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VOL. IIT.
EXETER, ONTARIO,' THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27 1890,
NO. 143
The Mo!sons Bank.
(Chartered by Parliament, 1855.)
Paid upCapital.. , , , .. $2,000,000.
Rest Fnd... ... 1,000,000,
(lead office Montreal,
F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, Esq.,
GEN URAL MANAGER.
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Exeter, Jan 28, '8S, Manager.
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Church Die eatery.
TuIVITT MEMORIAL CityncE.--Rev. S. F.
Robinson. Rector. Sunday Services,. 11 a. nt,
and i p.m• Sabbatit School, 2.30 p. m.
METuo1.1ST Cntrncu- .Tames-st., Rev. B.
Clement, Pastor. Sunday S,. vices10.30 a.m.
and 6.3J p.m. Sabbath Sehoel, p
AIAT.t STREET -Rev. J. Wilson, Pastor. Sun
clay Services, 050 a. m. and 0.3J l.. in. Sabbath
SehooU 2.301• rn.
Plil.serr1i1t 1A\ Cli nr.cu.-Ileo. W. Martin,
Pastor. Sunday Sere iees,11 a. m. and 3.3 p.
m. Sabbath School, 9.35 a.m.
escofeseseratti cares.
HL. BILLINGS.
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Office over O'Neil's Bank, Exeter, Ontario,
Nitrous Oxide Gas for painless
extraction.
Goes to Lucan every Friday.
H. KINSMAN, DENTIST, L. D. S., ex-
trauts teeth without pain by giving
Vegetable Vapor, or usingthe new
Anaesthetic on the gums. Makes Gold FRU
Tugs and other dental work the best possible.
Goes Zurich
eatuonth.Ese of Mainstt, in e
T B WHITELY, M. D. C. M.. PHYSICIAN
c.J. a and Surgeon. Office and rosidence-
Corner Victoria and Elgin streets, Goderieh,
Ontario.
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R. J. A. ROLLINS. OFFICE -MAIN ST.
:Residence -Corner Andrew and North
Streets, Exeter, Ontario. •
r,,LI� A. AMOS, M.. A., 0.L, 0So S ,I,Glasgow;
1 . i M. 0. P. & S..
O. Ontario;
F,T.t 1. and oGlasgow;
office. editof, Ontario, Night bell 2-S
TNR. COWEN. OFFICE --MAIN STREET,
.A.d • Exeter, upstairs, opposite Contra
Hotel. Side entrance on south --James street
leadingto the Methodist Church.
NVILLIAlg SWEET, VETER-
friary Surgeon. Graduate
Toronto. Veterinary Dentist-
ry a speciality. Office and Re -
„y sidenoeolto block east of Rich.
Pickard's store. Opposite skating rink, Ex-
eter, Ontario.
I. COLLINS, BARRISTER, SOLICIT-
. OR, Conveyatncer, Notary Public.
Office-Sicmwell's ]flock, Exeter, Ontario.
Money to'Loan.
Tg 11. DICXSON, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR
-la. of Supreme, Court, NotttryPublic, Con-
veyancer, Coni missionert &o, Money to loan
Office-Fansons Block, Exeter..
ELLIOT & E LLIOT, BARRISTERS, SOLIC-
itors, Conveyancers, &c. Money to loan
at ii per cent.
B. V. ELLIOT. • J. ELLIOT
TAMES ORE, Exeter, Ontario, Licensed
U Auctioneer for the 'County of Huron.
Sales
aiSrti.on
uartteed, Sales arranged e this offce
p' 13ROW:T �Vira helsea. eased Auct-
Ad lonocrjortlteCounties of Porth and
Middlesex, also for the township of Usborno.
Sales promptly attended. to and terms reason
ble. Sales arranged at Post offfce,Winchelsa
.�iq ,BO$STNBERiiY, Milian Ontario. Lie-. eased Auctioneer for the Coaintys o
Huron and Perth. Charges moderate and
satisfaction guaranteed.
