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THE HURON S I( NAL I boater. Thu was rather a �suttprise' 1
p publirhed every Friday Morning. by Mr -I especially as 1N r. Lewis $theta atter an
t,ILLICLDDY 'naw... at their Cate, Ninth at I unwearying straggle to 'regain a heat,
loll' the Square'
GODERICH, ONTARIO. wail elected. Mr. Murrey has to win
Mr. Johnston Isms again been rutursed
And is despatched to all parts of eh* arrrowad his spun as a councillor. The chief �� reduced
for the Reeveah ;, bya
IAR country by the tarl►a,I Mails rad traits, I honor of the contest in this ward falls I II,ajorlt His u. tjunty at his last COD-
87ge neral .dmirion it has • larger decal•
ion data and other newspaper in rets part of to Mr. John $tubie, a The workinguuies test w .eL3, nit Monday it wail 140 over
the country, .1 u oas of the raciest. newsiest candidate," who lead his competitors by Platt. r. Smith, who came late into
and moat reliable journals la Ontario
I'oeaessing. as it dors, the fore -going ea.entta e a full length. He will make a t{e(od the field, beat his opponent Campion by
+tad being In addition tome •hove, a first -alga. 14 votes fur the 2nd deputy rcevuship.
!amity and fireside paper it is therefore • uneillot The councillors returned are,
MOH desirable mire, i 10342 sardegag. In St. Andrew's Ward there was a St. David's—S.:obit), Murno Elliott.
Tsatsr.--�1.8ta is advasee, paatajr propald , Y:
b; pWpp�ubllshcrn; $l.;s, If paid before sly months nice huprise. Mr. Chas. Seager led the St. Patrick's-- ,1. 11. Colborne, W.
*Leo
. ifenforced. 't bU punt. 'flub rule sill be 'strictly wet"ud nun by 11 votes, and as there Mitchell, Sloan.
itarsa Or AUvehT1•It0. -Eight teats oe were four candidates running, the man St. George's—Nicpulsou, Butler, Jot. -
tee for first insertion ; three cents per line fur dan.
each aubeequcntinmerLien. Yearly, half- yearly with the lowest figures, Mr. W. Lee, St. Andrew's—Seager, Bingham, Can -
and quarterly contracts at reduced rates. had to step down and out. Mr. Lee felon.
jAbingde minivans.—•nehaveaisoanryt-.lass war looked upon as the atron eat man The figures are given in full below.
obbfngdelarttnettttoconnee•Uon,aadp,wr•r- les g
Ing the most wmplete out -et and beet faeilittea
{, re the ballets were examined. Mr. TH E REE VF.SH I I.
1 fir turning out work in (luderiuh,are prepared
to do business in that line at prices that cannot Seager will make a first•elass councillor, J. P. S. C.
be beaten, and of n quality that cannot be 1 No. 1 St David's ... La 26 37 41
nereaaaed.—Teruss Cash as he has all the c ualificat ter that
office. Mr. Bingham is re-elected, and 2 St, David's.. - .53 39 44 44
3 St. Patrick's.. 46 43 52 33
a second new dean, Mr. Cantelon, baker, 4 St. Patrick's.. 37 39 41 33
makes up tate trio from this ward. Mr. 5 St. George's.. 52 21 90 43
Cautelon will, we think make a careful 6 St. Andrew's.. 65 34 51 43
crouscillor. -7 St. Andrew's.. 52 16 33 319
Taken all together the Council of
1883 is not a bad one. Had some of the
rejected ci.ndi,tates been retained, it
would base been a bettor one.
ELECTION RETURNS. _ 1
e•r Menielpl Cj5saI ter lea3 n.rr.
FRIDAY, JAN. Sas. Ulla
THE GREAT CONVENTION.,
Toronto never waw so many pwditicana.
before as thronged its streets ou Wed-
nesday and Thursday. No anode hall
eeuld be found large enough for tl e
Ince lags. $haheebury Hall, which held
el/ the Censervat i Tea at their ,gathering
could not accommodate one third of the
luitorut cieieiHles at the evertenq meeting
re -'0116n Ifesri72,000 filled that
hall, erhili alaunt 5,000. crowded the
Pasillion at the same hour. 6,200 an
*stirred to their names. The enthusiasm
was immense. The hotels were unable
to assomodatw the crowd, and private
hoots had to be procured for late ar-
rivds.
