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Grey Council :Meeting'.
o i i 11nntAnxs ONLY 1.011 Tut. NNW 'Vito Council met at Yammer's hotel, Gran.
ANN IN Alumnus. brook, on Nov, 7th, pursuant to adjourn.
The above is an old query with es, Inunb. There were present Moser/1, OIs.
though the nuuiher to whom it is ad. ver, Brown encs Ennis. Mr. Oliver,
cheesed fortunately decreases tie the Deputy Reeve, in the chair. Minutiae of
human race improves in duality. Yet last meeting read cud approved, Mr.
there remain a few—though even a few McNair, Treasurer, presented font Hall-
am too many—who continue neglectful way JJebentureu, Noa. 7, 8, 15 and 10
and indifferent to this simple matter to with coupons, oleo three oou5one, Nos.
them, theuglt important to 115. TIE 4, 5 and 6, which he stated bad been paid
Pose is published at an expense of thous. and that there was still three debenbnres,
ands of dollars and hundreds of days' Nos. 4, 5 and 0 unpaid, the holders of
and nights' toil and worry, and the read- which were unknown to him and that he
ere have had hours upon hours of enjoy. had received no notice for paymeut. Ap-
cent from the paper as a result. Why plication of Harlon Spoiran for leave
then should any of those who have en. to file requisition with the Olerk for
jnyed all this, neglect the decent and ditch or drain ab lot 28, con. 16, ander
reasonable duty to regula,ly forward the the Ditches and Watercourses Act 1883.
trifling small sum of their snbeeripilon ? Moved by Thomas Ennis, seconded by
Tha date to which the subscription is Wm. Brown that the Clerk be instructed
paid is printed on the label posted on the notify
meeting partiesf Ooroll interestedwo a hearto d
every subscriber's paper each week. K
Look at that date intently and oonsoien• lag will be given them in the matter.
tiously ; then, after due caloulation, de. Carried. A by-law was passed ho pro-
liberately insert a hand in your pocket vide pulling places and appoint Deputy
and withdraw bank notes sufficient to Returning Officers for holding elections
liquidate the indebtedness, Write a for the year 1802, also to appoint a place
note excusing your neglect and let it ao. for holding nominations. The followiug
company the money to the office of the acoonnbe were presented and ordered to
newspaper. Do this at once 1 Promp- be paid :—Douald Lamont, gravelling
titude's the spice of life in a business and repairing culvert at lot 17, cone. 7
sense. Address your lettere and make Red 8, $12.00 ; Robt. Holland, gravel,
Post office mosey orrlere payable to W. $6.24 ; Jas. Brown, repairing 8 bridges,
H. Kim, Brussels, Ont. 2 at lot 50, eon. 1 and 1 at lots 25 and
— _ 20, con. `l, 54.50; Jas. Brown, gravelling
at lot 50, eon. 1 and lots 25 and 20, eon.
The House of Refuge 2, $14 50 ; Geo. Coats, gravelling at lots
26 and 26, cons. 2 and 4, $52.80 ; Henry
Bailor, cleaning ditch on boundary Grey
and Wallaoe, Grey share $2.00 ; James
Outhill, cleaning ditch and polling same
as lot 15, oon. 15, $12.00 ; John Stewart,
box drain across road lot 15, eon. 10, $8.•
60 ; John Steise, gravelling at lot 15, oon.
12, $20.02 ; Jas. Brown, gravelling at lot
15, con. 12, $11.85 ;Enoch Clark, digging
ditch on road at lot 16, oon. 17, $8.00 ;
John Osborne, repairing culvert at side
road 0, con. 14, 52.80 ; Wm. Kreuter,
gravel, $8.75 ; Geo. Clark, gravel and
damage to Bold, 520.82 ; Thos. Downy,
culvert and box drain at lob 16, con. 18
and covering culvert ab lot 7, con. 18,
$15.59 ; Thos. Santimore, repairing cut -
vert at lot 30, con. 12, $5.25 ; John Sav+
age, ditolt on road at lot 22. con. 8, $2.20;
Adam Duke, underdraiu across road at
lot 80, con. 4, $2.00 ; Chas. Dames, re-
pairing bridge and culvert and filling
holes in road at Orauhrook, $12.11 ; P.
