The Huron Expositor, 1871-06-30, Page 41
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Twin Brothers Yeast Cakes—Scott Rob-
! ertson.
Seaaonable Goods ---E. Hickson & Jo..
Fresh Family Groceries Simon Powell.
Flour, Flour—W. Marshall.
Lazarus, Morris & Co.'s Spectacles.
By-Law—Township of Usborne.
Dentistry—J. Bull.
Dissolution of Partnership—Ament
Vollmar.
Frederick Cook, Veterinary Surgeon.
Farm for Sale—G. M. Chesney.
C. R. Cooper, Conveyancer, Ainleyville.
RAILWAY TIME TABLE.
GOING EAST.
Toronto Express. Buffalo Express. Mixed.
7.52 A,. m. 10.50 A. AL 1.35 r. m.
GOING WEST.
Mixed. Express. Mail.
1.35p. At. 2.35 P. M. 8.50 P. Af.
on xjioMto.
FRIDAY, JUNE 30, _1871.
No Explanations Yet.
Several weeks have now gone by
since Sir John A. Macdona,' ld's re-
turn frora Washington, and yet
there have been no explanations'
e'en to the country regirding
all important question with w
he is so intimately connected--
Washington Treaty. We -have
told over and otter again by jour
in the confidence of the Go%
reent, that these explanations
forthcoming, and would be mad
due time. Various time. have b
set, and various places designate
the favored spot where the Domin
Premier would unburden himsel
the anxiously looked for informa
which he has so long and so per
tently treasured up. The pu
have been en the tip -toe of exp
.ation for weeks,—the Press has b
indulging io all manner -of antici
tions and predictions as to w
effect the great tieVelations to
made, would have upon pu
sentiment, but as yet the exp
ations of the pablic have not h
realized, and the surmisings of
Press yet await verification.
John still maintains a " dignifi
silence."' it is evident that
has either no explanations to ma
or that he is afraid to ao ake the
If the former be the case, then -t1
friends must admit that he has n
performed his duty, and. that
has iieglected the interests of h
country during a very trying a
impoitant crisis. If the latter, th
he is unworthy of the name of
statesman, or of the high position,
trust which he occupies. .An
puiblic man who is afraid or asham
to vindidcate his public actions
the presence of those who ha
entrusted_ important littereats to h
keeping must have %cemlinitted,
grave: breach ef trust, or , else Jac
the courage possessed, by a true ma
Wn do, not think it is the lack
courage whieh induces Sir ,fohn
keep silence; hut the consciousne
that he has committed a breach o
trust ?'
by giving his consent that th
inteiests of his constituents an
countrymen might be Iscrificed, i
order the more easily to ingratia.t
himself into the fever of the powei
that be in &team?. This may, an
no- deabt does,, account for the pe
sistent silence maintained by him
upon this all-iruportant question.
We have' before Itated, end w
still adhere ta the opmien, that Si
John is. not responsible for th
passage of the Treaty. The Treaty
would no doubt have been the same
even if he had objected to it, and re
sisted it, But we do. think thet he
is to blame; and veryenuch to blame
far giving it his sanction and
approval by affiixinge to. it his
sigeatitte. It is stated authori-
tively by the organa that the
Dominion Government, npon. learn-
ing,‘ the provisions of the Treaty,:
protested to the Home Government
against that portion ef it relating to
°wide. This proves that they
wero not satisfied, and considered
that Canada was being unjustly
dealt with, Sir John,must have
known of the aation of his colleagues
and.must have agreed with it He
einet have considered that this coun-
try was being unjustly' and shahbily
treateda and yet, notwithstandieg
he - put his signature of Approval
to the very docu men t hid' Was
tu ipflet this ininstice. But if, on
the other bend, he does not believe
• oat the Treaty is unjust `..e) thie
eountry, he must hold opinions. int
Of position. to the m;ijority of his
colleaeu,es, and cannot a-ppeove of
the action taken by them in pro-
., the.' relay. If this.
is the case, how ie ie that he still
nenmins in the Cabinet with, them,
while his vieware- diametrically
oppoted to, theirs?: There is no
).
