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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1894-5-25, Page 1Vol. 21. No. 45, Binnacle Council, .A. special meeting of Brussels Commit Was held Monday evening, a full Board fn attendance. The following accounts were passed on motion of Councillors Graham and Wilton A. Bird, street improve'bs, $8.75 Herald, Auditors' abstract, 5.00 Mrs, Williams' rent, 8.00 By-law No. 2, under Consolidation Aot, was read and signed as were copiesfor registration purposes. The By-law oa11e. for the lathing of $6,000 debentures to run 20 years at 5eeto meet Bowe loan de- benture Ihaturing on June let, 1804. The Iced rate for same will be 1 8-10 mills raising ;1401 annually. Moved by R. Willihms, seconded by W. R. McCracken that aclver8ieemonte bo in. sorted in the Toronto Globe and Montreal Gazette re debentures for sale. Carried. A communication was read from Howe & Co. offering $2,500 for woolen faetoly and also giving terms. Council declined to accept offer but agreed to talk business if the amount was increased to $8,000 with suitable terms. Meeting then adjourned. ' CAMPAIGN NOTES. The Montroe1 Gazette, referring to the Ontario campaign, sags : "The populace always has a kindly thought for the vet- eran, whether in war or politics, and Sir Oliver is a veteran, the victor of many eights, and with a record that his friends not unreasonably regard with satisfaction So say all but bitter political opponents of Ontario's Grand Old Man. LET MEDALS Denim. The Patrons of Industry, while profes- sing independence, have nominated can- didates in opposition to, and are doing all they can to defeat Sir Oliver Holed, Hon. G. W. Ross, Hon. Richard Harcourt, Sir Richard Cartwright, Hon. David Mills, John Charlton, John McMillan, W. 0. Edwards, Robert Boston, and other well- known Liberals, though the Patron move• anent is directed almost entirely against evils whiohhaveoriginatedby0onservativo legislation and administration at Ottawa. REASONS WEL The electors of Ontario should support Sir Oliver Mowat, first, last and all the t'me :—Because lie has given to the prove !we the best system of common schools in the world, and an honest, economical Government, free from jobs, boodle and scandal. Because he has spent millions in promoting tigrlculture, in founding pubho institutions, in promoting 'public charities and in aiding railways, and has never called upon -the ratepayers for a single dollar, but has returned many nail - lions of dollars to the municipalities to Savo the people from direct taxation. Ba- ca Ise he has ruled upon the true prince. ple of egaal rights to all. They should support him because he saved to Ontario one hundred thousand square miles of valuable agricultural, mineral and timber lands, and lastly because it would be a public disgrace and a mime to reward honesty, ability, faithfulness and emiuenb success with ingratitude and defeat. These are sufficient reasons for every man in the province to give Sir Oliver Mowat a warm, a hearty and an enthu- siastic support. wenn IT'S' IVE101T LV GOLD. The special dairy bulletin just issued under authority of the Minister of Agri- oulturo, Hon. John Dryden, from the Department of Agriculture! Toronto, ap. plication to which will bring to anyone who will write Hama and address, a copy, is worth its weight in gold. After an elaborate treatment of the whole of the questions that are raised by old-fashioned farmers when butter and cheese making is advocated as au advan- tageous adjunct to the present system of grain growing, if itis not a satisfactory substitute for that exhaustive and at present most unprofitable kind of farm- ing to follow in Onta io, this timely bul- letin end with a series of ten conclusions that clinch the argument for the cow. They r.w: 1. Prices for grain have fallen over 80 per cent. iu ten years ; prices for butter and obeose have fallen less than 6 per cent. 2. Dairy farming is lees exhaustive thea grain farming. The sale of butter re- moves nothing from the soil. In facb by dairying the lost fertility of the soil may be reo.ored. 8. Ontario is well adapted i o dairying. We produce now 00,000,000 lbs, of factory cheese, 3,000,000 of creamery butter, and about 60,000,000 of dairy butter. While Canadian dairy exports have been in - arming those of the United States have been deoreasing. 