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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1873-04-11, Page 1v'ptt 4 - ; 9 Pint SEEMS LEEDLE -DER PORTER Rat RE LL1YSCA.RRIA_GES wits any tinks, axe gita an nu* PIODDINI post all avay, deliber dere o arts &nay mit dem. fieter Hatt yea* to spile liTIMET, SE AFORTH. n eon don't got any Lont like to hav framed, t bin der sheepest niece MS -TERNS-. ILLIAMS, FQRTI-1, than ever beta, erica article of OISTERI4S I'ATENT UFT PUMP, 0 fur - and Cistern PUMP. ilft CISTERNS TORY TANKS eller. Thee& are UOW fte• Sanest,. best .aud cheapest- ngementa for WELLS - general, by which my can e pardes evanti ty; Wells bless. experienee and my in - confident of gieing satin. nvor me with their orders. Warranted. MET, SR -4 FOR TR, fore -ourselves., ith whieli to carry on my a that all overdue, Note tied immediately wilt be ter for collection. Ite WILLIAMS. ECTURE. e Life,. which is tire beat ? long Life ? 'IfeE, Esq., Inspector of D fe loSurtinee Company, the Statistics of Life in - ,ns„ in Armstrong's Hall, rang of MONDAY, APRIL e --.The Anglo-Saxon and $90. The Insexance Com- m-tn. The imp.orteace of .-e-.7.25,000,000 went in ItiTie ,verious countries. Baeh- tat they lose. Who earn- Latia As-eh:Iran ? Men. ancl mgest ? Bow much met- er and dear food, timir s. A nation:s deaths, how drinkastarvation. Ef- e duration of life. What. Whet class of women nit° Life Inter:nice Com - does. National Instinee se -clock.. 31BERS., a.Y or -Arterelt, A. D. 1873. EAM FORT e NE, Plaintiff, and POn MergARNAN others, Defeadantse d the above-named plain - e Solicitors far the a.ppli- the affidavit of Henry bit therein refen-ed to • of office copies of the rsed in accordance with e Court, and of a copy of mann Bridget Cowan, bo Pon the defendants, Ed- IcEearnan, and that said ndents do, on or before e next, artswer or demur '.S. HOLMESTED, - R. C. O. hrt Me:Kean:tan, take no-, *newer Or demur to the - ova order the plaintiff ..ke the bit' as confessed rt may grant such relief ' M. his own &Jawing, awl rather notice of the fin U se. ied at the office of the l'avere of Goderich in the gSON & MEYER, plaintiff's Solicitor. Let of 1869. ((/)..fe Li, Carter, of 44olvent-& en that a meeting of the named insolvents will be Hotel, in the Village of _tee 15th day of April, a. when theissignee will a full statement of the state and consult With eps to be taken to wind. - ADAM HOPE, Assignee. 278-2 Lot of 1869 ote. Ltonard, an L e been prepared, open reeety-eighth (2:51 day of eidend. will be paid. 14-ATSON, Aesignee. 277-2 R AGE WORKS. CHANGED. ;RASSIR • Cratere, and is now WAGONS. nams left over from laet ,eap. etibetautial Wagon or eel at once and make ter- .efelyer of orders are now k,f, will probably not :oenne promptly attended. kM GRASSIE, ,eriele street, Sean:Ain SESTA WEAR. I so. 27111. SEA.VORTH, FRIDAY', 'APRIL 11,. 1873. IncLICAN IliftOTALERS, Publfshers. 1 $1 58 a 'Year, hi advance. )$eali totait tor Scala. TANNERY -FOR SALE OR TO IXT, TONE= in Blnevale for -sale oi to -let; Med on the bank of the Meer; convenient to both water and steam power; building 98x36 feet, atories above vats; 2 set of vette 6 in each; ban legate with new heater, all in good work'ing order; also, new- bark mill and. owning tables. A *by mail or personally to - D. STEW.X1Iroprietor. 2 4 rAux FOR 'BATE IN meraiOP. F11,SALE, on reasonable tering, Lot 20-, Con 316,102op, containing 50 Wes, 45 of. Whieh Sre cleared. and in, a good state ot oultivation. The soil is rolling and of the very best quality. There is a good log- house, barn and other build - Metals° good bearing orchard. The farm. is attested within one mile and a quarter of the greed road leafing to Seafertbi, ftoin which place it isabont 8 miles distant. Pei further paetien- nes apply to the proprietor on the preraises,"or to Benson & Meyer„Barristers, Sesfortk„ SENECA EDWARDS, Proprietor. 278 ?AIX FOR mum or MORRIS. von -SALE, Lot 80, Con. 8, Morris, oonsisting of en acres, 27 clear, remainder good beech. and. maple hardwood, situated on the Seaford). Gravel Road, 114 miles from Seaforth, 8A from. Brussels ; goodlog house never failing well of water. For eartnenpartionliers apply to THOMAgi ,GRIEVE, Moreillop, Settforth P. 0. 277 VIRGINIA. tiv PARTIES wishing to emigrate to the -cl• South can obtain full information from the melersigned, who have been appointed agents for the sale of lands in Southern 17-- ia, the Most fertile portion. ot the Sopth. Fuer pertienlars sualists of Lands will be furnished shortey. Ap- ply or address- - 278 . E. HICKSON & CO., Worth. PARK rim SALE OR TO vosese•en OR TO RENT, on reason ble terms, . Loan, Concession 8, Hullett, eoneisting of 100 sicrate80 of which are eleared and he a state of good cultivation and. well fenced. There is a good frame barn' 60x40, tad 'suitable Sheds, also a splendid orchard; well watered; one ,and railee from the village of Einburn, and within half of a good gravel road; there. are 30 tunes fall plowed ; immediate poseession will bp given. For further paitionhers apply to the proprietor on - the -Premises or address Constance P. 0. 