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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1887-9-30, Page 1Volume 18. Commercial Union. Iltiron Farmers Pronou- nce Unanimous IY In HS Favor. The attendance at the Commeroi Union meeting at Clinton on Tumuli, was not as large as wile expected, still it was thoroughly representative, farmers from all portions of the county being present. The chair was occupied by John Rnnsford, of the Stapleton salt works, a prominent and influential Con- servative, who in his remarks expressed hie warm approval of the Commeroial Union and by his prosanoe allowed that it was not a political movement. Messrs. Fuller and Shaw, of Hamilton, were un- avoidedly absent. Dr. Goldwin Smith made a speech of one hour's duration, in whioh he cleanly showed the general ad- vantages that would ensue to Canada by the adoption of Commercial Union, whish praotioally meant Unrestricted Raoiprooity or absolute Fres Trade be- tween Canada and the United States. Since the discussion had arisen ho found that objeobions to its adoption came mainly from three classes : 1. Some of tbo protected manufacturers, who feared competition with the Americans. 2. Tha banks, upon whose capital these manu- facturers were working. 8. A few of the wholesale men. Proceeding in his re- marks, be showed that although the farmers were not poor or hard up, their future was not as bright as it might bo, because of competition with India, a little additional prosperity would not hurt them. Be believed the opening of the American market would prove of al- most inestimable benefit to them, and with the exception of a few manufactur- ers he was satisfied that Commercial Union would be for the very best mater- ial interests of Canada, C 8 The allegation that tit would injure our relations with Great Britain, he thought, would have no foundation. He was as warmly at- tached to the Motherland as any man in Canada and would espouse no cause that would interfere with those relations. Commercial Union, he firmly believed, would prevent a political union. The county members, Dr. Maodonald, M.P., East Huron, and John McMillan, M.P., i South Huron, being present were palled upon and spoke at some length on the various advantages whioh they believed would ensue from the adoption of this principle. The following resolution was then carried unanimously by a show of hands : Moved by John Fianna, seconded by Dr. Coleman, "That in the opinion of this meeting Commercial Union with the United States, by giving eaoh industry a fair field and no favor, by widening our buying and selling markets, and by re. moving all restrictions from our conti- nental trade, would inorease our nation- al prosperity, and we urge upon the Gov- ernment of Canada to take anon steps as in their good judgment will most speedily accomphsh this result" The seconder of this resolution is a pronounced Oon- servative, a salt manufacturer, and among the audience were others of the same political proclivities. BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, SEPT. 30, 1887. went to bat first, facing good bowling by H. Dennis and D. C. Boss. The fielders wero also on the alert and took in every- thing that same to them, consequently 84, the scorn for the innings, was not bad. J. nl Kitchen made the nearest approach to Y double figures when he batted for 9 runs. The Vioo.President's eleven m their innings totalled 81, M. MaLonnan souring 12 of the number. The bowling of J. Rosa and J. Kitoben was on the wicket all the way through. In the 2nd innings the more looked soaleyq for the President until Rev. W. T. Olufl put 17 together very nicely: Tho more book showed 44 for the innings, and a grand total of 78. Dennis Olean bowled 5 of the batsmen in the 2nd innings and D. 0. Ross got 2 wickets. S. H. Laird got 12 in the 2nd innings for the Vice -President but the other members of the eleven fell an easy prey to the destructive bowling of Ross and Kitchen, the former being credited with 5 wickets and the latter with 4. The innings totalled 28, making the grand total 59, or 10 behind their opponents. Owing to the absence of several players substitutes were pubon, as is shown in the following score :- 14 �y1+� �I L. Wm. O'Brien. Jailed. The trial of William O'Brien under the Crimes Act, which was held at Mitchell - town, was concluded last Saturday. The awned was found guilty and sentenced to three months imprisonment. Notice of appeal was given. Immediately after sentence had been pronounced against Mn. O'Brien on the first charge l,o was planed on trial on the second charge. This was of the same