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Volume 10.
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, OCT. 21, 1887.
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Number 1€3.
COMMUNICATION.
An Explanation.
To the Editor. or Teo Poo,
Dem Fine. -A great number of our
friends have been asking us how it hap-
pened that we &lade no exhibition, One
year at the Show Fair, and wo would like
to trespass on your spice a little, explain.
ing to those parties whom we have not
had an opportunity of doing so why it
was that we failed to make an appear.
auto there, When the Fair Day ap-
proaehod wo were so crowded with orders
that wo could not possibly got anything
made spooiallyfor the Fair. We had a
few pair made for customers, which wo
intended sending up, but, unfortunately,
they called for them before the day of the
Fair. We were disappointed ourselves as
we felt certain had wo gone to the show
we would have got a fair share of the
honors. But honor this year would not
bo of the slightest benefit to us. In fact,
an increase of orders is of no use to us at
present. On Fair Day 100 lost the sale
of forty dollars' worth of work, because
we either did not have it made or were
unable to make it soon enough, three
weeks being the shortest time in which
we could get a pair mado in addition. to
tho orders we had in, for tho most press-
ing customer, and although wo have put
on a third man we are in no butter posi-
tion yet. This may possibly keep some
people away who are unable to wait
twenty days or so for their boots, but ex-
cept we succeed in getting two more men
that wo have advertised for we will not
be able to fill any orders other than what
we have on hand during that time.
What is more remarkable, we are not
making for probably half a dozen people
that we matte for last Fall. Tho people
whom we are making for are those who got
their boots two or three years ago. Tho
remarkable wear of our boots is due to
superior workmanship and the Imperial
kip that we put in nearly all our boots.
In placing the merits of this leather be-
fore the publio it seems very meoh as
though wo were exaggerating, but we can
point to our large inoroase of trade and
the ever increasing number of people on
every line in the two townships who aro
wearing it. Tho great point in this
loather is that it not only wears well but
it turns the water. beautifully. Never
heard a complaint about it, and it will do
it without any grease or external applica-
tion whatever. But it has one bad fault,
it is very expensive, and very little money
can be made in working it. -Trusting
you will favor n10 by publishing the above
explanation, I am, Yours truly,
Brussels, Oct. 10, 'S7. ADAM GOOD.
Curlers in Session.
Last Tuesday over 50 representatives
of the various curling clube of the Prov.
ince attended the semi.annual meeting at
the Walker house, Toronto. Alter the
usual routine business the following of.
floors were elected :-
Patron, Marquis of Lansdowne, re.
eleoted by acclamation ; President, W.
F. Davison, of Toronto ; Vice -President,
R. Ferguson, M.P.P., of •
Thomasville (on
a ballot) ; 2nd Vice -President, John Har-
vie, of Hamilton ; Chaplain, Rev. D. T.
Macdonnoll, Toronto ; Seorotary.Treasur-
er, T. S. Russell
Council of Management -W. Summer.
feldt, W. Badenaoh, Wm. Ronnie, David
Walker, of Toronto ; Judge Macpherson,
of Owen Sound, and Dr. Boucher, of
Peterboro'.
Committee on Annual -W. P. Davison,
W. D. MoIntosh and J. S. Russell, of
Toronto.
Committee on Complaints and Appeals
-Judge Maopherson, Owen Sound ; J.
Wright, Huh Miller and Dr, Tames
Ross, of Toronto.
Auditors -James Pringle and W. Bad-
enaoh.
Modals were allooated between tho alubs
for competition as follows
0131113 V. OLV0. n.lirrnn.
Ancestor Georgetown ...... N.Leggett.
Ayyri Union Milton Mayor Scott,
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amide Bradford 0.Lount.
Dundee Chatham I1,Fyeli.
Blom Braaten J. IIamilton.
Gale ToroutoMos0Pk.3n0. Bowan.
Guelph Oearboro' M. LLB, Bunter
B'm t'n Thistlotit, Marva 7. Meawel(.