278 JOHN STEPHENS, Proprietor. FA -R -M,-- TO RENT. TO BET, for a term of years-, a Farm contain- -1- WIT aeree, -80 of which are cleared and well lone into 10 -acre fields, being Lot 28, Con. Le, McFall%) ; in a state of excellent cultivation, 32escres are fall plowed and '9 are sown -with fell. wheat, good leg house, log barn and huge frame granstra ; good yoong orchard; the farm is Well watered; situated within two miles of the gravel. roadleading to Seaforth, whieh village is 9 miles distant. For tart:hal parties:airs apply to the• proprietor on the premises, . or if by letter to Winthrop P. O. . 2704 T-HOMPSON MORRISON. Mr. Gibson cin the NEtniteipale LOan,FUnd Resolutions The following ,is a report of the speech delivered by Mr. Gibson; M. P, during he recent session, en. the Muni- . dyed Loan Fund Restitutions : MR. SPEAXER • The subject under dis- cussion is one of very grave importance -perhaps the most iniportant that has ever come`liefore a Canadian Legislature. It would be needless to inveigh. against those who initiated or carried` otit the scheme. Wgehave to deal -with it now as we find it i'Taking the resolutions • of the Attorney..General, they must cern- mend themselves •to the great niajority of the House and of * the country. • It Would be idle to have expeeted that jus- tice - Cott). mathema.t the diftic be done in every case, with cal precision, but, considering lties there were to contend with, the solutiou ae good as could. haye been expected. Nothing is easier than to find teethe It is far easier to de- stroy than to coustruct, and not one of the gentlemen opposite has venturel to • suggest anything better. The member for South Victoria, in hit elaborate. speech, endeavored to show that the surplus now on: hand was all obtained from the back country, and, though he did not say so in werde, the drift of his argument went to show that it should, LP spent there. Wore he closed, hoWe FARM FOR "SALrltr GREY. Crr No.n2 and part of Lot No. 11 in the 18th Concesinon ot Grey, conaisting of 78 acres, 50eleared grain good cultivation; 21 miles from Gravellioad, 12 !miles from.Setiforlh. Applyto 276 ANGUS MettILLAN, on the pretaises. 4 rAttm FOR SALE. feteNTAINDne 813 acres, at $26 per acre, situ- ki sten in Vermillion County, State of Indiana, ointhe Webs& River, a navigable atreara for 350 • tones; 223 acres of this farm is rich bottom land, which, with fair cultivation!. will produce 75 bands of corn per aere the remainder in up- land, good for a lands of small grain, 165 acres of this farm is in tCgooft state' of eintivation., the balance good hardwood; a large frame house .13 stories, one log house, log stables and corn cribs, twe orchards and an abundenee of good water. Tida-farm is situated ewe miles south of the thrieing town of Clinton, indiena, on the Evans- Catharines, but in his long speech it was eine, rerreeeHaute and Chicago Itathear, 180 ,easy to see that his heart was centred miles south of Chicago, and 10 miles north in his own little town as however he of Tarenlattte, Ind., a eitv of 20,000 inhabitants ; . . • . . gOed rtelds ; good school ; good markets and a might wander, le, invariably: ended in pea eageneeitooa. Terme easy -or Tis ill trade St Cathannes. , In the schedules, as f land in either the Conti -lee of Huron or 13race, the were first brouelit dawn, the pro- portion of debt which that town had still to pay waslem high, but seeing it is new reauced from. its real debt of $414,000 to $165,000, they had no cause to grumble. We orieht to recollebt that thongliethey concluding I would say that Huron and Bruce have contributed nobly, to main- tain the credit of the Province at a tied when it needed assistance more than it •does now. What we have paid on ac- count of our indebtedness- is worth at least three quarters of a million dollars. The Crown lands in the two counties`will have eiroduced orare • worth $3,000,000 s more. The two counties have expended on gravel roads and bridges over $700,- 000, and have given to railways, $600,000 more, audit is something to sae? that our obligations, !so far, have been faithfully met, and that our debentures leow etano. he the English- market above par. In the supplementary estimates there is a sum set down for a commiseion, I sup- pose to work out the details of the scheme, under whose supervision the claims made by Biddulph and McGillivray upon Huron and Bruce will come for seti dement as also the case efevillages sep- arated since* the eensus, Of which we are likely to have two. Taking the scheme in all its parts, theekttorney-General and his Government deserve great credit for the ability as well as the moral _courage dis- played in grappling with this legacyhanded down to, them by theirtwedecessors who, though they made a mess of it, showed nOalesire or wish to