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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1870-10-28, Page 4RAILWAY TIME TALE. ins leave the Seaforth station as follives GOING EAST. 7.18 A. 31. 1047 " " 3 ttM. - 001NC; WEST. 1.37P.M. 2.07 " 8.45 ‘`‘ tilt unit txpooitor. The Official Paper of the County. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28,-.1870. THE TOLL -GATE QUESTION. As our readers know, we have already dis- cussed this question at considerable length; 'but as the bylaw, note appears in our columns,: the voting on which is to decide the matter, we propose to again call thel attention of the public to some of its most\, prominent features:* - That the nineteen toll-keepeis who now collect $10,000 for the County, consume other $5,000, we before affirrned, and thus far, no one has offered it a public objection, that we are aware of. And that the whole artiount—•$15,000 according to ihie estimate —comes out of the public of course, no one - will ditpute. With all, however, We agree that the ratepayers of the County_ do not contribute the whole of thiS amount; but as we have, of aforetime, said, .accordini to this calculation, ue1ees7 the non -ratepaying travel is one-third of the whole, the rate- payers of the County, pay more at the toll- gates than is devoted to the-maintenen.ce of the roe& A cotempora,y, tber Signal, con- • siders five per eent. over the proportion of thisclass of tia-rel; but •admitting, for ar- gument sake'it to be that much, only $750 is this secured to cff-set the $5,000, which we assume goes to support the toll -keepers. Who. pays the balance? The ratepayers of the County, of course, pay the renaming $4,250 of this toll -keepers' sustenance fund. What a -gross absurdity, baiting our traps with $4e250, to catch 750'$Qh. yes' but here comes the grievance : Some of the rate- payer's are :so situated (hat they use the gtavel rbads- more than others. Of course, and in order to deteimine who they are, so that they may be heavier taxed; proportion- ately, does notthe assessor make his annual • round.? If this be not a specific for the diffiCulty, then we 'Pronounce assessing an unquallified farce, and an -unnecessary ex- pense : Deny it, who can -1 At any rate, the toll-gatefetlo not sustain the County grevel roads, for while but $10,000 is 'realized from -this source, their maintenance cost ti $12- 000; so then, after all, one-sixth the whole amount is raised by common taiation. While some object to a free read system in to -to, °the's- again there- are, in this. County, who express themselves quite will- ing to accept such te state of things, but . object to the purchase of the Northern Gra- vel Road. Now the. fact is that in order to da justiee to all parts of the County; the latter condition, is an estential -preliminary securing the other It :would be a fla- grant injustice, to the Intepayers of the Townships of Coihmem aiid Wawanosh, and others who travel the Northern Gravel Road, and have to contribute their full prpportion in paying for the County roads, to leave them still,paying tolls, oit this, the only road in the County, not cwned by that COr- potation,. while others would have free reads. We collie, now, to view the matter from commercial etand-point. , Wil it pay? This. is the all-important question. •AS is set forth in the by-law, it is -peoposed to purchase ithe Noithern bievel Road • for $40;000, payable, together with interett, at 6 per cent.; by debentures spread over, twenty years. For their paythent,, it will require an, anduel teXatien of $4,400. This, on the equalization of .1869, requires 17-50 of a mill on the dollar, or 34cents on $.1?000, assessment. Now, it .mest be borne - mind, it will not, in reality, require the fill amount that will be thus raised, to pay Off the debentures, and the interest thereon, in - as -much as there will be the accumulet interest of the twenty years_ sinking fend, ;cher and above. This, at a low rate, will be found to be no inconsidereble sinne and