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ounoN NM ERA,
OCTOBER, 17, 1,87,se,
NEW, ,ADVERTISE1WF,NTS.
Card -Miss Gillespie.
-Stray Cow -B. Moore.
Reduction in Price -W. 1,00,
Farn4 fOr Salo-Mts. 'Tooklos.
Voter' e List-Jewes Braithwaite,
Diesolution--Gressich A.; Cunningham,
Great itiattottia-Thernifeon or Switzer.'
The Keenest Competition -3% C. Gilroy.
Advertiser & Liberal -J„ tieentroa
Ladiee end Gentlearen-R, Callender & oo.
Thoroughbred Sheep for Sale -J. Calming..
earmearessesseseases,
copies orte-asy's NEW ARA niay nail AS tee Boor
store or Arany& 7i1R, A. Yaill and .T, Nottqa
Atbart. Strut. Vile° 5 canto par copy,
(glinton Jetv
oFFICnAI.,
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THURSDAY, OCT.
cENTitie. tiono;t4 lin:pawn :CoXVENtriopt
.A. large meeting of Referm delegates.
from the Centre lUjthg ef Huron took
place at Seaforth on Thursday :last, for
, the purpose ot taking into considnration:
the• proposition of Mr. Herten to resign
and make way fur the eleetion of Mr,.
Cartwright. In 'the absenceOf Mr.
chairman ef •the associatien,
*D. D. Wilson was balled-.-Ife
who briefly explained the object ._.for
which .the meeting WAS
Iforton made a full .4ad clear 'statement
of tho whele-situallon, asserting' that
his resignatien was not enlyVoluntety bnt
entirely free. from artything. that Would
savor
savor of a eorrupt transaction. His
object was solely to give gr. Cartwright
an opportunity Of getting a seat in the.
House that lie •might look .after tho
financial affairs of the country, With
. .
Which be was 80 intimately Acquainted.
Mr. M. C. Oarnerent .,also, addressed
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the delegates, freely expressing the
views he held in the matter.',andhiaknOW-
_ ledge of what had transpieed, eulogizing."
IN1r. Horton 'for so -freely offeting to
resign in favor of, Cartwright,
. . • .
_After a further brief Convention among
the delegates the resign:ea= of Mr.
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Horton wa.s. accepted, and it .wahnimens
nomination tendered to Mr. Clartwrigyati
which was 'stibsequenly 'accepted by that
.gentleinan.
A large number of false. etunora and
. •
stitements have be= made anent tithe
affair, which have been started end
, echoed CO and fro by the:.enetnies, .oe
- mem,. Horton and Cartwright.,. Tho,
resignation of the foiener to O•ive :the
latter a: seat ii the House is neither.' a
new thing or anything corrupt Or `wrong
_ about it. It is frequently done,' both
I this country and England, *and was
net a jubilant statement made se soojt
as it was known that•JOhn A. 'was. de
-
feasted in Kingston, that there wer,!),a
large number of constituencies ready ta.'
• be thrown open for him, and did .not
two candidates yield in his &ten. fit*
Manitoba.. ,
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To get an election m. the-Centee Rid-
ing before the meeting of Parliament,
it was necessary that the seat should
become vacant by the acceptance of.offiee
by Mr. I-Torton, the lulfilment ofthe
Jaw in this respect was done by appoint-
ing hirn to a clerkship in Ottawn,. which
* 'he-Corild hiddlor a few hours and then
resign, as he had net tlie .Stightest iu
tention of holding it,
Mr. Patterson, M. P. el' SoutirDnint,
wee at the convention, and gave an Co,
• vent and forcible address, giving a few.
logical and sensible arguments upon the..
absurdity ei• the National 'Policy Inure:
tion.
On the following day.. th.e....CorraelVas.
tives met in &invention and nominated
again their previous. candidate, Mr. S.
. Platt, who appears to take. defeat very
philosophically, fully preying his states
ment, that he was used to if,
, -
The two candidates are now before
the electors, and their Verdict will heve
• to be givea on the 2nd proximo, the no.
mination taking place do. the 2pth inst.
Notwithstatding all the cabiteny and
slanders heaped upon Ur. Cartwright
tve believe him to bo 'oee of the best.
