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Vol V, iXETTR ONTARIO, THTJll SD ..Y, MAY 30,1878. No. 39
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A TRIP TO MANITOBA, thriviu., and profitable uncle- But this is their 1 Too many go there loukiug for work; even a few weeks ago in a bush clear Stevens_
luuyea, as the emigraut season is now at os expecting g otelwa;,(:s. ItvoUld hereparticularly Ville' The evidence adduced al. the in -
best, warn all such against going, as Inlwtlwds are
quest pointed almost conclusively to
The immigration into tines euuutry is cum- .her now working for toter boardeeraeehanics
viin Ju11IiNt:s BY THE WAY. moue, averagtug full} 1,00!) a week, of which of ani muds. Huudriede are h1 efauitoba who
l utnbe•r atbuut wee -thud return bac':, tlisttlstei' would gladly get out if they wily lead the dimes.
!laving Lid geed -bye to Moshe an•1 tiloee most awl d2.:l2eeal•tenil•tl, the revasuu lreioe from various'1lnrs( people treat tlore ca peeling• a Calif()
dear, we, i. e , 4le4yrs. T- t"<srue•'mi F. liamil- e'iu e. , 9V1n4h an Attecutive wader will 1..►tu. of 1}tee, and luso:ael of lailli••'1 thuy
tach and your bennbl1 servant. left 1isttt'r un. Now,: asmyontly intention ways at hest to tt:i 14rat class known a» "strapped.'
t,ttire244ay t11e "th inst. for a tris to the )treat rite divot 31anitubs, 1 fear I have already 88t11,400 miles from home.
No.tle-ere.-., to sok for our: t•ives the greet at- taken up toe 1nuCll that•. in rt whine the portak, 1 teddy believe the time is not far distant'
tr:ueetione that are drawing .bushy vast =athletes : of the l'ruaince. 1'U1. nevertheless. my object when this great North -wt' it will be the home of
to its shows, .for half of them set uu fuvtle r). Innst be aceeempliettkel, as to it the fortunes of 1 teeming lnillioas of the cons of toil, and all
Tll:nitiu, that your nune•rous rt'a1.r, would be °male- might depend. thriolph Cllk land will be foxed busy centres of
luta , d, owl perhaps some of thein ltn•ne>tltti d, , pesos. rio* tieTHEcorearte. tradeanti commerce'.
with lir len and ink. sl;.trli of our jollrne\' maThe country, like •s
all like ort=a, mrl,t At a pointed rails', lie -rt of lemeri;in 1 took
in( :it itte eentokctel therewith, is the motive neeteoeriiv b; s, 2J.e et eel,<&wen, hut will hate of nee two fleende, they to Luther prose.
that trtaitnpte ole tel occulty your epee, Ate +,atlw dh.L..h' it we, me doses, geed tats tad, Cute' their prospecting tout, uud sseir humble
rie.•:1 at I.++telou, we took ti*nnu.II ticket+ to t1n,1 a•tilt` et►1l►tTa eta of wait a•eta•ut, diene is et rvaei1 to retrace hie steps, his bt''art yearning
W222292)8.., the unite being; as follows eoti.1i`.It.peenlands s. of legit to beI.a it Buell bieii . the to lit boli1 the shear twee at home.
