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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1883-06-22, Page 42 THE HURON SIGNAL (• pablia►ed everyrt'rider Morality/. by Mc CIILLICCDOT Dime., at their Ome.:North tat off the Square, GODERICH, ONTARIO. AM Is despatched to all parse et the surround' at ',Conley by the earliest malls and train.. yseueral a4natesion it has a truer circula t than any othaauewspa per In this partat wintry, d 1s one of the nicht& newsiest n a moat reliable )*usage In Ontario Peseessing. its it does. the furstoinges.eutials and be ug .n addition tothe above, • Bret -ciao. family and fireside paper - it is therefure a most sir ',ruble culvert iruau reeds ow. Ta1&Ya--{l-ke la sada pre -paid by_yu►luber ya1A ;11.75. it before vis months BLOOD not so paid. Tbl. rule will be strtctty nitrareed. RATE. or Auta*Taalae.-li,lght tests pe lis for first insertion; three cents tier tine fur e ach .ubseenen tluserllon. Yearly. half yearly aid quarterly ooatractsat reduced rates. Jwt1a sett rias L.....% a have .iao a Ant -clam jolablagnewt meat in con neetien. and posers► at the most complete out -fit and best facilities far turning out work In Ooderlch. a re prepared to do business In that line at prion that cannot be beaten, sod of a quality that cannot be ttaryawd. -Terns* CHS* PADA Y. J DNS 2211». 1883.. WHAT'SIN NAMEf' THE Seaforth Expert/or gave its upiu- ion on the home of refuge question lett week. The*rtlde on the subject read like a Teleyrtint editorial, as it was defin- itely stated that "much could be said en both sides;" that "there were many who could be kept more comfortably and more cheaply than they now are were a poorhouse established ; and also that there are some people who "although poor and dependent, have not lost their feeling of self-respect, and they have an absolute dread and horror of the peer - house," fiat., &c. Such writing u the above on such an important subject is not what we expected from our ableanJ usu- ally out•epoken contemporary. In the article front which we have quoted above, the Expisiter says . "There are hun- dreds of people who, through no direct fault of their own, find themselves in impecunious circumstances ill their old and infirm ane," and then goes on to state that these people would prefer to tke out a miserable existence on the culd charity of a municipal council, supple. mented, as it needs must fir, by tltt_of- ferings of private individuals, than avail themselves of the comfnrts� be found in a house of refuge or indus- trial farm. That a necessity exists fur the esta5- liahment of Lome proper place where the aged poor and infirm may lie properly attended to in their need, is admitted by the Expoeitur, but that journal would prefer to have it called an hospital. On this point we will not disagree with the Seaforth journal. The institution can he called by any name that may sound euphonious to sensitive ears, but one thing is certain, a pla.e for the ameliora- tion of the sufferings of the aged poor, the infirm and the poverty-stricken or- phan is needed sorely in the county cf Huron, and whether it be known by the name of poorhouse,' industrial home ,house of refuge, infirmary or hospital, the sooner such an institution is provided by the county of Huron for that unfortu- nate class of its population which re- quires a home in affliction, the better it will_be, NE('ESSITYFOR t1RG d NIZATIU1. THE recent election of Hon. James Young in Brant, proves conclusively what can be ashieved.by perfect organi- zation, and a clear presentation of the public issues to the electorate. In Hu• ron, the Reform party lost one riding in June,1882,ewing to the fact that too much work was assumed personally by the can- didate. The questions of the day were clearly and forcibly presented, but the candidate was compelled to cover too rnuch ground per day to accomplish per- fect organization. The consequence was --what will nut again (occur in Esat Heron -the defeat of the Reform candi- date. We fully endorse the following from the London _4derrtiarr, bearing, upon the aubject of organisation : "Keep up your party organizations. Aid in the distribution of Reform news- papers, and remember that if there is one voter lett off the list on the Reform side which ought to have been on, it is not only a vote lust to the Reform party, but it is a relative gain to the Tory party, It must not be supposed that victory can be achieved by Reform journals and Reform members of Parlia- ment. The work is quite beyond their ability to perforin. It is in the power of the Reform party, not only to held On- tario, but to win the Dominion, if the party will organise and work for suocees; Not after the writs ars named, but con- stantly. Interest every man in the party in the duties which devolve upon him. Encourage him to use his influence with others. Give him an opportunity