--FinaireirMidiaterAlinttritroveridtakan
our faith in hint is strengthened. by the
countenance- and support he ' received
from Sir Francie gineks, ono efthe best
financiere iiCatteda,. and late rittaneo
Minister of joint. Mt administration,
His knewledge and. acqueintance with
the ,finatices of the eottetry.ttre Coo vein.
able to be lost, and, every elector Slieuld
be glad •of thleopper'citnity of putting him
inee positioh to utilize his abilities for
&cod of elle country. • -
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THU UUSIVNATION 00 THU.
' OOVERNSIENT.
,
Tito resignation 'of Mr. Maolcenzie
and his colleagues Was • formally, tender-
ed to the' Governor-General on Wedttes
day .of litst week. Bad they chosen to
follow the 'usual consafittional praetice
they might hove retained office nail the
new Parliament inet, hitt the ,eottfse
they have taken Will emmeend itself as
:trio More fitting One ;ruttier the eircutu-
stances: vale voice of the- country 'has:
been 'eler and positive and they have
only .delayed itkignation a heiticient time
to clear off tho arrearageo. of Work which
accumultited-dm.ing.tlie .election cant -
As only Awed weeks elapsed
lietween pollihg day aud the: 'date Of
thole resignation, it will be seen, that on
their part no muttasessarY dblay weltered.
'They have accepted the Verdiet prompt-
ly, and they go out of °Aloe withent
win upon their: persouel or. political
'Character..The -Liberal patty .lirt jut
cense feekpreud of. the cenclitet of its
lktders .1,1,011114e day theYtneeepted office
until the (ley they eetired,,and -the time
will CoMe When justice 'shell be' derie. to
Mete. Joint,A. Meedonold has now
the longed -for opportenity. to .banish
hard times and • make: everybody eiele
and if oneere. in his. professions 'Parlia-
ment will be summoned for 40 earl. y.day.
rint4iNpsts telte..4 PEPTS. •
. Altitotigh .for 80.100
past,..Canada, with many other - Countries
. .
has been .euffeeing 'front a Stagnation of
business, • there are indications that the
•
!coining. Winter Will be still .tnere strin-
gent, .anti: .0.14 nearly altkinds Of bnai-•
. .
.nesa* In England ena-
.Seetland -thee° has hope a numberof
Very heavy failures, and th.ey will fti'ise
feeling of .suspicion es to the solvency of
otany others as well as obsteuct..busi-
ness. 'Wages in.atinost all departments
are going :dektni',' and Still the' deMend
for labor -is not bask. • For England if
is a goOttaring that the peke, of produce
,has fallen to snob 5 low point, but It is
°the opposite for America,in
this country' will realize that their in.
Come has beeti-tnaterially etit'doWn by
the fall in prices, and this will :seriously
affect dealers and others in towns.'
The remedy for this state of thirigteis
Cuttailtnent- of expenditure; .and, the
practice of ti More ..stringent •eponoply'
than bas been done for korne-timepak.
This. lessening of busineas Will tend to
drive Some out of it, and to the cultit,*
,tion of . the soil,which is the .Onlys-re‘
Source left Open. :.There are numbersin
different towns that ere scarcely makine
,
a living', bui if they Were to go and. t7rIcc.
up' land and expend .their labor and
judgment .4= it, they would- .be)tble
to lay: something up for arainy day.
If 'many of these parties wi1 not do it
citrLshojae.,_we • expect to seo:,thon
drivenlirth hy7the force of eircinustene,.
es. •This winter will he likely to try.
titen'S condition' and ciretunstanoes, And
it .beltoves all to prepare for a tiere of
contraction.' .
POLITICAL NOTES. •
••••••••••••••• •
4 protest against Me. A.rkell, AI, P.
(Conservative) for East.Elp,irt, is decided
on: .
•
Lord Dtaerin will be entertained at
a banquet at Belfast on his ;return t
Ireland.. ,
A. Montreal evening paper aeserts that
Hon. Thos. Ryan is to be appointed Lt.
Gov: of Quebec vice Letellior. •
Conserwitive organe aro • admitting
Mr."Mitchenzie's henest and utiselfieh-
fiess. Why were tney lees honestbefore
the elections • • •
. •
It is definitely underatond that Mr.
titmice • will resign irr. West buthere
and make way for the Hon. Edward
Blake, whose return. to Parliament will
please -the entire people of the. conntry..
