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Grover Cleveland, of Now York, 1 las,•
deut-ol. et, tuns born in Caldwell, Eases
county, N. J., Dinah 10, 18,17. Ile re.
nixed a common sohool and needing
education at Fayetteville and Clinton, N,
Y. He was a clerk in a country atone
.end it Woolley in the New York Institute
for the Blind, and was admitted to the
Bar in Buffalo in 1859. Ile was appoint-
ed Asalstant Distriot Attorney of 'Ede
county Jenny 1, 1863. Ho run for
oflioe on the Dein000atie ticket in Erie
county Mild was defeated for Distriot At•
torna,y in 18655. Ile was °looted Sheriff
in 1870, Mayor of Buffalo in 1881 end
Governor of New York State in 1883, de-
feating Charles J. Volger, United States
Secretary of the Treasury, by a plurality
o e s nominated for
E 1fL 8114 votes.
H was 0
p'
the I residauoy at Chicago, July 11, 1884,
14011 was sleeted after an exulting oam•
paign, reoeiving 219 electoral votes to 182
oast for James G. Blaine, Republican.
He resigned the Governorship January
0, and was inaugurated twenty-eocond
President March 4, 1855. His adminis
treason is noted for attempts to reform
the oiyil service and the tariff, the latter
by an extensive rednotiou of angora
duties. Other Centavos are 1110 contra.
voroy with Germany growing out of the
Samoan revolution, the Bobring Sea
controversy, the unprecedented use of the
veto and the Sackville -Saab incident,
resulting in the roan of the British
1811018801,. He was renominated for
President June 5, 1888, and was defeated
by Benjamin Harrison, Repnblioan, by
an eleoboral vote of 233 to 168. IIe re-
tired from officio Marsh 4, 1880, and
resumed the practice of law in Now York
Pity, He was nominated for President
at Chicago lune 21, 1899 and elected on
Nov. 8811.
A IT: 000H CIIIAttlia 61.
The boys had some rare sport in Dela-
ware township, this county, says 0letter
from Findlay, 0., to the New York Sun.
Merle Sours, 63 years old, married a girl
of about 17 summers, and the boys de-
termined to give them something on of
the ordinary in tho way of a charivari.
They want to New York and prooured
from a slaughter -house two patents of
fresh blood, which they parried out in
the country. As soon as everything in-
dicated that December and May had re-
tired, these boys slipped into the yard
surrounding the old man's promises and
poured a stream of blood entirely around
the house.
IIaviug eaten p abed this without t li t do•
tection they drove a half-dozen cows into
the yard and concealed themselves to
await developments.
The cows no sooner sniffed the blood
than they commenced bellowing franti.
1
Cally, and could easily be heard a mile or
two. Other COWS caught on, and soon
there came a procession of cows from
nearly every farm in the township, all
bellowing in the most vehement manner.
They fought and stamped and pawed the
ground and bellowed in chorus until the
bridal couple went wild with annoyance.
When the tumult was at its height the
bridegroom, wearing nothing but a red
flannel undergarment, wean= to emerge
from the door with a huge club. He
made au endeavor to drive the caws away
but his appearance in Such a costume
only added fury to the flame, and what
followed eau not be faithfully described.
The old man made one run around the
house, pursued by the entire outfit of
oattle, which would have beaten the
world's sprinting record, and just inan-
aged to get baok within the doorway as
the horns of the leader of the pursuing
host tore a generous piece from the red
flannel shirt, the bride, in the meantime,
contributing to the horrible din by
something at the top of her voice.
Again and again during the night the
old veteran attempted to break up and
disperse his unique oharivari party, but
without avail, as often would the oows
return to their bloody trail, and all this
time the crowd was increasing in num.
ber until not less than 200 oatble sur-
rounded the house, while from every
direction could be heard the answering
bellow of new rearuibs hastening to join
in the demonstration.
Not a wink of sleep panne to the couple
that night, but by early morning the
cattle bad so thoroughly offend the braoo
of blood by their pawing and stamping
that it no longer noted as a drawing
card, and one by one they withdrew from
the devastated yard.
WEST 1110tON 11A1011t1CS' 1NS'i'ITirra.
