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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1872-09-06, Page 179 WYORK '_- POLITICAL, LITER .R -Y 80ELL NI:O11S NI:1VislaA1P. CAattretan Nt.:'. the ensuing Presidential entiatl Canvass we. Aisle a Special Weekly Edition for the of those who desire to obtain the: only political intelligence_ gang irran em:eats for securing the reports. conventions, and ocorirrelices of polit. we tdxatl, throughout the Presidential We fuller information relating to the in any other New .fork paper. Vre applying the public with the Mese mutation on all current affairs, Sub - ear Cid nipaigu ILydit on Wil iheretoree :haustive summary of the _ political I pouts of the world, obtained from e ,ices, and re -arranged and prepared this edition. 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WATSON, Librarian. tiersof the books amiseire are 01,,1205, 142, 116, 153, 191, 204,. 40, 303, a2s, 3187, x;40, 366,: 883# teazle -fully detaining any of the r this notice will be prosecuted 246-3 €l, on behalf of the Baptist EIi, will offer for sale by public ;e of Mr. John S. Poitor, Sea - day of September, 1872, at the p. nr., thet certain parcel of in No. 92, comer of Jarvis and nforth. Terms will be made I:. N. BRETT,- SAMUEL 'mol%, dED0 .1.LL, Trdtsteete 1872, 24 TE LOST. the I_:t (rf,` Ann'rnst, n NOTE i by 1)uucnn McCallum, of Nueon 1Srotltt•rs, of Iri,,,t.rsoll °nrd bl=aring elate the :firth of ;'s OA- two mouths after date. c utiontei ;:c,*.theist purchas- ..ai,l note, as fru xrient of the s 1 N(3 : iN BROTHERS. 1, 1;474. 2,44'r D COlIFORT. OF PERFECT S_IMMM.- a cable .is PERFECT SIGHT I'erfrt_ t Si•; rt 1 . rain e t' :SPECTACLES,. earring which is well known RIf$,, MORRIS & Co.. experience and experiment, rttle= machinery, been enabled 1 dle .it!t•ratuun, ✓ SPECTACLES at eye, and last many years i7 VOLUME 5,`NO.40. W1110111K1110 . 248. MEDICAL. SEAF 1i RT , FRIDAY, SE SB. S tiALF., IT.. B.i Physician, S irgeon Inc., Graduate of Toronto University, Associ- ate Coroner for the County of Huron, Wroxeter, Ontario. 235.13e AVID MITCHELL, M. D., Graduate of Yioto- f ria College, Physician, Surgeon, etc., - eta, L U $RN,, ONT,—Coroner of the County of . Huron. oniewand residence,. at Thompson & Stanley's. R. W. R. SMITH, Physician, Surgeon, etc. Office --Opposite Scott Robertson's Grocery, )lain street, Seaforth. TAMES STEWART, M. D., O. M, Graduate of d Ho(iill, University, Montreal, Physician, Sur- geon, ate. Office aad Residence—Brneefleld. lawL. VIIIRCOE, M -D.,. 0.1M., Physician, Sur - goon, etc. Ocoee, -and Residence, corner of Market and High streets, next tolthe Planing Mill. DR. CAMPBELL,: Coroner for the County. Office and Residence, over Corby's corner store, Main street, Seaforth. Office hours, from 11 to 4, each day,: and all clay Saturday. - 159. rpm the inhabitants of Seaforth and surrounding 1 country. Dr. J. G. BULL having been called through sickness in his family,•to suspend business for some time in this plaint, has pleasure in an- noune,ng to the public, that through a kind Pro- ' videncg he bate en permitted to return to the rooms formerly Msupied by `him, over Mr. A. G: McDougall's Store, Main street, where he intends permanently tceremain, and will be pleased to see his old patrons and as many new ones as mai favor }rim with a call. All operations performed accord- _ ing to the latest approved style, and fees as low as to be found elsewhere. - Omce hours front 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. 224 LEGAL. �M. LEFT, Solicitor, Wingham, has been ap- . pointed. Agent for -the Colonial Securities Com pane of England; he is also. Agent for several pri- vate Capitalists of Toronto, who loan Money- at vera reasonable rates. - Interest payable yearly. Charges moderate. Winghana; Dee. 16, 1871. - 213 ToCAUG°rrF Y & HOLMESTED, Barristers, At- torneys at Law, Solieitora in Chancery and Insolvency, Notaries Public and Conveyancers. Solicitors for the R. C. Bank, Seaforth. Agents for the Canada Life Asauranoe Company, N. B.-1130,.000 to lend at 8 per cent. Farms, Houses and: Lots for sale. • 63 EiSOI�' et MEYER Barristers and- Attorne s r y at LaweSolecitors in Chancery end Insolvency, Conveyancers, Notaries Public, etc: Offices—Sea- forth and Wroxeter: $23,000 of Private Funds to invest at once, at Eight per cent. Interest, payable yearly. 