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stciltritaDAY, JU«wiF 7, 1377.
F,IXETEIl ASA COUNT Y' TOWN.
As the time cannot be far diataut
when A redivision of the several coma -
ties must, tape place, we think it time
that steps were being taken by the peo-
ple of Exeter to put firth their cleiahe
as the hub of a new county ; otbarwiao
the Couuty seat. There cannot be the
least doubt that the Counties of IHeron,
Perth and Middlesex, as they now ex -
Lit, etre cumbrous jostitutione, and it is
not ativan'eing too muolhn heap were Pity
that a vast: antnuit of jealousy Soca aar
a ,matter of course, exist. This, al-
though to b3 regretted, cannot b s ch.
bated, as there aro many things to
cauve it, euch as local jealousies, etc,
Rut, it may be asked, how is this to b
helped in any county 2 True,. no mat-
ter how smolt the corporation it will
atilt find a i existence. Yet it can bo
more conpoutrnted, and therefore more
easily managed.. This, though, is but
A author roan n why a -re-division of
the Qont,tios should take place. Tho
great distauee which intervenes be-
tween some localities and the County
towns is now so great wad too expellee
stud trouble of reaobiug so much that
the esouse is a must t141egiblo one, and
this can only be remedied by the peo-
ple raising their voice in the tnatter.—
As fasts, are stublioru things to over
oome, in addition to those gives, ahove,
are present nelow a'few• more, inter
1srded with aaffioiunt statistics to place
the whole matter clearly °afore our
readers, and is 'as succilhet .a manner
as possible show the - necessity of a
change. here never yet wag a 'scheme
for the promotion of auy object but it
received a cattalo. 'amount of opposi-
tion, and we should consider the sue -
ease of the present 1-ebeme marred did.
it meet with none. We may
look for a portion of this from individ-
uate who have personal a grandizement
at stake, and who never havebeengal'.
ty of performing a good deed outside of
. heir own kitchen. Another portion
may be fonnd among those who should
take the liveliest interest in the matter
ening to the benefit they would thus
receive, but who allow their powers of
Qoniuration to overcome them; and
they build up imaginary impossible
costs, and can see no benefit to be de.
rived from the expenditure and Change.
It is, therefore, this latter class with
whom we choose to de'tl and to whom
we hnpta to britt,,, conviction. 5. .s to
tile former, we will allow them all they
may gain by opltositicn, ire to argue
the point with themwould be a trick
as foeti'h aq pouring water on the back
of the provnrbial dunk, with the hope,
that it wotrlit take affect, In the 'first
place, we ihaee,aitem)ttted„to shots that
a great incocver,ienei' exists owin - to
the .distance at which, many P oin are
as the Comities are now smutted.—
The County of ,Tfuren, et the Ised
vies.l cyn-u;, o) vat ee,l i'a pnpulttio't r 1
60,105, to al aore,tge of 707,082, i i
ide:lintn North Huron, with -:
3 1, 716' of
i4 popu!4i io 12 'uunici,palitie:, and
449,765 ,acres, or, at' averti„e of 8,251
people anti 87,497 acte;'to each !mini-
cip dity; atr,l Hoath"T1s -1en,-with .27449
of a p )paleoLei, 7 . in inteinntliri •t, 5.c '0
237.117 :acre:, or an t,ver,t r,, of 3,$79
people, 83,7.31 acres`i` tdole;1 i.i
s-
hty. This. cenaia
raev n
years ae o. t nd 'it may safely be c wt•ln 1
od thatwviititil shirt tittle 50 gresat an.l
• r
rapid,had , seit lne;•grrowth in the nol'u-
lotion . of the county that dt ,
be placed at 80,000, This, willve
Stephen •5,000, Hay 4,000, Usbora;e
4,680, Tuckersmiti 4;000,. Exeter
1,708. ,7Q , Tiaese municipalities we.eelect
from South Huron as being at an ,in-
convenient distauee froth? Goderieb,and
desirous of seeed"hng. It will be ob-
aerved that .these 5 mitnieipalitiee sop.
resent a population of 29,580. The
township of l ibbert, in ho County of
Perth, also labors under great disad-
vantages, owing to its diat:a.ioee-frlw .
