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ere eodsellere getlier, and We can.
feel sorry thet ehe fele Of lad
k, tutUit prononneed . failitise•
AP 22No
hope to lie ieble to, spet.tk ieteter ett,
Ciituktiox J ot.a
eiettel thetenext one, ante aa ell these ,thing$
let.;.3 4 tendency Eff 1)Vilig our village
into notice, we hope every. effort will
ue pot 'forth to inat..e decided s
" wa,su't bo itte in day,'
.Ct.5 WYeli preeent large nnm-
ot ever enheeribers Tomes with a
• went of their aceonnts—ethe
00 tvill Send neat \etieln MellY
not aware at whet date enb-
eitpire, and only wait to 'be
so that they iney remit the
--eelee
Rellsesieseeet AR,
.\fuch has been said, anj ninc,h ,hos
done to defeet the scheme of a
.iread through this part. But tho'llat,
nment and petty faults nhich sprring
and wore' used. by' the London ..,4,/.er-
,° to break np that iv`hieli was ana is
e the the 'geed *of the Whele countey
leough Whiclithe read pasees, btit too
doly shoWs' from, what feeling they
re urged.: Even'nOW, 'Whoa the road
under' 'eeeree „of boastructien, 'a
,ing proposed by this religious journal
remarkably strange if such ever
It oula be, the grinder has again efunlin,
he handle of his ergen,'andebe publie
`greeted- 'With 'an 'ade on railways,
heir building, and the results of it. If
er ousense emitted by the
.
nid newspaper 'were of any consc-
ience, we might dismiss the advise-
ility of seeming him a position on the
now road as a brakesman, ae it on-
- showe'the 'feeling of thejournal, and
4 •• - •
every time tt sqUealis emits a political
\Vei'etin 'think it judicial at pre -
ant, ae'it'woold be robbing those who
ore more Wisrthy.
The peed is now under construction.
Tbe G. NV. at first thought it would
faeilitate matters were they to build tho
-teed independent of contrantos, be t they
ound this to be a wrong Stop. Then,
n order to push it through as speedily
!es possible. it was let by them in four
'OCti0118 to three contractors. The first
Iwo sections including fencing, were
int to Mr, 11. At. Steele, of St. J01`31'S
''..Eichign.n. The tWo 'remaining sections
•YeTe given to Messrs. Benbank and
iemith of Lacrosse, Wisponsin. The
'road bed to be ready for the rails by the
!let of August. The whole is to be laid
is-ith steel rails, whioh are now on the
-way from Englaild. Wo may therefore
' look for the rend in completion in time
44r the fall trade. Sonic wonld begin
• .
-to find fault that the Company have al-
,
o wed Americans the privilege of
huilding. Whet folly ! if they can •do
it cheaper than Cenadian finals, allow
them to do so. And, not only this, but
the stanten of the work --the mon wile
it'areof this country. if they wish,
'If the United States if they wish. Ad-
.
vertesements fLTP now in eirenlation
asking for 500 men.
E,I.v2rIff, r .1"0-
4; T171.1rG V? NE.
rlmnlaints keep nonring in tinon ns from
• -,1tc Ilstnrning Officers -who have not heen
seryiet,s the last general elea-
tions in Ontario. Oarcl.tsnll DoputT Tistnrn-
Ti"r Officer writes flint though his duties were
'?1,1,,eliarfted three months ago. and he raid his
.4oil clerk and 0°114;11)1e as soon as thP PiEsetiCalS
over, he has not yet had a sent from the
r;o^ernment. And his case is only that
hf all the Depnty, Returning Officers in the
Ocamtv. Mr. Crioons ona;ht to see that all
for 9aoh complaints tyre removed at
'
• Why" that's nothing. We had an
election for the•Dominion 'Parliament
ne bore in Sonth Huron about fifteen
months ago-4.0-er rertners axe a -were
that Mr. M. C . Cameron, by reason of
obtaining more Votes than his op-
..
portent., Me. Greenway, wee declared
io be the favored candidnte and 'took
his seat. An idea prevailed flint the
matter of his election was not so thor-
nughly sonnet as it shoold be, and a pre-
.
test entered against' bee retmen The
resalt of this protst linown to. every-
,
-ime. The sheriff of Huron sent us en
selyertisement. with instriectioes te 5n-
sert twice. The nelvertisement con-
,
• enirted notice of protest, sme date of
Aceerding to instructions it was
anserted, and busin ess -1 Ike we forwarreed
bill asking fer payment. Any hustnees
man &principle won ve iemitted
the amount, but Pet SO With ihe Shor-
t
iff. tn. net Say the Shereffett present
'for he it was who ordered the wort -
done, andhe WaS to Whom' we rupPli-
for payment. His reply to ns savor-
'sorneWlitte of the irrespo-nsible,
We were' told that Me. Fisurnter, the
:Minister of, Justice had the ma ter in
his leends, and that he (the. sheriff)
would, write to him about it. Well, to
this day, we ltave net had &particle of
instice remit. the:t minister, , end, if be
ereate Mit' teller in the same manner
trente We WI& sympathise with
that individual in his distress.. An
en tweed w oe uprightness is to be
seen in the traiisaettone of the govern-
ment ynt let 11,8 tap the,n, end we find
fheir minieter " rotten to:the..cOre." If
Oise acemint len't settled soon 'Ye well
take into considerntion tem snbject.
reesolvecIe " Thee eveey availayle meelfs
Ise taken to 'hoist it "greeerneeent 'that
I'von't pay the printers."
trtl.ii T7 lb E
This; peonle of Loudon want to sel
their park whde thoee of Goderiel
want to bey otte, , Why not the latter
buy out the former.
S -A -O tie fo.
The lIengliell lenguage is now receive
ing 34(0/1 a ormilation, and men of re,
.3lown'know their worth. The leading
•articles in some eountry papers arki
those of slrolling mat elms,
- ,
Toe L0114211 Veiq iser, otherwise cal-
led the "-only religious" etc., contain,
ed tni article a few days ago, on the.
plan of operations adopted by three
card wont° individuals. • \Vito should
know more theroughly e
A GOnelltielf peper last Week said,
" Boys are going around teen bare-
footed --e sine sign of spring." What's
that, egain !
Tire Star of last weelc says ,in
article on Goderich as a plaee of resid-
mare, that it " enjoys the breezes Of
Lake Huron." That iteciounts probably
,for.the 110W raging between the
Star and Signal edit ors, '
40..••••mmomomsenewo.
