The Huron Expositor, 1874-08-21, Page 1At -
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,..E.171S,_
itle of Seetfortit.
e1jy
given that. the List. (it voter&
Pae Villa ot Seaforth, for the-yt6ir 1874,
[mrsuan o the etet respecting Voters
, 6rat posed 1111 in my oftleo on
,e 61DA " Ob .:" AUGUST, A. D. 18.74,,
ow eall upon all electors to evainine the,
and if a y omission& or errors
rt
train. tot. mediate procee
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dints mut be iii writirtg, and az
edged wi h nre within thirty da
—Aug. 6, 674.
WM. ELLIOT
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to law.
requir...
after
Clerk.
oTICN,E.
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e. is here y given that Um List 4e Votera
1ow-n*110f Taeketentith, for the year
qAtired *rollout to the act respecting
Sts, was-stpostod up in my office on.
Ley, TII 6th DAY OP AtTel'usT. A.
AndI h reby tall upon all electors to
'110 said List, ond if any onns4dons or
irsare pe ceived therein. to take Mime
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ng to 1ar.--All complaints must be in
i are required, to be lodged with me
ity days alter this date—Aug. 6, i874.
WM.. MeCONNELL, Clerk.
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OTICE.
RS LIST
melts q.r o. A 1, 2 op.
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• hereby &en that the Lis Voters
ha,TownShip of MeKiltop, for he year
eared pnronant to the act re peeting
sae seas lest posted up in my face en, -
6tb. DAY OF AITGUST, A.D.
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e—Mg. 6, le74.
JOHN O'SULLIVAN, Clerk-.
_NOTICE TO- THE
VE ENQ PUBLIC.
tooror from Europe, by th - Allan
; Una,
FC)01. GARRY
Dillt5 in ,the Northwest, by B &TTY'S
epERIOU LINE,either by Dube h or the _
!tonic, also tickets to all parts o the
este= 41:14. Western StateI
[7 Steam oet connection, can bel had on
in to th undersigned at eaforth
on.. I ormation cheerfully eiven tee
treveleeee -
g S TeEtertel E.: R411...6
▪ 14114400l or Londonderry,
or Giststow,; by Glasgow Lin
follows ;
=to Live*oo1,-.13-arry, Glasgow... .$2-2 90
r:iekets--4aelnee to Levee -pool, Derry
!gekw, anit back to Ses.fortbe - 44 80
Passa0 Ceitificates—Liverp ol,.
Dr Glasg . 90.
R. B. MOOD' le, Agent..
by Kali
„ are re-
cOLLI S'
N ROM.
xeceied gonsiepaments of Bahkrapt
Stock,- Conaisting of
Readmasle Clothing„ Collars,
e
wad Stdpk, .of Dry Good.c.
And also a quantity of
ERY AB G-LASSU.A.RE„
Welt be Offered at Auction n
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1.
,
& bay ail your own 1 will also sell
gale Or less than manufactur ra price&
Dodsare first-elass stock and no Shoddy. -
Goode cheap when you have vhechance.
each day and ovener', ig uitil the
ele sold.
' R. iV-V COLtirreNS, Auctioneer.
flJ GENUIN
WE
M A 0
is OTILL AHEAD.
' SGLD BY
, i\T2.
wATcJ
SEAFORTH.
want to know the true oriel:lei s of this,
1?rated, SewirtgMeebene call at m office
11, and beware of going to where one only
on han.O, and purposely met of era ,
o be compared to inferior machinate I
sadeaeatage.
peried of =Ma than ten years experience
gewirea :hfechine Business I have found
tEtittliNE HOWE MACHI E
1.113' ouewhieh has given perms ent SSW"
.0u_laltrataSerS* as never proving defy:tie-a'
-veseetents,rior being retuenedforrepair.
all tbe qualities of a serviceable Sewing
it is strong, durable, riot noisy as (alertly
tted, and ail its parts are mede
tal arid perfectly fitted together. Yea
elp it from, fine work to heavy WOrk with
iIJiDg it and rendering it unfit for repro-
rteat and perfeet stitch on finetwork. It
,evith heavy Mack linen, thread with Ozer
6e as with a fine cotton spool.
a remember that the qualities to be desk
-
;owl Sewing Machine are neither Come- ;
tyle, nor the performance of scene useless.
?quired feat, but a Meehan& diet d° ;
a good Sewing Machine is required till, ;
aotgetting out of order in doing what is ,
Led to be done. Such is the Genuine. 5
WM. N. WATSON.
!RRIAGE LICENCES
ctaRTIFfeststeletgs
der the new ieet,) salted at the
OSET R OFFICEr SEAFORTIL
nithori& of the Lieutenant -Governor 0
Ontario.
LEST OF LETTERS
:iINING in the Pieaforth Post °face -awl
0 for on Aug. 4, 1674 :
41, George Malcolm S.
Munro, John
Mahoney, joint
Morison, James
Murray, Jamee
Mooray, Tamee
Mann, J.
Murray,. Alexander
rainier, H. 0-
Paeckert, Cheeles
Rogerson, jai*
Smith, W.B—
Stervis, Win.
Stewart, Jamee
rrgitherd,A.
Wallace, Marl it"'
artha Ann
Miss ',Meg*
Mrs. Edward
John
Mise M.
i, Miss C.
Mrs. John
Tree
Imes
rrederiek
ii, ILL.