53 - Jas. a. BlitsoTT.. ; , H. R. , O. XBTH3t. tend tended and ta;. London:;. snrance Company. HOTELS. IERGI L HOTEL;: Ainleyvitie, Ont., WM. C ANNETT, Proprietor. This Hotel is ander entirely new management and has been thorongly renovated. The Bar is supplied with the beet Liquors arid, Cigars. Good Stabling and attentive Hostlera. _A First-class Livery in connection. 228 p menet% Ole W&T F;S I•IOTEL,Clinton, Ont, G. T. 1ttcOUTCTTF.ON, Proprietor. First-class accommodation for travellers. The Bar is sup- plied with the very beat liquors and cigars. Good. stabling attached. The stage leaves this House every day for Wingh ., 2A -4t L YE'RY. T A. SHARP'S LIVBRT AND SALE STABLES. ' Office --At Murray's Hotel, Seaforth. Good Horses and drat -class Conveyances always onhand. THO !RON'S L•ivJ RT, CLINTON. OFFICE,—AT COMMERCIAL HOTEL. Good eniet Horses and First -Class Vehicles always on hand. -Conreyaneee furnished to Commercial Travellers on reasonable rates. 221 JOHN THOMSON. BELL'S LIVERY STABLES, SEAFORTH, Ont. Good Horses and Comforkable Vehicles, always en hand. Favorable Arrangements made with Co mereinI Travellers. All orders left at K&ox's Ho aL, will bo,promptly attended to. I0 Tor AFD STABLB5 :—Third do_ or North. of ., Bno='a Hotel, Main Street. 21 THOMAS BELL, Proprietor. 111ISrCELLAN;' O1.T4a.. T. 3. CHURCHILL, YETERINART ST ROEON (Member of the Ontario Veterinary College,) -' begs to intimate to the inhabitants of Seaforth . and surrounding country, that he has opened an Office in Seaforth,, where he maybe: consulted per- sonally or by Ietter, on the Diseases of Horses, Cat- ; tle, eta.: Having received a regular and practical education, and having• been awarded the Diploma cf the Veterinary College of Ontario, T. 3. Churchill d has every confidence of giving satisfaction to all ' who may employ him. 1 RLgrisasaas. A. Smith,.T. S., Principal Onta- tio Veterinary_ College; Professor Bachand, Di. I -herbaria, Dr. Rowel, and — Wells, M. D., & 1'. 8. 1 Veterinary Medioinea constantly on handl 1 All calls promptly attended to.• Dffice--Carmichael's Hotel, Seaforth. '1182-2m VETERrN ART SURGEON.—D. MoNAUGHT, f V. S., begs to annonnee to the inhabitants of deatortb and snrronnd ing country that he has t been awarded the diploma of the Ontario Veterin- e, sry`Col:lege, and is now prepared to treat diseases of Hersea and Cattle and all domestic animals'. He t has opened an office in connection with his horse- . T shoeing shop, where he;be found ready to at- r to calls. Diaease of the feet epooially at- t to. Reaidenee, office and shop in the rear ); V Eilloran & Ryan's new store. All -kinds of Vet- winary Medicineskept- constantly on fid. charges reasonable. - r v LEXNDF,R HUNTER, Licensed Auctioneer, h Cranbrook; Gray P. 0. Sales attended an. noderate terms. Commissioner in Queen's Bench, el Conveyancer, Land, Loan and General Agent — t Use, Agent for the following Companies, viz.: 1' Huron and Erie Lona. Society, London; b'armers' Mechanics' Savings. and Loan Company, Toren- t Rays,' Insurance Company of Liverpool and e, Fire and Life ; Ontario Mutual Fire rue el Company and the Agnicultu ral Insurance Any amount of money to loan at law t] ates of interest. Several' good Parms for sale, p heap. 22¢6m g' It. COOPER, Conveyancer, Commissioner in i• Queen's Benda, and General Agent, s] tgent for the Freehold Permanent Building and tl lavings Society of Toronto, whose rates are as low e, Apia - a any Company- doing business in Canada. unAppli le "time for Loans promptly attended to. O en.—Opposito Ross' Tailor: Shop, fr BC-tf AINT,RYVILLE. w rOHN I.1Z.IGHAM Exchange Broker,. and Rail- of k way Tieket Agent, Houghton's Hotel, opposite ei '- T. Railway Station, Seaforth, Ont. Through. a] iekete issued to all points in the Western States, m aliforuia and Red River, at reduced totes, affording fr he greatest facilities to Emigrants. Ali necessary nformstion given respecting Land Agencies, etc. reenbaeks, Bonds, Coupons and uncnrrentMoney, en gold and Silver Coin, bought and sold at bestrates. e` to EDWARD CASH tb co Is buying need paying full prices for ' f o; OOD DAIRY BUTTER, e 2 an In any quantities.Also in NY ODD LOTS' .OF WOOL co.i up town, Co' Bron;ht to' M PAR ONE MONTH. el Mel lat r s s t i • A mderich sE.,: Set►fortb, June 20,18'x"2. SOILING FOR CATTLE. - Soiling and Pasturing—The two S3'8- ' team Compared -:-The Advantage and Profit Of Soiling. The following essay,' taken from the Woodstock Review, formed the address of the President of the North Norwich Farmers' Club, at a recent meeting of that Society. . The question of Soiling beginningis to attract