TIM Mall who said " youdceep
your ros'y complexion, 10yeer thick soled
shoes," is aeltecttoenterview the Clinton
lady, who says yrunelfe mew+
hurt her feet, ane who keeps a box of
paint in her dressing -room,
AND Goacrich blows itbout the way
its people swallow Carliug'e ale. AI -
fleck Gough ! climb around and see
those people.
l'e . I
ThE viscid uncrytalliz ed album en
otherwise: called sacchaeind 'fluid or
inspissated decoction of the lofty maple,
has not this year performedie the sat-
isfactory manner of by -gone days the
duty devolying upon it of flowing en
teinterruptable torrent from the bosom
of its forest mother, and dins we have
no maple molasses. Where's the next
gelling match ?
TUE Brussels editor says "Now the
spade, the pitelrfork aud rake see the
light or day." We theught that editor
had only begun to know of his existence.
just see how eettchlyhe owns upn- Oen
lie mean a garden rake, think...you ?
SPRINO SlIOWS
mniett Branch, Clinto.u, on 1Ved'sday, April 29
South Hilton, af.1).ruoefield,on 'Wednesday, April
East Huron, nt Brussels, on Tutirsday, April .25
Blansliard, at Nirkton, Thnrsday April 22.
COPIES
of the Teems may be had at any .of the
Beok Stores,Exetereiind N. A. Bos
worth's Drug Store, Lucah. Replete,
with all the general news Of the day,
and crammed. with loted news. Price 5 -
cents per cepy
.
Zader and
TEE ElEE ENGINE.LLIS Mr. Carling's
yard a fit place -for the fire engine ?
THE ADVOCATE, -The Mitchell Adco-
rate is to hand much enlarged and
improVed in. its' aPpearanee. It is
now a 32 column paper, and is nearly
as large as -the
HARE I —eYes ! ite the sound-' of the
hammer and the ring of the troW el we
hear —d last sumnier, we mean that of
'74 'net the one just. east. . '
AlUTEMETIO.—An up town boy has
beeu teaching his dog aritinnetic. He
ties up.one erhis :paivs, and' he Mite
down three and carries one every time.
fitir of fat cattle ell, Titesdety of
lest week was not altogether what we
Shoold lih'o" to have soca it. Tiat,,re
were only a few lettsts on the ground,
kietid' beit• ont brtyer. Thi0 in Stitu den
as yot ii libt a' suceess, hilt it; jva,q 1,a(i
beginning,. 't114 ,i.:8...Erfl; 11:11811 1.1701'1‘
ace trmtyji,,l,..“1.. 1,:liere inay bo sufnel
ont, 'reason why a greeter disploy of
stock was not on tile ground.. Init., We
;1,10 tillable td.grve it. These> fairs are,
it must be iinderatood, quarterly, at.11
triagt not bo allOwed to drop. Tito (Ore
,i)i*Biorit, Itorgits, rit,ryton, Cilifferd and
'4 i ' '
t ler villeges have n,t. last sttracted the
,,
BAD COLD.—The most serious cold
of the season was that which summer
took to her bosom on Thursday last.
11 was " blow ye winds heigh-ho," and
then snowed, you know; and over six
inches 'fell.
No REsr.--Wo.miderstand that dur-
Mg the yast week several persons were
seeking houses to rent, but could find
none. Now, speculators, hoist your
petard, and let -us have some more
dwelling houses. .
SHADE: Troms.—We 'would call the
attention of the Council to the fact
that a number of th e shade trees on
Main sereet have eied. during the past
winter, and wonld it not . be well to
have them re.placed,nnmediately.
GoNit Dowri. -We neglected, to' men-
tion .last :Week that ' fib ce gee: barglars,
kshenbrannery erreeted here
one night last winter for burglarizeng
in Ailsa Craig, were eentenced in Lore:
doil a few clays' since to two' years
the PenifentitiryY- ' '
OMI'SSION.—Last week we omitted to
,make pa`rtecular menthin oe. .the
'i,rteettelon of litiyer's, but not ontll tbey
presisfent thonn,
,
netit.,c,. TOO '0111011 ,cat'inot
or this pLut.to bring,
two year ole and onelyeer olcl bulls
shown b y Mr R., Hunter of USbOrne, th.e:r ear" us fr(lin The evn8 of '80hai0-1L
the Spring tillow here pei trciesaay of To liv'e ag.it -member of' the great white
laelt week, They iustly received much race of Men, the rake thatlmSfilledEu.
000 Milmiligt of
this village., on Moinley lest Fold the 10
MOlethettield. bell (Wit eeRoyel fetilie of
leeeter,"' he ehowee at the •Iexe,
ter Spring Show, to Ar, SWit* ten,
of Ileq, for tbe handsinie `oft $75,
44,4 kw]. been led) Sr. Mein Ireie'
to by elte!sangiNett inan Who ss
toqk „ edvertiseMent (nue the money) .ttallonoun tionwriON.--JanieS ,TroW,
Q alalllO144 Wee fortheoning, ased Lsq, M. P. sent tbe other day by ex
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el}lne dingosied with priuters,lerinters' pro,*$ frotu Ottova, ever hity Yollones.
.
ittl,tgutuo rneu, dittutettdt, aud ei'wlIstillg at the P°11.14'10,1 eitl'atv8)
13,\.sa BALL lfli)eti/1$ WaS g.1:43-sv l'I°c)(13/"J• 11191.,lee Pala 111Q1A1101101;17, Pu,PQrs rePorts 4110 proceed-
'th rule, t 1 " t ings of tire House i,inee Confederation.
1‘101)!ltrtY evenlrig lle i4k. had ,.eeeiyod iIe)tadeuls'eliellienit(.1)1,1i"eeil:41- ak' d,ollatioll to tile 1‘1.0ehailieV
tilv-')tr'al hotel., foe ;ha k3,;‘,,,,rin,z,lie , leaped us of.,„.41„0 Ak-tiAticl4oly fact ttt thq libraq of St' '1‘lary'''
leen.; a base hall Ohlb, 9:Lie '4 °It'll' thrl,Q, anti td)1C1 Iii111. tO liope on. end ...".'41/,
Steen' wile the name 01101..eit, foul Ills pittance would Eavolituitli„y erown- ,* 421',.4
f°'llewing were." the °lee" eleetca; ed.; with reward. As usitia, 'what" w
Pres. -1)1".
Capt.-- 3, Orr. Sale leased. his dreopteg spirit'b- and
rc.mov'ed .bis doubts, aod.—be waited.
See,— treas. A. Macdortell,
()0111,:-.714. 51101t011;
(1 eh. • Ye a in it f "
Tepwarde of thirty' pit It nemee*
the illenlber8' book,
A Seurnioatt Feee4-e-Neevepeper ad=
vertising secures a hosiinesS emineetien
00 a most perinftiient and' hid epteed en ty
basis ; ane is,' in 'a ',certain pense,
guarantee to the chstoiner'',of fair
ageaerate ' :filxtes;riencete, eas
shown that the ,,dealer whose ,wirneS
have obteined 'public. 'celebrity ie 'not'
only enabled to eell, bet ie foreedfo
,sell at reasonable ratea, and to furnish
a good article. "
tveather of the past
few aj' s s, b e en s o see; er c that many
of the fouthered tribe have boon frozen
to death, These little' harbiegers, it
seems, had arrived, sooner:than the warm
Weather, and minty were, the little. teps
giyen, at wineow panes during the last
week, by thein ineseeking 'for ,admit -
fan oil and 'shelter fnMif cold.