TXT HOLT, lihiva,Ontario. Licensed mutt=
VV . ion eer for the Counties of Middlesex
and Larnbtoia, and' the townships of Stephen
and Hay All sales promptly attended to.
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Zurich,
Cattle buyers from Exeter were in
town this week.
The narriage of Miss S. Merrier to
M>, Eilber, of Dashwood, took place on
Tuesday. We, hear, of something else
in this line bat will report further on,
ZURICH, PAST ANA PRESENT. -(Con-
tilnied),-On the gouthern side of Main
street, directly opposite Victoria street,
stands one of the oldest business houses
in this village. We refer to the old
and reliable stand of Mr. Daniel Stein-
bach, He began his business career
as apprentice in the store of Mr. Free-
man, of Exeter. After serving his time
there be was promoted to the manage
moat of ItTr. Freeman's branch' store in
Zurich. Next followed two years of
successful business daring which time
he worked very hard and long. We
have heard hire say that after working
hares all day he has driven to. Exeter
for a fresh supply of goods ie. order to
supply the wants of his customers. The
next step was to buy out the stand and
begin business in his own name. He
consequently began business in 1870,
two years after first coming to Zurich.
The, building in which the business was
carried on stood in the same place as
where the store no lV stands, in fact it
was part of the same building, but
since that time has been reunodeled
and greatly enlarged. As time rolled
on it became necessary to enlarge, incl
consequently. -has built an addition of
some forty feet to the back of the old
building. in 1875 it became necessary
to open out auothrr branch of business
and. as a result, a tin and hardware
department was edclecl, but this time in
a separate builtding. In 1531 this
business was disposed of to Mr. Boswell,
who successfully conducted it until his
departure. Sinned the principal clerks
employed by Mr. S. were Mr. Merrier,
new farmer on the Bronson =Line; Mr.
Edmund Zellee, of M. Zeller & Son,
hardware merchants, of this place; ilir,
Dan Dyer, who was in \,ir. S's. employ
for upwards of eight year's but is now
editor of the Parnesville (Minn.)1\reus;
Mr.I)a.vid Kercher, now professor of
Greek and Latin in Baltimore, Md ; Mr.
Jonathan Merrier. of the firm of J. S: E
Merrier, of this village..- The store is
ably conducted at present by the pro-
prietor, assisted by his' sou,•,..Mr. R.
Steinbach, and Mr. Aclaun Foseald, ap-
prentice. A full general stock is kept
on hand from a needle to a silk gown;
hardware, boots & shoes, patent medi-
cines, books, stationery, dry ;fluids,
groceries, etc., etc. As good a general
stock as any business house in the
county of Huron. As a business 1nan.
Mr. Steinbach has been successful, not
only in a personal point of view, but in
a more general Sense, in helping to
build up the village and raise into the
important position that it now holds.
among the villages of Western Ontario.
': `c'Ga1Tivray.
Mr. J. Gilbert lost a horse the other day.
Ile was driving in the bush when the horse
got its foot fast in some way and fell over
,anti broke its leg and had to be shot.
Mr. 'Wiliiam Scott, IGth cots., had the
mishap to cut his foot but he wilt soon be
out again.
Messrs, Thos.. Kelly, Robt. Bryritnn and
Joe Robinson intend to start for Manitoba
about the first of March.'
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are enway.
Mrs. D. Brophy is away visiting friends
at Ailsa Craig.
Mrs. Geo. Belt is very sick, and Mr.
Jepheth Turner and Mrs. A. McWiipon,
who have been very sick,' are improving
fast.
Mr. D. Brophy arrived ho:nefrom'London
Thursday with his new /4 -horse -power
engine. It is . one of the best made by
11Iessrs. White &.Co., of London.
It Is with feelings of deep sorrow that we
have to record the death our'ntei„'hbor-,Mary
Hickey, wife of Wm. Hickey, who died very
suddenly last Sabbath 'morning, at the 'age
of 65 years. 'The remains were kept until
Wednesday awaiting the arrival of her sons
and dauehtera from Fairgrove, Mich, The
family have the heartfelt sympathy of all.
