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JOHN Fur;roe.
IMPORTANT .^;OTICES•
-' \T HODGSON, & ,T. ORE, CO.
v b t l-r.O 1 s 1411,..1 promptly ptly ntten(i,¢d
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trail p )1111.5 13, 51•vtoled to.
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ESTATE AND INSUSAN0E. AGENT.
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Exeter, Ontario, Thursday, August 28, 1879.
A Se'tt'ler'; Opinion of Itianitobe.
Co t)le Ettitoi' of the / xeter Tomes.
On tho with of 3laroh 1601, I Lott my
home in the ).Town. of Exeter, Comity
of .11arol',Ontario, epi )mute t'or the Great
Lune Lfand. I joined Mr. Prittie'e
tarty at Lnndou, under whose me-
rit' rnllorvision wo tarot throng.. to
Winnipeg by the all rail ronte,'in about
aixiy- henna miming thrift, having pas-
-led two other parties on the way. The
jeneeoe woe a very pleasant one, and
the c f icielk of the tie.%(will linea of
rnilwny over which Mr. Prittie carries
1)lartin)3 did their utzx ost for the
comfort of the l)ase(+tlgere. On arrival
at Winnipeg we find a beautiful oity,
where a few years ago there were only
a few Ing boo' 's there is a large num-
ber of ex(:ellent stone filled up with all
kinds of naerchaaldie•e, sold nearly as
cbetl.p as in the cities of Ontario. On
:elr^nday, itleirch 31st,we purchased our
outfit anti started on our journey ; we
got as fer RN ,Sturgeon Creole that
night; Apsil 1st, traveled all day,
reached Johustr)nes at 1/4211t and reach-
ed High Bluff April 2nd, stopped
there one dtty ; April 4th, started on
nor joarnpy tagnin, and went throngh
Bertage la Prairie ; itis a small town
si4tty miles west of Winnipeg, and it is:
Nciwving very rapidly. .Then we took
isenm•eh-westward direction. and wo
pa'ed throngh some good land for
;a eienttural purprses, until we arrive
at Shar,lns erost•ing on the Teat Creek ;
froln that to Westburn is rather wet
brit good for13strec rarsing. '\resthnrn
is situated on the banks of the White
Mod River. We pass onward through
eon10 to w, tnsv.hy swamps well adapt-
ed to stock rndsing, then we reach the
teem of Olat'stone,which bite a nuln-
ber of stores and one hotel, one bor.rd-
insz honso, one cheese factory, post
office, land'•n number of private dwel-
lings. Gl+ldstone is also situated on
tho banks of the White Mud- sliver. We
Frill go westward throneh some good
current, and there are several good
mill sites. Tho Land ids of the built
geality-soil amen the same as it 18
along the Saskatchewlan River ;. but
more level, and the timber is more
p1011tiful,being priuoipeliy popular, and
I think if file is kept from it., io a few
years the pooule will have moro timber
than they have at the present time.
There aro wood. lots to be obtained for 1 London, 1.r r
one dollar per (1010, each lot contlti n ng n, August 25 -Mr. Suntt, tt
form ten to twenty soros. The ,people well knownhatagricultural of eutgrain
may Have to draw their wood la fete states that tbi onteorca the groin
101100, but they okall do that mucli bet- crop is ege,third less than the aver 0 0,
ter than they wield. ebnp Land clear a thus inflicting a loss of "0'25,000,000
POS -
bush farm. There aro lento of free upon the cultivators. Sixteen or ;los-
e sibly sovontoeu millions of quartore of
grants to be obtained on the )vest side wheat will be required from abroad.
of the Utak River yet, and 1 beleive it Jr. Scott also esti 1 et. s the c'
cy
will remain unsettled this season, be- t 1 e s aelos to
Cau o tho rn�111 of eremi1ration is over .Ib 1c51 potato crop will50.11111.0. loss to
for the rest of this year, but I beleive the cultivators of £15,000,000; slid a
that Oak River district will be the first
to be Bottled ill the spring or they will
have to go farther west if they don't
settle their. The' railroad. will cross
Oak River somewhere in Township 14.