Blake, culvert at lot 5, con. 13, $2.00 ; T.
Stevenson, gravel, $8.04. Council then
adjourned to meet again at M iDonald's
hotel, Craubrook, on the 15th of Decem-
ber next. WM. SPENCE, Clerk.
We are pleased to give place to bhe
following from the 'Devon Signal bearing
on the establishment of a House of Ref.
age iu Huron Co
"The initial article dealt with the
question from the standpoint of human.
ity ; on the present occasion ib is pro.
posed to dual with it from one phase of
its economical standpoint. Whenever,
heretofore, the question was brought np
for discussion the opponents of the
scheme contended that the erection of
euoh an edifice would entail a Dost upon
the county altogether out of proportion
to the benefits that would unarms, whilst
as things stood the incarceration of the
poor and iufirm in the jail gave that un-
fortunate class a certainty of care and
attention uta minimum cost—as it en•
tailed, they claimed, no additional expen•
diture except the mere cost of food.
The jail, they said, had to be kept up in
any event, and the question of an ad.
clitional pauper or two wee a factor in
the expenditure. That was theergument
usually trotted out, and the Signal will
now examine it under the search light
of a knowledge of the fasts.
The first fact to lay before the public
is the statement that Godaricb jail is au
institution for the safe -keeping of crimin•
ills, and not at place of almsgiving to
indigents. To such an u•xtent is this the
rase that if there were no aged and in
firm paupers, lunation and others not
catalogued in the criminal classes incar-
cerated the Government would have to
bear the entire expense of carrying on
the institution, ted the county would
not be chargeable with one Dent towards
its maintenance from year's end to year's
end. That is a plain statement and now
for the proof.
For the last completed year, vie„ the
term ending December 81, 1831, the cost
of maintaining the county jail amounted
lo $2,483, end of this amount the Govern-
ment paid $283 for the keep of criminate,
and the county paid $2,150. Our read-
ers may be a little startled at the figures,
but they are simply the outcome of a
sum in proportion. The manner in
which the maintenunae of the jail is con•
ducted is very simple. The number of
days occupied in jail by oriminals is
totalled up and charged to the Govern-
ment, and the number of days chargeable
to the indigent, insane and others
who are not criminals is charged to the
county. The following are the relative
figures for the last full year, ending Doo.
31, 1890
QUAnaetn, GOY, DANN, Go. DAYS,
Nutting Marais 91, 1870 '305 1,874
June 80, 1800 70 01)1
" Sept, a0, 180000 709
•' Doe. 81, 1890 00 088
Total of days ohargoneto 408 0,700
The 3,706 days charged to the county
at a total post of $2,150 represents the
keep of ten indigents for a year and one
for a month and a• half. At this rate the
county paid for the keep .of each of its
jail inmates something over $4 a week,
which is not after all a low figure to pay
for lunatics and panpere in a common
jail when bettor accommodation can be
enured in any of the houses of refuge of
.Waterloo, Wellington, Middlesex, Elgin
and other counties at a rate averaging
from 70o. to $1.05 per week. At the rate
mentioned it would be cheaper for the
country to 'board its jail inmates at a
good comfortable hotel
It will thus bo seen that on an average
the county, through ilia abeurb efforts
at turning the jail into an almshouse, is
forced to ooubribute something over 02,-
000 per annum to give board and lodging
to ten or twelve aged, indigent or insane
persons in .the common jail when the
aaene amount of money would go a long
way towards paying the annual running
expenses of a thoroughly equipped house
of refuge capable of accotmnoditbing from
fifty to one hundred of the deserving po00
of oar county.
This is a phase of the eaonotniettl side
of the question which is comtnendad to
the earnest ooneideritbion of every right-
thinking man in Huron °aunty. There
1105 other features of the question equally
startling, which will be dealt with in due
time, all of which will go to prove that
instead of the present inhuman system
being cheaper than the establishment of
a house of refuge the very opposite is the
ease."