His Rientr.-e-The followine is an ed-'
vertiseriedot in an exchange :
NoTicp.,--The public are heeeby cau-
tionee against giving ney wife, any
credit on my eccatuit as she has tinned.
me out of, the Leese.", ,
ANTOINE LEGEANGE.0
(4.1.1A3 /11 t no o6 e b d SI.) 31,1, g Nhv ot
man. '
Tine Si3N.—The Toronto Son, did of
its own will and teccerd, 'refuse to pre-
sent to public gaze, the past winter,: as
large a disc as it had ,bden in the habit
of, dining the pre-Vicius suninaer. But as
the refulgency of youth, its beaminer
conntonance stares at us from the
sanctum table, and says " I've grown."
Then we turn fo the skits, peruse them,
procure a belt, and then laugh.
RESENTATION.-011 Monday evening
last the members of Exeter Division
Sons of Temperance had a ghtinge of
programme. On the eve of the, depate
titre of Mr. Silas Ballteill fer the dome.
ty of Elgin, an old moulder eof the Di-
vision, ,they inade him the recipient of
a handsome family bible. The presen-
tation and. ashlress were made by Mr.
G. Kilpatrick, wlio, snitablelenguage,
addressed Mr. Balkwill. Mr. Balkwill,
with nrac ee ing ley evincsug. is
regret aeih sorrow' on seveling his con-
nections with the fraternity leaving the
village. Several members then spoke,
addressing themselves in perticular to
the departing brother, end spoke with
deep-felt sympathy over the bereave-
ment.
SEPTED HIM man with
more brass in his , composition than is
generally found in. inost kettles found
his way 011 Thursday last to this office,
and demanded in a tone of thunder,
what authority the London Ad-
vertiser had for stating
that the Exeter - Spring Show
was on the 23rd inst. Well, we are
somewhat scarey, when a man enters
witli heir inclining towards thereof, his
hat on tbe back of his head, wade seven -
shooter in his hand, and demands the
name of the author of " that article."
But we didn't scare worth a cent 1 -hat
time. We only made the query,
" Do you take tho Exeter
-Teems ?" "No ; 1 see. it sometimes."
now friends. here a man -who sends his
naine to the London Advertiser, and
ask t )1ave it put upon their -eubscrip-
tion list, but would diedaiu to take a, le -
cal paper. We catieonly, seys.• it eerves
him right, and oeineympethies 'tclo -not
extend -to him in his trouble, when he
says that he has lost a great deal by not
kubwing when the•shows was to be held.
The i3Orrect date ^WilLS as given tin the
TDIE.§, '6Z%; ine 13th Islet.
Ansiose A Feen,—On Sete rday night
last, this' was saVed by the'
rridiese dhance.hrotheeeine the victim of
an other tire. Me': AL Lore tt, yid age
clerk, was turning the 'corner. of the
street leading te ,his-boisse when he
heard the e4 Rhshing in arid
the stairs, hie wes met with a clorul
of -smoke. eThrotigh this: he 'pushed
himself, find found materese' on fire.
It had caught frden. the` etOve-pipe
adjacent:' In an iiietant it' 'was in his
hand, and pusb e .through the em
win do w 'of the eitic dont g this e he
presented himself to the flanie weeich
wee now being fannedinto negreater 'by
the breeze outside, andetlius burned his
right hind tattier eeeVerely: The' 'fire
was quenched with the, neighbors ,and
re few pails oftVetere '
r
'^ THE MAisi WHO ST'OPS fix's Peeen.==
PhiliP pilbers Hamilton,' in. hie admir-
able papers on "IntellatualLife," thus
talks to the man wlio ''''stopped hie pa.
per " :1 --"Newspapers are to the civil-
iz'ed world What thertlailyeliOnse-talk
t:o thti'membe'rs pf the household ; they
keep tne'our'claily inteeest'in each other,
patiseitty. -One evening ehreer,'
,
LaJiki Ale 411046'11' IllOr0 1;10111 112110,1 ebout
the loet diamond, printere' ink,
sanguine ineir; and as his memory
rolled back o'er the past, it brought up
befo're him in pleaettete successioo the
beaUtifiil and tutibliin,,g story of tile lost
clog, that 'returned to his otsher's licespie
Seenso btiow,--The annual Spring
shown -tee ,the 13alanipli Agricultural
80,onjiy was ,village of Oren -
ton oinApril ,l5e The sliow,evas one.of
the hest', epriug shows the,. Soolaty has
oyer, held, in ,the Heavy Dranght
,-ehtse there IN'aki six -entries, in the Cren,-
erab`Purpose there wits eleven entries,
Durham i3ulle with pedigree there
.
t'lltries.. '1:110 following gentleman
itated as jil,dg,'es. viz., A. 1.31shOp Esq.,
table root before the paper contemn), p Earyar Th(5,nas law toil,
advereiseneerit foe was ,ieseed °.,
from the Office ; ol' tete bird that Pew 'in-
; •
te the, ',rioting office window
comecieiter wa'S sett ing,up" "
offering a reward fon its, reoevevy.; .01
'the dos that screped the'cloor,of ant
office while its ()tenor was inside wiet-
ine ant an teberowitle ,receVer
it; tIM.1 doWn eouth that
bra-wled out of a liver and 'vomited. tip
a child ort ti doorstep, ktioneug filet the
cliihl lied been aclvert,isect' ,for three,
days 'before in 1110 paPer,
feeling.,ttiat svae impoeeible heel) itt
longer i—all these pathetic .stori es filled
hes mind, end wlien retieed to his',
Viatuoue corech, sweet smiles, lilte
beams on the sbining wavcts lay catinly
his—heow.
DREAAr.
He -retired; sweet dreame chesect each
other round and -round 'T was winter,
arid ten or twelve feet of the " beautiful -
snow" lay on the gramie. A ffirm
houee in a township near by rose up
ttlite,,etision.; quickly leis gaze ponetra-
• . 1-41110,31, a lac dream opened to
Ins view , Y --
ears ; the dld manee vektfeineSeteeel'
floor: The vest mov'ee ; from ont fttillee
,
pocket crent incongruous:looking
figure, withoitt arr. s, and clad in a
tight fitting, sombre grey, a inyriad or
bright etreaks shooting out frioni its
head. It wriggles noiseleeely past the
sleepers out into the fitont room ; finds -
the door locked ; returns ae noiselessly
as it came, and extracts the key from
the farmer's pants poeket, end_ is in the
act, of moving off when the farmer
turns in bed. IL grasps the maskot
standing the corner. and holds it
following A8 the patee list :---
110113E3.