4. Our principal butter competitors in the British market are Denmark, France and Sweden, Victoria and Now Zealand are rapidly increasing their exports to Britain, exeoecling those from Canada. 5. Whereas otto bast creamery brings as bigh price as Danish mammaryiu Brit- ain, our exports to Britain averaged over 5 cents per lb. less than the Danish ex- ports. Om• exporte to Bremen, therefore, consist largoly 01 butter of inferior 'qual- ity. 3. The production of our buttal in memories instead of home dairies would give a largo amount of high class butter of .uniform quality both for home con- sumption and for export, and would add over $1,000,000 to its value. 7. Patrons ori creameries get as rnuoh for their cream as home butter -makers do for their butter they are saved the work of malting and marketing ; they are paid in cash and returns come gnickly. 8.•A weldor oreamory with eapaeity for 500 cowe can be br+lbnnd equipped for from $2,500 to $13,000. Skilled hotter. mrkore ant thecae -makers are now be - corning more available through the work of the Special Dairy School of Ontario .Agricultural College, Guelph. 0. To show that wo have made only a fair beginning in dairying, it may be ' staled that the average valuta of alleose made nor head of the rural population iu Ontario is $8 ; whereas Leeds, Grenville and Oxford average $32 per head. BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MAX 26, 1894 10, In grain growing we are oompetiug iu foreignrnarkot0 with the products of the cheapest labor in other oountriee ; in beef and mutton also we oo3»po80 with the products of cheap hand ; in dairying we are competing with the work of more skilled labor, and with the products of high priced laud. The outlook for dairy. lug, therefore, in Ontario is promising, provided we aim to produce a coustent supply of nniformly good artiolos, moue- ly, fine factory cheese and flue oreamery butter. O111enC11 Clii11111:4. Rev. G. II'. Oobblediolr, B. D,, will preach a disonurse Specially direoted to young women next Sabbath evening, District Sabbath School Convention will be held next Tuesday in the Metho- dist church, Brussels. Every Christian worker invited to be present and take part in the discussions, Next Monday evening at the Epworth League the subject "Should Capital Pun- ishment be abolished" will be debated. Dr. Cavanagh and W. H. Herr aro the leaders on the respective sides. The Ladies' Guild of St. John's ohuroh will give a garden party at the residence of John Cardiff, in Grey, on Friday even- ing, Jane let. Prof. Hawkins has prom- ised a most interesting program and an enjoyable time may be expected. Con- veyances will leave 188. John's church at 7 o'clock for Mr. Cardiff's. The following are additional• perticu• Lars from Wiogham District meeting, Methodist church :--The moral and reli- gious character of the minieters and pro. bationers was passed as satisfactory. W. A. Smith, of Brussels, a probationer of one year's standing, was recommended to be oontinued at college, as a probationer. W. J. Ashton was recommended by Gems- eter church as a candidate for the minis- try, and the district endorsed the reeom. mendation to Conference. Revs. Herr and Paul, of Brussels, and Mills, of To. ronto, were continued in their present superannuation relation. The returns from eircuite were as follows :— ' O M y �a�'2.a.22' MEM= 55Fy eel -8 a i milo m G tl 0 0 vAm oom U aW HW Wingham 848 840 $458 88 52284 61 Teeswatee 202 176 289 83 2001 83 Wroseter .,168 168 137 60 1283 40 Bruosele255 275 260 09 223815 Belgrave174 184 127 82 1092 12 Blyth 281 208 801 86 1522 72 Londesboro'305 264 248 82 2222 49 Walton 130 84 120 06 917 20 Auburn ...,312 271 413 82 1800 62 Bluevale.,221 183 172 27 1962 19 2403 1798 2529 03 17225 13 There is an increase in church member• ship of 49 over last year, and a consider- able decrease in the total amount of money raised. The total amount raised for ministerial support on the district was $0872, an immense of 562. 50054010 SODOM CoxvEnTIOE,—The third annual Distriot Sabbath school Con- vention will be held in the Methodist Church, Brussels, on Tuesday, May 20th, 1894. The following is the program :— Forenoon Session. -10:00 to 10:15—De. votional exercises. 