of do- ing something. Above all, give him an opportunity of understanding the is- sues.., THE Hamilton Spectator man has done us the honor of reading our descriptive article of Goderich for the wooed time, and agile quotes from it. it pleases us c know that the city papers are extend- ing the fame of the town as a summer resort We would like our brother of the Spectator to oome up and see the town for himself. it would give se an - bounded pleasure too introduoe him to Us beauties - - the scenery, we mean -- ot Goderich, and point nut its attractions to so appreciative a person, even if wished to invest in a new walking stick. The salubrity of Goderich is proverb's'', and TILE if'EST 1117/MN PETITIffN The appeal from t1.e decision et Mr. Justice Cameron in ie the preliminary objections raised by Mr. M. C. Cameron to the trial of the petition against his return for West Huron, was heard before the Supreme Court :nn Monday last. 1 At the hearing, the judgment of Justibe Cameron was reversed, and the objections raised by the defendant against further proceedings iu the case were overruled. The case will now come on for trial, and the courts will in due course decide upon the validity of Mr. M. C. Cameroq's representation of Wert Huron in the Commons. We have no fears for the result. The following is the report of the action of the Supreme Court :- Michell v. Cameron. -- Chief -justice Ritchie held that the OuterwoLsgislature ouuid not by any Act take from the Coutts of Chancery, Queen's Bench, and i Cummun Pleas the power to try election petitions, conferred upon these courts ! by the Dominion E'ections Act. Neither had the Legislature ever attempted to do so. On the contrary, everything neoea- eery had been done t, continue the juris- diction of the Courts, which are still in existence for the trial of election peti- tions, and have not been deprived 01 any powers by the Ontario Judicature Aot. Mr. Justice Strong ooncurred, express- ing the opinion that the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice was identical with the old Court o,t Queen's Bench, and that an election pe- tition filed therein was certainly valid, though the judges were different. The jurisdiction had not beeniuteetered with. He cited the case of Valin e. 14oglois to I show that the Dominion Parliament had power to establish Courts for the trial of election petitions. lir. Justice Fournier was of opinion that old Courts had not been destroyed by the Judicature Act, but were still in existence under the new name Mr. Justice Henry dissented, holding that the provision" of the Judi- cature Act allowing tho judges of any one divisions to sit in the other divisions of the High Court of Justice had chang- ed the constitution of the old Courts. Be thought the appeal sbuald bedismia- ed. This view was concurred in by Mr. Justice Taschereau. Mr. Justice Gwynn* sed with tine Chief Justice. neapwas [het allowed with judgment of Mr. Justice Cam - won reversed, and.lbe'psaHtltinary oh jecti,.ns dismissed with costs. Br this time the Tory party in Ontario will be satisfied that they made a griev- ous error when they contested the re-elec tion of the Provincial Treasurer, Pion. James Young, in Brant. They cannot attempt to deny that they did their level best to "redeem" the constituency. The ridings were flooded with Tory .pouters grading from the leader of the local Op- position to that sweet -scented political jumping-jack,J J, Hawkins, and the no less odoriferous political fossil, Josiah Burr -Plumb. The latter, although a member of that Lo -called non -partizan body, the Senate, yelped from one sod of the constituency to the other, but, the result shows, with damage to the cause which he espoused. The largest Reform majority given by Brant anterior to the election just closed was 340 to Mr. Young in 1879 -the present major- ity of the Provincial Treasurer goes over 200 better, the figures standing at 649. As a consequence, the Tories are not in- clined to give great significance to the result of the election, and the organ -in - chief of the party would have its readers believe it is only another case of the "Dutch taking Holland." Bah ! Out upon such balderdash. If the majority had been reduced by 200,inatead of aug- mented, as it is, would not every Tory organ in the Province claim a"moral vic- tory," and sound from the house tops the slogan that the vote from Brant was a solid indication that"Mowat must go." Looking at the result as it stands, and the largely increased majority, the Mail and its atellites will please excuse us if we take the action of Brant in the re- cent election as an augury that "Mowat won't go.,, THE appalling calamity at Sunderland should stir our local authorities to see to it that every church, school, hall and public building is up to all the require• menta of the law as regards means of egress, etc. We understand