a considerable de- gree of attention from the intelligent farming community, and. the following address may be read with profit and in- terest : Every farming district has an agricul- tural history of its own. In this we are living in the era which111 ight be called the dairy era. It is # wit d that part of dairying which constitut s the feeding of stock that we have to . eal to -night. There are two systems a f stock -feeding in vogue. One in which he cattle, &c., roam at large over the :fi kis, the -other under which the. animal: are kept in stables the year round, 'he feed being brought to them. This 1 tter system is called soiling. - For;the pre:: ent, however, itois more convenient to omit the term 'soiling' to that time of the 'year in which there is pasture auf icien , to keep eel animal in good condition. The advantages of so" ging, real and apparent, over the system of pasturage are many. In thinking of them many of us look upon the system o ,pasturage as a practice to be utterly do e away with. Whether our predictions ill come true or not, time alone can t ,I l•. However, blind as we are as regards ' uture events, we can discuss the subject, partly from experience, partly - from hearsay, and partly from our own idea . Knawing, therefore, se little, practic Ily, about the subject, wet shall often ha e recourse to various stank dard works_ Mr. Stephens, in his "B says that one arre of pa sufficient to maintain an o ox from May to October.. that' `33 head of cattle can by soiling on 1711 acres of length of time. There, the proportion of nearly 2 to soiling, given by a man w soiling on a large scale is i ok of Farm," tu re is qui te inary size& e also says e maintained ass the same n, we have a in favor of o says that racticable. Charles W.. Diekerman, a t or of- the latest American work on f rming, says, "The experience ef every stock raiser who has given, it -a trial:1es ifies that the profit is at !east 4ouble.'" hue we have too good authorities asserti g that soil- ing gives double or nearl double the profit that pasturing does Aa far as our experience goes we ca say nothing as regards the double pro t, therefore we shall have to take the r statements for granted until our kno ledge is in- creased. But let us take our own eas and pub them with these seemingly extravagant statements, tend follow the it up. The first thing to be considereel i what would' be necessary to. add to our present practice to enable us to so I profitably, and whaeM our present prac ice would be unnecessary in soiling. • The only things to be ded to our present system are summer stabling and more -hired 'help. I say sum er stabling, because I do not remember o ever seeing a winter stable which woul be suitable or summer soiling. In' t s country, here we think more of kee ling out the cold of winter than the heat of summer, we build bank -barns and, s ne stables. he nearest approach to st bles which ere warm in winter an were •also uitable for summer use tha I ever saw as at Hon. Geo. Brown's f rm. In fact hs stables were nearly perf ct fur soil - g. The buildings are hig ,for being ere stables, with nothing verhead but he roof, while the generalit of stables re so low that we can touc the floor bove with our hands, if no our heads. nother advantage his stabl s' have over urs for soiling is, the buil ings are so de that a horse and car can pass hrough the feeding alley. ur feeding lleys are se narrow that e have no ore than -.room enough to pass along angeneent of our buildingii i also faulty. or instance, farm buildings are Reiser- lly placed on one side or end of the alio while they should- b placed as ear 'the eentre as possible. To draw een feed from one end of he farm to he other, and the manure ack again, ould make a heavy bill aga st soiling. small field should also be e denied with e stables, to exercise the cattle in. tire water should be - in The stables should have aye a loose box of its own. In soiling we would be 2,b1 th all inside fences, and p nces. We would have the nd which at present is o ose fences, and save the m t and labor now spent in b pairing such fences:, , We • e 'grass which cattle tram asturing, besides the 'pima ties which grow up , throug ngs of the previous year. ent in driving the cattle to e pasture would also be s ct food, in pasturing, togeth etting and teasing occasione ould be abolished, and, the d general health of thelani so be Atone -away with, asi e from weeds. Mr. Stephens' argiiments a g are as follows :— 'To Cut er, for a.11 the cattle on a L lead it to the &Leading, and ena with sufficient litter m nsider an impracticable thi no other reason than that t straw to litter stock the w d if the sheep are included system, adequate acco ild not be provided them. y to treat them would be on . the bare lands in hur on in many parts of Eng h a practice would not suit e and wet part of the clime abundance. the best of imal should to do away obably line cupied ney, inter- ilding and ould save down in es of rank the drop - The time and • from ved. The ke to col - ✓ with the by flies, flesh, milk al thereby ng could e frequent s perfectly rass, how- rge farm, to supply .c.7 were it he crop of rd suffici- ole year.; modation The only soil them es, as is the vari- of Scot - g that the manure of the ane al is elitirely is not a valid_ one, bee use 'arid constant- ly grazed will support stook f6r an indefi- nite length. of time ;- nd it Would not do that, if the ground ieu of the gra taken from it. Disst ation f the du dropped on pasture c nnot b great. ated out of it, and in rainy eather tit water dissolves it amo the oots of the grass, converting it in o a st te of good liquid manure. The greate t waste of dung is from the , cons mptio of it by insects, and yet these eave t eir bodies in the ground whe they die. The 'objection is thus purel them. tical. Out graes and carry it off e ery year; aud see how leng time ;will el pse er it ean no longer be cut until ni ure b again ap- plied to the ground ' Does not this circumstance of itself how th t the dung dropped on pasture- is not en irely lost ; and that the land den es an advantage from pasturage that it can re eive in no other waye such as th fresh tete of the urine discharged upon a d abso bed by it. NOTE. —As regards beddin we can ploying muck es a sub titute or straw. Another great additio to t e manure pile would thus be ma e. As far as ex- haustion of the land g es, sur ly we do not calculate to never ut. ,th manure. on the ground again. favor of soiling are a feeding the year round raiser who has ever giV fies that the profit is There is no -.doubt of persuade every stock o soiling system. we sh had done as much for Fulton, Charles Whitn It would increase the a of the country in a t would in five years pay al debt.. It is the onl stock -raising. In our s include stall feeding, c ing food, and the husba Its advantages are, fir fences. All the fences btheeare ever ought to be good sized yard to fifty acre§ of pasture of six lots. To fence thes less than one thoutand,-- terest and repairs on w will be sufficient to pay all the extra work of soi cattle. Can't you 872. t 11 30 a Year, in advance. 8494 50. It is very hard, if not impossi- ble, to make correct estimates of ail the little things that come Up. The case is something li e the 'Alabama -claims' for `conseq,uenti 1 damages' without end. ss However, i the estimates are anywhere ng near the t h, soiling has an immense r- We come mg st ekt, stall n it -a rial testi- at lea t double. it. I we could ner to dopt this ld fee that we icultu al wealth nfold ratio. It iling system we tting and steam - ding o manures. t, a aving in equire (and all n any f rm) will xercis them in. e hu deed arid en divides it in be lots osts nut ich e ery year a man for doing nest our one thousand to better ath antage ? Again, each of these fences akes p land. -Your one thousand d Bars orth of fences takes up from' t ee to our acres ()nand. A second con iderati n is the each, oe tem, and ht head ores un- twenty - n it now waillrlepacalyy , leaving ,ested in be fed nture to cres saving of land. 'Four acres twelye head to fifty sores of required by the paSturing sy often six acres each, or only ei to fifty acres. Put thit fifty der cultivation, and. it will kee four head as well, yes, better th keeps eight or twelve. We ha seen that the saving in fences all the extra expenses of soilin one thousand dollars to be in the additional stock that can under the new system. We v say that one and a quarter hay and grain for wineee soi ing, and three quarters of an acre in grain crops for summer soiling, will 'fee suffiCient per head for any stock. We heve s4tements from a large numbet -of reliable en who hem al- ead. It number wice or e soiling practice soiling, and not one of 'lows more than two acres per will thus be seen that the sam of acres can be made to ‘' feed three times as many cattle by t system. Third, is -the saving in manure, and this is the most imp prtant onsider-- ation of all. . Manure is valuabl even on the virgin soil of the prairi s. No ainount of manure is wasted w en ap- plied even to thes& We have already er to keep double the number of animals on the same amount of land ; it ill also double the value of the manur' of each animal, thus making four ti es the amount of manure to retu rn to t e fields. 