I:teti:ere, the famous orator and
4tateseasu, died at Paris on 31ww Year's
Eye. Sia aspic will live while the
French tlrugw is spoken.
. Aft unholy alliance was made between
Messrs Johnston and Campion for the
mtssieiptil contest. Mr. Johnston was
to get the Orangemen for his. colleague,
and Mr. Campion was to bring up the
Catholics for the ex -County Master.
THE M(.VICIPAL CONTEST. But there was a hitch somewhere. The
The municipal elections throughout Orange chief polled 84 votes more than
the country were held on Monday last, did his Catholic colleague, and 14 more
The chief interest in Gederich centered votes were polled for the reeves then
n the contests fur the reeveship and the were given for the deputy neves. This
second depiepreevoship. For the for- moans that some, persons weretoo
Iver Mears. X W. Johnston, and 8. strong in thgl;Cotsenative faith to vote
Platt were the contending candidates for a Reformer, ani too bigotted nlig-
for the latter Messes. Abraham' Smith lowly to vote for a Catholic. Mr. Cam-
, and E. Campion ran the race. Means. pion probably knows by this time to
Johnston and Smith were elected to the what class these voters belen�, and he
respective (Aloes, the former by a wajur- must now see that he was Used as a tool
ity of 140, the latter by a majority of 14. I t9 hrna
uernpubtss •escalate.
Mr. Johnstone majority although far THE question of " plumper, " is one
lees than at his last eontest,'is still a that is now agitating the town politi-
large cme, and g• es far to show what per clans. 'Many ave protesting against the
sistent canvassing will accomplish. Mr. practice, and many more hold that under
Johnston's claims upon the people of curtain circumstances it is imperative
Goderich aro not greater than the claims and only fair that " plumper." should
of many whom we might name, but by be rued We cannot see why a man
steady "button•holing" he has fur some may not vote for one candidate, and re -
years paat managed to balance the town frain for voting from any of the others,
ballot -boxes on the right side of the led- when be has the right to vote for more
ger so far as he wen oonoerned. He has than one. To object to " plumping'•
sought to rally his political friendss
means to iavor compulsory voting.
around him when a vote was called for, Where party feeling is strong, "plump -
and has thus far been successful in his ing " is the only chance afforded a pow -
efforts in that direction. In addition to mu,•
minority to get one representative
that fact he has succeeded in cajoling out of three. It is not fair that- say
weak-kneed opponents into promising 70 Conservatiyes ins ward should have
him their votes., although everybody no representative, while 75 Reformers
knows that Mr. Johnston would never have three ' Or rice terse. Tn munici-
poll a kindly vote fora person who dif- pal elections we should have a system of
fen from him politically. We write this voting which would
statement so that those of Mr. Platt's op give strong minded
ties •chance. This is especially needed
ponents who spread broadcast the story where the Conservatives insist en run -
that that gentlemen had "turned Grit" ning the elections on a party basis.
and that the Grits would unite upon
him, mat now that the fight has been Caere of thanks are generally as dry
fought, and won and lost, make the end formal as the procla>ration of a
otnende honorable to that gentleman. It i court crier. But over in Brussels a Mr.
is a fortunate thing for Mr. Johnston John Alexander, a man of a poetic and
that the Reform party of Goderich did impulsive temperament, goes out of the
mot vote M. f r fox Mr. Platt. For our beaten path, and has issued in the local
own part we do not disguise the fact that paper a card of thanks to the firemen of
wewould havebeen betterpleased had they Brussels which deserves to be passed
done so. But our reasons for preferring ar.,und as an original, touching, glowing,
Mr. Platt to Mr. Johnston are other rhapsodical, pathetic bit of composition.
than the mere difference of party, and' Mr. Alerander writes out of a graceful
lmart, and his earnestness makes him
eloquent. Hear him :—
have been fully explained in former
issues of Ter S1nNAi.
1Mr. Platt deservescredit for having had
the pluck to come nut indepeLdent of
any political party, alnd. oonsilering the
despicable means adopted to defeat him,
he has no need to feel ashamed of the
result.