that a rigid inspection by a competent person,and an impartial report on the condition of some of the places in town crowded at times by young and old, would lead to missh needed improrements.so fu as provision for safety in case of fire or panic is con- cerned. An attempt was made to smuggle in some compliments to the Dominion Gov- ernment in the temperance resoletioas offered at the Presbyterian Assembly at London, on Tuesday, but it was shown that the majority of the Assembly had no sympathy with the "temperance' leg- islation of the Macdonald -Carlisle sd- ministrstion. It was certainly • daring experiment to angle for compliments to a enrrupt andhypocritical administration in • Presbyterian Assembly Ws have not tutee woes a temper- ance man or an hotel keeper in ',ods- rftah or visinity, who, having read the provisions ,,f the McCarthy act, is in favor a its substitution for the Crooks' set. The McCarthy limed law s a measure which temperance and anti - temperance men bilks agree to cm - dean. and the Spectator wit would not need to I _ . -_ _ .�. -- - - keep his jokes on ice during the dog days it is reported that potatoes are rot - when here, ting in low land from seoeaive rains TILE HURON SIGNAL, FRIAY. JUNE 22, 1883. THE Brussels Post man is black again. The latest presentation toed* him is that Of a lot etapecklwt trout by a dtaciple of beak Walters narnsd Chas. Hama The Ped swan in acknowledging the gilt nays: "He hopes some nue will throw pepper in Tac SIGNAI. editor's eye." so that we won't learn of has goal luck. Fie, 6e /dr. Post. l'oe would have done better to have asked that pepper sod salt be donated to yourtelf that your fish might be flavored. THE annual meeting of the West Huron Conservative Association was held at Smith's Hill on Wednesday last. The attendance was not large, and no very impottaut business wan transacted. THE FRUIT ('ROI'. Splendid Yrospeots in this Sec- tion teem Nest marriage eisesltea. The following is a report of the meet- ing appointed to be held in Wolrac socie- ty rooms to discuss the North West mar- riage question oh Tuesday evening last. After a lady had been appointed to take the chair and one to act as secretary, ep eking oummenced. As a report in full of all the speeches would take up too much space, three will serve as models to give your readers an idea of the views of Colborne ladies on this question. First speech by Miss—:Ladies, dear ladies, we meet to night to take into con- sideration a question which, to leave all )(none aside, it M. jAelt important. Think of the hundreds of bachelors, who have gone out to the almost boundless prairies,and are scattered in all directions from the United States boundary lines for 150 miles northward, and from the Red river westward to Moose Jaw or even farther, In many cases they have taken up land and are struggling on alone,and many of them do not speak to a human being much oftener than once a week. As a consequence they must put in a miserable time of it; is many respects. According to reliable reports the country is deigned sonic day to be rich and powerful, and it appears to me that those, who now go to these prairies "boundless and beautiful" to become the wives of thew gentlemen, many of them brave and persevering, must bring com- fort to the wretched, greater happiness to themselves and contribute their due share to the future glory of the North West. Second speech by Miss—:I agree with the previous speaker's remarks, but while she has spoken of supplying these gentlemen with wives, she has left un- answered the question of how all this can be done. It 1. usually a great deal easier to advance theories than carry them into practice. A plan advatad ley some of the bachelors themselves was to establish an agency in Winnipeg, say, and sup- ply t'... want. What' ship us out pretty much as a drover does hie stook, send word, I suppose, to these gentlemen that we would arrive on a certain day, knock us down, to the highest bidder. Are human beings tube thusb,ught and sold on this, our free soil of the DOmin- iou. Are we to be bartered even to bring comfort to the wretched I have no objections to going to the North West but do most seriously objets to being pawned off in this way. My sentiment,' are that we must be wowed and won fiat. The'bachelors must court us, not we them. They must themsslres remedy the evil. Third apse& by Mina—:I have list- ened with a good deal of pleasure to the remarks of the previous speakers, and, as I think that I "can stand the mo.