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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1874-10-30, Page 1STOCK AT - 'ST RES, NJV IAWLS WES,s. X" RIBBONS, NEW VELVETS, LI-IMMI - LUNE Y, HAIR GOODg, W ORNAMENTS,. lan-Rear, .ff-MADE • - Yrif 1NG, NEW HATS, NEW CAPS, PniTS, WINCEYS, NFW FLANNELS, • • -is N.E0* TWEEDS, • NEW PRINTS,, ANT> ' OF THAT OTTO AT L s Per Yard, KIDD. _a SEVENTH YEAR.) W1110 -1.E No. (1-4,tate tor FARM FOR SALE. THE south if Of Lot No. 11, Con..?: Stanley, 4 at present occupied byWita Sinipson,is for salo. icor all particulars apply, if byletter prepaid, to H. LOVE, Sr., Hiles Green P. a, 859-4 Agent -for the Messrs. Hamilton. FARM FOR SALE. ,-k-ranTH halt of Lot 14, Con. 6, Morris, 100 naves; -Lit 75 acres cleared, -with good farm buildings- aud orchard ; 4 Miles from Brussels ; inimediate possessiOu given. For further paationlars apply to BENSON & MEY ER, 357 Barristers, Seaforth. FARM FOR SALE. , j OT N. 5, Con. 4, Hallett ; 140 acres, more or -1-i less, 80 acres 'loured. Plenty of water, and the north branch of the Maitland River I -Minima, through the 18 acre bush ;, good. fences. Apply on the premises te the proprietor, • i JAMES MARTIN, '308 or address Constance F. Q. FARM FOR SALE. LOT IS, Con. 6, Hallett; leo acres, 65 mar cleared, remainder wooded with beeees maple; frame dwelling; River Maitland a- (1 a t and • good spring on lot; 2.1 miles from Kinburn and 8 miles froiu Clinton. Tennis to snit purchaser. For particulars apply to L. MEYER, Heepurhey, or BENSON 4.t- MEYER, Seaforth. 346 FARM FOR SALE. -TIEING- West half of Lot 20, Con. 9, Hibbert 4-) Cernity of Perth, containing 50 aca es ;144 sore cleared and free of stumps; well fenced; good frame house, two 'wens; . outbuildings., hewed log; first-class orchard and. garden. For terms, &e., apply on the premises, or by letter, to the undersigned. WM. J. DETEIN, 355 Staffa P. O. SMAII. FARM FOR SALE. TWENTY-FIVE aeresiadjoining Egmondville, •4, part of the farm formerly owned by William VanEgmond; good house and. barn; orchard and well. This property is admirably situated for, a gentleman's residence, or might be divided into town lots and sold to advantitge ; deed clear of all incumbrance. Also, Lot 184, south side Market street, in the village of Seaforth. Apply to 356*4 SAMUEL DENNISON, leginenilville. FARM FOR SALE. BEING Lot 3, Con. 9, Tuakersmith ; 100 acres; 85 acres cleared; nearly all clear of stumps ; bush hardwood; good log buildings, yeting oreh- alai, corn -lamming to bear; two wells with pumps; it is 6 miles from Seaford': The land is of the best quality, and will be sold cheap. For further particulars apply to the proprietor on the premises. JOHN Med A.ND LES 8, 355t EgniondviEe P. 0. . HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. THE underaigned haying purchased a farm of- fers that eligibly sitaated cottage for sale, at present ocenpied by himself, on the Huron Road, Clinton, opposite the Presbyterian manse. In the hong-a there are font bedrooms, a parlordining room, &pd.'s-large kitchen. On the lot theiT hard_ and soft water wells, good. stable and ouk. buildings, and the lot is partly planted with good - fruit trees and grape vines. The lot contains about half an acre. , 860 T. D. MORTON. STEAM SAW MILL AND FARM FOR SALE. TIEING Lot 34, Con. 7, McKillop, containing 104 acres, all cleared, with good barns and stables, two good orchards in full bearing; two never-fail- iag springs which supply the mill. Also, lot 35, Con. 9. containing 48 acres of bueh. The property IS situated 6 miles from Seaforth, with a good gravelroad thereto. For further particulars apply on the premises. If by post, to JOHN TROMP - BON, Constane e P.O., Kin -burn. Ont. '260 FARM FOR SALE, VOR Sale, Lot 28, Con. 7, Ustorne, containing -A- 74 acres.- 55 of which are cleared and in a state of pad cultivation. There is a good frame BARN and STABLE. The farm is located on a good gravel road, is conyeniently eituated to sehools, churches and post office, and is within_ 18 miles from. Seaforth and 7 from: Exeter. For further partitulars apply to the proprietor on the premises. WILLIAM DINNIN, Jr., 351 • Lumley P. 0. BRITISH COLUMBIA • ai Trade nn.,d R.emourc. It is deeply to -be regretted that the attitude taken by the Government -If Oar Pacifis Province, British Odunib iii tegardtOthe great Transscontinen al Railway, ia caleulated to create unfav•re able feelings towards • it in ithe.. or Provinces f the Dominion. As evide co of this we Mayepoint to Mr. Blake' a e -- marks :at 4urora the other day, and it must be .1dmi1tted that it is annoyi when the Dominiaa is prepared to ma e the sac -rifles uece-ssaayto. carry- out e one-sided - argitia Naith that Province spirit, its governmeat :should appeal Downing tree'to force us to ma1ke a v FARM FOR SALE - FOR 34.E, Lot 25, Con. 1, Usberne, 100 'terns, 75 ages cleared, well fenced and in god cul- tivation; frame barns and stables; 2 Brick Houses, well watered, and a large thriving or- chard. On London Road, 11 miles from Exeter, and 15 miles from Seaforth, on a good gravel road. For farther particulars ,apply to the prop- rietor on the premises, or to Holy P. 0 I the Province imported last 357*4 WM. LOGIE. year horse to the value of $39,585 cat - to in - in attempt t keen it to the letter, no mat or what inju y and loss would thereby be inflicted u ori the country as a while. We have leo doubt time will show the people of that Province that the Dom n- -ion is doinkeall that can reasonably be a - expected and in th tion will Meese in eate any a reasona, le or possible thing. The Doinittioe is a necessity to Bri ish Columbia.,1 Only by union with is country, can it obtain the Pacific R 1- . . way, uponwhich its future destiny hags ------a desti y, we feel assured, of no man importance.. On the other hand, at Province 'er necessary to Canada, b i Sa as it is, our unly pathway to the P tic ( Ocean. A the present time, it laY not reek h gh as a Province, whilst not a few difficulties bestrew its path ly ; but there are great possibilities for 11 ia the-faturee Few people are aware 'iat in point o area is the largest province in. the Do inion. It embraces an rea of 213,00 English square miles, w 1st 'ova Scotia, for example, *contains ly 18,660. Its white population may OW • only be f om 10,000 to 19,000, bu by the time he two great oceans of er- ica are dasped by iron rails across tai - action_ territory, it may surpass s e .of its eastsrn sisters. . , We are pleased to be able to say at ' its trade during the last three years as steadily a lvanced. In 1872, its opal transactions - were of the value lof $3,679,177' ; in the following year, 1 "3, they ever $3,868,823, and elunng be last fiscal ear, which dosed on the th of June last, they zincreased to $4,16E,27.. These figurtnamay not I- ifest very rapid nrogres‘ but consi I r- ing the * smell white prafulation - of he Province, ud its isolated position, to ey are by no eaps unsatisfactory. Its exports are mainly of gold, wl i I were in 11S73, of the value of 81,0 254 ; coal eking up $180,963, of eel i h there is a abundant supply. We e - O carry out the terms of uni ' meantime we trust mode e exhibited in the older Pr v - re especially, would -we -dere- will not 1 iglarious llusions to secession as either and it is hal we know th outrage, ut nost penal to reven the office wm km en its f t int tial q esti one subst* but pu licatio of pre ises ete the type noe ap roved tyl Sh4p,' thi ye was ion -Wi ligl by mo an nt s roll of intqui yillage of claim the order, an standing Not cont the clime flee of_ t tered on twee's. th th mon mg, Ti nes co ttaii ne er or erer anti distr but or bonse t. ceivecl th ir t offer this exp - old per nu e Ti he hot lieve it is a fact that the an Franc amers for Oriental lands, h coal from British Colunt syages, the California coal in quantity and inferior quality. The trade in lumber, and a mals and t eir products, is yet in its in- s it fancy, bu they nevertheless exported 0 last year 1,211.026 worth (*the former, and of the atter, $259,292. Agriculture- 1 seems to be very much behind as yet, • mining b lag heretofore the chief attrac- 6 lines of se to procure for their v ing short in AFORTI, FRIDAY, OCT. 30, 1874. publication, in otr ansence ie Times was entered, our rferecl with and the ar- . • n set aside,. and another d. To further prevent the the obnoxious letter, our again forcibly entered and -ed into Pi, in the most of the 'Bull in the China, , reader, we have to inform in broad day -light in the gharn, among people who t of civilization, law and - one who claims rank and g the honorable of our land. ith this, and as if to cap to fill to completion the y andalawlessneas, the of- tes was again forcibly en evening of Oct.! 8 -and he- rs of- 11 at night aad 4 in the whole. edit*, of the Mg articles whibh we had or written was' struck off d without our !knowledge 1. those who have not re - surd copy of the Times we anation, knowing that they us responsible for the bur - tions of midnight prowlers, cessary for us te say 'that, the parties who, committed hey would have Suffered the y the law weul inflict." * T e Huro • and. Quebec ailway. n Ottaw .. corresponaent ays : Since th public m eting was held in Ottawa fo ir Weeks age, by Mr. Ft wier, rapid. pr gross has seen made towa ds securing b nuses for he projected ra lway from