to Uetroit ; ut•tr4.it and 1ilwaulit•e It. It. w " cost.. I um only going tt Fl e'a% of the Rotel, as it 1 left Em+-rsou on Simla; Tile 1,111; ins.., anti f
taau 1 Haweeu, tu'ur4 by boat t" Milwaut;rce ; le the only inlet that came iui.lt r my of+;+'lea- retuning by way of Chicago for a change, laud
Gni '.. i., 'eI. 4tud ,it, Pant to St. Paul ; ',t' 1'. tion. It consists of both prairie 4)1el lvona Land, c4 8t Jo+udeui un Thnniilety night. tilt, journey
an 1 1'. totil2udolt. N. 1', to Fisher's. lauding, tbi emote lareely prtelomrnattn „ Tide prairie Jeanne ite,+ut k d:t a. Aitugrtlicr, I eujused
and thence hie b„ et to W 188*iae:; ; this bebp, le a,gra udtsprttacit• to behold, anti isnot, 86 many my trip, ani little, the recital of oleo n4$i'S will r
eensi•lt'rt'+1 the 18 «,t divert route *42 rail, toe' 4,18')' t=ee a nle+noteuea,l 0181411 of a tits. gt'ase 1"''+1:4 a•uttet'.ttitliui; to the many millers thereof, There are 419 appeals against the The annual district meeting of the
cult which wanes according ie t _.;r< _+. asst a raestine nue: to tworul;y, a is , tet :t i " will b )I ^ 1 ' f , .
.1 .r.
Smith as the guilty party. After dill
ge}t search he turned up in the Buffalo
n6xkhouve, `where. he was serviug a
terra of three days, ou expiration of
which he was easily persuaded to cross
over to the Canadian side, where he was
taken into custody, and brought before ,
the magintratea far E, i4)nination.. Smith
made ff full confession of the murder,
and also acknowledged having. c iwwitt
ed a eiwilar decd last fall .rear hat. Cath- the station and there 8tri Ned hint:
odium. He was committed to Wellaud n -ed.One girl held her Maud over
tail tor trial. alt
the ljttie fellow's mouths, while the otlx-
er two beat him about the body with.
barrel staves until the child fainted
with pain. This is a curious ossa of
juvenile depravity.
A.e little Grace Harris, daughter of
Wm. Harris, Req., l3ruseols, was watch.
ing some boys fishing ou the bank of
the river on the 21st inst., she was
caught on the cheek by a Book attached:
to a line which one of the lade was
casting into the etreatu. The hook was
imbedded in the flesh and had to be
cut out by a medical attendant.
Three girls, aged five, eight and nine
g , g g
years respect'vely, living in Goderich,
induced a little boy aged three years to
ecconlpanv them to a lot ety spot near
COUNTY ITEMS.
Blyth ie to have a lock-up.
of 1 ' h i the !Argil" t {tu l I ' t 1' t b hut rl' 11 1 to .tie lAl+ ltrtt r.n r u. P,,mp e ,t. • a, arts, (roderich assesauieut roll ' '1T Church.
deows of the bark ghee' of 1stlrir,t "'UV :.slyer shied t+y'Lilland dale awl*ltin'auttlpil,4p'lan • li IGT , to Litt, writing thtntetf. ARO. .let there. (xoderialt District of the C. e .
wit.. 4.o in for trout:my can get al938. ver} wd. creel;,, 41141 little rills. 1'or elle' Must part tl r f"le to l'uarl11a(e With lib Verne f10111 lit i:4 .i•Intown
8tttt%lthstaulliu;t the hungry sharks who enftert wintry its u1l:lul8tiu:r, with (44',•,*"18* 4l 11<tt 1 t---
yoar 1 8th, anti meet you at every tura. and " pt;tius, but even tbu '- plaids are 84111 nilly +:t Theo- are the gardens of the desert, these
their statue 18 Legion, while t e'ecc wha 4.8 to the Foil is a beautiful ri4elt Wet 1.+.8)11 varsir.,, file unshorn Jtvi.l::, lekundless and Beautiful,
"Fra- the 0+•01:4att." regarliltse of time and mot. from, Fa'., two t,i :ix feet in tits Lilies. the fertll- For whiel1 the speech of England has nu natue;
ey, eau here get rid of both in a utettele`r that icy of v *22414 ne2thiut; eau title"- Til,:14thic44* The Prairies ;1 belaul4 theta for the fir*..
twenl.l .,urpri>:e even Mini-'lf.
re ie -,.it depends on. Io .11.^2. leo a; ae,of it est k41And my 11,31.1 swells, while the, delated si41t
A,1 41" 11++4 it!giM1 t' a ela:ene 4U'` -4.1f 4 1841*te 4,• f't.,l t\' a 111.1 n. 112 f'lrnt:r► • ee r" -,'e, e, t',:. .
