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Locial—j. G. Skene,
Locals—T. Fletcher.
Grist mill—Win. Ross.
For sale—Thoe. Pepper.
Corset works—Nellie Boss.
Bible lost—Pose Pub. House,
School book—Pot Book Store,
Executor's notioe—Wm. Spence.
Apprentice wauted—V. T. Hunter.
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FRIDAY, OCT. 21, 1887.
Perth County Notes.
Stratford aldermen are perfecting a
plan for street electric) lighting in that
place.
Confirmation services were conducted
in the Episcopal church, St. Marys, by
the Bishop of Huron last week.
Stratford IVIeohanies' Institute stands
to.day clear of debt for the first time in
thirteen years, and every dollar of Gov-
ernment and civic grants con this year
be devoted to the purchase of books.
The Institute was established in 1846
and incorporated in 1868.
The Stratford Court of Revision hays.
ing refused to declare the property of
Bev. Thos. Macpherson superanuated
minister) on which he resides exempt
fom taxation, the matter was appealed,
and came up before His Honor Judge
Woods for argument. His Honor thought
there way a doubt that Mr. Macpherson
was a clergyman or minister in, the
sense that he was an ordained minister
of religion and a minister in actual con.
neotion with the Canada Presbyterian
church. He was of the opinion that,
although he did occasionally preach, he
was not cloing duty as sueh minister"
within the. meaning of the statute, and
was therefore liable to taxation.
Huron County Notes.
Andrew Bell, of Rippen, shot a buck in
the woods near that village cm Friday
last, which weighed 190 lbs.
Since the opening of the season Robt.
Lang, of Exeter, has shipped to Manito-
ba and other points twenty-one carloads
of apples, and it is estimated that when
the season closes he will have shipped
from Exeter station alone thirty-seven
car -loads.
The Young Liberal Club, of Seaforth,
has elected officers as follows : Honor-
ary president, John McMillan, M.P.
president, Sohn A. Wilson ; vice-presi-
dent, jas. Watson; 2nd vice-president, J.
Darwin; 3rd vice-president, Alex. Wil-
son ; secretory, Wm. Somerville ; treas-
urer, Wm. Robb. They are going in for
an active seamen's work.
Hume Manua Assomexics. —This as-
sociation met at the Commercial hotel,
Clinton, on the llth inst. There were
present Dr. Graham, Pres., and Drs.
Sloan, Smith, Elliott, Gunn, McKenzie,
Yowled, (Wingham) Nichol, Ross, BleTav-
ish, Williams and Worthington. The
doings of the International Medical Con.
gress were fully discussed as reported by
Drs. Sloan and Smith, who were the
delegates present at the congress in
Washington. The subject was most in.
teresting and. °coupled considerable time.
There were no cans for examination, but
there were seeerni questions from the
question drawer as to the action of differ-
ent medieines, and what medicines thould
be used for certain diseases. The young
men are taking a very active part in the
meetings, es well as the older noes, which
argues well for the growth and longevity
of the Association.
JAIL STATISTICS.—Herewith I send a
synopsis of the returns of Goderich jail
for the year ending Sept. 80th, 1887 :—
Number of prisoners conemitted during
the year, 02 males, 8 females, total, 70 ;
number of prisoners carried over from
last year, 6, total, 76. Of the above num-
ber, 14 elected to be tried by the county
judge's criminal eourt, 6 were acquitted ;
and. 8 found guilty. Of the number of
prisonere committed during the year the
Government defrayed the expenses of 24 ;
the number whose expenses were defray-
ed by the munioipalities was 46. Total
number of days in custody, of govern-
ment prisoners, were 468 ; total number
of days in custody, of municipal prison-
ers, were 8,460. Nationalities of prison.
ers committed during the year : Canada,
males 33, females 7, total 40 ; England,
males 10, females 2, total 12 ; Ireland,
males 7, females 2, total 0; Sootlend;
males 6, females 2, total 8; other coun-
tries, males 1, females 0, total 1. Relig-
Mus denomination of prisoners committed
during the year : Roman Catholics,
males 2, females 2, total 4 ; Church of
England, melee 17, females 2, total 19 •,
Presbyterians, males, 18, females 4, total
22 ; Methodist, males 16, females 3, total
18, other denomination'7. Number who
were married, males 28, females 7, total
95 ; number who ,were unmarried, males
29, females 6, total 35, number who could
neither read nor write, males 6, females
4, total 10 ; number )reported semperate,
males 17„ females 7, total 24 ; number
reported intemperate, males 40x females
6, total 46. Offences for which petsoners
were committed during the year :--Abus-
ive and obscene language, rnalee.th, females
2 ; assault, moats 2 attempting eimicide,
males 1 ; contempt of court, Maori 5 ;
cruelty to animals, malee 1 ; deb'sors,
males 2; fraud, males 2 ; horse and cat-
tle stealing, visas 4 ; indecent assault,
males 1; larceny, mals 10, females 2 ;
letnaties, males 8 females 2 ; receiving
stolen goods, males 1; vagrants, males
16, females 5 ; other offenees, males 6.