Icineardin0 ..,...Winghnm Le Touuant,
Lakelield Boone Dr Boucher,
Lnakuow Chasing Too. Frain,
0dgonsburs Belleville 0'4. 13am'11%.
Petorboro' Toronto Graoite(0wu' m13.)
St. Thomas Stratford W. Totten.
Stouffville Markham B. Plenty.
Thomasville Sarnia 0. Crawford,
Thorold St. Catharines ...Capt Milroy.
Whitby S'm7fn O'i d'nfa W M'Int00h
Brantford Goderlch Jno. Welsh..
Brussels Harriston .......,.H. Drorpby.
Clarksburg StanfordD. Cooper.
Forest Snood 3.11, Trow.
yerggus Owen Sound B. Murray.
ge'rboro'He't•11'r'Eoronto ..... T, Howard.
a'k Niagara ...........Forest (Any et. Gillespie.
Two now clubs having joined 011100 last
yy year some slight re -adjustments may bo
1100000ary.
The next order of bushiest: was tho
grouping of olube for the primary cora.
petition for the Ontario Otankard.
Group No. 1.-Bollevillo (con.), Brook.
villa, Ogdensburg, Cobourg, Port Hope
and Campboilfor `.
Group No. 2, -Oshawa (con.), Peter.
bore', Lindsay, Orillia, Whitby and Bow-
manville,
Group No. 3,-Lakofield (con.), I3oboay.
goon, Stouffvdleand Markham.
Group No. 4, -Barrio (con.), Coiling -
wood,
rd Thornbur )Churchill,
wood, Maafo y,
Clarksburg and Waubaushone.
Group No. S, -Hamilton Mobile (eon.)
WestDlambolo, ilnoastor, Ancestor
Thistle, Paris and Woodstock,
Group No. 0. -Hamilton Caledonian
(con.), Niagara, Thorold, El/male, Dun.
doeCatharines. and St.
Group No. 7. -Toronto Caledonia(00n)
Leaf,
Toronto Granata, Sca1•bolo Maple t
Bra111pt0n, Georgetown, Milton.
group No. 0, -Toronto Moss Park
(0011,), Scarboro' Heather, Searboro',
Woodbridge, Bradford, Aurora.
Group No. 9. -Stratford (con.), Forest,
St. Marys, Seaforth, Goderlch, Waterloo,
Ingersoll.
Group No. 10. -Brantford (con.), Sim-
one, Bright, Ayr, Aylmer.
Group No. 11. -London, Forest City
(eon.), London, Thamosville, Chatham,
St. Thomas, Petrolea, Sarnia.
Group No. 12, -Berlin (con.), Guelph,
Fergus, Elora, Galt, Galt Granite
Preston.
Group No. 18. -Mount Forest, (con.),
Walkerton, Wiarton, Mosley, Owen
Sound, Shelburne, Harriston,
Group No. 14.-Wingham (con.), Kip-
cardino, Listowel, Brussels, Lucknow,
Wroxeter.
It was decided to play the match To-
ronto and the County of York against the
rest of the Province, and the president
and first vioe.presiclent were appointed to
captain the respective sides.
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North Huron Teachers,
The eemi-annual mooting of the North
Huron Teachers' Association was held in
the Central Sohool, Brussels, Oct. 18th
and 14th. Mooting opened at 10:80, Mr.
Turnbull, B. A., leading in prayer.
Tho Secretary then read minutes of
last meeting, and upon motion of Messrs•
llfallooh and Turnbull, wore oonflrmod.
Moved by Mr. Malloch, seconded by Mr.
Thompson, that Muerte Musgrove, Wil-
son, Mcli'andzen and Bowerman act as
committee on reporting.
Upon motion of Messrs. Malloch and
Burchill, Show, Thomson and Plummer
were appointed as committee on resolu-
tions.
The meeting then adjourned to meet at
1:80 p.m.
Upon resuming business, Mr. Hutohi.
son road his essay on "Interest and At-
tention." He divided attention into vo-
luntary and involuntary, it ie voluntary
attention we roust cultivate ; the teacher
should demand and command attention.
Discussion by Messrs. Plummer, Wilson,
Bowerman and Thomson followed.
