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THS'1., JULY 31, 1879.
LQ AL NEWS.
lilrss Ks*? Will resume her sehool duties ou
Monday, Aatgttat 11.
Ne Blare . -We regret very' leech that Mr
Wharton klodgson'e health is not improving.'
Etemx.-The farmerswill be through har-
ve:ding this year considerably earlier than usu-
se. The fall wheat is nearly all housed and
the epriug-sown a:niu is fest maturing.
A DBLEUATE.-Mr. Thos. Gregory, principal
of the Exeter school, will go to Toronto next
week as a .delegate to the Ontario Teneber's
• Assooiation.
Sns1' NfEn.-Mr. Thomas Prior, butolier,
Itas suspentdecl business for the time being on
:zccouut of the illness of ilirs. Prier.
C. M.Put.Pxr, llev Mr. Madge preached asew •
]non specially to the Sabbatlt•sohool children
tarn •Sunday meriting. He also officiated at the
evening service.
Os A VisIT.-Mrs. Yule, of Whitby, sister
•of Dr. J. W.13rowniz:g, of Exeter, is at present
visiting her brother. She is in love with the
. appearause of our neat little town.
B .i Non's Snow. -This world-renowned cir-
cus and wild beast show ' exhibited in London
on Monday last. A. number of our citizens
went to the Forest City to see the -wild
beasts, of course.
We have received an anonymous eotn-
muni.oation from Hensall, which cannot be
published until the name of the writer reaches
us. We don't wish the name for publloation,
but as a guarantee of good faith.
SLAes.-Business in the village is nut very
brisk just now on account of the farmers being
t >o busilyemployed in the harvest field to think
of anyththg else. Eowever,Lafter harvest busi-
uoss will look np again.
PALL Snow. -The posters for the fall show
to be held under the auspices of the Stephen
Usborne Branch Agricultural Society in Esc)"
ter on Tuesday and Wednesday, September
23rd and 24th, have been issued. The amount
el money offered iu premiums ie large.
Ourssrote.-The name of Russell Ledge of
Orange Young Britons was, through an over-
sight ou our part, left out of the report of the
celebration at Crediton on the 12th inst. This
Midge was established in Crediton a short time
sego, and is in a very prosperous condition at
present.
lr'EanLT A Fine. -On Monday last a boy who
lives near Dyer & Howa'•d Bros.' planing mills,
threw a brand on the top of a pile of lumber in
the mil yard. The lumber was jest begin-
neag to burn when one of the workmen cause
(ret of the mall and observed it. " Johnny"
should be watched it little more closely.
Genies Purr. -The ladies of the English
. f'•hureh Seeing S,>ciety will give a garden so-
cial and bazaar fo: the sale of useful and fancy
articles in Mr. John Spackmnn's grounds, on
Thursday, August 7, in aid of the parsonage
1.uprovemont fund, Out door amusements will
be prodded. The Exeter Baud is expected to
• ba pteseut. The prion of admission to the
grounds will be 10 cents ; tea, 15 cents. Read
.. • Advertisement in auother column
JounNALlsrrc. - Mr. W. W, Buohannaii
formerly of she Loudon fitanda-4 has recently
been taken intohi
artners"
p p • iii the Chatham
Tribune, ISfr. I3wohannan bas. taken charge of
tete editorial department of the paper, and we
can assure the readers of the Tribune that Mr.
• 13. is a good writer awl au educated gentleman.
FEZALS CoLuson. We are in receipt of the
eighteenth aunnal catalogue of the I•Iainiltou
Wesleyan Female College. This institntion
was iuoorporated in 1861, and has sinoe that
time turned out many educated and refined
ladies. The catalogue contains a lung list of
tae names of ladies who have graduated, and
a list of the names of students woo are uow at-
teuding the College. The building will acco-
modate two hendred'and fif y boarders. The
rooms are lofty mid well ventilated. Any lady
Whining to get a thorough education should
send for full particulars to the Principal, Rev.