The result of the contest for these-
cond deputy reeveehip is very satisfec-
tory. Mr. Cautpion's foolish boaat that
he was not asked by any one to stand,
art came out because ho wanted the
oattion, cost him, his election. it may
have!been that Mr. Campion intended
to be facetious en nomination day, but
the ratepayers didn't see where the
laugh came in until election day. Mr.
Smith, who entered the field at a late
hour, won a decided victory. He is the
Brat Liberal who has been a reeve since A ,nine has been found in a mountain
Mr. ()arrow retired. He is a man who near Selaburg, Austria, which, it is con -
will always put the public interest be- s,dered, gives indications of having been
fore party exigency. He is an maltose- spied and abandoned at least two
tion to the County Council.thousand years ago it contains a large
358 218 288 274
COUNCILLORS.
cr.'DAVIDj Main
- Sq, 1 Po. ft. Total.
J. Sclibie ...... . • 45 63 106
Murney 50 54 lee
Elliott 37 52 89
Humber..... 38, 34 74
Edwards 33 33 66
Clucas 31 29 60
Seegmfller 20 28 ' 48
..T. PAT 1 'a WARD.
No. 3. Na 4. Total.
Colborne ..... 79 57 136
Mitchell.. , ... 70 66 126
Sloane! 78 45 123
Weller 14 _'2 36
REIGINA.
Ttls tither 411 Ogee Plains. elle trental
'ef abs Prostate or Asalasaels.
To the Editor of The boss Mynah
eta,— Hisying beau writ ten tobynum-
bers of ye readers and subscribers ter
eiforwatiou iesp.ctiug the capital of the
Province art Assiuibuia, and ''thinking
a letter published in the columus of Tas
Stumm would reach many who would
b. glad to receive iufnrsuatiou reelect-
ing the new Province and its capital,
I write you a few facts numerate; its
hate threshed ever two thousand bushels
of greet this sesame in tbi part. hats
yield 60 bushels ler acro, beat 315 to
40, potatoes 300. 1t is ughable to
bear the difference in the opinion uf gen-
tlemen travelling through the count -
duwe you Wu think to hear them to .
ezted to at ji huuteetwd, livers t,
with brick le a and stables, gravel
wal s, and a e in sight. They leave
the country in disgust, and say, who
would lite in the bike [sing cuut.try.
Such 'people we welcome back to the
place they came from, and dou't want
thea, here. While there are more who
growth and the general ;impression art say they are surprised to see such a coutt-
its future greatness. Regina u about try as this is, and weeder that it was nut
370 biles west of Wiuni:keg, on the Clain settled }ears before this time. They
line of the C. P. R., awl will be the can Look forward to • wealthy home be-
half way city between the gateway of furs them. toil without a grumble and
the North-west and the Rocky Monti- they can't help but succeed Such are
tail's, and the one great rival of Winni• the men e e welcome oere. But there is
peg s!ongthe main line of the C. P. R. tate 'meet ,ih'awbaet: in )Iaiitola, and
The city is the creation of three power that is the way it is governed at Ottawa,
ful iuteiests : the C.wadien Pecific , by giving the land to societies and coin -
Railway, the Duke of Manchester's Syn. pante. We don't want such here now;
dioate and Dominion Government who's the lead will settle as fast as the gets it
tad) is pledged to building it up. Three surveyed, by goad citizens. I don't see
months ago there was no sign of a town, the reas..n why, if the Government can
and Cott ing lu.-t the eye of the traveller sell their land to those cowpar.ies and
but bouudlest prairie, to -day we have land sharks rat one dollar per acre, tliey
a Lhnving sit) of between 1000 and 1200 can't let the poor [nail have it at • the
souls Already thele are about 250 sub- !Mine price. when ho is the man to en-
staatial buildings and more aro being I prove the °,uutry. Those speculators
put up every day. The only trouble is I sell the land at an average price uf sin
that lusdter can t be supplied by the fire ' dollars and it hill per acre. The Gov -
large fiums here fast euuugh. It is con- eminent is not hanehtted by the five
fid•. u11y expected that we 'will have a dollen raise on these lands, and it is no
�r q ulat on of 5,00. in a year's time. benefit to the country. There is a coin.