Mr. Taylor then read his paper on
"Written Examinations." They teach
method, promptitude and self.reliance.
They demand accuracy and fulness of
memory and power to state and arrange
our thoughts. He thought papers should
be prepared from time to time. Discus-
sion hy1'lummer and Hutchison follow.
ed.
Then same the treat of the meeting,
being au adclrees on the subjeot of "Lit-
erature," by Dr. McLellan, Director of
Teachers' Institutes.
He thought that time might be saved
in the teaching of Grammar and Geo-
graphy, and devoted to the study of Lit-
erature so as to beget in the pu ul a love
for reading thebest authors. He said all
trash and scrap Literature should bo dis-
couraged. Poetic Literature is the high-
est of all kind of Literature. A perfect
poem is the porfeot expression of a per.
feet human mind. The attributes of a
perfect human mind aerate know, to lovo,
to honor, to make. The poet has a trans-
figurathlg power (1. e.,) to throw. himself
into the beadles of nature. Byron in
his darkest snoods never produced one
poor poem. The power of poetic genius
is displayed by the power to collect the
beauties of nature, and the power of ex-
pression. He did not approve of the sys-
tem adopted by the Educational Depart.
moot in taking eeleotions from some fif-
teen or sixteen different authors, ,and
that it would be better to take some good
poem and let the pupil have a thorough
meaning of the whole,
Miss Oedoly then explained her method
of teaching writing to young beginners,
which was well received. She approved
of the method of using only twolines at
fust in the teaching of such letters as "a,
f, m, and o," but not in parents teaching
children to print before going to school,
as the slant used in the ,printing of let-
ters was not the same as in writing.
Mr. Young followed with writing to
advanced olassee. Several points were
to be attended to such as : position at
desks, pen holding and formation of
principles.
Meeting adjourned at five o'clock.
During the evening Dr. McLellan de-
livered to a crowded hall a lecture on
"Ceitioe Criticized." Tho chair was oc-
cupied in an able manner by Mr. Wade,
of Brussels.
The following aro some gleanings from
the leoture :-He believed in the policy of
opportunity, that high schools are bond.
fiend to the cause of education, that.
higher education is not beyond the grasp
of the working man ; that the working
man should not be despised ; that in him
lips some germ whioh may bo productive
of some golden deed. Fie referred to
Scotland as a nation gifted with a love of
classioal study, which enabled them to
construe the meaning of some of the
noblest passages in literature. Nor did
he lot the Irishman pass unnoticed, his
idea being "that the natural genius of
the Irishman was 00 groat that it showed
itself, whether he was educated or not."
In conclusion he pictured in a very hum-
orous manner the system of education to.
day as to what it was when he was a boy.
Upon motion of Revs. Ross and Tones,
of Brussels, a vote of thanke was tender-
ed to Dr. Mo),ellan for hie address.
li'ridmy, Oot, 14111.
On resuming business Mr. Groves in.
trodticed the subjeot of "Uniform Promo.
tom": IIo cloddyexplained tho system.
He thought if it were adopted it would
after a short trial prove a ou000se. The
following 1100 some of his arguments :
It would lesson the work of the Inspoob.
or which is new so burdensome owing to
so mush work in eonnocbiou With entrance
exaninatione, It would increase average
attendance in our wheels and also in.
(math pupil's interest in school, together
with parout'e interest in sohool nlattere.
The only serious objection against the
system 303(0 "that the school would be in
one continual strain for coming examin-
abiaue." Disoussionon this subjeot, by
Messrs. Turnbull, Mallooh, Duff, Thomp-
son and Doig followed. Upon motion of
Messrs. Malloch and Turnbull the Presi-
dent (Mr. Groves) was appointed to draft
a committee of five and prepare a scheme
of promotion and Bond a copy as soon as
possible to each teaoher in the riding for
consideration until next mooting. Dr.