1, M• iseMary
S. DICKSON% r -
SALE OF DWELLING
AND LOT IN ZUEICII. .
i:udersigned. has received inst etitittes
se public anctioneone Dwelling110556 '-of}
of an acre of land, in the Villegeer -
n TUESDAY, the 1st dayl
of SEPTPS!
i
ixe, Sale to commence tee 1 �'C
ode: it's'
ilade kDOWII011 day of sale.- '
Hf
ENRY SCHAFFEle,.Proloietl-
FT BOSSENB_ERGE.11,, AnctiOneer
ee
0
nallelnliMINCOMMINIMICk
SE tri ttittlat ItEA R. 1 -
WilltOLE No. '350. f
SEAFORTII FRIDAY, AUGUST 21,
1874.
illeeteleAN IIIROTILleE. Plablifehera.
.1 J. 5•4.1 a Year, in nityance.
car6otAtt tr ofer.
FARM FOR SALE,
REING east half of Lot 4, Con. 6, GroY, about
three miles•from 11russela,50 acres in nil; 35
elefered, rerattinder coz taining gocel hard and soft
wood. Also, a good caring otchard. The owner
• la giving up farming Ofl account of entering into
the saw mili busines . Possession given innue-
dietely, with or witho t the crop or implements.
Title inclieputable. p ply to OLIVER SMITH.,
Lots 5 and 6, Con. 5, Itrey, or to JAMES S3M14T71,
on the premises. 504
FARM OR SALE.
T OT IS, Con. 6,-
-1-1 cleared, remain
maple; frame dwe
good spring on. lot ; 2
miles from Clinton.
For partieulars apply
or 13EKSON & ME
ullett; loo acres, 65 acres
er wooded with beech. and
ig ; RiveMaitlaud and a
Miles from IC:album and 6
Terms to suit purchaser.
o L. MEYER, Ilarpurhey,
It, Seaforth. 343
FARM FOR 5
T .OT 13, Con. 7,
cleared, remaiud
good frame barn 66r
horses and cattle,
failing spring near th
frig orchard; 'T miles
forth, n from reinbu
farra ; farm in high a
dry clay soil, free of
and farther paiticala
eee-ene H
LE IN HULLETT.
ullett, 100 acres, 80 acres
good beech and maple ;
, excellent stables for both
ug frame house; 5 never -
house; 4 acme good bear-
rom Clinton, 8 from Sea-
; gravel road passes the
ate of cultivation; splendid
tone or sande For terms
s epply to the proprietor.
GH BELL, Constance P.O.
FARM
A GOOD FARM, b
-"e Con. 6, Grey, co
cleared and in good c
h oes° andgood. cell
water eloee by ; there
ard attached; this p
miles from Brussels,
Grey and Brace Re
reasoua,ble terms, pos.
1, 1875. For finthe
proprietor on the pr
Brussels P.- 0.
847-4
FOR SALE.
ing West of Lot No.; 4,
taining 50 acres, 35 acres
mlition; frame barn, frame
r ; a never -failing well of
is also a fine bearing orch-
operty is situated about
station on the Wellington,
lway ; and will be sold, on
ession can be given on jean
particulars apply to the
MiSCS, or, if by letter, to
WM. MCDONALD.
HOT FOR SALE.
stubscriber wie ng to retire from the Hotel
-L business, offers fo sale his hotel known as the
Victoria Bouse,ia th thriingvthtgeof Brussels.
The house is Gomm° -ous with good stable and
(tattle yards attached, and is situated ha the centre
of the business part • f the village. Satisfactory
reason givenfor sellii g. For further particulars
apply, if by letter pre" aid, to the -proprietor on the
premises, or to C. R. 0 OPER & Co., Brussels P. 0.
- 346 M. SIMPSON, Proprietor.
FARM FOR. SALE.
1XTEST half of Lot 22, Con. 14, Hibbert, coh
!V taining 50 acres, about 45 of which are clear-
ed, well fenced and in a state of first-claes cultiva•
lion.; good log house and first-class frame berri
and stables; 2 good e ells with paraps in them.
For fureher particulars apply on the premises, or
by letter to Lumley p 0,
346 JAMES MoieENZIE.
HOUSE & LOT in.
FOR SALE, that
situated privite re
mondville, kaown. a
The house is pietism
dious andcomfort:1
woodhouse end other
lot contains one acre
with bearing fruit t
farther particulars
OFFICE, Seaferth.
aMONDVILLE for SALE
•esirable and handsomely
iden.ce in the Village of Eg-
the Egmondville Manse.
ly sitnated and is commo-
e. Theee is a gob(' well,
ecesioxy conveniences. The
f land, and is well planted
ees of various kinds. For
apply at the EXPOSITOR
346
EAR L) FOR SALE.
T OT No. 5, Con. 4, ; ullett ; 140 acres, more or
-2-4 less, SO acres ale -cd. Plenty of Water, and the
newt)]. braneh of t e Maitland River running
through the 18 acre b ; good fences. Applynn
the premises to the reprietor,
JAMES MARTIN,
fe08 or address donstance P. O.
STEAM SAW MIL AND 'ARMFORSALE.
MOE ING Lot 34, Con 7 McKillop, containing 104
emee
acres, an cleared, with good barn EC and stables,
two pod orchards in fnilbeering; two never -fail-
ing springs which su iply the raill. Ale°, lot 35,
Con. 9, conteining 48 Gres of bush, The property
is situated 6 miles rom Seaforth, with a good
gravel road thereto. I or further patticulars apply
on the premises. If • y post, to JOHN THOMP-
SON, Constance P. 0., Kinburn., Ont. 260
FARM FOR SALE.