A. Burns, D. D., L L. D.
atm of TsrANEs.-Mrs. Margaret McDougall,,
of Grand Bend, speaks thusly sof the Confedera-
tion Life Association, aud of Mr. R. Man -
lung, district agent :-.To the Confederation
Lite Assdciation.-Gentlemen.-I haye to re-
turn thanks fur the prompt manner in which
you settled the claim I had agaiuet :your Com -
pony, c used .by tue death of my husband.
Your Company are to be congratulated upon
]uaviug such an efficient agent as Mr. Manning,
Itis timely alviceaud aid, .which he prumptty
gives' when it is mtieh needed, is a great help,
MR;. MAaoAtu T AteMITaALL.
Grand Bend, July 2/se 1879.
Honrx y. --As Monday next, 4th August, has'
berm named by the Reeve, in compliauce with
tine wishes of a number of ratepayers, as a Ci-
vic Holiday for Exeter, it is to be hoped it will
be duly observed by all. 'There will be an ex-
cursion tEa'Ptut Stauley, ivi>ieh should be well
uaronized. 'Tho.baud is expected toaocompany
tee exeursionisttt,wfiish will `add mach to the
pleasure of the clay.. The train will leave Exe-
ter
xe-ler station lit 8.40 he M.. and will strive at the
Port at 11. ' lietue4itg, the cxcersioniets will
leave Port Stanley' ass •4.45. Tho beautiful
l.teasure grounds at the Port deed nut a word
toed fu their favor ; they are acknowledged to
be the best in • Onta:3o. Peeplo from the
euuntry should also talcs advantage of this op-
lee:Weity of visiting the beautiful pleasnre
grouuds on the shote of Lake Brio. The
Jere .jaonly 75 cents -tide adrift., and children
r•", helf.f are. 1 Friday, Set tembcr 25 and 26.
Fool-EAcs.--We have within the limits of
our corporation some very fleet reams, Last
week one of these runners, Mr, W. Balkwiil,
jr., won 050 iu Lunn, and last Saturday even-
ing two young men, Mr. II, B..4.bbott and
Mr.. fired. • Thompson, ran a foot-raoo in the
Driving Park, The distance was one lu ndred
yards. The contestants got a good start, and
Harry wou the race with ease, There was
considerable money Up on the result of the
race. It has eeenulooted by some of Thonp-
sou's backers that he (Thompson) sold the
race, but his opponent. thinks he did his levan
beet.
BAsxt*BALL. ---A game of base -ball was piny
ed in Exeter ou Thursday afternoon between
the Lunn and house clubs, which resulted in
favor of Exeter by a soure of 14 to 11. Seine
very good playing vas done on botit sides. Our
boys handled themselves remarkably well con-
sidering that they have had no practice this
season worth while mentioning. The p'toher
also regaiued his reputation whtoh he lost at
Crediton the other day. The appended soore
shows the number of rims and outs made by
each player :
LncAic. EXETER.
n. o n. o
W. henry 1 3 J. err 0 5
Q.l'urta.......,...: 2 3 W. UaUcwill 2 4
A. MeL054 ...... tr 2 J.Ryu.utan 3 2
- Lynott. 1 4 FI, tallier 9 2
-Lester 1. 2 L. Tuorne,.,...,,....2 3
W. Mel..eun ••^0 4 V. Thompson 3 3
-Stanley 1 8 W. Southooth.......' 3
1 3 \\'.Hyndman.......1 3
J, Lyuah......... 1 4 14, make 1 2
Tutals.........11 23 Totals 14 27
A PEN Wenn BLcuxuaNDING.-We have
been favored with samples of the celebrated
Spencer/0,u Double Elastin Pens, and after try.
ing them feel justified in recommending them
to our reade s. They are made of the best
steel, and by the best workmen in Eugland,and
have a national reputation for certain desirable
qualities which no other pens seem to have at-
tained in so great perfection, among whieh aro
uniform evenness of point, durability, flexibil-
ity, and quill action. It is thus quite natural
that the Spencurian should be preferred and
need by professional penmen, in business col-
leges, oouuting rooms, Government offices,
public schools, and largely throughout the
country. Indeed, so popular have they be-
come, that of the " Nntuber One " alone, as
many as eight millions are sold annually in
the United States. The Spetceriau Pens.tnay
be had, as a rule, from any dealer ; but when
not thus obtainable, the agents, Messrs. Alex.
