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GODERICH, ONT., FRIDAY, SEPT. #, 1881,
iNTELLIGENCE
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( 1100ILLICUDDY BROS. PiriltiOsslia• •
i $1.60 A YEAR IN A.DVANCIt.
Yew Adverstaestesiii.
Tt..4 - James Wilson.
Tailortng-Juko Acheson.
Stationery-Philtp Reeve.
Ray Wanted --This littler.
1•swa1t Wanted-Onst *via.
Slisyllist-O•erne tV awn
Mamma Bale .1. U.betlorst CO.
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Travelling Snide.
OMANI/ TRUNK.
L?.
Pats. P:cpii. 311Vd.
ao.ierieh.Lt Labia, 1.2.03pm Llinen . 9.liam
Seatortb 7.56"
4trarri..irs. Oen( 2.1%mi 6.10pni "
Pees lisp's.
6*.rstford.Lv Mans 7.311pen 7.9m 3.0pin
Eleaorth .itT" S.36 •• 9.15 " 5.40 '
Cloderich. A r t1Syni 9.50pm ll.fttarzi 7.13pm
4 ;Iti....vr wics.rnitN.
K s luau. save,
Clinton soave berth.. dlillam .4.0pm 6.15gan
gulag goads 7.1i "
sTO) LIN ES.
1.nAnnw Stage (dolly( arr. 10.Iism (tep rpm
Kincardine " " " 1.00ant, " Tarn
Remniller " WcsInesday and
Bat elder) arrives 9.1linin 9. is
Dentistry.
Air NICHOLSON, SURGEON DEN-
IAL.VAT. °amend residence. West Street.
threedoors below Bank of Montreal. Gode-
✓ ich ITU
Strayed Animals.
Q• TRAY STEER. -CAME INTO THE
1..2 enclosure of the subscriber, lot Ilk I
eon., West iTawanosh. about the 1st July last,
• red and white. one year old steer. The
owner ia requested to prove property. pay
charge* and Lake Sim *way. tegoates %• AT -
SON. 180/41.
NEWS ABOUT HOME.
"A chiel's among ye. takin• notes.
Anfaith (Went ILE.••
TOWY T0720L
E. L Johnson, Photo. is turning out Tea
fine l'abinet vignettes at present. Geo.
itobarni, late with Hunter de Co. Toronto. is
Matutger.
Fresh arrival of Stoves, and Fancy Goods
in great variety. Dulls by the hundreds. of all
sisal, and cheaper than c. er, at Saunders' Var-
iety Store, near the Poet E./dice.
11 you want a flest-elam cooking Move, sail
and &sell. N. Davis' variety. -Mao Asterism
and Canadian Inv family aa. liossetblivg
new -the magic tinting machine.
Plack Monday will be a day long re-
membered.
The Mimes Corey, of Cleveland, are
visiting Miss Salta.
Mr. Albert Crane, of Chico, was
visiting his family in Ooderieh this week.
Mr. R. 0. Elliott, formerly of Gode-
rich townahip, has returned to Colonido.
Mrs. T. McGillicuddy is spending a
fortnight in Stratford, visiting "the old
folks at hotne."
An old friend, Mr. Wm. Somerville,
of the G. T. R., Wingham, gave us a
call on Monday. •
BW heads and account alipa are neat-
ly printed at this oflice et the .1uwest
rate*. See our styles.
Mra. P. 0. Turner, of Detroit, is at
present the guest of her brother, Capt.
T. N. Dencey, of this town.
, Mr. M. Hutchison, of the Harbor
I Mills, left on Monday for Manitoba. He
will be absent about a fortnight.
I Mr. Thos. Detlor, after A IHE DIOULhe
stay in St. Thomas, is again managing
QTRAYED ANIMALS. -SEND SI i the business of the firm Goderich.
10 to Tut etreeet to advertne an!mats stray- ,
Ise on your premises. and avoid prosecution Mr. R. A. Hagen left on Wednesday
for illegally detaining animals. Address Till for the Normal School, Toronto. Miss
MN:MAL. lioderich. (Mt. Jenkins will also attend the Normal.