T-eaR SALE, Lots 2 and 27, Cons. a and 4, Mc-
▪ Killop, containi g 175: IlOr08, 150 acres are
°Leered and in a his -class state of cultivation,
and. thoroughly undo drained. There is a large
two-story brick house good out -buildings, also two
large frame barns aui sheds. There is a large
bearing oreha,rd. T farm is watered by a never
-
failing spring. It i situated on the Northern
Gravel Road, within wo miles of the village of
Seeforth. For farth r particulars apply on the
premises o:)r to Seafor h P. O.
342 ROBERT GOVENLOCK.
T.ARM FOR SALE.
OT No. 22, Con. , McKillop, containing 104
"1-4 acres, Weans clei red; 41 miles from Seaforela;
of a mile from the °Ahem eLravel Road; large
bank bane, with stabl ng below; also,1 other out-
houses; large new eo icrete house, well finished;
a good never -failing spring creek; also, a goo
well; the laud is clea and,of good quality; three
acres of orchard. of v - best fruit trees, all bear-
ing. For terms ando ther partieulars lipply on the
S40 nEw eowAN,ISeaforth.
premises, pa address'
-FARM FOR S E IN McHILLOP,
R SALE, e goo Farm, composed of Nor%
half of lot 15 and he West half! of 14,, Con.
12, McNillop, containi g 100 asre450 cleared and
well fenced, and in go d cultivation; balance well
timbered with hard ood; a good frame house
and new log barn; ood beating orchard; two
miles and a half from a good gravel road; 10 miles
from, the village of 8 siorth ; there aro two steam
sawmills within 31 mi es ; convenient to churches,
-se,hools end stores.- or particulars apply to the
proprietor on the p emises, or, if by letter, to
Winthrop P. 0.
280'4
JAMES MeDONALD.
FAR FOR SALE.
THAT well-known arm. owned by 11ugh Mus-
tard, adjoining ti c village of Brit efield, com-
prising 145 acres, 100 ores cleared and in e high
state of aultivatien, 3 acres unculled bush of best
quality, all well fence ; good frame -house 44x30,
frame bare, shed, gro, ary and cow hease, all ha
good state of repair, ne-half nearly new; present
insarauce $1,600,111 he London Mattel ; also a
eery good. orchard an 3 wells on the protheses;
gravel road running ong side and front, conveni-
ent to churches, scho Is, stores, cheese factory and
Market. Any person wishing to farm for profit
or pleasure can har y find a better situation.
For particulars epei to the proprietor on the
Premises, or if by lett to Brucefield P. 0.
34342 HUGH MUSTARD.
tit
FARM FOR SALE.
POR SALE, 150 acr s of land, being composed
of Lot No. 23, 00 0. 5, McKillop, elle west half
of Lot No. 22. Th; oiopcitr s eituated within
3 miles of Seaferth. A good. gravel road Inns
past the place. Thar is e school house within
half a mile. There re 136 'acres cleared, well
fencedand mostly fr e from stumps, and demi
and in good order. 0 • the 50 acre lot there is a -
good. frame barn, dwe ling house and orchard. On
the 100 itdre farm the e is a good frame house, 2
frame barns with und rgrourid cellar, end a lerge
orchard. The farm is well watered. These farms
-will be sold separately or together to snit parches -
tern. Fur further part- cellars apply to the proprie-
tor on the premises, or to WALTER COWAN, I
Seaforth P. 0., or to S. G. MeCAUGHEY, Sea-
ferth. 341
FARM
,.GsT 2, Con. 1, Stanl
-1-1 nether with east h
ing 50 acres; situated
cinartcr of a enil'e nort
acres cleared and in g
barns and stablee, tend
in fall bearing; &bran
through a corner of t
good \voile. Terms
• petrebase Money will
mainder in equal anntt
Apply to ,
Also, a HOusE and
the Village of Kippen;
frame hone°, 11 room
and cow house.; eonve
off4e0, Apply
to
340
OR SALE.
7, containing 100 acres, to -
of Lot 2, on. ee, contain -
on the London Road, one -
of Kippen; npWerd of 100
ecl cultivation'good frame
Fame house; two orchards
h of the Bayfiel river T117311
e Jana ; there ar also two
easemable, one- alf of the
be required cash; the re -
1 installment f r 5 years.
WM. BLAIR, Kippen..
ONE ACRE OF LAND at
good orchard a d garden;
two wells; fr me stable
eat to churehe and poet
WM. BLAIR, Kippen.
i•
The e rasshoppers in, = Mani-
, to a—The Damage one.
Fro the Manitoba Free ! Press.
W IITE HORSE PLAINS, Alkl. t
The g asshoppers remained here eight
days. ' hey deposited soniei ggs. Bar
ley may be said to be comp etely des-
troyed; oats will yield about 10 or 12
,bushels to the acre; wheat ie not much
injured ; iti is expected to Yield. 30 bush-
els to he 'acre. No perceptible harm
has bee done potatoes, neither are gall -
dens m th destroyed. ,
HEADINGLY, AUG. 4.
Grasshoppers put in an ppearance
here on the 20th ult., and bee e not quite
all left et, but are not in sufficient num-
hers to do harm. They have L.uucloubt.
ed1y 1ai1. their eggs, but no great bulk 6f
thein w 8 laid, as they were on the move
continually. Th eye, ha ve nearly ruined
the !ba. ley crop; most of it was cut
down green. The oats are nearly as bad
but not so many of- them have been cut
down. The wheat crop is net so badly
damage i and will probably thresh two-
thirds of what it would have done, had
there b en no grasshoppers; and as the
wheat rop was an unusually pod one in
this pa ish, there will be plenty to more
than d the people for two years. Out-
side of hree families none in,the parish
will be n want of anything for seed or
feed. `arden Stuff is a complete failure.