•
One by one the pioneers of this place are
falling or being removed. On,1Vednesday,
"Feb. Ixth, Mrs. Belling, wife ofMr. John
Belling, was called to Meet her reward, in
the gosh) ear of her age. The funeral ser-
vice was held in the Boston Methorllet
church, by Lev. Mr. Stables, who preached
a powerful and instructive sermon from
Luke IX,3o-3r. Iris words to the mourners
and friends assembled were very consoling..
The remains were interred in the Delaney
cemetery jet await the glorious resurrection.
May husband and wife and chIIdl'en all
meet tts bac family, ilt (rod's right hand,
Bayfield,
The skating rink is a failure this
.
year, not enough tee.
The Bayfield Royal Templars of
Temperance ate gaining very fast
hero., they added eleven to their num
her last meetin
Benjamin Higgins, assessor for the
village, has been laid up by a serious
attack of la grippe but is now better.
Professor Brush with his educated
horses wee in the . village Saturday.
IIo is getting upa school for the put,
getting p
pee of teaching n how e teaching pt.iso s i ow to min-
age hoi'9CS,
Mr. J, 0. Kalbiiiescli visited this vil-
lage last week with the view of getting
the roller millstarted here, • There is
a law suit Oanding. trying to quash
the by-law Wrnntiug the henna
The, Rev, Geo, Jameison, who died.
here recently, of is grippe, was past
councillor of Bayfield Council, R. T. of
Temperance, and• was buried under
their auspices. The Order will miss
bind very nuch.-•.Nere,s Record:
l[t�.ii)Ilon,
One of the great events of tite sea-
son so far as Nippon and viciuity is
coneerncd,occurrcd all Frida.y 21st Feb-
ruary. This was nothing lessthan a
wood bee on the farm of Mr. Wm. Doig,
our popular sellout teacher, which was
followed in the ()yelling by a grand
prononade. • In the afternoon about
fifty then 1'epared to the woods,. where
they worked with a will, and eat dip a
good quantity of wood,. In the evening
the young linen went after their sweet
hearts, and there returned with these
many other young 112e11 With their sweet
hearts which made up 4nuueber' of
about one hrrucl.recd and fifty, and all
seoined bent on cujilying themselves.
Nothing oeenrecl to tear the -pleasure of
the pasty. 'They Continued to trip:the
light fautisticuntil the "wee sant hours'
of th 1 ut,nnia:g .Nr hen al1 u'et.t Born::
fc'eliu.g they had Sp lit an enjoyable
time:
laTcLl'i iL~
Mr. al -d 'Jrs. George Stewart and
family, era visiting friends in London
township at present. r
Rev. Mr. Hughes, of Listowcl,preach-
ed a missionary sermon in St. John's
church on Sunday evening.
On Friday es eating 28th the Method-
ist Outsell choir swill hold a social at
the residence of Mr. Joseph Morrow,
merchant. A cordial levitation is ex-
tended to all to attend.
Mr. Wm. Ratllwell, of the Goshen
Line, v. ho has been very ill for
some time. 18,- we are pleased to
state, improving, aitd We hope soon to
hear of hie complete restoration to
health.
The social held at Mr. Wiley':, Parr
Line, on Friday evening, was a success
1n every y i a -. Tea was served in the
earl' part of the evening, after which
a lengthy programme was produced,
consisting; of vocal and instrumental
music, readings, recitations,etc. Goocl
order was maintained throughout the
evening and all present enjoyed them-
selves. Proceeds of the evening $15.00'.
-News Record.
111t, Carmel.
We noticed the genial countenance
of:illr. D. J. Coughlin in our midst • on
Sunday.
Mr. T. Coughlin, M. P.,now attending
the session of Parliament in Ottawa,
pail a brief visit to his family this
week.