Cift_People'A Column.
ENERAL SERVANT WANTED
Al' for Benin family In Sarnia. state terms
and send references. and address Oatinnvitn
office. manila. itta.
[-JAY WAITED. -A TON OR TWO
I L ot gond bar is waited unmedlately.
k PPIr at t. is office.
RENT. -THAT HANDSOME
▪ concrete house at the corner of Newgate
and Albert streets. occupied for over 10 years
by Mrs..1. Y. nitwood. It is in good repair,
with hardand soft water and other convent.
raer. Apply to JOHN BILOCKINKIDGE.
1793.
USIC.-MISS SKIMMINGSWILL
resume her taltion in musk. on Wee.
• 7( lat 1SS4. Terms*1 ptr
' advance. Use of piano given 11
• . Ilianley St. Onderich.
• Nth Mi. 1300-tt.
'FENDERS WANTED- THE MUNI-
1.
tit ye Tenders for the Leepening and
Cry L 07 NV ;z Wawanosh
1.npro nir of Yolel•T4 creek. from a point in
,morns Tomah ex, Lathe Blind Line. which
divides theBl'Ard stab 0011••e von, o•
W awa:mot. work wilt i. . ct tit rre.Aioall
one ('onnession 4, cacti Section. Tenders
nmst stare the amount per cubic yard for Rig-
ging. which I. oncession the Tender Is for. and
i(ISS the names04 t wo gwd and s utilcient mire -
ties for the completer of the work. Plants
red specifications map be w -en at my Office
AO Friday or Saturday.. up OH the 21th da7 of
1 september. ISSI. Tenders must be lodged
with ale not later then the 2Ith of Septem
110BERT MURRAY. Clerk et west Wawa -
nosh,
Wawanosh Township Clerk's Office. St.
Helens. Sep ember ist..
Mr. R. Roberta has returned, ',poking
stronand well after the sea voyage, and ,tams this fall. That silver-tongued
try. knight of the hammer and block, J. C.
Mime Kirkbride baa returned front a
pleasant visit to Bay City and Detroit.
The inertial tramp of the red coats
will be heard in teem next week. They
will camp on one of Attrill's islands.
Mr. James Sheppard, of Clinton, was
enjoying the lake breezes horsiest week,
He was the guest of his OOLINED, Mr. Geo.
Sheppard.
A telephone is now in successful
operation between the Montreal Tee-
'
Co.'s 'office and the residence of
r. Y. Attrill.
Mr. A. McD. Allan, of this town, was
one of the professional judges on fruit
and stock at the Industrial Exhibition,
Toronto, on Wednesday last.
Mr. James McNair has been appoint-
ed a judge of cattle at the Toronto In-
dustrial Exhibition, and leaves un Sa-
turday to perform hia duties.
Rev. Dr. Williams has arrived safely
in England. He experienced a couple
of days' sea -sickness at the start, but
felt in splendid trim before the steamer
reached port.
Rev. Mr. Thompson, of Brucetield,
and Mr. Watson, merchant, of Blyth
dropped into our sanctum on Thursday
morning. Mr. 'Thompson is just now
enjoying his vacation.
A Lutes Imre -One of Mr. John
Pannore's apple trees will, it is estimated,
yield about 33 bushels of fruit this
season.
Mr. John Acheson has added tailor-
ing to his other branches of business,
and has secured the services of Mr.
Fred. Pridham as cutter.
The Clinton Nete Ero kindly remarks:
"The Stosee, under its present DAD-
*gement, enters on its second year this
week. Our friends are certainly issuing
A brat -class paper, one that is ahead of
the requirements (4 a sleepy and slow -go-
ing place like Goderich."
The Southampton Conservatives, hear-
ing that Sir Hector Langevin was expect-
ed to pass through on his way to Sau-
geen, had ordered a sumptuous luncheon
at an adjacent hotel, and prepared a
lengthy addres• for him, blacked their
boots, donned their Sunday clothes, and
with an air of expeitancy proceeded to
the station to nieetlii n. But Sir Hec-
ter, all unconscious of the honorawaiting
him, journeyed to &swoon via Owen
Sound. They covered their chagrin by
inviting some of their Grit friends to
partake of the banquet, thus proving
the truth of the proverb: "kcal. make
feasts, and wise men eat them. --(Whig.
