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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1874-10-09, Page 1BR STO compris ng TRIMMINGS ; OR? A . ' TS,. CH MERLSO, CLOTH, ANKE.T`S, SHAWLS, SANT AGS,, SCARFS, CLOUDS, YARNS, :ELS,. ;NNELS, CLOTHS,. EtN TS, TART UNE: meat of ntl Seatorth:. T4 r es i d Stoitchel 4Tugt SeaE rth. MErOAlt 1 WU10.1.E No.. 357, } • SFAFORTH, FRIDAY, OCT. 9, 187 4. THE GRO D AT EMPOTk' V Irl IS INCREASING EVERY DAY LOOK AT THE PRICES. Dundas Cotton, per yard, only Good Prints, (fast colors)) " Fine White Shirting (something extra,) Heavy Win:;ey, Fine Winces Shirting„ Fine Fancy Check Shirting, Flannels, as low as Good Tweeds, Heavy Tweeds, Extra Fine and Heavy Tweeds, Ladies' Cloth (double fold, New Dress Goods, at Fine Diagonal Dress Goods, New Black Serges, Black Lnstres, as low as Fine quality, (double fa.ced,) Extra Fine, (reversible„) All Wool Merino, Ilea:s7 Gros Grain Silk, New Colored Silks, Trimming Silks, Heavy Blankets, per pair, Fancy Striped Shawls, each,' Bearttiful Breakfast Shawls, each, Good Whalebone Corsets, each, only Ladies' Scarfs, cheap, Hair Braids, good quality, " New lot of Switches, New Trimmed Hats, Stylish, each,' • JUST RECEIVED 0 121 0 12i 0 11 0 0 20 A TRIP TO CHICA00. - From an Occasional .Cor; • stpt. 29,1874. e left Detroit at 10 ini he evening, via Michigan Central Railway, our trani. consisting- of eight sleeping care and three ef the ordinary chiss, ell filled with passengers., The recent in ase of trav- el is noticeable, and just a his time is largely owing- the return o the 1multi- trip aud good. nighes rest lind reached Chicago at 8 o'clock the fol Owing morn - THE MICHIGA N CENT RA AI LWAN is in superb condition. W tiou of some 60 miles, it track nein]. Detroit to Chic great thoroughfare the tray with polite treatment fro tors andf imployes, and. is day tern thrqugh the Pei furnishes ft.() /the eye of t' greater 'variety af pleasant any of the WesternStates ut tit Colorado is reached. The State of Michi'gan has an undulating auffece, divided by Streams and forest aral prairie, with oceasional crystal lakes. Along the- pines' . of its . , buildings of every cla s are eonte up in railways are many of the mbst beautiful •all parts of the city Fine bloc s of. cities and yin aaeato be found in the U ni- . her supplies of food, and English ral Callahan cap:italic striving for her ca ing trade, and are opening wide and Ty s cep channels to get it. Within three y etas the waters that sweep past this city flow by- the natural force . of gra through the Canadiani canals and some of the. comMerce of this inland T . THE EFFECTS OF THE PANIC Were more heavily felt! here than -in ny city of like pepulation. The panic ati tick Chicago a 'hard -blow. Thousand4 of. persons were thrown out of employmimt. Nlanufaatures were paralyzed, and every branch of trade suffered. The' busifiees - of the railroads declined, travel decreased, the hotels hadlittle to do, the profi A of ,commerce were wiped out.. - The ( bank reports show a stagnancy in 1 usi- last Sunday. morning announced that nks ess mo- lere ing " I • pbcations at the counters of the b. the excep- were .elmost suspended, and dull -reigned universal. Close buying,-ec mieal iying is the order of the day. T is ELS uniCh poverty among the labo classes of this city and More in my j ment, than -any other Labor ie n( bag :a idoubk go. On this 11er will meet quite certain tralVeler a- more than one-helf - WAGES HAVE cenety than by the factthat build ed here for /60 per cent would Oat iu any' E. notwit hstanding the fa though the -decline of ECLINED his is evide ced of what the tune stern city: nd, t that many b rents is one- alf, 0 , dwellings may be s ee, just ere ted, ted States. which remain unfinish d inside, and nust 0 25 CHICAGO. be shut up for the pre,ent. The uu ber - I have passed several days iu this 0 60 city, and 