The po 'ato crop will be good, -
ST. J MES AND ST. creeletee, Aunt 1.
" Gras hoppers still remain in some parts
of thes parishes. Eggs have beende-
pesited in some places. It is reckoned
that w eat will return from half to three
' quarter of a crop; oats, one-third ; bar-
ley is - early entirely destroyed; pota-
toes ar; but slightly injured. 1
LOWER FORT, JULY '29.
The ,crops, eepecially barley and oats,
' have suffered very much. The wheat is
pretty bad also, but has not ' sufferedto
such ail extent as the former.. There are
very. few grasshoppers in St. Peter's par-
ish, as itompared with St. Andrew's and
Mapleton. They are now: depositing
their eggs in this vicinity. The kitchen
garden, are completely spoiled. The Pen-
itentiary garden, 21. acres, which people
say is the best in the Province, is cdm-
pletely spoiled, and the grasshoppers are
depositing their eggs in it. The same is
the case with the Hudson nay garden,
which is a capital and well kept garden,
it is alio destroyed. Crops wiilscarcely
average half crop, taking everything into
consideration, except potatoes ; these
will be good. Grasshoppers are ,hardly
to be seen from below the St. Peter's
Church to the Lake. -
WESTBOURNE, J91,1-• 30.
.; The grasshoppers came first 'into this
neighborhood about two weeks ago, . say
about 18th or 20th, in quantity. ' A few
days befoile that there were a few, but
not of any consequence. We had then
just heard of their being at Palestine and
the regions beyond. After the 18th they
came in. thick, and the people began to
feel anxious. ln a week from that they
had cut away nearly all the vegetables.
Melona, encumbers, lettuce peas, onions,
carrot, cabbages and turnips were fairly
cleaned out; some born beets and toma-
toeS were left They attacked. potatoes
.here, too—stripped the shaws of their
leaves i to some extent, but did. not do
serious damage—so much so as to the
grain. 1 All-around this quarter the bar-
ley and oatsi.are lost The wheat is also
in many places cleaned out and general-
ly sclainaged: Here, at Totogon Pine
Creek,] Second and Third Crossing, to
_
the extent of two-thirds Of the crop.
Palestine, in the most of vegetables, bar-
ley, oats and wheat, has suffered con-
siderably, over one-half. All small fields
of grain were swept, say grain crop two-
thirds, potatoes one-third, vegetables
wholly. Some, who haae experience,
say that they have deposited their eggs
to early, and that the early fall frosts
will kill them, which would prevent
them from appearing in great number
next year; Others again say thatethis is
extremely doubtful. In this settlement
the damage done is considerable, but not
to that extent as at one time feared or
reported. It has nabeen a clean sweep,
but over one-half. There is not much
expression of discontent or ala,rna. The
Canadian settlers all through this region
are for the most part able, :well off and
courageous. if we have = not 1 another'
yeer of this pest, it will not amount to
mach. What is left will coMmand a
la& price. The hay is -good land the
cattle plenty. There will be pirovisions.
and seed, but there will also be the fear
or dangerof putting in another crop.
Most df ties settlees say, " Well, it is
PrevidOce, it is not our fault, it cannot'
be helped, we must just grin- and bearit
and hope for the beet. The rasshop-
pets may not -come for Years a ain, and
in Canada we had the bug, th' weevil'
and crop failure from droutli, & ." The
call is for railways and othe public
works, so that there will be wo le and a
circulation of money. And t is must
come, or the events of the p st two
tv4ks will prove to be little sh rt of a
calamity. The grasshoppers 1 ft here
some two or three days ego. Some few
reinain, but are gradually disappearing.
Hokse and hog feed. will be scarce, and
flonr will be high in price for a long time
to (Forae. There will be enough potatoes
for Ifood, but not abundant. It has un-
settled things, produced distrlist, un- ,
conliforta,ble feelings and uneasiaees gen:
erallyl.
1 HIGH BLUFF, A.ITO. 1.
hel grasshoppers made their appear-
ance here on Saturday, July 18, the
gronnd being completely covered. with
thetu by Sunday evening.. They com-
menced to leave on Monday, and by Fri-
day they Were nearly all gone: The next
Sunday another lot arrived, but mist of
them went &way again on Monday.
They have nearly all left the grain fields
now, but are still very plentiful in the
hay meadows. From examipation of the
fields of grain in this neighborhood, and
as nearly as can be judged, the return of
cro s will be as follows : Wheat. will
ave age about 10 bushels to the acre.
Ear y ivheat not being very seriously
daniaged, while the, late fields are almost
totally destroyed. Oats will easily yield
25' ibushels to the acre, as fields that '
;.,
were not o
hoppers ca
while ear
Peas have
hoppers, a
Barley is a
a single fie
will be
suffered v
than half
.badly dam
so favora
rapidly an
Turnips a
barley, ha
The grass
depositing
literally fu
say they n
fore. The
couraged
made thei
they kn.ot
done the c
to be, "
in some w
are with u
become of
this crop i
aio crop ne
placed in
and, if n
many will
t in head when the rass,
e, are not seriouslyllam ,gedj
ier fields suffered sev relyi
not been injueed by the rase-,
d will beo gobd average crop
total failure. There i not
d in this neighborhood that
orch cutting. Flax has not
ry severely mat will be betteil
crop. Potatoes were pretty'
ged, but the weather has beei
le that they are recov rin
1 will be a go?cl average rop.
d vegetal* gardens, like th
ee
been completely destroyed.
oppers-did not leave without
their eggs. The ground is
1 of them. Old settlers her
.ver saw them so plentifu be
people Were tvery much dis
hen the gr sshoppers firs
appearance, brit now 'that
the extent of the datnag
ops, the prevailing idea seems
e may get though this year
y, but if those grasshopper
aarin next s ason, whatwill
V8." The loss of so muth o
seriously felt, and. if there is
t season, the settlers will be
n extremely erious position,
t relievet1 h3r public_ works,
aye to be reli yed by charity.
