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A distnrdly outrage was cennnitted
about eight e'c1o4 Sattirday morning
1a, a man named Edward Graham, 40
years of age, wile about six years ago
'Pam to Canada from England. He
entered Sievert's cigar store corner ef
1(:ingan4 "Vow streets, and walking
alp to the canter, behind which Louis
Sieeert, jr., was standing, deliberately
threw the contents of a tin can which
he carried, into young Sievert's face.
The can contained yitrol. Graham
-thee bolted, but was chased by a crowd
and captured. He was remanded for
a, week. Sievert was taken to a hos-
pital. His face is terribly burned and
he has completely lost the sight of his
left rye, and it is feared his other eye
cannot be saved. Graham's motive for
throwing the vitriol is unknown. He
had been in the store several times dur-
ing the past week purchasing cigars
and tobacco. There are no indications
ef insanity about him. He has only
resided her a few days, having stop-
ped at Ashburnham, near Peterboro,
after his arrival in Canada.
Canadian News Notes.
'Rev. F. J. Lynch and sisters, of
Liman, are gone to reside in London.
C. Blake, of St. Thomas, pleaded
guilty to a violation of the Scott Act,
and was fined $50 and costs.
Mr. J. Moore, an engineer of Strat-
ford,fell off a train at Berlin last Thurs
day, breaking one of his legs.
The printing office of Mr. R. H.
Constable, of Somerville, formerly of
Ingersoll, has been destroyed by fire.
Bush fires are raging over an exten-
sive area in Michigan, and unless rain
50011 comes there will be a repetition
of the forest fires of five years ago.
George Nelson, who three years ago
was a leading grocer in St. Thomas,
has become a total wreck through
drink. • He hag been sent to jail for
twenty days.
A number of Stratford capitalists are
contemplating the starting of an elect-
ric street railway. Those interosted
are the heaviest shareholders in the gas
and electric light works. ,
The solicitors of the G. T. R. will be
ia St Thomas in a few days to enaleava
or to come to an agreement with thpse
whom they consider have.. legitimate
:claims :against the Company.
Aleck Kerr's barn, on con. 5, Kin-
cardine Township, together with its
aontents, waa destroyed by fire a
-few night a ago. The barn contained
his fall, wheat and hay, and farm im-
Ailements.
Jahn Wrigley, therecently removed
engineer of the London. waterworks,
, predicts sensaConal diselosures at the
' trial of his suit against the Water
Comthissioners, which comes up on the
12th of September.
On Sunday night some one entered
the home of Mr. Stewart McArthur,
West Brantford, and abstracted his
elothes from his bedroom in which
there was $22.. One was a $20 note
and the ether a two.
A. Belleville dispatch says : A sen-
sational report comeSeymour of a
man being found dead in the woods,
with a child playing beside the Nati
'body, but too young to convey any in-
formation. An investigation is to held.
The atmosphere is heavily charged
with smoke nowadays, caused by the
a numerous wood tires in this vinicity,
in some instances farmars_have nar
rowly escaped being burned out, and
many are still anxiously watching fires
in the vicifiity of their homes.
St. Catharines Star says: The peach
crop this year will be one of the heavi-
est ever known. Very. many trees are
so laden with luscious fruit that the
owners are compellecl to prop up the
branchea, and even then the trees are
breaking down. There will also be
large crops of pears and plur4
St. Thomas jourhel : Such is the
scarcity of water, in at least one part
of the city, that a gentleman has had
to pack his wife off on a month's visit
to her frinds. Theia tavn well ran dry
and then their neighbor's and then he
thought it time to suspend housekeep,
ing operations until the 'tin fell.
Mr. Allen Wholly of South Dor-
chester arrived at Belmont on Sunday;
last in search of his wife, whom he had
learned had taken to herself another
inisband. The womanwise maiden
mune was Mary Powell; was Married
to Mr. Wholly, and lived with him for
eighteen inontlic when she fled and
-was married to Simeon Battealy by a
Beiniolit 'minister on November. 12th,
1886. The pair were employed for a
time pulling flaa by the Smith Bros.,
but wete dischargecl. The guilty couple
at is said,. have left for Michigan -
T
On the 8th inst., at Walkerton, be -
fora R. 7.4u4tene, nine Perseus .vere
convicted ama fined $50 and Posts ander
the Scott Apt. On the 9th inst.§ at,
four were Ponaieted 4114 irni
larly fined.
The annual erep rePort froM Nova
Scotia shows that while considerable
damage was caused by June frosts and
subsequent drouth, hay, grain and po-
tatoes will. be about an average yield
and the apple °top decidediy under the
average.