'notice as much' bustle and . of vacant stores is immense, and the number is increasing 'by the additi n of movement of multitudes to and fro new ones. The time annot be fa dis- 0 75 through the 'streets as ever. Ope would 'tent when many of these think that the people were: pill (m. a ruili : m wN .. IFTOENT TEMPLF,S OF TRA 1 00 somewhere, but what it ii all abbut is :will ipas' not so. easy to guess. in n city n oer e the ', treets Ich a sl ow of ',bona -titles as * seen spec"- , quite Arneri- 6aut, smiling step, quiet: 0 60 s, there are country out of New York so densely thronged with s mixed faces and diverse n Chicago. Every day may 0 25 mens of the INIongolian rac 0 35 canned in. garb! with ple countenances and quick 0 20 enough to keep upjwith But not a female of this 0- 50 be tolerated, simply becat pected of not being just wl 0 0 to be, while the boldest an faced White women, eve purity and modesty, have tioneer. he trouble as many large stores s can be men ited. small stores there are new hundre s of large ones with four o • more upper ofts, ample enough to accomthodate arge business. - Multitudes, Of merchant oc- cupy the etores who do no morebn ness oeneral rush. than they formerly (lid- in buildin( s of ce ie see4 ; half the size. The fact that a tiler hant would ode occupies e, large store s no evidence that ae she is sue- he -does a large business. Chicag , by mostbrazet bition of its citizens to do things on a feature f large scale, has become larger thin the ✓ absence. Of requirements of its In siness. The erec- full swing" ton of buildings mus soon be post oned until the forests andl the prairies o the West are settled by riaillions more f ace tive, enterprising people. W. Tho Brusaels Show. auc- ice 00 ' in all our public thoroug /6res ,and no one protests—a prostitute from beathea- 0 75 dOni is hot to be endured but one from Christendom la+. tolerated. So much for 3 50 the " jewel consistency." Pardon thiS INCREASE OF POPU th Multiplication of glee 0 50 lin s of omnibuses runnin 'Eels. When tbe people 0 25 the business parts of th 2 50 ce of 1 this is ailroads and an all direc- re coming into city , in the r from in the ei 30 ey rung, long and miler) een lines of street -cars and 'omnibuses p 25 so completely that it is pe estnans to cross- the 2 50 da a to cross Broadway The great Exposition is now open, and th's draws mulftudes of eople Ito Chi - ca o to see the f" big shoi " I haven't seen it yet. THE STREET in the eity that were a up/ and. damaged by the gr filled with all sorts (if ma city was being reledilt, a and repaired, and in excel' The debiis of THE LATE BURNT is eing cleared away, am ar rapidly rising on all stileets intersecting the tm y. These buildings fo ga ce are far inferior to er eted after the first co- trast most unfavoral) coetly, ornate structures Chicago the most famous of the Western world. CHICAGO's Bole 'The tourist, no matter hiS visits or how long p not tire in. gazing upon t blocks that fill so many s city. Nearly all these blo facades, are built of .eoin or marble and eonie of ir brick. It is marvelous tin from its ashes, in a few have been built with so n elegance, so uniformly exc sign, yet so free from t differences of style which coetly blocks of .buildines Ainerican cities. The A NEW LOT OF LADIES' TIES, 'NECK RUCHES, LACE COLLARS, COLLARS and CUFFS, BELT BUCKLES, LACE TIDIES, LACE VEILS, Which ere all marked in Plain Figures, and ready for sale on the BARGAIN COUNTER. ifir Go TO THE (att YOUR DRY GOOD Where you will find the newest, best and most fashionable Goods, at prices lower than any other house in Town, 11 fill the streets as difficult for as. ire former Neely York. mtich broken t tire, and so rial While the noW opened iaarneeT pew buildi the princi size land al ri- le- 4eat Pre, and .at have made ble in awarding the palm of superiority. f all the—cities In cattle, although the