nature as the other. Upon this he was also found guilty and sentenced to three months imprisonment, the toren to be conourrent with the other. Mr. O'Brien appealed from both judgments and was liberated on bail. Mr. O'Brien, when he emerged from the courtroom after the trial, was receiv- ed with an ovation by a largo crowd, which had assembled to testify their ap- proval of his course, Mr. O'Brien spoke brilliantly, notwith- standingfroquent interruptions by the court, and was frequently applauded. He asserted that his advice prevented evic- tious, and that 100 tenants in Mitohells. town now possessed homes who would have been -homologs if hie advice had not been adopted. Tho suppression of Con- stable Sullivan's honest report showed the moque adopted to secure oonvietion. He preferred breaking law with John Hampden and George Washington to obeying law whioh Capt. Plunkett and Standish O'Grady aclministorod. Per- sonally he felt very proud of being one of a long lino of men who make the prison cell a glorious and holy plass. Possibly he himself would bo thb last of that long line, for the English nation, to whioh a last appeal must be made, would reverse the deoiaion pronounced and declare it 110 longer a orime to defend the homes and assort the liberties of the Irish people. Mr. O'Brien justified his defense of the Kingstown tenants on the ground that the evictions against them were oommonoed on the eve of the passage of the Land 13i11, and thus an attempt was made to defraud the poor, wretoned tenants of the benefits of the measure. Ho admitted that he had advised the tenants not to give up without resistance and that he had doolarod that before God and man they were justified in defending their homes. Crleket Match. rnE81hayT vs. v300-0so97nr.NT. On Tne8day afternoon a Cricket match Was played by an eleven, oaptainod by the President of the :Brussels cricket 1undeclub (E. E. Wade) and a' litre number r Ilio supervision of D. C. Bose tl n t , to Vico:Preedon°, The President's side FnrsmNNT's EL0v3N. lstlnning& Mad Innings. Kitchen,.b D. hoes 9 b D. Ross 0 Waterer, b Donnie, o Grant 1 bDennis 0 J. Ross,b D. Ross d run out 8 McNaughton, b Dennis 1 b Dennis, o Oluff, b D. Roes, a Den- 0LDennis, o Ws 7 Co,eloy 17 Currie, not out - 0 b Dennis 8 Wade 0 Dennis ..... 1 b Dennis 8 Nightingale,.0 Dennis. 0 D. Ross 2 o McLennan 0 DrlBht, run out 0 b Dennie ......... 0 P. S. Scott, (sub.) b & o b Dennis ...,..... 1 Donnie 0 Wade, (nub.) 1 b w, b J. Ross. (nib.) Dennie Extras 0 Extrasut 0 Total 04 - Total 44 Grand total 78. VI0E•rnEernBNT'9 rat syZN, 1st Innings. 9nd Innings. Laird, b J. Bon 2 b Kitohon 19 Jenkins, h Kitchen, a run out 0 J.McLennan, b Kitchen, 2 b J. Ross 4 o Laird (sub.) 12 Dennis, b Kitchen. c b Kitchen ...... 8 Laird (sub.) 0 Hargreaves, b Kitoben b J. Ross 0 o J. Rose f, Veal, b Kitoben 0 b J, hoes.......,. 0 Grant, b J. Rose, a not out 1 Kitchen 0 - D, Rose,0 Kitoben, o b Kltolten ...... 7 Dennis (sub.) 0 Oousloyy, rue out ,.....,1 b d o J. Ross... 2 Jonee, b & o J. Rose 0 b Kitchen 1 nauelaug¢, not out 0 b J. Rose 0 Extras 1 Extras......,,.,,. 4 Total- 31 - Total 28 Grand total . 57. A Trip to the West. DEAR San.—Ws will now say a word or two about the climate of the North Weeb. Some parties who would like to settle there are greatly oxeroised over the dis- couraging reports that are heard from time to tiuio, suoh ae the severity of the winter, summer frosts, hail storms, de. vaatatiou of grasshoppers, and the Im- purity of the water. There is no doubt that the winter is very cold, but ib must be remembered that, situated far inland, being more than 1,000 miles from the sea, oonsoquentty the atmosphere is clear and dry and not so penetrating ae the damp, pisroing winds which we in Ontar- io experience from the east. Some of the settlers maintain that they have en- dured more oold on the sea coast in the Old Country. People are not to be blam- ed if they aro a little skeptical about the country, when they hear of the frost penetrating twelve feet into the ground, the rivers frozen to the bottom, and the terrific blizzards that occasionally sweep across the plains. No doubts these things aro true to a certain extent. I understand that the ground is frozen from five to twelve feet, according to the nature of the soil, but the great depth of frost is supposed to be advantageous to the Drops in summer, by keeping the ground moist and cool during the warm and invariably dry summer. The oold need not terrify anyone. As a rule farmers do little in winter but attend to their stook and pro- vide fuel. In some parts there is no wood but plenty of