Buntin & Co., 345 St. Paul street, Montrca:,
will send for trial samples of each of the twenty
ntnnbers on receipt of twenty cents.
Os Trtt Wan -Peen. -Detective Smith, havb>g
been unable to fi,,d any persons in this vicin-
ty who were practicing dentistry or selling in.
toxieating liqunrs or drugs without having pro-'
per authority, has now turned his attention to
a certain class of females who practice, mid-
wifery. We understand he has ou his list two
iu Usborne, three in Zurich, and two in Credi-
ton. One of fhe Usbotuo viedms has been
ffued twenty dollars nud costs. The ..way Itir.
Smith finds these lacl'es out is very ingenious.
Be goes to the Clerk of each township, and ex-
amines the register, and if the name of the
medical attendant does not appear in uonneo-
tion with the registration of births he goes to.
the delinquent parents and threatens to have
them fined for omitting the doctor's name
when registering the birth. The parents then
impart to him the irformatfon which he is
seeping, when he goes itntuediately to the sus-
1 peeted lady and endeavors to eeoure her aerv-
ices, and after getting ber to commit herself he
has her fined, and in this way makes consid-
erable money, as he gets the full amount of the
fine.
M.uuN° CAPITAL OUT or NOTinxso.-An item
published in a certain sheet last week, would
naturally lend the reader of it, if. he did not
kuow better, to suppose that •nearly ell our
busiuess men aro in great finanoial difficulty.
It says that a certain Division Court bailiff, on
being interviewed.a few days ago, stated that
he had fifty executions in his pocket at that
time. and that he was unable to keep up with
his work, although he was working night and
day. Mr. J. D. Ellis, Fifth Division Court
Bailiff for this county, has been asked several
tunes if he was tbs bailiff rofelTed to, and to
set the matter at rest, authorizes us to state
that he never made any such statements to
any pc) son. A neper watch will willfully mis-
represout the finaucial staucling of the people
of any community; and esspecially the one in
which it is pabiished, is not deserving of sup-
port. We feel confident there Li not a town
in Ontario whose business :nen are sounder
than those in Exeter are. During the last few
years, there has been depression iu almost ev-
ery branch' of busiuess, brit there have
been very few • failures in Exeter. ' The two
mentioned in the item to which we .refer aro
not failures that arc attributable to the string-
ent tunes. The elm vote caused by the injudi-
cious expenditure of ruuney in builling wlticb
should have remained in the business. We
shall not express an opinion'as to the cause of
the other. The less said about it the better.
'Jibe next time the' bailiff calls noon the
proprietors of the paper alluded to in nis of-
ficial capacity, it to be hoped they will not
cousole themselves by making it appear ;that
the whole orimtnant* are hi the -vacuo box
with themselves. But, somothtug must be
said against the'snceessfnl wutkiug of the Na-
tinual Policy, you know, no 'tatter how un-
founded. •
Fall Shows.
The following are the dates of the fall exhi.
hitiona of AgricnituraeS',oietiea in this district:
Stephen and UKhorue, at Exeter,' on Tries -
day and Wetlnesdey, September 23rd and 24th.
So.,th Huron, at Seatorth, on Thursday and
Friday, September 25th and 26th.
East Huron, at :Brussels, on Thursday and
Friday, October 2nd and 3rd.
West Huron, nt Goderioh, on Wednesday
and Thursday, September 17 and 18.