Goderich to Ottawa, in this section of th country. By-laws are a )(rut to be 811 mitted to grant bonuses fr ns the fol - lo mg place : Town of Pert , $100,000; Si ith's Falls, Drummond, Bathurst, 811erbrooke, Burgess, Nott -Elmsley, a d Montagt e a -re grouped ft). $125,000, 1 ne d the villa e of Merrickvil e for $40,- 0 0. It is t e intention of the Manager . t bold metins in the tot,vnsiiips *of N arlborotash, NOrtis Gower, Nepean and 0 tawa Cit , with a view to obtaining • b muses fro those municipalities. If slic- e saint, the .astern portion of the cen- t mplated ralway will have secured the nquisite amount fot its construction at a early day Mr. Wh tehead is Manitoba. As would ragraph w 11 Iseem from the following ich we take fron , the Maai- inst., Mr. plain sail- ilway con - paragraph f late. large num pre of men easing the emplbyment of head upon theLPembina ling_ The Menn nites all me time since, nd Cana - t ba _Free ress of the 17th hitehead ie not having very g in connection with his r t act in that Province.- The s ates : " have been En. Whit ranch gra ithdrew is ans hay - generally found that a week's determine coming r of men rough life, eni to have had sufficient cause. and e of the officials, under Mr. White - cad, cables in for the lion's share of the lame. It is to be hoped for the benefit all concerned -and that embraces cry body in this Province -that some made fin- e -periences was sufficient to . t em to quit. The complain a they do from a large numb heve been aecustomed to • tion. ne evidence of this, we may men- tion titat 1 FARM for SALE. , tie $67,40. and sheep $16,010. They I. JOT 7, Con. 8, Turnberry, on boundary between also brouk t in for consumption $119,-' 1' Turnberry and Giev, 100 acres, 35 e'en ed and - 400 worth of flour, $200.046 of wleet besides $231,031 of other kinds of grai . I With so vast a territory, not a little 1A Which is described as good for farm in there is reaSop to believe British Colu - bia will soob ,be ' able to supply all - animals. :a41 most of the breadstu which its people reqaire. under good cultivation, balance hardwp d ; log Orman ton. p the gravel road, 3 miles from Wroxeter lad 61 miles from Brussels ; J16 acres fall wheat ip. Far further partieulars apply, if by letter prepaid . to C.R. COOPER & Co., Brussels, or DOTTGAL Mc DONALD, Morriebaule P. 0. 357*4e it b The above roperty is ile off HOTEL FOR SALE. HE subscriber wishing to retire from the Hotel business, offers for sale his hotel known as the Vidor% Haase, in the thriving yiB age of Brussels. The house is commodious with good stable awl mane yards attached, and is situated in the centre of the business peat a the village- Satiefactory reason given for selling. For further particulars apply, if by letter prepaid. to the proprietor on the i premises, or to C. R. COOPER & Co., B rn es els P. 0. 346 'WM. SIMPSON, Proprietor. . . The inepts of the Province genera i are pretty similar to those of other you 1 communiti4 on this. continent. Wo 1 arts, cotton and dry goods generall 7 stand high n the list, but probably t le most prominent articles are what may se called luxuries. Brandy appears far $44,849, ibesides whiskey, wines, & for over .$6 ,000 more, cigars stand t 36,423, an -tobacco at $34,097. Th ir imPortation of clothing were large, b - ing $1631,45 and- of boots and sho 444,810. and hats , nd caps $13,494. It will be Seen y this brief referen to the trade of British Columbia, that is already i o ' insigniticant part of ti Doliainiop, hut it is in the future that i real importa ce will appear. RS trac differs materially from some of the Eas ern Provinces, and not the least impo tent feature of it is, that it is likely be largely curried on with countries the - east that - we would otherwi scarcely come in Contact with. Regal exchanges already take place with Hone - lulu, China, Austria, Chili, Peru and other Seuth, American countries, and w -hen the resources of the Province de- velop, its Pacific trade will doubtless be- come large :and profitable. When the Pa,cific RailWay is completed, it will re- quire replier lines of steamships to China, Japan and Australia. which will become Ifoniclable Competitors to th lines in l operation from San Ftancised In short, Briitish Columbia, although but cOmparaitieelly feeble to -day, has, as e Province oaCanada, a bright and impOr tient futare before it.----ilioneta7-y Tilne. - A Strange Proceeding. 1 The lin,-:sof the "Wingharri Times se rn to have fal en in extremely unpleasa t places, as t , e following from its last is -tie aidieates. 