have their errors rectified, and who in the exigencies of party, were willing to allow matters to go one as they had been *without an ef- ever, he came to the conclusion that if it fort at reform. hail been laid out in education, he would have been satisfied, thereby. ad- mitting that the revenue derived from timber dues and Crewel lands belongs to the iv -hole Province, not to a section of it. It ought to be borne in mind that the sums laid out in opening up the back country were very large - this year amounting to $580,000 -to be expended on colonization, roads, on public works, on our inland waters and on our Crown lands surveys and explorations, and =mint to more than one-half of the; revenue derived last year in the Crown Lands -Department, in all its branches. The subsidy received from the Dominion Government was fixed upon the basis. of population, so. -that , the *older. and Man and Wife in Scotland. What Scotch Marriage Does. In 1865 there resided in Edinburgh a Mr. George Wilson, of the firm of Messrs. A. & G. Wilson, makers of fish- ing tackle. His business was extensive and, lucrative. Mr. George Wilson was the father ot !sixteen children; four of whom were daughters and of consider- able personal attractions - especially Margarea'the eldest, who was regarded as beautiful. In the year we speak of, H. M. 93d regiment of foot were quare tered in Edinburgh, and stationed at the Castle. Among the officers there was a settled portions of the country clearly Maier- Stewart, who '•lead distinguished were the means of bringing that to our -revenue, and we conceive that in a dis- tribetion of the surplus, it cOuld not be more equitably divided than by pollee tion, - It ought also to be borne in mind that the settlers of t the front counties Wee the burden _ and he c f the day in himself at Lucknow, and was the son of Sir William Drummond Stewart, a wealthy Scotch Baronet. One day the Major entered Wilson's shop, and saw for the first time the beautiful Miss Wilson, and he was so much attracted by her beauty that he, finding frequent was ;call y Lady Stewart, before elle became the sclecond time Married. 'Mr. Wilson lived at No. 19, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, until ht died, which is said to haye occurredt only a short time ago, but before the snit had been decided. , He lost all his property in aid- ing daughter with it; As Lady Stew- art, the had received possession of the , declared that the law required him in such cases to weigh the evidenoe, and ac- cordingly sent the two parties to a gro- cery store to be weighed, and gave a de- cision in favor of the heavier. • Canada. DetectivePhain.of London, has entered Murthly and Gra.ntully Castles, Perth s - an action against the township Connell of shire, said to be among the richest es- tates in Scotland. and she now enjoys great Wealth. The Wilson family claim to be of the gentry, and that the. father became a tradesman more from the love of active business life than necessity. He claimed to be a relative of the Earl of Ponsonby. The family since the suit was entered and the death of the father, became reduced and scattered. Lady Stewart, that was, is, sister to Mrs. Fred- erick Kendall Wyke Moore, London, England; to Miss Georgina Wilson, of George's Square, Edinburgh, and to Gertrude Ke Wilson, now wife of Mr. James W. Thompson, late of the Great Western Railway, Hamilton. Two of her brothers are railway conductors in England, and two others conductors on the Grand Trunk Railway. Such is the effect_ efter a fierce legal .fighteof the peculiar provisious of Scotch law upon which Wilkie Collins' novel of "Mai and Wife" was founded. -Ham- ikon. Times. times gone by, and they have 'a strong excuses, made oft -repeated calls ae the claim in that respect The argument, store: evhere the young woma,n assisted that the cost of the Grand Trunk and her father in the sale of articles. The ' the Great Westere should be anisidered youpg people began going for drives and at this time an equivale4 to those coun- enjoying themselves, and the Major ties through which these roads pass, was made his sweetheert many prese,nts of not well -tak.en, as these were great nee Stewart tartan, dressei, 'hrooches and tional highways Which 'benefit -all alike • jewelry. Quarreling with his hotel peo- when'they get to them. : it was easy to ple, the officer sought and (Audi:led understand the opposition displayed by leave to lodge at the 'Wilson homestead. the member for Lincoln.