the Merchants' Bank have opened their pany in this district that goes by the
btauch. and the Bank of Montreal build- name of Morton Dairy & Co. Colonel
ing ,is up, and will be occupied in a Crawford seems to be manager of the Co.
week's' time. A private hank is also He came around last April and told the
about startiug, and the Imppeerial Bank poor squatters that they would have to
isto follow. The Regina Time.i under leave their places or comply with their
the able management of Nicholas Flood terns. The squatter wished to know
Davin, will make its appearerce with their terms, which of mum they did
the new year. Mr. Davtn's building is not know. Wo are glad to hear the
already up and the mechinery is expect- squatters had pluck en'.ugh to tell the
Company to mind their business, and
they intended to do the same, and that
they would not leave their'placce except
by the puiut of the bayonet. The squat-
ters wrote to the Minister of Interior
and got this reply, "If you have squat-
ted on even number of sections, as you
say you hare, you will receive an entry
as soon as the land comes in market."
The Murton Co. has found out that the
squatters have pout ahead of them in that
respect, and now leaves them alone in
perfect peace. ThisCompany choses on
a dairyof rm in the heart of a farming
°pantry, a place not adapted for such a
purpose, and they did not get consent
from the Government to take up a dairy
farm till the 28th of June. Then there
is this Disallowance Act which is ruina-
tion to the country. We cannot see Sir
John A. Macdonald rule the country as
he pleases and against the peoples' will.
Its an We have men here
who will see 'Manitoba get her rights in
defiance of SirJohn and all the power he
raw send here, and 1 think the sooner
such a trouble is settled the better it
'ail) be for himself and the country, as
we mean business. I remain, sir, your
subscriber,
Trart.e MOUNTAIN PIONEER.
Oantelon .....,...... 23 1134 , ed every day, and the Retina Sun, a
Spence - 16 18 ;tel I Reform newspaper, will maks its tint
1}T, osoRnr's WARD. !appearance by the middle January. The
M. Nioolson ...... ..... .......... 65 The Methodist and Presbyterian bodies
J. Butler, 59 have erected churcher, The Church of
F. Jordan . . -.. ... 54 England services are being held in a
H. Dunlop. 53building aented for the meantime until
KT. ANDREW'S wARp. I the oongregattun an eteci a suitable
No. 6. No. 7. Total. building. The Baptists and HeliumC. Seager .. , , .... 78
55 133 Catholics also intend building at once
Bingham- .. ii9 63 121 This is also tweetersthe head tweeters the
Cantelon 64 53 11'f North-west Mounted Police, and at
Lee 63 46 log present there are 100 of the force sta-
tioned under command of- Col. Irving,
A311FiELD-R,eere, Webster, 1st Dep.Major Walsh and Inspector Steele. The
force is to be increaaed to 250 strong in
J. Giiffin, 2nd Deputy, P. Clare. Coon- the spring. The barrack are stationed
cillos Whitely and McMurchy. about a mile and a half from town, and
Bayfield—Reeve, John Essen, mtajori- a visit to headquarters will prove ofin-
ty 22. Councillors, Middleton, Eldon, tereat, and the discipline that prevails
Stanbury, Baillie. among the corps is excellent. You will
Co/menet. —Reeve—Young, 284; Mc- no doubt be surprised to hear that this
Neil, 106. Dy. Reeve—Allen, 237 ; n:ushruum city has a telephone system,
Malloy, 151, Councillors—Beck, 255; but such is the cane. We have a tele-
(krroll, 186 ; Gledhill, 236 ; Treble, phone ooenmunioxtion between the C. P.