( ou e he has placed. himself in a
very diffitilt position—in, a position
which wilt. tequire. some ,shrewd
engineering on hie Net wotk
himself...out of without losingt some
.ef his political. prestige, le is Ito
doubt this difficulty which has. dee
liyed` those eagerly "baked for. ex-
planations for so long a tittle.
kt;oener 01' later, however, they must
Rome, and the lanetee they ale de- I
Lived, the more difficult the task of '
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THE H RON EXPOSITOR:
The London Huron and 'Bruce 63,000 really in existence;
aumber of offices open for
in the Dominion, as conapa
Great Britain, heave a simi
portion. , Let it be rern
• Railway;
The foll wing Relport of the-
-Provisional Directors * the Lon-
don, Huron and Bruce Reilway, was
read befor the member e of the
London Bord of Trade, at a meet-
ing of the Roa,rd"heid II on Monday
night last. Ihe report speaks fct
, itself, and s ows that the scheme is
not yet.deta , as many of those who
oppose it would fain have us
believe ; but, that .the prospects are
brighter and better than they have
ever yet been. The stock books
have now been open for about two;
weeks, and stock is being liberally
subscrioed, and all that is now
wanted to ensure success, is prompt
ith
and vigortius action �nthe part of
the promoters and finds of the
scheme. The following is a synopsis
of the report: -
"The Ditectors have the greatest
Satisfaction in reporting that thA
success of this road is now ia the
hands of the members of the Board
of Trade. If the ' Board, of Trade
say that it shell be built it will be
done; and every circuenstauce is
favorable to induce the Board to
give themselves heartily to the
-work. • , '
le".The city bonus of $100,000 has
been voted by the • ratepayers. i By
consent -of the reeves and deputy
reeves, of Huron, the Townships of
Stephen, Hay, Usberne, Stanley,
Tuckersmith, I' McItillop, Grey,
Morris, Turnberry, East Wawanosh,
West Wa.waitosh, and the villages of
Seaford), Ex ter, Antyville, Wing -
ham end Luc now were assessed for
bonuses totharn'ounp of $250,000.
The township Counci s of ITsborrie,
Morris, Grey and Turnherry have
introeuced ti eir by-laws granting
together $150,a0o to the amount,
and tale village of Ex ter has also
the quota of $ ,000 required
Exeter. The rant in aid
he Government is assured, so
ere can, e littl doubt that
the wh le amo int of $700,-
omised to the
red.
timate of the
1
building: the r ad has been
ted by order of jthe Directors
Wragge, the engineer of the
o, Grey and Brtoe Railroad.
sista-nt engine4r has been
re informed
confirm the
engineer's
voted
froni
from
that t
nearls
000 fi rinses anhl aid p
enterprise will be sec
e Eneineel's es
cost o
submi
to Mr.
Toron
His a
over -:t
tha.t h
correct
estinta
"Th
eeived
assUrne
00.0. tv
The 'b
will pt
cost, 1.
000,1 RS
the roa
or pro
'Un
Direct()
stock
tained
$600,000 shall have bee
pany- as bonn
1 beside the de
Directors there
e line, and we
is reaort will
ess of our
Directors hav
Ir.:Wragge's re
that the estinta
I be substanti
wises and gov
• vide seven-t-vr
not yet re -
ort, but they
e of $1,200, -
Lily correct.
rnment aid
lfths of the
ving five-twelft s, or $500..
the whole atnou t fur which
I will have toe:rn dividend
et; these circu
e- have decided
oks -with- the co
the heading,
•
•
the con
de
made.
