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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1875-01-29, Page 1itoy the sist the rigs ied ter- snd ol- Ciss the the (Oa ttve ck the .t1S- ad, aay hat - the ae- ! • e t is 11 a but r. r's is ;law -w s [not the late c is ire :his e at eon. rflttle r, ii nay nrs, r.t r. esfid real al, sees nest into [-mere (heir Aim Past :suc- tion, our king Luca, aien, laole .Iing. , lark n as and. ,ness, tone - hove ES Mor of — yy E IFGEIT VELt.1 'Arill01,E No. 373.5' 4,11 ,L nmesisateseesitemer Wommimill."1111.11N.211.11.11.1.11.111.11.1.1111m11111111mill'• SEAFORTH, FRIDAY JAN. 29, 1875. '611.16110111111.11b. totate totsalt, HURON COUNTY COUNCIL._ The County Council of the County of ' 1y 1 t There is FARM. Fott SALE. . T OT 18, Con. 6, Hallett; loo acres, aerHuron n e 9es • -1-1 cleared, rereainder wooded with becchiflul this year, quite a change in the pe sound Biddulph, which Municipality has paid maple; Larne dwelling ; giver Maitland and a of the Council. An ohl frequenter of the Lup in tall the balance accruing on the good spring. ou lot ; miles from Kiixburn and 3 Counoil Chamber tluring the sessions of award, although not due until 1880. for particulars apply to L. MEYER, Haspurhey, Council, cannot but notice this marked The instalment due at that date was miles from CIiaton. Torras to suit purchaser. or BENSON & MEYER, Seaforth. 346 change. This year, there are some fif- $6,332, and. is now paid. Referring par teen new members. The following mem- tioularly to some of the amounts in the bers filed their certifieites with the comparative -statement you will observe Clerk, viz. : Ashfield—Geo. Armstrong, that administration of justice and in - James Muller. Brussels—John Leckiequests have exceeded the estimates by Clinton—A. S. Fisher. Colborne—Wm. $445. :This excesi is, however, only ap- Young, Alex. Milloy. Exeter George parent, not real, as the remittance by Willis. Godericli Town—S. T.- Garrow, Government ,of the proportion of the Dixie -Watson. Goderich, Township= September Touter's accounts, payable Henry Ford. G. Elliot. Grey ---Thomas by Governmeet, which was estirneted to Strachan, Samuel Slemmon. Hay— be received before the close of the year, Robert Brown, J. B. Geiger. llowick— , did ii.ot arrive until the 8th inst., and therefore does not appear in •the accounts of 1874. This amount, $524, would, if received before the close of the books, more than cover the apparent deficiency under this head. Miscellaneous and contingencies has eXceeded the estimate by $486. The larger part of this excess is for furniture and furnishings for office of Deputy Judge, which was not taken LOT 4, Con,. 5, Hallett, lee acres of ft LlLngs. into account in the estimates. You will t, tUtsborn_te —__Leonard Hunter, be pleased to see the marked decrease in buildings, orchard, &c.; spring creek crosses the Dal, at Miller. 1E. Thromahs the expense in Jury accounts from the benefit to do away with our Local Leg - land in excellent condition ; fenced ; good lot. The timbal on the 20 acres of bush land is H. Taylor, Jas. Patten. . anos amount of 1873. The cost of Juries in islature, and leave all our local interests very valas.ble. The proprietor would sell 75, 100 —Charles Girvin, Edwin Gaunt Wing- 1873 was $2,837. and $2,800 was este. to the Commons at Ottawa. To de ent, The property is surualed go'od gravel ham -13. Willson. Wroxeter—Alex. In mated in 1874. The actual expenditure away with these, it niust be admitted, or 125 c!,cres. Post 0ffice, chools 04. couveni- road 51 miles from Seaforth. Apply to C4-ihSon. has only been You W" remit- would be very injurious to our municipal ture has exceeded the amount estimated by $4,013. This over expenditure, hots -ever, has been more than met by the amount received from the township of FARDI FOR SALE, VOR Sale, Lot 2a, Con. 7, tTsborno, containing 74 acres. 55 of which are, cleared. and in a state of good cultivation. There is a good framel3ARN and sTanrtn. The farm is loeated ou a good gi..avel road, is conveniently ,situated to schools, churches and post office, a-rul is within. 