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Locals- V. Coats.
Locals—Adam Geed,
Shawl loet—This OMee.,
Undertaking—R. Maleolm,
Change of bnsinese---D. A. Swale.
Dwelling for sale --W. B. Dickson.
!lending stone for stile W V, Kelly,
1 ay up—J. H. Young and J. G, Skene.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 2, 1887.
A convention for the County of
Huron Farmers' Institutes wilt be
held at Clinton toward the last of
this month when addresses are ex-
pected from Messrs. Wiman and
Butterworth on the all•absorbing
question of Commercial union.
That there will be a large attend.
anoe of farmers there is not the
slightest doubt and we would not
be surprised if the wide awake
yeoman of Huron would pass an um
animoua motion backing up the plan
submitted. Commercial union will
boom in this country and it will,
with many, be put ahead of mere
political lines and bo pushed vigor
ously by the bone and sinew of both
Canada and the United States.
The date of the Clinton meeting
will be announced as soon as ar-
rangements are perfected.
THE Russian are extending their
Asiatic territories in the direction
of Afghanistan. having annexed an
area of land on the river Murgbab.
This act will doubtless raise an anti
Russian excitement in England,
provided public attention is not too
much absorbed in the Irish question
to note what is passing in that
part of the world. It is 2. very ab
surd assumption that, because Rue.
sic is always on the lookout to
snap up any unconsidered trifle in
the way of territory adjacent to her
Asiatio domain, ebe would venture
to attack India. Overcoming a few
savage hordes IS a very different
matter from entering upon a strug-
gle which would extend over two
sad{perhaps three continents. Con.
sidering that England has just gob-
bled the rich and extensive empire
of Burmah, she can hardly protest
with a very good grace againet
Russian encroachment, so long as
they do not infringe upon her pos-
Tnr•. poor harvests in Outarie
ere, to a certain extent, offset by
the exceedingly favorable crop re -
porta from Manitoba. Previous
estimates as to the riebnese of the
yield are fully borne out by the Iat•
est detailed report:+ from different
looalitioe. It is asserted that the
wheat crop will certainly run from
twenty-five to thirty bushels per
acro, and other cereals in propor.
tion. On this Imola the amount of
surplus wheat for export is caleulat-
ed at 7,000,000 bushels. The pros-
perity of the Manitoba farmers will
benefit our merchants and manu-
facturers and partly compensate tor
the shortage in the Ontario crop.
What is wanted now in the west ie
a lower tariff of freight rates to that
half the price will not be consumed
in its transportation, The C. P. R.
will have to come to it before long.
They may have their owe way for a
while but the tables will turn,
Tare county of Essex, it would
seem, has declared itself in an in-
formal way in favor of commercial
union. At the harvest home of
South Colchester Agricultural So
piety Mr. Wiman and Mr. Butter
worth spoke iu favor of commercial
union. So, too, did the two mem-
bers, Mr. Patterson and Dr. Brien.
W. D. Balfour, the local represent.
alive for South Essex, and Lewis
Wigle, the former Tory repreeent
ative for that constituency iu the
House of Commons, were present
and spoke in the same view. At
the close of the meeting a resolution
in favor of commercial union was
carried witliont dissent. The views
expressed by the people of Essex
we Lave no doubt fairly reflect the
opinions of a vast majority in the
country upon this question. Of
course the Government of the Unit-
ed States might propose conditions
which would make the acceptance
of commercial union impossible.
We have no doubt that the people
of the United States are favorable
to commercial union, and unrestrict-
ed trade, with permission to nee
our fisheries and our canals upon
the eamo terms that we use them
ourselves, ought to secure very full
consideration in a division of the
customs duties between the two
countries.—Advertiser.
e., elleraal Nowa..
sessions "—
Chicago consumes 40,000 pies eyery day
for breakfast.
There are 90,000 church bells in 24,000
belfries in Spain.
Mrs, John Mackay limits herself to 104
dresses a year, poor dear!
During a storm at Dayvlle, Conn., hail
piled up in planes like snow banks.
M. Dubait, editor of the National, has
challenged M. Claretie to fight a duel.
The German Crown Prince and his
family left England on Wednesday.
Chinch bugs are greatly damaging
Drops in a number of counties in Illinois.
Japan possesses a professional humor-
ist named Iwku, His name, at least, is
fanny.
Watermelons are coming into the New
York market at the rate of about 75,000
a day,
Within the past 80 years missionaries
have formed and reduced t, writing over
40 languages.
There are in New York city about 180
women physicians. Half a dozen of them
make an income of $10,000.
Reports from Austria and Hungary
show that the wheat, rye and barley crops
are far above the average.