The steamer itlargno)te makes her reg-
ular trips to Fort Ellis this 00)0010).
lelio made her first trip in allay, anal she
watt the first steamboat tl) t ever wont
up the AI1s1nit)1 Ine that far, and that is vest of b'ervlta 19 ver un )1Of11ising 10
the farthestt they ever went. All people consequence of the drouLht. Numt•r-
wllo 1:1011 to come to this C01111t1'y Ona fires are reported deity, in conse-
5110)1l(1 either colr)0 early in the fall or poen of the extreme dryness of ve e -
early in tho spring, for when the frost Cation and heat of the sun. 8
His coining out, the roads aro talmnst hie- loan accompanyingthe relua°ns. Gib -
Cstable, (1)3 they are good in the Edell, IRELAND son was as finely -built m1an, Land well -
and in the month of March. Some Dublin, 2o. -It is stated that lilted by his fellow employes in the car -
people will say that 1110 frost floes not almost a famine prevails in the West of repairing department.
ceme out of the ground till the middle Irelaud among 11)0 tenant farmers.
The Indians of the P?orfil-�T+Test.
Crop Prospects
No. 52
Railway Accident.
The report of the shocking accident
TF1a onfrao IX IN GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND whxoll bef(+1 James (a•ibson, of TVinsol',
AUSTRIA, I'rRaIA sl Pw'IA AND THE
at the Great Western Railway station
UNITED STATUS. in London Friday alight, has aroused a
great deal of sympathy- for the unfort-
unate man. It will therefore he learn-
ed with deep regret that he died frons
the injuries received, between 1 and
o'clock Saturday afternoon. Ou being
removod to the City Hospital Friday
night, a careful examination showed
that notwithstanding the terribly crush-
ed condition of thearmthe main artery
had not been interfered with. It was
accordingly resolved not to amptitate
the limb nutil the patient should revive
sufficiently to admit the use of chloro-
form. The hack of the skull was also
(ld>fi.ciellcy* 10 beans, peas and rye in.
found to be fractured in a frightful
dieting a loss of •q,3, 00. manner, the fissure in the bone being
large enough to adtnit the insertion of
ri,Itsse. two fingers. Yet the symptoms were
A despatch from Btlsbire says xthat favorable for his recovery, especially
should rt second dry winter occur Per- after he had lain in bed for a few tiotirs.
sig will be threateneddwitli a fetnille as Saturday fo.reuoon he rallied very per
disastrous tas that of 1872. ceptibly, but about eleven o'clock he be-
gan. gam to sink, )end between the hours
:Belgrade, Aug. 25. -The maize liar- mentioned he breathed Ilia last. Ilis
wlfe arrived Saturday morning, and
waited by -his bedside until the end.
'the body was taken to 'C'4rinsor by No,
1 Express train Suaday morning, the
(mother and wife of the unfortunate
G1i1)AT naiee .T. . •
of Mete 1)1tt 1t wvas. one by the middle
of April this 30a:eon, and the farmers of
the N. W. T. sail 11 t><fas a very bllc1s-
AUSTRIA.
Vienna, Aug. 25. -The International
Grain Fair opened' this 5a. rn, The
ward spying. Plowing corn:noticed on 1
the 0th of April, and on the '10111 of
April I saw flowers in full bloom, so
I think I eau etty that the people of(tot,r 0110)00;) 1111)350.0 nee(. be improved.
mnoh is did not Stam their
seeding An importation of 4,000,000 metric
mn..) 0arlier. There was 0 ant apul t,
struck by k4 1.33(1.. digging a cellar, and oat 3.51 of rye may b;3 necessary. The
the brine i:) very. krona. It is about oat crop allows a margin for export.
twenty rods frolil O,1.k river. Salt con UNITED STATE'S.
