnSunclity, a man itainedcdead yhr a Jed4lltildbs, taep- parently peadlooF, was found roadside near Longford. Lake,Victoria, by some of the. men working forthe Longford Lumbering ;Company. Oh his person was found a revetier, with five chambers load- ed,gold plated watch, two at' three steel chains, a gold ring, a broach, two coin. passes and $20 in bills, and over $8 in sit, ver. As there were no papers giving a clue at to where he came front or who were his friends, he wais taken chtiriygburied o fribeythe County Coustable and damnt Tuesday, itt 'the reads in the vicinity where he Was found are very little used, and there are several lumber tracks leading into the woods, it is supposedelteehadloat his way and became entangled itt the wood, and had been unable to find his way Oa Until Complotelk exhausted. Itt has sinee then been cliecovered his Mends live in Bowniativille, and they htive been commuiticated With. . . . esee'rteb townihip, near' Clinton, en the. 22nd inst., the wife of Mr W..Welr, of a on tiorm.•-In Tuckersmitlx, ou the 14th inst., the wife of Mr Andrew Deli, of a son. • • . lionnaion-In Stanley, on the lath- inst., the wife 61• • Ddr Edward Itobinson, of a son. ' GriAr.--rn Seaforth, on the 12t1j inst.; the wife of err . • ' Wm. M. Gray, of a daughter. • IWARRIE,D. Gan0OnAztr.;-At the residence of the bride's father, • Cityngit, on the 25th Ind., by tho- Bev, A. Grant', Daniell'', Mr J",,, C. Gilroy, of Clinton, to Nellie 51,, 'daughter of r. Gralittplo. • DAvis-.1sonasr..:LIFthe residence of the bride's mo. • ' ther, on the 19th inst., by '1161e. A. G. rah'3Ir William Davis, postmaster, Leadbiny, to Miss Isa- belle, Ingrain, of ItIcKillop. . • . Jontlwron-Grionu.-At,the manserBrutelleld; by.lter, T. G. Thomson, on the 11.th inst., Mr : ston, to,Ellat, eldest daughter of Mr J'olin Greer, • an of Stanley. ' • ' Ecirrar.-IIAno.w.,-At theh resideneo of te brides , . medlar; Areltillop, on the 18th inst., bynev. C. SI, . Thompson„Air Daniel En segtoi,et lirassOlie to &rise MettleA, Thirgatt, of S Worth. DIED. Siraces, on the ,Oth hist., Albert Tome, fatit ef ;fudge Toms, lit the 71st year of hie oge. WANTON Iii&RikVirS. --„, elitenther ../6, 1878, , In wheab there is it slight decline since our last issue, toul the probabilities arethat prices will still further. slacken, Barley is higher ' and firmer, with, every ewespect oe wgeod de. mud, aff the quantity in the country is not great. reas aro also better, mid for good ones, free from bags, it is likely there will be a good •demand and geed prices. Good batter, for home consumption, is wanted, and Such will readily bring from 12. to 14 ceets, Ordinary butter is not worth more than ten cents per pound. We know of parties who tray° boon receiving, throughout the summer, from 12 to 15 cents per pound for their butter, bemuse it hes been eatable, and any sentient doirld have ' beery acid at those figures. Would it not be well for our farmers to begin at once and make a first-class article 2 Potatoes are in dernand at quotations. Wheat, fall, red,lebush, -$0 83 A 0 85 Wheat, fall, white, - . 0.87 a 0 90 Spring, . , • • 080:a 08 Peas, . .. . 080 a 00 503, Fife, - .IHErIlledte"tee,roPotatoesr,:, : MIA Hay, Poz•k, :\* . . . • 040 a 050 5 50 a 6 50 0 10 a 0 12 0 10 a 0 10 1 50 a 5 00 5 50 a 6 00 O. 52 a 0 65 00 5500 aa 0 55 13(1115k, . Sheepskins ------0 ' 74 02559 :a Ot 2580 Timothy e 1 60 a 2 10 50 a 4 2050 Clover •