10;15 to 10:30—"The true object of S. S. instruction," James Smillie. 10:30 to 10:59—Discussion. 10:50 to 11:05—"Vital steps in the teaoh• ing process," G. F. Blair. 11:05 to 11:25 —Discussion. 11:25 to 11:45—"How I taught last Sabbath's lesson," 3 minute experiences by Superintendents and Teachers. 11:45 to 12:00—Appointment of Committees and Closing, Afternoon Session. -1:80 to 1:45—Devotional oxer• oiseg.-1;45 to 2:00—Report of Commit- tees and address of President eleot. 2;00 to 2:15—"The S. S. in relation to Mis- signs," Rev. D. Forrest. 2:15 to 2:30— Discussion. 2:80 to 8:15—Oonferenoe— "How should the S. S. be supported fin- ancially 7"—"Sabbath school disciplius." —"How to secure efficient teaohors." 8:15 to 8:30—"Provincial and County Assooiations and our relation to them,' W. H. Herr. 8;30 to 4:00—Primary olass S. et, lesson for nano 3rd, taught by Mrs. Duncan, Hon. Provincial Secretary, To- ronto. 4:00 to 4:15—"Oonntry Sabbath Schools, their Methods and Difficuitiee," T. Strarthen. 4:15 to 4:30—Disouselon. 4:30 to 4:45—Collodion, Annoanoemeute and Closing. Evening Session. --7:30 to 7:45—Opening exercises. 7:45 to 8:15— "Primary Work," Mrs. Duncan. 8:15 to 8:55—Question Drawer. 8:46 to 9:80— "The Home and the Sabbath Sohoer, how each may help or hinder the other," Rev. J. W. Pring. 9:30 to 9:00—Collection and Closing. Mrs. Duncan is said to be a first class primary teacher and with a ohms of 18 or 20 juniors before her the lesson on "The Institution of the Pass. over" is expected to be made both profit. able and interesting. Every person in- terested in S. 8, work should make an effort to get to the three sessions. 4. Sporting 0011.1,1311.1. St. Mary's has a lady oyolieb who cvaare a divided skirt. A ladies' cricket club has beau o'ganiz• ad In Owen Sound, John S. Johnston has lowered the hall• mile bioysle record on a quarter mile brook to 60 seconds. Jae, Pester, of Granton, hes purabaeed from Mr. McCurdy, of Hirkton, his far. famed bulldog, "Bruno." Two members of the Moscow CyaIi: g Olubs left St. Petersburg three weeks ago to ride across Europe to Naples and back on bioyolos. Owing to several accidents by bicyoliste riding down citizens on foot, the Port Huron council bas passed an ordinance re- quiring all riders to pay a license fee and display a tag upon their wheels. They aro also forbidden to ride at a rate faster than six miles an hour. Corbett and Jackson are making hay while the sun shines by givink themselves personal write ups in the papers, and their "dud" fs being eagerly taken hold of by the gullible. There 1s nndonbted, ly a good deal of method in the seeming. ly unnecessary delay in arranging a fight. George Douglas, of the Woodland lien- ne1s, Weedetoolr, reoeived word from New York that his well-known dog, Duke, won the $1.00 challenge cup at the New York specialty show. 13e oleo won the epooeal for the beet braoe. Jay.l lye•See, 2:10, bas not been bar, named singe last summer, He bee a comfortable box and paddook ab Idinkory Gros Farm, Ranine, Wis., and passes his terns as he pleases. He will probably never be seen on the teeth again. Hyslop won the quarter -mile dash at Charleston, S, 0„ on Saturday, in 45 monde and acme second in the half.mile handicap, in which he wee placed et serntoh, At Savannah he won the half- mile open and the quarter•mile open, John Brown, of the Oibizeus' Milling Company, Toronto, ]rad a "bicycle built for two," and on Sunday afternoon he left his home on Dunn avenue, Parkdale, carrying hie little girl, who weighs, 84 pounds, and wheeled to Oshawa, a dis- tance of 84 miles in 2 hours and 45 minutes, Four miles this side of Os- hawa the punctured the tire and was ob. liged to roburn by train. Directnm, 2,04, the champion trotting stallion, hae been badly bun and will probably nob be trained this season. The stallion was being led along five miles of gravel road, from the farm of hie owner, John Green, of Dublin, to the stables of Orrin Hickok, at Pleasanton, who was to train "Directnm," for 0. 