TIM PosT agrees with the sentiment of
the above and is of the opinion that this
very important question should come
before the oieotors of this (dimity ab the
Municipal Elections and let them show
the county legislators that they believe
thoroughly fu the proper maintenanee of
the poor,
Washington Letter.
(From ouv Roguler Correspondent.)
WAsmxeron, Out. 90, '01.
11 appears in the light of Capt. Sohley'e
communication as fully trauslated from
the cipher that too much credit for readi.
ness to do justioe was given at first to
the Chilton authorities. If they bad
shown the same alacrity in arresting the
murderous Ohilians as they did in over-
hauling the sailors of the Baltimore in
the affair at Valparaiso the praise of ex•
Whiting proper spirit on the oo0asion
would have been deserved. The United
States has not fallen into Italy's mistake
of making hasty and unreasonable de-
mands, even though her sailors were kill-
ed by the Ohilians because they were
Americans, while the New Orleans Itali•
ons were killed because they were arimi.
nals, with no thought of their nation.
aliby. The U. S. does not ask that citi-
zens of Chili be punished without trial ;
that even the leaders of the Valparaiso
mob be dealt with otherwise than' Ly
legal methods, but it done ask and will
insist that assuranoes be given on the
faith of the government that so far as
may be the assaults complained of shall
atoned for ; that proper indemnity shalt
be made for deaths and damages incurred
that eby; that guarantees be given for
the safety of all law-abiding Amerioans
in the republio of Chili and that suitable
apology be made to the United Statue for
the unfortunate affront that has been put
upon her. 'There is nothing in this de-
mand that is not strictly within the lines
of justice and it is a demand from which
the United States oannob recede.
The Capitol will bo a lively, busy city
for some time to come. After the elec.
Hans, now but a few days off, the tide of
travel will begin bo set in toward Wash.
ington. This will be followed by a short,
sharp Speakership contest, and on the
first Monday in December Oongress will
again be with us. The large Damooratio
majority in the Rouse and the narrow
Republican majority in the Senate insure
some interesting proceedings during the
six or eight months that the statesmen
remain Here. In the meantime bothlwill
have aho0eu their Presidential candi-
dates and when Congress adjourns the
campaign will be already in progress,
Nowhere will the result be awaited with
tr .e eagerness than in Washington, and
yet even the excitement here will be
tempered by the bustle inoiaent to the
eubortainmetb of the Grand Artny
visitors, The city will hardly have had
time to settle down again ere the seoortd
session of the Fifty.second Congress will
be convened. The °betting winter mon the
will be occupied in preparation Mc the
inaugural ceremonies, bhe 4th of blanch
will bring its hundreds of thousands of
visitors, while the su0000ding summer
will be, as usual, notable for its °Moira
Outages and for the constant additions
.,the population, attracted by a new act.
ministration.
Apaat from the information they oon•
Min the reports reoefved at the Poet.
office Depaetmeot from the postmasters
of °ounti. seats regarding the oonclition
of postolfioos in their counties, aro full of
interest. Fee instance, a postmaster at
a county Bent in Indiana hoe just fon'-
warded to the Department a handsonoly
bound sot of reports, each report being
a000mpanicd by a photograph of the
postofiioe to which it refers. The enter-
prising poebmaetor harnessed his horse,
placed his camera in hie buggy and sal•
dad forth upon his errand. Tha result
la a aeries of piotares of every variety of
oountry star° and railroad station inn
minable, while in each ease bbs poet•
master of the little office stood in the
doorway in order that hie picture, too,
might be sunt to Washington along with
the photograph of the building in tvhioh
his office Is situated, A Miohigan post-
master hag sent a bundle of tiny kodale
"snap shote" of posbofll15 buildings, and
accompanies the protons and reports with
a map showing the routes over which be
travelled. The efforts of the postmis.
tresses to gather the desired information
is interesting enough to make a volume
by itself and is being compiled ab the De-
partment. One lady travelled over 500
miles around her county and her reports
aro models of neatness. One postmaster
spent $73 in the work of visiting the
minor postoffices in his county, but he
has informed bhe Postmaster General
that he very oheerfully contributes this
amount to the improvement of the postal
service.
