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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1876-05-26, Page 1MAY , 1876 DRK GOODS AT USUAL ICES AT THE D C DAY, IQ MAY,. 187& SILK TANALA CHECKS Cents, worth 45 Cents. SILK 'i'AItP, all New I- and Battern,s; a rd --t be Finest Goods ever here. SILK I IYESSES, Striped Following colors : Black Chite; and White=. and Mack, Green and We guarantee them, pure or no sale; at 75 Cents BI AC°.K SILKS from 'eau to $2. Best Lot we tad. AMERICAN PAINTS. 'acing at 5 Cents per yard e11t8. H PRINTS, Guar- FAST tr. FAS'1' COLORS, : , at 8 yard, wi .rth L3 Cent 4 are t.-ttc li w der than •e VERY CHEAP, CALK & Co - fel'' THE -777 - ONTARIO, NINT'II YEAR. WHO'1.E NO. 442. REAL ESTATE FO MALE. HOUSE 'TO RENT OR SE•LL.L—Will be sold or rentbd, a comfortable frame house, with well and garden attached. This house is adjoin- ing TIE EXPb8ITOR OMBcs. Apply to A. - M. CAMPBELL, Seaforth. 488 ARMS FOR SALE.—East half Lot 11, Con, 12, McKillop ; and West half Lot 19, Con. 12 McKillop; ala() South 50 acres of Lots 1 and 2 Con. 10, Morris, adjoining the Valeage of Blyth. For particulars apply to,McO.&U- G . d: HOI1ME- STED, Barristers. &o., Sevier*. 426 PARK LOTS i BALE.-dontaining 5 acres FOeach, adjoining the Town of .Seaforth. The most desirable situation .tor private residences. Terms reasonable, ' with immediate possession. Apply to H. W. C. ME Y°ER, Barrister, Seaforth, or to L. MEYER, Harpurhey. 441 ligaROPERTY FOR SALE—That valuable prop. erty on Goderich Street occupied by the Goder- ich Manufacturing Company se a ;Machine- Shop. Also dwelling house and lot adjoining. The above property will be sold on easy terma. For particu- lars apply to GRAY d SCOTT.. 489 IJILDING LOTS IN SEAFORTH FOR SALE. - - —Dr. COLEMAN, having laid out the grounds recently occupied as a Driving i'ark'into Buid.- ing: Lots, is prepared to dispose of, lots on reason- able terms to any who may desire them. • .Parties desiring to purchase should make immediate ap- plication. 864 PROPERTY FOR SALE.—Two lots, with a 2 story frame houseand barn, situated on the Market Square, Seaforth. The premises have been used as an egg packing. establishment, and are well adapted fOr any public business. For particulars apply to the -proprietress, Mrs. MAL - COM, Seaforth, or to». GORDON, Goderich. 481 FARM FOR SALE.—For sale QR easy terms, Lot No. 26, Con, 6, Township 61 Hay, con- taining 100 acres, 60 of which are cleared and in a state of good cultivation. A goodiframe dwelling house with log outbuildings, an :orchard and a good well. Is situated half way between the eta -- tions of Kippon and Honsa;l, being 5 miles from each place. Apply to WM. CUDI4lORE,Granton or to CHARLES MASON, Brueefipld. 42iii FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot No. 7, Con 10, Morris, containing 64 acres, 25 of which are cleared, well fenced and in al good state of cultivation, the remainder is well timbere d. There are 4 acres of choice fruit f trees bearin g, a good log house and frame stable. Is 1 mile from. the Blyth station of the London, Huron an -d Bruce Railway. For further particulars to JOHN LAIDIJAW on the premises, or tp W. CLEGG, Blyth. ! 425 FARM FOR SALE. For Sale, Lot 12. Con. 6, Hallett, consisting of 100 aerosol land, 40 acres cleared, and the balsas° well timbered with hard- wood. There is a log house, sided, a f rame barn and outbuildings, a good well, and a young bear- ing orchard of choice fruit trees Situated 8 miles from Seaforth, 6 utiles from Clinton, 1e,(( from Kinbnrn. Terms ii ade known on apj licat,ion Cin the premises. Possession giver immeddiiatel�. ELIZABETH HARVEY, Constani a P.O. 480 -FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot No. 9,Con. 9, Hibbert, containing 100 acres, 90 oft which are cleared. free of stumps, well! fenced, and in first-class cultivation. A barn 60140, nearly new, a shed and stable 8ex80, a driving shed 26x40, a briek root house arid a splendid brick dwelling house, and all other necessary outbuildings. A good orehard and well watered. This is one of the most ctesfrable farms in this section of coun- try. Terms easy. Apply to the proprietor on the premises, or to Egmondville P. 0. GEORGE BALE, 442 ARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Trot No.24,eon. 1, Stanley, containing 97 acres, more or less, 80 of which are cleared, well' fenced, and in a state of good cultivation, the balance is well tim - bored, glaere is a frame barn and stable, an d . good new frame house with stone pellet, kitchen , wood shedandall other conveniences. A never - failing well and a good bearing 'orchard. Is 2 miles from Brucefield Station and 4 miles fro m Clinton.. A gravel road leading to eaeh pine o. Apply to the proprietor at Varna P.O. THOMA S PEAREN, j 484 FOR SALE OR TO LET. IfiGLE WAGGON FOR SATE. A strong kJ single waggon, in good order, for sale cheap apply at ALLEN'S Grocery. - 441 To MECHANICS AND LAB C HERS.—House and Lot on. South side of !Market Street for Sale. Easy terms of payment!. Apply to Mo- CAUGI EY & II.OLMESTED. 489 110H1TOGRAPH CA* FOR SALE: Por Sale Cheap, the Portable Photogrph Car and all utensils complete, formerly used by Mr. Johnson, The car will be gold either with 6r without the horse. Apply to the undersigned, Hullett, or to Seaforth 1', 0. ALLAN HOBSON'. 487 TToUISE TO LET. -To Let, that most comfort- able and well situated brick Riouse, and four Iota on Huron street, with hard and soft water, and every convenience necessary. Apply to T. STEPHENS, British Hotel, Seaforth. 421 M'YE.C1FIC AH'TI:CLEia. GG'l FOR IL_ATCHING. Pure Light Brahmas . —To be bad at D. McNang is shop from LEWIS CALDER, Seaforth. -, i _ 489 NOTICE TO BUILDERS.—Any _ person want- ing Sand, Gravel or Stones, can leave thei r orders at TILOS. LEE'S Grooery,and it will be de- livered on the shortest notice. THOMAS CUR - RIE.. - 488 elABBAGE PLANTS.—The undersigned has `- now any quantity of goodsound Cabbage and Tomato Plants of every kind, delivered in Sea- forth. or can be had et his gardens. All or ders left with M. Morrison or J. Farley will be promptly attended to, ALLAN HOBSON. 441.4. M I.`O411'4 FOR NA![.E. pm SALE CHEAP.—A good driving horse, also a Democrat Waggon and Buggy Har- ness. Apply at THOMAS KIDD'fS Liquor Store, Seaforth.- 441 hk YRSFIIIIE BULL FOR SALE. Tho under- -A-A' nder- £ signed has an Ayrshire Bain year old for sale. In first-class trim for the season's service. Pedigree guaranteed. For partienlars apply to the proprietor, Kiuburn, or 11 by mail to Constance P.O. B. N. ADAMS. ; •486 H0nsE AND BUGGY FOR SALE. --For Sale Cheap, a good serviceable Driving Horse, 6 years old and perleetly sound, kind in doable or single harness. Also a Piano Box But; gy, in good working order. Apply to LOGAN & JAMIE - SON, Golden Lion, Seaforth. 442 • ENGLISH' )_ Q 3$. From •an Occasional orr eponden4. fThe Queen's New tie A 1{o tike Souse. — Anodic lift 6 pleasaataess."—The 8 c tion of t 1Prinee of Wales.—Gib. 14oseip I �n on, May 15,18''6 , j The question of the: ie ' royal tiitl which, everybody is the rti y! sic , keeps on turning up ih a u comfort manner. Nothing coil d be More fo and wanton than th:. on uet of Ministry in f naming t as to renew a centro people Would have be an end. The general f it has been settled the be called•Empreas of I done with as little furl treated as a mere detai ity, which practically just as it was before. Liberal Party, content they had raised, had nothing more on the only the perversity of °!elves which has now.ci ing of an unpieasan, difficult to say exactl: proclamation prescrib its effect will depend 4 tion the Government but there can be no do the door open for a ps whichwasnever conte in fact is in direct pledges of the Govern als thus find themselve notice of the discrepa wasromised and wh and Sir F. James, the General, has given no of a resolution declarin atio_ n does not make a for restricting the use relation to the internal Queen's Dominions, otbe 'With such a majority as at his back, he will, o difficulty in defeating 1 t its supporters themsel thit it is a forlorn ho ment has therefore ha accepting the challenge week is fixed for the d s ever may be the result the stupid bungling of this matter cannot fail ing. As an example o consegyuences of the ch it may be mentioned tl Bernard Burke, the herald's office, has giv in an address to the Q oration " Empress o potation in the titles, suit in London with re. be served in Germany), been made to a Vice Ch