Stephen .M.. Clhandler, eldest son of
the Lieutenant -Governor of New 1310113 -
wick stumbled over rut enthankinent on
•Thursday and-brokehie neek„, wee
• a well-known besiness man,' an highly
tatemned. •
Says the Ottawa Free has It is
J)101) that the Premier Mr.'Arrteken-
,zitc,;-,111 remain in Ottawauntil the
Spehnt, at least. There is said to be
some iikeithood of his then reiturving to
Toronto." •
Tho elections which come of in Now.
foundland next month will be almost
entirely ren onporsonal iSSUCS. Ther0
is very little excitement ever them, but
much indifference and inaction' eornpar-
ed
with,former elections in that. colony.
• The Governor General, last week,
honored:61r.. Maeltenzie by aceepting an
invitation to the other Min-
isters being also present. It is not con-
sidered etiquette for the Governor to ao.
apt such invitations, but the exception
in the preseut instance goes to slimy the
very high esteem in 'whieh Mr. 'Mao.
kengle is held by :Ifis Excellency,
twItTell1PS RATION.
eoatillInvrs O1f TUS IntUSS witnat,MN.
We are glad that Mei- Horton is to
receive no moot-01)0)1Se, ;for itgives the
Re theca to the sneers thet ' the Conte*:
vative vegatut;Arejt.WWw-indulging'in
atthe expense of that gentlemen, who,
beyond it doubt, has 'been actuated by.
the highest and most honorable motives;
for Which he „deserves the -Appreciation.
of whole party. Now that Mr. Her.
ton Juts mettle way for Mr. .0retwright
and he hes been accepted, :it hemmer/
the, duty . or ate. Refortners of Centre
-Hu eon to .see that -he is elected„ and, if
possible, by the thonsanel majaritY
Qattrerthe' predicted,While the coin -
pip .procectlinp; it' will tax watched
with deep interest:by the .Whole party,
whae thanks tbo. electors' shall have if'
they Succeed in carrying. Aft, Cartwrit,,ht
ti vietork„ of wnieb Meet) can be• no
Mr. ;Horace gertoit 'has peiforeteri.n.
highly creditable a0 ill ottbrine hisiteat
as :metribee for Centeo Heron to Hon, -
Me. Cartwright at •the present juncture.
When the resieriatien • of Mr. Horton
was , first mooted, 'the Opposition press.
combined • in a genet al' howl of rage.
Mr. Iforten Q1Ne, 400$0d: Or
peSitiori. for • a collectorship,. and
he was warned by Sir John MactIontild's
:chief organ that any appeintittent Which
he Might. receive Woulkt be cancelled by
the ingot/40g Administration. ; TbeSe
Outbut-Sta Of anger and ...hate had their
Origin in thedreadof Mr, Cartwright's
tx.timmteikt1 .catio felt'by ir
:Ian and hisfellowee's, 'They had•bent
every energy and used 'evety.• exertion
. to keep him out ofTerlictinent, Arid had
'temporarily', .:sueeeeded. :It ...Wee ',more
than their etfutim--.1int5 could:bear to see:
him, 'when they, thotight 'ti10.. down,
placed l5 1 position. to hafile their
sohemee; andin. their .distippoIntrtioet
they gave utterance to threats that we
have,no donbt they: wOtth.i pow gladly'
.recall.. .Mr. tio.rtonie beyond' the'rettch.
of their spite. •The'facts of his reaigna-
tiett slei).v.. that it WItli neVer voutetenlitt-
'ed te totiard him 1y tii appointment.;
that. hill resigeidieu was infleeriailsri1-
ly
by. -party and to
give.... the country'. the. benefit .of Mr.
CaetWright's services.. ti.t. a time when
they • were .inost needisd,. and that the
iappoittment ite. was to receive • was '
'mere. formality,being the 'only...mode by.
which he could Vacate his.seat :defer°
the .assernbling of parliament :and the
election of n Speaker. We. have ne
.7leubt that :the I,iberalS. of. Centre Huron
will show their , appreeintien Of; Mr.