1150(1 flat agricultural purposes ; wt(1 1)0 got very etas3' in this country. Any The latest returns show the average
then per% onto. the been(11'1..• 1?11)11)4 r.ni1 c02rllt7, lido 11l1:'d1 41(1 llacE! condition (1 rv' t.
where 'Mr. A. 1llahenzie live:. ; then We tan ,3 1 of eulu .1 the 1st of I1n,18
cnnle to seine beautiful high rolling 100 t ey ; the agents will toll a 30010 was 93, asraiu,t 93 for .1 my and 98 for
)'),11.8 where there see a number o{
am, 110 can star,, farming with two Averust of }last year. Thalliddlfe States
settlers. )000 neat we come l) Snake hundred and fifty dollars ; but you all show a high average to the area
se tle 31.,,.E this rents e fled lee lacel five hundred. dollars, and you will planted. To buckwvhet it shows a de-
Austro-Hengarilan wheat crop is 9,000,
000 mettle cent els lets than but ,year,
bot owing to tccumnlatedl emotes only
3x171 is taken 3150) n 1, and. then we Come. to fend that little enough, for if you go in- crease eines hast year. In New York
1to 0 neighbors hoose at .)355(1. time he and Pennsylvania 1 ' 11 f
trill laslc you to nine with him and then
)Money Creek. Peeslltg over we ohne t1., h 335,3 1))0(11 half o
the Il:iding lJ,1)3)lta11(1 on which 1..11.11 he will charge you twenty-five cents
pass over the hio,it,tins and come clown r,. I saw two mon from the
`, City: of Montreal, who 11!111 been getting
a salary of fifteen hundred 1ulleto per
year and they left their sit•nation to
come to the N. W. T. with their outfit
costing eight dollars each. They stop-
ped a fete weeks., and then returned to
Montreal disgusted with the country.
Snell .neo are better in Outario. Per-
haps those leen were never out of the
City of Montreal or they would not.
come to a new country to start farming.
I would slay in conclusion'; to the
people of Exeter,and surroundiu g oonn-
try, people who 10101)11 visiting this
Province do not come expecting to
find a country in whiotl you will be
free from llardrhitls, for it you do you
wilt miss the mark. All 1 eople who
00100 here will not prosper ; some of
thein would not in the Garden of Eden.
This close coming here with no money
and no fixed object, would return hone
only to diograoo; 11,30 country, repro -
senting tbatit was divided into four
parts, ono-fouth owned by the half-
breeds, one-funl't}t 'by the Iltldoon )Bey
Company ae pastnre for buffalo, one-
fourth by Sitting I3u11. and the bal-
ance swamu. Snell staudere should be
promptly co11t1'adioted.
yours truly*,
RICI'I.wllD .13intrecOJr08
Oke River, Nor -11 welt Territory, Aug. 23,18;4.
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Qeneral News
is some beautiful spruce tnalb21• 1� e for lila lues.
.$ S1IrN-Toe I 1tnersllil) hero 1'1 no 1'51.01))3„
) ett: sell Joon..41(110,4(31. and d1n :harts • Po olt lt`t :1111-
•a )31)31 11,144.1 NE,,e4'111111111, anal 101,1 11/11 (1111,14
to 11'1MO.. 141'1'1 mai Mon of Cook rhos." e•£ the
Township ) fay, 4 (11,41101111, .11 1st day of Ju -
1, 1871) 1 011.1 ION. )KIN eo.1,Ai0D 001112.
\�(,-Tu 111tt (1)333. tvill„be v,trried on as usualhyltinelmrd.
1)att.d Al g54b 01 ,t?73.
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All n enttuts clue to the r ti(lerich Foundry mut
71115210514M11111madtufactmthei Colripnny ltinlited) roast be
brornptly ..c0tlatl to .avoid noats.
to 1tlipid City, which is springing up
all if by magic, where one year a;,'r)
there c,et•e three houses -now. there
are two general stores one flour and
feed store, one boot and 85100 stare,
one hardware store, three public beard-
ing houses, a number of private dw01-
lings,rt saw mill and a grist hill. Build-
ing is going on very rapidly. Lum-
ber sells from $1t5 to $35 per thousand').
