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lltet1', FEB. 13, 1s85,
MR. WATERS has again iuirndllc
ttc1 his bill to confer upon widow
and unmarried women the righ
to vote at elections for members o
the Legislative Assembly. Tht
bill was greeted with considerabl
merriment and t'rit of •'lost"
"carried" from both cotes of tit
House, 'flue measure may no
lite through the seseio n but lifr
\Vato t e seeing disposed to keep a
it, and like many loon who have
engaged in similar Parliamentary
enterprises he will no doubt yet
succeed in reaching the winning
post.
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AN cAt•lningc' says -The Farm-
ers' Institutos bate been a great
mimes, anti will larger;- contribute
to the rapid improvement of farm-
ing operations. Fanners will profit
by the experience of each other,
and those, who are at present dis-
posed to adopt a slovenly style of
farming are likely to be tempted
to abandon it by the superior gains
attendant 1ant upont a bettor system of
'.; As time proceeds n1 ,ro
c.:., arritn eluents will no
dont., be made for reporting every-
thing of interest which will con-
tribute to a better system of farm
operations. Ouec this is done
there will be less inclination to de -
eat the country for the towns. It
will be discovered that these is a
wide field l' ar interesting study and
observation in the pursuit of agri-
culture,.
aieatfox-t1x.
Bold. Lttidiew has gone to Kansas.
The dock Parliament is pushing
business in great shape.
- George Sias hag been appointed
Chi, f Engineer of the Fire Brigade.
The Council have deckled to use
the snow plow on the principal streets
after a storm,
Over $80 was realized at the an-
nual tett•ineeting hall in the Egmond
vilte .Preebyterutn Church.
Geo. Whitely talks of going to
Kentuclty for a blood horse to take
the place of old Clear Grit.
Bev. \Ir. ,McDonald was re-elected
chairman of the High School Board ;
1). Johnston, sec'y and Wm. Elliott
Treas.
\\'m. Blackwell, teller in the book
of Commerce has gone to Chicago.
The Masonic Lodge and Bicycle Club
made enitable presents to him.
. H. Cowan and T. I. J. Hilliard
have passed the necessary law exam-
tnatione to enable them to become
fully fledged Barristers.
11.Irs, Puuchard, organist of St.
Thomas' Church, was presented with
a kindly worded address and a purse
of money cy last week asjla recognition
of her services.
Wnrx„Iatexte.
The skating rink is being well pat-
ronized this winter.
A. Walkerton man has offered $1,-
200 for our rink.
$ea was realized at the concert
given for the poor.
Tho Quoit Club presented their
medal to Jno. Coad last week,
Last week a youth was fined $4.10
for using profane language on the
street.
Jin. Snell is assessor and D. 11I.
Gordou and T. A. 311118 auditors for
1885.
Stationmaster Smalllaorn and wife
celebrate their crystal ttedding next
Mouday.
Walter and Charlie Loyd have re.
turned from Texas after a sojourn of
about 2 years, •
C, W. Henderson is offering a
piano to the guesser of the number of
beans in a bottle,
The Literary Societies in connec-
tion with the Methodist and Presby-
terian churches aro progressing splen-
didly.
The ladies of the Wingham Pres-
byterian church have realized the
sum of $1,200 eines the old church
was burned down.
G1IAN) LODGE.—H. Perkins, Mas-
ter of Huron County Orange Lodge
was iu town to complete arrange-
ments for the successful holding of
the annual mooting of the Provincial
Grand Orange Lodge of Ontario
West, including ell the counties west
of Northumberland. It is expected
that delegates bo the number of about
three hundred ',Will be in session in
the town hall, Wingham, on the 10th,
17th and 18th of February, and the
order of Black knights of Ireland
will meet in Williams' Hall on the
10th and 17th. The annual sermon
will bo preached in St, Faure (Epis-
THE BRUSSELS POST.
copal) Church at 11 a,ul, on the 18th Peseri.ptlon or Kherteeni,
by Bev, Rural Doan Couper. Arthur, --�--
Robb, Grand Director of Cereut'uir8 the city of Khartoum is built on a
will act as Maralutl oil the t tt ttlon barren, stunelesg, and wide plain, 0n
of the unwell to and from rho uhuri+h,
lir west hank u1 the Blue Ni]e, and
about It Ruble above its ,junction with
the AVhito le Ile. A lino of ettrthwordas
forms the fortifications on tho outside
of the town proper, with the addition-
al protection of a thiel 15 to 20 feet
Liaato- r(ed.
