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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1887-2-11, Page 1Volume 14. BRUSSELS, UNCLE JOE. rt,'..a<.axt, atioaa. natter aim PORT. hast Friday evening, the members of La the an e•• of fns . Melville Church Bible class called at the residence of thhir teacher, Daniel Stew- art, and altar a short time Mies Amulet brooks, in the mama of the oleos, reed the following address :- 71r. D. Stewart, llz:.tn TEAc11011 :— We tho monitioro of your Bible alms aro not together this evening to show our appreoration of the work done arnougat us by you deriug the past two years. Our class has inoromed in nnm- bor and we trust in interest. We aro conscious that the lessons taught have not always been followed and that you have heel just cause for disoouragoment, but we want you to meow that the seed has boon faithfully sown and to remem- ber that iu duo season it than bring forth fruit. Wo wish toetight to put our gret- itnde in a more tangible form and ask your aocoptence of this may cjtair its a slight token of our uratited° and regard, hoeing that in it you may find peaoofnl rant and plea.aut reminiscences of our Bible olaes. Again thanking you for your untiring. interest in our welfare and uniting ourselves with you in earnest work for the' future, praying God'e more abundant blessing upon ns we ask a con- tinuance of your regard, and remain your indebted class. Inure(Erste Inure Bnoox, Committeei t KAT11 MOLeueureA, Brussels, Feb. 4th, '87. Tho prosen,ation was made by Roder- ick Ross. Mr. Stewart, being complete- ly taken by surprise, had no speech pre- pared for the occasion, but warmly and earnestly thanked Ms young friends for their vory valuable present, and more partioularly for the affection and good will whioh prompted them, regretting at the same time his own uuworthiueos of such a mark of their approbation and stating that if the relations in wbioh they stood to each other as toaoher and pupils was a souroo of pleasure to them, it was in 1 less so to him, that ho hod muoh reason to bo plonsed with the in- crease of their number's since commenc- ing the work 2 years ego and also with their regular attendance, kind and re s;met£111 behaviour and the great interest manifested by tho cuss in the study of the lessens, and hoped the interest wonld continue at deepen. A ism hours were then spent inn 11si0 and pioasant, social intercuuree niter which tlo young peo- ple took their Lmvo of Mr. 5tewert end faintly, The present ie a thimble ono, being a nicely upholstered reception °heir and tho young folks showed. their good sense in making a gift that was useful as well as ornamental. The members of the class are Missed Armin Brooks, Ella Inman, Jennie Thom- son, Kato McLauchlin, Teenie Richard- son, Annie Moliain, Isabella MOBain Mary Ferguson and Roderick Ross, Wm, Boll, Alex. Giant, Jno. B. MoLauohlin, Thos. T. MoLauohlin, Alex. McLaueh. lin and Thos. D. MaLauohlin. fearetees .lel 49chool. lfSoatrdil. ''There ie a great deal of sport in a Can- adian winter, and between sleighing, enow-shoeing, skating, curling and tobog. galling it good time may bo spent end the winter made to glide by very pleasantly. I don't believe in neglecting work nor al. lowing your business to run itself, but I do think if business mon math a practice of taking an hour's rooroation each day they would be muoh beuefltted in health and spirits and would be as well off, if not butter, at the close of the year. It ie astonishing how much work will be done when ender the guise of fun. Tho editor of tho Toronto Telegram thinks there is no sport like curling, and tient it is tho initialler delight of tho Seotohmen. No doubt it is, but men of geory other nationality get to bo equally 01 love with it, after playing a few gainer. The Telegram says :—It ie splendid ex. oroiso anetho enthusiastic interest shown in it by those taking part is the best proof of the goon spirit which it provokes. It is akin to the English game of bowls, which never BOetns to have become popu- lar in this country. There may be a more impressive sight