I Tarnbeiry at Wiughaui, or Thursday and
7' AGU1 11'S EX9.MINATON.,
',tile following are the navies of the
cattdid+ttes who succeeded in passing
the Ouuprufeesionnl examination for
tenelters' etartifieates iu the C'outity of
Huron. 110 'candidate atpplied. but
only 32 succeeded. '1'be minimum. of
marks required of each eaudidate' is
68
8 t
F• Oressweilert ,..,...906
George Cobblediok 713
1). Oam p bel l...... .....773
J. B. Duncan... ... ...... ... ....994
J. Di,t'niati 728
,A. Grey............ ................ 873
FF.Kettle. 811
.1:.. 'Hawkins• 940
T. Johnston 761
D. N. Kee.., 935
L. W. Killoran......... 794
M. T. Leslie 737
3. McLeod 686
8, MolKibbou 748
T. M3Itttoslt 708
M. A. McQttarrie 870
W. McKay 728
N. Aiurdocli 729
G. Bolands 925
3, W. Shaw687
T. Sloan... • -,...O55
L. M. Baxter
S. Dunbar
A. B. Dickson
0. Eadie. 780
8. ttt.Itellmau:.............. 794.
8. Laine... 639 '
E. A, McKay... 701
J. A.. MoMachon.. ,.;638
Nellie McICay •,:.
M. Nichol
J. Struthers-. ...........
"tl ' 81, 187D
el""co- • VITAIVIVE
500 KEGS GOOD BUTTER,
100,000 DOZEN EGGS
wanted in oxehaugo for goods at Southoott & Sonis Store.
A choice stook of
BANEIR (JPr.
C; ouDS ?
just reoci\red, consisting of Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots inns,
shoes. Colne with your butter and eggs.
721
7571__-
SIGN OF THE RED FLAG.
(Webster's) return had terrified her in-
to aiding hits in mutilating and dispos-
iug of the body. This story, upon in-
vestigation, was proved to be false.
Church Rite discharged from custody
and tite woman tried and oouyicted
701 before Chief Justice Denuin. The
760
..., 752 execution to -day was conducted with
Bt. Marys.
Exl'tosxox.-As Mr. T. McGclricic's
servant girl was lighting the fire with
coal oil at six o'clock, Sunday evening,
the oil exploded, burning her tasty seri
oustv,from the effects of which she died
after suffering' about ten houee. The
girl was the second daughter of Mr.
Kohler, Woudhaw, who hoe the sym-
pathy of the community, in his pad be-
reavement. .
Goderich. Township.
the utmost nriv:fey, no one being allow-
ed to be present except the ueoessary
officials.
YOUNG Cow. -11r. Gabriel' Elliott of
the the Bayfield lineelias a 'cote which
calved at fifteeu mouths old and ie re-
gularly giving -sill-.
ABU FRAeTURE1,. A. young son. of
Mr. Thos. liarrisou'•4th •coli. had itis'
arae fractured: by colliding with rt yoniig
colt on the 22ud inst. Under medical
care he is recover•in4.
WILD CAT. -A -large wild cat was
seeu on the property.ot:Mr. Pardue, of
the Bayfield lice, ..ou '.Dhursday last.
Several persons gave parsuit, but the
animal fled to the . woods., r
r
TILE RICHMI' 6D HORILOlt.
KATE wirns'rER, THF4szuRDEREBS, HANG-
ED. END OF THE SERVANT WHO
KILLED HER MIS'teREaS ' l.ND BOILED
THE RE3XIINS.
London, July 29.-1rate Webster, re-
cently convicted of the murder' of Mrs.
'Phomas, her mistress, at Richmond,
was hanged to -day iu the Wordsworth
prison, which is ou the Burry side of
the Thames, four miles southwest of
Loudon. She confessed that she corn-
milted the murder, and had no accom-
plices either iu the commission of the
crime or the disposal of the remains of
of thewietim, portions of which were
discovered iu u box floating in the
l'ltames, and led to the arrest of the
murderess.
Tne murder of Mrs. Tboinas was one
of the most remarkable crines oh re-
cord. Mrs. Thomas was a widow lady
in oornfoi table circunlstaeces, residing
at Itiehtnoud quite alone, save. for the
cowpony of her servant. The latter
became infatuated with a married man
Danced Church, and couceived the idea
of murdering ber mistiest; and possess-
ing herself of the property, aud after
disposing of it to go to Amerloa with
the proceeds, accompauied by Ohureb.