On Tuesday of last week the West
Huron Farmers' Institute held two in-
ateuebivo sessions in the Town Hall,
Blyth. The afternoon meeting was
opened by Prof, Dean, of the Ontario
Agriooltnral College, who spoke for an
hour or so on the subject of "Dairying,"
Ile introduced many interesting features
and illustrated his points by means of a
diagram showing the quantity and qua1-
ity of fend for successful dairying. He
spolto on the proper one of cattle and
proved very praotioally thab the average
cost of a pound of butter to the farmer is
10 cents.
es Mr, Forrester gave a very practical
address on "Underdraining," the result
of tvhi011 lyes a dieonssion in whieh sev.
oral took partioular interest, as to the
best system. Waltac 1iloGotvau gave
some very good paintars on the subject.
John McMillan, 31.1e., gavean eloquent
address on growing "Dorn lensilitgo and
Silo" for feeding, and showed very plain-
ly that cattle could be fattened at from
25 to 40 per cont. lose on tide than on
ordinary feed.
At the evening 08801011 the Hall was
well filled. Tho President, Mr, Bailey,
opened the numbing by an instructive ad•
dresS of half an hour ori the benefits of
the Institute to farmers.
Prof. Doan spoke on "Winter Dairy-
ing" and hold that winter butter could bo
produced elleap0r that the 011lnlner arti-
o1e, and that it would bo of a clone noel.
loch quality, if the proper appliances
were toed in the manufacture,
John 111oMllian, M. P., followed with
the addr000 of the evening, "Why our
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BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1892 W. H. KER.R, Prop.
boyo leave the farm," Ile is a Player
and nettled hie 1 1 'act in a
speaker al htudl d 1 sin
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mIloavtu' tine motive! mariner, his 1,o.
ntl,i Marine to the pohtt. Tho infer-
ltlatiel relating to every slay life will be
a source of profit to all who hoard him,
ltlessrs. Chung, Teener and Ifeak-
step furuioiied vocal anal lnetrntnental
11111210 which (1111ed additional plaint re to
the 0vmning'0 performance.
MAWS 'Iauliltol, of Myth, Biped the
ohair in his usual °rodltable tail pleas.
111g manner,
No O'lau'o•1'nelunonle ea Howietl,
A few weeks ago about 1200 hoed al
cattle were slaughtered in the British
quarantine for fear they were infected
with i 1,. e i i It appears that
1 eerie cu non a.
1 t ll
one o v •n the ego was atlao ted with a
0 o f i o f a I
3
bad oold, and the excited 1 owrd at muse
ordered the slaughter of the entire ship.
nlent. The Dow in question was ono of
eleven head shipped Froin Ilowiak by Mr.
Dulmago, the oattle buyer. The Cana-
dian government ordered an immediate
0.112 thorough investigation, and James
Armstrong, V. S., of Gerrie, reneiverl a
commissdol to ivapoot all the cattle upon
the farms from which these ill fated
eleven mine. The oo v MOS bonght from -
Wm. Sanders. lot 15, con. 12, and the
most rigid examination of his stook
showed no trace of disease, while the
owner said he had not had a single naso
of sickness among his stook for over a
year. Tho balance of those cattle were
got (fivo head well) from the farms of
Thomas Henry, lot 7, con. 4, and J. J.
MoLauchlin, lot 18, non, 8, Both of
these farms were visited and the stook
carefully iaepocted, but without disclos-
ing the faintest trade of sickness of any
kind. Dr. Armstrong io a skilled vet.
etivary surgeel, who leas had a wide
practice in Howlett and adjoining town-
ships for over thirteen years past, and he
informs us that during all that time he
has not met a single ease of contagious
pleuro-pleulnonia. Advices from the
Old Country within the past few days
state that Canadian live cattle are to bo
=eluded from the British markets after
the 21st inst. This action is undoubted-
ly caused by a "sone" and it is not ex-
pected that the order will be a perman-
ent one. It fortunately happens that the
season for shipping stockers was about
°lased so no serious loses will bo sustain-
ed this year and it is to be hoped that
the British Board will have gotten over
their fright and open to us again their
markeby
next Spring.-Gorrie
idotte.
Morris Council Mooting,
The Council met in the Council room
on Nov. 7th, p11;05008 to ad-
journment, members all present, the
Reeve in the ohair,minutes of last meet-
ing read and passed. William Oakley
appeared in reference to a drain from
north t lot 80, eon. 7, and stated that the
interested parties having failed to agree,
he required that the engineer bo brought
on to make a survey of said drain and
make his award under the Ditches; and
Watercourses Act. On motion of
Messrs. Prootor and Caldbick a resolu-
tion was passed approving of the above
mentioned scheme and the clerk was in-
structed to notify the engineer as soon as
the necessary requisition is filed. On
motion of Messrs. Proctor and Kirkby
the following accents were ordered to
be paid :-Duff Sir Stewart, plank and
repairing Farrow's bridge, $93,05 ; Win.
