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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1886-11-26, Page 1Volume ONTARIO ELECTIONS. NAi11SS nP TSI: (ANLIDATES N01tINATISII Ix Ting vAUIOUS CONHIY''UJ:NL'IISi. Nolntattttolta, Doc, 21. boiling, Dec. 28. Ministorialist, Opposition. 33 rant South–. ........ „Hardy Bum North Kilbourne 73rookvlllo I'rusor Durham. Watt MoLauobhn 1s0ux North Paoaud White Dams South Costa.. 1Jlgiu Wost Coyne Ingram Elgin East Nairn Monett Glengarry RaysiUO McLennan Grey South .............. Irvine .4............. 13lytbo 'Retie tico and Gray Cha1;1 mcooneau Grey North Cleland Creighton Hastings Bast Ashley Hastings North Wood Huron Nast Hayes Huron Wost Hoes Halton livak !inertia Lnvlbton East Graham. Shirley Lambton West Par31033 Lennox Martell ani Middlesex Nast 'Pooley Middlesex West Ross Brown Middlenox North.....,Waturs MtukoIlle lie ties Matter Hauck liaroourt N orthumberland 1ast...lerrl0,.. Willoughby Oxford North Moeeat ...-- Ontario South Latta Poterborn'least 1310aard McLeod Potarboro' West S-tratton Carnegie Porth South nallautyne Cull Parr Sound Pratt Renfrew North Murray W elland 11 rotor Wallington Wost Allan Wentworth North in0Mabo11 Wentworth South Qua= York Wee' Gilmour Orr York Mast smith 13onrrun IeNT. London Paddle (Labor) i(Y SAY ABOUT Ur. :Thin BileSSMs POST has been enlarged and sports a new dross and a now head - Mg. It looks real enhoo.—Wingham Ad. vauce. Tee Bnessr•.Ls POST came to) hand last Week iu an enlarged form and a now dross cqj5 brevio'r typo. Brother Kerr deserves the combiuod support of the community in which he liven.—Blyth Advocate. !' Tun BRUSS11LB POST appeared hast week .pulargod one column on each page, and With a new heading and now dress for lo- cal news. It is lively, aloan, newsy and well printed, and wo judge enjoying more prosperity now than at any time in its career.—Goderioh Star. Tum Bananas POET domes to hand this -week an a now dress and enlarged form. Quotient We congratulate our as anent nen ghbor on this evident sign of prosperity and hope its career may continuo to bo on - word and upward.—Seaforth Expositor. Tue BltnsSELe Posr has a new dress, a now bending and an enlarged form. It is a splendid local paper, and Brother Kerr deserves credit for lois enterprise. Tt weekly ' s nekl 'cartoon is a N v and attract- ive feature.—Goderielo ttract-ivefeatule.—Godarich Signal. L. friend from Seafortli writes wish to oongratulato you' on the greatly improved appearance and advanced worth of Tnc POST. I greatly admire it." THIS Bmlosol.s Posr came to hand last 'week in an enlarged form and in a fee new dress of brevior—one of tho hand- 'somest country papers we ever saw. We are pleased to note this evident sign" of ,prosperity on the part of Bro. Kerr, and wo hope to see him receive the additional encouragement and prosperity that his `excellent publication merits.—Wingham Tfmos. TUE BuUSScLS POST has donned a new dress and heading and is enlarged to a 'six -column folio sheet ; emcees, Bro. ]Kerr.—Clinton Nows.Record. Out very Splay- dote]]., TIIE BRnsSELs ':Poor, came out last week in enlarged form lend 11.530 dross. Tun Posr is one of the best papers in Huron, and 01080rve8 the 01100080 bloat itis evidently meeting with. -Clinton Now Era. Tum Bnnssoos Posr 001130 to hand last ulwook with to now heading, printed in now `(type and enlarged to a 48 column paper. Brother Kerr is evidently doing well, - 100010 Vidotto. Last week's Bnneseas Posi Mane to ''.hand in a new dress of bowler typo and with Dight columns added to its former Mee, making it the size of the Fres Press. •Wo congratulate Brother 'Kerr on these ;evidences of his prosperity, and hope his „paper will live to wear out many M000 now drosses.