Knox Church S. S. Teachers and illaglot rates' team.
Bible Class will picnic at the Falls to-
morrow afternoon. The members of the
Bible clam particularly are making ex-
ertions to render it a success.
Mr. Ireland, of Howick, an unfor-
tunate sufferer from St. Vitus' dance,
who has been kept at the County ex-
pense in Waterloo Ipeorhouse for some
time past, died on reisy last.
During the past three weeks Mr. John
Paamore has sold fifty Seegmiller chill-
ed plows., He is now on the road, and
we expect to hear of him making the
number one hundred before long.
Currie, got $110 for a two year old tilly,
The Caledonian games at Lucknow on
Wednesdsynast,and $38.50 for a milch cow, at °I1Buchan-
Thursday will likely have many *pan sale last week.ectin
from Coderich. e,
r MST SHIPMENT...I.-Mr. Jame, Mc-
Nair shipped the first carduad of grain
OVII NSW STORY. -"Tkat Leas o'
Lowrie's" will be begun in our issue of
Sept. 23rd. ft is a splendid tale, and is
well worth perusal
Correepondents are wanted fur THE
Smut at every poet office in the county
of Huron. We furnish regular corres-
pondents with stationery and envelopes.
The ordinntim ,if Mr. J. A. Turnbull,
anti his induction as assistant pastor of
Tinox Church, Goderich, will take place
Tiateday aftern'on next, beiiining at
two o'clock.
Mr. Oeorge Acheson returned from
the North-west on Saturday, and thinks
it a grand section of century. Re hie
purchased lanArin Dakots, which &ate
he prefers to Manitoba ;
Mr. 1'. Graham, auctioneer. and
family, have gene to reside in Detroit.
They witi he missed by a lire circle of
ac.iimintances, having made many friends
during their brief stay in G0detioh.11
We have been requested to state that
153 was the lodge of L O. L that
attended the funeral rf the late A. C. and satuifacturv. will at once be made. ,
Simmons in regalia. and not No. • 182 as Texeseesee.-AVe are requested to
we stated in a previous issue. A num- state that a Prohibitory Convention for
her of the latter. however, attended in- the Province of Ontario will bo held in
on Monday, August 30th. On Satur-
day the 3rd of Sept. he shipped the ear -
list cargo of tipples. They were destin-
ed for Lake Superior ports. He wants
2000 barrels of first class winter apples.
Flak -On Friday last a tire occurred
in the stable of Mr. Tom McCarthy,
which totally destroyed the structure and
contents. A number of children were
playing in the stable and discovering,
sumo ina.tches, ignited them, and thus
n
fired the building. A. little buy, soof.
Mr. McCarthy, was considerably bile- r
tered while making his exit from the
burning building.
A special comnuttee of the County
Council, consisting of the Warden, and
Messrs Adanason. Hardy. Girvin and
Young, waited upon Mr. Platt in refer-
ence 11 the lowering of the water, so
that a suitable road could be constructed •
scrota the river during the erection
of the iron.bridge. Mr. Platt consented;
to allow his dam to be taken dawn, and !
a roadway arrow' the river, both safe I
Real Estate, , dividually. Hamilton, on Sept. 15th and Inth. All
BoweeReca. --The single scull cham- Christian ministers are ex effete!
DOR SALE, dee-
CHEAP.-LOT pionship race came off on Friday even- gates. and are invited *0 be present.
• Lake nmere. -ishneld. Huron county, ing. and was won by Gooding, the dark- All temperance societies are specially re -
454 acres, nu ti.vir..cleAnd nighty unproved, ness teflinz mere particularly against quested to send a delegate. Delegates
nalence sianainz umber. owe orcharti. new will get return tizkets for (die and one
third fare, by applying to Geo. E. Foster
Hamilton. They will also be enter-
tained free of cost while in the city.
How TIM Illenoev mar His POTATO
PATON WATERED. - lur townsnuin, Mr.