Daily average of prisoners during the
year WAS nearly ; average number of
days in jail for catch prisoner during the
year, 5133; increase of committals over
last year, 8. Not ono has been commit.
tea during the year for being drunk and
disorderly ; there is an increase of one
for assault, also of One for abusive lang.
uage. Last year I carried over 6 prison.
ere, but this year I carry over 10, an im.
cream of 4, thus showing that business is
commencing with much better prospects
than it did Met year.
Wet, Deogeole,
C, Wesoott and son, of Uaborne left
for Nevada recently, where they will in
future reside,
John Eon, in Goderieh jail for hem
stealing, escaped the other day, but was
recaptured. Judge Tom gave him throe
menthe additional for jail breaking,
The first musktl and literary concert,
under the auspices of the Goderieh Pro-
hibition League will be glean in the
Temperance Hall, on Tuesday evening
next, Nov. lot.
It was reported last week that the Bed-
gervitie bridge had eollapsed. An irIVOR•
tigation by L. Hardy proved the report
to bo an erroneous one. The bridge is
as strong us when beilt,
Knox church congregation, Goderich,
at a spooinl meeting held for the purpose
of electing a colleague for Dr. Ure, de-
cided to call Rev a, II, Simpson, of
Brucefield, to the position.
On Monday morning a person driving
from Zurich sive he mot no less than
twenty rigs—three men in molt rig, with
gun a piece—presumably en route for the
large marsh in quest of venison.
Rev. John Logie, Tilbury East, form-
erly of Exeter, where he presided over
two Presbyterian congregations for over
30 years, died on Tuesday of typhoid
fever. His funeral was a very large one.
Colonel Coleman, of Seafortb, the salt
king of Canada, has it in contemplation
to test for salt in the neighborhood of
Sarnia, and if the indicetions aro satia-
factory to erect salt works on a very
large scale.
Saturday Hugh Chambers, of Ash.
field, shipped about (300 pounds of cloth-
ing, etre, to the Indians in the Northwest
the gift of the Womens' Mission Society
in connection with the Ashfield, Presby-
terian church.
Last year 11. Sellars, of Blyth, sowed
one ounce of seed oats of the White Star
variety, from which he reaped 18 lbs.
This year ho sowed the 18 lbs. and the
product is nine bushels and they weigh-
ed 48 lbs. to the bushel.
A goose belonging to Capt. .(e. Bogie,
of Cedar Cliff, has laid a setting of eggs
during last month, and is now sitting on
them, eight in number, The Capt. in-
tends to take good care of them when
hatched, for a good dinner sifter the
municipal elections.
The Lucknow Sentinel says : Some
time during Saturday night or Sunday
morning last, thieves entered Thos. Mat-
this's chickeu coop and stole some six-
teen birds, including 7 very fine Part-
ridge °whine, which he valued at e2
each. One bird was found lying dead
near the barn while the heads of several
others were also found. R. A. Clow aleo
had four turkeys stolen the same night.
The Young Peoples' Society of St. An-
drew's church, Blyth, met on Monday
night, of last week, for eleotion of officers
for 1888. The following officers were
chosen: Executive Committee, Misses
Watson and McLean and C. Taylor.
Treasurer, Miss A. Watson ; Secretary,
Miss Phillips ; Vice•President, Miss
Wilts ; 2nd vice -President, 111iB8 Dodds ;
President, A. M. Burchill,
The annual meeting of the Goderieh
Curling Club was held on the 18th inst.,
when the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year :—W. T. Welsh,
president; Capt. McGregor, vice-presi-
dent; 0.3.. Humber, secretary -treasurer;
Rev. G. F. Saltun, ckaplain ; J. SRus-
sel, D. Walker, representative members ;
Capt. McGregor, E. Martin, W. C. Dy-
ment, John Yule, Council of Manage-
ment.