—Forest Free. Press, Col. Morin has been re -nominated for the Local Legislature by the Welland Reformers. West Northumberland Reformers have nominated Mayor Field, of Cobourg, for the Legislatero. Another savers blizzard has ' visited Montana, Northern Dakota, and Northern Minnesota. Bafhvay tr'aiilo by the heavy snowfall. The fr080n meat trade of Now Zealand has become an important service to toot oolony, the exports since Tau. 1 amount- ing to more than 600,000 carcasses of mutton. Still, December, January, Fob. rotary and March are the only months in the year when shippers feel sato in ship- ping large quantities. The eight-year sentence of Jimmy Hope, the batik burglar, expired on Wed- nesday at Son Quentin Prison, California and he was immediately handed over to a New York detective. He will bo tried for rohbing the Manhattan Savinoe iustitu• tion fu that city, in 1878, of 6,170,000. In 1800 he and Goorgo.Leslie robbed the Beeefioial Savinge Institution of Philadel- phia, of $1,800,000. A strolling gypsy told a West Virginia farmer that 1f he would place $25 In a aortein 11011oty stump and leave it thertl all night it would be doubled in tho morn. ing, Tito farmer tried it, and 8uro enough found $50 in the stump, Then the gypsy advised the format to put all he had, $700, in the stump and draw out $1,400 in the morning. The farmer took this advise, and now as looking for a gypsy wdo, ho say8, has stolon $700 from hint. 4 • BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOV. 26, 1886. .._. . .,pu.rsunw kxiwr+naoomvrvo....•�sd,®rp�,m.,�+�rwvrn"m'n°'°'..m"' ..m.,.n,cvwravraaew.+r.r „ ,, _..... U 51 O LC JOE. telling agahl. It is entitled, ":1. wonlanso husband was. IIo lived through it, but I j ]During Robbery. adventure with,ttl,oat,'• never could 11x0 through nnoh another To 1110 Philter of Tun kos'r. I said last week that 1 would touch 'm the subject of ratepayer:! (,h'ow'ling over their taxes and the ohjoctione Mew Ingo. I think you said our rate tide year was twn1ty.two anti two -fifth mills on the dollar and I suppo0' 1t 18 lovhecl with the expectation of moving a little surplus 111 hand at the [lose of the year. The first and rltrongesl objection to the taxes is the =atonality in asso00ing the village. By that I moan to say, people 10110 live on any street but Main street a1•o egeo0sed to almost the full value of their property, while many places on tho front street would sell for double what they are as - semen for. Tho assessor is to blame for not assessing properly, and the Council is co blame for seeing that Moo wreak is not properly done. An aseesso1 has to depend almost altogether upon his own judgment as ratepayers have been known to stretch a point, if not falsify, for• tho purpose of keeping their l.'0esament low. Brussele Council has had tide experience onoo o1• twice, I believe. At the naming. - tion, last year. a good deal of tho time was taken up in disouseing 11118 sodded, I ant told, bet from what I hear people say it had not much affect' en this year's as - easement. Another reason os•,ignod .10 111at over wise 000nouli5ts at the Council Board+have run the nuulicipol machine, in yours 11011' past anis gone, without enough oil, and deioits instead of employs 3008 the result and the motepnjvein hail to pay for it. Yet another reason for grumbling, mostly by cranky, 1"11 admit, that the Homey received from the adjoin- ing townships should have been part to the local account so as to lesson the local rate. I have lived in town for a good many years and have watched the tactics of both Grit, Tory, and coalition Cannella, yet I never knew of a year that people olid not grumble when the tax 001180tor mune round and I don't expect to live to see the time when some of the oleotore will think them low enough. Did you ever notice that our Sohool costs a lot of money in a year and is out of comparison with other: schools in the County ? A friend handed mo a =Mo- ment boating on this and from it I find the average cost per pupil for salaries is 95.30 for Brussels, when Clinton only pays $4.1(1 ; Seaforth, $3.79 ; Wingham, 99.00; Blyth, 93.71, and Wroxeter, 94.95. Tho above returns ars furnished by the respective School Boards, and they very t clearly indicate that Brussels school bests too much to run it'or else the other planes must be running on short allow. 