0. Molvar, who had leased hie raping qualities for the year. On the road the stallion stumbled and fell, the tendons of a foreleg receive ing a bad out from the shoe of his hind foot, The out is deep and may rain the trotters career on the breaks. Buboar beat Emmett on May 7 in 25 min„ 25 sea. Emmett was four lengths bank, and his time was 25 min., 36 sec. Leaden Sporting Life says of the race:— Being welt trained and in good condition, George Bubear (the ex-ohampion rower) wee able to demonstrate Monday that he is still in the championship class. The issue of his race with Sam Emmett over the championship course was never in doubt, and Bubear may be said to have won the £100 of stake money before he bad passed his training quarters, He was then going strong and well with over half a length's lead, while Emmett was vainly endeavoring to get some pace on his craft. Ones or twine Sam did make his boat move ab something like his old form, but there never wee a moment that be ever seemed formidable. It was n case of the spirit being willing, but the flesh was weak, Emmett lacked dash and power, is addition to which he seem- ed to push his slide away from him as though he were uncertain of his stroke. The ex -champion on the other band, never rowed better in his life. The blades of his sculls naught the water squarely, and there was no "knifing" the beginning of the stroke, which was pill- ed all the way through, the slide being held from beginning to end. Bubear im. mediately challenged Toni Sullivan the champion. The next day Sullivan ans- wered that he was willing to soull for :8200 a side. Pooy Moore and Charley Mitohell are Bubear'e bookers. Bubear is at present in Holo, Germany, training the Ruder Verelu members. Ces.vurdiseal Na -wee. Toronto has coat enough to last three weeks. North Waterloo Patrons on Sabnrday nominated D. M. Shoemaker for the Legislature. John J. Noel and hie son, of Toronto, have been acquitted of the charge of at• tempted arson. The Toronto mere complain tbat some unfeeling persons are poisoning all the oats in that city. Prince Edward Oounty prohibitionists on Saturday nominated as their candidate for the Legislature, John Laird, Mayor of Piston. He is a Grit. Wm, Freeman, aged 38, belonging to Hamilton, fell between the wheels of a G. T. R. freight at Toronto, on Saturday, and received fatal injuries. Thos. McTieruan, a eon of the late "Joe Beef," committed suicide in the street at Montreal lash week by shooting himself. Deepondenoy was the cause. John Sheppard, who, last May, at Ed• mondton, murdered his mistress, May Hotelman, was Friday found guiltyof manslaughter, and sbntenoed to /ifs nu- prieonmsnt. David Dow, a Toronto contractor, was found on Saturday with his throat cat from ear to ear, he having, it is said, tried to end his life with a hand -saw. He may recover. Wm. Rosa, who claimed to have been gagged and robbed of $1,600 by three mathed men near Salem, Ont., aonfeseed that he made up the story to Dover up the loss of the money in business keen°. Hone. A dangbter of George B, Allan, of West Garafraxa, near Fergus, having died af- ter a state of ill-heelbh extending over several months, during which time no physioian was called in or ooneulted, the only treatment given beingwhat is known as "Christian Somme," Coroner Johnson held an inquest. The jury brought in the following verdiat : "from the evi- dence given the deoeasod, Mary Jaue Allan, came to her death by pleurisy and inflemtnation of the lungs ; that the par- ents and family treated • deceased with every kindness and attention and in the beet manner poeeible as believers in Christian lenience ; that the evidence given by the family of the deoeasod goes to prove aonolasively that none of its members considered the deceased to be dangerously ill, oven to the day of her death ; but the jury, from bbe considera- tion of the medical and all the evidence, feel that very serious omission was made by the family whet no physician was oalled in, and strongly oondema the prat• tioe of Christian Solenoe carried on, feel- ing that in the present case the parents and family have left themselves open to the grave charge of gross bliodnese to the evident illness of their now deceased daughter and sister, and marked 1egli• genas to the welt of professional ntodioal attendance, amounting to almost culpable misoonduot". A Bellevil le deepatob says the Indians on the Tyen linage reserve are being vox. cfnatod, A pr0alamation calla g upon all cai- mans to be vaosinated has been iseued in Montreal It is reported that the