The United Status dynamite cruiser
Vesuvius arrived at the Washington
navy -yard yesterday. The Vesueiusis
one of the new vessels built for the in.
crease of the navy and calces a vary at-
tractive appearance as she lies at the
yard wharf, being painted entirely white
with the exception of her funnel and air
pipes. As a fast traveller site can hard-
ly be surpassed (except it be by the tor-
pedo boat Oushing) running very easily
from twenty to twenty-five knots, as the
blue jackets say for a nautical mile.
Brussels School Board.
5010x10 3r1111TIN0.
A special meeting of the School Board
was hold in the council chamber on Dot.
22nd. -
Members present—A. Hunter (chair-
man,) T. Farrow, H. Dennis and T.
Fletcher.
The minutes of the last regular meet-
ing were read and approved.
Moved by H. Denim, seconded by T.
Fletcher that Miss Taylor's resignation
be accepted to take effect at the end of
the current year. Carried.
A oommuuioution was read from Mies
M. Abraham asking for an increase of
$25.00 in her salary for the year 1892,
which was laid over for consideration at
the next regular meeting of the Board on
motion of H. Dennis, seconded by T.
Farrow.
The meeting then adjourned.
na00000 MEETING,
The regular meeting of the School
Board met in the oouuoil obamber on
Nov. Obit.
Members all present except R. L. Tay-
lor.
The minutes of the last speoial meet-
ing were read and approved.
Moved by T. Fletcher, seconded by W.
B. Dickson that the report of Inspector
Robb as read be aoaeptod and filed.
Carried.
Moved by T. Farrow, seconded by W.
B. Dickson that Miss M. Abraham's
salary be increased by 525.00 for the
year 1892. Carried.
Moved by H. Dennis, seconded by T.
Fletcher that the account of J. T. Pep-
per, $2.25 for school supplies, bo paid.
Oarried.
Moved by W. B. Dickson, seoouded by
H. Dennis that the Secretary advertise
in two Saturday ironies of the Globe and
lbiail for a first assistant teacher for the
Brussels Public school, to be the holder
of a 2nd (lase professional certificate,
salary to be $800 per annum, duties to
commence at the opening of the school
in January 1892. Carried.
The Board then adjourned.
Utt.uu.disam rvr.
Mr• Gibson, Welland, has been un-
seated.
A carious outbreak of hog cholera is re-
ported from Burford.
The Marquette eleotiou protest was
dismissed with oosbs Monday.
The Provincial Fat Stook Show wi.i be
held in Guelph on December Oth and 10th.
The petition agaiust the election of
Mr. Campbell, Kent, was dismissed Mon•
daHnndreds of Islands have appeared in
the Bay of Quints in consequence of the
low water.
The level of the water in the ship
ohannel between Montreal and Quebec
continues to fall.
The bylaw to raise $0,000 to erect a
new market building was carried at
Smith's Falls Monday.
Mos, Donly, proprietor of the Grand
Central Hotel, St. Thomas, has beenpois-
onedby eating mushrooms.
S. Grigg, of London, and Oonduotor
Snyder are ann3unood to address au open
Y. M. 0. A. meeting at Hamilton on
Sunday, Dee. 27th.
The Toronto0ity Council has decided
to ask for an injection to prohibit the
0. P. R• from removing its shops from
Perkdale to Toronto Junction.
In a souffle at Bloomfield, near Piston,
last Saturday nighb, Emory Ferguson
was shot in the abdomen, the revolver
being in his own band. It is thought the
wound will prove fatal. No arrests.
Ab the coming municipal elections In
Hamilton a vote will not be taken on the
question of reducing the number of liquor
licenses in that city. The City ()outwit
rejected the proposal last Mondoy night.
A meeting was held at Toronto Mon-
day afternoon to molder the question
of the mayorality. A oornmittee report.
ed waiting on L+', B. Osler as to his being
mcaudidate, that he had acoopbod cot.
ditionally. The report was adopted.
The committee will endeavor to 00cnra
the cenditione asked by Mr. Osler and
then call a public meeting to ratify the
motion.