.12.Nrj Draught. --18 b. Creorge U11-"
yott, efteeue " 21441, „Thos. Evane,
‘‘,.Cau!L1)3'.':
'Three year. '6 1',1 . allies UV eight ott
"AOnlig Water' Scott.''' 211d. ifobert
G-rundye4,ellifite."
' Tuei''yecir; ` 01(1 .1.1, `.1).---R. Cl oest,
!General .Par . Swinerton
ilGlory of tiro 1)eininiati." Leo -
nand. Hunter.; Cloachipetia.''
',9ears Leonora
..litietter, "Young Cciaclinian," 2hcl
SVonderful
'1;14,0 years old P.--4st Edward.
Ste:el°. 2itil john jerrityn. •
Et, r.LS.
Ditrh,a9it S6lill101Lansloril
"'Napier:" — 2nd. James O'Nei).
‘4.1\fatchein." ,
i?tensei..ntiiciarthe0/112ibicil‘.11.-2Nucdall Wt.11Viaa'isits
Spence "Lord London.",
Botrene.,-s--eleSere, Stanley & 1:Tudsbei
el 'Gran tori leaVe•aiSpOSed of their stock,
p4,4
:ta''',01.10-"elt U.S'e eeteery tachsee nte,
and cheapest wares.
cr 'lerOre t11,1 public the ehoicest
The. Trustee 'Board.
To the Editor of ttho Timos.
have been lookitig throned).
.t,be column $ of the Yuma from the end.
leet yew:. until tile present time for
ineoemetion concerning let., the pro-,
ginlg. of swindlers have located,
ennielvefo in thO couuty of Bruco, And
h4vo been operoitiog pretty exteneiyely
in the vicinity of Kineardine, but no
part of the eounty seems to have been
free from their rankiticailiOn0; UU1,0
named Scribner, Irene near London,
appeare te have, bOen chief pusher, and
Joh lie We, of Kincardineetraulted next.
Lowe was tried at the Welicerton Ass
Pttillg a man named MoLoOd:
who cen neither read nor write, to
make it cross on a paper whieli bound
him to pay $1,50 for a ri3Olt to make a
certain kiwi Of a chnrn. fle WM. found.
wally of fraud and sentenced to four
years sn the Penitentiary. lefeLeoci iS
net the only who has 'been tricked ; be-
sides him, three men in leineartline
have been ewinilled to the extent of 575
each, a man near Anibetly, $200, and
allOiller Dear Teesweter, ,5300. This
swindling is getting a li.tlo too Own -
mon, one peompt and severe measures
are receuired to put a stop to it. Too
many people, ,are , in the babit of suh-
witting to ie rather" than- create a di's.'
turbance, and thereby encourage dis•
'honest Practices. ,A few such examples
LoWe NV011id Inwe a salutary effect -
A -few Siendays sinee, the follosviine
scene transpired irea rural church iset
fertfl'One ller0. 11,1)peitt'S 'tlifit'e 11 a
gre,veyard ill connection withthe chui eh,
which hatl re3ently been" straightened
hip."' The minister had just read a
verse of a hymn preparatory to singing
. .
it, wlien, he noticed neveralpigs rooting
arotind in the graveyard. Thin of
course, could notbe perinitted, so turn-
iag to where a lot of boys set, be said
" wonld one of you boy's 'ge Anil drive
those pigs outof the yard," Tho effect
of this request on 11 -le congregation can
be' better imagined than described,—,
till' no one moved. , An elder, perceiv-
ing how ,matters stood, turned, to the
libers and said : " Hadhe addressed you
as young mon, instead of boys, you
would every one be making for the
door." The pigS 'were at once put out.
--Glivton „Vete Era.
John, need, five years, a fine little
bov, son of''Wm. Giibert Etth 0011., Me-
lliF sister. elet'eet3nis in -the sta.ble With
had a pitchfork in her laitnes nee 4 --
the point up her brother's nose ; in -
limitation set said the boy died of
brain fever, occasibned, it is thought,
by the point of the instrument pierce -
Mee the brain.
The Advocate of last week says :--
Lied week a paragraph appeared in the
Advocate, stating 11111,1 the, wife of Mr.
...manes efavphy of the ,411.1 c,oncession
rp.
threateningly toward the octupants of , c'es.-1*.ige of the Deere of Sehool Tuts -
the bed. But no further move ie teee 2 I VI
, at , le progress ion steep toe
I. Bibbert while laboring under a fit of
made and the musket is replaced. f t echo], ame 1s,ete tees not lon,q, the fie_ InstmitY, attempted suicide by stabbing
herself in the breast. The article. INNIS
then reerosses the room, bums the key count of the receipts and expenditure
in the ionic ; oPons the door slowlye--4e, of school meniee durine the 'met, year- '51(111., t'Alittscboyyl.1•',une'eafne6iiejegeli,"e4telel.:13'1;;AatieeNe'ell:,e-
moment and it isegone, swiftly and as directed by law to 17.)e published for
is not a svorcl of truth in the report and
ently still. The dreamer .evatches it, the infoemation of the retepayers'. The
etig,erly, narrowly -there is a ferniliar Municipal Auditors' abstract as publish- Unit it was written by seine malicious
.something in the steange gaunt figure! ed in Tile TimEs of last week contains eeeendrel who wanted to do the family
It opens the garden gate, giree a lest. lcut stnall item of the receipts and ex- of err. Murphy an injury. On inquiry
look at the house, then turns and glides penditure of 'that august body, if the we find there is no allele person in aib-
swiftly (Iowa the lane leading to the ber as McCoy. The original letter
tond—reaching which, it staikes out at
repicl gait for the road leading to Exe-
.ter. aelong this, noiseless as ever ;
turns te t'lic right ; then bobt along
Main street up to one which intersects.
Here it ten -els leftward, and glides along
until in front ef the dreamer's hotise.
It stops for a edoment. as if time, had
blunted its' memory, and then proceeds
over the narrw,y plank which crosses
the ditch aila Oil up to the front door.
Arms seem to spring suddenly from its
bulged -out sides; it knocks loudly and
imperatively ; the dreamer rises, dres-
ses a little mid. s --s a gooddeal. He
opens the door, gazes for a moment in-
to the face of the stranger, and recog-
nizes Lis long. -lost friend the diamond!