13 miles from Seaforth and 7 from Exeter. For further particulars apply to the proprietor on the pretuises. WILLIAM DLNNIN; 351 Lumley P. a. FARM FOR, SALE. FOE SATAE, Lot 9, Con. 1, London Road Stan- john J. Sweetman, Charles Wilson, B. bearing orchard.weli watered ; situated within 7 Shannon, Thomas E. Hays. Norris— ratios of Seaforth and a like distance from Olin, Patrick Kelly, Charles Proctor. Sea- ton.. Farm well nuclei -drained and in first-class forth—D. D. Wilson. Stanley—Thomas cultivatien. Apply on the premises or to the pro- prietor at Brumfield P. O. Simpson, Wm. Keys. Stephen—Thos. 362 ANDREW McKENZIE. Greenway, John Parsons. Tuckersmith —G. E. Cresswell, David Walker. FARM FOR SALE, Turaberty—Samuel Black, James Hen- rst-class - - ley, DO acres, dear& and tinder fence, the se Cook. Hullett—Hrimphrey -Snell, balance timbered with tirst-dass hardwood ; frame Alex. Monteith. MoKillop—Wm. J. barn 60x40. frame stable ISA°, log house, good lators. The advocates of this system tell as it has been adopted in some of the New England States and works sat- isfactorily, but I wpnld recomrneud certaiu amount of caution in borrowing from our American neighbors, especially in the matter of education, for it is gen- erally ackeowledged that our - present system -of 'edueation is far superior to theirs: will admit that there may be arguments used in favor of the township booed system in the New England -States where there are small outlying sections cut off by themselves. by natural barriers in mountainous districts, containing not over ten or twelve families: and not able to,keep a teacher more than three or - four months of the year; but that argu- ment will carry no weight in irespect to Ontario, much leis Tuckersmitn, where every concession and nearly every side line is passable the length and- breadth of the township and a family living on a1 - most every lot. I would ask the advo- cates Of this systena. would. it be -a, benefit to the township to go back to the old plaii of electing one Councilman for each township, and have all our municipal business done in -the town of Goderich, as it used to be; and doing away with our toweship Council ? Would it be a on a 362 A.NDREW SLOAN, Constance P. 0. TRE AVARD1N. lect that in my last annual report I and local interests. In like manner, I FARM FOR SALE IN BRUCE. i)loved by Mr. Arinstrong, seconded called yo.ur attention to -the unnecessary believe that doing away with our sec- by Mr. Girvin, that Wm. Young Reeve expense the County was put to in paying tional board of trustees would be very in- e- Of Bruce County of Bruce, containing 100 01 Colborne, be N'S arden for the' current jurors for attendance at court • while jurious to our educational interests. I Volt Sete. Cheep. Lot No. 30, Con. 6, Township )/ • . acres, SO of. w!laich are cleared- This farm is situ- year. - cases were being tried in which no jury believe the township board system will ated within five miles of the rapidly growing vil- Moved in amendment by Mr. Green- was required, and suggested that the be attended with a great deal more ex- texonge. the place. It is a desirable property. : Mr. Cressweil, Reeve of Tuckernmith, of the judges to the advisability of try- ries, school building, and. general super - for Mr. Young —Messrs. Strachan, Stein- taleen d.uring the past year by the judges, both in respect to the expenditure of timbered. There is also a Spring Creek running waY• should draw the attention pense, both in respect to teachers' .sala- seconded by Mr. - -that 'Government la2.1e of Paisley. The uncleared portion is well I3ox ee, Seaforth O. ing all jury cases first, and then dis- Vision, but urider the section system the For further particulars apply to the Propriethr, be Warden for the present year. Upon the vote being ta,ken, there voted charging the jury. This course has been trustees are more' directly interested. • 352 A. M. CAMPBELL. nion, - Walker, Snell. Fisher,- Wilson, and the result is, a saving to the County Money and securing the service of com- se> LOTS in one block in Coleman & Goeiseoekis (Seaforth), Garrow, Miller, Taylor, Pate of about $700 in 1874 as compared with petent teachere, and managing the af- 1 sons, Brown, Leckie, Armstrong, Mill- 1871 , The expenditure in 1873 for lune- fairs of the section with more efficiency WA E.ILIORSON & Co. len, Sweetman, 04%0er, Monteith, en- tics and eharities was $840, and $800 and economy. Another evil I see in the et Survey and cornering on Victoria Square. — — ------ ' nings, Black, Girvin, Gibeon, -Gaunt, was estimated for 1874. The actilial ex- township system is, that under the Apply to DR. COLEMAN) having kiii:d out the groanda , 14,017 INiir penditure, 'however, has only been *$205. existing law - there can be no sectional recently occupied as a Driving Park into Buad- i •, Cresswell—MossTs. Hays, The principal item Under this head in lines drawn, and parents may send their BUILDING LOTS IN SEA RI FOB, SALE : etessweit-93. ing Lots, is prepared to dispose of lots on reason Shannon,- -1, oung, Kelly, Watson,. Keys, late years has been the aMount paid for children to any school they please. This TOR SALE. - MCLEAN HBOTWIEBS, Publitoktrog.. t 01 50 a Year, in advance. m 1 anufacturers, to send samples to be examination there was only stock worth tested in this way. lt hoped that Canadian salt, samples of which have been forwarded from Huron, will not suffer in comparison with the finest brands of English and American melte. —The township of Winchester has adopted the Dunkin Act by a majority of over 250. —An altercation arose between it, Gripton isnd a colored man named Nails in Brantford on Friday last. As they were about striking each other a Mr. Fleming, blacksmith, stepped. in to sepa,- rate them, 'when Nails drew a razor, and cuttieg through Mr. Fleming's clothes inflicted such a wound that his recovery is donbtful. Nalls made good his es- cape for a time, but wa3 finally captured in a oolored man's house near Newport, and brought to Brantford, where he was tried, and remanded. for one week. —The annual convention. of the Dairy- men's Association of Ontario will be held at Ingersoll on the 10th and 110. Feb- ruary, a.,nd the committee hope to make it both beneficial and interesting to dairymen and m farers! generally. Ad- dresses will be delivered by several emi- nent gentlemen, and a large attendance aaticipated. Any parties wishing to attend and become members may obtain certificates by applying at once f.,to the secretary, Mr. J. C. Hegler, Ingersoll, on presentation'of which to the different stations. on the Grand Trunk and. Great able terms to any who may desire them. Parties Simpson, Willis, Wilson, (kVinghain), board and instruction of deaf mutes at will only have the effect of crowding the eesiriuss to purchase should make immediate ap- school of the industrious and hard -work- . senlication. the asylum. .No payment for this pur- see Proetor, Cook Potter, Greeuway, Hufit- er. Elliott, Foul, Virilson, (Howick)-17. pose has been anthorized in 18/4. Sala- iene teacher, and. the harder he works FARM FOR SALE. 'Mr. Young was then declared elected ries and Council fees have 'slightly ex- the more he will get to do, while the prey, subscriber offers for safe the west half of by a majority of 6. The Warden took ceeded the amount estimated, whieh is more indolent the teacher the less he -I- Lot 23Con 9, Hullett, containing 50 acres, 45 ; the ehair, and in a fees-. brief remarks accounted for by the $200 extra salary will get to do Or, in the words of a ot which are cleared and in a good state of cal tiv a- I thanked the Connell for the honor they voted Mr. Bay, and the unforeseen ex- teacher of long experience, it is just of hard CM the farm; also 10 sores of fall t - ' had done him in re-electing him Warden pease of the appeal committee. - The ex- fering a premium to indolence. But I Lion. There is a new tram° house and you _ The above place is situated 53- miles from Clin- for another year. penniture on repair § of gravel roads has cannot enter into details on this subject, cwil-hge°ar-. ton, two miles from Londe4oro, and one mile '' AUDITORS. been largely in excess of the amount as the School Act throws very little On motion of Mr. Shannon, seconded estiesetted. The estimate made from light upon it. It appears to ine it was 37244 Londesboro. by Mr. Strachan, Mr. W. N. -Wats -on, of memorandum furnished by engineer ,was never expected that it would be adopted.. and a half from grist and SIM Mill ; terms liberal. ' A-PPly to TORN 'MURDOCK, 1 - _ Seaforth, was re -appointed Auditor. $1,5001 The !amount expended has been Even the supporters and advocates Of FOR S A Ilouse and Lot, With -"t" pump, in the village two relies frorn Seaforth, EDEN, Harparhey. Western Railways, they be eutitled, Owing to special arrangements made towel a few evenings ago, it was resolved with these companies, to tickets at one that the town should grant a bonus of fare and a third the double journey-. $4,000 to assist Messrs. Climie, Bradley —London, Out, is infested with sneak & Co. to rebuild. their flouring mill, tbie v es. which WaS destroyed by fire on Sunday —A. very melancholy and fatal acci- morning, 17th inst. dent occurred a. few days since in Wel- —The barn of Mr. Alex. Campbell, lesley. Jane Fergusop, third daughter Third Concession, Wallace, was totally of Mr. David Ferguson, Lot 2, Con. 4, consumed by lite on Saturday night, 16th having gone to the wall to draw a. pail of inst. The first