The question "Have you had La
Grippe?" is almost a thing of the past,
as almost all the sufferers arequite well
again.
bliss Minnie Robinson' who Lias been
spending. a few weeks in Lbndon, hes
returned home looking much better for
her visit.
Quite a number of ottr neighbors are
drawing brick so as to be ready for
building when the season opens. This
does not look much like hard times.
Itir. L Flannigan, formerly of this
place, is visiting friends here at tires-
eat. He looks as if his residence under
Uncle Sam's domain agrees with him.
Our worthy pastor, Father Kealy and
the Mount Carmel choir arc doing . all
in their. power to snake the concert
which is to tale place on the evening
of the 17th 'of March, a success. ' We
understand that a celebrated lecturei
will be present, consequently we ex-
pect a full house.
Dashwood,
(To late forlast week)
Mr. IIardir g is the'father of a boun-
cing. baby boy.
Messrs Cook and Witzel shipped a
carload of flax last week.
A number of our business men at-
tended court at Zurich on Wednesday.
Mr, T. Kibler. of Zurich, was the
guest of Mr. J. Kellerman on Sunday.
Messrs Lids and Fiartleib, have en-
gaged a first class miller. He hails
from the city of Stratford.
Mr. H. La Kieft, has purchased ' the
farm of Mr. Christopher Willett for the
sum of $3,600. This is considered a
cheap fa rm.'
Mrs. Fenn, who has been visiting
friends in Stratford, has returned home while again. Mike had tol:Cep'�liateh
she was absent.
A very enjoyable party took lace
p
tat the residence of ;11r, Wm, Spell's one
evening recently, There Was as a large
number present from Zurich,
II[ea>tstall,
Miss Alice Copp, o£.Seaforth, is visit-
ing friends and relatives in town.
Mr Win, Colwell, carriage maker, is
fitting up the front shop, for a show
room,
Messrs Wm. Daw and Ed. Morrison,
of the Neieth, spent a few days in town
last week
Mr. Robs Bengougb, who has been
living at Zurich for sometime, has re-
moved to this'place,
Mr. John McClinnont, who met with
a serious accident while coupling cars
here, is fast improving.
Mr. Aaron Shcrritt, brother of Mr, J.
Sherritt, of Stephen, arrived homed from
Dakota, en Saturday hist.
Mr. Jas Berry, of this place, intends
leaving here in a few weeks, he intends
to; remove near Clinton on a farm.
'Mn George Sutherland, post master
of this pltice, paid Exeter a flying Visit
on Monday last. George is a hustler.
Our grafin buyers aro busy purchas-
ing all huts of grain for shipment, for
which they are paying the highest
market prices.
`itli Chas:. Beene, of this place is attend
ing school at present. We presume he
intends going into the Cool: -lug busin-
ess -next spying
Mr. J Ear:. Sr., who has peen living'
in this pace for sometime past has sold
his premises to his son John and intends
removing to his farm near Chiselhurst,
The preltrietor of the Mansion. 'House
having refitted the above named house
and remaciled it; thoroughly, Which
make's it one of the best equipped. Ho-
tels in the county.
On Monday evening last the sacret
concert held under the auspices of the
Young Potpies Improvement Society
in the Prosbyteriau church was a
grand success.
The C.ir,adlen -bred trotting stallion Am-
bur, by ()tear Grit, fermerly owned by Mr. P.
J.Pliny, ofBrantford, stands at the hi.hast
fee a:fany of the stallions owned by tlie Ital-
ian Government, which pails 53.500 for him
iitGermanwlast year. -Ex. Amber F., owrn-
ed,bv lir. T. lilur.tock, of Hensall. is son of
Amber, and is one of the best stallions in
Canada. Ste will stand at Murdock's stables
during the coming season.
A greed tea meeting entertainment
under the auspices of St. Paul's church,
will be ' held . in Coxworth Hall, oh
Thursday eves -deg. March Cth- This
promises to be at first class entertain-
ment as Miss Matheson, of Lucas), has
been secured to give an exhibition of
club swinging. 'This attraction alone
will be well worth the price of admisiou.