A five-year old daughterof Mh. S,
Draper, of London, was walking along
the top of a fence 011 Monday, having
in her mouth the end of a stick, when
the fell, and the stick was forced
through her throat and out at the side
of her neck.
Most of the grading on the Red
River Valley Railway will be completa
ed by the 2,0th inst., and all will be
finished this month. The grading on
the Northern Pacific branch, to con-
nect with it at the boundary, will not
be finished for some time afterwards.
Mr. Middleton has another lot of
eighteen or twenty young people
on their way to the Outhrie Home.
They sailed from Liverpool on the 5th,
and ,may be expected here in a few
days. This is the third lot this seasoft,
and Mr. Gibbens has over one thousand
applications for these children.
John Cushman, a young man of
London Township near the Asylum.
while driving a load of grain into the
barn on 'Wednesday afternoon was
caught by the top of the door frame
and knocked off the load, breaking his
right arm in three places by the fall,
and otherwise bruising himself, He is
confined to his bed..
Essex county farmers are driving
ten and twelve miles to Lake St. Clair
to fill aheir water barrels, and there is
a constant procession of stock being
driven along all roads leading to the
river and lake, Ono farmer near the
Huron line who has a running well
has made more than $100 by selling
water at fifty cents a load.
The frame barn and shed on Mr.
Robert Fawcett's farm, 4th line, War-
wick, was burnt down with contemts,
last week. The building contained a
quantity of hay and grain, a top buggy
two setts of harness, a mower, and a
number of other articles and farming
implements. Loss estimated at about
$600; insured in the Waterloo for
$400.
A horse belonging to Mr Robert Adi-
um, 2nd con, Bentink. got his throat
cut one day lately by some means nn -
known tti its owner. It is surmised
the apt was, committed while jumping
a rail fend°, How a cedar rail could
cut a horses's throat as to lay bare the
windpipe is a mystery to the neighbors.
The horse is alive, but is net expected
to recover.
Bush fires are raging around Glen-
coe and Newbury, and a large number
of fences have been burned. The
Dunwich and Brooke swamps are
burning. One barn is reported de-
stroyed in Dunwich. Farmers of
Brooke are trying to save their houses
by ploughing around them. St.Thom-
as is filled with smoke from fires rag-
ing in the neighborhood of that city.
The township of Edwardsburg on
the St. Lawrence River in Dundas
county is the scene of much excitenicnk
over a search which is being carried On
for King, who is wanted at Malone, N.
Y.,on a charge of murder. King is sup-
posed to be hiding in the vicinity just
now; and a reward of $2,500 offered for
his capture has brought county bailiffs
and local detectives hotly upon his
trail.
Two cars were thrown off the track
at Strathroy on Friday last, as the 11
a. m. train was leaving London, by a
switch being turned at the wrong
moment They were full of passeng-
ers, and were hauled over two culverts
at the street crossirg before the loco-
motive was stopped- Tho oars were
then replaced on the rails without
much damage, aud the train arrived
here only a few minutes late,
One night lately some fiend in hu-
man form entered the residence of Mrs,
Margaret Collins, an old lady, livieg
on the 7th concession, North Buxton.
She awoke just in time to hear him
entering her bedroom. When the ras-
took hold of her, she began to fight,
and made it so warm for him that he
was glad to get away as Soon as poss-
ible. She then went over and Stayed
With a neighbor the reMainder of the
night Whoeeer the balite was, knew
that hat two grandsons who lived with
her were ttway at the time, and had a
good idea of the surroundings.
A dwelling house in Wingliam was
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destroyed by fire last Wednesday night
It was owned by J. A. McEwen, and
insured tor three hundred and fifty
dollars,
Vghteieg Friday afterpoea ,atreel;
the imilchng of Mr. john
,South Eastlippe, and i4 a few minutes
the entire steading, was enveloped in
41PISS gna lniriled totheground. Most
of the seasons crop has been hOused,
and thus fell 4 prey to the Awes,
HELLO, THERE!
ROWE ar, ANDREW'S
(ilLMANAC,)
For Balance of 1887.
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not! }Totter!! .nottest 11 I Don't
Don't get excited ? Try and
force your way in to bey one of
our extaa cheap bedroom setts,
'We have aa different styles hi
stock to pick fronr, and you can
get one if you only keep cool.
sept.
Drinly or pleasant ! Invisible
eclipse of the moon ! Work like
fury, or you'll nover get through
in time to secure one of tkoso ex-
traordinary bargains, that we are
offering. Furniture of every de-
scription at reduced prices.