1 t TuF.r3 lu tlr en(irclen'• va;tu v I.t►f the;
to Maltitdet I tit tet th. ttife a, 4;01. 01 1 •a 11 t:t".'ati' \ 131,1 14 t tlt Amens i 80111 [mien, blew et stretch
the r+ 4.1, r w'iIi t0+". pn 1l16110;4 t.M" 4+^4o8t4 12112:11112122. 1 tea t nnc•ta 3 a of La,' 1• 215 alai. 27i "flier In airy itnlDaD;ittult`t, far atC3e-,
net i 1 a-..r;t, ¢4t to mar,• Y, 121,,,,tata_. 't int.: o 14 r l.. un batt let MAnit1.:1 „ eel if the 4areatt. en 116gentle: t tiw6ell,
telete ee at 11.trse;t es: 11 p,'n.. u.2 1 sal)1'a at t ,..t•l ill" *44271 f+)_• 101,100 or arestette. ar;el Ye: Wire Swat still. with all hes rounded billows fixed
ti ee'1, • led ten *021 1„ 1.01% U- alt,+11'.12 46 11.;P4-' 1":141'1;' 't7111p'I7 1 . '.1"t,` 1' tore s, -,.ass 481 .Dari 28221 y; FIG' 1'. 41+'ttoalt',
4ef 14.•1-'t E:14i-•it tart• u-s..riat • 111'414 tit , i...:4:1.
1 t''1' Anal Is 'saulr .ewe T:
a+ 1 . r 4•., .uttz4+, lID.iv. 1t•t i1 a J ,let )1eh luu•1 tx- ;qt,, titr y are lel! uurira:un'tl ►,shish. The dnuuls
tits city„ so dire it 1,4 •;4s shut 4 melte letate 3 t'4; they ..t eeitart D,.ave *14 222* of it. mit thea' :itself, over with tllt•e4 elee19<ns. and, ih'u('at14,
rep r^:r..• n 111 t'\ery r 1h et 2'•228 A114a4rile;tu city, , into, 129'1141 141•( 44F, 1221* 2*44 128eel 41fee8'tt7+. 4112,* T14t. ,:.42£34`1' ra''lt8 nett doe,1 r t,ti tat the eye;
co,, deoe the stale 44. '411.21424 ".,44 stn t1t;1*t,t ll.aw. to lie:, 4, 1'.-+n•at11) 2* 421411 carat 442442. 5•',2181,• am : 1) lei'. h,oltr28, e,,,,am to S1i,l4• along. anti. eba;2.
the (heel iu a 4e44i 4 ur 414Y 1)t 4'i i:, 1n1 232'4 rt;e too '4*•ettllr , Thee bunny wises.
apo 42,1,\, tett- if tsalt jtr e , hem the thtt '‚ e pita, r4 reel r teem pee, bcrie to sap Out 11186 •' N. S. Grans.
as l teem 1114 1.1!144;0, a, W411114 the tui;• ;Otter- ; rene:try 1•, the tine et that tlle"an ever Arnie tin. 4 ['++buena. May :5.11, 1878,
:awe :II lilt'. Lige triwir awl hamlet, Edson do"In lemur rt. -Teets it has its dumltatete. Is
T4i.4ta". Ar2i\'t14 at tli4n„1 Hste• ii. awl 1.n'.; V34. Were 4 4e44111tr1' iu 411.' 41441dtlr4thaa Ila. a Tel
."I el". 60212hal ntsttl1. Glt Minorult..Ite+. to 11 wally to hewthe ,11'iltelkeete in tide teen:tie DOMINION NE WS.