- quetoes in summer, 40° below zero in wiuter,and have a compassionate heart," I hope that I shall not be considered an intruder when I say that I am not anxi- ous to go to the North West, much lees to get married to any of the lonely bach- elors who have strayed so far away from home. There are lots of young meq left yet, just as good looking and just as clev- er,and who will I guess want to get mar- ried by and by. Ontario in my epenion is a better place to lire in than the North West. It has nearly all the ad- vantages and not so many of the disad- vantages of the prairies with all their fertility. Anyway, is marriage the "be all and end a11" of our existence here, the only "consummation devoutly to be wished" for? Is this the only sphere in which it woman may be useful 1 It ap- pears to me that we maya000mplish just as much good in a hunred and one dif- ferent ways, live just as happily, and die as much respected by remaining single as getting married. Year of !'wade r f ltseras- (kcasionally we read of deaths from fright at a thunder storm and sometimes of deaths from lightning sitrokes. It is a fact that many persons have a nervous dread of thunder, whileothers are equal- ly afraid of lightning. Yet reason tells ns that the chance of being killed by lightning is so minute as to be hardly appreciable. Statistics show that twenty times as many people are drowned as ars killed by lightning, twelve times as many commit suicide. and at least twice as many are murdered. It is not gener- ally kept in mind that it 1. dangerous to take refuge beneath a tree cr carry an unbrella in a thunder storm. The dread of thunder and lightning online* from habit rather than anything else, and may be overcome by the exercise of will pow- er. It is often said that lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but the hots appear to he the other way, at least ea far as human beings are concerned, persons who have o sae been .truck being in grater danger than those who have never had that unpleasant experience. tilt Jeha's Dyspepsia. ktaes. ( int, .Jnne 16. --Sir Juha A. Macdonald, has been confined to his room by dyspepsia ler the last few days. II is underwtond that Sir, John's ',stens is frequently unable to take solid nour ishment, owing t., the dieowgantaation of the coating of his stomach, and that he is sustained by liquor fond for days to- gether. _ a Wewlseral tram. New York, June 18. The new iron steamer Pilgrim. of the Fall river li*ai. the largest of her class in the word, 344 feet in length, fire proof, unsinkable, having adouble hull, or is a ship within a ship, lighted by electricity, aryl is cap- able of making twenty mike an hour. T. tsreelle so.r.M 111114 earls t.re.0 'Crewberrle. ate.s.l t'Irrttfht fiaerry msf - It♦pies reensitte H. It. *Written(1-'runt Ius al. 0>• A. Micl). _thaw) H'ith favorable seatber fur uei$uriug, and proper precauta.w against trio bust of iu.w t enocuies, the fruit crop of this season will lie abundant and quality ex- cellent. St,etrberrie.s sill be of large alio as well as an unusually large crop. The many shower hate supplied the moisture su mimosa�y w produoe large terries. The cut -worm has dome route daunagu its a few patches,, but altogether has nut diens material datnage se far aa the general crop is concerned. The crown borer is attacking plana in s ,uta of the old plots. l urrtlltta on 1 (:.,.,arrrn•.ta will be fully up to the average of other years iu crop. The ouwmun currant worm which atiat.. a the Houghton and Downing g .useberries first is out in full force,but ttrowera easi- ly annihilate the pest by dusting the bushes early 111 tl a morning with fine ashes or flour and white helleb,:ru, or by sprinkliug with water and hellebore. As a rule however .rowers de not use the poison until the worn is seuu. This is a mistake. If weather is dry the mixture in one form or the other should be ap- plied as 10011 as the young 'wives are suf- ficiently expanded to carry the applica- tion. By appl, ing tbua early it will be found effectual in satire foliage as well as the trouble of mere treelueut after ap- plications of the poison. Cherries up to a week ago, gate promise of the largest crop we have seen here, but the rot has fairly set in, and it is hard to say what the crop may he now. 1 have observed the difference in attack upon varieties. The Elkhorn and Black Eagle appear already to be a total loss. May Duke, Renie Hortense, Napoleon, Biggarreau are comparatively f ree as yet, especially the Duke, which I may say is safe yet. Plunti.