whether the new title en in it ; :but he has refuse opinion on the subject, a the applicants to the Lo Allsorts of ,vexatious li this kind will now be co up;, and wide scope will petty controversy and' gai•d to what pre'nouely.w for a moment. ' In one respect Mr. trived to obtain a trium of • a discussion in whic has been generally again has happened through. • o own, but through the in opponent. Mr. Lowe is very able politician, one and most honest heads party., but he suffers fro temper and want of tao tinually leading him in unpopular 11editions. It merston who introduced life, and who was a 1 friend and supporter Palmerston had twice in consequence of the had contrived to rows In the very first deb • Bill Mr, Lowe, who general argument, irri ion by laying stress n and even probability of losing India, and mor+ witted the further blu a speech ataublic di mor to the effect tha vainly endeavored to vious ministries to ma but had found a more p Mr. Disraeli. There ea that for a man in the Lowe—who had himse of a. Cabinet—to makes was a ,serious mistake to respect the confidetjt. communications which. t Cabinet, and' though ii t gave no information asi`f merely repeated a ru c to have foreseen that, special importance wo it. As soon as the s the newspapers, Mr. ed a letter stating the, knew nothing of the the, to the 'Queen. The u - . t taken up in the'Howe f Mr. Charles Lewis, a I no . position, who is c 4 1 le h e e ro�Clama tin 0 er y hich ' st n . g. o to Owe t el ng is that, sin e he Queen is d'a, t should se ssible d • Q A' 8, Mute Ieve eider the ined . to je t and i M. • istry th led a reo stion. I t the r ; of cou t interior ut u pon at it le e nes d,anc ition The Li elled to tweeie been' do er Alto their n a proc to previa new tit' airs of an in In . Disraeli se; have motion, well 'a het esita d T: idn. expo Mini very troubles f royal s 'Dubin, f the; I his opini n 'roma nd'a1" must n in a 1 o a, tri licatien eller to be ipee express has refe hamberl fiquestion tly to f opened htioni} in ev er in'do i i has n the co ublic op' ni ; but Brit of 'Jetime of doubtedl the saw the Li infirmit ich ate alse or r! "Lord of ii sta o s 1- ot f t ro :st 8y is • 16 e •e t • • 0 a us he he he u ge a 0 n e :e a a w. • ov ion urs ur tr ga ni ti d tle gat en1 • sr h t 1 • • 18 u of in a w 0 w h :xi to ay: his bu eve th ow h ty w inst n' the Ti ttong �n 'public' o e 'poseibi lair: one ntl h`e•c of !uo`, in a current Queen de two an Eptr t adv ee be no d ition of n a•itie EMT KATZ P4TOliii. for his impudent int u ESTRAY COLT. --Strayed froM Seeforth about to men of standing the firet of May, a 2 -year old filly, of bay color, with one white hind foot. Any person giving such information as will lead to her recovery will be euitabiy rewarded. JAMES BEATTIE. 440 VSTRAY HORSE. --Strayed from the Village of Kinburn, Hallett, on May 113, a small dark brown llorge, 4 years old, was shod on front feet, had a piece of leather trader the shoe of the right toot Any person giving such information as will lead to his recovery will be suitably rewarded. JOHN WILLIAMS, Constance Pi 0. 441 RIEETINGS TO BEI NTOTICE.—The council of the. corporation of ' the County of Huron will meet in the Court Room in the Town of Goderieli on Monday the 5th of June next. PETER ADAUSON, County Clerk. Goderich, May 15th, 1875. — 441-2 NTOTIGE.—A special prize wil1 be offered by -`-` Messrs. R. Callender & Co., of $80, at the fall show of the Millett Branch Agricultural So. - clay, for the best collection' of Ladies' Fancy regulations and rules can be ha4 at the store. of Messrs. 11. CALLANDER it Co.1, or from I. A. !MLLES, Secretary. Clinton, May 18,1876. 