tot terateitrlk,4', lelaere 224' earravti1 1st , ate 1,1 It"'"' 1na4•141t21,1,' that. In '11 ++tliterkt. I eti1
:v:'t+.l a. t2.., 12821 it"1 tot• di=t not it.ave till 1:341
t , i u ser lit+ it, drat\144(•1+, and its 1d\1ntoite5 i.,,
12. lir► , rP had 1824)914' 01114". far tt1'''.e11412.1 the ! that en rlat•'1114 121. rustler Paul tiieerinrit12tte for
many siteoto of lett Te+t ell this llea?lt fol111111 !a* a^ tIDiltt't^1f
port, Toner% die! attl'trt:'inte teeing the l4,titee. 1. „elearr►ty..f timber. ill aerie ,pewee. Tlll'
far rtft<•r tTt4t4'1tac2g the 111311Y etrt'rtb h2 the, rail 122 r+lis tae co/once/eel lit. ter+.1t , eyelet: s•1i, a,
Cie',+l he. tate n„thin •. P41212e ul• 1 hew nail• plenty tun l+;' had for tin' tenetla^iltg at 114 14`4.
'Inge 14'4!1g&t,ri, Irattell t44'*2*'14') in qua^slits., are' ate testae. the only fut"emetlime', been;„ that
B4 )21.1ID lee ills etentarlt, after era ,.ene the Wee; tll.twlll ; l.f it from5 to 1t,, roil,” 4, atkt ttik4.nly 411
et 1.,: • 11,1.1.14. b:ft tv1 t]l124 itifurnlnnt til tittle stash'(nut takes. es in the river anderee1ls,ttonte
4not The •city 114 a beauty, the wally swing pie)at; .4 time oak, poplar, eters Rue *ekeekt .a*tl
briii'et..t nintshills. t14e' .h2Cht'. a ,e'L'4l' 11110 1411,,H11:1%
in quilt. 1111.1 I+rirt +i t'a.t4 arwomufcu .writs ; t•tat.
+ a.lututa and p.l;blie b2i11denge were all worthy4tt 1 t 4e:elid , Leaving tilt the ON -
CUM, s118'r,1tl 1 Saint Paul R. lie f.,r Saint
*Patti. the observant travtlier newer heels the
lit a t'e e,, the journey, neer the weskit,+nn'urvsitf
rat*_ 6,7 2111ve1 ill tilt' 648841 rt'. a 's, nus welder•
.tilt ateet't4 ever r piss *sing, our 2i -inn ; at tine tune
the rad riot': along; the tal414' of a beitutifralitte
late, the many pretty j 1eueure boat, otl iia bur -
five. ana
ur-fare.101,1 the superb neweianet on the won,led
hill si,l, "4, at envy primktinek e4 a f t.4hitulablo 24•,
bort far the wealthy. Now toe 41414 ill till, midst
of hill au,l dale. bull itud picturesque, aeniu we
skirt a\ lake, and 1141tin 2647 are amour; the penes,
Tlu• e mt.nes are Cuacted till we remit lift:,.
tines, between whtela place 1841 Saiut I'aul the
road runs flier a time along the battle of the \Ie8
bowling on one vide, you. behold. tl e
Liver. u2. the other the rocks tuw• r high me,
overhanging the track, giving an appear:tu t: of
awe and grandeur quite lmpnsing; but night
draws a curtain 06er tile p,anora1na, ane we
meek a Pinnas car. Saint Paul is bighted at t►
a,
in., where we remain tt11 5 p. m„ a, little
longer tuan wcl wotil.t wish, but stilt the day
passed pleasantly. :side host of 111e Clarendon
House took us iu tow and showed us the essen-
tial el'mt lets of the great city; but beluga busi-
neese 114811, he walked and talked so fast that he
both tired and bewildered us, facts and figures
becoming considerably wive(' up, perhaps partly
owing to the hospitality of our host in appeasing
our thirst. 1 suppose he forgot we belonged to
the L 0. G. T., in fact, I think we forgot it
ourselves; but in order to show that I at kast
,did not succumb to too much kindness, I will
sketch the city, briefy. Saint Paul overhangs
the Mississippi, which attains a width of bait a
mile, spanned by a high bridge under which
pass craft of all sizes; this railway skirts the Ontario, not 1,000 miles distautl
back of the river only a few feet above the My conversation with thosee, ettlers whom
water. we interviewed, amount to abote,tllis—Wo like
The city proper is about 150 feet above the this country far better than 0 lio and would
1401 exchange 100 acres of our 1 d for thesame
amount of theirs and be boo to live there.