wilI -reduce the actual coat of the Northern Gravel-Roaa,;to less than $3,00C anneelly, for the term of the debentures Now, by pursuing the present system, after making duet allowance for nen-rate-paying travel, weihave shown that the County of Huron is $4,250, out of pocket, annually, and by dispensing with the tell -gate system, this amount will be saved; in doing which an annual actual taxatiOn of less than $3,000 will be ineureed, but in twenty years th is taxation will have secured, for the County; the Northetn 'Gravel Road, the value of which is, according to the ecti e ate of its own Engineer, $13,000. Then it just comes. to this : Wi1I the people. of Huron pay $4,250, annually, iter ever, for the sustet mace of nineteen toll -keepers and their families, and nothing more, or, will they iusteacl,pay less than $3,000 annually for twenty yeors, and become the owners of a $43,000 property * When before speakm. g on this subject we went astray, in our calculation, in -as -much as we were then under the impression . that at the close of each and every year, of the twenty, over which the debentures are proposed to be spread, one - twentieth of the whole principal, and the interest op% ate '1472,1X6Ci principal were to be paid by the Comity to the present owners of the Northern Gravel Road, which would reduce every annual payment proportionally, instead of this however, we per- ceive, on reading the by-law. that with the pro- portion of the principal collected each year it is proposed to form -a sinking fund, and. the interest on the whole prpalonly is to be paid annually. Though this modifies the case, somewhat in name, it is nothing of any =Count in reality, for it just The Lis logic, is county, f Asking th Wallace lington three fro Turnber culation, which it ed, have average that as ea proposes t er of the with the -could, is piesditt c Banner h why if w" townships a.nce, and Listowelf article in in the fall e The county tow in respect to Council, w ere those older and who arrog te tc the public iunds So far th concerned thes epplicatio 'wh be neare the Grey tha G of Howie it TOMBS of coni Q BEITIC41' .THEHURON EXPOSITOR. we Ba4ze. witI more zeal than dv atin the for' ation of a new r thp contructi4 of which it is ee tlwns 'ips fra Perth—Elma, id ngton ; Vtyn from Wel Minto ad Marybbrough, ; and lbw Greif • Howicie and , ▪ he kinr er eters into a cal- hiqh w s all ot dispute, by ve that th triu icipalities nam- su cien r p pule ion to make On eapl d c u ty,; and T- concludes, h of the ou tis from which , it .draw, is u usually large, neith- -coy ld-ce ta nly object to parting terr tory as ed. ;Whether they m tter h ch ,jviet need not at nsi er— ot ati lea-st, until the s me • er reasons to offer; 1 be advaii geous to the coveted to orsa e heir present tillegi-t um. e in o a confederacy, having r a entre th n thaw erged in the ues ion ; 11 of which it sum up wing :— at dist from theli respective d the renc in theirl position e and " fluen e in the County qual- kis ce is ot done them by more in uential municipalities, themsel es the lion's share of towns ips from Huron are obj ti ns have searcely any tevet. True Littowel mav bou4da ies �f Howick aid 'erici, int, seve in the case is ve oulttf 1 whether' the men•Ication' with Goderich eh s pe or, as to more than the-iI rence in the length to two places. And s the d erence in the positi- spebtive to eishipS of our Coun- ct ta age a dt, influence in the. oun il, we •believe' these • three bearing aut in declaring it a rhatve may bethe fact, in iingtn,vie pledge the worth on, 4t very meeting of. the' Cotnc 1, fer some eonsider- 1Oatt3ui t is made by the old; es— cheverfthey may be, .autae ver the others, any n v0W3 extent This al d fanciful reason, selfie wish of our cotem- are not s m compensa fo of " bee -1. es" then, as r ga on of.the ty, in res County -townships will non-entit Perth and We of our obs rya Huron 0 • unt able time, hat er , munici • lit obtai ad at least, not to is:,only a on] • igutating ro ; • porary. m st, justice of ayii ness, in t e fo "The q estio town is -of ours depending rine County WOU d ta ing success al. would dou • less possible ne ther yet too earl to The B nne give Wro ete prospect • r aid :its eproj ect future" e ton will thd, t at its tail �nd to secure, object, in ha ak owe en do the &mur the g that it disclaims selfish - lowing terms :- 1 Of the selection of a county • a ma ter in the remote future, pallyupon the shape the new e in the event oAthe project be- arriston, Wroxeter, andListowQ each aspire to the honor, and of them would get it. But it is "scusi this part of the subject." it do ibt , thinks thatto and Flarriston a smell of a corning a county seat, will but should that "remote ome, Wroxeter and Harris - at Listowel has "nine trickS e times nine in a bag." we affirm to be, its firincipal g this agitation. ' For No. 1ho Coventry's. e made Shoepacksgo to Thos. A eritous Voyage'. News has re chect New -York of the ar- rival at L verp ol 1119 quion Company's_ 1: stea,mer • . rebr ka fter one of the most perilous oya es •;o_iti record. The vessel left New Yin on the morning of Friday, the 16th opt, with mails, passengers, and a ,cargo consi ting of 80,488 bushels i of wheat, 431 tr lest of cotton; and 58,300 1 pounds, of chee e. On the evening of Sun- day, the 18th f Sept., there I arose a very strong breeze, evhich, at 2 o'clock on the morning of the 19th. h d in.creased to aster- .rific gale. E ery !moment increased the strength ; of the wind and tlie fury of the ; sea. At. 7 o'creck on t pude ; morning the chief engineer eepotted to the captain that i . the engine room and stock -hole were fast filling with wa er, and that it was impossie ble to get it out,as the cargo lia,d begun to shift, and the vesel to heel over. At 8 6" - clock . the, sea open the sidoo leen with wat with her lee d by e sea which stoke -hole, ext nafees, washed boats, top gall laniptrooni cac and every, rimy ly after this work behind side ;". andwas - On • aro Coal, exertions. 20th, -a cr fire. The board -side wer a t mit passing u bu side of thel ship clued, Th •T, v • morning of the 'once iore er Only.. 41e wind 'as place day there, was soOn xti arrived at Live eat month'.1 the deck h , to gain a stO To spr 1 on as - 6 ereepin over the ship butst doors,' nd flooded the Sa- n At 11 o'clock the ship, ck uncle water was struck filled t ie engine -room and geishec the fires in the fUr- away t ree of the p8it li e7 nt bul %reeks fore and a t swain' nd carpenter's roo able th ng on deck. Sho •t -I re broe out in the wo d - he boil r an the star-boe d only et nguished•after great the me ning of Tuesday the e that t e ship woe againiOn in the unieers on the , found l o be in it blaze, and be tor up in Several p11es ance tp tile the, all hai4ls, kets ,of water from the 1 e' Finally, the fire was sub- ssel leboured on uhtil, the 2nd, when the engines We'..e ted, wit e steam in two hal- , ards evening, a light, favi- uig u, ea all possible sail the vessel. On this same gain an alarm of fire, butlit geished The ship fina0y poolion the 6th of the pres- ; comes to this, that though the annual interest The apnolnt due by the County to the Northern Gravel Road Police Ma tr Company will not be reduced, on the other hand,. . the County' will be acettniulatine interest on the denship,,pfthe sinking fund, which will thus he formed. cided npo ent of Mt. John Greighton, e, Kingston, to the -War- Penitentiary, 'has been de - 11 FEARFUL SHIPWRECK. toss of t " Cambria." TJ3RRIBLE LOS1 El OF LI The stea to Londond haven Ilea containing a sailo The sailor stated of the Anchor lin at 10 o'cloc on t trahnil• .1,81 tid Four ether •oats the steamer but of. The.sa lor r was upset a d all ship Enterprise, ft rry, picked up a at 3 o'clock and a co hat the stea, -tram. New e night pre • d became a ontaining ave not yetbeen heard ports t;ha Iis own boat in it but Iiint elf drowned. Linoir, Oct. 21, E. Oct. 21, om Gershon boat off Innis - 1. yesterday, e of a girl. er Cambria, York, struck