than half a dozen rugged Sootcbmen capering up and down e section of ice flourishing brooms and uttering etrango phrases, while another of the number projects a stone in the di- rection of what is called tho tee and watches its course as if his vory life de- pended on its reaching its goal, but whether impressing or not, 11 in at least interesting ; and to those who take part is a sufficient answer to the query, 'is life worth living 1' Men who would howl with derision if asked to sweep the snow off the sidewalk or sweep the kitehen floor will spend a whole day sweeping the snow off the ice in order to expedite the progress of a curling store which is slow- ly laboring towards the goal. By the way, our a rlers aro losing their old prestage and will have to Bottle down to more regular practice if they expect to "scoop" old tune player's. There are too many counter attractions this winter to allow tbo boys muoh of a hold on the atones. The politient thermometer continuos to register an increased number of de. gores awl it is expected before tho 22nd Fomes round then there will levo to bo an addition put to the machine if it shows the different degrees correctly Blood holt, fiver heat, and even boiling haat conies short of approximating the tem- perature of the e.vorttgo politician. I have seen physicians put a small thormumeter under the tongue of a patient so as to cm- ocrtain the peeper temperature of the body, but, dear mo 1 it would be hardly safe to attempt such a feat with some of our hot heads, as they might not only swallow the inatrnnient bat snap the fingers off the operator. The advice giv- en by an old Quaker is sound. 1t was, "Keep on thy coat, my son, for the man thee would fight for will laugh at thy foolishness, ani thou wilt make a fool of thyself for nothing." The atmosphere is fall of wedding re- ports these days, from "Wilt thou take this woman to be thy wedded wife," to the wooden, iron, crystal, silver and Bold- on oolebrations. Years ago people got married and no one ever oven thought of making a gift and our grandparents would have enjoyed a real surprise had a company came bundling in with tin Pails, wash dishes, mpg, tee., but I sup- pose we have to live up to the times and conform to the changing fashions. It bothers a person sometimes to keep track of the fashion though. I have known people to have a dress or a suit of clothes made and they hardly, had time to make their appearance in their gond clothes be- fore they were horrified to sea 5later style in the new fashion plate. To keep track of all the changes in style a person would almost have to sit up nights. If I had my choice of a soft snap as far as a good position with plenty of money and all the otostorios that go along with these positions I'd ask to be made High Commissioner, to fill the place late- ly vacated by Sir Charles Tupper. In addition to his salary ($10,000) the Gov- ernment purohasod a residence and fur- niture, costing 942,702, In the published returns of 1885 I eee he has nob been stinted and consequently I would have fared well had I got the position. The report gives tho following among some of the items 1— Painting and d000rating 91,137 00 Furniture 8,886 00 Dining -room fittings 1;091 00 Library 1,090 00 Laying carpets, fixing blinds and arranging furniture..... 211 00 Making wino bin for 1008 bottlos and 1 doz. zino labels 58.00 280 port, sherry, claret, ahem- pagne gleam, finger and ice cups 00 00 The whole expense of the High Commie- sionor totals up to 9114,740. What I grumble abort is that I have to ltlep pay for the easy Hying of Sir Charles, or whoever 11lls the position, and, for the 'life of me, I don't see where we get ono dollar of benefit for every thousand we. have to pay. If I had my way Pd give those big bugs a good living salary and I'd let them grab for themselves after that, I bave to work for every dollar I get and I oan put it to better neo than buying port and 9berry glasses, paying Mr the arranging of furniture or the thousand little Billy things that are enum- 000ted in the report. I think a Govern- ment with any "Mand" about them should let the High Oommissioner try cutting wood for a while if ho can't manage to live on 910,000 a year. It baa been over thus, the poor man having the last cont pulied out of hie pocket to feed soma high-toned nabob, I'm Clown on it. Monet Jon,, The regular meeting of the School Board was held in the Council Chamber on Friday evening, 41b inst. Members all present. Minutes of last meeting were read and adopted. Moved by T. Pletcher, s000nded by Mrs. Smith that tea excuses of paroute pros - eat bo accepted for their children not at- tending school tho number of days re. Tared. Carried. Moved by J. Hargreaves, seconded by T.11otah,.r that the Secretary notify Dan. McNaughton and Henry Chapman. for the 2nd tune to show cause why their children did not attend school tho num- ber of clays required by Iaw and quote fleet half of clause No. 217 School Act. Carried. Moved by J. Hargreaves, seconded by T. Fletcher that the accounts of Drs. Graham and Hutchinson be laid over nn - til next meeting: -Carried. On motion of Rev. J. Ross, seconded by J. Hargreaves that a committee be ap- pointed, viz.—Thos, Fletcher, . H, Don- uts and the Sooretary, to procure wood for the eohool, and A. H. MaNeil'stender placed in their hands.—Carried. Priuoipal Shaw presented report of at. tendance for past month :— - Doparbmentsi 2 8 4 5 Average 48 40 47 37 89-208 No. on Roll 58 47 54 47 56-257 Specialcommittee report discussed and moved by Rev. 3, Ross, seconded by Mrs. Smith that first recommendation be adopted, as followe :—That at least two lessons por weak be given in Hygiene in department 1, 2 and 8 and that the teeth - ere bo enjoined to give to Temperance its duo place in such instructions, in accord- ance with the regulations of the Depart- ment et Education. Carried. Mowed by J. Hargreaves, seconded by Rev. J. Rose that a oommitteo of 8 mem- bers of the Board, viz.:---Mre. Smith, H, Donnie and T. Fletcher, be a visiting committee, whose duty it shall be to visit all the departments of the school once in 0ao11 month to ascertain the condition and progress of aacih, the committee to report at the monthly meetings of the Board, for the 1st six months of the year, and at the expiration of that time exchange places with the Property Committee,—Carried. Moved by Rev. J. Roes, emended. by Mee. Smith that the Bible be road thee a weak in sohool by the soholats.--Oarried. Mooting then adjourned. Jas. Robb, a Strmthroy man, had, Ids Jew broken in two places by It kicking e0w, Wm. Dickinson, Reeve of Carriolt, sold ten'ltead of line cattle the other day to hint Rowltand fon 9400. ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEB. 11, 1887. 15cz1.lfrx;; .rialcomes. The following are the polling places in the wunioipealtias of Blyth, Brussels, Grey and Morris for the forthcoming Dominion election :— meanest 00 0LYTIt. Polling district No. 1 : Comprising all then portion of the village of Blythe aitu- atod south of Didsley street. loll ]sell in Orange Hall —Polling dietriet No. 2 ; Comprising all that portion of the eaid village of Blyth situated north or Din- sloy street. Poll held in Mee. Rogersmt'e budding emit side of Queen street. VILLA611 00 13ltuseE1.9. Polling district No, 3 : Comprising all that per ion of the eaid village of Drug - sole whioh lion oat of Turuberry street, Poll held at Goo. Love's office: -Polling dietriet No. 4 : Comp. ising ,d1 that por- tion of the said village of Brussels whioh lies west of Turnberry street. Poll held at Towu Il:all. TOWNenn' OF 011110. Polling dietriet No. 5: Comprising con. 1, lots 1 to 34, inclusive ; cons. 2 to 6, lots 1 to 17, inclusive. Poll held at salonl house No. 4.—Polling district No. 6 : Comprising Dons. 7 to 12, inolusivo ; lots 1 to 17 inclusive, Poll held at Dames' hall, Cranbrook.—Polling district No. 7 : Comprising cons. 13 to 18, inclusive ; lots 1 to 17, inclusive. Poll held at school house No. 2. -Polling district, No. 8 : Comprising cons. 18 to 18 inclusive ; lots 18 to 85, inclusive. Poll held at school hones No. 9.—Polling district No. 9 : Comprising cone. 7 to 12, inclusive ; lots 18 to 86, inclusive. Poll held at eehool house No. U.