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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1874-05-29, Page 1G E T ESHIB ATE CAN St DUNc: . E NO SHOW ACNIFI ENT STOC FRENCH I BLACK A'D'D COLORPD. aCSI VETS, POPLIN DRESSEgi FA CY GRESSGOODS, Black and Colored MOURNING GOODS*. 0 S 7E1 S1 CURTAINS A DA 1"4SILSS PRIP4TE WOOL TABLE COVERS,. TIANO COVERS, APESTRY AND WOOL CARPETS„ SHAWLS,; MANTLES AND JACKETS GA BUCONS AND COTTONADES,: One Gingitants, Stout, Scotck, YitRiTE 0:Q1 -TONS, arty Cottbus, Bleached Daraask Cloths, Cotton Ticks, Table Oil Moths, &c, Tweeds and GICiths, TOILET COVERS, OES AND EDGINGS, 1--NTANTS' WAISTS AND ROBE% Gents/ Outfittings Gents' Ties and Scadk URI -Mg, HOSIERY, CLOYES,, RIBBONS 1 ALL S4YLES, LADIES' PARASOLS AND SUN B OTS AND SHOES Of every dem Having got our Immense Stock in befor0_,.thir rivauce in duties, ana doing a 2Xtuch larger r,'"' hen we ever did before, we &re enabled toz- Offer rmer years. Ladies are respeetfully invite(' tic' ill and seethrough. our Large and Beautiful Stack. Every Novelty he Season o hand at SEVENTH YEAR,4 WHOLE NO. 33S0- HOUSE AND LOIT FOR,S r HEAP for eash or to I‘ti, in it e Village of Roxborough, Township of ArcKi well on the premises ; late yoCcupie as a tavern. • poesession given inunediti elv. For further par - dealers apply to B. EDEN Rarpurb. y. 838-4 SEAFORTH FRIDAY, MAY NOTES! ROM T E WEST. OWI G TO TH PANIC last fall, therp can be no denyine,s the fact that the tide of sp culation and. of various forms lof enter') ise in this cOun- try has been ',reatly retarded, if not al- together che ked. T 6 people of the Eastern State have fel the evil effects -which must al vays att LI Such sudden 1-1 less, 80 acres cleared. leuty of ater, and the through f he 18 acre bush ; !,good fent_ es. . Apply On the premises to the proprietor 308 or address C steno° P. 0. FARM FO -LP ship of Tnekersmith, excellent land, upon whic barn, 38x50 feet, and also ' terms, which are easy, and. ply to :Nrr. JAMES DAVE eaid, Township, or to the v . Con. 10 of the Town- ontainin there i a good other in .; 100 acres Of a new frail:, ri rchard. Fa FOR SALt. out aiuin g 10 s and stable. wo never -fa' 1 bush The no ,ert STEAM•SAW MILL AN aores, all eleared, with. two good oreherds in full Con. 0, containiug 46 aeres is situated. 6 miles from gravel road thereto. For f ti on the premises. If by p SON,Constance P. 0„ Kin FARM oodbarn 'eaforth with a . good been liberally aid. for th Wier par . milers applY t; to 30 N TROMP making menet .easily, it un, Ont 2-60 matter of Courte that t-1 e • it freely. Wilen our gets into a Oa berth attached to it, he at on e himself, his wie. anti. one (larger fa,milie than tlir are out Of or- der,) " well xed," sar they call it— meaning that -they are provide& swith fashionable ou fits, a Mee house is . rent- ed, and, saffici nt for t‘ ay being the evil . theeeof, . he whole salary of , the workman is c nsumed. !iii. living. That is very pleas= , Of eou4s , a-ncl dulls the edge of eordid care mos wonderfully ; ing, in my pain. ioneavas-ti e real cause of. mach -of the s Irfferfng en ured last win- ter. There is - io reasob under Heaven receiving •fisit .$21 to $30 a week, if blessed with 0166.14 00d health in his family, elm lel not M he course of ,a very few y ars make a •o e for himself and a provi lea for any es ch calamity as of amines. I 'use the• ord calamity, -bat if the cla s I speak af will, after 'the lesson %vat id. prove astingly bene - judgment, for. ve can _. I recollect the speculative fever that br 1 e out in Cana- da some yeard ago, whe 1 ' towns ! were mapped out in the avilde -ness, the cor- ner tots in whinh " Eden f!' weep eagerly bought up by a parcel a:11c edulous fools:, ill 38541 being one. I I ought a le —a corner lot —on Broach -van, in the Te wn of Bai-du- but when I lea nedsthat stoppages .of t e great progrees mill. more s hatre out Wes'. In th • taring eentre. of th thousands ef skilled IV borers genera y have bee quite, ielle during the e winter, and, a a matte has been (sr of priv