Achnission to tea and entertainment 25
cts; children 15 Cts. All should wait and
"take in" the concert of the season.
I3id1ci111 1ph.
Mr. F. Ii, Neil has purchased of Mr.
Colohoun, of Hibbert, a fine imported
Clydesdale mare, which will be an ac-
gltisition to his already fine lot of breed
mares.
We regret to announce the death of
Mrs. Bridget Toohey, oneofthe early
pioneers of this township. The
deceased was 84 years of age at the
time of her death. She was buried
from the residence of her son-in-law,
-.Mr. ,Thomas Morkill,Biddulph, on Thur -
day.
----ter--
Crediton.
iiiiss Smith, of Elimvillc,is visiting at
Mr. Wm. Lewis'
Rev. Mr. Redmond preached in Par -
hill on Sunday.
Mr. Charles Eilber was married on
Tuesday to Miss Merner of Zurich.
Mr. Charles Gibbs, of Parkhill, was
the, guest of Mr. C. Zw iler,ou Sunday.
Ott- 'hetet keepers have been forced
to procure ice from Exeter for next
summer's consuhption.
Rev Wm. Forci, of Parkhill, preached
ver'y .acceptably in the Methodist
church,'Sunday evening.
Inspector Tom examined the school
on Tuesday, He expressed great satte
isfactien a the condition of the. school.
A largo number of the parents were
present:
Centralia,.
CiVliss Marshall has returned to Forest.
Miss Rodgers, of London, is visiting'
Mrs. A. Knox.
Miss Southcott, of Exeter, is the guest
Of Mrs. Jas. Ole.
Mr. W. Craig, of Orediton, was in
town last week.
Our Hotel keepers are getting in
in their supply of Ice,
Mr, William Carroll was visiting at
the Royal last week.
Thos. Neil was visiting at Mr. Wrn.
Lewis', Adage, on Sunday.
Miss Smith, of Crediton, is the guest
of Mrs. Jacob Brown at present
Miss M. Beaver, of Crediton, was the
guest of Mrs, G. Essay last week.
Mr and Mrs. W Verity, of Exeter,
paidonsl.
our town a visit Suttdy
Mrs. Writ, Henderson,. of London, was
the, guest of Mrs. A. Knox on Sunday.
The, Misses Rollins and Miss Neil t left
left
evening .,r
Centralia ou Monday evenlnn for the
cit f'd
Most of the bark has been shipped,
all of which has been hautd on wagons;
Our town is increasing in population.
Several little strangers arrived last
we,elc. -
Spring must be close at hand, as
robins and erows have been seen in
this vicinity.
Mr. Joshua Hj}xtable moves into
town and Mr. J. Kennedy moves out
this week.
John pays his weekly visits as usual
to the drab frame house on the 2nd
concession.
Mr., J J. Lewis, of Adare, was in
town on Thursday,attendiug the S. S.
convention.
Mr, Windsor is selling' Stanley's
travels. They consist of extracts from
old .newspapers.
'Messrs, Beaver & Sheardon have
taken possession of the blacksmith shop
recently vacated by Mr. Thos. Hand-
ford.
Messrs. Neil & Davis aro busily en-
gaged this week in,taking out timber
for the neer frank barn of Mr. Richard
Hunter, which they, will erect in the
Spring.
Tile. Sabbath School Convention was
held here on Thursday. The church
was crowded to overflowing at all
throe sessions. The different questions
that were brought up were ably dis-
cussed by the different ones who took
part.
Mr. C. W. Smith having made ar-
rang'ements to run the Centralia
cheese factory during the corning sea-
son wishes to notify the patrons and
others that the factory will be operated
to its fullest capacity,and all who wish
to become patrons will be dealt with in
an honorable way. All information de
sired will be cheerfully given on appli
cation. Soliciting your patronage, I
am yours truly.