coal, and although the price is high it will decrease as railway faoilitios increase. In some parts the water is not very good, but generally there is plenty to be got by digging for it. John McMillan, formerly well known around Walton, and now living near Winnipeg, has one of the finest over- flowing wells I havo ever seen. Ho bored it 45 foot and inserted an iron tubo, and a stream of pure cold water issued from it all the time, until the anthoritios in- terfered and ordered himto shut it up except when needed, as it was flooding the place too muds. There does not aeon to be any diflioulty in getting good water by digging from 15 to 50 feet, Not- withstanding the many deleterious things that have been said about the country the people living there seame to be as healthy, happy and prosperous as those in Ontario. If the winter is sold they prepare for it and clothe themselves ac- cordingly. They have a great advantage Overns in the Spring, for as a rule Spring opens two weeks earlier than here, and as soon as a few inches of the ground is free from frost, the seed oan ibe put in. From this time, on through the summer, rho weather is very ploaeant, the air clear and bracing, unopprosaivo nittlggy weath- er. It is very warm at times during the rho day. brit cool and pleasant at night. Of mimeo the climate is uncertain, as ono night's frost in summer will blight all a farmor's hopes, but it has done rho same in Ontario, Thorn aro nn00rtain- itios wherever wo go, but as the .soil gets bettor mixed up and well cultivated there will bo loss danger of summer frosts. If we do our ditty to lbs bust of our knowledge and ability wo aro not likely to want. Having food and rain - meet, let us therewith be content. Walton, Sept. 28, JAini0 t currIB. r Thistle. vs. Yolnnteor. Hall the battle for the possession of the America's oup was neon on Tuesday, when General Paine's handsome sloop yacht Volunteer defeated the Soobah out- ter Thistle by 10 min. egg sec. over the 38 -mile course of the New York Yaeht Club. It has been generally understood that the Thistle wan a yacht to be feared in light breezes, but Tuesday's rape has shown conclusively that the Volunteer is more than is match for her. The first eleven miles of the course, from the start off buoy 18 to the southwest spit was all windward work in light, variable breezes and against the flood tide. In this work the Volunteer was admirable handled by Oapt. Hoff and Joe Ellsworth, beating her rival 17 min. 35 eco. From here to Sandy Hook lightship, 101 miles, both laid their courses with the wind, at times aapoint free, and the Thistle was beaten 2 min. 21 sen. Baok to the south- west Spit it was a "reach," and from there to the finish dead before the wind, the Thistle gaining 1 min. 26d sec. Such a flotilla of steamers and sailing Drafts has never been seen in Now York Bay as that assembled at the start snd which later accompanied the two giant "single. stickers" over the oourae. Steamships. and steamboats, steam yachts, launches and tugs of all description, eaoh carried its quota of enthusiastic admirers of the contestants, and it is estimated that 80.000 people witnessed the race from their desks. So eager ware the captains to give their passengers a good view that they not only ran the risk of collision witha t o choker b the. ' u rte sly—in some oases shamefully—impeded n y seriously—in the pro- gress of the races. There was anything but a promising outlook for a good yacht- ing day at 8:30 a.m., when Commodore Gerrie's steam yacht Electra, the flag ship, left her anchorage off East 26th street for the starting point, Owl's Head, L.I. A thiok haze, almost a fog, hung over the river and there was not wind enough to blow the flags out at the yaohte' mastheads. Nops.—The second heat had not been sailed at the time of going to press. Wingham District. The financial meeting of this district Wile held in the Methodist church, Wing. ham, commencing at 9 a.m., on Wednes- day, Sept. 14, Bev. D. C. McDowell pre- siding. All the ministers and most of the laymen appointed were present. Ar- rangements were made for holding the missionary meetings and appointing de- putations to address each meeting ; also for holding educational meetings, whioh is usually done by looal aid. The following are the amounts requir- ed by assessment from each circuit for the Superannuated Ministers' Fund:— Wingham, und:Wingbam, 566.64 ; Teeswater, 551.80 ; Wroxeter, 540.41; Brussels, 557.88 ; Wal- ton, $47 ; Londesboro', 560.57 ; Blyth, 559.21; Auburn, $55.53: Balgrave, 540.. 