- He started by The couxtship now progressed rapidly, saying- that he represented the County and the enamored_ Major taught Miss of Lincoln as well is the towii of St. Wilson ' music and French, and it woe generally understood that the couple were to be married. On Feb. 11, 1866, the Major's birtl elay, hes. gave a grand = supper at Mr. Wilson's place, and made , himself very festive, During the even- ing, the father, who had become appre- hensive of tbe protracted intim-acy be- tween the officer and. his .daughter, ad- aressed him, and destred tb.at the affair should be brought to a definite. shape. The latter sat quietly under , the appeal, but as the tears came intO his eyes, said, "Wilson, I will show you what I can do to abut these people's napuths. I am poor now, and can't Marry to the height of my proper station, but I will marry Maggie in Scotch fashion." He then dropped upon one knee, _drew a wedding ring from his pocket, and plao- ing it- on is Margaret's finger, said, " Maggie, you are • my wife before Heaven, so help me God.' t Maggie put - her arms round her lover's neck, and each kissed the other, thus consummat- ing in the presence of all the Wilson family and a number of other wituesses, a marriage -for it is well known that, under A peculiar provision of the scotch law, a clergyman or magistrate's assis- tance is unnecessary. The health of the couple was then drank by the company. From diet time the twoi lived as man and wife at. Mr. Wilson's house. The Major was hp to his eyes io debt, but when- he was about to be - arrested at any time by the creditors, Mr. Wilson paid the claims. April 2, 1867, a son was born. and there was the tumid talk of its ".being like its father." The Ma- jor was very fond of his child, and brought many of his friends to see his son and heir. In 1869 the couple re - 'moved to Paris for two years, and then returned to Scotland, where shortly after the Major -died. •Mrs, Stewart was not long a widow, for she married a Lieuten- ant Robinson. The old Baronet now died, and soon after the Major's little son. Shortly beforee the death of the latter, Mrs. Robinson, in the name of the child as heir, entered a suit against the deceased Major's brother for the re- covery of the estates which he clai ed and had assumed possession of, me ing no attention to the demands made in the name of his nephew?. After the dea of the boy she changed the nature of the lieve, to leave a monogram engraved suit, and, aided by her husband and her on the shield in. •the most conspicuous f ther, sued for her rights- as a widow. style. • 4 er action was also to have her marriage - Fare on nearly all the transatlantic with the Major declared legal. In De- lines has been mereased. The White cember last the -case came up for trial in Star line now ask $100 gold, the Inman the Lord Ordinary's Court It was 6 and $100 gold, the French ll 25 gold, shown in evidence that the Major had Williams & Guion $80 gold, - and the frequently introduced her as his wife, Cunard $130 gold. The National line and her case was supported by a very fix the rates at $80 and $90 currency, large number of witnesses. it was according to the accommodation. shown that the Major was a jolly, reek- -All readers of the veracious history less, dissipated person, who died ultim- of Diedrich Knickerbocker will remem- ately of a violent attack of de/iriton ber old Wouter Van Twiller's method of tremens. deciding lawsuits, by balancing the ac- Onelloman Catholic priest swore that count books of the hostile litigants in his Major -Stewart (himself a Catholic) had hands, and finding ,them equal in told hiin that he was not married to the weight, sending both parties about their girl, and that he had baptized the boy busin.ess, andmaking the constable pay as illegitimate, for the Major said that the costs. A sapieut magistrate in New he " 'believed it was his."- *However,* Orleans is credited with a method. of the Lord Justice found. a verdict for _proceeding quite as equitable as this. A Mts. Robinson, and the estates and Rarty of twelve negroes swore to having Ont. Address JOHN E. RYAN, Clinton, it er- million • County, Indiana, -or C. R. COOPER, Biasses Ont 275*10 ' FARM FOR SALE. OT 2% north half, Con. 7, Township of Morris; County of Heroin 100 acres, 90 acres cleared, hahOlee th good hardwood hush; a new hal* borroWed $190,000, all they had paid irame barn, 86 x. 56; also a good young orthard. was order- $34,000, •and that $90,000 of The above lot is only two miles off the Gravel Read between Seatorth and Wroxeter, and 3 miles that was spentalM local works, benefit- . 'from Brnssels, a station of the Sotthern Exten- ing themselves one.- . gime of the Wellington, Grey And Bruce Railway. It being q o'clock, the House adjonne- . WS' be sold_ cheap tor cash, OL".011, other terms. ed. Upon the debate being resumed, i nor further particulars enquire of C. R. COOPER, I Laild Agent, Brussels P. 0. 