'woe. I go a step further and notice that there are 8 teachers employed at Clinton and (140 pupils on the school reg - t Ester : Seaforth, '7 oa ohers and 60 pun - its; Wingham, 6 teachers and 509 pup- ils ; Blyth, 3 teachers and 285 pupils ; Wroxeter, 2 teaohers and 170 pupils, and 18011=s010, 5 teachers and 344 pup1ils. I believe that the trustees of the Brussels school aro doing the bust they oan, but clow about the comparisons ? Uncle Joe does not advocate the emp.oyment of cheap teaebets, nor economizing on the penny wise and pound foolish principle but it is the least to oxpeot that Brussels should not 00011 reaoh such towns as Wingham, Clinton, and Seaforth. Tho 11101elight that can be thrown on the af- faire of the Public Sohool the better, as it is a subject very imperfectly leder- stood by the retepayere at large. Sir Jolie A. welt through Brussels ou Thanksgiving day, on his way to Gode- rich, and no one was any the wiser. I world have thought they would have sent word in advance so that an informal address could have been read to him. I was conversing with a man from Blyth and ho told me Pat. Kelly, the irrepress- ible Reeve of Blyth, had the brass baud and a orowd of people down at their sta. tion to woloome the G. 0. M., and Pat. gave Sir John an introduction with lois. oharaotoristio speech, "Ilo's a jinhleman, ivory inch ay him." It will now be in order for Pat to either be given a goy - eminent shot timber limit, or a seal with the old used -to -bora in tho Senate (hamber. Pat would make a tip-top Senator, only iilytll could hardly eparo him, as he is 0 pushing, enteepgising man, with all his brogue and oddity. I I1av0 boon 5leoping with my boots on and trying to koop ono eye open ever since the. burglary. True I have not much to lose but those burglars aro get- ting things clown 0o find and back it up by so much "gall" that I .would not be surprised to find my kitchen stove moved onb some night without my knowledge or consent. I hove about come to the eon - elusion to talcs silver service, silver cruet, bettor dish, burry dish, water pitehor, fpickle crust, cake basket, silver knives orks, and spoons, watohos, jewelry anct money to bad with mo and if a burglar domes I will try him a oateh-as-oatah- capl hont before `I surrender, I am sure we livo in a progressive age, when even burglary is clone of such stientit'0 prin. Moles. Years ago it used to be 8 0and bag ora club, but now a thief will open your door or window, walk into your bed- room, sort over your valuables, and go through your pockets, and, after enjoying a cup of tea and a piece of .toast, will re. tire, not oven its mnoh tie leaving hie card on the 11]ano. If this thing is con- tinnod people will have to go and sleep in' the loon.up, or oleo run the risk of being robbed. tl30om Joe. 0 TIII; 7I1l:I1 MASON'S GOAT. The 1031)'8 of Brea Masons at\Voodatcwn !lulling thou lodge room growing hors and n1000 dingy and dusty, determined that it 0hould bo cleaned and renovated as ter toe soap and water could do it. Tho job must of corn= be put into feminine hands, and it was voted to employ Mrs, K., the village 01114rwoman. The c1oor-keeper well aware that Mrs. K. was ono of tho i11118peltdeht iuvostige. tore, who liltu to sea and judge for them- selves, wont early next monolog, borrow- ed without leave a neighbor's billy -goat, and notwithstanding some vigorous pro- tests on tho part of the animal, oonvoyod hint upstairs, placed him 3n a oloset opeil• iug out Of the lodge r00111, and seemed him by tu1'niog the button about, without looking the door, put tho koy in his pock- et. Than with a face its serums as If 71e had just heardrof tho robbery of the bank where his aunt, of whom Ino had great ox• peotat3008, kept 11or•trunk, he wended his way td the dwelling of Mrs. IL., and re- quested her to come to the lodge roost immediately after breakfast, that he might give her the nees0ary directions. A hour later the woman pub in an ap- pearance, "armed and equipped" with broom, brushes, pail, tub, dm. She found the custodian of the promises waiting her arrival. "Now, ma'am," 0aid 11e, "I'll toll you what wo want dono, and how w0 came to employ you. The brethren said it was diffloulb to get anybody to do the job and not meddle with the =mots in that little closet ; we have lost the Ivey. But