The Exeter Times, 1879-1-30, Page 1Vol. ill.
Exeter, Ontario, Thur day, January 30, 1879.
No. 25
helPO UM.NT NOTICES.
HODGSON, &OKEI CU,
+ A.uotioneere, Salee promptly attended
to. Days of sales urrnugod at Ulla 0114 to.
OTIOE.--Raving rented fr(tinj,Dr,
.41--1 Cowen the sandpit (;down las R. Pinoi�mbo's
1 am prepared to supply sand for all buildingI,
ltnri>tt4$tss gas chomp as anyone. Any person. franc;(
taking laud without lay cuthority after this date
will be dealt with according to law. Tt1f)iM1AS
1)EAltIN(i, Exeter, 0at.2.kth0.678,
? 11. CADDY,
3ARISTEi & ATTORNEY
At Law, Solicitor, etc, Office, Ftt,nson's Block
Exeter,
NOTICE.
AU persons having a.coauts against the lata
Mrs. stout, Logg, o(;ttte township of Stephan, is iv -
quested to present the same to either Isaac
Whit-
lock orIr id a oAU'by the 30t t inst.
ISAVi1L'LUt11...
t Exoeuters.
1./ V10 LUGO.,
neatest eau. 15, 1870
Fort, SALE.
• Therou, h bred MI ported Dace Bursa,
"• GALT 1J8POItT.EI1,"
Chesnut Stallion, B years, by Colossus, dant by
x.oxin„k,n, Well b_okal to harness,, would bo
valuable in the stud, ' Galt IDeportee" porter.
:mantes ell the turf are too well ,known to need
mention here, he being 0. wluuor at all distances,
A.PDiy to DA. IllJTUHINSO.4, Exeter.
1s,,0LUTi0N 01 PARTNERSHIP
Who ('3e-t,artuership between the undersigned
tits Merchants here, nude) the name, style and
than of" Harwood et Flotni.,g," was this dray dis-
)s 1ved by mutual consent.
11, IT 11tWOW). A. IT. FLEMIN a.
Acusall, Huron Co„ Nov.13, 1878.
7.'TENTION TAKE NOTCE
• thn' the appointment of Messrs. Mason &
liudson,Hens:,11, as agents of the 1Mutti ai Erie In.
s.lrane-e Company of the Comity of W611ingto:+, is
tui.) day caneelled,andlir JO1LN 1LYN1).+tAN will.
iufuture.act as agent for Exeter and vicinity.
fly order ,
CHARLES 1t AVIDAON,
Guelph, Ileeom'ter 4th, 1870. 15.tf. Si,-rP:oas
PROPERTY LIST.
EIOUSE TO BENT.
.rices( as the Rodgorville hotel, Immediate
dossesslof, Apply to J1' 8I&1tSIiALL. Exeter,
1.t011 SALE IN WINCHELSEA—
IIouse and Lot. Good stand for a, shoema-
ker, A corner lot. Forparuholtlars, apply hy letter
or personally to HARRY 1311011'N,Wiucholsual'.0
T_ICUSE LT e rd
e scion, Stephen,TOE
contaoninithng 93roernsCon-
and
gram cellar, good well ou the premises, with or
without garden. For terra, artily to •
WILLIAM BARED,
gad Cou., Stspliou, Coutralia,
"VILLAGE and TOWNSHIP PROP -
V )1IsTYFOP, SAL i'.—Two lots inCrorlitou,on
one of whieh is avow brick store, good well and
new stable. Well fenced. Also 25 acres bash
Jami, part of lot 21, oon.G. Stepuou, on Exeter side.
road, 8.1 miles west of Exeter. For terms apply
to Jec,,n 1I•tXsT, (rodlton. P 0
�qpNr OUSE AND LOT FOR SALE IN
1L� ('111;DITON.—A. good frame house and
stablo, also a good wall on the premises. The
aJoyaJ property is ftr saleor to rent. Also 25 acres
of lamb, 111 bust'being mostly black ash, on the
Exeter side road, ee miles west of I.xet,r, iu the
township of Stephen, lot 20, - concession 0, Per
pnrticlffurs' apply to BED:NAD1)POTS P, Credited
P. 0,
�:
GOOD FARM FOR SALE.
--:0•—
:ro he solctby private contract, Lot, No.10, Oen.