1Co and will ever become 'ex austed' undier such a system; but will co stantly increase in fertility. A fourth c nsiclere atien is, that there will be a lar e extra product of milk, butter, oe beef ; enough to'pay for the labor of soiling." To show the thing more clearly, let us place the two systems under account as well as we can. Let us suppose a farm of 100 acres divided into six lots with fifteen head of cattle, if pasturing; and thirty, if soiling. Let also the average value of the pastured co ws, milk be $30' during the soiling period of five months, whilst the milk of those under toiling averages 835 the same length of time. We will also suppose that the Value of the manure stables is $500, whilst in ad- dition to the usual amount of help we TO' one man's wages at $15 19, mon for five months months . " Interest on cows at $30 itY head, t twelve ge cent. tor five months " Interest on extra buildings, at twelve cent 00 30 00 80 00 45 00 60 00 $290 00 sonnet ch. By thirty caw' products, at $35 IF). head 1050 00 290 00 Profit $760 00 To yearly expense of fencing and rent f land $ 75 00 " Tramplipg down of grass 50 00 1` Interest on cows at $30 r• head at tivel e r cent, for five months 22 50 " Time of driving cattle 7 00 " Loss to cattle from undue exercise an 30 00 $184 50 fiies By fifteen head cows' prodnets, at $30 $450 00 :218:5 5050 tePmr°611: e leave soilnag in the adv lice by success in soiling, viz.. the green crops to be raised and fed. For a list of crops for soiling, 4e will quote a few sentences from the 'Fenner's Book.' "The crops for summereloiling are winter rye, which comes first, And is excellent to let the stock down from dry to green food ; next clover and other grasses m succession ; then rye again, for rye will furnish sevet- al cuttings dnring the season ; then early rowed corn, 'oats, sorghufn and other crop& Corn sheold be sown every fifteen days until th first of August. For fifty at five different sowings ; seven acres of head of cattl we would edvise the fol- lowing sum er crops : ll'ive acres of winter rye ; twenty acreslof corn ; sowed red clover ; and five acres of timothy or To these mfght be added lucerne, or- cherd grass and vetches or tares. Ac- cording to Mr. StePhens lucerne is best adapted to light, dry, sanly soil abound- ing in lime. It will not do on a wet soil at alL It will yield from 5 to 10 tons per acre, According to cultivation. Or- chard -grass is described ati a fine grass of rapid growth, being specially adapted- to shady places. It blossoine at the same time as clove and may cut two or three times in a iseason. ts chief fault is its tenden y 'to .grow in bunches. Vetches, I co eider; woul be a very aluable crop oe soiling. They resemble peas in growt . Sown itle oats they give an imm nse amoun of valuable as just considered, is rtainly very advantageous, and I hope re long to see it tried in a manner that will give it every chalice of success. not think to gain the acltantages' of horough soil- ing by raising a little pat h of Westeru corn next you pasture fiel , and throw- ing an armful ever the fence to each cow once or twice 4 day. However, if you do go at it in that way, and do not reap any great gain,. do not say that soiling will not pay, a d.bring up as proof such a practice. Among the hinge in our present prac- tice not necess ry in soiling, I forgot to mention one quite important item. The rich fanner will be able to keep enough stock on hia farm without robbing the poor man of what little ; pasture the ,roads may afford, by turni g at large his young stock, s eep, broken down horses, &c. As ton /Veto Era: paper in St. the third daily than it is able heson, latel Of the Clin- e about stetting a daily atherines. This will be in that town—three more_ o support, It- is rep rted that Mr. William McDougall Wall be the oan idate ha the Conservative interest at t e local elec. tion in South Bruce. Afteit the services Alas renders during the late_Dominion elections to th Governmeut. it will be cold-hearted in the extreme if they don't give him somet ing better than this. -e — A Par 1 lawyer, named Grant, was fined seve dollars