Martin, repairing bridges, $7,85 ; Duff
& Stewart, plank, $6,80 ; J. W. Lang.
muir, geevol, $1,68; 11. Ooridge, damage
to Drop, 50 oto. ; D. Campbell, wood to
Misses Exford's, 84,00 ; W. Rutledge,
repairing bridge, $1,00 ; G. Maxwell,
Ailing washout, $1,25 ; G. Prootor, re.
pairing Sunshine bridge, $35,00; W.
Ferguson, ditch on sideline, $7,00 ; W.
H. Kerr, black forms, $2,00 ; Howiok
Insurance Co. Assoesment on Hall, 80
ons.; J. Jackson, gravelling on south
boundary, $17,25 ; A. Lindsay, ditch on
sideline, 04,50 ; J. Pollock, digging ditoli,
r
$8,00 • J. Martin, gravel, $1,05 ; A.
ditch n 2nd lin 1
Canteen, 0 0 7 70 Jas.
Spier, hrdware, $7,03 ; Wm. Garter,
gravelling on east boundary,45,00 ; Jas.
Bulger, inspecting gravel, oto. ; Geo.
Readmond, building oulverb, $4,50 ; J.
Maoaugbey, digging ditoh, 823,00 ;
Misses Exford, charity, $12,00 ; J.
Currie, repairing Hogg's bridge, $31,00 ;
J. Kearney, gravel, $1,25 ; Thee. Russel,
repairing road, 82,00 ; Jas. Harrison,
digging ditch, $2,00 ; Seleobors of jurors
each, $4,00 ; J. Reese], repairing bridge,
50 ate, ; S. Irvine, 'libido and culvert,
$8.4:0 ; J. Manna, anlvert, $3.00 ;
Wm. Ashton, oulvert, 011,00. On
motion of Messrs. Proctor and Cal&
Molt the Council then adjourned to meet
again on 0110 15th Deo. next.
W. Cnamc, Clerk.
It is said large 010411009 of Chinamen
are owning from Mexico into Texas.
Herr Koesberr, of Austria, has invent-
ed an electrio engine whiolo he claims
will travel 129 miles an hour.
The Esquimaux baby born the other
clay at the World's Pair grounds, Chi-
cago, has died from sore 0111Oat.
Robbers secured $85,000 in cash from
the reeidenoo of Capt. Elijah Wheaton
at Tuvkeho, N. J., the other night.
The eighth anneal horse show opened
in Madison Square garden, New York,
Monday. There were 080 horses enter-
ed.
Jun Sykes, an old farmer near Now.
port, Incl., %vont outbhe ethos day to feed
Isis liege, fell in an opileptio fit and was
torn to pieces by the animals.
Bev. 0. IL Harris, aged 22, pastor of
the Universalist ahuroh at North Orange,
Mass, committed suicide by shooting on
Saturday, He was unmarried and lived
alone.
Valenol, the owner, and Friedlander,
the editor, of an alarehist pepor in Vien-
na, havo been arrested for publishing
a0ti0let advooating the uses of dynamite
nge.iust the Opponents of anarohy,
Mr. Hector, a eolorod opealcer: at the
0htiotiau Workers' convention in Boston,
said forth thinge were necessary to elevate
the negro, viz., rolegion, olnoatiol, bona•
pertain and a trado,
AT IT ALL NIGHT.
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.5. 0, 1'A10110tON CHOSEN A9 5'10N.
A special moeeting of the Sohool
Board was hold last Wedgy night owing
to there not being a quorum present at
the regular mesting last !friday evening,
W, 13, Dickson, Dr, MoKelvoy and Thos.
ler •o, I being it attendance. Th
a l viol b lig n la e. l e
first bushing at the special meeting was
h choice of h firman owing to Mr.
theao n v
, g
Dickeo'to Denver. It was
1s removal
Minn, 012 d by D•.
movedA.ulnto s0o e t
ve by
McKelvey that T. Fletcher be Chairtnan,
The latter objected and moved in amend.
merit that T. Farrow be chairman, fol-
lowing out tate ouetom of the Board
viz :-That the oldest member who bad
not tilled the offlo° take precedence. No
seconder so motion prevailed.