t classes ha,ve b en called heel of Material verely than we large. manatee - country many dem en and la- nearly3 if not ter part of __the f course, there on than. those n to suffer for suffering was that American provident class was almost a ehould spend ith large pay proceeds to get r two children many years aggravated b of the coin= sa.st. The the fan e most b ity. Hit FARA FOR SALE V011 SALE, a good Far , compo "1: hall of lot 15 and the west half o 12, McKillop, containing 100 aeres, 5 well fenced, and. in god -cultivation, timbered with, hardwood; a good. and new log barn; good bearing miles mini halif from a good gravel r from the village of Seaforth; there sawmills within, 81 miles ; couvenien schools and stores. For particulare prornietor on the premises, or, if Winthrop P. 0. 1400D FO pan SALE, a quantity o bulk. zi.pply at the Hnron 833 SA Stove luititv of LOP. ed of North lot 14, Con cleared aiu balance w frame hous4 ad; 10 mile re two stew to churches apply to fa by letter, t E. (net by the ardwood, in Works; Sect -i WAGONS F.0, r VCR KALE CHEAP, a n mber of -22 Wagons, suitable for nialk wage the Huron Carriage Works,;Seaforth is. Apply et NOTICE TO CONTRACTOr 5, erection of a Grist and Flo ?ring Mil on -Lot 25 Con. 10, MeKillop, adjoinin,! the Saw Mill. Plan and speeilleations can be en at h s residence 332 DISSOLUTION- OF FARTNERSHIP. "\-r, OTICE is hereby given that the partnerehip 1-1 heretofore subeisting between us ;the under- signed, as Althea's, in the "Ownship of Stanley, in the County of Huron, ath ProVinec of 'Ontario, has been this day diesolved. by mutual consent. All debta owing to the said partnerskp are to be paid to ADAM SMITH, at Berne, Aforesaid, and all claims lig,, tinst the said partnership aro to be presented. to the said ADAM SUITE, by whom the same Will be settled. ' 'SOHN WEIR, ADAM SMITH. ELL. Witness—ALLAN MIT Dated. at, Berne this 4,th 'LOST, ON SATURDAY, tb Hotel, oa the Gravel Road, a $10 bills, also six pronaissoi favor of the undersigned, an tinder of the above will rect. upon leaving it at, the Seale the residence of the owner. ' cautioned against purcho.sit mites of hand drawn in iuy due rue exeept those contair. 388 18th inst., between reKilloi.1., and Leslie's BROW N LEATHER y notes, all drawn in 1 other pipers. The ive a reward of $25 th Post Office, or at rhe publie are hereby g or. negc tinting any .vor, as there are none ad in the lost pocket- AIRAM HANNAH. • TENDERS WANTED. THE Municipal Council of 'Worth will receive IS 1- Tenders up to the 1st of JUNE, 1874, for the conetruction of eight Water Tanks for fire pro- tection purposee. - Said tankl.s to be built accord- ing to plans and specifications, to be seen at the Chrk',-; office, and to be located under the direc- tion of the Street Committee Parties may tender either for wood or brick I._Conks,' a: for both. EGGS' FOR HAkCHING, - T.Let,, subscriber having a number of Hontlim Fowls, can supply a lar a number of EGGS. The Houdans are non -sitters thcir la-ing quali- ties are of a high order, and a e a hqrdy fowl, Also mane light and dark Brahma ;, whieh 1 T well in winter, hatela earlv, are good sitters ai d excellent reofters. Price i':1 per dozer . :'- 346'3 A. SM TH, Er a ondrille. STRAYED RE. STRAYED from Lot 29, Cc n. 1, Lo don Road, Township of Stanley, m ' Monde. , May 11, a BAY MARE, about 10 years old, and. when lest seera was heavy infoal, and ay „hare foaled by this time. She was seen on Monday .ev ning, May :7ery will be suitably rewarded4. 41g sueh information as will lead to her recov- Insolvent Act of 869. TN :Ite matter of LOUIS C LDER, s well, in- • dividually,. as a Member cif the film trading under the name. Sty10 an firm of CALDER DR OTHERS. The Insolvent has made a assignn ant of his Estate to me, and the creditors are otitied to meet at the place where the nsolvent lately cox- ✓ ietl on business, iu tb.e.7illaee of Seal( rth, in the County of Huron, . At 12 Welock. noon, to. receiv statem rats of his affairs and to appoint an Assignee, DIXIE WAT ON, Dat, 1 at Goderieh, this 13th day of ray, A. D. le74. 