C. W. Smith.
Mr. Richard Neil held a wood bee on
Monday and got about twenty-five
cords of woos. sawed. Arthur and Prof.
Elston were present,. The professor
never changed hie clothing from the
day previous, but worked like a man.
The work being somewhat new for the
prof. his hands got badly blistered.
Billy Olce was also among the number,.
and big Wes Huston'came along in the
middle of the nfteruoon, such as all
Ina- well, it is hardly worth men-
tioning this fact.
Farquhar.
Muddy roads at present.
Mr. E. Williams, is on the sick list.
Mr. Walter Gardner, is nt present
seriously ill with Irrflamation.
Mr. Andrew Canipbeli, who has been
confined. to his house for some time
with catarrh on the lungs, we are
glad to learn is recovering.
Mr. Robs, Coward, has purchased the.
farm property letely owned by the late
Mrs Ann Cottle ,for the Snrn of $4,300.
This is a cln'np farm, as itis one of tate
best farms in the township.
The concert in connection with and
under the anspices,of the Foresters of
this place, on - Friday evening ' last;
was a grand success. The hall was
full to overfiowing,and the music,sing-
ing and dialogues were of the first or-
der apes Well rendered. Too much
praise cannot be, given to the commit-
tee,for the. excellent style in which the
programmewascarried out. The pro
coeds amounted to over 530. ,
A Tug D1 own Up,
M0BILE,Ala., Feb. 22. -The tugboat
Flora D. blew up yesterday in Mobile River
twenty-five miles above the city- The vessel
had stopped for repairs to the engine, and
the captain was on the bank putting on a
hewser when the boiler exploded with a trr-
rible report, and the boat was blown almost
to pieces and sank immediately. Engineer
'Grimsiey and his son were killed. The
colored cook was also killed. Pilot Romell
"Vas badly cut about the head and is in the
hospital. Captain Hall was slightly injured.
The Arizona Deluge
PiRESCOTT, Ariz., Feb. 26. --The worst
fears in regard to the Walnut Grove
disaster are realized. Two prospectors
who arrived from the upper dam say
about 1 o'clock on Saturday morning
the dam brokc,the water rushing down
the narrow canyon in a solid body 80
feet, high. One man was rescued from
the top of a, tree. The immense body
of water one and a half Miles square
and CO feet deep, was emptied in ate
hour. They were told that up to Sat-
urday evening 20 bodies had beet° re-
covered. The survivors were in the
greatest dcstituttou, having neither
previsionea-Mr clothing. The camp of
workmen engaged in building a flume
has*not been heard from, audit is fear
ed all are lost,
St. Georl'e Accident.
Tot•on'o, Feb. 26. --At the St. George
accident telal yesterday the evidence of
Chief Er g neer Hobson was completed, and
he was fol oWLd by Watt, Crawford, to em-
1oye of his depal'trr.Snt. Crawford is bridge
1
inspector of the Eastern: Division, which
tidledcs th St. George b ldge, He gave
an account of repairs made .on the bridge
some time prior to the accident. These in-
cluded 5o needle beams at one time and 20
at another, Needle beams on a bridge cor-
respond with ties on a track on a roadbed..
He believed the ironwork of the bridge was
in perfect condition. Having built about
7,00o feet ofiron bridging he could judge.
The floor part of the bridge was nextinquir.
ed into, and this the witness considered
"quite equal to or superior to the others."
The question of negligence was then referred
to, and the witness said when Hall got there
in February he (the witness) considered the
bridge to be in perfect repair. He believed
there were 110 defective beams, and consider-
ed his inspection sufficient, He believed.
that every beam that should have been taken
out was taken out.
Mr, Blackstock began his cross.examin-.
ation, In answer to questions witness etdd
he noticed no dccey an any of the timbe's of
the bridge after the accident. The exhibit
34 had been on some bridge; either that or
on some culvert, Ile would not swear that
it had not been on the St. George bridge. It
was too short. It plight not have been 'on
any of the, company's bridges at. all, The
portious of needle bea Ts produced as ex-
hibits, and in regard to which he. had used
the words "trash" and ' rubbish," he be-
lieved had not been in the bridge.