Stratford ; it had a population of near=
1.y 4,980. end is moat anuses to join; a.
wcounty, with Exeter ai tree Oonnty
w.
n , Tthe samenay be saideaid of u
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Gillivray
(5,000),-Biddulph (4,300),aud
Inman (1,100), snaking a new county,
geograpbioally all th.rt ooulll be desir-
ed, with an acreage 0801,701. From
what we can learn all the municipali-
ties mentioned are agreeable to soul; a
chane. To give it then a sure ems;
start and cause 11 to eveutuats just as
wa want it to, meetings should be call.
ed, and a fair Aad full discussion giY•
en it, con tuitteee formal, and the ma -
()b uery set in motion. We trust nit
look idly on, Allowing time and (iccuni-
atau0ea to do the rest, but if Exeter
will reasonably bonus the election of
the 0luuty buildings We cunt ques-
tion the fealty of the surrounding town-
ships.
against *their- disagreeable and cruet
outrage. Wa blame not the poisoned'
,.as Innen M the poisonere, for on every
hand, dining room, sitting room, and;
kitchen, and even .immetirtiee in the -par
lot, we see thie temptation presented
to them inglowing colours. At first
they taste, then they alp, and rlrp again,
arta at fiat, We sou them lying ancon
eai, ns to all sirroundiug oircninetenoes
and therefore, liable to fall! of every
gnorakind. And then why ge in blissful ig-
norance
nce of causing discomfort to any
ono, whilst, at tunes they not only af-
fect the heart, drawing out sympathy,
but freciueutly our appettteit fail us.
Another deplorable fact is that when
in Hite idiotic state ,they are no respec-
ters of persons, places or thinks, bat',
will cling w -r tenacity li a .itil peaailso en city t
whatever they first come in cents t
with. And now, no doubt, you will be
eager to know at Anse door tine shams
on the community, society and the do-
mestic circle, ie to' lie laid. We are
sorry to say. that it mete on what is
Ti1calleJ the iluer portiant, of humanity.
ta women to all appearan oea they
take an unh►cnuuta°ule delight in poiaeu.
log bath young eruit'old;,,tlte greater the
'number you rid the country of, the
greater number yon walleye in return,
We aro not now rcrnetrtber, to.eaking of
drunkards and eicnlhol, especially if ,we
watch closely their movements. We
ooruo new to nntao the victims of thio
poison. and the poieon itself, listen
whilst we tell.• -Flies and fly poison 1
]i'l,r poison and flier.
.?[c had:lat Vonteronce wlpparit.
snorers,
Ox Tuesday next lir John A. Mao- .
deltoid, and arbor 1ppositiou apeakvrs
will hold forth on the auostione of the
day now agitating the public mind in
Ir tu,ton. The railroad companies have
cotaseahted to carry paeseegere at a
single fair, and the chance will be
eagetly embraced.
Tun Queen Ilad assumed the now
monogram, V. R. 1. -,-"Victoria Regina
et Imperatrioe"—upou her litter paper,
Aha first persouttl indic,ttiott of Imperial
dignity,
IsTow that the session is at hand 1
when the ferment and others will the
tieing Paris green, the best mode of
ap plying it is to dissolve the poison to
watee One teaspoonful to a galdun is
quite enough.
,This ss little change to ,tote in thepotatinn of affairs at the seat of war
The Danube is so swollen by recent
rains as to, be impassable, and ate the
snow water from Bavaria and the Oar-
pat/liana 'ban yet to Coma down it is
inmpirobable tliitt a crossing will be :tit -
tempted for it month to come.
THE Queen hae been pleased, upon
the. occesiun of Iter Majesty's birthday,
to create Maj. Gena Selby Smith e•
Knight Commander of the Most (lis
tiguished Order of St. Michael and St.
George,
."Ffsorner Sensation in /meats.
THREE ST7dl.'1CIOIIS CiiilkACTER3 MED Q3,
Allnost the only»tiling spoked about
in; Leese on Tnesd'iy was tihe *melting
encounter of two of the night watchmen
appointed 1n consequence of the recent
outrages, whic.t toolc place late ou the
previcus (Sunday) eight. It appears
that whilst ti the vicinity of the
Queen's lintel, the watchmen saw +wo
suspicions locking characters stealthily
walking round by the back of the prem-
ises. ' 'Th8 watchman called' upon the
party to halt, but the latter heeded
not, and ran away. A. second demand
to stop was made, and was not respon-
ded to, whereupon the watehmen fired'
their revolvers on the fugitives. The
rascals; who evidently had no good ob-
ject in view, got clear a vay.. Tues-
dity tnhriliug, twee of human blood
vera discovered near where the party
were whon'the watchmen fired, leading
to the supposition that one of them. at
least, had bleu wounded. Who toe
leen well; .remains a mystery; bat rtl-
mot-oints to the absence of a''su8pec
'ted one” from his aecuatolned place in
the villege Mondnvt ns is soluciou it be
mg 111114084d that; }te "w as t. tlre».;persot?
wounded. During the ftillowiug day
blood was found upon a wood pile in
the vicinity upon Which the victim had
been leaning_.