97; Bluevale, 588.25 ;. total, 5523.91. At 8 p. m. tho finanoial provision for the college federation scheme was dis- oussed, Of the 5450,000 required 532,000 was apportioned to the Guelph Confer- ence, and this district has been given 52,620 to raise, which was sub -divided as follows :—Wingham, 5330 ; Teeswater, $255 ; Wroxeter, 5281; Brussels, 5290 ; Walton, 5240 ; Londesborc', 5202 ; Blyth, 5295. Auburn, $280 ; Balgrave, 5205 ; Bluevale, 5190. The above apportionments wars unani- mously accepted by the representatives. The subject of federation was then thor- oughly and clearly presented by Dr. Potts, secretary of education ; Rev. Dr. Dewart, editor of Christian Guardian, and Rsv, J. Hannon, president of the conference. Moved by Rev. A. E. Smith, of Wrox- eter, seconded by Andrew Morrison, of Walton—"In view of the foot that steps aro being taken to repeal the Scott Act in this county, we, the laymen and min- isters of this district, desire to express our very strong reprobation of the repeal movement, and pledge ourselves to do our utmost, not only to hold rho ground which by hard labor wo have gained, but also to push forward to much more stringent legislation, with a view to totally sup- pressing the trafdo, feeling that the so- called failure of the Scott Aot is mush owing to weakness in the Ad itself as to ineffoionoy in the enforcement. At the same time we gratefully aoknowlodge tho bet ter provision whioh has lately boon made for the carrying out of the law." Carried unauimously. A largo meeting was addressed in the ,evening on college federation by Revs. Drs. Potts and Thwart and Bev. J. Han- non, and the movement received a fresh impetus. Huron. County Notes. Mrs. Boeehler, wife of the proprietor of Boeohler'e Mike, a few miles up the Maitland River from Goderioh, was acci- dentally drowned. H, I. Strang, Principal of the Godo - rich High Sohool, was re0ently resent- ed with a costly silver service by the pupils and ex -pupils of the sobool, Capt. Finlay Macpherson, of Godeerich, returned from Chioago, having disposed of his interest in the Midland Rover. Tho name of the boat has been changed to the Philo Scobel, of Detroit, For some time past several of the act. ive workors in one of the Clinton &lurch- es havo boon receiving anonymous letters containing the most scurrilous language, and oritioieiog very unjuably the motives and actions of tufo receivers, Number 12, 3Pertih County Notes. An Ellice farmer sold a bear oub to Barnum when in Stratford. An opera house to seat 800 is being built in Mitchell by private enterprise. Stratford Court of Revision has struck off 511,750 from the aesossor's roll, 1w/ - the amount 52,711,525, Adam Keay, a Stratford boy, broke his leg in two pieces on Friday while trying to mount a bioycle. Ald. H. A. Jameson, who lovanted from Stratford some weeks ago, is in Kaoline City with his family. While booking his horse out of a barn at Tavistook, A. Waddel, teamster, of Stratford, was crowded against a post with such force as to break his left arm. Stark ,0.c Jewell, bakers, of Mitchell, have assigned. It is asserted that Stark left the plane suddenly with considerable, if not all of the firm's funds, and that as soon as Jewell heard of it be assigned. On Thursday morning P. M. Nichol, Postmaster of St. Marys, fell down stairs breaking his collar bone and two of his ribs. He is recovering as rapidly es can be expeoted under the circumstances. Union No. 9, Bricklayers and Masons, Stratford, ,has chosen the following of- ficers :—Pres., Geo. Cooke ; Vioe-Pres. W. Poole ; Cor. Seo'y, 0. Thos. Cooke ; Fin. Seo'y. John Dinwoodie, sr.; Treas. J. B. Meyer ; Cond. John Grant; Warden, Geo. Stagg; Deputy, Samuel Snazel; Alter- nate, C. Jacobs. On June 10th, 1888, Miss Bernie Alex. ander, now attending the Toronto Nor. mal school, loot her watch on Market street, Stratford. It was discovered in the possession of an East Zorra farmer named Ed. Dennis the other day and has been forarde w dtoMiss Alexander. Den- nis refused toive it g up until threatened with legal proceedings. Robert Kerr, of Stratford, was found dead in his bed by his wife the other morning. Deoeased has been s resident of that city for the past three years, and was employed on the Grand Trunk plat. form, About two months ago he scoured a situation in the employ of the company at Point Edward, and intended to remove there ou the morning of his death. Stratford Beason ;—James Kennedy has in his garden a two-year-old pear tree, five feet ten inches high, whioh this year bore twelve beautiful pears ayerag. ing nine and one half inches in eironm- ferance and five inches in height. The little prodigy ie only two and one half