-)For wary years this crop hat been a failure on account of the attack of the curoulio. Many remedies had been tried by growers until at last all hope failed of saving a crop. For the past three yyears among other experiments 1 tried Palls green. I aucceeded in saving a full crop. Not feeling certain, how• ever, that the Paris green actually killed the ped, I have advised growers in every section of the province to give it a thorough test this season. I find it is being used extensively aced we will soon be in's position to 'tiay what the results tire. The prospects thus far are that we may have a good crop in this section where the poison is regularly and pro- perly applied. I have received many reports from parties testing the Paris green, and they say that no sign of the effect of the curculio has yet heel} seen, whereas in orchards where it hes not been aced abundant evidence is easily seen of the presence of the " little Turk." I hope this may really Prove an elfectaal remedy; a few weeks will prove it one way or the other. I may say to growers that it should be followed up for a couple of ',eke' yet at least. In ap- plying the mixture care should be taken to mix the green well in a cup with is little water first, a dessert spoonful of green is enough for a common pail of water. This quantity will dose four to au trees according to size. The applica- tion should be repeated always after a rain storm. In fine weather three ap- plications would be sufficient in the sea - Ma. Grapes are heavier 111 tloom than I have seen them for )sari, and if they set fruit perfectly some thinning out should be done. Peaches bloomed heavily and fruit set well, but the crop will nut be very large for this section owing to the fact of so many trees being injured the past two ears. The curled leaf is very preva- lent this season in the peach. Pears give promise of a large yield, althougb some varieties have tot set fruit in proportion to the usual yield compar- ed with bloom. Apples promise a good crop although they appear to vary a good deal in some sections. The R. I. Greening appears to be bearing heavilyin this immediate vicinity and the py generally light. The twig borer is more destructive this season than I have seen it before and the leaf roller is also plentiful. As soon as the young apple is fairly formed if grow- er would sprinkle the trees with a solu- tion of Paris green and water, a dessert spoonful of Paris [preen to • pail of water I believe the codling moth would be got rid of, and a full crop of clean market- able fruit secured. A light sowing of salt in the soil will also aid in giving the fruit a tougher skin and better oolor,and thus prove more valuable for export. rpon the whole I look hopefully and with much interest to the fruit crop of 1883. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. Oar 111 neared and itigfaty.eIa Children t rw.aed to Semliki I■ a. aaa111► waive *erring'. Detail.. Loudon, June 17. Lest moiling there occurred in Suuderlalad in the county et Durham, a calamity, the horror ut which has sicken 1 the heartthe entire uatam:, Otte hundred and eigh y inuooent 14µw cues have been hurri to the grate Li au agonizing and horribly cruel dulilb. The details as they have reached hareem as follows : Victoria hall is a largo 1.114,''- it4 uu ono of the [Pain etre. to in Uurh i1:. On Saturday it was hired by an itiurt:Int conjurer for a children's entertainment. Special inducements iu the wry .d prizes were offered, and as a Irautt rover.tl thousand tittle oues,the majority of then root older than twelve,atteuded the show. 'fhe prizes were to be distriliuted utter the entertainment war over. When tnu curtain was rung down th to childiet who were un the body of the hall tiled out to safety. There were, however, a's out one thousand two hundred in the itallery the unit of ahich consisted sof only sine d stor. The half of this deer w.is b,ltuil sp that ihtt. Marra* nares. ARRIVED. Satatday - Prop. Quebec, Banda, pas- ssngwts end freight ; prop. Ontario, Du- luth passengers and freight. Sunday -Behr. Jane McLeod, Sarnia, light. Monday -Bahr Theo Voyes, Black River, 908 coal screenings for North American Chemical Co. Wednesday -Prop. Ontario, Sarnia, passengers amid freight ; achr. Enue, Bandusky, coal for Ogilvie & Hutchison. D$PA*tsn. Saturday -Prop. Quebec, passengers and freight. Duluth ; prop. Ontario, pas- sengers and freight, Sarnia, Wednesday Prop ()uteri*, passeng- ers and freight, Duluth. Thursday -Rehr. Theo Vo es, Alpena, Tight ; ache. Jane McLeod, Georgian Bay, salt. STRCCE sr Ltotrrwnta.-On Monday night last the barn of Wm. Kelly, on let No.'13 7th concession, Morris, was strwck'ty lightning and the doors knock- ed off the hinges and smashed Ten or three posts were shivered MA the shoves. les knocked off the woof. There was a quantity of straw in the mow,et the barn never (aught fire_ The building fa insured in the Hawick Insurance Com- pany. Lisburn. The rain storms on Sunday undermin- ed the culvert oar the lake shore read neer the ru01e1100 of 1'. Kelly. Ind it caved 1,. 