She uarriod out her part withgreat de-
liberation and murdered her mistress
by straugling her to death one Sunday:
afternoon. Early ill the mouth. of
Maroli hest she dragged the body of her
victim to the cellar of the house where
she disrobed it, and by aid of a caw and
int axe out it to pieces, some of which
Abe ,boiled to prevent recoguition. She
wrapped . some other fragments and
placed them in n wooden box, wbioh
alto managed to convey .to the river and;
throw over the tu,idge. These frog -
merits were tonna' and identified some
time after the murder had been. com-
mitted. Meantime Webster, in Connec-
tion with her paramour, ()butch, had
sold mull of the property of the mur-
dered uotnea,
ur-derethno:rlttl,, and wits on the point of
removing the rernrtinder attic furniture,
when scone suspicion: of the, neighbors
wore excited, and Webster became al-
armed.` Slits went to Ireland, wider°
she' was soon ' after arrested. Upon
her arrest shee declared she woe not the
murderer, but that Church, during her
nbsotice from the house, had entered it
and killed Mrs. Thomas, and upon her
The Huron and lltllddlesex Fire Insurance
Oomapny.
The quarterly meeting of the Board
was held iu the ti y of L •n.lou, on the
22nd lust., A. B. Powell, Esq., Presi-
deut, in the chair. There were present,
W. K. Atkiueun. Esq., Ailsa Carig,
Vico,Preeident; John 0ra,ty, Manager
and Secretary. Directors -L. 0 Lenn-
ard, Ii. E: Sharp, E. Beltz, .1). AI.
Cameron, Ssrathroy, Allan Duncan,
l'etrolia ; Geo. Sai nwell, Exeter ; D.
1acoles, Watford. From the combined
reports of the Maaagar, Mr. Greatly,
the (1euerul Agent, Mr. Sharp, and the
Anditers, we would argue, the operat-
ions of the new oompa i ' have been
satisfactory and profitable.
The rapid progress of the .Huron and
Widdlesex since its cotninencetnent
seveti•moutits ago, so far has met the
most sanguine expectations of its nuts-
eroua welhwistters, 'and the financial
sbee& has proved iu every way satin•
factory.
Five -hundred policies have already
been issued, covering repel ty to the
amount of $800,000. Otily two trifl-
ing losses have as yet been met with,
and these hove peen promptly and eatis-
faoterily adjueted. The sale and eco-
notnical basis on whim business in con-
ducted should prows highly gratifying
to the policy -holders and cowmeud it-
self to the patronage of an appreciative
trod discriminating public. J. H.
13yudwau aeeutforExoter and vicinity.
.-..e,.
DISMISSAL OF LETELLIEB.
DR. ROBITAILLE HIS SUCCESSOR.
Qttebec, July 25. -At a Cabinet'
Council held here to -day, nn order was
passed dismissing Lt -Governer. Letel.
tier de St. Just. The order received
the assent of the Governor•Geueral,
and a uotificatiou to that effect was
seut to Letellier.
Ottawa, July 25. -The Citizen son -
firms the statement wired yesterday in
re the Letellier matter. It says: -
"Sir John Macdntiald. accompanied by
Hon. Hector Langev'in, Hon Air.
Bowen, Hon. Mr. 13ab, and Hon, Mr.
,i. H. Pope, left for Quebec last night.
Mr. Hemsworth, Cleric of the Privy
Council, accompanies the Ministers.
They will proceed to Quebec by special
trail, from Montreal, anti a Cabinet
Opined will be held at 3:30. • The ser-
vices of His Hon. Letellier having beau
dispensed with, Holi. T. Bobitaille,
U. P., will be sworn in Lientenant-
Govel'nor of the Province of Qaebec."
ADJOUMNEEI r OF THE QUEBEC LEGISLA-
TURE,
Quebec, July 25: -In the House.
after recess, on the Speaker resuming
the chair at 7.30, Iron. Mr. July rose
in his seat and begged leave to make
the following statement: -Mr. Speaker,
I have received a message from the
.Iron. Luo Letollio tae St. Just, asking
me•to proceed at once to Spencorwood.
Uri tny'arrivelthe Hon. Luc, Letellier
de St. Just handed ' me the following
doonmetrtt whist!) 1 -now. beg leave to
oomwunicnte to the House: -
"Department' of the Secretary of State,
Quebec, 25th July, -1879.'