Tim Mahuny, lives next It to Mr. Mc-
Carthy, and when the fire occurred on
Fritlay haat a portion of his fencing was
destroyed and envie of his potatoes were
routed. When the branch began to
play on the ember heave, Tim hit upon
eosiesting oft of an acre of land. Wil fentTCflCetltthe haepy idee ttf getting his potate
3 frame house. a good well and pump are at.° Mr. W . E. Grace reterned bt n,e en
_patch (which was suffering from drought)
ea she premeses. The lot hoe loon well
kw. id last frren a tri thmegh the
frame house. barn Pinsk; and all neeessary
stabling, two wolls. nor particulars address
011401. MCLEAN. Amberly. 17103.61.
LAOS SALE -WI' 9, LAIllE SHORE
Tp. ColhOrno. Containing' lit serve 30
urea cleared, balance excellent timber. reel
good clap 1,12:11. As thls propene &deem,
• be Pettit /Wm .11 4* its eoneequence most
dial situated. For particulars apply to J.
J. W t.
Marc ist 1•77641. the latter gentleman will logii to Inc al-
tar one el Clintod• most highly es -
HOUSE AND LOT FoR SALE -AT teemed and accemphshed young ladies.
Dungannon. 12 retied' from geodetic - New Era
Cox. The arrangement's for seeing the
race were wretched, nobody seeming
know at what hour ti o seullers would
row.
Rev. A. Stewart and J. TurnLull, of
Goderich, enchanted pulpits on Sunday.
Rumor has It that shortly after his or-
dination (whic takes Ogee this month)
r ay p p
rz°11;:tionori.;;Tr.r...-3i.atten'imarr., 'ilars 'alt
Parry Sound district. fleeing visited
Dungannon. or it. E. meows. Nile P. O. Orevenhurst. Midland, Paneteriguiehene,
17$7-41.
- Oreille, Lake Rosman. Lake Joseph and
OUSE, AND LOTS NOS. 33 AND other pointe. He met a number of eh'
76, comer et i !Leer's awl Rest @trete. In t friend, en the trip, and reports a large
theme/it of Getterich. for ode °heap. or will be judiciously change his pemtion,
honeonce in
nicely watered. So he beet up hia pr.-
sition among the vines and began te ten -
tidies the branelaman. The latter, in
self-defence. turned the "nozzle" on to
Tim, and as that worthy took care to ,
mel
est y tor fm property. Ingparticames number of toarist.s in that sectioe. Be
a while, the potato patch was nicely on as, seirettt.. Ardmore ewe erseh's states, however. that Goderieh to far
watered before the branchtnan saw the
Oka, or J. C. Cumuli. trp-tioneer. ahead of eny of the laces lie visited as
Q H IC P P A RDTO N -- FARM FOR a summer resort, ancr he was elect ti get
iigatly clgel. and *a the day was sultry. ;
- -- drift of Tim's manteuerea Tim was
-
Le sale an acne. lia *eyes cleared end weg home once niers
he suffered rt great inconvenience feint ,
tonee.i. Beloit Cottage 16130, stone collar furl
eine of house. A lacreek runs through Mr .1..lin Gare.w, who lives near Her- the shower bath. He hopes to be fully
and otbeantildiag• Terme very eat
te R. T. HATTRA. lei le LAVA MTN*
harm Theisen>. or to Garasoir St rilevs- "Caret* Tow'. Oeions"-Frank Wren's'
the lot, no waste lam Or n the emelt. A very rhey. and is it lerether of Mr denies recompeneed for his time and temble
nee orchard surrounds the honer. °nod barn
, ,.440 of the hyaline lawyers of
, leaves oa Handal far Detroit.
prosecnt• his etedies its medicine.
when the big praties coins to the fore.
Before the Mayor.
William Robinson, of Goderich town-
ship, was on Saturday last charged by
Constable Sturdy with furious driving on
the night of Aug.' 31st. The CAI143 was
sustained, and defendant was taxed El
and cuts -$5 in all -or 20 days in gaol.
Fine and oosts were paid.
The tassassigrellag at polasesillie.