15, F_ibbe.t, County of Perth, 100 aures, abont 80
acres cleared. Possessiou when required. For
particulars apply to
31r,13, V. ELLIO T, Solicitor, &c., Exeter,
or to
Mrs, Liill:T.1N, Lot5,;Con, 3, Usborno
PROPERTY FOR SALE. TIIE
subscriber offers for sale two houses and two
lots. one situated on Enron street, east, in tho vil-
lage of Exeter, and the other on Simcoe street,
Both houses are nearly new, and one rents for
six and the other for seven dollars a month, They
will be sold together, or separate, and on moder-
ate terms, For pa ticulars, i WILSON
Bengali, or to the lnrncs office.
I`l �Rlt FOR SALE. ----THE SUB -
scriber offers for sale his farm, Lot 13 -
(Ion. 1.k,
3-(Ion.1.k, Township of Usborne County of Imran
90 mous clow od, the romaine good bush, well
fenced, and in a good state of cultivation' under,
drained, good orchard, splendid well of water.
frame barn 30x60, log stable 2.1x86, log• house, and
couvonie'tt to school rants three churches. For
ur.thorparticulars apply to •
N'i,I. BItYANS, liirki.on, P.O., or
ME. B. V. ELL/OT, Attorney, Exeter P.O.
j1OTEL roil, SALE.
That largo frame Betel known as' TEP BRIT•
I8B HOTEL," in CLINTON, with largo frame
stables attached, situated on lots 850, 861, 867 and
868, in the town of Clinton, containing one acre
more or less. The hotel has a license and is now
doing a flrst.class businoas. Ibis affords a .04100-
did opportunity 'for •any one desiring to go Into
the hotel business as tl,e terms aro very liberal.
A min ill payment down, and ten or twelve years
for balance. Tor further particulars apply toll.
O'i3YT1NE, Exeter. valuator for Ilominlon Loan
;Society,
DENTAL.
Hl R. ABBOTT L. D.S.,A1,1t.C.D.fd.
raduato of Royal College of
DENTAL SURGEONS.
()Bice Dues O'Neil bank. and opposite Sinuwclf
Plekarda.'
H. KINSMAN, PEN
Lieentlnte of
the. Ditto' tz.:
Cglletgo , t On.
hatic;inryae
, •consult d.any
,day. Office--
x,oxt door to
*he ?oat Otico, Exeter, Ont.
J,arw ,
ONTARIO LEGISLATURE.
Toronto, Jan, 27, --The Speaker'
took the cleair et 8.10 p.m.
After routine business, the following
bins were iotroduced:---
To incorporate the Ontario Poultry
O. ; the Andrew Mercer .ltefol.'nlatory
fur Fallen Women ; to extend the pow-
er of the Toronto Gan Co.
l<Ir. Sinclair rose to a question of
order. Ile denied the statement that
the .lhri;l made, Chat lie had signed the
indemnity round robin.
Mr. Striker alio denied that he sign•
ed it, and thought, in order to set tine
gnestinn at rest, the Government ought
to publish the original round robin.
Mr, Meredith asked whether the at-
tention of the Government has been
celled to the Rist that Mr. Thomas
Boon, License inspector for East 1eent,
has been elected peeve of the town of
Bothwell ? Whether itis intended to
permit 1tr. Boon to retain the position
of License Inspector while lie holds the
office of Reeve ?
Iron. lir. hardy said that he had not
had his attention directed to the matter,
but he would snake enquiries and bring
down the ioformaticin.
Mr. Boniter moved for an order of
the House for copies of all reports of
Inspectors of Colonization roads to the
Crowe Lands Department for the last
three years. Carried.
The Rouge then adjourned at 3.25.
Torolhto,Jannary 28th.—TheSpeakor
tout; the chair rat 8 rim.
After routine bnsineee, a nnmher of
bills were read a first tinee,among them
were :—
lir. McOraney—To legalize a certain
lhy•law of the Township of Str(athroy.
111r.Crooks—To extenclythe boltudary
lines of the Town of Ingersoll.
Mr. Tooley—To oonsolidate the debt
of the Comity of Middlesex,
Mr. llereditll—To mond the Act
respecting the Queeltston and Grimsby
roadh
lIr. Springer—To incorporate the
Waterloo, Wellington a`v Georgian Bay
Railway Company.
Mr. Wilson—To amend the nets re-
bating to the Brantford, Norfolk and
[Port Burwell Railway Company.
ifi'. Meredith—To incorporate the
Brantford Street Railway Company.
Mr, Meredith—Act antlhnriziig the
sale of certain iencit3 in London East,
known as the Methodist Cemetery.
1'Ir. Merrick—To incorporate Loyal
Orange Associations of Outario East
and Ontario West..
Mr. Hardy presented the eleventh
anneal report of the inspectors of
asylums and prisons ; eJlso, report of
the School of Practical Science; 81so,
report of the depository branch of the
Educational Department; else,bnrser's
statements of cash receipts and expen-
ditures of UE per Canada College for
1878, and of the University for the
same year.