The census of Italy taken last Decem-
ber show a population of 29,943,607, an
increase of 248,822 singe 1885.
In the House of Commons, after a nine
hours' discussion, the vote for the Irish
constabulary was carried 107 to 50.
In Chicago a few days ago a Mr. Halter
married a Miss Rope, and the officiating
clergyman was the Rev. Mr. Knott. The
couple seem to be securely tied.
Everybody found smoking on the
streets of Saugutuok, Mich., during the
dry spell was liable to be arrested under
the orders of the village council.
There are at this moment inEurope no
less than 108 Princes of a marriageable
age, whilst of Princesses in a similerly
interesting position there are only 66.
A Russian engineer, M. Coslowiche,
claims to have invented a navigable bal-
loon. To avoid betraying his secret he
has had the different parts of his appar-
atus constructed in different countries of
Europe. The aerial machine in question
is said to be 200 feet long.
Tun Kincardine Reporter says :—
The Scott Act prohibits. There is
no doubt of this fact, so far as Kin-
cardine is concerned during the
past few days. Some of the betel
keepers were fined during the past
week. We uuderstaud that infor-
mation have been tai d egainet a few
of them again. If convictions fol
low it will be a fine of $100 each.
The hotel keepers iu the tune have
entered into a combination to close
their hotele and stables--tu mown
modate no person. The arriugc•
went came into effect ou Monday
morning. Some inconvenience
followed, notwithetauding this is
the season when farmer' are all
busy seeding and threshing and
not a great many are coiling• into
town. A few commercial men were
very bitter in their denunciation
of the action of the hotel keepers,
as they „had to find accommodation
at private houses. But this state
of affairs will not last long. It has
been tried in other places and never
lasted more than a few days. The
hotel keepers have a right to act as
they have done. Their act is not
an illegal one. Rut earth one Las
undertaken the experiment of "cut-
ting of his nose to spite his face."
The probability is that before this
isauo reaches all our subscribers the
combination will have broken
through. But let these men listen
to reason for a moment, It is il-
legal to sell intoxicating liquor.
Therefore neither you nor any per-
son else has a right to do so. If
you do not the penalty on convic-
tion is severe. You know that the
Scott Act is being enforced. Why
not then refuse to sell liquor, and
raise your rates ? We have good
hotels here. The accommodation
is first-class. If• $1 per day will
nob allow you to carry on a profit-
able business, make your figure
$1.50 or $2 per day, or whatever
figure in your opinion is right. The
temperance people are not incensed
at your conduct in closing the
hotels. They think you are acting
foolishly. Doubtless some of you
have now reaehed that conclusion
and regret having done se, Where
there is a demand for accommoda-
tion, it will be forthcoming. If you
refuse to supply the demand, some
person else will. Since the above
was put in type the hotels have all
been opened again. The combina-
tion only lasted two days.
Gov. Adams has telegraphed Secretary
Lamar asking him to mstrnot Gen.
Crook to send troops into Garfield and
Roubt counties for the purpose of driv-
ing- Cclorow and his band of renegades
back to the reservation and keeping him
there.
A neat little story comes from Watson
Springs, Ga., to the effect that during a
recent freshet a watermelon patch was
washed away up the river, and a citizen
saw half a melon floating along with a
good-sized pig sitting in one end and eat.
ung out of the other end as placedly as if
in re pen.
London 1s a great city. About 28 miles
of new streets are laict out each year ;
about 9,000 houses are (treated yearly;
about 500,000 houses are already erected;
about 10,000 strangers enter the city
each day ; about 125 parsons are added
daily to the population; about 120,000
foreigners live in the city ; about 120,000
paupers and beggars infest the city ;
about 10,000 police keep order; about
2,000 clergymen hold forth every Sunday;
about 3,000 horses die every week,
THE BRUSSELS POST
A statue of Garibaldi wee unveiled pit
Vicenza, Italy, on Wednesday, amid great
enthusiasm,
Cornelius Vander1Alt is about 40
years of age and worth certainly $76,000,-
000, perhaps $125,000,000.
Lord Lyon; will shortly resign the
Paris Embassy, and will probably be
succeeded by Sir Edward Millet,
Madrid papers:meow:co that the open.
ish Governtnent has acquired territory in
the lied Sea, Littoral, near Assnb Bay,
It is reported ou the London Stook
Exchange that a new Russian loan of
1t6,00b,000 has been negotiated in Paris,
Bain Jones reoeives $500 for three days
work at Round Lake, N. Y., during
whioh time he pre: whoa nine round ser-
mons.
An Ohio girl in a breach of promise
suit showed up and read 745 letters
written to her within a coursbip of 120
days.