1'.tr 10 1:110 h.tves to 1., d shy atr,-aut 1!:eeuhert le rebu%R. D11102. Miss Lubv, of Guderioh, was the goat of Mrs on s week, kir,. TCbiiaadthiy has remuved to Lee- buuo. 1'us SieovAI. will be sent to any addles' for thti reuuawder of 1883 for 75 cents. The Ulla. (wetsdrawn here last De- oetn's r (o.r the rein tg ,in our Tay bri 1ge oroming the mill ct k,have been put up. I1 showW h st•e been dune years ago, bit better bite thorn 110I0r. MIUHT BE NO .'Rt'SH when the prizes were being diistrtbuted, each child as it passed out being present ed with a small toy. The children in the gallery seeing the body of the hall empty rushed for the exit in order to be in time when the prizes were being given. All might have been well if both sections of the door had been left open,ltut as it wes the preasure from above and behind drove the children nearest the exit against the walls. The passage leading from the gallery to.the exit was a stairway five o:r ata feet wide. Tho anxiety of tho Tittle ones to gain a prize caused many of them to lose their lives. They were piled ;1p in heaps one on top of the ether. It was not until one of lee janitors of the building heeponed to pass near the exit that he heard the groans and gave a gen- eral alarm. The men in the audience who had not departed hastened to the scene and used their best endeavors to save the children, When finally the liv- ing wore lett away a terrible spectacle re- vealed itself. HEAPS OF CBCffiIP.D AND BLOODY BODIES .were strewed on the stairway and along the gallery near the entrance to it. Su tightly were the victims jammed togeth- er that they had almost tom from the still breathing mans. Every effort was made to save the living,tut it was found impossible to reach thein without tramp- ling on the dead. Those children who were beneath were dead and crushed be- yond recognition. A few, however, still survived, and their moanings and groans could be distinctly heard by the reacuers. When at last the living ones were remov- ed, is was found that over one hundred and eighty-six children had succumbed to the terrible crush. It is impossible to describe the scenes of agony when the parents recognized the mangled belies of their children. ONE MAN LIST FIVE, another three, and there is hardly a house in the whole town of Sunderland which has not some cause to mourn. It is feared that the death -roll will swell peat two hundred, as s, far many child- ren picked up living have since died. The gage in all the principal cities of the country are at half-mast Queen Vic- toria has sent a telegram of condolence to the Mayer of Sunderland, and in all the churches to -day prayers were offered for the little utters so suddenly snatched away, and for their afflicted parents. o The last reports figure up the roll of dead to 051 HUND*gO AND EIGHTY. The blame of this wholesale slaughter has not been fixed as yet, but a commis- sion of incjuiry is to ho appointed, and a searching investigation made. The blame ig•thrown so far on the man who closed one half of the gallery exit door. It is said if assistance had been more prompt- ly rendered when the calamity was first discovered, the list of dead [night have been greatly reduced. The warm weath er which prevailed has caused the corp sea to decompose rapidly, and the result is a tumble stench rising from the mang ped remains. Whin the dead were being removed to -day the scene was like the massacre of the innocents, wothers wail ing over their Istat little ones, and strong men weeping over the inanimate clay which but a few hours before had been their children. Saturday's calamity will never be forgotten. . THE QU'RIIA'S ait.MAOE. Sunderland, June 18. -The private secretary to the Queen telegrsphod the Mayor of Sunderland that Her Majesty direets him to, state that she is terribly shocked at the awful calamity which oocurred at Victoria Hall, Saturday,and her heart bleeds for the sufferings of many bereaved parents. She prays God to support them in their terrible dis- tress -Several children who left the exhibi- tion before the accident state that they saw • man,joet before the rush, partially close the door on the landing on which the disaster took place. It will be rov- ed at the inquest that a man bolted the door a,jar iu order to facilitate the dis- tribution of toys to the children as they left. A box containing toys still stands near the door. THE DEATH KOLL INCREASES. London, June 18. -Several more deaths have occurred among those injur- ed at the time of Saturday night's fatal crush in the Victoria Hall stairway at Sunderland. One hundred and ninety corpses will be buried to -morrow in one treneh, and the military have been or- dered to guard the cemetery and prevent another crush. The number of deaths caused by the calamity has now reached 197. The canna taaasaese wv.e4eae. Then hos hese an over -production of gond. by the oxotton mills and woollen mills, the agouti for which final it diffi- cult to pleas orders for the fill trade. There is great oompstttion in theee'slines, amid the result is that low RFnres have been reached. All sleeper' of Canadian tlsasirfaetursd gond. are being aEseted, and anima things take a turn for the batter, the factories will have to shat down for a while. The market is flood- ed and rather than Barry their goods over to another season, the manufacturers are selling at very low figures 1. this one