Mies Sarah Ann Moore, of the Little
River, Que., has just fallen heir to a
handsome little fortune of $15,000, Miss
Moore Wag betrothed to an eetim•
able young man named Frank Smith, of
Montreal, who died in Boston July, 1890,
Before dying he made a will bequeathing
all his property to Mee Moore with the
nsufruot to hie own mother till her death,
whfelt occurred some months ago, Miss
Moore oonsequeetly now inherits the pro.
perby
There are 817 oheeso factories in On.
tario.
Duette are being taken Into Windsor in
waggon loads,
There is considerable speculation in
Paris over the vacant Postmasterahip.
A lad named Burnett was killed in
Montreal last Sunday by a fall from a
horse.
Donald Kennedy of Morden was badly
hurt last Friday by a kink in the Moe
from le colt.
The Hamilton Young Liberal Club
have endorsed the movement to reduce
the number of liquor licensee in that
city,
The Northwest elections last Saturday
resulted in an almost unbroken victory
for the license men. Only two prohibit-
ionists were Mooted.
The deer shot on Stringham's flats,
near Norwich, on Monday, proves to bo
a tame ono that hail strayed away from
its owner at Port Rowan.
The Sarnia firemen demand an apology
from the Mayor for insinuating that soma
of tbeir number were reeponsib'e for the
numerous incendiary tires in that town.
The London Bar purposes recognizing
in a suitable manner the elevation of R.
i01. Meredith, to the Vice -Chancellorship,
and with that object will tender him a
banquet during the Christmas holidays.
It ie claimed that the voting on the
elsotrio light by-law at Ambsrstburg last
week took place on the wrong list, and
being that of 1800' it is altogether prob.
able that the whole thing will have to be
done over again.
John Oornwell of Dereham, has a mare
six years old which pumps water for the
other horses on the place. She takes the
pump handle in her teeth and moves it
up and down until suflioienb watoris sup-
plied for the other stook.
A named race for a parse of $200 was
held at Chatham last week between the
following horses :—Oorncraoker, Prince
Frederick, Texas Mike, Task the Ripper
and' John Duncan, Oorneracker took
first money, John Duncan second, all the
others being distanced.
A Globe reporter visited Beaverton
Saturday and investigated the story of
the alleged startling and mysterious fires
that hadbeen lately occurring in a farm
house in the neighborhood. They had
paused great alarm, but ware shown to be
the work of a mischievous girl.
One of the Chinese 000ks, from Vic-
toria, belouging to the Danube was killed
while the steamer was loading salmon
np north. A sling containing 17 oases
was being swung on to the steamer when
the unfortunate Obinaman tried to run
past. He was not quick enough and the
oases struck him and knocked him into
toehold. His neck was broken.
The Leamington Post says :—The
family of Peter Wilkinson had a very
unenviable experience one evening lest
week. About tea time the kettle was
talien to the primp, filled with water and
placed on the stove. A few minutes
later a very offensive odor was noticed
throughout the house bnt no one could
tell the reason. Tea was made from the
water taken from the kettle and drank
by the family. When emptied of the
water the kettle was found to oontain a
water snake abort it foot long. No harm
other than mortified feelings, has result.
ed.
About 10 o'olock last Friday morning
the boiler in M. E. Tonkey's planing
mill and sash and door factory at Sun-
dridge blew up, demolishing the building
and machinery and injuring a number
of men. The boiler was blown through
the building and about 80 feet into the
air, landing 175 yards from the factory.
Jas. Turnbull, engineer, was driven
through two partitions, Both legs were
broken and he was terribly scalded.
Wm. Cassidy, carpenter, had a leg and
arm broken by falling machinery. Sev•
eral others were melded but not seriouslyA young couple registered at the
Wardrobe Hotel, Smith's Falls, a few
weeks ago as Walter Lender and wife,
Ottawa. The man insisted on having
the finest room and best accommodation
the house could afford. They remained
nearly three weeks, and when the young
man was reminded that his board bill
was unpaid, he said he was an employee
of the Printing Bureau, Ottawa, and ex-
pected a check in a day or two for his
month's salary. The other night the
couple let their valises down out of a
back window with a rope, and then
quietly slipping out themselves, took the
midnight train for Brockville, where they
were arrested and brought bask to
Smith's Falls.