"The
and the
usiness
ed with
ar pro-
mbered
that Canada is a -YoUng and, as yet,
poor country. Great Br'tain, on
tie other hand, is the centr of the
% orld's wealth and com- erce, as
Tell as the seat of the gov rnment
of a vast empire. if we ere to
challenge • a comparison o these
bases, the result, as is see would
,
be immensely in fav r of C nadian
44dependent enterprise, agai 'at even
tbe improved .g,overetnent s stem of
ngland. The wires Of the IC ontreal
ompany and its' cOnneeti ns are
tiansmittine at the prosen time
about l,500°,000 messages year;
the British Governinent tel graphs,
awe have said, about 10,00(,000—
a other proof, the reative ircurn-
st nces being taken into acc nut, of
the greater comparative develope-
Mr,
ment of our own system
Seudamore appears from his
to, think he has done ;well t
reduced the number of cont
, of irregularity in the transi
[of messages, to one in six hu
iIi Cie Bominion these core
Then again, netwithstandine the
(-,lo not reach one in six th
new organization we have ,
to for supplying Piess ne
.amotiut, of such matter trans
by British telegraphs.' In n
these comparisons it must.
forgotten that there are ev.
competing lines in the field, .
is well it should be so„ but w
our illustrations from the olde
largest --the Montreal go
That company last year trans
no 1 less than 8 000,000 wo
1 i
hews messages, and in I single
during the Parliamentary session at
Ottawa, has sometimes sent from
that point alone, reports exte
to 95,000 words over its -wires
"We should be less confident
the logical inferences to be
i
from these facts, if there avel-
iiadications that our private ti
takings regaided their p
Organization as complete, bu
reverse is the case. Very rec
the announcement of a unifor
cent rate showed the Mo
' Company was determined bo
cheapen. and sititplify its tariff
in a, few weeks hence, When. e
duns now, going forward are
pleted, over the whole distance
the Western frontier to re
Gespe, messages will be carrie
that rate. The same Co pany
3 ear, erect 760 Miles a addit'
.flia
we are informed, during the cu
posts, nearly all for new exten•
into remote parts Of the country
some 2000 Miles ' of fresh W
opening at tbe same time hearly QUO
hundred offices. . The teleg aph
enterprise of Canada is adnatte to
have attained an exceptional de ree
of efficiency and cheapness, and 't is
statices the but ri lat that this h
0
report
have
lamts
tission
dred
laints
usand.
'hided
, the
titted
aking
ot be
th US
nd it
take
t and
pany.
titted
ds of
night
ding
as to
ratvn
any
• der.
.sent
the
ntly
25
treat
h to
and
ten-
orn-
rom
ote
at
rent
• nal
ions
and
to open. the knowtedged.
g s ouid be au-
dition con- Certainly uncle' these circ
that unless stances Mr. Dwi, ht the .Su
assured. to inte.ndent of the Company has m
es, no fittr- to ibe ,justly proud f, as under
1
°sit will- be judicious- and libetal managem
the Montreal Tele traph Comp,
ere believe has become one of the promin
that a. railroad df this importance institutions of the Dominion.
Wh ich will traverse one hundred
miles of the richest gricultural
country in the werld ha ing under-
neath the most exte sive and
valuable salt deposit et known,
besides connecting, the L tkes Huron
and Erie, must be able to earn large
,dividends upon a capital of $500,-
000 or $300,000."
• At tbe conclusion of he reading
.of the report, a resol tion was
passed by the Board bi ding each
of the merribers to take s ock in the
road, and to endeavor to induce as
many othera as posible t do like-
wise.
Montreal Telegraph 0 • mpany,
As an evidencelof th progress
made by this Company the ex -
'tension of their lineswe tve below
an extract from The Monetary
Times, of a late date, In making a
comperieon between the Telegraph
enterprise of Gteat Br taip. and
Canada,. it is gratifying to see that
Canada takes the lead. For instance
up to, within the last fes months
there. were utewards of -a hundred
towns. with population 1 urn befing
front 1,0(0 to 2,000 whn h had no
telegraphic connnection, whereas
in Canada it would be d•fficult to
narneort place of 51)0- iehabitants
without Telegraphiteeccom edation,
and a great intany 'places of 1200 and
300 it habi ten ts have- hetet brought
into ". Circuit " through, bl e enter -
Qt the Montreal. r elegraph
Company.. In England thenumeer
of miles of %vice 'now in use is
63,318. with about 300q offices, and
the nernber of messages late reached
10,0944000 per annum, of a uniform
rate of Is et.erling
The Mcntreal Telegreph Cone:
pany aria iLa.iJnmedtte. coopections
are at the present time 'Working
over 12,000 miles of wires, which
would Ito 2)G tile rate of nearly 100,-
000 miles te a population equal to p
I
thato Greset .Britain, agaiest the tee
1121-
er-
ich
his
nt
ny
tnt
CONSIDERABLE ENSATIOli 58
caused in the early_ ert of the pi es-
erit week by a cable dispatch to he
effect_ that Bismarck, on belted of
Prussia, .had demanded fr m
Great Britain the cession of he
island of Heligoland. No c
firniation of the rumour, how-
ever, has yet, been received, and the
dispatch was donbOess a canard.—
Heligoland is a small island off the
.west coast of Denmark, some 20 or
30 miles from the mouths of t
Elbe and the Weser, which rivers it
to some extent commands, as th.