27508 Mr. Gibson wept en to say that the * - — ' - -- ----- - - - - e member for East Toronto was itot•correct HOUR AND 1.0T FOR SALE. 1 FOR SALEnthe House and Lot on North Main - Terms reasenable. For particulars apply to street formerly ocenpied by Mr. T. P. Ball. 278 ' A.G. VAN A/MOND, Seaforth. SUPERIOR FOR SALE CHEAP. G. the west half of Lot 6 in tba Bayfield Road North Concession, Townshipot Stanley, s view of Lake Huron. The Farm cont:ins 98 Counter of Huron, abutting the Gravel Road in trent and the River Bayfield commanding acres, the greater part of which is clear and free from -stamps. There is a tiew two-story brick • dwelling-hense, frame . barn and a large and very superior orchard, bearing fruit, on the premises andplenty of water; it is convenieuttto all the County markets; there is * aehool house on the corner of the lot and severfel chnrehes neer. As the property must be sold this spring, parties in want of a. farm should. apply, a more beantifttl residence cannot be found in Huren. The soil is of ties best qiiality. There is about 800 acres of bush adjoining for sale, Apply te 27ii JOHN ESSON; Bayfield. • FARM FOR SALE. VALUABLE FARM, acres,First Con- cession, ineKillop, -near Seaforthon the main gravel road to Goderich; acres cleared and free from stumps; 85 acres plererecla the rest under grass ; well watered and fenced, with large ftame aide, and good orchard ; possession immediately the people of London are perfectly, able bamntable underneath; log farmhouse boaidet on. - title goodeand terms eager. For further particalars to pay the balance they are called* upon apply to • 272 LUDWIG 'WIER, Seaforth P. O. when he eaul that the. scheme was en- tirelV in the fever of those constituencies who were represented by supporters of the Government. He would fail to show a municipality in the' Province, which, • so far, had been •so hardly dealt 'with as the town of Goderieh. it bad 'paid as • rah& as both St. Catharines and Strat- ford., both of which places, no doubt, ow- ing to the rules adopted, ivere far more favorably dealt with • than Goderieh. Goderich, taking into account what bed been paid to the County, had repaid about $10,000 more than the city of • London, the indebtedness of which had been reduced over $300,000. Still the member for that city is not satisfied. If he were in the position of my friend be- side, me, (Mr. Gibbons,) then he might, h e use for dissatisfaction. When the asset, amomiting to something in eke .neighborhood of $18,000 annually, from the Great Western, on account of the • London and Port Stanley Railway, is borne in mind, it must be confessed that • BRICK YARD TO RENT. TO RENT, the Brick Yard on the Second Conces- sion. of Tuckenunith, at Egmondeille, the pro - Petty of Mr. Thomas Govenlock, MeRillop. This is a large yard, with four large mills, mad a bank of splendid clay eight feet thick, a never -failing supply of water; the yard is fur- nished. with every eonvenience end facility for manufacturing. HOUSE and STABLE ou the yard will be sold ; also, to be sold the carts, bar- rows, and other implement% used heretofore in the yard, and about 5,1)0n feet of good_ lamber. Rent of yard $100 a yeale The house and. stable will be sold foreeed00 teeth ; the other articles will also be dieliosed of very low. This is an exeelleat chance for any one nidug to eugage in the Brickmaking busEness, as bricks are now. selling at from $6 to 50per 1,000, and wood obtainable at „$2 50 a cord. For further particulars apply to 2654/6 JOHN BOWDEN, Egraondville.P. 0 STEAM SAW MILL AND FARM FOR S#LB. RE MG- Lot 34, Con. 7, MelCillop, containi 104 1.1 I d with ood barns endestables, two good. oreherds in fell bearing; two never -fail - acres, a e eare , g "--- Ing springs which flupply the mill. , Ale° lot 85 tent have that effect. In this settle - t a to the Province. Mr. Speaker, if the people throughout the Province had done what we in Huron and Bruce did -paid up their indebtedness -there ,would have been none of this trouble to- day. What we borrowed we paid. Matters could not be allowed to remain as they have been. It was impossible that Perth, lying alongside of us, which borrowed at the -same time and. for the same object as we did, and just as able as we were, could be allowed to go scot free, - ancl • instead • of • the - case being as the member for Fast Toronto would like to put it, the most of the municipalities who had neg- lected to pay were steady supporters of the powers that had been. All we asked *now was to be placed oti an equal footing with our neighbors, and a am ‚appy sa that these resolutions to a great ex - Con. 9, containing 48 acres of bush. The ilaoperty . men t it may be said the wise ,men still is situated 6 miles from Seaforth, with a good dwell in the east. We give them warn - On Ytheler°radZeret4if Z" filitheoer PI:Ca/rig (ljtnlY. ing that this is their last Call. That in STOlii To RENT ozaiti• sEAfoitirg- . -they must begin and do so with their . HAT old and favorably-kno stand, the MAN- own money. We incline to the opinion SON, gnesta:cse.P. 0., Ars Chet 260 .carrying out their- own iinprovements that Prescott, Woodstock and those CHESTER VOUSE, lately occupied by Mr. JOHN LOGAN Will be sold, or -rented on reason- able farms. Apply at the store of - 270 LOGA.N & JAMIESON. BLACES2SITH AND WAGONMAICER. WANTEff, immediately, a Blacitemith and 27.;1/44a Wagonmaker. Apply to T HILLS, Egmondville. other municipalities similarly sittia