McLellan on resuming same subjeot as
ho dealt with on the preceding day,, took
for his first topio “When shall we teach
poetic literature ?" He said it should bo
begun in first book ; that attention should
bo drawn to the genas contained in the
readors. Space will not permit further
detail on the subjeot which was priced so
much by all present. Mr. Thompson
then explained his method of teaching
':Primo factoring" and insisted on toaoh-
ers that this rule may bo applied to the
solutions of many queetions which would
bo diffloult if solved otherwise.
Mr. Burchill then read the delegates
report to the Provincial Association.
From his report it was evident Dir. Bur.
chill had not been idle when in Toronto
as he gave a very full acoount of the bus-
iness transacted at that meeting.
The last paper was Mr. Blackwell's on
"Tho teaoher out of school." He thought
the teacher should employ hie time out
of school, as far as time would permit, in
the visiting of hie ratepayers, that literary
and debating societies were beneficial in
promoting teacher's reputation in the
section.
The committee then tendered the fol-
lowing resolutions :--Moved by Mr.
Thompson, seconded by Mr. Shaw that
the thanks of the Association be tendered
to Dr. McLellan for the excellent address
be has given us.
Moved by Mr. Thompson, seconded by
Mr. Plummer, that the tbanke of the As.
sedation be tendered to the Brussels
school board for the 1300 of school house.
Moved by Mr. Plummer, seconded by
Mr. Thompson, that the thanks of the
Association be tendered to the municipal
council of Brussels for their kindness in
granting use of hall to the Assooiation for
the public leoture by Dr. McLellan on
Thursday evening.
Moved by Mr. Mallooh, seconded by
Mr. Richmond that the thanks of the As-
sociation be tendered to the G. T. R. for
the reduction of rates in fare. -
Upon motion of Messrs. Duff and Doig
a vote of thanks was tendered to all part-
ies who had taken part in this Associa.
tion. Mooting then adjourned to meet in
Seaforth next Spring.
Northwest Notes.
A Minnesota fruit tree pedlar has got
as far north as Edmonton. Perhaps 11e
is going on north to Boll tress to the Es-
quimaux.
It is reported that the railway from
Medicine Hat to the coal mine will be
commenced shortly, and that a shaft will
be put down.
a. monster potato, weighing over two
pounds, was shipped to England by J. G.
Moore, the Provincial Police Magistrate.
John A. Brown is shipping large quant-
ities of butter and eggs to British Oolunl-
ia these times, and for which he finds a
ready market.
The freight rata on potatoes from Mau-
itoba to Ontario has boon reduced from
39 to 8h cents per 100 pounds. A large
quantity are being shipped.
Geo. L. Stone, who has a farm about a
mile and a half from town, threshed out
27 acme of wheat last week, which yield-
ed 37 bushels to the acre.
John Ingram threshed 4,696 bushels of
wheat, the product of a field containing
108 acres. This is an average yield of
44 bushels to the acre.
Grain is coming in to Gretna in largo
quantities of late. Last week 29,000
bushels of wheat was marketed, Over
100 car loads of grain shipped out last
week.
The first snow of the season fell short-
ly after midnight on Saturday. The
flakes worn small anti light, but remain.
ocl on the ground until there was quite a
thin coating over this seobion of creation.
Some of the German settlers at Laugen.
burg, aro examples of industry and
energy, and tho amount (of work done by
them no ane season is simply marvellous.
Mark this, they aro going to succeed.
Mr. Clark, of the Big Pipestone, and
47 head of poultry killed by a badger ono
night last week. Two days afterwards
he trapped the animal, whioh measured
99 iunhos from tip of nose to tail.
Wheat at Ogilvie's elevator at Emer-
son dropped lc. per bushel; ett ,the dove,
tor in St. Vincent, Minn., it whent up.
At Emerson No.1 hard stends at 55e. ; at
St. Vineont 57c. Potatoes 25. per bushel
on the market.
W. B. MoOlolland, a Marais farmer
six miles west of town, averaged thirty
bushels of wheat and sixty bushels of
oats to the 11ore. Mr. McClelland deity -
otos some two hundred aores, and ho
states his root crop to be enormous.