J. J. Moore's stable we deetroyad
by lire last week.
$000 tette been netted at the shat- deep on the tuft bank of the Blue Nilo
lug rink this semi en. The rink net and another, semletvhat lower, inlnuti.
1 ihlO. 112101y at tbo hack of the tows as a
A Bret -class Literary Society fs protection against the ovorilow of the
working iu connection with the Iligh White Nile. Small plantations of
School, ditto palms and plantains, and veg-
1 bonspeil is being arranged be. etalale gardens, which pat no tttzes,
aro scattered in tiro vicinity ; but,
with the exoopti nt tf the river banks,
tho country is baro and treeless. Tho
hob season, from April till tliv middle
of November, is severe, averaging 00
to 05 degrees in the shade. Tho rainy
season lasts from the middle of July
to the tniddl° of September, but is ir-
regular, there being sometimes no rutin
at all. The cold weather begins about
the middle of December and lasts till
tho middle of February, the tlterrnom-
ctor going down as low as 40 degrees.
In June, July, October and November
typhoid fevers and dysentery are very
prevalent. The resident population
is estimated at about 50,000, of which
two-thirds aro slaves. Thera is also
a floating population of about 2,000,
valve were on exhibition rind quite a cousietitt, t,f Europeans, Syrians,
numbed• of the principal breeders here Copt:, Turk,:, Albanians, and a few
iu attendance, The exhibition was Jews• The .Mohammedan religion is
tweed Elora and Wiughem to take
place e0 Ont' rank,
Quite to itutnbel' of our citizens in-
tend going .South iu a short time to
take in tho Note Orleans Exposition.
Elute Council agrees to pay 121:
cents per rod to help build wire fano.
es 00 the boundary line loading into
town.
13oes.—D. A. Jones, the great bee
icing, will address the Listowel Bee -
Keepers' Association in the town hall
Li+tocol, on Wednesday, Feb. 1811t ;
session to meet at 10 o'clock a.m.
All interested in bee -keeping will be
welcome, both ladles"anti gentlemen.
The Poultry exhibition was a grand
success. Between three an 1 four
hundred of the best, birds in rho pro•
hold on the second fiat of the town
mill, which wits kiu.11y granted by
the town council for the purpose,
The best poops from Brantford, In-
gersoll, Woodstock, Loudon, Soaforth
and outer Places, were on exhibitioi.
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collars but iu west oases only just
peeped in,
Township Council will meet at
Tuck's hotel, Cranbroolt, on Friday of
next week.
The sleighing bas been made good
use of so far in ,the way of procuring
building material, rails, wood, etc.
The furious onset of the elements
occurring from time to time of late
have made travelling somewhat tedi-
ous if not d gerotrs n of
rte , 11 ninny
our roads.
Several of our young men have be
come members of the Brussels Mock
Parliament which nfforde them an
opportunity of "airing" themselves
occasionally.
A large number of the young peo-
ple of this locality attended the social
flop given at Tuck's hotel, Cranbroolc,
last Friday evening. They say they
had a good time.
Tenders aro asked for the construe.
tion of a bridge between lots 5 and 0,
con. 2, of this township. Plans and
specification to bo seen at the cleric's
office, Ethel. Tenders to be opened
at noon, on the 20th inst.
Some grumbling at rho Council for
re -appointing all the old officers for
the township. Your correspondent
is of the opinion, however, that the
township fathers understand their
business and will not waste our money.
A great deal is being said and writ-
ten just now concerning the present
%winter weather. The general tone of
tvllich is to censure those weather
"prophets" who predicted an open
winter. Now, there is no gutting over
the fact that the winter is open—at
both ends—and of course it follows ae
a natural consequence that the wind
blows right through it.