and costa a few clays ago for ssaulting a boy on the street who had spoken impertinently to him. —Mr. Atki son, the +Government candidate in Bothwell, in pposition to Mr. Mills, , received five votes. Mr. Mills received 602. reporter for the Toronto Gtobe,and known to realers of the ExPosrroie under the- vom-de-plteme of "Pontiac," the writer of the entertaining letters from Ottawa and Toronto which we have published for several session , blas bought the Galt 1?eformer, and ill assume its manage- ment in a few weeks. We are glad to welcome to the links of the loeal Press a journalist of eu h ex,penence and ability as Mr. Hutchinson, and we have no doubt his enterprise will find ample ap- pieciation in the substantial town of Galt and with the enterprising County of Grey, and Bruce Rail- way shipped eighteen car loads of cattle from Mount For st last week. ed field of ' readvrell wheat which yielded 34 •bus els to the acre, and weighs four pounds over weight. — The first mertgage bonds of the Ca- nada Southern ailway to the amount of $5,000,000 were all negotiated in about sixty days at 90. —An Elora aper says the crop in Luther and. Ain ranth townships is one of the best with Which the farmers have been blest since they settled in the back —Some of the Prince Edward Island journals are ae vocatmg a union with the Dominion, h ving airived at the con elusion that Slle a change is for the best interests of the I land. --John Torrence, of McGillivray, showed a twig fifteen inches long on which are forty-four fine crab apples. — Forty dollars will he offered at the North Middlesex Fall Show,Ailsa Craig, as prizes for a competition of brass band& — Mr. Alexander McBrayne, of North Yarmouth, had a stalk of "Horse tooth" corn grown on his farm which measured 11 feet 2 inehest, It was the growth of inches a day. two months,—berig at the rate of two —A statem.ent has gained currency that the Messrs, Allan have arranged a new contract for the Canadian Ocean Steam Service, an annual subsidy of £600 stg. per round trip during eight months of the year having been agreed to. -- As a young man was binding oats near Rondeau, in the county of Kent, the other day, a hissing sound was heard to proceed from a bundle whiah he had just taken up. On examination a rattlesnake about SO inchen in length was found in the bundle, and efter eronsiderabletrouble the reptile was agettra alive. There are five rattles upon the tail, which proves that the enake is gift years old., — Mr. John Jefferson, of Lobo town- ship, has a twig exactly one foot long, cut from a plum tree on his farm, on Which were clustered forty-four blue plums, weighing two pounds. - Messrs. McGregor & Bro., . bankers, of Windsor, sold a horse one day last week, to be,shipped-to England, for the, enor- mous sum of $1,500. The. animal has been used by Mr. McGregor as a saddle horse for upwards of two years. — Farmers ofthe township of Wallace and Elma state that the spring wheat this year is light, and that the oats, though rather- shoit lin the straw is well headed. The fall Wheat has been very good. The potatoes, notwithstanding the dry season, are an average crop. — A Dundas man -got very &link on bad whiskey, and lay in the valley west of the high bridge, near that town, not far from the canaL ,During the night a poor deluded rattleanake crawled. slyly up to the drunkard, bit hien, and died. The man is doing as well as could be ex - Three beasts inilnunan shape °com- mitted rape on a little child twelve years of age, near Smith's Falba, last Thurs- day. One of the brute's was nafirried and we are happy to learn is arrested. The other two are wanted!' The little girl is expected to die. — The foimal transfer of the London and Port Stanley Railway to the Great Western took place on Monday last. It is proposed to rim a telegraph wire along the branch, and'also to narrow the gauge at once to correspond with the main line. --- A diabolical 'attempt was made to throw the express train off the track be-. tween Stratford and Goderich last week. A large etick of timber was placed acrosi the track; and before the train could be stopped the engine and some of the ears passed over it, fortunately without being . thrown off. — The tender of Sir Hugh Allan to -place Newfoundland .in communication - with the Dominion,' Great Britain and the United States, has been accepted by the Newfoundland- Government. The ar- rangement is to have the mail steamers of the Allan line to touch at St.