displa,y was not large, there were • several deserving aui- held its fair at Brussels on Tuesday. attendance was quitel as large as former occasion, and the show w many respects superior to any of it decessors, the number of the ear several of the departments being It and the articles exhibited being, o whole, of superior quality. The S hitherto hailabored under the disa tage of being witliont suitable gr for their exhibitiona. This dra has this year been removed by th chase of over four adres of very-su land north of the village. It is ex that by the next fall show a su ball will be erected for the exhibit'on of the indoor department. 'With the, e im- provements the Society- __and its exhie bitions will take a -new lease of pros- ' perity and usefulness. Of the live tock, as is always the case at fairs ii this . County, horses made much the finest show, the -number on exhibition being greater and- the quality betterl th u in cattle or sheep. The young horse , Were particularly excellent, and the three pairs. of...iteam horses shown b the Messrs. McLauchlin and James Fe guson were splendid animals, and eo venly matched as to give the judges seen trou- • from nature of local-seenery about Brua- sels, the work of Mr., Itavell,, e Toronto amateur, were greatly; admiaed: The following is -the prizje list, top which ire Mare, having su.ckled foal ih 1874, ld Robert .Brown, 2d Dancan MeLatichiin.i 'Foal colt or filly, ht:Deectlin McLauch- arm WWI eaesaasesessaassaaseasneeamase agora 1st James Whenham. Single ettage railways in.kiew of the projected r, ntlwo00ce. ed buggy, lst John Brunsdan. Sing e open buggy, 1st Slater & Sims, 2,1 job Brunsdeu. - Horse rake, 1st Pater - Bros. Iron plow, 1st Morieoe & . Wooden plow. 1st and 2(1 on - Hogan . Set double- trees and n eck- 1st James Whenhana Carriage 1st John Cober. ga,te; 1st Caen Set of horse shoes, W. T. -Made flannel, lst Robert Leckie, st Robert Mortin, 2d George Coln - Home -made ' blanket, undressed, obert Martin, 2d Robert Leckie. Cou terpane, 1st Mrs. Dames, 2d George J. Thent. Ten yards fulled cloth, 1st Joh- Shiela Skein of yarn, home:spun, 1st ars. Peter Thompson, 2d, _Mrs. Dun- can cDpugall. Fine shirt, 1st Rebecca Mc aide 2d. Marion Stewart. Embroid- ery n muslin, 1st and 2d Wm. Grieve. Spe Imen bead work, lst Mrs. Andrew elm k. Specimen cone work, 1st Miss the following mo Lou 'sa, Knechtel. Raised work in Ber- work the mother obtained a want arrested the ctilpr Napanee for saf son gate, filly, 1st Duncan MeLanenlin, 2d 'Robert Hun Martin. Three -year -Old gelding, lat R. D Martin; 24 Alex. SieWat t (Maris). TNVO- horn year-eld filly, 1st Andrew Simpson, 2d 2d J Win; McLauchlan. Two-year-old geld- - nel,, Mg, 1st Robert •Tindall, .241 W.. Rande. son. Pair of farm -horses, let James 'Fergeson, 1st 2(.1 Donald -McLauChlin, 3d; Thos. Me. Lanchlin. One -year-old entiee colt, 1st Robert Tindall. ',ROAD OR CARRIAGE Ho aSES.—Brood mare, having suckled- a foal in 1874, lst Thos. Norton, 2d Jai. Johnston. Foal; /Colt or filly, 1st Alex. Foreyth, 2d Geo. Two-year-old filly, lst Robert Martin,- 2(1 Geo. Brewer. Two-yeer-old gelding, let Donald Cutrie, 2d Donald Johnston, 2d Thos. Nortou.• . Pair of Singl:horses, 1st Thos. Norton, 2d Neil' year-old heifer, 1st Jas. Jo b ston. Year- ling heifer, '1st .Wm. Smith, 2d Robert Brown. . Bull calf, 1st Wm. Smith, 2c1 Robert Brown. Heifer Calf, 1st and 2c1. Robert Brown. . Herd cOneisting of one male end four females, Robert, Bros n ANY OTHER. BREED OR GRADE.—Milc cow, having calved in 1874, '1st and 2,1 ling heifer, 1st Jae. Johnston, 2d. Win. McLeod. Two -year -Old steer, 1st and steer, 1st Robert Brown, Jas. John- ' lin. 2d Wm. McLeod. Heifer calf, lst Robert Brown, 2,1. Donald McLeuchlin. Fat ox or steer, 1st Wm. ,McLeod, 2(1 Alex. Forsyth. Fat cow or: heifer, ist Jas. Johnston, ,Toit Broadfoo SHE EP-7-COTSWO LDS. --Aged ram, two. years and over. ' Ist John Dimming. Ram latfb, 1st and 2d Johe thimminge Pair shearling ewes,..1a John Dimming. sTeas.