us on 'nisi]: total wreck, ssengers left The agen s of t i e Anchor L ne at Glas- gow have i ceiveo a.ftill contirriation of the loss of their steaio er, the Jam1ria, on Wed- nesday nig t. ' No 'tidings ofj tle missing boats have e'en r ceivIed. Ntew Yon , Oct. 22. '. The total loss.o the steams ip Cambria, is fully co firmedoted there is little to givehope t at pa engers who had taken to boats have escap d. The co st is a very dangerous o e, an it is evithnt from the upsetting o the •tie loat fro it which the, single survi Or of the wieck w s picked up, that the sea was ery toughi at the time of the disaster. Ne erehe eeie, th se who had friends on oard need &not b in haat? to Imagine the worst Thecoastis admirably guarded ' by exp rt and and adventurous men, and it is not impossible hat if boats are driven ashor some of th were saved. Other 1 losses are re them on en everywhere to hear for along the, A The Ca Ilia condition: he thoroughly if iro pared for th sev and wave'. From be surmised that of the inn' mere coast of Ir land, got Off wor ed t dashing of he w the boats say h innunierabl islan Carnaghan, 0111m ing the ill- ated most expert need visiting this port. mand of; v ssels , several year., and sant with, the -na- lantic.route to GI one hnndredj and ciew on boa d, ev posed to be ost. - LONDOND RRY sels just re urn Cambria, 1i ster ed only e lo of b relsof lieu cargo. ' Not iag three small oats Cambria wh n sh safety heti no t yet but McGi.rt, and r short of a ht rrica which it wo Id be craft to -welt heri LONDOND PRRY, Oct., 22.— amination o the &oasts and wa around the . •eite f the Comb. by river !st. . mer, failed to traces of the g beats- fro brift. LONDON, 0 et. 2. -The tel graph lines nave' been di area ged by the r cent storms, and Meder land' narrative as just got through froLon onderry as snows :— ,The voya e fro New YOr was gener- ally fortune e, no withstandin unpleasant w • ther pre ailed until the iii3 lit of Wed - n sday thiel th of October, bet een 10 and 1 1 o'clock. The 1a9nbria was then mailer s.dl and steaming apidly: Suddenly, when all was apparentl going well, s e struck on M`stroline Island, 10 miles wet of Donegal an, 40 west of ;Londonderry. The vessel instantly heaii to fill through i large bottles stove :in her ibott,o 1, and the firs were soon extinguished. It becaMe evident .that the steainer was-helpl ssly lost, and efforts were therefore directed o save the lives of the passengers, w!!. -Jo w re massed upian the deck. Four boats crowc ed with passengeis were launched aid pu off from the steamer McGartland cnte ed one of these, and he saw no more of the ship de the other bct-ats. The weather was very heavy, and he thinks there is o doubt all of the boats were swamp cl. an I that he is the only sur- eivlor. Aln ost in tantly upon getting into the boat it c psize ,,, and he lost consciots- ness. Upo • reviv'no' he found himself in. the sea bu eras ing the gunwale of the, boat, NV ich had ei fhted. He s cceedeel in get ing jet the boat a second-tinie-and found t erei the ead body of a lady.e Mr. MeGartlan.d WASI t issed about ruany houite when he wa pick:d up by the .Enterprise; Caelit. Gillespie, wf o cruised about the scene of the disaster for long time in the hope t• of aving lif& ancl. property. retMcGart- laia says that al sost, at the very time, of the disaster the p ,ssengers and crew were congratulating themselves on a empestuons voyage nearly finished,' and rejoicing in the fa,ct that in one short hour more they would land at eloville. passengers fatal but still serious 'marine rte this mornilig, many of ow coast. Lat gales were ange eitis, and We may expect evera days of se ious wrecks !anti and Gulf cats. - as considerpd m sound as but rec ntly rebuilt and in eve y way pre - rest contest with wind meagre desp fches it can he vessel rar foul of some le islands o the ,nortli and before he could be pieces by he continual ves.