One man said, "I had 50 acre n Co. Bruce,
and four of a family, audeouldst scarcely live
comfortably. I sold .out for 11500, and my
stock &e, for $500. I camo he and at an out-
lay of $1,200 I have 320 acres land, a good
house, a good stable, plenty ofttle, 50 acres
under wheat, 30 under other cies, have $1,500
at interest, and if I do as well r the next ten
Akers as the last three I will eve $10,000- in
hard cash. I have met men Tho came here
theee years ago without a siugilollar, and to-
day are asldug 411,000 for their nee. •
w80 8808828 GO TO te.k4OBA.
The farmer on 100 acres he with a large
family of boys, should lose no t e in getting to
Manitoba.. The Man on a lent farm in, this
country ehonld go there by all ens, provided
he can take with him from 4150 o $1,000,1. e.,
if he has a family he is wasth he best of his
days here and making nothing, factcsn'tpay
Iris rent ; for half his crop- is t ties and wild
oats. The young man, brongh p a- farmer,
who has' no visible means of s ort except' as
a laborer, sho)lld go at once, b he would ee
the better before starting to .en into partner-
ship with someyou ngperson fo
the waiter would suggest a yo
ula.u'* 2 --Severity crud length. of winter. latrel 41f 1Vrstnit litter died iu the 70thsc ii, C a
mum. tht3 Ls 1. ,e pn tl is sri+ V1,1,
wile** 1 tellyou that during my e•,n\ercatien t year of bis *age, 011 etornioy -1 list.
A destructive fire occurred in Ottawa
on Saturday last, consuming 13 tone-
lamlis. Total lose $8,000.
A series 2..f burglaries have been con•
witted in the town t Cobnurg during
the past three weeks. No clue to the
p)erpetratore as yet.
51r. Routledge, o)1 of the oidest set.
with tweet's of old : ettlers, they 1284 and WI de.
.hawses that they preferred the Ntanitelte to the
tlaltario winter, Surd, thee it eann.t 1.t• $t,
very blur. (ven if it is 845 severe 2..4 thliari0. u
The great distaste(' from nraiket. This cari4'8
from uathin4 to 3011 miles according tnlueatii.n,
Int there 31)t) n4itt'43 art, only Imaginary ulsta)1- ,line titivate from iasults.
eve, yet it 14 true framers area great disttr)1t'te
*44fin a auit2tb1' place far tli,pss,veug.• of their pro. there Wal 80 ett.leblatiOn Of Lila
duce; bat time in of no seine there, in fact a Queen's Birthday in Part Dover. This.
14881er thew don't work MK' ttao thirds of the 044 ttoun4 red 02100 before iu 38 years.
Items per day, nor aver half the days iu the
year that a Harmer iu thisettmtry bas to do in 1)r- G. W. liaujltr, of 'Montreal, woo
order to 1ise, consequently Il+ might lips led was with the Turks during the late war, -
three days going to and returning Iroin market
t,.at1' at the sante expellee as one day here.
d•-•Weut of schools awl churches. Alt! reader,
these .bre drawbacks, serious tees, and 11lave
Belleville has a curiosity iu the shake
of a chicken with oue head, four legs
ttud four wings.
Ktng2lton is troubled with a .swarm of
rough+, and litdiee re no *auger safe on
has arrived home and is in capital
health.