- John, ward trips, during eight' months of the year. — A young child belonging te a family of the name of Maedonald, in the rear of Cornwall, a few days ago came to its death by sueking or chewing matches to which it had obtained aceess, The phos- phorus on the ends of the matches is a fatal poison, and parents cannot be too caraful in keeping this indispensible article safely beyond tho reach of their children. On Wednesday night, of last weelc, the stables belonging to Henry Dunke, and John Christman, of Elmira County of Waterloo, were destroyed 'by fire. The stables contained* a cow, six pigs, a waggon and some waggon makers' ma- terial, all of which were consumed. The loss is $1,200 and there is no insueance. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. -- The prospects of an abundant yield in both gram and vegetables this year, in the county of Simcoe, was never bet- ter. The fall wheat that survived the winter is rather More than an average yield, while spring grain, such as wheat, oats, peas and barley, ,are heavy crops, and promise to add largely to the wealth of the farmer. Vegetables of all kinds look well, and the hay crop is also abundant. --a A woman, an infant and a bottle of milk caused a great commotion in an ex- press train going east, the other day, at the rate of forty miles an hour on the Great Western Railway. The bottle dropped out of the window, the mother frantically pulled the bell -cord, stopped the train. and wanted the--oonductor to go back after the bottle. — A considerable portion of the burnt district in Ingersoll, is now covered with elegant buildings. Before the winter puts a atop to work, by far the larger portion of the ill-fated spot will be occupied by substantial structures.. The new Presby- terian Church in that town has not only large aecommodation, but in architectu- ral arrangement is an ornament to the place, and a credit to the congregation. — An exchange tells of a woman who died this Week from eating,cabbage. The report is that a part of the same cabbage that is said to have killed the woman was given to a cow, and after " eating it the animal died. also. Another report is to the effect. that a woman in a neigh- boring town either died or came near dy- ing from the same paisonous food. The fact seems to be, that some cabbage are wormy, and, if so, the plaat ought not — On Saturday last a young man nara- ed Daniel Sweeney, employed in Bell St_ Co.'s Melodeon manufactory, met with a painful accident. It appears that he was toying about the planing machine, and his left hand got caught in the roller and was crushed badly. , The roller be- ing fluted large chunks of flesh were torn from the hand and left embedded in the flutings. The aceident was most painful in every respect. -- The southern portion of the city of Hamilton was thrown into quite an up-. roar on Tuesday of last week. A Ger- man family had employed. some one te clean their well, the water having been for some time unfit for use ; but before the man went down, it was suggested that a light be lowered, whereupon the German lighted a piece of paper and threw it down, when a terrific explosion took place, lifting platform, windlass and bucket many feet in the air. — Cattle in the vicinity of Paris are afflicted with a disease, the nature of which is at present unknown, but which is making extensiVe ravages wherever -it has appeared. As the disease has here- tofore ba.133ed all local skill, Dr.- WilSon, 1 1 of London, has been examining into the disease, but as yet no decision has been arrived at Out of a herd of twenty-five splendid cattle belonging to Messr& Charles and A: Capron, iseven of the best have already died. —The canvassing on the Reform side in the Montreal Division must have been singularly effective and correct - The night before the election Hon. Mr. Young said at a public' meeting that his canvassers' returns showed that he would have a majority of nine hundred votes. ilia actual majority next day was 820. Mr. Jette, two days before the elections, said that- his canvassers' books showed for him a majority of twelve hundred. His actual majority was 1,227. — Last week, a young Nova Scotia lad, about twelve years of age, a son of Mr. Aleicander kraser, Hardwood Hill, while going to the woods with an axe, was at- tacked by a bear on the highway. The boy defended himself bravely, dealing the animal several blows. Allthe clothes were torn off the boy, and when nearly exhausted he struck a desperate blow with the axe and inflicted such an effec- tive -wound that the bear gave up the fight and took flight, leaving the youth victor. 