441-2 I !mist have beenitecu and exasperating tg`a h pered• man like Mr. w this miserable little w s was challenged to ex le answered very roug ously, sneering at Mel ed vocation of a gra d flatly repudiating any a to questions in the ii u had said elsewhere, vh di•1 not refer to: any na In assuming this atti no doubt technically endless worry and co f if members were to ca 1 count for every, ohmic of -doors, At the smile had undoubtedly c 1, fault, particularly gra -6 later, that of draggin t sonally into a public ought...to have seer • le t i al le a. t- in le ir at to as of or e- SEAFORTH FRIDAY, MAY 216; 1876. (1 zing at the very first op rtun- ity.1, owever, he neglected to o so. and t us placed hinitelf at Mr.ID raeli's There has never been any lo e lost be: tweeni the two, and Mr. Disra i certain- ly I not spare hie.canstie cri 'e 'ow he it Wit true p gilistic vi or an severity, and ne could almost ancy 11)(4 Mr. Lo e face sWel. ing and blackening un- derlt e repeated blows. Prob bly never ed at r. Lowe. He shut his fists • and has ueh a ferocious oastiga ion, been given by one public man to another. Alr.1 sraeli stormed, shouted thunder - flung his arms about in a way which .and s oke wrt a fury of tonP which is • rarely heard ' the. klouse of Co ons. He d Wed t at the statements m de by Mr. we we e monstroue, if true, and if no true, hey - required ap epithet while was not to be found n Ihis voca- bulery, Then he went on to analyze the story in question, taking the v rions ad - the 1 p obabilitt, f not the ce ainty, of effecti ly res Sudde ing un rue. iAll this as, very rvecl his thunderbolt for the last. nly arresting his flow of passionate invective, he paused' an instlt or. two in sirlificant silence,, and then r sumed in his s owest and mosC solemn tones, !wine - thing fter these of the ghost in Hrttnlet He stated that he had the authority of the Queen to ' make's, statemeht on her art to the House ; but, as he hid in- orined her Majesty it rested entirely with be House to say whether he !could be pe itted to intrOduce the name and rl chee and the Speaker rose 0 say that thefin reduction of the Sovereign's name into a debate would eertainly he out of ord r • but if itavas not intended to in - flue 0 he tha Di ra th Aimee that he ueen destedit to be kn virn that there was not the slightest ' tion for t ade in Mr Lowe's reckle e bad at any time mad o any Minister on the yal title. The whole s nious gossip. ined, a terrib tini: It was felt that s paying off some old account as well as -vin - n, and that be was also e public opini n on the of the new t tle.. All Tuesday ni t, when, e, having on e ppoken, itting, when it • is not g ministers be pros - have bills fore the ursday afternoon Mr. id- busbediand anxious ged permissioh to make rechided by the rules of eplying to Mr. Dieraeli t, and he thought it spectful to. th,e Queen, d be, more likely to con - h ditto propriety if he . onsider how he should tter—a remark Which laughter, He then ment he made was one time to be ,true, but sovereign ought not to ubli disputes,' and espe cl: the ueen wait pit the her ominions on Whom; reign dignity, a difficult in 'Saying anything in FOr that *aeon hp sed his mouth and he se would consider hie on the subject full and tie, he did nottdoubt fot e wart entirely miritaken sserted, and *natty ofi ty his apologiee for the seems to be that' 311t1 t Was suffi 'ent, ad the judgment of the ouse, as not - prepared to say with , th indulgence of the it might ot be d.one. So Mr. li, in a lig ter manner, and as if eense of r lief, roceede to inform found been that tions the IR as 'May imag down blow for po ferocity of eniph deliv ted in Po e statement hich had s speech, proposi- bject of ory was, d Merely e knock - path for the vi BCO e on his ow die ti g the Que genet 1 question had right to uesda is a day usual or the lea ent, u less they se a shot personal ed th t he was the use from et 04111T esday nig be more r and t at he wou took 8 hours to deal ith the exet some sai t at the sta al of rt al er es is ty in bt er nt ed ea he ut to ed en by of us eft It ng corporation he home Imagin their. disgust 4. learn d that the e hed been nd had the E •• press all to tliemselve tar isplay, an tha the ga out eope pt - en has held a meeting to he expre lt8 wrat at Such an ou rage, and for overs dciwed to an alarming eaten , Lae the e'vil power. Perhaps some touch f ac- ut- by iso e people in the notice just given we bY tb Duke of amtnidge, thet it is con- es ir ary to the rules of1the eery* for sol- diers to take off their caps and cheer the r. Quee and tha the proper way to pay rese t to Her Majeety is to salute in the of ushali military fashion. Thus, it may he he bel eyed th not have m do so muse th be br ught into one pe on in all ty ie imposed pets al defense ought fa have cl truite -the Ho hurrah e.