—Polling district No. 10 : Comprisingoons. 1, lots 35 to 70, inclus- ive ; cons. 2 to 6, inolusivo ; lots 18 to 36, inclusive. Poll held at sohool house No. 9. 11OWH6nrr or MOIntIM. Polling district No. 17 : Comprising lots 1 t , 15, inolusivo, in the 7th, 8th and 9th and Si of 0th cons ; and lots 8 to 15, inclusive, in the 10111 con. Poll ]geld at school house No. 1.—Polling district No, 18 : Comprising lots 16 to 80, inolusivo, in 7th, 81h, 9111, 10111 and Si of the kith coo. Poll held at school house No. 9. -- Polling district No. 11 : Comprising lots 1. to 30 inclusive, in tho 5th and Ne, of Oth cone, except them portion belonging to the corporation of the village of Brns- sole. Poll held at Township hall.—Poll- ing district No. 50 : Comprising lots 1 to 30, inclusive M the 1st con, and 1 to 15, inclusive, in the Ind, 3rd Bud 4th cons. Poll held at sehne! house No. 7 ---Polling district No. 91 : Comprising lots 31 to 110 inclusive, in the lst eon., and 16 to 30 inclusive, in the tend, 3rd nand 4111 con. Poll held at school house No. 6. East Huron Campaign. 1105001ORTn. Tho first of the series of the political meetings for the weektook plaoe at Moles- worth on Monday night. Notwithstand- ing the inclement nature of the weather the attondanoo was very largo, orderly, and enthusiastic. It being Mr. Farrow's meeting be opened the ball in his usual sing -song style and kept up a running fire of "N. P.," "C. P. R.," "contractors dia- monds," "large eggs" and tbo virtues of Thomas Farrow, the whole in enc11 an extremely confused fashion that it would 0030100 a microscope to find two cons(. outive sentences in his whole hour's speech. He remarked that since the N. P. everything in the country had be- come oheaper which was promptly taken up by one of the well-informed Reformers in the Hall, who casually. remarked, "Yee, and wheat too," very muoh to the dis- comfort of Mr. Farrow. He than pro- ceodsd to queto ear. Patterson, of Brant, as authority for saying that the N. P. had given work to 1,000 additional cigar -mak- ers, and followed with the exbraordidary statement that as he bad proved everything, eliciting roars of laughter from Conservative and Reformers make, He wound up hie speech by remarking that there were too mauy lewyors and doctors in the hoose of .Commons and that if every member was liko Themes Farrow, of East Huron, it would bo a great deal better place. Dr. McDonald then 110110 to reply and in his usual vigorous and trenehent style took up Mr. Farrow's disjointed ut- terances and used them as texts upon whioh to base ono of the finest political epeooher over hoard iu Molesworth. As the Doctor clisposod of the various issues, point after point, cheers rang through the hall and the few Conservatives pros. ant ltnew not whether meet to sympathize with their candidate or enjoy the foroible and logical speech of Dr. Macdonald. Tho Doctor quoted facts end figures for all his statements and banked them 1113 by the Blue Books in strong contrast to his advorsarioe who appeared to Have nothing but campaign sheets to back them. The statement, with accompany- ing proof, that gramtlated auger wax sell- ing in England et 8} cents per pound and horn at 6i) cents per pound, showing the enormous profits that are made by our Monopolist auger manufaoturere under the N. P., brought down. tho house. Tho Doctor then prooeedocl to deal with the temperance question, the reform of the Senate 1111(1 the independence of Parlia- ment. He was followed by me alleged ltfr, Morton, mkt to bo from Toronto, and who, if he possesses any other qualifica- tions, eortainly has a habit of crowding mono ineoleneo and abuse into half an hour's epeeoh titan anyepealter that the toweehili of Grey hes heard for coma time. Hrs principle ooenpation epp0ar- ed to nottsist int iiuding adjocbivoe and epithets to fling at Dr. Macdonald, and although he rinsed a laugh upon more 00- oasions than one Ito did not answer, nor did ho attempt to answer any of the vote ions p» me which the Dada had made. 