could be blockaded .arithout dila° 1-
tyt by a force C:0 D t rolling the islan
_In itself the island is, a. barren roc
ent' -ely valueless, except as a stra
ge9 basis for. naval operations.
DckuitIees the Prussians eveuld e
glad enough to get it, and have ca -t
matiy covetous glances towards t
bu Ithat they would go bo war for
is ettrmely improbable.TLELou[on Free
ing ,of the action
ress in. spea
of the Tura -
berry °moil at its last taeothe't
on the railway question SaYS
" The 'Township Council of Turt
berry, have agreed to submit a b
law in id of the railway, tepo
certain ,conditions,, which will b
readily agreed to. This is ver
cheering, seeing that it was in Tur
berry thet the only Serious oppos
teat expected." We.are please
to knot that theconditions pr
posed by the, Turnberry Connc
will be agreed to by - the Directors
as we: eonsider that these cenditioit
were itt the tnain5 exceedingl
reasoaaMe, and such as should b
demanded by the Cbuncil or ever
bef.one they . submi
their by-law for the eonsideratio
and decision of the electoi-s.
liettenesseetemeata_.,
Fort eheap ladies', gents' land chilaran'
Tonally. Boots of every tleeeriation, go
T: Coventv's,.
FilOM MANITOBA.
A Satisfied Emigrant. --A. Complaint
About the Government not SurveY-
ing.—inunigration Pouring -in and
no Farms Surveyed—Good narvest
' Prospects-.
Correspandence of the Huron Expositor.
It is now oyer a year since I left
old Huron for the promised land of
Manitoba, land so far ha e had" no
reason to regret the ch. nge,. We
have no news here that would in-
terest you much. The w ole cry is,
When does our Goitern ent intend
to settle with the Indian-, and when
will the surveyots be here ? At pre-
sent people' feel very c ary about
settlina on land without having it
.
surveyed, and I can assu you that
the dilatoriness of the Dominion
Government with regar to that
alone will go far towards deterriag
emigrants from coming h re. Last
fall a party of Governme t survey-
ors boarded at the same h use with
me for about 3ix weeks, aiting for
orders from Ottawa. They did no-
thing but lounge round, Wilien they
could have been surveyint- here all
the time. This spring urveying
could have been going on for the
b
last two months, but di' re is no-
thing done, and no signs oi anything
being done foremonths to ome. In
the meantime', the initni ration is
steadily pouting in, and hert they
come here they find that f they do
settle clown on land, the run the
risk of settling down o some of
the celebrated' halftbreed rant of
John A. This may seem t trifle to
our Government, but it is no trifle
here, and is causing a gieat deal of
dasattsfaction among the pe pie. The
troops, what few of them that are
going home, start next wee - by the
Winnipeg River, and back over the
Portages, but there are miahty few
of them going. The most Of them
have decided to stay he .e. The
p •ogpects of a bountiful harvest are
god.
W. S.
Winnipeg, June 3. 1871.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The Commenists of Paris are
cptiet, but their organization is still
kept up.
A thousand workmen have been
thrown out of employment by the
burning of the Manchester cotton
mill.