---Aged. 'ram, two years and over, 1st James Simpson. Shearling ram, lst John Broadfuot, 2,1 john W.' Shiel. P06.,M lamb, 1st and 2d. James Simpson. Pair ewes having Suckled iambs in 1874, 1st.- arid 2d, 'peonies Cal- der. Pair shearling ewes, 1st and 2d Thos. Calder. Pair ewe Was, 1st Thos. sisthig of- one untie and four females, ciety Thos. Calder (dieeloma). The ANY OTHER BREED OR GRADE.—Aged any rani, two years old. and over, lst Oliver s Smith, '2d James - Ireland. Ram lamb, pre- 1st 411(.1 2d Oliver Stnith. Pair ewei hay - es in ing suckled Iambs in. 1874, -1st W. 6. rger. Bengston. Pair .shearling ewes, lst W. 1 the G. Hingston. Pair ewe lambs, 1st Llobt. ciety Martin, 2d John W. Shiel. Fat sheep, lvan- • 1st James Simpson; 2d. John W. Shiel. unds PIGS—LARGE %ism-if—Boar, one year back old and over, dst W. G. Hingston. Pair table SMALL iREED.—Bear; .one year old. ected and o gar, 1St Geo. Collis n. Pair spring table pigs, 1st Donald Currie. VoneTnv. —Pair pea grown. Pair Geese, 1st ducks, 1st Robert Bro Spanish, 1st Robert Bro jugs, 1st Robert Brown. 1st Robert Brown. Pa Robert Brown. Pair B Brown. -Bantame, Wm. bashel Treadwell, ist W. G. II Martin. Two bushels other vaiiety, 1St Jam bushels spline wheat, Rands. Two bushels berley, four rows, 1st Robert Martin, 2d Alex..Forsyth. Two bushels small peasi let W. G. Hing- ston, 2(1 Conrad Bernath. Two bushels black oats, 1st Robb. Martin, Bushel timothy seed, 1st John 'Inek. - DAIRY PRODUCE, —T. en ty•five pounds salt butter, ht James Simpson. Five pound table use,. ist Robert 'Scott Five pounds in Samuel Walker, 2d Ten pounds Cheese; lst 2c1 Robert Leckie: bread, 1st Robert B Martine FRUIT AND ;VEGETAL ple,s, not less than fi ples, not less than five ton, 2d Rev. H. C. Cc open Twa dozen NOS. how frequent •otracted, will 'mires in this well represented, there being as lerge a ks, that is the number shown as at any township show kind of stone held in the County this year. In Cots - n hat few of wolds Mr. James Cumming was n ex - mals. The principal eihibitors and prize -takers in this class were e _Robb. Brown, Donald McLauchlin, Smith and James Johnston. Shee essrs. were t a, city, rising tensive exhibitor, and in Lei onths should Messrs. James Simpson Thomas uch /taste and and John Broadfoot showed some bitetural de- Brown was the only exhibitor, b ose ebnoxious collection shown was of sufficient form so m,a;ny to have stood the test of greater lin smut ofi the tition with -credit o itself. As we have to lament -61 e snia.11 show seen here is the wonder o all .who Williams was of 6 the enterprise of this city, andnobody kno vs how count ,for it. It was no becaus fame far and near—, t citizens had a siipera,bund, nce of i-n/l) dry of John Watson, for no peOple were ever niore desti. The fire devoured everything but pluck. this was fire-prodf and so nently a personal possession that he. eat fire ".made all the w wonder.' Its light ext all Christendom and dre the,eympiathies of all p millions tlee cone oVe-r all esters Jahler excel - Lobe rt it the merit ompe- usual, of im- dry of Thon son & ac- his firm caries its ey, Ayr, and one r two te. others at a distance, but the foum. ries of eir the County were enfrely unrepresented. mi- Messrs. Monroe & ogan, Seafort had irers. splay, Hol - f hard cash . to erce of whose b e seas. CHICAGO A -NEC She sit upon an emine aionnel her is an agricult 110 in st productive of hum, s ines upon. It has a. so laid. with bread, as w -With fieel. It has the pr may exist in all the Its exports of bread-ste areater t an those of an t c States appreciated, a go alive, All commer which were the admired of all ad rid. In carriages there was a very fine d ors being J. Londesboro tided through the principal exhibi to it not illy ham and J. Brunsde ing erected on the grou