Theshors say that in n0 Oa00 hoe the
average yield of wheat in Manitou dia.
triot been less than thirty bushels per
;oro, and in many instances the average
is forty bushels. The oreps aro turning
out eve11 better than was anticipated.
Alliin Dlllabough, of the Marais, trash-
ed a field of 21 eons of wheat which
yiolod hint something over 900 bnsllsls.
Tho seod was Rod. Pyle, procured from
Mr. Irwin, a farmer near Bathgate, D.
T. This 10 an average of 48 bushels to
rho acro.
Indians on the reserve at Onion Lake,
10 miles 0 to£ FortPitt, kayo aom1Iot-
ad harvesting, and the yield is meth
larger than antioi gated, 'Choy hath brok.
en a largo area eflland this stammer and
it is expected a greater quantity of seed Thieves raided tho apiary of Joseph Tara is going to have a rolling mill.
will be sown next summer.
Milton, of Thames River, the other night Tho Y.M.C.A., of Winnipeg, oxpa0ts to
Tho west side farmers aro delivering and carried off the content; of fouror five have a membership of 1,000 next year.
largo quantities of wheat at Ogilvie's ole- hives. A new company has been formed in 5t.
vator, Emerson. Thompson's elevator ab Ottawa is excited over the elopement Thomas to supply that city with electric
the Emerson station is not yet receiving of the wife of General Middleton'e nap. light.
grain, but is expected to bo opened this hew with Penick Hamilton, an ex- "Professor" Ileid, al Montreal, is trying
week, when an advance in price is moil- bank clerk. to organize hexing and fencing classes at
dently expected. William S. Caine writes from Mani.. Woodstock.
Rapid City Vindicator :-A farmer from toha advising the Imperial (Government Revivalists Crossley and Hunter are
the Hudson settlement has a yield of 00 that help be extended t0 distressedi Irish drawing la+91c crowds at their meeting at
bushels of Red Fyfe wheat to the acro.
This dons them all up on a big yield. Alco
the olorlc of Brandon has 700 bushels of
potatoes to the sore. If any province can
boat Manitoba let us hoar from it.
Thomas Tepp's solemn declaration that
fifteen 030000 011 rho farm of W. Dawson,
in township 11, range 26, west of the let
meridian, produced 770 bushels of wheat,
an average of 51 bushels per acre, is of
great importaneo. Large yielde aro fro.
quently reported, but aro frequently
doubted.
Mr. Bell, the well-known stock dealer,
has shipped to Monereal 0110 hundred head
of fine cattle, which ho purchased in west.
ern Manitoba. Mr. Bell reports the ani-
mals to be fine onee-far superior to the
cattle he bought in Ontario. Ho looks
forward to a big. business In this line iii
the near future.
It has been learned on excellent author.
ity that all the recent offer of DIr. Lock -
art Gordon, of Toronto, to float the pro-
vincial bonds amormted to was to become
the agent of the province. His demand
upon Mr. Norquay was to have the Local
Govermnent send him to England and
pay all his expenses, whether he su0000d-
ed or not, bo to not as the provincial agent
in trying to make a sale. He had no
definite offer to make.
Several of the farmers in the vicinity
of Killarney will have from two to three
thousand bushels of wheat, and from one
to two thousand bushels of oats ; barley,
from six to seven hundred bushels ; pota-
toes, from two to three hundred bushels,
and other root crops in abundance. As
far as heard from the average wheat Drop
will be thirty-five buahels per acre. All
kinds of grain are turning out beyond ex-
pectations.
A Shoal Lake letter says : Largo yields
of grain are reported in every direction.
Mr. Ingersoll, of this town, had a 25 acre
field of wheat threshed last Monday. It
averaged 84 bushels per acre. The grain
was drawn from the machine to the mill
elevator without being run through the
fanning mill, and when the last load was
drawn a check for $425 was given. No
wonder farmers are elated at their pros -
poets this fall.