The gathering I -elan yesterday, and
wee addressed by Rev. Messrs. McDo-
nagh and Birk,. The programme for
the next two days is as follows:
Friday, 10 a. sue address by Rev. A.
E. Smith; 2p. 40., Rev. C. Hamilton;
7 p. m., Rev. Mr. Hanes.
Saturda 10 Rev. Mr. Cooke;
2 p. m., Rev. Mr. Livingstone; 7 p. iu.
Rev. J. Branden.
The other services will be arranged by
the Ministerial committee on Saturday.
meeting of sk. Warden's tresewitstet,
GOIDMICH, Sept. 5, 1881.
The Warden's committee met to -day,
pursuant to notice. Present the War-
den and Messrs Gibson, Hardy, Elliott,
Girvin, Young.Childley and Hays.
The Warden explaiaed the object of
dining the meeting, viz: the necessity
for taking some 'action in reference to
the Maitland bridge, as the season was
advancing.
Moved by Mr. Gibson. seconded by
Me Hardy, that the contractors for tnk-
dig down the old bridge and erecting
additional stone work, be instructed to
pnweed itt once --Carried.
Moved by Mr. Gibson, secended by
Mr. Elliott, that the Warden anti
mese-3. Adamson, Girvin and Young be
a coinniittee to arrange with Mr. Platt
aimut lowering the water in the nu
er
A nun ber of accounts for otritmcts
connp1et4& were ordered to be pead.
Tne committee then adjourned.
THE NUPTIAL TIE.
icaertaite af TIowitiork Klieip Teroule.
and Ilin...O'Leaar. of 4Writertek.
On Wednesday morning last an inter-
esting event took place at $t Peter's (R.
C.) church, Oodench, in the joining in
the holy bonds of wedlock of Mr Thom-
as Kiely, of Toronto, and Mrs. O'Loane
nee Miss Lizzie McDougall, of Goder-
ich. The ceremony took place shortly
after nine o'clock in the presence ef
large congregation, erincipallv composed
of ladies, and was cetehrated by Rev. J.
B. Wattess, pester of St. Peter's, assisted
by Rev. P. J. Shea, of Seeforth, and
Rev. Mr. O'Connor, of Wawanosh.
On the entrance of the bridal narty
the organ, played by Meta A. Dttyle,
weleti teeth the "Oambrius March"
y Schotf, with vielin obligato by
Prof. Fetzer. and at the conclusion of
the tftretnony, when the adjournment to
the restry was made, a galop was. har-
moniously rendered.
The bride was arrayed in a mice green
Lediei cloth irem. with hat to match and
detnenut jeereirv, and was attended hy
t wo bridesmaids, Mies McDougall, :.(sito er
of the bridge, of Goderich, and Kiss
Smith, of Toronto, who were wired in
brown satin de Lynne, with l'afteadefl sa-
tin neenireares and hats to iaatch, with
creme feathers. The grou .es.n were,
Mr. J. A. McDeugel . brother rd the
bride. and Mr P Mmuth, of Tordete.
There were ale, present with the bridal
wee. IRon. Frenk Smith. Tornnto. Mr.
and Mrs. JAL O'Lenne, Stratford: Mrs
fikai!A Toronto • Mrs. W Seynnoir, De-
troit.
After the ceremeny. a wedding tweak
14e I'M ?taken of st the residence of
.1 s . eDougall, Eat , uncle of the
bride, which waa perticipated in by a
ainenher of friends and relatives. A
Itainhei if kande:me and eostly presents
were also made on the nemeses.
The happy temple left in the no•on
train • seen for Europe,mei Montreal
as *why,. 1' is untiorsto‘si that they
pok. the winter in rutty
11
.1 •AA•, 4 Winehern, *MI TreffreAll,
if 1.m-1mo.. Hayed is misting match
on Movirlay Inc NO ressittmg in favor ttf
Mr Ryas..