indication he had on ,esater, fell, apparently, head foremost awakening was a very bright light in his into the well, 44 feet deep, and with 20 bedroom window, and on arising found. feet of water in it. It was over half an his barn and stables in a sheet of flame. hour before she was got out, so that It was With great difficulty he got his signs of life had entirely disappeared. horses and cattle saved. He lost his brakesman named Sales, on the pigs, which were up fattening, and fe. W. R. Air Line, was killed at Nicks- sheep, and about four hundredbushels of ville, fourteen miks wet of tjanriS, On grain, together with all of his hay and. $10,000 found in the store. The ties of the swindler in Montreal alone amount to $50,000. Smith has fled to the States, aud the Sheriff has taken possession on behalf of the victims of the fraud. —The body of a male child was found under a sofa in Bennett's Hotel, George- town, on Saturday morning. An in- quest was held in the afternoon, but no facts were elicited that would lead. to identification. —An unknown WO Man 'was found nearly frozen to death under the plat- form. of the Grand Trunk freight station, Guelph, on the 19th inst. She present- ed a terrible appearance, her legs to above her knees being frozen., one arta up to the elbow, and the other up past the wrist. It was evident that she had. been drinking. She was taken to the jail, where she died in two hours. --In London, at the recsnt election; a Tory scrutineer compelled an old, grey beaded m.a,n of 65 years to swear that he was 21 years of age. --Five men in the employ of the Parry Sound lumber company wer e severely injured. bY'an explosion of dynainite at Parry Sound on Saturday last. One of the men carelessly lett seven partridges of dynamite in a pot on the heating stove in the mill, which exploded. and blew the stove into atoms, injuring the men as stated. —At a public meeting held. in Lis- t t the debit- this System, so far as I have heard, have, ALE. Mr. Keys moved, seconded by Mr.. Wil- $3 082.64. The net a.moun a large stable, well and lis, that ;Mr. Downie, of Stanley, be of RoxborOugh, about , Anditm. :The motion appointing Mr. Apply to BENJAMIN . 372*4 Watson was carried on a division by a ma nrity IA 9. The Warden appointed 3 EST RAY H EWER.. Air. Archibald. Dickson, second Auditor. filliTE into Lot No. 2, Con. 12, Hallett, on or STANDING COMMITTEES. 1--1 a.bout the lst of December, a two-year-old red . Moved by Mr. INTillis, seconded by Ai r. and. white Hi4IFER. The owner. is- requested to prove property,•pasharcres and take her aWay. Simpson, and carried, that a Committee 3-70-4 'EDWARD STANLEYof five be appointed for the present year in the same manner as heretofore. Upon. THE BLACK PRINCE, a ballot being taken, the Conimittee was rfE celebrated, Berksllire borayBiack Prince, found .t.O. consist of Messrs. Greenway, • will be kept at the premises of the undersigned Cresswell, Leckie, Snell and Girvin in Egli:Londe-111e for the service of sows durhag th e . present season. Terms, $1, payable at the tP time COVNTY RTNTING. . of service, with the privilege of returning, if ne- The Clerk was, on motion, instructed cessary. DAVID DUNCAN. to receive tenders- for the County Print - 366 -8 ing for the current year. . Council adjourned till 10 o'clock, TIIOROUGHBRED BERKSHIRE BOAR, THE First Prize Thoroughbred Berkshire Boar, WedneSday. -I- the property of Mr. Wm. Blair? Jr., of Stanley, WEDNESDAY, Jan. 27. win this season be kept for the improvement of The Council met, pursuant to adjourn-, Stock, on Lot 2, Con. 1, Stanley, London Road. ment. All the members present. The This is one of the best and purest bred Berk -shire Pigs in this section of the coantry. TERMS—$1 Warden in the chair. The minutes of per sow, payable at the time of service, with the the preceding meeting were read and Privilege of returning if necessary. confirmed.- • est! IVAL BLAIR , ProPrietor. DOG LOST. The committee. consisting of the —_---------- TELE SETTLEMENT WITIf TATCKNOW. Warden, Clerk and Treasurer, appointed j OST, on the 2d of Xannary, a olack sheep Dog, -'- with a white breast aud the point of tail white. at the last session of Council to arrange He answers to the roun't of " Rover," and WfIS last with Lucknow as to the share of the County debt the portion of Lucknow for - seen near Le -lie Hotel, on the McKillop Gravel 1 Road. Any person harboring the said dog after this date will be proseeuted as the law direets, itlerly 1.11 Huron and now in Bruce should will be suitably rewarded. merit bad been affected with Lucknow. 