A. G. B. Bannatyne, who has been
ailing for some time, leaves for Aiken,
South Carolina, where he will spend the
winter. Hi0 family will accompany him
and also hiss Anna Logan, daughter of
the ex -Mayor, who has not been fn good
health for some time. William Banna-
tyne will go from Aiken to Texas, where
he has been offered a good position. His
sister, Mrs. Hall, will go to Texas also,
her husband being a resident of that
State.
Minnodosa Tribune :-Threshing re-
turns are Doming in and they exoeed the
most sanguine expeotations. A. Malcolm
reports 40 bushels per acro, Jno. Souster,
540 bushels from 16 mores. Mr. Souster
says he threshed 05 bushels of wheat
from an ;ore and a half. Geo. Kerr
threshed the wheat off 24 acres and it
yielded a fraction over 48 bushels to the
acre; 11. MODonald had 85 bushels per
store, and 11. 0. Boyd 88 bushels.
Tho retail merchants of Winnipeg still
complain of doll times, and a few are
talking in a very blue strain. The main
cause of the stagnation appears to be that
the farmers are utilizing the fine weather
to the fullest possible extent, putting in
an additional acreage in crop. Next year
the province will feel the benefit of this,
but meantime there is 001110 little tempor-
ary depression owing to the crop not be-
ing rapidly marketed. Most business
men who have given any attention to the
subjeot aro agreed that a brisk trade for
the fall and winter may bo counted
upon.
A correspondent writes the Manitou
Mercury as follows :-With reference to
your last week's petiole respooting the
largo yields of wheat, Frank Beattie, of
this plane, desires 1110 to state that he
threshed out, on Wednesday of lost week,
rho yield of wheat from four and a half
acres. By threshing maohine measure
there were 120 bage, or 52 bushels to the
aors ; by weight about 60 bushels. Off
this 4i acres he feel twelve stooks to his
pigs before threshing. He states that be
sowed two bushels to the acro, Rod Fyfe,
and that ft is free from cockle or any
seed.
Canadian Browse.
Prairie • fires aro raging in Eastern
Manitoba.
A $80,000 fire occurred in Winnipeg on
Friday night. .
Robert McKim has been appointed
Sheriff of Wellington.
A new oteetion is to be hold in Comb.
eriand.on November 9th.
It is rumored that Judge Angers is to
bo Lioutenant-Governor of Quebec.
Belleville Board of Trade has paesod a
resolution favoring Commercial Union.
The date of the Commercial Union
meeting at Quebec is fixed for Oct. 261h.
The Drayton Times mon hag a libel
suit to occupy hie mind during the mel-
ancholy clays.
The Barrie Council is diemussing the
propriety of establishing a wator.works
system in that town.
A number of Swedish farmer's and
their families nth at Livorpocl en route
to Neve Sweden, Manitoba.
The safe fn tho I3ndson Boy. 001115.
&ny': store at, Portage la Prairie was
blown open and $1,300 stolen.
families to emigrate to that country,
H. M. Pousette, of Sarnia, is confined
to his house through injuries sustained
by the explosion of oil with which a pile
of chips was saturated. IIe touched it
off with a inatah.
Winnipeg City Connell has decided to
take.up $150,000 worth of Government
bonds, provided the Government will
guarantee the completion of the Red
River road this year.
The Kinsale correspondent of The
Whitby Cazetto says a citizea of that
plane was surprised the other morning by
finding in his collar that 40 jars of fruit
had got tired of their lofty position and
fell to the floor breaking all but two.
While boring for water on the farm hof
Angus Courtney, near Courtwright, a
vein of natural gas was struck, and all
Thursday night sand and gravel was
thrown to a height of fifty fent from the
well, covering the ground for aures
around.
Prof. Wm, Saunders has returned to
Winnipeg from searching tho Northwest
Territories for a model farm site. He is
well pleased with what ho has observed
in the line of general agricultural pro-
gress, but more particularly in stook
raising and dairying.
A Winnipeg despatch to the American
papers, dated oot.18, says : A letter from
Stewart, on the north shore of Lake
Superior, reports the finding of the bod-
ies of two persons who had been stoned
to death by Indians. They are suppos-
ed to be members of some camping
party.
