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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1870-06-17, Page 8a June 17, 1870. NEWS ,OF THE WEEK The cholera is decreasing in India. Strawberries are ripe in the gardens in London. Dr. Ormiston has not yet decided to ac- cept the call to New York. The traffia between the city of Toronto and the island is very great on "Sundays. There waived at New York last week 11,822 immigrants. It is now said that the Canadian census will not betaken until next May. H. R H. Prince Arthur finally left Mon- treal on Tuesday morning last. Fifty-two German and Polish immigrants arrived at Ottawa on Monday. Twenty-three Protestants and one hun- dred and sixteen Catholics died in Montreal last week The British Columbia delegates are not expected back to Ottawa till the middle of June. - About five million feet of lumber are now being shipped daily from Ottawa for the States. No conEmation of Riel's reported opposi- tion to the Red River expedition has been received at Ottawa. Fourteen lunatics—eight women and six mien—are to be sent from the Montreal gaol to Beauport: Another Fenian "Genera] "named Mc- Namara, has been arrested near Derby Line by Capt. Milman, of Stanstead. A gum -chewing match between two Iowa girls is the latest championship feat The winner will chewagainst time. The -Hon. George Brown intends taking_ up his residence for the,summer at hisfarna, Bow Paik, near Brantford. Sir John A. Macdonald continues to im- prove, and his physician is thinking of allow- ing him to take the open air in a clay or two. A Mrs. Hackett, residing in the town- ship of Caledon, was sun struck a few days ago, -and is at present in a precarious condi- tion. Count Bismark is again in delicate health ancl has been ordered to abstain from all work, and, if possible, pay a visit to Eng: - land. Ninety thousand heacl-o beeves and thirty thousand head of stock cattle have left Tex- as and are now on the road to Abilene, lansas. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur ' in- tends leaving for England with the Rifle Brigade in the ship Ctococlile, on the 28th inst. - - Mr. F. Ross, Clerk, in Woodstock, was struck with a quoit in the temple, produc- ing so deep a wound that his •recovery is doubtful. A large ask tree on the farm of Mr. Gil- lies, in the township .of Chinguacousy, waa struck by lightning on Saturday, And six sheep thereunder instantly killed. The circumstances of finding a man's bo- dy riddled with shots and stabs, and the pockets inside out, near New Orleans, leads to grave suspicions of foul play. Eight hundred, dollars have been subscri- bed as a gurantee fund to ensure the pre- sence ot the celebrated English cricketing eleven in London, Ontario. Miss Macpherson, of the Refuge, London, England, is to be invited to London, (Ont.) and give information as to the poor of old London, and emigration. Invitations have been issued, it is said, by the Corporation of London to the Canadia Volunteers to compete with the. English Volunteers at Wimbledon. The London Shipping Gazette anticipates an average wheat harvest in England ; but the prospeets of other crops are .not of a promising nature. Some over -nice emigrants returned from the Bay of Quinte to Ottawa, having refus- ed one dollar and fifty -cents per day. They - are anxious to return honae. The Republican party in the United States House of Representatives have voted to reduce taxation by the amount Of $65,- 000,000. The Democrats voted against it. Mr. J. B. Ostrom, 1st concession of Sid- ney, reports nine ewes having twenty-one lambs, and three ewes nine lambs. From the nine ewes he sheared 80 pounds of wool. Hon. A., G. Arehibald is expected to leave Ottawa in a couple of weeks, via Fort William for Fort Garry, to assume the du- ties of Lieutenant -Governor of Manitob-a. THE HURON EXPOSITOR. A, entleman just rkurning from a trip throt h the counties of Huron and Bruce, retior the crops in these sections looking magnificent The prospects for an abun- dant harvest were never better. About eight hundred .emigrants have ar- rived at Ottawa, and all have readily found employment, either in the neighbourhood' or up the river, There is room for two or three thousand more. Mr. Robert Wallace's house on the town - lune, East Williams, was 'woken into on the afternoon of the 6th inst., by some ruf- fians, and a SUM of