1We were always under he impression that the people of Winghein were a, quiet, law-abiding people, b FARM FOR SALE. SOUTH part of Lot 11, Oen. 4, Moths, Court .y of Huron, containing 130 acres of excelle laud; about 70 acres mostly clear of stumps, land under good cultivation; the balance all best of hardwood ; good brick- house 32x32, well finished. also, nice young bearing orchard. It IS situated 6i miles free' Brussels, 7•I• miles from Winghana- mid 21 from. Belgrave. For farther particulars apply on the premises, or to , 357 FREDERICK HOOD. Belerave P. 0. FARM FOR SALE IN HULLETT. LOT 13, Con. 7, Hullett, 100 acres, 80 acres cleared, remainder good beech and maple; good frame. barn Mai°, excellent stables for both horses and cattle, snug frame house; a never - failing spring near the house ; 4 acres good bear- ing orchard; 7 miles from Clinton, 8 from Sea - forth, 11 from Kin -burn ; gravel road Passes the farm ; farm in high, state of cultivation; splendid dry clay soil, free of stone or sand. For terms. and further particulars apply to the proprietor. 249-1,13 HUGH BELL, Constance P.O. - FARM FOR SALE IN BRUCE, VOR Sale, Cheap. Lot No. 30, Con: 6, Township af! Brace. County of Bruce, ton -taming, 100 acres,f30 of -which are cleared. This farm is au- nted Within five miles of the rapidly growing vil- lage Of Paisley. The uncleared portion is well timbered. There is also a Spring Creek running through the place. It is a desirable property. For further particulars apply to the Praprietor, Box 24, Seaforth P. 0. 352, A. M. CAMPBELL. _ 1 . _ HOTEL FOR SALE BY AUCTION. rVITIt Subscriber will sell by Public Auction. on 'IL the prealises, on Saturday. Nov. 14. I S-14- that well-kIIMVII Hotel in the Village of Egreondvine, recently occupied by Mrs. Robertson, - and. now occupied by M. Chambeas. The stand is first -Class, and a good business Mu be- chine. Sale to commence at 1 o'clock P. III. TERMS. -Ten per cent, of the purchase money to* be paid on the day of sale; 8400 on the 1st of February, J875, and the balance in yearly in- stallments to suit purchaser, at 6 per cent. inter- est. Immediate poasession given. MRS. ROBERTSON, PrOprietrelis. J. P. BRINE, Auctioneer. 3544.d. FAR1YI FOR SALE. LOT 11, Con. 4; Stanley, containing 100 acree, 05 of which are cleared, well fenced and in a _state of good. cultivation ; the balance is well ,timbered with hardwood, cedar, elm mid hemlock, being first-class banding and fencing timber ; there is a good frame house with stone cellat un- derneath, and log barns and stables, alsa a eood well convenient to the house; there a good bearing orchard. There is no broken land on the farm, and the Bayfield riVer passes through the bush part. affording water in the dryest Seasons. It is situated within 9 miles -of Clinton and Sea -- fort -h, and 3 miles from Brumfield, with a good gravel road leading to each place. For farther particulars apply to the proprietor on the prem- ises,, or to Brucelield P. 0. 358 JOHN McDOUGALL, Sr, • judgina fain]. the following, we h ve be.eu mt'ietanen in our estimate of some of them at least. - The Times givescvent to its troublea feelings as follows : ' 1 " A few, words of explanation are c tie to our subseribers for the non-appeara ce of the Ti,;','; at the proper date, also an olo were we to blame in the mat r, but the fact that our business has b n interfered With, in a most tyrannical 'ml high-handed manner, will be suffici t, we trust, to relieve ns from all bla C. Because certain parties took umbrage at a particular letter, and were deterini ed. onto, while he was attending the Prov- incial Fair. A few days ago be was somewhat surprised to receive a pack- age by express from Kingston, contain- ing his pocket book. l'he money was not in the pocket book, but; it contained a number of notes and other valuable papers which were in it wben it was ta- ken from him. - 1 -The Stratford Beacon says: "On Monday afternoon, there appeared on the, streets of Stratforil, a hendsome miniature buggy, draw» by a pair of goate, and deive-n at a gbodl round pace by a little fellow, apparen4y about six years Considerable interest was manifested inthe movements of the horn- ed steeds which were cOntrolled by she yonthful'Jehu in a manber vhicli many a rnaire practised driver might envy. The ria belonged to a son of !bre McPherson, e and grandson of Rev. bonias McPher- son. This turn -out beats that of Mas- ter Ewing, which frequently attracts so much attention on the streeta of Seaforth. --The Listowel Bal nerl says : A young man by the nan. of j. Asa House died- at Listowel, on th 15th -inst.- Al- thofigh told he was ging, to die, and aerfectly sensible to th last, he stead- fastly refused to give th names and ad- dresses of his relatives. It, is ,suppoged that be-wa,s from the C uOy of Oxford, and ashy of his friends seeing this notice may learn further partieulais by address- ing the Reeve of Listowal. 