I as. sured them that you meld bo depended on." • "Depended on 7 I guess I Dan. My poor dear,'dead-and-gone husband belong- ed to the Free Masons, or anti•11Ia8on0, I don't know which. Ho lot 1118 into all the secrets of the concern, and showed one all the marks the gridiron made when ho joined, and told me how they fired poor Morgan ; and sure as I live, I never mentioned a word about it to a single soul to this day. If nobody troubles your closet to find out '.your secrets till 1. do they'll lay there and rot—they will." "Yea, I thought we ooulcdn't do better than give you the job. Now I want you to contmenee in that corner, and give, the whole room a thorough cleaning, and re- member, I have pledged my word and honor for your fidelity. Don't go into that closet." With this partiug injunc- tion emphatically uttered, he left Mrs. K. to her task. The village of Woodetown VMS small, and centered about the post office, store and meeting house. Mrs.'K. clic] not see that the sober -faced door- keeper "just stoPped into the post office" the first floor of the some building, and awaited the result. She only listened till she was sure he hail descended the last stair, and turned to gaze at the prohibit- ed door. "Don't go into that 0103521" she repeat- ed, in a stage whisper ; "I'll warrant there is a .ricliro1) there, or some non; 80100 just I'ike the anti -Masons,. I will just take one peep who will be the ' wis- er ? I can keep a seorst. Besides, that oloset'll be on my mind till I sea what's in it, and I never could work worth a cont when there's anything =My mind." Stealthily, on tip -too, she epproaohed the closet, turned the button, the door swung open, and—bah I Billy,' aroused from hie nap by the sudden flood of light, making a spring to regain his liberty, al-. most upset her ladyship'.' Both started for the door, which, alas, was' barricaded with house cleaning paraphernalia. The Momentum of the charging party was not to be retarded by such slight obstu- dos and all wont down the stairs in one avalanche. Tho crash brought to the spot half the people of the village, !leaded by 'the sad eyed door -]:caper. EIo released the goat first, a cripple for life ; then he assisted the charwoman to arise 'from under a: pile of tubs, pails, brooms, blushes, etc. No bones were broken, and strangely enough, she was but slightly bruised ex - 'tonally ; her injuries were nearly all in. tend ; her feelings were terribly looer- Med. "Have you boon taking degrees, ma'- am ?" inquired thesypupathetio custodian of Free Mason's secrets. "Taking degrees 1 If you call tumb- ling from the top . to thebottom of the stairs, . with the devil after. ye, taking things by degrees, I have ; and if ye frighten folks as ye have me and lura bliem to boot, I'll warrant they'll make as much noise as I have." There :hadn't .boon a more wrathy wo- man in Woodstou for many tt•c1ay. "I hope you did not open the closet," said the imperturbable iloor-lteopor. "Open the closet ? Eve ato the topple when 5130 was told not to. If you want a w0m1n to do anything, tell her 1)08 to, and eho'll do ih certain 1 Open the clos- et ? You said the se01ots were there, and of course I wanted to know 'em. I just unfastened the door, and ant popped the critter, right in my fano. I thought bho devil had me, and I made for the stairs, the davil butting 1110 at every jump, I geese I'll go Immo," she &tided, "you may got somebody also to clean up your old room." "But ma'am, yon. are its possession of the great secret of the Order, and must go up and be initiated and 8110111 in, in the regular way," remonstrated the door- keeper.. Regular way 7 Regular way, indeed 1 You don't suppose I'm going near that place &gain, to ride that critter without saddle or bridle ? No 1 Never 1 No 1 Now that the Free Masons haw movocl Never 1 I'll neva go nigh that place, into their note hall in the Garfield block, again, nor your hall nneither ;• and if I can which is direotly over Tun Pows P11111031. prevent it no lady shall' 0001 join tho Ftoo ing House, our attention has been directs Masons. Why, I'd sooner be o Mattes. ed a Snumber of times to the