On Oat. 17 last at the Hookley Hotel in
Mono, kept by D. Galbraith, William
Shinnawin, sr., and William Shinnawin,
jr., (father and eon,) Joseph Montgomery
and some other parties by the name of
Buchanan raised a dispute over a horse
deal, which ended in a fight. John A.
Montgomery was doing bnsinees inside
with Mr. Galbraith when he heard the
row going on. He went out and found
his cousin Joeeph being attacked by the
two Shinnawins, and tried to rescue him,
when it is said William Shinnawin jr.,
stepped book, pinked up a stone and
threw it at John, striking him on the
]read. Montgomery, the injured man,
died about 1 o'olosle on Tuesday morning,
of last week, having survived the blow
about 17 days. The Sliinnawins have
been arrested and lodged in Orangeville
jail.
The West Oxford Oheese Co„ have
gained a reputation that is world wide,
for large cheese and if current reports
are to bo relied upon they will soon be
foroed to enlarge their factory in order
to manufacture the enormous cheese
which in all probability will be destined
for the world's fair. They have an order.
for one cheese to weigh 15,000 pounds,
7} tone, 226,000 lbs, of milk will be re.
quired to pioduse enough card to ntann-
faatsre thio monstrous eheoes. The
responsibility resting on the shoulders of
the maker, in the prddhotion ie great, and
the can safely say that not ono out of
every fifty obeesemakes would bo Indus•
ed to attempt the manufacture of each a
cheese. But Jae, Ireland, of the W. 0.
faobory, has that confidence and ability
In himeelf to tape alit risks In the pro,
duotion of snail cheese as 15,000 lbs,
Vary Jano, the 13 -year-old daughter
of William Hammond, who lives near
Caledon Lake, at Orangeville, last I'ri•
clay at noon came home Rune Rebook and
proceeded to light the lire to prepare her
own dinner and that of a i).year•old
brother. By same means her clothes
naught fire from the stave and the unfor.
tunate (Mild was literally roasted alive.
(ler little brother threw a pail of water
upon his eieter's blazing clothes, but
could not extinguish the lire, which
burned her face, hands and body in a
horrible manner, A passing teamster
found the ohild, still alive, a few mo-
menta later, but she only lived a short
time.
Joseph Fowler, formerly of Orillia, and
lately conducting the mill at Beggeboro,
near Lake Rosseau, was killed a day or
two ago. IIe must have been standing
with his back to a pulley when the piu
caught his clothing and wound him
around the rapidly revolving shaft. His
lege were broken at the knees and his
neck dislocated. His daughter went in-
to the engine room to speak to him only
to find his mangled corpse whirled a-
round by the machinery. How long it
was from the time Ie met with the acci-
dent until discovered is not known but
it is said to be about 15 minutes.
A Sandwich West farmer, named
Taylor living on the Malden road, has a
fiook of turkeys who now realize what a
rip roaring spree means. Some time ago
he made a large barrel of grape wine, and
as it is the custom, left the skins of the
grapes in the liquid until after the fer-
menting process was over. Last Tues-
day he took the barrel and draining out
the skins threw them into the barn yard.
The tnrkeye happened to go that way
and lost no time in eating to their fill of
the grape ekius. Then commenced the
(bens. Some of them flew from one end
of the yard to the other. Some wanted
to fight, while a few of them turned
somersaults and rolled over and over, ap•
patently having a good time. In a very
short time they grew very tired and ly-
ing all over the yard, to all appearances
dead. A few hours hater the effects wore
off, and they were as speedy a lot of tur-
keys as could be imagined. They hung
their heads very low, and the weary
droop of their eyelids told that men are
not the only creatures that know what a
swelled head is.
4,8enee reel Newe.
Governor Smith of Vermont died last
Friday.
A fatal railway collision occurred in
Spain on Friday.
The Pope is failing rapidly and reals•
zes that his end is near.
Thanksgiving day in the States is set
fee Thursday, Nov. 26th.
Jilin L. Sullivan says "next October
the world will hear from me.
Three men were killed by the explosion
of a powder mill in California on Satur-
day.
The headless body of a murdered man
was found iu a cellar in Paris lash Thurs-
da'rwo business blocks collapsed in Ak-
ron, 0., on Saturday afternoon, but no
one was killed.