- It is ossible that ve reached some of the s about the oast, Capt. nder of the' ,ambria dur- voyage, was one of the r1 ki11fu1 aval offiters, He has ben in conn of be Ace or Line for • was thorou hly conver- igatton 'of t e trans-At- ttOW. The ambria had fty passenge besides her ry one of w om are sup- et.121, mid ight.—Ves- g film the scene of the eport that t ey discover- oken spars a d a few bar- , • vtlfch 'formed dart of, her as yet been ; eard of the whi4 put o ut from the struck. Hope for their been entirel abaedoned, ports that wind little. e prevailed t the time, miraculous for such small careful ex- ers for miles ict disaster, iscover any the Cam, - No. 1 hometaade k do,•§3.50, at Covent p boots for $4 cow hide 'The Ontario Le or tie dispatch of e mber. la/ure has business. on een called, the 7th of EUROPEAN WAR SUMMARY, Below will be found a daily digest of the egiaphic news, anent the Franco-Prussian ar. THURSDAY. • The expected collision between the French a d Prussiens, near Orleans, has taken pi de, and has reseltedeafter six hours hard fi hting, in the complete discomfiture of the fo mien The opposing forces are said, to h ve been in about equal 'lumbers, but the i vaders were more than a match for their o ponents. The correspondent of the Lon - d n Standard at 13er1in believes Prussia w uld now welcome any favourableopen- i for inegotiation& The Prussians are s d to experience much difficulty in 'con- y ying the nupplies and clothing necessary fo • the support of so immense an army as t ey have now in France. Following the e ample of General Trochu, sorties Itave b en made by the garrisons at New Brie - s hand Montmedy, which have, it it said, re ulted unfavourably to the Prussians.— G neral Paladines, the Commander-in-chief o the Army of the Loire,' has pu'ilished a order of the day declaring that he would s oot any soldier arrested for insubordina- ti n and, calling on his men. to shoot him if h nIeglected his duty. FRIDAY. • • On Tuesday, the Crown Prince attacked, w th forty thousand men, a large field army co o centrated at Chateau Dun, and after a se ere engagement drove them bank, carried t e town by storm, and took a large num- b r of prisoners. His loss wale! compare - ti ely small. On the other hand) the Pins - 81 ns 'before Paris' have sustaineI another ✓ eite, havine been driven from their po- si ions by a. sudden sally of the National 1G ards. A Berlin Special profettesito give the terms upon which Bazaine is to, surren- d r Metz. These are no less than that Etzaino, as plenipotentiary of Napoleon III , , is to sign a teeaty of peace, disarm hs forces, atld become Regent to the Prince Imperial,. W 0 is to be placed upon the throne. SATURDAY. The Prussians have evacuated Meting and Biau ency. It is not stated in what three - tion 1he Prussians have retired, or to what a • pa eat cause the movement is due. At To urA a feeling of greater confidence appears to prevail ; and the impression is that the P •ustians are moving northward rather than • in thc direetion of the present seat of govern - in nel The discipline of the army et the L ir is said to be improving. The com- m n ers have shot some insubordinate sol- di.rs as an elample to others. ' Orders have O en received at Lyons to prepae.e provisions fo an army of 75,000 men, to make up w i ich great numbers of men from the rural di tricts are coining in to rendezvous. The n gotiations for the surrender of Metz have co• e to nothing. Bazaine agreed to sur - re i der upon the same terms as those given at Se an, except that the regular garrison of M tz should continue to hold the for- t,: ss. These terms would have relased one - h if of the investing army, but Von Moltle-e re used to agree to, them, as the garrison th s-reauced could ttand a longer siege than before. Gambetta is inclined to deal most vi orous and unmercifully With eh political a tators in France, but his colleagues are le .s -decisive. - 1 0 • MONDAY'. Strenuous efforts are again being made b thie .neutral Powers,- on behalf of an ar- m stice, and Lord 'Lyons at Tours and Lord L ftes at Berlin aie particularly active in ta ine the necessary steps. According to a sp dal despatch from Berlin to the London T --published in an evening edition— P 1usia has repeated her willingnest to grant a• armistice, provided the princiele of, the ce sion of Alsace.and Lorraine is acknow- le ged ; as simply the dismantling of the fo tresses in those provinces would not be en tieh.