Aberdeens bave rented a house in Halifax and will reside there dining the heated terms. William 8fsGowan, bursar of Stony Mountain Penitentiary, was instantly killed in a runaway at Winnipeg Monday, The minsre' strike at Springhill, ae. 8,, le over, the diffeeenoe having been ar- ranged, and the miners resumed work on Monday. Already bot 400 persons here pro. teased conversion as a result of Evange- liste Crossley and Hunter's meetings at Belleville. The Montreal Board of Health 'has decided to ask the Mayor to issue a pro• demotion calling upon the people to be vaccinated. The British flagship Blake, Admiral I•Iopkine, accompanied by 13. M. S. Tar- tar, sailed from Halifax Saturday oven. ing for Boston. A. F. Voyles, a little boy seven years of age, was playing on the street at North Bay, Ont., when some matches in hie pookeb took fire, seriously, if not fatally, burning the boy. Peterson's picked crew defeated that beaded by Gaudaur by six feet in the three anile soul] straightaway moo on Saturday at Austin, Tex. At Belleville last week George Van Wert, of Trenton, about 40 years of age, was sentenced to seven years in penitan. tiary for a crime in which complainant was a twelve -year-old girl named Pickle. Henry Godly, who bas been confined in the Kingston penitentiary for the past six months, serving sentence for the se- duotion of Miss Coughlin of Galt, has been pardoned by the Minister of Justice, and will be home in a few days. His full term was eighteen months. The body of Joseph Shaw, a laborer, who has been working in the atone quar- ries at Queenstown, was found Friday by some fishermen near that plane. Shaw disappeared about May 1st, and no trace of him could be found till he was picked up in the river. It is supposed he com- mitted suicide, The body was taken to Niagara Falls, Ont., for interment. About 10 o'clock on Thursday evening of last week, the barn of John McNeil, known as Kariboo John, about 8 miles North of Paisley, was burned. Carse sosde o have been lightning. Imple- ments,year's grain and hay .were burned, but the live stoolc was saved, though one horse was so badly burned that it had to be shot. Not known if in- sured. W. J. Gage writes the Mayor, Toronto, proposing that the City Connell grant a site in High Park for the erection of a suitable Home for consumptives. To aid in the erection of a home of this kind, which will cost not less than $50,000, he will be prepared to give the sum of $25,- 000, on the appointment of a Board of Trustees duly named for that purpose. T, 0. Robinette, of Toronto, ManWher• rail's lawyer, was at Ottawa on Saturday and had an interview with Sir John Thompson, Minister of Justice, in regard to getting a new trial for efaeWherrell. Robinette bas new evidence to offer in the case which will destroy the prinoipal evi- dence given by the Crown if a new trial is granted. The Minister promised to look into the whole case. The result of the examinations at the Outario College of Pharmacy, Toronto, were posted on Friday. The Council gold medal was taken by Arthur J. Wilk - man, Windsor ; the silver .medal by L. 13. Ashton,Toronto,and E. F. Armstrong, Cobourg, equal ; the Pharmacy medal by T. A. Henderson, Ayr • the Chemistry medal by W. M. Woodburn and T. A. Henderson, Ayr, equal ; the Materia medal by Henderson, Ayr, and Wilkman, equal Edward Weeks, of Amherst, N. S., 73 years, suioided Saturday morning by hanging to a arose•poll in an unoccupied barn on the Happen Road, one mile and a half from Amheret. Deceased for some time past, was in poor health, on- oasionally quite despondent. During Friday he had a fit, but recovered, and appeared to be all right. He arose about 6 o'olnok, the family supposed, to take a morning walk. Not returning in proper time they booame alarmed, and cm look- ing out, found 'pert of his olothes gone, and later found the body as described. Charles Williams, son of Mrs. Sylvester Williams, St. Thomas, who left home eight years ago,and had nob been heard of by his relatives for seven years, returned home last week. He has seen consider. able of the world, having been over al- most the whole of the Amerionn aontin. eut, North and South, but spent most of hie time in South America. He has been variously employed in sailing, ranching, oto. His last venture was