336:3 FIORSE FOR SAL . rantod hound and true. Apply to HOItsE, 7 years old, of black color and war - :M.1 STRONG- & Senforth. - TO BUILDERS. A NEW BRICK vARD has been star ed within HRICK are now being inanufSetured , id will be ready for delivery by the middle of e. Price $6 75 per 1,000 delivered any place in Seafortb, 1183-8 HENRY. Wrk PUBLIC NOTICE. • ea sole agent for the celOarot e Mat nshappelzoillPti-- ano bathe Couutv of Huron and this inst pent can only be purchased through him or his d y author- ized agents. Ordeis given to others than hay agen s or myself will nOt be filled. The following ge,ntl Jn(311 have been appointed to ad as my agents Whiften and L. Murphy, Seaforth ; C. Doherty, Clhaton; and L. S. Willson, GOderich. g2,0 O. 0. WILLSON, Seaforth. and, indeed, foi that mat Broadway, was about t disgust. • Luck for ma had got ont of he scrape was a time of nateented- inflation, in mo •e senses our people on came when the bubbls collapsel its varioua ranches the vascillating eourse of efforts to find. solution problem. of the day, the been "the case. As you great fight has icon the - inflationists of he West East, and at on -.time it former would' trimnple, r, the whole of m. feet ander deed in.attee of us tf we o easily. i That srosperit —of their senses 'RING 1 al of trade M ut; owing to (ingress in its the financial action has hot 1 ve. otherwise re aware, the niggle of the nd. South to nists r') the emed that the but, like a thunderbolt from a clew eky, the veto of -Grant fell inton the doo led. Carrency It bill: SI -think I speak adv sedly When, I say that the veno, was -1 e keel ripen by most thoughtfu Men Of t le country as the means of Outing a sreat national eala,mity. Ho vever the niay be -the Congressional tinkers ar till hain'iner- ing away, and the reSult ins to be just The farmers hail,p receiv all kinds, .general trade and are in a.healthy cemdition ing all thitigs into consider reaion to be thankful. -''! are unusually good. Ab abundant gr wth of green - fact, consides i the grea interests of tliisl and adj corn planting is ;fstbout •thio -igh with, un - the very air Ave breathe,' and ,it may; well be imagined; that the self-appointed task of these zealout coneervatives of the integral doctrioes of Presbyterianism was no sinecure. Ainong the most lib- eral of the popular preachers of the day is Prof. David. SWing, of the Fourth Presbyterian ,Charch, of Chicago. He is a man of large culture, a close and simple preacher of Christ •cracified—lov- ing humanity well enough to beconie at tunes so liberal at to forget ail about the partition walls of either Old School or New, eager to sa,te Men from the ram- pant infidelity of the day, 01' to rescae them from. the sias and. snares of eon- ventional society:1 It is this man, bf all others,. who is arraigned before the tri- bunal of :church authority ah a heretic. 'Dr. Patton,. hie iprosecator, is an able man; end has been actaated no doubt- by what lie considered an imperetive duty. He ie an Old Scheel men, stern_and in- flexiblne\ as . Calvi i himself could have while heno. doubt medeLgood his point that Pref. Swing had tteayed. froM the bid paths somewhat, -ehe voice of the Pres- bytery went by a sweeping majority for acquittel, whereulpoa he at once gave notice of appeal 6 the Synod in October next, -Swill g hat s controversy, ,and On Friday last he announced hie withdraw- al frem the Chain a but, in consequence of the argent .app AI of his many friends, he agreed to cont lt with the leaders of his .own clitirch, - hich hes did on Fri- day night, the de ieion arrived at beien that he ehould be. the bee pastor of his chareh, evhich -e orild, remain at least nominally Presbeterian. Prof. Swing is exceediegly- pot ular, -but there is no doubt his prese t attitude is lobited upon as 4 somewh t weak desertion of those who had eto d at his back through thiek and thin.. net now it is possible that the battle of fairly commenced. In my next I w about the woma ment, as far as it nreone, in. -, As a great mar4 are. anXions to *obtain information respe ting Manitoba, I will _ observations since emning here, last fall. We had. a good. dell of difficulty :in get - tine here, on -accot iit of our having start - n and winter „setting , rial, but we are 'well ountry as yet, and we one. 