John Shonklin, a teamster, of Gode-
riCh, Was arrested charged with stealing
a bag of grain from the farm of Andrew
Drysdale, Goderiuh township. The
theft is alleged to have been committed
Monday night or early Tuesday morning
and the grain sons traced to the stable of
Shanklin'owing to a leek from a small
hele in the bag, which dropped grain on
the road all the way from Drysdale's to
Shenklin's. The bag of grain was found
in a buggy covered over with canvas.
Shenklin was brought before the Mayor
Tuesday afternoon and remanded until
Thursday morning,when a farther re-
mand was held, owing to the absence of
material witnesses.
The seventeenth annual match of the
Huron Rifle Association was held at the
Atholcot Range, Clinton, on the llth
inst. The veteran President, Major W.
P. Murray, whose zeal in rifle shooting
never lags, discharged the duties of range
officer in his usually efficient manner,
and with satisfaction to all concerned.
The attendance was good, but the marks-
men were greatly hampered by shifting
winds, alternate rein and. hail, and ever
flitting light and shade, which had the
effect of keeping the individual scores
lower than they would have been under
mom favorable circumstances. The
following are the scores 1—First match,
range 200 yards, position standiug, 600
yards poeition any, seven shots at each
range:
1 Staff Sergt. Wilson.. 52 37 00
51 6 00
60 .... 5 00
60 8 00
48 3 00
48 2 00
88 1 00
38 1 00
Second match, ranges same as flrst ;
1 N. Robson 54 7 00
2 E. G. Court= 64
3 Lieut. Young 68
4 Major Wilson 49
5 Staff Sergt. Wilson46
6 F. MoCarrney 46
7 Capt. Wilson 44
8 Chas. Avery... .. . 42
For the highest aggregate snore in first
and (mond matches, the Association
challenge cup, value 945.
1 N. Robson 105 Cup
2 Lieut. Young 100 4 00
8 Staff Sergt. Wilson 08 8 00
The conditions of the imp, to be won
twice before becoming the propery of the
winner, therefore it is now thej absolute
property of X. Robson. Conaolation
match, who'have not won a prize in pre.
Vine matches, aleo to members who did
not compete; range 200 yarde, position
any, number of shots 6
1 C. Williams 20 4 00
2 John Avery 18 8 00
8 James Watkins 12 2 00
For the highest' aggregate some in hest
and ancond metehea the 0.RA. medal,
open to members Who have never won
medal ; 3. Johnston, 91 points.
2 N. Robson
8 John Johnston
4 Wm, Grigg
5 F. McCartney
6 Capt. Wilson
7 Hy. Ste/tinny
8 E. G. Courtice
THE BRUSSELS
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John Seale, of the Star Salt Works,
Goderiche has made an assignment to
the sheriff. The works aro capable of it
largo output, and orders for salt have not
been slow this year, but the businese has
suffered from irregularity of manage-
ment, and creditors. bowline impatient,
with the above result.
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Admiral Jaokman, of the German
Navy, is dead.
One New York bakery turns out 1,000
pumpkin pies a day.
A. British protectorate of the Niger
country ia announced.
Sir Henry Gordon, brother of the late
Gen. Gordon, is acad.
Ten eounties in Iowa have tamale
school supererintendents.
One thousand lives were lost in the
great fire t Hankow, China.
Archibald Forbes and his wife will
spend the winter in Bermuda.
Gen. Dolmen will succeed Gen. Ste-
phenson in the command of the troops
in Egypt.
Bartley Clamphell, the playwright, is
rapidly approaching a return to complete
health.
Thirty -throe of the forby-seven coun-
ties in Missouri have decided that the
saloons must .go.
There aro in Boston between 800 and
900 negroes who were born subjects of
tho British Crown.
There have been two deaths from yel-
low fever and doe new cases at Tampa,
Flee, since laet report.
A granite tile 800 years old, taken from
the tomb of William the Conqueror ab
Caen, Normandy, is on exhibition in a
show window at Detroit.
Davidson Dalziel, editor and publisher
of the New York Truth, began a suit
Thursday against the Duke of Marlbor-
ough for 925,000 for slander.
It is proposed to erect a £200,000 mo-
nument to Charles Dickens in London.
Walter Besant has undertaken to raise
the money among his literary friends.
Shindle, • the muoli-sought-for third
baseman of the Detroit League club,
Thursday signed a Baltimore contract,
and will play next season in that oily. i
A recentinvestigation brought to light
the fact that many of the poor children
attending the elementary schools in
Vienna were on the verge of starvation.