• Of bo MO ent that in wh t he hti„cf fered er error e had com •• tet. tided. As gen 41 opinion tha Mr. Disra,e Th Empress the 1 ueen at l• ueen of 11 Par s and had land hie wee.k, a per graph in the v it of the suppor to prev two -p ities sho An A Using ua twee d Germany is over here veto incognito vieit to indSor. . The ex -King never are at. present i 'ntended bomillg to En he papers stating tha sons 'the vist must .131 impress 'of':,Ge many. ld Meet in the etree rel has brokek out be- ry and municiPal author - regard to the *Otto It had been intiMatt at the ceremony iviliil hat there wit bean n address fro the et; - topped C. full' mill the m' it t Dover, Empress. Mayor t said, soldiers are shorn of their rights as citizens, and are made a class apart from the people. On the other hand, military decorum may be pleaded on behalf of -the decree. The cause of this order was the reception given to the Queen the other day loy the troops at Aldershot, who, in their loyalty, forgot pipe -clay formalitieis • Grand preparations are being made • for the organization of an enthusiastic wel- come to the Prince of Wales, who is te • arrive at Portsmouth on Thursday next. The Princess and children will go out ' lo sea a little way to meet him and t at entry is to be ingrain' style. here wi l also be public rejoicings, including a ba L quet and ball, and an illumination t night. The Prince has had a pretty hard time during his journey, especially flut- ing the last week or so, but he is not yet to be allowed to enjoy repose. He is to be exhibited on Thursday night at the Italian opera and on Saturday night at a "congratulatory concert" at the R' oyel Albert Ball, and on subsequent days at the Crystal Palace and Alexandra Pal- ace. Then the Cit'y of London is getting up a grand demonstration in his honour, and there is to be a state procession to . the Guildhall, a dinner, and afterwards a ball, to which 5,000 guests have beez ' invited in addition to the party alt dinner. Among other fragments of gossip, the , following may be given : —The Duke of Devonshire has just sold the Grand DpehessTrif Oxford XXIX,—one of the Hulker shortherns—to the Hon.. George Brown, of Canada', for 2,500 the highest price evere yet paid male tarter: shorthorn in Englagd. Sir Henry Tay- lor, the author of 'Van Attevelde" and Other dramas and p`i;enis, is writing his autobiography, which will soon be pub- lished. Mr. Mapleson the lessee of the new opera house on the'Thteenes embank- ment, is getting up a Natioifel school of opera- dancing 011 the Ftericli„, eystem, 4, sious for, the associates, which „ to re- generate stage-daneing in 'Englati .„ It may ge doubted, however, whether•the taste has not passed, Herr Rubenstein has this week been electrifying the Lon- doners, by his wonderfel pianofartee performances. He plays without music; and in a dashing, brilliant, but rather affected way. The women are in rap- tures with him. To -night the Duke of Edinburgh fiddles at the Albert Hall for , the last time before going to sea.. Th4 13) roil memorial is still in suspense on account of the want of subscriptions. An interesting international exhibition of vete visit from the Queen on Saturday next—be opened to the public on the following Monday. It contains, among numerous other remarkable objects, bat- . gramme the weight of a man, or a hair f his he,ad,—measuring machines, which enable the operator to distinguish by, touch, ( for it is too much for the eye,) the difference of a millionth part of an inch ; an attraction metre, for reprodue- for measuring the depth of thersea with- out sounding ; a complete collection of standards of weight and measure • cal - calculating machines of Ull kind's for figures, velOcity of falling bodies, centre - fugal force and force of gravitation, &c. There is alto a large collection of histor- ic .epparatus, which has been used by eninent scientific men such as Newton, Herschel, Tycho, 13rah'e, kc. • Bears are troubling the farmers m Colchester county, Novregeotia, several sheep being killed. recently by them. —The Halifax City Railroad , Company have stopped running their cars altogether, and the horses, it is understood, will be pat -ch says that Louts_ Riel was in that city on Saturday, on his way to Beauport Asylum, he being a hae been received that Dom Pedro, Emperor -of Brazil, has in- cluded Toronto m the list of places he, has yet to visit. —A silver mine has been discovered at Wright village, Ottawa county. Speci- mens have been forwarded to Montrea!, and found genuine. john MeConnell, of Carron - brook was up before Mayor Davis, of Mitchell, tor selling liquor without a li- cense, and was fined $20 and costs. —Rev. Father Owen, who has been stationed in Elora for three years, has removed to Nacton. Rev. Father Lee succeeds him in his old charge. 