A frightful disease known as Asiatic
black -tongue is reported to have broken
out in Indiana.
Alfred C. Hobbs, the first man to pick
a Chubb and Brahmah look, died last
Friday at Bridgeport, Conn.
Rio Jaierio despatches announce that
all enemies of the Goverment will be
banished from the country.
One hundred and twenty-seven of the
convicts who escaped in Tennessee a few
days ago have been recaptured.
Three train bends were killed in a
wreck on the Ohioago, Burlington tk
Quincy Railroad on Friday night of last
week.
Cold weather prevails throughout Ger-
many and the ground is covered with
WOW. A postutau has been found frozen
to death.
Henry Harrison, M. P. for Tipperary,
i3 said to be itching to meet Tim Healy
some time when the letter is not guarded
by polies.
At Shelbyville, Ind., a young lady 'is
liviug on the flesh of a fat Newfoundland
pup in an endeavor to cure herself of
consumption.
Shippers at Chicago sannot get all the
vessels they want even at 4 cents per
bushel for wheat and 35 °ante for corn,
Chicago to Buffalo.
Editor Fortune, who sued a Nev York
hotelkeepsr for refusing to give him ac-
commodation of account of his Dolor,
has been awarded 5895 damages.
The latest from Brazil £e that the
little uneasiness there is owing to a de•
sire on the part of a large motion of the
people to restore the empire, with Dom
Pedro's grandson as regent.
An oftioialIreport of the earthquake in
Japan to the Japanese minister at Wash.
ington gives the number of killed as 0,•
500 ; injured, 9,000 ; houses totally de-
stroyed, 7,500, and badly damaged,
12,000.
Advices from Melbourne state that the
epidemics of influenza shows no sign of
abating, Nearly every family in the
city ie afflicted. Serious reports come
from the country districts and deaths
aro becoming alarmingly numerona.
The piano manufacturers of New York
have deeded on a standard pitch, which
will harmonize with the Frenob,Anstriau
and Italian standard -17 vibrations lower
than the present pitch in America. At.
ter July 1st, 1882, all musical instruments
will be attuned as thus indicated.
Sam. Jones was the driver of a public
dray in his native town before he became
a preacher. Itis outfit WW1 a small,
rioliety, rattling, ramshackle wannn and
an old sorra' horse, He was a `familiar
figure at the railway station and hie
most profitable jobs were hauling dram.
there' trunks to the hotel.
The Dost of the tunnel under the
Thames, about four miles below .London
Bridge, is to be $4,855,000. It is to be
1,2)0 feat in length and twenty-six feet in
diameter, with tee °town only eight feet
below the bed of the river at its deepeet
park The process of oonsbruetiou is to
be almost like that of the l'Iudsbn Ritter
tdnnel.
Number 18,
Huron. County.
Exeter chicken thieves have been sent
to Goderioh to stand their trial.
Rev, Mr. Robinson, Episcopalian min.
islet•, of Exeter, is removing to Walker-
ville.
R. Ross and Jno. T. Wiggins are the
tax collectors in Ilowiok township this
year.
The J"nior Mien Lacrosse Club, of
Goderioh, have been awarded the pen-
nant for the Western district,
The Luokoow Caledonian Society will
oolebrats St. Andrew's night, Nov. 801h,
by a supper and social hop, in the Cale-
donian Park.
George and Loob Petty, proprietore of
the Hensel] Packing House, have planed
a new engine and boiler in their estab-
lishment.
John McWinney, the young man who
had his skull fractured in Ashfield some
time ago, by an axe falling on it, is in a
fair way of recovery.
Howick township bas received and de.
positod in the Standard Bauk, Dards-
ton, the sure of $4,618.22 from the Land
Improvement Fund. Wroxeter will
share in it to a small extent.
The farmers are all buoy in Exeter
section getting their turnips into good
winter quarters. They report that it is
the beet yield that has ever been known
in that part of Ilse country -
The G. T. R. have just senb Plymouth
Lodge, No. 63, S. 0. E. B. S,, Exeter, a
cheque for 5128.08, being the amount
realized oat of the excursion on August
6th 1801. After the expenses are dednot-
ed there will be a balance of $82.18,
which will go into the contingent fund of
the lodge.