The Duke of Connaugh has invested
the Khedive of Egypt with the Order of
the bath as a jubilee token from Queen
Victoria.
Lieutenant Sohwatka says he has seen
in Alaska huge mammoth tucks of fine
ivory in the cavo of which a man could
stand straight.
Much damage has been done by a tre.
mendous storm in the northern Provinces
of Spain, Railway communication with
France ie out off.
It is said that the convict population
of the United States, not counting the
rogues out of jail, is 64,340, or one to
every 930 inhabitants.
Advices from Tilsit state that the emi-
gration of Russian Jews to America has
been resumed with vigor. Large trains
pass Tilsit weekly on their way bo Bre-
men and Hamburg.
$abkoff was the first Russian editor to
send out a speoial "correspondent," and
the occasion of his doing so was the Ita-
lian revolution of 1859, The correspon-
dent was with Garibaldi.
The Belgian Government has demand-
ed an explanation from Germany of the
ill.breatment to which German soldiers
subjected four Belgian soldiers who had
unintentionally crossed the frontier,
The Mississippi river is lower than it
has been for 25 years, and only twice
since the records were kept has it had as
little water. The drought on its water-
shed has brought if to this low condi-
tion.
A steam omnibus is in use in Dresden.
The motive power ie applied to the bind
wheels, and is supplied by an upright
boiler and compound engine. It is used
in the streets for carrying passengers,
and will seat twenty.
The royalty on the "gospel songs" of
Moody and Sankey, publised by Revell,
of Chicago, tuts amounted to over $200,-
000. One of the fine seminary buildings
at Northfield, Mass., was built entirely
with the proceeds of these songs.
A Pittsburgh street ear driver says
that his horses suffer severely on Sundays
from the flies. because on that day there
are so few horses on the streets that
those that draw the cars are about the
only ones on which the dies can dine.
Little Rock, Ark., boasts of a 7 -week.
old piokaninni which can say "pa, ma,
get out and let me alone, put out the
lights, eta" Arkansas also has au old
turtle which doesn't move when a live
coal is placed on its back, if 8enator
Harris is to be believed.
Perhaps one of the most primitive of
independent kingdoms is the little island
of Johanna, in the Comoro group. The
Sultan boards any ship that may call
there and endeavors to secure the wash-
ing for his wives, whilst the Prime Mi.
meter peddles cocoanuts and bananas.
The eight longest rivers in the world,
According to the calculations of Major-
General A. Von Tibia, are as follows :—
Miseouri-Misaissippi, 4,194 miles ; Nile,
4,020; Yangtae-Elang, 8,188; Amazon,
3,068 ; Yenesai•Scanga, 2,950; Amur,
2,960 ; Congo, 2,888; Maokenzie, 2,888.
John Fleming, of Windsor, N. S., is the
owner of a dnok hatched this season a
cross between a semi -tame and tame
fowl which is provided with four wings,
the two extras. standing out ab right
angles from the body, when the other
wings are spread out they unite with
these, the quartet having Otho appearance
of two large wings.
On Monday morning as a freight train
on the Cleveland 61 Marietta railway
neared Oldham's trestle the bridge was
seen to be on. fire. The engineer called
for brakes, but as the train hands thought
it was too late to save the train several of
them jumped, Fireman Adams was
probably fatally injured. The jumping
train men were severely injured. The
engine and all the train except three oars
passed over the trestle, sixty feet of which
fell with the last three cars, dropping
them 47 feet. Cause of fire unknown.
Baron .Nathaniel Rothschild has been,
ordere6 to leave 'ttlnnl,L for making inanit-
Ing remarks about the Archduke Medea
Louis, brother of the Emperor.
The Government of New South Wales
having offered 800,000 acree of land to
any missionary society that will under-
take to civilize the natives, the Pope luta
directed that immediate attention bo paid
to the offer in order to forestalProtesbput
societies,
A torpedo company is now utonufao-
tnring for the United States Government
three fifteen -inch pneumatic guns of
bronze, with 40 -foot knight of barrel,
each ealoulabed to fire a shell containing
a ton of dynaniits a inile, half a ton two
miles, 500 pounds three miles, and so on,
with reasonable accuracy and safely to
crew, ship and guns. The tremendous
explosive force of snail a projective would
be sufficient to blow any warship into
atoms or shatter the walla of a coast
town if dropped anywhere in proximity.
The bones of the discoverer of America
are to be ones more removed, as if they
had not yet earned rosb. When Colum•
bus died, he first found a resting place
at Valladolid. But it was not for long,
in seven years his remains were takon to
Seville, and in 1536 across the ocean to
Hayti, where they were deposiaed in the
Cathedral of San Dominigo. In 1796 it
was thought to be high time that the
bones of Columbus were disturbed again,
and they were taken to Havana, in Cuba.