of the natural effects of the NIP t lIolmuvilla. Mets:a I) .'c clue. Ci'.h:ek are able to be around 14::••I it. Mr. Char. t)isoey l ruu;iot out a fami- ly of those (ialway emigrants and plleed them on tliu Reveille Farm. Thu remains of the late Chas. Livia, also those o1 his Lather and brother which were buried on the hill near here, were removed tc %fie Cliuton Ce:autery last Wednesday. Mr. J. R. Holmes arrived home front Manitoba last Friday. Mr. Stanley, nue day lost week, made a large sale of cattle. The stile am .ant- ed to ttte batlilsen1e sum of $1,125. Mr. Samuel Platt was the purchaser See. ort.i.. A s it sY'r. -A little b..1 about six years of age, son of Mr. Archibald Scott, met with rather a atrium accident on Friday last. He gut psseausion 015 whip and making his way int, the stable made a deed set upon one of the hones. The animal, to show its displeasure of such treatment, kicked, striking the child on the face and cutting his upper lip dear through. The wound, ppbleb 3141•1 •01 s couple of s'itchet, was dressed by s pby sician, and the little fellow is gettiag along splendidly. He stood the piinful operation like a hero, and acar.ely even cried when the doctor was sewing his hp. Had the blow been a little higher, the probabilities are he would have been kill- ed. • Auburn. Miss M. A. Green, of Ingersoll, is on a visit to her relatives. in West Wawa - nosh. Quite a number of our villagers intend going to the temperance demonstration at Benmiller on Saturday next. Our school did not participate in the picnic at Gowrie last Friday. It is ex- pected we will hare one during the last week of the term. Farmers are beginning to grumble at the continual wet weather. Crops are improving greatly, but it is almost im- possible to work turnip ground, &c. Mr. 11amilton Feagan has returned from Algoma and intends to 'pond the summer in bis old home in West Wawa - nosh. "Ham." is looking hale and hearty and gives a ge d account of the Northern country. ACCIDENT. -A serious accident hap- pened our jovial friend John McDonald, on Tuesday last, while after a load 'of lumber. He was engaged in putting on his 1oad, when his team frightened by • cow. started off John grabbed the lines, and was dragged some distaste be- fore he got his horses stopped. The waggon passed over both legs, which are considerable bruised. His back wasalso injured. We hope to see him around in a few days. Iu the meantime the boys, and girls too, will miss him greatly. Colborne. ZION CHURCH T*a-MEETING. - The thunder storm and rain of Monday did not prevent s very large attendance at the tea -meeting held in the pretty bnck B. C. church, known asZion. On Sun- day the church was crowded, when ser- mons were preached by Rev. T. Broad, the former pastor of the crngregation. The tea -meeting was a complete suocess. The ladies of the section had a generous supply of excellent refreshments on hand. and the waiters were active and obliging. After the tea, which was served in the basement, the people ad- journed to the main body of the church to hear the addresses. Rev. T. J. Sa- bine, the pastor, occupied the chair, Rev. Mr. Sanderson was the first speak- er, and delivered a short address on having an aim in life, full of good sug- gestions. Thos. McGiilicuddy, of Gode- rich, followed, in a half-hour's address to the people and pastor, pointing out mutual relations of each, and elan the relations of the church to those outside of her. Rev. T. Broad mare some good advice all around in a speech on the elements of a succesaful congrega- tion, nocupying one hour. He also paid a touching farewell to his old friends, ere he left f.:r Texas, to seek a restora- tion to health. The choir sang a num- ber of anthems and hymns in a moat commendable manner,'and gives promise of being one of the beet in the county. The choir has neon oioanized only three months. The reooipts of the tea -meet- ing, etc., in favor of th• organ fund, amounted to *82.75, eleanng off the debt on the organ, and leaving • surplus of $12.75 for the Sunday school. An additional !8 wan realized by a social nn Tuesday, at which the Sunday school children had free admittance. Zion church is oat of debt on both bedding and organ, has a surplus in its Sunday school fund, and is in a position to pay its pastor's salary promptly. The proprietor of a Detroit newspaper lottery scheme was receatly fined at Tor- onto, and was threatened pro.oentiofl in Michigan if w went on with his lotttaerry. Rsing thus closed nut of both Canada and Michigan, he bit upon the ethane of chartering • steamboat, upon whish he embarked his tickets, wheels, onmmittssie, referees, and bottle -holden, endue sail for Lke Erie, upas the bosom of whirh wasovwtretch the strewing rams oti last Wednesday. The authorities will have some difficulty in determining on which ode of the imaginary boundary lone the drawing took Platte