It is now stated that Lady Brassey
jumped overboard from the yacht while
clelirous from fever and although her
husband dived after her, be was too late
to save her.
The potato famine in Maine is bacom.
ing a serious matter with the farmers.
One farmer says that two men will dig
all day to get nine bushels, and many of
these will be too small for the table.
Westminster Abbey was invaded by
1,200 of the London mob on Sunday.
They conducted themselves in stech a
ruffianly manner that nearly all the re-
gular congregation left before service was
over.
A contingent of the Salvation Army,
on landing at Bombay, not only announc.
ecl that they had definitely adopted In-
dian dress but Indian food. A. native
paper commenting on this says: "They.o
then had their first Indian dinner On re
and curry, which they declared to be the
most delicious dish they had ever eaten.
Our people can learn an Infinite deal from
the Salvationists I"
Some of the blooaest battles on record
were those fought between the North and
South during the civil war. It would
seem that at Shiloh the killed, wounded
and missing amounted to 24,000 ; ab Anti-
etam, 88,000 ; Frederioksburg, 87,000 ;
Chancelloreville, 28,000; Gettysburg, 64,.
000 r Chickamauga, 83,000; Grant's Pen-
insular campaign, 180,000, and in Sher -
man's march to the sea, 126,000.
A blsnkot mill, the first on the African
Continent, has just been opened at Cape
Town, worked by Kaffir girls, who re-
ceive 24 ante a day. The report of the
Kaiping colliery, in North China, made
by Kwong Yung Wang, gives 20 cents as
the daily pay of engine men, 15 cents for
misers and 18 pints for door encieiwitch
boys. The cotton and jute mills of Bom-
bay pay their operatives from 10 to 12
cents a day.
There is a terrible'epidemic of fever in
'northern Michigan. The authorities and
physicians are at a loss to find from what
cause the epidemic comes. Poor water
and defective sewerage are generally
blamed. A panic prevails and many are
leaving. The disease is very violent and
runs its course rapidly. The theory that
the disease is genuine Asiatic cholera,
brought thereby Italian laborers has been
advanced, but physicians denyit. Tho
condition at Iron Mountain is serious
and growing worse. If the disease does
not abate soon the village will have to call
for help.
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Bates.: passage by the Mail Steamer s from
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RE -OPENING.
On and after NOVEMBER lst
the
HUNTER BLACKSMITH SHOP
will be open to the. Public and
the undersigned will bo prepared
to attend to
Blacksmithing in all
Lines.
Horse shoeing a speci-
alty.
A call solicited.
W. T. Hunter,
Proprietor.
FAIR WARNING!
For the next 30 days wo will eon the
following first-olass Plows, all guaranteed
to give satisfaction, with
CAST sum', 110301905
:—
Tho Hill Plow, worth 313.00 at 3312.00
No. 13 Thistle Cutter Plow 016.00 et $12.00
No. 18 „ e $14.00 at 310.00
First.elass Lumber Wagon and 1 Set
Knee Bob -sleighs to exchange for wood or
lumber.
We have on hand the following :—
LAND ROLLERS, PTeOWS, HORSE
POWERS, STRAW CUTTERS,
TURNIP PULPERS AND
SLICERS, CHOPPING
MILLS.
••'. Points for all Plows kept con-
etantly on hand.
Repairs of all kinds promptly attended
to at Low= PRIORS.
8. quantity of first.olass Hardwood
Flooring on hand, well seasoned. 0
Planing, Matching and Band Sawing
in first class style at the
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W. R. WILSON,
Proprietor.
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STOVE'S!
Call and See Our Bargains in Stoves.
:Handsomest Coal Stoves in the Market.
SILVERWARE!
LAMP GOODS!
AND• CUTLERY !
Always on Hand.
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will bo prepared to take
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Good sound, Cordwood.
4 feet long, in exchange for Goods.
It must bo DISTINCTLY and POSITIVELY
understood that Wood will not be taken on
any accounts incurred previous to this date.
F. C. Rogers'
Salt Works.
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Builders' Hardware,
Glass, Nails, Cow Chains,
Halters, Forks, Shovels, cl-o:
on hand, and everything else required by the public in our line.
Our motto is
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and a Call will satisfy you that our prises aro right.
COME IN AND SEE US,
A. M. McKay & Go.,
HARDWARE DEALERS,
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