Mr, Flotsam: -The beet heaths moan
should have the position.
Mr. Taylor -If nobody takes the oheir
soon I'll take it myself.
Secretary Ross -You'd "1111" it as well
as anybody.
Air. Taylor -No newton.
Mr, Pletcher twit the chair and busi-
ness commenced by reading the minutes
of last rn.etiug (which by the way was
quite an11eces0ary at a special meeting.)
The attendance of ratepayers was
large, the Chamber being well filled.
Mr. Farrow -This meeting is likely to
last to 2 a. n'n, and the preens present
will understand that it is not a public
meeting.
The audience did not take the hint.
]!loved by Mr. Taylor, esoonded by Mr.
Farrow that the ohnirman read each of
the applications fleet and then pass them
to members of the Board in regular ro-
tation. Motion carried and the vaoanoy
in the Primary Department was first
considered,
A communication was read from Miss
Maud Abet -Main asking for re•engegement,
a substitute to bo secured while she at-
tended the sessiou at the Normal School.
No action taken.
Mr. Farrow -The applications should
bo read audibly.
Mr. Taylor -I think not me this is a
public meeting for the reason that the
public are here and the applications and
testimonials
are of a private o'araoter,
intended only for the Board.
The reading of the 37 applications was
then proceeded with and the following
result wa8 attained by H :-Moved
eHunter,
seconded by Taylor that Miss Sproat be
1st choice and Misses Cooper and Cook
be reserves a i
in case Miss proal is I
S already
1 Y
engaged. Carried.
itIr. Farrow -I think it would be ad-
visable to order lunch and coffee as we
will be hero till daylight.
Mr. Taylor -How would porter clo ?
The next two Departments were con.
sidered joiutly as a number of the 20 ap-
plicants had no choice as to positions.
Miss Abraham asked for re-engage-
ment at the same salary as last year but
the Board decided to continue her ser-
vices if agreeable at $275, if not that
Miss Sinclair be the ohoioe, Hunter and
Taylor presenting the resolution.
Moved by Farrow and McKelvey that
Miss Braden be re-engaged at the same
salary. Carried.
Mr. Farrow -I regret that salaries
were mentioned at all in advertisement
as We might havo got good teaohers at
less than we are offering. People wore
taxed too heavily.
Although 11 o'clock had arrived the
work was only nicely begun as was very
apparent when Secretary Ross handed
over 02 applications for thePrinoipalsbip
to the Chairman. One by one the audi-
tors slipped away home until only aboub
twenty persons were left. The Board
silently perused the quires of well written
and commendatory papas before them.
About 1 a, m., after numerous ex-
p> aanions of hard work, faithfulness to
duty, &o., had been offered, oraoiters,
cheese and sardines, were penned from
Geo. Bmkat's grooary, and liquid refresh.
melts from Chris. Zilliax's pomp, all
hands tools a short intermission daring
which the wants of the inner -man were
appeased. The pipe of peace or other-
wise was smoked by the devotees of the
weed and the 0oanoil Chamber was fill-
ed with wreathing evoke.
2 o'olook, 3 o'clock and 4 o'clock came
before the reading of the appli0ations
was completed. Then Dame the tug of
war and any notion of drowsienoss was
goon banished.
Tho Chairman and Mr. Heater palled
attention to a petition presented to the
Board asking for the re.engagemnent of
the present staff of teachers and which
was endorsed by 06 ratepayers,
Dr. McKelvey -Almost any porton
would sign a petition but what had out-
side ratepayers such as Dr. Holmes to do
with the engagement of teaohers ?
Mr. Taylor -The petition does uo good
nor harm. Tho Prinopal had not given
satisfaction and parrots tomb their
children at home in onusoqusnoe. A
large nutubor of ratepayers had not
signed the petition.
Cheirmao-0/10 of the asa0ssmenb was
represented on tho petition and I con.
tend that Brussels school compares
favorably with any of the other sclloote,
The school question was before the town
and was te proper (pastier, to be die-
ouseecl by the ratepayer!,
Mr. Farrow -80 gilt edged applications
are before no and we should jaclgo their
records by Lutrauoe pupils to High
Wheel and 8ed °lase 0ortifioatog obtained.
Mn Fletcher -Mr. Shaw has a rowed
a0 Principal that is_ creditable to any
tenoher and wheel.