Now, after a further. rest of 101 years, a
further transfer—let us ]rope the last—is
to be made, and Genoa, the navigator's
birth -plane, will finally claim its own.
P✓l Y YOUR DEBTS.
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Ste Leon Analysis.
Chloride of Sodium 077.4782 grains
„ „ Potassium 18.6170
„ Lithium 1.6147
„ Barium .6099
• Strontium .5075
„ „ Calcium ,3.3338
„ Magnesium59.0030
Iodide „ Sodium .2479
Bromide of Sodium .8158
Sulphate of Lime .0694
Phosphate of Soda .1699
Bi -Carbonate of Lime29,4406,
„ Magnesia 82.1280
„ Iron .6856
Alumina • .5830
Silica 1.8694
,Density 1.0118
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I hereby certify that I have analyzed a
sample of "St. Leon Water,” taken from
the bulk from the store cellars in Montreal,
and I am able to confirm the general re-
sult of the analysis published by Dr. T.
Sterry Hunt, F. R. S., published in the
report of the Geological Survey, 1863 ;
also the analysis of Prof. C. F. Chandler,
of Columbia College, New York, made in
1876. (Signed). Send BAEEa EpwAEDs,
Ph. D., D. C. S., P. C. S., and Ex -Pro.
feasor of Chemistry and Public Analyist.
Adam Good,
Agent, Brussels.
CHANGE OF BUSINESS
CORSETS BY STEAM' M' POWER !
On account of the increasing trade of our Celebrated Constitutional Corsets and
which requires our whole attention and necessitates more commodious premises we
have decided to drop the Panay Goods and Berlin Wool trade and confine ourselves
exclusively to the Manufacture of Corsets, consequently we will, during the Next 60
Days, run off our well assorted stock to make room for Stearn Power, Additional
Machines and Operatives.
BUY YOUR FANCY GOODS AND WOOLS NOW AND YOU WILL
SAVE MONEY
1f desired the stook will be Sold Eau Bloc, Brussels furnishing a first-class opening
for the same. Stock can be viewed and particulars obtained on application.
D. ✓l. SJtf'4 LE,
STEAM CORSET WORKS.
P. S.-2 or 4 more Good Agents Wanted at Once. Some of our Agents are clear-
ing $25.00 per month,
SEPT. 2, 1b87
R. MALCOLM
'UNDERT
THE PEOPLE'S
ER & FUNERAL DIRECTOR
is prepared to furnish Funerals on Short Notice.
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He is also prepared to do Temporary or Artereal Embalming.
CASKETS, COFFINS, ROBES. ETC.,
kept constantly on hand. Coffins delivered Free.
FIRST - CLASS HEARSE.
ARTISTIC FURNITURE
in Anoient and Modern Styles Made to Order. A. complete stock of
Furniture always on hand.
R. MALCOLM, Proprietor.
Wilson's Block, Next Door to Woolen Mill, Brussels. Residence,
Up -Stairs.
Dan. Ewan has removed his Blacksmith business from Hunter's
Old Stand to the
New Queen's Shoeing and Carriage Shops,
Opposite the Queen's Hotel Stables.
No change the laws of Nature know
Unalterably fixed are they ;
They were, and are, and will be so
The past the future as to -day.
1
But thelaws governing. the destinies of nations or individuals ' i" • •
must ever change to suit the exigencies of the hour and so Dan.
Ewan, General Blaeltsinith, finding his rapidly increasing business
demanding.a.more central location has made the above change, r
where with increased facilities, good assistants, and strict attention
to business he hopes to retain all his old customers and merit the
patronage of many more.
From the Carriage malting Department he can guarantee vehicles
of all descriptions in first-class style, on shortest notice, and cheap
as the cheapest, as he will have in connection the well known car-
riage wood -workers, Messrs. Walker & Humphries, whose work in
this line cannot be excelled, while
Every description of Blacksmith work
will always be attended to. Horsoshoeing will be made in the fut-
ure as it has been in the past—a Specialty.
GIVE US A CALL at the New Qtteen's Shoeing and Carriage
Shops, Opposite Queen's Hotel Stables.
SATISFACTION
GUARANTEED.
D. EWAN.
CARD OF lit A,N S_
To the people of Brussels and vicinity, I would tender my sincere
thanks for their kind patronage in the past and would respectfully
solicit a continuance of their confidence by giving me a chance to
still further merit it, in the New Queen's Shoeing and Carriage
Shops. Remember the place—opposite the Queens Hotel Stables
Yours respectfully, DAN. EWAN.
VY