- A telegram to, the Manchester fte r ian, positively states that an armistice fo a nonth has been agreed to, in order to al ow the people of France to elect repre- se itatives to the Constituent Assemblv•--; Ti e Prussians are devoting some attention to Gen. Bourbaki at Amiens, and have ar- ri ed at St. Quentin for that purpose: They ha e also appeared near Rouen, where they ca nonaded the village of Vernon. The sitee of Pei is continues, the French making fr:quent sorties with varying succes.s. ba tle lasting all day is said to have taken pl. ce 'near Besancon, butyl° particulars are gi en . TUESDAY. i re seems to be good reaS011 to believe tie b(f'reat Britain has placed 1sorne proposi- ti ns or an armistice before`the contending po ye: s. It is not very probable that Bis- ni rc1 will consent to a truce, unless some SU )st, etial concessiens are lfirst made, and jut now the French seem to he in no mood to concede anything. The cession of terri- to remanded by Prussia is the point on w ich i negotiations tor peace are likely to go off. It is sUggested that Alsace and - L mine should be left to decide their own fat , tiy a plebiscite. The reported Inas- ea re It Soissons of several thousand Mobile Gt. aids has been very much exaggerated, th ()lily foundetion for the report being an ou break among the guards, in which seven we e killed and three -wounded. . AVEDNE DAY. e would appear ffrom aedespatch to the den Times, from Berlin, that the latest • ce 'negotiations have failed. The cause he failure of the last attempt at medita- • is- said to havd been the obstinacy of istia, in dernauding Lorraine and Alsace France. • The 'British Government, ich was he most active in this last en- votir to terminateithe war, is advised by 7times to leave the matter to the mai- n& alone' unless she is willing to run I re* of a war. Thiore are reports that 1111 pe tio Pr fr tv th ba th 611 1 OCTOBER 2E, 1870. King William is negotiating With the Fete press Eugeine as the only legal' and recog- eized French authority, and , that a treaty of peace is to be signed at Verseilles. It ie said 'even that the Empress has left, or is expected shortly to leave Chiselhurst, in. England, t proceed to France for the pur- pose ,indicated ; but on the other hand, a. special to the New York Tribune states the Empress disclaims any desire to take part • in such matters, but that she has devoted her- self to her son whose interests she believes will be advanced by keeping quiet at rpresent.. Queen Victaria, is reported to have written. a letter to King William urging him to • acee G the terms of Race proposed. The strong fortress of Schilestadt, south-west of Strasbourg, has at length capitulated to the Pruesians, after a comparatively long siege and a vigorous bombardment. Two thou- sand French troops surrendered, with 120 cannon.- - For the Cheapest Boots and Shoes in according to quality, go to Coventry's, Seaforth The Earthquake of Thursday. An earthquake of greater severity than any that has occurred for many, years was. experienced on Thersday week about elevee o'clock intearly every part of the Provinces of Ontario and Queoec: It also extended to the United States and was felt hi Boston, New York, Cleveland, and several weetern eitiet. The shocks in Ontario s appear to• have been slight in effect and short in du- ration compared with Montreal and Quebec. In these cities it was so severe that the citizens were very much alarmed, and left their houses and places of business for safety in the streets. Nelson's Monument in Mon- treal oscillated for some time, and fears were entertained for its safety. The frequenters. ()file