• Po!Alan.
[An Essay real before' the Literary*`
A;esnouation in connection with' the B.
0. church, Exeter. Written b,y,a young
lady. whose ,natne is mystery.]
Numbers aud'nu;nbera we see, dur-
ing the iununer months especially, ly-
ing stiff aatel cold in the arias of deeth,
and all throng11 poison, Fnrieri.l after,
fu i r al p:assesk,dray lily flatly ni t,evhiell no-,'
oraai 'u'Lfltit' o,t''r11f t'il'esisoito4 '^ lk.ltlx tlncli'
frit e the tunnies i slid generally remain'
for to cltort visit, and t,gaiti and againi
those scenes are repeated, and yet no,
oath 'siert aur arbutueut whatover':
T1ie Stationing Committee of the
above Church have been in seamen in
Guelph fcr nearly a week They met
Previous to the opening of ilia Confer
aorto tie prepare the list of stittions for
the cemiog year.
Tho following is part'of tlleftrat draft
uuder correction. ;—
London Borth -James Termed '.Birr
Wm. II. (lane.
St Mary's -John P111101. A., Joseph
\Iessmorn, Joseph Shepley, euperanu
ated,
Kirkton-John L.. Kerr, one to be
eon t,
Exeter -Joseph W. Holmes.
Ceutralia-Williene Welsh.
fAilyat Ct gig--Clet,rga Jackson.
risntuu---Oharles lleteltrop,
lene;tn--Samuel T<'4ilen+n.
The London community ,was startled
on Friltny .afternoon Islet, by the sui-
ci to in the open -street of it I3„i?tiyt j
clergytnau, Rev. W. E. 1lforden, a
native of louden 60:cnship, who has
for some tone labored in Fredericks-
burg or Delhi. The rel ort of a pistol
being heard in front of the \Merchants'
Bank, on Richmondl street, those who
happened to be near looked and sea a
well-dressed gentleman reeling to the
sidewalk, holding a'r'i~evolverin one of
his hands, which &..neh was tihrown
alt, and a stream Of blo:td trickling
down over the side of his face. They
ran toward hila and : tried to render
aasiritance, bat he was found to be be-
yond their serysees:.: & bullet lay em-
bedded in his brain and his death was
only it question of a few moments.
Tee first impulse of the bystanders
was to run fur a physician, when by
chance Dr. 11lorden was seen coming
in the dietauce in hie baggy. He was
hastily summoned, and on looking itt.-
tc, the face of the victim whose life was
fast ebbing away, was shocked beyoud
measure to recognize the features of-
his
fhis own coueiu. ultra-ertnld do nothing
to .aid him, and tallied away in am-
azement and .sorroav?;::.,
The Dt$:riiit.
Mee. M. Walters, an insane woman
in Goderich gaol, attempted to commit
suicide on Sundayrix cutting her throat
with a chip. When discovered she was
sawing fiercely at ttbr;.t1l'Coat'with it chip
but fortunately hall: not done herself
much harm. She was, put iilt0 a straight
jacket for security. .
Mr. H. Y. Attrill, Of Goderioh, is ley
ing out the elbpein;front of .his resi-
dence fur a vineyard".''` "Some 500 vines
are being planted. The position is ex-
cellently adapted fatoetnis pureobe, be-
ing ptotected from tits cold winds.
Pinworm in pots neffia rattrttet the at-
tention of Bincardhinethieves.
Whether.' it is f5. nf'it pride in our
Square end a dbsireJ&"preserve it or an:
innate dislike of cow ss',t sere is•no° doubt.
that there ie no moi"bvigihtnt •uardian
of the. Square than Tip, Captain Wes.'
dog. lie is constantly on the watch
and an soon as he sees ` a cow within
the chains, lie ares for that animal and
clears her out. We Yate rant in;rec-
ognition of his services Tip be exempted
front taxation.