'filen seems to ce here Sfer any one e. a corafOrtable home the Schools has bat 11 try to tell yon 's 'temperance move - has come under my 6c1 late in the seat iu earlier than u satisfied with the cannot see any re on the part of an3 be a splendid cha who wishes to ma iii the way of far Meg .and for trades- men the prospects ill 'be always getting We are .settled 00 miles west of 'Win- nipeg, and the land is mostly taken up this far, and there re also a good many settlers west of ere. As regards. the winter, which is o e of the bugbears of Manitoba to the p ople of Canada, I can assure you We ne .r experienced . as fine a winter M Ontari as we did here last winter. II underseand that in Ontario you had a tine op n winter, but, for all weather. Canadi ns all like the winter here, and ven per4le from the Old Coun- try prefer it to w al they have been an- li untamed o, on ac ount of the . dryness no doubt t ere is a sharper frost than in gether, an there il a great deal of beau- tiful sune line. • We had. a late ,spring here, as well as ' ther places but the April and they are ri It is a gre deal et fal start& between the 20th of he 1st of May. Just now, ht in the miciSt of seeding. t object here to have a good plowing done, for a person enever the frost comes out of the ground, so as t let the harrow work. The soil cannot be -surpassed. for crops of allkindt. I. do not know how fall -wheat miglit do,- on aceount of the dry fall and the little diepth of snow, bat, So long -as such crops 4f spring wheat can be raised, it ivill not' matter much. No- where in the Dominion can such a sample of spring wheat be produced as here. As regards; fruit, there is no reason why it shmild not gros. here ; it only wants wbacks, the .ing peo_ple, and thete is no more difficulty se The halfibreeels. re a civil and oblig- (aim' to -day. ie getting lalang with them than with Cariachaus.' The realest drawback to into it. T lis is such a vast and. splen- did countr3 , with s ich magnificent agri- cultural as railro4d, to The States ay offer inducements to Ca- nadian emi ants, but it is eure enough 1 that they have not as healthy a climate nor at prod. ictive a ' oil as Manitoba, and. these re ty-o great advantages. 4. So e pe ple will say, what is the use of bei g ab e to raise such large crops, if you cannot get a paying price for them ? If we had. a railway to get away our grain, we would g t goedenosagh prices. The productive ess of the soil and the cheap- ness with hich it Can be worked will Make up fo good. rices not 111 ich d stock is ver • 1 1 ir produce of manafactures so that, tak- tion, we have connect it with the seaboard, be a paying investment. ndant rains couraged an important cheese -mak - and haying ng States— der favorable Atuspices, roaring crops !leak -finely, andi as for fr tit, the pros- ' pect was neverl brightei --excepting, it ; the trees' having been r during the winter before la bY the vein eolch THE PAM N-SWAN(.f. OFAIR, ligious circlee of -the con ry with the most intense intOrest Tlie formal union Ithe :New School, in 1869, lees such only -naihe. The adherents of the Old -'86hool have ever lfelt, and 11) doubt with onsiderable justice; that tl ere was that the New School which ad a direct tendency, if uneheeked, so get its ex- Ponents out of traces. One outside the ates so long and so zealstaly guarded., nd the liberal preacher m ght wander So far as to lose sight altog ther of • the ancient walls of his • fait •' Hence the sivatchful eye kept by all g Old School Men upon anything and e ythirig &dated. to lead. away from tl e strict let- ter Of the Westminster ere . -this age and country Liberalism eems to fill la Rea., Wroxe H. Dolmage, McKillop.;- Geo. Grand Bend, ; H6try, Horton, Campbell, Statile ; Hugh Id, ¥or- obinson, cNaugh- Geo. Lockhart, MeKilloP ; Jain s Harts Wightman, Fordyce ; Hugh B. Jamie- son, , Hallett ; 660. Jamieson, Tucker, smith ; _Geo. - Baird, Sr., Stan ey ; R. Ferguson, _McKiil4p; Oh:IA.6811n Smith, Ont; e‘eigus McKay, Grey ; A Hood, Grassick, Kipnen ;1 H. Stewart Egmondville ; John Fowler, Cor. Bowerman, Colborne ; J. Jones, Stephen ; "names J. 1 Ferguson, -Grey ; .Edward Fee, Berne ; IV, Gibson, Wroxi ter; Thomas Grieve, Gibson, Greer ; 'Chin, F. Roche Bruce - Campbell, Seaforfh ; Jane Volker, .. NEW RoBLEAr. •We give the folletsinn problem will be received for two weeks, problem Will pleasessencd them in sufficiently full to how that th has been obtained r work : Danby, mes G. by Mr. lutions ae for - of this full, or answer and • Cultivation. of Indian Corn. The following eseay on the cul ination of Indian corn, which contains n any ex- cellent sungestion; was read. bef re a re- cent meeemg.of -the •North Norw eh ...Par - niers' Club, by Mr. Elias' Mott : _The snbject before us .to -nigh is one of much importance to the dairy farmer. It is to the intereat of eaoli of us to dis- cover what food is- most, ecomm ical iu the produetiou of milk, and how it can be most elicaplY grown. That Indian corn hes a etroug ellaiur on our r. gard in There are so many ways ef growing and saving cor•n, and each way m have something to recoMmend it, th st ,it is diffieult to decide .'which ie best ; but Where so many practical 'frame Is meet together as in thia club,land di cuss a subject, each is ap . to learn so ething to his advantage Phich i he will carry hothe and. tura -0 accOunt. ‘_ good. clover sod turned. down the i revious autumn and thoraighly .pulveri ed. be- fore planting, usakee -one. et the v ry best preparations for cern. Spring &wing has its advantages, ltliouesli I tint k they are overbalanced hy thee extra ineness of fall plowed laild which is V , ry . im- for securing a fine iikellow, surfac. is the ward, which make a perfect pul erizer. Too much care cannot be exere sed in seleeting and Saving seed corn. "he n8e 'of tad seed it expensive mid ve.xa ions to say the least. If cam for seed w. pick- ed, early and thoroughly dried be re the cold weather appears, we shoal hear much less complaiht of failtire'. It is said the ravages of the- eut-wor n may . be entirely prevented. by soaki o' the seed in a solution of copperas. 1 mem- bers would, try alternate rows tie sted in this manner the coMi—ng season, 1 nd re- port -to the clob, the experimen might prove valuable. l.: would reco nmend the use of the Walc.efield or othe • good planters for puttingein corn ; it -p ,aces it . in the soil at a uniform depth and tresses in the moist earthe!causing it tr grew quickly and. renderal it less liable to be torn out by the Thomas' Barrow which I nse broadcast over the field jus as the corn is breaking the ground, takin "/ three rows at a time: This treatm sit ef- fectually kills all mien weeds ant givEs right time. 1 contiime tbe use of the harrow at intervals Of a few . day until - the porn is six or eight 'inches h*gh, 1 lave practiced this way of. treatii.g e rn- for the past two 'seasons with fa. r ale -- Coss, dispensing entirely with the use of hand hoeing unless. to destroy thi ties or other' deep-rooted wi;:eds. I use t le cul- tivator after the con!' beeomea to large to harrow. By this' inanageme t the labor is reduced to the lowest ligui c, and a step take41. towards, clean (alai ation. 