ds. Unfortu the this department wa open for so bort a sun time, on aocomet of the late hour at whicl rity 1 froth erited nother ougli hour. dai y, t. if I ad was sp lea. Ciro food the literally as und ucing cap of food ffs are thr uropean ndefinitel t of the c they wer the other keeping 1 nations er- the judges complete their 'work, aid crowd was so great, that the naaj ere prevente on which it be avoided eri days to th at an earlie hided many rge, and. of excellei roots Were very fai ity hat tes. old by ese an - not de. hi - ant the people present, aivina it the attent This will probably year by devoting ts or by,having, the ar the judges' hands The ladies' work in of decided merit. -produce was very 1 quality. Grain an( the coarser grains b sample. Several owl, 1st Robert vn. Pair -black Pair Polands, GrieVe (mom - of fail wheat, fall Wheat, any s Ireland. Two st and 2d Wm. Lynn, 2d Jatnes salt butter for etkie, 2d ;Donald salted butter, 1st ndrew Simpson. Loaf home-made own, 2d Robert ES.—Winter ap- 1st W. G. Rings - crab apples, 1st Wm. Lynn. Collection of pears, lst James Ireku Rose potatoes, 1st net Chili potatoes, ist 2d W. R. 'Wilson. shel potatoes, any variety, 1st Alex. St 1,wart, Sr., (Grey, ) tbreipe, 1st Robert Ferguson. . Half doz I.st Donald Currie, 2d dozen Belgian carrots, tringham carrots, 1st 2c1 Robert Martin. Dames, 2d ;Tames apples, 1st Alex. d. Bushel Early ey.) Bushel gar - Conrad. Bernath, fall dozen Swede rown, 2d James e white turnips, Vm. Rands. Half 1st Robt._Brown, Helf dozen Al - V. H. McCracken, Half alozen blood beets, 1st W . R. McCradken, 2d George d Robert Martin. ears of corn, 1st_ R. Wilson. Half Cannon: Half dozen Half dozen parsnips, Cracken. Half dozen Robert Leekie, 2d W. dozen mangold veurtzels, 1st W. H. Mc- Cracken. Four head. ca,bbage, ist Jas. cken. Pumpkin, Half dozen large 2(1 Conrad Ber- st Thomas Rad- , 1st Alexe Stew - belt Leckie. -Two son. en axle or patent building of a road m. that syttem tin (nigh Prince Edward Is and. --The body of a child. was found fonr miles from Lucan on Saturday, in a clump of bushes about ten feet fuom the railroad, badly de3omposed. it was ap- parently 'that - of .an infant abaut 15 months cal. The, prevailing opinion .is that some inhumin -wretch mast have ejected it from a iassine train, whether d.ead or alive wi I probably never be known. —On Friday nig it of last Week a most brutal assault wasjcommitted on a young girl, aged 15, by her father, Peter gowen, living near Napaliee. During the night he got out of bed. lid, took his daughter from her bed. int a small cook -house, where he tried to iccomplish his fiendish purpose. Her scr ams 3,Woke the moth- er, Who interfere( and was struck by the ruffian, who hreatened_ to murder them both if they made any alarm or in- formed on him. fter he left the honse ning and went to his f the girl came on foot ance of six miles, and nt for his arrest. A et immediately, who t and brought him to -keeping. He is the lin Bev Coo Fit Mr tomatoes, ripe, 1st anc nath. Quart beans, cliff, 2d Alex- Ste Four clusters of grap wool, lat Andrew Clark, 2d P. Thompson Needle work in er. Fancy knitting in wool, ist . John Leckie, 2d Mies Tindall. cy knitting in cotton, 1st and 2d . Wm. Grieve. Pair woolea. hose, father of eight children, five girls and three boys, and s range to say be is a 1st Mrs. Colhson, 2d Mrs. Alex. Stew- sober man. / art Sr,, (Grey.) Straw hat, lat Mrs. --The wife of Yr. Wass, Con. 8, town- ship of Raleigh, s hile driving home from Chatham on 'Friday : was- struck by lightning and i stantly killed. _Her , daughter mid! da. ghter-inelaw -who ae- cqmpanied her in the vehicle, strange to say, escaped unlit rt. . —On the ist Ley of September 122 homestead earie were made in the Dos minion Lands i,ffi eaWiumpeg, Manitoba. —A peculiar ccident occurred to a farmer named C ok, about 60 years of age, who lived tear Napanee, one day last week. He went out to feed his horse in a log table, and in going in front of the hers frightened the animal, which threw bac '.