HIon. Mr. Cranks introduced a bill
amending the Educe lion A.ct, remedy-
ing some of the minor defects in the
bill and extending the franohise,•in the
election of School Trustees.
Mr. Flesher moved fur an order of
the House for a statement showing in
detail the total amount received by the
License Commissioner of Cardwell, for
tavern and shop licenses, and fines for
infringement of the i,,iceneo Law during
1878; also to show in detail all pay-
ments nut of the 'License Fund of
Cardwell since the first of May, 1878,
the person or pesons to whom, and the
authority nu which such payments
were made and the amount, and the
balance on hand on the first day of
January last.
Perth Items.
The piens of Mr. Il;. E. Myers, n
Detroit architect, have been accepted
for the new Presbyterian Church, in
St. Mary's. It is to cost in the neigh-
bo'rhood of $9,000.
James McGormrtn, of Mornington,
was going home the other day,and was
driving a caw before his team. When
he reached the L. & H. crossing, near
Millbank, the train was too quick for
him, and caught the one and horses,.
killing all three. McGerman was for-
tunately not hurt hinlaelf, . There is
likely to be a lawsuit, no Itis Raid the
loot motive didn't sound Its whistle.
Thnmae Gray, of Mitchell, constable,
was tried before Mr. 0' ian)tine,Stratford,
Police Alegietrate, on Thursday, for
letting a party named Iteefe, whorl be
was taking to Stratford jun, slip pet of
hie bands. He woe fined $100 and
bound over to appear when wanted' for
eentetme, Thi. will 'tench, him too ex-
erpjee shore Wire in the futures,
Dominion &we.
The •Ontario Poultry Association's
show will b'e held totGuelph on the
25th of February,
The caro' of the lion, George Irvine
against the lifhterve,: to recover $25,000
damages for libel, }'s proceeding in the
Enquete Court at Montreal.
An American named H. C. Couch
dropped dead from heart disease, on
the corner of Richmond and King
streets, London otl Saturdaynight last,
He had been an ingiate of the Hospital.
Mrs. J. C. Snyder, who died in
Waterloo the other day, had seven
children, 67 grandchildren, and 151
great grandchildren.
Duriug the res' nt snow bloollade all
trains were snow •l up an the narrow-
allege
arrow-
1 upward of
t e road,roia:ete t e d
c 1a at L r,
p
6
three weeks.
The St. Lawrence Hall, Caonuna,
has been bought. ,t a Sheriff's sale by
Itlessre. O'Brien and Samuel Waddell
for $9,050.
A woman named Hudson was on
Saturday afternoon last found dead in
her house in London Beet, having been
suffocated while in a fit brought on by body terribly bruised.
excessive drinking. An unusual incident happened on
The total extension of railways in the Toronto branch of the G.W.R. on
Saturday afternoon. While the train
Abort rine o'clock p.m„ the 27th The Popo has; received threatening
inst., a fire was discovered broalciug out letters from Socialists.
in the back kitchen of a stone dwelling Smallpox and drought are causing
on John street, Napanee, occupied by great destitution in Brazil. There
Croo. Laidley and owned by Allen were 473 deaths from small -pox in
Patton, Newburgh. The contents of twenty days.
the building, couaistiug of household The Pope, it is rumored, intends to
effects, were mostly saved ; insured for chalhgo his representatives at London,
$850 in the Isolated Risk Insurauo9 Vienna, Lisbon, and Madrid,
Company. The building was insured Grand Duchess Anastasia, daughter
in the Western,for $500. Probable of Grand Duke Michael, has bee marri-
Theaorigaunof the f flrehnot nearly its value,
ed to Prince Frederick of Mecklenburg
known. Schwerin, Russia.
Janes Daniels, a respectable farmer The steamer Quebec,of the Dominion
from Pike Creek, received injuries, Line, is now twenty-one days out from
which may prove fatal,frotn a runaway Liverpool for Halifax lead has not yet
team in Windsor, on Friday. A pair arrived.
of gray horses, which had been left Au unconfirmed report states that
n111140110(1 in the stable yal'd of the the epidemic appeared in Or, near
McLaughlin House, broke away, and Moscow, and calls attention to the
in turning up McDougall street, the filthy cnudition of the workmen and
pole of the sleigh to which they were peasants.
attached struck Daniels. He was St. Petersburg pauera discussing the
thrown down and dragged a consider- (Measures adopted abroad in view of the
able distance under the feet of the epidemic in Astrachan, approve the
animals. Daniels was insensible when proposal of appoiutinganInternational
plotted up, and Dr. Webber, who took Medical Commission, declaring the
hien iu eharge. found his skull fractured, question concerns humanity at large.
his left shoulder dislocated, and his A number of persons are now ill with
Ontario tat year was 186 miles, and
the total mileage of the Province is now
8,534 miles, including 340 miles of the
Canadian Pacific Railway at present
under construction.