11 the crop' is cut 'early, . just afte ' glaz- ince the stalks are but little infei ior to those of that grown specially for f )(Mei.. The only formidable job in, cern • ulture iS the husking, which might be d me by machinery. Corn for soiling sho ld be SOWn about the. ilet of June. A food way is to use the common grail &ill with three spouts open, which doe good and rapid work, leaving the rows wide enough apart to use the culti -aton Harvesting sowed corn by hand isifound. to be nery expentive. If we couhl use the self -raking reaper it would be a great saving of labor, and we could:do eel if we grew a smaller kind of corn theli the 'Western variety. I think farmers make a Mistake in not using more of ear com- mon corn for soiling ; very much might • low pipes. But there are for grain now and will be for canne. Store goods are -arer than in -Ontario, Farm dear at present. The follo weeks ago : The time go rosind p5-10. Th is, by spe which they To his p anew -e s, al following a have sent Watt; S emati al Problem. sing is t e solution of prob- which' we published two A, B, and 0 each takes to he island i8 96-6, 95-8, and L. C. 1\1. of these fractions tion, 471 hours, the time in all come together. •oblem we have received 72 of which are correct. The e the names of those who correct Solutions : John T. Usbornen Peter A. Moir, 11 be said -in its afor for this purpose The Sandford variety comes nearest the mark of any I have tried ; it grows to a good. size and. throws in? numerous sucke and. leaves, just what is wanted for the pur- pose, and we can grow our own see ,and .lake it reliable, something' hat cannot e said of the Western porn. rhe advan- tage of corn growing tn the succeeding 'rop should. not be overlooked It leaves t ie land M prime condition for spring, grain, equa,lling the samme fallow in eleaning and mellowing the soil. And filially the labor of cultivatin and har- vesting, by extending oVer a lo iger period of time, is less exacting than with most other crops. 1 ' In the -village of Bioll, i apposite the city of Ottawa, of small pox is making fear chunts there were 300 co.s line tl lately he disease d ravages lateet an - s. Thirty . deaths occurred last week, • nd in one day not fewer than 14 fell victims to the . scourge* —Mr. John MeKellar, mill ownerein Belmont, County of Elgin, had $800 stol- eh frum his pants pockets a few evenings a o. The burglars entered his bedroom b a windowl searched: the house and i g McKellar or any of the other inmates o the house. —A special train of eight cers, loaded with whiskey arriVed at: Oita iVa by the St Lawrence and. OttaWa Pailwey on Saturday last. - Seven hundred. empty barrela went out. This represents II por- mity tion of the amount of :whis drank in Ottawa and vie alone last - I —A Man named, George Weight met with a serieue accident near Bahwell on the moining of Tuesday last. Mr. Wright was a paisenger from Chicago, -0-le night express going east, hound far Toronto. When near Bothwell, and while on the platform ef the bar amok- ing, he was thrown off, the teain to the ground, breakina his axles' below the el. - bow, and, inflicting serious bruPes On his head and. face. . Standing on the platform of railway coaches,- espeeially after night, is a dangerous practice which nass4ngers ere too apt to indulge it, —There expired, on 111onday morning at 1 o'clock, one a the Oldest Freema- sons in Canada, Charles.Clark, of Thorold, who was made Alason nea,rly 67 years ago in Irelande At the opening of Noun- - tain Lodge, Thorold, sotne five years ago he wore the seine Masonie clothing that he had 62 years before, and lie has order- ed it to. be bUried with him. He re- sided for many years in t;rantliam. below the mountain, and sorac years ago he went to his sons in 'Pennsylvania, whence he was removed on a mattress two weeks acto to his son-in-law's Georee McArthur, Thorold, to die and be -buried beside his wife* He had reached .the :patriarch- -The report to the effect that Bishop far Rome on May 23 I -Leis, out to be in - no intention whatever of visiting the Holy See at present. He left Hamilton, luesday,- however? for. Ireland, ac- companied by hie, secretary, and .expents 'to bring out with .him several priests to till vacancies which have occuered. ia hie dioceee, and. also a number of youths who are to attend the Seminary, in Ham- ilton, and be educated for the priesthood. His stay will cover a period of froM six to eight weeks. 