With a cry of ecstatic joy, a struggling
gurgle in his throat, and abreact heav-
ing with emotion, he grasps the out-
stretched hand ana flings himself on
the bosom of his old friend, weeping
tears of joy. After hoth had recovered
frem the emotion which hail oyerwhelm-
ed themi, the diamond told its • story.
thet it. had: been nicked up, and one
day while reposing in the farmer's vest
pocket, it heard him read the advertise
mene in THE.TIMES. It tlien knew its
eate, and try as it .might, it could not
reeist the impulse which. impelled it to
seek its ltome ; it might as well try to
resist the erack of doom, and so it bad
coene. then resolved itself into its
original shape, and wandernd',,off
search of its master's brown smock,
finding whicheit crept iuto its accus-
tomed plar.4e in the outside pocket.
The dreamer was so iinpressed that on
risiug in the morning, his first thought
was the previous night's occurrence,
and on going Lo his smock, what was
his surprise te &al Ile ClialllOnd there.
admiration from, thaSe preScut.
Domin TON LABORATORY,—We ileR,-
lected to notice last week, on the Change
of the advettisement of the Dominion
Laboratory, that this establislmtert has
on hand. a, select lot of Drugs, pye-
stuffs, etc., end is under managc-,
inelit Of gaeeful and, praceicel,•liands,
'NEW EPR1,114 CrGODS.--Those of our
reailer'S Who °ere 'about purchasing antl
Wearing good and. fashionalee materiel,
elsotild "00110311 1 advertiseniOnts,and see
what our morcllamts have, to sa,y. '14.OriA
of them/have received their full supply
of eierine se -mode end have now opened,
°et fulf'stocket
.„.
rope and America, and colonized or con-
,quered ,ivhatestee ether territory it litt
been .piect'sed, td. oectipy, to share, front,
.dayto. day its cares, its tlioughtS,. find
iiispnAtiOns,, it neceSSEtry that every
ntTitslieuld read hie ;paper.' Wily% are
the French peastents Se Itewildered,ancl
at tiiey never tead A
4tre inhabitants
of. the 'Vnited StateSj, titongli iscatter6t1
:bYtir`a,..tertlitoi,y,f6tirteeti
,ofqraneeittojiiuch mere. capable 'of‘ecatie
'tertedetetiOn '4' 80 1111.1.01.1.1note:HAIIVE; and
niodern,. "so miteh More 'ii11.6rested 'io
,new ,discoVeris'a Of ell kinds', 1111(1'
ble, of selecting end, titilizirigAlie host
therd'? -It is 1,)„eoh:tip.is. .4f6fPit,P'61,
and the lonely
Fon txy,,,TEit to, (1,..y, else. dweller, on..ilic-prairie.or in' the- forest
.• • .
nut intellectually: isolsAritl.."freinf the
at th.o .,,,velng show hold at Mitchell,
'great currents Of'pribiie whiCh flew
prits of $8 was offered 16'010 boot Sheep
Ahem' et. :Mr. John Gill' Of this villag6 .fil'oifirrIS AVVEriniNf;;Ir,ti;A'r:'
told us :on WeduesciaYtiott he:Wft,:s g "Aug Tin .----T11.e 6, derivable; from a ;in-
to 1,trin`g: that, ini.m6y and priae tetelxeter• eeleioes lige of f;tiiiiterit 'ink have 'cifteri-
glane.ing'' over tbe colymnis 'Of' the lboon entMeeetited those coltrinns, and
,Advocate" we find that 'hie '41,886.66ns-
were correet, and now liileet re 'boasts' of
the boss ".' sheep theater."
P, 0, A .---The roes -elite meetine
of the above essoeietion Will. be 'held' in,
baecanent ef the W. wr, ohnrobi on.
,J.,nosa4-J o-qining next the, q'Ztli
IVIise Ifat-'.
tie Veri,„tY, " 6itr ProgreZ4," Dr,
,f)oft.k"etvi.n. at 01,30 r. ;
Howeyer, the Same. day the diamond
was rpoovered. Should any,,, eynical
critio,find any any inconsistencies in
the, nhov0, let, it be remembered that
we; tell the' story as vouched., for, and
ndwhere'substitnte.effect for fact. Ad-
vertisers shenld make a note ef
11.1
DEEP FROST.—It is said that' frost
to the depth of five-a,ncl-enee:half feet
deep has been found in Tray, town slaip.
CloonnetrioN.—The French .w.13.01:$10,
French Tiger, lias a stand a Drysdale's
tbi joitisEryais$dott,leo'isil, lapsriceitlytted in the route
lie svill stand 4..tt,
iscott'ee noon, not Dstott's.. In
correcting the, proor, the conipositor
thus made the type tell lies, by the
transposition of an " E" for a "
We might in connect,ion with thie stitte
that this horse Isae deservedly won for
himself, a gooel name among lovers of
horse flesh, and Wil,f3 itnportecl, into
county not erily for tl,te purpose of mak,
int-, money, but improving the stock,
atid
5 545 4
'mr, Savago, twO door.> fat'er 11te.1.,ettll's ho-
tol beS beon ,tppointod, (Air naemt; foi° TAtoatt mrld
'vicinity; id enteesisegr to receive ovdors for sob.
scrip fions,.jo twin tie nd _oo,l1q0t apcpante
end giVo reretplis
" ' a rota our own oftresnonacan.
! Ster,..'ot\t Horst; leiscovEetens:--One .aay
1 ' St"1
jast'iveri..i a tvaluao .101 se ,e • _0 0
frdIn the steibles of,lele. 1,ctipse
tucarr," The Matter being brought to
th(i atte.rition of Cliief Wigmere, ao-
.tailed'Detective ItIorplit to en(Mire fur=
titer, the result being that the stolen
liorse 'wait found in a hotel stable at In-
‘gerttoll, where it lertel b'eett left by a'
11Thir,S1 01'" rtdvert18er c.rtinlei Of 8till,11,,el'Fle rirriv.
reat)ed rich and 'unexpected re. `..t • '
d. 4, 0( In tAllg CItY ftera Ingersoll on Sa,l.rn'-
sWiY113' th' moo 6xiittl'r flay evening, having t1.1‘, horse 'lir his
proef its efficacy tl)at ever earn° nil- ‘,..losssion
dee 0110 notiore transpired in artir own
lowii-Ldistatitting all compelitota .A A C;oriericit fli.;71. 0(.1 Itiinself wi
paitxter ai41, of' dirt' acqurlintailoc two shirts, tIvt) sheets, 'two pillow
pPePilred t() volleb for ti)&stotw%' clises, a carcass of' hoc,l, weliffietrees,
last a glft.,10.e8 iliattion(1 last; 1)111, niid
adNortised'lits less tit tlio 'Prints, (q'llis
Village Clerk tells the truth, and 1 be-
lieve he does, who says that the thior-
tnous stun .of over $9,000 passed
through their hands in the pa:4year. I
air. aware, sir, that they have complet-
ed the building of a magnificent school
house, purchased site, sold a better ono,
expended sur'pl s , coleected special
eehool rate. and so on, hat, yet there
ere enany items the conning of, which
waxthl no doubt be of inteeeet to tbe
parties who pees the piper. If the
Board will glance at the Qonsolidated
School Law of ite7e, sec. 60, sub -sec.