Mr P. Coarritve, the ossiebmtiol Tor
ento browse: is rieeA
MOOT. Del Star Co. put this piece on the hews& in
Ha is a young "In - T"- - " ItY' and Vietens Hall, on Monday evening lase
ARM FOR SALE. -BEING LOT 9. we hope he may sticceeL as well in meth-12,i4rhe.. 5 wne t
000- II 1.'1"1". Abmit "'ea mil" fel" eise as les brother has dene in L,nm was a .).,.1 ieten
ie. There
! diseatisfactien was awakened in the
iltren going of nee other men Will hare to brovita ,,t the .. t - „h •7 was f d
*looses to him - 4 Aeaf..irth Mun. that the 43s. tickets had been raised to I
take a back seat for want .4 poitIonti.
33cta, mei much commotion wee the re-
Prevettopte AV i. CR A N.ilte The fol. auk The mat .1 the place woo fleetly
Distant onty t mite from • post odloe. refit i . w mo 1.,na and changes
ham ro.
t hroughout. '' Merka. - VelrieellOe
ton P. 0. seatly been !peened regarding the ft1n1 tr7elr, excited the risible* of the such-
pertlealsraappy ea Woa. Ravaaas. Salm" aa mit pro t
Mom Batt N.; 4 Cempany, Clinton once each time he appeared, 'Toney
caftEPTARDTOPT. -STORE, WITH _0 he uoutenant .
pe,vistinally, etPlor wee capitally represented by *ilia,
Yad.P°Itntne°11W‘Intel freirhssd.:L3."WnVrteettbioiskribeivety &nen' nt Isaac Herr. Yee William Prne- Wt,.and • • 1.au1a Ev&• ...am nieoly
owlets. having other baseness tr; 5t5t„,, left emits No 1 comiftny. Eveeer pourtrayed. The aharactec td "Kiss
m. roe eurth.talrist,•1•-. •
-To be Captain, ',feat Glynn Elliott, ophelia,- the Yankee maiden of moor-
. James N Reward. who is permitted tam ite. was als. well -sustained Per-
cents retaining rank 'To he Amen haps the ehief defect in the placing
t Surgeon, Win Chat °unlit kick. pipe, waa the feet that "[Tucks To
)1. II, -•-. Charles .lam.tt Hamilton, was net male the pmminent ohmmeter,
but had to give thiee 0-,
"Phinees Fletcher ' and Levee. ''
Talton as* whole. Wren's liltiv roars,
rnmeseii...:ntsit :04,110ften.le T.,,,,,.. 0,1,0, n t
recAprtaleg acre& o
name home, and • new frame barn 'Still and
▪ PIS 1. other oettiaitenms are es tee
peopiaos. young onrbar4. frOM pump. fte.
oft the tare. The farm hes • read en Illy
gide of It Mgr acres of ha wheat apse. wa.
HAVIIIIPA. Akin 1 WINO Of
I all01% con.. Z. Id A.he
, risme Irma& and a eta
ifeird apel met temed A0011 t^
• riliortOSIstr
tkrot half se
Ors
y SMITS
r111
elet limits, in Nt - 4 general orders
itifEttErfftrifIg. (1*) kit August ltfil with reference to
Ib. Qeartermguitet -sad "%mad Colvin
G4JANUtar PSOPLE14 117r Rttachar it
• f . fin e% (vet
BLACK MONDAY..
A Day of Strange. Darkness.
llighintil at kiwis. aad Illdalgai Sleeks
sem all ((itemises of Lye. aad a
anew .2 Woes Terrorised People Pray.
Lag. Es pert las tar Fad or the VI +444.
Monday, the 5th of September, 1881,
will be long remembered as a day of
meet extraordins.ry darkness.
About noon the color of the sun
changed to a reddish hue, and the aky
becanie tinted with crimson. The light
of the orb of day soon proveciinsutlicient
for ordinary purpose&
AT ONS O'CLOCK LAM'S WASS LIT
in town, and the strange spectacle was
presented in Goderich of a inid-day meal
eaten by needed lamplight. The dark-
ness steadily increased, and before two
o'clock the children attending
THE IICHOOLY MULE Immune
and hurried to their homes. The more
nervous people began to get anxious,.
and vivid flashes of lightning added to
the awfulness of the (ex:metre The
lamps, in contrast with the glaring
heavens, had a sickly, bluish light, which
shed a ghastly pallor over the faces of
those who were near. Every light -
celestial and terrestrial -appeared to be
unnatural, and iteseerned as if the plane-
tary system was out of joint..