a ranoh near Buenos Ayres. During his absence in the mountains a aloud -burst took plaoe, and when he returned the ranoh was gone. This naturally made him think of home, and he set out for it, Doming by way of San Frenaisoo. Ile is a legatee under the will of his grandfather, the late Thomas Williams. ills share would have gone to the other members of the family had he not returned. Aylmer Bxprese :—."Albert La Rue, who works for Albert White, has a little boy about 8 or 9 years old. A few morn- ings ago he got °1' and told his mother that he had dreamed of catching a great big fish in the pond. Without further comment, and with probably considerable faith in his dream, he gob hie feels pole, dug some worms, and started up the pond. A few minutes later he was heard calling lustily for help. His father ran down to where he was, and found Trim hanging on to the pole for dear life, but unable to land a big fish that had got bold of the book. Mr. La Rue pulled it out, and it proved to be a magnificent speckled trout which meameed 22 inches in length, It was plated in 5tub of water, and Al. bort White gave the boy 75 oente fur it, and it be now safely put wayfu his breeding pond. 'this is a fish story, all right, but it is . beyond quoation a true one." to W. H. K.ERR, Prop. efonobon, be. B„ has deoided to give e 000 towards a new dock at that port, p vided the Dominion Government al give a eubsidy to the scheme. W. R. Meredith arrived in London Saturday night, and was conducted to t residenoe of his brother by a torohlig proostsion. The leader of the Oppnei on addressed the eleotore of London Mo day night. Tho Canedian Gazette Sabnrday o0 tains the announcement of the followiRg appointments in the North-West Moun ed Polios :—Capt. E. G. Brown, of T ronto, and Lt,.0o1. Williams, of Londo to be inspectors ; Dr, G. Pearson 13e11, t be assistant surgeon. Mrs. Jams Vanderburg, of Dunnvill Ont., who eas been missing since Frida night„ was found drowned in the Gran River there about 2 p. m, on Sunda Ib was no doubt a ode of suicide, as sh had threatened to drown herself. L. 0, StriPe, of Cedar Springs, travel ler for Reid Broe., London, met with fatal accident in Kingsmill last week While trying to oaboh a horse his foo caught in the root of a tree, threw him and dislocated his knee. He died fro the effeote of his injuries Friday nigh He leaves a wife and two children. is a brother of T, H. Stripei of Kings mill. 7!he following new companies bave re mindmindollartere from the Ontario Govern mont :—The $trathroy Petroleum Oom pany, capital, $90,000, bas been incorpor abed by by George A. McGillivray, Wm B. Lindsay, Oharles Geist and others, t carry on an oil industry in StrabhroY• Dr. Isaac Walker and other oitizene Ingersoll have formed the Ingersoll Curl- ing and Skating Rink Oompany, 'capita $8,000. Commencing last Monday and anti further notice the following trains on th G. T. R. lines will be cancelled :—W., G. & 13. Bronoli—Trains dee to leave Palm mitten at 8:46 p. m., and Southampton 5:50 0, m, on Mondays, Wednesdays an Fridays. G. 13. & L. E. Branch—Train due to leave Palmerston 8:55 p. m. and Wiarton 5:30 a. m., Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Port .'Rover Branch— Trains due to leave Port Dover at 6:00 a m. The Manitoba Provincial Government has formally refused to grant the request of the promoters of the South -Eastern Railway for a bonus of 312,000 per mile. The projected road was to run from Win- nipeg to the Rainy Lake district, Land inspectors sant out by the Governmenb reported that the land through which the line would pass was nomparatively value- less. The promoters say they will now appeal to the Winnipeg Board of Trade and City Council for the necessary aid. In the abonebhrowing case in which John McDermott lost his life about two weeks ago, which was again up before the Police Magistrate at Ingersoll Monday nothing new transpired. The testimony of the doctors who mode the poet mortem was given, as well as that of one of the younger boys. Aldward, the prisoner, wee also examined and told a straight for. ward reoital of his version of the case, and was further remanded for two days, Aldward being allowed to go et liberty on his own recognizance. A Point Edward Her who has not even the one merit possessed by the Montana specimen, --originality, has "wormed" Williams murder. The "omlfession," ' which was not typewritten this time, was, nevertheless, signed Dutton. A bottle was picked up on the lake shore by a fisherman. Inside was the note written on a scrap of letter size paper in pencil in a legible hand. It read : "MaaWherrell is not the man who murdered the Wil- liams'. Dutton is the man. Our boat is going to pieces, and I must oonfess. Dolton." The bottle was a 15 ounce pre- scription bottle with "W. Saunders, Lon- don, Out.," moulded into the glass. 