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Brussels School Board.
The regular meeting of tho above
oard was held on Feb. 0th.
Present—E. E. Wade, Dr, Hutch -
neon, Jas. Wilson and F. S. Scott.
Minutes of last regular meeting
veru road and confirmed.
The chairman at this stage an -
enlaced that he lead appointed the
allowing on the committees named :-
ivancc—W. R. Nilson, F. 8. Scott,
r. Hutchinson ; Education—Mrs.
mirk, E. E. Wade, F. S. Scott ;
drool or property—James Wilson,
les. Smith, Dr. Hutchinson.
-elated by F. S. Scott, seconded by
r. Hutchinson, that the 1st and 2nd
rimers bo used in this school, Oar -
ea.
Moved by Jas. Wilson, seconded by
S. Scott, that Robert Sample's
niter at $1 por cord be accepted and
tat he be asked to deliver 75 cords at
a same prim. Carried.
Moved by Jas. Wilson, seconded by
. S. Scott, that the excuses offeredy the parents and guardians present
r non•compliauco with the compute
ry"clause of the School .Law, bo ao-
optecl, and that the rest of the par
its who were notified to attend and
d not bo again notified by tho Sec-
tary at least 14 days before the next
miler meeting of this Board which
kes place on the first Friday in
larch. Carried,
the general creed, and 10 polities they
side with the strougest, being intensely
corrupt. Except the manufacture of
mats, cotton cloths, a rope macro from
palm loaves, autl some filagree silver
work,'thorc is ne manufacture worth
speaking of. The houses aro mostly
of sundried brick, and to prevent them
crumbling away during the rains, they
aro every year plastered over with dung
before the rainy season commences, a
process which no doubt occasions a
groat deal of illness. The town being
very low, there is no drainage, and in
the rainy season the place is full of
water, and. it is almost impossible to
mote about. As there is no steno
throughout the whole district, the
streets aro full of crust during the sum•
mer and tuna during the rains.
LITTLE INY A NEW HOLE.
The Toronto papers of last Friday
give the following report of Little,
who is generally supposed to be the
person who committed tho depredation
1n this locality last fall:—t'onstable
John Armetrong was detailed last
night to arrest a well-known horse
thief and general scoundrel named
Little. From information received
the offioer located his man at 50 Albert
street anti arrested him. Little at
first objected to acoompony the officer,
saying that there must be some mis-
take. Armstrong replied that if there
was it could be made right at the
station and insisted on Little's ao.
companyingehim. The latter, after a
few words of grumbling, consented to
go, saying he supposed it was bettor
to go quietly than raise a row. Arm-
strong did not handcuff him aid both
walked quietly along towards Toraulay
street. But Little was playing his
game and only waited for an oppor-
tunity to show what was in him.
Just for an instan t Armstrong some-
what relaxed his grasp. But that was
enough. With a bound Little released
himeelf and dashed westward across
Toraulay and along Albert street. An-
other second and the officer was in hot
pursuit. Little glanced back ones or
twice, and when he saw the officer
gaining on him he deliberately drew a
revolver from his pocket. Then ho
stopped near the corner of Elizabeth
street and waited with the greatest
coolness for his mustier to get close
enough to make sure of his aim. At
first Armetroug thought rho man was
about to surrender himeelf, but bo
was soon deceived. There was a flash
and a bullet went crashing into tbo
officer's loft shoulder. He staggered
against the fence, crying ant, t•I'm
shot I" and fell to the ground. Little
of course took to his heels again, and
before anyone appeared on the spot
had placed several blocks between
himself and the e0800 of'the attempted
murder. A crowd collected in a very
ew minutes, and a coloured man who
apponed to be passing, ran up to
Agnes street elation and gave the
farm, Assistance was at nee des-
etched to the steno of the shooting,
n the meantime willing hands raised
rmstrong from the ground and as.
bated flim to a store at the north-east
ornor of Toraulay and Albert streets.