should hardly have got so easily off as they have done. • A certain amount, even though small, might have been left upon them as a warning that care should be exercised by municipalities at well as individuals. in going into debt. • Before The Danbury XeWe Man. It is hardly possible at the present time to take up a newspaper without finding something within its columns from the Danbury, News. The reputa- tion of a genuine humorist -that rarest of literary wonders, as colorists are most rare in artists -was never more -quietly made than that of "the man of Dan- bury." He -wrote no book he niade no series of articles in any well-known joier- nal ; he made no studied production of any kind. He went about his chosen labor of editing a weedy newspaper in a small New England town, and enlivened. its columns, with those quaint end flavor - ons local items" which, unexpectedly and despite himself, have . made the au- thor's sayings household words. James Montgomery Bailey was born in Albany, N.Y., September 25,1841. His father was killed when James was a child. His motheretiterwards matried a gentleman from Rome, N. Y., and at that place and in Albapy, the family 'lived uutif the year 1860, when they moved to Danbury, Ginn. At this time James was eighteek years of age. He had free range of the public. schoole, though at that finite like -most .boys, he preferred business. • Hechecked this in- clination; luSwever, and remained at school :until his 'arrival at Danbury, where he worked with his- step -father at carpentry until Atigust, 1862. Then came the war, and with it the Danbury youth took his first practical lessons in original composition. Mr. Bailey im ill mediately enlisted in the Seventeenth Government w advise the Goveruinei Connecticut Volunteers, and served as General to refuse to interfere with the private in that regiment until the war action of the Ontario Legislature m the closed. His letters from the army, over matter of the Orange bills, and to send the signature of - 11. P. Manton, were them back to the Lieutenant -Governor sent to the -Danbury Tieneso and made of the Province!, for their author a_considerable local repu- tation.. After the war Mr. Bailey bought out the Danbury Times. Thi e was 'in September, 1865. It was a 'hard strug- gle at first to keep the Times up, as the office was in a poor condition Atha time of purchase. But successi came at het, and. March lst, 1870, the Jeffersoniwn. was purchased and consolidated with the Panes, thus making the Danbury News. •The paper was made strictly local. audit was not long before people discovered that one good pa.pet was better than two poor tines. All tMs tirne the local notites which have since made such fa reputa- tion, were slipping into the paper from time to time, and it soon beeame the fashion to copy them. In -1870 the items • Nissouri to recover from them the reward offered for the -conviction of the murder- ers of Campbell. • -Lake sailors are demanding an in- crease of wages for the coming peason. They refuse to engage with vessel Mat- ters forleasthan $.per day. -The Great Western Railway Com-. pany have -let the contract for the eree- tien of a new car ferrY boat, to be used. at Windsor: The cost of this boat is es- timated at• $710,000. -It is reported that Hon. Mr. Howe will be appointed Lieutenant-Gpveruor of Nova Scotia immediately after the gloms of the present session of the Dominion Sidney • Thom of Williams - burgh, County of Dulls, cut -a pine tree last week, the two butt logs of.which were 50 feet each • the next two 30 feet each; the tiext tIte'ro .27 feet each ; and one of 20 feet. Altogether the tree made 15t standards, and was perfectly sound. The butt logs were each drawn by two teams, - movement is on foot among the farmers of the townihip of Kincardine, County of Bruce, to raise funds to pur- chase a steamboat to be used in tranship- ping their grain, wood, bark, &el, to the best Arnerican market& It is proPosed to forra a joint stock company, the stock to consist of $100 shares. Several farm- ers have -eaeh taken five shares, and it is confidently expected that the undertak- ing will be suecessful, at least so far as the raising of the funds is -concerned. -A fatal accident occurred near the village of Lucknow on Friday last. to an old woman named jars. McKinnoie. Her husband, it appears, was felling a .tree be the woods, where she repaired for something. Just as she approached him the tree fell, and striknig her, killed her instantly. -A triple elopement has just come to light in London the less. A few nights ago a man accompanied leV two young women put up at the We,st End Hotel. In the morning they were all arrested. on snspiciou of stealing the bar -tender's watch,. and the man confeased that- the women had left their husbands to come with, hini, and that they were going, to St. Thomas to find work. They hailed from Woodstock, and gave their names as,Joseph Willis, Caroline Patrick and Margaret