danger of inn, and bo broiled on a gridiron as long livblg so close to the "goat." It reminds as fire could be kept under 1t, and bo pull - u8 of 8 yarn concerning a goat experience ed from garret to 001101, with is halter wo hoard a good while ago, that will bear rotund my nook just as my poor, clear rhdd as I tack to-dnv." Botweml one and two o'clock last Sem. We would renind mfr lady medal% that day morning Mrs, T. G. Holmes was the 'brothel' to whom Airs. K. owed her awakened by hearing 501710 parson i11 her sad experiences le not to be taken as a bedroom. Imagine her stormier/ when 1.0preeeltative Ma0111. A good .Masao is oho Saw a tall,slim man, with a white always the ohampien of the fair sex, table napkin tied over the lower part of "gentle or simple." 1115 face, going through the pockets of a vast and pair of pante bclongiog to her husband, that ]lung behind the bedroom Ex -President Arthur. door, The thief then inspected the dressing case and secured a gold width, 'rnE E0 -1'11118I1111311' 11I118 A'1. 11I8 17031E Ix (1Sw chain, leolt=t and broach 1>0longingto Mrs, 00nx MTN'. Holmes, ai111 after 00011h111g wall jock - ata, &o., took the lamp (it was lighted be. Ex -President Arthur died tot his resi. fore *ethic) =mete the house) and oonl- daoee in Now York o1 Thursday of last meowed a tour of inspection in other wools at 5 o'oloolt 111 the morning. Tho rooms. Mrs. Holmes then awoke the President was -moll shocked at the in- Dr., who immediately proceeded to see telligonoe of Arthur's death, and indicted whore the man had gond, but he was 00n- 1110 following telegram of sympathy to fronted by 1110 thief m the hall and tohl McElroy, tho ox•Presidout's sister : to go into his room or it would be worse "Aeoopt my heartfelt sympathy in for him. With his hand resting on his your personal grief and thio =premium . of reYolvo1 the thief then walked clown the my sorrow for the death of ono who was Mahe, very deliberately, and got away. my kind and considerate friend. The The alarm was soon given but no trace of people of tho 0ouutry will ;dnc:rely him has yet come to light. Besides the mourn the loss of a citizen who served jewelry referred to above, a gold watch) them well in their highest trust, ami 30011 and chain belonging to Dr, Holmes, and their affection by the 5•,13(11 1011 of the about $8 in cash were taken, Admission best traits of true Amcricen character." yeas gained through the kitchen window, The flag on tho White punas WW1 plat- aid all the Hone a lamp was burning in eel lot half-mast immediately on the re- the hall as well its the light upstairs. The oeipt of the news, and soon after the flags thief helped himself to some eatables in on all the public buildings in the city wore also placed at half•mast. Among. moots were macre for draping the public buildings. Ex-Presiclont•Cl100ter A. Arthur had been ailing for some time from a compli- eation.of diseases, principally kidney to). faction. He had apant the summer at a watering place, and it wits suppo0ecl this had strongthoned him somewhat. His death was unexpected. A stroke of core- bral'apoplexy terminated his life. The stroke came in his sleep between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, and ho did not rally thereafter. His (laughter, his sister, his former law partner, Sher- man W. 1i11ova180, and his closest friend, Surrogate Rollins, were at his bedside. Tuesday the ex-Presideut felt better and stronger than at any time since he was taken sick, and commented hopefully upon the finds At 8 o'clock Wednesday morning an attendant found Mr. Arthur lying on his side breathing heavily and could not rouse him. The family failed to solicit any sign of consciousness or recognition. 1.110 physician, Dr. George A. Peters, wee summoned and saw that he was suffering from a stroke of cerebral apoplexy. Mr. Arthur lay motionless and speomhless all day. He know what 30330 goiug '00 about him, but he never spoke. Wednesday night at 0 o'clock his enfeebled pulse, more difficult respira- tion, and other signsns of physical failure indicated the eud drawing near. It was 5 o'clock when the end came. He died without a struggle. Mr. Arthur was 50 years old. Ho had been a widower seven years. He leaves two children. Ills son, Chester Allan, is 22 years old, and is now a student in the Columbia Law School. His daughter, Miss Nellie, of whom Mr. Arthur was very fond,is 14 years old. 