1 --Application will be atutde to the Par- liament of Canada at its neat session, by John Henry, of Moritreel, insurance agent, for a bill of clivo ce from Harriet Matilda Winter of the same place, his wife. --It is reported in tta va that Mr. F. j. Dickens, son of harles Dickens, tb novelist, is to be appointed an under- Inepector of the Northevest Mounted. Police. -Rev. R. M. 'Thornton, of Knox Church, Montreal, has eccepted. the call of a congregation in Glasgow, Scotland. The 'congregation of Knox 'Church evtsh to procure the services 9f Rev. Dr. Black, Inverness, Scotland, a delegate to the recent Evangelicfd Alliance, and. who was also in attenda me at the receot Frovincial Sabbath Sch held- in Brantford, and that. they propose to off r him a stipend of $4,000. -Charles Pussey, Sodus Bay, N. Y., is at present in Otte.' ,a. Heir said to be a man of great e smelting and in, ha visited the Baldwin go -tally, and has induee ea aapitalists to in -spec rt1cLEAN BROTHERS, Pahl $1 50 a Year, in advance. arassaissneonsemsessemeessaaammassammosasennan chine silk, each spool being representled to contain 240 yards. Persons who err chased. subsequently found that th re was only about 40 yards to the spo I. This is a new swindle, which, of course, will develop itself here atter a while, a -A very sad and sudden death de- curred in Drumbo, in the township bf Blenheim, last week. A young man, son of a farmer, named Fritch, was foued lying on the ioad, at an early hour, quite dead. It seems that the young man had left his father's house the previous evenipg, apparently in the best of health, to attend a meeting in one of the churches. After the meeting, be with another young man, escorted two ladies, siste's, to theit homes, where they spent a_ f w hours, yonag Fritch seeming even m re joyous and lively than, usual. ith 1 is companion he left for home about 12 -A man, named Michael Manna, of - St. Marys, committed. a very unforten- ate mistake a few evenings aao. He was Staying at an hotel in that town, and having occasion to go out doors during rd as he ed the night, he came clown -from the th to the second flat, -and thinking he 1 on the ground. flat, he opened. what thought to be the hall door and step out. He fell on to the pavement bel w, a distance of about 15 feet, breaking ris . . thigh in two places, fracturing his kn e, dislocating his wrist, smashing the brit ge of his nose, and. otherwise bruising nd injuring himeelf. _ . =Typhoid fever is now very preval in St. Thomas and vicinity, and in m other places. In -several localities notice that it has very generally been tended with fatal results. . Mr. George Robbins, of So ith Mary sburgh, County of Victoria, h s a ewe which in the month of April ast gave birth to and raised a fine lamb, , ad finneel:ptember, less than six mon-'h-s, hs, gave birth to another which is doing o'clock at night. Both the young len proceeded together to the house of the former, when Fritch started. for berme alone, and nothing more was seen of im until the next morning, when he was nt ny we at- found lying on the road only a few from where he had left his compats. ole Convention, dead. A post moi tern examination t is understood the body was made, and it was found. deceased had died of apoplexy, cause the sudden bursting of a small blood ves- sel -in the head. He was a most respect- able young man, and was to have been married to the young lady whom he had. escorced from the meeting, in a few weeks. -A horrible accident occurred ear Ottawa a few days ago. Two men were . - engaged in chopping cordwood, es the axe used by one of the men flew the handle, striking the other on the domen, and inflicted such a wound hat the bowels rushed out. The man duly lived for about an hour. -Professor Goldwin Smith will liver an address before the East -Mid sex Teachers' Association at their next meeting, on the 27th of November. We should like to see the Huron Associa ion make an,effort to procure a lecture by the Professor. -A Rev. Mr. Ca.11amore, who bro ght an action at the recent Middlesex As- sizes, against -the Great Western m- pany, for $10,000.for damages, susta ned in the Komoka accident, was awar ded $4.000 by the. jury. The Komona fair is likely to prove pretty costl the Company in the matter of dam for injuries sustained by passen - -A Hamilton paper says that lion. alon e. Isaac Buchanan, of that city, has -Pur- chased a patent for the manufacture of artificial butter, and in view of the fact that butter sold in Hamilton the other day for 36 cents per pound, we hop 4 he will succeed iii making a good