25, they will find a part of theis duty;
which, if purformeil, will give the ifor-
ma tion required. Cp it you give .my in-
formation. on- this subject, ?
LooK
[The first question, as regards 111
publishing of the proceedings of the
School Board, we can answer in part
by informing our correspondent ',that
no.,report of the proceedingq p,ist
year Las been made public For the in-
formation of those who may tic:It have a
copy of the SLatutee for 1871 at hand,
we publish the following extract, taken
from clause 25, cep. 28, which showe
the law to reed :
" To prepare and publish, at the end
of every year, in ono or nore of the
public newspapers or othereeise, for the
information Df. the jell tbitants of the
cite- town -or village, an annual, report
of theie proceeeings, of the progrees
mi.,' state of the school; under their
cliarg..‘, and of the receipes and expend-
itin es of all school monies."
TIT IIITs
One day last week a daughter of Mr.
W. Cook, of Olithon, had a narrew es-
cape from death. While pla3ing en al
barn left, she stepped on a loose boaed,
and it tipping rip she fell to tho floor
beneath, alighting almost on. the heels
of a young colt, which being frighten- ,
ed commieneed kicking, but she waslor- I
tunately too close for it to do her any
serious injury.' Beyond several bruises
she VMS not much hurt.
Widder station people talk strongly
of incorporation,
As
LON
OELISH
DUNDAS
F1102a1 mine tient, vies t9 rstr
we Tuvert our owttgoodg,
1,0011t a large Old
1Paney Dry -G oods Ond
latwitatfs still botor taell Otir CUeap
" $MALL 1.)1101-11
Not() the fol
0004 Tpack DresS,OnlY $9 lo
4(.11(.90,....W tato Cotton 8 and .9, emits por ys.rd
')g41:i 1.111T9re1111,12r, 90T:tYPN,c)kta 2%) ots. Per lami
Oood and extra wide fildrang 12 c011t8 10a. yard
G200.30'((?:10'8riln'itte teatkjUiCjAte°01111tX13°I1.10'411: yta
A FirSt.ClaSS !...41tfor alwaY8 011 the Pr
I:5'r Coll and oxammo our Oxtonsivo stook; /10
'chasing; cau curly, remember tLe eie earn°, e
ha,s been placed the, hands'
of a detective, and we hone it will 'nee'
he- long -before the wretch Who thus erne'
posed ispon us will be ih the
ary. 580 reward is Offered for ois ap-
prehension and conViction.
The .Issize$
Theefellowing cases of loeal interest
came up at the teet assizes at London :
\NAP,,s, CO. I'S DAUNCEV, et al.
This was art action brought by the
Ginacht Cempany against Messrs Alf.
Darnley and 1\ Lirsden for the sum of
$5,0n0, being the alleged valne of tim-
ber teken off the Cenede Company's
land. The (teen dame, ma the Oth
inst., over 20 witnesses being examin-
ee ;tee the ceee ceteleyi.ne theatteetion
et the Ceurt nenely the whole of- the
0,1y. _the jury wets ethieeesed by the
Hon. J. II. Cemeron. on behalf of tile
pleiei end by eer. Sceteherd be-
lt:11f (if he defendants. After yetiring,
he jinn, brought in et. verdict of $120
for pleiiitiff, each party to pay their
oem coets. Messrs. Scetcherd and
"NVilsou For defendants.
WiesoN Meemere
'This action was brought by Ms, Alf.
Son , engineer Of the Canada Com-
pri,117 nfrainSt James Maguire, for mal
ice. II; arrest. The case came 111) Orl
Saturday last. . The principal witness
for 111c .plaintiff VMS the plaintiff hini-
sele and .the jury after being out about
half an hour returneda verdict far the
doTendant. Cameron and Lyon for
plaintiff. 'Rock and Wilson for defen-
daill'' WieeoN BunNs.
Thie aCtion was hronglit dy Mr. A:
)t1 againSt Mr. Thos. Burns for
maliciously issuing ids warrant aS a
Justice of the Peace, and causing the
plaiutiff to be arrested,: The plaintiff
at the, last moment withdrew the .case,
each" party ,paying their OW11 Costs.
Cameron and Lyon. for plaintiff.—
Scatcherd for defendant.
As some may, misunderstand the
ahove, we might say that. the particu,-
lars are snmmarzed -as :—One
night last eummeet Mr, A 'Willson Can -
[tan 'Company E ogineer, hired. A horie
from a mart .nahned Maguire, Which wes
burned in Mr. Elston's stable, the night
it, was burnt down, Willson was arrest-
ed for not paying for tho horse, lie
having promieea to lay the matter be
fore the Comneiesiohers. on prelim
inary trial, he was .aequited, and this
eaten was brought by him against Ma
guire and the magistrate Burns fol.
false arrest..
The first fishing bent tleft Godericht
harbor on Teesch.ty of last week.
The fetrathr,oy Deqatclb . will ilext
week he issued from the, new premises.
„•
The burnt district in the village of
Widder statien ie 411)0111 to be bribe up
with fine brick buildings.
Last week -Winglitun had three fe'et
of Water on the streets and Fisher's
bridge was carried away.
Tqr. J. T. Bell; late proprietor of the
Godericji Signal, has received an op-
pointmont on the North:west' Govern-
tennit surveying staff,. salary of
$1;200 and expenses paid, '
three N'eSSelS WhiEll were :forced;
lepten the Grand Tentnic `Godeeion
have:been safely launched. ' Every' men
who wee 'etigitged' in getting, og, the
Jane' IVIe'Lood waS a captain.
,
Arnett named Shelly has" k 'host' of
'sins to answer for, Ho Was. arraigned
on Stieur.Otty laee before 'judge J'oCne
GOdeliC14., ni34.1 ratg,ittaf' .0lit for "steeling
cfetthes from Mr. llartliff;BiiYi)eld road
and also the Eagle and,'Wellsdf
'Dishonest weigh scales hi the fireight
liouse at Watford. .
;•,
''Winglittin has popolation of neatly
2'00 arid has three sehool Leachers. ,
Britseels lately had three births and
titre erinartaiges Within one week.,
employe of tile the V. G. !it. 11.
Itkilway namod SammtiMcAllister,
OftPalmerstotP While w(ieking lettid.