'Mr. Arthur was not a member of any church. His remains were buried in the Albany Rural Cemetery in tho family • plot.• Chester Allan Arthur wiss.born in Fair. fieldl V b., Oat. 5th, 1830. He was the son of a Baptist 0lergyma11. He graduated at Union College, Sohoneotady, N. Y., in 1848 ; taught school in Vermont ; was ad- mitted to the bar in 1853, and settled in New York City. Elis first notable case was the Lommon slave case, in which 11e was the attorney for the people, the Hon. Wm. 017. Evarts.beiugg the leading counsel on the' nano side. They maintained that eight slaves with whom Jonathan Lem - mon, of Virginia, attempted to pass through New York were rendered free by the act of the master in voluntarily bring- ing them into free territory, mud, on suc- cessive appeals this view was sustained. In 1850 Mr. Arthur' was counsel for .a colored woman wllo had been oxpolled from a street oar in New York because of hor color, and odtain0(1a verdict against- the gainstthe company, whereby the equal rights of colored people in public vohioles were es. tablished. Ho was even widely known as an active and inf111011 hal politician from the first organization of the Republican party. From:Novombor, 1871, till July, 1878 he was collector of the port of New York. Removed by Presiclenb Hayes, he re'sun1011 the prat/hoe of his profession. The Republican National Convention which met in ,Clbioago, June 28tH, 1880, nominated hien without opposition for Vioe:Prosidoit on the tioket w1211 Garfield. .118 Vice -President Mr. Arthur was the balance of power in the Senate, without his eobo the two parties Wag ]patched to a man. During 'a long fund weary so003ou he was always at his post, as party neoe8- sity required that he should be, and it was his casting vote that carried through the Republican measures of that period. When Garfield fellby the assasin'sbullot Mr. Arthur, of course, became President. Elis administration ryas marked. by no events of great importance, but during the last two years of his term ho rose m1oll in public esteem, and the civil ser- vice commissioners say that he assisted and encouraged their worst by making top- pointments which seemed to bo dictated only by a genuine desire to promote the publfo service. Show his retirement from office Mr. Arthur has boon quite 111. Ho opened a law office in Now York, but could not stand tho strain, and he wont last stun. nor to test at New haven, Coml. On his return to New York hie ole! affection; Bright's fliseaso, was discovered to Have boon in no way 0051con10, and his health has 511n0e b5011 a matter of many forabod. 111gs to his friends. The disoa0o finally ltillod hini, the pantry when he came fu. Dr. Holmes had both a revolver and a gun fn Elalifes, the house, but, as is the 0883 in hundreds • Jas. Grace, of Brantford, hes been ap• of instances, these weapons are usually put away in a drawer or closet and aro not within reaoh. Tho total loss- will amount to over 9200. It appears quite- evident uito-evident that it was jewelry the robber was after as he passed over now clothing and valuables and did not offer to take them. When lie went into the hired girl's bedroom she screamed, and he told her to keep quiet, he'd do her no harm. It is about the coolest and moat daring robbery ever heard of in this locality. Two men were seen iu the vicinity of tho Dr's residence late Saturday night, some say they were 011 the verandah. A HOLIDAY TitII'. Number 20. by the great gale of 14th and 16th 0atob. er. Live stook are in good and health}' condition, and the daily industry ns brightening with the improved prima for butter and cheese. The oveather has been exceptionally favorable for fall farming, and correspondents report that all opera- tions of the season are well advanced. The values of farm property foe 1885 and 1880, and the average for the five years' period 1882.9, aro as follows: Tann lands, 1880, 9648,009,828 ; build. ing, 9183,748,212; implements, 960,580,. 