Town lots ere selling very fast in .Rapid
City. The Little Saslcatcdlewau le un.
1'o
111351101141 nr;1•alltlt0rized 10 receive pay 1151151 equalled for 30111 sites, and is surround -
or make scttl(_n511ts 0±1 behalf of the oolnpauy
eseeltthe undersigned. Pd by splendid farming country.
'rho valley of the Little Saslcatohewaau
is aboutone mile wide. Rapid City
is destined to be one of the most im-
portant ;cities of the wost for it has
great water power. Scarcity of timber
may be considered a drawback bv'4a
e great meaty, but I think it is more than
counterbalanced by having the land
all ready for the plow, it is much
easier to draw timber a few miles than
it would be to chop and Blear a bush
farm. Rapid City is 411)0 to have the
first railroad thee will 'be built through
the country, which will ootnnlonoe In
a week or two. This makes it one of
the most desirable places ,to locate in
the country. There are free grants to
be obtained to the south ,and wvest -of
Rapid Ctiy, which eau't fail to please
filo most fastidious. A. weekly Mail
will run to Rapid City by the first of
October, and churches and' schools will.
soon be established, so that settlers
will be snrronq(led by all the conveni•
oncos of the oldesi,..prov.inces in a short
.rims, - The dkaye are warm with re-
freshing breezes blowing over the
105111ie. The nights are cool and pless-
ent:' For the past feint nidntlla the
title of immigrr,taoti has been; flowing
x1031 Z '1(�:iC'
to the. Little Staskatclietvan iiistrict ;
o a aio and d Carriftge but now they are coming to 0.112
GpOetS .Mer chant ) 'Iliror which tee beentlftll stream flnwv-
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IIO1IACOO' IIOIITt7A,
President.
JOUN CUBIST N,
Se tory.
55
dlottoricll, Surto 13, 1879,
PA.I31 BELLS !
1
FARM BELLS!
±'AB1 BELLS I,
According to recent advices the
Sionx Indians are at a pciut called.
Wood ilountain, iu the North -Nest,
where they have been very badly off
for food. Our own Indians, who are
not very distant from the Sionx camp,
are else tightly pinched, and the Gov-
ernment has, it is understood, decided
to increase the military force in view
of the serious eonserineneos which •
would ensile 81)011111 the lndiaus, ren-
dered desperate by starvation, make a
raid upon the surrounding settlements.
Authority has been given for the for-
mation of one or two companies of in-
fantry, and the arms aucl accoutre-
ments, and saddles and bridles for
their use, are now being .despatched.
1,1J6 buckwheat t f the country, their
This step was doubtless taken in (mu -
,
will bo about 3 per cent. The sequence of the excessive cost of the
Mounted Police s orce, which it (0110
condition of 1110 )'))tato crop is t}7, tat
,, , first proposed to strengthen.
against a1est 88 in July. In the 1ludcl A letter has beet. received frnmal for -
States the showing rises from 95 to
102- The 111)111mer of 1379 has bean
unfavorable for the hay crop, the
drought 111 Jnuo being very detrimental.
In t110 New i n ;•.lane; and Middle States
the crop is good, but short in. all the
Southern States.
Earthquake at Niagara.
(Zoite a severe shod. of earthquake
was felt at Niagara on Thursday uiorn-
iug about. four o'clock. It lasted for
several swoouds, and had the effect or
waking almost everyone in town.
A violent shook, aceomglauied by a
loud clap, similar to a discharge of a
cannon, took place at Pert Dalhousie
between two and three o'clock Thurs•
day morning which shoot( a solid brick
building and 5110(10-t maned the fall of
au old wooden building. It is suppers -
ed to have beer an earthquake,
A violent shookof earthquake was
felt at Thorold on Thursday morning,
accompanied by a heavy discharge simi-
lar to thunder. .