CereWrieltt's abilities by (rhino him as
large a majority ....as Was over polled in
"tittd:0;eioliteit4rsn.
ittetertnicy.e.foeany . .,.On'Teesiley Mr. H. Sntton,
i
was conning front the Lake when: bis
. • ab-
'I'Iie tpirit shown by the Reformeie of tonti9r1 . WAS 'dii'eete4 to it 'on a.
Centre Htfrou end. the :gentleman they .fetice, 'Where it'had been',ehttsed by. A
.so ' eeeently :oniced of the !ram which Was pitstueine ort thehigh-
Whilfr Was tardng • tile. child.,
Poll is .wertify ..of ail. commendation.
Horton is to.d,y,t,ocemtig. no mho from. the 41.m.se the animal saw a woman
portion ofeonannely at thebandsolthe mon the road a short distance off, :and
•.preg% .eo wits .1mmediately started off in the direetion
FECTRON IT4IV/S.
• has rivaled a lodge of the In-
dependent TemPeranee 'Ox -der,
Mr" Pearson, Wingham, has sold out
his floursand. feed business to j, Elliott,
- Mr -Dy mond. of Wept, Witwenesh,
has sold out, and returns shortly oo St.
• The rate in AleKillop this year is 51
mils on the dollar for county and town-
ship purposes, ' •
Mr: W. A.rtnstrong,, of-Ashilek11.--has
eela his fru= and lot/Se property and
goes west shortly.
•
•
Mr. Wm. McFarlaue, of the .f2nd eon.
Stanley, bas on bis font an apple tree
whieh is new ia bleesom fer,the second
time this...season. . .
A few days neo4. james WestcOtt,
of LTsborne; thoW m lusplace to the
market inExeter, '100 bushels .of barley
at one lead.. This; load was drawn by st,
man of.tin•ee year old colts.•
.
'Last Week 'Me, Jolla Dunn, StlinleY.;
delivered to Messrs. Clarke,
of •Blake, ,$,T,• bushels of pears, besides
keeping about 21- • beshels at. home,
• Thew:, .wero of good -quality and all
cd front one tree,. .
The*.B. C. Church at Hensall was ro-
Opeeed fee divine serviee on Sturdily
:13th inst. --On Strbbath at 10:30 Rey.
rt, Thomas, of Clinton, preached ; and
on. Monday a fruit festival was: held,
• after whieh.addresses were delivered, •
The Mortis Drench 'Plowing Mitch'
• will be held on the fart)) of John
jack -ewe -south half of lot 10, con. 8,
, Morris, on. Tuesday, Oct. :?,2nti, There
will loothetre .elaisess--two_fer me8. and
one for boys under. .seyeeteen ye:043 of
ittot„
The questioe •of sopa/slang the exist -
amen. between the FordWich and
NitroXeter Presbyterian churches. has, at
last, :Assumed a distinct forni, .A.• vote.
'Of this congregation was -taken last Sab-
bath to itacertain the feeling of the mein:
herein this matter: • . . '
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' •on If11d4 last ,11.1r . -W. tlyndinan'S
buggy 'traserint into by a heavy waggon
driven. by Ale. D'Nonne, while it short
-distance out of Exeter„and considerabfy
stneshect up, one wheel being • a total
• wreck. Mi.. D'Isiontiewas overhauled
by Constable Gill, and paid the datneges.
Winglutinhas been proclaimed a .town
by the Lieett.-Governor in accordance
with the Municipal Act,, to take .effect
next January, no R.art of Lower.Wing
ham being taken au, but, instead), the
village to be extended eestward toward
the junetion. • Tlte Times Speaks 'very.
iedignantly ot the.:way the change has
been made..
News Items.
•. Use's distillery, Windsor, was totally
destroyed by tire on Monday eiterneon.
The sixth fire since spring devasteted
an important pot tion 9f Port Dalhousie,
on Wednesday night,
Seven hendred and forty head Of !rat-
tle and 4,200 sheep were shipped to
England from lliontreed-last week,
• Bailey's eatrittg.e shops' in Ingersoll,
with it large 'quantity offinished and
unfinished stook, were burned • oh Mon-
• dayTllaieigtiti•atilic returns of the Grand Trunk
• Railway for laSt week show a decrease
.of $28,981 from tite corresponding week
of laet year. ••
The death is annototeerlat Sitneoe, of
the Bee. j.:11.yerson, the 79th j,ear
of hiS age and tin- Of his ministry, Ho
was it brother of the Rev,.Dr, Ryerson.