inches in oiroumference and the bearing Limbs only measure half an inch around. The tree seems perfectly healthy and prepared to bear two dozen next year. The Listowel bribery cavo, arising out of the election for the Legislature in North Perth, collapsed at the Stratford Assizes. Henry Leslie was arraigned obarged with conspiring to deprive Tory electors of their votes, but the naso was laughed out of Court, Judge Armour holding that a conspiracy to deprive an elector of his vote could Dome to nothing without the oonsenb of that elector, and his agreeing to the proposal. The case therefore never went to trial. In the case of Hallook, charged with paying money to further the election of George Hess, the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty. The allegation of the prase - enters was that Hallook offered money to Tory voters, intending to swear them on their attempting to vote. It was a clever. ly concocted theory, but the jury took no stook in it. Northwest Note*. Indications are that there will be good business done throughoutIlirtle district this coming winter. There are a number of buyers going through the Province purchasing potatoes for the eastern markets. Quite a largo number of people are giv- ing up their houses to live in well -heated tenements during the winter. Large quantities of Ontario fruit are being imported. Fruit is cheaper in Winnipeg this season that it has ever been before. Stewart Tupper has been added to the list of counsel representing the plaintiffs in the Dominion vs. Provinoial Govern- ment. A very valuable consignment of furs was made ready for shippmiug to Mont- real the other day by the Hudson Bay Co. Tho value of the consignment is nearly 5250,000. Indian farmers in tho Northwest Territories have done remarkably well this year, and those of Crooked Lake will be keen competitors at the forthcoming agricultural convention. It is said that a good many of the young Wihnipeggers who left here for San Diego and other Californian towns in search of big fortunes, now wish they were bask in Winnipeg. The first carload of potatoes to the east from Nswdale this Beason was shipped to Hamilton, Ontario, by J. L. Cook. Moro to follow, They are a heavy crop around Newdalo this season. Mr. Hilliard, Dominion Agent, states es that his returns last week wore the largest ho has had for a longtime, owing to bhp throwing open of abandoned pre- emptions as homesteads at 1liinnsdosa. Some business men of Cartwright have been dealing in London bank bills and have ascertained to their sorrow that the deal will not pan out as expected. So says a correspondent. They may met easy, however. The bills aro now at par, The Mormon settlement, whioh the pa - pore have boon describing as being near Medicine Hat, is about 40 miles ma - west of Lethbridge. Tho settlement is hard at work building homes, ate. Tho have 00 acres of grain, besides excellent root crops. Wm, Lawson, of Virden, threshed for Richard Tapp, of 27, 11, 26, 775 bushels of wheat, the production of 15 aures, showing a yield over 51 bushels per acre. Mr. Tapp expeosed 40 bushels per more, hub was agreeably disappointed in getting over fifty. The Galt mines at Lethbridge aro naw running night and day, and aro getting out over 400 tons of coal every 24 hours. The company is putting up a large number of snow fences and getting their rolling stook and Brack in good condition for their heavy fall traffic. Lady Maodonald, Miss Macdonald, Miss Cox, Aliso, Atkins and Miss Mc - Thereon vacated the.private car Jamaica at Regina and stopped at Government Horse, They leave for the east at once. They will probably be accompanied by Lieutenant -Governor and Airs. Dowdney. Coroner Benson shows a fine sample of sweet potatoes wlucb he grew is his own garden. He planted the seed in the spring like other potatoes. One potato exhibited weighed half apound, while the others were considerably smaller. This is another feather in the agrioeltural cap of Manitoba. The wolves are getting very bold in Russell, and we frequently hear of sheep being carried off by them. They are bo - ginning to hunt in paoks, and a pack of 17 were seenthe other day. Steps will hove to be taken to rid the country of them if sheep industry is to succeed. G. L. Smellie sent to Ontario for 400 sheep. In order to convince the public that the Canadian anthracite coal is equal to the imported article, H. G. MoMiokeu has put up a baseburner in his offoe for the purpose of testing it. Machinery is now being putlinto the mines and by the first of November all sizes, pea, nut, stone and grate will be prods ed and planed in the