151. R. station, Police court, Government
GoDERICH rowissHIF —Reeve. Gabe How, �rarks, the .banks and a num-
Elliott. by acclamation, Dept. Reeve, tier of private (offices. Several Lad
John Beacom; Councillor—John cox,
companies have their offices here. The
James Laithwait James H. Elliott. Ontario and QuAppelle, The QuAppelle
GREY. —Reeve. Thus Strachan (acct); Colonand Lung Lake,r and the QuAppelle
being scion Coe and their lands are
1st Deputy Reeve, Hislop; 2nd Deputy
Reeve, Oliver. Councillors—W. Milne, being rapildly disposed of. We are in
W. Bryan the centre of theof rtile belt, the soil of Port Alm.
which can't be surpassed on the Conti-
HuusrT,—Reeve, John Mas _ on, Dep. nent. Regina had been permanently John A., son of A C. Hawkins, of the
eeve, Jold, Lanham Churchill. and
made the end of the railway division, village of Port Albert, was accidentally
and thio of itself means the eniploynteut kicked jute. face on Christmas day lead-
Exeter—Reeve, L. Hardy(acc.) Coun- of between 300 and 400 men and with mg • horse to water on his uncle's near
cillon, W. G. Bissell, W. Fenwick, Jas. their families a population of 1,000 souls. Ripley. Drs Stalker and Smith of
Pickard and A. G. Dyer. The railway workshops are to be placed the village attended the young sufferer.
Hay—Reeve, Dr. Buchanan ;Deputy-
here and will give employment to a large who is getting along as well as can be
Reeve, T. Rennie ; ucan llors, J. V. number of skilled labor. All hunch ezpected.
Moritz, Dan. Surarus, and H. Heyrock, tines running to the great Peace River
District on the north and the Wood
Mountain District un the south, will
have their junction here, as the C. P. R.
has been pledged to build themfrom
this point; and already a charter has
been applied for to run a line from Re-
gina to Prince Albert. The business
transacted at the Regina station and
yard would surprise many who are accus-
tomed to a. rush in large cities. There
are Iwo miles of aiding down, and these
aro continually full of can ; another
mile is to added in the spring. To give
an example of the rush, I may mention
Tac Mines and Dollars Come up for Das. that 600 cars pass this point weekly for
easel... the front and points along the line, 40
cars a week come through to Regina for
the merchants of the city alone ; the
handling of which gives employment to
a large number of hands We have 7
good hotels and • joint stock company
has been formed with a capital if 225,-
000 to put up • inonater hotel, which
the directors expect to be completed in
two month's time. The climate is really
delightful, and the last few days we
have been enjoying balmy weather, oc-
casioned, western men say, by the Chi-
nook winds from the Pacific coast.. I
spent last winter in Winnipeg and find
the climate here much more mild and
congenial. The soil is of excellent
quality and plenty of it, and farmers Xmas day passed off in high style in
in Ontario and Lower Provinces who Port Albert. The foot races excited the
are not comfortably placed, if instead of greeteet interest. The hundred yard
living on mortgaged formers would race between T. Whittaker and Dan.
come' to a country like this they would Knetchal, jr., o,1 Knead. being the most
in 5 years times he independent, as the noteworthy. It was well contested and
soil is much richer, the yield much won by 1lhittake, who, thouvh over
greater and labor much lees.seventy year eld, displayed wonderful
W CATLET HAMILTON. staying powers. The eighty yard race
Regina, Dec. 21st, 1882. between Tug Wilson and Mr. Currie
was won by (Jerrie in three straight
AT TURTLE ,MOUNTAIN. heats Considerable money changed
hands on the latter race. The crowd
held all the stakes.
TUCKERSMITH. —Reeve, David Walker.
Deputy Reeve, John Hannah. Counci-
lion—Wm. Mundelr Robert Elgie, and
John Sproat.
W. it AwAltoew.—Cowneillors—Gibson
Kinahan, Lockhart.
Wingham—M�a�Ior, George McKibben;
Reeve, Wm. Elliott ; Deputy, J. M.
Gordon.
OUR TOWN FATHERS.
The Council met on Friday last.
Present --The Mayor, Reeves, and
Councillors Bingham, Butler, Cameron,
Edwards, Humber, McKenzie, Nichol.
Weds fail me to express my feelings for son, Sloane and Swarson.
those bold hem.. who fearlessly snatch- The minutes of last meeting were read,
ed my goods from the very jaws of the approved and signed.
demonfire. Though dense smoke and The treasurer's statement of cash re -
curling flame they dashed one after ceived since last meeting showed 211, -
another and saved much. Some of the 176.57 ; paid out, 0,215.36, leaving a
daring I know, to name them would be balance in the bank of 81097.19. Re -
unfair to thou I do not know, and at ferred to the fivance committee.
this moment my sympathetic chord has The Street inepocter's report was
been awakened an that to speak an un- road, and referred to the public works
kind word would be to me indeed pain- committee.
fel. Santa Claus lies shrouded in The report of the sexton showed that
Lexie's Christmas tree ; Dickie's shrill five adults had been interred during the
song echoes on the walla no more for- month.
ever ; Kitty puss and dolly's ashes min- A communication was received from
prig among the household ruing. These Jar. A. McPherson, Mayor of Kinear-
we can forget, but the assistance given, dine, on the question of municipal act
the kind uttering, of one aced all to me amendment.
and to my family we never can forget. A number of ,eocounts were received.