Shortly after two o'olock the croak of
the frogs and the chirp of the tuneful
crickets proclaimed
AN WILY NIGHTFALL.
The herds in the cages put their heads
beneath their wings,. and settled down
until the dawn. Unconsciously the eye
of the observer turned toward 'the west
to goo traces of the Iiinkiag sun; but that
orb, hidden by a. veil of blackness,
was riding in the heavens near the meri-
dian rather than below the horizon.
When the town clock struck the hour of.
three,
OSNSE DARIL4K414 PLIV4ILE2t,
and the wondering people who wander-
ed &bone the Square asked one another
in vain what was going to happen. The
blacknese was deep, said the seem at
four o'clock
SEEMED LIKE A. DREAM.
The stens were lit up, and tonna could
be discovered flitting about like shadows
in the dull lamp light. Away from'the
lamplight Egyptian darkness prevailed.
The features Id a friend could not be
discerned two feet away. Toward the
south-west edge of the horizon a streak
of dull red. as if from a distant fire,
appeared, and the lambent denies and
curling smoke from an adjoining bush
fire could be observed; but with the
exception of these,
INKY DARKSEAA. ;tux.; .
like the prophet's cotlin..between heave.
and earth.
THZ HARB4)F.
were ablaze at three o'clock, and along
the pier the greatest anNiety prevailed,
some fearing a great stolen and nee to
shipping. During the afternovia a
sprinkling of
PAL'S MIX12.0.NKITH AsifEis YELL,
staining the clothing of three who were
out in the 'shower, and fish in the creeks
in this neighbonlexxl were killed by the'
alkzali.
ThETyp
T or- rsz UNUSUALIARNss
upon the people, was varied. The dif-
ferent temperament., and the various
condition* ef mind, could ~lily be ob-
served. It was. capital day for studying
human nature. In the more public
places,
SANTINI AND JoEls PIAIRET, TIMELY,
although even the fun seemed to be col-
ored ky quietness and a freedom from
coarseness. But ,on the whole a
MBEENElex PREVAPEE, Inn twists
that could easily tie observed. and an
anxiety te know when the thing would
cease and the cemehtion of nature be re -
stewed, seemed ti be upperawet in the
more thoughtful minds.
very waits IN mine.
and loud and long were the prayers
offered fur safety and deliverance from
the teeming wraith. Sees wouien grew
hysterieal, others read their Bibles with
a new (layette's', and emeations were free-
, ly made from Rave/Mins and the pre
p lee
-Miami* re's rat OM 01 2145 544.1ILD,
was the thought of Stay and the ex-
clantatiou of 11 all the good
resolutions made on Monday alternate"
are kept there will he an !immediate re-
ntal r'..1 religion observed im our melee
at iatorvaie daring the evening and
I rates. fences sine verandahs as well ea
iriyo wer, re-rtpiel
the accumulations. A very heavy raine-':::7'es
will be required to wash off the ettseilli
of the fall of ache*, etc.
5 SPLENDID KIOHT
was obeerved,on North Street. The tad- .,4,
and handsome spire ef St. Goorgevat:,
Church stood like a silent sentinel,
/y defined by the jet back -ground eir
the northern sky. The reflection of the?'
bush fires to the south threw a soft, -• „ '.
silvery light upon the wood -work, until' se
it looked like precious metal. .
Till e•rsz or THE PHISHOMMION
is to be found in the feet that Inc weekir
immense volumes ..f smoke have been
*rising from tires in Michigan and in
this county. The smoke appears to
have been massed by wind currents into.
°es DIME- SODY,
and in such condition has been carried•
betweeu the earth anti the sun, at suffi-
cient height from the former, happily,
to allow us pure air. The rainfall,
passing through the body of emoke, be-
came mixed with the light aahes carried'
up with the smoke, and fell upon the
earth in • condition like dirty, gritty lye.