:ea 0 about A trine n rid a half 'ease of Bros-
;sels station, hail his weist,band
;caught by the crank, and was thrown
fretu the oar, p,a88e(1 over him,
inflicting screte bruises and breakinq
tyrolIctr,. and sundry' other etie of Ida ribs, "(hider skilful treat.
articles, but 'whether they can prove 1116 he 18 gre(InellY ree0VerInee •
nese 1.)egie, The triadic' ate. we know to, be fact, tot We pOeketett fnfi'll they' 1.1fLY0 gitilty of stealing Tito Oficifellows' annual: OolebrOtion'
ifIV11,01t TO H1 ' °
t:119. 50 00.11ts--price for +Ins insertion.) it donbtful 'comes Off in Lefiden oti the 2/tli heat.
, _
The petatiOns for aprolabitory
law this seseion have- been extremely
numerous the total presented being no
less than '415. 'They have come froin
'all parts, of the Dominien, the 'motst
trent° places east and .West furnished
their quota. If the whole of them corad
paSted togs eua end,, a, ,
moderate computation. tney,, would he
DON
OLM & CO.
STREET
11711 S TO
3170.gell Whelesase
won assorted stook of
Clothing, (nut nou se ,.1;!tirnish1nys,
for Caall.
Ts,,, otyli moTto
,
lowing rrices :
ieeenei wartime se aectee orate per ear
5 yaoluAsceourtaio not for e,1 ue
carpets/Old Floor 011 cloth very ohmap
gplAci Talao l)o In ask only 25 coats pox yerit
•,,eaveesiesieeett, only 75 cents yor 40303..
,`INIi0/4,c41,..WOol, tweeds, only 50 alidCe aell'44 per yd.
$nit l'vfoed,ros,dy and well made, only elS se
enaloes. to attend te ordered Clothing'
.troublo fo show our goods; no offence fernot pur-
years ostabindled. A. CtilISROTAX *00.
Sign tho striking °look, opp0sitomaruet lane
abo u a, mile long,
Tlie Cateiste thr±afen to shoot a
member of WO/1.1011 anti children whom
they have 80 'Zell. rallSOMod.
A party of three persons ascended
in a balloon at Paris on Friday last,
for the purpose of making S2rentifie 01).
servetions. The balloon attained the
'exteacrdinary height of 8,000 metres,
TWo of the reronatits were suffocated
to death, and when the balloon reached
the ground the third was almost in-
sensible, and has since been so ill that
his recovery is doubtful.
conaTilmEonmamnitilifiawoteuerde iosftroubbebearlafroamecotrahe.„
plished,fact. Specimens of tho ne
rubber ' were „made last summer an&
shown at the exhibitions, sinze which
tiina additional experiments have prov-
en its utility. A -largo factory is to be
—..qa.thitrst street London as
taken by a farm rn aelle
up into merchantable shape.
milk weed is gathered wild in sufficient
quantities to supply all demands, but
few acree of land have beer sect -trod on
which to make experiments for its im-
proved cultivation.
Some -valuable 011We—the Jacob—
were sold a,t Vest Iowa. on,
Tuesday of last week, bringing 60111e -
thing over $30,000. Some of the nota-
ble sales were, Lausan of Mapsie, $3,-
000 ; Maude, $7,200 ; 'Princess Maude,
$3,800.
. . . .
.,,,,George Albert Mason, while at Lod-
low-st. jail alter his conviction for pas-
sing counterfeit money, made a savage
iessault against him with. a knife. lie
was removed back to Rochester jail to
await trial on another charge.
A family at Freepoit. 111., was pois-
nned. on Setureay by eating tobsteri.
Col. Gonzalez, Cuban insurgent lead-
er, has died from lockjaw .caused by
wounds received in battle.
'114 OIL 1E S 1.11' 1.rG S
The female crusaders' have vtarted
anew,, and have ' commenced with an
attack on the ligiter-dealees in the lip
leer portion of .New Yarit. They are
going around the upper 'VE0.48 of, the
Vest side, Visiting every,yhisliey-shop
and lageiqebr Sliop they find: 1n totlie
of these thoY were, ,permitted t? pray
and Sing., ; Ap-1 Ong the places they visit-
ed wa's the Ihienlet,,,, Opposite Bootli'd
theatre; bYt Bensen Seerwood,
This place is tlie headquarters of act-
ors, etc.‘, and among thosetwho littplren-
'Mnto bo 'the saloori Wrs .114pli. Horn
tin sevei niembois of‘Biya It's mins-
trel,
Ceorge Albert.'.Mason hits ,,h00h 00)1-
YieU1d ill New YorFailiaYiiig ths. poss-
esSion and uttering counterfeit money,
Sonterme deferred.
Ottr ieatitirs may recollect this case
as one in whieli the company was 8Hed
for dAtnitges bect11.180 of Gilee bettli
pot off a train whilst Using' rin ()yet duo'
return ticket. The case 'has joSt
concluded at the Tainiolo Assizes. 1.1.1te
Filidge, clittrging, 0itid a return tiolc,
,et valid only for the time issued, anti.
aecordatice with the conditions sped-,
tied upon it, *1100 a general ticket.,
W111011 18 nOt f88U0(.1 :at, a special rate,IS
good' 'until' fTury returrled, ter-,
did for the. aerondantS,
Tho ratepayers of Strathroy have
voted'a bonus of $50,000 to the Port
Pranks & -Port Stanley Bailw-ay
scheme.
An infant was fonncl yesterday morn-
.
ing, near the ranway track at Bramp-
ton, with its head horribly .cruShed.
An evident murder.
Spelling matches continuo in favar
Boston: For this week five crane
inetches are announced, one the
prizes being a $000 rosewood piano.
Ons thousand of the striking miners
of Pennsylvania made a demonstration
at the Wilkesbarrie on Saturday, by
marching in procession. Their attrtu-
ed was threateniug but quiet.
ig proposed at Concord, Massa-
chusetts, on the occasion of the Centen-
neety ,Celebration, to &Torte ell the
graves wh eve it is known that revolur
tionary soldiers are buriee.
The II. S. Treasnry department hits
decided that Canadian stone imported
into the 'United States for any purpose,
whether dressed or undressed is duti-
able at the rate of $1.50 Per taii.
Thos. Fawcett, Esq., of Watford, has
just started a branch bank in Arkonp,,
under the matiagement of Mr, J. W.
Wo .
'Roy. Fansher was presented re-
cently by Ult.:members of Fingle congre-
gation with tin address and a purse eon -
tinning $30,
C. ITANDUSEN C
Tz- ELI' constantly on hand the -Largest and
Best Assortment of
PURE DBUOS
CHEMICALS,
DYE -STUFF'S
Patent Medicines !