The Ine ii ualities of
ation.
.Fro a the Toront Nation.
ITntil ssessors can
realize tha
-form their duty is as bin
if it were taken in a c
death, an that swearin
is perjury there is ver
that the iequalities o
will disap ear. It is pt
.obable that
time is at last rapidly aeproaching. , In
the appea of the To 'n of Goderich
against th equalization of the County
Council of Huron, Asse sor after Aeses-
sor had w ung from the n in the witness
box, confe sions which c used the Depu-
ty County Judge, before whom the case
was tieed, to warn all concerned that
"should anything of th kind come be-
fore him next year, he hould be Com-
pelled to c ill the attenti n of the (tt!sun-
ty Attorn y to it, as it ppeared to him
to be ve y like perju y." This is a
severe ren edy, but, pe haps, till it is
applied, t e disregard o their oaths, so
common a ong Assessor, will, contitrue.
Every Ass sor swears t at the- valu he
puts on pr perty is the rue value. Let
us see, by the light of t is Huron revel-
` Assessors ometimes keep
One witness who had been
or six years, swore: "We
lid at a little ower than one-
alue." He hought that if
ent were eq al, as between
f property an I another, it was
sow far he dsviated fromithe
Under er ss -examination,
understood 's duties when
ffi
on the oc had read !the
to Assessor and taken 'the
ibed, but ha not attempted
the actual alue. • Another
a.de it -a r le to assess at
the real valu d
A third trie
the actual c sh. value. He
whole of th property in the
Clinton at 80,000, and he
he trial of t e Appeal case,
not think it was worth more
. One of t e Goderich As -
re that som of the assess -
at town we e 10 or 11 per
the real val e. Every g ade
y was shown y the witnesses
o have been sworn to as the
,
e Assessors had done their
ay peculiarl their own, and
is a stranger o law and come
the Eqiializ tion Committee
ty Council a pearednpon !the
e Chairman f that Comrhit-
how the proce s of equalization
hrough : " 'Te first arrived
ber of acres of land in i each
y ; this was scertained from
ars' reports; we made some
in Turn* y and Stephen
year's repor. ; we took the
d and made the rate upon it
s last year; we took Tucker -
22 per acre fpr cleared. land
bush land ; the calculation
ation of the townships was
i
at basis; th committee de -
king the sanie value as last
✓ townships fere equalized on
asis as Tuckersmith at $22
T acre. The village property
p mimicipaliti s we made con -
iteration in; went through
s and took all, small parcels of
five- acres, d we arrived at
ive value of hese parcels 0,nd
ons as on the
his seems like
ent altogether,
one equal value
Local Tx -
be brought to
the oath thy take to per -
ling on them as
se of life and
to a false value
little prospect
local taxation-
ation, ho
this eath.
Assessor
assessed 1
third the
theassess
one piece
no matter
real valu
he said he
he entered
act relatin
oath presc
to arrie;e a
Assessor
about half
to fix on
valued th
village of
swore, at
that he di
than $475,
sessors sw
ments in t
centbelo
of inequali
in detail,
true value
After t
work in a
one which
mon sense
of the Cou
scene. T
tee tells us
was gone
at the nu
municipali
previous y
alteration
from last
cleared la
the same
smith at
and $14 fo
for-equali
made on t
cided on t.
year; oth
the same
and $14 p
in townsh
sidera,ble
all the ro
land uncle
a compare
added the same propo
township property.' ,
setting as de the assess
and arbitr trily assumin
for all wo ded, and ano her for all clear-
ed lands. No calculatio s were made to
ascertain the percent ge of values
in Tucke smith. , The assessment of
personal iroperty was, made on the
basis of th acreage of la id, a very rough
way of ge ting at the v lue of moveble
things. he amount er acre va ied
frem eight cents to tw dollars. What
goes by th name of equ lization is o ten
little mor than a game of grab; e ery
member of the committ e aiming to get
the amou t placed on the locality m
which he s interested lowered as much
as possible. The confes4ion by the chair-
man of th hap -hazard 'ayin which the
work wa done is s artling indeed. :
"When," he says, "w came to the
townships and villages e had consider-
able wren ling.; the fir t resolution ivas
made by Mr. Perkins that Godeijich
should be put dowu f r $160,000 ; we
finally pla( ed the assess d value of 'dd.
erich at 650,000, pe sonal property
$75,000, a id real prope ty at $575,000;
we did the same with Cl ton ; the t tal
equalized assessment . as first arri ed
at, and th n divided. in o personal i,ad
real prope ty, and took 60 per cent. off
the total; do not know exactly how we
arrived at the first basis of equalizatipn ;
there was no basis for arriving at Ithe
equalizati as betweer the towns nd
villages; the last yeai's
entirely taken as a basis.
plenty 'of grounds, it is
conceive, for an appeal ag
ization arrived at, the ch
cannot tell how. He on
as between. towns and v
sult was reached without
ing been previously settle
The junior County
whom the appeal was tri
total assessment of the
sixteen to' twenty-four
what strikes us, in lookie
uees, is that this is an im
be exercised by a County
appeal, whose duty is lia
formed,. as it actually
stence, by deputy. In a
portance there ought to
from the decision of the 1
higher tribunal. It is no
tention to criticize the d
Toms; but we cannot l
that it is difficult to see
at a basis for a general
assessment over the whol
the evidence, except of
by the Equalization Co
to less than half the to
It is impossible not to
idenee which was wrung
tent witnesses in this c
is something radically wr
in which theassessment
out. The root of the evi
departure from the real
substitution of an arbitr
place. The remedy is pl
necessary is to assess all
real yalue. The best ind
that value is will be. fo
sales, a record of which
able. Assessors would
note that they are liable
strict acconnt if the valu
as the true one has d
made something else.
eport was not
' There were
ot difficult W
hist the equal-
irrnan himself
y knows that,
lieges, the re-
alty basis hav-
.