A severe shock, accompanied by a
noise like au explosion, was felt at 'Wel-
land at ,an early hour on Thursday
morning. .
During the shock of earthquake at
St. Catharines, on Thursday )morning
One tribe of Zebu, who have not `ret the bell in the tower of St. Earnabas
felt the brunt of war are messintr. to• Church rang rut two petals, and the
ward Ziobdane. A. clotatahnlent of a corgis bell o31 the Welland Railway mo9 gave
of British troops, which was andel' one loud tap, . 'Window shutters on
orders hours, is now being hurried houses koro violently slammed back
against them. and forward, In some few instances
A Paris oorrepsonJent says over parties who were sleeping near the
twenty million francshave been ship- edge of their bends, awoke to find them -
ped from French ports for the United selves o1) the floor. It is difficult to
States in the hast three weeks: The give an accnratoclescription of the noise
Bank of Frt4uce has seta, wholesale, its that accompanied 111e shock. It was
email stook for gold and foreign preceded by whet sounded like are ex -
gold coin: One of the chief lyltllinn plosion, followed ,by a heavy rumbling
Images in Paris estimates the insuffi• sitniler to the reve'beration of a thin
elm) crops in England, Franco and der clap. The tiudullitit.ig selssatlon
Germany will necessitate gillrchases in 'lasted ficin fifteen 000)30118 to one
the United Stat00 to the amount of anitiute, 'As fear as can be ascertained
ing hent.'. , toward 111e South (31)31 420,000,900 , 'sterling. The $tn)T.•ln)'cl no damage has boon done. Those
empties into the Aesiniboine River, sn;ys it is thought one million and a who were awakened by the shoo.( ex -
which, is about throe feet deep ; the half'ponnno eterling more will leave cepa that they were considerably fright•
water is very clear, with a Very swift T4t'1anee for the United States, (mod, sustained) no (injury,
(
;per Ottawaite, who is located on 111,3
polLins,oighteen miles from Port Edmon-
ton, N.orth•west territory, at the end of
1+'oller's telegraph line. The letter is
dated. July 5, and the writer states that
the Indians aro starving, and an out-
break is greatly feared.
Seven lodges of Indians have starved
to death on the plains alter eating their
horses. One Indian ate his mother-in-
llaW, wife and three children. The
Mounted Police is considered totally
ill adequate case oranledi0u uprising..
1t is stated that Edward Trickett, of
Australia, has issued a challenge to
row 1151...011 a three or four toile race
on the Par)amnta River for $2,000 to
$5,000 a side, and-Haulau expenses to
visit the Colonies.
Toronto Teley'am,, Independent :
"lt must be rather exasperating to the
Grit organs, after denouncing Sir John
Macdonald day in and day out for the
past five years, and declaring that he
dare not present himself in England to
be sworn in a member of the Privy
Council, to find that -he has not only
presented himself, but has been sworn
i(1. If this i8 all that Grit abuse cantle,
after so marl3 years of incessant labor,
It must have lust whatever little virtue
and effect it ever lied."
Montreal Post: Y1I3y latest cablegram
we are informed that the Right Honor-
able Sir John A. Macdonald, K. C. T.,
Premier of the Dominion of Canada, has
been sworn in member of the Imperial
Privy Council, and more than that, htis
had the high honor of dining with Her
Majesty at Osborne Palace. After read-
ing this news we felt for the Groes,.
could almost weep for it, for whoha8 .sot
read the taunts and sneers of that really,
great Canadian journal, which sbotald be
above such meannesse when referring to
Sir John and she Privy Council. Wo
are not admirers of the worthy knight,
and see a good many flaws in hie chars.
actor, hut., when all is staid and done, he
mut he acknowledged theforomostman.
in Canada, and the one who has .p;l:lidl-
ed her into her present position before
the world. Ho wort 1)11 honors well,
and limy- he wear therm bong."