9 o'clock, the envie driver of a spe- cial freight train, bound West, when !near St, Paul's station, a fees, Miles went of Stratford, perceived a Man walkine along- side the -track, soiree distance ahead. As he was clear of the railse the driver:paid no further attention, till When the engine was about 20 yards from him, the unfor- timate man stepped on 'the track, and. there being no tithe t� arrest its motion, he was run 'aver and horribly Mangled. The deceased is supposed -to be a' Mr. Fitzpatrick, from near St. MarYs. expected to visit Canada early in July. —The voting on the b -law granting a bonus to the Huron end Quebee Railway took place in Goderich Thureday last. The following is the stat of the pull :— For the by-law, 160 ; gainst 116 ; majority, 145. • $1. 50 a Year, in adviince. confirmation thereof we learn that mbn are now engaged. in Iplacing the track in order, examining cattle guards, crossings, 40. In the interest, of the bonus grant- ing iamnicipalities and of the mill ewners along the line it is to be hoped the news m ay prove true. —On Saturday last as Messrs. G. G. Burns Co., fruit tree grafters, 4 Wel- lington Square, near Hamilton, were re- turning home from an extensive grafting tour through Halton and Peel, they called at a farm house in the rear of Oak- ville, *hen one of the firm asked the wo- man of tho house if she wanted to have any gritting done; to which she replied, by seizing a loaded revolver. I'll graft you," cried she, and fired Several shots at the inoffensive and ansuspecting nal, who by this time only made. his es- cape by jumping into his wagon and put- ting- the whip to his horse till they got well out of sight. On examination of the vehicle it was found that one of the bul- lets had. penetrated. the traveling trunk of the firm, in the back Part of the --Mr. B. Draper, an enterprising etock breeder of East Oxford, last week lost a fine heavy draft stallion for which he had a, few days previouely refueed. $1,500. Inflammation was the cause of death. —The township of Luther in the Coun- ty of Wellington granted a bonus to the Toronto, Grey aud Bruee Railway, on condition that the road. should be come pleted to Luthervillage—about the centre of the township—by a certain time, The Railway Company failed to connect—be- ing behind some few weeks. The coun- cil of the township named took advan- tage of this slight Violation of the con- ditions and refused to give up the bonus even after the road. was completed. The Company, no w, in retaliation, have close -d. the station. at Luther village, ahel allow no trains; to etop in or near the the Township, The ,action of the town- ship council was exceedingly small, but the reta:iator? conduct of the Company seems equally foolish. —The Dawson Route, from Prince Are that's Landing to Fort Garry, is described as follows : First a road of 45nxiiles lead- ing f-rom Thunder Bay to Shebandowan Lake; then a series of navigable sections with short portacres between them, cover- ing a distance or 320 miles ; and lastly a road. of 95 miles over a level ccuntry, from Lake of the Woods to -Fort arry. —On Saturday last a Guelph yeuth caught in. the river near that town a trout which weighed two pounds and three quarters. --The Guelph slfercery says Alex. McKinnon, of Erin, has brought us a, loaf made from flour of red chaff wheat; about whieh there has been. 80 =eh said it the papers lately. It has a beautiful, white. color, tastes- nice and sweet, and, as far as we can judge., is as good as. breed made from any other flour.. We should. say that any one who would not eat it must have red chaff. on the 112.4r. William Lewis, of the township of Stephen, a few days ago refused $100 for a colt tWO weeks old. The colt was sired by the iraported horse, " Bank of ,England," owned by Messrs. Oke & Bis- set, of &niter. • —Mr. Albert Wis• beach; near London, exhibits a lock of wool taken from a yearling pure bre.1 Cotswold ewe, which measures 19 inches in length,. —Dr. -Wiggins, late Principal of the Brantford Blind Asylum,* proposes W establish in Montreal a large workshop for the inetruction of the blind in cer- tain trades, and to ask the City Council to grant a site for a building, for the erection of