HORSE & CATTLE
MEDICINES,
'Tooth, Nail, Hair, apd Cloth
A sad case of int.:leach-le has ocCurred
Newmar ket. The unfortunate mot h-
er, a domestic Servant, has been spirit-
eaGaewo''it.3g:e. Albert Mason, has got into
difficulty in New York, by trying to
stab two of the witnesses who conteib-
uted to hi's conviction.
.„ A serious riot took place in Glasgow
on.Saturdity, owing to the break -down
of n stand in some new pleasure gar-
dens, on which were 1,500 peri,011,4.
A daring ,nighway robber.:., wa. , per-
petrated in London, Out., on b riday
night, a man named Jonah 'Williams,
of St. Thomas, being the victim.
A suit for heavy damages against
the Grand Trunk railway has been
brought by a Montreal broker, for put-
ting him eoff the cars because he had
breken his journey on a ticket from
Bonaventure station to Toronto.
Anothoe supporter of the Dominion
Government has been unseated in the
person of Mr. Charles Cempbell, -who
was returned, to ParliaMent for Victor-
ia, N. S., the seat vacatedhy the Hon.
" W."' Ross, late Minister of Militia
and Defence, on his steppina it2to the'
collectorship.of the port of 1-Ilitlifax.
The importaiet ttial for arson of the
Queen v 'Harty, took pletce on Saturday,
The accused Was the owner of the nuf-
, ,
forin I -louse, which was set on fire in
throe places, Oct. 11, 187‘, by one Mt -
Chad °rental,' who 'is now serving his
seven years in the Penitentiary for the
crime. 'Die prisoner Ilarty was now
tried as an accessery before, the ,fitet.
The jury bemightni a Verdiet,of guiley ;
AillyslitelFel tett (11, e. Or to. el g , ';`arriied and took
ehargos of the institution on Thursday
Boberts the nOW Principal of the;
A Havana deapach says the murder-
er Sheekey aerived there on Wednesday
night of last week and left on Friday
for New York, He gratis: depress-
od, and nearly succeeded in cutting
iris way out of his oell in Santiago, be.
sides. slipping las handcuffs tan times
011 the voyage to Havana., and tined
vearly succeeded in jumping ovorboartt
snoW storm swept °vet' the eastern
States en Monday and Toestlity of last
extendirgas far 0.8 'Washington,
In sotto Totrts of Pennsylvania the'
snow was stir inches deep,
IT HH.
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School 13ooles Toy Books,
BlankoI3ooks,' Magazines,
A lbumsFaney Goods
Pencil Slates, Lead! Pen-,
cils, &c.
N‘,2,..4e,'"v:
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OLE Agents for LAZAIRJ
Co.'s Celebrated PTiected Spectacles an
Eye -glasses. -
Prescriptions and Recipes grtickly and accu-
rately dispensed. Remember the Place—Di-
rectly opposite the " Central Hotel," Main-st.,
Exetel. 0. VANDIJSEN & Co.
Exeter, January 7, 1874. 7l -yl.
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The stage fromDonneville to Sacra-
mento was stopped on Thursday by
highwaymen, and Wells, Fargo & Cm's
treasure box, containing fifty-five hun-
dred drdlarn in gold dust, bars andcoin,
was carried away. ,
Ativices feom San Diego report out-
rages by Apache Indians in Sonora.
Three men and a boy with a pack
train were attitelsed on March 18th.
The men were killed, but tip boy es-
caped. The mail and escort were at
tacked on the 13th of March and. the
moil rider
It is reported there is authority for
stating that the Pope, should events
necessitate his leaving Rome, will select
Montreal- as his place of residence.
Oshawa expects shortly to have a
lock manufactory.
Swearing is a lixury which is taxed
heavily by the magistrate at Fenelon
FaIlltsi's stated that twenty-twolives have
been lost in the Canada PacificRailway
survey, and that steps have been taken
in Ottawa to raise a memorial to the
The Garrison amateurs at Winnipeg
have recently raised $104 for the bene-
fit of the General Hospital. •
It is proposed tG supply Guelph with
water from the River Speed by a system
of weeks, to cost about $34,000.
;Mr. James Sanderson of Raleigh
township, was badIN hurt last week by.
being kicked in the face and breast by a
furious colt.
A portion of the east side of tlie store-
house of the Oshawa mill gave away
last week, and a considerable quantity
of grain poured (mt.
A correspondent of the Post says that
a farmer near Oakwood, who was in-.
auced last fall to go to Iowa, has late-
ly returned with his family, satisfied.
that Canada is the best place, after all.
There is now five granges. in Kent.,
The last one organized is in Raleigh,
and eir. James Laurie is master. Two
others will' shortly be instituted, to be.
by a DiVi8i011 grange, with headquarters
at Chatham,
Mr. David Jones, of the township" ok
Seneca, has two ewes, which had eight
lambs this spring—four a piece.
The Winnipeg Free Press of April,
3rd states that wheat was sown a few.
days previous by Mr. Thornas West,
of Palestine, in the westernpart of the:
Province.
sr eCelfl.1-eRatsiennhsinfehratshpubetraeienteiodiipolfanashaontel
and cottage on Bois Blance island, line
modiately opposite' Apahertsbing. The
estimated '.cost of this prOjest iS
$15,000.
Messrs.'Decove & ons, of St. Thomas
and Rogersville, I,ave discoyerec1 an
inexhaustible quarry of free sandstone,
on a level plain over an area Of 150,
acres of land situated between the
'Canada Sonthern and Air Line "Ttail.!..
ways on the Niagara Peninsula.
Mr, James Dof'f, a well andfasorably,
known farmer, a rdsident of the town- ,
ship .of 'Beckwith, , died on Satnrday
last, untler the, most distressing circum-
stances, A short time ago he visited the
United States where' he was most
mercifully victimized. He rettrped
CrocneTinTaeltedleYjeletriOsnirlendalllyil stnetitnlcd4
ttlnaty., , For thirtoOn,anyil ree-
fused to take food; for want of wItiolt ho,
succoured on the last day, hevingeliter-
ally starved himself to death,.
Mr. Parnell, Ifonie littler, has been
elected for Meath, in the rooln of the
late holm Martin.
B. 13, Soinersell, accountant; of Mon-
troal, formerly:of Siincoe, died a bath
roonfin the former city ou Saturday,.
Mrs. Winaed Mertin of Blootnfibl4t
connnitted suicide Tues'day by Intrigingt:,
She had been only shortly marripd.
Two brothers named Campbell.
Bosesenan were drowned oti Stitidey
Magnetawau IliVer while chasing ni'
(10181"O'tir himatod 'aria eighty-five immi-
gwrIlltoOnt8). 4a2r0e a°01eitcol)n3;inigli'leve8sta,r°Intittn' of''
Twenty thousand, Pcrson8'wituesgefl
the expteaTte,n) tti 13130yhtitobtflt
appare, ir, o t
kande,