It has just been discovered that
the principles of Darwinism were
maintained 500 years ago by Ma-
hornmedan Saint named, Mahmud,
who lived in a village narnec1 Gilan,
near the Caspian sea, in wi ich the
unfortunate was thrown bo lnd for
promatgating doatrines so r pulsive
to the proud Caspian chiefs.
Probably the piost extra° dinary
measure in the way of la%
ever
paSsed has just been enacted by the
Connecticut Legielature, prohibiting
the selling of prize -candy packages
to children belew a certa n age.
The cause assigned for the neasure
was that the prize candy ystem
stimulated the young to tr 'their
hands in lotteries,' wheels offortune
and that ilk.
They are going, to celebrate the
Fourth of July atNiagara h send-
ing an old ship over the Fats- A
motion has been made to amend the
resolution by providing that the
ship be flist filled with Niagara
hackmen.
Florence Nightingale writes to a
friend that she is so overwhelmed
with business that for eighteen years
she has never had but twice one
week's holiday, and is and has been
a prisoner in her room from illness
for years.
,On Tuesday last the .New + emo-
cratic Governor of New _Ham shire
was inaugurated at Concord. The
Democsacy made a very 1 earty
demonstration on the occasj i, for
which they may we» be parc oned,
as it is a little matter of some sixteen
years sincg' they, had similar Oppor-
tunity.
The village of OE Springs, hich
has been for a lone time ncler
uite a heavy cloudof adversity, is
renewing its hopes Of better ys in
store. The prospective ..onstrnetion
of the Canada Southern Railway
work on which has already been
,
commenced,. hastrauoh to do with
this improved state of fe ling.
Stimulated by the adva.n.eing rice
Gf crude oil, a num bdr of well -o ners
ave making arrangernente for tatt-
ing old wells into operation a ain,
and we believe one or two are a1.
ready running and doing,veryfeirly.
A convict in Auburn Prison
named Lansing Her. has just f i lien
heir to $1.50,000. Ills time is ear-
ly expired, but another indict' ent
is banging over him, which will send
him back to his cell' for andther
term, of years,. so that he will have
little opprtunity to enjoy his sudden-
ly acquired wealth unless he can
bribe somebody.
In New York, on Friday, iVil-
liani Owens,.a searnanion the Cunard
steamship Calabria, boasted that he
could dive from the foretop gallant
yard to the -water with safety. Sev-
eral of his comnidee advised him not
to. attempt sea it toeitilous feat; but
Owens had been drinking, and was
tot> sea willed. to (lenge hie, iiatent
111111111111111...
tion. Accordingly he climb
the shrouds, and running out
extremity of the yard arm,
the fatal plunge. ,e fell i
water on his breast land sax
immediately rose to' the s
He sank and rose again, and
disappeared, until hisibody w
ed up with grappling books.
bewelopinent of the Tichborne
Case. , .
This case, though wearying from
its length, grows in marvellous in-
cident, but of course has far out-
grown, the ordinary Machinery for
newspaper reporting. i The details
given by the claimant in 'his evid-
ence in chief were wonderfully na-
merous, and, supposinu them to
have any sort of trutEfulness and
consistency, must, if his story be
false, be put down as extraordinary
instances of invention, based, of
i.
course, upon informat on obtained
from some one reall11. acquainted
with the factHe professed to give
the names of streets Where he had
lived in Paris; of journ ys in France
made with his father nd mother ;
of an accident on one o. these trips;
of the names of French cousins • of
the names of English r latives ; of
private theatricals whic he had at-
tended; a hedge which e cutdown
on his father's estate, horses which.
he had bought; the mutes of priests
who had taught him at Stoneyhurst ;
the names of persons whore he had
known while in his regtment ; the
particula.re of an accident to a steam-
er on which he, with smite of his
regiment, were going from lteland
to Herne Bay; an account df some
particular tobacco pipe S which he
had smoked, in cornpi,ny with a
friend, at Bath. The dramatic
ity of the
retender—
uring the
th instant.
by those
ief notice
e,
eed reason
Sum 20, 18 1.
ed into ''en° was, except that )ie \yrs once
to the 4ing of France. Nor could he tell
made tie author of the book. A book
nto the . as then put into his hand, ' which
ik, but ht said he thought bad been hie.