The 'Kitt card iny Reporter says: -'`From
Me. MoEclwards, Purser of the Quebec,
we learn teat on her way down, the
Quebec passed the Ontario, a little this
side of; Bruce' Mines, on Su'i day last,
and learned that . 'previously At pati-
senger on board the Ontario' had shot,
himself with as revolver,. The man, yea
rt• the promenad."e Beek, at the ; tirxte
[.suddenly drew a htavorver from, iais
f pnulret, placed the mtrrzla• fo'hi'a ter'hple
and Aired. the ball passing down t be
st1e'of his fees and lodging- In his
clfoek.. A medical man on board w:a i<
ut.
s. irenl on
ed ' t was e
bunable t
uung oeve an
opinion es to whether toe Nor d man
Previa. or Would not recover. 1 -le . we
to be left at the mines for medical care,
No person op board know who be Wan,
nor were any peper•t, ticket or aur
'thing else found on his per's)n t., reveal
his identity. The only thing definitely
known about him is that a short time
before the sbootine, a follow-pessenge
hears Mira slag as If to 'dwelt, • it
might es well be done new ae at any
In Goder' l
0 R F(
r h, few day; u n
a n
D r
b Y
illntiixllb p, alt ut twelve years of ego
efled ripen Judee T one wo tilh wan order
wirier► read Rostov ,2,5 -F'ai'r, terns if
you ple:,l-t lett me have f,lir dti kers for
there bt going to be an exce -eine to
toront+a and h w=' rl,l li:; *
rind see my friends fair i her. Ett t finite
trot e'iongh limner Jelin WM n !rein,”
Thie purported to e. one fa 9,n 't Dard.•n-
a r, father ef.the t'v,1 b gip,, who hate
neon doing seine wo'lr f'r the hilg.'.
Ur. Toms raid the rmvtey, he, a lb e-
rinentiy learned that i+. wee nit a .(e,1
u me order, floury Willoughby tool hi -
brother William, 0111t f,t•r-t, ,n ye'ahrs.
of awe, were arrested an 1 nrtz:t:r.tlel h.+
fore Mr, P. Munson. It aalr' ars tlt•tt
William did the f.ergery. II etre col-
lected g
acted tiro money, and ltavthi,,, nbtsai'rnit
th' spoil. they retired to 1i 1,idattdrtile,
where they invested the greater per -
tion of it in beer, oieere mid crack,'rsi.:.
Both lmve been committed for tri_ 1,
Is the Star,
tfr,
Milne, f a ' e,• wile / le
0 1T who ., i fit ;fi
Manitoba a few weeks a e, Wales b telt '
that times in Winnipeg.tri• ,tent a., pre-.
ent as mine and ltnrdwere heal rim ow.
Work will commence iu titre weeks, and
times will he b-tter. C;trpentora. Irt-
expeots, wilt base $ 50 to $2 75, Ansi 1
plenty of work in a abort time on the
railways.. MIr, Milne Mira. t .e c-itiniry
well and intends taking rile aiowl hihuwin
bis family up there.
LONDON and N
INVESri N,YE SOCIETY, .
pita l ?.00,'+
radios s regetrinre money CM! 'T,t,rt 1 :n.icnnens
ot.appnwed town ,+rWormTrnl,K,rt 14 13,11:114
rates. b, shave .i„ ok l,nn,l,,n, iir-y l..+,.t Cow-
pany. For further eerticf£iars, .,pp. 'o -
+IrY:%1?.,li t .t'!;(iil,h.l.•lZ i:5.' nt., .
May 77, if, Exe:er Ont
time.' [
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Hain Street, Exeter.
SURE CURS: FOR
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1)R,it&ATC,. Ri.ir.w ,.' ACenall T.^.A
train on the Lehigh Vallee Road tenet
with an accida.et, n for ',Yyw Being, nit
lay last, by which tw h persons were
killed or d seventeen w000de . Mrs
IT rarer, of Scranton. is one of the kit.
lel. her dathe;idor, Um Welland, heiihe
eeriotrsly injured. Six of the injuredR.
are not expected to recover.
aneoial says that J. 13. Stilleon, their
Utah correspendent, ws fired at by an,
*swain. while retnniing from w drive, r
on Saturday. the 213th ult. Yesterday :l
t stranger, resembling the pian who
area the allot Culled at Stillsmrra house,
and while apparently presenting en ef-
fedavtt to be read, ,made a deadly
illuuge with a dirk, at Stillson'e bosom,
whichglanced off a buo',cle. Th', seq.
sarin fled when Stinson fell from the
force of the blow.
CATARRH
So
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nave euro the
AGENCY
17013
CAI. Inhaler
,ANO'
Catarrh inhaler.
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;ti„ r't+'arl:'ry--.,rne 411boe
it title eliGtveric',t of Alia •
*Ud t3utrtir+ul'4 1.155.
iglhest Medical
*lawny.
CT.'RRNTS AND
OSEBERRIES
rot.of OIELLE13 E
At the DOMINION LABORATORY.
Main tit. Exeter.
Exeter Tannery.