936; live stock, 9107,208,035; Total, 080,- 547,911. Faros lands, 1885,6626,422,024; building, 9182,477,006 : live stock, 9100,- 090,080; Total, 9958,159,740. Farmlands, 1882.0, 9037,409,217 ; bllhlduig, 9107,071,. 058 ; implements, 845,500,743 ; live stook, 998,325,787 : Total, 9948,812,805. These values are made up flan the ,lune schedules of farmers. They show an increase on the figures of last year of 821,5;10,000 5u0,000 in farm lauds, of 90,000,000 in live stock, 92,000,000 in implements, and a little over 91,000,000 in buildings, or a total excess over the values of 1885 of 931,400,000 and of 941,900,000 over the average values of the five year's period. Canadians 334'evws. Lindsay has granted ton year's exemp- tion of taxes to a fax mill, ' It has been decided to raise 925,000 for the erection of a new Sailor's Institute at Dctn Posr.—Yonr bridge material left here (Peterboro') on the 17th inst. I saw a message from Brussels making inquir- ies about the bridge when the G. T. It agent hero at once wired York to give ib immediate dispatch if it should be lying at that station. Saw Mr. Law to -clay at his extensive manufactory, which he most kindly showed me over. The firm employ about 100 bands, being not only very popular bridge manufacturers, but also that of door looks. Over 50 various kinds of locks from that of the ordinary bedroom look to the most elaborate for those palatial mansions of our country are manufactured. Mr. Law showed ine the balance of the Brussels bridge almost finished, upon which he has a large gang of men em- ployed bolting and rivetting and expects to have it loaded on Tuesday first, and will be forwarded from here same even. ing. Yoe will be thinking every day a week until you got your bridge, and get out of the mud and horrible back -yard approaches to your present temporary crossing over the river. Peterboro' is a very fine place, business and bustle everywhere anti new buildings fu course of erection all over .the town. This place is the largest town in Canada not incorporated as a city, having a pop- ulation of about 12,000; taking no Aah- btlrnham, just across the river Otto/no-bee. The town is all placarded with theatre bills and condo entertainments and in about every store largo posters announo- iug the greet Irish lecture by MaCartby. Tickets for admission only (?) 75 cents. You see Pat. has ono eye for business all the time. This agitation pays bo koop it up, which is the great incentive to this disloyal agitation,. fanned, I am sorry to say, by a class of our Canadian politicians for political purposes only. I should think McCarthy will have a largo audi ecce here on tho 28rd by the siguificent names and sign boards I observe on some business places, as Doyle, Bolye, Heffer- nan, O'Neil, O'Connor, &e. Wishing Tun Pose all prosperity: Yours, ,&c. X. Y. Z. Peterboro', Nov.20th, 1886. (1STA1f10 CHOPS. Following is a summary of the agri- cultural stoti51108 of Ontario, as prepared for the November report of the Bureau of Industries, A. Blue, bearetary: Wheat, barley, oats, rye and peas, were reaped and hosed in fair condition, and the final report of yield differs but slight- ly from the August estimate. Tho wheat Drop is abort 8,000,000 less than the aver- age of five years ; barley is only 50,000 bushels lose, and oats is 8,880,000 more. Rye is diminishing in breadth and' yield. The area in peas is atonally enlarging, being this year nearly 100,000 aoros more than the average of five years, while the produoo is 8,000,000 fu excess of the aver- age ; the pea -bug has vanished from al- most every section of the Province. The corn area is 20,000 aoros less than the average, and its yield is loss by 1,000,000 bushels, while the bean drop is about the ea1l30 as 111previous years • 1110 emotional weather was g01111ally very favorable for the ripening of both crops. Tho area in potatoes is 19,000 mores loss than the average, and in the eastern counties of the Province the Drop hos rotted badly ; the total yield is nearly 4,000,000 bushels lase titan tho avorago of live years. 