urface. T I is was Chateau briancrs At,I. la 4nd
as fislit
. then ene, and he said it was t oesible
interest, and the auda
pretender—if he be a
aowev-er, culminated
cross-examination of the
It will be , remembere
who have read our b
of the case, that tbe all
of his departure from Eagland was
the objection of his fa her to his
marriage with a cousin Mi sDoughty,
new a married lady of ra named
Radcliffe. It was, morelver, a part
.f
of his case, that pyeviouly to leav-
ing he had prepated a will and a
packet, with sealed direct ons, which
he left with a confidenti 1 agent of
the family, to be opened and acted
upon in certain contingen ies. Some
of these directions, it wa iatunated
ted to Mrs. Radclifre, and the
intiff's counsel put it ta the jury
trong evidence for his plietit that
latter could tell the Contents of
..
sealed packet, and that his state -
t would be verified, - , trata.De-
dents 'ventured to prc4uce that
et and open it.- 'Is Radcliffe
been in Court t11rouh�ut the
, and in order that there should
no obstacle in the v+er, of the
idation of the controveisay:by the
resit of cross-examinatiete has
n her consent to the Plaintiff
ering every question concern -
his pretended relat ons with
Now, the Plaintiff bad in the
se of these proceedintp sworn
ffidavit, in which he haid, that
oJrm
packet was not to be edley
party to whom, it was confided,
pt. on the occurrence of two
s, one of which he knew had
happened, and the other of
h ' he hoped had not happen.
He was next asked what was
vent, which he hoped' had not
ened, and, after professing great
tance to answer and telling the
itor-General, who put the pies -
that he would bring the reply
s own head. he said, the con-
ent of Miss Doughty. -Ie then
repeatedly that he had sed tie-
rs. Radcliffe, the larl§ sitting
art, and went to say that the
packet contained instructions
what shovaild be donelfor her
event of her confinement.
al acknowledged letters of the
Tichborne to Miss itoughty,
Mr_ Slaughter, a Solicitor,
ting Mrt Tichbornes leaving
°entry, and the private
ementts he desired to make
t acconnt, were put , in and
and the Witness swore that he
theme There was in neither
in any butt of the seduction to
'he now swore. On the next
,
was cross-examined as to a
r of persons of whom he had
, as among those whom he had
r known in France. The qvies-
were put in a form (4 -whicie
lowing may serve as Models.%
epoke ofelblibean or Jalivent,
said he was a little boy j should
be- surprised to hear lthat he
a tutor 1" "You sPokte of
op Dupanloup--woulcil yene be
'heed to know that 1 Itiger
borne went to sehool.te him ?”
tnesses in all cases, positively
icted the suggest -nen Made in
stion. A paper was then put
.hand, containitig almetno-
supposed te. have been
by Roger Tiellborne, and
he witnessee-asserted Was his
. This memorandum express
ration for Rene, and When he
ed, who Ittele- was, he. said
ritten after reatiing the lifeof
rela
Pia
as s
the
this
men,
fen
pack
had
trial
be
eluc
prog
give
answ
ing
her.
cour
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ly forgotten.
A Fine Trip.
Phe annual meeting of the Cana-
dian Press Association will be held
in. the Su. Lawrence Hall, Toronto,
on the morning of Tuesday, July
18, for the election of officers and .
the transaction of general buSiness. .
At 2P. M. the excursion party -veill
tear Toronto for Montreal by one
of the line of Mail steamers. of the
Canadian Na %ion ti0/1 Company, pas=
sing through the Thousand Islands
and running the rapids by chtylight,
The party will arrive at Montreal on
Wednesday evening. Fare from
Torbato to Montreal,including meals
andi berths, $5. 'The party will leave
Montreal per Grand Trunk Railway
at- iii a. in. on Th ursday, for Lachine,
where they will take breekfaet.