—Jerre ALaxaenaa. The report of the finance committee was
received, recommending the payment of
•.saes oats false. certain small account,, and the remis-
sion of taxes in the case of several poor
peeving.
The finance committee also recom-
mend : That one half the taxon on the A Lively sad Intensify' letter treat a Pew
temperance hall, amounting to $8.75, seer t'eltrer.e Nan.
be remitted. That petitions ..f John
lot
and confused 'nage o1 timber,, which andJohn Dunn �596, for a rreductien of I To the SIRitor of Time it settler
were used for su rt, and a number of taxes, be not granted. In ' page RM M t.a1 settler inthen &
h{w• regard to the 'Mountain District b put •claim nn w
petition of $eegtailler & Co., for re-
mission of taxes on the foundry proper-
ty, that the Council take no action in
the matter.
On motion of Cambell, seconded by
Nicholson, the report was adopted
On motion of Johnston, seconded by
Swanson, the time for the returning if
the roll was wztended to January 26th,
after whish the Council adjourned
It 84. George's Ward there was a close
contest, the old councillors being elected.
sur Mr. Hugh:Dunlo-r, whom we yet bops
to see at the Connell hewed, was only
44i1P two votes behind Mr. Jordan
In Rt. Patrick's Ward Mon (ui-
herne, Mitchell and Sinus* were retina -
ed. There was no political feeling fa
this oonte,t, and the ward ham three
good men to represent It. Nome x
votew were given for Mr. M. ti (`mrne-
ron, who hart retired from the field a
woes ego, and was not running. Mr.
rammatfie.l bodies leo c 1 ,•, n ,
Colborne has not before .st at the t'„un discovered Ther German
i) the entertainment • fir d
dal . he will be a 'seed addition to that also. find prune h. hove 1,•elony rd 'he llernsan Sebfath School was a grand
M. tete pee•R...nsan tomes, as the nx•hoin. I.neeese. The room was crowded and
body dlw were evidently nowt for hr.mse hen. everything went off fine.
St David • Ward taw a }•eculler tight die.. .pe iseens ..f whish have teen
There were seven candidates, and the found upnw the smrfarw of the mountain. i Rev. Mr Macgregor, B. A. of Rtnt-
pwo .44 ntrunoill..ra who ..fiend Tie relics are .e1 high order, the Las. C11,1,has declined the call from the Rap -
n' ket tieing 'opened' even to 'tome that f •• "q
Messrs Hnmb iolwtr.is were tree” •.eel r Cash VV.. tilt .Y r.cantly Unwire.the earl• historic tomos tel hr.!'
Mr. W H. McBride, of Portage L
Pairie ; is visiting at Mr. G. Erwin'•.
The evening dancink part) at Mr. O.
F. Graham's was the event of the season,
Messrs. H. Horton and R. McDonald,
two former teachers of this place, have
been visiting here during the week. The
former was the guest of G. F. Graham,
the latter of James Mahaffy.
While Mr. Edward Currell was Me•
turning from Goderich on Wednesday
evening, his sleigh was run into by the
Lucknow stage driven by Mr. James
Mullin. One of Mr. Currell's horse was
badly cut, and John Smale who was
riding with him received some painful
injures from which he is likely however
to recover ahortly.
R. DeLong hu sold the stallion "Cale-
donian Chief," recently purchased by
him, to Wm. McIntyre of Kintail.
Geo, Correll has refused 8285 for his
two year old .mare aired by King Tom.
Mr. Currell knows the value of good
stock.
J. McGee's stallion, Young Donald
Dinnte, Percheron dam, is attracting
considerable attention i` this locality.