'Phil meeting closed with hearty ohoere for Dr. Macdonald and lir, ]Slake. An attempt by Mr. Morton 1?) to obtain ca like recognition of Mr. farrow full flat. Molesworth will give e grand majority for Macdonald. Ern0L, A vory large anrlionce mob on Tuesday evening in Robortson'e heil to hear po- lttioal rssues of the clay, disease d by the candidates and their friends. Dr. Mao - doused opened the meeting and proceeded to put the electors of that district in com- plete possession of the facts relating to tho political cirou:nstanoos of the day, backing up mon and ovary statement whioh be made by references to tho au- thorities. The National Polley Its show- ed mule not in the present shape of affairs bo abrogated but there should, as he contended, be a readj eitneent upon some points which oppressed with sever- ity upon the farmers and the poorer classes siutply for the purpose of enabling fat capitalists to build up monopolies and wring the hard darned savings from out of the packets of the poor man. Tho Temperance Question was than taken up, the Doctor proving from Hansard and the Journals of the House that when our doughty temperance advocate wa0 put to the teat and his vote called for et Ottawa he voted directly in opposition to the interests of the temperance cane( in at least two most important particulars, namely, on the clauses in the McCarthy Act requiring a two-thirds instead of a bare majority, and that• allowing the die. poeal of ale and liquors between certain hours on Sundays. Tho audience then had the amusement of hearing how many of Mr. n'arrow's sons, brothers, cousins, nephews and friends were fattened at the publio crib and were allowed to draw their own cleducti, in, of whether a man bound head anti bode to Sir John Mac- donald by favors already reoeived and others expected could rensonably bo sop. posed to have an independent vote. The rep'y was then undertaken by Mr. Morton (7) who with the fear of having the matt whom ha fitly describes as "the doughty Doctor" to reply to him behaved in a manner more nearly that of a civil- ized being than he hail the night before. In fact his friends remarked that this wee the true alleged :lir. Morton and that the Mr. Morton id the night before had perbapn drawn inspiration from sources which wore fortunately wonting this evening. Ife took up very little time in endeavoring to castor tic Doctor and pr000eded to exit:ttinto for the remainder of his tomo neon Kir John Maodmtald's rightecntsnec#s in hanging Riel upon the .scaffold et Regina, and upon t110 ul1quit of those who now cleclined to agree with him. Mr. Wade, of Brussels, who bad enter- ed the room eftsr the commencement of the 'meeting was then palled upon, and stating that as ibir. Morton had not at- tempted to answer Dr. Macdonald'ear- gnments but had confined himself, almost entirely, 10 the Riel question, that it per- haps would be more interesting to the audience if he followed in hie foot stops. Mr. Wade then dealt trenchantly and to some length with the sitbjoet, presenting the history of the Northwest from the time of tho first rebellion, showing the grievances under whioh the half-breeds end Indians labored and against wbioh they petitioned so frequently and holding the government of Sir John Macdonald responsible through mel -administration for the rebellion, and all that followed it. Mr. Wada concluded his able address by quoting a mis-statement made the even- ing before by Mr. Morton that M. C. Cameron, of West Huron, had received $2,000 himself from the Dominion Gov- ernment. He challenged Mr. Morton to state when and whore and for what, and when it became painfully evident that that gentleman could not give the 'slight- est atone of authority for his statement and could 1101 even pretend to do so, the audience rose as one mall and cheers and groans prevailed for some minutes. Mr. Farrow then addressed himself to the Biel question, reading at great length from a sermon said to have beon deliver. ed on the subject by some Reverend gen. Heenan in ommoction with sumo church in Hamilton. He also road a certifloate of temper'enoe characters from the