8. 00 s0 on he ht ti- n- b• n, 0 Y• m He of 1 e d Vice -President Shaughnessy, of the 0. P. R„ wbo has just returned from the Pacific coast, says that business out West is fairly good, and that though immigra- tion is lipbter than for several years past, some good settlers are coming in. The entire system is in firat.olass order, Mr. Shaughnessy says, but the freight is somewhat light compared with other seasons, though the 0. P. R. is getting its share. It is reassuring to find that the 0. P, R. Oompany dose not oontem• plate a further reduction in lbs staff, and promise to take on the laid•off hands as soon as times improve. On Saturday Brother Mundell, a0brie- bian brother teacher in De La Salle In• stibate, Renfrew, met with a painful mai. dent. About it week ago he found snhool boys playing with a dynamite cap. He took it from a youngster with a warning and placed it in his pocket. On Satur- day, potting his band in his pocket for his knife, he pulled out knife and cap to. gather. He thought the cap was empty and ran the knife into it. He sought to withdraw the knife, and in doing this gave a slight twist, and the oapexploded. The force of the explosion tore open the thumb and second finger of the left band, in which the cap bad been held, so severe- ly that doctors had to amputate the top joint of both thumb and finger, The examiners at Osgoode Hall have concluded the oxaminabiou of enoh stn. dents as are not subject to Law School rules and passed ander the Law Society's old onrrioulum, These oandidates have passed the examination for standing as barristers in the following order :—R. S. Robertson, J. A. Murray, Nichol Jeffrey, C. Murphy, E. F. Burrett, W. L. Ross and T. J. Murpliy [equal,) 11. 0, Hays, Thos. Grallam, W. H. Irving, e1. Nugent, John MOKeen, W. M. Slim, Thomas A. Duff, W. F, Scott, E. L. Middleton and 11. Morrison [equal„ A. L. Dickson, A. Crw, M. R. Allison, George A. Sayer, J. McLean, C, 0. I-nlford, J. Porter and C. G, Powell [egnal,j W. L,Bsaleand D. A. Dunlop iegnal) Those who passed the examination for standing as solicitous are :—F. W. Hall, A. Nugent, E. Mo - Martin, T. C. Dawson, A. S. Diekeon, J. F. Lennox, John 1YIot{oten, 0. G. Powell, W. M. Shaw,A. R. Walker,G. G. Thresh- er, 3, Porter, F. 13, Peatherstouhaugb, Thomas A. Duff, W. H. Cairwe. These aro probably the lasb examinations that will be held under the old curriculum, Huron Oouxtty. .Reeve Bowden, Exeter, p0rp0555 ex- tending the street leading to the school farther eget. Bidet Hector, the famous colored lea. tursr, will hold forth in the Janos Street Church, Exeter, on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday evenings, May 270h, 28111 and 29811. Among the consignment of eggs from Orotuarby to the Bobier Produce Co., Exeter, one egg, whioh3 was addressed. to J. C. Abbott, was found whioli measured by 8i inches. Among those who anccesefnlly paged in medicine at the reoent examinations of the Toronto University, we notice the names of D. Mo0allum, Exeter, and H. Bose, of Brumfield. A mase meeting of the South Hur on Conservatives was held in Hensall, Tues- day, a large attendance of farmers and °there being perinea John Torrance, President of the Association, in the chair. The meeting was addressed by D. Weis. miller, the standard-bearer of the Con- servative party of South Huron ; A. F. Campbell, of Algoma ;• Dr, Bethune and G. E. Jackson, Seaforth. Mr. Campbell spolte for two hours. Our item referring to the sale of the Metropolitan Hotel, a few weeks ago has beep taken exception to by the proprieb. roes, Mrs, Page, who called at the office one day last week and denied that such Me had taken plebe. However, be it as it may, the place was sold as fair as a place could be sold ; but because Mrs. Page could not bamboozle the intending purchaser she rants and raves like a caged lion and wants the item contradicted and the Advocate stopped. While we are al- ways ready and willing to correct errors which appear in our columns, we cannot very well stop the Advocate as we have oontreoted to send it to at least two thousand subsorlbere every week.