Here itis :-In the
Entranos examination he passed 30 out
of a possible 83 in the pest 4 years, Mary
Roes and Ed. hill taking the highest
maks in the Counby iu 1880 and 1800
respeotively. During Mr. Shaw's 10
year0 hero 84 Third °lass nertifncatee and
8 Second olass were obtained. Mr,
flhaw had excellent methods of teaohing.
There wile a general display of "fire-
wor'k's" et We junetnre in %Advh the
auclionee took a hand on being wilted n
few egectiou.o by ;dr. Farrow. There
wee n0 11111001113 of weed's stud the ques-
tion from the lire%,cation of the Board
to the present was well threshed out and
0ompartsnns made between Brussels and
other places.
Mr. Hunter -I think wo have a good
staff and believe bettor work will bo done
and wo had better re-engage the preeelnt
Principal.
Tho Chairman-IIoard Mr, Taylor say
he would support Mr, Shaw.
Mr. Taylor -That was if I were not a
trustee I would do so,
Dr. Mol •lv - I i
{ oy-T 110 nr.loclor is opt a
competent judge us he has given the
sumo recommendations to several ap.
1lioauts. We cant make amistake, lot
ns go on,
Ib was now 5 o'ol k n some
i w oo n. m, and
of the lamps hail burned out. There was
a tedium seesawing waiting for seine -
body to take the lead,
Mr. Farrow -I am undecided in this
!natter and feel inclined to move a resol-
ution to ask the public to withdraw from
this meeting, if I eau get a seconder.
The aforesaid party of the second part
was not formal however.
Mr. Hunter moved that Mr. Shaw's
application be received.
Mr. Taylor moved bimI 3, H. Camer-
on bo the °holme,
These two incomplete resolutions lay
on the table for some time but as the
necessary accompaniment -a seconder -
was not forthaomiug in either ease they
fell through.
5:15 n. in. Thursday morning. Some
talk of ordering breakfast if decision is
nob soon arrived al. Tho audience is
iuoreaseit by the arrival of residents who
had a good night's sleep.
Mr. Hunter -I will wait 5 minutes and
if nothing is clone I'in going home to
go to bed.
Moved by Dr. McKelvey, seconded by
T. Farrow that J. H. Cameron be en.
gaged as Prineipel for 1808 and that the
names of W. Doig, G. R. Theobald and
J. E. Anderson be the reserves if he does
not 000091.
This motion carried, and this never-
to-be•forgotten School Board ]Heating
came to a termination at about 6;30 o'-
oloek.
A record has been established by this
Board but whether to their credit or not
we leave it to the people who know to
decide.
It would appear !bob the whole pro.
cecina is out of harmony with the
School Law from the fact that one duty
of the Soard is "To fix the times dna
places of the Board meetings, the mode
of calling and conducting them
&o.,"
has
never been complied with heooe thero-
bable illegality of the work done at this
special meeting.
GIs etxtedian News -
Leamington is threatened with a sane -
lot fever epidemic.
A Prohibition Assooiation has been or-
ganized in Ingersoll.
There are only 28 female convicts in
Kingston penitentiary.
The Monk election ease has been
dropped, as N811 as the coulter petition.
Montreal City Council tras adopted a
bylaw for the annexation of Cote St.
Louis.
Hugh Clark, editor of the Kincardine
Review, is attending "D" Sohool of In.
fantry at London.
Conductor Snider preached at the 48th
anniversary of the Acton Methodist
Ohuroh last Sunday.
Aylmer merchants will put up their
shutters at 7:30 every week evening ex•
oept Saturday in future.
Itis expected that from $900,000 to
$400,000 wilt go iuco the Georgian Bey
district for apples this season.
John Molver, Ripley, has lost a val.
cable cow. The animal felt into leu
open althorn and was drowned,
Au old pensioner by the name of
Lynch was found dead on the 0. P. R.
track, Perkdale, Friday. morning.
.•
J. C. Graham l ttnol al of the
S
]arta
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Public sohool has resigned and will g w I on•
ter the profession of hew at Port Harou.
The steamer City of Linooln, from
Montreal eor Liverpool, lost 117 cattle
and several hogs owing to rough weather.
The fermate of the congregation of
Christ's church, Newbury, presented the
Rev, W. Lowe with a load of oats last
week.