Judge, before
d, raised the
County from.
illious. And
at these fig-
ense power to
Judge, without
le to be per -
as in this
mes of ira-
be an appeal
cal Judge to a
part of our in-
cision of Judge
elp remarking
ow be arrived
evision of the
County, when
hat was - done
ittee, related
ships.
ee in the ev-
rom the reluc-
se, that •there
ng in the way
law es worked
consists in the
value, and the
try value in its
in : all that is
property at its
cation of what
nd in current
s easily attain -
0 well to take
o be &id to a
they swear to
liberately been
•
Canada
Dunsmore, who was stabbed some
time ago in the toll -gate ffray near In-
gersoll, died last week.
—A local contempbrar in North Hu-
ron gieces vent to a sent nce 24 lines in
-length, What a burst f eloquence is
contained in that mighty sentence?
--On Monday morningj of last week, a
youug man named Geor e Riel left his
house, on the Eighth Concession of
North Easthope, near Lisbon, with a
load of 40 bags of wheat on the wagon,
-without a box. Descending a hill, about
a quarter of a mile from the house, sev-
eral bags slipped off, carrying Riel with
them. The noise frightening the horses,
they ran away and the wheels passed
over Riel's chest, killing him instantly.
—A satl accident hapteened to a girl
named Larkins, at a piper factory in
Yorkville, on Saturday. She had
climbed. on a pile of bundled paper when
her hair caught in a revolving ehaft. 11»
struggling to get -free she kicked the
bundles from under her and dropped,
it on her hair,
torn from her
throwing: her full weig
when the entire scalp wa
head.
- he arrangements f r the Dominion
singing festival to be h ld at Waterloo,
on the 1st, 2d and 3d of September, are
going cm rapidly. Dele ations from al
the cities in Canada an1 also from Ne
York, Rochester, Bu lo and othe
American cities will bej present, and
musical reunion on a sc le never befor
attempted in this part lof the country
will be_presented. Our Gerrnan fello
citizens 'understand the management o
these affairs, and a hearty welcome wil
be extended to any number of visitors.
—A supplement to the Lie.clsay Pos
gives a full history of the past of that
town, speaksencouraaingly of the presr
ent and. predicts with.confidence a glowl-
ing future. Lindsay is becoming a railr
way centre and bids fair to become one
of the chief towns of Eastern Ontario.
is a large contributor.
Toward the general prosperity the Postir
1 —A few days ago as a man name
iGaul, of Berlin, was deScencling a steep
Ihill leading into the village of Piestoni,
1.with a horse and a wagon laden with
eggs, the horse took fright, ra away,
upset the wagon, and smashed th cargo.
Over 100 dozen of eggs lay Onthl road
Ismashed to pieces. s
' —Mr. 0. P. Geary, of, St. Thomas, a
raised a calf, five months old, whic 1
eveighs 570 lbs. Tt is I a. thoroughbred
thort-horn Durham. He has also a ye*
bid hag running to grass', which weighs
180 lbs. It is an improved Berkshire.
1 --Mr. David Mathes,bn, of the towu-
thip of Erin, County of Wellington, re-
' ently sold. a three-year old steer far
100. .
1 —An Ontario postmaster writes to
the Postmaster General "that h-- will 1
.le full of country postmasters befote 1
long if they do not get more pay than it '
allotred in this office." Whereupon an
exchange reniarks : " We don't approve
cif the- profenity in this remark, but
the cleductidthi is correc , that small pa
Will send. country pos Masters to
en we can only say that it is only a
i±iatter of time, as the are all sure to
get there. And isn't his a fearful r
stoonsibility for the Post Office Depar
'Ghent to assume? Better raise them froi
starvation pay, and give them a thane
to reach some -cooler place when the
shuffle off this mortal .coil."
fi—At a meeting of the lumbermen f
le lower. Provinces, held at St. Joh
New Brunswick, last -eek, it was r
solved that in view of the present an
prospective condition o the foreign ma
et it is absolutely ne essary that t e
roduction should be la gely reduced.
—A by-law granting 1. bonus of $10
to the Huron and Quebec Railwa
as carried by the rat payers of Pete
boro on Friday lastby z majority of 11'
—A stable in -whic
valuable rime horses,
A. L. Chappell, of Deti
ed by fire. at St. Thom
ago. The flames spree
notwithstanding the u
the two keepers, who
joining building, assist
bra, the stable was co
were kept t
elonging to M
oit, was destro
a few evenin
so rapidly th
most exertion
slept in an a
d by ttae neig
awned, tegeth
a
t'
with both horses. Mr. Chppell's lo s
i esttmated at $5,000 or ,0,000.
re is supposed to be the iwork of an
incendiary.