"To the Hon. Luc Letellier do St.
Just, Speucerwood, Quebec:
"Sir., I am commanded ny his Excel-
lency the Governor-General to ittfdrn
you by tin order of His Excellency in
0. SOIiTHCOTl' & SOH
Cottueil, passed this day, you were re-
moved from the office of Lieut.Gover.
nor of the Province of Quebec, and
Unit, the cense assigned for such re•
mnval, according to the provisions of
the 59th section of the British North
Americo Act of 1867, is that after the
vote of the house cif Cotutuous doting
the Inst session and that of the Senate
dnr•iug the previous session with rola.
tion to your coulee its Lieutenant Guv-
ernor, your usefulness as such was
gone.
I have the lsonor, sir, to be your
most abet -limit and humble servant,
(Siguc.d) EDWARD J. LRNOEvxS.
An extra of the Canada Gazette con-
taius the following: -Iris Excellency
the Governor General has been pleased
to make the fullowittg appointment: --
Hon. Theodore Itubitille, of the city of
Quebec, mntnber of the Q.:een's Pity
Council for Cituacla, to be Lieuteuaut-
Gevernot of the Province of Qaebee,
vice Hon. L. Letellier do St Just.
Lieutenant -Governor It ,bicaille was
sworn in et the Citadel at Move
o'clock on Saturday, iu presence of the
Gevert' or- Conertil and loon. ].Messrs.
Dowell, Laugevin and Baby.
Wnnatedou tlonmous.
Laudon, July 24. -At Wimbledon
the British have defeated the 0 mnatli-
aun in the match for the Koletput'
Challenge Carp.
THE. ELMO m131118 3.
London, July 24. -In the competi-
tion at Wimbledon for the E•lt'ho (Thai- -
lenge Shield, the score tit the conclu-
sion of the shooting at 900 yard.; was
-Ireland, 1,01&; Scotland, 1.008;
England. MID. Tho Irish eight con-
sists of the well known shots, J, Rigby,
W. Bigby, Fenton, l)ytt . Coghtau,
Young, McKenna and Johnston. The
shooting at 1,000yards decides the
match.
Londnn, Jttiy 2; -In the shooting
at Wimbledon for the Elobo Shield, the•,
• following are the grand totals: -Scots '
land, 1,505; Reload, 1,494; h;u_laud,.
1,4.5'3.
A Fatal. Error.
A P3RT HURON MAN HIeFA1tEs BIS
WIFE. FOR A I WItGULAU, AND SHOOTS
HER.
Port Huron, Mich., July 25.---A
terrible accident occurred last night,'
the victim being Mrs. Adam Reimer,.
who with her husband resides on the
corner of Union and Tenth streets.
About 11 o'clock Mrs. Helmer Was•
awakended by the noise of burglars in:
the house. She immediately aroused
her husband. C•'n getting tip, Mr. Hel-
mer told his wife to keep quiet.. He
then seized an army musket lysing 111
the bedroom, and, went to another . pal t:•
of the .house on a search for the in-
truders. Meanwhile his Wife ares°
and wii
eat•to a different part. Whe
the husband returned he tltonght is
sate an intruder in the closet and fired;
but to his most sorrowfitl surprise the.
iutruder proved to bo his Wife. Tito
whole chorea from the musket entered
Mrs. Heltner's richt side, musing a..
fatal wound. When Mr. Ilohner dis-
covered Inc mistake he fell to the floor
iu • a fainting fit. On reeovei•ii g he
picked uli`hie wounded wife and parried
her to her. chamber and sutantoned
physicians. The doctors say site cart-
not live ttventy.four hours. Mr. Hel-
mer; who is a laborer, lifts always Ween
considered a respectable, quiet citizen'.
•
At the last regular meeting of rho•
'Srillego Council' ox•Constable ,Everett
ptit in 0 bill teethes° months services
never rendered, he Laving been dismia-
sect for refusing to perform duties ns -
signed to him. The Council refnsod to,
reeognize the account. Everett threat-
ens law proceedings.
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