1, —The Council of Listowel on Satur-' day, voted $15,000 to the ,Stratford Port Dover Railway between Stratford and Listowel. •Only 10 voted against the —The population of Guelph is abome 9,000 and advancing, and its inhabitants are counting on the near approach of the day when it -shall assume the habiliments —Mr. Alonzo Wright, M.P.,has oper[- ed.* a subscription for the relief of the sufferers by the floods at Gatineau Poin • on the Ottawa River. He began by pu ting down his own name for $100. —Miss Katie Hamilton aged 12 year who was so seriously 'hurt by being thrown against a telegraph pole by a run- away pony, which was frightened by :some boys at London last Thursday sYveek, died on Friday morning. ' —Mr. Hillyard Cameron has been pre. atented With a massive silver epergne bi his 'friends of the Law Society. Mr Camdion's great abilitiee as a lawyer fully entitle him to the distinction. It is pleat - ant to Pee the demonstration was joined in by mein:ten of the profession of all shades of poVtics. —Mr. Chitihs Clark, near Aylmer, possesses a calf 'Which is Attracting con- siderable attention, from parties residing in thevicinity. •41.stead of font legs, it has bit three. The calf is now *two weeks old, and is as 'strong as any other of the calves on the.' larm. Tbe fini that is wanting is the leVfore leg. The' shoulder blade can be feltlibut there ia no stump of a leg; nor c,an\the resem- • blance of a' Ebb be d cted by care- fully failing ibout t e spot where the miss ng lig shoul be. The calf is Very lik,•ely, and crea much merri- ment by the Manner in which he hope ---Five lads" seere themselves on board the barqee Clyde ale from Green- ock, and arrived at Qu bec. The ship liad .been at eel' some dlays before they were discOvered. —A m n named WM. Hodgins has been lod ed in jail a London, on a charge of placing an iro rail across the Grand Trunk Railway t ack -at Granton, in April, 1875. He wa remanded for examination. —On Wednesday mo ing of last week during a squall the chooner T. C. Street capsized in Lake rie, near- Long Point, and six of her ere were droWned. The cap in, second m and a sailor —In M ntreal there a 13 Episcopal churches, 16 Pisebyte ' n, 9 Methodist, Protestant, 1 New Jerus lem, 22 Roman — A net/ organ factory is seen to be started i Mitchell. One of the build- ings of t e Thomson & Williams prop- erty no d ubt eould be bought on easy miterrnesabiya.n would suit the purpose ad- -Dr. Davis; of Toronto, of Jeannie Gilmour notoriety, is a general utility. man, -and Mrs, 'Davis, hit wife, 18 busily employed knitting stoPkings for the Northwest Mointed Polite, at Kingston —The 41. Catharines ournal says that in that city all the d ' g places are now rigidly cloeed on ti e on Saturday nights, something thet as never fully accomplished Weis the new Act came into operation. • —T,he other morning Inspeetor Hughes seized about 19. pounds of batter that had been offered for sale on the London mar- ket, it being less than the announced weight. The major port on Of it will be donated to the Pro staid Orphans' —A few days since Mr. William Rodgers, Blanshard, sol to Mr. Hale, of Fullerton; three three- ear -old steers, the combined weight of hich was 3,725 tiounds. They Were shipPed from Exeter dation on Monday of last week. -.