money amounting to about $13 taken. The (Ecumenical Council is still occupied in debating the dogma of Infallibility, Bis- hop Dupanloup vigorously opposing it, and, it is said, seventy-two members of the Coun- cil are with him. Twenty narrow-gauge locomotives have been ordered for the Great Westelm. ,Rail- way from the Providence Works, the first of which,will be delivered within a month;' the remainder at intervals. during the sea- son. i . - a It is expected that Mr. Dewe, Post Office Inspector of Toronto. will go to Ottawa at once to assume the duties of Chief Inspect- or. Mr. Sweetanan goes to Toronto, and Mr. Baker, of Kingston, takes his place at Kingston. ' Some person has stolen, or some clerk has mislaid, two thousand ten dollars of a new issue, and great is the excitement thereat in the Treasury Department at Washington, -wheie the robbery or the . blunder took place. The flour naaiket has decidedly advanced at Halifax. Ordinary supers are held. at $5,76 and choice brands at $6. Some par- cels on hand have soured, and none but known and reliable brands command any attantion. During the absence of Adjutant -General Robertson Ross in the old country the bus- siness of the office will be attended to by Deputy Adjutant General Walker Powell. The sale of Artillery horses on. Thursday, by Arnton at the Ilochelaga barracks, Mon - treat, was well attended. One hundred and nine horses were sold, bringing on an aver - 'age $125 each. - The plans and specifications for the Blind Asylum at Brantford, will ahortly be com- pleted, and tenders immediately advertised for. • It is thought that only the foundation will be laid this season, The utter discomfiture of the Fenians, in their last raids on Canada, is • looked upon by the Iriai "native" newspapers as the lesson that will guard against defeat next time. The County Council of Missisquoi have voted a stand of colors for the 60th Battal- ion of that County, and a silver medal to the officers and men actually on service during • the late raid. It is understood that the volunteers are to be brigaded for the annual drill at 'var- ious parts of the 'Dominion. This will bring together in Camp life 2,000 or 3,000 men at seven or eight places,. The compulsory Education Bill introduc- ed by the English Government will, it is said, receive the full support of the Conser- vative party, that course having been deci- ded upon at a private meeting of the Con- servative members The London citizens have presented an address to Dr. Schultz and Dr. Lynch ; and the fatter was also made the recipient of a gold watch. The two Doctors appear to have had as enthusiastic a reception in London as elsewhere. The Harris Community on Lake Erie are building a sort of Floral Hall between the freight and passenger depots, Brocton. They are intending to keep both plants and cut flowers for sale to travellers, having the necessary greenhouse facillities. The district round Collingwood was over- stocked with hat; for ordinary demand, last season, and farmers would have been glad to reale $5 per ton, whereas the necessity of supplying the Red River expedition in- creased the price to $10. A number of cases of scarlet fever is re- ported in McGillivray, and several cases have proved fatal. Mr. Charles White lost one -child, and his brother James had two fine children taken away and himself pros- trated by the same complaint. The silk manufacturers of Patterson, N. Jaare looking forward to the time when raw silk can be obtained from California., and members of the leading silk firms have been • sent to thaeState to acquaint themselves with the prospects of silk- culture there. , An Order in Council has been passed That all packages containg free goods, when such packages are of the description in which such goods are usually imported, and are not more valuable than the goods they contain, shall be entered free of duty. .Mr, Robert S. O'Neil, of the Township of London, had 62i- pounds of wool, from 9 fleeces, for which he reneived 32 cents per pound, netting $20. The sheep were Lei- cesters, all breeding ewes. The same- per- son had 50 pounds from 4 fleeces, shear- lings. The deserved punishment of two men for An attempted murder in Ireland has been secured through the Irish Coercioe. Act Had it not been for this new law, they would have gone mawhipt of justice, as ju- ries could not agree upon a verdict