A large European soden firm are
about to establish a big pork -packing and
produae•shipping establishment is Lou-
don, Ont.
Hon. T. M, Daly, Minister lot" the Iu•
teeter, while stopping off a train at
Maple Creek, Man., last Friday broke
one of his ankles.
se barn door blew shot on Alox, Jamie•
eon, sr„ lilanobard, the other day atnl
broke one of lois ribs, besides bruising
his head very badly.
The Ingersoll Sun roporbe the birth
into the family of Henry' Miushell, Oor•
noll, of throe baby girls, who weighed
respectively 2e pounds.
Samuel Duluth, a brother of Eddie
Durum, the antler, is supposed bo have
been drowned in Toronto Bey on Wed-
nesday through the upsetting of his sail
boat.
Airs, Cornwall, of Windsor, whose
husband died from exposure duriug the
civil war, hos just received $1,100 back
pension, and au allowance of $12 per
month,
Itis unclerst:od that Donald McKeah-
nio, for tunny years clerk of the town.
ship of ]ildatnlio, Bruno Comity, will pro.
'Ably reoeivo the appointment of gaoler
at Weikertou.
Tho Galt Reformer Bays :--Mr. Blsok,
town market olerlt, basin hie pos0essioo
a petrified rabbit which a party plowed
up [hie spring in a field olose to Galt,
It is the remains of a' youngster. The
ebrangosb part about it is that part of it
is composed of stone and ,the baleen of
metal of a very hard nature, int fact so
hard that a file Would do but little With
it. Some of our local geologists who
have Sean this wonder aro unable to
state what kind of motel it le. When
found the bones of the ribs could be dia•
tinatly traood inside.
A Toronto citizen snit a puree contain•
'575
mt n '
on h G. T. It. between Stmt.
g
w eu
ford Sant t udcrlah on Saturday,
Albert A. U i,ic., the el, C. R. freight
welder charged with embezzlement of
about 911,000, has been sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary,
The propeller Acadia, with who.tt from
Fort William for Montreal, ran on tlto
shoal at the head of Carden Wand on
Saturday, but was got off after essistanus
had been sent from Kingsbon.
Twelve thousand live chickens passed
over the Grand Trunk the other day o11
their way from Nebraska to New York.
They were du four cars especially fitted
up and were valued at ;12,500.
Freeman Harding, a well known west-
ern lawyer, who loot one 05 his hands
while shooting, will ooei
r ve the third of a
1,l
5 is i
$ ,000 u ural coyallowance P olio , besides a weak•
Y
1 all thoForesters.
o a The jury at the inquest as to the death
of William Tickner, who was shot in a
row on Thanksgiving night, in Toronto,
by Polios Constable Campbell, returned
a verdict of "justifiable liomieido."
John F. McKinley, attorney at law,
Detroit, and son of Police Magistrate
ltioKiuley, ltldgetown, has been elected
to the House of Representatives for that
oty is the Republican interests, heading
1110 poll,
Erosidont Van florae of the 0. P. R.
While in Winnipeg this week confirmed
the statement that a fast Atlantic line
will be established by that comeauy, and
stated that a line to Australia is also
contemplated.
Robert Brewer, accountant of the
House of Commons, and his assistant,
Capt. Bolton, have been suspended for
irregularities discovered by the audit
offioe in tho fund out of which the ses-
sional indeinuiby of members its paid.
J. K. Evans, Alf. Hicks and E. Jury,
London, have returned from a shooting
exonrsiou ie. the vicinity of Bothwell.
They were unusually successful, having
in three days bagged 00 rabbits, 76 quail,
3 pair of partridge, 11 black squirrels
and a red fox.
Matthew Dowd, M. C. R. conductor,
thrust his head through the cab window
of an angina at Tilsonburg supposing ib
was open. The broken glass out the
lower lid of his right eye badly and en-
tered the eye. It is feared he will lose
his sight.
Rev. R. J. Treleaven, of St. Thomas,
on Tuesday received a verylcordial invita-
tion from the Trustee Board of Norfolk
Street Methodist church, Guelph, to be-
come their pastor for the next ministeri-
al term. Mr. TreleavenMace ill b h
w the
P
call, subject to the approval of the trans-
fer and stationing committees.
On Friday, llth inst., the United
States s eoiai agent seized a h
p g e t the Eastern
railroad depot, Boston, a consignment of
six barrels and 2 cases of eggs, shipped
by R. J. Melansou, a general merchant
at St. Marys, N. B. In the barrels and
boxes were found 300 pairs of men's knit
socks, whieh had not been entered with
the eggs.