Hon. Mr, Vidal, of Sarnia, which he macho do duty for him during the eleetioe four year ago and which by now must be ancient enough to take Dare of itself, Be did not, however, attempt either to deny, excuse or palliate in any way his troaoh. erous conduct towards the Temperance party in voting as he did on the Mc- Carthy Act. The epoaking was closed by Dr. M1te- donaltl, in a brilliant half-hour's speech, in whioh he managed to comproas more facts, figures, 50000001 and exposure of the ridiculous taoties of his opponents, than the voters of that part of the County have ever heard before in an address of twice the length. Tho meeting olosod with three cheer for Dr. Macdonald, Edward Blake and the Queen. It was largely `in Dr. 8Ieo- donald's favor. The political meeting held here on Wodnesday evening, in Tuck's Hall, was i'ory largely attended, in feet the place was not nearly largo enough to accommo- date all who sought admittance. John McCrea, of Brussels, wits called to the chair. Thos.li'arrow was the first speak. er incl for an (101117 took up muc11 the cants arguments ea he had gone over on peccadings evenings. Dr. Macdonald followed in an /Imre [Meese and enswored 141r. Farrow's speech in a tolling manlier. A hell lloue'0 reply wa0 given t0 Ml ]!`arrow, The mooting was vary orderly. Groff will give a good solid vote for l;dward ]Slake and Dr. Macdonald and tide polling di- vision will not bo behind on elootion day. There was considerable canvassing and oltnenningatthe doge of the meeting, and prominent in the unmbet' was a George- town gentleman, .A. railer langbabl0 aa. oidont happencl an Mr. Farrow leas con - Muffing his caldrons. A email table was standing near the wall, on whioh stood to lamp, . Title table was not sound in the legs and when the speaker made a'tolling' point and touched the table, it toppled ,over, upsetting the lamp, breaking tho ohimney and extinguishing the light. Some said it was an omen of the remit of the coming (lection. x;Crarou County N0100:. Geo. A. Elliott, son of Robt, Elliot, of Gorier/oh township, met hie death the other day by being kinked in the breast by a horse, tvhiclr Ito was endeavoring to place in a stable. The animal kicked 111111 in- the br the broken ribs pone. tested the 1 d he breathed his last 045 he entered noon. Ile was a valued member o on Lodge ea Cddfellows of Goderioli. South Fon County Orange I1 11e met et Exeter recently and elooted the following officers:—Worshipful County Master, Bro John Dag, Biddulph; Deputy W.C.M, Bro. E. Fleetly, Clinton ; Treas- urer, Bro. John Beacom, Goderioh Town- ship ; Sooretary, Bro, W. Sanders ; Chaplain, Bro. John Hanley, Clinton; Director of Ceremonies, Bro, R. Tish- bern; Co. Lecturers, Bros. Todd, and Elliott. One day recently eight cows and steers belongging to John Mlle. of the 8rd eon. of West Wawanosh, went down to tho river to water, when it ie supposed that they became frightened by a dog and ran down a steep bank into the river, on which at the time there was a quantity of broken ice, and on tills they went in heaps. When found nub morning all but one wore dead, and the eight died about ten minutes after reaching the barnyard. Mr. Mill's eon oamo pretty noir getting drowned in attempting to get the stock out of the ioe-sold river. telare10c reel lelaves. A peculiarity of the language of the Sandwioh blonds is that every word ends in a vowel. Denoting for a United States Senator is said by a newspaper of tllet State to have cost Indiana $15,000 a day. The people of Paris oat 2,000,000 lecke every year. 13ut thin is not a show to the number of larks in Paris not eaten. The Supreme Court of Washington Territory has decided the Bfll grouting suffrage to woman is unconstitutional. Numerous priest, jurors and other real - clouts of Sligo have signed protest against the exclusion of Catholics from the jury box. Hero is a gem of metaphor from the Idaho Free Prose :—Justioe Is the soap- suds with whioh we wash the flannel shirt of wrong. Inthe event of Parnell's enforeced retie - anent on account of ill -health, Mealy will probably succeedhim in the