in their cafes. The Great Western. Railway' company of- fers for sale 5,000 tons of old 4,nd partially worn rails. More than 60 miles of track have been re-laid with new rail since Mr. Muir took charge of the road. Five thou- sand tons of steel rails ;have also bean or On Monday weekl.Mr. John Moriarty, of Peel, missed four of his cows, and, hav- ing noticed that a herd of cattle passed his house that day, rightly' concludedthat they might have been driven off. TlIo days af- terwards he found two of the beasts with a drover who was taking them to Guelph for .shipment. A young man named Silas M. Sampson, machinist; late of St. Marys, was acciden- tally shot at an inn on the road between Drummondville and Chippewa on Friday by the premature discharge of a gun in the hands of Edward Whitehouse. The charge penetrated the right lung of -deceased, and he expired in a few minntes. On Tuesday morning, shortly after light- ing the fire in Mr. Rock's steam saw mill on the 10th concession, Logan, the boiler ex- ploded, seriously injuring two men and completely destroying the entire mill. Se- veral men were in the mill at the tinie of the occurrence, bnt all escaped without in- jury except two. The victims were Ger- mans. The house of Mr. L. R. Goff; of Magog, was struck by lightning last week. Two young ladies of the family were struck by it, tea -ling the boot and stocking off the foot of one, and setting fire to the clothes of the other. Both were rendered senseless, but one of them quickly recoveiing, promptly extinguished the fire on her companion, and fortunately neither has sustained any se- rious injury. - La lifinerve states that the Hudson Bay Company have laid a statement of claims for damages caused by the half-breed rebel- lion before the Imperial Government, which has referred the question to the Government of Canada, whereupon, an interchange of dispatches has taken place. The Minerve, however, is as yetunableto perceive what Canada has got to do with the matter. dered. • A motion has passed the United States House of *Representatives requesting the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint some capable person to obtain full information as to the extent of trade between the British North American Colonies and the United States. • A meeting of the ratepayers of the town- ship of Otonabee was held at Keene, on the 8th inst., to discuss the construction of the Grand Junction Railway. A' resolution was passed urging the building of a railway from Belleville to Peterborough, with a view to° its extension to the Georgian Bay. • Allan &, Co., of the Montreal Steamship Line, have in cOntemplation a few cheap excursion trips to Liverpool and back. The idea is to convey passengers to Liverpool and back in their ocean steamers for half fare, tickets good for the season. Cabin fare can be had for $80 for the round trip. Mr. W. 11,. Pratt, a wealthy' American gentleman, is about building a large hotel, the main body of which will be a hundred by forty feet, at Parry Sound. It will be situated at the head of Lake Rousseau, and will have a telegraph office in it, and a daily mail with Toronto during the summer sea- son. A maelstrom has been discovered in Salt Lake ; and an American paper observes, in connection with this fact, that if any body wishes to "get sucked in." he can go out there and explore. Perhaps it is the pre- monitory symptoms of the faze of Sodom and Gomorrah, addressed to Brigham Young and his "saints" He has lots of wives, and if any of them crave the saline immor- tality of Lot's wife, there is plenty of salt handy. Seventy-five Chinamen, hearty athletic fellows, passed through London, on Monday over the Great Western, direct from San Francisco, and bound for North' Adams, Mass.,: where they have been engaged to work in a shoe store. They were dressed in blue blouses and overalls and dark row- dy " hats; hair cut close in front, and the long braided qtieue, or " pig -tail " coiled in a neat bunch on the back of the head. This is the first importation of Chinese labourers from the Pacific coast to the east. Dickens (From the London Advertiser.) The cable this morning brought us the 'sad news of the sudden death from par- alysislast -evening, of one who had attained an eminence in the literary world, surpassed by no English writer of the present day, and whose name has become "familar in our mouths