Ann G-oodhnl.. They were all • three remanded. or thee days to -114ait developments, and were at the end ef that time allowed to go in peace. -It is expected that the Dominion vanceinent ie not likely to be very equeamiste when broueb t to book for vio- lating -pledges given to deluded political sum orters. -Recent sleet storms, which have eisited the Grimsby district, ha,ve de- stroyed all the peach and oherry leads, and have even affectedthe apples. • became quite well known, and m 1871 all newspaper readers were able to recog- and. Lake allroll Railway between Pans nize them. At the present time there are and Drumbo. It took a large gang of not a few who. recognize .in Mr. Bailey a men at work constantly from Saturday fund and a quality of humor second to till Monday to repairthe damage. none in the country. We may say, for e-- An ex -Alderman of Kingston the satisfaction of any euriosety that either sex may hane on the subject, that Mr. Bailey is a Married man. • He has • no ehilcirki now living, and resides at Danbury, apparently not at all uplifted by the.`full, measure of fame which has been brought to him. ae- • eie . -By the death of an aunt, two young E-nglishmen mechanics, who have resid- • ed in Orillia' for a shOrt time, have be- - came the lucky- heirs to $10,000. It's a Mighty convenient thitig to have richee- lation, especialV when they die and re- member one handsomele in their will. ----On Tuesday evening, 25th March, Mt: Begley, of Oshawa, hearing his two little boys, ,sleeping in another room. crying, ran and found. that they had been littacked by -rats, After driving them away and returning to his own bed, the infant at its mother's side. was attacked and very badly bitten. The rats were mannnoth creatures; and ap- pearedsewer. to have escape& from some dosed •• -The Manitoba Pr ee Press, of the 29th March, says: • Late advices from the White Mud region seem to corrolxw- • ate the idea of a contempleted Indian at - tact oo the settlers. . The Indians are said to be gathering in large numbers at the Wood Mountains, arid afeeling Of in- security is very _prevalent among OAT westeru settlers. The Poplar Point and Portage Indians lately held a pow -wow, which it is supposed. has some bonnee- tion with this matten'but nothing very definite can be ascertained fione them. -Chief Justice Richards, in passing sentence upon McCreary, a few days' ago, at Napanee, said he %MB a danger- ous mu, unfit to be at large, Well, I am in a safe place now, my re- plied he, very indifferently- -Rev. Father Kilroy, ot St Marys, and well known in this vicinity, recently delivered lectures in Hamilton to very large aucliences, on "The Cathcdic Doc- trine of the Real Presence," and on Purgatory and Indulgence." -The gold medal offered in the facul- ty of law, in connection with* McGill College, Montreal, to students of the last year, bus been won this year by Mr. M. Hutchinson, of Turnberry, near Blubvale, and brother • of 'Mr. • S. flutchmtion, of the Galt Reform.' -During the th-under-storm of Satur- day afternoon, the central tower of the new Union Station, at Totente, was struck by ligbtuing, and soniewlaat, though not serionsly injured: There were ten carpenters working. in it at the time, only one of whom was stuoned. A crack was made in the bric-kwork by the passage oi the fluid, and one corner of the cupola broken off, but all will be repaired without much ttouble. -The Blanshard Spring Shove will be held in the village of Kirkton,- Oil Thurs- day, April, 24: .-The barns and stables belonging to MT. Wm. Padget; situated on Lot No. 13, Com 3, Markham, were totally 'de- stroyed by fire, on Saturday Morning list There were burned 5 horses, 4 cows, 21 sheep, 100 bushels. of wheat, barley, oats, peas, hay, wagon and all his farming implements. Loss, about insurance, $500. • -Mr. Neil Harken, of the township of liiinnidale, had ,Lhis barn' tegether • with the contisnts, said to be thirteen head of cattle, one span of horses. and several tons of hey, totally destroyiel by fire, caused by lightning on Friday eight last. -The by-law submitted to the rate- payers of Downie, granting a bonus to the Stratford and Port Dover Railroad, was voted onand defeated by I majority of 38, on Friday last This adverge vote on the part of Downie, the herald avers prevent the *beltway being built t�tiaratford. - -The st6rm of Saturday last broke a gap twenty keet long and twelve feet deep In an embankment on the Buffalo has been convicted at the recent assizes of forging his brother -m -law s name to a promissory note, and has been sentenced. to six months imprisonment for the cri-Ineelt the cooclusion of Dr. Punshon's lecture at St. Thomas, recently, the audience contributed, on the spot, $6,200 towards paying for a new Wesleyan American Notes. Sleepy Eye is the western terminus of - Church erected in that town. the Winona and .St. Peter Railroad in A pine tree cut on Government lim- its belonging to Mr. George R