article. We have no doubt the honorable gentle- man will be able to make tallow taste as near like butter as many farmers can make butter taste like tallow. -A grange of the Patrons of bandry was organized at Copetowi the County of t'Wentworth, last W A Grange is also to be formed in towel, County of Perth, this AV The Grange fever seems to be spr ing. -A big day's threshing took plac the farm of Mr. Peter MeGragh, Concession of McKiltop, on Weclne last. He. was testing a new mac which he had just purchased at Olin and many farmers were present to ness the trial' Oats was the threshed, and the ma.chine turned eight hundred bushels in four ho irs ! -ods on, of at by change for the better will be ediately." Winghain and the Itarrow 1 Guage. From the Wingham Tunesislearn at.a large meeting was held in that A illage On ednesday-evening last, to . 1 ear the re ly of the Secretary of the ‘ 'oronto, G ey and Bruce Rhilwity, in 1 i eference to building a branch to Wing - 1 am. A le ter Was read from the Sec. retary of t e Company, stating that the Company c uld not state the a ount re - tared to b ilcl the road until prelim- inary surv y had been made the ex - crises of w ich the people of - itigha,m 1 nil munici edifies interested. ould be xpectacl to • ear in event of the read pot eing built, as the Company ha already pent consii erable in surveys in 'this Ticinity. . deputation was pointed o wait ape the village Councilto urge pon the el rporation to guara itee te edpenses of he survey. Putti g Salt on His Tail. a' In the. la 'cry ex pres set him o trtist repre en the top Mated. Au George Bro 'lobe office oath the ii rit salt to 'rooks Ca Thomas Mo iird with t _oet thus e E'en now The sod And each To put He flies fr The Na In untie To dro It can't b To see t The high t issue of Grip w find a lye cartooa entitled "Who'll a rare bird at larg _." The eats Blake as a birc perched f a -gate post with is cele - ora speech in his mouth. n stands at the do r ofthe cowling, Mackenzi just be- ondrous bird With a cup of throw on his tail, atthew eron with Tory salt, and s almost within rea -h of the e salt -of Canada First. 0 -rip's plains: he rival parties seek ing lake to nail, ndustriouely attempts alt tie his tail. in all.; yet all pWsist- ION, GT, 013 E and Mara sly approaching him, salt on his tail. done; though Gnu de ights em -ti:, and fail; flown statesman neeer will wait To get. alt on his tail. penance in iron nit -facture. He iron mine per - several Aineri- it also. From wl et he has seen, he ha such faith in th superiority of the or, -the favorable si ation of the mine, a d the profita,ble rket that is being opened up for pig n, that he has offered to organize a of $175,000 to urn out 15 tons rn ir co pany with a capital er ect a furnaee that will of pig iron per day, if he county and . . . • • city will back him teth a fair bonus. Mr. Pussey calculates th4t pig iron of a very superior quality can be manufactur- ed m Ottawa -for $20 pe. ton with an- thracite coal. - , - -A sag walked into a saloon ia In- gersoll, the other day, es/tere three men were sitting around the!' fireless etove. As -he entered all -eyes Were turned . to, wards him. Apparently :taking a men- tal inventory of the manner of people in the room, the new corner stepped tip to the bar and -blandly ordered four glasses of beer. The boots that had adorned the top of the stove now.aeught th floor, three men cleared their 'eoliths of tobac- co, and all looked at the bar -tender as he filled the glasses and placed them in a row on the bar, Wnen everything was ready the three loungers rose and. the stranger paid for the beer. Then \ starting with the glasses furthest from the door, he emptied all that the ban tender had. filled and quiickly left the saloon. The three chairs were re- sumed, -At the recent Mid held in London, a Mis awarded_ a verdict for d Forty -six curred in el- ity during 1 .---Mr. J ha,s been o ful operati with a red to the kne called thea ---.The trade sale their stores last. Abo There was about one 1 of at good drawn owl acter of th -Mr. J his pocket - Canada. deaths from small -pox cm- ontreal and immediate -vicin- st week. Ines Davidson, of Wingham, iged to undergo a Most pain- , in having his leg, seared sot iron from the :a igb clown t, for an affection f the hip iataca. idson Bay Company's annual f buffalo robes, took place in in Montreal on Wednesday t 1n000 skins were offered. ' good attendance of buyers : all' their robes were disposed rices. The balance was with - to the unsatisfactory char - bidding. rues Smith, of Oshawa, had ok stolen from him at Tor - esex Assizes, Speen was mages to the ien off ab- de- lie - at-' -to tres ers will