--,The London boys belonging to the cricket club, have resolMed that the out- fit of Ihe, elub for the season should be as light blue' coat and. turban and blue silk scarf. This„uniform is th'e same as that of the Cambridge Club. 1 —The cantata of Esther was last week rt very successfal4perfo edit' Mitchell, under th,e aMmices of the Mechanics' Institute. It was tiven lin five acts. A number el locial aniatenrs taking part in the performance, udder the direction of Prof. Tannete J1, —A raM et the Lineeln breed, the property j of Mr. William Ayerst, of Talbotville, has just beep sh4n, and his fleece foUnd to weigh 18-1. poundi. This sheep wee pureharted by Mr. Ay- erst at the London Western Fair, last fall, from( Mr. Rawlingr, of Bosanquet —Some individuel of an observing.turn fit avers tba on Sunday ev ning he counted 742 ladie (mostly youn and prepossess- ing) on promenade, parising the Com- mercial Hotel, Stratfordi ana 'about half the number of men and boys. .What an amount of "sweetness wasted on the desert air." -- A Company has been formed in Georgetown Ont., forl manufacturing that useful domestic a icle and ladies' friend,—the knitting hine. • It is us- ual that cities and large towns are more fortunate in securing nufaetories of this kind„ but in this stance George- town has been chosen as,the manufactur- ing centre for the Domieion. ---Last Fridny night, a man named, - Mires, frOm Berlin employed on Clark's wood train, Grind Trun Railway, in ate temptin juinp off th the whee of one of the his right hand and w medical treatment was p ocured. - —Thureday morning' of last week; while the children attending a ward school, St. Mary's, were/ out for recess, a -boy named Wren, about ten years of age was playing near the river, and by some means fell in. He was r 1 cued by a team- ster named Edward Cub in,who happen- ed to be near and. wife' llantly plunged into the streani and saved the boy when just at the' point of drowl ing. chool, not more Om Kincardine. of color who' riVas present for the firat time, and inquireal his name for the pur- pose of placing it'on the roll: The good man tried in Vain teepteserve his dignity when the ansWer was retureed—" Well, massa calls me Cap'n,- but my maiden __The quarterly meeting, et the Comt * ty of Perth Teachers'. Association will be held ih thel Central Sehool, Stratford, on FridaY and Saturdal) 26th and. 27th inst., coMmericing at 1 o'clock A. M. Friday afternoon—lectures on natural hilosophy and °hernial' will be given cheol, Toronto. geometry and, a, by Mr. Kirk- ident 9f 1874, on the Great Western, was repeated on the same road last Friday, four miles west of Lpnden. An exlpress train pass- ed through. an open switch, the locomo- tive upsetting, the steaM cheat bursting., and the driver and fireinan being scald. - ed to sue a degree that both have since e Ir - train, at Cam - 11 to the ground, re passing over t, fracturing it to Forest where —It Wag in a Sunday The superintendent Kip y Mr. Thomas Kirklan master of the Normal Saturdayl-lectures 011 mensuration and algeb —The Stoney Creek McLEAN BBOTHERMIPUSlisherso Mal 30 a Tear., inadwantice. inimme both husband and son. A verdict bold- foreman oath, has has been mg the Company and the seam responsible for the engineer's been returned. The ;foreman arrested for manslaughter. — The egg business is carriekt on quite extensively in Peterborough ne.igh- borhood.' The Chapin Bros., e princi- pal buyers, have shipped durin the past month about 12,000 dozen, of e at an average ot cents per do n. 'Last year the number of eggs shiPped from Peterborough was over 75,000 dozen at the cost of. $8,500. The value pf the egg trade can be judged of by the :above fig- ures. —A large sale of thoroughbred stock took place a few days ago en Mr. A. Allan's farm at Longupointe, Montreal. Several well-known stack raise belong- ing to the United States and °minion were present. Prices for Alde ney co*s ranged from $115 to $225. Se ers1 fine Ayrshires were sold at abo similar prices. A beattiful stallion went for $475 and a well-known ma,re at $300. Donkeys, $37 each. liorking fo Is, $1.35 .