Including the recent acquisition by
the settlement of the boundary ques-
tion, the total area of the Province of
Outario is naw 221,000 sgnare miles ;
the extreale length is 1,070 miles, and
the greatest width 400 miles, with a
coast line of 310 miles.
Prof. Bell was last summer instruct-
ed by the Dominion Government to
examine the valley of the Nelson River,
and it is Paid he n itI report in favor of
the construction of a railway from
Hudson's Bay to Lake Winnipeg.
On•Saturday morning lest the house,
and buildings belonging to lir. Thos.
Keays, on the 5tli •collcessiun of Lon-
don Township, Awes totally destroyed
by lire, snppnto have been caused £arrangements will bo made, by which
by an incendiary. Assistance being at railway and steamboat lines will under-
hand a.large quantity offuruitnre was
saved.
leaving Toronto at 8.10 p.m. was about
midway between Oakville and Bronte,
a gentleman had occasion to leave a
passenger car for the purpose of going
into the smolciug car to have a " whiff
of the weed." The wind was blowing
pretty high, and as }wreathed. the
platform of the oar, a sudden gust
swept him off. The train was running
at a speed of about twenty miles an.
hour at the time ; but it was speedily
brought to a standstill, and the stray
passeuger recovered. He had alighted
in a huge snow drift, and escaped
without any injury.
It is stated that the Government in-
tends to recall nearly all the emigratiun
agents of the Dominion in Great'
Britain and Ireland, and in future rely
in a great measure upon printing and
advertising for the bringing of emi-
grants to this country ; also that
On Friday last a man who works at
Mr. Garner's a'shery, Thameeford, was
arrested for breaking into Mr, E. Hun-
ter's horse, Dorchester, on the previn09
day, an stealing some clothing which
was afterward9 found in his bedroom.
He was committed fur trial.
An altercation took place on Monday
last between William Hearns and a
man named Walter Dennis, of Nepanee
concerning it binge. Dennis attemtnd
to stab Hearne with a knife, and in
fending off the blow Henxns received a
severe wound, taking effect on his hand.
The cnlpi'it escaped, taking the horse
(vita him.
A new and splendid ear is beiug
bni.lt by the Montreal, Ottawa and
Western Railway for t re use of His
Excellency the Governor-General and of excitement by loud cries (,f " fire"
Princess Louise. The car will shortly and •J murder" emanating from one of
be ready for servico,and will cost about the back streets. On repairing thither
$8,000. they found a ruffian named Gillen
A fire broke out in the Queen's Calhoun attempting to rape Mrs. Pool.
Hotel, Barrie, on Monday lest, and It appears that he first assaulted, with
after half an honr's bard work it was intone to cotumit, a Mrs. McQuarry,
completely subdued, but not before and that Mrs. Pool came to her assist-
considerabie damage had been done to ante. He then left Mrs,peQuarry,
the building and furniture. The fire who fled, and turned upon ivies. Pool,
originated in the cellar, and is Paid to who was on the point of being over -
have been caused by the explosion of a powered when desistance arrived. The
hand -limp. crowd was greatly excited,and Calhoun
A young man named ItXarshell, who had a narrow escape from being lynch-
resides on a farm about three miles ed on the spot. Calhoun was arrested
from Galt, was at Clenmorris on Sat- by the constable, and will be brought
urdaylaet, helping to reprtir a milldam, to London, the. magistrates being
and while returning home at night in absent attending the County Contd. A
some manner lost his way, and reenaie-
ed ort all Saturday night. He was
found on Sunday morning by people
coining to church, but wee en badly
frozen that he died early last 14:Concley
night.
take a good deal of the work now per-
formed by the agents.
The English hies Stock Journal, and
the Farmers' Advocate; of London, Ont.,
besides other English and Canadian
journals, have called attention to the
alleged existence of rinderpest in the
United States. As this disease is con-
tagions, and is the common rinderpest.
or pleuro-precnionia, the Department
of Agriculture at Ottawa lilts sent an
export to examine into the condition of
the United States cattle at the point of
export and in the neighborhood of in-
fected localitieswho will repprt as
speedily as possible to his superiors,
who will at once take the most effective
steps to prevent any injury being done.
to Canada. It is said there is uo sign
in Canada of the disease.