rouse the soundest slimaherer. If this invention is what it is represented to be, the inventor deserves to make a fortune out of it. -Mr. Win. Flynn, Con. 8, -Stephen, some. days: ago, while helping a neigh- bor to raise a frame barn, had his leg brold a by a falling plate: hi Thursday night of last week, Mr. Thomas Elliott, of Brantford, hitch- ed' his horae to his buggy, and then tied the animal securely to a post oil the street in front of his residence, and went into his house to take tea. On return- ing for his horse he was surprised to find that he had disappeared. He at first thought that some per Son had taken him off in a joke, and that he would soon be returned, as he had. tied. him so securely that there was no probability of las breaking loose. He waited in vain, how- eser, for the return of his property, as it had been stelen, and he has since been unable to find any -brae& of it. The theft took place in the evening -between 5 and 6 o'cloele. The horse was a -very valu- able animal. -A Mutual Improvement -Society has been started in connection with _ the Bible Christian congregation of Exeter. The following kave been elected officers : President, Ret, J. Whitlock; Vice - President, M r. J. Gould ; Secretary; J. Down. Meetings are to beheld week- ly, and the programme of proceedings at the meetings will consist of essays. read- ings, recitations and addresses, with dis- cussions thereon. -Last Saturday morning, a Stranger named John*Laments just arrived. from the State?, who had put up the previous night at the house of Mr. John McPhail, two and a half miles east of Tiverton, in the County of Bruce, was found, at 9 o'clock sitting on the bed side in the room in -which he slept, having his throat cut with a razor. Lamont has led a dissipated life. According to his own statements, he had spent a winter in that part of Bruce 20 years ago, but that he bad since puneued -reckless cateer, subjecting him. in consequence to repeated lines and. imprisonment,: and that the immediate cause of his coininit- tiug the rash deed was that he had the day before passed by a lot he bad form- erly owned, then bash; but now cleared, improved and. in the hands of another, and, reflecting that while he saw signs of progressallaround him, he himself was going backward, in a tit of despair he had resolved on terminating his own ex- istence_ He was conveyed to Walker- ton jail, and is likely to recover. us- , ek. Lis - etc. ad - -The Indians of Quebe.c say that win- ter will be on us and the snow roads ready by the 10th, of Novembers They found their prediction upon the fact that the beavers and muskrats had already put their quarters in order, and were re- tiring to them. -A gentleman who should know states that Rid is now in Montreal, and that be saw him a few` days aeo on. the street in that city in company with a Freneh Canadian morn nor of Parliament. He - says that it would be utterly impossible for any one to recognize Biel -from des- cription. -Mr. joseph Price Geeteral Manager of the Great Western 'Railway, returned to Hamilton from England on Monday last. -The barn and sheds on the farm of Mr. Benjamin Noble, North Dorchester, County of Middlesex, were consumed, with their contents, on Saturday. Loss, $2,000; insured. for $800. a ---At the -Assizes at London, on Mon- day, Jacob. Bowaings charged with shoot- ing with intent to kill Miss Mary Dead- man, Of Westminster, was tried ,and . found -guilty -of shooting intent to maim. The circumstances - of the -affair were that Bowniag, .having been -reject- eany.Miss Deadmara vowed she would never live to marry -any one selee. In pursuance Of this -threat: he, a few: evens. iageafter, Went -up to heeened-reoni win- doev -as she :was- •about .ediring for the :nightaand fired two shots from -a-- pistol at her, One of which took effect in the back„ but the bullet bents/ impeded by amount , of. $1,800 agamat the .Great e Western Railway Compay, for injuries her corset, did not inflict a fatal WO1111d. A year or two in the Penitentiary will she had received in th cs.r burning probably cool his ardor.. accident near I.c.omoka, las February. -A son of Mr. Charle Foreman, of -The funeral of the late Mr. Daniel Tye, an old and much respected resident Durham, met his death on Friday morn- of the township of Wilmot, County of ina, while driving a single horse attach- Waterloo, took place on Tuesday, and edc'to a,wa on. The horse became frac- tious and kicked the boy in the abdo- was attended by a large concourse. The deceased gentleman was in his 82d year, and was well known throughout the men, killing hint instantly. 