In Toronto a boy named CI-lease/a was
instantly killed on Thursday, by beim"
pierced. :through ,the body ,by aolra
shaft- While endettvoring to conteols the
horse he was deving. • •
• A hey named Robinson fell inion
cistern, at Str•Oathat'ines,..08 Satprday,
his mothee;in running to his assistance,
fell and broke herlee. .but man/teed. to
se
reach tbe cistern and draw the little fel-:
low Out, " • ,
J., P. Wise, AI. P., of Preseeti,
was in .Allsa Craig oh Thursday last;
and superintended ,the shipment. of 14,
0111 105(13 leads of finesteers purchased by hira
from farmers rind droeiirs in North
MiAtiltSliester'gaifo. last 'w.eek Messrs;
Afewat de on bought a fair . sample of
red chaff wheat at:50 emits:per btiSliels.
It is 'used for making a flour known as
"spring extra,". and is usually sold in
.the eastern market,
retied to have his eye orthe Celleetor- 111 which". sli"e 15115, f611(wed 1'3-1\1" 5;,..
ship ol ,Godetich, and was .warned. Mitt w•110 readied the spot juet tts the ram
if. he uooptod .that office in 01,,jor to 'WAS abeut to make an attack- on the lady.
peovide 0, eeat.for Mr. Cartwright me ap- Staking hint on the fore .logs With hi4
pointmpt would be promptly cancelled . whip stock ;11ir. S. knocked- .him. down,
.110iV lle ts charged with having procured.' 311(1 finanY4.suceeeded In °Qnluering lam'
fee himself'as the price of his resignation The 'plastering of the: English church
"5 swig berthworth $2,200.per annetn." • is being hastened ferward 1, Mesais. Pt.
One story was as good as the other, and, Hotted, of Illyth; and 1C1r. Pattersoh,
both have been effectually disposed of by of Clinton, if is only necessary to men-
the' event. 'Mr'. Horton has, stithent tion their names to convince all that the
'any consideration whatever, given up Work will be performed in a first classnien-
the seat he had SO honorably filled since nor. Mes,sre Young.k .Crien have. the
the geueral election of 18r2. ia order that contract for seating the same, and
at the eaeliest moment, the prosenee of they carry °et their centred as satiatite-
Mr. ..(Ittetweight fa the now .Tfonee 'of 'tartly as they did irithe construction of.
Commons may beassured. As the only ,theionilding our EnglisleOlthech friends
method by which ite:can voluntarily set -will be able to beast of ono of ihe Pea -
cote the seat at the present time: is by tiest little churches in the tonnty. Mr,
accepting 1111 office under the Crown, Ire H. W. Eitele of :Witeghatn, the areld-
has been appointed to. tt Goi•etannent teat, •deseives great .Prtifse for his taste
fl drawing'the Review.-
olerkship 'that happens to be vocal()
81111 will no dotibt in it few days. place
the sit:Adieu at the astiosill of the Ad-
ministration, : Tts emoluments rind pro.
fits will be to him or no more value
than those attaehihg to the Stewarship'
of -the Chiltern Ifundreda,•whicti tbAse
British M.int frequently fall back upon
who desire to be relieved front their
position without Awaiting the dissolittion
of Parliament...la is, we daroseY, hoed-
ly uecessary fOi. its to caution thellefer.
rams of Centre Huroit in their preseet.
mood against the danger of over-confi.
(k)1ee, At the late Conventibn the
strongest assuranette of seceess wore held
out.- These -were no doubt exectedingly
well founded, but let not tiny One be
begniled thereby into a condition of in
activity, If these in whose Whale the
rtorttinatiott has been made will billy
• worCwith it will, kid as though Mt the
rndtvicluat exettions of each onedepend.
ea the igsue of the tray. not'only is
tory eettain, but a majority may '
predictbd that will have a meted ellbct
on the public mind of the wholeconntry.