'Car- rots, mangolds eud turnips vary b12t little from the average of area, but the yield of tnr11ip5 mood the average of five years by 7,500,000 bushels. Fault of all kinds has Moon fairly abundant, and in ninny Emotions there Is a largo =phis of apples damaged to some extent, however, pointed Police Magistrate for Brant with- out salary. - Sir Donald A. Smith declares that the C. P.R. is not hostile to the Hudson Bay It. R. scheme. Salo blowers got $300 out of the post- olflco at Newborn', Leeds county, on Fri- day night last. The late storm is reported to have beau the worst ever known in the history of Lake Superior. A nurses' training sohool is run in con- nection with the John H. Stratford Hos- pital. Brantford. J. C. Panklonrst, who will shortly cam monis the publioation of a paper in Ayl- mer, has bought the plant of the Simcoe Argus. The latest report in political oiroles i0 that Parliament will meat in February, and that the elections will not take plao0 until September next. Thos. Robinson, ex -Warden of Oxford County, sold to Thomas Beach for the London, Eng. Xmas, three fine heifers, each weighing 1,600 pounds. • James Fitzgerald, of Kildare Cape, P. E. I., who is over 100 years of age, is still active, and during the past summer weeded half an sore of turnips. A branch of the White Cross League has been o raanizad in Paris,and the membership �'already includes bout 40 of the Catholic young men of the town. Tho new M.O.R. dock extension at Courtright has been completed at a cost of 99,000. During tbs past ten months 8,000,000 feet of lumber have been loaded at the docks. The Reception Committee of the Tor- onto City Council has decided to recom- mend that a grand demonstration take place in connection with her Majesty's jubilee next year. Tho Strathroy Town Council has de- cided by is vote of 7 to 5 that it is not prudent to order the Chief of Police to aid in the enforcement of the Scott Ad. This is a very peculiar decision to arrive at, seeing that the law i0 on the statute book. During blasting.operations at Montreal Friday a stone weighing 30 pounds was sent flying in the air and broke through the roof of the Jacques Cartier Bank, making its way through three floors to the cellar. Fortunately no one was in- jured. Mrs, McKenzie, wife of Tames McKen- zie, of London, whose alleged cure from disease through the effoacy of faith dur- ing the visit of Evangelist Brown a short t11110 31110o created considerable excite. ment all the time, expired ou Saturday morning last. At mooting of the Dominion Cabinet, in the cases of the three men convicted of murder in British Columbia and senten- ced to bo hung at Now Westminster en the 24th Met., it was decided to eonimute the sentence of Maxwell to imprisonment for life and to respite the other two till December 22nc1. At Dunvillo, on Friday last, F. Handy, aged 34 years, eldest son of one of the proprietors of Haney Bros.' roller mill, 1088 n1 the third flat oiling some maohin- ory when his clothing became entangled in Et set of cogs, and ho was drawn onto the fearful grasp of the gearing and hor- riblycut, boon,; actually disembowelled, Ho died in a few hours. Au audience of &bent 8,000 greeted Niched Davitb in Adelaide street rink, Toronto, Saturday night last, to hoar his looter° on the Trish cause. During his Iodine he was fregnontly and onthttsias- tIoally applauded, and at its 001101usi011 there was a regular rash for the platform to shake hands with him. In the aftor- noon the reception by Justin Mo0arthy andalllicllml Devitt was largely attended. 4 ADDITIONAL LOCALS. 01As, HOLLAse has got moved into hie now stone shop, opposite the Town Hall. Ten= are already five oppliaante for the vacancy in tho staff of toaohers in our public school !]'rut firo ongin0 and hose carts for Sum. mashie, Promo Edward Island, wore shipped last Tuesday. W 1ran.—A small comfortable dwell - fug, pleasabtiy located, by January 1st. Apply to S. Ostrnndor's shoo store. So= Rove= adorned from Detroit last Monday, whither he had gone to consul Et well known physician and under whose caro he ie now.