market. A scarcity of house acoomodation is reported from several towns ku the Pro- vince. The demand is, certainly an en- couraging sign. At Portage Ia Prairie, where many farmers move into town for the winter, especially to secure education- al facilities for their children. there is not a vacant house to let. A similar state of affairs exists in Rapid pity. A demand has sprung up lately for cultivated farm lands, several sales wero made throughout the district, the result of the recent farmer's exosrsion from Ontario. Major-General Wilkinson spent a few days here last week and wan BO pleased with the country that he pur- chased two farms close to town for friends to arrive from England shortly, and has negotiations pending for purchases of other farms in the vicinity. A large business was done last year in exporting hogs, but this season it is said that there will not be any. This is so- oounted for by the fact that the big sup. ply last season reduced the price, and the majority of farmers did not think the business remunerative enough to contin- ue in it. As a natural result the supply is very limited this year, and it is feared that there will hardly be enough for home oonsumpbion. Prices havo also risen steadily. There are many oases of typhoid fever in Winnipeg just now. What to attribute the disease to is a question. upon whioh there is muob diversity of opinion. A. prominent civil engineer states that cer- tain wells in the city show evidence of sewage contamination. One pump at the corner of Notre Dame and Arthur streets in public use, has been reported as unfit for use by the public analyst, and such being the case, it is natural to suppose that others are in a like condition, Messrs. SprouleBros, bays, it is under- stood, the contract for constructing the Northwest Central Railroad, and the work will be commenced at once. Fifty miles will probably be built from Bran, don this fall. The line will run from Brandon to Rapid City and then west. J. 0. Sproule has Left for Brandon to superintend the work. He was accom- panied by a large number of men. En- gineers Forrest and Telford, and a num. leer of surveyors also left for the scene of operation, The fishing business of Port Arthur is becoming quite an important branch of industry. Over two thousand dollars worth of fresh fish are brought in every week from the grounds in the bay, and along the coast from Silver Islet to Ne. plgon, by the Northern Fish Company and the firm of A.. Booth da Sons. Tho greater portion of the oargo is shipped to the United 'States, principally to .9t. Paul. The shipments include pike aver. aging twelve pounds, white -fish from eleven to twelve pounds, sturgeon from seventy-five to eighty pounds, ,and red salmon -trout from . forty:five to fifty pounds. Canadian News. Hamilton had eight oases of diphthe- ria last weep. There aro nosy about 800 men working ou the Guelph Junction Railway. Fires nave caused great damage near Ashdod and Killalo0, in Renfrew Counby, Duncan Campbell, swell-Imown farm. or Of Southwold Township, has commit. ted suicide. Hearing of the Dominion injunction case at Winnipeg has been enlarged un- bil•Ootober 7th. The body of Thomas Campbell, a Grey county farmer drowned during the Tor•' onto Fair week, Inas boon found in the Bay. '4hvo ohil1rou and a woman in East Plamboro' have boon Trilled by the ad. ministration of morphine in mistake for quinine. . While. crossing the Bally .River at Loithbridg0 on Sunday a boat ootttin- ing Mrs. Main and hon tsvo daughters, aged 8 and 0,upset and the two children wero drowns. " A Lbvis man proposes to build a bridge across the St. Lawrence at Quebec. A reward of 525 is offered for the oon- viobion of any one tampering with the wires of the Great Northwestern Tele- graph Company. The Women'e Christian Temperance Union, London, took in 5900 during Fair wook at their refreshment booth on the Exhibition ground. Major Wilson, of A. Battery, Kingston, has been presented with the Star of the Khedive of Egypt for distinguished ser- vice in the Soudan war. The Coroner's jury in the mysterious Priestmau case at Toronto returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown. The offioitle of the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa state that the pre- cautions taken against tho introduction of cholera are very stringent. Surveyors have commenced work on the Northwest Central Railway at Bran- don. Tboy stay 50 miles of the road will be in operation by Christmas. It is now stated that owing to the re- cent trouble with the Salvation Army at Quebec, proceedings are to be taken at once to test