Mr. Wade, Secretary of the Ontario
Agricultural and Arts Assooiation, bas
notified Secretary Keine that the Prov
inoial Show of 1888 will in all probability
bo held at St. Thomas, should the direc-
tors of the Southern Counties Fair As-
sociation see fit to make the necessary
improvements in outbuildings, at a cost
of about 58,000.
The Belleville Ontario says that the
other day two gallant maids encountered
a bear north of Campbellford and start-
ed in pursuit of him. The bear tools
refuge in a tree, and the women battered
at the tree and brought it down. He
ran and they followed, and the bear
climbed up another tree. They endeav-
ored to keep him there till the arrival of
a' man who load gone off to get his gun,
but the bear forced his way down, not-
withstanding the Iv001011 fought him
with sticks, and oleared off into the
lv0ocls
Monday morning about 3:30 fire was
discovered in a dwelling house occupied
by Mrs. R. Ritchie, Paisley. She and her
youngest son are visiting in. Toronto, and
the eldest son, about 25 years of age, was
living alone in the house. When first
seen the fire was burning in the kitchen,
whieh adjoined the bedroom of the
young mon. The bedroom window was
broken in as speedily as possible, but be-
fore the young man could be rescued life
was extinct. The four dootors of the
town worked for several hours with him,
but of no avail. It is supposed ho had
been suffocated. The flames wore con-
fined to the ono dwelling. The cause of
the Piro is unknown. Part of the furn-
iture was saved. The house was insured
in the Western Insurance Co. for $400
or 5600. Messrs. Brown aad Bowers,
who rescued the body, were burned in
several planes, but nob very seriously.
The Brandon Sun tells the following
remarkable stony: --About a week since
two young gentlemen, Messrs. MCEeven
and Mulvey, who are teaching school
some distance southwest of this city,
were on their way to Brandon to attend
the convention of teachers. They left
the place at which they were staying
very late in the evenging, and wore ac-
companied part of the distance by some
young friende; who had a dog with them.
Taking leave of thou friends they started
northward. They had not gone far be-
fore they entered a wheat field, and where
somewhat surprised to see an apparition
in the shape Of a man spring from be.
hind the shooks and run towards them.
They were not frightened at first, think-
ing it was one of the party they had left.
playing pranks upon them. The figure
approaabing nearer, gave them 0close
and butter view, and they clisoovered
thab it was a roan with nothing upon hint
but a broach cloth, his hair, long and dia.
hevelled, flying in the wind, and he was
foaming at the mouth. Tho man was
coming toward thong at a rapid :gait and
they ordered him to stand bash. At this
ho commenced to bark and the young
mon to run. It was a test of fleetness.
There is no question that the wild man -
for there is no doubt that the man VMS
fairly wild -would have caught them.
Hie bounds ars doecribed as being loops
Orrell as they had never soon a man take.
His barking caused the dog that was
with the young men to bark, and hearing
this, ho immediately turned and ran in
the direction of the noise. In afew infra.
etre ho caught up to them ; but the dog
giving him those lie ran, and ran so
swiftly that he soon out -footed tate dog,
and was soon lost in rho distance. The
time woe aboat 1 o'clock in the morning,
and the night well lighted by tho moon.
The neighbors turned out to follow, but
he had either hidden himself or got far
away, baton they termed out, No ono
oleo in tho district has over eon kiln
that we loom: of, and his appearance ie
shrouded in rho mysterious.
Ridgetown.
Mr. Riordan's new company to control
the Toronto Evening News was gazetted
on Saturday last.
It is estimated that during this year
two million pounds of binding twine were
used in Manitoba and the Northweeb.
Judge McDougall Saturday declined to
interfere in the Sheppard warrant ease.
It will now bo Taken to the Superior
Court.
Tho "Saturday Morning Sun," of
Guelph, has made its appearance, and is
in every respect an exceedingly creditable
sheet. James Hough, jun., is the pub-
lisher.
The suit instituted by switchman
"Scotty" Jackson, of Montrose, against
the M. C. B. for $20,000 damages, aria.
ing out of the lose of his only remaining
arm has been postponed until the spring
Assizes.