Recordei.'s Court in• the same city rushed out from the shaking building, and grave judges of the -Supeiior _Court there and at the ancient capital forgot their dig- nity in the presence of apparently tumbling walls, and raced with vigorous barristers and active Attorneys foi the open- squaw. In the large manufactories, at : Montreal, where hundreds of employees **ire at work; the alarm was excessive, owing to the great height of the buildings. The earthquake- - lasted from thirty seconds to twa minutes. in different places and there were sometimes - two shocks, and in other localities only one. Some of the reports' say that the quaking *aye came from the north-west, and pro- ceeded to the south-east. It is ,said, how- ever, to have been felt in Quebec before Montreal, though the old city Wok a veiy slight lead. Making due allowance for dif- ference of time, the shocks appear to have been simultaneous all over the country.— Some damage was dope w windows and chimneys, but nothing more of any particu- lar importance. It is gratifying to note that no lit -es were lost, though in Quebec two persons were injured by falling brick& The Nova Scotian barque Aftedway was. loft recently in the English Channel, and. bat one of her crew saved. Fifteen Germans, of Ottawa, I have sub- scribed $900 'between them for the relief of the Prussian wounded•. The diamond fever at the Cape of Good Hope is reported to be increasing. and ex- traordinary gems have been discOvered, A Papal Ml1l, announeing the euspenSion of the CEcuMenical Council, has been affix- ed to the doors of all the churches in Rome. A meeting of Catholics, tdprotest against the Italian annexation, of Bente, has been t held at Geneve under the presidency of Bishop Spalding. , The Chinese are in all probability. to be severely punished for the late iri4esacres. A Bombay despatch states that titoops have been leaving Madras to lookt after the Celestials. On MondaY last there was a Mass meet- ing, et -reposed of over 2,000 people, in the City Hall, London, which was addressed by Messrs McKenzie, Blake, Mills, and Bed - well, on the political questions 'ef the day. The veneitible Dr. Rolph, founder of Vic- toria College, Toronto, died on Thursday last at Mitchell. On,Saturclay his remains were interred, and the funeral tires attend-, ed by a large number of the medical profes- sion. The late earthquake seems tiS have re- servedits force for the rocky districts be- low Quebec, where it is repOrted !the ground opened in several places, and prings of fresh water bubbled out At By St. Paul a chtnch was so severely shakenIthat it will have to be rebuilt. The sale of thorough -bred stOck at Bow Park last -week went off succeSsfully. great crowd of persons attended the „sale, and all the animals on the calallogne were disposed of at good prices, with the excep- tion of a few lots: of sheep that were not, reaphed when night approached.; There is still more doubt in 4adrid as to the best policy to be pursued tottard Cabe. The newspaper orgen of Admiral Topete advocates the granting of liberal reformto the peeple of the "ever -faithful isle,", end urges the government to seek glary in that directions. Prim is very reticent as to his intentions, though he is visited by Castellar and others. • Another terrific hurricane has swept over Cuba, scattering and destroying every- thing in its course. Nearly tnto thou&antl people lost their lives, a great number of cattle , were killed, several vessels wrecked and hundreds of houses and other buildings demolished. As if these particulars were tame and commonplace, the horrible is brought out in a startling and -improbable manner, and it will require cOnsiderable credulity to accept the statement that a cemetry was scattered through the country. CTOBER 28 DISTRICT EINTERPRISING.- GOLle- of Thurrelay week. 5eafo Seat is surely looking up, The deposits in the Si ings Bank, for the lquarte 8eptenaber, amounted to ERICATUM. —Instead of t ownship purposes, in last issue of the L' xpositor, ; IC Anderson, merch gents' haberdashery depa ment, in which will be kej ties ii ties, collars, etc., e !