its constitutionality. The first number of the Montreal Daily News is to be issued on the let of Oc- tuber. Mr. Beeugrand has, 'ft is stated, put 525,000 into the undertaking. The barns of A. McDougall, P. M., Wallaoeburg, were destroyed by fire early Saturday morning, supposed to be the work of anti -Scott Act incendiaries. A circular has been issued by the C.P. R. forbidding trainmen in future, und- er penalty of dismissal, from buying up butter and eggs and other produce along the line and taking them to Toronto for sale, thus entering into competition with dealers. Mins Maggie Bitola, of Bridgetown, N. B., recently wrote a letter to her brother upon a. postal card as a joke. Itcon- tained 2,000 words, and the writing, al- though microscopic as may be imagined, was so well executed that it could be read with the naked eye by a person of good eyesight. Jas. Bell, of Bell's Lake, Glenelg, Ont., has lately fallen heir to a snug 520,000, left by bis brother.in-law, Mr. Bunting, who lately died in Philadelphia. Mr. Bunting was one of the wealthiest and most philanthropic men in Philadelphia, having given away prior to his death for benevolent purposes over 5100,000. At Oakville, on Wednesday, a swarm of bees went on the warpath is searcb of spoil. They took possession of a kitchen on Navy street and drove the young lady ooeupants into a garrst. But they were soon out-generalled. The mistress of the bougie seized a milk pan and a roll- ing pin, took up her position in the book yard, and raised each a din that the swarm fled in dismay. The man of the house witnessed the affair from the safe interior of the stable, and gave his wife good moral support by indulging in a fit of ohnokling. Tha hummers next invad- ed a neighboring kitchen, where the mistimes was making jelly. They cleared the field in 0 second and luxuriated in a surfeit of jam. It requires considerable dexterity bo fight off a swarm of bees. "Ricardo" is a humorous contributor to the Guelph Herald, and this is how be =bosoms himself in Saturday's issue : "Our country cousins will swarm in next week. They will be here to visit the great Central Exhibition. We may get a pumpkin or two, a basket of apples or a jar of cream in consideration of board- ing and lodging them, and then again we may not. Most likely not. In getting even the residents of the rural districts display too magnanimous a spirit by far. If Amelia happens to go into the country for a day or two a representative from the other side is sure to come and atop a week. I wouldn't mind it so much if I hadn't to roost in the bunk when this reoiprooating operation is going on, Bunks are not comfortable things to sleep in. Only (t feeling of the most pro- found patriotism and generosity keeps me from protesting beforehand against the treatment that will bo accorded mo next week," The followfng resolution of the Simeon district meeting of the Methodist Ohuroh, held in Hagorsvillo last Thursday, ex. presses the views of that body on the re- peal of the Scott Act in Norfolk county —"Whereas, ib hat Dome to our know- ledge that a campaign has been ivaugur. abed by the anti -prohibitionists, for the repeal of the Scott Act in the county of Norfolk ; and whoroas, we the members of this district meeting, rocraasnting the Methodism of said oounty,' as well as a portion of the adjoining counties, believe and look upon the liquor traffic as a pro- lifio source of crime, pauperism, disease, and death, and alto the chief agent in in- tensifying the moral evils which injure, degrade, and oppress our country ; and whereas, we do not consider that the ex- tinction of this traffic can ever be secured by or through any system which confers license or levies a tax upon it; and where- as, we believe that, notwithstanding all the disadvantages by whioh it has been surrounded, the Canada' Temperance Act has tended in aoat measure oto curtail the evils resulting from rho accursed traf- fic ; therefore be it Resolved :—"That this district meeting pledges to array it- self in the most nuoompromising manner against all and every attempt that may be made to repeal the said not, and would urge every minister of this distriot to do all in his power, both in his pulpit and other ministrations, to stir rap ovary member of his community to right action in vlo v of his n ditty toward God and man in this matter ; and that wo each and all pledge ourselves to unceasing of/orbs in order to bring the votes of all good oitid zone into lino in favor of the maintenance of said ant, as well as in favor of the on - ire probibibion of tide great iniquity of the liquor traffic,"