—The celebration conneeted with the
turning the first sod of the i Port pover
nd Lake Huron Railway took plitee et
!
tratford on Friday last There is ev-
ry prospect that this road.' will be con-
tructed.from Port Dover to Stratford.
—The Inspector of thistles. it the
township of Ancaster, County of Went-
orth, is doing good service. He seems
eterrnined to eradicate the pest from:the
ownship or die in the attempt. He has
ad a large number of farmers summon -
d before magistrates and fined for in-
ractions of the act. It is a pity that
here were not half a dozen like him in
he County of Huron.
—The ballot boxes used ,at the late
in
lectioEast Elgin are attern as those used in En land. They
1on the san. me
ire made of black -Walnut, witlea slip for
troducing the ballot so contrived thet
one could be withdrawn without open -
ng the drawer, the key of which te-
Mained in the possession of the DePuty
.2.
. eturning Officer until the close of the
oll. There is also an iron band which
passes over and completely coVers the
Slip and. the key -hole of the drawer,
which is sealed by the Deputy and sent
o the Returning. Officer. -
— Work is *tieing rapidly pushed for-
'Warcl on the Exhibition buildings at To-
ronto for the coming Provincial Show.
Accomodation will be provided for up -
Ward of 300 horses, 300.4.heacl of cattle,
00 feet running measure sheep pens,
nd 900 feet pig pens. The estimated
ost of new buildings, repairs, &c., will
e $14,000. ,
— Mr. W. Rogers, pii-optietor of the
Mansion 'House, Aylmer, Was s - , ely
•itten last week by a bear in ht posses -
ion. .The injuries are severe, portion
•f 'his leg being torn out: ' J
—The mann has again arrived when
hreshing machine accidents are of fre-
o uent occurrence, and one .csf the most
orrible ever recorded happened in the
ownship of Elderslie, Con tty of Bruce,
•j
n Friday last. The mach ne was in op -
ration on the farm of i r. D. McGill,,
nd Mr. James Parker, who was assist -
ng, most imprudently stepped on. the
over of the cylinder. The cover had
).
ecome worn. by the constant friction Of
he sheaves, and the weight of the man
r
oke the thin board, letting his leg into he teeth of the machine which was going
t a high rate of speed. f course the
oot of the unfortunate main was torn to
ragments in an instant.
—Mr. Thomas Harris, ai old gentle -
an, 76 ye -ars of age, a resi ent of Luck -
low, a few days ago lifted stone which
weighed 391 pounds. Hetook the stone
his hands, and raised it clear up from
the ground, and. held it in that position
for some seconds.
• —Preparations are being made by the
Montreal Telegraph Comp. ny for the ex-
tension of their wires fron Teeswiter to
Fermosa by way of Belmor. Thelline is
expected to be in working rcler in a few
weeks.
A
port was current in Hamilton
last week to the, effect that a young man
named iBruce, of that city, had been
drowned. in the St. LawreeceRiver, near
Prescott. The report was caused by the
publication of a letter in tie rirlitl8 from
an anonymous corresponcleet, who Said he
had been an eye -witness of the drowning,
and gave. all particulars atseto how the
accident had occurred. On Tuesday last,
young Bruce returned to the city, and it
'now turns out that he w s himself. the
author of the letter, and s ys he wrote it
in order to gain notoriety.
—It is alleged in Ot awa that Mr.
Dwight, Western Superintendent of the
, Montreal Telegraph Comp ny, is employ -
led as agent of the Anaeric: n Associated
Press, and compiles new for it from
private press despatches hat pass over
the Gornpan.y's lines. Tlje newspapers
in Ottawa intend to tike steps to
have this gross breach of confidence in-
vestigated in the proper quarter.
—The Exeter Times gi es brief par-
ticulars of a harvest fiel4 row in Cred-
iton which may have ve4ry serious re-
sults. A man named Cla rhad a boy
called Lewis working wth him in the
field. Observing an unbo nd sheaf, the
man told the boy to bind t, but the lat-
ter refused, speaking inso ently. Clamp
threatened the boy if he should repeat
hisinsolent expression, a d the boy de-
fiantly repeated it, where pon the other
raised a rake and struck t e boy on the
head, causing a dangerous wound.
There was a probability of the fracture
in the skull proving fatal,
—A sad and fatal accident occurred on
morning a short distance from
Mount Forest. As Mr. Jahn Quinn, Sr.,
was driving over the railway crossing,
a gravel train came in yiew, frightening
the horses, which became unmanageable,
running atvay and throwing the driver
from the buggy and killing him almost
instantly. .a.
—A young man in Listowel' who h,
been in the habit, when the notion took
him, of indulging in the pastime of beat -
Mg and abusing his wife end child, rath-
er o-verstepped the bounds of toleration
in this matter a few evenings ago. The
child is about seven itiontlfs old, and on
the evening in question the inhaan
father coimnencecl to beat it in a fearful
manner. The mother interfered to pro-
tect her child, when the monster turned
on her and commenced to abuse her.
The woman made her escape from the
house with her child, and. sought r4ige
in a hotel near by. Three or four of ,the
villagers who happened to be in the
hotel heard her tale, and resolved to
fittingly punish the brutal husband.
They aecordingly procured a couple of
good hdrse- whips and repaired to the
house. One of the party entered, .ind
invited the man ont to see some gentle-
men who were awaiting him. He not
suspecting what was in store for him,
went to the door, when he was grabbed
by the two men who were waiting for
him, and was whipped mitil he begged
for mercy and promised. faithfully not to
abuse his wife and child again. If all
1
such rnilians were treated in a similar
ma,nnet complaints of wife -beating
would be less frequent. The man is
said to be sober and industrions, but is
possessed of en ungovernable temper
which he doesnot try to keep in cheek.