Tho Toronto Empire people claim to
hove got the bulk of their $200,000 capit-
al stock subscribed for the paper and
hope to begin operations with the new
year. Mr. Creighton is said to be in
New York to buy a $47,000 press.
It is reported that Mr. Cargill, M. P.
for East Bruce, was robbed recently of
$8,000. The safe was blown open and
the money abstracted. Mr. Cargill par-
ries on extensive lumbering operations,
and the money was to be used in paying
his employees.
At 4:80 o'clock, Monday, Rev. Dr.
Hellas, Chancellor of VietoriaUniversity
died of typhoid fever, after only six days'
illness. He was conscious to the last.
The town and college is in deep semen.-
ing over an irreparable loss. He had
beau for 87 years the head of the Univer-
sity of Victoria College.
Wni. J. McGarigle ie living at Jordan
station, six miles from St. Catharines.
He regards the story of his flight to Aus-
tralia in Company with Carter Harrison
as the best piece of humor he has heard
for a long time. He and his family ars
boarding with a family named Crow and
have apparently settled down to stay.
A man has beef, soiling patent churns
to a number of Eastern farmers, taking
in payment notes .payable on demand,
and made "not transferable," and pledg
ing himself not to demand payment with-
in a oertain long period. Then he chang-
ed the "not" to "note," and sold the
notes, and the farmers were called upon
to pay up.
The Government has approved of. the
action of E. A. Durham, Collector of
Customs, St. Thomas, in seizing the
Louisan& lottery tickets, and will notify
all oustom officers and postmasters that
hereafter tho law in regard to lottery
tiokets will be observed, and that they
must not bo allowed to go through the
mails or customs.
The Woodstock Sentinel -Review : J.
W. Parker of the 7th line, West 'Zorra,
has a turkey hen which has a record
worthy of a professional A0 the begin-
ning of the season she laid 15 eggs and
afterwards hatched them out. She was
then put upon 17 hens' eggs and these
she also brought out. This would have
been considered a good season's work for
an ordinary turkey hen ; but this was
not an ordinary hen. She next started
and laid 05 eggs and 10 now considering
whether sho will hatch thorn out or not
before rho winter eomos on. But this
wonderful hen is not the only thing re-
markable at Mr. Parker's. His family
is composed of nine members, including
Mr. Parker and hie wife, and seven of
them have their birthday owning in Oc-
tober.
The. following aro a few extracts from
the dying words of the Alnherstbu g Her-
ald: -"The Western Herald and South
Essex Liberal. Conservative, after a little
over throe years existence, is published
to -day for the last time, under the present
management, owing to a number of rea-
sons, w11i011 we tlunk proper to make
known to the public and to those who
have patronized it from the start. In the
first pine it is a non-paying business,
owing to the great number of newspapers
in the Comity of Essex, and the very
limited field for advertising and job print. ,
ing i11 the uon.progressivetownof Amherst.
burg. In the second place as a political
and party paper it could only oomtinue to
exist on condition that the Liberal
Conservative potty had supported it
more thoroughly than it had done. One
man could not be expected alone to keep
it up without any help, and, unfortunat-
ely, the leading Liberal Conservatives of
the County have done nothing to spread
its influence or to enable the paper to sub,-
siet. In the third place the people in gen.
oral imaginethat newspapers are publish-
ed. without expense, and while receiving a
paper regularly seldo fi think of paying •
for it evon the.seldom
nsigvi c n and non -re.
nn1nerative subsoriptiou of one dollar a
year in advance. This will he illustrated
when wo tell our readers that although only
throe years in existence out of a total
subscription list of ono thoueand we demo
the office with over $1,200 doe on snb-
0oriptions alone. The proprtebor of this
paper, D. A. Gusto, has held out as long
as he could without much hope of making
a success of his undortaking, but at last
he had to look out for a position, as he
could not waste any more time in trying
to continuo an enterprise which is not
supported by those who should take on
interest Wit ' to has, thorefozo, deaided
to close the office, and stop the pnbil-
es:Mon of the peeper."