'preliminary meeting of Public School inspectors of Ontario, was held, pursuant to notice, at the Queen's Hotel, Toronto, on Tuesday, August 2Q at I0 A. M. An adjournment subsequently took piece to the theatre of the Normal - School. the use of which was kindly granted by Dr. Ryerson. After spend - mg two days in discussing various pro- posed amendments to the Consolidated. Public School Act, it -was resolved to stitution was accordingly 'drafted, and officers elected. —A censiderable portion of the burnt district Of Mitchell will be re -built with brick buildings. Several parties are al- ready commencing to lay down material preparatory to conunencing work. —At the fall wheat show held in- StratfOrd on Thuriday of last week, there were only two competitor& The quality of the grain exhibited was good. The first prize was awarded to Mr. M. Bale lentine, of Downie, and the second. to Mr. Porter, of the same township. — A yOung man named John McKay, smi of Chas. McKay, West Zorra was frightfully bruised by a mulay 1)11'11, on Wednesday last. His collar bone was broken, and other severe injuries MS- tained. = The track -layers on the Canada Air Line are now within. five miles -of St. Thomas, which place they expect to reach by the 1-3th inst The ballast train is also at work ; the line. it is expected, will be ready for traffic from Glencoe to eSt. Thomas by December. Forty-five horses from a - distance competed at the Stratford races which were held on Wednesday and Thursday last. There were over fifty -horses com- peting altogether. — At a mee3ting of the Conservatives of the county of .Brant, held at Brant- ford a few days ago, a resolution was unanimously passed recommending that a Provincial Conservative Convention be held at Toronto at an early day for the purpose of devising sorne means for the more efficient organization of the party throughout the Province. — A man "from the country " ilk re- turning from one of the churches in Stratford, on Sunday evening, became so demonatrative in his atteations to two young ladies whom he overtook on the street as to compel them to hail a con. stable in order to rid- them of his annoy- ances. The amorous individualwa,s con- signed to limbo, and on. Monday he was - fined $2 and coats by the Mayor as a cau- tion not to obtrude his endearments upon young ladiee when not appreciated. — The important, responsible and lu- crative office of #‘3olicitor of the Great Western Railway Company havine be- come vacant by the resignation of Mr. AaTh. feline Irving, late candidate for the House of Commons for the City of Ham- ilton, has been filled by the appointment of Mr. S. Barker, a young laWyer, of London, who has entered upon leis new duties. — The medical profession will be re- presented. in the next House of Commons by no less than sixteen members, viz : Drs. Bergin, -Brouie aud Grant, of On - Tupper, Forbes and Almon, of Nova Scotia; and probably Schultz and. Lynch, of Manitoba. — Until very lately the people of Win- nipeg have depended on the river for drinking water; but an effort to obtain pure water by well digging has been at- tempted with satisfactory success. In reference to the second well dug there, on the property of Mr. Harvey. After digging 40 feet he bored 7 More, and there struck a vein that soon drove the workmen' from the well, and yielded as much water as would supply all the town. It now stands nearly 30 feet deep in the well. Other parties have commenced wells since. - —Reform Demonstrations are now be- coming the order of the day. The Re- form.ers of the County of Wellington in- tend celebrating the victories achieved. in that county, by a grand. Reform de- monstration to be held at an early day. —The Hamilton Times says :— It. is thought the Southern exten- sion of Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway will be open for traffic as far as Ainleyville, and perhaps to Wingharn, this year. —Mr. J. Anderson, the commercial traveller of Hamilton, whom we mentioned last week as having assaulted Mr. Drew of Elora, while on his way --from Palmerston to Trecastle, on the day of the election in North Perth, was mob- bed and severely beaten. It appears that the men at the polling plaee which he passed knew him, and at once said, "This is the man that gave Mr. Drew a. beating," ran otit'and caught the horses, and pulled him out a the waggon and beat him severely.