It is fine specimen of hor6e flesh rising
three years. When two years old it
turned the scale at 1480 pounds.
miners implements. The timbers were
rtutched and sharpened, but were sub-
ject to an inundation, and left in confus-
ed heaps The implements were main-
ly sinnels, az-handles, etc.
mons the relics, sten, was a basket
heeda of untanned raw hide, a piece of
dna wet en of c Dares wood, the fiber of
which is sere even sed still in rood pro-
servati. n. and a t.ervh hound r .gether
frith las tihrr. The probabilities are
Out the ancient salt miners were ever -
!ahem by the A•widing of the mine
Qltsem.
IMMO
[We have received a I,ng communica-
tion from one of the parties concerned in
the harbor controversy, but it is of too per-
sonal a nature, although containing some
verb gond bits. Any future annmuni- Fire and Sword,
pisco m Nov. of 1881 The place wait aeons most deal with the work done,
not in market a1 that time I moved on and the persons connected with the work
the place in April, 1882, drew building so far u their conductries relates to the
limbar for the house and sfablos, put harbor. Int our friends keep strictly
them up, broke twenty-fcwr acres, saw- to their text, and avoid personal jibes.
cd tour in .ato,prlantewl Eve bushels of Herd arguments and soft words, gen.
tetoes We don't expect • hag crop from tlamett. —Eo. Tbt. new and rlorply intereating tale Iw fonnd-
and, but this your we have had more rain cd nprin nae of ter most n►ournfal and
Ow�1Sai Township. tragic epiaoder In Peolttah history. The
than uauai and therefore the and yielded
more per acre. My nets will ield twee -
author. .. author. In defiling b rs
ling with his ehar•rte. ham
ty-6 a bushels per wore, a from the Fan So. - Mr Walton Ilorlawurth, nowhere Inve.tied the facto of blistery
eve bushels of potatoes 1 planted, i ria of the 11th eon., has sold his farm, cone and. while eon/arming to hletrical truth
ed eighteight bushels ; not bad wan it 1 posting of 40 scree, 10 Mr R Chesser, for
The landlnd iii. very Rood Lhroutyhout Lhenim of S2,(i(10 hu n,ereedM in constructing thereon
this list rift. an.l a large supply of wood Messrs Wm aniftinrilecid le...fmni knees fie mm►nuc and highly p.„tar y
at nu Resat dista»ow Mt u r d�The coque wtor of
oak. The pdpisar fnr Are wood burns former shave Leen nnusually pont The
•nlhorl1. alwell-known ngt, and aand veic drsatlle writ
g•wld , it u different from (Ontario pop-
Popular
aro f., dayreckoned to ,,, Iucea•ful,
kr This country is making rapid r. fen of the .r, whn.e wnrka have become widely
P wealthiest they rearers in that par/ of Dakota
tw.p,rlar in the Cid Country
grew, There ismer one hundred build•in which resides. The patter refused
Ings gone up in sithi of my plaee since $3.000 for his claim of 160 strove
tPyi•ip ' -- . entity farmer. who w few Every reaMent In las ...nasty etMaiA
days bwf•m he oawte hem,
-sod nor own •wowi,
BUTCHERED!
Four Members of a Family Killed
and Two Mained,
Sytwe"M1r.•J Das," Who 1w ':t11 at Large.
Lrr'iu Maud'•, Ewa H.ewktiabu.y,
Jaw. 2nd,--Betwee:a the 1,,,t,18 of 7 and
8 this morning' a m .'t brutal murder was
committed in Ons 'Lice, the c.aloit be-
ing the hired man, end the victims wring
Mr. and Mrs. ft W. Cooke, oa1.r a their
eldest daugghter and the fourat son.
Mr. Cubits was 'neon:, ed with an axe
in his barn yard. H;a I.,I.Iy was found
covered with straw.
Mrs.Cooke and dau;li:ora were•trang-
led to the wend +.'.ed
The eon, Guur,te w ed k ill r 1 i t his bled
with an axe
1Vm, Gaoke's thiga ens leoken and
other injuries sustaioe 1. Ile may re-
cov,
Meriss Fannie Cook coming bac her
brothers iossistaucu, ro.eived a severe
wound in the breast., hut will recover.
The murderer is still :et large.
LL .,.