()n Monday evening; last,the villagers
of ;Inca Craig were thrown into a state
One clay last eveek 1\Ir. Semis, of
Clarke, Derham Co., allowed a Berk•
shire boar to go loose 111 the yard where,
having been only a few minutes, he et.
tacked a valuable horse, ant%. with his
tnsks cut the corde of the horse's leg
110 1111 to render the 1>taree completely
nse1'esa, end? then injnrid,twoothers in
e similar way, anis dad not do thomi so
much injury„ Some cattle were also
attioke(t anal more or lees injured.
After snnie tr••aathle the vioiona enimal
was eaptnre(3 and deprival of hie Woke.
•leerni,ers and °there nwflrna this ,(flees
Qt;-fi o$er01 wild, t00 Welt 14 take 1a;l pistils:;
man named Stuto has also heon arrest.
ed :for interferir'g with the onnetnhle
in the discharge of this duty. Calhoun,
it is said, was miler the infinenoe of
liquor, He resicles at Carlisle, ohne((
three miles from Ailsa Craig, And does
not bear a very good uharecter.
General News.
•
The. Spanish Government bas order-
ed a man•of-war to Seen Domingo to
derraandan apology from the authori-
ties there for an iesttlt to the bpanisb
Mews has been xeeeivnd from q.ntlt
Africa that the Ii'ingt of Zunit has re•
fumed all Itritieh demands,
Very severe weather has been: exnetr.
ionosd 1n.• (Yr'at. B;ritftlo, rtaa(t France
dead st tixo Qas,l 14004.,
the epidemic. The population in other
villages are attacked. One death and
two new eases are reported at Tearitsin.
The Commission is appointed to pre-
vent its spread by ruads or railways.
The town of Tearitsiu is surrounded by
military pickets, and a quarantine
established on both sides of the Volga.
Capt. Adams, of the ship R.alcton,
reports, January 10th, 50 miles west
of the Fastnot, BAN a vessel on fire,
and hastened to assist. He found it
steamer alongside, bus could see no one
on the wreck. He eugnired, " Can I
be of any use ?" and was roughly an-
swered, "Keep on your course, or yea
will have to " Capt. Adams sailed on,
and Was subsequently overtaken by the
steamer and ordered not to mention
what he had seen, for if he did lie
would have to look outfor himself on
his next voyage. Lie steamer had
%bout 150 men aboard, epaarently
English. A. British gunboat left Cork
on Saturday last to seek intelligence
concerning the alleged pin) tical steamer.
The gunboat overhauled many ves-
sels, but learned nothing.
Sitting Bull's Band.
Col. Wood's official report says the
Sioux runners who reached Fort Ben-
ton, Jan. 10th, to ask terms for Sitting
Bull, stated that Sittine Bull at a re-
cent Indian Council declared it wish
for peace. It was then decided to send
runners to different agencies to liner-
tain the terms on which they might re-
turn. Rumors report game scarce
across the border.
A Wap'lhin'' on special to the Tribune
says —ti ng Bull's band of 15,000,
It is repo ted, wishes the Government.
to make peace and feed then(. Tina
presents a puzzling problem. If the
present orders, that they be (rotten prie-
oners, prevail, provision for feediute
must be made, but the Government
has 00 funds for that purpose. If they
are quartered with other indians they
will eat then ant. If they are not
cared for they wilt be sure to steal from
tho settlers.
The Department of the Interior ]sag
received information to confirm the
report that Sitting Boll hascrossed the
liue, and that there is apt to be a bre,'
gathering of hostile Indiana in hies
vicinity, Immediate hostilities not
feared.
News from Fort Lincoln says that
(he runners from Sitting Brill arrived
at Standing Rook Agency, bringing a
distinct proposition from the Chief to
return and surrender his guns and
ponies. He says his people are hungry
and cold and this spirit broken.
A very socoessrul soiree came eff m
Brncefeld on Monday evening hast,
The diffeaent ministers who spoke
seemed to entertain their listeners nlosr,
splendidly at d the evening watt enjoyed
by all.
We regret to learn that the hest'v
draught foal, eight months old, the
property of Mr, Hugh Love, sr., of
Hills green, died on Monday of lswt
week. This At oras from Mr. Love's
imported mare, and was it prrrtionlat�lti•
fine find promisin>r animal.. He world
trot have taken ($700 for it, It hail
been aiding for anent a week. A past
rnnrteoa e:Xam1:rtation revealed the fact
llttt:,hoaniwital hradeliad from a peenliar
kind of iirftanera atiottb of the bowels.