Froin Lachine they will proceed txt
Ott; wa city by Gee of the Ottawa
Riv r Navigation Company's oats,
arriying at Ottawa about 5 p. iii.
b
Faze $2, meals extra. During the
stay in Ottawa there will be a trip -
to Chaudiere Falls, and a visit to
the Parliamentary buildings and,.
other places of interest. The party -
will leave Ottawa at half past ten
the following day,_ by St. Lawrence
and Ottawa Railway for Prescott;
arriving at Prescott at 12:30 p. m. ;
cross to Ogdensburg; and return to
Prescott in time to take the eve-
ning train on the Grand Trunk.
Railway for the West, arriving in.
Toronto at- 10:30 on Saturday.
ii
Crop Prospect s in the United
1
1 States.
,
,,The Toronto Telegraph says: We
gather from our American exchan-.
ges t at the wheat crop in the West -
advanced as to be quite out of the
ren s ction of the Stites is so far
dangers to which the younger growth,
18 1:1140 or less. subject. Complaints,
have arisen in some few localities
but t
almos
wheat
eir limited extent has failed -
to attract attention. The,
crop of the west will be eabaL
to, if hot greater, this year than ever
beforei known. All other cereals,
are ini a like promising conditiOn,
and the yield will be correspondli-
]v large. In solve of the Southern
States, where large quantities of
wheat are,raised, such. as Virgin
.Kentacky and Tennessee, the har-
vest has already commenced,
will be over within to or th
weeks. At present the cotton c
promises well in all parts of t
-conntry, and, unless extreme dry
-
spells of weather, or unusually blot:
season* occur, the yield. will, be 'mite
-
and of good quality.. The-pota
in the west are in great . daterter qn_
_account of a potato bug, which se
to ;have travelled from the neighbor-
hood of the Pacific slope, and whi
has attacked the plant, and in some.
sections completely annihilated it.
eateeve
The Hessian Fly.
We learn from an exchange th t.
this pest of the wheat fieldbhas a
peared in such large numbers in th
township of Gran tnam and elsewhe
as to cause scene of the farmers
fear for their wheat etops. This fl
stings the growing wheat in th
vicinityi of the first joint, were •
deposit 4 its larvae, which eats nearl
throug14.1the stalk and then depot'.
doing no. more damage that yea
Thafortattately, however, the &meg
done is- each that the wheat, neithe
straw nor grain, is of any -use,
the head falls down and the stra
shrivels up and becomes useless
These -flies appear in greater or le
numbers in our • wheat.fields ever
yea re but =this is the first year in
nearly half a centory that the ftiri
eaer has found reason- to complain
theh depredation& Their rale
ages, it s thought; will not be as ex
tensive or so long continued. as tho
oft the weevil, nor -will they exten
over such.a large section of country.
A Horse Falls into a Well.
tt
Last Week a young mare belong--
ing to Squire Oevrey, which \vas
pastiarin'tt, in Mr-. Mt J". Parke's field,,
fell into a well fteen feet deep, and
about four feet in breadth, and re-
mained for some -am° in a cramped
situaticn, au& dbu btl ess much.
torture before being discovered. She
bad fallen in back foremost, wed
was found sitting. on her hauncheq,
looking ay, and, unable to move.
After several frnitless attempts to,
pull her outent party of men were
sent to dig a passage way oat of the
well, which they did by commencing
about five yards from the edge of, it,
and gradtrally deepening as they
advanced; After -about two, hottra
spent thus, flee animal, very stiff
tend, remit_ exhanstad, walhcat
3-1,''.'NE
,1111•11111,101111.11111.111ailizli
with ! the men's aPS
PC-- r teast bears many
appears to be hurt intern
was valued at
Preezi -
DEATHS.
WILDT0z,7,--Af the residen
Walter Willison, Jr.., i t
E. -lab -am Huron County.
22nd, 1871, Walter Willis
88 years.
Few men have ever mai
truly uniforni Christian
those vho knew him best,
ly 'testify. And the fact
tbe -oiliee of Ehlar in the.
Church, both in his native
his adopted CanAA, for be
the rorty years, is the best
dence IA the estimation in
held by that, department
Christianity. Peace to the.