Ohesley council was about to pass a
by-law prohibiting children running at
large after 8 o'clock in the evening, lint
asoertained that a similar bylaw passed
by the Listowel council bad been de.
°lareel illegal end was not being enforced,
and the ohildreu of Ohesley still have all
the liberty their parents will allow them
at night.
Anderson Valley, the Amhersbburg
colored man oonfiued at Sandwich to
await trial next Spring on the charge of
murdering his wife, bee for some time
past refused nourishment and is slowly
starving to death, it being one week now
siuee he tasted any food. From a strong
healthy man when first incarcerated
Voney has been reduced to a living
skeleton. Itis loss in weight has been
about 75 pentode.
The Woodstock Sentinel -Review says :
A few days ago the Josh Simpkins nom.
pany played in Woodobook and one of
the most attraotive members of the com-
pany was billed as Miss Lottis Wright.
She presented a handsome appearance
and was sprightly
as a OriCket. Her
manifoldn !basetl 'on
a seem to have made
a deep impression on the tender susoep•
tibilities of a young gentleman in town,
who says he is a Government clerk, and
he forthwith essayed to open up a cor-
respondence with her. In a letter to
this paper the pretty entrees sage :-'You
will find enclosed with this letter a letter
I received from one of your town young
gentlemen, and I think he must be a
little out of his mind. I am sure if he
should see Ice off of the stage he would
got hie beast back again, for I am 35
years of age and the wife of Manager V.
A. Ford.' The letter, whiob is of the
ordinfished.ary lovesick alas, was also pub.
The other day a Muskoka farmer told
me that one day last mouth as he wag
plowing near a bush a raccoon started up
from near by. It at ones made for the
bush. Suabohing a long stink, the farmer
ran after the coon, and overtook it suffi•
cieutly to deal it a heavy blow, whieh
proved no ohaek to blie coon's course to
the Ienes. Upon reaching a tree it very
soon climhed to the bop of it. The farm.
or followed, and when within his stink's
dietaries dealt several saeoessive and hard
blows, The frightened animal bounded
to the outside branches and let itself
down gradually to the ground. The far.
inn daooendod and treed the coon again.
Undaunted, the hardy eon of ton quickly
followed, and after a few more blows the
eon descender) as before, only this time
dosoonding rather more cautiously, cling-
ing to branches as it Went. A third tree
was 011111bed by the coon and up wont the
farmer with the senna stick, but wibh
more wrath and groator intent to kill.
ISD
would 1211 it his time sure But
not
go, Apr. Coon after weaving the usual
blows, probably heavier this time, des-
cended as coolly as before. This tune
the viotorious animal soughb refuge in
the rooks, and the defeated agrioniturist
returned to his borne that seemed to
sheet et him for being beaten by a miser-
able soon. It is gold the sane coon is
still living and returns to the same field,
but the same fanner plows away.
A Cornell College ;,iel is studying
veterinary 5001ery.
Gino' oeraA lei es wee.
Carl el Ate.
G t 15'illn ni Attentive, heir to the
estate of Ido either, worth a million dol.
lace in Pieriin, hue 8.5011 located is Kaunas
(pity. Its its a porter in the saloon of
Henry Woolstcin and is known 140 Pen-
cil Charley. !lis mother was notified
and Phe promptly gent looney with
whieh toepay his peewee home. Amen-
ded seems to be suffering from a mild
form of lunacy and esarooly realizes !lie
position.
The exhibitors of electric light con-
trival0os etro,gly object to the closing 05
the World's Fair at seven in the evening
and it is no weeder. In addition to the
apparent injustice to the exhibitors of
this close of goods, it is certain that by
e1osing at
that hour proposed visitors will
be derived of h opportunity
t oof 'seeing
p
a display of electric lighting that could
and should be one of the obiof attentions
of the fair. Already the operation of the
searoh light from the top of the Trans•
porbation Building has:become one of the
sights of the fair grounds, while no
visitor who has seen the buildings by day-
light would like to mise the view of them
illumivated at night.
John Leggett, a 14•yeer.old boy, of
Bradford, Pa., died at his mother's home
in the 5th Ward, Sunday night, from
burns that covered him from plead ta,
font, This evening at six o'clock, re
tramp sought shelter in an old shed,
which a party of boys used as a play-
house. The tramp wee drunk, and
amused himself by singing ribald songs.