ledicat aid was eummoned as quickly
s possible, and Drs. McPhodran and
ollard were aeon in attendance.
boy dressed the wound. temporarily
nil acoompanied rho wounded man to
is home on St. Patriok street. All
forts to find the bullet, however,
roved unavailing, and as thorn patient
as suffering considerable pain they
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FEBRUARY 10, 1885,
for i just te b They era of the I , t RATEPAYERS � n ry
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opinion that thebullet took an uptvnrd i• U i H E a
and inward conres and it probably
lodged in the ehotthler blade. Word
was at once sent t•1 the various police
etati tits, and the heir O11 boat wore
given an twonrate description of the
wonitl-bo assassin, in ilia hope that
some of theta might rco-ognizc and
oaptnro hint, Up to tut early hour
obis morning, however, Ito had not
been ttrreetocl, and it is supposed that
he hue made Ins way into the 0001111'y.
lied the erowd tvlio e,lnle on the see -.0
a few tuiuntns after the shorting foot
their hands on the fellow it is 111010
than likely ho would have decorated a
lamp post. Amongst the crowd wero
many Queen street euorelcuupers and
Web' Olorlcs, all of whom knew Arm.
strong well, Tlioir expressions re-
garding the cowardly ruffian who
would not stop even at murder to save
Iris precious carcass from the cells,
showed pretty conclusively that it
would have gone bard with him had
they been able to lay their moots an
him. The detectives wore summoned,
and in this ease at ]East diel not ask :
"Won't it do as well in the morning ?"
The chief was called up, and informed
ofwhat hacl tnkon place, 11r. Draper
gave instructions to leave uo stone
unturned to secure the arrest of Little,
and the detectives started out to scour
the city. Fortn;t 0. -le- their man is
well knvn, if lie: to thems,lves, at
least to the police. lie is 21 yearn of
age and was dressed in a dark tweed
suit. As soon as Armstrong felt him,
self struck he tried to draw his revolve
or, but was so overcome by the shook
that he staggered and tell. Ho thought
ho hart been strata: in the breast.
Little is .:nbud on several charges.
IIe is known to rite antllorit,et 1n all
parts of the province, and a man an-
swering his description is wanted for
wholesale horse steeling.
Over $100,000 been paid this
year in Essex county, for dressed hogs,
one farmer receiving as much as $1,-
500. -
Owing to the heavy frosts experi-
enced throughout Essex county it is
feared that the peach crop will bo
greatly damaged.
The Canadian Pacific Itailway Com.
pany do not intend to euforce the
monopoly clause in tho North-west,
and are willing to let private compan-
ies build branch railways across the
border into the United States.
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SURROUNDING COUNTRY.
in order to Save 'Volt tine
T'rmiblo of writing to
Guelph for the t-ir1INUINt
BELL l)1u1,N, you can be
supplied at MY OFFICE,
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118 I aur the Agent for
this section.
1 give this notice so that
the Public lung loot 1)0
compelled to buy INFER -
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Nb'IR-1011 ORGANS.
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BRUSSELS, Ju.:. 2nci, 1885.
INTERESTING •
:E TTERYBODY
Stoves, Furniture &c.
Tha Sterling Cook Stove just the
thing for farmers nee. Has a largo •
oven, takes' 1.7 inch wood and woighs
over 400 lbs.
The Marquis, ,.me el the most oonven-
font and handsome town Cook Stoves
ever offered to the public, :deo in
etock.
t1At.1. AND FEU 0115
"DAVIS" SEVIOND MACHINE.
Itis Simple and Durable and does a
larger range of work than any other
machine in the market.
A F'tn.T. SUPP1.Y OF
FURNITURE,
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CHAIRS, BUREAUS, BEDSTEADS,
LOUNGES, iMATTRASSES, &C,
tLNSRALLY ON BAND.
Next door to d, Drew's hardware store,
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PADLOCK
fardwaPe Store.
Clearing Sale
Previozas to stool,; -taking
Primo Away Down
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NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY
Cheap Hardware.
Jaz. Oregon