as household words." Charles Dickens was born at Portsmouth, 7, 1812, His father, who had been in the Feb.,lavy Pay Department, retired with a pension in 1815, and became a reporter for the daily press in London. It was intended to make his son an Attorney, and he was placed in an Attorney's office -for that pur- pose, where he acquired a knov4edge of the machinery and technical phrateilogy of law which be turned to good account in his • writings. But the drudgery of his work weighed oppressively upon him, and his fa- ther's position enabled him to exchange his occupation for the more congenial one .of a newspaper critic and reporter. He was first attached to the True Stsn andafterwards to the lliorning Chronicle. His sketches of London lifeand manners, over the signature of " Boz, appeared in the evening edition of the Ch/ronicle, and attracted as mull attention by the very ori- ginal vein of observation and reflection ex- hibited in them, that the firm of Chapman & Hall 'imposed to the writer the scheme of preparing a work of fiction, to appear in monthly numbers, with illustrations by Sey- mour. It was suggested that the adven- tures of a club of caiginals would furnish a good opportunity for the powers of .both author and artist, and upon this hint the first number ef the "Pickwick Papers" Was written. Seymour died by his own hands . before the appearance of the second num - ber, and H. K. Browne, under the title of "Phiz;" produced the illustrations for the succeeding numbers. The work was com- pleter] and published in full in 1837, but before it was finished the author had risen to be the most popular writer in the English language. Everybody was laugh- ing over the ludicrous adventures of the Picwick Club, the grotesque sayings and &lugs of the Wellers, the inimatable re - Reports as. to the progress of the, crops, and the prospects of a good yield, are at present anything .but encouraging. Fall wheat in Lincoln, South Wentworth and a part of Brant, promises a much lower aver- age yield than for many years past. In An - caster township and some parts of Barton to such an extent is the fall wheat injured that several farmers have plowed up entire fields of it. In the locality of Grand River, and more especially south of it, a better ap- pearance is presented. . A contrivance for filling locomotive tend- ers with Water while in motion wasap- plied successfully on Satinday on the Hud- son River road. A tank was sunk between the tracks and filled with water, from which, by the aid of a pipe dropped at the proper time, the water is forced into the tender. Upwards of 1,600 gallons was in this way forced into the tender, the en- gine going. at the rate of 35 miles an hour. A contrivance of the same kind has been in use on the English railroads. It is reported that Hon. A. Campbell is to be appointed a Judge, a vacancy being expected by the retirement of Chief -Justice Richards. It is said the Hon. Mr. Howe IS to be made President of the Council, and that he will be transferied to the Senate. as he gave Ministers a peat deal of trouble in the House of Commons last Session. The ruiner that was circulated some time ago tha t he would be made Lieutenant -Gover- nor of Nova Scotia is now discredited. -Hon. Dr. Tupper will, it is believed, take Hon. Mr. Howe's office. ' Mr. Wm. Hawkins, a farmer in Colborne, on the Ashfield road, met with his death on the 9th in a very sad manner. He was out in the woods peeling hemlock bark, and chopping a tree in which a hemlock had lodged. A cedar had also, unnoticed by him, been lodged in the same tree, and instead of running out of the way of its fall, he seems, through the excitement, to have run right into it. It fel and crushed him, knocking his brains out. His little son was in the bush with him, and ra,n home screaming that his fathar was killed. Death was instantaneous. Prince Arthur was, on Saturday after- noon, invested 'W ith the Order of St. Mi- chael and St George by His Excellency the Governor-General, who had received a spe- cial warrant from Her Majesty to confer the honor. Despite the continuous rain, there was a large ciowd of people in the sireets, and the capacious St. Patrick's Hall was filled with a brilliant gathering of la- dies arid gentlemen. The Hall was splendid- ly decorated. In going through the cere- mony Prince Arthur was- supported by Sir Alexander T. Galt and Sir Francis Hincks, who are Knights Commander of the Order. PASTURE. J THE subscriber has about 60 acres of excellent pasture with a never -failing spring creek running th;ough it, into which he will receive cattle and. horses at raoderaterates. THOS. STEPHENS. Seaforth, June 10, 1870. 