---A farmer, named Michael Brady, a resident of Thorold township, a few days ago, was brought before_Mayo Baxter, of Thorold charged with cruelty- to his horses. Brady had:left his horses hitch- ed to a wagon and " checked" up all ni ht, while he was off playing whiskey- po er. The horses were very uch. dis- tressed when found by a pollee an. The .circumstances being reported to the Mayor, he gave (orders that B: y should be immediately arrested and al tained in the lock-up for trial. The M yor very strongly expreseed. his indignet on at the loVutal treatment of the ho and re- gretted that the law did not give him power to impose n n Bra& similar treatment to that inflicted . pon the horses. He fined v.., th highest fine the statute a ed, toge her with $4 50 costs. --The shipment of a ear -load ininuf.s,o- tilted goods, from Stratford to Scotland, is et- novelty worthy of special mention. When Mr. Kennedy, the Scot h vocal- ist, -was in Stratford last Mare ,he-ealled at the extensive furniture , orks of Messrs. Cam bell tz Abraha e and re - furniture which he f Mr. K. ) made some seven years ago. It getvd so much satisfaction—the work was sO thorough and solid—that he thought he - uld not do better than give motherland larger ' order, to be shipped to _Edinburgh. The order was for a drawing -room set, - and two bedroom sets, in black walinit. They *ere got up in superb, style, and real, on Friday, the 12th inst4 With a few more shipments of this rt, it is not likely that the fame of he Perth furniture works will be con to the Province of Ontario ' . —About ten years ago, a n named Philip Kempf, a German, left the vicin- ity of Gadshill, Perth county, owing to some domestic troubles, - an went to Buffalo, where he lived until t "43 27th of March last. The troubles which caused him to leave Canada continued to prey on his niiiid, and in the end affected his reason, and on the day nam , he, in a moment Of temporary insamt commit - fled suicide. Before committi the fatal act, the unfortunate man mad his will, , bequeathing all hie' property . hi; two brothers, one of whom resides in Strat- . ford. • These entlemen, howo er, do not wish to ava themselves of the pro- visions of the will, in view :of the fact that the unfortunateman's wife and chil- dren areAlstill living, though their whereabouts is unknown to them. They, therefore, request that if this shouM come to the eyes of any of it e family, aboutq, they will communicate the infer- -A well knottrn hotel -keep r of Galt, met with a severe and most pe Wier loss ' one day last week. He had taken up the carpets in the :hot* in nding to Co.'s woollen factory to get fth :.•• cleaned and renovated. There were • all, the carpets of 18 rooms. For th purpose he gave them in charge of a !lister to take them to the faetory ; b t by some carelessness, this party took :t em to an- other factory indeed, dumped them out at the engine -house door, ato left with- out saying " nothing to nob' y." And now the fireman appears on the cene, and seeing these rolls of carpets—* ich natur- allylooked dirty= the outsid " put down. at his door he could coneeiv of nothing but that they had been sent there to be burnt. So he took up the rolls one after another and jammed them into the furnace, where, of course, : they were speedil reduced to ashes. The feelings of the otel-keeper, on learnit the fate of his carpets may be better imagined than described. _, —An American detective cleverly captured a criminal who had takezi ref- uge in .Londoh Ont. Two eats ago a gang of cattle thieves we arrested .near Bay City, and several 10 the num- bar were sent to the State Pr on. Joe Chapman, a hotel -keeper, and b.'eved to be the leader of the gang; ho was trial' IHJurrelPeredmahil ball' Loannd- don, "tbE;t American police eing kept posted' est to his movemeri . Chap - go to Englatiel -for the ben t 'of his health, intending to go , one • of hint of ChapmFes . intent*. a having reaChed the deteztke, he set about lay- ing Oil:040r placmg Joseph:" the hands of the. U.nited Statp rauthe ties. He visited. the intended" triyeller told him he was just preparing. fOr a t to Eng- land, and was glad to their r, Chap- oveagr a MbYr. libse*pinsnY"k;•; jProopecA ch3ngtae, taesmkeepas however, as somi- ate the tfaea reached heArnwessricanmettehrry:ttorythe twat B9 laaia!iiitici 4 keo- u4tentern! deputy, who forth th.: him in died. e engine driver was Geor win, of WindPor a mu h res and well-to-do citizen of t t town. The fireman, Joseph P e, was Irwin's step -son. He was eng ged to be mar- ried shortly to Miss CoOper, of Port Hu- ron, whalwas telegraphed for. Mrs. Ir- win hat the deepest sympathy of the public in loeing so suddenly bereaved of