B .enheinr:'s Mysiery Un-•
raveled.
Patnnrrole, Feb, 26, -Information
has been recievcd here that a man: an-
swering exactly to the description of
•the man found murdered, had"•
been employed as a coachman for
Mr. Yates, of Brantford, and a constable •
was dispatched with the dcee'lsed's
clothes aud.the cigar case with the '
name of. "1''. C. Benwell" written there•
ou,for Brantford, to be submitted to --
Mr. Yates for iclentlfic.atieu. The the-
ory that the murdered man Met his.
death iti a house of. prostitution
firmly held by mans- people, who claira
that the fact that the absence of blood.
marks on his clothes would indicate
that he was undressed when the mur-
der was commented,antl. wasefterwards
dressed, taken away and depeeited .lu.
the swamp where he was found. This
idea is supportedby the fact that the
name marls on his clothes were cut
out with is pair of scissors, which:
would be accessible in a house, but'
which a murderer would not be
likely to c^.11:y
The opinion prevails stere that the
face was shaved after death.: it 'that
was the case medical men state that at
second growth of hair will appear be-
fore, the bode rs interred. Government
Detective Murray is at work on the
case. At the inquest Drs. Taylor and
Staples,gave their testimony as to the .
cause of death, which they said would
probably' be instantaneous and not
much blood would be expected to flow•
from the wounds, The shot Was fired
by some one other than deceased.. Geo
Fowler, of Drumbo, said be thought he •
says and spoke to deceased in Water-
ford a year ago last fall; thought he
was a jeweler), peddler.
BritisIa Grain Trade,
The Mark Lane Express, in its weekly
review of the British grain trade, says Eng-
lisle wheats are rather firmer. The sales of
English wll'ats during the pasfweek were
76,827 quarters, at ags. gd, akaipst6, z
quarters at 2gs 5d duiing the corresponding
week last year. Flour is steady, though
the demand is small. Foreign wheats are
firm at a general fractional advance• Corn
is falling under continued heavy shipments
from America. The average decline is 3d.
Barley is 6d. hillier. Oats arc 3d higher.;
Beans have dropped 6d. At to -pay's sale
English wheats were held; Russian and
Indian were in seller's favor ; California on
the spot was firm. Flour was slow. Amer -
lean corn was weak. Barley snd oats were
steady. Rape seal declined 6d.
BERTHS
PRou .-In Stephen, on the 28rc1inst..,
the wife of Mr.. S. Prouty, of a son
LANG. -In .Exeter, on hard inst., Mrs'
Robert Lang, of a daua•hter;
GREENWOOD. -Ross. ---At the residence
of the bride's father; Beniniller,
township of Colborne, on the 26th
inst., by the Rev. J, Nostl`e, Mr,
Thomas Greenwood, formerly of
Lumlcy,to Miss Elsie Ross-
-Y 141s. AN»r0s--In Ste lien otn 26th
II c S py ,
inst., by the Rev, S. 1'. Robinson.
assisted by the Rev. E. W.'ughd9
Rector of Listowel, Mr. Johns )Iicla
to Mary Jane, da.nghte.r of John
Senders, Esq. All of Stephen.
Sktirrc,-In New York, on .60. inst.,
Isabella, beloved wife of Mr.. Jas-
Vi1,Smitln, and sister of Mrs, Janes
Stewart, of this plats, aged 56
years.
The Wrong Address: -.Among some
old papers sent to'l Texas jail for the
etttertainmeut of the inmates was the
election, circular of one of the Ioea.I
candidates, One of the prisoners, rvlrll
has been in jail for over a year, looked
at it and said: "Look here, boys, tide
is not intended for us. It is addressed
`To theeo l " at large,' That don't
p.pe l; ,
mean us.'`