3712q JOHN I:ERR, Con.. 7, PilcliilloP. by which that village agreed to pay - to HORSE FOR SALE. liuron the sum of. $1,200, for which she and an.y information that will lead to his recovery bear, repoited that an amicable arrange- . i 7p013. sale,. Or will be exchanged for a good; is to receire a clear receipt for all claims se s.ourtd driving horse, a young mare with foal: held. agaiust .her ley Huron. . The report For. particulars, apply to Mr.. Sanies Kerr,. Mc- wes referred. to the Finance Corfinaittee. Killop.., 371. - • ' A. PETITION It11031. TORN -DERRY; ESTRAY STEER A petition from the inhabitants of the township of Turnbe.rry, asking the Coun- t tetelE on the premises of the undersigned, Lot ‘-'1 18, Cori. 8, Morris, tibout the 1st of Deeemb(w, Cil to petition the Governor General for 1b74, a yearling, ste.er, all white_ The owner is re- the pardon of one Joseph Hockerage, questa to pay expenses and take the animal Who 18 POW confined in the Provincial . weiton, P. O. Penitentiary. From ex.planations made away. JOHN J'ACRSON, 371*4 BULL CALF FOR SALE. . Mr. Gibson, Reeve of Wroxeter it was won, Sale, a thorough bred Durham Bull Calf- / • me pea_ ascertained. that Hockerage had been gscc is first class, and eau be examined by inten- tried and convicted of the crime of rape, -1- one year old, of dark red color. 364 Huron Road, Tack-ers-mith. and had been sentenced to imprison- inent in the penitentiary, for life. Since iling purchasers. A‘pply to G. .M. CHESNEY, - — by Mr. Black, Reeve of Tutiaberry, and of the account is $5,082.64, but this ex- failed to enlighten us on the subject, dudes the O2,000 esaid to the town of and the Chief.Superiutenclent of Educe,- Goderich as rent of the Northern Gravel tion himself, it appears, is not able to Road for 1873. I have had to borrow throw any new light on it, for year after largely from the bank during the past year'in his annual report, he indulges yeae. In November the amount under in a few preliminary remarks, wordfor discOlint was $34,000. This, before the word with his utterances of the pieced - close of the year, was reduced to $22,000, ing year, and follows it up with the same and of this latter sum $8,000 has since quotations from the seine authors. been paid, leaving the amount due at Under the circumstances I think it this date $14,000, which I think I shall would have beeu well for the supporters be able to meet as it falls due: As di- and advocates of this system to have rected by you, the Warden, Clerk and -left it, alone till they could ley the myself met the officers of the •County of WOrking of it down in detail, but I hope Bruce and the Reeve of Lucknow at some of , the speakers this evening will Lucknow on the 13th inst., and arrived be able to do so. at a settlement of the proportion of the liabilities of the County to be paid by Ciar-ad.a: the County of Bruce on account of the An olcl man named. Henry Fitzgerald separation of Luckno-w, by which the was found (lead in his shanty in Nor•man- County of Bruce agrees to pay $1,200 in by, about six miles from Mount Forest, two instalments of $600 each, payable , 31st December1875and 31st Deeem- on the 7th inst., his wife, an insane • and , , idiotic person for ye -arse being fouod ber, 1876. CEDAR POSTS FOR SALE, his confinement circumstances have led • to the belief that he was not ,,guilty of NY quantity of Cedar Posts may be bad—also the crime of which he had been convict- s D. utGEEG011, !.1., but that the plaintiff in the action .41- sou= timber—ou Lot 6; eon. 4, Hollett, or e ;373-4 Harpurhey. S a disst aniaed character, and that the • on application to A. M. Ross. hugging and covering his lifeless corpse to keep him warm. Congestion of the The table showing the difference be - lungs, induced by exposure and drink, is tween he estimated and actual expendi- supposed to have been the cause of his tare for 1874, referred to in the above statement, as also a statement of collec- death. —A man named Dougald McGill, of bons from non-resident lands, we are East Garafraxa,, got his hands and feet compelled to leave over for our Continued . frozen a. short time ago. He had been report next week. under the influence of liquor and had 0 RAH AM1 S BRIDGE. been lying in a ditch. Upon coming to Moved by Mr. Kelly, seconded by Mr. himself he managed to crawl to the near - B. Willson, that the resolution passed by est house half a mile distant. It is the Council at the December meeting, feared tbat the frozen limbs will have to abolishing