131-4in. port of the (treat case of Bardwell vs Pick- wick, and the haps and mishaps of Winkle Tuprnan an, Snodgrass. Next a.prieared "Oliver Twist" in Bent- ley' s Miscellany in 1838, and, "Nicholas Nickleby" in 1839. I "Maser Hurnphretes Clock," comprising the stories since known as "Old Curiosity Shop, and Barnaby Rudge," came out in weekly numbers in 1840 and 1841.. This had been received with all the favor that had been accorded his previous works—if not more. The char- acter of • little Nell alone awakening a depth of admiration no other character had Won. Mr. Dickens' first visit to America was made in January, 1842. He was received with great enthusiasm, and on his return home, at the close of the year, he published the result of his observations under the title of "Ammican Notes." This, and his "Martin Chuzzlewit," published in 1844, were the least acceptable to our American cousins of all his writings. He took the li- berty of satirizing American foibles with the same vigor that he 'nought to bear on the faults of his own country. But the very accuracy- of the picture cliawn made it all the more irritating, Time, however, soft- ened the anger of the Americans, and when he made his second visit a short time since, his reception was as enthusiastic as could be desired. In January, 1816, he assumed the editor- ship of the. _Daily Nevis, a liberal paper start- ed in London. In its columns he published the interesting and oriatin.al "Picture of Italy," based on observationa made dining a Yisit to that country iu 1844. , But he soon relinquished his post of e:_litor, and is- sued his "Donabey & Son" in monthly numbers during 1847 and 1848. Then fol- lowed -"David Copperfield," concluded in 1850. In this year he commenced the pub- lication of Household Words, which for many years had a wide circulation in Eag- land and America. Inits columns appear- ed his "Child's History of Engla.nd," and the novel of "Hard Times," with a number of stories in 1853, "Bleak House," was fin- ished, and "Little Dorrit," in 1857, has fought with a keen and tenchant and not a few legislative forms in England, were aided by the sarcasm and invective of Dickens. His chief fault, perhaps, has been in exalting geniality and good humor as the source of virtuous thoughts and act- ions, while self-discipline and the influence of religion are but little recognized. Cola: vivial pleasures he makes attractive, but against convivial excesses there is scarcely any warning. •kis " favorite characters ars young, or else good humored. His oldpeo- ple we can hardly respect or aenerate. . If they are not wicked, they are exaessivelv ludicrous, with no attraction but their good nature. But despite any errors, his popu- larity is fairly earned. It is no fleeting 'fashionbutis secure as long as the English tongue shall last. $50 000. TO lend on the security\pf Real Property in the County of Huron at fitm. 6i to 10 per cent, by • BOYLE & SQUIER, 117-6m. Barristers, Goderich. SEA]?ORTJI PLAN 1 NG MILL SASH, DOOR, AND BLIND FACTORY! MITE Subscribers beg leave to tender their sin- ." cere thanks to their numerous cestomers and the publickat large, fodr the very liberal patronage received since commencing business in Seaforth. And as they have now a very large stock of Dry Pine Lumber on hand, and having lately enlarged their premises and added New Machinery (there- by increasing their facilities for doing work with despakh), they feel confideht of giving every sa- tisfaction to those who niay favour them with their patronage, as none but first-class workmen are employed. Particular attention paid to custom planing. BROADFOOT & GRAY. Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. NykTIONAL PILLS. NATIONAL PILLS. NATIONAL PILLS. NATIONAL PILLS. NATIONAL PILLS. For a time his writings, though frequent, were not to be compared with any of these larger works, being chiefly his Christmas stories, the last of which appeared three years ago, when in company with Wilkie Collins he wrote "No Thoroughfare." After a long interval of comparative rest, "Our Mutual Friend" was finished in1865. Then ,came his second. visit to America, with his inimitable readings from his own works— and this year commenced "The Mystery of Edwin Drooe—the opening chapter of which gave us no indications of decay in their writer's mental powers, and awoke no fear of his untimely end. • The long list of his writings, of which we have given above only the _principal, show that Charles Dickens was a man of vigorous industry, as well as of methodical habits of labor, while his great popularity renders -criticism almost superfluous. He was one of the most original writers in the English language. He formed himself on no model. He wrote like none of his conteraporaries • nor his predecessors, but like Charles Dickens only. Rarely, if ever, does he quote from, or allude 'to, other writers. A thorough self -dependence characterizes all his works. His humor is original and bound- less; his combinations, though grotesque and startling, come free and spontaneous from an inexhaustable mind. In pathos his mer- it is scarcely less. No author seems so deeply tocomprehend or so vividly to ex- press the sorrows and sufferings of child- hood. Against social follies and evils he The National Pills areanew discovery m medicine. They are composed of purely vegetable extract prepared by &newly -discov- ered. process, 1,nd are sugar coated. They are the great blood. and stomach purifier. They act on the liver with magical effect, are tsearching, yet a thorough purgative, it have no equal as a first class family pilL See circulars with each box. Sold by R. LUMSDEN and E. HICKSON CO., Seaforth. and medicine dealers generally. WOODRUFF, BENTLY &- Co., Proprietors, Brougham Ont 711-25ins. MR. JOHN THOMPSON THANKS his numerous customers for their liberal his during the last fifteen years, and trusts -he will receive its continnaaice, He has now on hand a large assortment of Good Sound Green Hemlock! Which he warrants will give satisfaction. ALSO 200,000 FEET OF PINE! CUT FOR BUILDING AND GENERAL PURPOSES Which he offers on liberal terms. Orders will be promptly attended to. He has also on hand a large assortment of WELL SEASONED ACCOUNTS To which he calls the attention of his old custo- mers, who will fincl it to their advantage to re- tire them promptly, and without legal proceed- ings. Seaforth, Jan"y. 21st, 1870, 84-tf: SPRING ARRIVALS. T. K. ANDERSON'S SPRING STOCK OF Scotch, • and Canadian Tweeds BROAD CLOTHSjik HAS ARRIVED. A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF - Prince Arthur Checks. mormawavammitoramm=mormwt TAIL° RINC IN ALL ITS BRANCIIES, DONE IN A FIRST CLASS MANNER, AND ACCORDING TO THE LATEST, OR ANY OMER STYLE, TO SUIT CUSTOMERS. SZAVOIRTH, March 31, 1870. WM. E 1.11 VOL Bas TD TRACY, Jaj. Hur-on. East of the Seaforth, De TT L. Rd 11. goon, etc of Market an& of ICidd & Mc $eaforth, TAR, ,R, if Office,- -dence--Main-st Seaforth De CAMPBE , Univ geon, etc. Pot Office Buil found by night Seaforth, JnI ps WAL PuCbliourt House„ N:Be:&1:1—.° oney1 Land. 'oderich, San it if 7CAUGlit Mtonie3 and insolvency, ors. Solicitors f' Agents kr tbe B.—$30,000 Rouses and. Lots' Seaforth, Dec. 'PINSON ,14 at Law, Bob eney, ConVeyanc( fices,----Seafortb.,o 'Trust vad. Loan. 'C Oe10na:1 Seeuriti Itoney at 8 per MS. Xst-XSOX, Seaforth, Dec. 44. ficit late care taken for tti tender teeth, Roo'nw over Colli Saeforth. Dec, - OMMERCIAl Laird, propr modation for the 4Thot bar are alwai markets afford. A inleyville, ONX'S HOT' dersigned liberal -patron ag_e in the hotel bum that he has again stand, where he from old friends,. I §eaforth, Mayl: T R. -ROSS, Pro pi -o begs to inforl the travelling coni fir.st-cIass accomm by travellers. always on hana, every necessary at Seaforth, -Feb. WIM" EX( ONT, C*- WILLIAMS, .(late Y.) Manager. TI ly furnished, and due of the most en the Province. Go cial Travellers. 1 .Goderich, April ATIRPS, LIV SEAvonnr. IE always on hand a19 Seaforth, May5th 0 /vIAILL & CRO 0 and Specifieat tees, Plasterer's, and valued. Offiel store, Court-Tfouss Galeria, April' & W, MePITI veyors, Qivil of Conveyancing dc; 0-. McPhillips, Con Next door south of Seaforth, Dec. 3.41 —r S. PORTER, sheap, skins, moats made on eon Insurance agent. rice paid for gm, Main Street, one Hardware Store. tapa EtA7LEHITI the County Paracular -attentk Stock. Farm Stec Terms. Goods Ap Landlord's Warm: :First Division Coin ,Godefich, Julie