(Ale who was . thus •consist
life, and to the last was
and confiding in tile inune0
of his ilissoliati4m. ;
THE _MARK)
oaBatrryt,8411:18: 1:1110 ;TIL-Juue
Wittaat (Spring) V bushel,
Wheat, Wall) t.T bushel,
Peas $ bushel,
tter, lb.
las;
'Sheen Skins,
Hay, per ton,
Flour, :per liiO Tbs.
Potatoes,
Wool, per
Lamb Skins,
Pelts, '
Bark, cora,
__-
pec.a, att en._-t,Ion paid to 01
BOots and Shoes, either se -
at J. Duncan & Seafor
CLINTON,- dune!
‘"• 'By Telegraph to the
Fall Wheat, per bushel,
SPring 'Wheat, per bushel.
Oats, per bushel,
Peas, per bushel,
Barley, per bushel,
Butter per per, lb,
Eggs, per doz.
lArtiol, per lb.,
fORONTO, Juno
Wheat, Spring,
Wheat, Fall, Souks,
Barley,
Oate,
Bay,
Peas.,
Wool.
. LOND0g, June
White. Winter Wheat $1
Sprmg do
Barley
Oats
Peas
Butter, in kegs,
Eggs,
WW1
A Fall Stock of all sorts o
Shoes. in Leather, at J. Lhni
BUFFALO LIVE $'i
T
Tie marketillslicridaj
aTTth."-
about I to ie. Receipts kn
hours are 340 cars, against
the same time last week.
to 385
bead; the lowest al
lbs. at $5; the highest aver
at $6; against90 head soldi
lowest 1,659 lbs. averag
hest 1398 Msaverage at
Ile following are the sale
Erwin to Doty, 55 head
averAge 1,064, at $5 68.
Oldshoe to BeekeI,. 34 hd:
ay. 1,30, at $6.
Hanna to same, 33 la;
av,., 1,347, at .
Colt to Redder, 20 ltd
1,155, at ;-'4;6 90.
Ratusey & S. to A•fa;ekey,
Steert31rCb.t
av.
le'02sa8ine
lnt
Ch , 19 ha
-ay. 1,117, at $5 64
Briggs to Prsst, SO la 1n.1
1'268'neto: atS6Yr
13.1l;man, 1b8 14
av. 1,196, nt $5 :10.3..B.Ep..
The receipts for the
were 17 cars. Market (lea
reported,
HOGS.
Tie market is a little
to -day ranged $4 50 to ;St
ir) to $4 :51) -en Friday I
eeipts for the past 72 houri:5
64 consigned. through. Sali
follows;
194 ltd av 241 AS
127 h:a av 137 lbs -
90 htl. av 28i1*
97 hd. av 227 lbs
275 hd. av lbs
Shipments luring the it
were 73 cars cattle, 2 ears S
hogs, by Erie Railway,
'cattle, 13 ears sheep 33 earl
Y. C. "R.
DENTIST11
T O. BULL, (Licentiate a Denta
" *to annonnce to the inhabitaufe
surrounding country, that Ina T]
,kay,-he -will open an office for the
1
VII Burger; in the fooms for,
George Harris, Dentist, where he •
to do all kinds of work etpected n
iu a satisfactory manner And -au te.
186
IVWEICE Or Wosoi.1,
VOPAIITNE$141
rill -IE co -partnership heretoff,
Philip Voihnar, as stave manufact
twoen the undersignea Zehn GI;
manufacturers, -at the Village of
Conn4r if 11nrott, under the st
Aaaeatt Wilma; has twit clay 1.1'
mutual consent, 3.011?
PALI
i.
Notary ?labile, Preston, Coe
Sflaforth,, 20th Ione, Itra,
The business will be eanied t
ILYVNT alone.
Witness OTO RLOTZ,
0. R. COOPE
Conveys.neer, Coinrahlsioner ---QO
surance and General
Agent for the following Fire. Life
anirs,nce Companies : The Deaver
Null and the Western. Fire Lihtli
the Ile innee Life /Lamm:leo, and !
oiklent Insurance 'Company,
MONEY TO LOAN on rtal eata
All fa -demi)), mail or othervisv,
ea to. Offloe, opposite Rome Tail
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