Gralia-m's bridge, and emit - be amputated. Mg instead thereof Fisher's bridge at —Mr. Wm. Little, an elderly man re- Wingham, be rescinded, and that the County Engineer be instructed to have, siding in Oliagara, was found dead in his stable on the 20th inst. It is supposed' Grah:un's bridge rebuilt forthwith. Re - he went to the stable to shut the door, ferred to the Road. and Bridge Com - and while on his way out was attacked mittee. by a fit of apoplexy, and while suffer - The Council, on n.otion, adjourned ing from its effects was frozen to death. until 10 o'clock Thursday. - The concluding portion of the report' —A number of deers, hares, etc., have been shot in the neighborhoticl of Tees - will be given next week. water during the winter. More game of Education in Tuckersmitn. this kind has been captured this season . --than for a number of years back The following essay was prepared by Mr. James Landsborough and read at the —A curious calculation was made the meeting of the Tuckersmith Farmers' other day ' about the notorious Harry Club, held on January llth : The -sub- Henry, when before the Toronto Police ject to be discussed this evening, name- Magistrate. He is 56 years old, and of ly, "Will the Township Board. benefit that period he has, in various terms, Education. in Tuckersm th?" I* consider passed 26 years in jail for drunken.ness. to be one of very great importance, and —Last Friday a man named -John well worthy of the serious coneideratiou Temple and his son, of Petrolia, were in of this club and of every mato woman the act of thawing out a pump for the and c,hild of this township. In discuss- -purpose of getting a tank of water at the ing this subject we cannot do it justice refinery of Messrs,. Woodward. & Sim - from a dollar and cent point of view mons, when, by some means, a tremen- alone ; but I believe that this is a re- dons explosion took place, and the elder trogressive movement, and not at- all Templewas thrown some distance intpthe needed in Canada, uor approved of by air, and falling on his hip was dislocated, the people, though it has been on the and. he was otherwise injured. The boy statute since 1850, giving power to the escaped. with a severe burn on his face people to adopt it. In the first place it and head. The only way the explosion required the majority in every school can. be accounted for is, that a quantity section to carry it, and in 1871 it was of benzine or oil had found its way into altered so as to leave the question to the the tank from which the pump stood, decision of ratepayers in a majority, of and it is supposed. the parties had been the school sections in a township; and burning rags saturated with oil. again the law has been altered so that it —The Wesleyan body in London are requires to be carried in at least two- dealing generously by the widow of the thirds of the school sections of a tOwn- ship before a towuship board can be es- tablished. Taking into consideration that this Act has been in force for twenty-four years, and the many changes it has undergone, it must be every un- popular, for so far it has remained a dead letter except in one township, that of Enniskillen. The reason that it came to be adopted in that township is no rule to go by, as the township was very thinly settled, and most of the wild land was held by specu- Friday last, by failing between the cars while the train wee in motion. Both about one half its value The fire is the arms and the head were severed supposed to be the work of an incent from the body. diary. -e-The body of one Frank Howard was London, on Saturday evening found last Friday morning in a dying last, a young girl named Ingram, while chndition on the roadside at the iiince endeaverinito jump on a moving sleigh tiori of the townships of Brooke, Ennia- at the corner of Dundas and Richmond lzillen and Plympten. It appeared that streets, was thrown against a post decea.sed, with three other men, who are • with each violence that her leg was working upon a Government drain, eveiit e broken. to the village of Wanstead the evening —A traveler by the Great Western on previous, procured. a jug of whiskey and Monday reported a bold and. singular started OD their return to the boardinig robbery at Tilsonburg. It seems that a shanty, some four 'riles distant, late at man who carried some $60 in a satchel. night. When about half way home got off the train at that station, and in Irowa.rd was left behind by his corn- going down the road he was met by a panions, and lasing helpless, suffered