•4, A Moe:realm, —The St. presented. -with a mange ponrals. The Expositor co; on -vegetables, but Atter "t its contempbrary of the " Wn-el Humph' rey, a.farnn lined for evading the mar The Si'gnal considers it a m te attempt an evasion of clerk is so obliging as the -f.) The :editor of the God -e from ait New York - 'establi • hope money husinets. •, tieer ftoui conscientiousne weretins scrupulous about h 1 Pers4ne desirons of join; oharticsi' Institute -Mises, n appearance at the Seaforth Wednesday evening next membein of theComraittee DRA*ATIO.---Monday ev'g the talerzted young acior, popular, entertainments, in Howard is spoken of in the eections ef the Press, and -ee havlka bumper hon' LIGIAN1114—Dunng the day, the lightning waa so see the teletVaphebatteries at; A vale. The operators say it the balls of fire roll off the teries eXplodede A public zneeting, under Seaforth Sons of Temperance -evening of Tuesday next-, Hall, on -which occasion it dresses will be delivered by smith, and other able -Speali eordiallYinvited. ' While Mr. P., Bany was at one of the sehall circular Lawson -Se Robiimon's Sash boards slipped ind his left hz with the saw, The half of t1 off and the little finger was a the 'wrist KIRKTOlst-!-This ai growing: at h ra,pid rate, blacksmith shops, churches, VATiOUS ttrects, and. numera --some of them of mueli taste • the place. lt is the market 1 the surrounding country, and increase in size and iteportan Just received_ at J. R. Grail Store,-Ainleyville, a further Extract of Meat, Syrup of H Toilet Soap, (uncpiall antiseptic), Paints and Oils, Li. Artists' teolors, Lubricating : fined, A full supply,' of Bo3 All orders punetually attendt est prices. Give him A call. PLOuonuo MATOILT-A the auspices of the Grey Bran !day, Will take place on the -.McDonald, Lot I, Cati3088i011 day, Nov. let, when theeefelle competed for: Min's C10.---; 3rd); $4 ; 4th, $2, Bop :36 ; 2nd, , $4; 3rd, $3; 4th, $1 for the best groomed and riggi The Huron : Expositor, for one Mr. WM. I?„ 'Luxton.t Plot Ground at 9 o'clock ; to no a.m. All parties to be finishe 'MECHANICS' INSTITOTE LE aging Committee, have nmele-; series of five lectures, the admission tickets have been place therzi'with the reach -of single, (75 cents ; double tla 1.00; fapiily, $1.50. Single, e,ents; Atrubletnlatly and gen family, .50 cent. Tickets ma members of the Managing Coe lecture, of the series, will be Goldenaith, in the Presbyten s nesday evening,s Nov. .0th. Government." DISisTiOOS WEATiiEn::— weatlier has beeri fickle an- f)rinonisli- the . T lakes rva s britnegtit; ping as Nor'Westorly. Vessel* , belt) have had their share of inisfori .•;e11, hai to put into .Port Colbo •able damage. Capt. Bogie is I but. whether seriously or no, not say. The- krenny Aunt& w t)srtwo days°'Nvwithin ashort en b here foa bor. 'Whien the gale sulatided port it was found that her t Her yawl also had been stssve deck cargo lost, The Nina, hi of some 300 barrelsofsalt, - THE 'METICHAlit-'`Te SALT -tbi well, s now, under the el Peter Md -Wen, progresSiirg great diffieulties were-ericomiti in the shag of boulders, etc., retarding leffect. On the 1 It the drill was set to work in which time everything has gen and. at time of 'writing a :deptl has been iattained. Mr that the Surfece, w et e was pompose& ef elayt and boulders, The rbc to be prettY- uniforni eolor, The contract fr tb these works, is let, and let of Decmber next,. THE accordance went, a meeting were held Seaforth, on Wednesday et purpose of organiting a ,Seaforth and Egnaozadville ; an to know, the attempt resulteell A band, with the above nom coin- pesed. of fourteen membz4 elected president' Mr. Seemel; and Mr. John Papie treasure our citizens will, when the opp offer it will, render it a 1 th4 ability. The material, of posed, is just the kind to fair of it, if it be properly supil think our Council would go far it a reasonable grant of money;