There fa not aim loyal -hearted Iteformer
itt the Dereinien who will net welcome
Air, Cartwright's election, 4101 hail his
happy forerunner of many more by:
whieh recent reverses willbe retrieved,
andiothers Whose temporary exclusion
is'nosv regretted be. enabled to join hint
in again' doing good servico 08 member
Of the House of Commons.-Glabe.
It is reported that Lody Maori!): wil1
retarit to Vane& with the PrinctM
Louise.
•
Salkeld, Sr., one of the oldest set-
tlers in this vicinity', who died Oct„ 8th'
at his late residence', Bey -field Real,
Gdelerich Township, The deceNeed gen.
tlenttin came heee from Cumberland,
' Eng., in 183d. He settled near Godo -
on the' 1.1;tyfield Road, on the fain
liONV occupied by i‘le ffeath.! He was
a -first class farther mod tr pioneer 'in' in-
trodueing thbrhughbred stack. here.
Was a prominent and active inen‘ber of
the first agricultural association Rimed
in •Hurop. His immediate tteseendantS
"will number 83 Caldren; grand -children
011(1 groat-gettrid children; whilsthis re-
latives -by 'marriage will peer/al/Ty
the hundreda.
Ott l'uesday as Arr. D. Purvis. of
Goderieli township, was driving home
front, Croderich with a young' span of
horses bitched in a Inutile], waren, the
whifiletree bolt °tune out and th% hoeses
at once bolted off at a Anions pace. Mr.
Porvis had taken up two travellers Who
11,03'e going to 'Clinton, One named C.
Plunkitt, an Ahierican cabinet maker
from Boston, and the other Mr. Renaud
a Frenchman, both in quest of employ-
Inent. As soon 89 the horses .started
oll all three ittraped, out, Mr. Purvis
esoaped withont mjur,y, but the otitors
were injured. Plunkitt lied a kg bre-.
ken 00ar,tito ankle joint-, besklea some
bruises. It may be necessary to ampu-
tate the ieg. Reiland received a cat on
the forehead &tending oVee the eye.
brows and into the skull "bone, but both -
big serious is‘.ariticipated.
While ,'seine forty cattle wore being
driven d0W0 liSr the Market Hell at
Levis, on Thursday nunning, the whar-
fage in front of: the hall, facing the river,
gave way. The whole lot were preci-
pitated •inte.the and five were
drowned, the Others being hauled -AO
by ropes. with ninoh difficulty. •
. •
The average rainfall, per Month in
Ontario is •leas then 8 niches, hitt „in
SepteMber WS year 7?: inehes fell at
Galt. and it little over 17 inches at
Guelph. Besides the.' ektraordinary
depth Of the Guelph'reintall, • the difibr,
ence etnearly ten inches between it and
Galt, only 1•0, miles distant,: is Very
'retest', tl
A brakestean named • A. "Hogg. who
runs between Ilitmilterrand Kincardine,
on the Wellington, GeV & Bruce
way, Rail -
was accidentally kiIled ott Wed-
nesday evening by being Amok on the
.head When. .passing under the railway
bridge between. Gait and Preston, while
walkingon the top of the cars. .
• . Jima L. Moss, a trader in Montreal,
had*a terantity 'of watches„atel jewellery
seized by. Castera 44Qt1.00.'efficers 08 Stus.,
day last. , Ho escapect.the officers at the
boundary line by keeping 'these -eostly'
artictes in Mk valiaei„but he Vas detect
'cid .upda reaching Montreal by tvain.
atternpted to bribe• the Ctistotris trill -
ger, but failed.
J. Scherbert, Logan, 111 the employ
of Me. G. Hennicke,:went to feed it bull
belonging to the latter on Tee,sclity of
last 'week. The brute 'turned en him,
geeing an eye: out and disfiguang his
face, and breaking his ribs, The poor
fellowlingered in great pain until thio
next day, when death released him frpra
bis sufferings,. •
In Making a raid on it house of ill -
fame, at Montreal, the 'policefound a
number of school children of both sexes
in the house. The trial disclosed facts
of the most 'revolting liature. Some of
theso found were from 9 to 12 years of
age, and of, respectable parents, and Were
eta , Parents who were present
at the trial wore deeply affected at the
depravity of their children.