Hall, on - Oshkosh, Wis., has a citizen whose the south shore of the St. Lawrence, Minnesota. weight in the community is 510 pounds gave six first and one second -quality twelve foot saw logs. the amallest of An invalid in for whom which measured thirty-eight, and the avoirdupois. leeches were peescribed, took thern in_ large,st fifty-two inches at the small end, ternally and wants them cooked. next and making iet all 29 standard logs of two inch diameter, or 11,023 feet twenty- ti7-e. A Wisconsin schoolmaster, who has board measure., This ti ee was one of the not used the rod, owing to a local pre- lar.gest ever cut in Canada and may be judice against the same, -administers cas- tor ranked among the kings of the forest. tor oil. to his refractory pupils. In order that all rumors regarding • 7 • • - New fashioned ear -rings are in the Bon. Mr. Speaker Currie s resignation shape of a. shield., from which depends might be set at rest, the editor of the old hinge. It is the correct ihing, we St. Catharines .News has interviewed that gentleman, and says he states that his resignation has no political signifi- cane,e whatever; that he resigned for personal reasons, the office being irk- some, and because he thought he could serve his constituents and the country better on the floor of the House than in the Speaker's chair, and, that he had no synapathy with the Opposition. For the Premier, Mr. Mowat, he hen the highest respect and. confidence. -It is rumored that certain of the leading Reformers of North Gwillitnbury, N1 -ho were induced. to vote for Mr. Dodge, on account of his fair promises as a supporter of the ,Liberal party, have determined to seud. him a requisition to resign. It appears. a pledge was given that unease be did not act so as to meet with their views, be agreed to tender' his resignation. In pursuance of that pledge, the requisition is said now to be in circulation. It is in no way probable that the 'petition • will have the desired result A man. iiho will use his reli- positively to the contrary. The judge gions position to further his political ad- : -property she therefore receives are very_ one certain work for a steamer. The valuable. It was ruled that the mar- mate and eleven other men swore aa riage was legal, and that the claimant -The Hamilton arid Lake Erie Rail- way Company have sold $100,000 worth of their bonds in Hamilton at par, and have an offer from England for the pur- chase of the remaining $600,000 at the same figure. . • -A young woman named Fanny Pat- terson, daughter of Widow Patterson, of the South Boundary, Blanshard, was at- tacked ley.a violent pain in her head. im- mediately after .piirtaking of supper ,on Saturday evening,. and before seven o'clock: on Sutday morning she was a corpse. She remained -unconscious from the time of the attack until her death. - _Inconsequence of two unusual and extremely heavy thunder storms, on Saturday last, the Grand River at Galt rose to an unusual height in a few hours. As the 'bet was starting about 3 P. M., an employee of Messrs. Lutz & Co.'s, while climbing on the roof of the mould- ing shop, slipped intotthe river. A cake of iee fortunately passed. underneath at the time, on Which he lit and - sailed dowti the ;river for about 100 yards, when coming in dontact with a pier, he was thrown into the stream, but was reSelled, with the ad of some Poles, by the spectators, who lined the banks. - -The Galt Reformer says ; Mr. James Scott, of South Dunoiries, has three Leicester ewes which lately gave birth to three lainbe each. The Paris Tran- script thinks Brantford township is ahead of that, for it says Mr. John Chisholm, 'of "Montrose Farm," Brant- ford township, has four Leicester ewes that have given birth to three lambs. each, Including- the above four, with nine others, he has 13 ewes, which have given birth to 31 lam' bs thiti epring. P A Modest Demand. The Parkhill Octzette of last week says: "In the adjuetment of the IVIimicipal Loan *Fund debt the member for North Middlesex has filed a claim on behalf of McGillivray and Biddulph of $11,087 48, and $9,992 54 respectively, as their,pro- portion of balance arising froth railway allowance to the County of Huron. A claim is alsamade for their proportion of $18,285 89 going to Bruce, on the ground that these townships formed. part of the Counties of Huron and Bruce at the time the bonus was granted to the Buffalo and Godmich railway. It is hardly to • be expected that the full amount of this claim will be realized, as at the time of the separation of those toWnships from the County of Hurd, and their annexa- tion to Middlesex, in appropriating their - share of the Ceunty debt, the -benefits de- rived from the building of railroads and: gravel roads were taken into account, and the townships of McGillien-ay and Bid- dulph have paid a very ennall sum. to- wards that debt, compared with what. they would have clone had they remained_ part and parcel of the County of Hann."