1: --.a. farmer 'named Oa, McDonnell,. Province as a, noted. stock breeder and a who lived a, few miles fro Watford vil- On if th day inc On, Nit - rain out ,constant participant in our Provincial lege, returned home from he village on Saturdaynight rather intoxicatedandAgricultural Shows. while driving his team from the house to -The _Synod. of the Presbyterian , , , the barn. he was thrown or fell out of Church of the Lower Provinces and the Synod. of the Church of Scotland, in ses- found dead shortly after. - -A farmer in the vicinity of St. (seal- sans at New Glasgow, have declared for his wagon, had. his neck broken, and was • Union, the first unanimously, and the -The trial of the Walker!brothers for erines, has adopted the novel plan of dis- auction, and the experiment seem to other by a vote of 26 to 7 an ol. -Elizabeth Jones; of London, convict the murder in Onondaga, last August, of posing of his year's crop of produe by Brant Assizes. Robert Walker was first the neve been eminently suacessful, for we cd. of manslaughter *six years ago, on her d men named James Cochrane, com- menced on Tuesday morning, at . tried, the investigation lasting hourtill 10 leofarn that for the crop grown on a 150 own, confession, of having killed her ''s acre farm, he realized the snug little um cousin, for whose murder her fether was oclock at night, when, after an $4,800, and had. enough produce left executed, has made a confession to the delibeeation, the jury found a verdict of to supply the wants of his farm for' the Warden- of the Kingston. Penitentiary manslaughter! " The Judge sentenced coming Year. 1. that her father committed the crime for him to 14 years in the Penitentiary -The editor of the Welland Telegt! which he suffered, anti that she accused_ . ain •aph, UI), and, by consent of the Crown prose- money and notes to the amoral o e J , pocket book, Containing - er at his desire. She had taken no part herself of the murder to shield her fath- Wedaesday, Elijah Walk-er was brought recently lost a cutor, acquitted of murder, but is to be for the recovery of which a reward has in the crime, and was not aware of it un- tried for assault th intentbeen offered. A contemporary rem rks: til her father told her and persuaded. her y . -An exchange recanmends the fon " We hope our confrere will he su4ess- to sashe did it lowing method of - getting rid of old. ful in recovering his propaty. Tbe anan -Tint publishers of the Stratford. Her - stumps, wnich, if practicable, 1is of great importance to owners of stump lands : In the autumn bore a hole one or two beches in. diameter, according to the girth of the stump, vertically in ithe centre of the latter, and about 18 inches deep. Put into it from one to two ounces of saltpetre; fill the hole with water, and ping up close. In the en- suing spring take out the plug, dad pour in about oae-half gill of kerosene oil and. ignite it. The stump will smoulder away, without blazing, to the very ex- tremity of the root, leaving nothing but ashes. -For several days past two pedlars have been canvassing a western city, go- ing from house to house and selling boxes containing a doien spools of black ma - Messrs. John Ryan and Michael W two of the ablest men in the town had all they could -do to carry awe grain from the spout. the who can coolly Keep an editor's maney aill and MitehcU Aciroaste were cited. and not restore it to him, is reserveil for 'before the Police Magistrate of Stratford a sub-celler in the lower regions." 1 1. on Monday last, to answer to the charge -The handsome set of gold -mounted harness, which Mr. W. Fanson showed at Exeter and Seaforth fall_ fairsj and took first prizes at both places, we sold by him the other day. A gentlemthr in the vicinity of London purchased it, pay- ing about $306 for it. 1 -A enterprising and ingenious !resi- dent of Hamilton has invented al new burglar alarm. It is a portable an peage- ment, simple in its construction an'1 can be carried in one's pockets or ealise without inconvenience. When placed in readiness it will, if the door be pen - ed, securely fasten it, strike a xratclm, light a candle and. give an alarm that of having libelled one John G. Yemen, a dentist of Stratford. The ease was sent up for trial at the next Assizes, bail hav- ing been accepted for the appearance of the accused. ,-The Santa/ of this wieek says: Mr. Tfainer, a constable of God erich, a short, time aye received .a despatch from a de- steetive in Milwaukee, asking for the photographs of D. McKenzie, -who kept a jewelry store in that town a short time ago, his brother and one Morris and for information regarding them. reply was at once made, and. -the news comes that they have been. arrested on a -charge of stealing, and are lying in jail. 1 Ii 1