MI LLBU RN.
On Monday 'afternoon here the air:
waa darkened hy clouds of smoke, and.
darkness finally set in about three
o'clock. About that hour all work stop-
ped, and teams which were drawing
grain from the fields adjoining had to be
led into the barn with lanterns. During,
the afternoon the ram fell, but the water •
was so mixed with ashes that the fish
in the creek were killed by hundreds.
LEEBURN. .
Lainps were Id here on Menday after-
tenutom as early as two o'clock. Teams
caught in the fields had a. troublesome
time bringing in their loads. At three
o'clock the steam threshing machine had
to stop work owing to the intense dark-
ness. Many women and nervous mem
thought the end of the world was com-
ing, and that Mother Shiptuna prophe-
cy was coming true.
NILE.
DA EKNES.s. -On Monday afternoon
free). about 2.o'clock, the da neeswas se
great that a persen could sca ysee to read
within doors and from about 3 o'clock
the lamps had to be lit in the
houses.
DUNGANNt)N.
The extraordinary. color of the aky on
Alonday afternoon followed by such
total del -knew, produced a dread in the
breast of many ttf our villagers that the
world was coming to an end. In fact fio
so great was the fear ot disaster produc-
ed. that many coelii nut be comf srted
until the light of onr beautiful and ge-
nial sun returned again as usual next
in ernin g.
LUCKNOW.
Sept. 5. -Bush tires are raging in this.
sectien. Yesterday, a strong wind pre -
tailed and still eontinues. Tn-day about
3'o'cleck the sky became suddenly dark-
ened, and at about 4 it was &hived ina-
possible to distinguish persens on the
street. The darkness continued to in-
crease to such. an extent that at 5 o (dock
it seemed like midnight, and many
thought the end of the world was at
hand. Cinders were falhine,_ like saow.
I3LYTH.
Sept. 5. -The village is filled with a
dense int-ake The Insh fires are ap-
proaching very rapidDr and are within
half a mile of the Tillage, anl if rain
does not eenie stein the damagiernust he
very serious. At 2 clock tote' dark-
nesa prevailed, and itid not clear off dur-
ing all the afternoon. It is something,'
extraomlinary. 01.4 settlers say they
never saw anything to compare with it.
Scheele were diet -sifted at 2 p. m., end
busiaess suspended.
BRUSSELS.
Sept, 5. -T-day at 2:30 e. m. the st-
nitesithere became quite hazy. resemlidng
a log and in half an hour oenplete (Ark
u,ess. Al) places of mimes* were emu -
pentad to light lamps. leThe atentepteere
remained demote( darkiletil sic o'CIeek,
when the redection ef the sun throogh
the smoke (mused one of the gra.udest
sighta ever witnessed, the sky hern.g of a
dark red in the southwest. gradually be-
coming general all steund es. Bush
fires are very numerous in this section,
but no heavy Hems are reported.
WROIETER.
Sept. 3. - At 2:30 p. in. to-aay lempti
had to be la, and by 3.30 it was pttsh
dark. At 430 a little rain fe11. and the
air was filled with burnt cinders. At 6
p. wt. the sky was it fiery red for About
an 'tour. then becoming dark &44110.
BLVEVALE
Sept. 5. -- Tn-day, at about three
o'clock, the sky became clouded and the
air filled by a lion,* smoke At four it
was an dark that the lentils hail to lie lit.
At five o clock it was Ism rr eleight.
Cinders 20411d !le felt falling Travellers
had te take lanterns 1'; guide theme,
the rads. At 5 50 ram began et la,
t whoa% tmly added to the gl.eon .4 the
scene. Some ,4 the inhabitants feared
that the end of the world was at hand,
tither, that some of the planets w545 net
of their peeper place
WCY(IHA 14
Rept. 4 --Yesterday merning the idly
was darkened by clouds ,.' smoke, ac
cemnpanied by showers of cinders. Lampe
were lighted about twn - riot's lino
nape was attsperishiti All the bah m the
river nee dead. mei lance %Trice bass have
been picked up weighing frerri ale' t.,
Iter pcundil. net. are ha}* fire*
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