leader -ship of the Irish parties. Tho terrible train accident ou the Central Vermont is thought to have cau- sed the death of at Toast 41 people, tbongh the mutilated state of the remains ren - dere tho task of counting up the dead a difficult one. Ordinary hood torpedo boats in trans- atlantic novice make about 22 miles an hour over the measurec! mile. There are to few, including the American boat Stiletto, that can make 25 miles an hour. The fastest boat in the world is the French torpedo-boat (Meagan, She is credited with about 29 miles an hour. Julius Henley, te settlor near Wolver- ine, while locating section lines through the woods on snowshoes, oauo suddenly upon a ravenous bear, a short; distance from his cabin, and a terrible encounter onsued. Hanley's ears and nose were bitteu off, his fano frightfully slashed, and the flesh on hie breast torn off in strips. One hand was °hewed off and the bowels were apparently ripped open. He wen found in his cabin in a crying condition. Hanley •fought with a pen- knife. The report cu the crops of last year just issued by the Department of Agri- culture at Washington shows that tate season of 1880 in the States produced an abundance for the supply of all clomestio wants, and for all foreign demands liable to bo made during the year. Wheat had e much bettor season than in 1885, and with a larger breadth and a yield of 12,4 bushels por acro gives 100,000,000 bushels more than the previous Drop, sudioiont for a surplus larger than recent oxporta. tion. Oats had a yield of 26.4 bushels per acro, making an aggregate product of 624,134,000 bushels. Its volume was 5,- 000,000 bushels lose than that of last year, and its value per bustle] is 29.8 its. against 28.5 cants last year. Barley, rye and buckwheat made medium yield, and the report says that the year may be con- eiderod one of medium fruitfulness with prime low for most of the products of agriculture, �'-'n.usLCllt�71 fl'e'w st. AStratford girl wasfined9'1 foe abusive language. The IYLQR. have taken 8,0011 tons of MO from the 4Yaterford pond. ,e The ratopayere of Parry Sounid and .Parry harbor have declared 111 favor of amalgamation and incorporation as a town by an almost ttnanimotts vote. Themes Newman, a farmer's son, liv- ing on the 6011 con, of Romney, Essex County, was killed while engaged in tak- ing out timber for the Anchor Menufaot- uring Company, of Detroit, Mich. Ile felled a true whioh, when falling, struck e, limb off another tree.statullug by. The limb tell on kis ]lead, killing lune foe etantly. Number 31. T110 Dontildon 11' t':rnmeut has leaid• ed not to grant perrneisiou to the Queeue% Own pities and 111e 10111 .It+yid Scots of Montreal to visit England next summer to take part in the Queen's jubilee cele- bration. A Winnipegdeepatcli of Monday Bays that a yoke of oxen and a span of horoee were found o11 the prairie near Killarney, frozen to death, after the recent blizzard. Two morn who lett Killarney in company with bus altitude are missing, and it is feared that they have also bean frozen. '1'11e Bruce Publisher's Association has held Its annual meeting and chosen the following ciliates :—President, W. Kay, Chesley ; First Vioe-President, W. S. Johnston, Port Elgin • Second Vice- Presideitt, S. W. Crus, Wiartou ; Treas. hear, Joseph betas, Kim trdiite and Sec • rotary. Jederz et:phene, Walkerton. Legal pro,.uadingg Have beau taken against A L. Murray, peeve -elect for West Zorra, by .O. G. Murray, ex -Reeve, who was defeeto 1 at the municipal elec- tions. Murray, the defeated, claims that Murray, the elected, is disqualified on the ground that he is a License Commis- sioner,for North Oxford, Anumber of fanners of Dnnwioh town- ship have suooumbod recently to a very old swindle. It is done this way. The agent collo on the farmer, offers a sample of spring wheat for sale at 815 per bushel and promises to take the crop at $10 par bushel (the wheat is usually sold in 15 bushel lots), the farmer gives a note for the amount, and before the gentle spring opens the note is treneferred and sent in for collection and the termer pays 915 for wheat worth about 75 cents. A sainting uheraeter from Peel was in the village on .donday trying to invoet surplus wealth on the result of the elec- tion contest in S mth Wellington. Not finding many disposed to gamble on the result, Ito hailed a passing farmer with a load of hay and bet him that hie load did not contain the weight claimed. As the Granger had weighed his load and knew the weight of his sleigh, he tock the' wager, and the smart Alexander from Peel lost ti portion of his woaltl''.