The boys tried to get the tramp bo 'nye
the place, but he refused to go. Young
Leggett wont in the piece in a decent
way to expostulate with the fellow for
"jumping the boy's claim." He had
kindled a fire in an old stove in tho
shanty, and among the "truck" in the
place was a bucket' partly full of crude
petroleum. The Leggett boy was stand-
ing close to the open fire, when the
tramp deliberately seized the bucket of
oil and dashed it over the boy in such a
way that what did nob strike him went
into the fire. The flames followed the
torrent of oil, leaping from the fire in
the stove to the little fellows sataraterl
clothing, and in a breath he was ablaze
from crown to too. Tho lad screamed
for help, and a railroad employee,passing
the plane, rushed to his relies. In spite
of a gallant fight to save him, the cloth•
ing was burned off the boy before the lire
was smothered. Delirious and raving
with pain the little chap was carried to
his mothern
a d died two hours later.
u e
The tramp
was g round-
house
caught near the noun -
house of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pitts.
burg Railway and a orowd of angry men
were hurrying preparations to lynch him,
whenfit straggle 0 Dara arrived and a stru„ole be-
gan for possession of the prisoner. So
Ear as force was eonoernod the officers
would have lost their man had not some
of the citizens joined them and induced
the would-be lynchers to listen to reason.
Finally, the conservatives prevailed, and
the terror stricken wretch was surrender.
ed to the authorities. T110 vagrant ap•
pears to be one of the toughest of his
kind, and claims to hail from Albany,
N. Y.
PeopleWe Know.
Mrs. J. S. Smith spent Sunday in
Kincardine.
Mise Lily Kendall is home from Lon-
don on a visit.
Chris. Grimoidby, of Owen Sound, is
visiting in Brussels.
W. Edgar and family have moved to
Brussels from Walton.
Mrs. John Skene and daughter were
visiting at Stratford last week.
Miss Minnie Shaw was home on
Thanksgiving day from Port Elgin.
T. A. MaLauchlin was home from
Benefield this week on the sick list,
Neil Richardson is home from an ex•
tended trip to Manitoba and Dakota.
J. Laedssboro' and wife were the
guests of R. Leatherdale and wife this
week,
Mre. D.
.A.. McKay and son, o
f Grand
Forks, North Dakota, Have been visiting
Mrs. J. S. Smith.
Our former townsman, Jas. MoLauch-
lin, of Wingbam, was in town on Mon•
day of this week.
Miss Mary Ross was home from the
Clinton Collegiate last week. Miss An-
nie Taylor accompanied her.
Postmaster Farrow wrote at the Civil
Service Promotion examination last week
in London. Aro we to have a new post.
master ?
Robert Armabroug left town last Mon•
day on a millwrighbing trip. His first
place of work will be Trout Creek in the
Algoma District.
Samuel Hindes, Prank Kelly, Wm.
Norton and Fred Iliudee arrived home
bo Brussels lasb Sab0rday after an ab-
sence of six or eight months.
We are pleased to state that Ward
Farrow, who recently went Wosb, has
seoured a good situation with the
Standard Oil Company at Winnipeg.
Mrs, W. T. Muff and bwo of the dila,
ren left Brussels for Fenton, Miob., last
Monday to join Rev. Mr. °tuff. Litele
Howard remained behind with hie grand'
0410113040.
H. 11, Smal° and daughter, of Water.
force, were visiting in Brussels for a tow
days last week. AIF. Suede is a son of
our townsman, Samuel Smale, and was
in business hore for several years.
William, son of A. Stewart, Queen
street, is attending the llarriston High
wheal, taking up 1st Claes Teachers'
work. He received it 2110 lash Summer
but Was not pormittea to attend the
Model sohonl as he was under age, hence
his decision to improve the opportunity
by aiming at a higher grads 05 oertiltcate.
We wish him roman.
The Glas0 (Kansas) Sul gays of a
former resident of Bruesels -Rov. Geo, -
MoKay has closed one year's work with
the Presbyterian oo11gregation and bogus).
of anobho'. To shote their appooeiation
of his good work the ladies of Glasgo
presented Ishii with a parse of $15.00.
.Cho present wee a complete surprise to
hint and he feels very theneful for the
kindness of tiro ladies in Gins showing
their apprsoiation of his efforts,