October.
.Another spell of weather ! War in
the east! Terrible catastrophe
in NOW YOrk 1 53 people suc-
cumb to base ball fever. Police
ordered out to keep back the
crowd from our Warerooms ;
Several seriously jammed.
November.
Look out for snow. Fathers with
eligible daughters, unhang the
front gate, and ,buy one of our
way sofas, warranted to bring
ow most bashful young man in
, the country to time in short
order Beds, Spring Mattrasses,
Lcamges, etc., etc., in endless
variety.
1>ecember.
Change ilt the moon, and more
weather.
Undert akin= :—
Our Stock of Caskets, Coffins, Robes and
Trimmings, aro unexcelled. Reformed
undertakta's, no Riu.ge. qo Cliques, we use
all alike. Our fillet:a we govern ourselves,
and as Innst people know they are very
moderato ; we understand, and make a
specialty of this part or our business.
ome and see before you buy, 01101I day
and night.
REMEMBER the PLACE
•
Drew's old stand,—one door
north of Molson's Bank.
Rowe & Andrews.
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WAT HES! CLOCKS ! !
JEWELLERY!!!
PROCLAMATION
0 to
R. FUCKS
TROM THE
TYRANNY & OPPRESSION
HIGH PRIOES.
To the people of Exeter and
surrounding country
:—
Thr -ow off the Yoke so long
borne by you under
your 'fyrannical
Mastea'
High Prices.
TO -DAY YOU ARE FREE?
And not with a freedom dear-
, ly bought if you patron-
ize me. I will keep
high prices ever
in subjec-
tion.
° 1 Promise Absolute Safety
from all manner of over -charge,
1 supply all with reliable and
stylish goo d
TUT OHES,
()!O OICS,
JEWELLERY;
SILVERWARE,,
NOVELTIES
Etc,, Etc.
At Lowest Living Prices.
c< REPAIRING=
A
c=a= SPECIA.LTY,I>0
Stand opposite 3. Piekai:d.'s
Main St. xeteri
Htcke.
4
SJLK Is TR WORD!
And it Seems to jingle a merry chime)
Po heard by many affluent ear ;
But harsh anil grating it ia to mine,
Because it always is so dear.
WE 1VIEET THE DIFFICULTY THUS
One end 131ack Gros Grain worth $1.75, to be sold be-
fore Stock -taking at $1.37.
Another worth $1.35, dropped dowo to
Do you wan't a dress, then feel for your purse and look
alive before they're gone.
.A couple pieces of Ottarnan Cord and a rich Brodie
we've left; the price is down down, down.
Four Remnants. Chenille Fringes as well. A bargain
for any if the cash they've got, or trade to pay,
Gents Ties, in Great Variety.
A ha a dime pays for two if you wish; or, it takes a dollar
for Another pair nicer, to be sure, but call and see
them, then you'll know.
FELT HATS, STRAW HATS,
COLLARS,
Shirts and Underwear.
We wan't to sell them all, and that right early. So down
they go, and out they go, at prices which please
both one and all who wan't to buy.
Then note the place, its
RANTON BROS.
Cash, —Fresh Eggs, Choiee Butter in good de-
mand.
When our competitors talk about us not being able to sell
RELIABLE GOODS
At low prices, we feel like shouting
"CHESTNUTS."
We know just what we can .do and so do our customers; if they
did not we should not have so many on our list.
But if you will
Groceries,
TALK Is 0HEAp
only make up your minds to give any of our goods in
Crockery, and Glassware, a trial you will Soon
be running around town calling out
"80
.
' But there is only one place to get the combination of
Good goods at Low prices
AND THAT IS AT ,
ED. ROBERTS'
VANSON'S BLOCK,
MAIN -STREET, EXETER,
HARDWARE
CUT NAILS, Both Steel and Iron; PAINTS and OILS,
SPADES and SHOVELS,
Barbed Wire Fen.cing,
Plain Twist Wire Fencing,Woven Wire Fencing., and Galvanized
Wire Fencing—All bought beforethe repent advance in prices,
and will be sold at LOWEST • FIGURES,
AN EXCELLENT STOCK OE LAMP GOODS
A.1-cvnys on Eland.
TINWARE OF ALL 'KINDS KEPT IN STOCK.
Agents for the RAYMOND Sewing Machine.
BISSITT BROTHERS,
MAIN STREETEXETER.
MIMS.
rrhe—
ADVOCATE OFFICE
For Plain and Fancy
J PRINTB
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Corner John and Main-sts.,
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