A. shocking occurrence took place in
the township of E...eppell, ott 'Sunday
morning, in 431 attempt at le -Maier of a
youtig man fumed James Arnold, by
his brother, Isaac Arnold. The perpe-
trator or the deed laid itt waiting for his
brotber on tt road That they latter Wag to
trass and shot hint 1/1 the back, 'The
woanded man is not, expected to recover,
1Satte was sturimarily tiled before the
Magistrates at Oxenclair, and committed,
to Owen Sound jail ioirtwait hiS.
We have to record ond "t_d the% riloit
horrible aecidents possible to 'conceive
of, by whieleit•boy about sixteen yea)*
of age lost las life ill a moat fearful
manner on Tueqlay. last. The lad's
mune was Kimaryand he iivo with his
father bt Ifumbersterie, the ttecle1cut
ocearrine• at Mr. John Deterlitto's place
in trier township. The troalt was
standing on the machine,lielpingnubind,
when ha unfortunately glippild o thA
his leg wa3 caught by the cylinder.
The machine was being dtivett by ten
horse power et the thee, arid the Inger-
tunate victim wee. at 04.100 drawn in
bodily, being disembowelect and mate
s,,led ottt of all betrian shape, and, hor-
rible to relate, some parts of, the body
actually passing through the machine
Although, so badly mished, lifto was
observable after*he wag got out, •Init, of
Course'may:. for it few- mituttee. The
conenssreito•Ilifttachine was so greet
that the stakes of the horse -power .vtero
actually torn out of the grotthel;" Wet,
trout Tratow. •
.
•
• The Oenteal Presbyterian. Unveil. of
Detroit, has extended a call te the Bev,
iiv, Geo, f•D, St2ittsbvil.e°yY, ;yang...farmer
from fouoi Frederi4sbargii, was, Qa„
satuoay, aamiaated ftir the Lewd .
.1fonse by the Liberals of Lennex,
. The Nova, Scotian Ministry resigned
On _Teesday...afternoon,-- -..The-task
formitig a new Administration for the.
Provinee was eetrusted to Simon IL
itolmes.
The Gertild Teti nyttrIthisu.,' ear carried
over 29,000 ekoorstordstsi exclusive of
those going to tlie. various exhibitions, •
and the recelpialrom that Source haye::
added considerably to the r•evenue of the
e°1311)eallY:W:
eelt,.: ,1•1tuni
1,siltort,l'a. pLtsterer '
relined Steinman made a bet .be.. email
plastee: a 'tom, rneasuuiig siktY-g"ix"
yards, in ono helm. . He tocoMplished
khe feat, in fiftyfitar tnieutes,. -'Jjiis it
simply wenderful, yards"h,e.ing.
almost a day's work. •
-.A.-mosttlietresshigaocitlent took:
dii Sktitleci?"yrh
, ,b
namedhttle boy j*erai .
with another child, attresine theinsekos-
lighting matches, set fire tO''his clethieg.
11,11c1 burnt MS breast,nook, hands. Anti
,p.30aentii.ioi,,rn.: hie :looda..mest ' feraful
. The latest Swindle 'in the. rund .dis:-.. • '
tricts, says an :eyeeln:tnge, is tot two: oily
fellows to. Call upon a farther),:ostensibly
for art:agricultural, paper or bureau. "They..
stay to dinner, or0ver4tight, antlinsist.
itig on paying for. their accominotlations,
shove a 'counterfeit bill on the farmer in
:exeliange:. forgeed money/ ,
'In the Algomit.eleotitin ALTHawsen,.
Reform, . has been ejected ..by
niajoritysoVer. Air: Rankin. Atelegram...
fee& Sault Ste..Marie ofthe 9thi inst.
itunounces, tivtt Mr.. R. A. Lyon, Reform :
:eantli.date; lni8. been elected to the Lecallio•••
nseor b Algot
Lyenis a.brother of Mr, W. Lyon, 71‘1,'
PP. foe Halton, and is• staunch •Re
forni-..
. That celebrated election 'whee,lbaprovt
4Y.
wager . between ' t!WIZI
SmithiWaterlori",.' Was -cenSitinplated 011
&Whiny afternoon; the *forme
irig Lis man intci Aye from Cedar Ceeek,„
and completing the job at. half -past five
Tim
TIM occupant of: the :Athicite datTiecl.tii
otitsReed pinbrella over lila head as an
erablent 'of peetectionand needed
The ;pale were Mri. Reid (Grit), and,
Sandy 'Mills, (Torn.. • , '
. It Is 'a -settled fad •that'Sie John Mac.
tionald15 going
o-,to resign. his seat :fee. -.