so man in a cutter, who ordered him. to severely from the cold that he only sur- halt, claiming to be a detective. ile vived a few moments after being found. then proceeded to search the satchel, —A fire broke out on the es•ening of and watching for a moment when he the 23d. in G -alt in a rough -cast house, was unobserved, he leaped into the cut - straw. The preperty was insured. for crime cornraittecl was not rape but adul- FOR SALE. tery. It was further explained that TIIE undersigned has a combined Reaper and Hockerage is now suffering from •ill Mower manufactured by Messrs. THOMSON health, and that if not speedilYtliber- WILLA:MS, of 'Mitchell, which he now offers ate -a he will not live long* In view of for saleas b . It heen only two years iu use , mid be sold to suit purchasers. Apply POIES these ciepumstances a resolution was the petition. should be signed by each to McKENZIE, Lot 42, Con. 14, Hibbort. 372 passed Unaninao.usly to the effect that FOUND. 1 indiN-idual member of the Council, 1.ZETWEEN Cox's Tavern and Egmondville, on which was done. -1--" SUNDAY, Jan. 3,a. wonv.m's woolen DRESS. Tn he ower can hae re te .sammy residence in • COUNTY EXAMINERS... Moved by Mr. Willis, seconded by. Mr. • Zurich, by paying for this advertisement,. 372 REY. A. TOCKRODT. limiter, and carried, that Messrs. a , Usboime, Strong, Goderich, and. Turn- ESTRIVit PIGS. I bull, Clinton, a reappointed as mein - 1 I# into the premises of the undersigned, bers of the Board of Examiners for the avatar caa havo the same by, proving property and examinatiOn of public school teacher's. ' Lot 6, Con. 4, Hallett, two small PIGS. The paying expenses. -THE TREASURERS STATEMENT. 372-4 ,DANIEL McGREGOB. The following annual statement of the County TrcaSurer-was read_ and referred NOTICE. to the Finance Committee : A LL partby partes indebted either note or book • -"I" account to the late Wm. McKay, blacksmith, To the Warden, mid Council: : late of the Village of Brussels, are requested- to . GENTLEMEN : I have the honor to Street, Brussels. submit herewith statement in detail oM1Tf rail and settle the same at one, sA my residence, :370'54c Mrs. E. McK.AY. _ -- WAXTED. SITUATIO11 AVANIED, by 'a young. V BiStialt .book-keeper., can be procured. Apply I'out Office. Matt,sa situation as as- First-olass references to 13ox 200, Seaforth 371. the receipts and expenditure ca the past year, statement of collections from non- resident lands from May ,to December, 1874, and comparative statement of esti- mated and actual expenditure 'of 1874. You will observe that the actual expendi- but wee- quickly extinguished by the firemen. On getting the fire under, the the firemen burst open the door of a room occupied by a woman named Mrs. Sommerville, a peddler, and she was found lying on, the floor. She was car- ried out of the house and into a neigh- bor's, but she expired in a few tainutei. It is not known whether she was suffo- sated or not. It is reported she hail ter, put the lash to ,his horse, and left his vietim penniless in a strange land. This, if true; is themost daring robbery that has occurred. for some time, but the; man who would, submit tci- be searched: on the bare word of one who claimed to be a detective must have very happy ideas in regard to the mode of procedure under such circumstances. Sitts, of the township of been drinking in the forenoon. Derelsain, while laboring und.er mental —A man named John Bay, dropped 4erangemeut caused by (lisappointment dead in the Market Sguare„ Strathroy. in love, on. Monday disshareed ,a, re- m). the 22c1 inst. It 18 supposed that volver into his chest. The ball entered. 1 heart disea.se was the cause. about an inch below the collar bone: —A fire oecurreil at _Boucherville, Province of Qnebec, on Wednesday last, at the farm house of a man named Pierre Dulud.e. The man retired early and. left a fire burning in the kitchen. He was awakened. by smellidg smoke, and on going down stairs fouLd tbe carpet on fire. Be called to his wife, and ran to - the barn to get a ladder by which his wife and eight children, who were on the second. story, might escape, as the stairway was on fire ; but before he could get back the whole building, whfch was a wooden one, was in flames, and the wife and. children were burned to death. Mr. Delude escaped with with- in°. on but his night dress, and was so b ra a ly burned in his efforts to save his family that he is not expected to live. The wife and children are literally burned to ashes, and only fragments of them can be found. The