IIAwgRtlafiayVU, OTngant., L.:TA11Aai, 2, 6 p. NIL—
Further details m the Little Rideau tra-
gedy go to show that the warden* bat
attacked Emma Cooke in an up -stairs
storerom adjoining the house, strang-
ling her with a rope. Mrs. Coke evi-
dently having comp to Icor daughters as-
sistance, was next strau;led iu the same
way. He next attacked Mr. Cooke who
had gone to the baht yard,where he kill-
ed hits with an axe, literally
CHOPPING HIS BEAD TO risces ;
then entering the house he proceeded up
stain to the room oocupied by George,
who was asleep. striking hien and inflict-
ing two fearful wounds in the temple
with an axe,frum which he ahortfy after-
wards died. Then rushing into Willie's
room, struck hint upoa the thigh, inflict-
iug a dangerous wound. Willie,although
disabled, grappled with ham. The noise
alarming his sisters, Margie and Fannie,
brought them to his aaautance. In the
struggle which ensued
a1AOO1E 6KOOIti$ THE Axa
The murderer thee seised a lamp ata
struck Fanny with it, wounding her on
the head. He then fled down the back
stairs. The two girls going by the front
stairs Deet him in the dining room armed
with a poker, when he struck at them
with it. They defended thetnselves,and
closed the door on him. Maggie ran to
the front door, where she hailed a passer
by, who summoned assistance, upon
hearing which
THE MURDKRER FLED,
and was last seen to moss the river goine
in the direction of St. Phillip Station,on
the Canada Pacific Railway. Nothin,
more has up to this been heard of him.
The house represents a most ghastly
spectacle. The bodies of the foul
victims, Mr. Cooke, Mrs. Cooke,
Emma and George, being laid out
in it --the floo ., walls, and doo
bespattered with blood. Willie's wounds
are so serious as to afford but sligh
hopes of his recovery. The murder 1
er
r6.EDKRICK MANN,
a young Englishman, lately out from
London, has been but three months it
their employ, in about five feet six inches
high, rather slight with fair completion.
He left without a coat wearing plain grey
pants and leather moccasins.
Mr. Cooke, the murdered man, was a
very respectable farmer residing nes
Little Rdau. Great sympathy u felt
fur the family. r
LATEST.
The murderer, who is only 17 years of
age, has been captured.
i
BORN.
In Goderich, on December 19, 1182, the wife
Mr. John Scottie. of a son.
in Goderich, en New Year's Eve, the wife of
John Alkenhead, V. 8., of • son.
in Thedford, on Friday, 99th Dec., the wife of
11. 8. Holmes, of • son.
■ARRItRD.
At Renaall, on Dec. 25th, by Rev. Mr. Parker,
lir. Jam. Dobson, of Ethel, to Mies Martha
Nichol, of Ribbert.
in Morris, on Dec. 20th, by the Rev. 8. Jones,
Mr.Robert Nichol, to Iliss Mary Jane Me-
Cntcheon, both of Morris.
At the residence of the bride's father, on the
98th alt., by the Rev. Mr. Pritchard, Mr.
John McLean, teacher, to Annie Louise.
eldest daughter of James Brown, Esq., W
Wawanosh.
At the residence of the bride's father on the
96th elt.,�y the Rev. Mr. Pritchard, Mr.
Walter King,to Annie, eldest daughter of
'Robert Match, Esq., alt of F.•, Wawa-
aoeh.
DIMD.
In Colborne, on the 30th Dee.. Janet beloved
wife of Mr. John Buchanan. 6th Janet,
62 years.
In Goderich. on Thursday. Jan. 411a. Isn ivy
Beryl. eldest daughter of Mr. Magnus
Swanton, aged, 3 years. 4 month*, and 14
days.
The funeral will take place from her fathers
residence, Bruce -street 0oderfch• on Satur-
day, Jan.6th at 4 o'clock p.m.
Wm. McLennan, champion !swipe
player and Highland dancer of Scotland,
saved in New York on Thursday, from
Glasgow.
Westgate, the self accused participant
in the Phoenix Park assassinations, has
been discharged from custody, the au-
thorities having satisfied themselves that
he had nothing to do with the affair.
NEW SERIAL STORY.
A Tale of the Massacre of Glencoe
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