--Erin Advocate. incident 00enrrod on Cnmberi:t el,ot. one afternoon. Two young *+1 t< r,• l a grocery ,store and purchased b .. 1'1 ., ell. se, ate„ for lunch. Ooonf tee 1 u dart a on a has at tbo door toe t et nt eat leaned ,.intent- ally 1., •i bol ltd bomrd, on / wl11011 cues 1;,rti,:nt at, u£ various goods was tw.. , n tvitlt rb;111:. Niton ho rilnsh- � 2 - ed his Meet aml proceeded up street hi black car; 1:131•:• 4,4 111 eription of free 1 J 85e. gond le t .bb ages 5e r meas 86x.per' h 1 r..,+ goods,al-rp,po) nuts, beemen e. t , used goods, Ma. -Po 1 ss" Arthur Son r/ A. ease of interest to School Bertram recently came before Inspector Dearness, of Middlesex. It seems that one of the trustees of school No. 6, West Missouri, undertook to run the maohine alone. All through 1886110 never palled a meeting of the Board, but did the whole busineee himself, even to the calling of the annual meeting. Complaint was made to the Inspeeter, and after investigation ho de. aided that everything that had been done throughout the year was illegal, oedorod another meeting to be held, and it ap- pears that if anyone chooses they can make the trustee pay all moneys expend- ed during the year out of his own pocket. At the annual meeting of the Western Ontario Dairymen's Association, at Inger- soll, a resolution of oondolenee was ardor - ed to be engrossed and forwarded to the widow of cholate Henry Parker, of Wood - stook, formerly a vice-president of the Assooiatiou, on motion of Messrs. Cas- well and C.overdon. Following are the officers elected for this year :—Prosidonb, Thos. Seilantyne,M.P.P., Stratford; lei, \ioe, E. Caswell, Ingersoll ; 2nd 'vies, L. Oleverdon, Strathroy ; dirootors—R, Ololland, Liotoovol ; L, McCallum, Dun- ville ; F. Markham, Innerkip ; Wm. lieseer, Blaevele ; J. B. Lane, Dorchester; Win. Symington, Camlacbie ; Samos A'. Blain, Oooketown. Last week Wm. Higgins, drug cleric, and eon of Capt. Wiggins, of Woodstock, while handling a revolver accidently shot himself through or near the heart, and died shortly afterward. The Woodstock Sentinel-Roview has the following in re- gard to the tragic fete of young Biggins: Young Higgins had spent the evening at home, He and hie sisters had been singing in the parlor together shortly be- fore ho went up to his room to retire, a little after, 11. o'olock. A few minutes later a pistol shot was heard, and Mime - ho entered the bedroom of his fa. thee and mother adjoining and exclaimed: e I've shot myself." He was able to ex- plain that ho had been handling a revel - ver iwhen it went off acoidontlly, and in answer to a question said it would bo well to sand for a dootor. Ho souk upon the bed and was never able to speak again, dying lid 00 20 minutes afterwards. An examinations of the wound allowed that the ball had passed directly through the heart. Tho young man was pertly 1w - dressed, ale had taken off his (oat, vest and boots, when he evidently eat down open the bed to examine a revolver that he had kept ie. his room. The weapon was an old one. All the °bamnbers but one lied been empty, an(1 it fs supposed that ho had been attempting to tape the charge from thiswhen it went off. Mr. Higgins wen a young man of far moth than ordinaay 7ronei58, and a generalfa- vorito among his young aeeoeiatoe. Capp - tain Rigging' ma'family Vvbeen sorely afdieted of late. Two yenta ago another young 5011 harry, ahont,„6 roam old, was struck bye barn door" during a severe g storm and died two days nfterwat'cls. Last moonier the eldost Bon was cone. polled to go to Colored( in the ]lopes of regaining bit health. 0) I •5