The night school in connection with
the Luaknow Mechanics' Institute is an
assured amen. The subjeots taught
are book-keeping by single and double
entry, practical composition and nor -
respondence, commercial law, arithmetic,
mensuration, business forms, penman-
ship, etc. The night school is free to
members of the Institute.
The Marine Department has been
notified of a gallant deed performed last
week by the orew of the life saving
station at Goderioh, by which six lives
were saved from a watery grave. The
sobooner Bavaria, Oapt. S. Fraser,
bound from Toledo to Kingston with
coal, ran ashore near Goderioh, and the
orew were in imminent peril, when the
brave fellows from the life saving station
went out an the rolling waves and res-
cued them all, the captain state and
four sailors, The ship whish was a totr l
loss, was valued at 56,000.
The Kendall Marine Reporting Co., of
Port Huron, received a message from
Saud Beaob to send a tug and outfit to
the Canadian passenger propeller City of
Windsor, whish had gone ashore above
Sand Beach. In just one hoar from the
time the message was received the Ken.
Sall Reporting Company had despatoh-
ed the tug Winslow with a complete
wrecking outfit to the aaene. The Wind-
sor was got off without damage, though
the sea was so high and her position so
exposed that she would soon have broken
up had she not been released.
L'RRSOSAI. PARAGRAPHS.
Miss Lucretia Oliver is home from
Toronto.
Miss McCracken, of Bluevalo, was
visiting in town last week.
R. Watt and Joe Ballantyne are away
on a buntiug expedition to St. Clair flats.
Dr. Holmes has had a change for the
better but he is in a very weak condition
yet.
Willie Ward has been laid up with
malarial fever but is getting along well
now.
David and Cameron Shiel, and Mrs.
Frank Shiel'e mother, of Galt, ere in
town.
Rev. G. F. Salton, wife and son
spent Thanksgiving day with relatives iu
Goderioh.
klrs. R. Malcolm has been and still is
quite i11 with fever. We hope to soon be
able to report her convalescent.
J. H. Sperling, of the Nenstadt cream-
ery, was in town for a few days last
week. The season's work is not com-
pleted yet.
Mrs. Noble F. Gerry was taken dam.
gerously ill last Snuday night and for a
time her life was despaired of but she is
getting along nicely now.
Mrs. T. Dunfurd has gone on a holiday
visit among old friends in the direction
of Wroxeter, Harriston and Clifford.
We wish her a pleasant time. •
Ward Farrow has gone to London on a
visit to his brother. He will be missed
as he is both obliging and attentive to
his duties as Deputy Postmaster.
We are pleased to state that A. J.
Lowick has decided to remain in Brea -
eels for the Winter at least. He wig
_purouass pork on the market here.
Dr. MoLellan, of Trenton, was in town
this week. The doctor was a former
teacher in Brussels Public school. He.
purposes r,...toving to Chicago next yea-.
We are pleased to hear that 115v. W.
J. Brandon, of Monkbon, who has b n
veay ill for some time is greatly improv-
ed in health. His work hoe been taken
by a young man named Irwin.
Miss Catharine Welsh, formerly of
Brussels, died at Bay City, Michigan, a
few weeks ago. Her another went over
to See her but the daughter had departed
this life shortly before her arrival. lyliss
Weigh was a dressmaker and was about
85 years of age.
Lt the Montreal Daily Star we notice
that knot. D. L. Moores formerly of
Brassols, has lost his youngest daughter
by death of Sunday last. She was 2
years and 10 months old. Mr. and Mrs.
McCrea have the sympathy of their
many friends here in their bereavement.
The many Brinsole friends of Dr.
Hutchinson, formerly of this plane, but
now of Montreal, will be pleased to hoar
that he has been appointed assistant
surgeon of the Montreal general hospital,
also obief medical officer of the Grand
Trunk Railway Co. Dr. I1utslifnson is
well worthy of these appointments and
he will, 00 doubt, provs equal to all the
demands of such importune positions,
Wo widh hila groat suctoas.