eldest child was about 13, the younaest a baby in arms. —A dispatach from Listowel states that a feeling of general dissatisfaction is pre- vailing among the citizens of the towns all along the line. owing to the delay of mails and general mismanagement on the Southern Extension of the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railroad. Some days no mails are either taken- to or from the place, although the train goes through to Kincardine, •the mails having beenleft at Palmerston. —A. resolntion to exempt churches and charitable institutions in Montreal front taxation passed the City Council by a majority of one. —Another case of body -snatching is reported from the Province of Quebec, the occurrence taking place at Chambly Basin, a thriving town of 800 inhabitants. The subject in this case was a victim to typhoid fever, and. the chances are that the medical. students who _purloined it may find that they have caught a Tartar. -e-It has been ascertained that the Arnerica.n wild rice makes first rate paper, white, tough and flexible ; and it ie estimated. that 100,000 tons of this material can be obtained from the Cana- dian lakes alone, each year. late Dr. Freshman,- by giving her bus —About three months since, a man salary in full to July next; also a sum of named- G. A. Smith commenced. busi- as -eine through the left lung to the back of the chest and taking a circuitous -- route into the muscles of the neck. Dr.' Joy was saramoned, -and found the young ma.n In a very critical condition. —On Tuesday night a barglary waS committed in Gilchrist's store, Ailsa Craig and one thousand dollars' worth of silk, furs, and clothing taken. At- kinson's store was first itteinpted. An. augur hole was bored in the back door, when, no doubt the burglars were dis- turbed. A valuable four-year old black horse and silver -mounted. harness were stolen from Mr. Craig, and. a Democrat cutter from Mr. Sherwin. —On the 20th inst., an inquest was held by Dr. Wright, of Berlin, Coroner, upon the body of an infant found dead in the barn of Mr. Robert Gofton, of the township of Wilmot. Several witnesses having been examined the jury returned the following verdict. " The infant child. of Sarah Ann Weis came to its death by not being properly cared. for at its birth, being born in a barn and. no persion being near." —The ladies of Sarda. on Monday night presented the Town Council with a petition 171 feet in length, drawn tip upon one day's notice, praying the Council to grant no more saloon. or hotel licences. —Mr. Colin Campbell, of the fourth_ line of Nottawasaga, committed 8-66de on Wednesday morning by hanging himself. $78 as the nucleus of a memorial fund to which all friends in Canada are invited. to contribute. —In order to settle the vexecl ques- tion of the alleged. superiority of the English over American salt for dairy - purposes, the New York dairymen ap- pointed a committee to investigate the matter. The committee is now having butter made and. packed with both varie- ties of salt, and invite all other salt • ness in Guelph as a dry goods merchant. Disraeli's Disease. The indisposition -under which 1VIr. Disraeli suffers, and which has caused so much anxiety among his friends, is of a very peculiar description. It is I am in- formed, gout in the lungs. The proximity of the seat of the disease to the heart, of course, increases the gravity of the symp- toms. Last session it was observed, for the first time, that the Premier occasion- ally suffered from gout, sometimes in the feet and sometimes in the hands. But during the lifetime of Lord Palmerston the House was so accustomed to see the Premier hors de combat for a few days that no one thought anything about it. But when Mr. Disraeli was observed. wearing a cloth. shoe and carrying a stick every one seemed to think that a valuable life might possibly be in jeopardy. The chronic pallor of Mr. Dieraeli's face "and the pained expression which he assumes when ill, make it difficult for him to con- ceal any indiposition under which he niay labor. He is, I understand, in capital spirits, notwithstanding his gout, Ana speaks hopefully of his recovery.. He went to Montreal and. bought largely from various houses, paying a small amount in each case in cash, and. giving notes for the balance. One morning lately hegave out that his safe, one of Ed- wards', had been robbed of $4,000. On examination nOmarks of forcible entry were discovered, and the story was not credited. A few days after the pretend- ed robbery Smith was missing, and on -