—Exeter Advocate. Generaaf se wee. The Clevland coal convection has re- sulted in nothing. The briokyard strike in the Fishkili district of New York is over. Heavy snowstorms are reported in the midland counties of Ragland. The trial of Eraatns Wirean has been finally fixed for Monday, May 28. The Bank of England's rate of dia. oonnt remains unchanged at 2 per cent. Three boyo were up before the Mayor, ab St. Marys, for letting off fire crackers on the streets. The floods in the Chippewa valley, Wisconsin, have caused damage of $2,- 000,000. The Order of Tante, with assets of $1,- 250,000, chiefly in Pennsylvania, has as- signed. A rupture of diplomatio relations be- tween Italy and Persia is said to be int. minent. Six Chinamen who bed been smuggled over the border have been captured in Platteburg, N. Y. The trial of the notorious Dr. Moyer at New York has resulted in a verdict of murder in the second degree. King Alexander of Servia has levied a proolamation abolishing the oonstitution of 1888 and restoring that of 1169. The heavy rains which have marred in Sarnia district continuously for five days, a000mpanied by strong winds and hail, bave caused great anxiety to the farmers as regards their fruit and crops. In many places the ground is oovered with sheets of water. The principle damage so far as can be asoertaiued at present will be to the corn and potato orops, Many of the farming districts in this neighborhood are well supplied with draining faoilities and escaped serious damage ; other planes not so well supplied are suffering, and many orops are injured beyond estimate. The Court of Appeal is dealing with a one affecting the Orangeville Advertiser. Three years ago the property was pur- ohased by Joseph Wallaoe,of Orangeville, for $9,600 cash. He hired his sons, R. J. and W. J. Wallaoe to ran it. In two years they had paid for the paper and worked up a valuation of $7,000. The sons understood they were to have a third interest each when the paper was pail for_ The old man gave a third to W. J. but refused to convey to the other son. The latter was successful at trial iu mooring his share and now Elgin Myers, Q. C., is conducting au appeal for the father. Edward' Daly, aged 77 died suddenly yet the Chown Hotel, Stratford, the other afternoon He bats nob been ailing and had just returned to the hotel from a barber shop. He talked with some of the people about the hotel, ground up some tobacco be had purchased and put it in a pouch. He filled his pipe, and go- ing into the sitting room lay down on a couch to enjoy a smoke. He had not been there long when be passed quietly away, heart failure being assigned as the cause of death. Mr. Daly had worked for the G. T. R. for thirby.three years. He d was twice married, both wives being now dead, and leaves two sons, one by each wife. One lives in Hamilton and the other in Port Huron. Comer, Browne and Jones were senten- ced by Judge Miller in the Washington Police Court Monday afternoon bo twenty days in jail for violating the statue of the United States prohibiting the display of pertiziau banners in the Capitol grounds, and Come, and Browne were fined 3500 additional for bresspassing upon the grass, or an additional ten days in jail. Jones was acquitted on this lastabarge. At five minntos of two o'clock Ooxay, Browne and Jones, with the hand cuffs on their wrists, were planed in the "Black Mrria" wibh a dozen white and negro workhouse prisoners (wbo were not handcuffed) as oompanions, and the van immediately oonveyed them to jell. Gooey did not relish free transportation on such a basis, and wisee be was told that lie was to be taken to the District Prison he asked to be allowed to go in a carriage, bat his request WAS not granted, and hs and his companions were compelled to ride the same as other prisoners. A eoote of pol- icemen patrolled the sidewaika adjacent to the oourb after the riddance was pro - 000008d,