—A disgraceftil riot took place in Dun-
das laet Friday, when some disorderly
Orange Young Britons on an excursion
from Hamilton resisted the kcal police
and breuglit about a serious fracas. One
of the excursionists was so seriously
hurt by a blow on the head from a po-
licemen's staff that the officer has been-
arrestest on a warrant in a -kw of probably
fatal results.
' —Feerftil bush fires are again raging
in the 9ttativa Valley, in the vicinity of
Ottawa and Aylmer. A great deal of
property has been destroyed, and. the de-
vouring element continues to gain
strength. The inha-bitaits have been
fighting the fire night and day for the
past iweek, and. if rain does
not soon come a repetition of the con-
flagration of 1870 is anticipated. Many
other sections of the Province are also
suffering severely from the same cause.
- —The editor of the Orangeville; Sun
received -es a present a 'valuable building
lot sittiated - on the main street of
that team, from a friend and admirer,
a few days ago. Such friends are not
plentiftil in this country.
—The Penally of a Carpenter in Lon-
don wapoisoned last week by using por-
ridge, ijhe oatmeal for which was pur-
chasedht a grocery store near by. The
family after partaking of the food were ,.
seized with vomitingt but no fatal results
are expected to follovt. The doctor gave
it as his opinion that putty- or white
lead had got into the meal.
—In the barnyard of Mr. Wm. Cross,
who lives on the gravel road five miles
north of the village of Teeswater, may
beneen, a young duck, some six weeks.
old, which has four feet. The feet are
all regularly fOrmed, but two are under
size, and are not used by the duck in
wa_lkin.
g. ingenious
Ani
Yankee, Janes Gor-
don lOY name, has invented a reaping
machine which binds the grain into
sheaves as it is cut. One of these ma-
chines Was tested on a farm pearl Kings-
ton a few days ago and worked Very sat-
isfactorily. The machine is constructed
and worked the same as an ordinary ma-
chine, and delivers the eheave e all ready
bound as orderly aud as neatly as it can
be done by hand. The bindsr is round-
ed very, similar to a hand sickle, and sup -
Plied with a wire from. a pulley -attached,
and works so iiagenionsly that - as soon
as thefe is grain enough in front of it to
form a ! sheaf, the binder conies right
down, Presses the whole together, placing
the wife round the bundle tight, gives
it a twist and cuts the wire, Completing
its work with a rapidity truly astonish-
ing ; the following sheaf turning the
previous one off to make room for itself.
—A strange sight may be seen. at Mr.
Kerslake's, on. the Second Concession of
Usborne. It appears that he had a com-
mon hen engaged in hatching, when a
turkey gobbler drove her off the nest,
and took the place himeelf. After two
weeks ' spent on the =eggs two white
chickeas came out, and the old gob-
bler may be seen now strutting around,
followed by the chickens, and acting to-
wardthem just as a hen would.
—Judge -Smith, County Judge of the
County of Victoria, diedat his resitlence
in Lindsay on Saturday evening last, af-
ter along and painful illness.
—Bush -fires are raging furiously in
several , parts of the township of Amar-
anth. On. Tuesday the. Amaranth sta-
tion was burned down. Five thousand
cords of wood and some lumber and sev-
eral hoeses and. barns hove been destroy-
ed. A great number. of fences and a vast
amount-- Of grain are deetroyed, besides
a large quantity of valuable timber.
—John Beattie, of Downie, pulled
10 tons and 86 pounds of flax off 3f
acres a land realizing $120 31 or about
$37 per; acre.
—Robert Timmon, of South Easthope,
was killed on Wednesday of last week,
by his horses running away and throwing
him against a fence while he was engaged
in unloading peas. Mr. Timmon was
one of the early pioneers of South East -
hope, having resided on the farm on
which he died for more than 25 years.
—Mr. Thomas B. Harris, of Hamilton,
Grand Secretary of the Masonic Grand
Lodge ' of Ontario, cliecl on Tuesday
morning Iast. He has occupied the po-
sition of Masonic Grand Secretary for
nearly 20years, having been appointed
to the effice in the year 1855.
—A sad affair occurred in Guelph a
few clays ago. A respectable and hither-
to inoffensive man named John Hazlee
became exasperated at the continued
evil course of his only daughter, a girl
about 17 years of age. He having hearci
that the girl wasseeen in the vicinity of
the outskirts of the town in the company
of a man whom he had frequently warn-
ed her not to go with, he procured a pis-
tol -and. proceeded in seafch of the
couple, declaring when he left home that
he would shoot them both if he came
across them. He had not gone very far
when he overtook a young man and wo-
man walking alOng the railway track,
whom he, in the darkness, suppoted to
be his daughter and her toinpamon. He
followed them clorly, and fired several
shots at them, on of which took effect
in the face of the'Voung man, striking
him to the ground. , Two other shots
struck the girl, leaving her also on the
ground: The enraged man then rushed.
on what he supposed to be his daughter,
but, when he approached her, he discov-
ered that the parties whom he had shot
were not those whom he intended te
shoot at all, hut were a young gentleman
and. lady from the town who had been
out for a walk. He picked up the girl
and carried her to her home, where he
left her and made his escape. Both the
l
gentlei. an and lady were badly wounded,
but h pes are entertained of their re-
covery. Hazle has sinee been arrested
in Oshiwa, and. now lies in jail awaiting
the fate of his victims. The names of
the persons assaulted are Daniel Hurley
and Mary Calver.
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