A man named Stephens. a painter by
puzzled my *)rain to find a stamen of the ditty. trade, was found dead in his bed, iu the
runty, erph'etally the former. churches may be township of Pittsburg, o-1 Friday last;.
established at couvcuient diaanec, and. one A ten year old gill named Ellen
preacher could attend to three ►r more without
much incolavelienee; but to mike p148611 48 for Slnith, of Dresden, was found drowned
educating the young will regain time, and, in its the Sytlonhaua river, on Thursday
the interval people will have to give individual last.
instruction at home.
THE .DCANTAOEt it is started in well-informed circles
of the country may be summd up briefly— that Silting Bull and bis band have vol.
Plenty of rich prairie land to boat almost for watered their full force to fight for
nothing- prolific returns at asmall outlay: Gteut Britain ugainet the Russians and
plenty of good water, both on th surface and ,
by digging from 10 to 20 feet manual labor • 8181ans should trouble arise ahoni,
very light; plenty of stock eanleraisedwithout either.
cost, and without much care; vey little drain- A disastrous conflagration b' oke out
ing, fencing, building or imps ing required,
at, Aylmer A 'ion Suuday g
morniu labs.
thus what money you get for p ince you don't
put back on the farm, or in of 7r swords, the B*:f'+re the progress of the flames could
farm don't cat up all it produce like parts of be checked several buitdiug were de-
Orsy ed.
water, it ,has numerous manufactories and a
good commerce, its public. buildings and
churches are erected regardless of cost, two
churches costing over $1,000,000 ; the Custom
House tend Post Office all in ape building would
lead one to believe that the comfort and conven-
ience of the citizens are of primacy significauoe,
while the suburbs and surrounding neighbor-
hood are studded with costly palatial mansions.
'"Taking leave of the city we take the 4t. Paul
:and Pacific to Breckeiuidge, thou the North
Pacific to Fisher's Landing, au44 on our arrival
at the latter place; wo aro placed onboard of a
Red River steamboat, a veritable purgatory, for
the hardships there endured by the emigrant,
should insure a clear receipt for all past offcue
• ors. What a change !
On the railway everything is comfortable and
in order, the coaches are all first-class, the em-
ployees, from
m-ployees,from the conductor down, think only.
how to make the journey pleasant, sad agreeable
to those travelling on their roads; On the
other hand the Red ' River Transportation Co.
provide no aecomnlodatinn'for the emigrants ma-
' doss first class tickets are purchased -at ruinous
'prices. They have only the two classes, and as
the emigrant genorally takes second class, hay -
dug an nye to' economy,we find huddled togeth-
er human, beings, cattle, firm implements,
merchandise and all such goads, and in fact, as
.. the emigrauts are, the lash part of the freight
'that goes aboard they fare by, far the worst, and
''yet I am drawing the pioture an. a mild form.
The trip deem the. River to Emerson emu -
'pied 30 hours, and glad eve were to 'leave slyer,
• although _peersonelly we were.not so badly treat-
ed as .the emigrants.. -
MANiTOBA.
WHO SHOULDN'T,
The•tnan who expects to fin
one who always lived, without
can't work, (everything don't
melee.
Those who haei'a Sarni in 0
• - not live on it, would. not be mu
It is true ho might,own mere
Emerson stands at the entrance to Manitoba was too lazy to'work,100 sores
en lied River4. I1.18 a emall town, but ;.does a pound he work 800 there.
Lee. q .1,
A. number of young men and boys,
rebiilents of Durham. have been oil 41, -
mooed to appear before the tnttyor of
that ))laps, on a cuarg. of insmltiug anti
phasing a girl named Mitubell.
Au attetnpt was - made to wreck au
express train, on the G. W. R. track
near Bi+aandville. White oak sleepers
were laid across the track, but f ortuu-
ately they were disc,vered'by the engine
driver. and the train: stopped without
any damage being done.
A telegram has beau received by W.