which he hopes to obtain - $;',315, 000. by tabscription. —A valuable horsn belonging to Jas. Pag?, of Reach township, bit off his tongue while his owner wait trying to force medicine down the animal's throat. Page, thinking the horse's -use was end- ed, gave him to a neighbor, but it turn- ed. out that he could. eat and work as well as ever. The neighbor refuses $160 for the horse now. —The steamer Manit ba, of 13eatty's Lake Superior Line, le Goderich on Sunday evening last foil Fort William and Duluth. She had a large Lumber of passengers, principally well-to-do farrnert from Western Ontario, who intend set- tling in Manitoba. They took with them horses, wagons, and agricultural imple- ments of the most improved kind. They, had a Jaren number of very fine blooded cattle, which will be quite an atquisition to the new Province. ' —A man named Peel was fined $20 on Saturday last be, the London Police Ma,g- istrate for kissing a Mrs. Chantry. Ins boarding house keeper. The Police Magistrate ,decided. it was an indecent as - by -1 w granting a bonus of $200,- 000 to the uron and Quebec Railway is to be submitted to the ratepa,y4s of 'the County of Victoria at the 'June meeting of the County Council. --A sad accident happened a few miles from Port Elgin on Friday last. A daughter -of Mr. Wm. Telford, about nine years old., was out in the field where they were rolling land with a field roller. She got on the roller to ride for amuse- ment when she fell, and got under the roller and was killed. —A valuable team of horses belonging , to Hess Bros., furniture manufacturers, of Listowel, died under somewhat pecu- liar circumstances. On Tharsday of last ' week they were taking a load of furni- ture to Pinkerton, and. hail got as far as Johnston's Corners, when ono of them . became suddenly and. died before Friday morning. The other was also taken sick, but it lingered_ till Monday night ; when. it also 'died. It is supposed they had been poisoned accid.ently! or otherwise, either before leaving home or on the road. —And now it is stated, that the South- ern Extension of the Wellington Grey and Bruce Railway will be opened for business not later than ne 15, and in A man -in the villa,ge of Forest, County of tambten, named Edward Core, ate for dinner en Saturday, eight and a hall pounds of beef, drams, a glass of ale, and then offered to eat two pies if any person would pay for them. The disgusting effort was made for a bet of $10, which he won. —A man nettled Downey, of Arnprion persuaded his wife -0: 8ell her property, worth some $1,000 ; with these funds and a Mrs. Hope, Downey has eloped_ The hero of thie episode left behind him six . children, while Mrs. Hope deserted --The Galt Re -porter' says that the prospects in DunifrieS for wheat are very fair, better than last year, certainly, In 'Waterloo township, on grm elly subsoils, the wheat is not se bad. Clover is " teased," but both are better than last war. On clay soils the wheat and clover are badly hurt. In Beverly both wheat and clover are badly injured, worse than last year. In a great many se Aions it is impossible that these crops can be anything. la many parts of Paeliech both wheat and_ clover are bad- ly injured, —Angus Galbraith, for the past 32 years a resident of the township of Dun - \viola County of Elgin, died at an age exceeding 100 years, on Monday of last week. An ouly son and three daughters survive him and his eyes have seen his grand children and great -grand children. His last illness was the result of a eold; and. was the only illness from which he suffered m the courses of his long life. Like all long livers he was of an even, temper, strictly temperate in his habits and very upright and correct in his de- portment towards his neighbors. He was born in the Island of Giese, on the west want of ticotla,nd, and immigrated to Canada in 1842. —Dr. Kenealy, of Tichbome notoriety, was in Ottawa lash week. lie was the guest of Lord Dufferin on Saturday. He is on business in connection with the de. veloping of mining interests in Nova