Maequette andacceOt a nornination in.
Victoria, „British Columbia,. ;British
Coitrinbia papers of the 301h tilt, contain
Sie. 'John's declaration by 'telegraph,'
dated London, 5eptem1ee*28, that
lte i‘ prefers- to At feeVieteria."." Plie
Ottawa organ of .the .perty makes
,similar:alytounfcemteiritt,. /cll.:m.13c; we.:.nry
accept it as,a'Act,, ta tt 3o.rn gore,
to desert Alarqttetto and bestow his po- '
litieal.riffectiOns upon yjtotia, •
.4•13,115(
The farmer Who expects ,toijet ferly dol. ,
lars more for his horse as Seen as Sir John
g,ot into office; is .anxiously waiting anti
watching for the ineorriing of the new •
Government. He has an abiding faith in
• the ability a Sir 'Mtn to change not only
the Canadiali • tariff, but to abolish the
United States duties on Canadian products
goina into the States.. Ile has been 'care-
fully educated to believe that Sir .Toltn
passessesthat newer; and with the calm.
confidence of Anoodonco.ho is waiting to see
hint use it, This 'IS' no fancy sketch.
'There are thousands of farmers .who were
beguiled in this way to support the Opp9-
sition, candidates at the election.. • It is • .
hardly likely they will be cenett with
80011 chaff ae„ain.-Lenrioli itarertiivr: •
• -
•Sale ItegiSter-
Firm stock, &c.. of Ur. A. Grant; lot as,,con.
If, Goderich on the 22•Eut inst„ at
amiaismawasewelawNO„ inwriasiw*remereseiti
evav —111 (1181011, the ;he 10th Inst.,
wife of Ur. Jas, Ferguson, of.a. daughter..
mewnemr.-rri mitten, en the too, inat9 4
Arm 3. ltlowbray, of'a $011. •
• Itonmsmsr.`z-In• Clinton, on ihe Ilth Mat, tho
wife of i\IP. John Robinson, of a.so)1,
13rucedeld, on the kit fest., .
.Mrs. Dr. fruriburt, cIA daughtei..
ittotr,--"Itt txete,roort the 7th not., the Wife.
Capt, George Kemp!, of a on.. •
. ,
• • • MIAMI [Et).
t3vonnir--PnAnt,---At the manse, myth, as .
the 9111 inst„ by, the' Ile, A. McLean,
__...'msninaLhtotey, toorsabella.'Phair• bltil af
McKillatt • .
Oeem.nestes -.Jos ES. ---At the residence of,
Mrs, `f. Welts, Stanley, on Oot. 7, by Rev.
Willialn-Oshalde.$ten; to--'
Miss Mttry A. Jones, both of'Stauley.
liaituroito ()dutch, 411,the ' •
itith inst.., by the Vertereble .Aroluldacon
° Elwood, W..1. Bradford to Miss Efizabedi
• Sutton, beth of the township of Ashfield.
Tt1ou8otittattann...-:On Oct. 10th, at the
residettes of the bride's father, by thc-itev.
Jas. rreeton, Mr. Jetnea C., Time/soh, of
tondesbere. to Nibs :&larY A, Kirkbride, of
• Grideria, •
.Diem •
stanley, ou the llith
entlicritie(fampbelf, ecliCt of the late Jatues .
Copeland, Tom/81y a Stanley, and mother
of N1r. Johtt Copeland, ot:Oljnten. -
11ttt.tts.-In Newtonvillo,,on Wednesday, eth
Oak, Mrs-. John Ui11en,eged 77 years,
cktuy,-.hr mentep, on the )211i inst, Ocorge
Gray, brother of Rey. 3, Grey, of Winton, : •
aged antyeare.
litaxnee.-Inteigrave, on itfotulay, 7111 inst.,
Mr...lames Brandon, aged )4 years.,
8Alalailli:ali1Oodorieti awn tiltip, eiTaittu147,,
061. 8,, john SalkeRI, hour, aged SO vats '
Anal month.