- his head, striking one of the logs in t le stable causing the building to/fall, Ming him instantly and injuring the hors —Rev. John has accepted th Al Th Sco Th qui An . Stewart, Sr., (Grey,) 2d Mrs. P. t. Log cabin quilt, let Mas. P. mpsoa, 2d Margaret Kneehtel. Patch rew Clark. Specimen of wax -work, Mrs. John Leckie. Specimen of hair Pair woolen socks, home-made yarn, 1st ican McDougall. Pair woolen wits, ie -made yarn, 1st Margaret Knechtel, kfra. W. H. McCracken. Floor mat, isa .Knechtel. Set of double team ess, 1st Baker Bros. Set of buggy Mr Du. bo 2d Lo bainess, 1st Wm. Kneehtel. Saddle and tab Al hal ng a st James Johnston, 2d John. Broadfoot. 2d ackson & Holliday, Sawing ma - chi es, two horse, Thomsom. & ; -four horse, Jackson & Holliday. 1 e, Ist Alex. Duncan. Bedstead, 1st rEetai, AND RECOMMENDED. Best dozen butter tinnets capable of holdr from 30 to 40 pounds, 1st Thomas cafe. Best beeve (Elliott's Prize,) • ble seated buggy, 1st John Brunsdeu. in- le cutter, 1st C. Holland, 2d Slater .8 ins. Doable seated cutter, 1st John sden. Driving horse, lst George -- by. n,. Hugh M. Chesney, John ,Mason. Bru Kir Loo Mc sels Gre is b ne is a lag in ade erasements that it . occupies six mns of- its space in advertising. its business. Judging f rom this Mr. our will ma.ke a speedy fortene in There are now four stages daily,1 . The travel betweet these places - st be very great, or the stage proprie- s must be money out of pocket. Prob- ab y the latter. A few days ago, an elderly lady an he daughter were crossing the Grea W stern Railway track in Hamilton, w en the latter, id stepping over th cu vert, slipped 6ff the rail and got he fo t caught in the iron cattle -guard. Th 9 cloca train was coming up from th ea t at a rapid rate, and the young lady now saw that she was in unnunent dan ge ▪ She struggled violently to extricat rself, but -without success. The lady ac ompanying her was probably sth fr ghtened that she could not assist het at least she did not—while every mo m nt brought the thundering train near - and nearer. A gentleman who -ay , riding at a house a short distance offt, eing the difficulty hastened to the spot st in time to save the young lady froi —A fearfully sudden death took pla h the •:)wriship-of Dumfries, County A ra:terloo, on Saturday morning. It al wars that Mr. Francis Tillie, Sr., a I ad got up in the morning and awake', - el his son •Mr. F. Tillie, and in cam- pany evith'him had gone to the orchard was his practice, to pick up such of t e fruit ,as had fallen. When nearly nished, Mr. Tillie, Jr., went to the s able to attend to the cattle. Finis that work he went to house, an 1 is father not having 'arrived, he went. o to the orcherd to find him., when he s as surprised to see him lying On the. ound quite dead. lt would appear, obi the position in which the body was mid, that death must have been.in- antaneous, as it would seem. as if (le- ased. had been about to take anothet ep when stricken, as be had fallen On s face with his leg bent just as it would eve been to take a step. —A book-keeper named_ Train, in the e plOy:ef A. 8. ;Woodburn, treasurer el t e city of Ottawa Agricultural Exhibi- t on, has decamped with the prize money \ hich,was entrusted to him, and several - mired. additional dollars. He man- na to reach the States before being c ptured. Five thousand_ dollars is sur- osed to be the amount stolen. . —Mr. Thomas Swinyard, Inspector f ailways for- the Dominion Governme ✓ cently inspected the Toronto, Gr d Bruce Railway, in company wi, h s veaal ef the officials of the line, having een commissioned by the Government enquire into the working of narrow - Canada. le rails are now laid on the Toronto, and Brute Railway, as far as xeter, and the work of track -laying me vigorously prosecuted. N&I. now Palmerston is to have a spaper. Mr. Armour, of Brantford, out establishing a paper in that • We notice that a paper published he Barrie vicinity has such a rush of col ow Ar et to IcAlpine, of Wielder, e call from St. Marys congregation of tae Canada Presbyterian Ch-11-11hClespa.tch has been received at Ottawa from Foet Garry stating that a guide had arrived at Fort Garry, having left the Mounted Police Ferce on the 3Ist of August, at Cypress Hills. Col. French's letters received at Fort Garry represent the hoises as greatly improved and the men in excellent 'spirits. They liri expect to be at ow Aliver on the 8th of , September. It Vbe remembered. that Cypress Hills w#/f the scene of the mas- sacre of Assinibome Indians by American traders. The j nction of the Bow and -Belly rivers, sp ken of as Bow river, is the point furth st west to which the force was instructed to proceed, and. where a porti4 of the troops will wtrit—rnet,4ercn.ausing a loss of fully $2,000, oc- eccidentj of the most serious na- Store, Mitchell, on Wednesday of last week. The she of the store, VI 11 and which. wer and a large va goods, broke loo across the large ed the counters, most everything, they came on. —A yoeng man, named. Duncan Mc- Intyre, son of Cohn NIcintyre, of North Yarmouth, Comkty of Elgin, met with a. melancholy and fatal accident a few days ago. He had jpst unhitched a span of young horses filom a wagon, aed one of the traces fell and striking one of the horses on the heels, caused the animal to kick, and, striking the young man fair on the face, knOcking him senseless to the ground. The upper jaw was broken in three places; the lower in one, and the face frightfully disfigured. The toe corks.of the shoe entered just below the eyes, and left tWo ugly wounds. One of the smaller bloOd veseess of the brain -., was also - ruptUred. The unfortunate man died in abokat an hour after the ac- -TEACHERS' iNsTrrum -- rl'he third meeting of the YungannoneTeachers' In- sotnitute was held in the school house Oct. 3. A large number of teachers, some twenty dr thirty, were present, which -shows the; increased interest the teachers of thei surrounding townships are taking in this, one of the several in- stitutes which have just been organized in different pelts of the County. Steps were taken to procure a -professional library, and a 4ommittee was appointed to draw up regUlations for it and to pro- cure a case. The 'Councils of Ashtield and West Waivanosh have very gen- erously assiste&the_ Institute in its ef- fort to procure 41_4 library, and the Col- borne Council at its next meeting is ex- pected to fall into line. A number of subjects: were Vei.y ably handled by dif- ing his ethod of teaching general Geog- raphy ; Mr. 'Munro illustrating his method f teaching Fra,ctions to a class in the t in]. form ; Mr. Bowerman treat - ins of t ie prhiciples of Drawing ; Mr. Treleav n dwelling on the work of the Second eader; and Mr. H. F. Strang, of Go rich, telling " what he knew of " Gramm tical Analysis. Each of the above g ntlernen were very freely ques- tioned, and. their addresses criticised by the oth r members. Next meeting to be held on the firit Saturday of December. - A liter ry entertainment was held in the evenia` , the particulars Of which your correspiondent 'did not obtain.. At the close of the day meeting there was pass- ed. a reSolutien-concerning Inspector Mil- ler, the charger of his coercing the teach-- ers M the Smith -Sangster election, and those nonymous letters in the Globe. The p rport of the resolution was some- what imilar to that of the one passed by th County Association at Clinton, and hich appeared in your columns a couple of weeks ago. • ves on -the western side = ng a depth of 90 feet, ladeh with stationery iety of valuable fancy se from the wall, falling show cases which cover - smashing in atoms al- •