The tindrr.i; nld,nnni,%let one ei 71;' 'rn'l their
ploy leatYn ten' en baaul, a large ,innnti'y of
.+ E .A, H F ,
:melt
L PPER, KIP, CAf.F, IfARNESS,8£LTING
RUSSET and LABS LEA. HER.
tlnioiti'ay of hair for p"lnetererereztbend; .
SHOT AT. --A. 1It'rald S Salt Lake(t-
A. LiitaE FUNERAL.—The 'fawned on
Thursday lash of Seth Mapes, red 87,
was attended by his twelve children,
forty-seven grandchildren, and twenty-
nine great-grandchildren. Deceased
had lived in the house in wbieh he died
in the town of Port Hope, for sixty-one
years.
ltaA'n.RtED.
gonitis-GSEFxwras`,-entbe Sth instant. at the
residence of Dr atolllns. Crediton, by Rev
Gorge Webber, omitted byltav •r Greenway,
brother of the bride, Rove H'slnyes, S p,to
Jane, daughter of the late Thomas Groan.
way.
Savinos and Investment
SOCIlirt• Y
UI+ I (?N ID Q,. ti
Debentures and Mortgages' Purcl;t t tl
•
Pinnies requiring Money can nLt:r'•' rr4
trances prompt lg on approved City ta• t+xt' nt
P,'operty,
• Go a.ttpttcation at Their
.WILLIAM E.BITLLEN, •-
- 14latieger.
London .i' in le.,t. i£rt,. ,t
!NH ,; BUTCHER
taP
fj,
lhenndetnigned' would,i+tfnrns titq ;31 abi•
_fi til ants • of Exeter and vicinity that hit, ha,
.., 5.
OPEITED 'NEW BUTbilER.-SiatOP
0110flopt :Oath uflti'3131sic1s+tmitrlsshnp andhopeo
the salve liberal pa}izorxago stat hag ,boo ;ac
ikoivaeato hila iii'-tlse
tatSAoxss,nria IND WAOOy MAx1NO.
tine "will bd. 00teuded to him in 1119''aap10l brands 0
uusiti ss; • 15 s'ttieitt wt ref nu iv ll,oi01 et the resi-
,len •c of be llliagere tutee time, each weel:.pnd
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k _n. extsort strait tyonbaba et 12 bnjehe
Drslt,;003 g' ani1': wrigon ratikn ^
ic'srri e5.
usaallb ,11xnithi itnbrauct,ut;
hlreaLLI 11'
Cash for hides.
V D.
c( O€lIIEDN W.tTCiti
I3esuxe.sntt gel, toe W. ThtwTc(toe:lon watch
betorebnyinYu'ss • i= t;rte oroot'rr. at ter them. A l t n'lto wre ;, ,rci r, +t ,send there
oldaad S,rver, i 8+l , v•, i sin's sizer„
r71)mold a +tr0114.1., .estlmoni3ls
Tho largest;bostandohoapeststt,etc Ilas'Gold
Jewelry, nun nks,atvrr, t i .ct d .tl a' -e, Fancy
neUdts, te., ., lit -n, i'rev-use: epsi 1rggof
eYory debexiritiotx'W. t', alt (*t,WN.
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17 Lab 1, 1 1 .Vaca•
DRE W' g HALL, EXETER.,
a>t[atnag, t5., .L A, Sp acli flan.
^""t'is'hot the plaiwrof'man to commsn .tlt,e.•-
ears: We will do mere— Yew<ill deserve lt,
• -IT WO NIGHT'S ONLY i•
tepee ranee of the eedtleleirecjis,nea. English ge-
t1V.Iiss 'SOPETIE MILES.
butiporttrd, by the
;ROYAL STAR DIA-MATIC OOIW .
;Righteen first -close artasts.'Bress'fennd and or --
'ell 'sera. 1+'131DA'Y' EVENING, aux #2, tth. Tem,
tMONO-
aylors Morrama,. the •Tioset .01 eitve
mon,. T'o etnsradewith`the Retebum epa0i91.•.
1"The Lan king Ryon a," ehturdity evening.,
;title Stu;;., •A1l.'that Uliirtora is,;not u+ ] 1," To
io scludettlatu tii., lAetabtiin ttpeofaity 0Wlxrt'od,
a ^'Patber AOmiieeroit ate, -*starved, seate4,40a,
Dout-le Tickets, scented during Who aaY iia -
v ttitil::lady and •gentton an 75c -teats osh:},o
aeeurad•at 5aude3;aeo't 1Lyre,
F;. .Rp13INEO T,4g.ent.
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''3iannfneturerr of.
'5. R : SAT i; STAvE
and dca:erbtn
xitx t'.wo stiles neat of ondei.TA, .
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