H. Higgins, of Whitby, advisius him
that the sentence of death passed on
,Burke and McPlierson, • 110w iu jatl at
that place, charged with the murder of
a woman i.0 Pickerutg township, h448
beau, OUtrtn,ut.ed to imprisonment for
life 112., the penitentiary.
A. lamentable accident happened on
the Ciraud.River, in Galt, on Tuesday
evening, the 21st inst, The small
panionship, pleasure eteamer,Ewprees of India,was
out with 11 pleasure party of about 18
persons, when the steamer became nn
-
manageable and capsized over the dam.
All - the passenge7ts were plunged „into
the river below.. The bodies • of the
'0 and Could 'passengers havenll been found.
better tnero. ; John Francis ecseitn, arias Joliu Whit -
but e if1 he
by, was on Monday Last, arraigoed on a
:•charge of murder' of a Man minted Allen
y
n Eldorado,
k, one who'
w spontane-
A couple of barns were unroofed in way lied in Seaforth or 'Tuesday and
McKillop during a recent storm. Wednesday, May 21st and 22nd, 'here
The Seaforth Council have granted being a large attendance of ministers
20 to the hashish of that place, and lay delegates. The membership
Mr. James Suuhe, of Tuckersmith, and hustle of the district were iu a very
leas sold a arm of horses for $220. satisfactory cOUalt2On, being second or
t'he Goderich band t•lnrllaimtr.)t has third Jisi.riet in the London Conference
been .oat ones waddle 14th of June. as to prourese. The Rev. C, Laval,
1 P M. A. Chairman, pleaded. The Rev.
Some of Brussels' Orange Young 1lesare. Laval and Preston were 2.p.
I3:.tons are talking of going to alilutrettl pointed to the Statttning Coinmitte,.
on the 12.th iif July. Rev. 1. Caswell to S. S. Committee,
nt,llatw181Mr. J. ICr(and Mr. J. S. Fisher on the Missionary
$1 and costs fur breaeli of the pound , Committee. Messrs. R. W McKenzie,
by-law a few days aiuce. 1 A. S. Metier, Win. Gray, and R. S.
Mr. :hl..'liouutcal+tle, of Cliuton, sus- leach were elected delegates to the
tained a berion8 accident while plough. General Conference iu Montreal in
lug, on Wednesday last. September nest.
The Dauntless base ball club, of W3iY iS IT 1
^;igton, heat the High School bop by The truths of science cud pror~resa-
5 roma one day last week:
John Curcio, of Blyth, was Geed $1*ive thought have always been cotnpell.
and wrote for being drunk and dieor- ed to batter down the buIwarka of
der* a few din s ago. prt;judice and disbelief, or remain for. y 8 over uuknowu. Whyis it that eo le
fire so reluctant to eceive fasts that
relate directly to the phenomena of
their own t,xietence ? Astronomers,
Tho Seafortli Council hes made a
grant Err the p)irahaae of new uniform
for the fire brigade. •
The Episcopal Mathreli848 of Gotl'ir. 1 ultou discovering a star, assign it a
ich contemplate building a elrttrch in 'place at ouee, and itis forever fixed.
•hat place, the c.,st to be $6,000. The rule by wuich a mathemetieal
Three gentleman had a narrow es- problem is once solved becomes forever
cape from being drained at Hol,nesville 2111 axiom ; but no matter how clearly
the other stay while croseiug the river. the principles which govern sickness
and Meal h be demonstrated, acme re.
pias. Clara lionnteastle, of Clinton, festa to believe. Dr. Pierre's Family
fell dt.wn stairs and broke her righttMedicines, which are now 2.o generally
22nd lust. m, and injured her shoulder, on the lit ed, and deservedly popill lir, went, in
their early clays, very reluctantly' re.
Captain West, of the Albion Hotel, sewed by the people. Tu•day, lir.
(3oderi:clt, has sold out to Mr. Peatmau, Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has
of Galt, outrivalled the old-time sarsaparillas,
his Pellets are in general nee instead
of the coarse, huge, drastio pills form.
erly so much employed, while the sales
940. of hie Dr. Sage's Catarrh Rentedy and
his Favorite Piescri.p'tions are enorm-
ous. Where the s&in is sallow and
covered wi:h blotches and pimples, or
where there are scrofulmui swellings
and riff( ctione, a few bottles of his
Golden Medical Discovery will effect
au entire cure. if you feel dull,
drowsy, debilitated, have sallow dolor
of skin, or yellowish -brown spots on
face or body, fi equent headache or die-
ziuess, bad taste in mouth, internal
heat alternated with hot flushes, low
spirits and gloomy fnrebodinge, irregul
ler appetite, and tongue coated, lima
are suffering front Torpid Liter or "Bili.
undress." In many cases of Liver Com-.
pl.rint only part of these symptoms are
experienced. As a remedy for all such
case•+, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery has no equal, as it effects
perfect cures, leaving the liver strength-
erred and healthy. Debilitated females
who have undergone all the tortures of
caustic and the knife, tend yet suffer
with those peculiar dragging Bolan sea-
siltio1s and weaknesse4, can' have guar -
anted to them prompt and positive re-
lief by using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
soript•ion ; while constipation and tors
pid liver, or "biliousness," are prompt. •
ly relieved by the Pleasant Purgative
Pellets. Sold by all druggists.
A Pomo tele ram reports that the
health of the Pope declines daily, but
t,sat unless the physicians insist
upon leis departure, it will be difficult to
induce him to go to the country.
At Arlington on Sunday, Sam Carney,
a young man who had been refused per•
mission to visit Mine Culleubine, went
to her 10018, oat her throat with a razor,._
shut her with a revolver, and, being met
by Mr. and Mrs. Ouilenhiee on the w.» -
down -stairs, he shot the father to the
hip, cut Mrs. Callenbiue severely with
a .butcher knife, and rushingout ioiio
the yard drew a razor across his own
throat, and expired instantly. The tw-
eets are not fatally, hurt. The daughter -
liveda few tniuntee.
The value of the fish taken and
brought into t*oderich during the year
ending 81st December, 1877, was $28. -
On the morning of the 20th inst. a
two year old heifer belonging to Mr.
Ben Fralick, Morris, gave birth to twin
calves, which are doing well.
A disastrous fire occurred in Brussels
on 111 •nday night about eleven o'clock,
through which six business stands and
three dwellings were totally consulted.
A. shoft time since a ewe belonging
to T. Levan, of the 6.11 con. of Goder
ioh Township, gave birth to one lamb.
A. few days af,er it gave birth to two
more.
'Mr. John Cairns, 5th eon. Hibbert,
has au eutire oohs not yet two years old,
which on the 2(Lh April brought down
the scales at 1,520 pouuds.
Andrew Berry, of Seaforth, was con
mit ted to gaol last week 88 a vagrant.
Tilis is his seventh comnlittwent for the
same offence.
Duncan McDonald, confined in God-
erich jail „under sentence of death fur
murder, is suffering from severe ner-
vous prostr'atiun, A petition, signed
by 400 persons, preying for his reprieve
will be presented shortly to the Minis-
ter of Justice,
The Cotlservatives of Wiogham have
commented the work of orgsteiztng for
the coming contest. A. Liberal-Conser-
vliti're Association was formed- there an
the second of May, and the usual of-
ficers elected.
A bylaw.' granting a bonus of $20,-
000 to J. D. ltonalds for steam engine
and agricultural worke,has been oarried,
only ten votes being polled against it...
The plane and specifications for the
new building are already prepared and
about to be contracted for.
The Goderioh Masonic Hall bad a
narrow escape from tiling destroyed by
Are last week. The chandelier, which
enitained'six lamps, fell to the' ground
and breaking set; fire to the carpet,
wbioh. was oompletoly destroyed. A
few of the ;Masons were fortunately
present,, who extinguished the fl&intts.